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THE FRENCH PIGEON SERVICE.

Tho siege of Paris laugh, the value of
carrier or homing pigeons, and In con-e-
quence Of that experience the French Gov
crnm"nt has given much attention 20 this
mems Of military communication In case
of war II is expected that the present system
will Ia entirely adequate
Under this system tho carrier pigeons are
to be used above all for connecting the
fortre-~es, one with another and all with
the capital. For this purpose each border
fortress has pigeon houses for the adjacent
fortres-e-. as well a. for Paris or for some
int"rmediate station en- route IN Paris.
Each line Of flight Ia about 300 miles
Paris ~ thus connected directly with the
fortresses on the northern border For the
fortrcsees on the northeastern frontier
Iangres II the intermediate station For
the fortified places southeast Of Pans.
Lyon. serves a. relay station. Ten lines Of
flight run 90 Paris Ave To Iangrca. and the
stations are organized 80 as 10 bc capable
OF keeping Paris In communication with all
important places for AT least sir months
lately carrier pigeons have been found
70 he very useful In the r"connois-a nce
work 81 cavalry The officers patrols,
pushed out well to the front. carry pigeons
along for messenger service. thus avoiding
the weakening Of tho patrol from .ending
back cavalry messengers "a make the re-
ports Moreover. pigeon will 60 more
quickly and surely than cavalryman
through a strange country occupied by the
enemy Each cavalry brigade has thirty
pigeons, and a patrol carries six, two men
being required TO convey them
Auothar aupliraslo,, 4 vall A.
for naval communication with ports or
coast fortihcations Until wireless teleg-
raphy has proven more reliable and o-r-
tain. pigeons will be used They have bccn
found capable of covering a. much as
3oo nautical miles very effectively
The Engineers are charged with tho
carrier pigeon stations In time 81 peace
The frontier stations have now about three
hundr"d birds. which serve two or three
lines Of fight The homing stations at
Lyons. IAngres and Paris are much stronger
Tho training begins when the pigeons are
about four months old. and their flights are
progressively increased in the first year
from ~ to 200 miles, In the following years
they are increased to $40 miles
There arr also many private pigeon
stations. which become available for the
army by Law in time 81 war
Since iseS carrier pigeons have been used
in the garrison and field msnpuvres For
mounted patrols they are carried in baskets
like knap-acks. either sInely In a basket.
or In cylindrical tubes which are placed
horizontally In the baskets The baskets
are of various siz--. for one, two or thr-e
pigeons Another method has been tried
recently. namely. carrying With the troops
n portable pigeon house. the idea being that
the pigeons will return TO this wagon. even
II the latter has changed its position since
the pigeons were -ent out, These portable
stations are designed to accompany tho
commanders. and 10 serve a. places Of
assembly for tho pigeons sent out with their
messages by officers patrols
The sun., 1901-08-24
Prohibition In Maine In 1901,

We urin, the letter 81 New Yorker
now sojourning in Maine and observing
with cynical interest the vigorous Mt
tempts To rniore the Prohibitory law
in Cumberland county
Our corrrspondent's opinion that the
law was designed and Is used ~ means
Of building up n monopoly in the liquor
traffic for tho benefit NJ State. county
and town agencies. Is manifcstly based
on hasty or prejudiced ratiocinatlon'
Nor can we accept HIS general views
as 10 the insincerity and hypocrisy
underlying the whole system.
In no State in the Union are majority
o. the people hypocrites or insincere
Ever since il was first enacted the Maine
law has rested upon :he genuine beliei
OF n controlling part of the community
that prohibition was the best remedy
for the indubtable and myriad evils
OF drunkenness. That belief put NEAL
Dow's system into the statutes. later
Il put the system into the Constitution
whence nothing can remove II except a
reconsideration Of this creed 10y ma
jority Of the citizens voting upon 'on-
stitutional amendment
The merits Of prohibition need not
now be discussed. The law II there.
and such Jealous believers In the law
az the Rev. MIR PEARSON and the Rev.
Mr. SKILlISGs are doing their utmost to
enforce It. Instead Of jecring at them
a,d chair sNorts we should think those
who want 20 see Maine rid Of prohibi-
ton would welcome them ~ effective
auxiliaries In tho cause Of repeal
The sun., 1901-08-24
The Wall OF the Iowa Democrats.

The Iowa Democrats h sd some trouble
in finding out whether they wanted
To reaffirm the Kansas City platform
OF not, but in the end the reaffirmers
won by not many noses. So the Iowa
Democrats are not with the dumb or
Oyster Democrats Of Maryland. Virginia
and Pennsylvania. The temporary chair
man Of the convention. the Hon. +. VI.
SHARON, who comes from the hickory
groves Of the Wapsipinicon. revealed
in a doleful speech the woe that upon
us. We are facing to-day" cried
tho Wapsipinicon wceper. conditions
that are momentous. destructive 20 our
industry our commerce and the well
fare Of our people This il a sad state
Of things but unless the state of things
is sad. the Kansas City platform Is a
trife out of date For years the Iowa
Democrats have been distraught over
silver and the tariff. At present they
find tha, imperialism and trusts are
the two great dominant evils Of our
national life, and that these produce
the two great issues which the Demo-
cratic party must meet" The Demo-
cratic party met them in 1900 but once
is not enough for some people.
According To tho Kansas City plat
form, imperialism Is the paramount
issue Accepting the Iowa addendum
to that illusirious document. there II
ono paramount issue and there are two
dominant issues But these are mere
dclicacics oi classification Tho great
fiction - focus the mind on j. the de-
s,r,ic,ion of our industries, our com
merCe and the welfare ~ our people
With their farms and their pockc,hooks
dropping fainess. ~ must 10 hard work
for the Iowa Democrats to feel ~ funereal
a. their platform, hut they ar" used 10
sitting on the mourners bench and
prac,ice makrs perfect
still. out of the old hclds cometh
some nov corn The Iowa Democrats
are - no, 60 smash monopoly thR, ihcy
prppn~e to opmmencr m tho Patent
ono. tho fountain head o' lcgAlzei
MONOPOLY Here i brave 'alk How
will the Eastern Democrats IKE i's
prrhaTr tho Iowa Democrats have
taken a mCgcr contract than thcv can
hardic hut q I.a'"rt i~ monoioly
and rouup..iT~ must n. destroyed
~ ,Dngf,--s prov" deaf tn tho crN
,1r breaking 90" ',-ai ~ lrsshr~i r1n-
npi,,I,. ths HrriuHI -puus ui power
uu-i D. sIr-airi 'n n Dpngr,s.
t-~-.istt .r r'.fu-ius 'H sulsmr a. tl.-
state. u~.sH,-arH aHruiurris o. fHr
,pr.ituiiar r v'U i.ssfr, 80. dlI,
.f rr. State. f. .H. convention fsr
thaf puUaa-. aut rr..-r fis t.rusf tu.
tInr o. sad.Hc t. .f fH, srau's Co., a-.ar,
ds-frut munsls,I, tfu,tdc iof tis
The sun., 1901-08-24

From nc HGron Tslc raph
IL will W. interesting - ntturall fts II
note that the American panther u not yet
entirely extinct h. t'aorgin
FOR some time pet th- PEOPLE hvirg near
the Okennok"e swamp hlvs been suffering
from a. d-prrdations of couple OF Wild
beasts that w"r' mf"strg IN" n"ghbc--
hood calves. sheep and hnss, etc. have
bten oarri.d oil. md although humorous
1tt.upt- have been made to capture the
anim.ls tleN hsVe managed Z" ESCAPE Mr.
Obediah HarheT. Who hH- probably killed
more pcars. panther- and 'he like in his
tune a. an any other living man IN that $50
tipn. took beArs liver. and after treating
II 10 an injection II -tryChnino. l-ft y IN a
spot " her" tho animals had been seen
dsv OF two later sornc of his boys went out
10 look after the hog-. and they found near
the bait put cut the dead carcass 81 \ mon
ster panther The animal vas about = feet
high, AID measured over feet from the
paint Of IT, nose 10 the ip Of its tail lts
weight. according o. Mr Barber WAS lS0
pounds The mate ~ thi- ono is >till az large.
II has hren some v.ar~ since ". have : al
positive knovlcdgr Il the existence of nan.
Their IN the Okehnnkce
The sun., 1901-08-24
The virginia Republicans.

Tbe State OF Virginia during the long
-adiuster controversy which did nott
inmate until the final defeat Of WILLIAM
MALONE a. a candidate for Governor
IN 1850 had form Of varieeafed ana
bizarre politics peculiar to itself NOT
onlv the State but also national con-
tests were fought and decided upon
an issue local and peculiar tn virginia,
namely, its relation in the treatment
of its debts 10 its creditors. Recalling
theee circumstances, IL need be no oc-
casion for surprise that the Republi-
cans Of Virginia, who at the last cleo
ton for Governor polled only %'ooo
votes in an electorate of 100000. and
nj the preceding election for Gov
ernor four years earlier had no ticket
IN the field. should have had at no
snoke. on Wednesday. the largest gath
erine Of white Republicans AZ a Re
publican convention in that State for
many years.
The existing political conditions are
briefly these: There are 10000 quail
fed voters in Virginia, Of which num-
Der two-thirds are white and one-third
colored. There are in this electorate
10000 voters who are illiterate, 5000
white and 5000 colored. The Repub-
lican party in Virginia does not have
its largest voting strength In the black
belt" OF counties near the seaboard and
on the rivers tributary TO Chesapeake
Bay. but in the distinctively white
counties" Of western. and especially
OF southwestern Virginia. Actually 1t
IA from the colored counties" or coun-
ties which would give Republican ma
jority on a full vote. that the Demo
cratic majorities come.
In Sussex county. in southeastern
Virginia, where the colored voters out
number the white citizens in the pro-
portion Of two 20 one. Mr. MCKINLEY
received last year 43o votes and Mr..
BRYAN 7ss, while in Carroll county. in
the mountains of southwestern Virginia.
where the white voters outnumber the
colored at least forty 20 one, Mr.. MCkIN-
LEY received 100 votes last year and
Mr.. BRYAN only 100.
When the proposition To call the pres
ent Constitutional Convention was sub
mitted to the voters in May last, 1892
votes. many Of them colored, were cast
in its favor. and eo.S7S votes. many OF
them white. were against IL.
The one overshadowing issue injected
into the politics Of Virginia by the doings
Of the Constitutional Convention this year
hwhether or not majority Of the oolored
voters will consent to disfranchise them
selves permanently. An independent and
separate question is whether the white
Republicans or the white Democrats will
elect the Governor.
The sun., 1901-08-24
n. ~ Voice " az the Katy did.

To rHB EniToR op TBE SvS So In reply
TO ~ P-iviIi say that the common kaiydid 10 Cy'ie
pstHG- fGaftphtas1 oozSaru-. The otsan
Of sound lsA transparent elastic msmhrsne In strong
oval fran. In each Of the sing covers. Thsse mem
hrsnss hy the overlapping 81 the sing covers ~
made N rub against ono another. and the sound II
produced b, the friction ~ " p wrong Asou,
the hind iegs b.ins N. ofgsn, n sr'dulAuon Hs
xas pfobs n, thinking oi the mule
stand CORRECTED In fesArd IN the voice NJ the katy
dd. Srll. am not ths only ono uho has srr.d
have such company A. Holmes. Who wtuie
1 lov, 10 hear thns earnest voice
Whrfrv'f thou art hid
thou isstS ntus dngmsusi
Thou pfetiy katyctd
wv NoHk. AUG. .. o.
The sun., 1901-08-24
ES0rIMayN TO M SENT BACk
One of Them wanted TO kin Ever, fa'
Man ue Saw.

WssHINoroN, Aug % The mmigra''0n
Bureau has ordered that tho three Lnhra-
dor E-1uimauN exhibited at N" Pan Amer
can Exposition bc sen, hack - thc'- homes
They were brought Co Buffalo hy con-
ccssionair 81 tho Exposition known ~ ''"
Labrador Exposition Company. a1i -"
EsqumauS gave a daily entertainment N
- Midway
Some time ago Jcrimios. the young"''
Of ,he trio. manifested violent dislike
for fai mon. and whenever fs' man an.
T-.ar,.i IA the audience ~ one ~ 'he en''--
tainments Jerirnios made Tor him w'l
blood ~ hi- eve and knife IN" wa'''r
was reported 20 tho Treasury n"p1r'""''
and the order vas sent to-dsy Ia ''"
E.3uimAuS IT, taken home hv wav . N"V
York which port they cnt"r'si Ias' -lrhI
when they came TO tins country
The sun., 1901-08-24
The New Military Railways of Russia.

Railroads are constantly gaining in
importance for war purposes. and this
n especially true in country Of
such vast distances ~ Russia. As
soon a. Russia gained firm foothold
in central and eastern Asia. the necessity
for a railroad TO connect these distant
domains with the motherland became
evident and brought into being the
trans-C Caspian road, which has b~en
extended 20 the Afehanis,an and Chi
ne~e borders Then the great Siberian
road was commenced to reach Nhd-
vostok. the most important strategic
point in eastern Asia. FINALLY. Rus
Elm obtained from China permission
10 build the trans Manchurian branch
Of the China road. which has hccn
extended Ia kwantun. Russias late~,
acquisition. on IN" Liau-tung peninsuls.
and 10 Port Arthur and TalIenwan.
now the Russian town of Dalny1
Tho trans-C Caspisn road had originally
n purely military obieci Tho iirs,
srredition against the 1ek"- TurkomAns
proved the necessity for railroad Ia
transpor. the enormous train required;
n road Was built 90 carry supplies and
material Tor the trooi~ ot th" -'cond
err~dftion ~ thc depot az Rami u
hiihi~d 10 purT.o-c completely. hu'
Russia soon saw that asid" trum tie
comm,r,iai advantages. U Wa a'-"-
utslv essential ior 40" mairtenunc" %
h.r .,rIrr,aa.v ~ ocutrAl AsiA that tho
- A.. .ttII fHrt laf.f rNtTrflfsl
Si~ssi.s and sur.l, Russia has 40
yanoe-i boz .'utrl. Nsia aui har made
h.rsrF ulsfre-- uf nirh"-tsu 10 49,
Ta-,Lrni ir.I ln I-as Samaritan. AMI t1"
Chara' hulHr H,a-al t' 'ste U I'A
folinvs.l thr ctT--lIi.Hu sgstrsi 'hiu@,
~ tssa ths T,is.I Iurl.Hmaus ~~fr "v"l-
u.rgat. al -. Mor, ~sf ais lri,ad sud
The sun., 1901-08-24
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ttt, uali

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a.rrt thf turnsr - vfHrf 49, thst rsrtsir orfas
o. tHs r.u gutsfrusui tsa usshIur D. o. asUf tat
vttff 49, fns.r ~ fH aT.~ D. Ifsfrut thsu t~inf
D - tnrulsgf ne sIndHvh
Afff rIrHissu we've -ftirs go ~ 80 grrsfr
u1sHf Ir 80 ostznnsnts musi rsu'sss tHai tsss
"a lrHsr usfs usr To- 80 ssfusd tHsr sstsiass
ir thH ua# To rssi 90 Hr slH tsirfA 81 500
tHt trfF grsHt rHnHsr HT trss a. 900 80 sa.ug
D.. fsr ts 80 - Co. 1lsfts 80 .uIfss.uar ulsi
o.. .f 81. D. iaisfstsr r 90 80 ususgse tasIss..
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The sun., 1901-08-24
A GOOD WORD ron MYSTIC.
A Son of that Town Depiores the aepuis-
tioa the Cranks are Giving %.

To THE Enron or TnF SrN.SU ] have
noted with interest your editorial OF Aug 2l.
headed Peace az Mystic While tho an
nual Peace meetings have been for several
years past held AZ Mystic. and while the
-sciety have a grove there and n -o-called
temple. vet trust for the good reputation
ot Mystic that II will not be charged with all
the treason which il talked hy some Of the
delegate. who have bocn In attendance
this wear and years before.
A. n native of Mystic and ono Interested
in her welfare. | would not want 20 have
the world think that the inhabitants of
Mystic are such cranks NJ the various rr-o-
buttons which are adopted annually NJ the
Peace meetings would seem to Indicate
A. matter of fact. this Peace meeting
business. ~ far n am able to discover,
originated with few Quakerr who lived
st "a plarc called Quakertown. few miles
above the village ~ Mystic, nided and
abettei hy various cranks sscattered through
out the country | believe that the interest
In II has heen augmented bv the fact that
there was liitI- money In II 20 somebody,
although who that somebody II do not
know Nv personal opinion is that when
the gate receipts fall on. there viii be fewer
wheresses and resolutions.
There wa time when theee meetings
were very largely attended and when much
interest wac manifested. hut since the
meeting which was held during the progress
81 the Spanish American War, the interest
has fallen OF A. this particular meeting
there were speeches of such n treasonable
character that the loyal citizens 81 the town
would have been justified In hanging the
speakers Ia On" ~ the trees which adorn
their beautiful grove.
This year the meeting was failure. Tho
attendance was small compared with Tor
m.r years and on one day T. was n rnrt ~ n
rough house Although Mystic II non
license town. on last Friday. through the
sale Of illicit rum which was stored In an
al accent cornneld there were many cases
of drunkenness No less than Ave arrests
werr made. and the grounds wer" the scene
Of many diSgrnCeflI drunken hrawls and
many who otherwise might have de~lred
Ia attend the proceedings. returned TO the
village disgIsted
During the la-, session the Grand Army
veterans. the Frcema-ons and the Govern
ment were revil"d In an uncalled for man
ner II has DEVELOPED into a society OF
cranks and 10 my mind II II unfortunate
that they hold their annual meetings In
Mystic But for Heaven + sake do not charge
the poor town with being responsible for
the fact that they are held there
NEW YORK. Aug p For PEACE.
The sun., 1901-08-24
Arm, Trpu q, s.l. at rees sskin ,

To rHr EptrnE ~ THE Sr~ ST. Durnt the
sseond usek IN .rNh. shH. On wheeling TIN DOWN
through ths Hudson NsI-y. ! s,opVsd at P-stskiil
fnf trfsshmsnp A. NJ pla~e shsf' had luneh
! sss sshrd y . eid noi u1sh n pu'ehas hns amy
o~c.fs Wnt ! dd not but iurthsf ul hTcushi ou,
NJ tat mat jana dea,t - tha, piAcs had pufchss.a
ffum sous milun orcef - urr~rs IN camp sevrnu
~, large pnts uhleh thfs man uss sndesvor'as 10
ds...s - a. . Fart
Hu~ could this 'urt dsslsf hsv- nm. into possss
sion - ssvsnt, rts almost no. National Guard isnts
o. ssil thsu ot~uu ~ T-etssii' u hs GuAid ~
sb4ndsnul suppiisd sth such Ccnds that osn
disFsnss uHh surh numhsf ~ Snu shioh ! an
fsasunatF ssuAiu Nr. No-s Stss I.,id vsii 'o''
Nv NoIA. Avs e. A. FNOftSrH
The sun., 1901-08-24
sire Of the Ind-prnern, Vote In New YORK

To rHH Enron 90 Tar Srs Sir Your
editorial on The Political Census Of Greater
New ork IN to-day's issue j. very Interest
ms hut ~ does not cover N" whole ground.
W. have found from careful canvas ing that
all 81 the i7s.ID voter who do not register
With either party Ar" not therefore inde-
pendcnt- personal investigation has shown
that many Of th"-" are strongly partisan
many Of the city employees. for reasons not
easily Understood. haN" not enrolled In any
party. and a most interesting fact. To- which
I wish 20 draw your attention. ts that many
Of the men who perhaps from lifelong asso-
ciation or habit enroll themselves as Demo-
crat- OF Republicans are In fact the most
radical of independents ia municipal affairs.
OF the hundreds Of men who to- day ere
serving OF the Ctv Committee or on the
sixty Assembly District committees of the
Ciu1sns' Union. a majority Rr" enrolled Ne
Republicans or D-moCrnt- but they evidently
helong 60 that great body which has taken
firm hold of the idea that muniCipal elections
and the administration Of the aTairs Of the
city have nothing whatever tn do with party
politics Questions such a. gold OF silver.
hish or los tarn. our foreign policy. &c.
en.S. ",e" II RepabiicSns and Dsmocra,-. have in
them srlve- nothing whatever 10 do with the
tSs conduct u IN. schools tho la yins Of the
sewers or the cleaning oi the -tr~~ts Go vote
for municipal officer solely hecause they are
Republicans or Democrats IA utter nonSens"
and IN. psopls are tnorr than ever alive to
the fact that they have allowed themselves
T. b. fooled on these questions by the bosses
Who have cvrrything to gain 10y keeping
alive party STRIFE
A a further illustration Of NV meaning
1 ndduce the fact that the Twenty-hrst A.
s.mhlV district which gave Nr Low 5o4o
votes tho largest vote of any district IN
New York. Van My,k. ass and ten. Tracy
: a,n. T. normally Republican. yet the Chair
man Of the Ctuzsl- Mon tTganiZation
nov and IN isa7 II an enrolled Republican
-. -
enrolled Democrat This shows how unre-
Iin hle must be- an analysis Of IN. so-Called
Repu hlican. D~u>| ratio and Independent
registered voter
The truth /. that We IND the CITY 20 be full
Of ndepsndeut~ who will NOT tie up 90 any
party, who " ~ not Even enroll IN the 'ti,cns
chance l. offered 90 them They say 10 n,
give N a good ticket and will support
your candidates THOMAS 4 ftLToN.
Secretary titgsus Mon.
NEW YORK. Aug -
The sun., 1901-08-24
r,-s,, Of Complaints. ss, No Eaecti,. Rem~d >
sugse.ted.

To rHE EniroR up rHr SvN So ! hoy> N,
protests against ssssag' smashing which ar, az
psAung IN your part vin ~ continued until some
ehsek is PIT on the vAnton dsSuuctlon. which In my
,tpsrisnc, - tho rue and bl no the ,rc-ruon
~hen haGgAgs ia entrusted ~ ,tpr,ss companies
Assuming that hArsAgs is put on soAtd uans
tuAnuc sirAmsf ~ Ns~ Nofk safely. ~. ovnef eouid
ua,sl u,sf hsn ~ Turop,. ana hA,s u handed by
~, hagrag. rns's ~ hsr dorm nauons ana rrtufn
" Nsv Nofs uih lsss ini4n io ~ than IN Alrsusi
Nssuf,dN oocuf hetwesn his dtssm fkAuon and q
inufn.A - tao thfes hund-'d milo, his dssins
ton il ~ = Hutv
Ths SMASHING ~ IN trink Is only half IN. MI.
tNisi fof ~ contents o'isn olsly iniuT.d
Ths rfafrrs u1fs nn THIS 80 ar quits enough
y "a, 49, un,i careful banding - bagsse- ara N.
D. hiir ss4tld insist srrn having f.aSnnahs s~f,Ir-
~ thsf nons1 AH
NVN pNR Ar -