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An Illustration NJ IN. Memory.

To THE EDITOR OF The Sun - Sir: THE
suS recently contained an account OF woman
born In Germany. who left her native country
after she had become old enough to have thor
oughly learned her native tongue. After arrlv-
ing In the United States she learned the Eng
lIsh language automatically and II was her COM
monty spoken tongue. She did not use and
had not lately used her German. But when
recovered from a serious Illness she found she
had utterly forgotten her English. though she
rememb ersd perfectly the language OF her
childhood.
Now. II a 1T OF illness can wipe out from tho
memory the knowledge o. a language. what
may death not be supposed to do? Does II not
show that memory ia a physical afTarp
The greater part ~ memory's duty is to
record words: but words arc only sounds.
They are altogether material. There 10 not one
sc'ntilla OF intellect or soul about them: yct
we could not think without them. A man say.
II have learned French go we'll that / think in
French" No missionary vould think OF preach-
Ing. say In the tongue Of the Turk orthe Tagal,
unless he could think In Turk ish or TaRsl
Well. man dies. He talks with you this
minute-the next he is gona. II he leaves his
memory with his BRAIN behind him he not
only could not recognize his denPst friend
who had goIs before. but he could not reoog-
nize himself. He could not think. He could
hot reason, JOHN g. WEBB.
OSPREY, Fla, Oct. 1S
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A Talk with Mrs. r. l.. Stevenson.


FROM he Nustrasd iudsaHa Weekly.
Mrs FANNIE Stevenson. tho widow Of Robert Louis
Stevenson. and her son. Lloyd osbourne arrived in
Indianapolis Sunday night There 10 ono rather
ovsrworked word used for = variety OF things that
thoroughly expresses Mrs. steyenson-dslightful
with her delghtfulness 10 combined . stateliness
and dignity ttst does not lessen In her merri.
mont.
- always refuse to see reporters. sad Mrs. Stew
enson. FOR they invariably make ono say what on
didn't say. But make exception here In Indian.
Apolis. since this 10 my native town. was born
here close to the Circle and went to the old Indian
sroiis High school,
There il one book OF Mr.. Stevenson's that I my.
sei have nsyor read. she said in response to a con.
fession that her interviewer had but the slightest
acquaintance" with stavensons writings, II simply
refused to read 1t and held 70 my refusal Imske IL
rule to read novel the scene Of which is laid
In = by'gone age The author always deems II his
duty to make his characters talk in what he con.
aidsrs the language OF that period: and am always
sure that he doesn't know positively how they did
talk. 30 won't read such books, would never read
tho Black Arrow, and Mr. stevenson thought II such
agood Joke that he insisted upon ing IL to me
In appearance Mrs. Stevenson Ia very attractive.
She wears her slverng hair In fashion Of her own
simply loose Of ringlsts. Her brown eyes are
singularly bright with the most direct gaze inAvin.
able. Her manner il the essence OF frAnkness and
she speaks without the slightest anectatiou.
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From he AT1nfd Conktifufien.
Nobody ever heard OF . Georgia mule stamp.ding
He will finch and dodge, and go through other per.
formAnces, but he never from anything He has
battery OF his ownlas efncient At close range as
Maxim Calling gun. and on this he depends abso.
lutely. Moreover. he never wastes his ammunition
nor misses his aim.
Speaking. therefore In behalf Of the southern bred
mulo generally, and tho Georgia raised mule par.
ticuAriy va could wish that the British comma nd.r
In attbutng the capture OF two of his regimen slto
stAmp-dnR mules, had included a brief biography
Of the mules in question in order that full Justice
may be dons. So far as our observation and e1ps.
rencs GO. neither the music Of many bands nor the
war OF artillery have eject the 6eorg., mule
He might object to a showy uniform. or to the too
gaudy trapplngs with which vain men deck them.
selves but he does not make his objection known by
'nmpoding on the contrary he stands his ground
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sr: How 10
man to know that Gods wisdom has been
revealed to him1 How does IL demonstrate its
pressnce1 BY an overwhelming. instantaneous
conviction that the Bible is inspired although
up to that moment It's Divine origin may have
been in doubtr In that case. why |. revelation
words, why is not the Divine plan unfolded to
every honest thinker who cannot reconcile
many Bible statements with the deductions
suggested by his reason? Ia he to disregard
the Unconscious working OF his intellect Can
he do that, even though he triesp And should
he succeed, Ia he to assume that the conviction
which reaches him under these conditions is in
the nature OF Divine revelation? ask these
questions earnestly, a. q sincere seeker after
the Great Truth. Wv. Il.
NEW YORK, Nov D.
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To THE EpIroR OF THH suS-Sir: Will ron kindly
publish the following. as trust It may 10 some
good;
To THE RrAnEns oT THE sus-I take this means
Of mailing appeal to you, encouraged by tho fact
that few weeks ago, when a similar appeal was
made to you by blind woman in Now lork, you
responded heartily Tn SATURDAY I learned OF the
shc 10 very poor and cripple, but Is able 10 move
around little and could go out II she had any on.
tn take her. Will any Of You who carrie es aud
whose hoart has been touched by this. be willing tn
take this girl ont for drive once In while and give
20 her What may seem 10 you very little thing bn,
which will mean great deal OF happiness to her |
Am quite sure1 WoMlS.
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The Rev. Mr.. sch.rmerhorn,. Judgment.

To THE EDITOR OF TIRE SuS-Sr: Having
closely followed all the letters you have so gem
erously and fairly allowed to be printed for
some weeks past under the general head OF
THE Religious Debate" permit me TO suggest
to tho writer's. nearly nil OF whom have occu-
pied the extremes. that It would be we'll to
recall the familiar lesson In our old common
school reading book on The Two Sides Of the
Shield Truth always has hal two side at
least. sni religious truth (which Ia truth about
the in"niiel has infinite sides.
What folly, then. for either faith or Intellect
Rom.or Reason-to sayiny side an d not hing hut
mysid-l Charles NJ Higgins and the extrem istn
OF his side say. Pure rationaiism or nothing +"
"scholnsiicus" and the extremists OF his side
SAY. Pure revelation or nothing" Both aides
alike condemn the ria media and call us who
try to occupy. 1t intellectual towards" or
,,heretics" or 'molngrels" or Tools" The old
mid stream" THE Sun should now admit
rs both rebuko md concil,ation the famous
story OF the great English philosophers OF the
last century, Thov would keep up their eagsr
and often angry discussions till nearly morn
ing. when the weary inn-kceper where they
met, would adjourn the meeting by pounding
on the table and CRYING out. "Ye arc both right
and both wrong; the truth lies a'twesn We.
gentleman. the truth lies .n'tween ye."
NEW YORK, Nov, a. NJ. K. SCHEMERHoRN.
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Perhaps the Hon. EMILIO AaUINALDo
forgot to include Ohio In his prayers.

The competition among English verse
writer's to discuss tho Transvaal war IL very
active. Mr.. KIPLISo started the game. an
nounoInR that no copyright would be claimed
for his THE Old King" and Mr.. swIsBuRSE
followed suit. Now both Mr., KiPLING aad Mr.
SwINBUREE oNn write real poetry and they
were probably aware OF how little their
patriotic rffusions were worthy OF their liter
AIRY reputation. Mr.. THOMAS HARDY. however,
having broken out into rhyme In the Daily
Chronicle has felt bound to initiate them and
likewise to renounce his copyright. 40 far tho
Poet Laureate has not been drawn out to write
n companion piece to his "Jameson's Ride"
but has contented himself with a long letter In
unrhymed prose to German friend. For his
second poem Mr.. KIPLING has improved on
the method OF abandonment Of copyright He
accepted 1850 for II from the publishers OF the
Daily Nail, giving the money to tho fund for
the relief Of the widows and orphans made
by the war. and allowed them to soil tho
right OF reproduction to other publishers at
Ave gulneas head. the money 40 received to
be used for the same purpose. The outflow Of
verso up to date. nevertheless. Ia poured from
the authors reservoirs OF patriotism rather
than from their springs Of poesy
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THE "NEW BIBLE"
The View of the Bible Taken by 'FRONT.'
mont Baptist Theoioetan.
From N, Roch,,,.r Post. E-pr.n.

From N, RoeheH.r Poit Erpr'n.
President A. II. Strong delivered last evening
at the Rochester Theological Seminary an ad-
dress on Tho Growth Of Theological Thought
During the Last Fifty Years" DR.. Strong
took advanced ground. accepting fully tho
theory NJ evolution and approving the meth
DDS aud general results Of the higher criticism.
IN the last half century" said the speaker.
the science OF theology has grown IN that IL
has em phasized the following ideas: ~. The
inimnnsnce OF tod. ~. This immanent God
Is seen In tho revealed Christ. 49, Christs
method 4. the method Of evolution. ~ Evo-
luton. under the influence Of Christ. Is pre-
dominantly ethical t5l. The ethical meaning
81 the universe 10 summed IN In Christ. 90. In
the nature Of God righteousness Is the su-
piled to the Interpretation OF the Holy Scrip
lures. .,,-
chf.ss ', energy INTO force. knimai forms are
Thrsts preparation for the forms OF man
worked miracles according to His law. for He. Ia
tho ruling. spirit Of the universe. Science looks
Christ ia leavening society. Governments
and institutions are becoming more mora.
christ is tho apnatins ;pirl, o. evolution: His
travail Of AL mankind. in Him is supreme sal.
yat!op. The cross manitests the suffering lore
true to Himself will He have anything to give
to others; So Christ came.
God spoke to tn. writer's of the Scriptures
IN various wavs Inspiration was not inf lible.
for human beings are not infnllible. God gave
His chosen people rules for li%irg that would
have boon batter II the people had been bet
tor at the flrst. No theory OF Inspiration
II essential to Christianity. for Chris;
was written. The book OF JOB might
conceivahly be a drama. or that OF Jonah an
epogue. or Isaiah might have had sew
ernl authors or Moses might not have written
all the Penthteuch. Inspiration thus becomes
more plain. Il IL harder to teach forty men TO
playa violin than to teach one. The Bible is
Efallltc for its purpose Of communicating
moral md religion. truth. II 10 q progressive.
unfolding revelation. from. Moses down
Christ's Inv rules over that Of Mdses 4 10 later
achieved some positive and good rssults
Truth is truth. whether II come from herstics
The days of materlalism. are numbered
Christ is Gods revelation III the unity OF tho
soul. the unity OF God and tn" unity OF nature.
Theology progresses as man apprehension OF
God progresses. but truth H. constant Christ's
coming makes all human history and attain
mpnt Ineligible. Modern science owes moro
70 Christianity than Christianity owes to science
The main idea OF science 10 unity. and Christ
nniAed all.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-08

The opponents Of the promiscuous use OF
the American nag for advertising purposes
have met with rcpulse IN Illinois In the de-
eision that the flag law OF that State 10 uncon :
stitutionsl The Illinois Tag law. as Il IL called.
prescribes nno for Its violation. and one-hali
the cash penalty collected shall be paid. after
conviction. to the individual furnishing the In :
formation upon which the conviction was
based. 1t Is this feature OF the law which Judge
GIBBONS OF the Cook county Circuit Court de-
cides In habeas corpus proceeding makes tho
law invalid on account OF its unconstitution
atty. He declares that this provision OF tho
flag law contravenes the Constitution In that ID
inhibits the Governor from remittlng q fns
when the Constitution gives him the power TO
do so. the recipient Of the penalty being the
informer Tho prisoner. a Chicago man. was
charged with having advertised his business
BIZ pictures Of the American nag. and the case
10 only one OF three pending wherein the con :
stitutionality OF tho statute has been assaicd-
two on this ground and another on the ques-
ton OF state jurisdiction over matter relating
exclusively To the national nag.
The particular feature OF the law to which
Judge GIBBONS objects 10 repugnant to Ameri-
can notions. and. no doubt. the sanctity OF the
Stars and Stripes as the symbol Of the Nation
can be preserved by more seemly method
than the one adopted 10 Illinois.
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The Empire state.

The State OF New York stands by Will.
LIAM MCKINLEY and THEODORE RoosE-
WELT II votes for sound system OF
finance and for the expansion OF manu-
features and commerce. in which its
interest exceeds that OF any other
State. 1t shows by the election OF
a Republican Assembly its approval OF
the Administration. its undated loyalty.
its patriotic determination that the In.
surrection in Luzon shall be put down and
the full fruits OF DEwEy's victory be gath
cred. There will be no weakening among
the New York Republicans in 1900.
The city OF New York may still be In the
bonds Of iniquity. The State Is all right.
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A Brave asd Patriotic Priest

From TIE Coiumbu' OHIO. Despatch.
MonsigAor Joseph Jessng. who lied at the Joseph
mum last night. was something more than faith.
full and honorod member Of tho Catholic Church.
something moro than helper OF homeless children.
II 10 not to DO forgotten that at the beginning Of the
trouble with Spain he came promptly to tho front
with most generous and patriotic offer of the use
OF the buildings at the Jossphnum for hospital pur.
poses by the Government. 1t was stated then that
he was the first person in the country to make an
offer Of this sort. A II happened. the buildings
were not needed. But they might have been greatly
needed. Coming as tho oner did. at tho beginning
OF great crisis. and likewise at time when there
were those who doing all they could to un.
periodically hamper rather than help tho Govern
ment II was particularly welcome.
Nor was Father Jessng without honor As q brave
soldier himself in the service OF his fatherlAnd Hs
possessed Ave decorations for distinguished service
In the eld, three OF them. ia stated. being placed
upsn him bs the King Of Prussia personally.
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Our Minister In China.
froa tie f'ooeAs.s Dolly Echo.


The reception extended to tho Hon. f. H.
Conger. L. 5. Minister to China. by the high
provincial authorities at Foochow marks a
new departure In their methods. The viceroy
being notified from Peking that this visit was
to DO made. requested the L. 8. Consul at this
port to ALLOW MIN to place a launch and house.
boat at his disposal to bring tho Minister from
Pagoda Anchorage. A salute Of fifteen guns
was fired as the United states cruiser
national salute OF twenty-one guns. which
were acknowledged by tho Princeton firing
t Ms., SANE me Number o, gun: reply
toms JettY he was surprised to md officiaIs
there to welcome him attended by a company
Of f,ity soldiers and band provided wit,htcr.isn
made upon the vIcsToy on saturday morning.
slaborats feast was given Se ON Monday by the
Nicetoy. who had enlisted Hing Chong to pro-
w. have been favored with a copy OF the
vceroy's speech on the occasion OF his enter
taininE tho American Minister.
I'll: bsrsust on the ihrd OCCASION St ., oSs
meeting since your arriNal.
i have heard much OF your prominence as
an American citizen. but IL Is only to- day that
acquaintance. am well aware Of the friendly
Which w, SS1 u.s yonl
powerful interest to promote. by instructing
Your e.nsIs at tho treaty ports to cCnuet all
slhle. I avail myself with great pleasure OF
Welcome to Fnoshow. trusting that tho fr ts
shin commenced In such an suspicious manner
ma, may proye lasting one and serve to cement
health Of his, EIcsllsncy, the United States
the happiness and prosperity o, his people.
and very pleasant voyage to himself"
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GOETHE ON AMERICAN KxpAysIoN.
Tho Prediction Of the Great Poet aud Phil.
osopher seventy.two Years Ago.
From n, Ga,~,,or Daav Ner..

FROM NE Gd'r'''or DAILY Nevs
'Goethes Message to America" by Kuno
Francke. an Interesting article in the current
number OF tho Atlantic MONTHLY. Ia especially
timely because Of Goethe's opinion on the sub.
ject of American institutions and American
expansion Through Alexander von Hum hodt,
Goethe was Informed. In 1927. OF the project oi
Panama canal and he said to Eckermann:
II canal Ia constructed through which
vessels OF every sizo ana cargo may 60 from
the Gulf OF Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, thers
will result from it incalculable consequences
for, the whole civilized and uncivilized world,
ting such q, work into IL. hands Il /. to be
!ts decided tendency toward the west. wi" viii
have annexed and populated. within thirty
tsS KosE, the Tdr be-
foresccn, that along the whols PaciGs
coast. whore nature has formed tho room.
course OF time, very Inn portant cities. which
VIII serve as points q commerce between the
sv. It viii Be not only dssrabe but S Almost now IN:
dispensable. for men of-wor. as well as msr.
shan me e m a.; quicker connection be.
America than has been heretofore possible
repeat. then: Il Is absolutely necessary Tor
passage rom the Gull of Mexico 1 to the n Paeins
Ocean, an, and am sure they will accom- pli,h e.
worth while on that hat account c to stand Il her.
for another nifty years"
As many see Il. tho canal project 10 based
logically uron the doctrine OF expansion, Be.
ginning even as far north as the Arctic Ocean.
the worlds Rreatest range Of mountains OF.
tends southwark almost TO Cape Horn That
one section 81 this gigantic natural wall 10
called the Andes another portion Cordillsras.
or Sierra Madras. or sierra Nevadas. or Rocky
Mountains. makes no difference. The WE'LL
nigh continuous wall stands. II We believe 10
the old method OF abiding within the walls VA
should at least have stopped with the mountain
barriers OF the West. IL not. then we must
pass over the mountains. unto the sea. over the
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In This City.

To make the election OF 1899 In New
York city personal triumph OF singular
distinction for Mr.. RICHARD CROKER
was an achievement o, genius for political
failure.
There was sufficient material In the GEN.
trail revelation Of the Mazet Committee.
Mr. CRoKER's forced acknowledgement OF
his devotion as repository OF pub.
lie power to his pocket. to over
throw any Tammany majority ever
recorded, provided the campaign had
been based on the solid foundation
OF partisanship recognized as respon-
sible and identified with tho national scnti-
ment to which Tammany Hall was known
TO be opposed. What should have
been party arrayed against Tammany,
however, was combination OF an incon-
gruity and contradiction in its makeup
perhaps without precedent, from which
every element OF vital strength In the
Republican party was suppressed and
every element that offended and repealed
was put at the front
The year 1890, preceding u Presidential
election with which few. il any, over held
before can vie in national Importance. will
lie memorable hereabouts for the practical
retirement OF the Republican party from
the field. Comment for the moment Is I'M.
necessary. Sufficient unto the day Is the
evil OF it,
Let us bc thankful that in other parts OF
the country politics were kept on higher
level.
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Why the Germaus Want a Big Navy.

Whether the German Empire, burdenei
as II Is with the cost Of an enormous army,
can afford to doubl" the navy already
authorized is question which concerns
exclusively the German people. The ques-
ton will be answered by the Reichstag,
and, II we may Judge from recent expert
ence, will be answered In the negative.
The reasons, however, assigned for tho
proposed increase Of German naval force
are OF interest to foreign countries. and
especially to Great Britain and to the
United States.
The reasons are set forth In he semi
official Poiitische .Ndchrichten: they include
the advent Of the United States as new
world power the alleged cooperation OF
Great Britain and the United States in
Samoa. and the war In South Africa. These,
however, are not the only or the most sig
niiicant grounds on which the doubling OF
the German navy as regards both the num-
Der Of vessels and the date OF armament Is
now advocated. The Polihschs Nachrich-
ten COOS on to cnumerate among the argu-
ments for the Kaiser programme the IRE
cent misuse of power by two great nations
toward weaker nations; the sudden growth
Of certain navics: and tho prevention Of
interv' ntion on the part 81 European pow
crs in favor az II weaker State through tho
veto exercised by the enormous sca power
OF a particular nation" 1t Ia evident what
countries are her" aimed ut though not
named, The recent misuse Of power BY
two great nations toward weaker nations -
can refer to nothing hut the war between
ha n. ne, In h.t 10,
tween Great Britain and the Transvaal.
There has been no other international
transaction which, even by unfrendly oh
servers, could be described as misuse OF
power, except tho ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of China,
To which Germany, herself, was n party
As for the Sudden growth Of certain
navies, this phrase can only refer to Japan
and the United States, the naval forces OF
which, up to few years ago. We're insig.
nificant, but have now hccomr amoag the
important factors Of maritime influence,
In the Far East. II is equally clear that
the attitude 81 Great Britain during our
war with Spain is contemplated in the
assertion that the intervention Of European
powers in favor Of weaker State was
prevented through the veto exercised by
the enormous sea power Of one nation.
Indeed. the writer in the Ndchrichten takes
the trouble to explain that he has In
view the "impossibility OF interference
on the part of continental Europe when
America took not only the West Indies, but
also the far Asiatc, possessions OF Spain.
Here we have in semi-offlcial newspaper
the admission of fact hitherto denied by
the Berlin Government, that last yeal
Germany desired to nterpose on behalf OF
Spain, hut was debarred from doing ST. by
the consciousness that her navy was toe
small TO enforce her will, The frankly
avowed motive for great increase of Ger
many,s naval force Is not likely 10 be over
looked y OIL next Congress when the en-
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The smooth surface OF the pavement on
the Fifth avenue. the large number OF vshiclss
passing. many OF them noiseless because OF
rubber-tirsd wheels, the frequency with which
the avenue 10 crossed by delivery wagons and
similar conveyances whons approach 10. OF
COURSE. unforeseen. and the general rapidly
with which all those carriages move, make tho
avenue street which bicyclists should hesitate
to enter. Unfortunately. however. tho worry
smoothness and hardness OF It's pavement and
It's central situation mako IL attractive for them,
and a. result. the great thoroug hfars sees
constant accidents to life and limb, or hair.
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Hero Is something that may be Of interest
to the Ordnance Department OF our army. The
Army and Vary journal quotes the Manila
correspondent OF a Chicago paper as saying
that when tho men OF the Twentieth Kansas
turned In their rifles preparatory to returning
to this country. most Of them turned Ia
Nausers. though they had received sprlngnelds
from the Ordnance Department. They had
captured the Mausers from the Filipnos. II
looks as II the men OF the Twentieth Kansas.
who have been on the firing line. hal not that
confidence in the Springfield that the Ordnance
DEPARTMENT entertained.