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Jim Cook. the Cs,sbrst Cd Nou.Cr,,h.r

To THE EDITOR OF TER SuS-str: Concerning
your construction Of the historic mint jurp Join
issue. The mint should never be- crushed-that
Is found among the bibulous statutes Of my native
State, vrvinia whose long time expouuder In this
line was young and old Jim Cook OF Richmond.
whose pleasing occupation obtained for him a
Juvenile seuectitude. and whose memory Is still ss
green and fragrant as the succulent mint tina.
embalms his old stand on Franklin street This
old darby enjoyed the unique distinction OF being
the highest authority mint juleps In the country
and he WAS engaged at the famous White Sulphur
Springs every summer for thirty years or moro
TO make mint juleps alone. Lured by his fame.
a Philadelphia or other innocent. would rush into
his place and eagerly demand a menthal rcfresh-
mcnt Old Jim would politely wave him 10 a chair,
and At oncs Institute his process. First selecting
a few sprigs Of young mint, with pale stems no
would place them. stems downward. In a saucer
containing an ounce Of good bourbon. let them
brew till his practised eye disorrned a whitening
Of the leaves. In the meanwhile he had made his
solution OF sugar and water In q large tumbhr
adding crushed Ice TO tho top OF the glass then
ing the mint laden liquor slowly on to the Ice which
percolatinK rapidly, reached It's dluting element
below Then inserting two or three fresh spr,x,
OF older mint into the surface OF the Ice the In,
b'bation was overwhelmingly delicious and com.
piete. ymaINI,s
NEW YORK Oct u.s.
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A Bright Dream Faded.

Half Boston is devoted to military and
Dionysiac science and it's illustrious pro-
fessors, the Ancients and Honorables,
The other half is stark mad about base
ball Naturally that old Boston industry,
culture, has declined and fallen. Grand
opera in English is to be sung in Boston
for four weeks, audiences permitting.
The young men in the box Office, recent
importations from this town, We believe,
are learning horrible but not strange
things Az to the present state Of Boston
culture We reproduce as we'll as the
types permit some specimens Of the &C.
centric names given by the Bostonians
to the works which are about to entrance
their ears:
Ada "Ady," -Idy.- Long Green" Tous-
anhauser. Calvary Rustikanan.- Calvary Rusty
Cannon. "Carmine. =" "'rousoA." -Tusky.- "Flrst."
"Trovytoor," "Trovertaree." IN Trovytoor. -
"Trovayter" Lucy dye Laymumur- accent on
the pepuip.
So fades forever an old fable. The
Bostonian tongue is no nicer than others;
and prunes, prisms and dictionaries are
no more sacred in the three-hilled city
than in Sleepy Eye, Mimi, or Deaf Smith
county, Texas.
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Education without Religion Productive OF
Dangerous lniidehty.

Education without RelIgssu Productive Of
dangerous innoe"V'
To THE EpIros oy TIE SuN-Sir: It 10 very
trus ma NJ O.. ..ys that -.nr Goddess
~ue. us NJ. Hoes says Was S"' -.
system Of education IL fur worse crime
than slavery or intsmperance.
Daniel Webstsr onoe paya his opinion of this
Go,Io.. ,,,s.-,,, III 10 n,ocLsry he said
s s,s.sn. ~ .in,ain
anu au hsoit 70 common sense 10 n,sIn .
that school for the instr uctiOn Of youth from
which (hris,inn inatruction by Christian
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Religious Teachings Not Necessary for
Morality.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir, Our
public schools are established for the purpose
OF teaching demon strated facts. No demon
stration of experimentation has ever been
made Morality can be taught without II.
Morality In all of this world it h a matter
concerning man alone.
II the church going population. the be
levina population Is more moral than the
unbelevers II should be shown by statistics.
Why don't the chnrchmen bring on the fig
ures? Because II would be- suicidal. The
Canadian statistics show that 81 per cent. OF
the inmates Of the prisons ar. members Of
Ave Of the leading scots and attend com
nunion when out Of the pen" Fully 90
per cent Of the American criminals are be-
Ueyrrs and the remainder are d yided among
foreign religions, jews pnd infdels. ] give
these facts merely to show that faith and
morality are not twins IN all cases. Of course.
l am very willing to admit the vast majority
Of believers are virtuous people.
FTeethinkers teach their children that sin
cannot be forgiven that every injury they
do TO others will cause their own happiness
10 be injured. The Church tenchrs for
giysness Of sin. Nv only fair 10 keep re-
'liKion out OF the schools. Let every one give
such instruction st home rs suits him There
are iO< 400 priests IN this country The
Church BIAS Nm income Of o. .0oO. 900 per day.
Why DOS II want State aid? This school
question IL great question, and II vii be n
long fight, bur ] am confident that inteIli.
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Registration and Jury Duty.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUH--Sir: It 10 gen
orally recognized that many OF our citizens
purpossly fail to register and TO vote at
elections because they believe that the list Of
trial jurors eligible for service in our courts
is complied solely from the list OF those who
have registered for the purpose Of voting.
and that by preventing their names from
appearing on these lists they will escape jury
duty.
The majority Of these citizens are doubt
less business men, and II brought to the polls
would vote for decent government and gainst
Tammany Hall. At this time. then. would 1t
not bs well to bring prominently before the
public the provisions Of Chapter Aol Of the
Laws Of 1907. NO mention whereof seems to
have been made In this campaign?
In this statute 1t Is distinctly provided that
for the purpose Of ascertaining the names Of
all persons eligible az trial jurors. the said
Commissioner of Jurors must consult the last
census enumeration, the last directory pub
lishsd for his respective territory, the records
Of the Department Of Taxes and Assessments.
and any other available sources" He IL also
required to prepare two separate lists, one Of
which shall contain the names Of those per-
sons. eligible as trial jurors. who have not
duly registered In the last preceding election
for city county or State officers; and said list
non voters list" The other list shall contain
the names Of those persons eligible to serve
as trial jurors. who have duly registered" in
such election. "snd said Inst mentioned list
shall be distinctly marked and known as the
voters list" Ballots containing the names
appearing In the 'non-votefs list are deposit
ed in box known as the "non-voters box :;
those appearing on the voters list are de-
posted In q box known as the voters box.
The statute expressly requires that in the
drawing Of trial jurors the box known ~ tho
non voters box shall be first dealt with. and
all the ballots drawn therefrom, before any
of the ballots In the box known as the voters
box shall be drawn. After all the said bal
lots have been drawn from said 'non-voters
box then ballots may be drawn from the
voters box"
In New York oity the Commissioner OF
Jurors can very readily obtain from the city
directory the names Of many citizens who
have heretofore sought to avoid jury duty
by failing to register, and. inasrnuch AS under
this statute these non-voters are now TO be
called for jury duty before voters are to be
called upon, would it not be well to urge upon
this considerable class OF our citizens the wis
dom OF registering and voting at the ap-
preaching election, il only from the point Of
view OF their own personal convenience in
the matter of jury duty?
NEW YORK. Oct. is. JOSEPH j. CORN.
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The Quimby Case in Whit. Plain,

To rHK EDITOR or THE SUN Sir In the course
OF a long article In your issue OF Oct. H. dcaling
with decision In the Court OF Appeals reference
was made to the Quimby case In White Plains,
since the matter Is Que Involving vital interests
under the law. VIII YOU do me the favor TO prin,
the following:
There WAS only one member OF the oulmby
family who died. NOT Several members" az tho
report In THE SUS states II was shown Al the n,
gues, that other members Of the family were AT
dcted by the disease, but the Chrs, an Science
under the close supervision OF the health oiilrrT
and effected cure IN the other rsscs Aurn,to,
was also called 81 the time 10 the fact thai Ms
vuimby hsd been healed. some YEARS before Of m
organic disease by the same practitioner Permit
me also 10 deny that any Reader Strtxon" is in
any way involved In thig case As matte, ~
fart, the authorities have found christian Sc',n
lists read 10 Obey he laws md conhdrnl of The
interests OF oil CITIZEN, their own lnrrd,d
NEW YoRK Oct II W h NCCp ANA,
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: In this
CITY, In the lower section Of the town. 10 Q so
called public school, the Hamilton. which
has been rented to the city for school use the
past thirty years In the past II has done
good service to the children OF the ward
mostly Irish 1t covers half city block. and
q Catholic church Is on the same ground
one OF the richest In the State Of Conneo-
tlcut. The teachers are Sisters OF Mercy.
with tho exception Of a few young ladies'.
graduates from the school, and the city pays
the nuns $40 900 per year.
There never had been trouble. with the city
regarding the religious garb OF the teachers
till the coming Of large number OF Italians
into the district; These now demand from
IN the ward and want the nuns driven out. on
the ground that they don't get a fair show In
q parochial school. Here, comes new race.
children OF the Church, who demand that the
81. Patrick's Church pay for running her own
schools or close them UP, Most Of the Irish
have moved from the ward. and the Ital
that il public school were built in the ward
their children would not have to 60 such dis
lance, as no children are allowed TO attend
Hamilton but Catholics.
for both the Church and the city. The city
have been low, The Church has received
ings, and its nuns have had the lar gest salaries
in the school district. Every one was per-
fectly satisfied till the coming OF the Italians.
Al present negotiations are under way with
schools of this city. The Superintendent OF
Public Education of New Haven, for the first
time last June. admitted the children from
the parochal schools 70 the public high school
without examination, proving that the Church
schools are superior to the public.
NEW HAVEN. Oct. 9. ED. +. HICKEY.
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the infidelity which may be said to be
numerically dominant nov in nearly
every country Of Chrstendom, at least
among the more intellectual part. Even
where religious faith has not been alto
gether destroyed by this new view COM
ing from the very camp Of the appointed
champions of dogmatic supernatural
Christianity, ito vitality has been en-
feebled in every mind which has felt the
effect of the capitulation by the new
theology"
II is not the public schools which are
at fault. As one of our correspondents
has remarked. unless you muzzle the
press and 60 back to the times when
heresy was penal offence, whoever
reads is brought under the influence Of
this infidel teaching. 1t is undermining
religious faith in Catholic no less than in
Protestant countries, where the schools
are religious and where they are secular.
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Some hing More Than Merely Elementary
Training Required.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: One Of
your correspondents argues that equipped
with the three RS. geography and history.
the child lis ready TO make his way and to do
his duty by his country as his country intends
him to do II.
The purely utlitarian motive in education
may be satisfied with the equipment Of the
child with only an elementary education.
but higher and broader motives are not, and
mental development would DO on a lowef
plane. with the result that lower standard
Of civilization in America would follow.
Doubtless, taxation for education would be
reduced to minimum, and the responsibility
for further education thrown back on parents.
who could not in great many cases. meet T.
Ia II logical to conclude that by thus limiting
public education there would be a reversal
toward the independent type OF American
citizen? How can lack Of training Of mental
and action? l.. A. y.
HAcKETTsTowN. n. j.. Oct. II.
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was long favorite OF the Parisians, and
to his employment Of that influence for
the benefit Of his country in the visit
which he lately made TO France, a visit
which, it will be remembered, was
promptly returned by President LorBET'
Nor il there any doubt that the Hing
chose the psychological moment for the
exercise of his influence. The oblivion
which is the fate Of the conquered had
fallen on the Beers, and the enthusiasm
with which Paris at one time regarded
the Gar had sensibly cooled with the dis
covery that the only concrete result Of
the Russian alliance had been an inces-
SAINT drain on the pecuniary resources OF
France Under the circumstances, public
opinion in the French capital was willing
to reconsider its attitude toward per
fidious Albion
However light and evanesoent may be
the tie which it has forged, nobody will
deny that the AnglO-French arbitration
treaty is move in the right direction. It
has helped to save the international court
at The Hague from becoming a laughing
stock. previous efforts to the same end
having been made when our State De-
partment referred dispute with Mexico
to that tribunal, and when President
ROOSEVELT, declining himself TO act Us
arbitrator between Venezuela and the
blockading Powers, suggested refer
ence to The Hague Of the preliminary
question whether the claims of block
aders should take precedence Of those
of creditors who had abstained from
any attempt at coercion. 1t is doubtful
whether France and England would have
accepted the tribunal at The Hague for
arbitrator in any disputes whatever, had
we not managed to confer considerable
amount of dignity upon that court.
Whether Italy will follow the example
Of England and conclude an arbitration
treaty with France is doubtful. Her
German ally was not overpleased to see
Italy arrange commercial treaty with
her French neighbor, and the knitting Of
any further tie between them would
scarcely pass without protest from
Berlin.
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STERN GIVES HIMSELF W.
IL Expected to Turn states Evidence 10
Postal Fraud Cases.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l5,--Leopold J. Stern.
the Baltimore leather manufacturer whd
was indicted with former Superintendent
August w. Machen of the Free Delivery d.
vision of the Post Office Department for
conspiracy to defraud the Government. vol
unfairly returned to Washington to-day
from Canada, where he fed after his indict-
ment Stern has given himself up to the
authorities. He is expected to turn states
evidence and testify against Machen at
the lRtter's trial, which is set for Oct. rs,
Charles J Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad,
special counsel for the Government in the
postal fraud cases, had a conference with
President Roosevelt this morning Attor-
ney Genera! Knox was present during a
part OF the time. 1t was said afterward
that the meeting was held for the purpose
of talking over the prosecution of the several
persons recently indicted by the Grand
Jury, and that from the nature Of the case
no particular statement OF what passed
could with propriety be made. The return
of Leopold J. Stern from Canada and the
prospect that he will turn states evidence
are regarded with great satisfaction BY the
Government prosecutors.
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If 1t is true, as reported. that a thousand
persons, on the average, come to Manhat-
tan daily, by car or ferry, for the special
purpose of seeing the Bowery. the disap-
pointment Of multitudes Of rural searchers
after metropolitan wickedness must be
great and continuous The real Bowery of
this day is az quiet and orderly and decent
a street of Importance as there is in town.
Being broad, it is never crowded, either by
day or by night At night, fewer places Of
diversion are open than in the short stretch
Of Broadway above Madison Square, and
generally its tone is respectable In the high
est degree. To revel in wickedness and to
see the wicked, the stranger In New York
must go far away from the Bowery.
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The Independent Republicans Of In
dianapOlis.


dianapOlis.
The result of the municipal election
in Indianapolis is encouraging to that
growing number OF persons who refuse
to mix municipal with national issues.
The administration OF Mayor Book
WALTER, 'wide-open" Republican. was
offensive to many Republicans. They
believed that a vote for him was vote
for bad government, for a Republican
Tammany on small scale. The party
whip was cracked at them in vain. The
JUNCTION of Senator FAIRBANKS and the
impetuous eloquence Of the young So
biologist, Senator BEvRRIDGE, were
poured out for naught. The independent
Republican voters did not bother their
heads about the supposed EFFECT in
1904. They thought that the thing for
them to do was to secure good govern
ment for the city.
II BoOKwALTER had had the full Re-
publican support he would have been
elected by plurality Of some $500 votes,
aside from the Democratic and other
votes which he got by his "wide-open
policy. He ran behind" his Demo-
cratic opponent by some 1000 votes and
some 5000 Republican votes were cast
for another Republican, who was can
didate on Prohibition ticket. Every
means was used Of cajoling or frighten-
ing Republicans into supporting the
straight" Republican ticket. 1t was
beaten because the independent Repub-
licens would not be the dupes Of party
name. They preferred to do their duty
to the city ard let 1904 take care Of itself
The Republican party in Indianapolis
will be in all the better condition in that
year because it has no longer to boar the
responsibility for BOOkwALTER.
The independent Democrats Of New
York will get now courage from the ex-
ample Of the independent Republicans Of
Indianapolis.
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THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
The Trouble Not with the state hut With
h the Home.

To THE EDITOR Or THE SuN-sir: agree
with the Rev. Montague Geer OF 1t. Paurs
Chapel in his belief that the lack Of religious
training In this country IL u serious evil. but
do not believe II IL due to our educational
system. agree with one OF your other cor
respondents that religion can be taught best
and most thoroughly in the home. and there is
where the Church should reach and inausn 90
the young paRans."
1t is due to the lack Of influence Of fathers
and mothers among the poorer. and cape
cially tho recently emigrated classes that
the children Of the present dav are without
religion. This Ia natural. IA the children.
owing TO our public schools. are generations
ahend Of their parents, and the latter have no
influence over then. The religious training Of
their fathers is not adequate for them. and they
look down on 1t and scorn Il as OLD fashioned as
Church must meet mapfully. and 1t cannot
throw the blame upon the state
What the Church needs Ii workers. like DR..
Rainsford and others. who will carry the re-,
ligiOus teaching TO the homes Of the rich and
poor, where II will bear the best fruits:
AN ADMIRER or Mr.. GRER.
NEW YORK, Oct. 49,
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A difference Between Religion and Tho.
OlOGy.

To THE EDITOR or The SuN-Sir:: II Ia
evident that the Rev. Mr.. Geer and those who
agree with him make no distinction between
religion and theological dogma. Many per
sons, OH the other hand. consider religion
something altogether distinct from any and
every system Of theology. with attendant
ecclesiastical forms and ceremonies
In the past the ecclesiastical religious
teachers and leaders exerted a tremendous
influence over the thoughts and actions Of
the people. This no longer is the case. The
mass Of men are becoming less and less sub
jeot 10 the arbitrary dictation Of professional
religonsts. Even among those who still are
loyal attendants at church services there are
many who mentally take the privilege TO
accept or reject that which Ia presented TO
them from the pulpit Yet, with all tho
obvious Indifference TO clerical authority, II
Ia doubtful N there ever has been more real
vital reli gion in the hearts and minds Of men
than there is to-day here in alert. enlightened
America.
Exceedingly self-absorbed, ordinarily. are
the units Of this iIncounted legion. Yet when
Fundamental principles are involved they
exert collective influence. psychologist as
well as political. which 10 irresistibly potent
Something positively startling would happen
should any serious attempt b. made to
tamper with the system Of public education
In the interest Of sectarian instruction.
ONLOOKHR.
NM YoRv Nc< -
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The number Of persons who attended
the free lectures delivered in the season of
lso2-O3 under the auspices OF the Board Of
Education was l.2oa,l2s The regular postal
transa ctions OF the New York Post Office
for the quarter ended Sept. 80 amounted to
S3yO4l ,4Ss, and the money order transactions
amounted to S8s ,2O+ 1877 The exchanges at
the Clearing House this year have amounted
on the average to 1898 900 900 day, and the
balances to $4,000 900.
Can the Mortimer be blamed for wanting
TO loot such a city2
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Christian Science in the Court of
Appeals.

While the decision rendered by the
Court Of Appeals on Tuesday in the case
OF j. LUTHER PIERsoN does not directly
pass upon the pretensions of Christian
Science, it does assert, in the clearest and
most unequivocal terms, the legal obliga-
ton Of parents in this State to provide
medical attendance for their children.
The statutes which declare this obliga-
ton are held to be reasonably clear in
their meaning, although the Court Of
Appeals says that possibly more precise
language could have been employed by
the Legislature.
There was no difference Of opinion in
this respect between the Court of Ap-
peals and the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court in Brooklyn, before
which the appeal first came for hearing.
We observe that there is-some misap-
prehension in this respect, even on the
part Of a journal usually 30 well informed
in regard to legal matters az the Brook
Ign Eagle. That newspaper speaks Of
the Appellate Division as having held
a. guiltless those parents who permit
sick children TO battle against disease
unaided by the resources OF medical
science This view OF the decision of
tho Appellate Division is erroneous
Indeed. Judge HAIGHT q the Court OF
Appeals expressly declares the agree
ment Of that tribunal with Justice WILL
LARD BABTLETr OF the Appellate Divis-
ion, in reference to the scope and mean
ing OF tbs term medical attendance.
This In manifest by extracts from both
opinions.
Mr.. Justice BARTLETT, in the Appellate
Division, said:
u think the medical attendance which the Law
requires the parent To provide for bis child d"pend