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Oueer Tirat Namaa.

Il don't suppose It makes much difference
whether q newspaper gets a mans first name
right or not" remarked the Person OF Com.
prehensive Knowledge Of Contemporaneous
History. but some men would just as soon be
called by a wrong name as be called late to
dinner. Now I don't suppose the editor OF any
New York Sunday paper has received one or
moro letters Of indignant Protest from two or
either one OF two distinguished gentlemen. but
two OF them / noticed were miscalled last Sun.
day. One OF them got It from the Sunday SUS.
which referred to that able street-car organiza.
ton conductor and popularistic millionaire OF
Cleveland, Ohio. as Thomas l.. Johnson when
The Sun ought TO know that his name Is plain
Tom. Not any diminutive OF Thomas. don't
you know. but the dignified and simple Tom.
Just why he was christened Tom. or whether
he was or not. l don't know: but Tom Is his
was by the. Herald. which used initials In the
name. OF " J McGee. the scientist and eth:
nDy StIer on name MSse enSsp, W J ff and H ,Sose i es !
are not initials of something which calls for
periods after them to indicate that they stand
ireaked | know no more than why Tom John.
son was served in the same way.
And speaking q first names: 40 yon re;
dentr Somebody In Louisiana named jack
Jack Wharton was it2-was mentioned TO him
for Office. and ha papers were made out In that
nana. The President looked them over and
said he would not appoint a man to Office who
was so undignifled as to sign his name JACK
and il was not until 1t was explained that jack
was a famous family name in Louisiana. and
the gentleman bore II with pride as his
christened name. that the President looked
more l~eniently upon the application.
Again. IN Kentucky; the family, name OF
Major is well known and i is often given as q
a young lady from the North visiting there
once who met q young gentlemen who bore the
thing about It. OF course, but supposed II was
prepa ratory title TO the traditional Colonel that
the young man would attain to by and by. so
she called him Major as soon Us she heard his
friends doing 1t. and when he finally called her
attention to II she treated him with such
naughty dignity that he was sorry he had
corrected her"
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Foreign Notes of Real Interest.

Sir John Tcnniel was able to celebrate his eiahtissA
birthday with the cartoon for Roberts's yic,orv.
brave B1b.." in Ptnct,
Paul Meurice. Victor Hugo's executor, has prs.
seutcl tn the Bibliothelue Rationale a collection Of
over a thousand pictures representing Victor HUGO.
his family and places connected with his life,
Yiennas new eJecutoner. Joseph Lang, is the
strong man Of an athletic club and one OF the best
known athletes in the city. He IL q nephew Of the
late eIecutioncr and obtained the place against
nineteen competitors.
Temperance is making hea1way in Munich and
the German Medical Total Abstinence Union IN.
nounces that hereafter at tho students' hnsips
"only a moderate use Of beer will be allowed" DR.,
B1uge and DR.. Rrspolin are the leaders In the move
mont.
Kaiser Wilhelm aud King Leopold Of Belgium hsvs
pu' np si.u0o,OOO capital according 10 the London
H'IiB Mai. for asyndica,e to explore the territory In
China acquired by King Leopold. VI do Gerlache,
who commanded the 'Belgica' Antarctic expedition.
Is to be put In command OF the exploring party.
Besides the oldest sons of the Marquis OF Dufferin.
Of Lord Roberts and Of Niscoun Mt Frankfort de Mont.
morency. who have been Killed, the heirs-apparent
or ~presumptve 10 the following peorages are under
orders for South AfricA, or already there: Tn.
Dukodoms Of Athole, Richmond, IT. Adams. ana
Westminster. the Marques lie Of Lansdowne. IN.
Earldoms Of Abingdon. Arran. Beauchamp. Derby.
Dunmoro, Erne, fitzw.lliam. Gosford. Granard
marlborough, Listowcl and Rose. and the Baron,ss
of Bagot, Balfour Of Burleigh. Ebury, Farnb.m-
1veagh. Leconneld. Loeb. Loyat, ONsul. gve.A
mouth and Wimborae.
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Housekeepers and Servants.

To THE EDITOR OF The Sun - SIR. The very
timely article In The sry Of Monday from Il. T.
of Montclair presents Q phase OF the servant ques-
ton which all housekeepers have experienced.
Attic present time they seem to be in . helpless
condition owing to the demands OF a class who, as q
rule, are both Incompetent and unreliable.
The agencies which pretend to supply help arc, in
many cases, run by those who foster the very evils
complained of.
Servants have also grown dietatorial snd insub.
ordinate. claiming privileges beyond endurance. AS
you say, houseSeepsrs are left to do their own work.
The GLASS of servants who viii sit a week in an Office
and 1--we upon their funds rather than work for q
reasonable wage seems to beincreasing *. and evidence.
are not wanting that they are coached by the same
sgitaturs who foment labor troubles among men.
Az a househeeper for many years, and as the victim
now and again y the evils here presented, | must
think that Mrs. Emmons Blaine has done nothing to
assist housekeepers, but has aided boycottiug and
stimulated the demands VI the servant class from
which we arr all suffering. Mas. L. l.. n
MOUNT VERNON, March 20.
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have been Q source Of chills and fever to the

have been Q source Of chills and fever to the
other elevator companies"
Two attempts to ruin the association have
been made. but the only result has been
that In anger IL has taken to selling coal,
hour, salt and 30 on. II sells them 10 MEN,
bcrs at n little above cost; 10 pon-members
at a higher price..yet 1.-THE business IL
handled at SO small expense that people
at Rockwell, for some reason or other.
can secure those commodities at o saving
all tho way from 10 TO 25 per cent. In com.
parison with the prices In surrounding
towns"
At present the society has about 500
members and last year did q business OF
$500, 600, ten times that OF Its first year.
1t has built anew elevator In Cameron, near
Mason City. has n surplus Of $1,000, and
declared a dividend Of $4,000 last year.
Dividends, however. are not the purpose OF
the society. The gains Of the members are
supposed TO come from the high selling
and low buying prices. Undoubtedly 1t has
had a successful career. Whether It will
continue TO be prosperous, whether dissen-
sions will not arise In II, whether, II 1t
keeps on growing, 1t will not become un-
wieldy. are questions the answer to which
probably depends upon the managers Of
the association. So far they seem to have
been men OF unusual shrewdness and abil-
ity. So long as 1t is conducted by such
men It will be the interest Of its members
to remain In 1t. 1t is to be observed that
no member can hold more thar three shares
Of tho stock, and that at present about 500
members hold col shares. Inside IL is q
democratic monopoly.
The many efforts made by farmers in vari-
Gus parts OF tho country to take advantage
OF tho principle Of association 80 success
fully applied to commercial and industrial
enterprises show the demand there is for
Agricultural Trusts. The Iowa Farmers
Trust perhaps will be initiated.
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The Naval General staff.

The work begun seventeen years ago by
Admiral, then Commodore. LUCE, is bearing
fruit; the Secretary Of the Navy has issued
all order creating Naval General staff, and
assigning Admiral DEWEY to duty as its
chief. This is one Of the most important
peace orders ever issued in the Navy and
places the capstone on the structure begun
by Admiral LUCE so long ago
For years past the Naval War College has
occupied practically the place Of a Naval
General staff. Much that Is done In the most
famous General STAFF. that Of Germany. is
done forthe Navy at the Navy War College;
yet for years that institution has been the
plaything Of the Secretaries Of the Navy
hardly even that ; II has been the football.
Begun by Commodore LUCE in 1884. 1t has
had to struggle for existence from the first.
Its founder was at the head for nearly two
years; then in 1885 anne Capt. MAHAN,
who went to sea in 1889. Until his return
in 1892, the college was suspended practi-
cally. MAHAN returned to duty as head OF
the college In July, 1892. and retired in
May. 1898. He was succeeded in November
by Commander, o Capt. II. G. TAYLOR,
who In turn was followed in December.
1897. by the present President, Capt.
STOCKTON. A part OF the time the college
has been under Acting Presidents, and
aver now its Importance Is recognized so
little by the authorities, that it's head.
though Of higher rank than the officer COM
manding the training station, has to
yield to him in matters OF residence and
dignity ON Coasters Harbor Island. where
both institutions arc situated.
Tho order Just issued will change the
position Of the War College and give to
it an official place In the economy Of the
Navy Department which 1t has never had.
The order applies to the Chief OF the
Bureau of Navigation. the Chief Intelli-
eence Officer, and the President of the War
College, and their chief assistants, ex %oflcio;
and to certain other officers. 1t is interesting
TO note that each President Of the College
except tho first, Commodore LUCE, has
been trained at the college, and it Is to be
presumed that in future the college will
be represented largely on the General staff
by officers who have studied there.
The order Ia in direct line with the desires
Of the distinguished officers who have served
as Presidents Of the college. 1t should unite
the various bureaus and departments Of tho
Navy more tremendously and relieve tho
civilian Secretary and Assistant Secretary
OF much Of the work for which their train
ing has not fitted them; yet, at tho same
time 1t will in no wise replace civil by mil
itary control. 1t will, to some extent, place
our Navy under the same Dual control as
that Of Great Britain, where the civil
and the naval authorities go hand in hand,
the former, however, in advance. The OPP
Grafton OF the new order cannot be tested
by the work Of a few months; in fact,
the work of o General STAFF is to be tested
only by large n9uyre and by war; but
the success OF tho new move may be
expected confidently.
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Further Injustice 70 senator Morgan.

There IL something queer about the report
which represents the eloquent statesman
from Alabama as an upholder OF tho doc
tripe OF tho self-extension Of the Constitu-
ton TO all new territory acquired by the
United States.
The report IL based. We suppose, upon
tho circumstance that Mr.. MORGAN voted
with sixteen other Democrats and Popu-
lists in the Senate against tabling the
Allen amendment.
NMr. MORGAN voted that way, 1t must
have been because he wanted n discussion
OF tho amendment, in order that he might
explain to the Senate and the country just
how he stands on this important Constitu-
tiOnal question.
For 1t IL only one month yesterday since
Senator MORGAN defended u former pro-
vision in tn. Hawaiian bin preserving tho
life tenures Of the Justices OF the Hawaiian
Supreme Court under the Constitution Of
the defunct Hawaiian Republic. We quote
parts OF his remarks:
But It 10 said We never had Appointments made
In that way.
well. HI slit u " o h"''A $500
anything va have not had heretofore. we had better
stop and sit down and quit trying to grow or to
prsgress."
81 should like to know why We cannot be rs friendly
toward the HawAliaus as we have been toward the
Five Civilized Tribes Iof American Indians. That is
what I should like TO know, Is there any sane
reason for going down there and watching those
people. tearing up their institutions AMI their
arrangements OF government"
hope We have settled tho question about the
Constitution Of the United States IN its application
10 this Territory. I have already shown that the
Government Of the United States in the case Of the
Five CIVILIZED Tribes has permitted republics TO
grow up, separate governments. under constitutions
republican In form, and no harm has come OF IT,
but, on the contrary, a great deal of good"
80 to-day, In tho elasticity OF our laws upon this
question. We have a full.hedged republic, without
having lost any OF its powers, except It's foreign re,
iations, within tho bosom If this imperial govern
ment Of ours aud exercising its powers without re-
straint. There Is nothing uncousututions about II"
That was only one month ago. There
fore. it Is positively incredible that Mr..
MORGAN should DO holding to-day n dis-
ferent opinion about the self-extension Of
the Constitution in the case OF Puerto
Rico.
We are always glad to come to Mr.
MoRGAN's defence when he Is misrepre-
scented by the hostile, the malignant or the
envious.
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UNCLE ToMps CABIN.
Col. T. Allston Brown Corrects some Er-
rors a. "a the Pnst Casts of the Play.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUs-Sir' In The
Sun OF March IL Aaron Vanderwcrker says
nm mistaken In my statement thht Httle Iot'
dolis Howard played Topsv In Uncle Toms
Cabin" I never did make any such state
ment. The east he gives for the Aiken version
in Troy Is correct.
C.. W. Taylor's dramatization OF Uncle
Toms Cabin" was the first one seen NJ tho
Chatham, this city. II was dono Aug. -3'
1852. Mrs. W. q. Jones was the IopsV'
Aiken's version was not done there until July
1R, 1853. and was performed almost consecu-
lively until April 10. 1854, and thereafter Tor
three evenings n week. besides Wedne.ihy ma
Saturday Afternoons, until May II. Little Cor
Mr.. Macdonald. In Cambridge. Mass. Hor
mother also resides with her.
Aikep's version was. done In PhiIaielphlh
Sept. ~. 1883, ut the Chestnut street Theatre.
with John Gilbert AZ Uncle Tom. Gus fennoaS
George Harris. Joseph Jefferson a. Gu!nptloh
Cqte,,A. H., Davenport as Hnleey. John JnGk a.
Clifton W, Tayileure's version was done Oct.
2 1882: II Detroit. Conway,s version W"I sl5t
Helen Western as Eva. .Conway's version ,whs
first acted OF Barnum's Museum. this city. Nov
Z; 1859 Henry =. steyens,s version wns aoni
1854. I. b. Rice as LinciSs Tom. Aliens YER
eion was done o. the Winter u9rdsn Theatrt,
tnIs city, Dec. Ia, lSDS, Harry JOTuhl az I F
house with Charles Waleot as Uncle Tom. Bar.
ton Hill as Leoree, William Davidge. Sen..,as
W%G nlso, as FANNY any, bf 6psni as 1 4 yer. I6rs; was e"d done
at Wallack's. Theatre. Broome street. March l;
1882. The dramatization was by a member OF
frau was tho Ella. George Rysr. tncle Tom,
Mrs. G; {, Howard, Topsg. apd Mary Bullock
Etd, 7 {. Campbell appeared in the NTH act
The drama was done Mt Barnum's Museum
1895. i was acted at the New Bowery Theatre
Mrs. VIC. Jones' as Ella. Lulu Prior as Eya,
It was produced at the Olympic. formerly
Laura Keens'sl, Sept. 10. 1859, Ida Vernon
ner asGeoros Harris and Asa Cushmap, rnde
Ton, II was done at Niblo's Garden. Jan; IL.
55ss'3: vac revived at the % BoTe,y jan;
tBroadway and Twenty-second street,. May
~. 1870. George ,kunkrl rs Ton, Biiou Heron
IS Era Poole and Dinneck did i at the Grand
zeal donkeys and nloothounds were In II;
II was done at Booths Theatre tTwenty-third
street IT, and d,H sixth 4. a%ysn"s,. FsS; =; 1919 e., az" 30
3. 1850 a.J Jarset ts sna Psl% as 1 az Y at b Boo 1Sf;
T Tbhsatss'w what With ei Gsw as FN Morrison Hs as L eon
tatne, as Marks, Ogden Stevens as ,Ge9,9e
Ha,,ts, Marie Bates; I9psy z91es Tgttle, E,a;
hHl95iHIisf street az Th e ss5s'f Bos ASs. ''' lSSS at the
It has been translated into the languages Of
npost q NE Civilized 6atlors; II + called in
hhGtf%Sis T ia case H fr / "?'l IN rq panis h dss65% nseii
T9mo's"; in Dutch, Der Sagerhut;'i in ffiem.
!sh, De Hut Won ,0!nkle Tom" n, Hunes risn.
ds aH% 9ls 16 mnfSar; in IN 'f fol.p L" lGh 1aH%EH n}a
TTRRmgmnSs9a"'; II II ss0 051psS "A c cSsaSa t ap T Poi
and in Swedish. "AnkeiP Tom stuSa.
NEW York. March 20. I. ALLsIoS Brown.
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Tho Rockwell Farmers' Trust.

We spoke the other day OF the formation
Of a Farmers Trust in Delaware, Now the
farmers OF northern Ohio are talking about
organizing a Milk Trust. To all farmers
interested In the advantages OF combina-
ton the example Of their brethren In and
about Rockwell, in Cerro GOrdo county,
northern Iowa, will be instructive and
illuminattve. The Rockwell experiment,
a combination OF the Trust principle as to
produce sold and Of the cooperative
principle as TO supplies for tho use OF
members, was begun In 1880. At that
time q single commercial firm had In its
hands about all tho business Of the farmers.
It bought their surplus cattle and grain
and sold them pretty much everything
that they had to buy. Some Of the farmers
came to believe that they were selling for
too little and buying for toe much. a belief
which Is about as common as air and
usually leads to nothing but grumbling.
But there were some clear and hard heads
In the Rockwell region. They thought out
cooperation.
They decided to build a grain elevator
and to soil their W grain and stock.
About ono hundred farmers In Rockwell
and the adjoining towns subscribed to
shares Of the association. An elevator was
put up and the associated farmers started
to do business on their w hook. The
society was greatly helped and the loyalty
OF its members to 1t secured by n section Of
its constitution appealing directly to their
self-interest. II was provided that the
selling member should always get one
fourth on a cent more than the selling ION
member. A member selling to another
elevator than that Of the association was
required to pay one-fourth Of a cent CON-
mission to the association. The a~ssocia-
TONS buying price was the best that could
be given, determined by the figures
Of the Chicago quotations. II, for any
reason, competing elevators offered more
than the association, the members OF tho
latter were instructed TO sell at the figures
offered and pay back to tho former tho
one-fourth OF o cent commission. Thus
the competitor would be injured and tho
association benefited.
This quarter OF a cent has been the source
Of the prosperity Of the experiment. It
pays, as 1t was expected to pay, the ex-
penses Of management, and assures to the
members @ buyer at the highest market
price. According to q letter from Mason
City in the Chicago Record. from which We
take our facts, "the Rockwell elevators
have always paid 4 cent to ~ cents higher
thsu-suy other slevatorsln the county and
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speakersinshorA mostof the lesdsrsots Peach
party In the Hopse OF Representatives.

epeakersins hort. most Of the leaders u each
party In the House Of Representatives.
When has there ever been q greater Con-
stitutional debate In Congress than that
which has been going on ever since Senator
Ross's learned and luminous speech OF
January 28 fairly opened this question
Of Constitutional self-extenslon2 Every
aspect OF the question has been dis
cussed, every judicial opinion bearing
on II has been examined and weighed.
the records OF American political history
have been ransacked for precedents and
arguments, and the case on each side has
been presented with u~nequallcd thorough
ness and ability. The whole discussion IL o
credit TO the smanship of the Fifty
sixth Congress. The Senators and Repre-
sentatives who have participated In IL need
shrink from no comparison with the men OF
the so-called golden days"
Therefore, when the Populist Senator
ALLEN offered his amendment to tn.
Puerto Rico bill. as part Of the tactics OF
opposition and obstruction. there was
no occasion for the Senate to drop all
other business and engage in a formal debate
on the general Constitutional question
involved. About everything that can be
said on that subject has been said already.
There will he more speeches concerning IT
from time to time. but they are likely to be
sporadic and incidental. The Constitu-
tional question awaits the decision OF the
Supreme Court.
1t Is sillyon the part Of sui clever contem-
porary in Washington to accuse the Senate
Of degenerscy or flippancy or intellectual
impotency or dishonest evasion In tabling
the Allen amendment instead Of debating 1t
"for days and weeks"
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Tho great principle OF consolidation has
worked in the case OF our esteemed vegetarian
contemporaries. Food. Home and Garden and
the Vegetarian Magazine. which have been
Joined under the latter's title. But In the very
mum Der announcing the union. we learn that
the die c!ples Of vegetable food are divided into
two schools. between which the dividing line
IA the surface Of the earth.
The old school sanctions all vegetables, but
the new school only such as grow above the
earth. except asparagus. which grows partly
good 10 lose. The new school forbids the
potato and It's subterranean kind because they
are too earthly. The new vegetarian organ
takes from the H1rtford Times an argument
for the new school. attributed TO q woman
physician:
Never yet have ] known a man or woman whose
diet showed a preference for potatoes and other
underground starch products, who didn't likewise
show . heaviness OF mind and body. lie stops
weightly. he think slowly, his speech is hating. IL
not most Of the time punctusted by q full stop. I
know Of no intellectual handicap like potatoes. On
the other hand, I can always spot him Who lives
chiefly upon the s~ucculent above. ground plants.
Like them he ia light, airy. quick In all hs motions,
ready with his tongue and never found wanting IN
his thoughts"
what might be called Under-Rrounds and Over
grounds Is as interesting as II Is novel. The
Vegetarian Magazine. however. has not yet an
nounced whether il takes sides among It's peo-
pie or is bipartisan.
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The Bitter Wrong to Rear ADMIRAL Sampson.

From The Atlanta Con %stluton.
Editor CON h'uhon-As q subscriber TO your inter.
esting and valuable paper l beg to be allowed to call
your attention 10 what l doubt not to be an unin.
territorial injustice to a man whom ] profoundly
honor, and in whose fame I take the most sincsrs
pride. In the editorial. Roberts vs.. SAMPSON" in
your issue of March 8, you apparently quote from
the official despatch Of Admiral sampson. and say,
Will oomlastc self.complacency Il make . Fourth
OF July present Of . victory which r have gained
over Cervera." Turning to the annual report OF the
Secretary Of the Navy for 1923. I nnd the teIt OF Ad.
mlral SIMPSONS despatch as follows;
%'l24o36. No. 100. Secretary of the Navy. Wash:
my issr ~ ,S Su'y nation y, no' a. . Fo nss5 u nf gpI my rssna ,ha
whole, ofCervera's feet. u attempted 20 escape. at
Exon ,hI n,S %9 S, n iora At ,hS last Ns sal :, san osis,os D
hauled down her colors. The Infanta Maria Teresa,
olnendo and Vi2c@ya we're forced ashore, burned
furor and Pluton wers destroyed within four miles
Of the port. SAMPsoS.'
The personal pronoun. a." does not once occur
in the despatch, and a more modest announcement
Of a great victory | cannot we'll imagine,
Turning TO Admiral Dewey's cable from Hong
Kong announcing the victory in Manila Bay over
the spanish fleet. | am struck with the similarity Of
the two dispatches. In neither is ship or ina
ing officers Of the victorious fleets set forth, but In
both are the names Of the ships OF the enemy de-
stroyed given. In preliminary dispatches this 10
the practice. details being reserved for subsequent
written reports.
think | am by no means alone among Admiral
Sam son's classmates and comrades in belie wing
him the greatest naval commander the war brought
ont, and an ofhcer Of such high professional attain.
mcnts that any navy In the world would b
strengthened ly his leadership. I IN impelled u
come forSsrl in the interests Of fair play. from the
conviction that the victim OF 40 much injustice and
INSTRUMENTATION Is content to await in proud silence
the reyor,al u false ~veriicts, rejecting. I hope
not too bitterly. upon tho inerstituds which from
the days Of Aristides TO our own, has been the
Characteristic Of republics. Yours very truly,
X. Y. ARMSTRONG.
Late Second Lieutenant c, 8. s. Alabama
HALIFAX. Nova Scotia, March IS.