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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
MILITIA Law INTERPRETED.
Troops Must Conform to Army standard ID
Organizatieu. Uniform and Armament.

lTOOtJs 1e8t !" 70 husy oseASssSsu ~
Organixatisa. Uniform and Armament.
WASHINGTON, March 7I-The Army War
College Board to which was referred q
great many questions concerning the new
Militia law, has rendered Q report giving
Its Interpretation Of the measure. 1t holds.
among other things, that by Jan. ~, 1908.
the organised militia must have adopted
Regular Army standards Of regimental or
ganization, uniform and armament; that
the War Department cannot, against the
will Of the States, prescribe an examination
for the appointment or promotion Of militia
officers; that II only part OF State militia
Organisation In organized - required by
the law, that part Of the organization cannot
claim any proportion Of the allotment
made by Congress, the idea being TO have
the whole organization conform; that In
case any State declines to conform TO
the law by Jan. II. 1908. the Secretary OF
War may ignore II in distributing the allot-
ment; that the President should AZ the
strength OF militia organizations: that
organizations IN existence hnce May Q.
i7e7, may retain accustomed privileges
which may be In conflict with the new law.
The board calls attention TO the provision
Of the Law which says tho militia that may
be called into the service Of the United
safes must be composed Of men Who have
completed their seighteenth and have not
completed thar forty-nfth year. As
the law roads, says the board. 1T would
sssm that no man who has oompleted bis
forty-hfth year can. with or against his
viii, be held 10 furthsr ssrvioe. This is
a change from the original militia law OF
INA, which did not An the 49, limit.
Ono important accommodation OF tho
board 10 that the Secretary Of War prescribe,
II u 10 iseal, that recruits In the organised
militia fulhl the phyeical recruiting stand
ard adopted for the Regular army, except
a. 70 the ase limit. Ii y hsld also BY the
board that the ssction providing for the
issue 70 the militia OF rhee and carbnes
ahould Be construed 70 apply to the Issue
OF revolvsrs, standard field artillery and
gatline and other adopted machine or an-
tomato guns.
The board 9 xpressss the opinion that In
the oass Of rife composition between state
militia organizations, neceadtattnG en-
campments and nsid service tho pay,
transportation and service cannot be FUR
nished by the United States. Couceruiug
Q statement from ths Adjutant.0 ensrL
that several Of The States would hke 70
have their annual enoampments a par OF
their militia st army PoMs. thus. UNDER
taton and suhsistSnoe frss, ths board
holds that the lAw dos not beas ony such
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
A Connecticut Town Defended.

The litter We print to-day in defence
Of Connecticut town against the accu-
sations Of . clerical sociologist Ii well
worth reading and carefully considering.
for the description II gives Of the social
and religious conditions Of Ashford may
b said to apply TO New England towns
and rural communities generally.
Ashford. We will explain. h . post vii
lags and township Of Windham county
in northeastern Connecticut, situated on
ths old Boston turnpike. and its history
goes back 10 the Colonial days. Accord
ing 10 the latest census returns We have,
or those for 1890. its population seems
10 have been Eliminating. but that Ia an
experience frequent. II not usual, among
New England hill towns not rejuve-
mated by becoming seats Of fashionable
residence. Amid such surroundings AZ
those OF Ashford. many OF tho strongest
characters and thu most powerful In.
dividualitiss Of this country hsvs besn
bred. II. therefore. II has fallen into the
deosdsnos. moral and intellectual. which
shs clerical sociologist described. the
decline Ia terribly significant. for its
people and thsir life ars typical of the
older communities from which once oans
very much Of the bsst innusnoes In
America. THIS critic was an aesnt Of
Bible society. Who has sinos died. and In
his rsport ~ inseAnesd Ashford - par
ticularly had esAmpIs Of the social de-
ssnsration and religious dsosd.nas In
the Conssctlom rural communities gen.
sssily. Our corrsspoadsst deAls With
thsss crit.csms - . vhols and replies
IN slssm vith soms pasdoasbl~ hat. but
- shall rsfsr 10 ons Of than oaly.
n sthsi ooaesrnlaG chusrh ssissdssos
in Ashford. FINDING thai AZ ths lahsbl-
tAnss u shs iowa. - pss ass,. d. M %
10 church. tis sssp, ~ tbs blbls so~sssy
dsss Nh ooaciusioa that svlls,oa 70
q IN ssssalsiiy zoe cub thew tbs
saAnp u dsssssss1y b uass lsas k4t,ls'
tis IaaG Sses~esasas ~ ssssSsSss ssd
sassas hiIsd 9th fsmsisas a aAusci..
sesw sss sh,ass ~ No pssa ,ls
Wagon sAssds srsssssny 80 sas sslssslss
fes psessa 5000 ksi ~ slAi Sstaeai.
- ~ - s"s@@ t% ~ ~ sGtftI
u b . s-ssassvaiir sssah nsss ssssfafsi
~ ssah Hrl.s,s,s alasssAAas tlsss csc
e.ssss.siis.s ~ tbs ss1slsS ssssssily
sa< " s,iss asssissss. ~ ss.si tssts.
~sss ssosxssilS Assssasxs " . s.ssss
~ ssssssA sssasAasss "a Nee tssk. lsk.
~ sAsssAss l~Ah ~ s'.ss.sss SAD sssa,
~ srssss-s n y sniv sl-.sa ss~ sls.ss
- ~ sAsis S~>psLsi.s "a AssS.sa
n y ~ ~ sssa n ~ . ls.s I-yzslsil.s
70 10000 n - ssss sI>ss' 49, n sss VI
sis b-ss1sis,iss. - sA4~s y 80 s~ss
eks>As <usss sA<sasAsA<s N A~A.
49, y - Ss.SpssssssAzss 49, n
90 n ~ ~ 49, 49, ~ sSy1sss
- ~ s-sSssssasss sssx<psss sss ss.-
ssstsS ts.s n stsa,< slss&- ssal
s.sss islAasassy ss rss n G.sss.-<lss,
ws~s ssssestsAS ass.~ ~ 49, s-.,sas,
N ~ sG.sss-sfh s>ssssy ~ 90 90
psnss ~ 49, ~ ssosss~I - - pss-
sun1ao s~sa - su1>G@s $1,000.
anss - ~ - SssssuIs Hssssss
- - 90 - . pAsssv - ~ ssa>ss~s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
The Renewal Of Dock Leases.


BY Legislative grant from the State
early in the last century this city &C
quired . general right 70 maintain
wharvUs. q.
Tho Central Hudson Steamboat Com
pany b now tho holder Of lease Of
Pisr ~, North River, at the foot Of Frank
lin street, and its lease will expire nearly
slx years henoe, IN 1909. On March II,
Mr.. MAcDoUoAIL HAWKS, the Dock
Commissioners, recommended to the SEC
rotary Of the Commissioners Of the
Sinking Fund that the Commissioners
approve Of q new base to this steamboat
company for the same pier for term Of
Ave years and nine months from May 1
nsxt, q term ooinoident with the expira-
ton Of the present lease, and at the exact
rental now paid, 4s1,l77.l9. but with the
additional privilege Of tco renevol terms
Of ten ysoSs each at 10 per cant. advance
on the rental Of tho last preceding term.
1t d said that the father Of tbs Gov
ernor b the president Of the steamboat
company, but without considering the
question Of what particular individual
may desire the virtual cancellation Of
the existing lease and The substitution
OF Q more advantageous lease-tying
up the pier In question for nearly thirty
ysArs-let us look at the matter - Q
business proposition and - q question
Of municipal policy.
II II TO be the policy Of the present
administration 10 cancel leases which
will not expire until moro than hvs years
after the existing administration shall
have gone out Of ofBoef Ii II good gov
eminent to limit. years in advance, the
revenue which might possibly accrue
from the rental Of city property!
Moreover, - . business proposition,
how many owners Of real estate In this
city would b willing TO cancel their
leases expiring in 1909. and grant new
leases, the only purpose OF which would
be to give TO tho lessee an absolute right
Of renewal, for twenty years, at the low
advance In rental Of 10 per oenturn?
Il cannot safely b urged by any one
that the fair market leasing value Of the
city piers may not be, In 1900, 10 per
cont, or even 80 per cent, moro than
the rentals nxed in the leases than ex-
piring. Why not wait until 1900 and then
give . now lease at such increased rental
q may b just and fair'
1t would seem TO " that the Sinking
Fund Commissioners should decide this
QUESTION ON business principles, applioa-
BIZ 10 any lessee asking renewals which
to-day oan be OF no possible benefit to
the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
RURAL YREE DELIvEaY.


Neasey 4vssy CssAAy.
WASHINGTON. March si.-Bups. AsAbin
Of ths Rural Free Dslivssy assvtSs to-day
insds public wholssals aiistmssa ~ routes
which have bscn under confederation by
the Pos, OaAss DspArtmsnt for souss time
sgsrssAiins 10 In numisr and covering
nsariy al ~ the esAtss Of the Untoa. No.
brsska heads the iiss With an silotmsai 81
~ routes, and Mes York 70 ssosnd With an
sssvsesss 81 ios, osmps'sinx marty every
county In tbs STATE. with from too 10 twenty
routes sech. msss routes vin all hs ~,
In oprsrstton an July
yks sllo,msn, 70 tks diaSssss ssAss b ~
ioilovsi AisbAms, .; ArkApsss. q csiI'
tisaseis. s. Idaho. .. lii[nes. ", indiana.
- iSss, o. k4Aaas. O. nai3e, 70, No.
9issoSn. Az HslssslS, ~ Zee Hsssp,
.Hi~. Nee s..s:y 10 sss yest. ~,
Tssisss.s. Y xs.-.sss. .. We. vIsas.
JSs : slss Ssspl>a ssslas - ssssi ~.
~ ~ ~ o. ii-ssSsss = - ss.s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
Piattsbars's stay-as-nene Crows.

To rRs EpIToa or TEE sus-S1: was
Interested In . note In THH sux Of yesterday
from r. Msrshaii. wsstport-on- Lake Cham
plain. March H. headed signs OF Precooious
spring The writer says Our crows have
returned nearly q month ahead Of schedule
Our crows In PisttsburS. about forty
miles north from westpors, remain here all
winter They do not migrate One Of their
roostins places 10 . pine srove pear Platte
burg Barrscks. ] have sscn them coming
in hess. pany . day: Just .. dusL. Hsm q!
sSoss % eLs: fksy so@. II aeSi. and
aud isss nay sSs: $ -. EVER az u .in:
every morning .sd come S.ot q risSs In
ny drives mIles eu, 10 tbe seantLy 70 The dry
u nsia. .hs,s ,s:es and sr re .sd s.sshs:
ne ho,;.s hSy. s - sad 10 &sss slss.s
q, tho doe. ~ the dAy v sach deAsI,e direo-
Sa y s's :~ :' :s 70 Sn sss': ~ a.: 40
them 10 specially s'~ss'a eIs::. n,
r..r,..u.o. n. '. R.ssas s : D.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
Pictures Painted by and Belonging 10
Mr.. Samuel Colman.

Tho concluding feature Of. this many
sided exhibition consists Of a large num-
Der Of oils and some water oolors executed
BY Mr. Samuel Colman, and . few pict-
ures from his private collection. The
latter include two choice little Corots, q
tiny DiaE and Q study by Delacroix for his
The last IL extraordinarily impressive and
should evoke some very animated COM
petition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
70 our POsT OFFICE.

go Additional Clerks at 500 Year Each
-C'eFsS Promoted 70 Higher Grade.
WARRINGTON. March .i-As . result Of
the recently oompleted annual 'rsadjust-
ment' by the Salary and Allowance Division
Of the Post Ofhos Department. the New York
Post Ofhoe "a to have 500 additional clerks
At Sooo year each; Ave clerks have been
promoted to the dvs-hundred-dollar grade.
b7s clerks TO eo00 3o6 to 500. $50 to $500,
500 TO 5000. $50 70 q 900 and 7ss TO positions
paying more than 100.
Tbs Department has made Q liberia
emergency allowances for the New York
delivery division, which, with the sixty-two
additional clerks allowed, will, II IL thought,
oftsner than every third Sunday, and such
an arrangement has been suggested 10 Post
master Van Colt a. will bring about this
end.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
THE SUN. SUNDAY, MARCH &c, 1903.

indeed. Lso XIrT. should b suoossded
by . Pope Of pronounced Resctionary
principles,
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22

Es!::E!!::!':E! : I: 1T
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-26
Secure Home in the Great Southwest.

The rapid increase in population
and the phenomenal crops of 1903 are
pushing land prices upward. The
sou Invest was never as prosperous
as now and never before has there
been such demand for good farm
lands, Through the M. X. e. T. Land
Bureau thousands of acres of rich
farm lands, improved and unimprov-
ed, located along the line of the M.
K. & T. railway, are now offered for
sale. The lands are especially adapt
ed to the growth of corn, wheat, oats,
fruits and vegetables, rice, cotton,
sugar-cane, and for stock farming.
The lands are we'll located as to.
markets, schools, etc.
lfyou are interested in this new and
prosperous country, Offering so many
opportunities and rich farming lands,
which can be secured at low prices.
we will gladly furnish you informa-.
ton about lands, business chances,
etc. Advise exactly what you want,
what state or territory you prefer and.
the amount you have to invest.
The Homeseekers' Excursions on
the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month, afford an opportunity to visit.
the great Southwest at a small cost.
II you are Interested. write today for.
full information. Address
So GEORGE MORTON.
Genl Pass, Agent, M X & T,
T56xgi1 ST. Louis, No.,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-26
FOe a Bad Cold

II you havea bad cOld'yOu need a
good reliable medicine like Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy 10 loosen and
relieve It, and to allay the irritation
and Instrumentation OF the throat and
lungs. The soothing and healing
pr0peftiss Of this remedy and the
quick cnres which IL snecsb make II q
iavotite every where. For sale by all
dealers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-26
Follow The Flag"
{TEilE%EiEzA
THE BANNE ROUTE
..........FOR........

New York, Niagara Falls, De-
troit, Toledo. Omaha, Council
Bluffs. st. Paul and all points
north, east and west.
Through Oh air Cars [seats
freel and Buffet Sleeping Cars,
Kansas City and Moberly to
New York, Detroit, Des Moines
and st. Paul and Omaha; and
st, Louis to Chicago, Buffalo,
New York and Boston.
Compartment Sleeping Cars
between st. Louis aud Kansas
City.
Magnificent Dining Cars be-
tween st. Louis and the east.
Fine road bed. elegant equip
ment and fast time.
C. S. CRANE, H. E. WATTS,
G. P.&T.k. P.&T.A.
St. Louis Moberly
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-26
ATTENTI
FARMERS

Why remain in the north
and stay in doors six months
in the year consuming what
you raise during the other six
months?
Go south where you can
work out doors every month in
the year and where you are
producing something the year
round II you are a stock
raiser you know your stock
is now seating their beads off"
and besides have to be pro-
tected from the rigors of win
ter by expensive shelter.
Economical stock feeding re
quires the combination of both
flesh-forming and fat-forming
foods in certain proportion.
Alabama and Florida produce
in abundance the velvet bean
and caVassa, the first a flesh
producer, the latter fat pro-
Queer, and they are the cheap
est and best fattening material
known to the world.
More money can be made
and with less labor. in general
farming, fruit and berry grow
ing and truck gardening along
our road in the south than in
any other section of the Union
If you are interested and de-
sire further information on
the subject, address
G. A. PARK
ien'l Immigration & Industrial al
LOUISVILLE EVANSVILLE R.R
Louisville, Ky.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-26

Thanksgiving.
By Rebecca Harding Davis.

Elizabeth Martyr was thirty
Years old when she married and
went down into Pennsylvania
10 live. She carried with her
much of the prejudice and near
which is apt to be-
long to people who have lived
In but one section of this coun-
kry. She had been the most in
Aense of a club of '''Truth.seek-
ers" in a New England town;
with a weak[ntellect had Crap
Piled with some of the mightiest
problems that face mankind;
mad fancied herself a Buddhist,
an agnostic, a quietiest aud a
'ritualist. The deity which she
really worshipped and the on
|ly subject of which she never
Wearied, was-Elizabeth Mar.
tyn.
All this selfishuess and con-
:eit, however. was only the
truit of her limited mind and
pad training. Underneath was
An honest, affectiouate heart,
'tifled just now and forgotten.
Three years after her mar
iage to Stephen Pollard, her
mother visited her for the first
ime The Pollards lived in a
village in the midst of the rich
arm lands of Lancaster Coun-
Y. The abundant crops, the
NIL, easy habits of life, de-
lighted Mrs, Martyr, who was
lsed to the stony fields and
economy of Connecticut.
"What ia Thanksgiving Day
,tou will have tomorrow, Eliza
)eth," she said, as she sat with
Ter daughter, looking down
over the valley glowing in the
ed mist of a late Indian Sum,
ner.
Thanksgiving! Why should
I keep Thanksgiving" said
Mrs. Pollard, with an impatient
,hrug.
Mrs. Martyr turned her mild
blue eyes in amazement on her
laughter.
"My child! In such a beauti'
iul home!"
II never was meant for a
mother; l am
oored to death. / have no time
or study with perpetual fuss
NO about the wash, or the mar
reting, or baby's meals. Then
hese Negro servants with their
amilarity and Incompetence.
,adden mel I began to study
Iauskirt just before / married,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-26

Stephen. Stephen" she cri-
ed, You will never know how
l loved"
Half a dozen men wire at
wol k with the body Big Joe.
still dripping, ran to the viii
lage for the doctor. Mrs. Grier
in all her finery, was building
fires il the house, while Mrs.
Watson was on her knees in the
wet, chafing the baby, and
wrapping it in blankets.
Eveu in her agony Eliza beth
saw it all. They were so kind!
The world was generous and IN
selfish aud loving. She only
had stood apart, cold and alone.
The old doctor when he had
examined the body, turned to
her with a face which he vainly
tried to make cheerful.
Il can find no sign of life as
yet. But he was a very short
time in the water, and we will
do our best. We will do our
BEST
She nodded. but stood silent,
looking up into the gray sky.
His best? What could doctors
do, or fires, or blankets?
Only He could oring Stephen
to life again.
While the men were working
with her husband, she was
alone, facing God.
Give him back to mew she
cried, "Give him back! Let
me have another chance! I
have been false as wife and
mother"
1t was the first time in her
life that she had really prayed.
God heard her. Both child
and husband were given back
to her.
When the church bells rang
the next morning, baby was
sleeping soundly III her cradle
her grandmother watching her
with a radiant face. Stephen,
little blue about the jaws and
shaky in the hands, was taking
his breakfast in bed.
Elizabeth would let nobody
cook it, or wait on him but her
self. Whep he joked over it,
she laughed and cried by turns.
What a day 1t was! All the
morning the delighted Negroes
had been tumbling over each
other, trying to serve her; and
little gifts and messages had
been coming in from the neigh
borss The frosty air was full
of sunshine. The bronze stub
BILE field shook in the wind. The
late red leaves on the trees
glowed like jewels.
Il am keeping you from
church, Betty" said Stephen,
putting his hand on her head.
1--WE can give thanks here.
Every dav now shall be Thanks
giving"
She looked at him, at the
baby, at the bright, kind world
outside. and then up to the blue
heaven, where God had heard
her last night.
Every day shall be Thanks
giving she said again.
The womah's character was
not wholly changed in a day.
But the rock had been touched
and the water of life gushed
forth. 1t was healing foun-
tain, and would never cease to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-26

look after, l have not read a
line for d year. Stephen makes
a tetich of his home, but l do
mott.
mo. l see," said Mrs. Mar
tyn. with a sigh. But you
have many friends here, Eliza
beth? The societv is good?'
Il fed neither society nor
friends. There are plenty of
women who wish to be intimate
with me. There are two of them
now coming up the hill to call
upon you Mrs. Grler will talk
to you of jelly and pickles and
cordials by the hour, and Mrs.
Watson will lecture upon the
crest and possessions and
ancient giories of the family of
Watson. Intellectually the
whole community is plebeian
I've tried to hold myself aloof,
but it is impossible
Mrs. Martyr made no reply,
but cast now and then an anX-
ious glance over her knitting at
her daughters flushed, lowering
face. She saw that the old self
esteem aud unrest of Eliza
beth's nature had reached a
ranker growth in the forced re-
preston of her married life.
This was her first outbreak of
complaint, and the spoken
words seemed TO startle Der.
self.
Il cannot thank Cod" she
said presently, "tor giving me a
lonely life, however we'll fed or
well clothed 1 may be-"
Lonely? Your child, Eliza
beth?"
Mrs. Pollard smiled involun-
tarily. Then she scowled
agaip.
Betty is but a baby. What
companionship can she give
me?"
Her mother hesitated, then
SIZE said boldly: You have the
companionship of good man
who loves you. You, ought
above all, to thank your God
for that"
"Oh, certainly" said Mrs.
Pollard, dryly.
She was not gong to explain
to her mother how tiresome she
found Stephens good humor
and incessant devotion, nor
how she mad snubbed him when
he wanted tc bore her with his
anxiety about his clients. How
petty were all these interests.
The Wyndham will suit and the
the Briggs easel Her thoughts
would go back lately to PI ofess-
or Large, who used to converse |
with her on psychological prob
lens. There was a congenial
soul. He would never lie awake
worrying lest he should not be |
able 20 find justice for old Potts
or keep that young Bob Smith
out of Jail! And she was to
thank God for this miserably |
petty life!
1t was an ugly, dangerous
path down which the foolish |
woman's thoughts went CROP
ing, as she sat looking at the
lawn and the cold, bright river
beyond. Her mothers keen in
stinct followed her closely.
Elizabeth had been the leader
in a circle of idle, would be-in-
rellectual, morbid women. In
this wholesome, natural life she
missed the aduiation, the hys-