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HUNTING. WILD AND TAME.
Tho Amazon Basin the Best Field for Real
Sport and Adventure,

TO THE EpIIoA or TIE SUH-st: Aman barred
three lions before breakfast in Africa the other day
BY that II would seem that big game Is getting
10 be pretty tAne In that much hunted darkest
game preserve. In fact, II Is ssid that the ma
tives do quito profitable business trapping and
caging wild snimsla TO be ioosed and shot al by
the purpled or royal tagged hunters OF Europe and
America. These brave hunters get on instructed.
mild hammered big elephants and follow an army
Of native spearsmen through the jungle.
Well, such sport a. that would be ou, Of harmony
with my wild and woolly ideas about boarding
lions In their dens. II enjoyed the dangers OF
hunting really wild and dangerous beasts and felt
that must kill something think I would surely
try the great Amazon basin, where big and nerce
uame abounds, big cougars panthers bears. lynIes,
wolves and big nocks Of hoofed game. besides somo
Of the biggest reptiles In the world. some OF the
snakes. according to reports Of venturesome ex.
plorers, measuring sixty feet In length, II would
Be an interesting adventure TO grspple with q
dxty foot snake and twttch on his hide for gar
land for my monument.
Besides real warm sport killing things the ANA.
country offers big neld for poetic inspiration
The region is practically unknown. yet known 70
be rich IN vegetation and minerals. There man
getting out Of place harmony With his own eoun.
try might nnd glorious chances TO SQUAT and COM
mencc life anew and grow up with the country.
AhHRasr. Mass. August Is o. II. krnBALI.
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The Composure of MFR. Bryan.

Mr.. BRYAN was the most self-pos-
sessed and oomplaoent person at the
notification ceremony In Lincoln. with
a pleased countenance he surveyed his
audience says one report. On the
other hand the worthy KERN was Ill at
ease and nervous. with cat in strange
garret manner. It was his first appear
ance as q candidate for Vice President,
and Mr.. BRYAN, seasoned loser, knew
how the novice would feel and deport
himself. In fact only the day before Mr..
BRYAN, who with Mr.. KERN was being
entertained at a dinner OF q printers
union, cracked this joke at the expense
Of his associate:
He Ia naturally somewhat embarrassed at the
approaching notification. ! realize how It d with
beginner. but am suro that he viii persevere
the time win como whom he viii feel as do.
90 accustomed 70 being notified that It seems
scarcely an extraordinary OCCASION
The jest, however, b at the expense
Of the Democratic party and not Of the
serviceable KERN. Mr.. KERN 10 not ex-
pected to appear again. but being a
candidate for President Is q business
with Mr.. BRYAN and he has no idea Of
relinquishing it. Indeed he feels 90
much at home in the part that 1t is Sec
ond nature to him and a subject Of quip
and pleasantly.
For the Democratic party Mr.. BRYAN's
business is the grimmest Of jokes, al
though he has the audacity to make
merry over 1t. Three notifications and
three defeats, and then what? Honest
Tom HIsGEN has supplied the answer:
After his usual defea, this fall his usual book
should sell like hot cakes. and that will add little
TO the pile that has been built up from other books
from lecturing and also from the prestige OF being
consistently defested on the Democratic ticket
Mr.. BRYAN has craftily refrained from
not to be q candidate again.
He could not retire from business and
kill time. As long as there is a Demo-
cratic party he will be its candidate for
and he will find some handy
man to take the place Of SEwALL, STE-
vENsoN and KERN.
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THE SUN. FRIDAY. AUGUST 14. 1905.

marriage relation expressly authorized
by an act OF Parliament.
We hardly see how any Intelligent
person can be found to dissent from this
view, unless he be ohurohman Of the
most bigoted type. Even the present
Archbishop OF CANTERBURY comedies
that 1t is impossible TO regard as open
and evil hvers a couple who have con-
tracted a marriage expressly sanctioned
by English law; and the decision Of Sir
LEWIS DIBDIN has received the approval
Of many other prominent ecclesiastios.
Nevertheless, 1t Is announced that the
defendant and the Canon OF Norwich,
under whose sanction he acted, propose
to disregard the admonition contained
In the judgment and to pay no attention
to the injunction to refrain from similar
acts hereafter. Lord HALIFAX writes to
the London Times that the deoision
places an act Of Parliament higher In
authority than the Word Of COP; and
suggests that loyalty TO CHRIST and the
Church of England demands that the
decision shall be disobeyed. It must be
confessed that this Ia not pretty talk.
There appear to be some people In Eng
land as well as In this country who forget
that they live under government not
OF men but Of laws,
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The United States and China.

Those Americans who are talking
about an alliance between our country
and the Chinese Empire can hardly have
given the subject any serious thought.
We do not want an alliance with any
foreign Power, least Of all with one
that could render no equivalent for the
sacrifices we might have to make.
All we now want or shall ever want
from China Is the open Door; that is
to say, the commercial privileges that
now are or hereafter may be conceded to
the most favored nation This, the
sum OF our desires, Ia already assured to
us by our commercial treaties with tho
Pekin Government. II does not follow
that the Japanese or the Germans, who
are on an equal footing. may NOT OUT
strip US In the commercial field through
tho exercise Of superior astutenssa or
energy. Legitimate competition We
muss srpect. and there Is no proof that
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Governor Hughes,

The clustering futiles who are the
Republican machine OF this State have
to be kicked into ordinary political COM
mon sense. The record Of the admins
tration Of Governor HUGHES, whatever
friends or enemies it has made, cannot
be avoided by the nomination OF another
candidate. The change would be con-
fession Of failure. If HUGHES has done
well, through him alone can the Repub-
hcan party avail itself Of that strength
II he has not done well, the Republican
party cannot shift the blame and the
unpopularity on him and hope to win
with another man. 1t Is HUGHES or q
Democrat.
1t is possible that the voters Of New
York may not approve Governor whose
chief offence in the eye Of the machine has
been his refusal to submit to it, to post
pone to its demand the public advantage.
Without cajolery, without threats. with
no illegitimate interference with the
Legislature, by the power Of public opin-
ion and his own upright persistence. he
has forced the Republican meroenaries
to adopt much Of his programme. Most
Of the rest Of 1t tends to dock still more
the power Of the machine. Another rea-
son for its impotent opposition.
It may be that the sores Of BARNES and
WOODRUFF and PARSONS and that gang
have touched with pity the people Of
New York. Perhaps the art Of indepen-
dent voting has been forgotten here, its
old home. But remembering how TIL
DEN and CLEVELAND were supported. In
spite Of the fierce hatreds which they
necessarily created In Democratic rings
and machines, the friends Of Governor
HUGHES can afford to be cheerful,
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LoNo. 'the railroad Senator 10 said by
his private secretary to have "a family on
his hands and small means. It appears
that Kansas has true Athenian fckleness
and 'has refused steadily for twenty
years TO reelect q Senator no matter OF
what party Doubtless JoH BnIsrow be-
lieves that he will be the man to break that
rule. Meanwhile the Democratic nominee
for Senator. the Hon. II. +. FARREIhY. moro
Bryaniao than BaYkS dares TO DO for the
moment, is asking BRIsTow II no favors
the election of Federal Judges and post
masters by direct vote Of the people. And:
Did you not request Senator Loxo 70 procure
draw $500 year from the publle treasury 70 carry
on your campaign. and assure him that yoa would
stand by himf- 4A'4g.itt +. (
!. Does Mr.. FAanKILY maintain that any
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When an Inch IL 100 Tons.

From Ns PhtIodcIphtd BNUefIn,
The rain fell In buckets. the thunder rack
eted terribly. and the lishtn ing drew Eiszag
lines Of bright gold upon the violet sky.
so you too don't know what an inch of
rain 70 exactly said the weather clerk. a. he
looked at his raln measurins tpstrument.
An acre 10 q. M. go square inohes, An inch
Of water on an aore 10 therefore e,277 go cubic
inches. That amount at 277 cubic inches 10
the gallon. eouals 1900 gallons, or 10000
pounds, or 100 tons
An Inch OF rain 10, In other words, rain
falling Ut the rate Of 100 tons to the acre"
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Japan 10 practising any competitive
methods that are not legitimate. II she
shall show herself capable Of undersell-
Ing our exporters In the Chinese market
we shall have no more reason to COM
plain than we have of the fact that Great
Britain has ousted US from the place
which fifty years ago we occupied In the
ocean carrying trade. Il is our own
fault and nobody else's that our flag IA
now seldom seen In foreign harbors, and
II our merchants In like manner disap-
pear from the Chinese treaty ports we
can blame none but ourselves.
The people who are talking Of an "alli-
ance' do not specify what kind Of a, COM
paot they want. Have they In mind such
an alliance as exists between Great Brit
ain and Japan. whereby each Of the par
ties is bound to assist the other should
the latter be assailed by one or more
Powers? At the time when the last
named agreement was made each Of the
signatories had something to gain. Japan
could rely on the assistance Of the British
navy In an emergency like that which she
encountered in 1895, when Germany.
France and Russia combined to deprive
her of the Laotung Peninsula. Great
Britain on her psrt-the present treaty
with Russia not having yet been arranged
could count upon the aid Of Japanese
army in the event Of O Russian invasion
OF India. An alliance, on the other hand,
between the United States and China
would be glaringly one sided. Undoubt-:
edly with our fleets and armies we could
assist the Chinese to resist encroach-
ments on the part Of their Japanese
neighbour, but what could China do for
us II the Philippines or Hawaii were sub
jected to invasion or threatened with it?
She no longer possesses even the sem
blance of a navy, and very little conf
depce is placed in her military efficiency.
Indeed only In the province Of Chilli
does she even pretend to maintain dis
ciplined and well armed force. How,
then, could China compensate us for the
risks to which we might expose ourselves
by defensive alliance2 Not by any
special commercial privileges. for she
could mako no concessions with regard
to trade which would not forthwith be
shared by every nation whose CONNER
cial treaty with the Peldn Government
contains the most favored nation
clause.
We have never had an alliance with
any foreign Power since we repudiated
the obligations contracted by us in I77s
with France. Not even In 1912, when we
found ourselves involved a second time
in war with Great Britain, did we form a
new alliance with France, though we
were tempted to do 30. Possibly during
our civil war IL France and Great Britain
had intervened on behalf of the Southern
Confederacy we might have accepted an
alliance with Russia; but then the na-
tlon's life would have been at stake, as
II was in i777-7S.
There are, no doubt. conceivable con-
tingencies in which an alliance with a
foreign Power might seem to us Of vital |
moment. No such conjuncture is now
In sight |
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THE THRrFTY DRYs OF GEORGIA.

ATLANTA. Aug. ia.-It begins to appear
that Georgia, In her towns and cities at
least. does not propose to be impov-
erished by the Statewide. hermetically
acting prohibition law. In times past the
descriptive title OF Georgia Yankee has
indicated the last development Of tight
wad thrift. Apparently the present gen.
GRAFTON 10 worthy Of the aoquisitive and
holdfast progenitors who inspired the In
vention Of the phrase.
The loss Of tho revenue formerly derived
from tho liquor trade has seriously en-
barrassed Georgia. That revenue used to
50 TO the schools. to city improvements.
and 90 on. Its sudden cancellation seemed
to mean additional taxation. The moral
ecstacy attending the enaction OF the laws
was uplifting. the parades Of women and
children were picturesque. 1t did the
average oitizen good to see the bartenders
and the local drunkards dragged to tho
polls by white winged legions and voted
In the interests Of Thlngumbop But when
the dust and vapor cleared away and the
financial consequences began TO take on
plain and threatening shapes the Georgia
Yankee put an extra button on his breeches
pocket and took counsel with his gloomi-
est apprehensions.
An III hammered deficit then yawned In
his very face. 1t was awful. because Il
threatened to be expensive; and he loathed
that moro than he did the rum devil and
all his freakish angels. So now the blind
tigers run at large six days in the week
they are really careful about Sundays
and semi annually the dealers are led into
the police courts, solemnly found guilty
and fined exactly the amount OF their H.
oenses for the same period under the old
Tho small towns have taken the tip. tho
custom 10 gradually spreading. and soon
Georgia win stand exactly where It did
two years ago. The communities that don't
want liquor won't have It and those that
do will get It. by and large. as freely 40 II
they brandished their spats and parasols
among the moonshine gentry.
After all Georgia is only repeating South
Carolina under the dspensary repeating.
In fact. the history Of every community
where an unweloome law has been imposed
and public sentiment does not approve.
II Ii little different here In Georgia, how
ever. for here the authorities are carefully
collecting the quondam tax and strict
morality walks arm in arm with calcula-
ton
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A ROYAL WRITER or ENGLAND


FroM Cdssetfs Ad0drne.
.0f our own royal family the Kings young
est sister. Princess Henry of BattenberR. is
the only really literary member. and she is
also u quite talented composer. Her Royal
Hishness has recently completed history
Of the Isle Of Wight. Of which abe is Captain
and Governor and II is to be published and
Hsnrys Srse published SooE vas tIsnsis.
tion Of German fairy tale. and her first N usi-
gal somposition wsss song written 70 lyric
however. Is her book on the mysteries, OF iiie
tEle q 'Tross ,ip Tslds, by b. Won b., Al.
though printed In English for private circu-
lation It has never been published In this
country. It was written during the first
year OF grief after the death. OF her husband
and contains passa ees which reveal a very
Of thought and expression.
The Prineess's literary gifts are Inherited
BY her dsuyhtsr. the Queen Of Spain. who
Of the court at Ban sebe stian.. Queen Vic
tors Eugene has 2 considerable knovledge
theatricals at Carisbrooke Castle. In which
she used to take prominent part every year
before she was married"
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DISCOVERY OF THE BERMUDAs.
Famous Wreck That II 70 Believed Wa'
Inspiration for The Tempest
From the Pail MaH Gas,

from me run ~ or UdfeWf.
Together with Drake, Hawkins. Frobisher
and half score OF others belonging to that
naval epoch. Admiral Sir George Somers was
a west country man. Next Saturday the eS-
ploit on which the fame Of this great Eliz,-
bethan tar mainly rests. the practical dis
covery and anne xation OF the Bermuda ISL
ands. Is to be celebrated at Whitchurch Canon
icorum, Dorset tshire. by the uuvei,ing OF
suitable memorial to the hero. This cere-
mony. In the ancient church OF St, Candii'.
Ia to be performed. most appropriately. by
the late Governor OF the Bermudas. Lieu
tenant-General Sir Henry Geary. IL viii be
the 9ooth anniversary Of their anne xation.'
Born at whitchurch, or near Lyme Regis,
In A. d. 1854 tday and month uncertain.
George Somers is said TO have ola lined descent
from the noble family OF that name. Graded.
so to speak. In the stormy times OF the Eliza
bethan wars with Philip OF Spain, he first
went to sea as quite q young lad. He Saw
much service In those interminable maritime
conflicts. and young Somers served under
and won the esteem ahi regard OF tamons
othersl Lord De Ia War;. u was In COM
pany with that gallant Admiral that somers.
In his good ship the Sea Vengeance tven-
turei, bore away for the Mid Atlantic in
ieos. He had previously been knighted by
James l. in icos. Now he was to be justified
Of himself by a splendid and lucrative feat Of
pluck. endurance and the indeh nable quality
known as grit.
The celebrated dIscoverer Capt,in John
Smith had been made administrator of the
newly founded -virglnla Company But.
says Sir Clements Markham. this able al
mlnistrator was superseded. Lord De Ii
War; being appointed CAPITA General df the
colony. with Sir Thomas Gates as Lieutenant
General and Sir @. Somers as Admiral Sail
ing In May, 1909. they were shipwrecked at
Bermuda. The other chips forming tn
Jsmsstown. The Sea Venture. with
sir q. soIners, Sir 7, Gates and Captain New
r S1 so'TS 'sSSFs nS vi. G Ss
ssIied the PatIenoe and the Deiiversncs.
By this means the company. Of ito men and
women va. safely e S Sconvsysd fISm % Bermnds msi.
si.srWsrd 0Ta seturned ri df 70 Ser BermSd. " GwisR ths
there before his Intentions could be Mlallsd,
but the colony at Bermuda was eeta blished.
The death n ueston was Que Gns ado
quantity OF q, particularly dslioa te roast pig.
not o. interior to bis spp,tlts Tor e%pltei
II i q common belief thet shsksspssre pas
sol r. fsmpes r. sc Ia ISe
ferinRs upon the island Of Sir a. Somers and
his ships company, which excited q grest
deal OF interest and snthtisiasm 10 the Eng-
ssiiors io - were national heroes. and rish,iy 80.
There IL. meanwhile, a proposal to celebrate
Bermudas by pageant To be held next year,
ianis IL ss sw 's not y s q s9Ps sSa ns
spesre with q wealth Of local color saFsestiy-
= "rsst s y 'GS1 GSissfs oH III tAs BEsrnSdssi y
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Should Judge Pritchard Resign3


The optimistic talk about the prob
ability Of TAFT carrying North Carolina.
Virginia. Georgia and Tennessee
or all of them-continues with increasing
volubility and emphasis. Feverish per-
sons rush to Hot Springs to submit their
roeeate forecasts to the Republican can
didate. A few days ago former Senator
MARION BUTLER OF North Carolina
breathed into the large. receptive ear Of
the Charlotte 0bserper's Washington cor
respondent veritable rhapsody over
the Republican outlook In his State, and
these are some Of the things he said:
II have Just resurned from . months stay In
the state. and I wac surprised 70 hear 20 many
lifelong Democrats tell mo that they were going
TO vote for TAFT. i am going 70 vote for TAFT:
who are you going TO nominate for Governort'
was the remark that man after man would mako
70 me. II depends therefore upon whom we name
for the State ticket 10 whether win carry the
state. II Judge PRrTcHARp 10 our candidate
think there will be no doubt about our carrying
tho State. o. we did IN 1884, Nobody In the state
would make q more brilliant campaign or Q better
Governor than DR.. THoMPsoS, but Judge PRrTcH-
Azp would get the vote of thousands OF Democsats
all oyer the State.
Tho situation for us is even better now than
it was In 1894. The Democratic party 10 Just 40
bad. has been giving US Just as bad government,
and the people arc even more tied OF II than they
were then
OF course, these little diversions are
innocent and amusing enough. and there
b no reason why 30 delightful wise
acre as ex-senator MARION BUTLER
should not revel in them to the extent OF
his caprice. Excepting one, which is
that M{s-BuTLER proposes to have the
Hon. JETER G. PRITcHARD resign his
place upon the Federal bench and plunge
into the campaign. 1t looks easy to
BUTIER, since he has nothing at stake
and everything to win; but can North
Carolina afford to lose Judge PRITcHARD
In this moment Of emergency? Even
the Democrats, those at least who are
engaged In, pursuits that need the pro-
lection Of the law-is 1t conceivable that
even they would wish TO see him descend
from tribunal which he has graced and
honored TO take part in doubtful polit-
ical strugglef
II North Carolina Is ready to drop into
tbs Republican lap surely almost any
ono could shake the tree successfully.
Why not the Hon. MARION BUTLER, since
he 10 tho only one who seems to be ac-
quainted with all the facts7
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what Has Castro to Fear From tho
Dutch Navy?

Dutch Navy?
60 far % We can Judge from the dis
closures thus far made the Dutch Gov
eminent has every right to be indignant
over tho actions OF President CASTRO OF
Venezaela.
But what does The Hague expect to
accomplish by sending one or two or
even half dozen battleships to ven-
ezuelan wates' In every practicable
port In that country the customs authori-
ties are busy collecting and laying aside
moneys for the payment OF German, Eng
hsh, French and other awards. Most OF
ths properly Of value there is the prop
erty Of foreigners. The only possible
result Of an occupation would be to ar
rest The collection Of funds for the pay
ment OF European tlaimants. The only
measurable result of a bombardment
would be To rare the dwellings and store
houses OF outsiders.
CASTRO lies In wait with a veteran
army on the almost inaccessible plateau
In the interior and laughs at the devices
Of his enemies.
There h only one Power which could
apply considerable pressure to CASTRO,
namely, the United States, and that
would be very difficult He knows 1t and
snickers in his sleeve.
Something may come from that direc-
ton later, but this parade of Dutch war
ships in Venezuelan waters looks like q
mighty Pickwiohian proceeding.
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A Successful Irish Indian.

TruW We huEIoJ GUY Stdf,
Owning hundreds Of acres near Russet and
fertile lands In the valley Of the washita River
lives Mrs Kate o'Brcn. okishomas most success
ful woman farmer. Mn. O'Bren manages her
farm as actively as II she wero q man. She raises
corn, cotton, fruit berries. and has hog ranch q
eoose ranch and many horsea mules and cattle.
There 10 not . f,ner fruit farm tn she State than
Ars. O'Brfen's.
She has scres In sppics eikhty acres IN peaches
and 10 planting another peach orchard Of eighty
acres. railroad running through her farm gives
her q shipping station for her fruit. Prom one
acre Of strawberries Ars. O'Bren received sS7i.se
last year.
Nrs. oB1en 10 citizen Of the Chlckssaw Nation
by blood being one-eiehth Indian and seven.
eighths Irfsh She writes clcvcriy and. showS
keen sense OF humor In her "reminiscences Of pioneer
days and In her telling Of Indian legends and Gus
toma.