The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-30


| Our readers must have enjoyed Mr.. GAR
| NERs letter from Africa In last Sundays Sun.
and must have taken interest In his mission.
| which is to learn tho monkey language. and to
teach the monkeys to speak in our language.
We can hardly credit the report from Boston
| that Mr. GARNER has sent Il letter to n philan-
throplst there. asking contributions for the AZ
| rican monkeys. In the shape OF rattles. balls.
tin trumpets. and other smRll toys including
| dolls like those Of Boston. 1t is alleged that
| Mr. GARNER believes that the merry monkeys
would esteem these things, and that thus thor
| culture would he promoted. At all events. an
| eminent literary man Of Boston has given no
tice that such letter has been received, and
we are informed that number OF the phan-
| thropic ladies OF that town. anxious to elevate
| the minds Of our simian relatives II not pro-
gcnitors. are ready to collect the toys and dolls
| for Mr.. GAnNERS use. There Is q prospect OF q
| rousing campaign for the promotion OF this
! cause. Hurrah for it, Let the good work go
| on in Boston. We have not time to attend to 1t
| in this town.
| But is Mr. EDWARD EVERETT HALE merely
| cracking a Joke OH the suLject2
Whoever in the face Of a widely adver-
| tised hurricane was responsible for letting
tho Nigilant come near going ashore. hang
him to the yard arm.
The new Chinese Minister YU seems to
be- q man of peaceful disposition and purpose.
He will find that. while the American Govern
ment is bound to enforce the laws enacted by
Congress. there is not any law upon our
| statute books that can work injustice to any
| Chinese subject residing in this country. He
must in reason admit that we can require our
Chinese residents to register Just as Ameri-
In,
compliments OF THE Sun to Minister w.
New York visitors to the Mining building
at the Worlds Fair need not waste any ndmi-
ration over the very large relief map Of this
State which has prominent place In the gal
lery. 1t is pity that SO careful q work should
have been rendered 80 misleading by an I'M
usual and entirely unnecessary exaggeration
Of the vertical scale. The map was made on
the comparatively large horizontal scale OF
five miles to the inch. which would permit all
OF the more important Topographic aspects OF
the State to be clearly shown in relief without
any vertical eXaggeration whatever. A twofold
or threefold eXaggeration Of heights would
have sutliced to bring out all the minor fca-
lures OF topographic relief In sufficient detail.
But the vertical scale adopted was 500 feet to
the inch. or tenfold evaporation. which in
these days Of good relief maps is not consd-
cred admissible in any worthy product.
The result is painful to contem plate The
Adirondacks might pass for section of the
Ecuadorian Andes. The undulating Catskills,
whose outlines are all lines of beauty, arc
made to pierce the heavens with needle pointed
SUBMITS rising above precipitous stones. One
effect of greatly exaggerated vertical scale in
relief maps Is to increase the angle OF slope in
hin regions out Of all proportion to nature II
the Palenvil!e Glove road in the Catskil!s had
the angle Of slope given to 1t on this map it
would be i'm possible OF ascent for anything or
anybody less qualified for such feats than
flies and squirrels. or the conquerors Of the
Matterhorn: and some Of the river valleys have
sides precipltous that one might imagine
each OF them equalled the Grand Canon Of the
Colorado.
There was no necessity for such distortion
OF New Iork's physical featur and the large
map, which must have cost a great deal OF
effort. does not compare ut all favorably with
many other relief maps on exhibition. and
particularly with those Of the Geological Sur
vey in the Government building.
1t is true that good many Of the Slays
and Italians who have immigrated to this
country are returning to the countries from
which they came. or are thinking about II.
That is all right We wish them the best OF good
luck Az for the Jewish- Russian I'm m ;oro,.,