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Of sold WHICH he provided f9s ths tA,sS Ps sps
above his heed in Raphaers famous "Madonna
The Msdici at Florence. mp douPs taking 81;
Nicholas az their on. adopted this emblem
as their device. and rose 70 treat p2msr ana "a
s SfsS e sS ks :d Sndss sH
cry In popular oommotions ueea 70 De r ,s;sh
Pale" Or. Abbasso e Pale Rown s sm1n
pioyed the "a ne emblem. and introduced u
into London as their businese sin. q bsnkerJs
s sGa Money then. IN has p.ssS down
to their lowlier kinsmen. the rawnbIokers .
And thus the three golden BALI, which once nee
yssn ssn me son only
Of the poor mans convenient but less ''S'h'
the vessel In which st Nicholas cmbarkcd
the Devil, who had secreted himself or board
which he was brewing. the Saint forewaIniea
the sailors, who made every prepara,io,,
to meet its fury. Inthe midst o. ne hIrrc cne
plication, and at the Saints Intervention 'ne
winds subsidized and the sea grew calm ~
was only natural, therefore, that ~ NcnonSS
ssailors, and that many q shipwrecked mar nd
liner fastened to return thnnks 70 , ms
make yotiye offering for ,h his ds SnS hence
II comes to pass that churches dedlcatsu W
st, Nicholas are commonly TO DO iouho
In seaport towns. ., .,
Az Bari, in outherp Italy. WHITTIER nis
relies were Transported In 1887, the fe sat
OF ST Nicholas l. the most popular holn11y
in the year and its celebration ir cnieny
in the hands OF the mariners, who carry M
image out TO sea. where his power wa a
conspicuously manifested, and alteI MaIu
bear II round the town In solemn proccs>on
by torchlieht In many places. OWNS; ~ ~
doubt, to his connection with seaman ana VIZ
resemblance Of the names st Nnhoas Sesi r
TO have been COMPOUNDED with the Nickel
or Nix, the water sprte OF northern Eutope.
Mil.rs In Germany ,iSpd sometimes 70 throw
offerings into the mili-fream on 81 NichoiaS
Day, in order to pr0pitiate the Nicker IN
Scrvian songs the dominion q tho waters
village In. Brittany bears the name o. >,
Nicholas des Faux Indeed. modeIn .re IN
writer, Prof ConstaRtinidos. says thnt tno
Holy Nikolaos occupies among tne pIreks
Of the present day the same place az pg*
held amsng their forefathers he u iora OF
the sea. and in the hour OF danger sanors
address more prayers to him than 70 stou
the creator OF the universe, Mr.. Iofr iur-
ther tells Us tina an ancient temple OF ross l1oh
in the isle Of Eleussa has actually been con-
verified into church OF st. Nicholas
Enough has been told to show that all soTt 5
and conditions Of men have been drawn TO
this large hearted worthy for his mex
lyuyn0 and Rrct compa syon, 30 that as
the old legendary concludes BY remaTkng,
al thai loued saynt Nicholas"
A. SNYTHE PALMER.
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IL forehanded man has to die. he may
sometimes enjoy in anticipation the post
humous struggles for his property. To
make wills and destroy them Is a familiar
diversion. To hide a will implies a more
subtle intellectual delight on the part Of
the maker Now, there was the Paterson
Alderman who left this vale Of sin and
s2so'oN in 1883. There was great searching
and no finding Of his will. Letters Of ad-
ministration we're applied for, and beau
uful contest was in progress in the Orphans
Court. Wednesday the will turned up in
the most natural place and safe-deposit
vault in the world. under the band Of an
old plug hat What safer receptacle
could be used' We don't pretend to be
deep enough in testamentary Psychology
to understand why a man. after taking the
trouble to make a will should take the trouble
to hide it, hut we offer the provisional ex-
PLANTATION that the sense OF humor, uncon-
sciously or sub-consciously excited by the
contrast between itself and solemn will
and testament. foresees q posthumcus
pleasure in hiding wills and bothering
heirs.
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The State OF Religion.

We print to-day the letter OF a corre-
spondent who, on the assumption that
there is a great and ominous diminution
in the attendance on our Protestant
churches, undertakes to explain the
cause Of the religious indifference OF
which he regards il as an expression.
In the first place. what reason has he
for making the assumption concerning
this country and England peculiarly?
He presents no comparative statistics OF
church attendance in other countries and
not any OF past period in England
and the United States. II he reads the
early history Of the American colonies he
will find that even at that period the
condition of religious indifference, il
not of positive hostility to religion, was
regarded by contemporary religious OBJ
servers as deplorable. When WHITE
FIELD came to this country in the middle
of the eighteenth century he was ap-
palled by the low state of both morals
and religion which seemed to him to be
prevalent. When the great religious
revivals Of the earlier part of the next
century began to be stirred up that con-
dition still continued. 1t existed even
In New England, the moral, religious
and educational decline after the second
generation from the Puritans having
been great.
II the official statistics OF the Protest.
ant Churches are to be taken as evidence,
the growth Of religious interest, as mani
tested in the number Of churches built
and their membership, has been contin-
uous and has more than kept pace with
the progress of this country in populn-
ton. The late statistics of church at
tendance in New York on Sunday indi-
Gated, it is true that the majority of the
population stay away from the churches,
but in what other great capital of Christ
endom is that percentage less? In Lon
don it seems to be more, and we question
II it is not more in Paris and Berlin.
Our correspondent finds fault with
contemporary preaching, on the ground
that it deals with current events and
questions secular in their character,
rather than with the salvation of souls.
But such preaching is not peculiar to this
time. Read the published collections
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TO CUT orr SHERIFF'S FEES.
Comptroller Thinks O'Brien Is Getting
Too Much Money.

Comptroller circuit intends to suggest
tho p ,ssage of bill by the Legislature
this winter depriying the Sheriff Of this
county OF the fee which he receives in
addition to his salary Of $4,000. In a recent
investigation Of the Sherii's accounts Mr..
Circuit found that the feeJ and salary OF
the Sheriff amount to about s45 ,oo) a year.
This. Mr.. Grout thinks. is too large an cmolu-
ment and he will endeavor to have III, feo,
turned into the city's treasury
Last ,e,sion Mr.. circuit had a bill intro
duccd putting the offices of Sheriff, County
Clerk and Register Of Kings county under
control Of the Board of Estimate. These
offices are now run under the provision,
of special act and according to Mr.. Circuit,
thoy are costing more money than they
ought. The bill vas not passed. but Mr..
Grout will bring it before the Legislature
again at the coming session.
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A Southern Dem ocratic Platform

In long and carefully considered
article on The Future of the Democ-
racy the Atlanta Constitution tries to
find basis Of Democratic union, set Of
principles upon which all Democratic
factions may unite. The money ques-
ton and the Philippine question, in SO
far a. the retention Of the islands is in
volved,' are dismissed as settled and
not now capable of continuing to be
political issues. The Georgia philoso-
pher proposes three main issues as a
platform of Democratic peace. First:
The basis OF the customs taxes should be for
and the should be so levied as no, to
burten any class or Industry OF citizens for the
bcnAnt Of other classes or Industries OF citizens
within the nation Here the fundamental principle
should rule that equal citizens are entitled to equal
rights aad taxation should lay upon them equal
burdens--no more and no less! The Democratic
party does not demand free trade for foreigners
but fair trn<e In home markets whether the sellers
be native foreigners for the benent OF the home
consumer"
The expression is purposely a little
cloudy and circuitous, and pains are
taken to deny any longing for free trade;
but evidently trade carried on under the
present protective system is regarded
as unfair and the tariff ia to be revised
80 as to put it on a revenue basis"
The second issue is this:
The Democracy should demand unrestricted
trade between all parts OF the national domain,
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Of the sermons Of the past and 1t will
be found that many Of them we're on
occasional themes or used current secu-
lar events a. tsxts from which to draw
religious conclusions. Tho latitude OF
the pulpit in this direction has always
been great. So far a. We can judge, 1t
is no greater now, relatively, than in
past times.
Nor can this be called a time Of re-
ligious indifference. II 10 rather .iI-s
distinguished by interest and inquiry
in religious subjects and questions. As
We have often remarked. perhaps the
majority Of letters sent to THE SUN are
of religious discussion. The violence Of
the old infdelity, marked in it's express
sion at the time Of our Revolution, has
passed away; but il has not been sue
ceeded by Indifference. Rather, earnest
attempts are made to solve the religious
problem, and even il it Is given up as
insoluble, as by the agnostics. there
remains profound respect for religious
faith and for it's value to the world.
Heavenly direction to the true
Church, says our correspondent. Ia the
present need. But was there ever a
time when the truth was not needed by
men, and was there ever time when they
were 80 zealously searching for it as they
are now at the beginning OF this twen-
tieth century,
o. no! this is not n period in which
encouragement like that expressed by
our correspondent is justified. Rather
are all the signs hopeful. Never was
there so much honest thinking as there
is to-day
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The Invinciblc Albanian.

Senator MORGAN of Alabama devoted
a few hours on Saturday to the overrul-
ing of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT kNox's opinion
that the New Panama Canal Company Of
Paris is able to convey to this Govern
ment a perfectly valid title to its
property on the Isthmus.
MIR. KNOCKS legal opinion is based on
an actual search of title. Senator Nor
CAMS legal opinion to the contrary is
founded merely upon inveterate preju-
dice and invincible hope.
Mr.. MoRGAN's conviction as to the
legal impossibility Of any canal by way OF
Panama is as firm as his belief in the
physical impossibility OF canal by that
route. Ten years after the great water
way has been opened to the commerce
Of the world he will be quite capable OF
declaring publicly in the United States
Senate. If he is yet there, that the en-
cheering problems involved are insur-
mountable.
But what did the Hon. JOHN T. MORGAN
Of Alabama mean on the goth Of June last,
when he declared, after the passage Of
the Spooner bill:
"Ifit could not b. BY Nicaragua. I gladly accept
the Panama. The great consideration is a canal.
The question Of mute Is secondary. The peorie
demand . canal. : think they would have pre-.
ferrod the Nicaragua route. but feel satisfied they
will be glad to have the Panama."
As the construction OF the Panama
Canal becomes more and more certain,
it seems to us that Senator MoRGAN's
joyful acceptance Of the situation finds
stranger and stranger expression.
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engine, In turn, will drive a dynamo. the
electricity from which Ia to supply two
motors whose power will b applied d.
rectly to the wheels OF the car. The cars
are to be made a. light - possible. and each
OF them 10 to seat ffty-two passengers. II
the experiment is successful. II Ia proposed
to add more cars Of the same sort - fast a.
they can be made.
IL will be seen. therefore. that the cars
to be used on the North II lstern Railway
will manufacture their own electricity. One
OF the most interesting exhibits at the
recent automobile show In Paris was an
electric vehicle which generated It's own
electricity by the use Of gasolene engine
and II appears that the English cars are to be
built on similar principle. The economy
resulting from this new method OF locomo-
ton Is said TO be great.
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Year by year the profession Of the barber
surgeon grows more scientific and difficult.
Alderman Hart Of Chicago has prepared
barber-elevating ordinance which re-
CURES that the barber must not only he
expert in antisepuc treatment and the
ordinary lore OF his profession. but must
understand the nature and eject of dis
eases OF the skin and scalp" That H. he
must he a dermatologist as well as tri-
cholosist and Psychologist. And he can't
practice il he is in the habit Of using in
toxicating liquors in excess This last
part OF the ordinance seems to be merely
avicious slap Of the unlearned at the learned.
The dignity OF barbering needs no bolster
ing; and the BARRIERS themselves must regret
any new means Of emphasizing their SUI.
periority to their clients
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TRADE WITH OR OWN.
The Nations Commerce With Alaska and
the American Islands OF the Seas.


To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: There
are two kinds Of foreign markets. II we
sell our agricultural and manufactured
products In countries not owned or con-
uolled by ourselves We have TO Jun tho
risk of retaliatory tariffs. foreign collection
laws and other obviously possible draw
backs. II We sell in outside territories
owned by ourselves, with tariffs for local
revenue fixed TO suit ourselves, with col
lection laws the same as our own. none Of
these difficulties appears.
That Is why the territories OF Porto Rico.
Hawaii. the Philippines and Alaska are Of
such large present. and far greater future
value to us. On the purchase side there is
also large and increasing value These
territories produce necessities and luxuries
for which We now pay out over $500 ,0O0, 900
yearly to foreigners. When the time
comes, as II will. that those territories
succeed in producing in sufficient quanti-
ties. We shall simply take that 500, 600, 900
out Of one national pocket and put it into
the other national pocket, instead Of losing
the money. nationally speaking, in the
capacio,is pocket OF the foreigners. hold
Il to be fundamental principle of economics
that every dollar we pay TO foreigners for
goods which we eat. drink or wear out, Ia
just so much lost to our national wealth,
while every dollar we get from foreigners
for our natural products in their raw or
manufactured state Is just 40 much added
to our national assets.
Figures ascertained by the Treasury
Bureau Of Statistics for the ten months
ending Oct. 81 OF this calendar year justify
the assertion that by the end OF the year
We shall have saved to ourselves 5000, 900
by our use Of that much of the products
Of our tropical possessions, in addition to
$4,000 900 worth OF tho products of our
so-called frozen iceberg" Alaska. In
other words. total saving OF SOC. 900, 900
for the year, In that way Alaska more
than repaid Its cost, q, 200 900. in tho last
four months alone. by sending us salmon
to the value Of N, 10000.
The principal supplies sent US by the
island territories In the ten months ending
October, were:
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President Roosevelt has announced his accept
Gncc OF the Invitation o; the Citzcns Committee to
be presen, at the dedc alton OF the monument IN
honor OF Dewey s victory at Manila. and has AIMED
some date In the month OF May next a. the time
when he will probably bc ABLE 10 reach this city.
Perhaps no human being Is lust nox SO popular any
where earth as Is President Roosevelt In Western
America. His strenuous lie and aggressive Amer
lcansm appeal mos. strongly - that class OF our
people whose physical vigor enables them to pro-
duce great uproar and who arc accustomed to
take that method o! expressing extreme satisfac-
lion on Important occasions. II may he s,tcly
assumed that the reception given to the President
will be OF the most strenuous kind,
Hut he will be equally welcome to thosc waose
lnhr.ntee do not permit them TO shout or whose
age or station render IL un5ccomlny for them 10
do so.
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Nhy Not Prcsidcpt Dlaz?

President RoosEvELT's Discrimination
to undertake the duties of arbitrator
between Venezuela and the creditor
Powers is natural
In the present business the functions
of the arbitrator will be much like those
of Court of Claims. There will have
to be minute and thorough eXamina-
ton OF the very numerous cases which
constitute the foundation for the lump
demands of Great Britain, Germany,
italy and the other Governments hold
ing claims against Venezuela. Mr.
ROOsEvELT'S part would merely be
to give dignity to the arbitration, to
make the tribunal responsible body,
and to inspire confidence in the minds
of the claimants The actual investi-
cation OF the various claims and the
sitting of equities would have to be
done by other persons acting under his
general supervision; for these are mat
tiers to which it would be impossible
in the nature Of things Or the Presi-
dent to give close personal attention.
Article XVI. of the Convention
for the Peaceful Adjustment of Inter-
national Differences. concluded at The
Hague on July 20, 1909, provided:
The International Bureau a, The Hague Is
authorized TO put It's offcS and It's stan at the
disposal OF the Sgnatory Powers for the per
Torrance OF the duties OF any special tribunal
OF arbitration. The jurisdiction OF the permanent
Court may be extended. under conditions pre-.
scribed BY It's rules to controversies existing
between non .slgnstory Powers. or between sigma.
tory Powers and non slznatory Powers. II the
parties agree to submit to its Jurisdiction"
First among the names of the sover-
eigns adhering to the convention pro-
viding this machinery for special arbi-
tration between signatory and nom
signatory Powers is that of his Majesty,
the German Emperor, King Of Prussia.
The suggestion that the President
of the United States shall be arbitrator
emanates from Germany, that is. from
the Emperor WILLIAM. 1t would APP
pear from this circumstance that the
Kaiser does not attach such importance to
the results of the Conference at The
Hague, in which he by his representa-
tives participated. that he does not
prefer to the scheme of standing tri-
bunal or court a specially constituted
tribunal for this special case; just as
the Samoan controversy, for example,
was arbitrated by King OSCAR of
Sweden.
II that is So. and il, as we believe,
il would be better for obvious reasons
that some other satisfactory person
than the President of the United States
should act as responsible arbitrator
in the proposed tribunal, what more
fitting choice could there be than OF
Gen. PoRrIRIo DIAz, the distinguished
Chief Magistrate Of the United States Of
Mexico?
The character, capacity and official
station Of Gen. DIAz would guarantee
the impartiality of his decisions. Be-
sides, Mexico happens to be, like Ger
many and the United States, q party
to the convention formulated at The
Hague Conference.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-22

Grunting and grumblins az he shovels
on his sidewalk In Lincoln, the editor OF
our valued contemporary. the Nebraska
State journal, breaks into this groan
We look upon snow as one OF the many forms
OF mortal error"
In the news columns Of the same valued
contemporary il this despatch:
DAVID CITY. Neb.. Dec. i8.--Thcre Ia fuiy
eght inches OF snow. II makes q nice blanket
for the wlntcr wheat"
This anecdote teaches us that one mans
poison is another mans meat.
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4 Voice From Chasc's Mills.
From an interview with an eminent
statesman come these jewels of thouRht:

statesman come these jewels of thought:
III the trusts behave themselves. everything
viii be all right; but II they don't the People will
get after them and they will have to Get out Of the
way"
No corporation ought to have power enough
to stop work In the coal mines The people ought
TO take charge Of those mines. was the wicked.
est thing In the world 70 allow that strike"
The eminent statesman is not the Hon.
DAVID BENNETT Hill. The eminent
statesman is not Republican sociologst
at Washington or elsewhere. He is that
irrepressibe and genial old Greenbacker,
the Hon. SoLON CHASE Of Chase's Mills,
Me. We are glad to see that he is still
hearty and in the enjoyment Of full set
of opinions.
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senator WARk8N Of Wyoming says there ere
10000 bears In his StAte.-Kshne5fe journal.
A Bear Trust, a palpabls Bear Trust 4!
Forty thousand bears awaiting the ursicidal
and trust-slaying hand
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Served Him Right.

To THE EDTroa OF THa sus-.sk; Wild Veal has
been convicted Of selling liquor to . minor IN the
City Court Of AouHrls. Ga. N,, SosaAssssers h.
porter. y. 1867 RHr
Ngw YoaK, Dec, 20,
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PARrs-x,osae No. ~ near Grand Hotel. and
Kioslue No 10. Boulevard dcs Capucines.
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Alternative. -Ady
Rock Island Argus., 1902-02-26

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No.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-02-26
Chess Tourney

Monte Carlo, Feb. 2G.--ln the inter
national chess tournament yesterday
PillSburY ana Tarasch had byes.
TSchigorin and Schlechter won from
Reggie and Eisenberg. respectively.
In the afternoon sitting Napier won
from Janawsili. Marshall from Teich-
mann. Mieses from Marco. Albin from
Mason and Schevc from popiel. Guns
berg and Wolf drew. No new round
will be contested today but some
of the adjourned and drawn games
from previous rounds will he dispos-
ed of instead. Maroczy leads thus far
with score of GOH games won and
2L games lost.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-02-26
NOVELTY
In the Matrimonial Line Per-
formed at Durand,
Mich.
GROOM BREACHES A SERMON
Following the Ceremony ON the
Subject of Mar
riagc.

Durand. Mich. Feb. 2G.-The mar
riage here of Rev. AlonZo $. Andrews,
of Lennon, and Mrs. Lora L. Tracy,
OF Rochester, y. Y. whom he obtained
rs an acquaintance by advertising, was
Il unique event. The Holiness church
was packed with people. mostly Gu
riosity seekers. In the prayers. RevS.
Kirn. of OwoSSO. and Baldwin. of
Flushing. assisted by the people I'm the
amen corners. IoatSed the audience for
turning ont because OF curiosity and
not for religion.
Groom breaches Long Sermon
rev. Andrews. the groom. preached
n long sermon with marriage as his
subject. His text was taken from
Matthew xii l.. He spoke Of the
divorces of the country. and said they
were contrary to GODS desires. He
said that criminal conduct prior to
WAS the cause of two-thirdS
of the ceremonies performed today.
When the groom kissed the bride
small boy IL the rear OF the church
whiStled. some people laughed and
there WAS some hand clapping. The
couple "courted" by letter and only
met last SATURDAY.