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IncersoI and SIade the Medium.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: | was
sitting one evening in one end Of a sleeping
car in Peoria. ILL.,. talking with a grain mer-
chant. waiting for the car to start for Chicago.
whea in came Col Robert q. Ingersoll and
his wife. They sat down facing u.s. After
talking for few moments 1 said: Colonel.
l sec by the TRANSCRIPT that you have become
a Spiritualst." He gave one OF his peculiar
chuckles and said:
I'm tell you all about that. few weeks
ago. Mrs. Ingcrso!l. Col. Plumb and myself
wore in New York city. We concluded to 20
and see Shade. who was then at the heig hit OF
his fame medium. We were shown into Il
plainly furnished room with round table in
the middle. few. chairs and n lounge or sofa.
We said yes that's what We came for. He
then asked me to sit at the table. the top of
which ShH tT vas 6 coyir9d with Piece OF PapHr
pencil and an binary school slate. and then
left The room. and during his absence spa, on
on Just as l have done many n time when a
While ! was cleaning the slate Mr. slade
came in; I felt guilty Of an injustice toward
him and began to apologize. ! told him we
were seeking for the truth and that we did not
want to he imposed upon il We could help it,
for the religious element in man had been i'm
posed upon from his youth up. He said, That
all right: wash it as much az you please" He
then asked me TO put the pencil on the table
and cover, it with the slate, did SO, was
tHeU uSktu 10 Dluct MY mana on inc Slul HS IL
rested on the table. covering the pencil. did
as directed Pretty soon the pencil began to
scratch the under side of the slate. and in n
short time he told me to look and what
message we had received With some diff
Guilty managed to read:
=" l am glad You are here; the soul is immortal
L. PLUMB.
Col Plumb sprang from his seat gra bbed the
slate out of my hand and said. that's Fanny. >"
1t seems that Col. 1ngersoll had been n guest
OF Col. Plumb short time before. and during
the evening they had talked about the doctrine
OF the immortality ofths soul and Col IngerSoll
had said he had no evidence OF the truth OF the
doctrine. Col, Pumb's daughter. Fanny. was
in the next room. i'll. and she overheard the
conversation. and was panied to think that he
had such ideas for she. like every one else who
knew him. loved him; She often spoke Of i
sh" said, Tell Co, iqgerso!I the sou! +, i'm.
strike you?" Right between the eyes" he
answered.
Notwithstanding the fact that could believe
the Colonel as much as any man | ever knew.
! could not exactly credit that story. had my
doubts as others will A few years after this.
having some business with Col. Plumb. who
was then a memb Der OF Congress. | told him the
story. and asked him to affirm or deny it. and
he said Every word Is true"
PHILADELPHIA July 81 W. C. STRIcKLER.
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GOLDEN RULE SYNDICATE HERE
Unique Business Concern which Controls
Many stores in the West.

Six merchants OF the West who several
years ago formed themselves into an as socia-
ton. which they call the Golden Rule Syndi-
cate. are ut tho Broad way Central Hotel. They
are In New York on their semi. annual tour to
the East to purchase goods for the twenty
storess which they own In Illinois, Missouri,
Colorado. Montana and Wyoming. Strangely
enough, they buy none OF their stocks In Chi
cago. New York gets 40 per cent. Of their
trade. the rest going to Boston and St Louis
and such other places as may DO able to OFFER
satisfactory prices on particular lines "
goods They buy about ST .OOOOOO worth It
goods annually. The syndicate meets once n
year to elect officers and the BUYERS get to-
gether twice n year to arrange their purchaS-
ing tour. Some time before the date set for
the beginning OF their trip they send out cir
culars asking for prices on certain materials.
II bids returned unsatisfactory those bargains
are closed AT once. The rest OF the purchns-
ing Is done hy the buyers in oerson.
The men now here are T. VI. Callahan. Ircsi-
dent of the Golden Rulers; w; Z; Slagle their
Treasurer:: the Secretnry. o. d. Fisher, and G.
The Di sHndtcate Ie Soio H. P Enahnn
Co. LonGmont and Fort Collins. Col. john
srs. " Boulder, CO. " and Missouri and and B@Ss.
man, Nom; Fisher Brothers 4 Wassen, Ste;
Fails Mon. !G g. S. Iamsei. IivinEsten Mon:
two stores Of W. 4, Hall, Cinnabar Mont II.
q. stevens Il Co., sheridan, NyO. ID. ;. kct-
say, Carson CITY. Coli J: i. Middlebrnok.
Princeville. III. II, G.. Mereu Co. Buffalo.
yyo. three 81 jres Of the Missouri Lumber and
Mining Company. Grandln. Mo: :and thres
stores Of tho Cordz- sher Lumber Companv Of
coming Fast Tor several years and for three
years has made it, Headquarters Mt the
same place in this city. The families Of the
members have intermarried To such an extent
that the syndicate has become practically q
family affair well IA Il business ENTERPRISE.
The men divide the administration OF the
business each making one department his par-
Last year the syndicate hou zht its shoe stock
$1,000 worth-at 81. Louis. This wear it
will be purchased in Boston. While on their
way East this trip the BUYERS left orders
for SlO.OOO worth OF gloves in St Louis. Dress
goods. illinery, clotl,ing and notions they buy
altogether in New York. This year gro-
ceries. furniture and print goods were pur-
chased in st. Louis owing to high freight
charges from this city to the more distant OF
the svnd"ates stores. Some Of the goods
bought here for Colorado delivery 20 by way
OF Galveston. Tex. to obtain lower freight
rates.
President Callahan says that business condi-
lions were never better In his memory In Col
orato, silver being the only thing not having
healthy look.
The Missouri Lumber and Mining Company
and the Cordial Fisher Lumbe Company have
established large co operative stores for.thsir
workmen and in those stores handle every
kind OF goods
The Golden Rulers complete their purchases
usually In about five weeks: three-fliths OF
their time being spent in New York.
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The Existence of God Belief. Not knowledge.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sh: The OK
istence Of God Is matter OF belief. and not
knowledge. II is easy to look for a first cause,
but who can tell the first thing about It? It
was never seen, for it cannot he matter. II is
not the subject of any Of the senses and there
fore it cannot he proved, and the rules that are
applicable to the sciences cannot be invoked in
its favor 1t will not do to say that watch has
a maker. because a maker and n creator are
different. II will not do to deduct that beyond
al space and hcfor" space was there was Gre
atOr for if there was any space He must have
been in it, and II thorc wasno SPACE anywhere.
whore. then. WINS He And IL He was in space
there was n time whom there was nothing
thcr" but Himself until relatively few thou
sand years ago This Creator is described n g
having length, breadth and thickness, which
means that He WINS substance. and that
proves the ahsurdity Of the proposition We
don't evon know nor can We learn where space
begins or whore IL ends
Dogma and theology are not religion. less
than hutt"rmilk is buster. The rnhrirs,
TUNES, chasuhrS may PASS away but the he
lief in acommcn God and ono truth can never
be torn, from the human breast. EGoMET.
NEW YORK, July "a,
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TAXING CnIc4GOs RICH MEN.
Personal Property Valuations Increased
Many Fold.

CHIC AGO. Aug 1T is estimated that from
$4,000 900 to $4,000 900 was added yesterday
to the personal property assessment of the
southern part OF Chicago. the increase being
over the figures scheduled by the property OWL
ers. Many of the milionaires were raised far
beyond the limit they had set. The surprise of
the day was the increase OF Marshall Fields
assessment from Sl,23O.0OO to $5.UOo,uOo. Mr..
Field had already scheduled S2O,UOO,OOO Of real
estate in the city OF Chicago alone. Last year
he was assessed on a valuation OF S6S.OO for
his personal belongings. II. N Hight otham.
apartner of NJ; Field. was advanced from,
10000 worth OF personal property. I'm
der fire from the Board Of Assessors he
Withdrew this statement and filed n second
schedule, for, S24,4S3, Before the Board OF
levew he showed that securities valued at
S2l2.OUO had been purchased by him. hut with
money not his own. The ironclad decision was
entered by the reviewers that this item must
60 as personality in his name.
y. ID. Armour had fl ed no schedule and he
was put down for S1.uUBOOD though his per-
sona assessment last year was only S3OOoOO:
Levy Mayer. the trust promoter. was listed Mt
100000: last year he paid taxes on $1,000
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: | SEQ
by your news columns Of July 30 that the Chi
cago platform Democracy OF your city is to
open this year campaign at Timer Park. Ben
sonhurst, on Labor Day and that the Hon John
jaw IentZ who was elected to represent this
Ohio district in the House OF Representatives..
is announced to appear with other Bryan orr =
tors and address the people write to make
an inquiry and suggestion which may be OF
value to the Committee OF Arrangements and
at the same time ri event fusion. and that is.
why were the other Bryan orators" included
In the days exercises? To those OF us who
are are aGfGHainted Win Mr. Lentz and his capaciy
OF tho programme seems like q wful and
wicked waste Of anti-octopus material.
that there is enough Of our fellow tnwnsnan
to go around. and it would he rank injustice
day with other Bryan orators" During last
years SSaimpaEI Mt; LentS Was introduced
the next day, when the morning newspapers
went to press he was still talking. and talking
vigorously. 1t is, not so much what Mr. Lent
%G wSc he ' delivers s his We've SWh
us Mr ientz Is known as the Eloquent Octo-
proud boast Of his friends mat H his speeches he's
hav" warped the chases OF the Congressional
d nrIG ,b NE knows nm no Snsh Word a unit
arc the only persons who hear his peroratons
let the managers Of the uImer Park meeting
| Mr.. l."nt2 an opportunity. 1t would be burn
| ing shame To unceremoniously break in upon
could ISSUE rain checks to those who might
care to listen to. 5Ir Lentz on the InStallment
| Chicago platform should be given an opror-
tunity To hear QhiO's record breaking orator
to finish. Mr., Lentz has heen the subject OF
mean and petty discrimination on the ia ri Of
! his fellow citizens. and is compelled TO 90
away rom home to secure his audiences. New
York has 2 great opportunity to rcbuke this
| sordid sel1shness and your people should
take Gay and nlEht on and go to Ulmer
| CoLuMyus. U. July 81. A e. CorrER
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MR.. BRIcK.s OPINION OF DEWEY.
A Boston Anti-ImDcriniist Finds That the
Admirnrs " a Second BoulanGer.''

Admtrafs -" a Second BOulanEer.'
Boston. Aug. 1.-Alderman Michael W. Brick
sprung great surprise at n special meeting OF
the board this afternoon when he attacked
Admiral Dewey and sarrastcally denounced
the plan to extend an official welcome when
the Admiral comes to Boston. The Alderman
sneered at Dewey's victory. declared that he
did not compare with heroes OF the civil war
and characterized the popular estimate OF him
as wild adulation OF military glory inspired
by the Mckinley Administration to bolster up
the unpopular war" "A second Boulanger.'
he exclaimed. and he further said: The
country is now in the same condition as France.
through tins crazy adulation of Dewey" lie
was the only member OF the hoard voting
against the proposition 10 extend the hospital
ity of the city to the Admiral.
Mayor Quincy Is anxious to entertain Ad-
mlral Dewey for tn" city Of Boston. The
Chamber Of Commerce Is also d"sirous that
the Philippine hero shall sit down at its table.
Invitations were sent to the Admiral, and
yesterday word came Of the receipt OF them
and the imroSsibility Of settling Oh any time
for visiting the city.
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Joint Birthday Celebration of -Four
Brothers.
From me Knorri,lc Sentinel.

viii. Joe. Ium and FL Hicks Of Knoxville
were all horn on the 22d day OF June, though
OF the ordinary and its equal is not known,
William Hicks is 80 years OF age. Joe 49,. Lum
81 and Edward II. These young men ar" the
sons Of j. f.. Hicks, n prosperous farmer. who
resides about fifteen miles north Of Knoxville.
They celebrate their Joint brhdavs ON the
night Of June ~ in AN appropriate manner by
enjoying delightful birthday spread,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
Crevlce in Which Water Freezes in summer.
From n, niiaderphir Record.

CoUDERsPORT. Pa. July On tho farm OF
John r DOol, In sweden Valley. Potter county.
long time back il was noticed that ice could la
found in certain rocky crevicr the year
around. Recently several men proceeded 10
investigate by digging SHAFT in the rOcks.
but when they were down fourteen feet the
atmOsphcr" became so cold II was impossible
TO proceed further. No water was found in tho
shaft, hot the drlppinGS down the side freeze
as they trckle down the stone, and water
poured down the shaft will freeze into solid leo
In a few minutes
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prrhans So.

7" INF Ep'roH ny THEsuS-s,r one of your cor
respondents has told Of II man who vasa jewellcr
aud blacksmith. Does not this beat 1t?
In the outskirts OF TarrytowD appears this sign:
John HAiRes Bull pups and violcts raised here. :"
NEW foAa, July 81. Y. J.. SCHuLEA.
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We call attention to the offer by corre-
spondent OF prizes for a poetical competition.
printed elsewhere. simply to say that it is from
well-known gentleman whose entire respon-
siblity is UNREASONABLE.
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The List LennthenA.

| To THE EpIToR THE SUS-Sir: Mr.. Demko
Broda of Newton. y. j.. sells rag carpet aud empty
barrels. Monday DAYS, Patsey Posey and Ben Bealer
| of Rocky Point Fla; Prince Bull OF Charleston, s.
c.; Cullen Pent of Beynton, Fla, and Lee Shine of
Fason n. C.. are tillers OF the soil. LEO LoEw.
New YORK. July 81
To THE EDlroR OF THE SUNNI Please add to
| builder Of Brooklyn. H.
| BRooKLYN. July 81.
| To THF FDIroR oF THE SUN-Sr, II wouId seem
approx ria:c that Peleg Slwday OF BushviIIe Gene.
see county. should have honorable mention in your
| famous list Of names. GRoRGE GREGORY
| BATAVIA. y. Y. July 90.
To rHr TpIroE or THE SrS-Sir, Does not tho
name OF an esteemed x.Rccorder Of Clcaraeld coun
| ty. Pr, Mr. Bine Kooher deserv, place in TnE
| SUN's gallery? JoHN PATTERSON
PHIIApTLPHIA, july 81.
To THE EDIToR OF The SUNNI, Mr.. Hot Bare.
foot a cattle dealer and horse buyer Of the town of
Ncversnk and Blunt Hector is of our village con.
| stables. Eric.
LIBERTY, n. ", July 81.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir, Hank Morg is
| fisherman on the Shrewsbury, Dode Pull il
butcher in the Catskills anl IEc Moke is the owner
| Of coffee house III kawark Nj. ESP
NEWARK. July 81.
l" THE EDITOR OF The SrS-Sir A. Guy, u noted
shoemaker Of Bainhridge, Ga. and 1t Clark Of Iron
| City, ia, apply for membership in THE SuN. Cog.
| nomrn Cat cory. DINE HINES
SAvANSAH, Ga, July -.
To TAI EaITog oF THE SvN-Sir: For your re.
searches for strange names. here items from
| tn" personal column IT local paper;
| Mr. E. Ita If COMFORT was visiting friends In tho
! city TO-DAY
Mos rum 4 Wellington. u. C.. is visiting his
| mother AMI siG'er IN i.as. Craig street
| K""AriLLr, Tenn July 80, ARTHUR J. FuRnEs
To INF EprruR on TUT SrN-S,r; Carl bog Is
! 70 'id"nt Of the town ~ Ncsper, wool county Wis
'MEnHIlL Wiz. july -. C,N.J
| To- THE EproR OF THE SUS--Nir' Bilious Pond
! WI thc name Of worthy minister Of the newschool
| Prcsby terian Church Notwithstanding his nam,
| and the Fart that his residence was in \ somevh
malarious region in central Illinois he lived to a
good old age. His death about tho time Of tho
| union OF his Church with the old school. q. H. Il.
aASpwIoH. Ill. July 40.
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TO THE t,pITop or Tur N M ali-
toriol last Tuesdav "Tbs Root ~ Strita
NJ ''t 'as. iuesua'' i"e hoo' vi o''ihe
iro"o'es' you say
the alleged grcediness of empiovers bit tsr IRE
pressible tendency Of the human race to multiply
beyond the means OF subsistence. 1t is a
ors on raft in the ocean with scant supply OF food
and drink and the weaker have to uo'umb.
rms H. perhaps. IN rev words. the strong
est statement OF the Malthusian doctrine that
tions oonoorni,,, !. n,hioL I, .h.,,o 49, l., 49,,
lions concerning IL. whieh. II they can be an.
swered satisfactorily. ought to go far toward
establishing It as an impregnable truth.
i, Does no. an increasing population make
ization OF labor. which increases not ONLY the
aggregate nroduction ~ wealth hut the n ,'
duction per capita
.. If the above question be answered in the
anlrmative. does it not follow that dense pop.
ulaton can be supported with greater ease and
in greater comfort than sparse oneg
. I,i. T., 49,. ,h.t 49, -. r'. va, -,
adds to the supply OF labor In the market. is it
not equally true that every one born adds to
the demand for labor for the satisfaction OF his
wants, and that these two tendencies thus bal
ance each other?
4. Is 1t fair to compare the bounteous earth
to raft in mdocean. with n ecant supply OF
PROVISIONS ana no means OF producing moro :
And is II fair to assume that the distress we
onuafinnu ON us sb F3n me pressure OF
the larger and richer part of The earth has
scarcely been scratched?
tho r a ~ any Wa,,a' ,3r assuming mar
sparsely populated and civilization has scarccIy
begun will continue, when the earth has been
p, ore peo,neu asu CIVILIZATION Is something
g. Will not true answers to the above oues-
tions disclose the fact that the Malthusian doe
e, xns Is npt1hng more nor less than plausible
our eternal and internal struggle TO Get the
better OF each other? And does not the pro-
o. SuG f aoetrIhe iali nhler lsalahs
light and light Tor darkness ?" ' AN''' 'o'
Somebody has written 1t may be said that
tnfr ,ins, %nrae po'itln9, economy ana black
reputed knoMIedge of the laws Of the 6rodmc a
ton and distribution OF wealth ia used to eR~
rlch lew al me expense oil the many, or to
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PANS Mosque No. H. near Grand Hotel. and
Kiosque No. 10. Boulevard DIES Capucincs.
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To THr EDIroR or THE suN-Sr' II wout seem
approx ra:c that Peleg Sawday OF Bushville Gene
county. should have honorable mention in your
famous list Of names. GRoRGE GREGoRY
BATAVIA, y. Y. July 90.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUNNI; Please add to
the deahlcsS roll Of fame the name Of Mr.. Doeneck
a builder of Brooklyn. H.
BROOKLYN July 81.
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To THE EpIToR OF The SUNNI Mr.. Hot Bare.
foot cattle dealer and horse buyer Of the town of
Ncvcrsink and Blunt Hector is of our village con.
stables. Eric.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

upon it as a purely art museum, and VINO nave
complained that it contained exhibits that
were of no artistic value or Of beauty, ana cls-
advantageous comparisons have been drawn be
tween it and the Metropolitan Art Museum IL
New-York The latter, it is true, enjoys one
superiority over nearly every other art museum
Ia the Old World. 1t is Of all institutions oil thc
kind the one that is most free from inferior OBJ
jects This is largely due to the fact that its
accomplished director. General di Cesnola, eN-
erCiscs a greater degree Of power in the ac-
ccptance and the rejection of gifts and of loans
to the museum than any of his European col
leagues, past or present. At South kenslhE'"h'
as in other capitals Of the Old World, when an
object Of art is presented or loaned 10y royal
rcIsonage the favor has TO be accepted with
due gratitude no matter how spurious or ugi!
the article in question may be. ana pace OF
honor has to be found for it, General di Ccs-
noa, on the other hand, is free to conSIgn
denominations of this kind to the cellars Of the
Metropolitan Art Museum which are filed t"
OVERLOOKING and constitute in every sense of
the word his chamber Of horrors.
While, however the South Kcnsington Muse
um contains many objects of questionable
loauty from artistic pcn; Of view. it is per
haps richer than any other institution of the
kind in the world in unique art treasures. And
the latter aside from their educational value,
constitute, from purely economic point OF
view, a magnificent investment, a thing which
may be commended to the attention Of the vari-
Gus cities and towns Of the United States which
have either already founded or are about To
establish art or Industrial art museums. The
contents Of the South Kcnsngton Museum
represent a value at the time Of their acquisi-
ton 10y purchase by gift, or by bequest, OF
$15OOOU0. To-day the price Of these objects
at current market rates exceeds at the very
lowest estimate $1OOVOOO00 II would be diff
fCut to find a more profitable investment.
therefore. for public funds. and money thus eX-
pended cannot be regarded as having been
spent in the ordinary sense Of the word, but
merely put out at compound interest
DUPLICATES LENT TO OTHER CITIES.
1t is natural that IN the course Of time an in
sttution such that of South Kensngton
should secure the possession of duplicates
These, instead Of being stored away, have been
turned to good account in connection with
what is known as the Circulation Department
Thus the duplicates Of valuable laces lent
to the museum at Nottingham, which is the
centre Of the lace industry in England. The
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

The originator and founder of this museum
was the Prince Consort. the enlightened and
progressive husband Of the Queen, who brought
the institution into life in the face of the most
extraordinary indifference and opposition of the
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

hundreds of similar industries throughout the
United Kingdom which could never have been
created had il not been for the educational in
nuencos If the South Kensington Museum upon
the artisans furnishing the necessary labor.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

Gus Industries which have been brought into eX-
istence by the South Kensngton Museum. Only
to mention Of them, the great Doulton pot
terry works at Lambeth have given employment
to thousands of people. 1t is only one Of many
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

Government and public alike, who were dis
rosed to eneer at the affair as the fad Of a Ger
man theorist Every kind OF obstacle was put
in his way, and it was only with great difhcuity
that ne managed to obtain from the Treasury
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

duplicates OF iron work are lent TO the Munici-
pal Museum at Birmingham which is the head
quarters of the iron-WOrk and metal trade, and
on.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

enough money to purchase some OLD, dsuseo'
galvanized iron sheds from railroad company.
1t was in these hideous buildings. known as the
'Brompton Boilers" that he housed the coilec-
tions. which he had got together in a large part
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

COMPLETION OF THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM.
skttcho of nonto ard Cromwe