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The Greatest Question Of All.

We print to-day further letters from cor
respondents on the question OF the neces-
sity of dogma and faith In dogma as a foun-
dation for supernatural religion. Like
those hitherto published by US, they treat
the subject from different points Of view
and reach conclusions which are various.
Their great value, however. consists in the
revelation they afford OF the deep serious
ness and widespread anxiety with which
the consequences OF the present critical
methods OF dealing with the authority for
the Christian faith are regarded.
or all the questions Of religion whose dis
cussion has Interested the readers of The
Sun, as indicated by such volunteer corre-
spondence, this question Of dogma has pro-
voked the most interest in the most ear
nest, intelligent and even scholarly minds,
and we regret that because OF the great
volume OF this correspondence we are able
only to make selections from 1t, passing by
many letters OF much merit intellectually
or spiritually.
Every one who roads the published letters
will ut least, he struck by the dignity and
importance which they all give to the sub
jnct No trace Of ilippancy, the Gravcst sin
possible in dealing with the momentous
question OF religion, is discoverable in any
OF them, nor does it appear in the many
whose publication we are compelled, re-
luctantly, TO omit. In past times religious
criticism has been marked by an evil spirit
Of malGnity. ridicule, and aspersion. The
old inhdols were too apt to exhibit
positive contempt for tho theology and
the institution OF the Christian Church,
hut no such feeling Is manifested at this
time. Perhaps the tolerance OF the present
agnosticsm--a new name for an old thing
may be indicative OF a more dangerous
sentiment, the most dangerous feeling that
can arise as touching the question OF faith,
for it may imply that the subject, having
been dismissed by those minds as mere
superstition, has lost its power Of stirring
up any passionate controversial spirit in
them as bong too childish to get excited
over When they refuse to argue with the
believer 1t is only because there is nothing
common To him and them upon which
there can DO agreement as a basis for
argument. II, for instance, man looks
upon the Bible as only "a literature" to
use the expression Of Bishop POTTER, and
accordingly subject to the conditions as
such, he is not in a position to argue with a
man who draws his conclusions solely from
the Bible as an inspired Book Of Divine
authorship, and therefore absolutely IT,
reputable.
The letters to The Sun Un this question
OF dogma. however, prove that this cpiscu
pal view Of the Scriptures as "a literature
which must accept the conditions of its cx
istence." does not yet prevail among the
lay minds OF his own and other orthodox
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-16
Carriageway Reform on Ferryboa ats.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: As soon
a. the Board OF Health in New York passed
its resolution against sxpectoratinR on the
floor in cabins OF ferryboats. the different
transportation com panies lost no time in post
ing notices and stationing employees to see
that tho order was not dsobeyed. For such
prompt action all honor is due | wonder now
II they will be as prompt to attend to another
matter which ia q greater dan ger to health than
that Just mentioned. II is the yillainous
Stenches that are allowed TO 60 undisturbed
arising from the carraReways on ferryboats'
and the approaches thereto. Wooden hoorinRs
should lie replaced by metal or concrete and
drainage made perfect. Arrangements should
also hs made for thorough flushing after each
TRIP and disiniectants constantly used.
New YORK. July IA. CoMMUrER
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THE ADJUSTMENTS OF CIVILIZATION
IL n Lion and Bull Fight Any Worse Than .
Dog Tight, After An:

To THE EDITOR THE sUs--Sir: In the name OF
sacred civilization some newspapers are making
pompous fuss that lion and bull fight in France.
But, after all. although the thing puts UP mighty
poor showing in the limo of good TASTE certainly
cannot TO any worse than cock fight, dog fight or
q prize fight unless the of the nquity is to
be h1cd by the size and weight OF the combatants
Just why any moro consideration should bo
given to a believing bull and a loud.mouthed
lion than to a rollckng rooster and tenn.
pestuous terrier it ia hard to say. To b.
sure IL are to believe the Spaniards. tho bull,
and not the lion is the king Of beasts because in all
the recent battles between bulls and lions in Spain
the forest kings knocked into cooked hats be-
fore the fourth round. Each lion proved gutter
after putting mp a mighty poor night at that. and
Anally dsgraced himself by climbing up to the top
of tue cage and staying there like cat freed by
low rs he 10 Craked 70 be. and the cvalry of tn"
Dull ID about on q par with his judgment Fol eA-
ample. avery rowdy bull indeed lived few years
ago in Staten Island long before raised tn II.
present peerage. He hated everybody and chased
every body in ght. ono day a man with straw
hat anne into the field where the hull was grain.
Tue brute INN edately gave chase. The man vanlted
the fence and across the railroad track just As
train was coming The bull broke down the fence
and came out upon the track Just in time to ba
caught by the cowca cher and sent whrling through
the air into ditch Strange to say, he was not much
hurt, but he was badly scared, and one way or
other he got 1t into his wise head that It the man
with the straw hat that tossed him. Ever after.
whenever he caught sight Of man with straw hat.
he would scamper OF in Rbject terror; there WAS
more fight in him for fellows with straw hats.
there 10 no reason to sit down and cry over it W.
New YoRR. July 10.
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To THE EDITOR THE sUS-!Sir' A yesterdAy's
paper in article the changing of street signs in
New York that the names Of streets shall be placed
at right angles to their course that this Is In
novation Of Commissioner Henry Kearney.
shortly after he resumed ONCE" continues ths
article "he conceived the idea that the people would
he better satisfied II they could see the name OF the
street they were actually travelling upon a. they
al ny and he recently issued orders TO put thu
plan into execution. The work Ia moving slowly,
but a. rapidly az possible under the crcunl tancss.
When / am Broadway, according T. Mr.. kear-
new 1t Ia OF greater concern TO me that know am
still on Broadway than that have reached Houston
street. might fear had gotten on to the Bowery.
! might be stfolling mp Riverside Drive
Consideratr. ingenious MIR. Krarney! Perhsps he
has lived in Boston. OSE Oh THE PKorLE-
NEW YoHk, July IT.
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Racing by Electric Light.

From hr Electrical Ans
At the First Greater America Colonial Exposition.
which vii, he opened IN omaha July and continue
10 Nov, I. 1872, Aluminium Of 1000 lights will be
employed and through thHr aid fairy city has thus
far been con-truc' ed. winch Is more like cryEtGi,
lL-d DIR am or Uia.Ic cItN, created by OF tho
wand. tGSuA ~ 81 stone and y A.ttr aud mortar
and brick. Elrctn" lighting VII ue i1uy > TIA aid
Of underground cables. novel feature will he the
IAcetrack. At night raceA will be run . oourss
a. bright A. day. ssArchghtS. focusing lamps AAA
tncandsScent lamps will be used dd hbftUA-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-16
Birth Rate in Europe.

Signor Bodis, q well.known Italian stAtiSticiSn.
has publ she tables showing the order In which the
countries OF Fur ape clAssod in decreasing series
according to their mean birth rate l, Russ IN
Europe, :. Hun.Ary; g. ScrVia; =. RoumAnia; s.
Austria; a. German Empire, :, Italy; Z. Spain; ..
Finland; 10. Portugal; II, Holland, L., England
aud Wales 10. Scotland; II. Denmark; IL, Norway
10. Belgium II, Sweden; ~, Switzerland; 10.
Greecoi 20, France II. ireland. 1t will thus DO
observed that RusSia has tho largest peroen Of
births and France and Ireland have the smallest
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-16
A New Yorker on tho Superiority of Philn-
dGlphla Ice Cream.

To THE EnITuR ~ lHE Su~--Srs lam glad that
you have opened The ice cream question for II there
is one article iur acd ly lu'l aHG restaurant men
IN NV York thAtis always rad II IL zee cream. Wo
IA @ local wAuuiaril" - Who iurn al the bubble
wlth--whst they want ain IA New Yorker, early and
iHlv rut I'm aGeIinA IN tns uuy GIly III thIe great
country ~ "lra irS tie. for that matter whtrt
tho ~ cream dcr"tAbc. IL ~ paIsahlo III BO,roI,
but here II IL bad. oar quaker cousins get . ArgS
plate OF ice croain u any Iavor for hilaen cents
and It IL batter worth Fifty cents than auy served
he 10 IL worth ten. No one really knows the City OF
BrOthcry Love who has net eIAInin ned il ice cream
SEw YoEK, July 40. q,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-16
They Care Precious Little About the
Angleworms.

The 81. Louis Mirror is an intclligcntly
conceived weekly paper which often knows
what it thinks and likewise knows how to
express its thoughts. 1t happens to DO
published in the neighborhood OF the Hon.
WILLIAM ]. STONE OF Missouri and Of the
Democratic National Committee.
The tone Of this Southwestern Bryante
in speaking Of Subterranean operations in
Eastern politics illustrates the prevalent
Democratic sentiment in such parts of the
country as are not reached by Mr.. GoR-r
MANS suhways. The attitude is contemp-
tuous rather than defiant. We quote from
our st. Louis contemporary:
1.-THE opposition to Mr. BRYAN in his own party ia
coutsm ptible. The devices which Is put to hnd
ways of obstructipg him are puerile. The nominA-
ton Is his BY consideration of decent politics.
There Is no man In his party who Is his equal no
who is so In rapport with the principles OF the
party. There Is man who comes anywhere II ear
Mr.. BRYAN in popularity and his defeat for another
nomination would be . defeat OF the popular will SO
far his party Is concerned. He has earned renom-
inAtion by his work. He has kept tho party Alive
and hopeful when the other so.cal!ed leaders only
despared and dcsponded. There is not another III an
around whom the hosts rally. All others are in
the popular mind. suspects. Nominate another man
than Mr.. BRYAN next year and the Democrats would
lose two million of the SIX and half million votes
he polled in the election OF November. 1898. Drop
Mr.. BRYAN and all the PopuliSt votes dropped.
Abandon Mr.. BRYAN and the Chicago platform ia
meaningless. Mr.. BRYAN is the man. He is invtnci.
bio in his party His enemies only waste their
strength in endeavorinx to encompass his defeat
Every device they have tried thus far has resulted ia
exposing their impotence. Each failure has strength.
sncd Mr.. Bryan"
The out-and-out Bryanites, the millions
with whom it is BRYAN or nothing" tho
men who as the Mirror says, are the fol-
lowers of u leader in whom they believe
devotedly and without modification, are
not In tho least interested in what is going
on down among the angleworms. They
themselves are up in the daylight. They in
tend to stay above ground until the Con-
vention meets, and they mean to have
BRYAN and nobody but BRYAN.
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Tho Germans have just had rather
amusing experience which emphasizes Lord
CHARLES BEREsFoKD's opinion that China
badly needs stable circulating medium. They
have been trying to introduce German cur
rency into the Kiao Chou Protectorate. but the
natives have declined to accept German gold
and silver as coin. They are willing to take
the coins In exchange at their bullion value.
but will not recognize the values stamped
upon them. In other words. German coins
must be weighed every time they figure in u
commercial operation. and. as the Germans
cannot agree to this round about procee ling
and are not ready yet to undertake an educa-
tlonal campaign. they have ceased the struggle
TO circulate their own currency and have OIL
cially recognized the supremacy Of the Mexican
silver dollar.
Except at the treaty ports foreign coins are
usually taken only as bullion. No ono knows
what he will get for his coins when they are
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-27
WE MAKE TIN
DeSt Goods for the
Dest People,;
UNION BAKERY
AND CAFE

Tel. Green IN.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

values Of farm property IN that part Of the
country has changed What 10 taking piace
Is nothing short Of revolution in condi-
tons. Tue operations Of one man In Cat
taraugus county constitute story Of sig
nthcance
George Brown. Of HinsdaIs, Il q farmer
ana cattle dealer. He has made q good
deal of money by his shrewd dealings in
live stock. He now owns twenty or thirty
farms IN the townships Of Hinsdale. Ischua
for many years for mixed farming. and he
When he nnds q good crup OF grass on .
farm which he has recently acquired he
cuts II. but his plan II 10 turn everything
into pasture iands- In this way he avoids
the necessity Of building fences between
fields. which Is a large item Of expense to
the farmer. He needs no fences except on
the boundary lines OF his farms. and ho
has SO little use for farm buildings that he
practically does not value them at all in
his purchases. He does not always bug
outright. His idea OF the value Of farm
is about = an acre, and he never pays
more than s..
Mr.. Brown bought 1900 acres Of land In
one tract in Potter county, Pennsylvania.
from f. II. and c. W. Goodyear, Of Buff
faio. who carry on heavy lumber opera.
lions In that state. The price he paid was
37h cents an acre. He Immediately put
men az work clearing OF and burning the
rubbish and sowing grass seed. Then, b.
fore the property was either cleared or
fenced, he put . quantity Of live stock
on It
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Mr.. Crockett, who traces his Maryland
and Pennsylvania ancestry back to the
time when there was no such city az Balti-
more. has In the course Of his business be-
come q large holder OF Seattle real estate.
owning today IN one bunch some ninety
He was Ia the city yesterday to pay his
taxes. Al the Dsiier hotel. where he II
reg!stered and where he has stopped for
years. no said:
Yes, IL seems rather . Tong time to look
back over. ! settled on the island In 1851.
OF course I have seen many changes sine.
crocketss lake. Just hack OF. Admiralty
head. I have always called the place
home. though of course have been away
the territorial legislature in is7a and OF. the
state legislature IN 1888. At Intervals
have Travelled. partly for pleasure and
There was. OF course. wide contrast
between the TWO legislatures in which l
served In ix5a the legislature OF the ter
Tifory was A very email body. and the coun-
try itself was sparsely settled. In 1898 con.
dttioas had vastly altered. Thousands OF
people had come West The territory had
em.rsed from The ehrysali. stage TO full
and representative body OF men. THE most
notable incident Of the session was the
fight between John n. Allen and George
Turner fsr the United States xenatorship.
The night was hot one. I heard A great
deal ~ talk u heoi.e. but although / was
in pretty good position n know never saw
any evidences Of money used on either side.
am an old line Democrat, I eurpcse you
would call re now a sound money Demo-
crat.
Things on wildly Island are looking
well The spring season % course has been
very backward SEN. 70. grasses and oats
IRE weather has not been unfavnrahie.
Wheat has needed dTier weather hat the
crop Is locking better than could have been
expected The fruit ernn has been hurt 10
some extent. hat not much might
have been anticipated, Pears. which
bIeoued early. have been hurt. bat our
pears are comparatively yaiuelsss, a. they
don't sell we'll here ana won't bear ship
fueEtt East. More important are the APP
rlss. and they are locking well
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treasury department. was turned over to
tho attorney general and Secretary Hay
for examination and report.
Postmaster General Smith brought up the
question OF the ranking privilege in Cuba
and Porto Rico. Under the Old Spanish law
many municipal and local oifi.iais were en- 4.
titled to the ranking privilege and have
been allowed to exercise It since We assum-
ed control.
The postmaster general read a letter
from Maj. Rashbone, who IL at the head
OF the postal affairs OF Cuba, saying that
the number OF persons exercising this priv
iieEe now was excessive, ard tire Dues
den arose as TO whether II would not bc
wise TO cut the privilege on altogether II
Is largely a question OF poi.cy and Post
master General Smith will ascertain exact
ly TO what extent the privilege Is exer-
cised and report to the cabinet before Anal
action Is determined uron
The postmaster general has decided to
send a special agent to Lake City. 3. c.,
for the purpose OF examining the situation
with view 10 determining whether or not
pos'ofice shall be resstablished there.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-27
DEWEY's RETORr TO HER,
The AdmlraFs Experience With q
Newspaper Woman ut Manila.

Many officers wives. as socn az they he
came convinced that their hushn nas would
remain an Indefinite period at Manila. lost
no time In hurrying over 20 join them and
some. It's said. even though their husbands
cahsed No" To their petitions. Admiral
Dewey did not look with savor upon their
arrival. for 10 his mind II means impaired
efficiency In some Of his hes, officer.
They came. however. and before the out
break OF hostilitfes between the insurgents
and the Americana dances and Yacht ex-
cnrSons In the Ray and up the Pass river
became quite frequent. even the admiral
himself giving large bah on the OLYMPIA
He however. aiwsys maintained his posi-
ton. ard no woman was allowed aboard
ship when she went 20 sea or during the
subsequent period when the feet was in
battle array around Manila hay.
One charming Young woman. engaged IN
Newspaper work, drew heavily on the ais-
fsrent ships Junior officers I: became
quite sally practice among the officers
To. tn turn. take her driving In the coo, Of
the Afternoon A. the principal drives OF
interest lay In cseea proximity 10 the frtAr
Hnes The excursion WAS rot without the
element az danger SO dear TO the heart Of
both officers and adventurous women. Tns
admiral ionkea on for sorna time IN silence
h1' eventually meeting the fair chsrrn.r
one day. reproschc! her for taking such
r'~sS. thinking PERHAPS ir this way 10 stem
'he practice so rapidly becoming popular
among hs men. The ycung woman nrs,nu.-
IL replied TIA, she va. nos Al al afrat. ~
bullets when protected by on. 81 Dewey
ofsesv.
Wei" replies ,ha admiral -. van do
rot ostees 90 being kidd I have nothing 70
say but cannc; snare any nj r,y men 49,
As1ha Letter "a Lssls+'s Weekly
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-27
Ll0NEss "QUEEN" DEAD.


Queen" the iione~s known fer many
years and admired by thousands - circus
gaers In this AMI ether cities - dead
spussu' died on "Wednesday night In Mad
fscn Square garden % consumption, dis.
case ths, animal-keepers take more pains
90 quart aaains. than any other lis that
teset their charged. TIE scrasraa bic char
Acs~risttc Of Queen" was that she was
known as the mother ~ Aaif Of The lions
IN captivity That .s wny she WAS cen
eidered 80 valuable by her tate owners
Forspsnsh a Sells. and one reason way
she used 10 attract 80 many children and
grown people about her cage wherever she
was shown.
queens ago Is an unsc'vea pggalsm
She was acquired by her iast owners many
years ago. AMI even then her axe was
matter Of conjecture. Her keeper. "saek. !"
es~s she young itensss then. ani a
thing of beauty.
she wss the star in them days" JACK
explained YESTERDAY ''ans The hanssemss,
crss,cr en Tire Rad -
Jack SAYS .hst her esspftng ara - 70
found IN maay 'remaxerte% travelling n
Asnerics. end n reaEaEssaI gardens sere
ard abroad, Tier tsst nnp- ''SsmpsoT. =
"l,~ery'. ana - hiey," AsFn t&.s war
are with tho eIseas. ans. according Sc h~r
cid attendant. INA "ausktes; youngsters
In the show
hut then" saM LAX ~aAe WAS =
Jealous mother. ana Il sfsere shan aHe cab
she's kiilsd II $50 many sseNgia iNakef a:
FERN she'd Kill err. safv Aa3 n0w .hs
CID iad.'s dead. her sickness ioc,k or hes
q year Awa. and lately sae aAst kHs o fell
away. SEQ 9rx; lstA III her eARe aaA 10
last iiTsta ss0ke ts her $50 fsa3y aceaxa
her eses = i,tti~ ard xssse4 her Tall. weak
ans Yi.sfu, uge"
''tauvo@'s'' sssa wssl s~A ssures and. IN
all iiAease~st pis-es in she Smithsonian
institution, New York Frfbaae.
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MADE GOOD USE OF DEAD COWS.
Tricky Old Farmer who Planned to
Cheat . Railroad Company.

ut was a great scheme laughed the
claim agent. ''and II l hadn't by tho merest
chance sumbiei 10 the old mans game II
might have been going on yet. Some time
ago I was notified tina, a man down the
road had had COW killed by the cars, and
that he had put In a claim for damages.
looked the matter up. and a. It was per
fcctly straight on the face of II there was
nothing 10 do but To settle with the old
man on the best terms that could ret.
aid So and was hardly back when I was
again notified that the old man had had
another cow killed by the cars.
Il looked into the claim a little more
carefully bat I, was all right a. far as I
ceuld see ana settled with him. Before
l had had time 20 catch train back 10 the
city the old man sent me word that he had
hal another COW killed by the cars. This
larry 80 a. none OF the train crews had
reported killing any cows. Moreover. they
ali denied II when questioned about f.
Il went out where the cow was stili
lying ny the side o. the track, and found Il
ai,ncs, cut 10 pieces. was about to set
tie with tbs old man. a. there was no
other way out OF II. when his 1o-yeAr-old
boy came running up.
Pop" he easpcd. there's another COW
dead. Hurry Up and we'll drag her down
here and make the old railroad think that
they have killed two this time
Well. the truth Of the matter was tina,
tae old mans stock had been dying from
some cause. and he with great fore~
thought, had dragged the victims down on
he railroad grade. pouesea a few holes
IN them with n psckax. and thea calmly
notified the railroad TO settle