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Railroads Eucalyptus Grove.

From the RaHrOdd OdEetie.
The Santa re has begun planting trees on It's land
In san Diego county, southern California. The
tract Is $3.50 acres In extent and IL known as the
Rancho San DIeglto. Il II near Del Mar. Il will
be converted into a eucalyptus grove. About 100
acres a year will be planted for a number OF years.
The wood viii be used for ties and piles. y. p.
Hosp. who has charge OF this class OF work. est
mates that 5000 worth Of timber for ties can be
raised on one acre. The red gum will be planted.
as tbls. as well as the sugar and Iron bark varieties
Of eucalyptus, has been shown by experiments in
Australia TO last more than twenty ave years un
der ground. while the blue gum will not last more
than three years under ground. The seeding will
he done during the winter. and the seedlings for
the nrst years planting are now IN rsparnUoa
About ,O0O boxes OF small seedlings are required.
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ObsessiOn In Indis.

From the Hindu Spiritual Magazine.
Why are obsessions so numerous In IndIa' In
india the notion among the Hlndus is that when a
man. has died II is necessary to cause his release
from earthly bonds by an Offering called ptHdn.
made In his name In the sacred city OF 0ya. SO
long as this Is not done the soul OF the dead man re.
mains tied to earth and cannot rise high. IL so
happens that a Hindu spirit finds that he has be-
come a ~ghost-that Is to say, an earthbound soul.
He very naturally thinks that bis misfortune is due
to the fact that no pfnda had been offered In his name
and he makes gigantic efforts to see that II Is done.
But he nnds that he cannot com municate hts wishes
to his relatives. friends or fellows who are yet on
earth. such souls make gigantic efforts TO be able
to hold communication with men who are not dead.
Sometimes they succeed. And then they explain
what they want. II they get hold OF a friend IL Is
all right: they at once ask the latter to release them.
But this is not generally possible. so what they
do Is this: They possess a woman, or q man. and
make themselves disa greeable In as many ways
as they can. Ghost doctors are summoned; they
open communication with the spirit who refuses TO
leave his medium until II Is promised TO him that q
ptnda will be offered IN his name in Gya. When he
has been able TO extort this promise he leaves the
body he had possessed.
This explains why cases OF true obses sion are so
frequent in Hindu India. Ninety nine out OF q
hundred in India have seen cases OF obsesslon.
A ghost makes itself very disagrecabie. The
cxorcist is summoned, he opens communication
with the spirit. In short, the spirit speaks through
the party he has obsessed aud a conversation like
the following ensues:
The e1Orcist to the ghOst-"You must leave the
body OF your victim"
The ~ghost-"I am willing to 20 II you promise
me one thing-nAmely. II you will offer a ptndd. In
Gya. in my name"
The promise ls made and the ghost leaves his
victim. That is. the way such cases are treated
generally. This is the reason why cases Of obses-
sion are so numerous In india. Indeed, they are
so frequent in this country that there are many
rOJdS texorclstsl who live by curing ObseSsed men
and women. What Is more. In India there is q
hospital for obsessed people. a unique Institution,
the like Of which Is not TO be seen in any other part
OF the world. This hospital is a temple in the holy
place called Han Hareshwar In Kocond In south
India. There possessed men and women are car
ned, and they are sent back cured.
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Mr.. Bryan In Merrie England.

To THE EDITOR or THK SUH-lStr: How easy 1t
would have been for the Great CommoneT. writing
about English Manor Houses," 10 have let an
interested public know thai the property which
has been in the family several centuries" came
into those hands for some service rendered TO
Henry VIII. or Elizabeth, and that the royal donors
we're able 10 be- generous because they had stolen
the patrmony of the poor from the monastic hold
ers, who had at all times responded to the trust
imposed In them.
And in abiding to CranmeT as "One OF the three
Bishops burned" for their religious opinions, would
It not have been as easy to name Latimer and Rid
ley also, and, going a little further. tell his circle OF
readers that all these three heroic witnesses for a
pure Gospel had themselves often and joyfully sen
fenced others TO die a similar DEATH Could the
Peerless One not have moraliEed q little TO the
effect that they who had dealt out IRE should not
complain n they got scorched At LAST Latimer In
1888 actually preached a sermon TO FrtAr Forrest
while the latter was being burned for denying the
royal supremacy. Was he doing this work under
compulsion' There is nothing TO show this that
/ have read.
We may yet see the day when these broad acres
that support one gentleman and ninety nine ten
ants will be parcellcd out among 100 freemen and
"MerTte England" be again . fact, not a memory.
NEW YORK. October IA. RoBERr p. GREEN.
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REJEcTED MANUsCRIPrs.


. r..o,,
10 The bDIfoH W oON-o"' ! hAvs
been deeply Interested In the letters printed
In your paper crltlcising the method NJ
ma9axine NdItors inaamuch "A I hsve ~
a,.ias- s-~.-,....s IL ~dt~- DAu
SuIlous eAperlsnCcs wnn .uiVors myself
zines for some time. and invariably bavs
received with the returned manuscrInt ,ot
"N - ~ NI'Pt' NOT
the hsart breaking printed SIP which one OF
your correspondence described as an insult
but q personal letter signed by the edito-.
and IN aoma Instance. hv an Assistant edlto.
= -. .ana~S -Sn-. g. 49, y
! naNe IeoeIveu more nan lorty % these
letters from editors whom nave never seen.
favora hIv unon n ana al wing that thav wonLS
~ 49, - - 80. 20, Ina,S "ouNN
Ds picasso 70 see more Set AIWaVs returning
the stories submitted. In some instances
the excuses for not accepting the material
were AnRhable. have had manuacrin,.
-a.,road ,yhIch ma corrac,ions madaPss
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ANDORRA.
The Little Pyrenean Republic That PlaIS
SpAnlards Against French.
From the Saturday Repier.

From the SATURDAY heBten,
AndOrFa is vaguely spoken OF As a semi.
independent republic; II is in truth a collec-
ton OF families following patrIarchal customs
centuries old under the benehcent protection
OF two powerful ~nei1hbors. That II has
never been swallowed by either il probably
due to the double fact that commercially IL
is of little value and politically the rights Of
both suZerains are shadowy and indehnable.
Feudal In origin, the Spanish rights are Gems
tired in the neighboring bishopric of UrGel.
while the French trace their claim through
the Counts Of Folk, whose rights were sval-
lowed up by the royal power and later taken
over by the republic. Each suzerain appoints
an agent tor viguierl. SuitorS may. but
hardly ever do. appeal from local decisions
to either a Spanish court at UrRel or a French
one at PerpiGnan. The agents. helped by
the local notables. are criminal as well as
civil judges, but even If there were a police-
find a prison door that locked. Each parish
is governed by two consuls and a council
elected only by the married heads OF house,
holds. For petty local work the parish 10
usually divided into quarters and the adj
ministratiye body. then consists of a meeting
Of all the heads of households resident in the
quarter. The revenue IL derived mainly
from taxes on corn and cattle, the large NUM-
Der OF me tb latter peov'dl liz by 1SG the greater bnSs
neither coinage nor postage stamps, but
FRENCH and Spanish money and stamps are
tluuuy CuIItHts Opdulsh pIcnOullndJiuk
Their Parliament is composed OF the two
cOnsuls and two other deputies from each OF
the six parishes. As each session comes on
the deputies ride in from the countryside
and at the palace find food and lodging for
man and beast.
From twenty-four pegs down come twenty
four black three corneFed hats and Cloaks
Of ancient pattern, the deputies seating them
selves around a long table in the chief room.
Business over. SeastinR begins: and fcasting
done, the sleeping rooms above receive their
guests. Up TO a few years ago Spanish infu.
ence was very strong until in an evil moment
the then Bishop of Urgel was induced 10 give
his countenance to a group OF inanciers who
sought to establish a kind of hydropathi0
casino near thetcapital. Getting wind Of the
attempt, the Andorrans rose as one man and
amid great excitement forthwith hunted the
wOuld-be concessionaires out OF the country.
Suspicion once aroused, IL was for some time
very difficult for foreigners to enter Andorra,
but that is all over now. French influence
has steadily progressed, though those who are
supposed to know roundly assert that the crafty
Andorran thoroughly understands the art OF
playing on one suzerain a gainst the other.
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"strong Armed" Reform in Russia.

According to a leading article pub
lished at st. Petersburg on October IA
in the Premier's personal organ, the
Rossia, Mr.. STOLYPIN has renowned his
former intention of organizing a Gov
eminent party and will lend Ministerial
support at the elections TO the right wing
of the Octobrists, headed by Mr.. A. j.
GUCHKoFF, with whom Count HEYDEN,
the head OF the Peaceful Regeneration
list" party, is expected to combine. The
left wing Of the Octobrists, which under
the leadership of Mr.. SHIPOFF seeded
not long " on the ground that Mr..
GUCHKOFF's programme was not suffi-
GENTLY liberal, will fuse, it is taken for
granted, with the Constitutional Demo-
Gratis, who have just been holding a con-
ference at Helsingfors in Finland.
II is settled, then, that in the approach
ing electoral campaign the more con-
sentative section of the Octobrists, which
still retains the name Of the party, will
have at its back all the engines Of intimi-
dalton and seduction that the Govern
ment can command, while all other
parties will be treated as revolutionary
and will not only be deprived of the privi-
lege Of holding public meetings but will
And the PROPAGATION Of their principles
through the press seriously impeded,
II not suppressed. The Constitutional
Democrats in their recent conference
disavowed that part Of the Viborg Mani
festo which counselled passive resist
ance to tax collection and consumption,
but as they adhered to the other positions
advocated in that document they can
expect no liberation from the Admins
tration. In the eyes Of Mr.. SroLYPIN
they have classsd themselves with open
revoiutlonists. though Il Is unlikely hat
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German Trade with New Zealand.

From Daily C1nsu'1r ant TrId' R'9Jrs
Besides the United Kingdom and the colonies
Germany is really the only competitor Of the Dnited
States for business In New Zealand. The Trade of
the United States Is now nve times as great aS mat
OF Germany, yet the German trade Is Increasing
rapidly. Germany leads the United states In sew
eral lines, but the principal one Is musical instru'
ments. During the year 1904 II sold In the colony
$3.50. 900 worth OF pianos principally, while our
sales amounted to less than $4,000, There Is really
no reason for this important difference except
that the German trade Is pushed and easy pay
ments are accepted. II Is true that this trade Is
mostly in pianos of a cheap grade, but the manu-
faeturers in the United States should he able 70
sell pianos as good on equally favorable terms.
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wage, Of Russian Agricultural LsSor,r,.

From Bureau Of Statistics Bulletin No. AZ.
The extreme poverty and the low standard OF
living OF peasants from whom the agricultural
labOrers are recruited assure a low level OF wages
for agricultural labor. The average wages will
appear almost Incredibly low from an American
point Of view. Notwithstanding the general com
plants OF the estate holders concerning the un-
reasonable demands OF the laborers.
According to an onicial investigation embracing
the decade OF 1852 1901. the average annual wages
for a male agricultural worker in Russia were less
than SS7 and for a female worker less than SIS.
To this must be added the cost of subsis-
tence. which Is equally low, being on an average
ga for a male and t22 for a female worker for a
whole year; so that the average cost OF employing
a labOrer for the entire year Is equal TO only SIS
for the male and $40 for the female.
The wages for the summer season OF Ave months
are almost equal TO the annual wages. being AZ
for the male and slS for the female laborer.
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Before the football teams Of the Univer-
sity Of Chicago and Of Purdue University
meet lei Saturday on Marshall Field
there will be a dinner in honor Of both
elevens In Hutchinson m on the
Chicago campus. The rival teams will be
seated together 80 that opposing players
may become acquainted -in a manner
other than a. hostile Warriors Speeches
are to be made by President STONE Of Pur-
due. Acting President JUDsoN Of Chicago.
Professor MORAN and Athletic Director
STAGE. This is in line with the idea at
Chicago Of eliminating the intense rivalry
between colleges that has clouded inter-
collegiate competition East and West.
When a suggestion like this came from
Harvard recently it was laughed at. But
Chicago is determined to make purity and
godliness in athletics an assured fact. The
Purdue players may be expected to fear
the MaroOns bearing meals and will no
doubt eat sparingly.
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questions Of both right and expediency,
and III s held in allegiance. II the Con-
gress Is convened for business it will, Of
course, be paid, and IL may be deemed
right and wise TO pay whether II Ii con-
vened or not, There 10 no harm in delay
until the situation IL more fully devel-
Oped and the matter is carefully dis
cussed in Washington after the return
OF the commissioners.
The decree states specifically that the
question Of the right Of the members to
compensation IL under consideration
and will be made the subject OF a later
special resolution. Pending q decision
no salaries will be paid. The question
will be greatly simplifed IL the members
whose seats are in doubt would have the
grace to resign, or IL it were possible to
induce them to resign under diplomatic
pressure; but either of these courses Ia
quite unlikely. Politicians who secure
positions by such methods as were en-
ployed In the. Cuban elections last fall
are not easily dislodged, and it is difficult
to decide just what is best to do with
them until they are shaken out Of or law
fully put in place by new elections.
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Even the time honored Corean topknot
Is in danger from the invasion Of Western
ideas. 1t was revealed I'd the Western gaze
in Captain BASH. Halls story Of his hrst
interview with the natives. whose hair. he
said. was formed into q high oonioal knot
on the top Of their heads. The last number
Of the Rored Rsriev says that the Minister
Of Agriculture. Commerce and Industries
has Just risen In his might and declared
that no a wearing q topknot shall here
after infest his branch OF the public service.
The topknot. in fact. has been generally
discarded among the higher classes. but
others have chung more tenaciously to the
customs Of their fathers. This high Official.
however. meant business. and there was an
immediate stampede Of clerks and subordi-
nate officials to the barber shops. whence
they emerged wearing their hair in the
Western style.
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Police, Courts, Lawbreakers and the
Public.

Public.
An inspector of police who has been
allowed TO resign from the establishment,
after confessing his inability to carry
out the orders of the Commissioner,
declares that IL evidence and a warrant
must be obtained before a raid may be
made in the attempt to suppress gam
bling, the gambling and poolrooms WILDE
fiourishing' when the entire present gen.
GRAFTON of peace officers is dead. This
man, after thirty-six years in the Police
Department, gives it al his opinion that
only one method Of attack a be sue
cessful against the betting resorts, and
this he describes:
Let there be organized an axe squad cOm-
posed Of nfSy athletes In the Police Department.
Let these strong armed men visit these places every
day, smash the doors and the gambling implements
in the places as well. and inside OF a month you
wouldn't md a gambling house or poolroom In New
York. NJ arrests are necessary"
This is an epitome of the remedy for
all evils that appeals most strongly to
the police mind. The peace officers have
many experiences that irritate them
against the regular procedure Of the
law. They find on the bench incom-
petent, corrupt, political Judges, who
disregard the most convincing evidence
and turn loose prisoners whose guilt has
been proved and who richly deserve
punishment. They also arraign many
vicious characters, of whose dangerous
character they are assured, and who,
the complaining policemen are morally
certain, are guilty as charged, but
against whom no legal evidence is avail
able. Such prisoners must be set at
the police opinion in regard to them.
Between the dismissal by corrupt Judges
of prisoners against whom ample proof
is at hand and the freeing by honest
Judges of criminals meriting severe
penalties because technical proof is
lacking, the policeman naturally regards
the whole judicial system as a barrier
especially designed to thwart his efforts
TO do his duty.
The public has a different viewpoint.
Bad as the results Of the present sys-
tenn are, they are not to be compared
with the evils that would result from
making policemen the sole judges and
e~xecutioners OF the law. That plan has
nothing to recommend it. The present
method is entirely effective in theory,
and the only one under which the rights
of all can be preserved. All its injus-
tees and failures are traceable to one
cause: the presence Of inefficient and
dishonest men in public office. The
ignorant, dense, stupid Judge; the cor
rupt, weak, foolish Judge-these promote
crime, protect lawbreakers and render
useless the efforts of honest policemen to
do their duty.
1t must not be overlooked that there
are dishonest policemen, and stupid
policemen also. Frequently the police
compliments neglect to prepare their
cases properly and the evidence they
have is not presented as it should be.
Such men add another complication to
the problem: and they also furnish an
other reason why the turning loose Of
bands of peace officers armed with axes
and crowbars, to wreck whatever prem
ises they wish to, could not be tolerated
for a moment in a civilized community.
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War.

From the International journal OF Ethics.
In the so called glorious victories OF Cesar a
million men persisted on the field OF battle. Ma
pOleOn. In the short space Of nine years, was author
lied TO devote 10 the glory Of France" ?. IOs,O 900 OF
her sons. In the ten years following the attack on
Fort Sumter the world destroyed in war 1.4OO, 600
lives and 80. OOO,0 OO. 900 worth OF property. Two
thirds Of the combined budgets Of the various
states of Europe are devoted 70 the maintenance
OF armed forces and TO the service Of a debt DractI-
War expenses in Europe absorb one half Of all the
wealth created by productive labor. In the com
paratlvely Insignificant war OF England with the
Beers England lost g. $50 men and spent Sl,4Oa. -
400, 900. Three hundred and nifty thousand men
we're withdrawn by her from productive Industry
70 engage in the destruction OF war. Military ex
pendltures in the United states during the last eight
years have absorbed 81. JOO.O 600.
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Black walnut.
From the Southeast.

FTUW WF DOUTWUFW'
Black walnut Is produced In this country ~ an
annual rate Of about 100000 feet. me aTgef
portion OF Il now comes from Southwestern Missouri
Arkansas. Oklahoma and Indian Territory, a..
though there Is some scattering growth SIN plcAeu
up IN Indiana, Ohio. Tennessee and West NlrghA'
The most considerable stand Of the wood remaining
east OF the Mississippi River is on the upper waters
OF the GuyandOtte River In West Nlrrinit Ips
home demand for black walnut lumber Is onIS l J"
comparatively small quantities. Its usr i Mrgep
confined to gun stocks, novelties. electrical WorA'
&C. The chief demand for walnut comes from
Germany. and HAMBURG is the commercial Genus
NJ the market.
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Not Mrs. Eddy's Theory.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sh. In The SUN
of October \ is a letter headed MRS. Eddy's Theory
Of Earthquakes" The writer begins by saying:
Mrs. Eddy's own answer to the question Of how
earthquakes originate Is, The devil only knows.
She says this reverently and sadly and thusly. "
The reader naturally expects what follows to refer
10 the teaching OF Christian Science respecting
destructive physical phenomena. Instead he Is
given an outline OF what seems to be the writer's
own notions. In these. however. the writer misses
the point in Christian Science upon the subject OF
destructive physical forces. II is needless 10 add
that all the writer says is as remote from the
subject Of Christian Science as any mlsstatement is
remote from the truth which It mlsrepresents.
II. CORNELL WILSON,
NRw YORK. October Il.
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Exam an Ancient In CooE toun,x

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-iSir' The names
Of our members. the associations aud the conduct
and work OF this organization, the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company, should be and are
a guarantee and assurance OF your uncalled for
libel.
You have no doubt some Erldge POSSIBLY you
we're blackballed when you lived IN Boston, 20
pay, and this II the way you get square.
CHICAGO, October IL. CHAHLHs sINoLKToN,
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than this report Of the department Of
health Of the Isthmian Canal Commission.
IL shows the value Of the careful prelimi-
nary organization which has been effected
and guarantees the most perfect protec-
ton Of life possible to those who dig the
Panama Canal.
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A KIppered Salvation.

FROM a letter IN me Spsc'gtr
A worthy French Protestant pastor was go
in a scottish manse. One morning ki2n''fd y,
rings were served at breakfast. The Fr'n pAS,v,
asked the meaning Of "kippcr' HIS a"'' Iepw
that Il meant TO preserve" On taking MS 70
neat day the French pastor. wnngiuE rs ho'i
hand. said: MAJ the Lord kipper y"I "' s"~
fnrnds
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General Charles Henry GrOsVsnar Throws HIs
Great Moral weight late the Scale.

From the OHIO Magazine.
No man In this republic 10 so great that he should
not bow to the demands Of his fellow citizens 10
OIL any once at any time regardless OF circumstances
II the people Of the country demand Il. No man
who has been elected 10 the once OF President has
a moral night TO refuse q T~esIectlOn n the people
demand H. and the argument herr made extends
that situation forward 80 long a. the demand Of
the people continues.
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Suggestion to AutomObn,.,,.

From me Scientific American.
An automoOtllst OF great experience sug~..,.
that IL Is a good Idea for the driver OF a car to show
his companion on the front seat how 20 switch on
the ignition current In ease the driver suddenly be.
comes lncapacitAted. by this simple operation
the car can quickly be stopped. and the damage IL is
liable 70 do u u runs wild will be reduced.
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The Venus OF Milo explained. ~A.
Il twisted EN- OF trying 10 iastrn me '"'e' INV
die buttons In the hack % she announced
Fsom thls lI was easily Inferred tha' sac S~
hnahanA.
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Stand Par.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: All
honor to Woodbury. for his refusal to stand
Pat. W. II. Foster.
NEW York. October IS.