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THE LATE SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD.
characteristics OF One or EnElnnd's Most Drtl.
liant Advocates ut che nnr.

liant Advocates ut tho Dnr.
Sir Frank Lockwood, the English barrister
who died in London on Sunday. had the reputa-
ton in this country of being the first English
man to come to America who could appreciate
the point in an American joke on the spot and
Immediately. 80 to say. go 1t ono better. For
this reason, II for no other. his popularity in this
country was greater than that of almost any
other Englishman who ever came over. In the
summer OF 1896 he visited the United States. In
company with Lord Russell (Sir Charles Rus
SELL. to attend the meeting Of tho National Bar
Association at Saratoga. His was one of the
principal addresses at the meeting. and at the
stories. and. ip addition to being able to tell a
an old story so that it passed almost for new.
aside from his ability as an after;dinner
COUNTY,, his standing and n as a o Iawy Kro IN E n and
was very high. By many he was considered the
best Jury lawyer in England, and IL he had a
only Lord Russell. r. I. Reid. who was Solicitor
General under Lord Rosebery's Ministry, once
"since the withdrawal of Sir Charles Russell
to q more serene atmosphere Sir Frank Lock.
wood is the most brilliant advocate at the Eng
This was a year after Lord Russell had been
peer. lockwood was not considerod the equal
Of Russell as an all-around lawyer, but as q trial
lawEer he was said to DO without a peer. Whom
Sir Charles Russell became a peer, q large part
Of his practice fell to Lockwood.
1t has been said of him that when he went al
a hostile witness he did 1t much In the manner
Of a man inviting another to dinner. Through
the keenest cross-questionings he preserved his
imperturbable good.nature and politeness. and
more often than moi, long before he had finished
his victim. was looking on him as a kind and
sympathetic friend.
He was a man Of broad and liberal tastes, dc.
voted to art in Its various forms. He was al.
loading first nights. He was a favorite in soci-
ETY. and in various clubs. He represented York
In Parliament on tho Liberal side. and, while h0
never took a leading part in tho work Of that
body. he often enlivened dull debates with his
wit and humor.
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bill under consideration for q time. with
that In view. Its object being to bring Pc
lagic sealing within proper bounds, II that
result should be accomplished promptly by
other means, he might refer IL again to
Congress. One good reason for promptly
signing it would be to give due notice to
American vessels that usually 20 out, be-
ginning operations as far south as the
California coast, early in the year but they
now have warning enough in the passage
of this bill. AS to the fur trade here, It is
not likely to be much affected, as 1t Is said
to have q stock Of sealskins, and their price
would be advanced by the law.
For the first time In years, therefore, our
Government has the best hold In the strug.
gle. Its pleadings for the proper ~restric.
tion Of pelagio sealing have been useless
for years, but now overtures. IL there are
any, should come from the other side. Our
opinion 10 that. a. matters now are, the
President should take only the customary
time for the proper consideration of this
bill of Congress, and then, ifmatters remain
as they now are. sign It.
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rhe pea.,on Robbery-A surre,,,on.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: Having read with
great interest your timely article. "Robbing the
Nation. which you published to-day. I beg leave to
submit q practical suggestion. which might go far to
suppress this crying evil.
Lot Congress pass a law compelling the Pension
Bureau to publish for one year In every issue OF all
newspapers that may DO called upon to do II, because
they have the largest number Of readers. names OF
all persons who draw pensions In their respective
districts with the claims on which such pensions were
granted. Offering at tho same time suitable rewards
for the verified exposure Of every fraudulent claim.
l believe many pensioners would fear exposure
by their n~eighbors and voluntarily abandon their
pretended claims. so that the appropriation entailed
BY such . measure might be saved within three
months OF itA initiation. Yours truly.
LOUIS WINDMULLER.
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GUARD REORGANIZATION:
First Meeting or the Board or Omcers AH
pointed by Gov. Black.

bStAtOu W v I1I2Chs
ALBANY, Dec. 2O.-The Board of National
Guard officers appointed last week by Gov.
Black to revise the State military code SO as to
permit a reorganization of the National Guard
met here at noon to-day. All of the members
Of the board were present except Capt. Miller
Of the naval militia, who sent an excuse.
The board organized shortly after noon. Col
Phisterer, by virtue of his rank, acted as Chair
man. Adjt.-Gen. Tillinghast greeted the mem.
bers of the board and said he hoped the result Of
their labors would be acceptable to the members
OF the Guard and BIO for its best interest. Re-
ferring TO the Governors attitude on reorgani.
cation, the Adjutant-General said:
Tho Governor Is in entire sympathy with
the work detailed to be accomplished by this
board and 1t Is his earnest desire that politics
should not enter in the question In the slightest
degree. He wants the reorganizatt- n to be e-
tablished on sound military principles and the
working affairs of the Guard economically and
1ntelligently administered"
The Adjutant' General then retired. The
meetings of the board are held in the Adjutant-
Generals private office in the Capitol. After q
session, of an hour and a half the board adj
Regiment Armory in New York city. Col.
Phistcrer said that nothing would be announced
concerning the deliberations of tho board until
after the boards report and recommendations
had been submitted to Gov. Black for his APP
prevail.
The members OF the board were entertained
at LUNCH at the Fort Orange Club this afternoon
by .Adjt.-Gen. Tillinghast. Gov. Black and
Major Burbank, U. S. A., were also guests.
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roa1ooo prprs Dr1enosEn
medical Preference rsr Clay over Weoa-
Iuitstion Siouthpteces Tabooed.

= haNNNNs
Prom the Lancet.
II tobacco smoking is justilablo at all on
hygienic grounds. II is generally conceded that
the pipe is the least injurious mears. But
tobacco pipes differ considerably In material
and shapes, both Of which must DO important
factors in determining tho character of the
smoke. Thus there is the clay, the moerschaum,
and the various wooden pipes, the briar, cherry,
or myall. Next TO tho tobacco. therefore, which
should always DO pure and FREQ from added
fiavorinR, ar expedlent which Is resorted
to far too commonly nowadEra probably
in many instances to cover a. inferior
Is a point to be- considered. Even assuming
that he Is smoking good tobacco, the smoker
knows how different In character tho smoke 70
when drawn from n clay or n wooden bowl,
There Is probably n scientific explanation OF
this fact which must hayo some bearing on tho
noXious or innocuous character OF the smoke
associated with other products of combustion.
A soft clay 10 Invariably cool smoking. because
~tiiiation Of the tobacco arc absorbed Instead Of
collecting In a little, pool. which must cyentu-
ally either by the rehabilitation or by mochani-
cal conveyance reach the MOUTH. A particular
pipe smokes hot" moi. necessarily because the
oils into the mouth. Mcerschaum Is another
porous material: Again. an old wooden pipe or
smooth smoking" because the pores Of the
wood widen and so absorb, as is the case with
tobacco oils, Thus an old. pipe, "sweats. as 10
is termcd-that is, the oil intrudes into the ex.
banded pores of tho wooden bowl and at length
sxndcs; Similarly, 9 hook .shaped pipe must DO
same level as the mouth. for the simple req.
quantity of the oil is kept back in the
U-shaped part OF the pipe, while In the latter
the oil travels easily down the stem. Ebonito
stems are in general objectionable because they
smoke. This Is most probably duo to the sulphur
Of the ebonite combining with tho volatile oils
in the smoke. We know instances where ebonito
stems have. produced distinctly Objectionable
symptoms in the throat most probably for
tho reason just given. Bono or real amber
makes a much more satisfactory stem, or
Amber substitutes. ana especially. cellulold,
should be discarded entirely as dangerous,
while the flavor Of camphor which these
invariably communicate to the smoke forms q
very unpleasant combination. Pipes Of special
construction cannot BIO. regarded with much
favor. such as those which are said to be hygienio
and usually contain a so-cnlled nicotine alb.
sorber. Those smokers who require such aux
Hilary attachments had better not smoke at all.
AS q matter of fact tobacco yields little nicotine
in the smoke produced on its partial combus.
ton. 1t is mainly to oils Of n tarry and
acrid character that the toxic symptoms Of to-
bacco smoking are due.
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THE RIGHT VIEW OF THE PENSION
BUSINESS.
A Patriotic veterans sentiments.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: AS a veteran. but
not a pensioner'. of the late war I wish to express my
approval OF your article upon the pension frauds.
II the pension rolls are to DO purged OF unworthy
names. veterans themselves should periodically lead
in this public service.
Iserved as q soldier for three years and partIci.
pated in every battle in which the Ninth Corps was
engaged. beginning with South Mountain. but re-.
turned uninjured. I have. therefore,. considered the
frequent opportunities of pension agents as little
less than insulting. as equivalent to asking me to put
q price upon what 1 felt could not be measured in
money.
This very reason. however, has made mo feel that
those who were disabled should receive liberal pen.
sions-larger even than those they are now receiving.
but that. in Justice to them. all others should re-
ceive no pensions whatever.
1t is really q slight placed upon soldiers who saw
service that unworthy applicants-men who never
smelled p~owder-should impudently. II not fraudu-
lently. secure Government support.
NEW York. Dec. go. WILLIAM Il. BREARLEY.
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a Heroic Explorer Tells OF His uardsh,pu.

From tho Rev. DR.. Tartdrfn Hepporth's Letter IN the
NeD York Herald.
A cast iron stomach is necessary to digest the daily
food Of the Turk. He delights In gravies and eats
sweetn,eats and rich crusts with tremendous appe.
title. l am thoroughly tired of his menu and long
with nexpressibie longing for the simple cooking OF
some juicy joint or rare b~eefsteak. which in this coun.
try people know nothing about. I sometimes dream
that l am sitting at an American table. enjoying tho
plain food to which / am accustomed. and when 1
wake up It Is with a sigh that comes from tho depths
OF my inner consciousness.
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News Items from Kentucky.

From the Louisville Evening Post.
An old maids convention is to DO held at Danvp,o
the goth.
Twin boys were born to the wife OF Bob West,
living near Mayneld.
Husking bees are features of the bazaar given by
the country church ~societies.
George Frieniish is the proud father OF triplets. and
there's no happier mau in Beespring precinct.
This next trip Of the Tennessee up the river which
beRrs the same name viii be her great whiskey or
Christmas Jug trip. and hundreds OF gallons OF liquor
will be shipped from Paducah.
Miss Margaret InGels OF Paris, who has been the
successful leading lady OF "RoOks Players resigned
her position and returned home to enter the canvass
for state Librarian.
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Mail Route No. 70,

The letter of q mail carrier on route No.
7s,1O5 of Uncle Sans mighty system has
been printed by order of the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs. thus becoming
part Of the official documentary history Of
the United States. The mail carriers name
is DRAINED, or BRANER the compositors
and proofreaders of the Government Print
ing Office are not quite able to decipher his
rugged and unconventional autograph.
The mail route served by Mr.. BRANED or
BRANER is from Juneau to Circle City and
return. Hearhis matter-of-fact description
of his last journey down:
"1 left Circle City Sept. II. Our party poled up
the river from Circle City to Dawson, 800 miles. In
IL days 8 hours. From Dawson We poled up to Mo-
Cormack's Post, about 2e5 miles, arriving there Sun
day. Oct. "a. We were compelled to lie over at
Sixty.Mile Post for I'VE days. AZ MoCormack's we
abandoned our boats and started overland on what
IL known a. the Dalton trail. about 300 miles to
Chilkat. whore We arrived safely after twenty i've
days travelling through two to three feet OF snow
over o mountain trail. We started with twelve
horses. and they were all dead before We got one-half
assistance. and would be pleased to DO 81 your
service for any Information in my power"
This is merely incidental to some valu-
" AhGCA1iAShIo "htSh xu1s DnANED u
BRANER communicates to Secretary ALaER
concerning the state of affairs in the
Klondike region.
Letter Carrier BRANED's or BRANER's
modest narrative of one of his trips over
his regular route strikes the Imagination.
His Is q part of the orderly and ubiquitous
postal service of the United States Govern
ment, and 1t isnot the easiest part. AS he
plods and plunges through two or three
feet of snow for twenty-five days at a time,
after the twelve horses with which he
started have all died, or as he poles for six
hundred miles along ice-burdened rivers,
Mr.. BRANED or BRANER Is performing
precisely the same function as his gray
uniformed colleague who starts out from
the Mail street side of the New York City
Post Office to deliver a letter at the Astor
House or In Temple Court. And the letters
in Mr.. BRANED's or Mr.. BRANER's mail
bag bear the same little red postage stamp;
the two-cent stamp is Rood for across Broad.
way. or it Is good for the polar side of the
Arctic circle.
Is there any wonder that the people of
the United States entertain peculiarly
friendly sentiments toward this splendidly
administered branch of the public service,
and toward Its myriad servants as individ.
uals, whenever and wherever they are en-.
countered in the performance of their duty,
as we now happen to encounter the Juneau
n Circle City carrler9
Mr.. BRANED or BRANER deserves to have
his name Strengthened out, SO far as the Gov.
eminent Printing Office Is concerned. His
is too distinct and too interesting a person
ality to be blurred by alternative spellings,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
JERSEY C1TY's NEW MONUMENT.
Philip Martins's Design Selected for the Sol.
diera ana saII0rs, Memorial.

Philip Martiuy's Design Selected for the Sol
oilers Rnd Sailors Memorial.
The Artists Advisory Committee. which was
requested to select n model for u soldiers and
sailors monument. to be erected In front of the
City Hall in Jersey City, announced its selection
yesterday. The committee consisted Of ]. O. A..
Ward. George Is. Post, Daniel G. French, and
Herbert Adams; Forty.one models were placed
ON exhibition: The names Of the s~culptors were
mitted by Philip Martiny. sculptor. and Acisep.
man & Rose, architects. was selected. The de
sign 10 simple. A figure of a woman, en-.
sides OF which will, be appropriately inscribed.
The monument Will. be 81 feet In height.l -,
The model which took second honors was
submitted by Charles ii. Niehaws. sculptor, and
Mss syub Snfon, a rS The third In merit
and Arthur ID. Pickering, architect. Tho mons
ument 10 to cost $40, 600,
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Some Fruits of tho Sealing Bill.

1t Is clear that the new sealing act will
have various results. To begin with, by
prohibiting Americans from pelagic hunt
ing, it will leave the sea catch hereafter to
the Canadians, and, II their Government
does not make a like restriction, their aver
age catch may improve somewhat over
what 1t would be with American vessels
from San Francisco, Seattle, and Port
Townsend sharing the spoils.
On the other hand, the closing of the
American market to Canadian caught
skins will be far more than an offset.
Our people will share, in one respect, the
new disadvantages, as the price Of seal
skins presumably will go up. The Priby-
Low Island catch can come here, so that
there will be some supply; and possibly
the difficulty of identifying, on the dressed
furs, the waters where the animals were
killed, may bring us also some sea.caught
skins, under the pretence that they were
taken on the Government islands. But.
probably, one Of the early official steps will
be to provide marks for the Pribylov prod.
ucts or other means for thwarting eyasions
Of the law.
II n move should be made to AVE the
Pribylov skins dyed here. instead of In Lon.
don, there would be a double blow at Eng.
lish interests. The London industry OF
dressing the skins long has been, it is said,
on the side of protecting the seals from the
ravages of the pelagic hunters, and now,
with a great market for the pelagic catch
shut up, it may be loud in protests.
Perhaps the prospect of losing the United
States market for both the London d~ressers
and the Victoria hunters may bring the
English Government to a proper arrange
Ipent with us. The President may keep the
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AS was expected, the Hon. MARY ELF

AS was expected, the Hon. MARY ELIZA
BETH LEASE has not only resolved to prevent
the Hon. JERRY SIMPSON from being renomi-
mated for Congress. but she has resolved to
succeed him herself. We warned the Sockless
SOCRATES when he bought his bicycle with
gold-plated handles and donned his first
pair of purple-Rnd-gold golf stockings that
the peopie s. ais Congress district would
begin to doubt the sincerity of his cam.
paign against tho money power. We warned
him that tho Hon. MARY ELIZABETH LEASE was
on his trail. He WAS too busy riding his pluto
cratic wheel and admiring his legs and watch.
ing Tom REED. Now no knows whore he made
his mistake,
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skating About tho Bronx.

me nrst skating OF the season has boen dis.
covered by the ubiquitous small boy on the una
olthe Bronx River. north OF WllliamsbrIdgs
inc river and ali running water were as free Of
io1e as a hummer brook yesterday, but tho little
Mehe inernsted with Ice solid enough to s9nDnass
skaters. and gr0ups or from tbrsss
inc upper line OF the valley oftRo BrSnn.t N'0-S
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There are no present indications that
Tammany Hall, the organization which was sue
cessful at the late election, Ia to have an enroll.
mont. No enrollments in Tammany, except
between the hours Of sunrise and sunset on
election day at tho polls.
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Pres McKMLEY.-Boston GIobS.
Eft tn, Globe.


Some disappointed Chicago youths are
said to have formed an association for tho dis
couragement OF marriage. or at least for
the purpose of trying to restrain them
selves from getting married. The ~associa-
ton has a fine Virgilian motto and elabo-
rate rules. 1t is we'll for such a concern
to have elaborate rules. They are 30 much
easier to break. To call upon q young woman
twice q week will DO to incur . dns OF %. To
get married viii cost @26 and . banquet" TO
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The contractor goes to work and expcnds the
nrst 90, 900, 900. Then he throws up his contract and
the work is abandoned. what becomes Of the other
$50. 000. 900 OF debt ?-T mes
Yesi and what becomes of the &5. 900, 900,
which the city has paid tho contractor Tho
city will have to show for 1t, only q useless bit OF
tunnel, which 1t will cost moro than $50. 600, 600
to complete. and which may not earn operating
expenses aftcr all.
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Mount Vernon 10 now getting anxious to be-
come q part OF Greater New York. Let her come in,
by all means. New York can well bestow some OF
her greatness upon SO charming q little city as Mount
Vernon.-Nstc York Herald.
The charming little city of Mount Vernon
voted three years ego on the proposition re-
ferred to tardily by the belated
Herald. and this was tho result of the poll: For
consolidation. 1913; against consolidation, 1908.
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concern In which the outrage occurred, but
attributing Il generally to Can establish-
ment In Sixth avenue" brought under un-
just suspicion all the other great shops in
that th~oroughfare.
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from the Harrisburg Enterprise.

from the Harrisburg Enterprise.
The editor Of this paper and his estimable wife
boarded the passenger train Thursday morning for
Nevada. where they will spend several days visiting
friends. The editor will also spend q few days at
Eldorado Springs TO restore his falling health, as he
has been suffering here of late with dyspepsia, caused
from overindulgence in roast shoat. which was
served AT 4 banquet given In this town recently.
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TO THE YALE LI8RABY
Arson Phelps stokes. Dr.. Gives n nuaah,a
Mannscript and sOme Photorrnnha

Hhu BOnlo FhOtOETnpha,
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Dec. pbs,n.
Stokes. Jr, Yale. 90. has recently given IN r.
university library a very interesting collection
OF nearly three hundred mounted photoRrapba
obtained by him on a journey around the vvorld
Nearly haii OF the collection consists OF views ~
dndia, ana the rest OF views in China. Cores
anu Siam. The gift included also a yalnabics
Pali-Burmese dialect. NN N"'oS IN tho
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the association; and 90 on, designations from
this club are Foing TO BE- Of appalling frequency.
and II any money gets into the treasury It will
soon DO spent on wedding presents. As for the
"~banquets," they will take the cheerful form Of
wedding breakfasts.
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Others Think OthsrwIae.

From the indianapolis Journal.
He thinks he's a Christian, good and right,
NJ neighbor across the way;
But he keeps q dog that howls all night
And . daughter that Sings all day.
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u our Jrfends tcho Jdror vs. ,rfth manuscript FOR
publication ,,fsh to haze rejected articles returned,
aAoy must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose