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ANAL when compared with tha rsturns.
- IN. COS, Of food II also proportionateiy bmail In
ao.n.r,ou with the cost OF food used for other birds
hr.d for market A goose on ranse VIII gather the
largest portion OF its food consisting OF grasses IN
sects, and other animal ana vegetable ma'ter 70 %
fouud in the fields and brooks"
Tho most rigid adherents of the individ-
ualistic theory Of government cannot but
feel n weakening Of the knees as he finds
the Department Of Agriculture shovelling
out goose feed in this fashion:
.ro ,.,t.p young geese. place them in a pen, not
too large. 40 that they will not exercise too much.
and feed three times = day all they will eat up clean
~ IN. following; Corn meal mixed to . dry crumbly
st.te, and beef scraps amounting to 90 per cent. Of
the bulk OF the corn meal. While fattenins young
roo.e thew shouId DO kept as quiet ~ possible; no ex.
c,temept whatever should disturb them. When feed
ina approach them quietly. and do not ~irritnte them
In the lean, or they will not fatten, but Will throw
out or grow another crop OF feathers. At ten weeks
OF age. or when the tips Of the wings reach the tail,
they are ready for market. and should weigh between
eight and ten pounds"
This kindly care of the Government for
anserine hygiene, his beautiful devotion
to the nervous system Of the gosling. will
make Farmers Bulletin No. "a famous
among the documents of humanity. No
good man will consciously irritate q
young goose. No friend of man or geese
will do anything to promote ne~urasthenia-
No chenoboscologer who respects himself
and the Department Of Agriculture will
allow any goose over which he has control
to take too much exercise. A goose with
an athletic heart Is not ono to be desired.
Probably the Emperor WILLIAM II.
would be content to tell his awed subjects
how to raise geese. Our ~wide-ranging
p~eternal Government tells the goose-grower
how to make incision into the bird of wis
dom and how to strip him.:
"when young goslings are to be dressed for market
they are killed by cutting them in the roof Of tho
mouth, severing tho artery, or by stunning them by
hitting them q sharp. quick blow on the head. Tho
picker uses a box in front of him about the height of
the knees. holding the bird with the left hand and
clasping the feet and wings together; no places the
head Of the bird against the box and holds It in place
with the knee. Pick the feathers from the body Of
the bird, then dampen the right hand and brush the
body to remove the down. Leave about two inches
OF feathers on the neck. and also leave feathers on
the wings nc the nnt joint. Lay the wings against
the body of the birds and tie 4 string around to hold
in position. Place the birds. when picked. in cold
water for an hour or SO to plump them; If they are in
the water too long they are liable to bleach and be-
come water soaked"
The only defect in this valuable treatise
is its failure to give minute directions as to
the carving of a goose. Is 1t too late to get
out a second edition before Christmas7
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Gen. MILES, since his return from Europe,
has made shert work Of two stories that wero
set ahoat about him. Ono was that he paid
some extravagant sum, $500 or $3.50. for his
stateroom. He really engaged an ordinary first
class stateroom. but it was assigned. by some
mistake, to a lady, and 30 another vacant room
was substituted, without any charge above the
ordinary flrst-class passage.
Another yarn represented tho General as
crowding Admiral MILLER out of the Bucking.
ham Palace Hotel in London. AS q fact, both
were guests of tho British Government, and
their names were placed. like those of other
guests. over the rooms they were to occupy.
Gen. MILES never saw the Admiral's rooms, and
thinks the Admiral never saw his.
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Mr.. Toru Hoshi's Views.

Minister HosHI. who has just returned
70 Washington from a visit to Japan, seems
TO have INDUCED, during his journey across
the continent, in a freedom of conversation
regarding our impending annexation Of
Hawaii, which does not wholly accord with
FORMER notions of the formalities and reti-
cence of japanese diplomacy.
We do not gather, however, either from
his words In Chicago or from those attrib-
uted to him in San Francisco, which were
harSher and perhaps more excited. that he
0pprehends any serious trouble between
his country and ours. His latest reported
utterance is that Japan has no intention of
resisting the annexation of Hawaii, but
only asks to have her rights, under this
political change, duly considered.
Minister HosuI ought to derive some sat
isfaction from this passage of President
MCKINLEY's message:
. at is gratifying to learn that the apprehensions at
nrst displayed on the part OF Japan lest the cessation
Of Hawaii's national life through annexation might
impair privileges to which Japan honorably laid
CLAIM, have given place to confidence In the upright.
nesS OF this Government. and In the sincerity OF its
purpose to deal with all possible Interior questions in
the broadcast spirit OF friendliness."
That is really all there is of 1t. We can,
not undertake to settle Japan's affairs with
Hawaii before we annex her, or as a part OF
the arrangement which annexes her. So
far as valid pecuniary claims against Ha.
wall are concerned, we suppose that Uncle
Sans credit is as good as hers, and all OF
Japan's vested rights will be duly taken
care OF. Blu Just now our business is to
bring the stands into the Union.
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The plan of the Federation of Women's
Clubs for the protection Of the Palisades is to
have the States Of New York and New Jersey
condemn enough of the slope beneath the cliffs
to prevent further DETACHMENT. They regard
this measure. in connection with the control OF
riparian rights. as a practical method of 40.
complishing the purpose in view.
Certain 1t is that there is little likelihood OF
the passage of any bill for the acquisition of the
Palisades region by the Federal Government as
a military reservation. 1t must BIO remembered
that tho present Palisades Commissioners, ap,
pointed several years ago by Governor MORTON
and Governor WERTs, respectively, are con.
fined by the terms of the statutes creating the
two Commissions to tho Federal reservation
project exclusively.
The two States should take up the question on
new lines. If the Palisades are to be saved the
work will have to be done at Trenton and at AL.
bany, not at Washington.
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A significant feature of the Presidents
message was the omission of any reference
to the postal savings bank scheme.
If the establishment of q system Of Gov
rnment savings banks is to be a leading
feature of the present Administrations
policy, as has been announced frequently
but unauthoritatively, Mr.. MoKINLEY's ST.
lence on the subject is singular.
Nevertheless, ON the first INT second
days of the session not less han three
elaborate bills for the establishment of q
postal savings bank system were intro
duced in Congress. One was intro
duced in the House by Mr.. LoRIMER of I'LL
nois, another in the House by Mr.. BAR
THoLD of Missouri, and one in the Senate
by Mr.. MASON Of Illinois. All of these
gentlemen are Republicans.
The Mason bill and the Lorimer bill are
Identical. Mr.. BARTHoLDT's measure re-
sembles the others in man. particulars,
but it differs respecting the investments
permitted. In all of the bills the Treasurer
of the United States is the custodian of the
deposits, while the Secretary of the Treas
ury is charged with the investment.
The Mason bill and the Lorimer bill
llInlC SuCn investments TO DnlCeu states
bonds by preference, or, If Government
bonds are not available for the purpose, to
State, county and municipal bonds under
certain restrictions. The Bartholdt bill
permits the Secretary to lend the peoples
savings to national banks at not less than
three per cent.
Common to all the bills is the provision
that the rate of interest to the depositors
in the postal savings banks shall be two
per cent, computed once a year.
The proposition, then, is practically that
the people of the United States shall be
allowed to lend their small savings to the
Government at two per cent. instead of de-
posting them in savings banks which pay
three, three and a half, or four per cent,
that the Government may take these small
savings in bulk, and, If it has no bonds to
sell, may lend to the banks at three per
cent. or more, the profit going to the Gov
eminent, not to the depositors.
There doesn't seem to be much In the
scheme. The President is wise in not COM
hitting himself to it.
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nouncement had been widely made That
Capt. SvERDRUP was to command the Fran
on a voyage Of investigation in a part OF the
Arctic ocean 1900 to 1900 miles from
the region where Mr.. PEARY Is to make his
headquarters. 1t was not until after
PEARY's project was known In every civil
lied land that SvERDRUP changed his plans
and decided to rival, IL he could, the Amert'
can explorer In the field the latter had
selected. Leading geographical journals
of Europe say that Capt. SvERDRUP Will
provision the Fran for four years, and take
with him fifteen men and q large supply OF
dogs and sledges. He will go equipped for
a long campaign on the very ground that
PEARY will occupy.
Explorers are often compelled to give
their plans the widest publicity. 1t was
necessary for DIR. NANsEN to take the world
into his confidence In order to got the funds
he needed for his last expedition. The Same
necessity impelled Mr.. PBARY, last winter,
to unfold his project for future work and
to give his reasons for believing 1t feasible
and worth the money It would cost to carry
1t out. What would the Government OF
Norway, which gave substantial aid to
HANSEN, have thought of any man who
might have attempted to steal his ideas
and put a vessel into the ice near the new
Siberian islands where NANsEN said he
would enter the frozen seat Such an in
dictment appears to At Capt. SvERpRUP In
his relation to Mr.. PEARY's enterprise and
yet Capt. SvERpRuP's Government is sup
plying a large part of the equipment that
he proposes to utilize.
There is reason to believe that Capt.
SvERpRUP's proposed procedure Is not re-
garded with favor among geographical
authorities whose approval all Arctic ex-
plorers desire to enjoy.
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measure made It unlawful for any male
alien who had not formally declared his
intention to become q citizen, "to come
regularly or habitually into the United
States by land or water for the purpose OF
engaging in any mechanical trade or
manual labor for wages or salary, returning
from time to time to a foreign country. -
A severe penalty, reaching q maximum
Of $500 fine and a years imprisonment,
was imposed on tho employee and the EN-.
ployer for violating this provision.
Whatever the merits of the alien labor
restriction, It evidently had nothing to do
with illiteracy. Since it was aimed at Ca
nadians who cross the border for daily la
Dor in the United States, 1t provoked, last
winter, great Ill feeling In the Dominion
and various projects of retaliation. 1t is
obvious that some persons who favor the
illitcracy measure do not like the other, and
also that each should stand on its W
merits. We believe, therefore, that a sue
cessful effort will be made to keep out any
such Canadian labor measure from the
pending illiteracy bill.
Az to this latter there is something to be
said, as we have already intimated, on both
sides; but since general rules must be
adopted, It seems probable that an illit-
eracy restriction of some sort will be i'm
posed. Provision for adequate notice of its
taking effect would help to avoid hard
ships in turning back immigrants who
might risk entrance when disqualified,
while the steamship companies that have
large pecuniary interests in bringing over
immigrants may stir themselves to have
the illiterate taught to read and write.
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Eighteen Dollar ssenorr.phers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUs-Sir: I have taken CON
siderable interest reading the articles and letters in
THE SuN in reference to the "chewtng gum +" and
"tlddledywinks - stenosrapher. and hope 1t will lead
to some m.ans being taken to raise the standard
among shorthand writer's in the city. There are. how.
ever. two sides to everything. and ono reason why
there 10 such . low grade OF stenographers in the
market IL because of the small salary paid. ANY good
mechanic can earn SIS per week at the bench. but
that sum IL seldom paid nowadays to stenographers.
! called on one OF the largest Wholesale houses in New
York recently in reference to n position. and when I
gave him my figure as elS he remarked that IL was q
pretty high figure FOR a stenographer.
Young men and women who have received q
moderately good education do not care to enter q
profession in which they will not be able to earn
enough to live respectfully. RS. BHAroN.
BROOKLYN, Dec. D..
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NO sA1VAT1oN ARMY MEnazn
BallinEton Booth Will Not Even Discuss Z
with His Father, Gen. Booth.

BailinEton Booth Will Not Evon Discus 10
with His Father, Gen. Booth.
Commander Darlington Booth. for the first
time since his separation from the Salvation
Army. has received n letter from his father.
Gen. William Booth of England, asking for an
interview whom tho General arrives In this
country next month. In reply. Commander
Booth has declared that no will DO glad a. Q
son, to see his father. He adds:
"ln view Of the repeated and strenuouaiv o,n.
culated reports that I have refused to see INV
father. I deem 1t both right and fair TO stato
that 1 have never offered any objection to soc.
ing him. but the Grand Field Council of the Vol,
unteers has advised that, owing to tho wilful
MISREPRESENTATION of my last interview with a
member of my family. and as no longer epro.
sent myself alone, but q largo move,
ment. every safeguard should DO taken
against a repetition of this; and further that
no allusion should be made In tho inter.
view to tho controversy regarding the Salvation
Army. Furthermore, as the object of such an
interview has already been stated to be an
amalgamation Of tho Volunteers of Amerioa
with the Salvation Army. Mrs. Booth and my.
self wish to state with all emphasis that CON.
sidering the essential differences In our govern.
ment and principles such q union would be In.
consistent In the face of our people and our GOD.
and is therefore impossible.
"S 'ehboO " nultTlCb u now q Cl0ES
oughly organized and recognized religious movo.
ment, having nearly seven hundred command.
ing officers. exclusively employed. After eight.
cen months experience we have proved thnt
the work or reaching tho unreached massea al
this country can be done as we'll without inc
limitations and restrictions inyolvedin the form
Of or sSHer r. OF the ssiyation Army. Our poo
Of self-government.. 1t will DO seen. therefors
sirable. uhoo'
TO give countenence to this rumor of anal.
gamation my namo has. In all parts of the conn.
try. been recently associated with the coionizn-
ton schemes and other social schemes of COM.
missioner Tucker, carrying the Implication that
! appr3ve OF them. l cannot too strenuoasiy
appoal TO me press and the public at large To
not competed with these schemes. but all viii
admit that 1t is my, right to protest aRainst
Commissioner and Mrs. B~ooth!Tucker aiieWin%
then1selves TO pass as Commander and Mrs.
Itooth.' we, only wish to have our positinn
rightly End Justly understood. for more than
trust has been committed to us by the AmericSv
people, ana more than ever may they rely upon
our being true to the same. "poA
"BALLINGroN BOOTH"
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The Prize for Extraordinary Virtue

Uncle BILLY BAKER of Kansas, the Popu.
list statesman who represented the Sixth
district in the last Congress, is receiving
general and well.merited applause for his
financial record.
He served during three terms, managed
by strict economy and personal supervis-
ion over small expenses to live in Washing
ton almost wholly upon his mileage and
postage and stationery allowances, saved
and invested his salary. and retired from
public life the possessor of $4,000 as the
result of thrift and self-denial.
Few Congressman can say as much as
that; but before finally awarding the
Montyon prize to Uncle BILLY BAKER of
Kansas, we should like to lave his affidavit
that he has never been within twelve feet
of q ticker.
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ACCUSING CANADIAN PACIFIC.
vSorknen on the Crow's Nest Railroad Say
Thoy Were sadly Treated.

They Were BADLY Treated.
OTTAWA. Dec. 1o.-ElRhty of the men who left
Hull and Ottawa to work on the Crows Nest
Pass Railroad during tho summer have Just
returned here. They say they were treated very
badly. The legal action threatened by the men
against the Canadian Pacific Railroad for mis-
representation. was compromised by the com.
pany giving them free transportation homo and
90 each, which represented the total payment
made them for four months labor on the rail-
road. Another party Of sixty men followed
them for Eastern points two days later, having
terms. Large numbers. however, linger on In
the vain hope of inducing the company to give
them something like a fair wage for their many
months of hard work.
Mr.. Armidas Larocque. formerly q merchant
In Hull. says the men employed to work for the
company directly were dealt with very hardly,
and all were delighted to return to their homes.
The men under the contractors Jared better.
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more Than 30. ooO.O o Copies or One Am.-,...
Hook.
From the Utfoa Observer.

There 10 in Utica m old man OF unusu., In
telligence, who is known to have graduatad
from no college; and yet whose perfect English
dncluding syntax. orthography, and propunci.
ationl would stamp him as an educatcd man, a.
any company. Last night this old man waa
seated In tho rooms of the Cogburn CImhu Vas
he consented TO be interviewed a. follow. "hen
your education r. NV 'ouhuAtion or
From Webster"
Daniel Websterf"
no.; nnt Noah Webster. through HIS sno,,,Du
IN 30 Ina ThnneeEh ! was " ] could spell every wora
neeadinG Lessons It contains. including thhnnt inc
Go3Gt me old man who found some suds one
N MS fruit trees one day, and who. After 1Gys
s Htmn "Urus ahh grass, finally pelted them ywiittk
soomes' uhtll the young scapegraces vrera Win
70 e1He Town and beg the old mans psrdongd iad
wonderfully : no spGiiIhE book must have been
c,entt e. And a genial smile lighted nm Nh.
1tb1 a lace, There were more copies ~ a. ~,
TiT %en q 1fay o miI, work eyer written in Am NJ sSid
m r"asSd is ny years agoHSnd thai 10 10 ist7
IIIoaSSa 20 $4,000. 900 In 1850. since HhicnhS IN,
navS seen NO account of its snIs fviich time
my education to the spelling booE'a los lo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-11

FROM the warrington Post.
When the pedestal OF the statue OF Blair. which
Missouri has presented to ststuAry Hall. was standing
In that hall the other day aw aiting its bronze figure.
some one noticed that in the centre OF the stone block
was a small square hole. The Missouri delegation
was present to watch tho placing OF the statue. and
one or the Congressman. fishing through his pockets.
found a cent. He put the coin in the square hole,
and also deposited a bit of paper with his autograph
The example was contagious. Every member of
the delegation put in a cent and his name. some Gu.
rious bystanders did likewise. and by the time that
the statue was placed in position there was almost
enough copper In the pedestal to sheathe q ship.
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Great xeus from Hepworth.

Though ! am sleeping with tho cows and sheep my health
ID, and We have hope. "--Dr. HspEortA.
There in tho far Armenian
Town OF ErEeroum,
Where the oriental lily
Sheds beauty and perfume;
There where tho bulbul MARBLES
Its sweet, enchanting notes.
And soft mysterious music
Upon the evening floats;
There where the conquered Christians
To ISlAm'a Prophet bow,
Hepworth. the HerGld'S herald.
Sleeps with a brindle cow.
There In tho low. one-Story
Sheds OF Erzeroum.
Hepworth. the HsraId's herald.
Finds health and hope and boom
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-11
A Tar-nssl Evangelist n. Large.


From the KnorpiIIe Tribune.
The Rev. T. Il. Leavitt. a North Carolina evangelist
who is conducting . revival In Riohmond saw two
young women smiling during service. Walking down
the aisle to where they were he knelt and prayed
that they would die Immediately and go to hell. The
Rev. s. O. Hatcher. who WA present and who at
tended tho revivals. straightway left the church.
When he was asked why he left the church he was
said to have replied: 81 think 1t my duty 70 try to
pray people out of hell. and not pray them In"
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u oar yriends rho favor US Nth naRuserfpfs for
Qualification ,ufsh TO hare rejected articles returned,
bAey must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
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Our Four Park ntreetn.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-sir: In reference to
your editorial article in to-day's SUN about d duplicated
names in the streets of New York. please note that
New York has;
Park row.
Park place.
Park street.
Park avenue.
All are separate and distinct streets. We have also
o Parkville In the environs OF Brooklyn. not to
speak OF suburban Parks. as advertised. 1t 10 time
the word Park has . long and serious rest In the
Creator New York. z. A. TRRApwELI-
NEW YoRK, Dec. 0.