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TELEPATHY ONCE MORE.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir. I
thank Mr.. William l.. Stone for bringing
under my notice all the curious condolences
enumerated in his letter. But my simple
answer is that in the chapter OF accidents
many curious condolences do occur, and
that when we are struck by them they arr
apt to be dressed up by the play OF OR
retroactive imagination. Mr.. Stone will
have to set against them the innumerabe
instances In which thought is not trans
mitted, as it would be If there we're general
medium Of transmission. In the case Of
the son who was nearly drowned, It does no,
appear that there was any thought at all
to be transmitted. There was only the fact
that he was under wafer, which we are to
suppose was mysteriously impaired
Mr.. Stone thinks it presumptuous in me
to assume that there was no medium OF
transmission between the pangs Of dog
run over by a railway train and the distant
mind of his owner suffering from night.
mare. Bold as the assumption Is, am
ready, in the absence of further evidence,
to risk it.
The reason for challenging strict proof
of these marvels is that unless they are
real they may lead us of on false track
at a crisis of spiritual inquiry when delu.
sion may be fatal. GOODWIN SMITH.
TORONTO, Sept. IS
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him sends his children to them. Neverthe-
less, their directors have no power or means
TO secure the children regularly except by
sending wagons for them at the beginning
of each term and by moral suasion.
II the various religious denominations
which, as one sees in Mr.. Jones's reports, are
helping the cause of American civilization
would bring pressure to bear for tolerant
application of a compulsory education law
the Indian would be brought nearer what
he ought to be in one generation instead OF
four. A mother who, to put 1t politely,
has three husbands in the course OF
a year Is hardly an ideal guardian for
the young American citizen; and yet
the pagan squaw looks on change OF
partners as an ordinary necessity OF life,
The white man who allies himself to her
becomes contemplate to the whites and
merely tolerated by the braves he is a
squaw man. And yet II the Indian girls
were practically educated, kept out OF the
tepees and made respectable they might
make very good wives and tend to elevate
their own class.
Compulsory education might cause dis
satisfaction among the Indians, but even
an Indian outbreak, of which there is no
danger in spite of ill-founded rumors
would be better in It's results than the pres
emit condition Of things. Even II the Indian
bled little in battle it might save him
from the awful corruption his blood Is un-
dergoing through the unintelligent neglect
of his guardian-the Government OF the
United States. MAURICE FRANCIS EoAS
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INITIATE OUR ANNAPOLIS.
England and Germany Experimenting
With Similar Naval Schools.

Capt. William II. Brownson, superin-
tendent OF the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
who arrived yesterday by the Cunarder
Lucania, from Liverpool and Queenstown,
has been away two months investigating
the naval educational methods Of Europe.
He said that 1t gratified him good deal to
find that England. which had been ridiculing
the American system of naval education
for many years. and had officially con-
demned the Annapolis Academy, was now
establishing naval schools virtually mod
elled after the academy One school had
been opened at Osborne and another
would be opened at Dartmouth next year.
in Germany Capt, Brownson said,
sthey are about to open q naval school
which, Prince Henry said to me only a
week before sailed, was "a small Annap-
oils think We may take pride in setting
European Powers IN example in naval
education
Other passengers by the Lucania were
Ma or Ronald Ross, who will lecture before
the scientific congress at st. Louis on the
mosquito theory Of malaria, and will later
60 to Panama; ]. Sergeant Cram, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Jr., Sir William r.
Kennedy, Baron P. Won Baumgartten,
Col L. G. Bruce, Major Willard Abbott,
Prof. Fl, B. Ward. the Right Rev. B. j.
Kelly, Bishop Ferguson, a colored mission
airy returning from Liberia, and r. Fulton
Cutting,
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The approximations OF some of the sup
porters Of the nomination of CHARLES w.
FAIRBANKs for Vice-President, that he
would be incapable OF rakine ian active
part In the campaign, have been dispelled.
So far from being Of uncertain activity, he
appears to be the wheel horse OF campaign
oratory, having within a few days spoken to
admiring crowds In Vermont, In Maine, In
Broadway. and at Saratoga at the Fremont
celebration. He is scheduled TO appear at
other places, until, according to the con-
ventional campaign phrase. the sun sets on
the night of the day of election
That FAIRBANKS fills the bill Is also proved
by his good nature and cordially In hav-
ing his photograph taken. In this partiou-
lar he has shot far ahead OF his competitor,
GAssAwAY DAVIS, long known as the pho.
tographers friend and kodak favorite Mr.,
FAIRBANKS already has the West yirginian
distanced and is gaining on him with every
fair day.
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federate forces on that position. 1t is
doubtful II any English army ever as
sembled would have exhibited more
reckless dash than that shown by the Jap
ariese in the recent capture of Nanshan
Hill. Some of ANTONIO MACEo's machete
charges on the Spanards in Cuba were
worthy of distinction in military annals,
and even the Filipinos commanded the
respect Of so good fighter as Gen.
LLOYD WHEATON by their stubborn and
heroic defence of the bridge at the
Zapote River Military history abounds
with such incidents, and they are found
in the stories of many nations.
The special point raised by the Times
correspondence is comparative rather
than absolute. Are England's fighters
Of to-day as brave as their predecessors?
The evidence shows, perhaps, if the ques-
ton be taken broadly, that they are not.
Yet such a conclusion can be reached
only with hesitation when there is called
to mind the long list of experiences, dur
ing the present generation, in which
English soldiers have rivalled the deeds Of
Neiol III VIC Wdfs VI cdIllci udJs.
One of the letters, published over the
signature "Old Soldier" states clearly
and concisely the underlying cause Of
this deterioration. There is no doubt
the writer says, that habits of luxury
among the rich. have weakened their
vigor and their patriotism, and that the
vitiated atmosphere of cities has Slapped
the strength and the courage of our poor
and working class" From England's
upper classes come large percentage Of
the officers of her army, and from the
lower classes in the cities come the ma
jority of the men In the ranks.
To those who saw them at work to-
gether in South Africa, the contrast in
physique and in pluck and dash on the
fighting line between England's home
contingents and her colonial allies was
very striking. Far more than in her home
troops, the courage and the dauntless-
meas of the English soldier Of an earlier
day live in the men Of the colonies
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A CONVENTION OF AUTOMATA.
Why Young Republicans Find tho jerome
Idea So Attractive.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Will
you kindly allow a young Republican who is
lacking In the experience and wisdom Of his
elders to express some youthful sentiments
regarding the Gubernatorial situation?
have voted but twice for the national ticket
l have voted the State ticket consistently.
invariably supporting the candidate nomi-
mated by the convention. But the action of
the recent puppet show at Saratoga bids me
halt. ! believed and still believe that one OF
the primary characteristics Of republican
form Of government ia the popular selection
OF candidates for State and national off1ces.
When this becomes a chimera. how does our
boasted republic differ from an autocracy3
-Four years ago Mr.. Odell was foisted upon
the public. The representatives of the people
In convention assembled were but automata,
who nodded when the boss pulled the string.
remember reading editorials in many papers
Of prominence denouncing the suggestion
Of Mr.. Odell's candidacy; be was practically
unknown. But he was nominated; the people
submitted.
And now Mr.. Higgins is our candidate and
we must support him or vote the Democratic
State ticket. Who is MIR. Higgins that he
merits the highest ONCE in the gift Of the
Empire State? We know him by name alone
in this section Of the country. He has never
TO our knowledge. exhibited the first symp-
toms OF that virile statesmanship and ability
which should denote the candidate for the
Governorship. The Governorship is q poor
place to try out embryo statesmen, COM
posite picture OF the recent convention would
reveal the well known features Of the Gov
ernor- Chairman.
Can THE Sun. wise as II Is. inform a curious
public Of the purpose OF the thousand and
one dele gates the people sent to Saratoga?
v ouldn't it be expedient and economical for
the Legislature to appropriate few hundred
dollars for the purchase of a thousand dunn
mies2 At every State convention these could
be labelled and carted from the storehouse
to the convention hall. All the mechanism
necessary would be a Joint in the neck. SO that
when the boss pulled the string they could
nod assent. 1t does seem a needless expense
to transport carloads Of automatic to Saratoga
from all over the State.
What shame that in this Presidential
year. when the Empire State must be carried
for President Roosevelt. such a situation
should confront the citizens. | am Repub-
lican by heredity, but q wise nomination on
the part Of the Democratic convention would
strongly tempt me TO split my ballot If Mr.
jerome should be that nominee. IL is not a
bold prophecy to say that Odellism would
be buried beyond the reach of the clarion
call OF Gabriel's silver bugie.
AN UPSTATE REPUBLICAN.
GoUyERSECR, \. Y. Sept II.
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A Lie Nailed in Newark

We approach reluctantly, and by re-
quest, a subject profaned by the ignoble
mob of testers. For some reason, as
yet imperfectly traced by anthropolo-
gists or historians Of Joemillerism and
Depewism, the mother-in-law, a mans
mother-in-law, has become what MARK
TWAIN would call root joke. No es-
sential, irrepressible jocosity oozes out
of it. 1t doesn't appear that majority
Of the married race lives at enmity with
mothers-in-law. A sort of customary
and oonsecrated waggery has grown
up. The press and the stage continue
to be faithful to it. Perhaps the time
tried feer Is the safest and sanest. At
any rate, the ferocious, all-regulating
mother-in-law and the meek or too
frolicsome sol-in-law are stock figures.
1t is well known rule of many savage
or barbarous codes Of etiquette or taboo
that a man and his mother-in-law shall
not speak at or look upon one another.
To some imperfectly understood sur
vival and modification OF this widely
diffused and ancient custom may be at
tributed, perhaps, the comic irrecon-
cilable war OF mother-in-law and SON
in-law.
The effects Of that old custom and OF
the pre-Adamite lingering jocosities
about it may still be traced in oontem-
porary manners, and belong to that
wide realm OF sociology whereof, and
not for the first time, we are proud to
call ourselves humble subjects. To
brother sociologist in Newark we owe
a notice Of this advertisement, printed
as personal in the Evening Ness OF
that city:
Il HEREBY wish to say that never said or can
say anything against my mother -in.lsv.
-Loun uLAroz.
NEWARK. N. J. September H. 1904
A frank man, and wisel A man who
understands the whole duty Of q SON
in-law. Even in Newark the tongue
of envy keeps UP its Gathering cl&ppera-
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The Pluck OF the British ARMY.

The London Times has been printing
letters from correspondents on the quee-
ton Of deterioration in the fighting quail
tiles Of the British soldier. From one
point Of view at least, It is unfortunate
that public attention should be called to
this matter, although, without proper
justification. England has from time i'm
memorial taken huge delight in the con-
viction that her fighting men far out
classed those Of any other nation in
courage and bravery. Any damage to
a national idol, or even a national idea,
must be regarded as cause for regret.
That which the world calls bravery
is neither a national nor a racial char
acteristio. 1t is a quality which man
shares with many other animals, and no
one political or racial group can claim
monopoly OF 1t, or even a marked gu
periority in it's manifestation. The pages
Of the history Of warfare are crammed
with Illustrations that refute England's
claims for the unique intrepidty Of her
fighters. CusTER's last battle ranks with
highlands Isandhlwana. There is prob
ably nothing in English history which
overshadows the display Of courage by
the Union forces In their defence Of Snod-
grass Hill, at the battle Of Chickamauga,
or IN thesrcpeated assaults Of the Com
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Recently there has been considerable
addition to the New York department,
and probably to the forces in the other
cities in this list. 1t ia fair to assume
that the population Of these communi-
ties has increased in the same time and
the proportion of inhabitants to police
is probably fairly represented In this
table. 1t will be seen that Philadelphia
has more policemen, in proportion to it's
population, than any Of the other cities
in the list, while Chicago has the fewest.
Crimes Of violence are particularly prev
alent in Chicago, and it is probable that
one reason for their frequency is the lack
Of adequate police protection.
Comparing these figures with those for
London, whose police department is gen.
orally regarded as a particularly excel
lent one, a reason for its high standing is
found at once. According to "Whitaker's
Almanack the City Police district, with
an area OF ell acres, and night pop
ulation of 3l,l4s, is policed by 1901
officers and constables, not including 81
constables on private service. The pro-
portion Of police to population cannot DO
estimated, because it is impossible to
determine the number Of persons who
are in the city in business hours. But
the Metropolitan police district contains
a population which may be stated at
$500, 900. The force of constables and
other officers employed to protect this
population on Nov. 8, 1903, included
1896 men Of all grades, or one to every
1894 residents. Thus each constable has
fifty fewer people to look after than the
New York police officer. Had this pro-
portion of police to inhabitants prevailed
in this city four years ago. we should
have had SITS men in the department
instead OF the actual 7,4l4, and that
number would have had to be increased
annually.
One reason why the New York de-
partment has not been increased is found
in the great expense that would be in
volved. Policemen here receive pay
higher than that of any other peace
officers in the world. The addition Of q
considerable number Of men to the pay
roll would make an appreciable differ
ence in the city budget. 1t is apparent,
however, that the increase is necessary;
and Commissioner McADoo should be
allowed to make it promptly.
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A PoIicemsn's Tale.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir: what
follows / experienced. 1t can be vouched
for by my companion OF that night, He !s
now police sergeant OF this city, I was 3
New York city policeman. attached to one o.
the precincts on the lower West Side On
the night | am telling about was to 70 on
patrol duty at II o'clock midnight. Asleep
in our station house, ] dreamed that when
being assigned to our posts my friend men
toned above was put on a post that inter
sected mine that we stood on a corner Of
the intersection Of our posts, that was tell
ing him OF my dream that while narrating
il TO him II noisy fight started in q LIQUOR
store on a corner directly opposite 70 wher.
On going to our posts the man Of my dream
was assigned TO the post OF my dream.
waited for him several times here our posts
or, ssed but Il was not unt!l about s o'clocL
that we mot / was telling him about my
strange dream, snd IVES in the mlddlg a.,
my tale, relating the fight in the lGuor
store. when loud and angry voices raised in
shouts OF detianrs and imprecation, &c
compnn.ed 10y the breaking Of glass, com
pleted the incidents of my dream. We made
arrests
did not think it strange that ] should
have dreamed ot that particular man. We
had many Tastes IN common. and We took
every Opportunity t. hc IN each others com
pany. NCithor was | surprised at my dream
ing OF hrht IN that lnuor store nor its taking
place there, II was An all-night house. and
putronilrh by srCh characters at that time
VI the nght that - policeman expected
trouble To come from II At any time after
hours bet what wa. s,rikinsly strsnI.
WAS that INV companion had never before
at night been On that u1rticrlar post. nor was
he a'tcrward during all IN" time was there
bur thgt I'VE, him rst teI're the hsht com,
followed In the order as dI-sm-d. III.
NEW YORK. Sept. le
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Police Commissioner MoADoo's plea
for the increase of the force under his
command, without which he declares
that it is impossible to cover the city
properly, makes it interesting to observe
the proportion of policemen to inhabi-
tants in New York and some Of the other
large cities in this country. Taking the
census figures of population in 1900, and
the latest available police statistics as
the basis of calculation, The number OF
inhabitants in the cities named Ia each
policeman are as given in the third col
umn Of the subjoined table:
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A Beautiful Tribute.

The Hon. ARTHUR G. WADE's speech OF
nomination in behalf Of the Hon. FRAME
WAYLAND HIGGINS, the Olean Odell,
contained this affecting tribute to a
gentleman at one time connected with
New York politics, we believe:
The mAtchless leadership Of our senior Senator
that great and grand man to whom, We one and al
pay the homage Of our love and admiration"
In few minutes that great and grand
man was kicked from Tioga to Timbuctoo
by his loving and adniring liegemen,
the beloved BENJAMIN. the child Of his
political old age, commanding the pro-
pulsive movement.
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Opportunity for . Bad Man Gone R,xh.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Str: How to carry
money safely on the person while travelling about
tho streets 10 subject Of interest to most OF your
male readers and may Justify the printing of this
letter.
Tho writer was recently robbed Of a pocketbook
containing considerable sum. while getting on,
or standing. In . crowded car: both hands wero
occupied. leaving the trousers pocket unguarded.
Friends have recommended many ways to
prevent loss of this kind as there are cures for
cold. and no two arc alike. One having much to
commend II consists simply In carrying no money
al ALL But all these plans are from laymen. so TO
speak-that Is. non professional
Now, advice TO be OF value mus, come from an
expert want TO and q reformed plckpocket who
can speak up and tell Of something short OF COM
oination look for each pocket that will discourage
his former companions of the gered gentry
An ex-dip, properly certified by the authorities,
might make fortune by opening school for the
instruction OF the innocent T
NEWARK, Sept. IS.
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Russia

We commend to the careful perusal Of
our readers the st. Petersburg letter
upon another page in which our CORE
spondent depicts the pending crisis In
the life of the Russian Empire.
The situation described in oompre-
hensive detail is, as the writer says,
Equally dramatic and more important
than the struggle in Manchuria which IL
engrossing the worlds attention. There
has been nothing in history more auda-
cious and more wicked than that looting
Of great empire which is here exposed
in detail by careful observer.
The Cars dilemma, as he halts be-
tween the peril to his life on the one side
and the peril to his throne on the other,
will compel the sincere commiseration
Of Christendom.
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Casual Item. from the Kansas Prairie.

From III Eureka Messenger.
Mrs. Carol died day before yesterday from run
ming nail In her foot We did not learn the facts.
There was an old gentleman died at the county
house yesterday. We did not Learn his name.
There was q Toad OF wstermelons passed along the
road Sept. g. We did not learn where they Was
going 70.
There have been nve deaths around this part Of
the country In the past week We did not get their
names.
There were not many went from here 70 take In
the reunion.
Ms, George Him an Is feeling pretty poorly this
fall
While swinging in the hammock Wednesday.
Miss Nina lowering fell out.
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Senator Fairbanks Clas. at COLLEGE.

from inc washington Pon
The class Of 70 In Ohio Wesleyan University
Il quite noted In that institution. 1t included John
Hamilton. who was Governor of Illinois: Mr.. Pat
uson president OF the Union Contra Life Insurance
Company. and the hrst member OF the class 70 DO
elected 70 Congress: Senator Foraker, throe times
nominated for Governor OF Ohio and twice elected;
Senator Fairbanks, now the candidate for Vice
President: George Atchison. formerly Governor
Of West Virginia. Bishop Hoss. OF tho Methodist
Episcopal Church South; r. M. Nevin, Representa-
tive from the Dayton district In Ohio. and d. K.
Watson. twice Attorney General OF Ohio. once
Representative from the Columbus district. and
DOW on the commission for the revision Of the laws
Of the United States. Fourteen other members
have been upon the bench In Ohio aid other States.
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cause to be ashamed Of the list. Dis
tinguished as are the names cited above
they can be easily matched with names,
equally well known throughout the
scientific world, Of Americans who will
speak at st. Louis.
None Of these men can well say any
thing that his profession will not read
with attention. The volumes embody-
ing the report Of the congress should
provide far more instructive reading
than such books commonly do.
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ton. Even there a model son-in-law
can be unsupported and misrepresented.
Mr.. ULRICH's apology for an offence
by him never committed or commitable
Is as full as free. He never said and
never can say anything against the most
august OF relatives. The nobleness OF
his disavowal takes 1t out Of the narrow
province of single household and car
ries it, breathing universal benevolen CO,
about the world. It is a message Of
justice and hope and -vindication' to a
misunderstood and maligned race Of
beings.
Though far from married man him
self, our old friend HORACE had a gra-
cious phrase, which every complete SON.
in-law should copy and apply: o nsdtre
p,lchra fila pulchriorl Mothers hand
some, Miss Is handsomer. Wheedling
old CALEB BALpERsToSE had a version
still more fattering to the elder dame:
"Sonsy COW, sonsy calf The complete
son-in-law keeps these things In mind:
also the old proverb: Jolly much and
scrap little!' Besides, mothers-in-law
are no grimmer than other folks. Many
are cheerful, comfortable or fat. Some,
well worth cherishing, will 1cut UP fat.
Finally, every man who takes a mother
in-law for better, for worse, 10 not to
forget that, at the worst, he is just as
disagreeable to her as she can be to him.
Tie world is full of fortunate sons-in-
law, who live in harmony with their
mothers-in-law and sometimes even
borrow money of them. An agreeable
and prosperous mother-in-law is sun
shine in the house. Any mother-in-law
is much to be preferred to stern parent,
or to q mere father-in-law who doesn't
know how to mind his own business.
The wise son-in-law will never say or
can say anything against a mother-in-
law who appreciates him.