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The Grand Pan jandrun,.

To THE EDITOR or THE Sun Sir: In a
recent review Of collec, ion OF nonsense
selectio in verse and prose THE SCS copied
from the book Foote's remarks about the
Great Paniandrum Now, The SrS's YER
sion is different in three important particulars
from the version which | have heard ever
since j can remember. hut which | never
before saw In print The panjandrum dis
oertation was printed long ago. | believe.
in somebody's Natural Philosophy as an
illustration of the possible illogicaness -
Of thought Note that my fathers version.
handed down by word of mouth. il in a most
obvious particular far more illogical than
your printed treatise:
She went into the garden 10 cut a cabbage leaf
10 make an apple PIE. and at the same time great
She bear coming up the street. pops Its head into
the u1Hdor. What no soap SO he died. She
lnpruGenty married the barber and there were
present the Pickaninnies. the JoblllieS, the day.
rg!R'r, and the Grand PsniandrIm himself. and
they all fell to playing catch catch can III the
eunpowder ran out a. the heels OF their boots
TIL SrN's copy had shop for window,
soup for soap. baker for barber and Gay =
rules for Gayrulilie- To my not ION. soap
|, "A lot more nonsen-ical than soup
BNookLN>, Nov - CASTOR.
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The Central Association OF Physics Teach
crs had it's first annual convention in Chicago
last week. The programme Of the associs-
ton is: less arithmetic ard more chem
istry and physics in the schools. Are there
still raw and primitive schools in which
ridiculous obsolete elementary stun like
arithmetic and spelling is perm,ted7 If
there are. they can't be reformed too soon
But why should physics ard chemistry take
the places Of the worn-ou, and kicked-out
rudiments' The great instant need is So
GEOLOGY. The study Of this fascinating and
all-embracing science should begin in the
cradle-bu cradles are obsolete. too. aren't
they? Never mind. What is education
without sociology? We expect to see so
GEOLOGY made the indispensable study from
teething TO the tomb,
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il at any time and establish in its place
the position of Chief OF staff. Never
theless, the Secretary regards Legislative
action "a desirable in certain particulars.
Of the practical impossbility OF any
Commanding Generals exercising in
fact the powers which the title implies,
Secretary RooT says with force and
frankness:
When an of,cer appointed to the position of
Commanding General OF the Army he naturally
expects to command himself with a high degree
Of Independence. following his own ideas rather
than the ideas Of others II Is not In human nature
for an ofncer placed In such position. and thus IN
dowed with whs, purports TO be the right and title
to command. no, TO stand up for his RICH, to really
command. and not 20 regard AM attempt TO con.
,rol his action or limit his power as unjustinabic
interference. Experience has shown that
Il Is Impossible for any ofncer TO really exercise IN
this country. In time OF peace. the powers which
appear and arc assumed TO he conferred along with
the title OF Commanding General Of the Army
THIS follows from the Constitution Of our Govern
ment. The Constitution requires the President to
he the Commander OF the Army, and q great variety
OF laws require the Secretary 81 War. who directly
represents the President. to supervise and dircc,
the expenditure OF the vas, sums OF money ap
propria,ed annually by Congress for tho support
OF the army"
And then the Secretary goes on to
say:
I, does no, follow. however. that the principal
and most trusted General OF the army cannot eIer-
else a great and commanding influence In the con
troll OF the army. and practically manage II In all
military matters. What does follow Is that he can
do this only by abandoning the idea OF independent
command and by assuming the position and per
forming the functions which I have described as
belonging TO a Chief Of stan Gen ScHoYigiD
did this with entire and rendered great ser
vice to the country by doing so Everybody Is
not as elfrestrsined and sensible as Gen. ScHo-
FIELD and the best way 10 secure from others the
same kind OF good service that he rendered Is TO
give the ofncer from whom It is expected desiena-
ton which Indicates WIN, he is really to do"
No argument is required in support Of
the Secretary's position. There have
been too many historical instances. re-
mote and recent. of the injury wrought
to the service and Of the conflicts created
and bitter personal feelings engendered
by unwarranted assumptions built upon
this misleading title. The Commander
of the Army is and must always be, I'M
der the Constitution Of the United States.
not the senior or principal General but
the President.
The General staff legislation recon-
mended by Secretary Roof should be
enacted at the present session Of Con-
gress; and the public generally, which
cares little for the vanities and piques Of
army shall be az efficient as human wis
dom and foresight can make it against
the next national emergency, will unite
in the demand that this be done
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4 French Fight Against Sea>ickne,s.

From The Lancet.
Those who suffer from scascknesS may he glad
to learn that l"agrc for It's prevention has been
formed In France. The society Is called tho "Ligrs
contre IL Nal de Nrr II Is under the direction
OF Dr. Mardcuf. who has founded a Journal called
lie MAJ d" Mcr, and published n book. which pro.
'e'scs to he complete hyrenic guide for thos.
who travel by wntcr. This small work contains
a large amount OF curious Information. The nrst
chapter Is written to prove that there Is such q
thing as seasckncss at Is unr rrrtdHe rG'qdic'..
proposition which VIII he readily granted. Tlr
further contention thai II can be avoided loth'r-
wise than BY staying ashore and that II Is cLrablc
can hardly be said at present 20 be matters -.
common knowledge. General and special eau
tons which should be taken before starting on =
Journey arc given and chapter Is devoted to III,
behavior which should be observed on the DAY o:
departure.
On going on hoard the boat the traveller shnUli
walk about. whistle, and sing, should he possess
that accomplishment ~ not, he should chat or 70
gard distant hAed point through blnoCllar glasses
rms laVer practice Is strongly recommended he
W o. Marguet OF Chalons. who has found that the
mere act OF holding blnocular glasses before the
eyes has been sufNclent to prevent sickness This
method OF prophylasis has Its counterpart In
TRADITION heid by some Brltsh sailors TO the efect
that man VINO falls overheard Will never he
drowned so long as he can be Induced to enter
into conversation, The English. we learn. strongly
recommend the exhibition Of "wisky." OF cognac.
Of rum. OF brandy OF chartreuse and OF porter.
Whether these remedies are usually taken seps
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to the public. however much the latter
suffered through lack Of coal. II the
miners concluded that their own interest
lay in idleness, their resort to II was be-
yond criticism. When they began 10 be
lawless, and to interfere with other mems
desire to work in their abandoned places.
then their case called for condemnation
without compromise; which, after it's
habit, THE SUN never failed to bestow.
In saying that we have never taken
the laboring mans side our CORE
spondent shows himself to belong TO a
school of social economics that is simply
in direct contradiction of THE SUNS. In
our opinion, the laborers' fortunes are
identical with the fortunes of the public
at largo: and the worst of public enemies
are those who would either from de-
liberate purpose or needless sentiment,
good, bad or Indifferent, encourage or veil
the issue so often raised that because
a man ia dissatisfied with his wages, he
may take the law into his own hands and
not only block an employers road TO
other labor but strike down a brother
seeking to work independently Of the
strikers approval or dsapproval
We have not the slightest doubt that
G. ". II. IL really in entire accord with
The SuN. The sooner all organized labor
comes into agreement with us the better
il will be for the laboring world.
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Christmas Cook books. .

Out Of the very hearth and home Of
American literature, out Of the journal
of indianapolis, comes this inspiration
TO the despairing chooser Of Christmas
presents:
II you do no, know wh,, TO give your young
hous-kecper friend. buy her cookbook
Why this restriction TO your young
housekeeper friend? Your young or old
boarding friend, your apartment hotel
friend. your hotel friend. is equally
worthy Of the boon in question. II is
n mistake to suppose that only the per-
son with youth and kitchen of her own
has a passion for cookbooks. Who has
moro information to impart about the
proper care Of children than the child
less? Who has more beautiful amateur
interest in cooking than the women who
don't have to or cant cook? Theirs is
a dispassionate devotion to the art set
forth in these learned treatises on the
essential art and science.
II you wish to do good give cookbooks
TO your friends, without distinction of
age, sex or condition There are men
who affect to live by the chatting dish
alone The town is nconveniently full
Of dabsters who imagine that they have
hand for that should-be divine and
usually damnable composition. the welsh
rabbit; and there are Holsters. we
were going to say, who insult a noble
benefactor of man and poison their
friends by trying 20 make lobster la
Newburg Then there is that male
factor and humbug, the man who spois
good sirloins and tenderloins and forces
his unfortunate acquaintance TO eat
EN-. A stronger than beefsteak dun
geon' should be made for him; and a
good cookbook should be his sole read
ing, if the scamp can read.
Six, seven, siSty-seven. we don't know
how many, cookbooks have been pub
lished this year OF grace and appetite
This shows that the world appreciat Is
art and is painfully trying to acquire it
Long live the cooks and cookbooks: and
if their patients continue To be dyspepti c
or pop of with surfeit. at least they
will live or die according to the form
and formulas prescribed
There is just one fault in some or many
cookbooks: They give recipe for
sixteen-course dinner and purple and
luxurious luncheons. Mrs. JACK and
Mrs JILL trying to arrange an agreeable
bill Of fare suited to an exchequer of sl2
week, are little vexed by such treat
ises. Perhaps great geniuses and ar
fists, such as the makers Of cookbooks
must be, are sometim little TO seek
in the matter of humor. We remember
seeing in bookstall popular treatise
on etiquette, price 10 cents. "The Baron
DE NJ, said one delicious sentence, a
man familiar with all the courts of Eu-
rope, never wore any other jewels than
three black pearls"
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Onc.Silcd. Indeed.

Our plea Of guilty to the subjoined
charge is the straightcst road to a pres
entation of the merits of the case in
volved:
To THF EDITOR or Tar SrS-Sfr' will always
enjoy reading your articles, but there is ono
drawback regarding your editorials on labor aucs
tons They arc all one sided, | have never 70.
mcmbcred seeing an article taking the laborlng
mans side. G. W H."
NEW YoRK. Nov. 81
G. W. H. was never more accurate
than when he said that THE SUNS labor
articles are all one-sidcd." They are.
They are monotony itself. We are the
more surprised therefore, that an observer
capable Of perceiving this characteristic
should not have perceived also its why
and wherefore. Tho reason lay always on
the surface.
The fact is that in all labor questions
THE Sun has dealt with but one issue,
Of which the right and wrong are I'M
changcable under the laws of fair play
in general and of this land in particular.
Lawlessness, or one mans outrage on
another, has been the sole object and
limit of our criticisms. In disagree
mcnts between employer and employed
the public has no right to enter unless
there occurs public offence in infraction
of the law, and we have never discussed
anything else, Consequently. our criti-
cisms could be but Of one kind.
Preliminary to every great strike Of
which the public have had notice, it has
been our custom to assert, by way of
keeping clear the one issue Of vital public
concern when it should arise, the entire
propriety of the laborcrs' stoppagc Of
work, provided, of course. that it con-
stituted no breach Of contract. During
the recent coal strike, for instance, we
more than once took occasion to back
up the view expressed by Mr.. SAMUEL
GoMpERs of the American Federation Of
Labor, that the strikers owed nothing
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Russia and Macedonia Z.

According 10 the latest news from Con-
stantinople the Russian Ambassador at
his audience with the Sultan on Nov. 20
advocated the reform of the present OPP
pressivc system of 1.-THE collection and
urged other measures likely TO promote
the cont entment OF the Macedonian
population. Those who are conversant
with the state of things in Macedonia
will learn with satisfaction that the
Car IL at last disposed to perform the
duty in"mbcn, upon him as well as
upon the other signers Of the Berlin
Treaty
II may bc remembered that the Treaty
oi san Steiano. framed by Count IGNA-
IIEFF. and cxtorted from the Sultan by
the fear of losing his capital, proposed
To rcorSanize the Ottoman Empire in
general, and 10 reSoncratc Macedonia in
particular. Ivy including that province
in a seli-Soverning Great Bulgaria At
the Congress Of Berlin. however Great
Britain and Austria insisted upon re-
storing Macedonia, together with some
other districts. to the Porte. Conscious
that they had thereby assumed a grave
responsibility, and that it behooved them
to safeguard, at least ostensibly. the
Macedonians from the fate which had
befallen the Bulgarians, the British and
Austrian Ambassadors co0perated with
Russa's representative in demanding the
insertion of an article in the Berlin Treaty
which provided for the introduction into
I Macedonia of the same administrative
improvements that had been agreed
upon for the island of Crete Although
nearly quarter of n century has elapsed.
no serious attempt has been made to
carry out that provision. The present
condition of the Christian inhabitants of
/ Macedonia is az ptiable and intolerable
az was that Of the Bulgarians in 1876
notwithst anding the profession lately
made by the Sultan in public utterance
that il was his custom to treat his Chris
tian and his Moslem subjects without
distinction
As a matter of fact the Rayah or
Christian inhabitant of Macedonia. is in
the rural districts q serf tied o the glebe.
whose property, and. for that matter,
life, is at the mercy Of the Turkish tax
gatherer, the Turkish landlord and his
Moslem neighbors generally. The pro-
lection OF the law il reserved for the
adherents Of MoHAMMED. The tithes
every Christian must paw to the Sultan
a tenth Of what he produces, or of his
income-are farmed out To the highest
bidder, who. of course, desires 10 make
the largest possible profit out of his con-
tract, and. to that end, docs not scruple
to employ violence and even murder In
the towns the shops of Christians are
piilaged by Turkish officials, who insist
upon supplying their needs gratis. or
below cost, The wives and children of
the Christians are compelled to serve
their landlord for payment, not in
money. but in kind, which ia doled out
to them in quantities insufficient to sup
port life. IL the male member of an
outraged family takes the law into his
own hands, and succeeds in escaping to
the hills. his fellow villagers have their
houses burned, or, in some cases, are
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themselves put to death a scapegoats.
Besides the oppression OF the Turkish
officials and their landlords, the Kayaks
are exposed to depredations at the hands
Of Arnaut brigands, who, being devout
Mohammedans. are. like the Kurds in
Armenia, unrestrained by the Govern
ment employees.
Such are the grievances from which
no relief is attainable by sporadic insur-
rections, but from which the powers that
signed the Treaty of Berlin solemnly
bound themselves to shield the people
Of Macedonia. At last. after waiting
quarter Of a century. one of the sigma
tories, Russia, seems resolved to dis
charge its obligations. That il can be
discharged without a resort to force
nobody believes. and it remains to he
seen whether Germany, Austria or Great
Britain will attempt 10 thwart the Car
in the fulfilment Of pledge to which
every one of the great Christian powers
was party. II il certain that public
opinion in England has undergone a
signal change since Lord BEACoNsFIFLD
was applauded for destroying the Treaty
of San Stefano. and thus condemning
the Macedonians 10 sufferings of pre-
cisely the kind which, in the case Of
the Bulgarans, had shocked the SEN
sibilities Of Europe. 1t ia now generally
felt on both sides Of the Atlantic that
Count IGNATIEFF was right, and that an
international crime was committed when
the Christians Of Armenia and Mace
donna whom Russia had delivered, were
thrust back under the mcrcilcss hand Of
their perfdious oppressor.
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Better Put IN Electric Lights,

MorSr GILEhp ohio. Nov. 90 The Rev Henrv
&. Brown Of the Congregational Church Of Bo,h-l
has brought down upon his head torrent Of IN
dlgnant denial from tho young members OF tbs
congregation whom h" ACCUSES OF kissing In IN.
sanctuary. AZ the '"csklv PRAYER meeting IN,
clergyman announced that there must b. no more
love making IN the church. and >sid that tim.
after time the services had hcCn interrupted by
Smacks OF kisses.
Mr.. Brown says that for the last al, months
he hns know that II was Tho hall, 81 Young men
and women 10 attend church, which is lighted by
kerosene lnmrS. simply that they Night SIT 10.
gether In tho semi darkness and make love Du,-
Ing tho week 81 prayer h. dcClArcd he was ANNOYED
nightly by loud SwHckS heard At frequent interval,
from various ports ~ tho church
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Defence Of the Rullhght.


FTUT' tn WFITTIV NEFNlG-
The bull0ght Is not wholly bad say VIVA, one viii.
II requires real courage 10 face the ",oro" mad
dcnrd and seeking his human Antagonist. The
Courant misjudges the matador when I, calls him
"covardly.' tie is often gallant and SIM 4 leo
chap capable Of deeds Of rare humanity. as NC had
occasion TO rcla," the other day OF Don Lcandro
SAIChez dc Lon CCacheta'1. who minis,ered
tcnderly TO gentleman run down by a street car
In this city. That WAS a "rasgo" OF nobleness OF
soul which VI recorded with pleasure. Yet Sch)r
a chez dc ,.,6l is a "matador dc toros" by pro
icssion, and to him we are proud TO give the hand
OF admlring respect.
The world OF these modern days tends 10 a dull.
gray uniformity; the bullnght remains protest
from the antique world. which adored personal
courage. when the individual man counted for
something and the world was not poccd and pro
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The Cnof1cial COgitatiOns Of the Hon
Thomas Il. Reed Of New York.

The most conspicuous Republican
statesman not now holding office con-
tributes an article Of great political in
terest to the number Of the North Ameri-
can Reriem which appears to-day. BY
a coincidence originating in no intention
on his part Mr.. REEDS views Of some Of
the questions now foremost happen to
reach the people almost simultaneously
with the President message. A COM
parison Of the respective thoughts and
methods Of thought is naturally, nay.
inevitably, suggested by this accidental
conjunction. Theaccident, however, will
be regarded by nobody as unfortu-
nate. On the contrary. the process Of
pnblic enlightenme is bound TO profit
much thereby.
The two topics of leading importance
discussed by Mr. REED are antitrust
legislation by means Of Constitutional
amendment or otherwise, and tariff re-
vision by means Of non-political Com
mission or otherwise. Concerning both
subjects. the opinions which he expresses
are marked on this occasion by his usual
sanity Of judgment and clearness Of
statement. by the absence Of anything
like hysteria or the self-consciousness of
mental exaltation, and incidentally by
the characteristic wit which puts a
sparkle as Of carbonic acid gas into his
spoken or written utterances and makes
them often so refreshing to partake.
The recent announcement, through the
Neu York World, of Mr.. CLEvELAND's
views of public policy, and this evidence
Of the Hon. THOMAS BRACKET REEDS
present and active interest in the po-
litical problems Of the time, plainly in
dictate that there is to be no trust, syndi-
cate or monopoly in the commodity of
high-grade American craftsmanship.
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rs Foll, (, Ne wise.


An American scientist has come to tho eon-lu
sion that tho tendency OF too much education ~,
ln.clc rtudl dcNrpDmclt IN women Is 10 MAKE
them lose their hcau'Nl
Phyllis, onc" M tcSA 10 mo vas Swcc'rr
Than, graS0uy nv enthusiastic uuni
To hymn your r1arIS rrr1ti' though the r,e,rN
II galnci In t"rvor what n lacked IN SkIV -
but now, alas. tNnSn charms like to Naiisb
Without pr"smhl" duty bids me- speak:
inc rlinlor runs nat You Hrc learning spanish
And also ">ln,ulta ncoisly Glcc<
ThoSr cycS. 70 wh"h loved 10 dash or usnx.a
No longer vaye. rs crstwhil,, 'r'o mine
Ihey ron SilNn, deeds or Sancho Panza'a
~, A. you spell thu, HIDES his sp~erbes
nnur itfr assumes = look OF csrc and pain
q phyl Ills, heed the iaoral th1t II teaches
Nnd cease 20 run tho r,Ss ~ growing pla,n
S.un, lmplore, the plrc Education
!" guided by my excellent advice
You owe solemn duty ~ he ton
Simpl! Ia riNc vow iuiNd 10 lookirr rIc.
learning NAV he acquired. but beauty ney.,,
Dry books. believe me were No, mean, a. So.
We islr sweet maid and let V1n viii he rioye, 'ou'
" brains are wanted I've cNough Tor two
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The December number Of the Nouh Amsrtedn
Rericm contains collection OF tlu~ly articles
ON topics OF tho day. "A Progressive Republican" "
and "a jercrsonian Dcmoc rat" discuss president
Rooscvclts FIRST Year" Thomas II. Reed con
sidcrs the tann question. Mark Twain writes OF
ChHs,an Science and w. D. IIowelis the late Frank
N'rriS. Cornelius Vanderbilt discusses electricity
AZ motive power on trunk lines. Susan p. Anthony
writes of "Womans Half Century OF Evolution. 4"
and Erring Winslow sets forth The Anti .lmper
alist Faith" Other articles are by Marion WI.
coz Charles II. Cramp, solicitor Penneld OF the
state Department and Sidney Brool:s, VI ile Joseph
). Auerbach and Henry c. Adams discuss The
Problem OF the Trusts"
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The short session.

Congress meets again to-day, and
this is, or ought to be, another Thanks
giving Day in Washington.
Every day ought to be Thanksgiving
Day there and elsewhere as long as the
unparalleled prosperity now blessing
the American people is not blghted by
natural causes beyond the control Of
man or shattered by the legislative en-
terprise Ct fools.
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Fifty Fer Cent. OF Marriages Make Divorces
From the indianapolis Neps.

TOPEKA, Nov. Sled by the Rev, Charles NJ
sheldon, author and rcformrr. the Ministerial
Union has begun vigorous crusade against the
divorce evil. which Is believed to flourish more
In this place than anywhere else In the United
States,
the amazing revelation that fully 81 per cent Of the
ma riagcs made In shawnee county. where Topeka
is situated. and possibly throughout the state
cnd IN divorce. For SOL marriage licenses granted
during the last year In this county alone. 234 a,
wore" suits were brought and ?oa divorces were
granted