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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
The Labor Unions and the National Guard

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: As
long as the people OF New York State support
and uphold the National Guard by laws and
appropriations II is very plain that II Is
against public policy to have the militia
anita goniz4d by the la Dor un ions in the manner
the Schenectady trades assembly follows
The bylaws Of that assembly. adopted SEEM
Ugly before william Potter enlisted In the
National Guard. forbid members OF trades
unions 10 serve In the Guard: but they cer-
tainly, in so far as that prohibition Is con-
cerned, are contrary TO the interests Of the
state, and should not stand an instant In
court,
The Military Code provides for compulsory
service in the militia. the National Qua rdsman
undertakes voluntarily to perform the duty
that he may be. under the law. compelled
TO perform. The bylaws Of the unions
surely cannot be quoted as giving them the
legal right TO eIpel member who breaks
them In so far as they conflict With the pur-
poses and interests Of the State
II the matter of Potters expulsion gets
into court the unions will probably have
no long time to wait before they learn that
public interest outweighs private desires.
Apart from the bylaws Of the Schenectady
unions IL the fact that attempts were made
(, O ORE vent National Guardsmon from obeying
orders TO report for riot duty. Guardsmen
who do not obey orders are liable TO military
punishment. and their cases can be cared
for by the military authorities But the op-
position of the labor unions TO the Guard, as
shown by their bylaws, is another matter
entirely, and lies within jurisdiction of the
civil courts,
Potter's case must be got into court speedily
that the matter may be cleared up. and the
public understand how far labor unions may
90 in trying to prevent Interference with
their methods OF carrying on strikes.
NEW YORK. Nov. Is. r
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wherever they might be- before he
was made a real sailor.
But the announcements of the school
ship Young America hold forth promise
OF immunity from all this. The vessel
is not to be worked by the students.
They may perhaps occasionally tail on
in heavy sea drag for exercise. But
for the most part they will walk the
weather side Of the deck and see how it
is all done. Theirs not to eat weevilly
biscuit, nor the sailors last resort. the
succulent dish known as dog" Theirs
not TO sleep among the ever active in
habitants of the forecastle. Theirs not
to drink the vile connection which the
doctor calls tea Theirs not to tumble
up and greet the blazing sun in the chill
hours of the gravy watch. Theirs
not to fall out of hammocks at the
sound Of the shrill pipe and the bawling
of the boatswain's mate: Turn out all
hands. up all hammocks! Rise and shine,
you sleepers! Don't you hear the birds
sing?"
Gentlemen sailors they. as lordly and
as beautiful as the gentlemen advent
urers Of BRAKES fleet in the West Indies.
But they will swallow the talk and maybe
learn some of the songs. They will come
home with mouths full of mysterious
salt phrases, and it will be: When we
were running our casting down." or
OF Tristan d 'Acunha il blew so we put
her under three-reefed mitten with the
thumb brailed up" Perhaps they may
even get hold of some of the fine old
songs of the navy for they are going to
sail under naval direction, and we may
hear them sing:
AN American frisate. a friGate of fame.
With guns mounting forty. the Richard By name.
Sailed to cruise in the channels OF old England
With a valiant commander; PAUL JOINS his
name"
But some Of the songs OF the high seas
will surely be forbidden on board the
Young America. The old man will
certainly rule out the one with this
genuine bilge-wat refrain:
On. It's whiskey'n make you fat. my lads.
And the same may be said o. gin;
Up and down. logo -ho' Rouse the cable In, :
Such lingo will not do for gentlemen
sailors who are to sail the seas over
without putting their hands into the tar
bucket. But when it comes to tall talk,
talk as high as the main royal yard and
covered with salt as thick as receiving
ships bottom is with moss. then look out
for the cabin-window mariners of the
floating schoolhouse.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
ParlOr Matches.

The prohibition in this city Of the
storage or sale Of parlor matches after
Jan next il commendable measure
The Fire Commissioner has discovered
that thirteen hundred fires were caused
last year by parlor matches. This
shows that the prohibition il in the in
terests of public safety. Many thou
sands Of our housewives have long recog-
nized the danger Of this form Of fire.
works to their children and themselves.
They have banished parlor matches from
their homes with the result that the sale
of ordinary sulphur and safety matches
has increased.
We have been slower than some other
nations to recognize the danger of US
ing this excessively infammable COM
modify. Over a year ago the Swedish
Government prohibited the use, through
out the kingdom, of matches similar 10
our parlor matches. France also has
suppressed them, and the French manu-
facturers claimed year ago that the
matches now produced in that country
have none of the dra VIDA cks, either as
10 injurious or poisonous qualities or as
sources Of danger, that have marked most
Of the common matches heretofore in
common use.
As paraffin is substituted for sulphur
in the manufacture Of safety matches,
it has been found that wood with light
and spongy pores is essential so that
parafiin may easily penetrate the wood
instead of the igniting composition
itself, rendering II useless. Aspen has
proved to be the best wood for safety
matches, and this is the reason why
Germany is now using about 5000, 900
cubic feet Of aspen every year for its
manufacture Of safety matches.
Germany imports two-thirds Of its
aspen from Russia In this country,
however, the aspen ia almost ubiquitous
and is as yet little used in our industries.
There is no reason why. instead Of i'm
porting nearly all our safety matches,
we should not make all the country
requires with materials found at home.
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Gentlemen Sailors.

Now look out! The Young America,
schoolship, or rather school on board
ship, is hove short and soon she II get her
anchor, let fall her topsails and swim out
into all sorts Of latitude and longitude
1t is the finest scheme that the American
boy ever met. He is to have a chance
to go to sea, and to go like gentle
man. Why, that's the thing that every
boy has been yearning for ever since
the Alexandrians first set raffees over
their big squaresails, What boy has not
stepped his soul in. sea yarns and WON
dered what manner of men those were
who lay aloft in the teeth of screaming
gale and passed weather earrings what
ever those were), and hauled away on
lee braces and clewlines and buntlines
and things! Such people even knew
what the starboard-foretopma STUN
81 ACCOMPLISHMENTS block-strap-
Misunderstanding was.
But wearing flowing trousers, having
quid of tobacco perennially in the hol-
low of the cheek, taking a trick at tho
wheel and doing all sorts of fascinating
stunts in all sorts Of places had their
drawbacks for ever and anon in the
pages OF the veracious annals of the deep
would loom the figure Of the bucko
mate, with his handy right and his con-
venient Delaying pin. Even the rich
mans son in Captains Courageous
had to be knocked into the scuppers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
Claims Against the City.

- For the payment OF all claims against
the city the sum Of $3.50, 900 is annually
appropriated. The total of these varie-
gated claims has reached such figures
that the Finance Department has been
compelled to establish a more compre-
hensive method Of dealing with them.
Comptroller CIRCUIT announces in pub
lished statement that the number of
claims paid in the Department of Finance
reached s,s76 in October, and may soon
exceed 10000 per month Mr.. WILLIAM
MckINNY, Chief Auditor of City Ac-
counts, reports that $3.50 new claims
were received in October, while 9,IO8
accumulated claims were audited and
9,s78 were paid during that month.
For no clearly evident reason the num-
Der Of claims filed against the city of New
York increases greatly at certain pc
RODS. There is claim pending, filed by
the Murray Hill Hotel, for $3.50, 600 dam
ages. and six other claims, aggregating
SOS, 900, relate to the same accident. The
firm of X. HOE 4 Co. has claim against
the city for the damages arising from
the destruction OF property in the riotous
proceedings which attended the funeral
OF Chief Rabbi JOSEPH some time ago.
A claim has been filed for S., 900 for
injuries arising from vaccination per-
formed by an official of the Board of
Health; another for 81 900 for loss of
time by claimant injured by the au-
tomobilc of the Fire Chief.
Two other claims are for IS, 900 each by
a plaintiff who complains of the horses
IN the Street Cleaning Department, or
ut least two Of them. He alleges that
on the 10th of March, 1902, he received
,,crsonal injuries amounting to 5000 by
being kicked by vicious horse belong
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
Birds, Fish and Family Life.

Youth is always the best of good fort
unes; and the youngsters Of to-day are
much more fortunate than their prede-
cessors, The rod is spared. The child
frisks along the first steps of education
in hop. skip and jump. In the awful
days Of foolscaps and ferules and dark
closets, when juvenile guilt went sup
PEERLESS to bed, the verb learn was a
fierce imperative. In these more deli
cate times the children are educated by
being amused, will you be good enough
to enjoy yourselves The schoolroom
is an improved playroom There is no
more creeping like snails unwillingly
to school. School is so attractive that
kindergarten teachers have to teach
their pupils TO love home.
Miss SUSAN +. BLOW" the we'll known
lecturer and writer on kindergarten
work. is giving a series OF lectures in
Boston to teachers and kindergart-
ners," In the transcripts report Of
one of her lectures Is this interest ing
recipe for teaching children to love
their homes
Souls are rarely touched directly. but the
chlids love OF home may be fos,crrd by sho ~
him the nests OF the birds and the homes Of all
animal life that he comes to know. DO not tell
the children everything about the birds. but leave
them to guess merely show them the wa,chful
care OF the mother bird
We have long admired the felcities
Of modern child-study, but we didn't
know that it had been carried to such
perfection as this. By means of the
birds nest, the hencoop and similar OBJ
ject lessons, it inculcates upon human
young ones the duty Of loving their par
ents. But let's go on with the lesson:
when VIC wan, the children to learn mother.
love. we do not rub In the word love. but teach
them to watch the ways Of love. Ten them home
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To TIE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: live In a
nat not apartment. for II has no elevator, whc
u.s. believe the demarcat,on, and some pie
who live not q DOZEN feet away though separated
by walls keep a dog. When they are At home
the dog Is quiet. but when they are away. which
Il several times a week. sometimes all day some
times half the night. tina, dog keeps up a con
tinuous yowi IN they come home again. You
may imagine what nerve tonic that sort OF thlng
Is but wha, am ! going TO do about ~ Move
into another nat where there Is another dog. whose
yowi In a different key may give my overweight
nerves on the present one a rest ! might. but
why should ~ There are more bats with dogs in
them In New York than have nerve chords, and
before long | would be just where am now. with
the difference that my entire nervous system,
would be disarrangcd. Hasn't the police or the
8 p. c. A., or somebody, authority to look out for
the dog or Is he to 10 ON with his lonely yowling
why doesn't some Fat manager put up SiRn
No dogs allowed" II he did, he would have a
string OF people half way down to the next corner
trying to get a chance to rent his rooms.
THE CIRCLE, Nov. ~ SUFFERER,
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EXPORTS OF BREADSTUFFS.
Failing on OF SsI 900 900 In the Last Ten
Months a. Compared With Last Year.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 16.-October exports
show a decided tendency toward recovery
from the depression due largely to the short
corn crop Of last year and reduced foreign
demand for other breadstuffs. The total
exports for October were larger than those
Of any preceding month in the history Of
our commerce. except October and Decem-
corn are. OF course. less than in October of
last year, by reason Of the very great short
age in corn due TO last years drought
the totA value Of corn exported in October,
1902, being s7s4 ,es2 against !2,s+s, $40 in
October Of last year; while for the ten
corn exports was S5, 3a5 .01O. against S47,-
2s3 $50 in the corresponding months Of last
year.
In wheat, which had shown a material
reduction in exports in the last few months
when compared with the extraordinarily
high figures Of the corresponding months
Of the preceding year. the figures FOR Octo-
Der show a marked Improvement; the tota |
value Of wheat exported in October, 1902,
being $l2,45sesS, against &l0.515,4i4 in
October Of last year, while -four exports
for October Of the present year are valued
at q ,243 ,ai4, "a against So 06s 56i in October
Of last year Breadstuffs as a whole show
a total Of s2l 800 SOP in Oct ober. 1902, against
s20.s72 1925 in October, 1901.
Exports Of provisions and live animals
are still below those Of October Of last
year. the figures for October Of the present
year being sl5,os0l73. against SIS .22S, sos;
while for the ten months provisions and
live animals show fall in exports Of 1S3, =
600 GOO, as compared with the corresponding
months Of last year, and breadstuffs fall
Of ISL, 900 900. The above figures, II should
be understood. are from the preliminary
statement Of the Bureau Of Statistics. and
are slightly below the final figures. which
will not be completed until the close Of the
month
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
Leo XIII. and His Doctors Hines.
From ne Lancet.


In the early spring Of 1894 Leo Kill underwent
a surgical operation for the removal OF cystoid
tumor In the lumbar region and now his Holiness
has been receiving daily bulletins " relieve his
anxiety As to Or. Lappon his body physician.
who has Just undergone an operation for append
cltls Prot Ma1,oni. the operating surgeon In
either case. has been equally successful In both.
and must now be enjoying the professional salts
faction Of having preserved two emlnenty valu-
able uves-thst Of the head of the Latin Church
and that OF the physician TO whom the said head
owes so much OF his prolonged health and energy
physical and mental. Our readers will remember
hat before submitting himself to the surgeon
the nonagensnan ponun playiully remarked that
he had at least youth on his side" which perhaps
explains his Holness's sol,citude for his body
physician. about 10 undergo an operation a. the
tender years" OF the mites.
Dr. Iapponis condttion-acute appendicitis
with. presumably. 1ncipient necrosis" OF the APP
prndiH-called at once for the Intervention Of his
colleague. and accordingly prof Mazzoni lost
no time in operating. sustained by the afectionate
words OF the Pope himself Keep the paiient's
heart up tell him to support the ordeal with faith
and courage. and that am praying that all may
go well" II Is expected that before many days
DR.. Lapponi will be once more duty
in attendance on his august master
Prof Mai,on said one foreets all WEAKNESS
IN the presence OF the Ponuncal Nestor You
cannot believe how he supports the burden OF
his years. never have an audience OF him without
rrturning refreshed and reinHgorated. Nothing
escapes him: he taxes stock OF everything. forms
his own immediate impressions reads the journals
by himself. so that there is hardly a question of
the day which does not interest him or which fnds
him unprepared. His green old age seems almost
miraculous. while his lofty intelligence subjects
everything TO It's control And all this In the
case Of a nonasenaran cccesiasuc who for twenty
I'VE years has never stirred beyond the palace
and the garden" on the least healthy of the hills OF
Rome and whose "Benedlctlne assiduity" in the
literature OF his high calling Is a rehuse to the
languld students OF the present day.
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The Hon. Tom JOHNSON il too buoyant
to regard himself as forever fallen. Ac-
cordng to Washington despatch 10 tho
Cleveland Plain Dealer, his friends hold that
the great Republican ma jority in Hamilton
county wac due to the fact that his candi-
date for Secretary Of State Is Prohibit
ZIONIST. Those who know JOHNSON say
he intends to run for Governor a. the ne 1t
step in his attempt to reach the Presidency.
They don't think he has a shadow Of a
ghost Of a chance Of winning, but they
know that he il not -ouitter." He has
plenty Of money to spend on his political
diversions. The circus tent il good for
another year. Why shouldn't he amuse
HIMSELF Perhaps the Democratic party Of
Ohio has had enough Of him clown
hissed of the stage would like to come
back. but the audience won't have him
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
PRAISE FOR OUR SOLDIERS.
Gen. Breck enridge says Thelr Humanity
Has No Parallel In History.

k10B w EoGoo<S " AhSsVsSe
WASHINGTON. Nov. lo.-Army officers
who have served in the Philippines are
not the only defenders Of the American
soldiers. for Inspector-General Brecken-
ridge, from whom the army has more reason
to expect criticism than praise. hectares
In his annual report that "the humanity OF
the troops engaged in the Philippines has no
parallel in the history Of dealing with
Asiatics." II is tine particular duty OF the
Inspector General OF the army to criticise.
and Gen. Breckenridge's conduct Of that
office shows that he has never shirked the
task. In fact he went to the Philippines
for the special purpose Of learning what
discipline. During mis- stay In the Philip
pines he awaited himself OF every oppor-
tunity to investigate the subject Of cuelties
and he returned to this country convinced
that the American soldiers exercised IN
exampled forbearance toward the enemy.
This forbearance on the part OF the United
States Government, he adds, Seemed TO
lead to belief that we were weak and
afraid
.The crying need OF the soldiers now In
the Philippines he says. SIS quarters. and
nothing will add more to the comfort, dis
cipline and efficiency OF officers and men
serving In that division than the construc-
ton az rapidly as possible OF commodious
sites which will afford ample room for
proper instruction Of large bodies Of men in
drill and target practice. These barracks
are needed now by the troops"
Gen. Breckenridge recommends that .
suitable monument be placed on the spot
where Gen. Lawton was killed; the CON
struction of tunnel under the Pasig River
at Manila. like the one In Chicago. to I'm
prove rapid transit; the examination OF
the teeth Of all officers and men ordered
TO the Philippines, as decay II greatly &C.
tolerated in the islands; the establishment
Of a permanent military hospital In Homo
lulu; the prompt construction IN the
Philippine Islands Of commodious quarters
and harrack. for troops; the establishnent
| OF a national cemetery in the Philippines,
and the adoption Of canvas swimming
tanks for use on transports. He also urges
the establishment OF some intercollegiate
military contest to be held annually at
some convenient time and place during the
college year, preferably target shooting
or the assembling Of representative or
ganization from some OF the colleges for
competitive drill or man9uvres In order
to stimulate the interest OF students Of tho
military colleges.
Gen. Breckenridge does not speak Agur-
atively when he recommends turning loose
the dogs OF war. He says:
In my annual report for 1900 Ar s5esllsns
shows J sG sEer 70, utility s1F giving n sSs sSs
asney 81 jns n rns tia
enemy TO lie concealed and then spring upon
our soldiers unawares with the bolo. or en-
reiy es in .s sy'eh,lon, mas ossp ds%on
some sug gestion that a small. silent war dog,
such as the English lurcher or white 9penish
tse, mshs BE- S; both
security.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
The Governor Of Missis,ippi.

Il am thinking. said a New York drummer who
travels through the South. that when Precedent
Roosevelt has killed a bear or two In Mississippi
and he gives up business for pleasure and meets
the Governor OF that State. II will be a meeting
OF two of a kind. as far as good fellowship goes
The President Is nne mixer and as democratic
as man should be- and the Governor Of Mlssis.
sipp doesn't put on any frills either. I know
because | had an experience with him not many
months ago. II happened that or one OF my trips
through the northern part OF the State boarded
a train which just AZ the moment rather short
on seating capacity. As | passed down the aise
OF the car had struck. looking for q place into
which | could put myself. a very nice. appearing
man moved over and nodded for me to sit beside
him. I accepted his Invitation willingly and "A
soon as | had thanked him saw he was agreeable
- conversation and proceeded to talk TO him. I
had been all over the northern part OF the SsAte
and, being somewhat ohseryant and inQuirins I
had pretty general fund OF Information on crops
politics and the general run OF things. Ny seat
mate proved to he FIRST rate listener and he kent
going steadily, but no, so steadily thst couldnr
see from wha, he had 70 say himself by way Of
comment and suggestion that he knew Il q rood
deal better ,han did
"Of course We didn't know each other but that
doesn't make any difference to travellers Of eon
genial spirits, aud he was A. congenlai a. aoy-
body had ever met Amer about an hour Of /,
We stopped al a good looking town and he TOT
up to leave. | was sorry TO lose him ana told
him so. and he said ~ much to me, and when he
got out In the aisle and shook hands Rood.bv be
hsndei me his card and said n ever got TO Jackspn
to come In and see him and renew our pleaaant
acquaintance, I didn't look al the card un,u ~
hsd Got away. Then did. and, by crackey I r,sa
on In nice plain letters Andrew Houston Inn
gno lie was the Governor OF the State All
right, but he wasn't around making any display
OF II, and don't suppose he would have lie, m.
kao~ he was at all II he hadn't been leav,n, ms
without chance 10 tel him how much annre
cia'rd the honor of sitting with the Governor OF
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tOLLEGE ~ MILF DES.
Had Been Kept al BOwdoin Four Years and
Had Eaten Nothing.

BRUNSWICK. Me-, Nov. I6.-At the Searles
Science Building at Bowdoin College the
death of the large water turtle is recorded,
after having been Gagged here for four
years and three months. The turtle has
lived during it's entire captivity Of more
than four years without food. All kinds
Of food have been offered him. but he would
eat none. He has been supplied with
plenty of fresh water and has apparently
enjoyed himself.
The story is vouched for by Prof. Leslie
A. Lee, who has charge of the department
no chance for deception. as the turtle has
been in his cage continually during his
CAPTIVITY.