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rnr rorcrs or rno5Ecr1Lrs.
A warning Note That Makes the Braves
Veterans Duck Their Heads.

FROM INC MfNWtdVptts tN"N
Ono Of the naval officers Off Santiago waa
talking about ducklng the head when bullets
or shells came ~uncomfortably close, and. ns hs
was never known to finch before any duty ana
had heard the song Of proiectiles innumcrahle
in the civil as well as in the Spanish war, what
he said was listened to.
"Iducked yesterday" he said. and duckcd
hard, when n l3-incher from the Oregon went
over our deck, forward. and pretty close, too.
during the bomhardment HclpitY or courss
| couldn't. Neither could any one else. Tho
pregnant hinges of the knee work involunta-
rily in reverence to one of those roaring mon
sters. You duck as YOU would wink II a fellow
made n pass at your face or would sneeAc II
You stuck a feather up your nose. Will power
isn't any good as n preventive; hasn't time to-
work. Your hoad hobs down and your legs
bend before you can say to Yourself. Don't nv
a cowardly ass Funny. too, and also involun-
tary. | think. is the quick look that follows the
bobbing to SEQ II YOU have been observed. or
course you have. been and equally Of course
experience how II Is HIMSELF"
How about rifle bullets-Mausers. for in
'"Oh. they're different. Generally they come
totheir ping or their Zip, YOU know, too, than
II the Of som mnS + 4 z E Y tbs sS Sne 9!q pst! ~ + TOO e S iSta
sides. the rifle bullets are usually. expected.
while / never knew the close arrival OF n big
projectile to he anything but surprising. l.
think. too. the windage must have something
to do with the effect on nerves and muscles. I
how close an 8, 10, ! . or IL inch shell in fqli
fla II could come TO 2 man without knock
Ing nim over by atmospheric conclusion. There
doesn't seem TO he any rule; seems to. depend
on on the man, or his positti H'Io at the bns time the
one could keep his feet il a high calibre shell
came within five feet of him. have no ambi-
Did You. eyer notice the difference in tho
character OF the sound made by, an 8. 10, or
MICS a 13-lnch, 1.14o,-p9und, fellow ?" 49,,
fate made me an attendant at such diapason
orchestral feats | thought ofsips, not sounds,
well, its very marked; Nov your sub
below the biggest. have a ~petnlant sort OF wall
with them. There is a good deal Of the sqpeai
%.nsig an sight Tis5hnt II inch cry SPF as Il in SS seonV,a aad the Es
sob almost human. But the thirteen inch
spired, not that which is felt, There are few,
makes his twelve-miie leap. An, angry, Vdomi-
yery cleavage Of the frightened waves OF air
Eyo@Y Almost ]poePissai, 1 declare. Alter, al.
most deeply sstirs the heart. I imagine thu
Thinking over this, queer differentiation OF
most dcstructive Of all fairly, gloat through
space on their missions Of death-I understood
to Toral, when the Admiral told him: e have
been firing Pinch shells into Santiago to-day.
setts and Indiana will open on you with 13-inch
shells tomorrow. commencing about noon"
and ro in his s"dSF cspateS to a BlSyn os T mentioned t Sers
Sampson ultimatum.
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Adler on Artstocracy.

t. ,no,ob 10 tho c,o,ol Pasorm cIub nm
r..HaHsish+ d. Inr-x 49,, or,;t+od
49," -" t.aaain,ai.. LoIJ ~, canator
49, =, ani..oorotin nor-
anoaa.at oon $50 oo,nnias s,ooass,nIIy
H.. ada.,oanotian anornmon+ oonnot Poi
80, noat = ,ttt,o tnrthor than mos+ -
e.. -ho ho,s he thaorr bo,,n tha condor
$50 W.. 49,, ,ron, tha ranort - nurnaiob-
80 r"- 80 m. H. =,
~ LII. .a hunotha"t@! '
'no n'p
wnile a'serths M S.ronS .ha4 "
co,on,al no,icv had achieved marvellous results,
This. he thought. was due to the irrational element in
English politics. by which ho meant the application
of tho artstooEatiop principle and he explained by say
ing rms was an ins!run,eh,alny to' stuns ~ ~
,o - 80 q. hand =, Amor;ca va have no such
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A Chief of Artillery.

One lesson suggested by the war with
Spain LIS the value Of having at Washington
q competent artillery officer OF high rank
and large experience to act as adviser to
the Secretary Of Var and the General COM
handing the army in matters connected
with his special arm.
No sooner had active operations in the
Antilles been planned than 1t became neces-
sary to provide q siege train. Accordingly
Gen. MILES summoned Col. JOHN I. RoDG-
RRs, who was appointed a Brigadier-Gen-
eral Of Volunteers. and who assembled at
Tampa q siege train that would doubtless
ave performed a very important part in
the operations contemplated, had the war
lasted longer. Gen. RODGERS served as
Chief of Artillery for Gen. MILES, and is to
be mustered out of his volunteer commits
sion at the end of the present month. The
distinguished services Of Gen. HENRY j.
HUNT as Chief OF Artillery for the Army Of
the Potomac are we'll remembered, and in
the Confederate armies the importance Of
such Il staff officer was fully recognized.
II may be thought. however, that In time
OF peace there is no more need of a Chief of
Artillery at Washington than Of a Chief OF
lnIhuuTy- DuL Ludu WOulu Do u Hd6Uy a6-
sumption, and the difference between the
Krag rifle which the infantryman carries
and takes care of and the big 1o-inch or
Pinch gun on its disappearing carriage in
a fort will suggest one point in which the
cases are not parallel.
Che hundreds OF guns and mortars, with
sheir carriages, which have been supplied,
Ut are to be supplied, to the coast defences,
represent scores OF millions of dollars. Con-
nected with them are complicated appli-
snces OF various sorts for making them
more effective against an enemy. The same
reasoning that establishes a Chief Of En-
gineers to plan and provide emplacements.
and a Chief Of Ordnance to plan and furnish
the armament OF the forts, would also sug-
gest that a Chief OF Artillery should super
wise the establishment Of that armament at
various points, and advise the War Depart
ment In regard to the personnel needed for
its operation,
It does not follow, of course, that there
should be any new staff department of ar
tillery like tn" Corps of Engineers and the
Ordnance Department, each of which has
scores of officers connected with il To help
perform III mu,tifHriuus duties. A single
pli"e", actin. IN an advisory capacity.
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The CITY Budget for 1899.

General BENJAMIN f.. TRACY has been
quoted as saying that tho estimated ex-
penses of the city for 1899 are very greatly
In excess OF what they legitimately ought
to be, and that he could frame q budget
which would provide for the city's needs,
including 80, 900, 900 for new schoolhouses,
with $40, 900, 900, instead OF the 8 $780,
900, exclusive Of the schoolhouses, which
the budget, as adopted. calls for. II Gem
eral TRACY said this, which we very much
doubt, he spoke without due knowledge
and consideration Of the facts.
In the first place. the 500, $40. 900 in
question will be reduced to $se, SOC. 200. by
the revenues Of the Croton Water Depart
ment. of the city wharves and piers, and
from licenses, market fees and other
sources Of that kind. Secondly. 1t includes
over So, DOC 900, borrowed this year on
special revenue bonds to e~qualize taxation
in the several boroughs Of the city, and
which will have to be repaid in 1890. De-
ducting this item, again, brings the net
amount for 1899 down to SIS, 100000.
We have thus, as q matter OF fact, a
budget Of only SIT, 100000 greater than
General TRACY Is reported as saying it
should be; and when 1t Is considered that
this excess includes additional State taxes,
interest and redemption Of the city debt,
increased expenses for schools, police
men, firemen, and sundry improvements
which heretofore have been paid for with
money procured by issuing bonds, it will
be seen that the reduction Of $50, 1000, 900,
which General TRACY Is credited with declar-
ing possible. is a myth Of the imagination.
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Some Anti-Iinperialists

Logging in his ant~i-expansion resolution
at q dinner of the Boston Board Of Trade.
the Hon. ALADDIN ATKINSON, Boss Of the
Anti-Imperialist League, spoke of this
most unfortunate war" He was opposed
to the war just as he is opposed to the in
evitable results Of the war. The war which
ended the long tyranny Of Spain in the
Antilles was a most unfortunate war in
Mr.. ATKINsoN's opinion. The release of
the Philippines from that same oppressive
rule and the bestowal Of freedom and civil
ization upon them will also be most unfor-
tunate in the opinion Of the same eminent
zoe and statistician.
Following in the foaming wake OF Mr..
ATKINSON at the dinner, a Mr.. CHESTER
incidentally attacked the army" and said
that 1--WE had reason to be far from proud
Of the general officers, who are ~unequalled
for imbecility."
Another heated member OF the Anti-Im-
perialist League, the Hon. GAMALIEL
BRADFORD, insists that the Maine was
blown up from the inside.
The Boston Herald. another ferocious
enemy Of annexation, is the paper which re-
CARDS the American flag as a mere piece Of
textile fabric" and which used to deride
the new ships OF the American Navy as
white elephants"
1t is not a curious fact that most of the
few persons and newspapers o active in
opposing the annexation Of the Philippines
opposed the war and lave habitually mis-
understood and insulted and been ashamed
Of their country.
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New York's Clearing House Business, and
London'B.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: On Sunday
last the New York World, with . great flourish Of
trumpets. published q page article congratulating
the people OF New York that, "for tho first time"
the transactions Of the Now York Clearing House
were in excess Of those of London by two thousand
million dollars for the current year. and hailing the
American metropolis as one "now' without . COM
morcial rival on earth.
I quote from my scrapbook of 1881: I'm 1879.
which was the biggest commercial year London ever
knew, her Clearing House transactions were thirty
ak thousand millions tS3e. 900. 900. 900, while in
1880 those of New York were forty-nine thousand
millions Cs4s. 600. 900. 600. showing that New York's
business was thirteen thousand milliona S18. ooo.-
600. 900 annually greater than London's."
This was duly exploited by the American jour
nails of the period. having been given out by the
local Clearing House officials at the time eighteen
years ago), not because New York'R oommerce OK
oeeded that of London. but because for the hrst time
It exceeded Il so greatly.
Everybody knows. or might know. that New York's
preponderance in this respect over Europe's great
est mart has been decided for Q quarter of q century.
though the World has apparently just heard of It.
As the Albany paper once said of the slow Associated
Press correspondent. why didn't he wait till navi-
CATION opens. and send his news along by canal
boatf' WILLIAM APLIN.
BROOKLYN. Nov. %,
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From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
ATLANTA, Nov. 2o.-Itis probable that in the near
future the club women Of Georgia will abandon the
custom of wearing silk petticoats.
At the recent convention OF the Federation. held in
Columbus. Ca. 1t Ia claimed that the most exquisite
toilets were affected by all the delegates, and that
the higher the ONCE OF the delegate the greater
swish there was TO her underskirt. In the heat OF
debate the delegates would thouRhtlessly peram-
bulAte around the hall. and the rnstling was very
annoying to those speaking. This led to the motion
to abandon permanently silk petticoats. they being
dubbed = nuisance by several of the less advanced
members. The motion was promptly tabled, but IL
will be acted on by letter at An early date. and may
result In developments most displeasing to those
who delight in tho pomps and vanity OF which the
silken underskirt is the highest elimination.
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From The Fishing Castle.

an oyster. though he has not the ~telltaie owl
dence In teeth. The lines in the groove Of the
hinge OF the shell tell the whole story. each line
representing, a year. An oyster is Of age at
four years-that is. he is old enough to vote.
take care Of Il family and go to market. Going
four-year-old oyster is particularly palatahi"-
BY this 1t must not, he. supposed that after an
five. six or even ten wrinkles on his shell. he j.
a back number. Indeed. there are records Of
oysters, being eaten Just after celebrating their
formed a delicious meal. Thirty is an unusual
age for an oyster to attain. because few ar"
enjoy life In his own way. 1t is quite probable
that the oyster would become an octogenarinn
last trip to Fulton. Market, New York. brought
in an oyster found on his beds that is believed
to be at least thirty-lve years old.
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tc SN"S' q
One OF the many ways in which a mans care
lessness may cause his undoing has lately been
discovered by n young man who has n habit or
mismating letters and envelopes when sending
off his correspondence.
He had secured from an influential friend a
letter which recommended him for a clerkship
in a wholesale dry goods establishment. The
proprietor was personally known to the writer
of the letter. who advised the young man to-
mail 1t, with his application for the place. to
the merchant, who lived In a suburban town
and was seldom to be found In his city office.
The young man wrote his letter and attend
ed to various other correspondence and then
spective envelopes. adding to one what he sup
posed, to be his friends kind accommodation.
Two days later he received the following letter
from the merchant:
In reply to your communication OF the 10th
I will say that at present there is no vacancy in
my corps of clerks. / return the 'rccommen-
dation'to you, only saving that it is not such
as l consider especially valuable to a young
man"
With a sinking heart the young man glanced
at the fatal Enclosure. and read:
Mr.. James ROBBIE, Dr..
To Forbes. Hopkins 4 Co.
. fancy HHlrl W.
i DOE. necktleH 90
Reed p'ym't $2l oO
Third statement Please remit.
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Leigh Hunt on Godkin.

To THE EDITOR OF The suN-Sir: Ono does
not have to 60 back more than a century and
n quarter AGO. to the Tory editors OF the Revo-
lutionary period to find q description Of the
Godkin variety OF man. In tho Literary Err
amine,' for Dot. IS. 1923. is the following. the
italics being those Of the author:
AToryc can rise no higher than the distssaption Of a
question:. He has = prejudice in favor Of certain
things and against certain per'onS. This is all he
knows OF the matter. He. therefore. gives You
assertions for argument and abuse for wit. II you
ask Q reason for his opinions he calls you names, and
II you ask why he does so he proves that he Is in the
right by repeating them . thousand times.
This accurate description of Mr.. Godkin's In
tellect was presumably written by Leigh Hunt.
UNDERcLIIF. N. J., Nov. %. Il. Il.
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would be all that IL required. II, for exam
pie, the question OF the reorganization OF
the artillery comes up, the War Department
would Their lave an experienced officer of
that arm at hand to consult with. During
the last session Of Congress it was desired
10 know how many enlisted men should be
provided for each battery In order to sup
ply two rellefs in serving sixteen mortars,
and when an answer was furnished the
number in question was Incorporated, we
believe, into tho pending Army bill, and
stood as part OF the law and yet another
solution, which some officers would con-
slider wiser, IL that OF organizing the bat
terry 80 as to furnish n relief, and then
having q second battery stationed at the
same post to alternate with 1t, thus fur
nishing a succession Of fresh officers n
men. However, 1t Is not necessary to
specify illustrations Of the value of q Chief
OF Artillery in such legislation as the War
Department might seek to secure for that
arm. As to his usefulness in indicating to
what points armament can best be distrib-
uted, and what force Of men is required at
any given point. there Is no doubt.
The Importance OF the coast defences in
the army peace establishment is constantly
increasing, and with it. Of course, the rel
ative importance Of the artillery. The
question, however. OF the reorganization OF
that arm is a very broad one, whereas the
appointment Of a single officer as Chief OF
Artillery Is a simple matter, and such an
officer ought to be particularly useful at
this time, when the urgent need Is to pro-
vide for selecting and continuing old de-
fences or creating new ones in the Antilles,
Hawaii and the PHILIPPINES.
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MoprnArroS Is . rxrEalrEnAxoE
A short Sermon by Prof. Goodwin smith.

~ 6hON VI " EAVAs - 50
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Str: / am very
glad that Mr.. Funk does not. like some ardent
Prohibitionists divide us into Christians and
opponents Of Christianity on the line OF pro-
hibition. But I think 1t is also n mistake TO
divide us on that line into friends and enemies
Of temperance. which. in fact. Is done when
the advocates OF prohibition identify temper
ance with their cause. The use OF fermented
liquors OF some kind seems to be immemorinl
and almost universal, Medical science may
some day pronounce that It ought to be climl-
mated from human diet. But at present q man
cannot be called Incorporate who uses fer
mentcd liquors without excess. To say that
moderate use must lead to excess is TO contra
dict overwhelming experience. The Founder
Of Christianity and His disciples drank vino.
Yet they would hardly be put by Prohibition
lists out of the pale OF temperance.
Numbers OF people who cannot believe in
prohibition acknowledge as heartily as Mr..
Funk and his friends the evils arising from
drink. and are not less ready TO vote for prac-
ticable measures Of restriction. They admit
that the saloon is the enemy OF the homo;
while the home. by its cold and comfortless re-
ception of the man after his days work. is too
often the friend OF the saloon. The co-opera-
ton of such persons in s~alutary measures is
repelled by Mr.. Funk's rigid line.
must OWE that l also object strongly to the
practice Of making one particular object. which
sometimes is a crotchet. paramount over all
the general interests OF the community. and
trying to force It on the Legislature by the
compact influence OF what is really a minority
vote. This Is a serious and growing disease Of
the elective system. To enroll yourself in a
Prohibitionist party is. in fact. for the sake OF
that one object. to renounce the general al
leRiance OF a citizen to tho common veal and
force legislators to do the same.
GOODWIN SMITH.
THE GRANGE, TORONTO. Nov. %.
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Are six-Day Cycle Races Inhuman +?

II the present Indications are trust
worthy, there will be a six days bicycle
race in Madison Square Garden beginning
on Dec. 5. A few Of the men who desire to
compete in the contest are already in the
city, having come thousands OF miles ex-
pressly for the purpose Of demonstrating
what it is possible for a strong. healthy,
sound-bodied, well-trained wheelman to do
in the way OF almost continuous riding.
While the contestants are waiting impa-
tientIy for the time when they can mount
their wheels and begin their long journey,
there is an effort to defeat their purpose by
passing an ordinance which shall make the
holding Of six-day races unlawful
The proposed ordinance has received the
support OF individuals whose knowledge Of
the effect OF six-day rides upon those who
take them has been acquired from ire
sponsible sources. Witnesses of the cycle
races in the Garden last December who
sought to find oven a slight resemblance
between the CHASTITY representations of the
riders contained In saffron newspapers and
the spectacle actually presented on the
track, abandoned the task as impossible.
Some people seem to think that the men
who enter q race Of 142 hours duration
possess the same quality of muscular fibre
as the cyclists one sees every day on the
road. The philosophers who declare that
such races are cruel and barbarous are
apparently ignorant OF the fact that the
participants are as able to endure the IA
tigue of a weeks riding as most wheelmen
are to perform a century run.
1t would be extremely dangerous for some
wheelmen to attempt to ride from the Bat
terry to Grants Tomb without d~ismounting.
If they did so, who knows that the e~xertion
might not bring on appendicitis or compen-
satory hypertrophy or paresis in the in
terossei lumbricales and the adductor pol
licis? Blu W. have yet to hear that
TEDDY" HALE, who has been conspicuous
in two six-day races in this country, has
had even il mild attack OF bicycle nose
He appears to be as hearty and muscular
and confident of success now as he was two
years ago, and the prospect OF being able
Ia roll on 1000 miles, more or less, inside
Of n week, fills him with delight.
The origin of the erroneous notions enter
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WEST FORK, Ind. Nov. 22.-Last Halloween
married was announced for next month went
with several friends to visit the cemetery NJ
learning the future. Her sweetheart heard Of
the girls Intentions, and with two friends re-
white. They concealed themselves. and when
the young, woman reached the spot sprung
from their hiding places. Miss Dowden, who
turned aud fed toward her companions. whore
she dropped in Il Swoon at the feet OF the almost
ghosts ran to her assistance, calling out to, re-
assure the girls. and all worked to restore her.
though temporary relief has been given. these
swOons have continued daily for three weeks
and t is feared now that they will cause her
death. Grave fears are also entertained for
her amanced. who is now suffering with brain
fever,
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The brother of DANTE GABRIEL RossETTI
prints In the Pail Mall Magazine some OF the
unconsidered tribes from the pen Of the painter
and poet which were not regarded as worthy
Of publication in his collected writings. That
the original judgment as to exclusion was
sound will appear to any one who reads these
scraps. Hero. for example. is the concluding
stanza of a so-called Sacrament Hymn:
mo feast where the belly alone has its NIL
He gives ne His body and blood;
The blood and the body dIl think Of It stilD
OF my Lord. which is oHRIsr, which il Con-
And here is a parody on Uncle NED" prob
ably written by DANTE GABRIEL in 1852 or
1855 when Uncle Toms Cabin" was having
an astonishing vogue in England:
Deere was an old niger. and him name was Uncle
Tom,
And him tale was rather slow:
Ne try to read do whole. but me only read some.
Because me found 1t no go.
Den hang up de author. Mrs. srowr.
And kick do volume wild your toe
And dere's no moro public for poor Unole Ton,
He am gone whar de trunk lining go.
Him tale d1bbles on and on widout . break,
Till You hab no eyes NOR to see;
When I reached chapter 4 l had got . headache.
80 ! had to let chapter 4 be.
DE demand one hne morning for Uncle TON died.
De tears down Mrs. srowE's face ran like rain;
For she knew berry well. now dey'd laid him on dc
shelf.
Dat she'd neber get a publisher again.
Den hang up. &C."
Why this wretched stuff. and much more OF THE
same sort. as bad in taste as In art. should now
be dumped into print by the same brothsrly
hand which properly withheld 1t from the pub
lilo when the collected works OF DANTE