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Putting on His True Uniform.

The passing over Of the Rcv. Mr.. SCHER-
MERHoRN, the assistant Of the Rev. HEBER
NEWTON, from Episcopalianism to Unita-
rianism, reported to-day. is entirely credit
able Ito the gentleman. He could not remain
in the Episcopal Church without sacrificing
consistency Of conviction and self-respect,
for he is totally at variance with the doc
trine he was required to preach in its minis
try. In the Unitarian Church he will be
free TO think and teach as he pleases.
II all ministers now wearing the livery Of
orthodoxy were as honest as Mr.. SCHER-
shows himself to be by this step
he would lead q large following into Unita-
rianism, for, practically, its denial Of tho
doctrine OF the Trinit y and the dogmas on
which orthodox theology is founded Is not
less complete than theirs. When men
reject the miraculous basis OF Chris
tianity as dogmatically proclaimed by the
Church, in attrIbuting supernatural author.
ity to the Scriptures made canonical by the
Church, obviously, they belong in the ranks
Of the Unitarians or the agnostics. In hon
csty, they should all, like Mr.. SCHERMER-
HORN, cast Off their deceitful orthodox uni
form and put on their true livery as tho out
spoken foes OF orthodoxy they really are,
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Astoria knew how full and wide was her
rule over her husbands heart.
Not once did this rupture and reconsoll
dalton happen, but again and again. until
when the folks next door saw Mrs. PoKSRSY
marching down the front steps with her
bundle under her arm, casting back asper-
sions upon the quality Of male intelligence
and affection, the word travelled from tho
washwoman to the baker, to the butcher
and to the livery stable man, and the latter
at once set the hostler to currying Tho
white horses.
Although Mrs. PoKoRYY's hair was not AZ
red AZ her taste In horses and her temper
toward her husband would seem to indicate,
she being n brunette, ono OF the languor-
GUS yielding Of tho South permeates her
blood. PoKoRNY came for her on the
Fourth OF Julylast with the usual cquipage.
She said him nay. He besought her In
honeyed, In fervid words, all OF which now
form a part Of the records Of the court.
She wouldn't bulge. not for a coach and
four. Broken In spirit. dlsillusioned, mis-
cradle. PoKoRNY went homein his grand but
disconsolate state to summon a man OF law.
The court heard his plea, and to the honor
OF our institutions and Of Justice RUSSELL,
who rendered the decision, be 1t said,
PoRoRNY Is free. Hereafter In New York
no woman may turn her back on q coach
and four milk.white horses and maintain
a claim to her husbands fealty.
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What Ruskin Left Behind Him.
From u, London Daily Ntws.

FROM ht London Daily NtWs.
Mr.. Ruskin. II has been calculated. wrote
more books than any three OF our leading
thinkers. They number over seventy. The
entries In the most recent bibliography-
including various editions. letters. &c
reach nearly twelve hundred. But tho
books he wrote were only u small portion Of
those which he projected. His drawers at
brentwood must be full OF manuscripts, and
hiS letters will one day make n most delight
iui yolume-or rather series OF volumes. 1t Is
said that he appointed. as his literary execu-
tors, Mr.. Charles Eliot Norton and Mr. Alcxan-
der Wedderburn, =. C.. the oxford pupil,"who
edited his Arrows y" the Chace,"
Mr.. Ruskln's art treasures will presumably
remain at Brentwood. They have been much
reduced by gifts to public galleries and muse
mms, but still include a splendid collection OF
turner's rawlings: countless drawings by Mr.
Ruskin himself; IA set OF Durer's enRravings;
and many drawings by Burne Jones. Rossetti'
William Hunt AMI others OF his ~favorlte art
lists. The Brentwood collection Of minerals.
formed WITHOUT any regard TO cost. Is probably
unique. and Nr. .Ruskin was also the possessor
OF many valuable missals and manuscripts
Some years ago he made oyer Brentwood and
by deed Of gift
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Negro Jews.

Our esteemed contemporary, the fme-icnn
HoJrp'r. thinks 1t il time to stop the immigra.
tion Of the african Hebrew" That news
paper had long supposed there was only one OF
him. but others are appearing in America with
begging procllyitles well developed. The new.
corners are negroes. but IL is rather ambiguous
to call them African Hebrews. for there are
many thousands Of African Hebrews OF the
pure Jewish race; and not 10 go hack to the
time OF the Jewish captivity In Egypt, thou.
sands Of Jews were settled along the north
coast OF Africa before the Arab invasion. A
news item recently told Of a consignm ent OF
ostrich feathers sent across the DE- sert to Al.
geria by a Jewish merchant OF Timbuctoo,
The term African Hebrew does not naturally
suggest a gentleman OF color. for most Of them
are as white as white pcople can be In that
continent after living there for generations.
There are not many negro Hebrews in Africa.
though explorers have youched for their pres.
ence in small numbers. 1t would be- surpris.
Ing II there we're many Of them in lands where
the Jews are universally hated and prosecuted.
IL is probable that most OF them are mixed
breeds, for the Jews OF the Mediterranean
States have not wholly maintained their racial
purity. Just as In Algeria there Ia scarcely q
native, Arab. Berber or otherwise. who has nor
some admixture Of negro blood. The reigning
family OF Morocco Ia partly negro. Slavery still
exists In Morocco and some OF the negroes
imported from the Soudan fall among the Jew.
ish populace. and susceptible as the negro Is to
his religious environment. he probably en-.
braces the Hebraic faith II invited to do so.
The lot OF the Jews In the Mohammedan
States OF North Africa Is not a happy one. A
few OF them escape their tribulations by en-
bracing Islam. but most OF them cling with the
greatest fidelity to the faith OF their fathers.
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Prof. Mivart and Cardinal Vaughan.

The correspondence between Prof. ST.
GEORGE MIvARr and Cardinal VAUGHAN,
which We print elsewhere In this paper,
simply shows anew how radically science
and faith are in opposition and how utterly
irreconcilable IL their conflict.
Prof. MIvART went over to tho Roman
Catholic Church in his youth and he has
always been adduced as a living proof that
a notable mar Of science need not be barred
out by its tenets and dogmas. He has been
distinguished as an opponent OF the Darwin
theory of natural selection to the extent Of
denying Its applicability TO the human in
tellect. Besides numerous contributions to
scientific discussion. he has frequently de-
Tended the faith, doctrine and system OF
the Roman Church, but now he throws up
the case in his seventy-fourth year. As
this correspondence shows, Prof. MIvARr
recognizes that that Church puts an "im-
possible chasm" between itself and the
science which he holds to be demonstrated
fact, and accordingly he refuses per-
emptorily to render submission to IL by
signing a profession Of faith submitted to
Aili " Nulbiilui Nh'phNN, tliohSi HN q
warned that thereby he shuts himself out
from it. The correspondence is somewhat
long, but it Is extremely interesting, as It
touches upon the very questions which
have been so long under discussion by
many Of our correspondents,
Cardinal VAUGHAN. it will be seen, would
have no parley with Prot. MIvART, but re-
quired Of him, first Of all, that he should
recant recent teachings Of his as to the
conflict Of the Scriptures and certain funda-
mental dogmas of Christian theology with
facts OF science he held to bo demon
strated unchangeably, under pain Of excl
sion from membership In the Roman Catho-
lie Church, Of which he had been SO long
a defender. Undoubtedly no other course
was possible If that Church is to retain
It's position, and the refusal Of Prof.
MIvARr to submit was not less requisite
IL he was unprcpared to make q COM
plete surrender Of his intellectual conyic-
tions. The truth is thus again made
evident that modern science and the
Church can make no terms with each
other. II, on its side, Christian the
ology would preserve itself from de-
struction il must. perforce, refuse coun-
tenance to all scientific rejection OF its
dogmas on the ground that the supernat-
ural authority on which they depend
contradicts natural demonstration.
That great battle has been Joined in
Christendom during the last quarter OF
a century and it will be waged all the
more ilercely because Of the treatment
Of tho case Of Prof. MIvART by Cardinal
VAUGHAN.
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Don't Clinch One ~Stupendous Blunder
with Another!

The original ratification OF the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty was one Of the greatest
blunders ever committed by the United
States Senate. 1t was a tlrst-class specimen
OF the cntangling alliance. 1t entangled us
In q partnership with n European power by
which we surrendered the right TO indie
pendent action on the American continent.
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty tore a huge
hole in the Monroe Doctrine.
That was half a century ago. Meanwhile
this country's luck has given il practical re-
lease from the embarrassments and false
position arising from the Clayton-Bulwer
blundcr. Great Britain herself helped us
out Of the tangle by deliberately violating
the provisions binding on her side.
Now tho Senate is asked to write Yes on
the back Of a new treaty which was at first
heralded as explicitly abrogating the Clay
ton-Bulwer Treaty, but Is now described by
one of its principal advocates, the Nete York
Tribune. as ratifying that blundcr a second
time:
Neither is there any sweeping abrogatlon Of the
Clayton.Bulwer Treaty. On the contrary much-all
th'h ~ 49, U.s. e"'N s'At"sf SIS $500 ''' -
actually fortified by the new convention. SO far as
the Monroe boo trine is concerned, the new treaty
will leave us just where We have all along been. II
4 y not with any such matters that the negotiators
have been busying themselves"
Va should say not! All that the new
treaty permits us to do is to assume the
sole cost and risk of the construction Of the
canal. What tho new treaty preserves in
force and actually ~fortiilcs Is the Clayton
Bulwer provisions for European control OF
the American canal after we shall have
built 1t and paid for it.
Tho Hay-Pauncefote Treaty ties our
hands forever in precisely the manner con-
templatol by Great Britain in the old
Clayton Bulwer Treaty. And as il not sat
isfed with the cash made fifty years ago in
the Monroe Doctrine, the negotiators Of the
new treaty actually ask the Senate to voteto
go further and call over to this side OF the
Atlantic all the other powers Of Europe to
assist Great Britain in cOercing us should
We ever be desperate enough to attempt to
control in war the canal which we shall
have built and paid for.
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Consump tiOn.

To THE EDITOR OF The srS-Sir: Your recent
appeal in behalf Of a young lady attacked by tuber.
culosis as well as legislation now contemplated in
Albany looking for the establishment Of hospitals
and sanitariums for the treatment and cure Of that
dreaded disease. consumption. make OF special in.
terest TO all and especially to such as are suffering
the question AZ to the durability Of said malady.
Few other diseases cause such a large portion Of the
mortality in New York State. while the fac, that the
number " persons attacked who ever recOvrr ia so
limited has led a large portion of the community to
consider tuberculosis az an incurahle disease,
Now. eminent medical authorities Contradicted
this assertion. stating that the ravages Of tho
tubercular germs can he arrested. Il not entirely
cured, by proper sanitary lnea lures and medic al
attendance: that plenty OF fresh air and nutritious
food will cure the intlamed lungs, whilr 9th, r. de-
clare that the only hope is TO BE-. found in some
treatment that will reach the affected parts directly,
such as the inhalations of ant septic air and gases.
With such contradictory views prevalent, We look TO
THE sUs ~ = director of public opinion 10 open a
discussion in its columns as to the fact Of the cura-
bllity Of consumption and systems of treatment
that have proved most successful. Is the con-
sumptive condemned to die; A SUFFERER.
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mon vegetables are now raised at Tyoonok
and other settlements along the inlet. 1t
can no longer be- said that Alaska grows
no potatoes larger than walnuts." Lieut..
LEARNARD, Fourteenth Infantry. tells OF
dinners ut Cook Inlet at which everything
on the table was raised In Alaska, except the
flour and the butter. There seems no rea-
son why these commodities also should not
DO produced. Excellent butter Is now made
in the SItka region. Fine oats have been
maturel at Cook Inlet, and the agricultural
station there Is now experimenting with
wheat. Tho failure Of the first attempt APP
parcntly was due TO very late sowing In the
fall. Mr.. JOHNSTON, formerly u Minnesota
farmer, says that there are thousands OF
acres OF wcll-drnlned land that reproductive
conditions OF Minnesota, and that wheat can
certainly be crown there. Lieut.. CASHIER,
Fourth Infantry, saws that grass IL album
dant not only In the river bottoms but also
above the timber line, and that bunch grass
Is especially nutritious. Capt. GLENN's ex-
petition Of 1905 reported that along Cook
Inlet and tho great valley Of the Sushitna
River tho grass was OF fine quality and so
abundant that II would support a large
amount OF stock. One Of the party who had
been a cowboy said II was the finest grazing
region both for sheep and cattle he had ever
seen. Stock raising seems to DO practical
Bile in this region, though there are draw
backs. The long winters would neccssitate
curing q great deal Of hay. and it has not
yet been asccrtained how far the pest OF
mosquitoes and other troublesome insects
would interfere with the industry.
The Copper River region Is q little farther
east, and Capt. A~BERCRoMBIE says he be-
lieves the development OF agriculture there
will be conditional only on finding a
market for the produce. It is desirable to
have more data as to the possibilities
Of gardening and farming In the interior.
dener, reports from Copper Centre, l25
miles inland, that practically all vegetables
may be raised there; he gives a list OF fine
wild fruits he has gathered, including two
varieties Of currants, which, he says, are "a
large and excellent as the cultivated kinds.
u "lLLIhh oplbNlEi NV 'uIuiihu
official in charge Of the Government Office
at Dawson, has estimated the agricultural
area OF the upper Yukon ut about 400, 900
acres, but it is likely that the produce OF
this region will be confined to some OF the
harder vegetables. A few vegetables have
been raised as far north and east as Circle
City and Dawson.
On the whole, the climatic conditions Of
Alaska are comparable with those Of Fin
land, where rye and barley supply the local
demand and leavea surplus for export. 1t Is
probable that what is achieved in the most
northern farming regions OF Europe may
also be done in our great Territory. Trans
portation, markets and drainage will offer
serious problems. but the time is coming
Alaska will produce practically all Of
the food required by it's inhabitants.
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To TuE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: This
is the second time within a couple OF months
that l notice a statement made by DR.. Ash
mead In regard to the great number OF Scandi.
rosy,
II he learned doctor was better informed he
would not make that statement. There are a
few cases OF leprosy In Norway and Sweden, In
the northern parts only. and some cases have
beer brought over to this country and settled
In Dakota and Minnesota.
But 1t Is absurd to state that New York has a
large number OF scandinavian sailors sick with
lenrosy walk ing on our streets Tor the reason
we nave nowhere to put them. II our doctor
vas better Informed he would know that Sean
dinavian sailors are not subject to leprosy. Our
good doctor has now q chance, to ease his mind
before the Board OF Health.
A SCANDINAVIAN,
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Canal and the state Of Nicaragu a.

Regarding tho relations between tho
United States aud Great Britain on this
continent tho points Of American policy
first to b. kept in mind, asserted and main
tsined arc these:
America holds that the Clayton.Bulwer
treaty died by Great Brituin's own hand,
ami the progress Of events utterly forbids
its rcyivifcation. This theory, asserted by
various American statesmen, Is built on
solid ground. The building Of tho Nlcara-
qua Canal and the control oft, not imagi-
nary, but actual, are practically subjects for
negotiation between the United States and
Nicaragua.
To the north Of the United States, no
moving OF the Alaska boundary line is to
DO thought Of as concession on our part
therc in return for concession elsewhere
ON Great Britain's part. We ask for moth
ing that is not ours, and we give nothing
OF what Is ours.
SO much for what seems certain.
II, under tho present circumstances, the
American view Is disputed, its soundness
can be- made clear to all by the inclusion OF
Nicaragua, with Nicaragua's approval, as
q State OF the Union. Such n transaction,
II IL be necessary to the construction OF
an American Isthmus Canal, is a necessity
OF our national progress and well being.
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English Public and Public Men and the
BOer War.
Justin Mccarthy m ne Tnd,p,nd.nI.

Justin Mccarthy m ne Independent.
MY theory Is that Mr.. Arthur Balfour is thoroughly
sick OF the whole condition Of affairs, that he IL
heartily sorry for ever having allowed himself to be
drawn into a war policy and In such companionship,
aud that he would be only too happy, If he could. to
nee himself from all further responsibility. I can
hardly believe that Lord salisbury and Mr.. Balfour
ever really approved of the policy initiated by Mr..
Cecil Rhodes and Mr. Chamberlain, hut 1t is quite
likely that they, In common with most other Eng
lishmen, never supposed until 1t was too late that
there would be any necessity to undertake an actual
campaign,
am firmly convinced that IL the great majority Of
Fnglishmeu hal realized ak month ago the fact
that there were certain men who were determined, IL
they could, to drive this country into a war for tho
purpose Of conquering the 1ransyaal Republic and
the gold fields. no such campaign would ever have
been undertaken. The Beers. ! am inclined 10 think.
we're better informed as 10 the probabilities than
most Englishmen were. TIL Beers evidently saw
from the beginning that q war was certainly com
ins, aud that there was nothing left to them but to
make the best preparations they could To defend
their Republic, They accepted the situation, and At
last challenged the conflict which they felt they
could not much longer avoid.
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Agriculture In Alaska.

The explorations Of the past two years in
Alaska have confirmed the opinion long
held that its mineral resources are very
large and widely distributed. 1t is also
known that timber suitable for lumber is
abundant along the southeast coast. For
two years agents Of the Department Of
Agriculture have been making n systematic
study of the agricultural possibiliti les of the
country. This work Is still in progress,
and from the reports already made and the
experiments and testimony Of settlers, il is
established that Alaska is destined To have
considerable agricultural development.
For about four hundred miles along the
southeast coast from Prince of Wales Island
to Cape Fairwcnthor there are several iptlu.
ences most favorable To vegetation. includ-
Ing fairly abundant precipitation, the tom.
pcrate climate due to the ,lapan current
the unusual amount of summer sunshine
twilight being the nearest approach to
darkness for nearly four months, and n
deep, rich soil. These characteristics are
now found to extend about six hundred
miles further west, to beyond Cook Inlet.
They are not all So fully and favorably
developed ms in the region farther east
but have a marked influence upon vegcta-
ton and extend inland foran undetermined
distance, in some places at least a hundred
and twenty-five miles from the coast. The
soils are largely Of vegetable origin and
some OF them are very deep and rich. Prof.
MILTON WHITNEY, who has analyzed speci-
mems, says they corresp md very nearly with
rice lands and peat formations, and that II
other conditions are favorable, they should
be capable Of producing enormous crops.
These soils are not confined to the south
east; Capt. A~BERCRoMpIE, Second Infantry,
In his explorations Of s9s, reported them
500 miles further west, in the Copper River
district, where there are thousands OF acres
OF rich vegetable or loamy soil from three
to eight feet deep, Analyses show that
the vegetable content Of MANY of these
soils is much higher than in any Of tho
agricultural lands Of the States"
There were no settlements in Cook Inlet
until the miners began to flock there about
hve years age, but many hundreds of
bushels OF potatoes and all other com.
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NOW CHRTSTIAN SCIENTIST.
DIR. Max Wertheimer Received Into n Chris.
tian Scientist Church nj Dayton, Ohio.

tian Scientist Church at Dayton. ohio.
From n, Divton EreHin0 Hera'd.
The Rev. DR.. Max Werthcimer, who has been
the rabbi Of the jewish Synagogue X. X. B'nai
Ycshurun Of this city for ten years past. sew
cred his connection with that charge several
months since, Last night. at the First Church
OF Christ, Scientist. it was announced that the
reverend doctor had embraced the Christian
religion.
After the usual exercises the first reader
said:
Il announce to you this evening something
outside OF the usual order OF events. On last
Monday evening DR.. Max Werthelmer came to
nv house. UNEXPECTEDLY. and made his appli-
cation for membership in this church. | want
70 say that this was not done under impulse,
study Of our UNCONVENTIONAL text book.
Science and Health. With Key to the Scrip.
lures. by the Rev. Mary Baker q. EDDY"
DR.. Wertheimer. being introduced. said:
First Of all. | want TO assert that no human
being either urged or persuaded. induced or
lurea me into Christian Science. ! Joined II
Tor n brihe, nor for tho sake Of rising into a
higher social realm, but simply because ! was
principles II advocates. Because OF convictions,
from whiGn no power on earth can make ma
sWgTS Sna c c]omtiSns ref HrrtEiSa a. IN t the s ,Sns ~o O.
my solitary sfudy-room! Such convictions are
sacred! They are my property Hands on
For this step ! am. accountable to mono but
God. Yea. chose this spiritual home. because
Il IL congenial to my aspirations and un'ettered
thoughts. The main cause. which shattered
my old views and preJudlces and made a new
man out Of me. was the study OF Science and
Health. written bv that benevolent and devout
author, Mary Baker q. Eidyl A small book
but. oh. how mighty!
Glance at the state ofthings to-day-churches
are empty. pow-holders are thin creeds
are crum bling, barriers ara tum bling. dogmas
are falling. theological cobwebs are being
brushed aside. perfunctory worship proved
l~ifeless. people are confused and disa ppointed.
they crave for n change. for more faith, mora
hope. and grander love: they are hungerir9
for the heavenly mama! Do You not see tho
material weeds and spiritual fruits? The har-
vest il plenty. the laborers are few. Mans ex-
tremity i. ever Gods opportunity. Do you not
see that Christian Science IL now, at the dawn
Of n spiritual century. calling to the creed sick
and denomination tired Come unto me all ye
that arc weary and hAavv-laden, and I will give
You restN All. rest from. hlunders, Illusions,
pains. conlectures and beliefs. Henceforth
there shall be for me and for you. neither Gem
tile. Greek nor Jew. but Gods sons and daugh-
ters."
During Yesterday afternoon DR.. Wertheimer
addressed n letter to DR.. Wise, at Cincinnati.
covering his connection with his own church
and faith. lie also wrote a numh her OF his
friends. giving his reasons for EN- bracing the
Christian religion.