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Imnortant 70 Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle OF CASTORIA,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that It
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Mems shoes, 50 to st.5o. poyI Shoes. -
to 81. 90. Womens Shoes. 600 20 4LeQ.
Misses g Chiidrpn's Shoes. S2. 20 TO 800.
Try w. L. Douglas W0men'sy Misses and
Children's shoes; for style, fit and wear
they excel other makes.
II could take you Into my large
factories at BrocktOn, Mass. and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made. you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better
wear longer, and are OF greater value
than any other make.
Wherever Won Hive, You cat obtain w. =.
Douglas shoes. His name and price ~ stamped
on the bottom. which protects you agAinst hf9n
tmss. Ask your dealer for w. L. Dongias snees
and insist upon having them.
Fast calax EHsisfs used they piif not wsar GRASSY
Write for illustrated catalng Of PAN Styles.
w. L. DOUGLAS. Dept. ~ broekton, Msss.
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pr,stlo.d wb,, He preaehed.

In Use For Ovsr so Years.
ma Kind Yoa Have Always Bought
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St Petersburg.-Gepsra i Dmitri
Trepoff was buried on Wednesday.
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succe.. Of Christian Science.

To TIE EDITOR or THE SUN-!Sr. Fifteen yesus
ago I selected the most healthy looking young
woman l could mad for my wife. After q short
engagement we were married with every prospect
OF a happy married life. Both being church mem
bers and active workers In the Christian Endeavor
Society We thought that We were living up To a
recognized standard of respectabLlty and Christian
living.
During the year one OF my wifc's eyes developed
a case OF ihtiS, episclcrits or phlyctenular-
conJunctivltis. according TO the diagnosis OF the
various specialists whom l employed on the case.
This continued TO give her much pain and threat
ened TO sut on her sight at times during a period OF
twelve years. While this was on she experienced
the dlscourAging sight or several Immediate rea-
tives dying OF consumption. and nnallY through
a hard case OF grip she settled into a neurasthenic
condition, which laid her up as an invalid for about
four years under r11ssria medka treatment.
About two years ago Christian Science was rec
Commended as q possible cure. Two tTeatment Is
were given, and since abe has been practically a well
woman. Incidentally, the intls came back and
was put TO fout by the same treatment Of truth.
For this reason we are Scientists. and for two
years our family Of seven have taken neither pill
nor powder nor any prescription aside from the
healing truth of the Gospel, scientifically applied.
Our health all around has been good with few
exceptions, In my own case grip, which had been
on for two days. was actually read out In twenty
minutes by the reading OF our text book Science and
Health, by Mary Baker G. Eddy. A case OF measles
In one Of the children was displaced In twenty
four hours, and another attack OF the same on two
others was overcome In forty eight hours. with no
after effects.
Conditions Of financial Limitation have also been
overcome largely and I am better able 70 meet the
demands OF my practitioners OF former days the
physicians who tried their best 10 help US out OF
our hospital business. Therefore I have reason 70
thank Col for Mrs. Eddy. NJ. HARNo, c. 5.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, october Is.
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The Brooklyn Bridges.

There is ample reason for the indigna-
ton displayed by the Brooklyn delega-
ton at the Rapid Transit Boards hearing
on bridge congestion relief on Thursday.
The d~isgraceful conditions that have
existed for years at the Manhattan
end Of the Brooklyn Bridge have been
scarcely mitigated by any Of the remedial
devices adopted by the city. Every
day between 43O o'clock and Q o'clock
in the evening the approaches to the
trolley, elevated and bridge cars are
the scene of brushes so indecent that
were the victims cattle the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
would interfere in a moment. Not only
has the municipality failed completely
to improve conditions at this point, but
1t also undertook to construct another
bridge in such a manne as to CT, g
exactly the same congestion at its ter
minal. The city authorities seem incap-
able Of Kidding themselves Of the notion
that a bridge is a structure having no
relation whatever to the street system.
The question whether an elevated loop
or a subway connecting all the bridges
is preferable is one for engineers to
decide. 1t is interesting TO note, how
ever, that the bridge problem is the first
intricate transportation question which
the municipal authorities have been
asked TO solve, and that they have made
such a mess of it as NJ private corpora
ton would dare to confess. The New
York Central Railroad, whose patrons
are subjected sometimes to discomforts
much less annoying than those inflicted
regularly on the bridge patrons, has felt
it necessary to expend great sums OF
money TO improve conditions at It's ter
minal station, and is in an habitually
apologetic state in the meantime. II
| has been brought to terms. There is nc
way, apparently, Of making the city take
| effective means for the abatement Of its
own nuisance.
In the Brooklyn Bridge is a valuable
lesson Of the failure Of municipality
controlled public utilities. When any
reasonable citizen feels himself wonder
ing whether, after all, the city should
not operate its transportation lines he
should take a trip TO Brooklyn over the
city's bridge in the rush hour. One ex'
perience in that monument Of incOmpe'
tent management will cure him OF any
doubts he may have when he sets foo,
--stktn Il
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r,ippies on the RocodinE lido.

Governor MAGooN very APPLY de-
scribes tho remaining signs of unrest
and discomfort in Cuba as -ripples on
the receding tide Of disorder" The
wonder is that these ripples are 80 few
and so small. Tho experiences of the
last fifteen months created a spirit Of
intense bitterness in the island, and its
rapid subsistence is indeed remarkable.
The early ~pacification and the general
return to normal conditions are attrib-
utable to two influences. One OF these
Is the belief of the Cubans that the United
States is acting in good faith. With few
exceptions, the Cubans are fully con-
WINGED that this country had not the re-
hottest desire to reoccupy the island,
and that the form of intervention now in
force was made imperative by Cuban
acts. They are also convinced that
there is not even a shadow Of a purpose
10 exercise control over Cuban affairs,
except in so far and for such time as may
be made necessary by the Cubans hem
selves. This general view is undoubt-
cdly the main cause of the rapid subsi-
dence of the tide Of disorder.
Behind this, however, there stands the
other influence. That is an equally wide
spread conviction that while the repre-
Rentatives of the United States have
handled and are now handling the situa-
ton tactfully and patiently, and with
every possible regard for Cuban rights
and Cuban desires, the tact and patience
and consideration will not stand any
severe stretching. They know very well
that disorder will be suppressed with an
iron hand, and that the hand is big
enough t o make a very thorough job OF
suppression if there is need Of it.
These forces operating together are
bringing peace to Cuba, and there is now
every reason TO believe that the peace
will be permanent.
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The Captain OF the Guards.

- GooSestep, gooSestep. g~ooSestep 20 the clinki
The quicker that you goosestep, the sooner'u
como the drink.
Prod the Burg n he doesn't travel faster.
Swat the City Councillors II they dare to talk or
think;
Up with the Army and down with the c%ivlliansi
There's treason In the look OF 'em-What, no, We
caltli Williams
Goosestep. EOosestep- while l lug OF the chInk.-
A man Of about fifty, distinguished TO
his boot toes and with the air of COM
mand, appeared in the public place of
the town Of Koepenick. The geese and
the small children watched him ever
emily. He came to a company of sol
diers. They saluted meekly and duly.
Down with the Burgomaster! Down with
the Town Councillors! Lese-majesty!
Forward, march,
At midday in his wainscoted hall the
Burgomaster lay dreaming Of his beer.
He heard the tramp of marching feet.
He started up, all a-mort. Vain were
his protests; vain wal the Cabling OF
the fathers OF the city. The orders Of the
mysterious Captain Of the Guards" were
these: Away with them to the deepest
dungeon beneath the castle moat.'
When the wisdom of Koepenick had
been put under lock and key the Cap
tain OF the Guards" cracked the safe.
We almost regret to have to say that it
contained only 81, OOO.5O. A genius so
rich in organization and surprise should
have been rewarded with not less than
a million marks. Doubtless WILHELM
| II. searches for him only to give him
an appropriate military post and high
emoluments.
The thinker who has thus exploited
the instructive passive German obedi-
ence and the divinity that doth hedge
a uniform Is said to be an American of
German descent. His purpose was
clearly ethical. The transaction was
irregular, but great; nor will the wise
convey il call. If he is caught he
should be made commander-in-chief.
Meanwhile, he remains the most original
Of modern humorists.
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Bo.r, I'm the Knimanjsro-meru District.

From Bulletin OF ths American Csooraphtc0 a, Society.
The immigration OF Bocr farmers Into this north
en part OF German East Africa IL increasing. The
Government requires that each family permitted
10 take up land must have q capital Of about ~ 900,
40 that the pioneers may begin life In this new
region under fairly satisfactory conditions. Tho
Immigrants also agree that In case OF native upris-
ings they will assist tho Government to restore
peace.
In January last s7 Immigrants we're settled on
iss farms In the district IrAku, around Mount Meru.
Southeast OF ATusha. on the slope OF Kilimanjaro.
another settlement OF 800 families Is In progress.
The Government, believing II is best to assure
mixed settlements, reserves areas between the
Boer farms, on which German farmers will be es-
tabIlshed. This policy is especially desirable be-
cause most OF the Beers are chiefly cattle ralsers.
while the Germans arc agricultuTists, and the mix
ture Of the two elements, Il IL believed, will give
rise 70 considerable Industrial development.
The rapidity with which this elevated and health
full region IL nllIng up with white settlers makes Il
necessary 70 hasten the completion OF tho railroad
from Tanga 10 the neighborhOod Of Mount Meru.
Al present the colonists are using the Uganda rail
road in the British East Africa Protectorate. which
largely dlminlShes the length OF the land haul.
The British hope to keep 9 part OF this trAnsporta-
tIon trade by building a branch road from Vol sta
ton 70 the German boundary at KilimanJaro,
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SHAKESPEARE'S FRESHMAN.
Not a Man OF BOokish TheOrlc, but q
Practical Materlslist.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-StT' I seem to be
between the mIllstones. catch II on the one hand
for the things | say and on the other for the things
! leave unSaId. sim, | think that Mr.. Wlxham
and Mr.. O'Flynn are both unjust 10 the doughty
Captain MdcE0rris. He seems 10 me TO be just a
plain hghtinZ man who, true to the traditions OF
his race, loves his work. Cover describes him as
"a very valiant gentleman. T. faith" And though
FIuelsn declares that "he has no more directions
In the true dIscipllnes OF the wars. look you. OF tho
Roman disclplines. than Is a puppy dog why
should that be reckoned TO his dlscredit'
The Captain was no vain theorist. Like SIR
Lucfus-O'Trt0oer OF a later generation. he probably
had q profound admiration for those who drew
their broadswords and left the lazy sons OF peace
TO settle the lust Ice Of H." Ills rejection OF Etuei-
lens invitation TO dispute shows his nne scorn for
bloodIess encounter. 1t Is no time In discourse,
says he. so Chrish save me, the day is hot. and
the weather. and the wars. and the King, and the
dukes. II Is no time TO discourse. The town Is be
seeched and the trumpet callsus to the breach; and
we talk aud. by Chrish. do nothing; It's shame for
US all: so God sa' me. It's shame to stand still; II Is
shame. by my hand: and there Is threats to be
cut, and works TO be done"
He will have no dallying with futile talk; he would
he on the job. Nor is this the only evidence that
Shak espearc knew his man. Doesn't GoDFr de-
clare In the same scene that the Duke OF Gloster.
10 whom the order OF the siege Is given, Is alto
gether directed by an IrishmAn"-this same Mac
morris. The determination TO rule Is not . thing
OF to day or yesterday with the race ofkings.
THOMAS GAYFSET TAAFFB.
CoLLEoB OF THE CIT or NEW YORK, October Is.
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EamIhiIitx nR Editors.

To TIN EDITOR OF TEE SUN-Str: I have noted
With considerable interest what TEE sun has been
printing about editors and writer's and pretty
fairly, l think, for / have been In both positions.
and am Inclined TO believe that the editors need
bracIng UP a bit. I remember on one occasion
having turned down Q poem which thought Of small
moment. Later II appeared In The SUN, and |
think every newspaper In the country Tepublished
the verse, except the one that declined II originally.
In taste I may have been correct, but | was on In
my editorial Judgment Of what readers wanted TO
read. Again, as an editor II was my custom TO
write a word or two with every manuscript re-
turned. Just q little word OF advice or cheer. as
might he. Recently a lady in this town showed
me q letter from myself to her which she had pro
served for twenty years and still treasured. As a
girl she had lived in the central West and felt the
poetic blaze. l had sent her the letter with a verse
returned, and she had not written any more. Who
knows what other editors might have suffered II
l had sent only the usual rejection Slip
Do editors read manuscripts or leave them to
the stan readersf I cannot say what the rule is.
I only know that some time ago l sent a poem to
a magazine editor. one day ! stopped 70 see him
and mado a few inquiries. He had the poem on
hts desk ready to send back 10 me. ! asked him
why. He said his readers had marked II N. O."
I asked him 10 look II over. He did so then and
there. and the result was that he not only accepted
II, but gave It two pages with elaborate iilusira-
fiona borders, SC. Another editor sent a story
hack TO me with the comment that he liked II but
his readers did not. Not discouraged. l sent him
another. and to this he responded that his readers
liked II very much, but II did not strike him right.
Then l quit.
Taking the situation by and large, I conclude
that both editor and writer are human, with tho
hundnum est errare clause sthl In torce. and the
editor is on top. He Is the she" OF literature and
must be obeyed. W. r. lTER.
NKw YORK. October 10.
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A Russian Tale.

We dare gay that the reader will have
small sympathy for the poet that Helen
loved in Ivan Strannik's story of line
Shadow Of the House" translated ron
the French by Emma A. Clinton McClure'
Phillips & Coz. The poets compliments
were rather strong at his first meeting WIN
the young lady. Instead OF dancing WIN
her, as she supposed it was his purpose
to do, he led her of TO a dim corner s'
down with her, looked her straight IN 'hs
face and said: Il lave chosen this place
far from the piano, 81 that we might taIS,
With me, people would rather talk tndn
dance, and i am sorry on your accoi-'
you are so charming and so young. Helen
bore up. She replied modestly: an
like all the others that are here, ana Nov
any younger" The poet calmly insisted
-You are the prettiest, he said. rem"
me 10 state that fact. And you are '"o
youngest; you relatives let you come he''
a little through weakness. You are 10.
Helen replied that she was lS' hut '''
poet was not to be moved from his tBNIe7.
Our own opinion Is that she was i'e'li
young OF the poet would no; have unpre''''
her so powerfully. He was not handsome
His mouth, with fiat lips, was bitter
Still, deep thoughts darIened his i'Te'
head and his hair was arranged N ~
mantle fashion. His attractions sG'h''"
TO dazzle Helen. The last bit Of their com
munion in the corner Is thus record''
-As the cotillon Was drawing - IN en-
Soutouguine said to her: Preseh' n'
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TIE OUTH.
Llre insurance to NE q Domestic Industry
HerenHter.

To TIVE EpIroR or THE SUN-Sir: A strik-
ing effect OF the revelations in high finance"
in New York has been the revulsion OF reehng
noticeable in tho Southern states toward
many OF the life insurance companies OF tne
North. Sentiment has c~rystanized in favor
Of patronizing home institutions, and south
ern Insurance for Southern People" has be-
come a watch word. With characteristic
directness OF speech they say they no longer
see GOOD reason TO continue sending their
money North 70 men who had been ropblns
them" and that by placing their insurance
with homo companies they can feel oetter
assured Of knowing h is being done Oy
the management
senator Tilman Of South Carolina. speak
ing Of a policy he holds in a reputable COM
a in Georgia. remarked that NoI one
thing the po~licyholders can feel ~conndent'
namely. that their money will pot go INTO
political subscriptions 20 Republican cam
paign funds The remark is signincanhy
representative Of a widespread feeling.
To an extent never before attempted llis
Insurance organizations are multiplying IN
Texas and the Southern States generally
and the older established Southern companies
are writing the greatest amount OF insurance
in their history. Ultimately this will mean
an enormous gain TO the South. by keeping
at home millions Of money heretofore sent
North.
Having enjoyed the distinction OF being
the first man TO introduce foreign tSootch)
capital into Texas for loaning upon mort
cages. twenty-six years ago. whep Eastern
capital thought neither life nor property
safe in this State, the witnessing OF all these
changes. impro vements and developments
presents 70 me a contrast as great as II l nad
been sleeping the sleep OF q Rip Van Wrinkle,
Perhaps in nothing Is the change more re-
markabls than that the South has reached
that financial strength which enables it to
take such a bold attitude on this matter OF
life insurance. as we'll as in it's determination
no longer to yield s~upinely to Northern mar
ket dictation for the proper prices OF its cot
ton and other products.
w. j. b. PATTERSON.
WACO, Tex, October IS.
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the Maine, which Americans are fire.
quently adjured to remember.
A target 90 feet by 30 must seem to
the inexperienced landsman a pretty
good mark. But just recall the fact that
the S~paniards on the Cuban coast, firing
from guns on stationary platforms,
namely forts, could not hit marks like the
Yankee, which was 400 feet by 80, even
when she was not moving, and that, too,
at short range. They fired most Of their
shots clear over her. Firing at a mark
such as the Names men used and while
travelling at a twelve knot gait is no
simple problem.
In addition to the speed Of the ship
there is the roll always to be accounted
for. Every man who has fired a naval
gun knows that the time to squeeze the
electric bulb is when the ship rests for a
fleeting instant at the top Of her upward
roll. At that precious instant the gunner
must have his sights set for the right
elevation, his range and windage allowed
for and his gun pointed at the right angle.
He does not point it himself. He has to
hAoSOuIb JHO AuJCI al WAllNl llu6b SlaPOV
between his utterance of the direction to
the trainer and that persons execution
of the command. All the time the ship
is rushing forward through the water at
the rate of twelve knots. The target is
slipping away toward the stern. The
angle of train is continually changing,
and the muzzle, rocked by the restless
sea, is describing a circle around the
mark.
The gunner must send the shell on its
errand at just the right instant. 1t is a
vastly different business from long range
shooting on a rifle range. The finest
training for this variety of workmanship
is shooting at birds on the wing. Wing
shooting is a quicker and lighter form
of Workmanship. The bird flies faster
than the ship goes and affords a smaller
mark than the target, but the fowling
piece is almost a part Of the sportsman
and can be handled as swiftly as his own
arm.
The sailors are improving in their
I shooting every day. Possibly some fut-
ure historian Of the navy will recall the
fact that the great advance in u gum
merry skill began about the time that the
late Admiral SAMPSON wa at the head
Of the Bureau OF Ordnance, when he
directed that in addition to the then
existing conditions of target practice
there should be added a certain number
Of shots to be fired as fast as possible.
Speed as well as accuracy is essential to
successful gunnery in modern warfare,
and the seamen of the navy are showing
a realizing sense of this in their splendid
records At the targets. Admiral SAMP-
SONS part in melting them and their
officers toward higher achievements
ought not to be forgotten.
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Good shooting by Sailors.

Fighting BOB EvANs's bluejacketsh have
a right to be proud OF their shooting.
They are real men behind real guns.
Any hostile vessel which gets in front OF
guns with these bluejackets behind them
will be likely to know that there has been
shooting. The record stands that steam
ing at twelve knots these amiable tars,
firing at a target 90 feet long and 80 feet
high bobbing on the waves two miles
away from them, hit the object twenty
nine times out Of thirty-nine shots. This
was not done with six Founders, either,
but with the guns Of the main battery.
The name Of the ship, by the way, was
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COcknshtinE In the Language,


From the London Chronicle.
Many traces remain In popular speech Of tho
hold that cocknghting gained on the nation during
those centuries through which II was even an ON
clal institution in boys schools. That beats cock
nghting" may be going out Of fashion in favor
Of that takes the cake" now that the former su
premacy Of the sport" Is being forgotten; but We
stu speak Of living like a nehting cock" though
living like q rAcehorse" might be more in keeping
with the times. When We say that a man dies
game" or that VIC are game" for anything. we are
commemorating the gamecock's spirit. The white
feather" Is an allusion to the fact that such a feather
In a lighting cocks tall was taken as evidence OF
inferior breeding and courage; and Crosse held that
"biackleg" was derived from the black legs of
gamecocks-a view. however. discounted by the
single point that their legs arc not always black.