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A Loud Blast by an Agnostic.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: What Q
curious fact 1t il that the church people and
all their kin insist. in season and out Of season
in forcing their notions. whims. superstl-
tions and preirGices upon their fellow citi-
zcns who differ with them upon all sorts of
subjects The public does not interfere
with them. but when a corporation OF In
telliGent business citizens. at vast expense,
organizes and operates great educational
concern like the ma gnihcent Worlds Fair at
Chicago. or like the Pan-American Exposition
now open at Buffalo they hold up iheir hands
in holy horror and demand that the gates
shall be closed on the sabbath"
The plea they make j. tnat this is"n Chris
doctrines u the Christian faith to "desccrots
the Sabbath" and that keeping the Bnnnlo
Expcs,ion open on sunday Is dsSrcriI',ns SilI nn
stand, for the reason that this tsnot Chris
tian country" at all; that the churchInen
are In 'hg TnSr that ndt the rec9Sna any
religion. and that the Ccrs itnti does no!
recognize any God A citizen has as g9od
n right, to be a Buddhist, or a Mohammedin
~ TO be a Christian. and he, Is entitled 70
b'lieve all he plcases. cr nothing 1T all u 10
likes: but this does not warrant him In iorc
ing his notions on others
The various arguments Tor ana agalnN
galleries. parks. SC. have been long since
threshcd out. and there seems no need 70
repeat them here The sunday open door
Of the Buffalo Exposition is in tho same cate,
CORY Is solely. business proposition ana
as such can he safely determined by the
managcrs of that exposition. IL IL th"ir
BUSINESS solely. and II IL equally certain nat
Il is the business " no one els, whether he
he jew or Christian. Buddhist or Mohamme-
dar, Christian SCIENTIST or Faith Curis' NJ
any other inspired Cr non INSPIRED believer
or urholicver We hnve alrendy seen M
mischief done by these crnnks in Hl"nshlnF
the army cantcen VIII they ever learn 10
mind their own business and Jet that ol other
folks alone The only reason they dont
burn us AZ tho stake as tNcir ancestors dld
ours ia because the law docs not recognize
IN" autO de r.
The courts NJ Yonkcrs have hnd the nerve
10 say we may play golf on Sunday Pr
hnps the Buffalo courts will sav we may 90
- tho EyDosition On that same dnl AZ
any rntn, tho threat ~ one crank putltshed
Yesterday, that tho 3o,Ooo,o0 Christians N
tlil country (the figures arr HE, not nine
will hovc"'t NJ" TypuStio' unless the c'is
arc chs ,d on SrNi1v, will doubtless be dis
regarded hv M" managers. who VIII probably
ho quite willing - lcnv" the fat" cf fl'r
show In the hands of the other 5o,oppo
ci'izons who nrc not Christians and don't
want ~ hH AGNosffC
NV YORK, june ~
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ton Of Manohuria has been prosecuted
on Q vast scale. We are told that. a early
as last summer some $1,000 emigrants
were collected at Stretensk. the terminus
OF the trans-Siberian railway. In Novem-
bcr they were transported to Harbin. and
have since received concessions Of land In
central Manchuria. especially along the
Argun. For the purpose Of exercising
fiscal and administrative authority with
out attra citing too much attention In Europe
recourse was made TO the Russo Chinese
Bank, which was created with reference
TO tho -Manchurian railway. and
which Is now acting as the unofficial political
Its great resources and the facility with
which II grants discounts have secured
for this institution widespread influence
throughout Manchuria.
The deliverancc OF the province from
the Honhouses. or brigands. is appreciated
Times correspondent assures us that the
Chinese in Manchuria already seem to
prefer the Russian regime to that which
1t has supplantod. 1t appears that one
often hears such remarks as this: we
Chinese have nearly always had foreign
dynasties. Whether We have Russian
Emperor or a Manchurian Emperor is a
matter of no importance The only ques-
ton is, Under which Of them shall We be
the happicst?" The assertion Is conf
IDENTIFY made in the Times that. il the people
OF Manchuria were called upon to decide
by vote between a Russian and Man.
chu dynasty. the decision would GER
tainy be favorable to Russia. In a word.
Russia, by a secret treaty. and by the exer-
else Of "a policy. which. except in the case
of GRIBsN's blunder. has been pacific
and sagacious. has quietly won great
province.
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ciety Of Others Of its kind 30 comes II to
pass that Thousands gather In small space,
crowded 90 that their shells CRATE one
against the other as they grow. and all OF
them starve. Thus 1t happens that many
Of the worthiest soft clans the most modest
and tenderest OF their race. come not 70
their highest usefulness, but perish un-
timely, while their tougher and less delicate
and more adventurous brethren go OUT ana
wax fat.
1t u In these beds-sets. the clam dlggers
call them-of clans that are doomed 10
perish by tho very fact OF their too great
numbers that DR.. KELLOGG finds the saNa-
ton Of the stcamable clam. II is compara-
lively easy matter he breaches, to take a
few bushels Of these oyercrowded little
ones to devastated clam bed and there 70
scatter them widely that they may come
to proportions becoming to them and pleas
ing to the cook without such artihclal
aid the ravenous attacks Of the demand
upon tho visible supply will soon make 'he
haunts OF the Mya vacant.
Let all friends Of the soft clam arise'
Let them form clam-planting clubs; let
them mako their outings by the shore USE
full: let them impose heavy fines. equivalent
say to rhe restaurant price upon peck
OF steamed clans, upon any OF their num-
Der who pass an overcrowded clam oeo
without tranplanting at least hundred
Of its members 1t is timo for action.
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To the Rescue OF the So't Clami

Ia this TO be soft-clamless nation? In
A pamphlet recently published by the
New York State Museum this startling pos
sbility Is barred by the author Or j. l..
KELLOGG. lie asserts that the New Eng
land coast is already nearly depleted of liz
CLAIMS: he puts before the citizens Of tho
State Of New York statement of the con-
dition OF the clam population OF Long
Island which cannot but bring a shudder TO
those who have innocently supposed that
the gentle quahaug was there as plentiful
and incxhaustblc as the sands of the sea.
BIT tho learned author asserts that there Is
hone. 1t is not yet too late 10 stay the
drs'rnyers greed. and 10 show him the ways
In which his goose may b" saved for the
LAYING Of golden eggs for many year.
The Disappearance OF the soft clam
the steamed clam Of commerce the Myd
arcrarid Of the scientists Is like 10 come
upon us with shocking syiftness II is
shown that in the unhappy places whcrc the
soft clam has already disappeared, and
where now are mere barren wastes of sand.
which we're but few months ago latent
with Juicy lcathory-neckcl fattencrs Of the
human frame and whcttcrs of the appetite.
that when they show signs OF beginning to
go thcy are almost gone. In the effort TO
rorsr sympalhr for the mollu'k. DR.. KEEL
LOGO reviews its life history.
For the first few weeks Of its life. your
baby soft clam, which IL Of microscopic size.
svims with the tides OF millions that are
born onlya few hundred swim with luck Tho
reat perish in deep waters or are cast up to
die ,lpon the sands As for the SURVIVORS.
they grab grains OF sand with long fcelers,
and anchor themselves to await an increase
In their size. But the baby clam lacks
paticuce II Is ever breaking of its rope
and floating into new pastures. TO tether
itself again Perhaps 1t thus hopes TO
avoid tho notice Of the buccaneor starfsh,
which prowls abroad under the waters.
seeking infant clans and oysters. But this
vagrant practice letdS To mp ch loss Of life
by violence and exhaustion
When NJ last tho Mya has reached the
dgnincd proportions Of n human baby's
shoe button. II scttlcs down 10 the business
Of life. to attaining sufficient size and flavor
to b" worthily cooked and eaten The
youthful Mya IL not proyident nor does
II eain wisdom from the experience of It's
! forbenn. Al too often 1t chooses an nbd.
Ing place merely for pleasure Of the 90
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The Battle In Pennsylvania.

DESPITE the immense party majority.
politics In Pennsylvania. Republican fac-
tional politics. have been for several years
past more than commonly interesting
There has been a Republican boss. the
Hon. MATHEW STANLEY Quay, whose
authority was almost as complete as it was
mastery; and the Hon. JOHN WANAMAKER.
whom the lato Gen. HARRISON. no friend
OF OUAY's. made Postmaster-General. led
the opposition.
Two years ago the Wanamaker faction
gained sufficient power to defeat QrAYs
reelection to the Senate. but last year.
fighting the battle OF his life, QUAY swept
his enemies aside and regainel his seat. II
was striking victory. apparently making
the victor more absolute in control OF the
political machinery throughout Pennsyl-
vania than he had ever been before, and
his opponents more insignificant.
1t seems that the situation has been
modified through the very ercrtion Of this
great power The Legislature passed a
bill for the award OF street railroad IRAN
chises. and, leaving out operations IN othei
towns. the Mayor OF Philadelphia. in con-
f,rming franchises for that city, has given
Mr.. wASAMAKER an opportunity to put
him in The wrong in so startling manner
that the consequences may be serious.
Whether tho Hon. MATHEW SrANLEi
QUAY has Indirectly created these fran
chiscs in return for the assistance OF hl'
friends, or as vengeance upon his enemies
those residing in Philadelphia particularly
it was an act of deplorable judgment fol
to-day the Hon. JoHN WANAMAKER, .old
ing in his hand his rejected offer Of $3.50
600 for the Philadelphia franchises. mus
ba stronger than he seemed weak on lh'
day of QUAy's triumph. 1t is a s'n'at'ona
chapter in a long and exciting story.
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Dayii Kcnriyop. Patriot -His GraYcin Chicago
r-7~, N, Cbra7o Inter O,squ.

tom ne Chirl7O Inter O's9p
The Chl-, -u societies 0fthr Sons and the Daughters
of TIE American Revolution arr about b. erect a n0nr
nrrt to The memory n pavld KennISon IN Ilnr1n
Parf Who was David kcnnISon. md what dd .
do I, make his memor, deserving ot q monument
INT 'cH ~ the rlllors Who have visited Lincoln
Taf; haze bc'n aware ofihs fact that one o'trr rfav
in the southern raT u tHst pleasure ground uroprh'd
when ihr old city cemetery WAS removed years so
coutnIt,ire remains the last survivor of The u'1n
tea pa.'v.- wErh ,.Srrrsd In the Revolution and ns
!nlrpealencc " TIC thirteen colonies. Set such
grave ~ there not isr from the Couch tomb nld hIia
sh,.' G.,tauor from thr Lincoln statue
DAVID KcnalSon vas oycs 10 years ~ age when me
nr,, mutterlugS o. dsconirnt with thc policy m ~
mother country h"gan ~ make themselves heard IN
New England he was one Of those who aueT!td
the n4guatlrn meeting Of blessed memory In ran
euU Han ard one OF the party who acrward. In is
dIscule Of Mohawk indians. boarded his HrAnns
Nar,'ys merchnn,man and deliberately dGmva
It's cargo Of high taxed tea into tSe harbor
David Kennison enlisted In the Continental A'-'
and fought through the war lie "a, doing games
duty n, Tort Dearborn wnrn the War u 1872 began.
but escaped tA. massacre being at the time ur ~
march 10 Port Gratot under transfer orders !, AS
islS when he again came 10 Chicago, and Yong
John Wentworth. hrhrng the story. took pans "
have II either verified Or dlSprpyed
The result Of Long Johns inquiries As well
that Of a similar investigation canlrd On by To- ~
,orian Losing. established kennluns cll,m' hnd
when b, died here on Feb. 81 1852 at ihc fcTafLh.'
agn u ii5 years \ months and idayS there wasn't
question as To the fact tha, hr wa the aI survivor
Of the "pa party
The sun., 1901-06-16
Deep Calls to Deep.

From the rollicsing chorus raised by
the corporation chasers and the Octopus
hunters over the triumph OF the Hon. Tom
JOHNSON Of Cuyahoga. one good. loud,
hearty, well-remembered voice has been
wanting Single-taxers. double takers, in
come takers, Dollar Dinner economists.
cranks OF many kinds and SUCKER Rop
SAM JONES. a crank OF oil kinds. howled
delriously and couldn't shake big TOMS
hand hard enough. But where was an
earlier friend OF man and three-cent fares.
as stout a foe Of all corporations In which
he Is not himself interested, the Hon. Po-
rATo PINGRFE? Where was the terror OF
railroads? He went abroad after he ceased
to be Governor OF Michigan. He lonGcd
for a place where there was no Supreme
Court He sought the Nile, which runs
over like himself, and unlike himself
sometimes dries up. Tho Sphinx winked at
him. The Bedouins amcrced him as he
loves 10 amerce corporations. Several
bulls and bul-hcaded gods in tho Ghizeh
Museum reminded him Of the Michigan
Legislature Crocodilcs made him home
sick for his usual exercise OF clubbing the
Octopus. From yonder submits forty
centuries looked down upon him and
erinned.
The meeting between withercd Egypt
and the freshest of the sons Of the West
was affecting. Mid pleasures and pyrn-
mids he did not forget the troubles in
South Africa. Thithcr he went. Thence
ms soon as he heard Of THREE-CENI
ToMs election no sent letter of cncour-
arement. There's no Bcira on the map OF
South Africa. but the Kaffirs arc n guar.
nntee of local color and good faith; and
the Clerclfnd Pirin Dealer prints the letter:
81 have lust received newspapers Tor the first tm'
sine let home from which learned " your victory
| congratulate Cleveland and the state Of ohio more
than do YOU. Clsat Will win In thc long run. You
election Is ylndlration n right. In this town rcn
thev have municipal ownership oi tracks and iadl
ydual ownership ~ cars, with kaflrs i)r motive
powcr VIII return about thc 18th and hope 10 sec
you. Very uGy
IL. s. prNGREE.
"P. S.--There nre no oxen or horses in the town
and everything Is propelled over these tracks
There ls no llech Oh eINI oh 'Ilc f'lNi'
polished poll He exulls in the glory oi
Tom JOHNSON. Soon he will bc back tc
see II Detroit needs him rs Mayor once
more. He has already promised 10 dc.
liver lecture in Battle Creek on" Municipal
Ownership and 6-Kafllr Cars in Beira.
With TONI and roTATo ugging att Munic'
ipal Ownership will soon be a choice speci
men OF rapid transit.
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A young man Of London who has bccn
ephcm.rally successful thcr" IN establishing
n new spapcr which initiates the methods
OF our yellow journalism, with Cockncy
notifications IL signali2lnR his visit to this
country by passing Judgment on our news
papers as profound and an unqucs-
tionnble authority on the subject As an
expert IN vulgari2ing the newspaper he
may be entitled to pose us an authority in
that special field. but not befor" his eNcmplars
or those who first worked 1t here They
discovered Tho trick ho Is playing cheap
printing paIrr has brought many advantages
10 mankind but with them has como tho
possibility OF press 80 cheap IN both q ma
torIal nnd moral sense that II j. question:
ahlc II the ga IN to IL" public coIntcrbulanccs
the moral loss by which 1t has been ar' . DO
panied At any rate. a Corkncy imititor
Of some of the more degraded features Of
our catchpcnny new spaper, Is not a phil
oSophcr to whom It il profitable to listen as
h. discusses the variations from his American
model which London circumstances have
induced him to adopt Ia the course Of his
chase for gain by vulgarizing u profession,
of the dignity and high responsibility Of
which he exhibits not a glimmer OF percep-
tion,
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70 ABOLISH SLAVERY IN nINDAyAo
Gen. hates Says the Reported Action Of Datts
Mundi 4 Very Important.

WASHINGTON, June is.--Gen. Bates. who
recently returned TO the United States from
tho Philippines. where he commanded tho
Department Of Southern Luzon. was in WASH
ington to-day. In an Interview In regard
to tho conditions In the Philippine Islands
he referred to recent reports from Manila.
that Datto Mundi tho famous Moro 'hi-i-
tain Of Zamboang', had decided to abolish
slavery. Gen. Bates said:
Il had not expected any such favorable
action. though l have tho highest respect
for Mundi. " seems to me that II Is expect-
ought to bc paid something for these slaves.
My agreement with them. in order 20 abolish
slavery, was that small amount should
be paid for the slaves wanted hs 10 nn an
value and I agreed to that Ny idea was
that the slaves might pay small amount
and supposed the s EG1sed Gnsv states E0Sen
value was about $50. No census having
been taken. 1t Is impossible to tell how, many
slaves there are They can hardly be re-
so o. generally gem discussed tina, il is we'll under.
stood They are mere retainers and very
often voluntarily So because they wanted
the OF 6is pSG Ma sy@
pathies ever since I have known him lie
asked for an American flag at once and ppt
incur antagonism, but he cared nothing
for that. lie said ho had always been
but when the control changed lie wanted 10
DO an American citizen. He offered to bring
his people to fight alongside of our soldiers
and said II | was ready lac would at once
go along and attack the Insurgents at Lam-
boango. / told him was not ready
to occupy the island then. and he said /
will do Just what you say lie dld JON 9pr
troops when 2amboango was taken lhis
act ion OF Mundi II very important, indeed.
because he Is the heir-apparent to the sultan.
He was nominated by the Su tan OF Aindanao,
Rajah Muda, as his heir-appGrcnt."
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CUT THE WILD CHERRY TREES.
A Suggestion as to Combating tho Forest Tent
Caterpiller.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: Several
days ago you published an item OF news from
Pou ghkeepsie. telling OF the greatloss through
the ravages OF the forest tent caterpillar
And II was said that the worms had a great
fondness for wild cherry trees That one
sentence tells the whole story, and suggests
the cure Cut down the wild cherry trees
as fast as they appear. II every farmer
and frult-grower would make II a personal
matter. and follow 1t up .persistently. they
would save their orchards from rum, and also
save themselves from world OF extra laOor
and much expense
I opened one OF the ripe tents taken from
an apple tree last saturday whlle iooKIhg
through the orchard. There were easily
three hundred worms In disgusting undu-
lating mass just about ready TO come forth,
and destroy the tree to which the tent was
attached. | was greatly disappointed, as
had said 80 much to warn the men In ad-
vance 1t behooves every farmer and every
fruit grower, as well as every man who loves
fine trees and foliage about his place, TO watch
carefully every spring for tho slightest
growth OF wild cherry trees. winch, When
found. should be uprooted or cut on and
TRe I pest et' viii trouble but little in country
void Of wild cherry trees That tree is where
the tents are first set up The propagG TORS
9f me the Ssn 'ss they become .a ShS they
strike at everything As soon as the tent,
are formed and before active life shows
saw. or cut of the supporting twigs loeIng
careful not to opcn the trnu and drop the
whole thing into the FIRE There is no other
way 10 be free Of them. Don't let II ger
inmate.
When on the road. II YOU see growth
OF wild cherry starting up. get right out o!
your wagon and cut IL DOWN, No matter
where you see tent. get II. and get II QuleA.
BEOUELYN. june Il. /. } HRLENE'
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The Temperature and Religion.

To rIr rp.ruu co. ruc G"y -s.- = tic.s
any scientific " SO .I,Un' law 20 ,,rNiu Why changes
IN TIE thrrnoac'rr prod Changes IN rr'rpu,
tcc''
The r,sc Of NJ Parsons IN passing over h. a pre-
lntl"al fibn Presbyterian Church when tic tAcr.
m1re'ct rises Il not pocu!rr | have noticed that
may pTr ,byicrllu, 20 thr g7U;a whcn ,.c parr
weather sends them . the cuuuir, more s,pcrli.ly
II tary hrr rich. Even when a Presbyterian church
4, handy they =, to an Episcopal church
II there Is any n"lghAoTGood In this country who.e
Nss,ciailJn, would srsm most 10 sinulaie a believer
IA the WeNmES:c' confess lon {, stand by his Inth
It's the ncisahofhIJd Of lsnoy Ii' region mad,
famous In religious history rs iNr home " Jonathan
Edwards, a, the prime seat oi CAlyinsm 81, even
there IrrSbyicriAn elder tgsnS from lAc churrh ~
Edwards 10 prrln,lcrl church. which is an exotic IA
that religious s,mp,pher.
why should The rising Of the temperature produce
a change 50 remarkable
y BERKSiiRr PURITAN
BROOKLYN, juno i5
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Here now is glorious opportunity for Mr..
WILLIAM WALDORF AsroR' Ilo Is able and
willing to buy the estate known "a the
Schrivelsby Manor. which will give him the
right to appear at The coronation II EDWARD
vi IN grand suit of arnor nj mounted
upon caparisoncd steed Tint ought -
tIc!,lo his tory tcndons But, in addition, he
can bring his horse 10 the banquet AZ West
minister Hall, ride boldly up to IA" kiuc.
rlng down his gauntlet and challenge any
man to mortal. or rather immortal, combat
who may dare TO question tho Kings right
20 the throne We say Immortal" because
n AsToR should fight the combat would bo
bound to remain In story and song ns long as
the Anglo-Saxon race chor,shcs the memory
of Jack o tho Beanstalk
The sun., 1901-06-16
Boat Whistles.

The collision between tho Northheld ana
tho Mauch Chunk luckily missed being one oil
tho awful horrors that are remembered TOT
generations. II happened. OF course rom
afailure to understand or to heed the signals
exchanged between the boats. We sup
pose that one captain must have oeeh
wrong and the other right. But the acci-
dent illustrated q fault In navigation upon
these waters to which The sun has ire
quently called attention. namely, tha' on
board many steamers thcro prevails an mex
cu.able amount OF indifference to the an
swering Of signals
The wuy in. which signals are exchanged
indicates both laxity and carelcssness on
the part Of the pilots in matter where
invariable promptness and absolute pre-
cision are imperatively demanded. New
York ferryboats carry too many lives IN
them TO permit the thought OF carelessness
In whistling
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The TIL Il Naval Power.

A table recently drawn up by the Naval
Intelligence ONCE In Washington gives
the tonnage aioat and on the stocks Of the
six principal naves Of the world. and makes
IL appear that the United States have at
tanned higher position as naval Power
than at any previous time s.nce the intro
duction OF iron vessels. 1t places VA GER
tainly no lower than fourth In the list
where formerly We stood 9Th; and II Is
possible that changes made since the table
was prepared may place us actually in
the third position.
Tho table was prepared in October oi
last year In u, nine classes OF vessels
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Two hundred arrests in year ia the average
In New York of persons accused OF violating
the Sanitary Code as to the sale Of milk. The
Code provides that any milk found 10 hc
odultcratcd either ~ tho addition Of water
or by the removal Of cream may be soi2rd
and destroyed by the Board OF Health II Il
contains, under lactometcr test. moro than
ss Der cent. Of water or fluids. or loss than IL
per cent Of milk fluids, from which tho
cream has been removed In tho case Of
condensed milk. II the amount Of fat Is less
than rs per cent. or any foreign substance
whatever has been added, excepting sugars
the law ia violated NJ milk shall ho re-
ccived, kept. offered for sale or delivered in
this city without a written permit from tho
Board Of Health.
New York Is one Of the greatest milk-con-
sumiug cities in the world, II not indeed tho
grcatcst Tho dairy region trhut1ry 10 IT,,
and from whichits vast daily supply Il drawn,
includes not only twenty upstate counties,
but tho whole Of Long Island and several
counties of New Jersey The means Of en-
forcing the law with $1,000 milk inspections
madn annually. and largo stan cf public
employees agrd in the work, would seem
70 bc adequate. but the sale OF adultcrated
milk. especially in tho poorer sections Of
town. appears to proceed with very little
serious interruption.