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The sun., 1900-12-06
SPEED or STEAMSHIPS ~ ROC.
An American Admiralty Lawyer Corrects the
London Times" Correspondent.

TO THE EDITOR or THE Sus-.st! aw In
THE SUS Of Yesterday an item about collisions at
and the speed of STEAMSHIPS In fog, In which rs
said that TIE New York correspondent Of the London
Times Informed by "A great authority that The
rle OF the Admiralty Cour Is nxsd. II there be a
co, .ison between a steamship and sailing vessel
In fog and II the steamship be going over three
knots an hour. she Is ned 10 be In fault no matter
what the sailing vessel does"
Ether the great authority" was risundersi"od
he was very far from being an authority. There
Is no such Used rule. either In the Admiralty Cour
Of England. Of which the great authority would
seem 20 have been speaking. or Of any other country
The Only rule there Is on the subject Is not rule
made by any court but the statute rule OF The inter
national collision rules that In fog NtanShip
must go et a moderate speed"
The Admiralty Courts are continually called on TO
decide whether in a case before them the steamship
hao obcycd this rule not In the endsa,or to siNe
sn,"c denniron to the term moderate speed" the
cIiTis have said that where q steamer Is charged
with tuc duty Of avoiding sailing vessel In toy.
Y Nnr Is going At such speed maj she has no' ume
60 avoid her after the presence 81 sailing esse IS
~ uuEnt 10 e known. that sNe.d is not moderate
Ana Of course the iatr may differ according 10 the
circumstances Of each case. There is no other rule
SStS- s,al,rnent OF the great authority" II he made
H. tat tnr alleged rule IT, n survival from the davs
when steam voyage across TIE Atlantic lasted
fortnight OF more, Is also not correct. There never
was such rule t! sutyi" And the fu,'hri s,H'e,
steamship In iog SHOULD not he running above haf
or oneth'rd speed" Is no more accurate he rule
when have stated above has been The rule OF decision
OF the Admiralty Court Of England. and the rule
Of NAVIGATION for steamships In fog ever since the
htsi statutory rules for avoiding collision were
law Of the United States is the SANE.
NEW y oRK. Dec. ). ROBERT d. BENEDICT.
The sun., 1900-12-06
THE NEW CENTURY.
rangements for Special Religions Service,
to Usher II In.

A number Of en,erprisng chutche. are preparing
will celebrate when the nj zht Of the last day OF the
century comes. In a more or less In formal way.
As might be supposed. the McthOdists are taking
the lead in preparations Generally the service begins
at O'Clock. ana starts with a good deal Of lol,y
As midnight approaches the tone grows more serious
At II O'Clock communion service. or love feast :"
is held continuing I'LL Nve minutes Of IL Then,
amid silent prayer and solemn eHhortation The old
ycar-n this case the old century passes into the
new.
meeting OF the ministers md elders Of the New York
Pre- bytery Is 20 be held a. the Brick Church Solemn
devotional exercises are 10 be conducted by Rev Dr
Charles Cuthbert Hall A. O'Clock the asAemtlag.
take a simple supper together rs the guests Of The
Brick Church. In tue lecture room Of that church.
Aitr supper they return 20 the main auditorium and
continue In worship I'll O'Clock TIE principal ftatuY.
being communion scryice. At O'Clock the service
terminates. TIE understanding being that many oi
the individual churches will begin watch might ser.
vice a. that hour.
Some object 10 watch-r!rr service. as savoYirg
700 much Of late hours dissipation and reaction. To
meet objections along this line Cment Of recent
years has favored the morning watch, or q sunrise
service Certainly. the dawn Of the new century
will 5e worth witnessing and arords an opportunity
fur special service Of fededicaton. 40 doubt many
churches viii improve such unique occasion.
The sun., 1900-12-06
MANY AT THE SPRAGTE SALE
And the Price Obtained Were Better Yes
teTday Tan at the Opcning nnN.

Interest Increased in the Sprarue col
,ao,io,, s,Ia n, ,ho ,,,,r.,o, A., ,,,i.-, .
V'"''' 7"'o Nv '''o N'"'''''" H'' 'a"'''s .
yesterday, when Chinese porcelains and
-, Tb. ,,r,r,,.,. o,,r,,,d ni,,.,.'.,,, -.
VI NV y" "'''" w '''1''o "Nd ""eio
were spurts OF competition. ait ough for
the most part people who went TO the galleries
- ,ta,r .,.'s r.',. a,, 80 .o9 90,
VIZ" 'he' e''s opoh were aoie 70 ou! ior
very little money articles which they would
find much difficulty in duplicating. and Some
VI ""'H ta''ho' "e uup''o"'eu' IL WIS en-
tightening to see IN the audience man whose
exquisite. collection wa, recently sold bid
a. -, ,,h i,,,o,,,,.,., m .,.., :.
u'"s oven WIN HhPa'Ieh'c oh pIOud''s "I
bis beloved orient which he saw going at
low valuation. once or twice even Mr
KIRBY hot easily disturbed uFpanlty was
ruifled when real treasures failed of ap-
preclation IN the ,desrec which hls recent
trip to Jaraq Lad taught him TO .Dc their
due, The sales gallery was filled There
We're many individual BUYERS -! IN" smaller
aru les, DNt tAe more Important ones went
ofteuest TO dealers, presumably on order.
some OF the best thinss sold. particularly
among the bronzes go 10 Boston.
half feet tail, the wOrl. of 4 Toxic artist. FuJi-
hara TusLisoda, sold Tor 5000 pair of
bronze temple lanterns, arranged for the use
OF electric light, brought s43O A pair OF
cloisOnne vases two ani one-half feet hlzA
sold AZ $3.50. and "A CluiSpuue vase Ave foot
high at $3.50 vase similar 10 The last. but
detective, brought 500. 4 pair Of bronze
vases ~ the form 4 temple gate posts. IL.
modrllnss telling a JaIau.se .tory Wbir6
were IN ade for Nj Spra rIIe by tiiyao.S ei.i,...
of Toxic, brought $500 An Old touulo pyTy.
OF fine ne and rr-ouarce. with d. IN ter II
The sun., 1900-12-06
stboy From Hister.

To TIP EDITOR or THE SuH-Sfr: IN eon
necton with the question of the origin and
meaning and true form Of the good word 'Stboy
'suhboy.' 'steboy' 'Stihol' &c. I would suggest
that Il is all probability derived from an old Ancoln-
Shire word "hisier. which Halivel In HE Dictionary
of Archaic and Provincial Words" defines msa nj NJ
re or The original form was doubtless -Hls,sr
boy and the various forms in are either con-
freedoms or cotrgpupns OF tho orignsl.
Hshvel Is undoubtedly an aIthon,y IN this matter
e'deuo Ell bv the nature Of his work and personality
a Dictionary oi Archaic ami Provincial Words Oh
solete Phrases. Proverbs and Ancien' CustonA From
The Fourteenth Century by James orchard Halh-
we'd. Esq, L. X. s.. Hon Member Of the Royal Irish
Aoatcmy, Corresponding Member Of the Royal Socieiy
% Northern Auuguanes Of tho Society o; AnuqIanes
OF Scotland of the ArchHr 0ogi,al society Of Stock
A1m. and the K-tle Academia a fIrenz.: Honorary
Member Of uIe Royal SoTety Of Literature Of the New
castle An'q Jtran Society, Of tho Koya Cambrinn
Institution. OF the AshmJIesn society OF ONford end
Of the Souc'y for Tho study o' Go'hr Architecture:
Fellow Of tho So 7ety Of Anuqu're-; Corresponding
N,rr'o- o! 'hr ron.t' dos Arts 81 Monuments. 40.
PIr,uEiPHi., Pa. Dea q. o fAvoHs.
The sun., 1900-12-06
Dars to BE u Kipiing. :"

In a discourse before the New England
Womens' Club, Mr.. NATHAN HASKELL DOLE
made an earnest plea for greater origi-
nalty in art and literature Such pleas
ara often made but their only effect. II
any they have, will be to stimulate the eccen-
tfic and the bizarre. II is useless 10 SIT
down in cold blood and Ink and say" will
be original The man or woman must have
the gift TO see things hitherto unobserved
or TO see them in new and true way. Mere
preciosities Of style are the usual result
OF the striving to be original. Several
ingenious gentlemen Of France and Belgium
have been engaged for years in the attempt
TO create a now French poetry and prose
or several new French poetries and prosss.
Their Efforts are mere Curiosities. although
the authors are men Of talent.
A man like kIPLING finds q whole un-
discovered realm and annexcs II 10 liter
ature He was original without knowing IT,
He saw what was before his eyes and was
not studying to be original viii Mr.. DOLE
say 10 each OF the innumerable New Eng
land writer's, Dare 10 be KrPLING'
As for American art. while there Is an
'''ul VI ul'il''Illg III A. u~ lIltlt 10 III lllt
art Of all countries. is 1t not now in the
most original phase II has ever had and pro-
ducing works Of merit and distinction?
Names like SARGENT and ABBEY should
suggest as much TO Mr. DOLE.
Poetry pines because everybody can
turn It out. but there Is plenty Of org-
nality In other branches. MARY WILKINS,
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, BRET HARTE,
THOMAS NELSON PAoE-are these imtators
OF anybody except themselves? Every
body reads novels; in time everybody may
come TO write them. There Is much hum
buggins. much imitation of vein found
commercially successful. yet there Is plenty
Of good novel writing; and there will be
better. The country must have novels
and 1t is rich in subjects for them. The
brains and hands TO make them ere already
here or will be found. So far IA they strain
after originality. they will be in error SO
far as It is theirs. 1t needs no urging.
The sun., 1900-12-06
Jane. Monroe or John Hay?

The man who will preside over the United
States senate after the fourth Of next March
las laid down the principle - the only
principle - upon which the work OF CON
structing the Nicaragua Canal should be
undertaken by this Government at the
cost OF the people Of this nation:
Il mos, earnestly hope that the pending treaty
concerning the isthmap canal will Rot be iathed
unless ended so 10 provide that the canal when
built shall be wholly the control Of the Unltsd
States, alike In peace and war. This seems TO mo
vital, no less fIom the snndpoin, Of our ses power
than from the standpoint OF tie Monroe Doctrine"
Thus spoke THEODORE ROOSEVELT and
what American with red blood and fearless
lips will say him nayf
The man who will preside over the Senate
until THEODORE ROOSEVELT IL sworn In
as vice-President has declared the right
OF this nation TO proceed TO build and con-
troll the Nicaragua Canal without regard
to the Cayton-Bulwer Treaty:
The United State, Is a, present under no otll-
eatlon measured either BY tie Of the convention.
The principles OF public Law or good morals. to
refrain from promoting In any way that Il may dee N
best for s Just Interests the construction OF this canal
without regard to anything contained In the con-
yentlon OF 1880
WILLIAM P. FRYE signed that declaration
OF a former Committee on Foreign kela-
tions. along with JoHS T. MoRGAN. JoHN
SHERMAN, WILLIAM NJ EvARTs. GEORGE
r EpMUNDs and Others; and what senator
OF the United States to-day does not know
In his heart that WILLIAM p. FRYE i right?
There we have the American duty and
tho American right; and the only obstacle
10 the performance Of tho duty and the
assertion Of tho right is the present Sec
retary OF State, the Hon. JOHN HAY.
The purpose OF Secretary HAY Is 10 vindi-
cate an initial blunder OF his own-originaliy
committed perhaps. rather in the rash
ne-, Of inconsiIerate ambition than from
any lack of patriotism-by enacting that
blnder into the supreme law OF theland at
incalculabe cost to this nation in the future,
and to the utter abandonment and de-truo-
ton of the Monroe Doctrine.
We understand that Mr. HAY has threat
encd To- leave the Cabinet unless the whole
power Of the Administration be cXerted
To procure the ratification Of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty unamended.
II that Il the alternative now presented
ct JoHS Hay 60 while the Monroe Doc
trine remains TO be for the Twentieth CEN
tury what lt has been during the greater
part OF the Nineteenth. tho guiding prin-
ciple OF American policy on this continent.
The sun., 1900-12-06


We are able to give our readers the substance OF
recent letter from senor j. Garcia de Toledo Presl-
dent II the Malaga League for the Protection Of Ami
mails and Plants As founder Of the Malaga society
he says frankly that IN no country In the world Is
the prevention Of cruelty 40 arduous difncult as
IL In Spain" and he beleres that the widespread
interest in bull nghtlug Is responsible for much Of
the Indifference to animal suffering which pervades
al classes OF society the upper classes doing practi-
o4lly nothing toward restricting that bGrbsrous
Amusement Of the nation.
Quite recently. however. The Inauguration Of a
new bull ring at barcelona has called forth vigor-
ous protest from the press Of that city OF Madrid
and from one OF the Malaga daily papers" The
barcelona =. y a has passed resolution against
the new bull ring. and Is forming committee 10 get
the signatures " prominent ctzens In the hope Of
suppresslng the spori entirely ana al once. Senor
d. Toledo d.plor.s 50 imprudcnt a zeal. The i'm.
mediat. suppression Of bull nights h. recognizes as
impossible Too many Industries. he says. are in.
volyeG. one should consider the army OF breeder.
Of bull ngh,er- aud the proprs,ors Of bun rings which
would be thrown out o' employment
The gradual modification Of the bull nght IL all
that Senor de Toledo would work for AZ the present
time It is what he Is now striving personally 10 OBJ
tain. kv.n material support fof that purpose from,
abroad he considers undesirable The mov.mcn,
Il movement there II to be must" he SAYS "h.
,horou .hy national" All Interference from the
foreigner will do harm instead Of good for IL is r,
seu,cd by the people" but aid In advancing IN,
cause Of animal protection In other ways S.nor d..
Toledo Is only too thankful to accept He Is work.
Ing to establish in the public schools ehdren's a..
cr,l,s for the protection % animals. toward which
plan the Minister Of Public Instruction A. well
dlspo-ed. Humane literature. In the form of illus.
us,ed books and pamphlets In Spanish is greatly
needed and Senor De Toledo asks IL Of his American
frienda.
The sun., 1900-12-06
WHY Suicide IL WrOug.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUNS Your
correspondent r." must have read my
article with little care II he imagines me TO
have said that suicide is allowable / said
that it was a fatal act ~ folly, This is the
rational ground, as II seems ~ me. on which
to base the prohibition. Based on an ira
tional and fantastic ground. such as is i'm
piled in calling suicide solf-murder." the
prohibition will fail of effect.
Nobody is so silly as TO suppose that every
thing not prohibited in Scripture is per-
mtted II ia nevertheless fact that suicide
is not directly prohibited in scripture, though,
as said before. the instances Of it recorded
in the Bible are deterrent.
IL does not seem to me that a historian
goes much beyond his province in surv, wing
the history Of suicide. GOODWIN SMITH.
Toronto, Dec. 8.
The sun., 1900-12-06
Quaint Horse-Thi-f- Captnring Society.
From TIC BnstDn HerQid


The Society in Dedham for ApprehcndinG
Horse Thieves held its nintieth annual meet
ing last evening The ORGANIZATION Ia tie
Oldest. and. 1t Is now thought, the only one
Of its kind 10 the United states II had It's
origin in the early part ~ the century, when
horse thieves were more common than at
tho present time and when the only means
Of catching the pnrloiners of horsenesh was
personal effort. and when the owners had no
telegraph or telephone TO scatter the alarm
and set all a-watCh for them Tho society
embraced the first citizens of tho town. which
then included much territory that has since
been carved into new towns, and each man
stood ready at moments notice TO rid
after horse and cattle thieves
Tho society Ia grounded on the solid rock
financially. having a cash balance on hand
of 81 O}S Ss Its membership runs up into
the hundreds, and Is constantly increasing
The sun., 1900-12-06

japanese Immigrants The Georgian nay
Canal.

MONTREAL. Dec 4-Thcre is matter to
which your Government viii have sooner
or later 10 give it, attention | refer TO the
increasing numbers OF japanese who are
becoming naturalizcd British subjects in
British Columbia. many Of them doing 50
for the purpu.c Of going later on across the
bordcr to engage IN business They hope
by naturalization to- escape the operation OF
the laws prohibiting the entry of Asiatics
- whi.h the chimes" arc subject on both
sides of III" boundary on III" Pacific Coast
TIA" question - causing n great agitation
among the working rlt~-e-. who are already
hrgIrriug to -ui'cr from the influx Of cheap
AvlttIr labor IN IN" mines and fisheries
IN" great success attending the operations
Of NJ" railway from Parry sound on Lake
Huron To Dg"',o' = working prcludi"ia lv
10 the Government receipts from The canals.
Nh" WaUtIfv ul gain carried over the rail-
wiy from Ia West TO tide water being 50 much
ah.t'1't"d from the transportation on the
,Crul- IN" experience already gained dur
iuv n" short tin" the railway has been open
viii prelude" th" chances Of government
assistance bciuC given 10 the Ottawa and
Georgian B1v canal scheme. which has al
ready been endangered bv the part taken
Dy - projectors during the recent Dominion
general election
The sun., 1900-12-06
WEST FLORIDA WANTS TO sECEDE.
Movement TO Join u TO Alabama ~ the
Voters So Decide.

NEW ORLEANS. La. Dec 5.-The question Of
III" annexation Of West Florda-that IL, all II
Florida west Of the Chattahoochee River. or
about onc--ix th - the state--to Alabama will
be submitted 70 popular vote Of tho people
Of the district at an early date The Alabama
LEGISLATURE has passed resolutions for the
appointment f a committee TO visit Florida
and ascertain from the Legislature and Gov
ernor what nsideration would be expected
COR that part of the state known "a West
Florida
pensa "ola is the head centr. ~ the seces-
sion movement and the Chamber ~ Com
mrrre and the Young Mems Business League
Of that city arc taking The lead In tho move
ment A. joint meeting Of these two or
tion of secess sion from Florida and annex Ya,ion
to- Alabama before the people of West Florida
and to call public meeting of citizens az nm
earlv day 70 take tho necessary stars toward
holding an election 70 pass on the question.
The sun., 1900-12-06

| We have received from noted eXnCrt
! these comments concerning the American
! yacht of 1901:
TO THE EDITOR on THH SvS-St- The 'Hc'
that the Shamrocl, n T. building at DtSSl s yard
At Dumbarion, dors not seem to nay. excited the in
'erc- OF yacht-men iu tnis country mat u should
A,edOne. Tie DENNNS aayc the only private model
testing tank In the world IROvDE, working FOR the
British Admifa''y. Ll, oJ,ened most rcmaths he
Results ia tho GuycrHmsnt tank at Greenwich. and
our own Government ias rcceLily established such
a testing tank e. Washington. The speeds Of war
shi ~ and merchantmen Oi unusual model have been
predicted with absolute accuracy after experiments
In such tank Though the problem Of testing the
model OF a sailing yacht Is more complex than hat
OF steamer III not one which presents unswmount-
able difficulties 20 the scientific Investigator
"Ther. are decided differences Of conditions but
these differences are thoroughly well known, and
with the assistance OF rrst-cass yacht designer
like WATSON there would be no great difficulty In
reproducing all the conditions OF actual sailing, on
small scale, in the model tank.
II LPTON has had these experiments made. andn
seems probable hat he has. We may have more
dricult proposition TO deal with next August than
We imagine nuv. HRRRRsHoFfS genius may
win. III splte Of the fact that have made such
elaborate preparation for defence bu; does It seem
wise 20 give so great an advantage TO an opponent.
who In any ca,e f. not at oil TO he despised'
NEW YORK. Dec. !. CLINTON II. CRANE"
Two big boats are understood to be build
ing in England on Watson designs. one at
the Henderson yard and one at DENSys;
but what seems the better authority says
Shamrock ii. is at llENDEpsoSs. The
Prince of Wales and the German Emperor
have each been SUSPECTED of being the
prospective owner of the other boat, and
this rlmor has given rise 10 the idea that
whichever Of those two gentlemen il really
building will allow Sir THOMAS LPTOS
to pick the better of the new craft for use
in America. That il not a very credible
scheme. AMI We incline, moreover, To think
that the henderson boat is Sir THoMAs's
But whoever his builder il, DENNY or HEN
uERsoN, tank or no tank, the plunge for
the American yacht has been taken
We must trust - what our builder, HER
EFsHoFF knows already. 1t is too late for
him to learn more. Tor his boat j. begun. We
imagine her model was really made be-
fore the sail, hal been taken Off the Column
b.a. her designer having studied how she
might be improved a, lie watched her
moving mp To windward of the sham
rock. Il will be extremely interesting
If an experiment tank, devised primarily
for TRYING the models Of steamers. should
be the determining factor in finally carry
ing the Americas Cup back to England
again. but we may enjoy the winter
spring and early summer in confidence that
HERREsHoFF Is still all-sufIlcent for the
purposes of Cup defence
Nothing in these remarks. however
should hn interpreted as an intention 10
discourage yachtsmen outside Of the Bel
mont-sulman syndicate from having other
builders than liEERESHoFF try their hand.
The sun., 1900-12-06
Washington aud Rochambrau In uestchester

TO THr EDITOR oP 1HE S"N-Sr: III. article.
"lIsrorc Nestclceter" I'm THE SIS of Sunday 10 very
Interesting, Uut am quite SUR II contains one error
viz The aC'ual spot where Washington, Rochan-
beau and S.T Guy Carleton me, was on the west side
at Iappr. alu Rot far from wie-r Ne lpr Andre vas
banged" count kuchhmheau could not have been
present hscaJ.c on Dec !, 1872, he, at Providence
Il /. tTH4-.,-r"l command ui the French Army %
Igrpu 80 NlYUtue. and sct out for PhilatelphlA
thrnc" 10 Annapolis, Md. arlNin ON Sunday Jan
-. l7Aa on i4r morning uf Friday. Jan. IL i7Gs
he Count wish hs suite en- harkcd on hoard his Most
Christian Nl'rstys frgetr the "Emcrsnde FOR France
q ~ ne Lr could rot have been present MAY %
TIE bank "f me Hudson River. A. 4 FOLSOM
NltDDrTlNE, Mass. Dec. 4.
The sun., 1900-12-06
"Chewing the Rag"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-SN: The conun-
drum you PROFOUND to plologisn In your issue OF
to-day as the origin Of the phrase chewing the rag"
seems to me an easy one
Any tired and ncrvou. mother who has al,.rnated
between a scualllng baby In its cradle ard her I'm
rcrative domestic duties until lie seemed 10 be hardly
worth living, and then picked up a convenient rag e"
placed In It's enyelopIg folds a modicum Of sugar
dei,ly secured with string, and inserted the same
In tho mouth Of the rcealclrant howler can readily
understand from the sweet peace tina, p.rvades her
breast and that kitchen as the youngster contenedy
"cheSs ~. rag." the origin Of the term ! most
cordially nsrec with THE Sun, Though It cannot
be called beautiful, 1t Is doubtless good"
GRAND GORGE. y Y. Dec. !. J. y. WRIGHT
The sun., 1900-12-06

What haUpened n the election for MayoT
Of llavcrhill on Tuesday was n repetition Of
what happened last month IN the general
election for Pros dent new party. the
Socialist party, 10 which Democrats and Re-
prhliraus alike were opposed. had sprung up IN
ll1vorhil ami havir e become powerful. Demo-
Gratis ard republicans Joined for is defeat
Tie rev party voted for on Nov was called
democratic. but IL was radically antaVoristIc,
nevertheless, TO tie old principles Of Dcmoc-
raCy. aud So a great number Of Democrats
Joined with the Republicans a.d it was
iauta-
The sun., 1900-12-06

From 'h' N', O-'-1r, 7irs. s.D,moo-sf
IN ne pA,' vesrs comparative, few persons hsdsry
sw'al ccIehianIn on the la ThutsGay "a Sd,,fr.
hrt. som" might 70 A. faf q. at.rke, for dlnn.r.
l' not muo' iHTh'f i'youl tnc 7lauRssIv'ry :
u'iN't 'heit Wa no snec al feature 10 usrE TIE a.
fs' 10" n'''roH' vs- N yc,irrday IN New Ofs'f'
!h'f' can NJ ~ QUESTION that the prosperous r 20.
dlipn - hIsincs. aud NJ bs-h' promise fur tne i.
we 'hfc" an er'huslasm into the dA, and mai' q
'af greater holiday than II would otherwise D.
been livery one felt that New Orleans had rood
TOT rejoicing and ought TO rejoice heartily.