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A Clerk who Turned Cab Driver.
From The London Tribune.

= rom inc LOHdoN TlOINf'
Something about Cabby's appearance and mo
tone in which br said Thank sou" for the hare I"sal
fare struck his temporary employer As a little out
OF the Common. How do you like the new joo'
he asked.
The Cabby looked surprised for an instant before
he replied: you are the NrSt 10 md me- out and
7 drove my old boss, too, a fortnight after hao
left him without his recognizing me. Hut NJ
course. he would never expect &" 10 one ~ Ms
highly respectable clerks dr. IN 4 hanson can.
on. II suits me Al. Never been =, well In my ld'
And that. OF course. was my main object In taxing
TO II. The doctor had warned me that = fe" more
years Of sedentary work would land me In consnnp
tIon. I don't look much like II now, do y Ana
I've gained four pounds In weight In thetVo months
since ! took TO driving. not to mention the Improve
mcnt In my spirits and my temper
II was getting e2 a week In the city. and I'm NOV
far OF netting the same amount now, though, ~
course. the hours are longer. The expenses, on me
other hand, are less; you'd he surprised how mNc'
cheaper II Is to bring your dinner with yo1 man 70
go To a restaurant for II day after day. Altogether
I manage 70 save more than | did when atthe de'h'
and as soon as I have saved enough to 1et = cAo
OF my own | iOOk forward TO = pretty snhSl7nWa'
weekly balance on the right side OF the ledger
with the open air life TO boot"
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1.-THE Act OF GOd.''

In the days when to go to sea was a
fearsome thing marine documents, ships
papers and the like bore a somewhat
reverential cast. And so may the good
ship end a successful voyage was the
way in which the charter parties were
drafted. THE act Of COP or the Kings
enemies was an invariable exception
solemnly stated in policies OF marine
insurance. In the same sepse Of recog-
milton Of the greater force, that against
which man a oppose no resistance,
that against which his foresight can
adopt no %precautiOn, this has been in
a marked degree a year Of the act Of
GoD.' In fire and in dust the works Of
man have gone down 20 ruin in such a
list a. few years have shown.
The record opens with Vesuvius.
From the impulse Of hidden forces the
very shape Of the mountain has under
gone q = change. Fire and Stag have
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Lord Rosebery TO AdmIr.r. Of Burns.

From the Wssfminster Gazette.
Lord RosebeTy made an eloquent plea at AYR
last night for the preservation OF the Ayr Aud
Brig:
III every man who has attended a Burns dinner.
and shed tears over the memory Of Burns. and made
speeches about Burns, and rccited poems about
Burns, and drunk whiskey In honor OF Burns N
every one OF these now living In the world would
send a shilling. OF even Sixpence. to the central
fund. why, your Golfers would be overlooking ana
you would have 10 gild the old bridge In order TO
eGpend your funds. Are we to suppose that the
Burns Jubilees which We have had. and these annual
dinnerS, At which there are such REGULATIONS and
oratlOns and libatiOns, such unbOunded enthusiasm
such sinking OF the voices At the bare mention Of
the dlstreSsos OF the poet, are a sham. and that
when a definite opportunity offers TO reduce these
professions 20 practice the money. the little money
required. remains In the pockets OF the worship
nerss"
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OPIUM WARs or cHINA.
From ~ Lonaon CAronleIs.

EN0W ktt LVWn0H NHfVHtetts
AZ the result Of the Recommendations Of
ton with Yuan-Shi-Kai and Tank-ShAo-Yi.
an odict was issued tonight ordering tho
abolition Of the Use Of opium. both foreign
and native. In China, within ten years.
As far back As the beginning Of last CEN
tury the Chinese Government desired to
rid the country OF the curse Of opium, the
use Of which had been steadily growing
among the inhabitants. Before 1897 the
import Of opium had rarely exceeded 200
chests, but In that year II amounted to
1000. By 1900 II had increased 90 alarm
tngly that Al Imperial edict was issued
prohibiting the importation and threatening
all Chinese who use It with condign pun
ishment.
The traffio in opium had always been q
smuggling one, and the ediot did not pre-
vent Its ~increase. India was the great OK
porter Of the drug, and II was because the
revenues derived by India from its export
to China were threatened that our first war
with the latter country was entered into
In 1885 the Chinese Emperor prohibited
the trade. In the same year q quantity OF
the drug was burned by the Chinese at
Canton. For three years trouble occurred
connected with the trafic, until at length,
in March. 1880, the Chinese Commissioner
at Canton ordered the seizure Of opium.
The British residents we're forbidden to
leave. and the factories we're surrounded
and outrages committed. A few days
afterward the British Commissioner at
Canton required the British residents to
surrender to him all their opium. By May
over 10000 chests were surrendered and
the Commissioners and British residents left
Canton, the Chinese afterward destroying
the opium.
This was followed by the Emperor Of
China in 1870 interdicting all trade and
intercourse with England forever. War
was declared by Great Britain, and lasted
until 1912, when a treaty Of peace was signed,
Hongkong being coded to the British.
Nothing was said in the treaty Of the opium
trafic, which went on as before.
In 1853 we were again at war with China,
the opium trafio being m Of the princi-
pal reasons. In this undertaking France
joined US. The war lasted until 1883, when
peace was signed, one stipulation being
"A revision OF the tariff"
The third and last war that We embarked
upon for the sake Of opium was in 1850,
France again being u ally. In this "
petition the allies marched on Pelin, and
the summer palace Of the Emperor was
burned by the British. Peace was signed
on October "a. 1890, and the opium traffic
~established
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AN APOLOGY TO EDITORS.
How an Ambitions Writer saw the Errer
OF His Ways and Abando ned the Pen.

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: Few
authors possess that mysterious. God given
quality OF lucidity which constitutes literary
genius.
As a writer mot author | received my edi-
torial emo two years sgo, after which |
retired into an aching literary void.
For three years prior to the above date
Of Information ] haunted the editorial offices
Of this city with brazen eTrontery. | was
convinced that II the editors could only see
me IL would help some. | wanted them to
note my classical features and listen to my
cultured tones.
OF course / could not sandbaR the out
Of town editors In this manner. but | devised
a system that was devillish in its sweet sim
The story lsave the mark being. finished,
| invested in 80 worth Of stamps and directed
envelopes to out OF town editors.
Now, a. a matter OF fact my honest opinion
Ia that my manuscripts were rotten" l
trust you will pardon the use Of so vulgar
True, / occasionally had an acceptance that
carried my work into the Sunday editions,
but the pieces printed were diminutive
One Of your big neighbors accepted an arti-
Gle that would have appeared over my sigma
ture had l waited long enough: But twelve
months seemed good and plenty to me. so
Ny, versatile pen 9eE. turned to the drama.
wrote NY little sketch. took il to a pub
fishing house. and. wonder of wonders. they
published il in book form for amateurs.
Talk about frosts, WOW! And I know
whereof I speak, because ! saw II played.
To sum up, | believe that all OF my pieces
were weak dramatically and o0nstructively
and were besides Eighty and Elusive. The
wonder to me il. How did I ever meet with
the remotest possibility Of success?
To the editorial STATS I say: Gentlemen,
accept my profuse apologies, | salute you
all as being the most long suffering. gentle
and kindly disposed class OF business men
/ hav e ever met" CURED.
NEW YORK. October a.
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THE CANINE MIND.
Dogs DO Not Learn the Reasons for What
They Are Taught.
From the CorHhu MaOa-fne.

From me C0rHhM Magazine,
Hts acquired dexterities are the best Illus
tration OF the inventiveness OF instinct. while
at the same time they indicate where inven-
tive Instinct falls short of rational action.
He is skilful In gettinga walking-stick through
a narrow opening In a wall or a railing. An
observer. seeing him push the stick along
with his teeth ill he gets II at the crook and
then dra wing it through the hedge, might
attribute the act to reflection, and say, what
an observer OF Principal Lloyd Morgan's
dog said on a similar occasion, Clever dog
that, sir; he knows where the hitch do lie.
Now this is precisely what my dog land Mr..
Lloyd Morgan's dog also does not know.
When he feels the hitch he knows how to get
rid Of il, but he does not understand II.
put him.. in imitation OF Mr.. MOrRan's eV-
pertinent. behind some ratings. The dog
ran at them. holding the stick by the middle.
and did this more than once. Then. in the
excitement OF his desire TO get through and
Join me. he began TO seize the stick at random.
and seiEinR il near the crook he was able 10
pertinent he was clever enough to seize the
stick, after n very few trials. at the right
pIac and imagine that II H. the rate NJ which
the lesson IL learned that makes the difference
bet W one dog and another.
Even now, when he has become expert, he
irst runs at the narrow opening holding
the stick by the middle. and then when he
has failed he skilfully and without further
learned thus how to do the action by trying
repeatedly at random, and falling. until sue
cess crowned his desire, he remembered the
method OF success. Compare his action with
the same action as done nationally by = man.
TO do the action because he has not ~analvzed
il into its means. His means are not DELHI
crate means taken to secure an end, bur thcv
are a lucky device struck out by the urgencv
OF desire. He has learned how it goes, but
not tho CO of IL
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Mobiles Latest LynchIng.

The Government of the State Of Ala
bama shares with the masked members
Of the mob responsibility for the lynch
ing of two negroes just outside the city
Of Mobile on Saturday afternoon. The
mob could not have got at the negroes
had the State done it's duty. The Off
GERS of Alabama had ample warning of
the condition that existed. Had they
used. reasonable diligence they could
have prevented the violation of the laws
Of their State which their sloth and neg
ligence made possible.
Few rural communities in this coun-
try-or urban communities, for that
matter-have adequate police systems.
Practically no Southern towns outside
the large cities maintain sufficient men
on duty regularly TO insure it against
mob violence. Often lynchings occur in
such settlements without warning be-
fore the authorities are able to do any,
thing. In the Mobile case it was possible,
however, for the officers to have out
witted the mob, or made such prepara-
tions that no mob would have gathered.
For their failure TO do either Of these
things they are justly held accountable.
The frequent failures of Southern
State and municipal Executives to do
that which is obviously necessary to
preserve the peace in their jurisdictions
deserve only n Interpretation. They
will be accepted az confessions that the
men in Office believe mob rule is better
than the orderly administration of justice
through its regular channels.
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DragO Doctrine and Law of Nations

The distinction between the doctrines
usually confused, the doctrines, namely,
originally prOpounded by Senior CALvo,
long Minister Of Argentina at Paris,
and by DR.. DRAGO, who was the Argen-
tine Minister of Foreign Relations at the
time of the bOm%bardment of Venezuelan
seaports by British, German and Italian
war vessels, is appreciated and brought
out sharply by DIR. GEORGE WINFIELD
SCOTT Of the Carnegie Institution in the
latest number Of the North American
RevieU. DIR. SCoTT also directs atten-
ton To the difference, often overlooked,
between the question concerning rom
tractual obligations originally submitted
10 the last Pan-American Conference
and the resolution actually adopted by
that body.
Neither Senior CALvO nor DR.. DRAGO
seems to have denied that every indeDen-
dent State has, as a logical and inevitable
inference from the fact of its independ-
ence, the right to determine for itself
whether it will or will not use force to
compel the fulflment Of pecuniary obliga-
tiOns contracted toward its own subjects
by another State. It has, however, been
the custom of first rate Powers in their
dealings with one another to refrain. for
reasons Of domestic expediency, from
exercising their legal right TO collect the
bonds Of foreign States due their subjects.
Moreover. as a matter Of usage, they have
required their subjects to exhaust the
judicial remedies obtainable from the
debtor State before calling upon their W
State to interpose for the presentation
Of their claims automatically. What
Senior CALvo urged was hat the custom
followed by first class Powers in their
relations with n another should be
followed also by them in their dealings
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written On its tanks the lesson Of lie
might.
In the heart Of the South Sea the new
one Of Manga Al IL filing up the valleys
OF Savaii, destroying plantations and
driving the population TO seek refuge on
other islands, there to begin life anew.
News comes but slowly and at long inter-
walls from that distant spot, but within
the last few days IL has been reported
that the activity Of the volcano 10 greatly
increased and calamity Ia feared.
The havoc Of San Francisco Ii fresh
in mind. The earth slid nine inches.
The movement was enough TO shake into
dust the city Of the Golden Gate. The
same operation OF the unforeeeeable
forces Of nature has ratified to pieces
Valparaiso, a city which was Q wealthy
centre OF the worlds commerce when
the ports Of North America were little
more than havens for the buccaneer.
From widely scattered observatories
comes in these last few days the an
nouncement that somewhere as yet UNI
known, but probably in the southern
hemisphere, there has been q crash OF
earth as great as those which destroyed
San Francisco and Valparaiso. 1t will
be long before the site OF this latest dis
turbance is known; it may be that It was
entirely submarine. and may therefore
never DO identified. Again, It may be
that the sea has found access to the CEN
trail fires OF the new volcano in Savaif
and that the roof Of the island has been
blown OF in the crash, for a neighboring
island stands 10 a lasting memorial that
such was the fate Of an ancient volcano
in those seas.
These calamities have been monu-
mental. Each would be sufficient to
mark an epoch in the annals Of disaster;
a single year includes them all. Not one
could be foreseen by q moment. No
measures could be devised to secure
protection or means Of escape. One
recurs to the old phrase and finds nothing
that may better describe it than as a
year in which the acts Of GoD have been
made manifest.
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GOVERNMENT RAILROADS..
Partisan Control OF Employees Urged AZ
Serious Oh lection.

To TIE EDITOR oF THE sUN-Sir; When
the proposal was made by Mr.. Bryan in his
Madison Square Garden speech advocat ing
the Federal or State ownership OF Interstate
or infrastate railroads respectively, the
chief ground of objection which ca me to the
writer's mind was that which has required
many times in former Presidential elections,
viz. That the party then In power possessed
and exercised a very great and effective but
unfair advantage. in that the multitude Of
employees Of the Post once and Interior
Departments and their dependents and con-
n~ections were necessarily active partisan MS
Of that party and proba bly, would hold the
balance OF power nj the pending election.
Whatever the force OF that objection. how
much stronger IL would be, and how much
greater the power of n Federal or State Gov
ernment to continue itself in political com
troll. II to that voting power should he added
the greater multitudes of voters connected
with railroads and their allied enterprises,
all OF whom, to a greater or less degree, would
face the expectation OF risk OF losing their
places by a change OF the political party then
In CONTROL
This objection or argument has not been
discussed in the press to the writer's knoWl-
edge. and IL IL suggested that its public dis-
CIssion would be Instructive and beneficial
10 the general public, for Il is generally agreed
that the long continuation in power of one
political party in a republic Is OF doubtful
benefit; " not dangerous TO the best interests
Of all it's citizens. INDEPENDENT,
NEW YORK, October a..
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III o HOUSE"
Legend Of the Home or Mary and IN.
Saviour.
From As rortnlohau R.rl.,n.

From ne FortAtOhdv Rsrlsp.
Let me FIRST gi,S the main outlines OF ths
legend. At Nazareth was preserved with
pious care the House Of our Lady. Ths
dwelling place In which she received the Vra.
oious message OF the Incarnation. the lowlv
home which sheltered the Holy Family for
30 many years. was q very precious sanctuary
On May 10. 1901. a month after the taking Of
Tripoll and Ptolemais. this Holy House was
carried by the hands OF angels from NazA.
reth 20 a place In Dalmatia between Fiums
and Tersatz on the AdrIatic shore.
IL was a one roomedN edlhce, built Of rad
square stones, fastened with cement. and
bore proof OF age and Oriental design. IL
stood without any foundations and had a
wooden decorated ceiling. The walls yers
covered with frescoes there was a door anda
narrow window: inside there was an altar
Of stone, an ancient crucihx. a small Gun.
board. containing a few vessels OF common
use; a chimney and hearth. above which was
a cedar statue Of our Lady with the HOLY
Child In her arms. Tn pastor OF the place
learned In n vision that the building was tina
House Of Our Lady; the stone altar that at
which 81. Peter celebrated mass. and tina
statue the work of St. LUX the Evangplis,
In proof of the vision he was cured Of a serI-
Gus illness. A deputation OF four responsible
persons forthwith we're sent TO Nazareth IN
investigate the mystery ana tnere they found
that the house was no longer to he found.
Measurement and other means taken proved
that the house that had suddenly appeared in
Dalmatia was indeed none other than that
which had "a suddenly left Palestine. Thres
years after. on December 10, 1896, the HOLY
House again disappeared. and under the pom
tificate OF Celestine v. came to Recanati, A
little town in the March OF Ancona, when II
nxed itself in a laurel grove belou ging TO-
pious lady called Loreto. II was discovered
by some shepherds and soon became recog-
nized. and was henceforth a much frequentsA
place Of pilgrima Re. Eight months fter-
ward the house removed TO a small hin. three
miles from Recanati. TO land belonging to
two brothers, who, however. fell ont shortly
after ward over the division OF wealth which
began to flow TO the new shrine.
To save strife between the brothers the
house was suddenly lifted once more. and
this time settled down. finally. in the midst
OF the public way. which had to be diverted
in consequence. Here, too. in the course Of
time q chapel was built. which gave way In
time to the present basilica. The famous
pill Rrima &c Of Loreto goes on to-day. Popes.
Kings and Princes have visited this shrine
and left great gifts. Later on a festival with
liturgical rite2 was Instituted, and In time the
feast OF the translation Of the Holy House was
extended TO many countries.
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nishoDest BOOk Publishers.

From the North American Rsr,er.
Publishers Of books. for example, have
discovered, or think they have discovered.
that an effective inducement TO a pro-
spective purchaser ia the knowledge that
many persons ave bought and presumably
read with delight the offered product, Hence
the frequency Of announcement to the effect
tina so many thousands. or hundreds Of thou
sands, of copies Of a certain book, usually 4
novel. have been sold or at least printed.
We do not doubt that some reputabl houses
are ~scrupulously exact in making such state
ments; but In the majority Of cases the
figures present a woful XsREeration. We
have too much respect for the Intelligence
OF the American public TO believe that they
are regarded seriously, and vet their presen'
tatiOn must have some effect or publishers
would not persist in the usaG
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indian Observance OF HOLIDAYS.

From the indian School journal
One OF the most picturesque and interesting o'
spectacles now TO be seen among the famous LacoS
(SlouX) tribe Is their celebration OF the foNrih OF
July. Among the many phases Of Civilization
which these Indians have adopted may be nep
toned the observance OF our holidays, OF, a. has
been remarked. rest days. These people have taken
advantage Of the liberty and license offered by me
white mans holidays to combine their forms Of
celebrations Of native feaSts, games and merry
making with those OF their white brother. indian
rites and customs which are supposed 10 reiari
civilization and arc therefore discouraged arc
suffered by lndulGent officials on days When tne
white man gives expression to pent up enthusiasm
Hence the Indian reverts to his nativity on our
great national birthday.
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HAECKEL AND MONTSM.
A Can TO- Evidence Q: the RefuIausn OF
HIS PhIiO OOly.

To THE EDITOR or The SUN-Sir: Will
Mr.. l.. H.. Starkey. who writes to THE Sun
on the subject Of Haeckel and mOnism under
date OF October 4, please say who il was that
characterized Haeckels clever pedigree OF
man" as being of no more scientific value
than that Of one OF Homer's heroes, and in
form me where he sai ID IL? Will he also kindly
say who are the -philOsOphic thinkers Of the
first class" who have completely refuted
Haeckel's mOnistic system OF philosophy?
am acquainted with sir oliver Lodges
answers to- Hsecksl as they appeared in the
HILBERT journal" and as they have since
Neen published in book form. must saw
the great British physicist does not seem 70
me convincing: but as am not a scientist
that counts for nothing, Also do NOT
understand that moRism lives and dies with
Haeckel.. To one who has for many year
studied the subject as best he could in auch A
publication as the MORist (ChicagoD, such an
assertion, II II we're made. would seem to be
quite untrue. However II Is Information / am
seeking; and for Mr.. Starkey's references /
shall be obliged.
HARRY DOUGLAS ROBINS.
NEW YORK, October 9.