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The Christian Science Surrender.

To THE EpiroR Or rHg sun SIR Mrs Eddy
advises tina, until the public though, becomes
b,t cr acquainted with Christian Science the Chris
tlan Scientists shall decline to Doctor infectious or
contagious diseases.
But u there IS NJ such thing as disease. how can
there bc o cont avious disease II the head q the
Church adj IS there are contagious diseases and
forhids E., an Scientists 70 treat them. how are
ths healer who have had no training In the
Ola guo>l, Of disease there being no such thing to
recognize 4 contagious disease and to direrentatc
what they saould and what thcy SHOULD not treat
According to their teachings, 30 far as under.
stand them. the LESSONS pcrccptble to the ordinary
observer are not, but are only crrorS OF the mind.
II they are errors and re recognized As such they
are totally untrlStwotthy and must not be taken
into consideration In DISTINGUISHING between q
contagious and non contagious disease. OF, there
being 10 such tang as disease. In distinguishing
between what Is not and what Is not.
II physicians OF large experience are unable a,
times /, tell smallpox from chickenpoS In It's early
stages OF Gphthcra from some forms OF tonsilltls
without bHcte n, 10 ;ical examination. will be
relief to the community In which such may
occur to know that lnfably inspired Christian
Scientists VIII diagnose correctly wha; does not
exist and turn them ovrrtoa physician. thus giving
unto Cesar what Is Cesar" and helping protect
the community from the danger Of an epidemic,
as well as saving valuable time in the application
of material remedies NJ
NEW YORK NoN. 10
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TRUST QUESTION ~ CONGRESS.
Vcprcscntaii,c lIitt Says II VIII Receive
serious Consideration.

WAstIINGroN, Nov. l7.-Repres ,ntativc
Hit Of Illinois, chairman OF the House
COMMITTEES on Foreign Affairs. has arrived
in Washington. In discussing to-day the
prospects for legislation for tho short session
which will convene two weeks from to-day.
Mr.. Hit said
Il believe that the trust question will
receive serious consideration at the COM
ing session. There will certainly be a
report on the subject whether any legisla-
ton is enacted or not. This report will
Indicate the general trend Of thought on
the part Of the Republican party and will
show what may be expected in the future.
Tho tarif commission may be ap-
pointed, although exactly what may be
accomplished in that way may be con-
sidored somewhat Of n question. A COM
mission to consider the tariff is not a new
idea or method Of dealing with that Ques-
ton. as Congress appointed such COM
mission In 1852 and the report Of that COM
mission was the initial ground work for the
legislation which followed, although Con-
gress took up the question and considered
II thoroughly from its own point Of view
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New Farms Ia Canada.

To ruE EpIroR OF THY SUS sir; We are again
being Informed by the press Of canada that resi-
dents of our Northwest are renewing to and set
Ting In the northwestern Provinces and Terri
tories OF the Dominion. THIS Is by no means a new
story. What are the ofNcal facts relating To this
movement OF population as between Canada and
this Republic.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company owned
Jan T. islo H. S23sJo acres Of choice agricultural
land In odd numbered sections OF $40 acres each
between the Red River ofthe North and the caster
base OF the Rocky Mountains. ali within twenty
four miles OF Its main line or branches During
1879 sold 1900 farms Of 100 acres each upon the
average or total OF II !. sO6 How many settlers
purchased 800 $50 or $40 acres the report OF the
company does not make known. Nor do We learn
how many acres were sold to spectators,
During the same year the Northern Pacihc Rail
way Company sold 2,s73 o03 acres or non farms
OF 100 acres each. Will wager new hat that more
than ..0O0 OF these farms were purchased by ma
tive born Canadians, and that not 70 per cent, OF
the farms sold by the Canadian Paoinc were bought
by citizens OF the United States, native or foreign
born. \ Canadian friend, lately from North Da
kota. Informed me that you could not nrc n gun
1851 to 1891 the oinrial returns OF Canada show
that n million lmmig rants settled In canada or
landed there with that intcnion, while the census
o. 1871 shows only $4,000 more residents OF foreign
birth than In 1871.
More than one fourth OF all living native born
Canadians 1--we In peace conior, and prosperity
under the Nly Of ihlS Republic, while not p r
cent, OF the population ui Canada is OF Amen an
bir;h. SoirL ONTARIO.
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bad but Not TreasOnablc.

repor, came from Albany yesterday
to the effect that conference had
taken place between Maior-Gen. Roe and
Governor UDLLL in regard to the advisa-
bility of prcfcrrinI charges OF treason
against the officers Of the Schenectady
labor organization which recently ex-
PEELED a member because he belonged to
the Second Regiment of the National
Guard. and served with that regiment
in preserving order during the strike on
the Hudson River Valley Railroad
1t is perfectly proper and nGtural
that the State oflico>i, military and civil,
should consider the question whether
such conduct ~ has resulted IN the dis
missal of this National Guardsman from
his employment is not subject to punish
ment under the law. Every right minded
citizen will agree that tho Legislature
ought to make it thus punishable, If
it is not so already.
We are inclined to think. however thai
it would be very difficult to bring the
offence Of the Schenectady labor union
within the existing provisions of the
statutes Of this state against treason.
Treason is defined by tho Penal Code to
be either ~ Levying war against the
people Of the State, within this State;
or ~ A combination Of two or more
persons by force To usurp the govern
ment Of the State, or 10 ovcrturn the
same, shown by forciblc attempt, made
within the State to accomplish that pur-
pose; or 80 Adhcring to the enemies of
the State, while separately engaged in
war with fore On enemy. in case pre-
scribed in the Constitution of the United
States or giving TO such enemies aid
and comfort within the State or else
where.
Plainly enough the Schenectady paint
ers have not been guilty of any Of the
kinds of treason thus defined No good
can come of accusing them of an offence
mitted on auv reasonable view OF the
law.
IL organized labor is to unite in a gen.
eral attack upon the State militia, as now
seems likely, the gravity of the move
ment cannot well be exaggerated; but
1t must be met and overcome by steady
good sense and wise legislation. and
not by ill-considered and Incorporate
efforts to punish the wrong simply be-
cause II is exaspcrating.
= The matter il grave and must be dealt
with accordingly.
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the reserves Of men and ships: IN direct the War
College and once Of Naval Intelligence 10 arrange
for the compliments and details OF oflccrs and
men. the training OF oficcrs rnd the recruiting
and training OF men. and TO execute all plans of
campaign.
II is beyond the power of a single
bureau TO do this properly. These
varied duties, Admiral TAYLOR urges,
should he grouped in natural subdi-
visions under responsible heads working
in harmony under single chief; that IL.
the methods of a general staff are de-
sirable. Though Congress has not au-
thorized such a staff, the General Board,
the Bureau of Navigation, the Naval
Intelligence Office. the War College. and
the Board Of Inspection and Survey.
have been drawing closer for several
years, and working in harmony as COM
ponent parts Of such a stan
Now Congressional action is needed.
As n guide for such action, a complete
plan has been prepared. II Congress
will accept it, the road is open TO the
further development of the navy.
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The Dab,'s Grantl,nothc

From the Pdris tMo MercurU
There was born in Paris Sunday morning
TO Mr. and Mrs Roy Noel baby that Is better
fixed probably In the way OF living ancestry
than ANY baby in the United States This
baby has six grandmothers. three grand
fathers, and on its arrival completed the rare
and unusual spectacle Of n family with living
representatives from five generals ions.
This is on its mothers side. beginning with
Mrs Davis. great great. grandmother, aged
So and on down-Mrs r. q by art, great
granddaughter 7 Ragsdale, grandfather;
the mother hers.lf and the BAH on the
mothers side still are one grand bother and
another great grandmother, Mrs r. 4. Rags
dale and Mrs. w T Buckncr, aud a great.
grandfather, W + Buckner
On the fathers side are grand mot her and
grandfather. j. Noel and wife. and a great
grandmother Mrs. + j. Nelson, aged so
That So many forbears and progenWors OF
one child should be not only alive, but all IN
IN" same town, within stones brow OF one
smother, seems scarcely bpley tble but n
!, true. Their combined ages foot up s&t
years and range from "a TO 50 all but one
being sound Of mental faculties md Vigorous
RfnEEticanv on Monday also a man aged so.
William Ash, passed through Paris on his way
TO visit his mother. sed os. who lives in the
northern part OF tho county II there l.
another state In the Union or another county
IN the state that can boast Of su. h a record az
longevity, let them SPEAK
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SAYS BEOTNER DIFiNED HIM.
suit Caused b, Published Version Of Il Iop's
'Thc Fox ami the crow"


NEW BRuNswICK, y. j.. Nov. l7.-Suit
has been begun by J A Ely Of Perrineville
10 recover $40 900 damage from his brother,
stephen ID. Fly Of Cranbury. for alleged
defamation Of character. said TO have been
CAUSED Ivy a poem Both men are rhym-
sters Of considerable reputation. They
are sons Of the lawyer, surveyor and his
torian, Joseph J. Ely, who frequently wrote
verses.
In the spring Of 1891. 8. ID. Ely published
in local paper a unique version Of Il ops
fable Of 9Th" Fox and the Grow" Ills
brother charges that the description Of
-the cunning fox" was intended as a per-
sonal alhizion 10 himself
The brothers arc fighting over the set
tlcIn"nt OF their fathers estate. stephen
ID, Ely has made a demurrer saving that
no personal allusion to his brother was
intended.
Stephen y. Ely conducts a grist mill at
Cranbury. He has attracted attention
by covering the bulletin boards on the
front of his establishment with peculiar
and striking announcements. Recently
there appeared in large chalk letters on
one side Of the entrance Want to sell
out on account Of hypocrtical persecu-
ton. and ON the other side the soui-search-
ing query. Have you done your part as
a Christian people by s. ID. Ely'"
DE writes poems and essays chiefly on
the frailties and follies of man. These are
published in local newspapers and fire.
denlinRs with others Several Of his
townsmen have talked of bringing suit
against him for his writings but his brother
Is the first To take such action.
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MI ST SUFFER DEATH PENALTY.
supreme Court Anlrms the Conviction Of
an Alaskan Murderer.

WASHINGTON. Nov. I7.-Homer Bird.
convicted of murder in Alaska. whose case
has been before the United States Supreme
Court orcc before, will, urdcr the decision
rendered to-day, pay the penalty Of his
crime. Bird shot in cold blood two fellow
prospectors in Alaska. and on conviction in
Sept embcr, 1898. appealed 10 the Supreme
Court. which reverted that Judgment on
the ground Of error ard directed q new
trial. He wor convicted second time,
and again appealed 70 tho Supreme Court
taking tho ground this time that the Alaskan
Criminal c Ide Law. which had been enacted
in the meantime ard under which he was
tried the sscond time. had repealed and
superseded the former code and that his
con viotion under II was therefore Illegal,
AZ The district court had no jurisdiction
over an act committed prior to it's enact
merit The supreme Court, in an opinion
nv Justice McKsnna, holds that the Alaskan
c iminal Code act provided for just such a
contin gency ard that the dist riot court had
jurisdiction over-the case Birds conviction
was therefore ffirmcd and the C)urt directed
the death sentence carried out.
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grew fierce. Hot words and cold glares
flew around that once social board.
NOAH and CATHERINE ragged against
each other. There was broth Of a
shindy. battle royal, Kokomo re-
porter calls it; and the arm of the boy
who had captured the big piece of pic
was broken, but not until he had de-
voured the prize" The Loop brat :"
paid somewhat dearly for his victory.
but the moral principle is something and
a good piece Of pumpkin pie is much.
The boy has broken arm. Papa
NOAH has a broken heart and pocket
book. After the squat was over, he
was driven away from the house and
ordered to remain away. The lady
was left in possession Of his farm, a val
liable piece of property. The lord has
brought suit for divorce against her and
is trying to restrain her fron selling his
crops. So the lawyers will have fat
slice of pie.
We give the story As it is told. Ac-
cording to despatch in the Chicago
Tribune Mr.. NOAH LOop is a brother
OF ex-Representative j. y. LooP. No.
komo manufacturer This il mem
TONED lest hasty comparative mytholo-
gsts should assume that LooP is only
the Hoosier pronunciation of the French
word for wolf and should interpret
an actual contemporary fact rs a myth.
Notice, however that practically the
whole course Of history is summed up
in this little quarrel in Kokomo. Why
bothe' your brains about the long, weary
annals Of international politics and wars,
malice domestic foreign levy? The one
unendng Question has been is and will
be: Who shall have the biggest piece
of pie?-
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70 PICK POsT OFFICE SITE.
Local Federal Omcials Ia 60 Over the List
Of sites To-day.

Postmaster Van Colt. Collector Strana-
han and United States District Attorney
Burnett will meet at o'clock this afternoon
In the Postmaster once in the Federal
Building and begin tho work of sitting from
the thirty-eight sites for the new uptown
Post Office which we're submitted to the
Government at Washington on Saturday.
the one they believe best suited for the
purpose.
The three local Federal officials have
been asked by their respective superiors at
Washing on, the Postmaster-General,t the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney
General. who constitute the Congress com
mission to select the site. to go over the list
of properties offered and recommend the
one which they believe TO be the most
desirable.
Postmaster Van Colt expects that de-
csion will be reached very quickly and that
the local boards recommendations will he
sent to Washingt on before the beginning
Of the coming session Of Congress.
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DON'T TALk JOHN BROWN.
Prohibition Orators Advice After Trip
Through West Virginia.

WILILAMsPoRT. Pa, Nov. T,-William
r. Irwin Prohibition orator Of this place.
has just returned from trip through West
Virginia. While addressing an audience
in Prohibition Hall on Sunday night he told
OF being mobbed in West Virginia town
for a complimentary reference to John
Brown. and gave his hearers this advice:
when you so South. let the war alone.
You can blow up JEFF Davis all you wish,
but don't talk John Brown"
Mr. Irwin was addressing a meeting At
Charleston, when To illustrate n point. he
said:
John Brown was man who formed
convictions. and stood by them. And to-
day thousands Of people honor him for it"
The Methodist minister who had intro
duccd him led an exodus from the hail.
At the house where he was entertained
the doors and windows were barricaded
to keep out the angry townspeople, and
Irwin had to slip secretly out Of town,
fearing To try TO keep two other engage
ments 10 speak
L be ieve that John Brown il in Heaven.
but thai Methodist minister will never get
there said Mr.. Irwin.
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Two Kinds Of Business War.

The ordinary business combination or
union wins success in the war of trade
by selling to the publc articles of greater
cheapncss than can be obtained from
their competitors. The Schenectady
Trades Assembly seeks success over
its antagonists. not through legitimate
competition, but through deliberately
doing them harm. II is not trying to
carry passengers at less rates than the
street railway company; it is seeking TO
hurt the company, 1t is conspiracy,
not TO compete but to injurc.
Such an enterprise ought to bc impoSsi-
BILE in this country. IL invades the rights
with which each and every citizen is
endowed through the law guaranteeing
equal rights to all
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CAPT. JoHN ERKENBRAcy 81 Saratoga is
going to wait Until next spring before taking
walk 10 New York ST Martins summer
is too warm for much exercise. The Cap
tain is in our Junior Class ard will not be
% until next year. He says that he has
used liquor moderately since he was nire
and has smoked for eighty years We hand
him over to our friends. the Drys, recon-
mending him 20 their merCiful considera-
ton. The Captain began his regimen carly.
but he will keep il up long. We should
like 10 know just what his Use Of liquor was
when he war Tine. That seems too early for
bu'tcred rum. Perhaps the Captain means
an alcohol bath
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HAVING IN THE PARK, NOV. II.
Half = Dozen Men Busy With the Sc, the At
Record. Bre aking Date,

The sound of the haymakers was heard in
Central Park yesterday. The whetting
of the scythe, the falling of grass into wind
rows and the tumbling Of II into haycocks
we're going on just 81 if it were the carly
part of July instead of the latter part Of No
yernber.
The haymakers were half a dozen en-
ployees Of the Park Department, and the
hay field was the meadow land west Of
Fifth avenue between the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art and Eighty-sixth street
just below the Park drive there is a small
spring, and in these three blocks the grass
shows green earlier and main aims later
growth than anywhere else in the Park.
All six Of the lawmakers had their whet4
scythes. The grass was heavy and tall.
but il was hard to ,u There was no sun
TO dry the rowen y, sterday. otherwise it
was good day for haying. Tho date. Nov.
II, breaks the record for gathering a crop
here.
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OURS TO HOLD FRANCES PLACE.
The French Ambassador speaks OF Our
Destiny TO Columbia Men.

Columbia professors and students, many
ladies, and prominent Frenchmen OF this
city. crowded the audit orium Of the Horace
Mann School yesterday afternoon 70 meet
NJ. Jules Cambon. the retiring French Am
bassador, who came TO say farewell TO the
university
The university philharmonic orchestra
played the "Marseilaise" when the academic
procession. in cap. gown and hood, filed into
the hall. In the line we're Professors Ben
jamin Duryea Woodward and Adolphe
Cohen. both wearing the red ribbon and
medal Of the Legion Of Honor, the Due de
Loubat DR.. Margeri. counsel OF the French
Embassy at Washington; President A..
Malari of the French Benevolent Society,
DR.. Kane Of the literary circle OF the Franco
American Society: VI vel,in, the French
Vice-Consul; Prof. Obcr,. representing the
Alliance Fra lao Of New York; Nile
Niolette SharI Of the Alliance Fra lac
Of BROOKLYN, Henri Bargy, L. A. I.oiseaux,
ID; F. Mite and Prof. Fortier OF Tulane
University.
President Butler introduced NJ. Cambon
as the friend If commerce, Of learning. Of
SCIENCE and Of letters. The Ambassador, In
tiS speech, al /.
One reason Why have been 40 successful
va AnI'fl'a r because IL IL "a country Nhlcl
admire ahd love. The United States re-
semblcs France in that it is not "a race, bur a
nation mad" M OF a number Of races The
An erlcan IL hot All Anglo Saxon race any
NOR" than H." French. made up of Germans.
l.atlhs and Z. IL. Is Latin race
lie gr"at bond Of unity In such nation
l. not so much its government ~ it, univer-
sllles, Wmrh ?"ir'S,nt at tic same time the
intellectual bond OF tie nation with the OF 1er
nations OF IL" world l,e university IL
the soul o. IL" nation
The United states will old the same place
IN the future IA was held by France In the
Middle Ages when She began n Q mission of
civllizlhg tho world AW, rica's destiny lies
IN the Tar Fast. boy ord { e Pacific. where
she must meet Russia and tie Chinese
and where her intellectual strength must be
made to triumph over brute force. The
lnit'd states viii be the pioneer OF civili7a-
tl"n ana t1t which IL produces viii in all
probability be imposed on the East
Prof Cohn compi nented NJ Cambon on
his success in ,nt rodJc,ing French IDEAS in
America. The EXERCISES we're closed by
tho playing e = q Star Spanged Banner. =
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The Pie Of kOkOmO.

A little evil flows from every good, and
the Devil finds his pickings even at vir-
tuous tables. The culture-g god or demiur-
gus who gave pumpkin pie to the world
added UNNECESSARILY to human happi-
ness, yet if pumpkippie had never been
there would be no trouble in the Loop
family now. Until lately the Loops
have lived in health, wealth and peace in
kokomo, a chief city Of Indiana litera-
ture and other natural gas. Kokomo il
on or near the classic banks Of Wild Ca,
Crick The wildcat spirit has broken
out among the LOoPs.
NOAH and CATHERINE LoOP were mar
ricd in 1896, Each had been married
before, but practice doesn't always make
perfect. Each had set Of children. A
household so composed could hardly
hope TO escape chickering's. According to
legend and the old plays, tho original old
man NOAH was not successful domesti-
cally, Mrs. NOAH badgered him, was
sceptic in regard to his weather probable
tiles, and was so dilatory about moving
that the Ark couldn't sail on schedule
time. At the last moment she appeared,
riding on an ass. NOAH had cause enough
to bovexed. Come in. you cursed beast, I"
yelled he, meaning the ass, of course.
The Devil, who had taken the shape Of
that ass, accepted the invitation and SO
entered the Ark. This. we suppose, is
the origin Of the phrase The Devil is
an ASS.
Now the devil of discord came into the
family of the Kokomo NOAH in q much
faircr shape. The LooPs had been get
ting along without friction for six years.
In spite Of the two full sets Of children,
all was peace. The elder LooPs were
pious; the younger as quiet as their
youth allowed. Here is tho cheerful,
even touching, domestic interior:
onc day this week the family ss, a, the long
table and blessing on the food was asked"
Alas. the serpent was all ready to mar
that paradise:
Trouble was seen lurking In the eyes OF the
children as they glanced at the big plate OF pump.
KIN pie. To fores,all the threatened action OF one
OF the maternal brood, one of LOOPS sons. who sat
near the coveted pie pre- npted the biggest piece
so 1t Is alleged, and prepared to defend his claim
By dumping Il on mis- own plate protest wcLt
up from the other side of the table. and Mrs Loor
Insisted that the big piece was ended for he Z
own favori,e child and that no loop brat should
have IT,"
And now the fight between the Loops
Of the sword and the LOOPS Of the spindle