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JEROME. Dlatrlct Attorney Jerome ha aald and don precisely what was expected of hlra by those who knew him beat and liked Mm moat. We do not se why he might not have, made hia declaration a little aooner, and aaved hla profeaaed admirer and apodal champion, the leader of the Cltlaena' Union, from the perpetration of the political absurdities 'In which he has Indulged; but the lat-, ter gentleman ha a no occaalon for complaint lie might have aaved himself by the simple and obvious course of be lieving In a he sincerity and consistency Of the gentleman he thought the beat fitted for the Mayoralty nomination. So far as the public are concerned. It la, perhaps, Just aa well that the cviiioua and Ill-considered policy of Mr.

Cuttino and his Immediate friends should have ended In thla open and rather ludicrous failure. Bo far as can be gathered' from their proceedings up to the present time, they seem bent on making a Mayoralty campaign on a pretty advanced and radical city ownership and operation platform, which haa no logical connection with the objects of the Union. Now that the candidate whom they aclected as most likely to secure popularity for that platform flatly refuses to let hia name be used, they are likely to be driven to take a candidate more completely representative of their new Ideas. In that caae, we ahall have their theorlea put fairly clearly before the people, and the declaton regarding them will be more doclalve. For ourselves we have little doubt as to what the decision will be, and none what-- aver as to what It ought to be.

But It will be a good thing to have a full dls- cuaalon of the' matter. The people of the city are to be congratulated that Mr. Jerome has vindi cated and advanced that reputation for honest courage and straightforward sense which so much of his past career baa Justified. lie not only preserves bla self-reapect by hla adherence to hla original well-conaldered poaltlon and programme, but he shows that he un-deratanda thoroughly the kind of work ha Is beat fitted to perform. In which ha haa had the most experience and 'training, and aa to which he can fairly ask for continuance of public confl denes.

lis Is not bitten by the illusion that his personal popularity Is lndepen dent of bis public service, and can be drawn on for advancement In any dl paction he may fancy. He preaenta hlmaelf to his fellow-cttlsens aa a can didata for an office In which he bas been fairly and practically tested, and for no other. That Is a manly and In taUlgeot thins; to do. As between him and the people It Is distinctly what may be called a aquare deal. Labor day facts aicd refac tions.

According to a leading commercial agency report of current conditions, mora labor disputes have reached settlement and no serious controverstea are threatened, while in many aectlona tha supply of wage earners la Inadequate." Looking backward a little, the chief exception to this happy atate of affairs was tha Chicago teamsters' strike the flaaco upon tha local elevated and subway lines, and the atill current strike a-aJnat the American Bridge Company. This Is National in Its scope, but Is spread out so thin that It hardly could be aaid to be of exceptional Importance except for tha spirit discloses. It la bad enough when atrlkea are made simply for reoognl-tkm of unions, when wages and hours ara satisfactory. This strike is made against a concern which has and which observe a contract with the union. Tha strike la against the company's subletting business to the loweat approved bidder.

The trouble began In New England, but It Baa stopped some work In this city and in districts even remoter from the original focus of in- Xection. lnci Jding soma Oovernment contracts. It includes a possibility of check to exceptionally promlaina: activity In tha building- trade, but much STeater probability of collapse as total aa that of tha telegraphers upon the Northern Pacific and Great Northern RaQara The Chicago printers' strike and tha metal workers' strike hare are of only local importance. This encouraging summary gains sis Tnldcaoca by comparison with last yaara dark record. Tha Colorado minora strike, with Its conditions of clvH I war, would blacklist labor record of any year.

Entitled to rank with it were tha atrlkea of. tha bituminous miners, of the great lake masters and pilots, of 50.000 of the garment work-era here, of the Tall River cotton operatives, of the beef packers Eaat and and Mher controversies In tha buUdtng. bricklaying, plumbing, freight handling and other tradea which would seem Important If they were not overshadowed. Neither side can look back upon tha record of either this year or last with gratification. Employers have won all along the line, it is true, but at a coat of disturbance of trade and loss of profits so serious aa to make the insurance of future freedom from disturbance seem dear.

To safeguard what they have won representatives of many employers have organised a National association to promote their interests. In the future labor organization is likely to be met by capitalist organization, and legislation la likely to ba sought to remedy grievances admitted br all except trades unlonlsta. and perhaps even by them In candid moments. At best there are not 3.000.000 trades unionists In the United States. It la Intolerable that even the united opinion of this one-tenth of American workers should rule labor conditions to the exclusion of the opinion of all who differ with them.

Especially unfortunate have labor leaders been In their recent collisions with the law. Unions have been held liable during the disastrous period under review under the same Conspiracy and Anti-Trust acts ss regulate capital in Its activities. They have been mulcted for causing loas of employment to they have, been fined for con tempt In disregarding Injunctions against Illegal acta, and there la pending a caae for damagea aggregating $240,000 against individual untonlats, with attachments aralnst their bank accounts, for dam ages caused by attempts to compel unionization of shops. Moreover, strikers who have lost their cases have sacrificed their uniona and their waes as well as strengthened their emoloyers' legal status. In the first six months of this year and In New York State alone 165 labor organizations dissolved, and others merged In surviving- but crippled unions.

At the end of the year's first quarter members of unions numbered 374,202, signifying a loss of 17.414 since September. This includes 8.741 who abandoned their unions In this city alone. The figures for the United States, if they could bo known, would surely bo Impressive. The picture Is not wholly dark. If labor has been defeated with exceptional thoroughness, it has prospered as never before.

The year began with only 100 unemployed among each 1,000 of the approximately 100,000 wage earners of the State. The previous New Tear's found 231 in each 1,000 unemployed. There Is no authority for stating the present conditions, but they are certainly better, and perhaps un-precedentedly good. One reason for thinking so Is the reports made by the savings banks. Their deposits Increased for the first half of the year $52,000,000.

which is considerably more than half of the previous largest Increase for any year, which was In 1809. This Is a happy contrast with conditions when working-men were withdrawing funds because their wages were stopped or lessened by strikes. It Is In evidence that the unions spent $1,500,000 during the bituminous miners' strike. The United Mine Workers alone expend an average of $1,000 in strike -benefits." It Is safe to say that during strikes more money is withdrawn from savings banks than is received In benefits." And when there Is no occasion for benefits the money flows Into the savings banks. Perhaps no previous Labor Day ever provided more sobering or more encouraging facts and conditions for laborers and employers alike.

THE CHHfESE STUDEHTS' VIEW. If the Imperial Oovernment In China can stop the boycott of American goods, aa it has undertaken provisionally to do. It will prove one of two things either that It has more control over Its subjects than it has generally been supposed to have, or that the anti-American sentiment among; the Chinese is not so bitter or so stubborn aa observers on the ground have reported it. We have said that the suppression of the boycott has been undertaken by the Imperial Oovernment provisionally. That is what the dispatch of our Minister practically announces.

The United Statea Government," says the decree, "has promised to revise the treaty, and people ahould peacefully await action of both Governments." Thla clearly leavea the Chinese Government a free hand If our own does not revise the treaty In the sense demanded by the agitators of the boycott. It also impllea that If the United States fall in this the Chinese Government will act In some manner to satisfy the sentiment which it now requires to be silenced for the time being. If the Chinese Government can carry out the terms of the decree there will be at the best only a truce until Congress shall have met, until a new treaty shall have been submitted to the 8enate and ac tion thereon taken. Nor must it be for gotten that the most offensive featusps Of the treatment of Chinese of the excepted and admissible class are not matters of treaty at all. but of legisla tion and of Executive practice.

The President has ordered the agents of the Immigration Bureau to conduct themselves with mora decency, but the ar bitrary powers they possess and the mode of exercising them are defined by legislation and can only be changed by Congress. Obviously the matter la not settled. There is oly too Uttla prospect that It can be Settled when Congress convenes. Meanwhile It Is well worth noting, whatever other motives may exist for the boycott, that the student class, which is very large and naturally Influential, la unquestionably outraged by the treatment actually dealt out to their associates who have attempted to come to thla country to complete their education. We have received a report from the North China Daily News of Shanghai of a meeting of atu-dents of the Anglo-Chinese College at Foochow, 500 miles In the Interior, who, to the number ot 3S0.

assembled to present to the American Consul a protest against the mode of enforcement of the Exclusion act. The protest Is a temperate document. It objects generally against discrimination between Immigrants from China and those from other countries. Specifically It -complains of the Indignities suffered by Chinese of the excepted classes, especially the stripping them of clothing for the purpose of physical examination, the delay in the examination, the wretched shelter afforded them, the refusal to allow them to have the aid of friends or counsel; and It asks that these abuses be abolished, that the range of exceptions from exclusion be extended to Include clerks, cooks, miners, laundry men. and akllled mechanics; that merchants with $1,000 capital be allowed to come and go freely, and that registered Chinese shall be secured In all their rights as legal residents.

Most of the specific propositions of this document are reasonable enough, but the demand for an extension of favored classes as well as the general demand for treatment of all Chinese Immigrants on the same terms as those of other nations cannot possibly be obtained from Congress. It is interesting to observe that here Is evidence of a real patriotism In the Occidental sense, a pride of country and of race; a desire and a demand for equality of treatment. True, these students are under the Instruction and influence, as we understand, of British missionaries, but it is noteworthy that this fact has stimulated and has not repressed their national sentiment. And this sentiment Is evidently shared by the numerous supporters of the boycott. The most exclusive race In the world Is actively trying to force the barriers that oppose their intercourse with the outside world, hitherto despised and hated.

That speaks volumes of the new forces at work on the other aide of the globo. ENGLAHD AND FRANCE. Recent international transactions In the vicinity of Portsmouth, N. have served somewhat to obscure those international transactions of a more romantic nature that were taking place in the vicinity of that other Portsmouth. The recent expression of French and English mutual good will may without exaggeration be interpreted as the most sentimental and remarkable international demonstration that the world has ever seen.

Pages of print In London-some of it In the French language with pages In Paris filled with corresponding sentiments, leave no doubt. Panegyrlo in every variety of mental appreciation. In every stage of Intellectuality, seems to have been exhausted In an attempt to give the subject the publicity which the two embracing peoples thought It deserved. The French visitors were both Impressionable and watchful. In their eyes La Belle France was a woman ready and eager to be wooed by Ce Benu Anglais.

But there was always present the phantom of that traditional destroyer of happy International homes, l'Allemagne, and about him the lovers soon began to exchange confidences. "Come with us to the Baltic." said a Lieutenant of the Channel Squadron. there will be some excellent fun." To which the French officer addressed added this observation when he repeated the conversation to eager French readers: "When they go for a turn in the Baltic, the Kaiser, with his battleships In painted sheet-Iron, may look and compare. The Germans would give their right hand to see these British ships, with their draught of twenty-five feet, go ashore In the shallows of Dant-slc, but they need not anticipate anything of the kind. Sir Arthur Wilson will not be supplied with Russian marine charts.

Of that the Germans may be sure." And when prose seemed Inadequate to express this prevailing sentiment the lovers broke forth into song: Wllllsm! by Ironic fste The French and English fleets you've mated; For In the soil of German hste The new entente has germinated! This drew a reply in kind with a French text for God Save the King." and even found prosaic response In the stately columns of the Debate: If the entente has become closer and more popular, those alone are responsible who have overwhelmed It with gratuitous suspicions which were, however. sufQ-cnUy dlsqulettns; to nun the two nations to ask If thr-y were not axut to 1nd themselves united by an unexpected cause for solidarity. An angry snarl from the Cologne Gazette reminded the lovers that they were treading on dangerous' ground, and both Dowsing Street and the Qual d'Oraay. with serious yet beaming faces, made haste to explain and belittle this too vociferous wooing. Cable dispatches from Berlin Indicate that Wllhelmstrass haa accepted the explanations, but the memory of the conditions which called them forth, win doubtless Ions; remain latent, ever ready to be an Inspiration for public opinion on each? shore of tha Channel.

Aside from their scandalous treatment of the third party in the portentous background. the lovers seem to have discovered that a community of educational. Industrial, and commercial Interests had long bound them together by ties which their meeting has now rendered palpable. Visits will now be exchanged with increased frequency. Each may learn much from the other.

Nothing ao dwarfs national life as the clinging' to a traditional enmity for one's neighbor. GRAFT AMONG WAITERS. The confederacy of a baker's dozen waiters, more or less, to sweat the revenue they are allowed to handle on Its way from the sinner at the tabl to the publican at the till ought not stand aa a reproach against the entire guild, which, taken altogether. Is probably as honest as other associations. It Is recruited out of all ranks from low to high, has no end of Princes and Dukes as well as smaller nobility on Its roster, and if examined would no doubt present an educational showing beyond expectation.

Bo far as Its moral standards are concerned, they are without official certification and have to be guessed at. But there Is In the nature of things no reason to imagine that they are more than a few pegs lower than those which regulate the conduct of metaphysicians or professors of biology. The members of the society now under bonds on the charge of defrauding- a hotel are only a handful out of a great army, and the amount of their spoil shrinks under examination to the most modest proportions. It was originally set forth as about the sum which Japan thought she ought to get as Indemnity, but turns out to be more like the iirure which Russia thought she ought to pay. a Society at large has a warm spot In its heart for the waiter and knows how to separate the numerous sheep from the occasional goat among them.

It is not going to cry down the whole society because a few of Its members have essayed to carry out a scheme of grafting In consonance with their conception of the spirit of the time. The rank and file of the profession still remain content with the tips which come In as the traditional meed of their service, and have no inclination to make irregular grabs at richer sources of plunder. They are the ones who In the long run give character to the association of which they are the body and animating spirit. It will unwittingly take In wicked recruits now and then, and these unworthy incomers who climb and intrude and creep Into the fold will sit up all night studying out methods to beat the punch," so to speak, and divert rivulets of tribute away from its legitimate tides. But these will always remain an Inconsld-erabla minority and are always speedily found out and extirpated.

Purgation of them from the rolls of an honorable service is a benefaction to the public at large as well as the service Itself, not leaving out the tavern keepers against whom their subtle machinations ere In general directed. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. So grateful were we to Mayor Woodward of Atlanta for his magnificent phrase, Riding into office on a rain Must Leave the Mayor to His Fate bow "a phrase which the coming municipal campaign, from present Indications, Is going to give us many opportunities to use with great effect that The Times took a dangerously lonesome position among the papers of the country. Instead of accepting, as all the other papers did. the theory that the peculiarities of the Mayor's bearing and conduct when he delivered his Toledo speech were merely the ordinary effects of alcoholic anaesthesia when carried far.

but not to the point of perfect narcosis, and instead of scolding him with the severity necessitated by acceptance of that theory, we Invented the beautifully charitable explanation that his was merely the exaltation invariably shown by chosen mouthpieces of the gods and therefore enviable, not reprehensible. We even believed this explanation ourselves, and surely kindness could not go beyond that. What is our re ward? Why. Mayor Woodward calls the reporters of Atlanta around him, and. utterly ignoring our perfectly adequate explanation, proceeds to confession and avoidance.

And such confession and avoidance! He had been on a boat excursion Just before, making the much-discussed speech, he said, and somebody had been so careless In providing for the safe quenching of excursionist thirst that It was either drink beer or Jump Into the ocean and drink salt water." After that there is nothing to do except to leave the Mayor to such fate as his critics in and out of the Atlanta City Council may choose to allot him. The man who is so unfamiliar with water as to assume that what he saw in the vicinity of Toledo was the ocean and salt, and to give that delusion as his excuse for drinking too much beer, ts beyond any help of ours, and we shall save our charity for use on worthier objects. Even yet we do not know, and therefore will not assert, or even admit, that the charges against Mayor Wood ward are true, but we cannot avoid the suspicion tnat even if a divine afflatus did have something to do with the production of the great rainbow phrase, aa afflatus of a very different sort had much to do with the rest of the oration. Ours Is, Indeed, a sad reward for yielding to a generous Impulse for setting up our Judgment against that of our contemporaries, and. with a fuU sense of the Incidental perils, trying to point a fellow mortal to the one practicable exit from an embarrassing situation.

Credibility letter of protest agalnstl In a criticism which Literattarc narged one of bis books with violating the or rather the credibilities, of literature won the usual easy victory over tha critic by declaring that the one incident in tha book with which, most fault was found on the score d. nurture from reality was an exact presentation of an observed fact. The vindication la far less nearly complete than Mr. London imagines or than many another author before him has Imagined. If the critic, out of a not too abysmal ignorance, says I do not believe.

he is quite right In accusing the author of a serious fault. and hels quite right, too, in calling that fault a violation of the probabilities, or even of the possibilities if be wants to be emphatic Numberless things hafe happened that are ao far out of the ordinary course of nature and events that the happenings are not available'- as literary material for every writer, and some of them are probably not available for any. writer of books Intended to make a vide appeal. If Mr. London did not make his prtseflghtlnc book seem to bis readers to be' the story of the life, love, and death of a real prizefighter, he will never prove the truth of his tale by proving the literal truth ot any or all of Its incidents.

Many a book the. A 1 lK Vt sail eiK- j.w.- a- asjr vi ruiuita in turj uiiit way iivsrrem- ture demand-in the way that, given author's premises, his conclusions Inevitably follow. Mr. London's premise in the novel under consideration was that Its hero eked out bis scanty wage In a London sailmaker's loft by prizefighting. Now there Is a general, and we think not Inaccurate, Impression that the young fellows Who thus provide amusement for clubs much more sporting than athletic are not apt to be notable for delicacy ot sentiment, that their lives are not of scrupulous purity, and that their love-making is not likely to be Idyllic.

Mr. Lonikijc tried to convince us that his particular hero, though an experienced and successful hunter for small purses, was all this and a lot more a paragon of all the simplicities as well as of all the virtues. There Is an approach to unanimity among his more careful readers In declaring that the effort failed, that the book Is incredible. And Mr. London does not make it a hit more, credible by saying that he has himself seen the back of a pugilist's head caved In by a blow on the Jaw or by brinRlng forward the testimony of Jiumt Britt that it Is a correct picture of life In and around the arise ring.

Of course Mr. London saw what he says he saw, and of course the lightweight champion thinks he thinks the picture correct, but'the book remains Incredible Just the same and open to Just criticism on that score. Cholera and Yellow Fever. Prussia has before It In the cholera a problem In many respects similar to that wnlch the yellow fever has created for us in the South, and It will be more than Interesting; to see whether success solving the problem Is better and prompter than ours has been. Both diseases come In the category of those well understood and of those that at least ought to be easily preventable as well as easily conquerable.

Both, however, require the use of all the knowledge at hand, the abandonment of a lot of old theories and beliefs that are dying hard, and the sincere acceptance of some very new theories and beliefs that meet with much opposition from ignorance and what is called conservatism." Prussia's task is probably the less difficult of the two. and Prussia can exert an authority that our own health officials lack. Her victory ought, therefore, to come more quickly than ours, but'lt is safe to doubt that the triumph will be Immediate. ELIZABETH'S WATER SUPPLY. Never a Municipal Plant, Therefore Never Abandoned by the City.

To th Editor of Th Xew Tork Timrt: The communication on municipal ownership," signed Republican." in your Issue of to-day serves most of all to emphasize the necessity of even a Republican knowing what he is talking about when he attempts to set truths before the public. It may be an undeniable truth." as he says, that In nine-tenths of the towns where municipal ownership has been tried It has been a disastrous failure," but his citation of Elizabeth, N. as a horrible example proves how golden is silence when you do not know what you are talking about. The facts in regard to Elizabeth are that it has not now and never has had a municipal water plant, therefore It could not give it up. nor could a non-existent plant have proved a failure.

The city is and has been for years supplied with water by the Ellzabethtown Water Company. The rates charged are higher than some people think they should be, and a few months ago a number of citizens petitioned the City Council to appoint a special committee to investigate the question of municipal ownership of the, or water plant. After an Investigation a report signed by four of the five members ot the committee was made, in which it was stated that while the committee had nothing to say upon the abstract question of municipal ownership, the city was not. in their opinion, prepared to go into the matter at the present time; that a conference had been held with the water company and concessions had been made, and that therefore the committee recommended that a contract be made at the reduced rates. This was done by the Common Council, and the city will for the next five years, as In the past, be supplied with water not by a water company in an adjacent town." but by the Ellzabethtown Water Company of Elizabeth.

N. J. A. T. PENDLETON.

Elizabeth. N. Aug. 29, Wr. What Did the Czar Mean To the Editor of The Xew tork Timet: Perhsps what Is most unusual and, one might say, pussllng in the Czar's message of congratulation to President Booaevelt la the passage where he says My country will Now, what do the words my country" signify Is my here used merely as an adjective ot relationship and is the phrasa equivalent to "my But thla were wholly out of precedent.

Tor his Majesty's time Imme- I mortal formula Is the Throne and the Father- land," (prestol 1 otecbestvo.) throne first snd 1 fatherland afterward; while here the throne Is neither foremost nor even in the background, i The next possible Import of my msy be that i of a pronominal adjecUve of possession, like my estate." my flocks." This Interpretation would be more In accord- ance with facts, but would exclude the august personality from participating In tha civility paid to the President. Which ts It? Here then to sn additional demonstration of the shortcomings or English when It ooraes to express your native land In one good, insplr- Ins word you can't find it! Fatherland? But this la a Germanism which the Cxar might have creditably sought to avoid. And the aub- stltute my country "is ambiguous. Perhaps the distinguished linguist and student of lnternattonsi law. Prof.

Martens, might cinaeut to tell us what ala Imperial staster may meaa when he Kays my country." New Tork. Sept. 2. 1005. g.

u. Loss Checked. From The Xew Tork Weekly. Friend How's business sow, old boy? Bad aa aver? Manufacturer N-e; doing better than wa were. Glad to hear that.

Toa told me. soma weeks ago. that your mtUa were running at a No toss bow; not a cent. Prices gone apt No. Mea are oa a strike." .4 h.l Vtl I Conjures Komura and the Elder Statesmen to Commit Hara-Klri.

fe Mior of Thm Xe Tm-U Timmt Peace Is to be welcomed for humanity's Japan had the moral and Russia the diplomatic victory, Mr. Roosevelt 1 to be thanked. 8o the world thinks. But ts the peace now obtained after each a disgrace to Japan subject for congratulation? A little thought would reveal to anybody who la alive to the diplomatic affairs of the world that the peace now concluded is more Injurious than beneficent to the permanent peace of the Orient and of the world. We do not mean, however, that Indemnity ahould necessarily be paid by Russia, that the whole of Sakhalin be ceded, or that the Interned warahlpa be given up.

But. aa the supposed peace terms go. no one would entertain the least doubt Will in WW UlUfV prepftr fthaa m. mer is ample room for uch a suddo1- as rJTZ' Imposed on the naval power of the Rua-aian Pacific rieet, invites both countries to a renewal of fighting. We.

as the subjects of the Mikado, have a great doubt why Japan, victorious as she Is. should crop such a small harvest from the present war. With sit our patriotism we could not but cry that such a great failure on the part of the Japanese diplomats is a permanent and irredeemable national disgrace to the history of the Rising Sun. We shall not wonder, under the circumstances, when our peace envoys as well as the so-called Elder Statesmen are called traitors. Having England aa her ally and the United States her warm sympathiser; above all, backed by the unflinching determination of the whole nation, they hare no excuse whatever for their Ignominious peace-making.

The world has been repeatedly assured that Jspan wants peace, but not at any price. The word is fresh in our ears, and yet such a disgraceful peace was bought with an enormous price of human lives and thousands of millions of dollars. Just examine the peace terms now supposed to be agreed upon. Where Is diplomacy? What is diplomacy? One would scarcely Imagine that the most Ignorant and undiplomatlcal could conclude a worse peace. There Is no diplomatic victory on the part of M.

Witte. there is no diplomatic strategy whatsoever on the part of the Japanese. We are thankful for the kind offices offered by President Roosevelt, but we are pretty well sure that be himself must have been astonished at the unprincipled and weak stand of the Japanese. I hereby declare to the world: Wage war with Japan upon th least pretense and you are sure to win a diplomatic victory, whether you shall win or not on the battlefield. I hereby thank Russia and Wltte that they were so mild In their peace terms, while thev could.

If thv 'tried, have Imposed and got a large In demnity rrom Japan. Lastly, a few words to Komura and the Elder Statesmen of Japan: Those who know where to die, when to commit hara-kiri, are truly great; or at least may be said to know how to apologise. True samurai prefer death to living a shameful Ilfe- AN IGNORANT JAP. New Tork. Aug.

31, 1005. More Poison Ivy Remedies. To the Editor of The Xew Tork Timet: I hava become much Interested In tha poison Ivy discussion In Thz Times, and have watched in vain for tha mention of two slmpl remedies, either of which will prove effective If persistently used. About ten years ago I was badly poisoned on both hsn4a. and nearly every season when the sap began to ma the backs of my hands would look like nutmeg graters, and have all the accompanying, distressing errects of this poison.

An application of forge water (obtainable from sny blacksmith's shop on application) either by means of a piece of linen, soaked an laid on. renewing whenever dry. or by dipping the afflicted part in the water, and letting it dry. will give great relief and eventually cure. I sm hardly affected by the poison now, snd obtain Instantaneous relief from this remedy.

The other simple remedy which I have never had occasion to try. but which has been effectually used by a frirnd who sot the poison on his wrists, la ground sorrell." This la a smalt weed, growing about sis Inches high, with a leaf similar to an oxalis, of a light green color, and generally found in the same locality with the poison Ivy. Gather this, crush It, and apply the Juice. y. Bay Rldg e.

Sept. 2, 1J05. The Compoaer of 'God Save the To the Editor of The Xew York Time: In reply to W. B. Crane's request.

I beg to say I gleaned my Information from An-nales. a weekly literary paper published In Parts and edited by the celebrated Adolph Brlsson. Lea Annates has a circulation of over 100,000, and Is much read In the United States. WATSON WILSON. New York.

Sept. 1. 1006. Would Rejoice Over the Peace. From The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times.

Mr. Newell Sanders makes a suggestion whlchwtll doubtless be approved by the people of the city, that a mass meeting be held to celebrate the conclusion of peace between the warring nations ot Russia and Japan. The people of Chattanooga are generally prompt In taking action upon large questions In which the public weal la Involved, and In thla they would be setting a notable example to their neighbors, it Is recommended that the pastors of the city consider the question of a peace demonstration, here aa one of the popular evidences that the United Statea at least, wants universal and unbroken peace. Looked Out for Number One. From The New Tork Weekly.

Philosopher Tou have devoted your whole life to the cause of tabor. I understand. Now. Just tell me of one good thing you have ac-com pllshed. Agitator Well.

Tve made a good living. MY TWIN. I haven't got a twin I wish I had! I'd love that kid like sin, I'd be so glad: I'd let him use my toys. If he was good, 4 And play with other boys Indeed, 1 would! I guess my twin would be About my size. But not as strong as me.

Or half as wise; And when to school we came, I'd aay. Look here. Tou watch your Uncle's game, And never fear." I'd teach ray twin to swim. And shoot a gun. And take such ear of him.

He'd have great fun; And If some fellow tried To punch his face. I'd say. Tou step aside. 111 take your place," Td teach him manners, too, And if be kicked. The way some fellows do.

Why. he'd get licked! Td show what's that) he might Lick me some morn? Gee-whiz! perhaps you're right I'ss glad he stayed unborn! WILLIAM WALLACE WHITELOCK. 'ww- fell .1 Great Pilgrimage of Auriesville. MANY 1 DIGNITARIES iv THEnH Cripples and Invalids Beg for Inflt Young spinsters Pray for Husbands. r' SfetM tt The Krm York Timet.

OLOVER8VTLLE, N. T- Sept. moat impressive pilgrimage that baa ever visited the ahrine of Our Lady of Mar- tyra, at Aurieevflle. was participated in by persona, including soma of the highest dignitaries of the Catholic Church In the United States and Canada, to-day. Had the day been clear, more than 10.00(1 pibrrirn would have visited the "Atner- lean Lourdes." as many priests now call the shiino at Auriesville.

From. 8 o'clock until after 10 o'clock trslnload after trainload of nila-rima sr. i rived at the Utile station. Upon arriving, no piignms formed processions, headed -by a military band, and man. haul tha shrine of Father Jaques.

Special trains rom i roy, Albany. Utlca. and Can- ada, the hundreds who cams from New York "were brought In special ears. which were transferred to the epeclai train from Albany. At 10:30 the first celebrated In the Mohawk Valley waa win- me great tnrong.

4,000 of i whom stood and knelt on tha in the rain about th lUf mass, accompanied by tha alnglng- choristers from New York w. impreealvs ceremony. It was celebrated oy tne Most Kv. Louis Mazaire Begin, 1 D. Archbishop of Quebec; the Very 1 Rev.

Thomas J. Gannon. B. Provincial of Maryland. New Tork Society of Jesus, The deacon of the mass was the Rev.

A. E. Maguire of 11- lery, Province of Quebec; the sub-deacon tABTas at TD Dt aTf aaw astuitia A VIucDec. snd master of ceremanUa tha Rev. J.

C. BeAiilUti vim 1 the Quebec Archdiocese. 1 On a throne erected at the aide af th sanctuary was the Most Rev. John nr Farley. Archbishop of New.

Tork tri. deacons of honor were the Right Rev. Mgr. H. Tetu.

Procurator of the Archdiocese, and the Right Rev. Mgr. John Reilty, pastor of Bt, Mary's Church. Schenectady. N.

T. The Right Rev. Charles Uorwn.n di.i wuuw, U( 4 Brooklyn, was also present. In the sanctuary there were also th following: The Right Rev. Mar.

M. J. Lavrlle of New York. Ecclesiastic; the RlKht. Rev.

Mgr. John J. Swift of N. -enreentina- Blshon RurVa- tha RlSht Rv. Mgr.

J. 8. M. Lynch of Utlca, A. the Rie-ht Rev.

Mar. John I. Rae. rett of Brooklyn. N.

the Right Rev. Msr. C. O. Oannon of Quebec, tha R.v' Dr.

Hayes of New York, and the Rev. Fathers W. O. Lindsay. Quebec: R.

Desy. 8. Montreal; Peres Forest, Cos- tionne. stanaud. John J.

Wynne, S. T. J. Campbell. 8.

Oorskt. vt. danveltch, SulUvan, 8. J. A.

Bros- nan, S. F. P. Donnelly. 8.

and L. J. Kelly. 8. and Rrnthae maj, 8.

J. Thu assistant master of ceremonies waa the Rev. James M'iKIImv o. Francis Xavler's College, New Tork. The music of the mass wae Gregorian, rsn-dere-i by the Rev.

P. F. O'Gortnan, 8. J.j F. McNlff.

8. John J. Bolster, 8. of St. Francis- Xavler's College, New York, and the Rev.

John W. Coveney. 8. of Pordham College." After the Impressive mass tha pilgrims moved about the grounds, visiting the different shrines, where no fewer than twenty-five masses were held during; the morning. Hundreds of the pilgrims bo.ight relics, medals, and rosaries, and sought out priests to bless them.

There were those who were ailing who sought th Bishops and higher dignitaries to bless them and make them well. One old man hobbled up to the priests house to receive a blessing, but that was prohibited ground and he was turned awity. Many of the young women went to the shrine especially to pray for husbands. Hiid they did so time and again uw uy. incre were aa many men at the shrines aa there were women, and ma wiiw pruyexi lor wivea.

waa ceic-oraiea in the chapel by Archbishop Farley of New r.iri A fw V-. I i sion of the Messed sacrament, headed a band, the Church dign-tarlea in thei gorgeous robes, and the Archbishop uudei' a silken canopy, marched to tha plctur-, esoue rav.ne a half mile from the chapel, 1 where a sermon was preached by the Rev. Thomas 8. Campbell. 8.

and. benediction was pronounced by Archbish-V op Farley. The procession was unique. Men and women of hll ages, some Isme. others tottering, girls In all their Summer finery i nuns who cam to be.

blessed by the Bishops, children with collections ofi charms, farmers from the surrounding' country, followed the Bishops and Many of the pilgrims mosned as they mo-ed slowly along to the solemn music! When the ravine, with Its wealth of I Images, was reached, tha choristers' I chants brought the people to their knees' In the mud and on the wet grass. Thersf In the woods, where the Indians killed rather Jaques and other be- for a statue of the Saviour the beaedio- tlon wss pronounced. All the ecclesiastics from Canada were members of tht court sppolnted to ho the procession preparatory to the bent! diction of the martyred misslonsriei They as well as the others who vtsltel the shrtn to-day for the first time well 1 j' i DEDICATE HUNGARIAN CHURC Exercises End with a Play and thi Pastor Was Stags Manager. In the presence of a congregation which fitled the building to the doors, Mgr. Edwards, assisted by Mgr.

Mooney, yester- day consecrated St. Btephen'a Romas I i Catholic Church in Fourteenth Street near First Avenue. This is the only Hungarian Catholic church in th city. Th Rev. Father Laszlo Perenyl has been in charge for the last four years, but up this time the church has no permanent place of worship.

The sermon was preached by the Rev. Father Koracs of McKeesport. Penn. St-Stephen, for whom the church la named la the patron saint of this branch of ttt Hungarians, who look upon him as tb Irish do St. Patrick.

"Th priests walked in a path, of flowers strewn by the children. Hung in the church ts a painting er Juazko Gyula Of Budapest, who cams t' the' United States especially to execut aba work. The picture, which is IS by feet, depicts th landing, about years ago, of the Huns In Europe. In the afternoon there was a banquet at 433 Sixth Street, at which those wM took, part in tbe consecration ceretnonJ and Invited guests were present. At the Manhattan Lyceum in the eves ing was the crowning event of the celebration, the production of tree-act drama by Cosu Gardonyt English "Arbor1' means "On Account of Wine." Th pastor of the churca was the stage manager and painted tr scenery.

His brother. Beta Perenyl. th leading man. and Toff MarUka JJ the leading woman. Th new -church building was eurcBse from the American Presb-terlan Scx-'rJ and is almost paid for.

Count who represented Hungary at the Conference at the Bu Louis Fair, contributed S50O and Dr. Arpard Oerstsf thla city gave Z1.000. A.