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The lnhecim al system.

In this successful age there are ma ga
zines and weeklies devoted to records of
success and recipes therefor. There will
be professors Of success in the colleges
before long. Dr. HARPER of Chicago will
see to that, Meanwhile the study of in
dividual systems must be pursued. There
is noble simplicity and uniformity to
tho method of the Hon. JOSIAH v
THOMPSON of t'niontown, Pa. Early in
life Mr.. THOMPSON was struck by the
magical merit of the number II. Seven
has had mystical virtues ascribcd to it
from the very swaddling clothes of
Time. The strange CRY or pra yer, "Come
Seben come 'Leben," is still often hear
in the streets and alleys.
Now, II is composed of even and odd
divlsible and indivsble. It consists Of
7 plus the square Of ?. Any astrologer
Or wise woman can sec tire accv7np;;isir-
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was greatly to curtail, II not TO annihilate,
the imports from the United States OF
grain and -four, of fresh and salted meats.
of bacon, ham, sausage and lard, which
had for a long time largely contributed
to the food of German workingmen.
The Government succeeded, however,
in securing Il considerable margin be-
tween the maximum and the minimum
duties, and it is, of course, the latter
which we shall hope to see secured for
the United States.
II is certain that Chancellor Won Bt-
Low will have freer hand than he would
have had year ago, for he is relieved
from the pressure to which he was sub
jectsd az the hands of the Agrarian ma
jority. Every one of the ultra-A Agrarian
leaders was defeated at the ballot box,
with the result that their principals have
lost control OF what may be termed the
left wing OF the Centre party and OF prac-
tically all of the National Liberals. The
largest number Of votes attributed to the
Agrarians in the new Reichstag is 1877, or
10 short of majority This totalis is made
up by ascrbing n Agrarian votes to
the Conservatives, 8? to the right wing OF
the Centre party, 10 to the Poles, II TO
the Alsatians and Guelphs, ato the Anti
Semites, : to the Husbandry Federation
and Peasants League and 10 to ad-
herents picked up among independent
4 ('hnnnaIInr
Won BtLow, on the other hand, cnn
look forward to securing for reasonable
commercial treaties an aggregate vote
of 30, which would give him majority
of 23 The Government forces will be
composed of 81 Socialists, 81 National
Liberals, 20 Radicals, 40 belonging to
the left wing of the Centre party and
Independents.
1t will be observed that the Socialists
furnish the largest single contingent to
the Government majority, and this al
though the members of the Reichstag
are elected on an apportionment based
on the census of 1871. II is calculated
that, if a reapportionment were now made
so that representation would correspond
to population, the Socialists would be
entitled to nearly double their existing
number of seats.
The German treaties of commerce
which are about to expire on or near
Dec. 81, 1908, are the ten-year agree
ments entered into by Chancellor Won
CApRIvI with Austria, Italy, Russia,
Holland, Belgium, Switzer-
land, Argentina and some less important
The treaty with Great Britain
expired some time ago having been de-
nounced at the suggestion Of the Colonial
Secretary in difference to the wishes Of
Canada. Since then the commercial
Of Germany and tho United
Kingdom has been carried on under a
agreement that the terms of
the old treaty shall remain in force pend
ing a new convention.
During the remainder of the present
year the energies of the German I'M
perial Government will be concentrated
on the effort to secure renewal, on
terms equally or more favorable, of the
treaties which are about to expire.
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The Rev. MIR. Fnlinxham SIN Determined.

To THE EDITOR OF rHn Sun Sir. Surely the
American publc Will admit now that my inter
ference and expressions about church matters In
New Work are Justified.
cutting In an American paper now before me
states that at the request OF the Bishop Of New
York Bishop koylOwski celebrated Mass at 81
ignatluSs"
Bishop Potter asks Polish Bishop to celebrate
Mass And Bishop Potter has declared his assent
to articles which strmot Sr masses az "blasphrn-
Gus fabrS and dangerous III Cc tI!"
Is there a shred Of truthfulnrSS or honesty about
the rules % tn" Church cft'
Ah, well. walt TIL return TO thc States IN the
winter This determines me more than ever 20 conc
will mi axe the dishonest mass nong RS sit Nd by
the grace OF Gof II, g. FUIINGHAM.
HE1roN NICARAaK, liitchIn Aug g.
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Old Maids.

To TIN EDITOR OF rnE SuS Sir Does woman
more nearly arrive at n correct solution OF iites
problem by living as an old maid with an average
degree OF human happiness. or by marrying man
who turns out badly and by heroic struggle main
tans him and her children in the position 10 which
she was born woman tells me the answer is 10
marry. and man says sas had batter rmain an old
maid. Which Is right. ANXIOUS INQUIRER,
rsANLHM. Aug. II.
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The figures here quoted for the United
States show only merchandise exports
The increase is notable. showing doubling
in only five years. Our exports to Mexico
stand upon very nearly the same footing
1898 S2I 2OG $50
l"! .'''.'.' ''''''''.'' @si.o'o
An increase of nearly 90 per cent About
40 per cent Of our exports TO MEXICO are
represented by iron and steel work ma
chinery, railway supplies, &c More than
half Of our merchandise imports are repre-
sented by fv" items copper and copper
ore ($s 500 GO0). lead and lead ore, sisal
grass Cs7 900 00O), hides and skins, and
coffee
While all this industrial development is
Of interest and i'm rortance from a purely
commercial point of view, it il of even
greater importance from another point
II indicates that the MeNicans are being
awakened 10 an appreciation Of the value of
the & ,spel of work, In the past they have
not been progressive people, industrially
or otherwise. Aside from the energy they
have displayed in iosnrgent and revolution
airy warfare, they have been of little more
use TO the world. ats contributors to its de
N"lopnleIt, tlaIl ln' races Oh ht2utheTn ana
central Africa or the Bashmen Of Australia
Their anCos, Org Of centuries ago ! the AZtecs
and the roltccs, have left MONUMENTS and
records which mark them as notable in the
annals of ethlology, Those whS followed
them as the people Of Mexico kave been
remarkable chiefly for their abAv TO do
nothing, to lie nothing and to aclM Meve moth
ing the social and indust rial Anascence
of Mexico is one Of the most Interesting
features in modern history. In is to be
watched with interest. and one Nan only
speculate upon its outcome
An interesting point in this ne@ hfr lies
in the fact that Mexico has notA m;tater,
the p ,trniX and risen from i,s asR.s into II
new life. While tho governmental of hcr
mastery and mastertul President A : been
strongly contributory factor, thA coun-
try has really been dragged from itA ashes
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The Hon Billy RADCLIFFE, minstrel and
manager, of Youngstown is doing great
campaign work for the Hon. Tom JOHNSON.
Mr. RADCLIFFE has been on the road for
month, speaking for Tom, playing on the
banjo for Tom, slate-writing for Tom, Civ
ing comic sketches" for TOM, doing sleigh-
of-hand tricks for Tom. Tom is the leading
comedian on the Ohio circuit, and it is
pleasa Mt to know that he is not jealous Of
BILLY RADCLIFFE.
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4 Date In Gen. woods Record Def
nitely Ascertained.

In the interest Of contemporary ac-
clracv and future history we are enabled
by the kindness of correspondent to
supply hitherto missing date in the
record of Gen LEONARD WOODS military
career
The date in question is that of his first
nomination to be Military Governor of
the Island Of Cuba, displacing ajor-
Gen. JOHN RUTTER BROOKE.
Our informant sivs:
The editorial In THR SrN OF Ialy Is seems to be
In doub, as TO the exact date OF the dinner at the
tnglo american Club in santiago when Capt
EDGAR GERALD nFLl,lRs presented Gen woop In
n toast as tho next Governor General Of Cuba |
was present at that dinner and am able to Rx the
exact date. II was Feb ~. 1900
The information will interest every
student of Gen. LEONARD WOoD's career
II appears that his first nomination by
BELLAIRs for the post then held by Gen
BROOKE occurred Just nine months and
one day before Major RUNCrE, on Nov.
%, ls99, mailed TO New York for publica-
tion the attack on Gen. BROOKE which
Major RuNclE says he prepared at Gen.
WOODS request.
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To TIE EDITOR OF TIE SvN SIR, The
North is beginning TO see things as they
are In the South and 10 TIVE Sun every South
erncr is under obligations
JAMES CALLAwAY.
MACON. Ga. Aug, IL.
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Rapid Transit and Safety.

To THR EDITOR OF THE SuN-.rir, Aftcr reading
about the frightful disaster IN the Paris subway.
ore cannot help considering. with all the powers OF
ones conceptions the statements made by Gen
eral Manager bryan and Master Mechanic Thomp
son of the lntrrborough Of how thoroughly they
Intend TO safeguard the lives OF the public In the
construction Of their They say The under
f0or Is maple. because that Is the siowcst burning
wood Above that Is layer Of felt and stll above
that Is more slow burning maple then the frame
work S wood )vcred with fire proc paint and again
above that Is the body of the car Itself all of wood
and more paint. What farct What an,lquated
engineering From the pictures have seen the
public Is TO ride In a coach very little different from
the elevated railway coach Mr. Bryan SAYS "lhst
such disaster will h. practically Impossible In the
subway IN thlS city, Ban j, B. {.
NEW NoNA Aug 49,
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Striking proof Of the benefits to be de-
rived by the farmers through the better
ment Of rural highways was offered the
other day at good roads meeting COM
posed Of the residents of several townships
in Bucks county, in Pennsylvania. The
townships records were produced 10 show
that at the present time the amount Of
money raised by taxation and available for
local improvements ia more than one-third
larger than II WAS few wears ago. although
tho tax rate remains the same This ia due,
OF course 20 an increase in the value of
property. an increase which ve are as
sured has been brought about solely by the
construction of modern highways Town
ships in Bucks county which have borrowed
money to carry on the work Of road making
find themselves enabled 10 reduce mater
iallv their debt annually hy reason of this
enhancement Of real estate values.
The expe rience Of these Pennsylvania
farmers comedies substantially with that
Of our rural friends in other parts Of the
nitAd States That good roads bring
wealth there can be no question. and. as
has been shown, the advantages which
accrue from them are enjoyed as much by
the farmers as by other members of the
community.
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Our First Parents.

one crumb Of comfort they possessed,
For certainly we know
That thara w.; ..b on. round about
To say. Il told YOU so,
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Couaens.d Guide to Political Opinion.

From me Dsnrsr Republican.
Gov Cummlns OF Iowa will he pretty certain 70
have tho unanimous support Of the Colorado dele.
CATION for Vice President next year.
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The Freethink ers' Symposium

The correspondent who advocates the
organization of the freethinkers of this
country writes to us asking that THE SUN
make itself a vehicle for presenting their
philosophical disqusitions to the public.
He promises to keep us supplied with
four columns of the material daily.
We beg leave to decline the Office The
thought of seeing our post still more
heavily laden with guesses at the riddle
of existence is too distressing As il is,
if we printed all the letters we receive
on subjects relating to religion and
intelligent, thoughtful and well-written
letters they are usualy-we should have
very few columns of THE sun to give
to anything else.
This vast correspondence. very much
Of it remarkable for its ability and all Of
it serious and sincere in it's expression Of
strong conviction and an earnest desire
for truth, suggests how widespread and
profound are the interest and inquiry
in the subject of religion at this time,
Generally, the trouble with these con-
troversialists, for usually they approach
the subject in a controversial spirit, is
that il is waste of time for them to ar
que together for they do not agree on
any basis from which to proceed. One
side assumes supernaturalism and dog
matte authority in questions of religion,
The other side denies both The one
calmly quotes the Bible and the Church
az the final and indisputable arbiter.
The other denies the validity Of both as
authority in any field Of discussion.
OF course, that sort of arguing can 90
on forever without advancing hairs
length toward any valuable end. On
both sides there is likely to he much
begging Of the very question in dispute.
We accordingly decline the Office Of
organ Of the freethinkers symposium.
The sun., 1903-08-14

II MIlcsS services are not worth mere thanks
Woods cannot be worth promotion. The latter
was sharply opposed when nominated for RHVad'''o
and this opposition is certain to he intensified by
the Presidents tcrIlcss and vndic'ivc course IN
this last phase OF the Miles case,
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TO THE EDrroR or rnF sun sir The terrible
subway disaster In Paris shows that we shall b. in
uuantary as 90 the best way % preventing such A
calamity In our own prospective subway
was talking this morning with onc OF our prom
ment electrical engineers and he said II was very
easy 10 prevent II by having steel cars instead ,f
wooden ones This wullH he placing US between
the devil and the deep sea, We should then have
the pleasure Of being clcctrocutcd instead OF being
burned mp or smoked to death. Coo
NEW loRK, Nuc. T..
To1HI FDiToR OF TIM ~ y sir see in to days
SrN that Nj Bryan. OF the uldrrg round railroad
says thai IN thirty years OF so the elevated rail-
road has never Killed a p, niger " that is 80
how about the accident or March i?, 1855 In which
my fa,hcr was killed In Is seat and score Of others
wohndcd' SARAH rooRER.
NEW ioRk tuy. ~
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From the indioaanor' Journal

From, the irdiGaGpoitt Journal
Only tn. worst class Of people in the southern
States Justify lynching,
Fran, ihs Boston HcrGid
Mr. Roosevelt has all OF Mr.. RryanS support Ia
the West
From 'hs 81 LouS Gi0bC Democrat.
Senator Tlman dcnounCeS the trusts with M
pockets full of railroad passes,
From 'hr BOU'ipC Gree" FiuicS-IourHf'
There are hints that cot W. C. y. RrecknndGe
may be called upon 10 stand for the Democra"'
ronHna,ion for Congress from The Lexington dis"
trict.
From me RdisioF Pos,
We prefer MI Cleveland as Our strongest Demo
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One argumen, ag aipst any currency legislation
has been that II Is purely Wal street ahnlr II Is
safe 10 say that this view is provincial one. Any
measure that will steady and bcncnt tho great hnan-
cial centre OF the country vii! he helpful To tho
entire business Of the Country
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PARrs- -Eiosaue No. ". near Grand HOTEL ana |
Kiosaue No. 10. Boulevard des Capncincs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
ESCORT FOR TEDDY
Tacoma and Seattle Find New Bone
Of Contention in Visit Of
President.
When He Has Come and Gone the
Big Mountain Will Still
Be There.

Special to The Journal. 8
Tacoma, Wash, May 11.-Tacoma and
Seattle are pickering over the question
as to who shall have charge of President
Roosevelt and his party when he Is
escorted to the Puget sound navy yard
at Bremerton on May 2s. The navy yard
is somewhat nearer Seattle than Tacoma,
and In that city is considered Seattle
institution.
The Tacoma committee has invited
twenty-five prominent citizens to escort
the president on the excursion until he is
landed at Seattle.
Congressman -elect Humphrey Of Seattle
headed committee from that city which
visited Tacoma yesterday and demanded
that the escort committee Of twenty five
should include ten or twelve Seattle men.
The Tacoma committee said this would
De impossible as invitations had been ex-
tended for the entire twenty-five. Con-
gresham Humphreys threatens that if
Seattle is left out he and his committee
will follow the party to the wharf and
there appeal to the president for permits
sion to accompany him on the sound trip.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
LAUNDRIES CLOSED
Heroic Measures Taken by Owners
at Omaha to Head Off Pros
pective Strikers.
Five Hundred Workers Were Locked
Out and the Situation Further
Complicated.

Omaha, Neb, May 1.-THE strike sit
uation in Omaha was further complicated
this morning by the closing of eighteen
of the largest laundries in the city and the
locking out of 500 laundry workers. This
action was taken by the laundrymen after
an extended conference last night, and a
request from the laundry workers union
that they do not attempt to work for
hotels. restaurants and other places which
have been declared unfair"
During meeting of the laundry work.
ers'g union, which was attended by repre-
sentatives of the unions whose members
were already on strike, committee was
sent to the laundry men, In session at a
local hotel, to present their request. With
out making answer the laundrymen de-
clded to close down their plants to-day,
thus locking out the men who they feared
would declare a strike.
President Kinnball of the Tri-City Laun-
dry Mems Club says the union does not
represent a majority of the laundry work
ers. He said there were sufficient non
union employees left to run the laundries.
but he feared for the safety Of the en-
ployes and that therefore the laundry men
had decided to close indefinitely. The shut
down will be general.
Fifty of the emergency deputy sheriffs
appointed by Sheriff Power last week to
assist in preserving order and who were
union strikers, were dismissed to- day and
non union men sworn in to take their
places The changes were made at the
request of Chief of Police Donahue, who
says the action was taken because the
union officers persuaded the non-union
drivers to leave their work and are
derelict in performing their duty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
POOR Dominic
Between the Devil and the Deep sea

81 A clergyman Of Gresham, Neb., who
drank coffee for many years suffered from
chronic insomnia and from terrific head
aches when he quit coffee. He says: II
have been very heavy user of coffee for
so long and have seen it's effects so clearly
that there is now no doubt in my mind
concerning its injurious effects upon the
nervous system.
While coffee user I was unable to
sleep for hours after retiring at night and
on the other hand terrific headaches re-
suited if the regular hour for drinking
coffee passed and did not get it so I
was in miserable position.
But found firm friend In Postum
Cereal Coffee and from the very time that
e adopted Postum all these evil effects
vanished. I now enjoy sound sleep and
improved appetite and a decidedly clearer
complexion and am convinced that better
health and longer life would be the
result Of it's general use. I have a friend
who has been user Of Postum for several
years and the story of her recovery from
neuralgia Of the stomach simply by using
Postum in place of coffee seems almost
too wonderful to be true. Many times she
was near Deaths door and the doctors
had frequently given her case up as hope
less but she was entirely healed by leaving
off coffee and using Postum 1t Is a pleas
ure to say these good things about Pos
Is ,1m Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
FIRES IN FORESTS
Forestry Bureau Men Are Coming to
the West to Make an In
vestigation.
Tompkins and His Assistants AS.
signed to Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and Upper Michigan.

From The Journal Bureau, Room As, Post Build.
ing, Washington.
Washington, May 1.-THE bureau Of
forestry of the agricultural department
has assigned a number Of it's officers to
duty In the heavily timbered regions OF
the country to study forest fires. The in
vest1gation will be comprehensive, includ-
Ing the cause how fast the fires burn,
what conditions favor or hinder them and
Just what damage they do to the soil and
tree growth
In connection with this detailed duty
the agents will observe the methods OF
fire protection practiced by the railroads
and other owners of timber lands, and will
also Investigate state fire warden systems
such as. that of Minnesota and the patrol
system in government forest reserves
The bureau hopes to replace with care
fully gathered statistics vague notions
now existing relative to forest fires. When
the problem is solved for any particular
region the bureau will be ready to recon
mend methods of fire prevention and con-
troll for private land owners and to sug-
gest forest fire legislation for various
states. :"
j. H. Tompkins, 18th a small force Of
assistants. has been assigned to make the
investigation in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
the ttmbered sections Of Michigan Later
IN the season the study of forest fires will
be- made on the Pacific coast. 4
80 w, w :Jermane
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
RAIN IN THE VALLEY
Crop Prospects There Said to Be IN
surpassed for the Season Of
Year.
Good Rains Needed in the Central
and Western Portions Of North 4
Dakota.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Grand Forks, May 11.-Another highly
favorable week for the crops has passed.
Two good showers fell. not heavy enough
to stop work for more than a day. but
sufficient to start all the grain that had
been sowed. The rain, however, covered
only the Red River valley lands and the
country farther east. It did not extend
more than thirty or forty miles west of
the. river A good rain in the central and
western portions of this state would do
good, tho it will be some time before there
will be any actual suffering, as the frost
is not all out. and this provides some
moisture.
The wheat is practically all in and over
half Of 1t is up and looking fine. Old
farmers who have been here for twenty
five or thirty years say that. without ex-
ception, the present conditions are the
most favorable they have ever seen tor
Ia big wheat crop. The seed went In In
fine shape and cost the farmers less to
SOW than for many years. Fewers horses.
less machinery and less hired help has
been necessary.
Many Of the farmers have also seeded
their oats and barley, but there Is some
coarse grain still to be sowed. The farm
ers have been in a position to SOW all the
wheat and other grain they desired, and
this will result In smaller flax acreage
in the valley. In the western part OF the
state the fax acreage will be increased,
but it's percentage to the total acreage
seeded will be smaller than 1t was last
year or the year before in that section.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
BATTLE WAS REALISTIC
New York Police and Pseudo River
Pirates Clash.

Chicago. May 11.-A dispatch to the
Inter Ocean from New York says
A battle between the police who man
the police boat and a squad Of policemen
disguised as river pirates has been fought
OF the shore OF Tompkinsville. There was
no bloodshed, but the battle looked real
enough, and residents on the bay shore
were convinced that the police had made
an important capture of river thieves.
81 The police boat patrol fired number Of
shots from its five pounders at the pirates.
The contending forces then closed, bran
fishing clubs, strips Of rubber hose and
revolyers, and the fireboat New York, with
steam up, stood a short distance away,
apparently to give the police aid.
AS a matter of fact, the fight was ar
ranged for moving pictures to be shown
in the public parks during the celebration
of the two hundred and hftieth anniver-
|sary Of the founding Of New York. The
patrol, with two launches and several row
boats, was used in the fight.
Two of the pirates pretended to be shot
and fell to the bottom Of their boat. A
handzto- hand conflict wound up the pro-
|ceedings. rs sszs@s