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Riders and the BrOOklNn SpeedMaA.

To THE EDITOR or The SrN-Sr; In your
editorial note this morning calling attention
To the brooklyn Pleasure Drivers Associat ion
and their appeals 10 drivers generally to assist
in bringing about proper regulations for the
u" OF Brooklyn, Speedway, please permit m
sguest rian to urge that the observance by
these ~road~ters" themselves OF certain re-
strictions might lead 10 more harmonious
feeling bv every one who takes interest and
plea sure In riding and driving The pQuest ian
path or bride road, de ,igned, and heret ofore
carefully watched by former Park Commits
sioncr Brewer that TO the left OF the Speed
wav. leading toward Con"v Island. on account
of IT. soft footing l. being continually used
by the ligh hor-" driven vehicles to the detri-
mnnt of the going a the wheel. pack and
h arden and cause rut- also interfering with
equnstrians 4 strict Observance OF all rules
such a. is done on New York's Speed
wnv and bride roads, would soon bring the
seine spirit TO Btooklyn's patrons
BROOKLYN Dec ~ EyEHITT PEET.
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4 Kind Woman's Ron .ctiOn.

To THE EDITOR oP TBE SCS-Sr: was
told this morning by "A woman gagged in
many charitable works that an infant hos
pital in this city il in dire need Of coal. that
every sndeavor To get coal had been made
without success for no dealer IN fuel would
or could supply II
shortly after hearing of this pitiful situa-
ton | went ont and found on the corner of
the street in which ! live. where "A church
stands. two men shovelling a goodly guam
ttv of coal into the cellar OF the church
which will stand empty until sunday
A. walked on ! pondered IN" question
which arose in my mind. whether this fuel
which will enable a w'll-dre-sed n well-f.d.
a well-loiged number Of men and women TO
listen. in we'll warmed comfort. to "A -kilfully
intoned and Chanf"d service and to n cleverlv
written sermon, twice. on next sunday would
not he more acceptable a. an Offering to God
II II were used TO carry on the work OF love
and mercy To lttle children. suffering because
OF the sins OF their fathers
DIE II GRANERCY PARK
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Vi,isectiOn and DR.. Keen.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: The
open letter OF the eminent surgeon. DR.. " "
Keen. concerning Nidshpman Aiken'- case.
and printed in The SUS of Dec =, carries con-
viction, ! think. to any unprecedented mind
that the skiful operation which saved Mid
shipman Aiken's life was made possible. as
Or Keen states by knowledge gained from
experiments upon animals, by which the
centres OF motion in the human brain have
been precisely located
Dr Keen states: This matter is of vital
Importance to the well-beinR Of the entire
community" large portion Of that COM
munity, it is To be hoped. are with DR. Keen
when he asks senator Gallingsr in view there
fore OF the evident and positive benefit Of
such experiments trust that YOU will he
willing TO de-i-t from furt her efforts at such
repTessive and, a. regard IT, most inhuman
and cruel legislation
The antivivisect ionists ~ rule, know
very little about the subject they are ngitat-
ing They assume that all yivisect ion causes
great suffering to animals Prof Gerald
Yeo from the actual report OF vivisect ionist>
,Forn'phhy Rercr. March. iss?l. estimates
there are absolutely painless rs: a. painful
as vaccination. 20. as painful a. the healing
Of wound. 4, AS painful as n surgical opera
ton,
Some one may be led to ask what manner
of man is this who 20 strenuouSy defends
yiy,ec,ion, L Vas Vas the pr'TiGTes Of ,ns
years Dr. Keen is great surgeon. but he
l. still greater aS a man surgery l. not the
only thing his students learn from him. In
him they a keen Judgment and careful.
patient nvestigat ion before arriving at con-
illusions attention to every detail that can
affect a patients welfare: man earnest,
CONSIDERATIONS cheerful, courageous. who.
having the courage OF hi, convictions. il
without egotism or conceit the considera-
ton for OF hers hat prompts him to s@nd word
to anxious and waiting friends TO whom
minutes are eternities. that the danger point
in an operation |, passed. consideration
that extends to all those who serve him,
whether il be nurse. or CoaChman. Many
Incidents are recalled In support Of these
statements n nd that show how the eentlenass
TENDERNESS and sympathy Of this great man
are lowed. without distinction on those
who need il
Such is the man who favors vivisect ion
Such confidence in his Judgment have those
who know him. do they love and honor
him. that they feel that the cause 81 humanity
and the cause Of helpless animals may be
safely left to his tenderness and mercy
BRooKLYS. Ny BN ALDRIDGE, " ID.
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lnacoualnted With the Author.

From the Philadelphia Ereninp Telegraph
A gentleman who spends his life entirely
Immersed in books has wife who never
reads anything but she likes to occasionally
pretend an interest in her husbands hobby
and 40 from time TO time she goes 10 he library
and takes down a book just for the sake OF
Appearances.
Il chose n book this morning" she re-
marked the other day to her husband ~by an
author named Voliv, Is he considered good
wrrcr7"
"Noliv?" said the good man. In n puzzled
tone And then not liking to confess himself
ignorant Of one Of the books In his own library
h.. added Yes my dear. writer OF very con
insight into his subject
But when she had completed her elaborate
toilet and had gone of to make n social call
he sneak"d into her room 10 discover the hook
of the author Of whom he had never heard
II turned out 70 b" volume OF Brownnc's
p9i,btry, wml zen happenrd 10 hay" been bound
bore the legend Vol iv
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money affect the realty and the stock
markets equally, and since the recent
growth in the class of professional
| operators il is no longer true to the
same extent as formerly that the real
estate market is quiet when the stock
market is active. In the last few years,
fluctuations Of activity have been stimuli
'aneous for both markets, varying with
the monetary situation. In the real
estate market business has been almost
exclusively professional. limited chiefly
To dealing in vacant property and old
property adapted for improvement.
Apart from private houses, improved
realty has been comparatively neglected.
Some mercantile property has been
bought BY business houses, but pro-
portionatclv the amount has not been so
large a. Nigh; have been expected in a
city ike New York. The non-profes-
sional public has bad but small share
IN the real estate movement Of the last
four years.
This fall, however, there has been a
marked expansion Of dealing in improved
real estate. particularly in medium
priced Investment property in the resi-
dcnce districts. This increase is the
more noteworthy because it has taken
place in the face of stringent money
market As a rule, a decline Of realty
trading ia BOXED for in December. At
that time rates for the ,lse of money gen.
orally take an extra rise. owing to a
variety Of annually recurring causes,
including stimulated holiday shopping
trade and the locking up % capital in
preparation for the January interest and
dividend payments. During the first
half of the present month, contrary To
usual experience, the volume of real
estate dealing increased, instead of
diminished The number of brokerage
transactions reported from day to day
was notably largo. In the first two
weeks Of this De, ember $50 transfers
were recorded. az against 81? in the cor
responding period year ago and as
against i9i in the first half Of last month.
This expansion Of trading occurred I'M
der monetary conditions which practi-
cally kept the biz speculative corpora
tions ont of the market and put n re-
strittion on the purchasing power OF
individual operators.
The inference is that the moderately
well-to-do investor and the non-profes-
Sional speculator who were active in
Wall Street down to last spring. have
been led by developments there to direct
their attention to real estate. This change
of attitude came AT n time when stocks
were falling and rents rising IL is evil
dent, therefore, that while the old real
estate saying needs some modification
owing to the recent growth Of profess
sionalism, it is not yet altogether obso-
lete. Undoubtedly, the purchasing power
of the public has only just begun to
be felt in real estate; yet it has already
made n distinct impression on the mar
ket. The transfers recorded last year
have seldom been equalled in number
But they were mostly the result Of pro-
fessional operations anticipating the in
vestment movement expected to follow.
This year. down to the middle Of Deem
Der, 1880 deeds were put on record, as
against 1900 in the corresponding
period a twelvemonth ago.
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LABORATORY DESTROYED.
The Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute q
Troy Loses $50 .OtDO..

Troy. Dec. is.-Fire almost completely
wrecked the elect rical laboratory OF the
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute last night
The loss, il IL estimated. will exceed $50, OOo.
The laboratory was a two story and base
ment structure, consisting Of three wings
Lesides the main part. The Instruments
in the laboratory were exceedingly val
liable. and IL is their dest ruction which
makes the loss 30 great On the second
recently installed and which was valued at
several thousand dollars The storage
battery was in the basement Of the north
wing and was damaged chiefly by water.
The equipment of the laboratory had
but recently been completed. and since
September last additio machinery and
Instruments to the value Of 81 600 had been
installed. The chemical laboratory. situ-
ated on Eighteenth street, was partly
destroyed by fire about two months ago.
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The test made on Wednesday Of the sec
ton Of steel road in Murray street was all
that could bc desired. 1t was shown that
II takes o. per cent. more power TO draw a
wagon over the stone pavement Of the
street and two and one-half times more 10
start it thereon than is needed on the steel
track. In other words. n load requiring
two horses to pull it over the pavement may
b drawn Ny one horse on the steel road
with comparative ease. Another striking
advantage of steel roads lies in the fact that
they effect not small saving in the wear
and tear on vehicles. The SUCCESS Of the
experiment in Murray street certainly war
rants t'ic construction Of similar roads.
already proposed. in the upper part of this
city.
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Our Enormous consumption Of Books.

Some figures shown in the book adj
ertisements in The Sun Of Saturday
suggest various perplexing questions.
We find that of one popular novel 400, 900
copies have been sold, of another $50, 600.
that child's book is in it's 3OOth thou
sand. and that eight or nine other stories
are either far beyond or almost up to the
10000 mark There are plenty of other
books advertised. of which as many
publishers did not care to announce the
numbers. The figures must be accepted,
for they are given out by reputable
firms
These books have been ont only a
season or two; some appeared only this
year. They are all fiction and most of
them historical fiction. This doubtless
accounts for the enormous output of
that kind Of book. for both writers and
publishers are stimulated by the chance
of making a hit, but it does not ex-
plain the frame Of mind of the public
that calls for it. Some of the books
have decided merit, but none such as to
warrant beforehand the expectation of
amazing sales. Neither readers nor
authors can expect that they will attain
permanent place in literature
The figures imply that some Of these
books are in the possession of one family
in twenty-five throughout the United
States. What becomes of them after
they are read' They are all nicely
bound and cannot be thrown away like
old Seasdes We have the sales as a
fact, but what becomes of the books?
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Christmas Deiiv-rie, and Elevators.

TDTts IJiGDI D ri3.i ~ S.r. Mtny apart
mcnt hodScs In New YORK have bu, one elevator
and the rules OF the managers prohibit tradesmen
employees from riding up and down while deliver
Ing packages. This morning a delivery ageni OF
OF tac large dry goods shops climbed six flights
Of Stsir, In the house In which | live 10 deliver an
umbrella. Then he walked down again.
This was before o clock. and the man told me
thit he had In SIX houses walked up more than
three flights Of stairs and down again since begin
ming his days work On Wednesday he worked
sixteen hours. getting to bed Just after midnight.
he got up at o'clock In the morning and expected
to work until ~ or II o'clock At night
Under the exceptional circumstances arising
from the holiday trade. might not the managers Of
apartment houses relax the rules excluding trades
mems employ ecs from elevators. thus facilitating
the delivery Of goods ana Incidentally relieving the
delivery men Of an unnecessary ha rdshp'
DAG ~, 1907. Plat DwElLER
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Killed by Grass In His Llcher."
From The Philndclphia Pres.

TTUW MT FNNTH'TpNIh PTfss
Well" remarked Congressman Morse Of
Kentucky, i suppose none OF you ever heard
the story Of the origin of the mint julepa-
There was n stampede from the cloak
room. Everybody went save Brande gee
the new member from Connect icut, elected
TO, nl a vacancy. To him this story wa,
told
In he early DAYS in Kentucky stranger
STOPPED over night with a di-tiller ,vho had
s"me fine LIQUOR and "A very notable spring OF
water trowing about the spring Wa
mint with the liquor, spring water and some
sugar and he and he di-tiller got far int o the
night repeating the dose
Next spring tho stranger passed that
way again; woman came to the door
Where's the old NAM the visitor asked
Dead"
Yep; a fellow come along here last spring
ah1 'hngh' hIln 70 lit grass in his lickcr and
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From the An,i.lonpuisory Vaccination
League,

To THE EDITOR oF THE SuS Sir. That
smallpox and other zymotics have almost
disappeared for the present from Porto Rico
l., dare say. true. and the reasons for II are.
fr-t. that smallpox is an epidemic and does
not rage all the time and secondly. because
great sanitary improvements have been in
stitut"d \accinntio /. q cause OF smallpox
and l. the main cause for the sporadic attacks
Nhirh prevailed nearly everywhere in the
United states durine the past year, but which
did tn" murd"rou- super-ti tion of vaccina-
ton NJ Il IEvERsoN.
President, Anti-CompulsOry Naccinat ion
League
nuDphIyN Dec
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MAST DID NOT FEAR PLAGUE.
Two Letters From Him and Ills Last Paiat-
ting Reach CartOOnist's Family.

MoRRIsIowS, y. j., Dec. is.-Two lcticrs
were received Yesterday by the family Of
the la,e Thomas Mast whose home wa in
thi, city, from Guayaquil. Ecuador, wher"
he was United States Consul, which were
written nv him several days i,eiore Ire wa-
striken with yellow fever. In them Mr..
Hlst spuk. Of ,his dreadful plague, but ex-
pressed no fear for his own welfare.
There also arrived large pict IRE Of the
late Andrew Roasoncr. who was s,iperir-
tcndcn' % the Delaware, I.ackawanna ard
Western Railroad. which was the las; paint
ing done by Mr.. Mast. The picture was
AIKEN from photograph which was greatly
admired by Mrs. Rea~oner. and she visited
Mr. Mast before he !eft this country las,
July and arranged To have him make
painting. The picture IL to be hung IN
the Reasonor Memorial al East Orange.
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Since the refusal Of the United states
Supreme Court, through Chief Justice
FULLER, hearing the motion at Norfolk.
TO assume jurisdiction in a suit brought to
test the Constitr'. ora!ity Of tho nov VIZ
gina State Constitution, ora Of the al
tornoys in the Virginia case, a colorod
lawyer. l,as begun "a sories OF actions against
tho meiniprs Of tho Richmond Cons'ltu.
t.onal Convention individually, or rather
against such Of them az voted for 'ho dis
frarclisirg article on the ground of per
spnal damage done through their dis
elimination. In Alabama, another colore,l
sutton has brought srit for mandan,Is
against tho Board Of Registration t. COM
pei its members to issue a certificate quail
flying him as a voter, although undor the
new Constitution Of that Stat, he IL ineligi.
bic for suffrage. A previous application
had been refused. and the purpose OF these
proceedings and Of other like ONES in North
Carolina and elsewhere " to secure, through
appeal To the United State courts. an adj
judication OF the rights OF colorssi voters
under the Fifteenth Amendment Of the Fcd-
eral Constitution, which provides that the
right Of the citizens Of the United States To
vote shall neither b. denied nor abridged (as
In these cases IL IL claimed that il isl on ac.
count Of race. color or previous servitude.
For nearly twelve years In a desultory
way legal proceedings have been taken I'm
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Stamps by the slot.

To TRE EDITOR or THE SuN--.Sn: What could
be Of more bcnent to the cntr population OF Greater
New York than TO have a slot machine attached
10 the lam p posts where there are letter boSc.,
And for convenience OF great many peo,J.
who have to walk distance before they can Obtain
q stamp 10 put on their letter ready for mailing
\ slot machine, BY dropping two cents In and
getting In return y two cent stamp. would be what
! would term a ma cllous construction
EDWARD ALBERT CuTHBrR1
NEW YORK Dee IL
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availingly to upset or overthrow the dis
franchising election laws Of the Southern
Legislatures. Ali such plans having, thus
far. failed. it IN now announced that there
will he a colored convention convention
made up exclusively Of colored delegates
held at some city Of the South in the spring
to devise, II possible, some uniform method
OF opposition to election laws Of those
Southern States which have adopted them.
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Gen. WAGER SwAYSE. who died yesterday

Gen. WAGER SwAYNE. who died yesterday
in his sixty-ninth year, came Of the oldest
American stock, and in his character he ex-
emplifed many Of the best qualities which
distinguish IL. He was Republican in
politics, but in his later years he had OK
hibited strong tendencies toward political
independence. Opposition TO slavery came
TO him by Inheritance from his father, Judge
NOAH HAYNES SwAYSE. who, though born
in Virginia and elected. in 1929, as a Jefferson
Democrat to the Legislature Of Ohio, to
which State he had removed In his early
manhood. went over to ths Republica n
party at its first organization because OF
his strong anti-slavery sentiments Long
before he had liberated the slaves he had
received through his marriage. IN 1872 The
title Of Brevet Ma or-General was won by
his son, WAGER SwAyEE, by gallant service
in the Civil War. Gen. SwAYNE, who had
practised law in New York since 1890, was a
distinguished memb@r Of our bar and
vigorous, philosophical, high-minded and
enlightened citizen
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War Taxes Aggregated sasO,s,I,,OI

WAsHISoToN, Dec. ls-The Commits
sioncr 81 Internal Revenue says that the
receipts of internal r,venue derived from
war taxes only from June 10. 1898 to june
~. 1907, the period during which the War
Revenue law was in operation, were $780,
All 70l
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TO rHp EDITOR or TnE Srs-!st,: As have no
wish to sail under false coors, with you kindly
contradic, report In rHE SUN OF this date that
I was believed to he the anony nous donor OF a
piece Of property and ~ 100 TO erect parish house
Al St. Catherine = Church. Pelham. y. "
Skw ROCHELLE, Dec. Is. j. q. BEREsFohD.
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Promptness aad sioth In Cleaning Sidewalk.

-. ~, "piroh of fHt SJS-.Su. The stree. o.
rn i've " adorned b., two saioons a nd 81. ....H
we sidewalks In front OF Inc saIoons w., ~,
no, cleaned un us uh,, N front Of the chura
the church. '' 'uns " the phstot ~
DEC. IL loO2 WI 00n S0AAh,
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One very good way Of helping people TO
get UP or downtown would he to put
tunnel under Canal street at Broadway for
the cross traffic. That would bring immense
relief 10 the Broadway cars at least.
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To rBE Hprros or THE Sun sir Why the al
bankers do you - 4 Sun .ItsADINa PlKEg-
PIKk COUNTY, Pa, Dec. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12

should be extended to the District offices,
and there should be some rule governing ap
pontments which would relieve the District
Commissioners. He thought only bona fde
residents of the District should be eligible to
appointment. Men who do not even know
street from another should not be
brought here from Maryland and Virginia
and appointed health inspectors. He said
he had been told of a case in which a Dis
trict mans services were dispensed with in
order to make room for a man from one of
the states. Such a condition of affairs. he
thought, should not exist District offices,
he thought, should be filled with District
men and not with men from Ohio, Illinois
and other states.
A brief discussion followed, and the asso-
citation postponed consideration of the in
vftation until the next meeting.
Mr.. Lang presented a series of resolutions
setting forth the need of a manual training
school for the northeast section, and con-
cluded by asking that the school committee
be instructed to call the matter to the atten-
ton of the Commissioners.
The resolutions were adopted and referred
to the school committee.
President Tucker suggested that the men,
bers of the committee wait upon members
of the District committee and urge the
necessity of such a school. He suggested
that a building might be erected instead of
enlarging the Mckinley School on 7th street
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wish to pay special honor to visitor. Mr.
Barrett was assured of a fine exhibit from
the province.