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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I am
pleased to note that we have one man in Con.
gress who appreciates the damage done our
country by the Canadian railroads. II some of
our legislators could spend o short time at
either Of the Canadian entry ports. they would
agree with Mr.. Elkins. Having been for some
years a resident Of one of those towns I know
whereof l write.
The amount of United States freight hauled
across the border and through Canada to the
detriment of our roads is vastly underesti-
mated. 1t was not carloads. but trains of mer.
chandise from both East and West that kept
the Canadian Pacific Railroad and the Grand
Trunk Railroad rushed. Why beef from Chi.
cago to Boston. paper from New Hampshire.
and granite from Vermont should be sent out
Of its course to help these roads beats me.
This should be stopped. Especially does this
call for attention now, when these roads are
doing all they can to divert all traffic their way,
even II at the suicidal rates named by them.
We enact "alien labor laws" taking away from
a few laborers living on the borders their oppor.
tunity to better their condition O little by work.
ing on this side at a little better pay; meanwhile
hundreds of Canadian railroad men are kept at
good employment handling freight that should
be kept on this side. AMERICAN.
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From a Massachusetts, journal, the
Worcester Telegram, comes this coarse and
cruel insult to one of the most venerable
of Massachusetts, institutions:
mot one sound has come from the quarters OF the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company OF Boston.
Where are the defenders of the Parker House and
Young's?"
Thank MARS, In this town the heroic
qualities Of the Ancients are known and
appreciated. 1t is not too much to say that
a thrill of honest indignation penetrated
every New Yorker who read those ma
licious words. Where are the Ancients3
They are where they are expected to be by
a grateful country. No sound comes from
their quarters. What sound should comet
Is this a time for talk7 Are these days for
revelry9 Let toy troops, we'll whitfield with
nectar, boast Of their prowess, and hurl
insults at the absent foe. Grave, resolute,
thoughtful, the Ancients have planned
their campaign. We, and all others who
know them, are sure that that campaign
will be worthy Of the splendid traditions
of this unrivalled phaianx of martialists.
The invaders of England survive. Thu
undaunted men who braved the terrors of
a voyage across the Atlantic in the dead of
summer are prepared to undergo equal
hardships on land. The warriors who
struck terror into the heart of ALBERT
EDWARD by appearing before him in frock
coats and brown derby hats will not hest
tate to go through the evolutions of the
corkscrew drill in the presence of the great
est grandee that ever had n castle in Spain.
We are no mere Ldnd,cehr," says Col.
SID HEDGES; 1--WE are active men, who
stand ready to go to the front"
And they arc at the front, at Parker's,
at Young's, wherever duty calls. 1t would
be wrong to publish the plan of campaign,
but some details may be given. If there is
no invasion, the company will occupy its
usual garrisons. If an invasion should
seem probable, the company will intern
within itself the choicest supplies, spike
Parker's and Young's. transport the deli
catessen magazines in the Boston Light
Infantry. and retire in hansoms toward
New York. "Cut off the enemy's supplies,
and what can he dor asks Col. HENRY
WALKER.
When the Ancients launch themselves
against the foe, the foe will find mighty
poor pickings.
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a. Second and Ninth Corps; b. Third ana Fifth Corps;
C. First and Sixth Corps.
The above return omits the artillery reserve,
commanded by Lieut..Col. William Hays, which,
as shown by its return for Dec. 10, 1852 mot
published in the War Records), shows an eff
fective strength Of Sol officers and men, with SO
guns. This, added to the foregoing, makes an
aggregate of l 1885 electives and 34s guns.
Burnside also had under his control and NOV
ing to his support the Eleventh and Twelfth
Corps, with the following effective force: Eley-
enth Corps, 1929 infantry. 1874 cavalry, and
s97 artillery-l4.256 with AZ pieces of artillery;
Twelfth Corps, 10.O75 infantry. 13l cavalry.
and 1,oO5 artillery-11,2ll. with 55 pieces of
artillery War Records. Vol. XXI. p. 1.l2ll On
the departure dec. III of the latter corps from
Harper's Ferry TO join the main army on tho
Rappahannock there was left behind three reg
iments of infantry. numbering probably !, 200
electives (sce Slocum to Hallock. War Records.
Vol. %XI.. p. s52). which should be deducted
from the return of Dec. 10. This would mako
The reserve. or supporting force, IA, 256 of the
Eleventh Corps. and lo,011 Of the Twelfth
THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.
Lees field return for Dec. 10, 1862 War Rec
ords. Vol. XII. p. 1,057). shows officers and
men present for duty, as follows:
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The Hartford Courant permits itself to
speak Of the Hon. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS, one
of tho most brilliant statesmen of his ago and
class in tho State of Washington, as a "popin-
jay" The Hon. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS is no
moro q popinjay than BIO ia a lapwing, q SQUAD.
q princox. q dotterel. a woodcock. q tender
%juvenal. He was born at an early age. and II he
keeps on growing he bids fair to be as wise at
sixty as most persons are at sixteen. Aside
from these facts. the Hartford Courant has no
right, and should have no desire, to apply the
word "popinjay" to q man honored by some
OF the delegates from four States In the
Chicago Convention. whore he received II
votes for the nomination for Presi-
dent. The Hon. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS ia
q many-colored mind. with equal fondness for
the glories OF public life and for the masterpieces
OF tho bes; tailors. He has the soul of a poet,
and as for his legs. In the language of the Hon.
SIMON ~TAPPERrIT. a kindred genius. let sculp-
lures see them in their visions and chisel them
In their waking hours. As mature as he ever
will be, and as deliberate as an exploding gas
main, tho Hon. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS deserves
to be studied and preserved.
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kipIing aud Women,

To THE EDITOR or THE suS-Sfr: am glad to
see that "A Woman" has pointed out what KipIipe
says OF women when he speaks seriously. Had the
critic OF the Union Signal read that touching ex.
! position OF the gratitude felt by Hindoo W omen to
Lady Dunerin for her efforts in their behalf entitled
"song OF the Women. IS It is charitable to suppose he
could never have written that Kipling looks upon
ing 10 man: he seems to have no more Interest in her
happiness and development az a daughter OF God
Pity Women" might have shown him the poets pity,..
fulness toward the victim OF the "pure brutality" OF
It Is quite true that Kipling does not especially
t fSess aa himself Sc aSoTs the woman question, but IN
Women" Women Who Did," and women who
fatIan: s %1 NINE aS. sarah 6rnnd's ~interminahle disser.
over inhuman men. some OF us think It is prontabIs
race. ANOTHER WoM.S
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: Has Mr.. Frederick
Calvin Norton ever seen the beautiful eulogy which
Rudyard Kiplinz pronounced upon the woman who
gave him to us?
"It I ware hung on the highest hill,
iknow whose love would follow mo stil,,
o, mother o. mine. o, mother o. mine.
"If I were drowned in the deepest sea.
ikhoW whose tears would come down to me,
w. mother O. mine. o, mother o. mine.
"If ! were damned of body and soul,
know whose prayers would make me whole.
o. mother o mine. q. mother o. NINE"
Nothing could be more unjust than, nrst, to ouots
tltude toward women by a sentence Of reckiess ,ronx
torn ruthlessly from Its context.
NEW YORK. March l. AUGUSTUS Il. BARNETT.
To THE EDITOR OF THE sus-Sir: The man who
-Four things greater than all things are
women and horses and power and war
ought to he popular with women. Surely he knows
Esop's, fables to youngsters nowP The "Junaie
any other children = mSS oet popular In the nursery than
READING March 2. KPLIxGIrr.
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Old Fort Jefferson.

Our Washington dispatches give what is,
80 far as we are aware, the first public an
nouncement of the Wal Departments de-
cislon to reoccupy Fort Jefferson, on tho
Dry Tortugas, for military purposes.
This step is interesting and important.
The Dry Tortugas present the most con-
spicuous example in the country of a place
fortified at great cost purely for its
strategic value. Key West is also at the
entrance to the Gulf, but it has at least
a town and thriving commerce, whereas Mt
the Dry Tortugas there is nothing but the
group of small sand.covered coral islands,
with their low growth of trees or bushes.
But Garden Key contains a harbor finer
than Key Vests, deeper, more commodi-
Gus, and better sheltered. Hence it's value
as q naval rendezvous, illustrated by the
recent resort of Admiral SIcARD's feet to
Il for drill and man1uvre. Whether It
was wise originally to build at this remote
spot one of the largest forts in the United
States ut a cost that ran into the millions,
to say nothing Of the further expense Of it's
garrison, is a matter that has often been
discussed. 1t has been said that we could
have afforded to take the chance that a
knOWleuRe VI u ndTDOT "Oulu COIle W IL
foreign enemy, and meanwhile could con-
centrate our own resources at Key West,
using the Dry Tortugas in hostilities, il
needed. Be that as it may, the fort is
there, q massive structure of masonry,
with come Of it's many gums capable of
being used, although a powerful mortar
battery would make the place still more
defensible.
Hitherto, while the occupation of Fort
Jefferson has occasionally been mooted, no
real attempt has been made in that direc-
ton, for the lack of artillerymen at points
far more urgently needing them. But now,
with the prospect Of an increase for the sea-
board garrisons, the Wal Department has
once more turne its attention thither. OF
course, should troops be sent to Garden
Key. the quarantine station which has for
many years occupied the fort would be
moved elsewhere.
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the twentieth century. However that may
be, we are even less prepared to believe that
he intends to use his personal n political
influence in the House OF Representatives
to veto the darling hope of BLAINE, the de-
sire of his W State and his own party,
and the declared policy Of the MCKINLEY
Administration.
Empire can wait and has waited and a
glorious opportunity has como twice. Once
It has been rejected, and the responsibility
Is upon GROVER CLEVELAND. Has Mr..
SrMoNs any certain knowledge that the
Hon. THOMAS BRACKET REED is ambitious
to play the role of CLEVELAND at the second
coming Of the nations opportunity
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The Peanut Rooster whistle.

To THE EnIToR or THE Sus-Sir: II seems to mo
that II was Topeka, wasn't it2 that passed an ordi'
nance suppressing the peanut roa,t'r whistle, Il
pause here long enough 10 rise and salute Topeka
That Western city may not be so big as New York,
but It is chokeful of brains and common sense. That
ordnance alone would he enough 10 make the munic'
ipsl crown OF Topeka a %glittering diadem.
l don't hear so many whistles blowing on peanut
roasterH here as ! used 10. 1t may lie that there Is an
ordinance against them here and that ] have missed
II; We sometim' "a discover In other municipal govern
ments ereditable features that are already iHcor'
porated In our own. But II we have no ordinance
against the peanut rooster whistle. we should emulate
At once the example OF Topeka.
A LOVER OF PEANUTS, But Not or SoiSE.
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Every day, II not every hour and half
hour. a now trust is formed. The nsh oil trust
and the boat oar association seem to have been
born on the same day; and still the wild work
goes on. Where is the Hon. Potato PINGREE
Is this a time for him TO be In the cabinet of
thought or to pour himself into monographs
Have the appealing words lately shot at him BY
certain citizens of Colorado ceased to roar in
his earsf Come out" cry certain Colorado
%citizsns. "clad In the armor OF justice and hu.
manity. and lead Michigan to the front, Yea,
perhaps the nation" Yea. perhaps the nation
Potato. come outl PinEree. como outl
Forth to the battle with storm and shout"
Where is the championl How long 10 It going
to take him to get measured for that full suit of
armor OF justice and humanity
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BattIeships and Torpedo Boats.

The fate of the Maine, recalling, as it
does, other cases of the destruction of
armored ships of the line, either by acct
dent or in combat, has started a cry, in
some quarters, against the further construc-
ton by our navy of vessels of this class.
The same mistaken conclusion was
drawn when the Chinese armor-clads were
defeated by the protected cruisers of Japan,
off the mouth of the Yalu, and again
when havoc was made in the Chinese fleet
by the Japanese torpedo boats at Wei
Hal Wei. But what was Japan's own
coursel No sooner had the wal ended
than she ordered from European yards
battleships far more powerful than the
Chinese, and she has one now building
which, If we do not mistake, is the heaviest
in the world. She saw. indeed, that it was
her superior guns and gunnery, with better
maneuvring and all-around seamanship,
that won her victory at the Yalu, and that
the Chinese battleships, though of an in
ferior class, really prevented the defeat
from being greater than 1t was. She saw,
too, that while torpedo boats are undoubt-
eddy formidable. their range of use is
limited, and that within that range they
may be withstood by other torpedo boats,
end by various methods of protecting bat
Geships. She did not conclude that the
day of battleships had gone by.
The matter Is of Importance to us lust
now because the pending naval bill is to
carry on battleship construction. There Is
no need of decrying torpedo boats. Like
monitors, they are Of enormous value to
our naval system. But no single appliance
can be said to monopolize and include every
form OF aggressive and defensive naval war
fare, or to make any other appliance obso-
lete. The submarine mine, for example, is
asplendid element of harbor defence, yet
an attacking fleet might, with favoring
circumstance, countermine and explode
such %defences. and 30 get a safe channel.
The torpedo boat, too, Is an admirable
source of defence against ironclads, but
these latter may be accompanied by torpedo
boat catchers, or be more or less protected
by steel nets, as we'll, of course, as by their
rapid-fre batteries, with searchlights TO
aid, and by their patrol boats thrown out.
When it comes to operating at sea against
a feet of hostile armopclads, the torpedo
boat tiotilla may not be in the contest at
all. The fight may come in bright moon.
AiBhS VI " nay luc ITdll torpedo
craft may be helpless in seas that
are nothing to a battleship. One of
the most familiar facts about them is
the striking disparity between the short
range of the torpedo and the great range
OF the h~igh'power gum. But it was demon.
strated by experience during tho recent
movements of our own torpedo ~fiotilla,
namely, that their capabilities are limited
by the physical condition of their men.
For, apart from the question of keeping
the sea In rough weather, and of coal sup.
plies and provisions, the contrast between
torpedo craft and big battleships in facili.
ties for giving the officers and men sound
sleep at night and rest after fatigue is very
great.
We shall do well, therefore, 10 add to
cur rapidly growing torpedo iotilla by
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w +. Joness brigade OF cavalr serving in tho
Shenandoah Valley is included in sluart's di.
cd thorefrom. In the absence OF a return. the
strength of the brigade is estimated at o.25O,
which would reduce the total OF the Army OF
hammock to 1898 of all arms present for duty.
Lees effective strength is not shown on tie
made for the usual proportion OF non-combat-
ants included among the present for duty
army with that OF Burnside's. A detachment
OF Hampton's cavalry brigade. $40 strong, was
operating in the roar of Bnrnside's army, In
close CONTACT. with his reserves (see War Rec
ords. Vol. XXI. p. 690). The artillery attached
to infantry divisions is not distinctly reported,
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H.w Our suobbery strikes. Them.

From the Newcastle Dufv Leader.
The craze for vicarious distinction which IA At pres.
ent so prevalent In the United States has surely at
length reached the supreme height OF absurdity. The
Noble order OF the Barons OF Runnymede, !" the for.
nation ofwh'ch we commented upon recently, has
speedily been followed by another society which is
even more hopelessly aud Rlaringly vulgar. A
number OF "society" ladies have formed then,
selves into an organization called the "or.
der OF the Crown" Membership OF this most
exclusive and aristocratic body OF repub.
llcAnb Ii carefully limited to those who can prove Ia
the councils satisfaction and their own that they are
descended from one or other OF the kings OF England,
scotland. Germhny, or France. The scattered scIons
OF the various royal houses OF IrelAn d are debSrred
.oI some reaSon or othoT-probably because they are
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From the ooden,buro Journal. Republican.

Opposition to tho ill-advised Ellsworth bill is
hearty and general. Its provisions are not tena-
BILE. The proposition is against the spirit of the
age. II made law. it would set back the liberty
do no good whatever. There were Republican
editors in the Albany conference. who frankly
stated that they would not support for re.elec.
ton any Senator or Assemblyman who voted
for the Ellsworth bill or vote for a Governor
who might give sanction to the bill.
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From the FREQ Press of h Empire
State,

Some specimen expressions on this page
Of The SUN show the almost unanimous
sentiment Of the newspapers Of New York
concerning the outrage which Mr.. PLATT
and Mr.. CROKER propose to perpetrate by
means of the Ellsworth bill.
No one man Is large enough to gag the
free press of the Empire State. No two
men are large enough for that job.
The statesman who cherlshes Illusions in
this respect must be going crazy. The
party leader who attempts to use his accu-
INFLATED power In this direction has sur
passed his political usefulness.
This Is not Russia. 1t is New York.
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The Nebraska State Journal makes this
vain pass at a huge Nebraskan:
Senator ALLEN has gained considerable notoriety
but no fame through his attempt to embarrass tho
administration"
What notoriety was there for Mr.. ALLEN to
gaini Will tho wind be any better known to-
morrow than 1t IL today wind, wind. what
is windf' asked Howadji CURTIS. dreaming
along the Nile. After fifty years or thereabouts
the answer can be given. clear. satisfactory.
inexpugnable. Wind is the Hon. WIND ALLEN
of Nebraska.
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the provisions Of the pending navy bill ;
but IL would be folly to imagine that these
little craft have put battlcships and mont
tors among the relics Of the past. Such
ships must still form the backbone OF any
competent navy, with cruisers and gun
boats for patrol service, commerce protect
ing, and destroying. Two new
battlesbips at least should BIO provided for
in the Appropriation bill soon TO be offered
In the House.. Six would DO better.
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1t is p%erplexing to find our Mugwump
contemporary, tho Boston Herald. insisting
upon tho eradication of lynch law" Why, one
OF the largest idols In the Mugwump temple. the
Hon. CHARLES JOSEPH BoNAPARTE Of Baltimore.
defends lynch law. and that it DO
applied to public officials and other citizens
whom he regards as undesirable. Must lynch
law be eradicatedi Then how is the Wild Man
from Baltimore going to eliminate undesirable
Dersona7
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Col. j. II. BRIGHAM, Assistant Secretary
OF Agriculture. tells tho National Pure Food
Congress that the adulteration of food is a
crying evil" and that tho United States spends
five billions a year for food. OF which one hun.
dred millions is spent for worthless stun. "
whereof ten per cent 10 deleterious to life
and health" Perhaps Col. BRI0HAM's figures
are somewhat too athletic. 1t will be hard TO
persuade persons who are not pinins for q IA.
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a New Pipe Test Suggested.

To THE EDITOR or THE suS-Sfr: There Is a tess
forleaks In pipes which consists In pouring pepper
mint down from the top; II there ia a leak any hero
the pungent odor will md Its way through, and 30
discover II. l would suggest that where peppermint
Is not conveniently procurable n satisfactory lrht
might be made with cigarettes; let somebody go NJ
on the roof and blow a mouthful OF cigaTrtt" smoke
down the pipe. CoLoRApO MAprRA.
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From the Syracuse Herald. Independent.

Every paper in tho State with independence
enough to make it respected has protested
against It as being an assault upon the tradi-
tional liberty OF the individual to print what he
pleases. subject to the penalties prescribed by
the common law and the statutes for libel and
indecency.
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The Pennsylvania Limited with Its magnificent ne"
equipment Is a realization OF the ideal IN railway
travel. The business man takes II because he eau
trade ~ he goes; the rich man because IL affords the
greatest luxury; the lAdies because 10 Anords every
convenience and comfort of q well.Ordered hSAS.
Leaves Few York daily for the Wsst.-AdV.
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The way to pronounce Madrid is Mahdree,
with the accent on the second syllable.-Clepeiand
Leader.
One way Of pronouncing it, no doubt. and a
highly original and interesting way. There are
other ways. even in Ohio. Thus the Hon.
HORACE LEoNIDAs CHAPMAN says Madrid"
"a" as in fate" accent on the first syllable.
Gen. ADoNIRAM JUDsoN WARNER prefers to
say "Ma-dried." accent on the last syllable,
"a" as in fate" We cannot accept NAH
dree" as the official form until fuller returns
have been received.
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A case deserving of grave attention is
that Of Pay Director UTHER G.. BILLINGS OF
tho navy. Mr.. BILLINGS was convicted by a
court-martial upon certain charges. and sen.
tenced to dismissal from the service. His advo.
Gates. asserting that this finding was unjust and
unsupported by the evidence. have so impressed
the Secretary of the Navy with their argu.
ments that the latter has proposed to compro-
mise with MIR. BILLINGS by permitting him to
retire instead of being dismissed.
This proposition, however, Mr.. BILLINGS
sturdily rejects. insisting n~anfully upon the
alternative that. IL guilty, he should be pun
ished, and that. If innocent. Justice requires
that the last trace of guilt should be officially
removed from him..
To this attitude it seems that tho response of
the Navy Department should be q reconvening
of the court and a rehearing of the case.
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Nrom tho Syracuse Post. Republican.

The bill has not been improved enough yet.
The Senate should strike out the e~naotine
clause. That would be the best improvement.
There is no just demand for any legislation on
this subject at present.
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u our Jrtsnds ,oho favor Gs toftA "SHu'crtpts JoT
publication Vtsh to haze rsjeotsd articles returned.
thsy ssust IN oil Gases send stamps for that purposs.