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Woman's National Association Of Ex-Pris
ouers.

The Seventh Annual Convention of the
Woman's National Association of Union
Ex-Prisoners of War held their election
of officers Aug. %, which resulted as fol
kws: -,
sAeny CITY, Pa: S. V. P. Mrs. Benjamin
Mccall, Allegheny City, Pa; J. Y. p,
Mrs. John Harne, Steubenville, o.; Treas,
Mrs. Alfred ii. Jones, Pittsburg, Pa;
Sec, Mrs. Alice p. Linehart Pittsburg,
Pa; Chap, Mrs. Frank Trovilla, Pitts
burg, Pa; Conductor, Mrs. w. Craig,
Fittsburg, Pa: Guard, Mrs. Il. A. A. Pat.
terson, Castle Shannon, Pa; Council of
administration, Mrs. M. B. Reed, Harris
burg, Pa; Mrs. II. II. Shannon, Philadei-
phia; Mrs. William Paul, Pittsburg, Pa.
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$12 per month proportoned to the degree
of inability to earn support, the follow
ing additional words, and in determining
such inability each and every iniirmity
shall be duly considered and the agsre-
pate of the disabilities should be rated
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Ladies of the GAR.

The Ladies of the Grand Army of the
Republic also report the largest Conven,
ton since their organization, the National
body representing over $4,000 women.
The following officers will serve them Tor
the ensuing year:
Pres, Eta Toby, Logansport, Ind; Ma
tional Counselor, Julia z: Schade; NJ. ~
Philadelphia; S. V. F., Julia Ellis, Chi
cago; ]. V. p, Mary jameson, Marine
City, Neb.; Treas, Annie Sage, Dayton,
Ohio; Chap, Lizzie Garvin, New Jersey;
Council of Administration, Annie Niche
ner, Philadelphia; NJ. Anna Hall, Wheel
ing, w. Va; Irene Jones, Milwaukee.
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+*+CANCER \ :

It's scientific treatment and care. Book of informs
tion free. DR.. c. Weber, II w. 9th St. Cincinnati O.
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ture and history INCLUDING the his
tory OF the United Statesl, 10 Ger.
a or French, In either botany, chem.
istry or physics, and In mathematics.
including algebra, plane. solid and spher-
ical geometry, trigonometry and the use Oh
logarithms. Having once entered the
scientific school a student may drop Latin
but must continue the study Of German or
French for one year.
We observe with satisfaction that no
applicants are admitted to the ialc law
school who have not received a liberal
education at some collegiate institution,
unl"ss they can pass examination In Eng
lish grammar and imposition, English
literature, geography, arithmetic, Roman,
English and American history and the text
OF the Constitution OF the United states, and
can give evidence Of their ability To read
at sight the Latin Of such authors as
CESAR or SALLUsr. The conditions OK
admission to the Yale divinity school are a
liberal education at some college or univer-
sity, or, In exceptional cases, an equivalent
preparation for theological studies. AS
some knowledge Of the Hebrew lan0uagei IL
pronounced desirable On the part Of those
entering the junior class we may take Tor
granted that an acquaintance with Greek
and Latin is vigorously exalted. Wo
regret TO say that admission to tho
Yale medical school eau be- obtained
upon comparatively easy terms. Candi-
dates for matriculation are examined IN
CAGES Elements OF Physics" In arith-
metic, including the metric syatem, in
algebra, but only as far as auadratlcs, and
In the principles Of English rhetoric. They
are also expected to furnish an amount OF
Latin equivalent TO L years study. as
indicated in HARKHEss's Easy Latin
Method" Even from these examinations
applicants are excused II they present GER
~tifcatrs showing that they have success
fully prosecuted similar subjects at some
high school, academy, or other preparatory
school. approved 10y the Yale faculty.
II will b. noted that the standards OF
requirement are fully maintained in Yale
College proper, and that they are being
gradually advanced in tho professional
schools. The hour Ia, evidently. approach
ing when Il will DO impossible TO obtain
from Yale the degrees o. Bachelor of Laws
or Doctor OF Medicine without having first
received a liberal education in a high sense
OF the word.
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purely human and natural philosophy. Its
whole vitality from such faith. 1T
is perfectly legitimate" contends our cor
respondent, ito save the soul transform
into Christian ideals the character) OF the In
tellectual man. by the elimination OF dogma
90 far a. possible. but never by the adulter-
alton OF truth" But why say "as far as
possiblef" Why Is 1t not possible to elini'
nate dogma altogether, and II you keepany
dogma, do you not 50 far recognize tho
necessity OF dogma and admit tho whole
case OF theology TRUTH" What Is that
How can there be any truth, apart from
the natural truths demonstrated by
science, which Is not supernatural and
therefore dependent for It's revelation on
pure dogma? How can the unaided In
tcllect or reason OF man know the truth?
knowledge Of the truth is confined TO Om-
niscience, and there is no authority on cal tn
competent to assert II dogmatically, except
under instruction from Con.
That Is all we have undertaken TO make
clear, and In the process We have not
indulged In any taunt Of either faith or
infdelity. We have simply tried to keep
each within its own naturally hostile
camp, and 10 show that neither can yield in
any respect to it's opponent without open
ing a breach through which the enemy will
enter for It's destruction.
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Capt. Tobin.

They buried ToBlN Yesterday. At his
funeral were his family and friends, aud
members OF the societies to which he be-
longed. 1t was not the funeral Of a public
hero, but of Il plain city employee who had
died in harness. EDWARD H TOBIN was
a captain in the Fire department. He met
death in doing his everyday duty, fighting
fire. His employment had none Of the in
SEPARATION and tho stimulus that Is lent
TO the soldier in battle by the hope OF
glory and tho shock Of personal conflict
OF man with man. Yet he stood ready, by
day and by night, to face death, and did
face death five. ten, twenty times a week
not at the ummons Of the trumpets and
the drums, but at the ringing Of a gong
In his fights with fire, he had seen many sn
engagement any one OF which was the equal
In risk 70 himself and his comrades Of bat
ties In memory OF which men wear bronze
buttons on their coat lapels. When the
fireman climbs a wall with his scaling lad
der, and descends under the weight OF a
fainting woman; when he makes n bridge OF
his back that those in peril may walk over
Mn Sal'lst Nhcu iV huLSo ny ho Nho
from a roof and swings one man after
another from a window below out OF danger
to his side; when strapped to his seat or his
engine, turning a corner at full speed, he
overturns the engine, 10 save an old apple
woman from being run down, we cheer him,
we give him medals; We make much Of
him in the public prints. He we'll deserves
all that he gets, and more. But may we
never forget the fellow. who without tho
stirring consciousness that he Is battling TO
save another's life, sets his teeth and
dives into the smoke to stop the fire and to
save property. Wall. released by warped
or melted girders do not give warning
before they fall; no MAJ knows when tho
black draught" may sweep down IA stair
or up, or across a floor upon him, or at what
moment q pail of smoke that suffocates as
surely and as swiftly as the hangman's
moose may cone upon him as It came upon
ToBrN, In the bowling alleys in West Fifty
ninth street ten days age.
Another man will be- promoted to TOXINS
place. from out OF the ranks Of hundreds as
brave and devoted "a he, as ready a. he to
lay down his life in tho face Of duty.
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Suit for Reward for Rescuins . WIFE,

Nom A Indianapolis Journal
Jury at Kohomo has decided, snd the oours b. n
rulings sustained the decision. that whsrv Q ma
oHsr Q sun Of money for the rescue Of hs Win
from . ~perlous position and another pcrpon eject,
the rescue, the husband is LA bic In the full amount
OF the sum offered. AID that no cannot plead tam
porAry excitement or thst the wife va no~
worth As much a. he offered. The case wIs this,
Last spring. whom the streams we're full, .
wealthy Howard county farmer and his wife
we're crossing . bridge whom the structure
gave way and let thsm fall into the vatos
The man got ashore. but the woman w. carried
down stream By the strong current until her gss
msnts caught on the ovsrhanG1ng branch of . tree.
The husband. naturally excited. - . majority 4
husbands would be ia suoh circumstances na
along the shore In great distress. crying for helm.
aud offered 81, 900 to any one who would rescue his
vifs. The mistake he msde seems TO have besn In
not gong to the rescue himself. for . nslghborins
farmer. rushing to the scene. vAded In and broughs
the WOMAN ASHORE. subsequently,. when he called
on the husband and demanded the promised reward
ot:i.ooo. the latter refused u pay Il.
The rescuer brought suit and the Jury gave him q
verdict for the fan amount. on the witness stand
the husband admitted the offer. bu, said he d d not
mean H. and the sum was too IT, 1t anyhow. This
was equivalent to saying that hs wife vss not worth
$1,000. Ths husband evidently expected thu
jury would give him ths benefit OF his e.
cited state OF mind aud .bno rim ally active anco-
tons in Offering . reward for the rescs %
his wife much Larger than h. would have
hsen ~illiuz TO pay FOR her had sh. not baen 10 .
per'lous pred!csmsnt, But the Jury nesms % have
stuck close 10 The fac;s The verdict - crritlb .
Indiana jus,,ee and IL likely to bolo,n- a Iodine
c,tr a. 10 'hc money value OF -rs~ IN IN ,,-..,I
yvfvVs
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WIZ THE SHAMROCK LOST.

She Lacked Buoyancy In Her Forebodv
When Heelsd, says an Expert
To TIE Eprroa OF TIE suy-&-, -FOUR
editorial on "Columb ia and Shamrock" in to.
days Sun 10 interesting. because. a usual u
hits the nail on the head.
Sham rock was not beaten because her rig
RinR was set up tout. As thus far I have rot
char ced TO see any very solid reasons given for
her tefsst, would It be In order for me 10 make
Z -u Restion2 Having seen the Shamrock ont
o! water Il seems to me that her tsilure =
equal Columbia In q breeze to windwsId was
due entirely TO the same radical fault that has
appeared 10 every Americas Cup" challenger
that has shown up since the times OF Genesta
and Gslatea. namely, a lack Of buoysncy IN
her forebocy when heelod. Much adverse
comment has been made concerning a certain
l~uiness 10 the quarters Of Shamrock. but in
,s' far in as Shapes shaps GOES rss ' and pf had I her bow low p ps.:
sessed q corresponding power she would have
climbed over tine water, insteaI OF roofing. and
70 Ensiand. The trouble With The English de.
signers 10 that they have not yet CON pretended
the fact that fast modern boats glide over the
these gentlemen once realize the i'm port anos
OF shaping forward, and after water lines a.
ger. and not until that time.
For many years 1t was ono Of my theories
thar iull convex water lines. no ~forefoot. and
long "Shovsl.noscd" overhangs would produce
the best speed IN yachts. In 1890 I designed
and built the Bouncer, which 1 believe WAS the
fret racing yacht ever. produced on the prin.
the first OF the present type OF ~racers," for
she appeared one year later. In 1891, and
sailed her maiden race in the same regatta OF
the Corinthian Club with another OF my"shovsL
nose" "spoop-tow" togts. the Chippewa, and
each won frst prize In her class.
From then to the present time oil successful
rRNiDU va0hlA havA hAan aha ~ an thu pnuna>a
principle. THOMAS CLApHAN.
RosLYN. L. l., Jan. Is.
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A Card From Nicola Tesla.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sv. During
the past summer and fall bave been reported
10 the public prints as having been Obliged to
throw up my work and retire to Colorado as
the victim OF consumption or some other form
OF physical breakdown. My return here gives
me the first opportunity to correct these erro-
neous re ports. and to inform my friends that.
instead OF my health having been impaired. I
had gone to Colorado to continue there
experiments OF great importance. which were
impossible In my laboratory In New York. NJ
success was far beyond any expectations. ana
their results will be known in due time. In
this com municatlon I also desire to say that
various alleged Interviews which hav. repre-
sented me as prophesving loosely In regard to
my ACHE yements in the various uses OF cleo
tricity were never held. N, TEsIA.
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Tn. Tariff for Puerto Rico.

The Administrations determination not
To advise Congress to max" tn"
between tho United States and Puerto hico
"a free as that FROM State to state, but 10
arrange a slight or nomina! tariff follows
naturally tho diversity Of views a. to the
status OF our new territory, There mas
be-, Il no e,ldcnce Of doubt in the Adnini,tra'
,iou's mind ~ to what that status Il. ana
the imposition " "A tariff will take II from
the minds OF others.
with the tarifr proposed the idea that
Congress has not the power to regulate The
affair of territory recently acquired from
Spain in a manner different from that pre-
scribed FOR States and Territories already
organized must cease to exist.
UndistuIbod by dispute over this consti-
tutional question lie Puerto Rico's CON-
handing right ami imperative nced OF
having her industry restored as only VIZ
tIal nee trade with the United states can
restore il.
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the Gag the name and number Of such regiment or

the Gag the name and number % such regiment OF
post
Sec. Q. That the national Gag. or any representa-
ton thereof. shall no, be attached to or imprinted
or represented upon any goods. wares or merohah'
disc. or any Nd We rtise m snt Of the sane.
Is not the first section a little too broad
and sweeping?
During the Civil War It was customary TO
emblazon In letters Of gold upon the Amer
lean flag the names Of the battles In which
the Union Army had carried that flag to
victory.
Hundreds Of flags thus bearing the m
OF battles must still be in Existence. HMr'
HANsBRorGH's bill becomes u law they can
no longer be displayed anywhere or even
preserved In hiding. 1t will become the
duty of their possessors to destroy them.
Then, too, the bill will prohibit tho COM
memoration Of other victories hereafter In
the same manner; yet nothing Is moro
inspiriting to a military organization than
to pres, rye such a record o! It's achieve
lnents in the field.
1t is one thing to say that the flag shall
not be used for any purpose OF business or
political advertising. II Is quite another
for Congress to forbid the War Department
to commemorate the vslor OF American
soldiers by recording their victories upon
the flags which they have borne forward
under fire.
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Hard Trials Of tho Inventor.

TO THE Fprroe ~ TIVE SrS-Sir: Their Is GER.
tain feature Of patent LITIGATION which might we'll be
ventilated in your columns. Numerous impecunl.
ous inventors having mertorious patents lose tho
fruits Of their IN INVENTIONS because OF tho inability,
under the present system OF conducting patent
suit, to proceed against infringors. This state Of
ana,r- ~ concerns The poorer patent lItigsnts Is
brought about by 'he fact that the expense Of con.
quoting such l~,tration Is FAR beyond the means II
the average patentee. Before HE cause can he
brought TO q hearing N the courts. voluminous proofs
are usually taken on both sides before United States
Commissioner or standing Examiners often his
counsel 4. compelled by the defendant 10 at'end the
try; expensive models are in man cases required;
expert I limoHy l. u'ually necessary. and Ill the
m RIq l,sa a. Tine ,hr a pS pr,nte' rI Ssa .c Pr'V' d,,b Wl..a .To.
rarely ttll below $500, and tao counsel fees for
e~ttenaing to The taxing o. the proofs. preparing
briefs and arguing he case ara seldom less than
$500. SO that IN ordinary patcnt suits tho eynenso
OF getting \ hearing is sonie,hinc Ike q thousand
little mcans. But even i snccrs-trl he viii proha.
by ha,e to ''oG an D. meal a. n G@ hands 81 the as'
aitiorsi syp,nse. Unless a man Of means. Tho
~iitiRsnt will by .his time probably he crushed ont Of
the neld. Yet .ho.!l he finally prevail IA order to
ne gone through hrf re a master appointed nv the
Court. before whom proofs are taken TO ascertain tho
ma.ter', report Which IRE argued b.Sorro tho Cont
and by this tune the poor s,ruaaliqe Complainant,
AND after AL NAV not even racoy,r hts outlay,
which IN If. ca'" may ne tn" saving. Of h'ctme.
Il has heHn my "rne~lenrr that the 'v"rag . owner
ofa patent. when ,hout to sue m mfr NIGER to pro.
tec'his patent rirhts. IL srrallHd at tho rrohshle
expense, ana IL thus compelled to stand nv and per.
NIT hts Infringing competitor to reap the fruits Of
his in ventinn.
.F;om y. ssoy.i i, sem. ,h,. some sh.nse ought
some q your legal readers may be able 10 =, ,ie.ta
NFw Yonx. Jan. 10.
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The Award OF tho Committee,

To "REsPoNsIBILrTy" Dsdr Sir: The num-
her OF manuscripts 81 bmltted in competition
for the prizes offered by you for tho best three
poems in answer 20 Mr.. Markham's The Man
with the Hoo" am ounted to nearly one thou
sand. Of which only a small percentage has
seemed entitled 10 the careful consideration
given to them all. The pieces set aside for
repeated readings presented features which
made decision difficult. Poems manifsstly
superior IN conception and technique strayet
widely from the subject prescribed. That the
subject was generally misunderstood or under
stood coniusedly, both BY the contestants anil
by the public at large, was owing m the fac.
that Mr.. Markham's "brotho-to' he OK hnds no
counterpart In any class ~ toilers Ia this
country. where he who manfullv handles The
hoe or Rrasps the railway brake may himsclt
one ,lav employ An T ~ work men or hold
the helm Of State.
The poems which iealt the closest with Mr..
Markham's conre p'ion ~ Millet's PAINTING
we're, for the most part. lacking in poetic qual.
i,y. Among the thousand manuscripts exam
insd. We have found no single poem entirely
fulfilling both the poIemic and the literary re-.
quIrements In the case. II was. however. our
duty TO award prizes TO the three poems. which,
In our judgment. came nearest TO accomplish
ing his, and we have therefore selected tho
following pieces. mani 6 them In the order OF
their estimated distinction;
The Man with The Hoo "A Reply TO Edwin
Markham" b. John Vunc' Cheney. First
prize.
The Incapable" ~ n mil on Schuyler.
Second prize.
"a song In Answer 10 TIE Man with the
Hoel." BY Kate Maste n. Third prize.
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For Congress to Consider.

Commander RICHARD WANwRIoHr, be-
fore a great Of people in Wash
iLgton who had assembled on Wednesday
last TO see a sword given 10 him on account
Of his gallantry at Santiago, made himself
one Of a very notable group OF naval off,
GERS. In his reply to Secretary LoNG's
speech Of presentation h" twice made men,
ton Of others than himself. Once ho spoke
OF the crew Of the Gloucester, and then OF
Admiral SAMPSON. .
All that the officers Of the Atlantic Navy
can do TO protect their service against GER
tain persistent machinations to degrade it
is, when the occasion provides opportunity,
to render their tribute to the commander
whom SANDER and injustice have bcset
and barred from the honors due him, and
who to-day by force OF most unfortunate
circumstances represents in n peculiar
degree the Nays honor. At Trenton
more than fifty OF them cheered for
SAMPSON, their Commander at Santi-
ago Az the White House, the particular
commanders Of the Santiago feet respect-
fully advised, the President, who had in
vited them To a conference, that. in their
view, the honors OF Santiago were due TO
SAMPSON. And now WAINWRIGHT signifies
the same mind.
How long will Congress serve the jeal-
ousy OF another officer, upon whom alone,
we will venture 90 say in all the navies Of
the world. there rests the distinct stain Of
personal dishonor, by denying to SAMPSON
what should be his by COMPTON consent OF
the service Of which he Is a member
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Women viii Try to Stop Gossipins.

s~PRISerILLD. No. Jan. 20.-An anti-eossip
society has been organized In this city. At an
afternoon card club YESTERDAYS the idea was sug-
gested by Mrs. Mosher. The members pledge
themselves 10 speak no evil word Of any other
woman. The mem bership is unlimited, and
dition or denomination. Is most cordially in
vitad to join, and all members are urged and
expected 70 do oil In their power to bring others
dues. no Officers, no regular meetings nothing
but the simpe pledge, The idea was received
BY all those present In the most RESP nsive
proval, and prom ising their wsrmest COOPER.
alton. II will be known as the WomAn's He'll.
E!evatinG Society. and Its existence 10 to con-
tinue forever.
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ruberculin Test of Cows.
From "a, Titf1 HsraI'.

FROM "a tid Herdif.
An interesting experiment has bsen cond lctsa
recently a. the storrs Agricultural College in Con.
~necticu.. whore four cows have been under ohservs.
ton. They were subjected to the tnberculin test IN
March. 1900. and did not respond. In the NEXT
October they were tested again snd all four "a.
sponded. They were then placed In q light. airy
stable where it IL estimated ssoh COW had i,boocubic
feet ~ space. They were tested again in January,
1897. aud all four again responded. The folio wing
April another test brought respon-e' from only two
and the other two showed no reaction whatever. In
July NJ tine fame y'sr stll smother test was made
and there was NJ sym Ptom indicating the presence
OF tuberculosis In any NJ the four. For two years
their milk was FED to light hesithy clves. only ono
OF which contracted The disease. and In that instance
1t appeared = Z month. after i, had stopped d-ink-
ing ths eIperimen q N TX. ~ that IN . probat ~.
tuberculosis came from some other cause. Ines. Or.
the facts .. .oientiGoaliy repor ed. Water ma ) sur
ssops, dairy men and farmers generally can arsw
their own irfetencsh
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Inscriptions on Battle Fiaps.

senator HANsBRouaB OF North Dakota
has introduced in Congress a bill ITO pre-
vent the desecration Of tho American
flag"
Hero are the mort important provisions
OF this meHsur,,
BE il enacted by the senate aud House o., Repre-.
sentatiy's Of ~ tnit"l states II America in Con.
gress assem- blel. That u shall lie unlawful for any
person ~ display or have In his possession any nav
OF the United states, or any representation th.reut
upon which are any " rds. figures, Or designs: Pro.
vided. however, that 4 national or State regiment, or
Grand Ar-n rrs hi have he right 10 prt upon