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DoUBrFUL BIBLE VERSES.
Twelve Verses oG -. Marks Gospel MOI
Accepted by scholars.

To THR EDIroR OF TVS EuN-Sir; Your
correspondent bible student" persists In nus
quotation OF the text, HE that belieyetn enu
Ia baptized shall be saved but he tnat De
lleyeth not shall be damned. : though ne must
know that Professionals. at least, are not re-
quired TO accept IL as authoritative.
The marginal note In the Revised version
opposite the last twelve verses Of Marx SHOWS
them to be OF extremely doubtful antnen,
ITCHY; and since that version was puonsheo
in 1884 there has been further eVloepce
against their genulneness. j REFER 70 tno
Aramaic translation Of the Gospels discoV-
cred in st. Katharine's Convent on Mount
Sinai In 1907. where Luke follows imInsdiateiy
upon the eighth verse Of the last chapter Of
the preceding Gospel without any break what
ever in the text. I'm the Vatican codex there
lie a blank space) A manuscript discovered
by ~Conybeare. the Ethiopic scholar. in 1898
ascribes the Interpolation to Aristion, oil wnom
mention IL made in the pages OF Euseoius.
These verses we're among the subjects ois-
cussed ut the Anglican Church Congress helo
at Norwich in 1895, when 1t was stated mat
the earliest texts from Carthage, Egypt
Sinai and Palestine were all unfavorabie TO
their authenticity. The only important unciai
manuscript containing them Is the Alexan-
drisn, preserved in the British Museum. but
this Ia of considerably later date than the
Sinaitic and Vatican codicee.
With regard 20 Patristic literature, Tregelles
says that "Eusebius. Gregory OF Nyssa, VIC
tor OF Antioch, severus OF Antioch. jerome.
az well as other writer's, especially Greeks,
testify that these verses were not written by
st. Mark. or are not found in the best copies
NEW YORK. October %. u
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Registration In the state.

The last day Of registration up the
State was Saturday, October 20, and
enough returns are reported from the
cities to warrant the opinion that while
a large vote will be cast on November g,
it will fall short Of the total in the Presi-
Dental election two years ago. The
apathy which Secretary SHAW found in
the Middle West does not exist in New
York. remarkable registration is indi-
Gated for a year in which national politics
makes so little stir.
The total for the city OF New York is
e5s,T7S, an increase Of 1900 owe last
year, when there was a strenuous contest
for the m~ayoralty, and a decrease Of
2s,oO1 from the Presidential year Of 1904.
In other cities Of the State the registra-
ton has on the whole been heavier than
In New York. Syracuse reports 29.252,
or nearly 1000 more than last year and
only 300 less than in 1904; Albany 25,O27,
or 100 more than last year, when there
was . mayoralty election; Utica. I4.IOo,
pm increase Of la over last year; Buffalo,
sl7&Ss- or e,SO6- more than in 1902, when
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How Are the People 10 Obtain Possession OF
National Industries

To rHE EDITOR or The SUN--Sir! Appar-
emily Mr.. Goodwin smith thinks that there
are good Socialists and bad Socialists. and
that the way 20 distinguish the one from the
other Is that the bad Socialists advocate legal
confscation. Mr.. Smith also says: TO that
with which the community has at present TO
deal, neither the name 'sOciallstic' nor any
name denoting social reconstruction as h
seems 10 me. oRn be Aptly applied.
Now. as Plato and Sir Thomas More have
been dead for a long time, and the colony
experiments Of the Utopia builders have been
uniform In their failure. 1t follows that that
with which the community has at present to
deal" 10 the Socialist party. Are we 70 infer,
then, that the Socialist party is after all not
socialistic1
Well. let Mr.. Smith attach whatever mean
ing he chooses TO the word; he viii find that
socialism by any other name will grow as
fast.
I wish, however, to say a few words about
the question OF confscation. II Is one upon
which Socialists are by no means agreed.
The national platform Of the party has not
q word TO say as to the methods by which the
people are to obtain possession OF their ma
tional industries. and very few
sociallstlc books discuss this phase OF the
question. This Is not because Socialists
are afraid to express their honest opinions.
hut because as a rule they recognize that
the question Is not one which can De soiVeu
on theoretical grounds.
Many Socialists believe that II would be q
simple act OF justice for labor to resume tiTle
TO that which labor created, they agree m
spirit with the sterner Abolitionists. who
thought II was wicked even TO talk apouI
compensating the slave owners. Others hold
quite a contrary opinion, and agree with the
sentiment expressed by Herbert spencer IN
his discussion Of the land Questton--that so
ciety. having been a guilty party in the crea-
ton OF the present state OF afatrs, must snare
the cost of undoin9 the wrong. But the great
body OF Socialists. | think, believe that the
Iestion will be solved, when 1t arises, on
grounds OF expediency.
Socialists are thoroughly agreed thaC 70
allow a small class OF men TO mOnopolize the
essential natural opportunities OF the coun-
tual slavery. At the same time they realize
that the trust is dominant in the Industrial
field because II is the most efficient instru-
ment OF production, and has therefore sur
vlved in the competitive struggle, For the
same reason il IL idle to talk about pushing
or even controlling" the trusts.
The trust has eliminated or Is eliminating
competition and systematizing production,
in a word. Ia creating socialism in the wofIu
OF production. To establish the cooperative
commonwealth We have only. to Institute
public ownership OF the trusts, thereby estap-
fishing socialism in the distribution OF wealLn
result Is a matter for the future to decide;
The Socialist party has taken no deinite stand
uDon the question. and, as l have sald' hol-
vidual Socialists vary widely in opinion.
WILLIAM q. LIGHTBoWN'
NEW YORK, October %.
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n. J.. October |:


To rHR EDITOR OF TIE SuN-SE: l was inter
ested in an article published by YOU on Saturday
IN regard 10 the LAGOON group.
When I was In Brussels a few years ago ! was
told OF an antique In the palace OF the Due d'Aren
berg. | induced the custodian there 10 show me
this antique, which he rather reluctantly did. II
was in a special room hung with rich red hanglngs,
and with an electric light shining upon the object,
which was none other than the original head OF the
central figure In the LAGOON group. II has been In
the possession Of the Dukes family more than 200
years. and II was claimed to be the original, OF which
the head in the group In Rome was only a copy.
Perhaps you or some OF your readers would be
able 20 give some on this matter
tending TO show whether this head Is the original or
not. Il certainly was a more striking work OF art
than the photograph Of the head In the Rome group
appeared to be.
None Of the guides in Brussels knows Of this an
tiuue. and 1t Is not mentioned In Baedeker's or any
OF the guide books. FRBpERIcK W. PERRY.
NEW YORK, October s8.
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r.sLstt,e Engines on the Erie.

To rHE EDITOR or The sUN-SfV: II you know
the present whereabouts Of the fool killer will
you kindly send him word that there Is q good
healthy Job waiting for him In the executive ofhces
Of the Erie Railroad Company! Somebody there
On fact II Is said there are several. but ] refer to
one in particular amuSes himself by putting toy
engines on trains running on the Greenwood Lake
branch. where the grade Is sunicient to tax q loco
motive Of even the most recent vintage.
On Saturday this particular genius was respon-
sibIe for a delay Of more than an hour and a half.
The train left New York ferry at AIS p. NJ. Be-
tween and Glen Ridge stations the
wheeEy old puner refused TO pun and was even
unable 70 hold the train from backing down the
grade. Had IL not been for the hand brakes Heaven
alone knows whether or no We would have had
an Involuntary trip back to Jersey City.
II the fool killer will only get busy among some
Of the ornclals OF this road he Will earn the undylng
thanks Of thousands OF Jersey commuters who have
suffered patiently and far too long.
A CALDwELLITE.
rAInWRII. " 4 October q.
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The EntomoIOgist Clown.

FTOW ne Duly GFaphIc.
The relics OF the famous clown GTimaldi. which
are to be sold In London during the autumn, do
not bear any reference 10 his favOrite but little
known hobby. With his lnimItable talents AZ a
clown this popular favonte combined q passion for
entomology. which he was able TO practise amid
nelds and hedgerows which have long since been
transformed into bricks and mortar. Indeed his
energy and enthusiasm led him even further aneld.
and In the counties Of Surrey and Kent the Cam
berwell Beauty and other species which have since
become increasingly scarce fell victims 10 his net,
Altogether the drawers Of his well stocked cabinet
contained no fewer than 1900 specimens. Sadler's
Wells, which is associated with some Of his earliest
triumphs. is still in existence. but Asuey's Amphl-
theatre has gone. A house bearing the sign OF the
clown. IN honor OF Its distinguished patron. may
stIl. however, be seen in the neighborhood of the
FIRST named theatre, and "Joey's" remains lie buried
IN the adjoining church OF st. James,, Pentonvfle.
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To rHR EDITION or THE SUN--Str: To my horror
I md in THE SUN ~ to day the following utterances
attributed to the Hon. FinSy Corners:
1--WE have a larger force OF clerks and stenog-
rAphers at work, he asserted loudly and In char
Acteristic language, than was employed by the
Democratic state COMMITTEES In the campaign two
years ago. They work from 0 o'clock In the morn
ing until midnight, too, and"
Great heavens, Can this be truei I cannot be
lIeve that the manager OF that noble and salt
sacrificing patriot and friend Of labor and the Op-
pressed, William Rip EN- Up the Back Hearst, ever
made such a shameful confession. What The
Hon. Fingy Conners make poor clerks work from
o NJ. until midnight In a campaign the sole object
OF which Is to strike the shAckles Of the slave driver
from The limbs Of labor
on, shamei Let us have no more defamation Of
the character Of the ~virtuous and noble. lest tho
patriot despair OF his country and the atheist cry
"HA, Ia" IN the face OF the chosen. W. ". G.
NEW YORK. OcLObcr "a
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CAMPAIGN FUND PUBLICITY.
II Committee Statements Are Not Explicit
supreme Court VIII Inquire.

III statements are MOI kApHclt
supreme Court Will Inquire.
At a meeting OF the executive committee
OF the Publicity Law Organization held
yesterday at $50 Fifth avenue Perry Bel
mont, the president, was authorized TO
issue the following statement:
THE New York State Publicity Organize
ton considers Il proper at this time to call
attention to certain features Of the recently
enacted law. Uron the petition of the
Attoney-General, the District Attorney,
any candidate, or OF any Ave voters, the
Supreme Court or any Justice thereof must
forthwith hold a summary inquest to in
quire into the circumstances relative TO
any such election and any contribution or
expenditure made in connection there
WITH The treasurer OF every campaign
committee must within fifteen days after
election file with the Secretary Of State a
sworn statement OF contributions and ex-
penditures. The statement u include
IN e names Of the contributors, the sums
contributed, the amount and date of every
expenditure and the name of the person
or committee TO whom every payment was
made, and IL shall also disclose the purpose
OF every disburs ement. These statements
thus become a public record accessible
TO the press.
"In order that the effect OF the New York
law in respect 10 publicity and Of similar
laws existing in other States be not i'm
paired. and IN view of the fact that the pro-
posed national publicity law did not reach
final action at the last session Of Congress
although the prevailing opinion was mani
testify In favor Of the principle of publicity
in regard to campaign funds, Mr.. Belmont
was also authorized TO request Mr.. sherman
and Mr.. Grlggs, chairmen Of the Reruh-
lican and Democratic Congressional COM
mittees, to make public the receipts and
disbursements OF their respective COM
mittees."
j.. Osgood Nichols, sacretary Of the eXecU-
tive committee, $40 Fifth venue IL was
announced, will answer any inquiries re-
garding the State law n its enforce
ment.
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TrackIsss TroIlsys in Europe.

In districts where the construction OF permanent
tramways would be out OF the question owing TO
prohlbIuve Initial cost there are In use IN Germany
and France electric transport systems running on
tho ordinary roads. These draw their supply OF
electricity from overhead wires similar 10 those in
use In tTamwAy working. Provision 10 made for
passenger tra6he by means OF omnibuses run singly
OF with a trailer. while goods trafic ID handled by
motor vehicles drawing two or three trailers. The
hrSt Of such lines was opened In 1901. and since that
time quite a number OF services have been inaugu-
rated In different districts. The routes are for the
most part comparatively short. One OF the longest
lines Is that Of the CharbonniArcsl les Binius, near
Lyons. which Is worked with SIX motor cars Of q
seating capacity OF thirty eight passenger each,
A line Is also working between the towns OF Neuen
abr, waiporthaln and nrweiler. A line Is working
regularly In connection with an Industrial centre in
the neighborhood Of WurLen. ermany. over which
some thirty wagons are taken either way daily.
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rHANKSOIVrNG PROCEAMATIOM.
No Nation Ever Enjoyed such Prosperity.
Says President.

No Nation Ever EnyOyou Sucn ~RF~eporitys
Says President.
WARRINGTON. Oct. 2s.-The Presidents
Thanksgiving Day proclamation was made
public at the State Department. to-day.
Il is as follows:
aThe time OF year has come when; in
accordance with the wise custom OF our
~forefathers, it becomes my duty to SGT aside
a special day OF thanksgiving and praise
70 the Almighty because Of the blessings we
have received, and OF prayer that
these blessings may be continued. Yet
another wear Of widespread well being
has passed. Never before in u history
or in the history Of any other nation has a
people enjoyed more Astounding material
prosperity than Is ours, a prosperity so
treat that It should rouse in US no spirit
of reckless pride, and least OF all a spirit
Of Needless disregard OF u responsible
ties, but rather q sober sense OF our many
blessings and q resolute purpose, under
Providence, not to forfeit them by any
action OF our own.
Material we'll being, Indispensable
though It lie, can never be anything but
the foundation OF true national greatness
and happiness. II We build nothing upon
this foundation, then our national life will
be a. meaningless and empty as a house
where only the foundation has been laid.
Upon our material veil being must be
built a superstructure OF individual and
national lives in accordance with the laws
OF the highest morality. or else our pros
perity itself will in the long run turn out
a curse instead Of a blessing.
we should be both reverently thankful
for what we have received and earnestly BENT
upon turning it into q means OF grace and
not Of destruction.
Accordingly. I hereby set apart Thurs
day, the twenty-ni nth day Of November
next, as a day of Thanksgiving and supplica.
ton, on which the people shall meet In their
homes or their churches, devoutly TO
acknowledge all that has been given themi
and 10 pray that they may in addition re-
ceive the power to use these gifts Alright.
I'm witness whereof I-have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF the
United States to be affixed. Done at the
| city OF Washington, this nd Of October, in
the year OF our Lord 1905, and OF the indie
pendence Of the United States b one huns
dred and thirty-frst.
by the President:
-ELIHU RooT,
Secretary OF State
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Failure Of Associated bling

Failure of Associated BeachcOm bing.
Kabakon. an island in the Bismarck
Archipelago in the western Pacific, is
as charming a spot az comes to the view
of the wanderer over those seas dotted
with isles Of beauty and charm. Ii
abounds in cannibals and cocoanuts,
brilliant birds fit through the branches
Of primeval forests, gaudy fishes in
shimmering water balance among the
branches of no less gayly painted corals.
On snowy beaches the simple islanders
I~aughingly dodge the ridiculous cares Of
life, which only lazily make the feint Of
pursuing them. The highest activity
is to lie at ease in congenial shade and
soberly chew the pepper-hOt betel and
idly aim streams OF its ruddy carnations
at hermit crabs upon the beach, labori-
ously Juggling about their absurd shell
houses.
But Kabakon was invaded. It's charms
appealed to a crew of German philoso-
pliers. The simple life for them; no
clothes, no work, no cares, life was to
be one endless round Of happiness. Phi
losophy, the art that paints things, the
art that writes things, all incorporated
! into the "Gesellschaft" Of the Sun Broth
ers. Upon Kabakon they descended; the
sun was ~prOpitious and seemed to well
come his brethren. But it did not work.
One philosopher and one author died
from exposure. Possibly the shock of
beholding German philosophy and Teu-
tonic literature without its clothes on
superinduced a fatal attack Of modesty.
Another philosopher was dined upon by
| the aboriginals of KabakOn. The expert
ment does not seem to have been re-
peated. One German philosopher seems
70 have proved sufficient for the gas
tronomic tastes of Kabakon. Ip that
particular Kabakon has judgment. Al
any rate the experiment has scared the
Sun Brothers away from Kabakon.
It was in this region, in the same archi-
pelaRo, then known under the names OF
New Britain and New Ireland, which il
bore from DAMPIER's discovery down
to the date Of German annexation, that
the Marquis DE REYES headed a similar
settlement some thirty years ago. To
his banner hOcked all the French devo'
tees OF the simple life; the prospect o.
paradise opened before them. But vol,
canoes shOwered lava upon them, land
slides overwhelmed their first settle
ment, their savage neighbors dined upor
them with zeal and appreciation. Hal
and terror stricken the survivors Of tn,
Reyes colony limped into New Caledonis
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From Colorado comes a painful story OF
neglect of a great and good man. We refer
to the treatment Of Mr.. BRYAN by his DEM
ooratic friends who used to be so numerous
in the Centennial State that he polled nearly
all its votes in 1895. leaving a beggarly
6,27I for WILLIAM MCKINLEY. When Mr..
BRYAN reached Denver the other afternoon.
after talking to small and somnolent groups
at way stations, there was no committee OF
arrangements to look after the leader
creature comforts. and he flung out Of
Denver without keeping an engagement to
address a mass meeting in the evening.
Earlier in the day the hall at Fort Collins
was empty when he arrived, and only by
dint OF ringing a bell and using the town
crier was an audience Of 200 raised. There
was nothing for Mr.. BRYAN to eat but a
reversible ham sandwich Of uncertain age
which he bought at the railroad restaurant.
Colorado seems to nave become the enemy's
country. The Bryan myth Is mOulting.
There won't be a feather in it If he doesn't
go away to Van Dieman's Land or Kam-
chatka for another twelvemonth.
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To TIE EDITOR OF The SUN-ISfr: ! CHANGED to
be In a place called TowAco, N. j., last Thursday,
ON the way, at several picturesque little tAverns
in the hills, four out OF every ave bAKroom patrons
called for a hot boy" something all gold and
steamIng. With a section OF apple in II which they
lifted VITA a spoon when the tipple was half con
numed and swallowed with . prolonged and soulful
"Aa-a-h." Now. what is q hot boy"e Is IL pecu-
liar TO Jersey. and what are the ingredients? Can
| get II In New York;
| am well aware l might have asked all these
questions In Jersey. but. well. my curiosity con-
corning II was aroused by a sort of process OF sum
nation by stimuli In reviewing my auto trip upon
returning TO this city. READER.
NEW YORK. October -.
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CAPT. GIBSON RESIGNS.
BrOekIyn Probably 20 Have = Deputy street
Cleaning Commissioner.

rO0Ll IN 0ba bly, 20 Have q Deputy street
Cleaning Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner F. NJ. Gibson of
the Street Cleaning Department resigned
yesterday. He wrote to the new Com
missioner, Mr.. Craven:
In thus s~evering my connection with a de-
partment in which l have served the city Of
New York for nearly twelve consecutive
years, permit me. sir, to commend 20 your
kind consideration the forcs OF men. both
clerical and uniform, which OF its kline | be-
lieve TO be the best in the world. ~ organ
izafion Is complete and thorough hevery re-
spect, and you win find that it will respond TO
every call made upon IL with cheerfulness and
intelligence, however difficult or arduOus the
task may be.
Senator MoCarren's demand for a Deputy
Commissioners for Brooklyn will probably
be complied with, and in that case it il
understood William 8. Clarke, who has
been superintendent in Brooklyn and whose
removal was asked for by McCsrren, will
be transferred back TO Manhattan, prob
ably to take his old job a. the superintendent
of snow removal.
Il think that Brooklyn with 100000
inhabitants should have a Deputy and |
think that The Bronx also should have a
Deputy Commissioner, said Mr.. Craven
yesterday.
Replying to an inquiry as to whether he
was a friend OF McCarren and il the
Senator had anything to do with getting
! the appointment for him Mr.. Craven said
Il know Senator McCarren, but l don't
know II he Is a friend of mine, but l hope
he is. But 1 do know that hs had nothing
70 do with my appointment and that 1t came
from the Mayor alone
One OF the first oficial acts OF the new
Commissioner will be the confirming Of an
award Of a contract to Pasquale Capronegri
for the privilege Of picking the city's
dumps. His offer is % ,34S a week, In the
recent investigation Of the Street Clean
ing Department It was brought out that the
privilege was let TO Joseph Marrone for
$59o a week. although william M. Twins did
not make IL clear that Marrone furnished
garbage as fuel for the electric plant es-
lighting OF Williamsburg Bridge.
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senator Foraker Defends the Courts.

FROM his speech befoe the Society OF he ARMY
of the Cumberland.
II IL important TO protect Cubans In Cuba,
but II IL even more important to protect
Americans In America. IL Is as important
a. the regulation OF trusts and railroads ana
business corporations, on account OF which
we have been invoking the powers OF the Fed
eral Government and with respect to which
powers the President has recently announced
In public speech that they are hampered ana
hfndered by decisions OF the courts that ne
does not hesitate to say are, In his opinion,
erroneous. and which should be. therefore. l
presume. In some manner reversed or avoided.
to the end that the work he has specially
undertaken and for which he has so conspic-
uously labOred may be carried beyond any
thing he has yet accomplished.
1T understand what decisions are referred
to I do not believe they were erroneous. and
/ do not like the yelled suggestion that they
should be reversed. for 1 am less afraid OF
the greed Of avarice than ] am OF the greed
Of power. l would like to see both restrained
with the constitutional limitations our fathers
wisely provided.