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few wears aro when Queensland and New

q few years ago when Queensland and New
South Wales took the radical step OF subsi-
dzing French cable connecting the former
with New Caledonia. There were visions
OF extending this line to the Fills and
thence across the Pacific, and there were
anxious inquiries as to whether Australia
had become tired Of waiting, and had cast
in its lot with French transoceanic wire.
However, the cable stopped at the French
colony, and the original British enterprise
was not nterfered with.
Toward the end OF April last Mr.. CHAM
BERIAIN said in tho House Of Commons
that Great Britain had always considered
the cable project to be OF far greater i'm
portance to Australia and Canada than to
the United Kingdom, but that she would
consent to take part in II in the interests OF
imperial unity. Heproposed, therefore, that
Australasia and Canada should construct
and operate the cable, taking It's profits,
and that the United Kingdom should, after it
was once open contribute flve-eighteenths
Of any shortage Of receipts below expenses
for n period not exceeding twenty years,
provided that this annual subsidy should
in no case exceed 100000. This luke
warm attitude toward the enterprise was
criticised, but II the current dispatches are
correct more liberal support to It may
have since been accorded by the Imperial
Government
How does all this affect us Mainly in the
way Of stimulus to our own Pacific cable
enterprise. There have been so many an
nouncements OF progress In the British
project that we need not be alarmed at
the present one but 1t Is clear that the
prelminaries to the latter are gradually
getting into a moro practical shape, and
that we must push on our own plan. We
must have an American cable to Honolulu,
and also to Guam and the Philippines. Had
we annexed Hawaii, as we ought to have
done, when she applied for admission more
than six years ago, when Mr.. CLEVELAND
withdrew from the Senate the treaty of an.
nexaton which his predecessor had sent to
that body, probably we should by this time
have had q cable at least to Honolulu, If not
also clear across the Pacific. We should then
have been first in the fold. with the trade OF
Asia accustoming itself to our channel OF
information.
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The Faith OF the Nun of Kcnmare.

To EpIToR or THE SUS-Sir; In tho notice
OF the death Of Miss Cusack THE Nun Of Kenmare"
which appeared in tho press generally on Juno r..
many of tho papers stated that she had returned to
the Roman Catholic Church. VIII You please allow
me t. correct that statement? Miss Cusack was tho
mother superior 81 tho convent Of the Sisters of
Peace In Tnglewood y. j. in 1898 when received
letters from her In which she her desire
leave the Roman Catholic Church. a. she had lost
faith In doctrines ami had relish for its pnac.
tees. Accordingly. in July Of that year. she left tho
convent. and from that time until her death at
bennington England. on June s, she adhered to tho
Protestant faith.
hone this correction will lie noted hy the papers
that published her return to the Roman Catholic
church As Miss Cusack had filled large space In
the conventional life of the Roman Catholic Church
for thirty years and had taken a conspicuous part
in the Protestant controversy with the Church Of
Rome for the last eleven years of her life in Justice
to her memory aud to tho cause Of truth this cor.
rcction shorld he made by all who mised re-
gardmg her faith when dying
may add that Miss Cus6rk was buried in tho
L. Arlington Cemetery on Juno r. that in her last
illness ,he att, ndcd by the Rev. j. q. Gregory,
incumbent of Christ Church Protestant Episcopal,
bennington. and that the funeral service was con-
Quoted 10y Mr. Gregory and the Rev g. F. A. Pargiter.
vicar of 81. Iaul's Church Of England no Roman
Catholic priest Bishop being present. These
facts arc taken from the English press especially
from tie Engjih Crrchmau, of London. June IL,
lS'r. JAMES A OCoSEoR,
Editor Of the C0pr'r'rd Cuthoiic
NEW Y0RK, June ~
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WASHINGTON. July Ian order providing
for the organization OF an army nurse corps.
under the direction Of the Surgeon General Of
the Army. was made public by the War Depart
ment this afternoon Tho corps will be under
the immediate supervision OF DIR. Anita New
comb McGee II will consist Of chief nurses,
nurses and reserve nurses. The order pro-
vdes that the Surgeon General may assign
female nurses to duty at all army hospitals
whore the cases treated require the care OF
trained nWaeS. Contracts for nurses will he
not be required TO sign for any definite period
For service In the United States nurse will
receive $40 per month and in any of the colo
MES $50. Chief nurses over five or more
nurses receive SO additional. and over ten or
more nurses So additional. No provision IA
made for leave Of absence for nurse who be-
comes III while in the service. Medical attend :
snce and care will he furnishe but extra leave,
with pay. will not ho allowed.
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The common cry in England whenever
alarmists pointed out the increasing danger
to English trade OF German competition
used to be that the German goods wera
cheap and nasty, and that as soon as
the customers found 1t out they would
return to the old market. According
to report Just published in England,
drawn up by DR.. DIXoNMASN, professor
OF forensic medicine and tOxicology in
Owens College, at the instance of the Com
mittee Of the Home Trade Association of
the Manchester Chamber OF Commerce, it
would appear that not only are English
goods, such as cotton sheets, blankets,
woolens and other stuffs of tho cheap and
nasty order, but that the substances used
to give them weight and appearance are in
many cases highly noxious in their effects
on the health Of the wearers.
The articles examined comprised shirt
ings, sheets, tiannelctto, hlankctngs, dress
Innings and bedticking. In many Of these
foreign substances in large quantities We're
found One fabric, an Oxford shifting, con-
tanned nearly one-third its weight of EPSON
salts. The authorization of fabrics with
these substances" says DR.. DIXoN-MANN
"is productive OF evil in variety Of
ways For example, zinc chloride is corro-
sive and consequently when a fabric ndui-
terated with it is worn next to the skin it
is liable to cause irritation and inlamma-
ton, and to give rise to certain forms Of
skin disease" Some of the substances
used in aduterating possess the prop
erty Of absorbing moisture from the
atmosphere, 50 that fabrics contain
ing them are always damp. Some OK
amincd on q fairly dry day contained ono
fifth their weight of water. Although these
adultcrant mineral substances may be re-
moved by stepping and washing in purc
water, they are not so easily got rid of
where soap is used; and then the fabrics
containing them are frequently worn and
| used in the state in which they are pur-
| chased.
The loss in weight and substance which
| these adulterated substances undergo when
| washed amounts in some cases to as much
| as one-third, and the fabrics are thereby
| changed from nm apparently stout service
| able material into mere rags. This is nOta-
| bly, the case with the cheaper cottons pro-
| ducrd for the Eastern markets, and it no
doubt accounts in great measure for the
way in which American are displacns
| English cottons in the Chinese market.
| This question OF the adulteratiOn of tex
| tile goods is Of serious Importance TO the
| reputation OF English manufacturers, for
| in the end it means the loss of their mar.
kets so soon rs rival with a better and
unadutcrated article appears on tn" scene
and n market once lost in that way is sci.
dom rcgaincd, at least not without great
| time.
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Exports for tn. Year Ended Juno 30.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE value OF the
principal articles OF domestic export for the
month Of June. compared with those Of the
same month last year. we're:
BreadstutTs. slo.7d1.O5 decrease Sa.321.-
Sb5; provisions S17,7OO."04. increase S.. O4'-
725; cotton. $s,o737o9, increase $547.402;
n total of SOL .O37.74S. and a decrease Of So
2l5.774
For the, twelve months ended June 80 the
value o! these exports was SIlS.94O. POI. n loss
OF $40. S7S.3S0 compared with the previous
fiscal wear Of this decrease breadstuffs con-
and cotton S2l .ini.3Oa, while mineral oils
show an increase of ) l4U.2DS.
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The Chief Ordered TO Tell the Superin-
tendent Where All the Saloons Are.

The Chief Ordered to Tell the Superin-
tendent Where All the Saloons Are.
The Police Commissioners made wry face a
day or two ago when they received the sub
joined communication from the man they de-
nounced without cause:
Laws of SO as amended by chapter 400 Of
the Laws OF 1888, provides as follows: when
shall require; il shall be the duty of the Chief
OF Police and the respective heads 81 the de-
partments Of buildings. Fire and Health to
State Superintendent Of Elections OF every
building or part Of building in such city in
sued under subdivision l of the section OF
Liquor Tax laws. showing the location
thereof by street and mber election district
such business as declared by the holder OF said
certificate. certifying whether it be a hotel.
restaurant, saloon. store, shop. booth or other
place and the name of the holder Of such GER
shall state whether or not the building and
holder Of the certificate conform to all the laws,
ordinances. rules and regulations OF the Build
ngs 7 r" and Health departments in relation
to hotels and hotel keepers"
| desire hereby to inform the Police Board
that require the said report from the Chief OF
Police Trusting that your honorable board
will take such action in the prem soS az will
result in an early reply to me. / remain, yours
truly, JOIN MCCULLAGH.
There was no getting out Of it. and the board
ordered the Chief to do as he was hidden. SO
he will report to Superintendent McCullagh
where all the saloons are. McCullaRhs object
Is to aid in preventing colonization next fall
TIL" ltanes law hotel lent itself to the old
scheme.
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Returning Good for Evil.
From n. Detroit Free Pr,.s.

Il came upon a couple OF boys fighting on
the street tho other day" said the portly man.
as he laughed AT the recollection. They we're
both smcarcd over with eggs and were fighting
like couple Of young wildcats.
AS n usual thing / do not believe in inter-
feriug with uuarrels among children. believing
that il Is better to let them fight it out and set
tie their differences in their own way.
using such bad language that thought it bost
to separate them.
Getting hold Of their collars. pulled 81. IN
apart and demanded an explanations
He threw u rotten egg at me- shouted
the younger Of the two as he struggled 4, Il ct
at the other boy again.
This was Undoubtedly a fact IA tho hoys
clothing was strong testimonial to the ponb
In evidence.
Tut. tut, said I. you should have re-
turned good for evil
81 did he sObbed. the reaction having set
ouer"
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Retirement of Mrs. Lease.

From The Ns'kastd STATE Journal.
Alas. that We shall never hear
Aga,u, in accents Shrill and clear,
Her voice break over tCld and fen.
And wall through mountain gorge and glen,
PurtraNtng every earthly grief.
For which there Is no sur relief.
And charging all, with base nteut.
To unjust modes Of government.
No, -he has struck another lad
In which her g"IlnS may succeed.
Upon the lecture platform she
VIII ind an opportunity
To To- thai malCal'Es voice rcHOnnd
A. greater length. and NOR, per sound,
Than when she bittlcd in the war
That PET, grew MS whiskors for.
Who now will take that wuman's place
And ct right out and save the race
BY peerless cloIurnCe of tongue
Aud quite UnmCUSurcd strength of lung7
In all the year - mortal -trIi"
Since man first breathrd the breath Of life,
No female Nu!,o has ever chased
lts,li across the desert waste.
And echoed uuugst the y mes and frs,
That IS pT could compel, with hers.
HrHccturth the only view she airs
Relate tu,umwuuplace affairs,
As-'Nhu AMI When should People Wedf
or tn. -" How toes 1t To be Dead 2"
Tn" wr,tChud plutprrat may stIll
HIS helpless victims BLEED at VIII.
The N"Ual vampires hour 10y hour
lWgsu" the ones they would devuur.
Nhv should al tins disturb the peace
Of MARY Ann Ella Lease?
NoIonE'rf gr,'d t? rinp and pinch,
She nus On fam" l"ad-ripe cinch.
Aud, with It. she can 1T her feet
Tread the brick Nhlka On Fay street.
let H'murra'- amt Pops unite
And fur for what tuFrc II IN Slght;
Let Wharton ltagkc hear his load
Along n e nl.ddl" Of ~" road
Fair MARY Lease will never mix
Again in party politics,
Which fact would clearly indicate
That Mary head is set on straight
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". W. AsroR Iya"rs rrRsONAL TAX.
Appeals to the Cnu.,. declaring That He
IL Not n Reaident of New York.


william Waldorf Astor has obtained n writ Of
certiorari from Justice Stovcr Of tho Supreme
Court to review the tax assessment Of his per-
sonal property for this year. S2.OOO.OOO. Tho
writ IL returnable on the first Monday OF Octo-
her and turns on the question whether Mr..
Aston was a resident when the assessment
was made last January. Owing to the absence
OF Mr. Aston the petition for the writ is sworn
to by Charles A. Peabody. Jr. his attorney
The petition states that pursuant TO an adj
vertisement Of the Tax Commissioners invit-
ing correction " the assessments If erroneous.
Mr. Aston made and delivered to and with
tho said board an application asking that said
assessment he cancelled rs erroneous. together
with tho evidence in support thereof. in which
January 1880. and prioranl subsequent there
to. he did not reside or dwell within and was
not an inhuhitant or resident of the city OF New
York. and your petitioner was not at that date
mentioned an inhabitnnt or resident OF. apF
has not resided or dwclt within. the said ciCy
January. 1873: that your petitioner on the
second Monday of January. 1879. ndlong prior
thereto and ever since has resided. uwellrd anu
lived IN .ondon in the kingdom OF Great Brl-
tain and Ireland with his family
1t is avcrrcd that tho Commissioners took
Mr.. Astor's evidence was rncontradicted. The
Assistant CORPORATION Counsel said. when MIR.
Aston offered to present further evidence II IL
was desired that he did not care for any more.
and tie Commissioners declared that II they
wanted any more they would notify MIR. Aston.
lie has received no such notice. Mr.. Astor
states that he has no personal property In this
county subject to taxation.
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JOHN PAUL JoNEs's CRAVE.
The Naval Hero Was Buried in Paris, but
No Trace of His Grave Cnn Be Found.

WASHINGTON. July 12-Henry Vignaud OF tho
American Embassy in Paris. In reply to letter
from the State Department asking IL the grave
of Mr.. John Paul Jones in the French capital Is
now known and marked. says that he has
made inquiries OF city authorities. but has
been unable to discover the whcrea bouts Of the
grave. one thing, he says, is certain. that tho
naval hero was not buried IN tho cemetery
is I7Si. John Paul Jones died in Paris and
was buried with highest honors by the French
Government. Mr.. Nignaud says that it may
remains were deposited in n rented grave for
term Of years. and that long ago upon the ex-
piratiOn of the lease tho bones were thrown
Into Potter'S Field.
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Bishop Newman md tho Japanese

To THE EDIToR OF THE SuN-.Sir: Your
editorial article OF to-day entitled The Busy
Life Of Bishop Newman puts me in mind Of
an episode illustrative OF his peculiar pompos-
ity or swagger both In the pulpit and out OF It..
that have never seen In print
\ gentleman formerly holding n high posi-
tion in the japanese Government narrated n
neat rebuff administered to Newman in his
famous trip around the world. an episode well
known. which afforded considerable enter
tainmrnt to our diplomatic and consular
representatives and TO the American colony
generally throughout Japan.
When. as Travelling Inspector OF United
States Consulates." Dr. Newman arrived in the
capital OF japan. according to my informant.
he was mortified to learn that no preparations
had been made for his reception. and he was
stirred to an indignation like unto that Of the
Persian Minister who. few years ago COM
planned bitterly rs an Internal onal insult and
cnSuS bPW. because no royal salute was fired
and nothing moro than mere tmgboat sent to
greet him "a he entered New York Bay tho
representative Of the King of Kings"
Alter waiting reasonable time. apparently
exn"rtiRG ell from SON" greet ofiicer Of
Newman despatched n note. to the Foreign
Onice announcing his arrival and. with some
what ot flourish ms TO tho, srccial mission
upon which he had been sent by tho President,
suggesting that arrangements be made for n
formal audience. In rrply to this note in due
course and in words Of true Oriental courtesy
and humility. he received an answer from tho
Minister of Foreign Affairs, stating that it
would give the Japanese Government the
greatest pleasure TO comply with his sugCes-
ton. but that. nftor long and embarrassing
nsidcratio on Of the matter. II regretted To in
form him TINT there was no one In tn" empire
seT TN sMnh exae GrP Tamk to
NEW York. Julv9. F. A.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-iTir; In dis
cussing the question OF dogma" In regard to
Christian belief you seem TO forget what the
Catholic Church teaches on this subject. espe-
ciay in regard TO the first article OF the
Apostles Creed The last General Council Of
the Vatican Cap. II. de Revel. and Canon de
Revcl.l decreed: :" II any one says that the one
and true Goo our Creator and Lord cannot be
known by the natural light OF reason from tho
things which are created let him be anathema."
In A. d. 1341 Nicholas d'Outricourt was con-
demned for teaching that reason could not
prove the existence OF God. and A. D. 1910 tho
Abbe Bautan was condemned for similar
hercsy. 1t Is the universal teaching Of Cath
Ollie philosophy and theology that the existence
OF God, the spirituality OF tho human soul and
the freedom Of the human will arc demon
strable by reason alone, and consequently are
truths Of natural evidence" No student Of
Catholic college can receive his diploma OF
A. Is. until he has learned from his text book
fundamental truths These arguments have
satisfied the best intelects OF the race from
Aristotle to Cardinal Newman. Even mathe-
ton admitted their force. which Is frequently
stronger than that Of mathematical demon
STATIONS. many of which are based on Rratui;,
tous assumptions OF improbable axioms and
postulates.
:, In view OF these facts is not your. assertion
Creed Is natural evidence possible, for they
violate the law Of nature or relate to n super
natural realm into which it is impossible for
mere human Intelligence to enter" something
o. what yoH cNll "a dogma" itself? The ex:,
istcnrc OF God IL proved by natural evidence,
and enters into the very law Of nature. into
which human diligence not only enters but
in which it lives The first article OF the Creed
is. therefore, n truth ofthe natural. as well as a
dogma Of the supernatural order. and. although
the two agree. they should not be confoq1ndod.
HENRY A. BRASN. u. d..
Rector Of St Agnes's Church
New York, July II.
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FIREMEN DON'T LIKE 1T.
They Are Said to BE Dissatisfied with Chief
CrOker's New Order.

Chief Croker OF the Fire Department heard
from the battalion chiefs yesterday concern
ing the operation of his recent order. that fire.
men shall have leave of absence to get their
meals twice day only. Most of the battalion
chiefs reported that the order was working in
a satisfactory manner while few thought the
old state Of things was better.
The fremen themselves object to the order
and there is movement among them seeking
to have 1t rescindcd. 1t was said by n foreman
OF an engin" company yesterday that ] 800 Of
the 1900 ircmen in all the boroughs ar" about
to get up petition to Commissioner Scaunel
ASKING TINT the order be chnngcl.
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Lady RANDOLPH CHURCH1LL's widely

Lady RANDOLPH CHURCHILL's widely
hcradcd Anglo Sdron R1'je'r has made its ap-
pearance. and 1t looks like work of great
luxury. II is as remot" possible from tho
common Idea OF review. being clad in n
sumptuous deception Of crushed levant
with an intricate toolinG in gold. in
spired PL Nbris OF that sHintcd monarch
JAMES |. The paper is very large and very
fine and announces the handmade product Of
Holland. while tho imprint is most black and
dignincd and Of imposing laGihility Physi-
cally the work aims very high. and the
noble and illustrious American editor says
so in her preface with engaging cnndor. She
is far from being immUdest when she i'm
plies that tho Anglo Nnron is to be as nearly as
possible the antithcsis Of the daily newspaper
and her horror OF the ephemeral in contcm-
porary literature will be shared by all good
mon who write. or these there are number
who contribute to Lady RANDOLPH CHURCHILL'S
first number and some OF them are not only
good but also write well Witness. Mr.. HENRY
JAMES and his Grace Of ROsEBEHY. and their
attendant train. Th" Augio- SGruu is indeed
sumptuous. and the intention TO avoid com
monpnce il Enthusiastically serious. All annual
subscribers. for instance, are to have their
names printed at the end OF the second volume.
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Fowler. Col. July IA coyote. supposed to
be suffering from hylrophobia, terrorI2"d tho
settlers living five miles west Of Fowler yester-
day The mad wild animal first appeared at
the ranch of J"-"uh Harris whrr" II frightened
tn" occupants Of tn" huuS" 10y chasing the dogs
course. stopping AT nearly every ranch within
a distance Of two mile. and was finally killed.
by j. I. Anderson. All symptoms Indicated an
element prevails among the settlers in tho
n"ighhOrhOod through which tn" crazy bruts
passed, uud all tn" domestic animals which
might have been bitten have been Isolated
awaiting thuuuirum".
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Women who enter hospitals to learn tlc
profession Of nurses do not. according to DR..
F. Il HALLoCK. devote themselves exclusively
to that business. In an address. which tho
doctor recently delivered at tho United Chari-
ties building, he asserted that they look upon
the hospital as one glorious matrimonial hunt
ing ground whore the young physicians are
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To rHE EDITOR or TUE SUT-.Sir Do not some OF
these West Nlrguaas deserve places on your roll OF
fame; Tced DruC". Jack Frost. Otie o. Tolles of
Parkcr-hurg, Rock Shohr OF Petersburg Hop Wood
Of Phppi Bat fogarty Of Aaruus Fork, ode Sims
OF Hcrn. lac Thl of Boa1. Wink Sipes Of Glonville
sink Roberts OF Wayne, the Rev, Hun Blue of the A.
NJ. f. conferences SEED Drake Of Grady. Obrd Babb Of
Keyser Hoy Wees Of Hazelwood2 u. W. T.
PAKKERsRUTG, W Va. July 7.
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the quarry. that flirting with the doctors comes
first and taking care OF tho patients second
and. that. to keep the physicians and nurses
apart is the greatest problem the superinten-
dent and matron have TO solve. Well WE'LL
bows will be boys and girls will be girls. even In
hospital. and discipline finds 1t hard to over
come the promptngs OF nature.