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STROMBOLI ~ ERUPTION.
II Il Showing Greater Activity Than for
Many Years Past.

Stromboli is a little island lying about
fifty miles north Of the coast Of Sicily and
the same distance west Of Italy. Its vol
cano, known by the same name. is more
celebrated than the neighboring volcanoes
of Lipari or Volcano on account OF its fire.
quent eruptions. In fact for ages phi
scarcely any mariners have sailed near THE
island without seeing its summit In state
Of illumination. Every few minutes lava
bubbles up in the crater, explosions are
heard and stones are tossed into the air.
The spectacle. particularly at night. 10
oftentimes grand. The inhabitants are 30
accustomed to it's continual ebullitions that
they long ago lost all fear that Stromboii
would ever misuse them. 1t is said that
their olive groves have never been injured
by a stream Of lava.
The volcano, however. has it's moments
OF irritation. At these times the volcanic
dust and stones are pro jected very high Into
the air and the dust is likely to be sprinkled
over the neighboring coasts of Calabrta,
In south Italy.
One of these periods OF unusual energy
is now in progress. Stromboli Ia not justi-
flying the faith. which the olive growers
around its base have reposed in II. The
dispatches say that many houses on the
Island have been destroyed. that large rocks
are hurled from the crater 10 great height
and fall into the sea fully two or three miles
from the shore, and that the eruptions are
increasing in volume and are accompanied
by earthquake shocks and alarming detona-
tions. This period OF activity has been I'M
usually long, for on Sept: 0 last the volcano
was reported to Toe in full eruption. Much
lava has streamed down the tiies OF the
mountain, which is little over 5000 feet
in height.
Thus the volcano, which made the island,
for II IS entirely composed Of volcanic rock
elected from the crater and built up from
the sea floor. l. now engaged in enlarging
this lit OF land. only eight square miles in
extent, which ages ago 1t lifted above the
sea.
Unless Stromboli makes an entirely new
record for itself no very great amount OF
damage will be done. The violent ebul-
litions will gradually die away and Stromboli
will resume its regular business Of stirring
up the liz ling Laval in its caldron every
five minutes or so and In ejecting a few
stones and little column of steam.
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an ardent faith, IL eloquent enough for
them. II there is in their hearts the de-
mand the supply is sure to come At the
time Of the Great Awakening in 1857 the
preachers in New York were not ADLER
men than their successors are now, and
not greater pulpit orators, but the fire
Of religious belief in them kindled
responsive fame Of religious emotion in
the hearts of the people, for the crowds
who listened to their appeals we're al
ready burning with desire for the word
Of salvation.
As ii is now, the churches which make
their appeal to religious sentiment, to
devout emotion. and hold up before men
the idealsm of religion are about as full
as ever. 1t is only those pulpits which
depend on insufficient intellectual ability
simply to draw the people, or are not
clever enough adopts in clap-trap, that
have been " outgrown by the average
American business man" When the
clap-trap suits vulgar tastes, it is now a
greater drawing card than ever as the
example we have mentioned illustrates.
The fault is absence of religious faith
in the pulpit and in the people who other
wise would fill the pews. Wherever that
faith is found the churches are full OF
people who have other thoughts and
emotions than Of criticism Of the sermon
and carpinG at the preacher The fire
that warns them is in their own hearts.
The magnet which attracts them to the
church is not the expected eloquence of
the preacher, but the eloquent religious
faith with which their own hearts are
charged. Only when men really believe
in the world to come and that all other
profit is a snare and delusion so long
as they lose their souls in its pursuit, will
the churches be as thronged as are the
marts of trade and the stock exchanges.
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estrange the one section of South Africa
on which she should be able confidently
to rely. That section is the Witwaters-
rand, or, in other words, the Transvaal,
which the Rand will hereafter practically
control Natal, indeed, is loyal, but
too small and weak to offer any serious
resistance to a concerted renewal ten
years hence Of a movement for South
African independence.
On the other hand the Cape Colony
is more utterly in the power Of the Afri-
kander Bond than it ever was; the Orange
River Colony must long remain what il
now is, overwhelmingly Dutch. Rhode
STA is an insignificant factor. The one
large and growing nucleus Of pro-Brtish
population. the one guaranty of British
ascendency. is Johannesburg; and yet
the British Government now proposes
TO levy upon the inhabitants of the
Rand an immense contribution to the
expenses Of the recent war. although
neither the English Colonists in Natal
nor the Dutch rebels in Cape Colony are
TO he called upon to pay penny of the
debt. That is to say. the English-speak-
ing inhabitants of the Rand, who for
merly complained that they were plum
dered by the Beers, are now to be ex-
posed to heavier exactions at the hands
of the British Government. and are to
find themselves decidedly worse off
than they would be if residents Of Natal
or of the Cape Colony.
1t has been suggested by those alive
TO the dangers of the situation in South
Africa that the Transvaal. which means
johannesburg should not be required
to make any direct contribution to the
Imperial Exchequer, but that such sums
Of money "a reasonably may be raised
from the Rand mines by taxation should
be applied for the relief of the Imperial
Government from its liabilities in South
Africa. and to the indispensable work
of adjustment and development in the
conquered colonies. If this course were
pursued, the British Government would
avoid the mistake committed in the case
of the Thirteen American Colonies, for
the revenue needed for the purposes We
have named would be raised by the
local authorities of the Transvaal, and
dsbursed under their superintendent
Even if Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN. after a per-
sonal investigation Of the subject, shall
not be disposed to accept such a sub
stitute for the proposed contribution to
the Imperial Exchequer, he is at least
likely to recognize the expediency of not
making the contribution so large as to
repel from England her most loyal and
powerful supporters.
II seems to be indisputable that the
Transvaal is the key TO South Africa and
that, for the present, AT all events, Jo-
hannesburg holds the key If Johannes
burg be crippled or estranged, the Trans
vaal will remain Dutch and disloyal
With nothing to lean upon but Natal,
which, itself is dependent economically
on johannesburg the British Empire
in South Africa will prove to have been
built upon the sand.
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Complaint Of q Gentleman and HIS Aunt.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Si,' wish to re.
late an Incident which happened few nights ago.
and of'er a suggestion which. through the columns
OF your paper. may reach the proper persons hav-
ing such matters In charge.
NV aunt and attended the performance al a
fashionable playhouse a few nights ago. Com
ing out We found the sidewalk crowded with a
lot OF common. vulgar people who were intent
upon oelna the prominen, people waiting for
their traps
The crowd OF vuigarians became more dense
and when my aunt and ! attempted to force our
way to the curb. an ofncer was compelled TO draw
his club and chastise a brute who seemed more
unrily than the rest. Even that did not subduc
him. and he had the impudcncc TO thrust his bat
tered face into our cab window. The on horse
became quite nervous. reared and pranced a bit
from the excitement.
Why do not the police use three edged club
instead OF a round one II certainly would be
more effective In subduing the vulgar persons
this country Is cursed with, a GESTLEMAN
NEW YORK, Nov. Is.
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GO.as.YOu-Please Spelling.

Prof. CALVIN THOMAS Of Columbia Uni
versity seems to think that if a salts
factory reformation of English spelling
is possible, it is most likely to be accom-
plished by allowing people TO spell in
their own way, after they have learned
something of the history and derivation
of words. At least. that appears to be
the view expressed by him in an address
on the "Amelioration Of Our Spelling I"
delivered recently before the Modern
Language Association. If, says Prof
THOMAS, substantially, people sec At
to omit letters here and there which they
find in their way, no complaint should
be made. inasmuch as such a course, il
adopted generally may lead to the SIM
plificaton desired.
Surely. this method IL preferable to
some Others that have been advocated
and it is perfection itself when compared
with that represented by the principles
laid down by some of the spelling re-
formers of the old school. The late Sir
ISAAC PITMAN, for example, one Of the
first and foremost opponents OF phonetic
spelling. stuck so closely to the rules OBJ
served by Photographic shorthand writ
ers, or photographers, that he virtually
butchered all conventional rules of or
biography. Here is specimen of Sir
IsAAC's startling style found in the
London Times:
l hav riten mel Letter fonetikan az Ia mel kus
tom"
And, strange as it may seem, there are
many practitioners Of this style of SPELL
ing to-day.
The spelling reformers doubtless mean
well, but they experience one great dis
advantage, namely, they don't pull to-
gether. One set consists of the pho
netic disciples of PITMAN. Another set
comprises those who hold that the only
change desirable to make in the exist
ing method is to eliminate all silent or
unpronounced letters: and we suspect
that it was member of this division
who invented the following sign found at
railroad crossing on Staten Island:
Lok out for the Bulz,ne wen the bel rings or
wishes"
Still another sect, known as the off,
handers,' believe that . person should
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viii England Commit a Fatal Error
In the Transvaal?

It is possible, il not probable, that the
information gained by Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN during his sojoun in South Africa
will deter the present British Ministry
from making the same blunder that the
Government OF GEORGE III. committed
in its treatment Of the Thirteen Ameri-
can Colonies after the Seven Years War.
The Colonists, who, up to that time, had
been thoroughly loyal, were irreparably
alienated by the demand that they
should bear a part Of the pecuniary bur-
den imposed by that costly contest.
Now it is asserted that the Transvaal
which practically means johannesburg,
which again means the Witwatersrand,
must defray a considerable part Of the
expenses incurred in the struggle with
the Beers, and the amount of the con-
trbution, although not IA yet officially
fixed, has been variously computed at
fifty, at seventy and at a hundred
millions Of pounds sterling. What would
probably be the effect Of exacting the
largest Of those sums?
Sir DAVID BARBOUR has calculated
that E7O,OOO,OOO is the maximum con-
tribution that, under any circumstances,
the British Government would be justi-
fed in exacting from the Witwatersrand.
Other experts Of nearly equal authority
put the maximum at ESQ 100000. Never
theless, there ia reason to believe that
the British Government has hitherto
been inclined to demand contribution
considerably larger than Sir DAVID
BARBoURs estimate, although now it is
to be presumed that no definite conclu-
sion will be reached until Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN has made personal examination
Of Johannesburg's resources and of the
whole situation in South Africa.
We say the whole situation in South
Africa, because Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN is too
shrewd a man to overlook the primary
purpose OF the war just ended. That
purpose was to assure preponderance
to the English instead of the Dutch in
South Africa, just az the purpose Of the
Seven Years War, 80 far as British
statesmen were concerned, was to secure
for England, instead Of France Assem-
dancy in North America. In the one case
as in the other the purpose may be
frustrated in the end. and the prepon-
derance gained at the cost of so much
blood and treasure may imperceptibly
be lost if the British Government should
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Why Men Don't Go to Church.

The average American business man
has outgrown the average preacher,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean, in under
taking to explain why men are not going
to church in these days to the extent
they did in former times.
The specifications of the Chicago pa
per are that, in trying to formulate
religion by the rules and In the terms of
science, many preachers have cut loose
the ship of faith upon boundless sea
OF mental speculation that many
preachers appear to think that men can
be led to do right without having any
definite principles by which to do right;
that the business man sees many
preachers and churches repudiating all
appeals to fear and trying to maintain
themselves by love alone.
1t may be true. nay, It Is true that
there are these deficiencies in modern
preaching, but do they explain mems
staying away from church? Is it not
true. also, that the very churches in
which there is this sort OF preaching are
those most largely attended, that is. of
the churches in which the single element
OF attraction is the preaching?
Diminished church attendance, where
there il such a diminution, is not fairly
attributable to the preachers. II the
people are earnest in their religious be-
lief and crave spiritual food they are not
critical Of the preacher, 80 long as he is
in earnest like themselves. When they
set TO carping at his sermons it is sign
that they are not hungry for the food.
In times Of religious revival the hum
blest, the plainest preacher inspired by
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From ne BurdIo Courier.


An Albany lawyer has examined the court
reports OF this State with = view OF comparing the
work OF the four Appellate Divisions. with the
following results;
OF the cases appealed to the Court OF Appeals
from the First Department he nnds that 20'a per
cent have been reversed; from the Second Depart
msnt l4,3 per cent: from The Third Department.
% "a per cent. from the Fourth Department. 20 IS
per cent.
The best record seems TO be by the Second, or
Brooklyn Department The Eighth Judicial district
has one member OF the court In thot department
IN the person OF Justice John Woodward. At one
time Justice Edward W Hatch sat In the same
RI
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Anrsthe.ia and the Javanese.

To THE EDITOR or The SuN-Str: Your quota
ton from the philadclphia North Ameredn OF Dr.
steincr's observations OF the ivanese method Of
Inducing s,upor by comprising the carotid artery
with the fingers reveals nothing new, Witness
Fleming Note on the Induction Of Sleep and
AnTsthesIa by Compression OF the Caro,ds. 49,
Rriti,h and Foreign Medico Chlrurgica Review
London 1865 Vol ~, page $40
Flint-Phy Siology OF Man Vol w.. page ass
New York 1872. y. i,
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The pay OF the Anthracite Commissioners

To THE EDITOR or THE SrS-Sr: ! don't
suppose that the members OF the commits
sion now investigating matters connected
with anthracite coal mining are serving
solely for their health I would like to ask
you what compensation they are to receive
and who IL to pay np
These are matters I've never seen alluded
to. RIVERSIDE.
NEW YORK, Nov. IS.
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The number OF ordained men which principal
religious bodies absorb annually Is Interesting In
this connection, For example. Presbyterian North
body ordained last year 30 and received as from
other sources. a total OF 305. The normal open =.
ings would come from deaths. dismissals or retire
ment. and new churches. Last year there wcrc
it5 deaths. 80 disnissais and q net Increase OF
churches 81, or total OF al
Taking ordinations and other additions from
dcnominat'ona statistics as the normal absorb.
tion OF new material We get an aggregate of Pa
men as the annual ministerial absorption In the
following bodies: Bapts, (Norhl, Congregational
DIS 'ipes Of Christ, Episcopal. Lutheran tsynoGl.
cal Conference, Methodist North PRESBYTERIAN
tNorthl, Reformed Unitarian
students entering the Scminarcs equal this fall
hardly more than one half this aggregate, incorn.
pc'c as II Is or course, not all entering the minis
Try are seminary men. Last year as nearly as
could be inquired out. the deficiency not far from
go men, and II would not appear from returns
given tina, II viii be mu"h. fany. less next Spring.
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The schooner Il. +. Pettgrew OF Portland. Ne.
Was wrecked last week baltimore despatch
No craft could stand up under 40 calami-
tous name. But the Hon. r. F PErTloREw
of the present is highly prosperous citi-
zen. a signal refutation Of his own prophecies
and politics
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Protestant Theological Sem inaries.
From the Church Eeonomisi.

FTOn Ihf thUfCf FcOn0ntN.
There arc sixty three theological semnarie
other than Roman Catholic. In the United States.
Returns OF the number OF students In the entering
classes for this year In nifty three OF the sixty
three the ten missing records being those OF quite
small Institutions
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u i, n \.
- = -,
III. Boom iacker boom a-iacker. bow ow. " ow;
Chick a lackcr, chick a -lackcr. chow chow
chowi
Boom a lackcr chick a -lacker. rts -ra -rayi
We are the D. T. A. A.
iii. Ric a-cha. booml Ric -a-cha. boomi
Ric a cha. rio a-cha. boom. boom. boom
Are We IN II,
Well. guess,
h. r. A. Al
Yesl Yesi Yesi
Nv. Rickety tx. sciiI, sciixi
Wah hoo -wahl Wah hoo rayi
We're the boys OF the d. T 4. A.
And 80 on. In squadron strophes." ter
rible and grand, We have often wondered
what would have happened to our copper
colored brethren IL our wise and pious
ancestors had had a good college yell"
BY 1850 there wouldn't have been an Indian
nearer the colonies than Siberia.
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The Petition of Faithful Bess

To rRE EDITOR or THE Sus--,Sr! Should net
Faithful Bcgg be honorcd with admission to your
gallery of immortals' c. H. SLEioHr
SAC HARBoR, Nov -
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From department in the Chicago Record

HeTUsU CdIIeU Ht WOIHHn bVdutIIUI.
We admire a woman for spiendidness OF heart
and intellect not for the tilt OF her nose or the
tender curve OF her mouth"
Poor consolation to the deprived the
hornely. So many men care more for
nose and tender curves than they do for
splendid intellect. Besides. il 1t necessary
to be plain In order to have splendid
heart and intellect?
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spell strictly according to his own in
dividual ideas, utterly regardless Of ira
dition. A fair illustration OF the off,
hand style may be found at the entrance
to mineral well in New England:
This Is the wa too Toad Springs
We aske kno feas
Drinsk awl you want.
Pay wat you piees"
Thus it will be seen that one OF the
first essentials to anything like an effec-
tive revolution in our present system
Of spelling is uniformity az regards the
principles to be employed. Some day
all Of the various factions interested in
this question may achieve the harmony
that is now lacking.
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Add to our ROoters' Magical Chants
the spell or song Of the Templar A. A. Of
Burlington. n. j.:
II. Rah' Rahi Ray, Rayi
u. i. A A
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Mod est.
Poem Falsely Attributed to Mr.. Cunneen.

He-I love the true. the good. the beautiful.
Miss Scrcleaf-Oh. MI blank. this Is so sudden
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Our Greatest Woman Painter.
From The Providence Journal
That Cecilia Beaux is the greatest woman Dor.
trait painter In this ~ o-day few Questioa.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10
Mechanical sugar ROW..

1t is the object of the apparatus IL
Illustrated below to provide a machine
for use in restaurants, confectionery
stores and analogous places where su-
gar is employed in mixing drinks, be-
ing adapted to discharge the sugar in
the required quantity without the aid
of a spoon for transferring it to the
cup. 1t is also claimed that the device
will exclude moisture and dust and is
capable of preventing flies and other
insects from obtaining access to the
sugar.
The principal feature of the machine
IS the pair of rotary buckets located
in the narrow chamber beneath the
reservoir into which the sugar falls.
A turn of the crank scoops up a buck
etful of sugar and discharges it
through the spout into the cup. The
buckets are preferably of G size to CON
tain about a teaspoonful of sugar, but
should it be desired to obtain a larger
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-10

AM#k &&@A -
Fl. Amanda, near SpencerTille. Ohio,
is the last resting place Of probably
one OF the greatest heroes of the battle
of Bunker Hill, and the very last man
to leave The trenches in that memoir
able fight. Peter Sunderland
BY the time the British had made
the third charge up the grade the pow
der supply in the fort had become ex-
hausted, and the Americans were
Obliged to fight with gunstocks. clubs
and stones. Mr.. Sunderland, after ex-
hausting his own supply of ammuni-
ton, picked up three guns Of wounded
comrades, only TO find that each of
them had been discharged He raised
the fourth gun when a British soldier
aimed a blow at his neck with a sword
A quick turn Of the gun caused the
sword to strike directly in Mr.. Sun
derland's mouth, cutting each cheek
half way b the ears. Again the Brit
ish soldier struck, and again the blow
was partially parried. causing the
sword to cut through the wall Of Mr.
~Sunderland's abdomen; but at the
same time the fourth gun" which
luckily proved Il be loaded, was dis
charged into his antagonist. and the
bayonet on the gun was thrust through
him, killing him instantly. The fate
Of this warrior seemed TO check the
other soldiers for a moment. and Mr..
Sunderland, who was the last man TO
leave the fertilization, escaped to the
swamps below, where he found a man.
woman and baby. Sunderland bound a
large handkerchief about his abdomen,
and the W men and the woman swan
across the pond, but the babe had to
be pitched from one to the other at
deep places.
On the opposite shore Mr. Sunder-
land lay concealed in the bushes for
three days. steadily growing weaker.
the man and woman having sought
safety in night. His comrades came
back daily TO search for the wounded,
but he could not make them hear, ow-
ing to his exhausted condition. On
the third day he attracted the attention
Of mis- comrades by breaking some
sticks and was rescued
He went TO Ohio about 1877 and set
tied on land near Dayton. Soon after
this he came to Fl Amanda. where his
son. Dye Sunderland, entered land that
is still owned by the Sunderlands-
Peter Sunderland and wife are both
buried at Fit Amanda. where a monu-
ment marks their resting place.