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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-24
The Purdue Triumph =.

Our invaluable old friend, the Gazett eer,
tells us that the city Of Lafayette. Ind,
is situated on the banks OF the Wabash
River and the Wabash and Erie Canal.
Classic water and classic ground. To us
who devote our lives to the reverent
study of the masterpieces and prentice
pieces of Hoosier literature, the phrase,
the banks of the Wabash " is a poem.
In Lafayette, and somewhere near those
halowed shores, is Purdue University.
In the beautiful words of the Gazetteer,
here is an institution entitled Purdue
University, which is an agricultural col
lege supported by the State" Naturally
football has high place in the agricult-
ural curriculum; and Speed the ball
is motto even more priced than speed
the plough" We learn from a Lafayette
despatch in the indianapolis Journal
that for four long years Purdue men
have bowed in humiliation to the Uni
versity of lndiana's Drawn, but Saturday
the stain was wiped out in memorable
fashion, The lean years arc over at
last. Purdue has defeated Indiana by
a score of 80 too. Can anybody wonder
that nothing has caused more joy at
Purdue and in Lafayette for a genera
tom" Sweet is pleasure after pain.
so Saturday night was night Of tri-
umph in the Capua Of the Wabash. The
happiness of the undergraduates found
a strange but evidently adequate means
Of expression. At the close of the foot
ball game yell leaders spread from
megaphones the news that there would
be somethin' doin' at night and babe
all good Purduites make themselves
ready for the festal hour. At p. NJ.
the procession started II took the
form of "nightshirt parade. For the
benefit of students Of savage custom
and rite we take from our Indianapolis
contemporary comparatively full de-
scrption Of the mysterious pageant and
march:
| o." II O'Clock from every quarter OF the city
| young men Of sa,war build appeared. at,ired In
nigh,Shirts OF every conceivable style. There
| were long, feminine looking garments with lace
| do .tunnyS around The COLLAR and CUTS; there
were Shor. nleEtShr;s OF Spartan simplicity; there
| were nightshlris Of vas, size, and shirts narrow
| and snail there were uishish!rS With the own
cr's initials carefully worked by fond mothers In
silks OF brilliant hue. there were shirts that were
| fraycd and worn and shirts Shat were immaculate
IN starch. there were white shirts nv the hundred
! and striped shirts. a blue shirt two, shirts of
/ varicgatcd cojrs, and one Young AJAX ,rippcd
| along In pajanaS. There were clean shirts and
dirty shirts silk shirts pretty shirts and ugly shirts
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How Long viii the Gold Mines OF
Johannesburg Last?

The duration Of the gold mines on
the main reef of the Witwatersrand is
a matter of Importance, not only to
the British Government, which desires
to borrow a large sum of money on the
security Of the taxes leviable on those
mines, but also to the whole commercial
world, which is interested in the pros
pective supply of the yellow metal.
Let US look at the latest computations
Of experts who have made special
study of the subject.
The estimates which were made six
or seven years ago have since had TO be
revised. in consequence of the demon
stration-due to continued develop
mcnt work and to diamond-drilled Dor
ing-of the natncss of the reef and Of
its workability and payablity down to
very great depth. AT the present
moment the problem upon which the
attention of experts is concentrated is
not concerned with the dip Of the reefs
or with their richness, adequate Informal
ton touching these points having been
attained, but with the precise depth at
which it will be physically possible to
extract gold and at the same time
leave a sufficient margin of profit over
the cost OF mining. On the solution
of this problem depends the measure
ment of the durability, or so-called life,
Of the mine, on the main reef of the
Rand. One of the earliest estimates,
that made in 1895 10y Nessrs. HATCH
and CHALMERS, assigned to the Wit
watersrand generally production within
half century Of $500 OOO,Ooo, Here
an average milling width of three feet
was assumed for the whole Rand. and
an average value per ton Of $3.50; and
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4 Ncracity Combine.

There il a well-authenticated report
from Seattle that the professional fisher
men Of Washington and Oregon who
constitute an important and prosper
Gus element in these States are soon to
organize The Fishermens Protective
Union, an association designed pri-
marty for mutual benefit. and for the
correction or mitigation Of the abuses
which are incident to fishing.
From the professional point OF view
Of course, the abuses incident TO fishing
are mostly technical, such as the use Of
scines and Of traps where legally pro-
hibited, tho destruction Of tho spawn,
and the liberation Of methods Of de-
struction Of fish life which have wrought
great injury to the fish trade in the East
in the lobster line, for instance. But in
the more general application Of abuses
incident not to fish. but to fishing, the
mendacious tales Of prodigious catches
certainly stand first in the case Of anna
teur fishermen, If the maginative dec
larations, the exaggerated narratives,
the weird tales Of fishing club members
are to be restricted and curtailed by an
arbitrary combine. a serious blow will
be dealt to amateur fishermen on the
Pacific Coast; and perhaps, later on. TO
those on the Atlantic.
1t has always been found difficult TO
secure from the amateur fishermen q
really exact statement Of the number Of
fish caught or the number Of pounds
weight of the fish. Hunters after game
stick with reasonable closeness, accord
ing to all experience, to facts. They do
not report the ensnaring Of a squirrel
to be the capture Of deer OF bear. But
fishermen always, from time immemo-
rial, have had what has become to be
known as fshermen's license, and the
proposal to establish a combine among
them anywhere may be an indirect move
against the largeness Of claim in speech
and narrative. accepted az naturally in
cidental to all fishermen's stories.
II, in the future. questions Of weight
in the catch are to be decided by scales,
and the determination Of the number Of
fish caught is to be- settled by affidavit,
amateur fishermen everywhere will have
reason to be dead against the proposed
new trust.
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A delightful despatch from Meriden.
Conn, to the Ciucinpod Enquirer informs
us that an estate valued at Sl5 900 900.
situated at Tahiti South Sea Islands.
awaits heirs" Ii is the habit Of great es-
tates to await heirs. From boyhood we
have loved the South Sea Islands, ard
looked forward to the day when We should
set up our tent there and live In luxury
under our own banana tree and own our
own bread-fruit patch Fifteen dollars
would be wealth in our South Sea Islands.
On the interest Of that sum We can afford
to employ native lad TO shin up the cocoa
nut tree or hold the calabash Of cocoanut
milk to Our lips while we recline upon the
beach, reading HERMAN MELVILLE and
having cigarettes rolled for us by bru-
nettes of the country. Since our day
values have increased, at least in Tahiti.
Meriden doesn't particularize. but doubt
less the fifteen millions are invested In
skyscrapers
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Troubles Of Amateur spelIiss.

To The Eprros or THE Sus-!Sh, The chief Oh.
lection which have 10 spelling In any other way
than according To the dictionary IL the Increased
effort which Is demanded in order to get at the
meaning. and the longer sine which Ia required to
read a given amount: a, least, II Is so with me.
and account for II In this way
Some people claim that . written composition
IA era pbic speech 10 me IL graphic thought. Con
seQuenty, | grasp the thought quickly or slowly,
according a. I recognize the thought symbols. or
words. quickly, or have to stop and puzzle them
out.
Thus: Il shall civ tu dolers to u tn" may be
perfectly Ineligible 10 some people AT nrst glance.
IA not TO me- whereas Il shall give two dollars TO
you. TOO. " presents no difnculty al all
In fact. when I attempt to decipher some OF the
phonetic compositions published In THB Sun |
an As much troubled as when Try to read oreign
Ian euass With which am hut little familiar
II could hear" what read as ! read. doubtless
should have no dinnoulty. GEoRoE V. FOWLER.
NoNKERs Nov -
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SCRANTON, Nov %
Leo Kill Close to the Years Of Peter.


The Pope, on Tuesday, Nov. T. had occupied the
chair OF ST. Peter longer than any OF his prede-
cessors except Plus TX. II Is singular fact. cited
by some as testimony TO the Increased hcathiness
OF Rome. that the two longest reigns recorded In
the annals OF the Papacy should have been the two
last. that Of Plus lX whose p1ntincatc lasted for
thirty ono years aud seven months. and that OF
Leo Kill. who has worn the triple CROWN Tor
twenty -four years eight months, and more than
fortnight. Until Nov. 4. he had not attained the
years OF Plus vi. who died In exile al Nalchcc IN
ira The tradition that 81. Peter had been Bishop
of Rome for twenty i've years the origin Of the
saying addressed TO succeeding Popes on their
accession Thou shalt see the years OF Peter,
a prediction falsncd for the nrst time BY the late
reign and likely to be 50 In the present case. The
re,gnlng Pon,iN, despite his great age, has been
surpassed In longevity BY two OF his predecessors
St Agathon who died IN 6s2 al the age OF io7. and
Gregory IX who, a, the date OF his death In i?il.
had attained the age OF ~
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anoe stirred the reportsrs imaeinatio,

ance stirred the reporters Imagination
to write OF a young man whose flowing
garments stirred the imagination TO a
picture of MOSES leading the chosen
people" Surrounded by rejoicing thou
sands the wild marchers, arectionately
known in Hooserland al boilerma-
kers, went proudly on their way, below
ing from full hearts and lungs this terrific
magical chant:
Purdue, Purdue
RAN Ran, Rsh, Rah'
purdue' Purdue.
uah, Rah, Rah, Rah'
Hoo Rahi Hnrreh'
Bully for old Purdue
They went to the hotels They went
to the theatre. but attempted no seri-
Gus outbreak and contented them
selves with making the house shake
with whoops and yells." II was a grand
night for education. Purdue and La
fayette: and no spcaking moralist ia
called upon to grumSle because after
the show was over and the parade dis
missed, the celebration was kept up
by bibulous persons for several hours
longer" Tho rapid and frequent de-
livery Of the yell causes friction
and heat in the throat, and artificial
means of mellowing the organ are a
necessity
We can never admire sufficiently the
taste. the genius. the liberal cultivation
and the delicate humor Of the triumphant
undergraduate. Padua, Bologna, Sala-
manca, Paris. Oxford in their proudest
days never had a procession like Pur-
dln'a
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have modified his former

misfortunes, have modified his former
views Of policy.
Certain il Ia that but for the nations
memory of those proclivities and OF the
consequences of the same, the Hon.
GROVER CLEVELAND would now be the
inevitable candidate Of a rejuvenated
Democracy. or, failing in that, Of an
overwhelming independent movement
in case of threatening leadership and
dangerous councils on the Republican
side. For along with Mr.. CLEvEIANDs
deplorable tariff policy the American
people remember with equal vividness
after this lapse of time the tremendous
service his Administration rendered in
the summer of "a as the conservator
OF property rights and Government by
law. when it never once thought of pro-
posing arbitration with mob violence, but
inaugurated other and effective meas
ures under the existing statutes OF the
United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-24

A crippled Chicago shoemaker found
81 500 in shoe which he was cobbling, In
comes the owner in an hour OF two and
says: think lost little package here. :
proves property. pays the cobbler Is cents
for repairing the shoe and goes away happy.
The crippled cobbler may be little dis
satisfied, but honesty is its own reward.
A man who conceals 81, 800 in an old shoe
is too thrifty to waste money on rewards
for lost property found. He has a genius
for saving and hiding money. The cobbler
may have genius for finding and returning
it. Everybody to his gifts and the shoe
maker TO his last.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-24
Dsrtmouth's President Argues for Four YsaFs'
COLLEGE Course.

From the Bosfon Ddnb Adrerffser.
President Tucker, to the members OF the Com
mercial Club. said. In part:
1t Is not the business of the university to pro
duce ts chief product. the scholar the aim OF col
egia,e education Is to build upon the community
a body Of trained and informed men and TO ut men
In this particular way for citizenship.
We make q great mistake " We suppose cole
giate educ alton stands for personal culture. II
stands for personal culture only as an incident
II stands rather for the importance 1t puts upon
1.-The humanizing process OF association. \ college
Is community and the prevailing element In II Is
contac, OF man with man. and whether the human
izng process be good or partly bad, II Is tremen
dously humanzlns process"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-24

stood on the bridge al midnight
As the clock va. striking the hour
And IN. moon rose over the city
"N"'"" '"' '"'A '"'''" 'o"''
And far In the hs,y distance
On ,h., colo Noyember night
Hooked toward BROOKLYN city
bu' moi oar 'n sT"''
Alono tina, stretch n, car track,
The v,vrr,ng shadows lay
"a sworn IN my.elf-ye. often.
wou'a never come 'hs WY
Tbs, .uaaen,v from the darkness
Auyh, cleaned from sfar
th.srd the clan, az IN, car he'll
hopcd " wouia DC my cat
An ,.s t,ov,, rad IN IN. ,,,,d,,,
p,,,,.d nl,,r,v IN. nam, NJ nv .,,e.,
,m.a. . ho,A a., ,,ro,s, en-. n.oni.
To capture nv favoriie scat
IA, .~or,,
~. a.. n,.s,',h., "a ,o,..,
,s.a 80, ~, ,,., n,,ar. =, r,,dni.,,
~',,ss ~, y" ~. o~ 49, -, ~, ,'a .n
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struck In sympathy for the Mules.
From me chicago Tribune.

From The chicago Tribune,
WARRINGTON. Ind. Nov. 10 Sympathy for the
mules tina, toll In the coal mines caused Az the
men employed In mines Nos. and 3 to go on a
strike TO day. Nearly 800 men are Involved. The
men claim that for some time The company ha,
not hcen properly caring for tho dumb animals
that the mules are often pu, to work without having
been curred. fed or watered, This was the condi
ton OF affairs TO day. and all the men laid down
their picks and walked out, They have notlned
the company that they will not return TO work
unit, the operators agree TO give the animals better
treatment,
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Blazing Nose on the Boui' Niche.

FFON nc IOfHOH DIHV MIMI
\ remarkable and painful experience befell
Leon Godefroy yesterday. NJ Godefroy once had
the misfortune to be involved In street row. the
result being that his nose was smashed and he had
to secure an artificial nasal appendix,
He was walking on the boulevard Saint Michel
yesterday afternoon. and stopped TO light a cigar
cite. suddenly his nose burst into flames. which
spread TO lis beard. A crowd assembled. while
the unfortunate NJ. Godefroy danced with pain
until some policemen took him TO chcm'sts shop
where MS burns were treated
An examination OF the nose showed that II was
made of celluloid. the INSCRIPTIONS dealer who
sold II having fo,stcd It on to his client instead OF
the horn nose which had been prescribed.
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Mary and the Black sheep.

To rHE EpIroR oY TIL. SuS -!ir; The Interest o
ing discussion about the white lamb orlonging
TO the youthful and innocent Mary reI,'ads me OF
some lines once rfcIted by the wife OF certain
mem Der OF the British Parliament
Mary had little lamb
Whose fleece was black with SCOT
And on her nice clean frock he placed
dirty Little foot
Now Mary was an honest girl
AMI hated every sham
She only said a word that meant
The mother OF that lamb
NEW NonR. Nov. 80 {. W
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To rRR EpiroR OF rue SUSSr: In the columns
OF the stories OF Mrs Dtsislmer there Is one little
trivial statement tina, Is more important than all
the rest Of the startling disclosure OF anarchy.
cons piracy and suicide refer to the claim tina,
the plot was TO XIII President Roosevelt while he
WAS Of the Yale bcentennial, Nov. 10, 1901 You
might call attention to the fact that the Yale bI
centennial ended some two or three weeks before
that date. A c'rcumssntial narrative Is lniely To
sound true, and II may fool detectives and police
ofncors but circumstances and dates are dangerous
INV HAVEN, Nov, 20 =, b VI.
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The Martha Warrington sta mp.

FROM The Washington Er"nino star.
The United States Government has never issued
a postage stamp decorated with the head Of a
woman. but this cannot he said after Dec. !.
on that day the Pos, Once Department will begin
sending out to postmasters a new eight cent STAN
on which Will be used the head OF Martha Wash
ington The design Is considered one OF the most
beautiful ever pu, out BY the Post once Depart
nent The head is cncirclcd with a wreath. At
the bottom on the lett Is 1887, the year In which
Martha Washington was born; on the night 10.
the year In which she died
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The First Two, No; Twinkle. Yes.

To the EpIroR OF TIE SuS-Sir: Are Gre,ta
Grew. who recentiy played Al concert here: Frank
lin Blundcr butler In q Philadelphia family: and
Twinkle star formerly OF Goshen, Ina. elgible'
PHILADELPHIA Nov o. ID. ID, u.
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To TRE EDITOR or THE SuN-SV: Comm utter"
who resides In summit. y. j. and who IA therefore
compelled 10 use the D., l.. W, r. n, daily. has
the sincere sympathy OF thousands whose homes
are scattered along the route OF the lAckawAnna.
Tue distance between Hoboken and South Orange,
as given In the CON panS's schedule, Is fourteen
given as forty minutes, The time given between
New YORK and South orange Il slkty minutes,
Granting that such n train be on time Is u not
time that we had some Improvement But trains
on the Lackawanna are not on tlmcl In" con
ductors and train hands that road are perfectly
FRANK In their criticism OF the service. We hear
them INDUCING In open criticism continually, and
their crlcism web ~ ours Is certainly Justified.
the management OF the lAcknwanna bias never
been 80 bad as al the present TYNE one Justified
In basing an opinion upon the oushy OF service
rendered. Hclp US 10 force them to Elye US a fair
rsturn FOR our money ANOTHER CoANV1"
BMcK CHURCH. y. j., Nov Fl
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SrN SIR am very
clad TO notice that some one has at last found
courage enough to resort TO your columns as a
medium for saying things" about the most badly
managed railroad running out Of New York city
Al the present time the LsckAwanna Railroad
hope, sincerely, now that couple of-Soices
have been raised against this so called RAILROAD
o,heis Will cry out. and compel the mAnagement to
listen to the voice Of the suffering commuteI,
= EAST oRISoE, y. j.. Nov. a. CohhrrHh
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The surest and b.s, OF Blood PuIinsrs y James
AteIsuye.-Adv.
The Forrest City times., 1902-02-07
BRIEF MENTION.

Newport merchants report loss az gregatng s25,000 from the recent heavy sleet.
 George A. Barcus, a photographer, en route from Hot Springs to Van Blu ren, was killed by sliding lumber in car at Morrilton.
 Two railway surveys are being made in Montgomery county-one from Ola to Hot Springs and one from Mans field to Hot Springs.
 Kit Helton, the Van Buren wife mur- derer, who was to have been hanged February 31, has been granted a 3O-day reprieve by Gov. Davis.
 Congress passed bill authorizing the Southern Missouri & Arkansas rail road company to build bridge across the Current river in this state.
 Lena. the 13-year-old daughter of Capt John Orril. Garland county farmer. was kicked in the head by a blind horse and fatally injured.
 Sid Moore, colored, was killed by omcers at Arkansas City while re- sisting arrest. The negro attempted to shoot two officers with a Winchester, but they were too quick for him.
 The exetent of the damage to the for ests in this state from the heavy sleet cannot be estimated. but it is enor- nous. great deal of timber can be saved if high water does not prevent.
 The latest from Washington con- corning the Arkansas federal patron age situation is to the effect that the president has decided that he will not reappoint either Col. Cooper or MT. Remmel.
The Forrest City times., 1902-02-07
Sheriff Murdered By Robbers.

About 2;30 on the morning of the 5th, the Bank of Clarksville was robbed and Sheriff John H Powers killed while attempting. .to protect the property. The sheriff. who occupied a room upstairs adjoining the bank building. was awakened by the noise Of an explosion. He hastily dressed and descended to the street. when he was fired upon by one of the robbers Who was standing guard on the side walk. Despite the fact that he was fatally wounded, Sheriff Powers emp tied his revolver at the bandits, who Kept up constant fire at all who ap- peared on the street, and finally made their escape. The robbers secured only $l,9OO, overlooking a large package of bills, which were badly mutilated by the explosion of dynamite. Sheriff Powers was one of the best known officers in the state. as well as one of the bravest.
The Forrest City times., 1902-02-07
A SECOND OPERATION.
Gen. Funston Again Subjected to the Surgeons Knife nt Scarritt's
 Hospital, Kansas City.

Kansas City. Mo, Feb. 4.-Gen Frederick Funston, was, Monday, subjected to the surgeons knife. The operation was performed at Scar ritt's hospital, under the direction of Dr. r.. F. Robinson, of this city, with whom the general had been .l corre- spondence since his landing at San Francisco from Manila. a month ago.
 After Gen. Funston had arrived here from the west, last week. and had sought consultation with Dr. Robinson, it was stated that another operation would not be necessary. Within a day or so, however, the wound of the original operation for appendicitis had not healed as the physicians believed it should, and the second operation was decided upon. Before the operation was performed Dr. Robinson said it would prove a slight affair. Later he stated that the general had undergone the ordeal in satisfactory manner, and that he believed the outcome would be what had been desired. It would be necessary, however, for the patient to remain at the hospital for proba- blV two weeks
The Forrest City times., 1902-02-07
PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS.
Natives as Governors of Provinces Business Men Urge Tax
 Reduction.

Manila, Eel 5.-''he returns so far received indicat.' the election, in most cases. of natives as governors of province<. Capt Harry II. Band holz, of the Second infantry, defeat ed Maj. Cornelius Gardener, of the Thirteenth Infantry, the present governor of TayabaS province. The military men claim that accepting elective office will r,cessitate resig- nation from the army.
 At Balanga (catital of Bataan) there are only S4 voters, but So votes were cast, and another election has been ordered
 A meeting. teld a the invitation of Acting Gov. Wright, If business men interested in tobacco and sugar, to discuss the legislation desired by Loth industries. uren" a reduction of 75 per cent. in the duties. Buencami- 10 said it would lat an the instant pacification of Batangas, which is wholly devoted to sugar growing.
 Colonels Greenba lch and Craigie and Maj. Bomhs have been oppoint- I'd board to adop: plans for build ing a military post here.