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The Men from the Mountains.

The riotous. dsordrrly, unmanncry and
tumutuous proceedings of the Democratic
State Convention in Louisville would seem
inexpicable in a nominating convention in
the United States. But two causes have
combined to produce in this observation-disclosures
which is unusual even in Kentucky
In the first place. Il considerable number
or the 10 counties into which Kentucky is
divided are in what are known as "the
mountain districts" of that State, that is to
say, in the eastern section, near the West
Virginia and Virginia border. These noun
tain districts have not, heretofore, taken n
very active part in Democratic nominating
conventions. Democratic majoritics in
Kentucky, as in the neighborng State Of
Tennessee, come chiefly from what are
known as the lowland counties, in the west
or central portions OF the State. This year
at the Louisville convention, under the
leadership of Senator GoEREL, the noun
tain counties of Kentucky, az they are
called, were solidly organized in support
OF Judge REDwISE, Of Breathitt county in
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sir. An Interesting
exposition by a ChicGgoan OF the esoteric meaning
OF the combinations of color, numbers and form
found in the national flag printed in THE sux
to-day. The demonstration includes an interpreta.
ton of the mysticism attaching to the number thir-
teen: the demonsrator explaining that this number
has always been regarded with especial interest
since the time OF tho Mag and that 1t ngnifes proy
ress perpetuity and perfection.
There is a more concise meaning than this attach
ing to these figures and ono which better. psrhan,
explains why this number has n traditional occult
interest Perhaps there are not many people who
some interest "' "o Vi
The figures are the numerAl sign Of the Trinity
the One and the Three. The past the present *
future-the Three in One, "'' 'Ne
shortly, the number thirteen is the symbol of Jjfa
in its most exalted Interpretation. - ''''o
SEw YORK. June 26. FREpRR1o Tpn,>,vn
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The New State Bicycle Law.

Governor ROOsEvELTS fair and consider
ate treatment OF whcelmen and his rcadl-
ness to do all in his power to increase the
pleasure and popularity OF cycling wero
strikingly exhibited by his act in signing
the Collins bill, making all the ordinances
Of this State which relate to bicycles uni
form and consistent. The new law places
riders in all parts of the State under uni
form restrictions; no Partially is shown to
wheclmcn In any one town or city, and no
rural constable may now take the first
bicycle chap" he sees to the lookup for
slight and questionable reasons.
Since the wheel became the poor mans
horse and the rich mans trotter, as the
saying goes its use has never at any time
been regarded by the lawmakers with
more liberality than is shown in the statute
referred to. The conditions upon which
arrests should be made are set forth with
great clearness and the penalty prescribed
for violations of the law Is sufficient to
produce the effect intended. The question
so vital to persons who wheel outside of
their own town, OF what constitutes a
sidewalk on which cyclists may not ride, is
now settled beyond all likelihood OF dis
pute. The law says that bicycles shall not
be excluded from "footpaths or portions
OF public roads lying outside of the thickly
settled parts Of cities and towns which arc
worn only by travel, and are not improved
by the public authorities or by the abut-
ting owners"
The requirements OF wheelmen as re-
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Chinese in Our Luzon Operations.

An interesting point in Quartermaster
SAwTELLE's report upon the early stages Of
the hostilites with the insurgent Filipinos
relates to the Chinese. THE almost uni
versal good behavior" he says, "of the
Chinese drivers of the buffalo carts, when
under fire, led to the recommendation OF
their employment for service as litter
bearers, and, if the experiment should sue
coed, as transport coolies. He received
authority TO hire $40, and paid them $50
a month in Mexican money and Il ration.
The success OF that experiment, he thinks,
would solve the transport problem of an
army operating in Lu2on in either the wet
or dry season." He advises adding, for an
advance into hostile territory, 100 coolies
per battalion, and would bring them from
Hong Kong, so as to decrease the chance
OF their desertion He remarks that Japan
employed $4,000 coolies to "a, 600 soldiers
in her war with China, but that was the
only transportation she used.
simultaneously with this test mony to
the good behavior Of the Chinese in a sub
ordinate capacity, comes some from English
sources as to their qualities as soldiers, the
recruits for the Chinese regiment ut Wei
Ilul wei DtluB IIulStu lOI lHelT SSlput
intelligence and obedience. No doubt their
unbrOken defeats in the war with Japan gave
the Chinese soldiery a bad reputation, but
besides being handicapped in drill, discipline
and equipment, they We're actually outnum-
bered by the japanese on every important
field. The soldiers profession was also
decried and despised in China and from
such feeling defeats might be expected
An English service paper says that all the
testimony goes to show that the Chinese
though by education men OF peace and by
excellent soldiers.
Lord WOLsELEY once declared his belief
that the Chinese had all the mental and
physical qualities required for national
greatness:
They fine men, endowed with great powers
Of endurance: industrious and thrifty. they have
few wants and live little and that little poor
food. Absolutely indifferent to death. they are fear
less and brave and when well trained and we'll led
make hrst-rate soldiex'. l have seen them under
FIRE. and found them cool and undsmayed by
danger. II they provided with a small pro.
portion of English officers. and were organized as
the Egyptian Army has been by since 1882, their
army would soon be. according to my opinion. ono
OF the finest"
However, the point Of interest for us Just
now Is not the capabilities Of the Chinese
as soldiers, for We do not purpose to hire
them to fight for u.s. but their capabilities
for doing such auxiliary work in the Quar-
termaster's Department as Capt. SAwTELLE
speaks OF. On this their courage and other
soldierly qualities have bearing.
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THE CHURCH AND DIVORCE.
Fault Found with n Clergyman's Appeal to
Newport Society.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: hear
praise Of the Episcopal clergyman who preached
upon divorce at Newport yesterday as sig
nally courageous character, because he talked
out" to the very people in whose society have
occurred the most fragrant instances OF getting
rid OF wives and husbands and swapping wives
and husbands by means Of divorces obtained
on trivial and fictitious grounds. For myself
can see nothing courageous in his sermon: It
appears to me to have been rather a timid and,
| am tempted to say. a trucking appeal to Of
tenders against the canon OF the Episcopal
Church concerning marriage and divorce
In the eye OF the Church these people who
have swapped husbands and wives ar living
in adultery, or In simple concubnage Their
divorces have no standing according to the
law OF the Church. framed In obedience to tho
command OF Christ. and their remarriages.
therefore. are purely adulterous unions They
are polyRamsts who have taken new hus bands
and wives while their only lawful partners In
marriage. in the view OF the Church. are still
living.
What, then. is the bounden duty OF the Church
and OF every Bishop and presbyter OF the
Church? Is it not to denounce those religiously
spurious divorces and remSrriages and to put
tse fSeey hGh them under the ban
tie. Clergyman af NEWPORT had peftIormsd
as n. soldier Of the Cross. but when e he
a favor to the Church " to render ohedience to
Its , law and the law OF Christ BY refrnnIpg from
tion OF marriage. he deserves only castIgation
for his cowardly neglect Of plain duty. or
what use what dignity, what title to respect
able" approval before it can be exercised : II the
Church is OF divine institution should IL not de-
mand and enforce obedience 10 its authority
under pair Of Its penalties. whether fashion
able society" approves or disapproves, Is
pleased or displeassd2
To beg offenders against the Christian law
and those who tolerate and even applaud them
e. refrain from such conduct as a favor to the
which brings It into contempt 1t Is not case
for pleading: it is case for the exercise OF
stern contemplation ANGLICANUs.
NEWPORT, June 20.
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From tie Kansas Citv Journal.

ITUH VTF NuWNuS JOUTNuT
TOPEKA. June 81 .-Roscoe Richa rdson OF Cir.
clevilIe. Kan. enlisted in the regular army yes
terday. was examined and deserted within
thirty minutes. Last week Richardson got the
war fever badly. He got up crowd OF young
men at Circleville to come here and enlist in
the regu ar army. There were six IN the crowd,
recruiting station. Richardson was the chief
spokesman. He was examined first and ac-
other memb ers OF his crowd were being exam-
ined he had an attack Of buck ague. He was
not nearly so anxious to go to war he
tunity and slipped out OF the hall while the re-
cruiting officers were not watching and es-
him,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-28
The Local Summer Political Activity.

More than usual activity appears among
the local statesmen of New York and Brook
Ign, both Republicans and Democrats. Rival
district leaders. whose ambitions were set
aside temporarily by unusual circumstances
during the past three years, are again push
ing to the front.
In 1896 the mOmentous issues OF the
Presidential election completely overshad-
owed all such minor contentious In 1877
the important municipal election, the first
under the present New York Charter, was
held, and again local contests received little
attention. In 1898, too, the election was for
Governor and State officers, for Congress-
men and for Legislature both branches
OF which were to participate in the choice
OF United States Senator, and minor
matters ofdlstrict controversy dropped into
relative insigniflcance.
This year, however, there will be in New
York almost n strictly local election. No
State officers are to be voted for. There is
no Mayoralty election. There Is no cleo
ton for members Of Congress or for legis-
lators to take part in the choice OF a Sena-
tor County officers, Judges, Aldermen
are to be elected, and, naturally, the local
contests over the nominations to these
Offices are exciting the smaller statesmen
to unwonted summer activty-to strategy
for the control of primaries, and to rivalry
IN getting up primary contests, excursions
and massmeetings. Their zeal Is the great
er because Of its long repression.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-28
Daldheaded Lunotics,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sr: correspond
en In your issue Of yesterday makes the wild asser
ton that there are no bald lunatics. He has evil
IDENTITY generaized from insufficient data A visit to
the Middletown State Hospital would convince him
OF his error The proportion of bald heads to COW
cred heads is certainly large there as in the out
side world-perhaps larger. Indeed, a stranger com
ing one day in the rear Of OF patients there re-
Ginning hatless on the grass. thought he had come
across an assortment Of ostrich eggs laid out to hatch
in the sun. Its fact worth noticing that this bald
ness does not extend to the hospital physicians who
are sometimes possessed Of excessive capillary
growth and adornment. THE JupaR
MDpLETowS. n. Y. June %.
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THE WART QUESTION.
An Experience Described ms Veritable In
Buying and Selling Warts.


To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: My father told
me when was boy about years old sixty.three
years ago that his brother Justin had u large seed
wart which greatly troubled him. and he asked my
father to buy it. lie did buy it. the condition OF
the purchase being that when It became trouble
some Justin should repurchase 1t. Thus they
bought and sold the wart many times, until at last
1t disappeared
told this story to my schoolmates and one boy,
Zina DOolittle. said my father liar. Being de-
sirous Of proving fathers statement true, offered
70. and did, purchase all the warts Doolittle's
right hand, the same to appear my right hand
Some Of the boys tried TO count them. His
hands were almost covered with them, the est.
mated number being 100, All were small except
thumb and wrist joint. For, the warts gave
him PIN PLACED on the inside of his
appear on my hand. In less than three months /
counted 100 warts on my right hand including the
seed wsrt. which took the place OH my hand It had
Another boy atill believed the whole thing q lie,
this sale made one reservaton-the seed wart. A
pin was the purchase price As before in less than
and had only the one seed wart / rem renamed MH
on the farm until was . years old. and that waH
p% PS a: aS
n paper foT some one to mek up ana many other
TO this city to learn a trade that old seed
wArt was a constant trouble One day I Thought
wart with it,. threw the pin out of the window and
babe the wart 90 look for the pin, In short time
tho wart Crumbled and disappeared. | then an.
nouncod thatI had a sovereign remedy for warts.
and as several in the shop had warts made them
place their hands behind them so that they could
not see what did, and in every case the wart went
their warts, and was Invariably successful until
one day told what did to them, and my skill went
NEW HAvEH, June %.
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Cigarettes That Suit New Orleans.

New Orleans" said an old resident. but. on
the other hand. we use the finest tobacco in the
world Nine-tenths OF the cigarette smokers
fine cut 1t is the natural leaf. and nothing
more. and Is absolutely free from havoring,
become habituated to it. new brands that are
popul ar elsewhere have sickly, sweetish taste
tan tobacco seems misty b ,' co DeE9 Ekyp
| don't assert. mind you. that the hurley is
greatly superior to all its rivals; l merely say
and it is curious fact that confirmed users OF
Il generally stop smoking while away from
know exactly why it is. but the native fne-cut
cigarette has meyer had any sale worth speak.
area III Louisiana and Mississippi they cant be
procured and few, II any are sold on the
trains. They are a local fad pure and simple.
Lots OF money has been spent trying to intro
duce outside brands on the market. but they
have all failed ANONYMOUSLY
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English Franciscan frars are attracting attention
by riding about the country on bicycles in their Ions
gowns.
Kaiser Wilhelm is learning to yodel from his boya
who picked up the accomplishment when they yers
at Tegcrnsee.
Charles Darwins statue the gift of Prof poulton.
has been put up in tho oxford University Museum
next to the statue OF Sir Isaac Newton.
Big beluests to universities are rare in Germany
l'"nh mas lust received million marks $3.50 ooo)
from the estate Of a son.in.law of the late Prof.
Booking.
AVicnna burglar. 20 years Of age who has already
undergone seventeen sentences is CHARGED win
committing over 400 burgaries and thefts in tn.
last ten months
Mr.. Balfour has assigned q civil list pension Of
$2ooa year to a retired Welsh policeman, Charle.
Assheton. who has found time to write history Of
Welsh literature and to win literary prizes at tho
H's'euotouS' ana IL now at work on Welsh bi bli.
ography
sirJoshua Reynoliss portrait of Lady Donourh.
more WaSsold for ll,T5O in London recently. that
of her husband, John Hely Hutchinson for az 400
Dir walter SCOTS portrait. by Sir J, W. Gordon
president 81 the Scottish Academy brought a. 100
and Raeburn's " Mrs. Reid of Gallownat" ss.75o
European railroads have smoking compartments
Tor men, aud women's compartments They lav.
no" 70 deal with women passengers who insist ON
~.
mont Belgium, where the first case, have arisen.
no" puts MP the sign " smoking forbidden" ON ali
women's compartments.
Another man who tried to make his c1nepsos =.
least by publishing the British Parliatnopt.rv ~.
oates mas gone into bankruptcy. Either HaHsarb"
If not so much read by less serious race or para.
mehtary speeches are longer than they used n he.
may be driven to publish itself an
othcial record Of the debates
lNette iuilbert has rout.i ~.
prFlorlnihR skit on herself called "Zut Yyette,
"heh me curtain rises size is seen in her dres,in,
on On inc walls of which Is life size poster Of
ne'ii getting ready TO leave the theatre She Zoos
OUT without saying anything and aftcra Will. tha
p"a'e' inquire begins to move, 1t comes forward and
runs hVeue down. repeating the criticisms th,t
nave peeh made against her and mimickin0 bor
repertoire Then 1t undertakes IN show ~ =.
soulu d" II 1t were in her place and sings sey.ra,
V VrAno new songs The poster figure ia. OF cour,.
Ee''e herself, and the sketch hlls the cafA xbor.
u" performed ~ In the days of Yys,,s.s s,"...N.
VoGue ''A s'sassSs
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Fate, with wonted levity, ihad thrown, the
sour al I'd tacturn man into the company of tho
talkati Ne citizen in the railway car.
THAI was quite an interesting game. OF foot
ball. walnut 1t ~ said the latter as he showed
newspaper into tho inside pocket Of his fur
trimmed overcoat
Il never read about football. was the
solemn reply. How true it is" he added
almost tearfuly. " that this world is butt fleet
ing show"
I've felt that way about it myself. But let mo
ask you something. Are you putting In your
money and hustling around to mako this world
any betterf"
What's the use"
We'll. you'll excuse me for questioning you.
But YOU referred to the world as fleeting
show. I'm a theatrical manager and I'm in
terestcd in anything in the show line. Now.
notice that you amt IN, any hurry to get out
Of this world. are you 7"
No. caat truly say that am"
That g all right. You didn't pay anything
get into this teeting show. did your
Certainly not"
There you are. There's the old old story
right in a nutshell. never in my life saw Q
deadhead who wasn't a kicker"
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A Guess About the sbamrocr

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir My guess about
the invisible parts OF Shamrock 10 that she Las bloo
keeis. probably set at angle of 15s and that the
rudder is hung on a skag Some years ago you pub
lished an illustration Of my idea of winning craft.
and observe that the yachting sharps arc drawing
closer and closer TO that idea every season Co,um
bA isn't far on. and fancy Shamrock il nearer vet.
NEW YORK. June 81. FLY1yu poSroo>
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Jealousy Kills II Parrot.

TOM NE 7ndIundDoTI5 Nfnfnf9.
SHELBYyILLE June 23-When Lieut.. George
+. Goodrich of the 16lst Regiment Indiana
Volunteers. returned here from Havana re-
Gently he brought with him an exceptionally
bright parrot. which caused the one owned in
the Goodrich family many years to grow very
Jealous. The old bird was a changed one from
the time the new one was given quarters in
the house. refusing to talk or to accept any
thing, from, the hands of the family. This
morning Polly. who was known all over tho
OF a broken heart
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The facts about Mr.. FELIX AGNUss posi-
ton In the view OF all honorable men are stated
with force and candor by the Savannah Press,
newspaper very friendly to Admiral SCHLEY
and avowedly devoted to what the Baltimore
american would call the "Schley cause"
We have not much idea that Mr.. FELIX AGNus
will blush when he reads this singing rebuke
from one of his fellow partisans: still less idea
that the OrthopRdic Hospital will profit by the
efforts OF our honorable contemporary in sa-
yannah
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-28

The Century for July Is a "story-tellers'
number" and contains stories by Will Payne. Harry
stllwell Edwards. Gelett Burgess Chester Fern AID
Mary Hsllock Foote and seumAs MAcManus. Besides
these short stories there are continued stories by
Marion Crawford Paul Leicester Ford. Frank R.
Stockton and Benjamin Ide Wheeler and contrlhu.
tons from other familiar persons, Jacob Ris, NJ d.
James I, Fields and others,
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Two Mothers Bibles.
From De KnorriIlc .S,nt,n,,-

ITVH0 U"F NNUITTIIF 'VHTNN7.
Late last evening n tolerably well dressed
young man entered n Junk shop with an ex-
quisitey bound volume. The dealer gave him
IN return for the book 10 cents. He had sold
later another man strolled in this same place
and bought that very Bible. 1t was worth
s9pIsinedg m9re than man My m",ho he
years ago, and this one looks to have been used
considerably. When she sees it she'll think
I've been reading It. That's why | want to
huy II " ''' ''''N W.
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From Ae NsS Orleans Morning Star.
t. tn" On houc preAs OF the whole country: When
yen take ticles bodily from TIE New York srN
why do You not give that paper full crcdt' one Of
the Ten Co imAudments U.s. Thou shalt not STEAL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-28

A definite agreement between the Hon.
RUSSELL A. AIGER and the Hon. POTATO Pm
GREE as to what they are really agreed upon
ought to be added without delay to the articles
OF association.
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PaRR-Kiosque No. IL. near Grand Hotel. and
Mosque No. 10. Boulevard des Capucines.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-28
HUNTINGTON REBUKES
THE CRITICS OF DEWEY
Says His Own Contribution 20 the
House Fund Had No String
Attachmsuf
Attachment.

NEW YORK. Nov. 27.-Collls p. Hunt
ington. who was one of the large sub
scribers to the Dewey house fund. said to-
day:
Il think those who find fault with
Dewey for what he has done with the
house given 10 him are az fault them
selves. gave So0O0 toward the sum neces-
sary 10 purchase the house. and gave IL
without a string attached 20 the gift. sup
posing after he got the deed he could dn
with the property as ne wished I under
stood the house was given 20 the admiral
solely for his benefit and comfort
The fortunes OF men turn from dav 70
day IKE a kaleidoscope. every turn an.
every day bringing new combinations and
conCluOns- Dewey at some future time
might have been forced 10 sell the house
on account OF such changes. and I think
all who shared in giving him the home
would nave been sorry for his loss but
How much better 10 was for the admiral
70 deed the house 20 the wife whom he
loves, so both could have the home his
cOuntrymen gave him as a slight recoE-
half"
NEW YORK. Nov. z.-Admlral Dewey
has accepted the Invitation 70 visit Chi
cago on May OF next year. this letter
having been received BY the committee
this morning:
Office ef the Admiral. t7f7 Rhode island ave-
Madden. Vice Chairman % the Committee Chi
caEo-Dear Sir: Acknowledging the receipt -
your letter % the 23d inst. asking that the
date for my visit % Chicago BE- fixed Tor May 4.
will be agreeable % me. Ven truly yours.
GEORGE DEWEY.