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The PlMttcr and the Sailboat.

Little power boats, better known as
"plutters, cannot easily 60 out Of fashion
like the bicycles They have come to
stay. Their utility has been tested. and
it may be said that they have passed
their examinations creditably, leaving
only few faults to be corrected.
Chief among these faults is their
abominable, fish-frightening noise. Even
that has been reduced considerably, and
with future Improvements in sight II
may not be too much to say that the
time is not far distant when they will
glide through the water as silently MS
sharks
With a good seaworthy hull, sound
engine easily managed and a cool cap
tain, the little power boat affords an i'm
lnense amount of comfort and useful
ness. As fishing craft it can have no
equal when the noise is suppressed. II
can travel on the wind, or rather in
the teeth of the wind ofY the wind and
with all the wind in the cockpit Conse-
quently, except in stormy weather, il
can reach several fishing grounds in
single day, thus giving free scope to the
angler to hunt for fish, instead of praying
to NEPTUNE and his daughter TO make
the fish hunt for him.
Among the first to discover the practical
utility of the power boat were the clam
mers of Princes Bay. Already several
clam and oyster skiffs have discarded
their jibs and mainsails to appear in the
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The Highball in War,

From The philadelphia Nor'h Anrr'o
Our esteemed neighbor, Panama places tbr word
under emphatic obligations by producing Som'
thing novel in the way Of revolutions. Tnr govern
mental convulson the other dav was dN". net 10
general uprising or dlsarection In the army. my ~
the untancd thirst OF Gen Nasque1 Coho'
The gallant man was led by some EN' NN'r"h
person to tampcr with the American h'ENNa
Possessing a temperament attuned IN" InnorH''
beverages Of France and Spain, hc mad" ra''
error in attempting TO harmonic with y me 80
ductivc drink offered by "rl Americana ana '''
resulting dIscord was fnghthil.
At,er the hrst one the General whS mo'r 'm'
pressed with the dignity and power - ms N"',l"n
than he had ever been before In his tafHr!' N'o
the second he decided that hc WIS m" 'n''o' w
his country or ought to he Th" 'hrd hniS
to him visions OF an oppressed Panama ana NV,
fourth md MN frcd his martial h"oT ~ oee'S ''
patriotic Valor.
Straightaway hr assembled the army ov'rN'''
the Government chased the Governor To thr "oo"a
and fell asleep. When he awoke he was ln"'
arrest, and is still In secuson trying 70 hnd ON
what happened.
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Various reports are in circulation CON
cerning the Intended movements of the
President after he shall have reviewed and
inspected the naval squadron which is tc
assemble nj Oyster Bay later this month
Even purpose to visit England by and by
is attributed to Mr.. ROOSEVELT by some
wildly fancirul newspapers.
There s some reason TO believe that NJ
the present time only two dates for Pres
dent RoosEvELTs appearance as a public
speaker have been definitely arranged
The first occasion is the meeting Of the
Pennsylvania State League OF Republican
Clubs, TO he held in September at Wilkes.
Barre The second is tho inauguration nj
President FINLEY Of the College Of the City
Of New York on Sept 20, when the event will
be made doubly interesting and important
by the presence Of Mr., CLEVELAND.
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women and Church vcstries.

To TRE EDITOR or THE SuN'Sr; The reason
Of the lack Of ability In our churches Of which
Miss Anne 10 Bellestre speaks In her letter on 'Wo
men In the Churches is largely that there is no
demand for II. When a church becomes vacant
the vestry are very n0ncommIttal, look very wise.
take long time and then ont Of the large number
of candidates who are always eager to NIL New
York vacancies. they finally select the man of tho
least talent. hut with the most influence II is a
well conceded fact that In competition FOR a New
York pulpit talent cannot vie with influence.
N the churches ore tully satisfied with this con
diton OF things LEI them drIn on with their notable
absence OF men from their congregations and their
constant financial struggles, Considering he pres
en-, conditions II would seem that there could he
no possible rsk In allowing w0mcn to participate
in a church administration HELEN CANERoN.
NEw YORK, July 90
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deaf and manufactured), flour, cottons,
and. to large extent. canned goods,
hardware, furniture and perfumery,
should be credited to the United States.
But they are not. Why? Because there
is no direct transportation line between
Mr.. BERLINER recommends the immedi-
ate establishment of such a line. he
SAYS it would pay. Unless SOILS acute
ness of perception has greatly deterlor-
ated since he left these shores when he
says Of "a thing it will pay, it will pay
Sol was never bubble chaser. He
points out that Mogador, in Morocco,
is only thirty hours beyond the islands
and that the steamship line he suggests
would have great opportunity OF open
ing commerce with the Moors.
Out of the most prosaic Of public docu-
ments there often shines forth glow OF
personality OF which the writer OF the
report il all unconscious. Sol BER-
LINER is lonely. His ears hunger for
the clatter of Broadway. the shrieks OF
the newsboys in City Hall Park. the sub
dued hum Of the Amen Corner and the
discords Of the phonograph parlors amid
the white lights of the theatre district.
We quote:
British and German Nims have travellers here
throughout the year. II American houses were l"
send representatives the latter could advise when
aud how 10 ship they could guard against delays
In the delivery and could often insure the collection
OF drafts and promote our trade generally During
my stay here have not sren a single American
representative, Our goods get into this market By
luck rather than by manag gcnent."
Poor Sol. We are tempted 10 encour-
age the organization OF an excursion
of sociabe New Workers to go out to
visit him. We know that they would
have good time. We believe that they
would tighten SOL gloom over the slow
development Of our trade with the Cana
res But even though another year
passes without Mr.. BERLlNER's seeing
single drummer. we believe that he will
go on justifying the wisdom OF the choice
which put him where he is
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THE KEARsARGES RECORD n,. =.
Report Of Capt. HemDhiil. Her Commando,
to the Navy Department.

WASHINGTON, July al The reno,,
Capt. j. N. Hemphill Of the record RIM a
the battleship Kearsarse from Portsno,,,
Eng land, to Bar Harbor, Me, was received
at the Navy Department to-day. The ra
port says:
From the beginning to the end o. III,
Journey we encountered head winds. bea,I
seas, and head currents, and were rurther
handicapped by gale. and later hv ica.
pergs and dense fog while in their nejv,.
borhood ~
Inc total distance to run from the Need.
les to Mount Desert Rock was 2,sy5 mjos
Mount Desert Rock was reached in H..
midst of dense fog at l2i5 in the aTternoo,
Sunday, the 26th inst. thus making n,,'
actual running time, allowing for the dif.
Terence in longitude, days ~ hours
This gave an average speed Of "A knot.
per hour for the total run. Had she heo
gong to the eastward with wind. sea AM,
current, instead of to the westward. shs
would undoubtedly have averaged u,
Knots, for the average revolutions per ho,'
of the engines would have given her in s,i
water 1910 knots per hour The b4aJ
wind varied from force of . to q eyern
day, except two, and on one day, that a,
the gale the force was estimated n, 4
In thls gale green seas washed over tha
forward tuiret, when II became necessary
10 slow down, although the engines wpr.
behaving beautifully and also the ship her.
self. This reduced speed vas maintained
for four hours.
shortly after starting or the first day
out from 80 to ?:lO p. NJ. the port enpir,
was slowed for hot bearing. In the for
and among the icebergs above referred To-
the ship was slowed TO ten knots for ten
and n half hours. The first berg. quite
large one, was sighted about O'Clock M
the afternoon on the 23d inst For
tunately at that time the weather was un.
clear, and carefully noted the water tenn.
perature rs we approached.
When within two miles of the iceberg
the temperature dropped degrees. A,
q O'Clock this iceberg was abeam, dstanr
about one mile TO the southwark, latitude
Az ~ north, longitude 4so 06 wesr
Shortly afterward dense fog set in and
continued through the night, and as TIE
changes OF the water temperature showed
that we were passing i'm the vicinity of iCe
several times in the night, deemed /.
necessary for the safety of the ship Ii,
SLOW down to ten knots. as the fog was 50,
dense that il was impossible for the create.
part of the time to see a ship length ahead
As soon as | felt that we were clear of c,
regions | went ahead full speed, although
the fog was as dense as ever"
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ing fear of an excess Of "militarism." IL
was her bane under Spanish rule and under
French rule, and even under the rule OF
some OF her own leaders, like Juarez and
Santa Ana.
This found illustration in a recent incl
dent. When Don Francisco Bulnes in the
recent national convention nominated Por-
firio Diaz for seventh term as President
OF Mexico he made use OF phrase which
may be translated thus. "If we are not 10
enjoy tho privileges OF republican institu-
tions. let us he granted the opportunities
given by the Americans to the conquered
Filipinos. Let us be governed dictatorlally'
but without militarism." This was "A sho'
at Reyes, sent by friend Of Limantouf
but IL caught Diaz in Its fight.
While Diaz holds the reins of power all
seems we'll with Mexico. Beyond that
quien sabto
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How Gan Col darlington ESOnerate :
lattaIIPr
From me ropm,ycinI Advertiser.

From me T0ptnprCiUi 4drrriiSPr.
NTH the public gets the text of Col Gar
Rnston's report on the army contracts with
which Representative Litlauer is said TO have
been connected II will not be possible to say
what bearing il has on the charges against
him. The purpose of the inquiry instituted
by Secretary Root was, We assume to as
certain whether any one under his control
has been guilty Of yielding TO improper inf!u-
PpccS in making contracts. The dispatches
from Washington at this writing announce
that Col Gar!ngtons report exonerates Mr.
littauer but as that gentleman is not in
the Army Department it is not at the mo-
ment apparent how the Colonefs findings
could have that effect
The report may vindicate the army officers
who made the contracts without relieving
MIR Iittauer Of the burden Of proving that he
was not Interested in the sale of gloves TO
the army,
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No More Gprn-tut subway Construction
From the Erening Pos

T'V' '7' T3TVT''"V V'''
The subway construction now going on
has caused the practical abandonment of
some streets as business thoroushfares The
loss to the storekeepers must have been
tremendous. and, 80 delicate are the relations
of trade. there il danger that it may not prove
merely temporary. Whether any OF this
could have been avoided without resortng
10 the dcep-boye tunnel we do not know But
whether necessary under present systems or
not, it is no wonder that the merchants OF
Broadway desire 70 avoid il. This is one OF
the features Of general policy toward future
subway construction which should be de-
terrined before any more lines even the
shortest. are authorized, If we are in the
future to adopt tho deep-bore system We
ought not to suffer the waste and inconven-
fence of more open cut construction near the
gurface
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Fender. for All rrollc, Cars.

TO TAR EDITOR OF THE SUN Sir. VIII The Srx
sndravor TO secure for tho people OF New York the
safeguard Of regular tenders all the trolley lines
OF the city
Why, for instslcc. should tho cars Of the Madison
and sixth avenue lines nc equipped with tenders
while thosr " thr Lexington, Third Columbus
avenue and Broadway lines are not"
Ia IL possible that this is due 10 the fact tha, tho
latter were originally cable lines WHICH prrSum
ably were not required by law TO provide rcndrrs'
II Ia hardly necessary 10 draw attention 10 the
terrible accidents that might have been prevented
by the presence OF tenders but doubtless the record
OF m,shapS on all the lines would prove C0nclisiy yc
argument In favor OF their adoption, j " r.
NEW NORN July n.
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the possible product of the Philippines
would find acceptance with American
smokers remains for determination by
experience. That point does not depend
upon any system of scientific culture, but
upon the taste Of the users As plant a
certain tobacco may be highly superior.
Asa cigar the product of the plant may be
flat failure. The Partidos Of Cuba is u
finer plant than the Vueltu Abaio, but II
makes an inferior smoke.
AT all events, there is market for an
improved Philippine product.
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To TIKI EpJron OF Tue sun Sir! We saw in
your issue Of this morning a special cabcgram re
porting the purchase at the sale OF the great Mur
dock collection In London OF 1895 dollar for Ets by
our Arm, the junior member OF which Is In attend
nncc.
II shows the wonderful enterprise OF THE SUN
but unfortunately. In transmission the date was
enormously given: u should be i7D4 which dollar
Ia very rare and worth $50 and upward while thai
Of 1895 Is common and sells for from 81 50 To e
cents.
" YOU ser ~ TO give this letter publication |,
may save some OF your many readers from false
clatlon and us from dcluge Of letters Offering
dollars OF l7as s. II. n n, CHAPMAN,
PHILADELPHIA, July 70
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whistler ami Lab0uchere.


SO my friend Jenny Whistler is dead A
first knew him in 1854 at Washington II.
had not then developed into a painter, bun,
was young man who had recently left tn.
West Point Military College and was consid-
ering what next he should do. He was fond
OF balls, hut he had not dress coat so he al
tended them in frock coat the skirts Of
which were turned back to simulate an evel-
ing coat,
believe that | was responsible for his MAJ
riage TO the widow of Mr. Goodwin. the arch
tect, She was n remarkably pretty woman
and very agreeable, and both she and he wer,-
thorough bohemians. ! was dining with
them and some Others one evening at Ear i.
Court. They were obviously greatly a.
trncted TO each other. and in vague sort "
way they thought Of marrying. SO took TIN,
matter In hand to bring things to a practical
point Jenny" | said. will you marry Mrs
Godwn?" Certainly" he replied. MR..
Goodwin" i said, will you marry, Jenny
Certainly" she replied. When" ! asked
on, some day" said, said Whistler That Won ,H
both agreed that ! should choose the day tell
them what church to come to for the csre-
mony. provide clergyman and give the
the then Chaplain Of the House of Common
to perform the ceremony. 1t took place fep
DAYS later.
After the ceremony was over we adjournet
to Whistler 3 studio, where he had prepared
banquet The banquet was on the table. hu
there were no chairs. So we sat on paCkin.
Cnses The happy pair, when left, had no
quite decided whether they would so thai
evening to Paris or remain in the studio Hon
impractical they were was shown when hap
pened to meet the bride the day before tN'
marriage in the street, Don't forget 10
morrow" said. No." she replied, Il an
just going TO buy my tronsseau; "A litl'
answered. for am only going to buy ne'
tooth brush and new sponge, ms one ouGll
TO have new ones when one marrieS How
ever there never was more successful mar,
riage They adored each other and lived
most happily together; and when she died h
was broken hearted Indeed, he never l"'
covered from his loss.
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10 rHG I:pIrOR or THE SIN Sir No 0rgnn is
injured by Use bu, by dIsusc: therefore. the more
We properly usr our eyes the stronger and better
thcy viii become,
Why is II that the men who use their eyes the most
for instance, chemists hunters and Carpcntcrs--
Invariably have eyes far superior 10 the ordinary"
This | consider sufficient answer TO the nonsrnSl
cal statement that weak cj es indicate strong brain
BRoOKLYN. July -. n,
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High Time.

stella They're going to Investigate the pos,
once,
Bcla-.lm glad 10 hear II. Got only three love
letters from Jack TO day, and I'm sure there must
bo something wrong.
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Possibilities Of Philippine Tobacco

Possibilities Of Philippine Tobacco.
The recent bulletin on tobacco culture
in the Philippines calls attention to the
possibilities Of Improvement in the quail
itv Of the Philippine leaf and TO an ex-
tension of it's Use in this and in other
countries That the quality Of Philip
pine tobacco can be improved by sys-
tnmatic and scientific culture is much
more certain than the matter Of its great
lv increased use in this country
Manila brands are no strangers in our
market. The cheroot and other grades
have been offered 70 our smokers for
many years. But they have never found
popular favor and their sale has been lin
tied Spain has used the Philippine
product in very considerable quantity,
hut this has been due very largely to the
direct interest OF the Spanish Govern
ment in the tobacco industry. The
greater part of the remainder Of the crop
has found sale in the Fast and the Far
East, where it has stood upon compare
tive rather than upon actual merit. 1t ia
better than the Trchinopoly and other
brands offered in that market at prices
which the average run Of smokers can
afford to pay. Some English army men
and civilians stationed in that part of the
world became accustomed TO its use, and
their return to England has created a
limited market for the goods in that
country
That the Philippines may produce
wrapper leaf which could be used in place
Of Sumatra 10 considerable extent is
quite possible If not quite probable. It
would not be Sumatra, but it might make
an acceptable substitute for it, But any
talk of producing tobacco in the Philip
pines which will rival the Vuelta Aba 10
Of Cuba is quite on a par with talk of pro-
ducing Manila hemp in Cuba. Through
many and !ong-continued experiments
it has been fairly determined that even
The planting of seed from the Vuelta
Abajo district under conditions of soil
and climate approximatng the Cuban
conditions will no, produce leaf which
corresponds with the famous Vuelta
Abajo.
BY all means let the Philippine industry
be developed and the quality OF the prod
nct be improved to its utmost. But the
probability is that when that is done there
will be produced group which may rival
the Cuban Partidos, Remedies, or Mayari,
nut rs in no way likely TO disturb
the reign Of the Vuelta Abajo. Whether
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The Original summer Girl

Sir Walter Raleigh had pointed ont 'hht Vo''A
Elizabeth was the original summer GlrL
YOU see he continued. with glnnrs AZ 'N'
block, your Majesty cuts SO many summer H''
quantanccs
Herewith she was faIn 10 pardon him from VIZ
Tower for his wit
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The Assistant Searcher Of Corpora
9AOMS.

Mr. ROOSEVELT has appointed Mr. HER
BERT KNOX SMITH Of Hartford. Conn.
Deputy Commissioner of Corporations
in the Bureau Of Corporations in the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor The
Act of Congress to which the country
owes the establishment of the Bureau OF
Corporations directs that the Deputy
Commissioner of Corporations shall, in
the absence Of the Commissioner, act
and perform the duties of the Commits
sioner of Corporations. and shall
also perform such other duties as may
be assigned 10 him by the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor or by the said Com
missioner.
The duties which the Deputy Com
missioner may be called upon to dis
charge in full in the absence OF his chief.
or in part by the direction of tina, official,
we of high importance. For the Com
missioner shall have power and author
~ 10 make. under the direction and con-
trol of the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor. diligent investigation into the Of
ganzation, conduct and management
If the business Of any corporation, Joint
stock company or corporate combipa
tiOns engaged in commerce among the
several States and with foreign nations,
excepting common carriers, subject to
an Act TO Regulate Commerce, Feb. 4,
1897, and to gather such information and
,tnt Ia Ia, ..p. Il,
nited States 10 make recommenda-
tons to Congress for legislation for the
regulation of such commerce. and to re-
port such data To the President from
time to time, as he shall require. and the
information so obtained, or so much
thereof as the President may direct, shall
be made public"
In short, Mr.. HERBERT KNOX SMITH is
to be an investigator of corporations or
trusts. other than railroads: and he is to
help furnish the Presidents mind with
the raw material of recommendations
for legislation in regulation Of those cor
porations or trusts. Congress has fixed
the compensation for these delicate du-
ties of investigation and suggestion at
$4,000 year.
The qualifications and experience Of
an official SO near to the business of the
country and the bosom of the President
must have been scrutinized carefully by
the latter. Mr.. SMITH was graduated
from Yale in 1891. He will be 34 next fall
He is lawyer. He was president OF
the Council Board fof Hartford from the
Sixth Ward, but was beaten when a can
didate for Alderman in the spring of
1902 He has been member of the
Connecticut Assembly. He is chairman
of the Hartford Republican Town Com
mittee and Park Commissioner. In
fact, he is "A popular and respected citi-
zen, as the news columns of the Hart
ford Times tells us
Of his special familiarity with the
business which he is soon to take in hand
we know little, but that little is gratifv-
ing. He lis chairman of the Finance Com
mittce Of the Centre Church.
The sun., 1903-08-01

Readers Of THE Sun leaving the city can have the
raIly and sunday editions mailed 10 their addresses
which may be changed when necessary for 20
',nts a month. Order through your newsdealer
,r rHK SUN. ITO Nassau street.
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Noah" said his wife the day after they landed,
II must have $500 Immediately. All my dresses
look as II they had come out Of lhc Ark"
Later, she wcpt to think tEat. with such q good
excuse. she hadn't struck him for $1,000,
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rh, spcctnanlnr snccew Of serator srysen

From ihr Kansas Chg journal
There are intinations In various envonS q o'a'
tiers that this Is not tho arst time tile Hon j X
Burton has been engages in making hQly Shove
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But, though even in Springfield Mass,
there are always gateways into hea-
ven; though Bard BowLEs walks in a
trance of happiness among the golden
rod, the milkweed, the purple vervain
and the white; though he climbs the
steepleblsh and rolls rapturouslv among
- the ,histes, the Canada first Of all y; his
prophetic ear catches
"A slbter SOUND. the gsthe ring rlsh from Ear in
the western hills Of a swift breeze as lit had been
held back pcnt up, but now must sweep to the river
and the meadow, and bear It's clear chill message:
II lifted the houghs OF oaks and chestnuts with a
sudden grasp and released them with Ching under
tones as OF an infinitely rich clarinet. and passed
over the grasses and goldrnrods with stern though
sweet caress. II was tho nrst solemn and definite
warning OF the fail"
These sighing undertones brought
their clear, chill message Of thicker un-
derclothes and a fall suit Much have
we wandered in the realm Of BowLEs,
but there is always some new corner Of
genius in him. Would anybody else upon
this oblate spheroid weave bird and
goldenrod and all the glories OF the
diving summer into medium weight fan
nes and a medium weight sack suit? I?
Would any other man, Mugwump or poet,
but our immortal SAMBO put himself and
July away in cedar chest to the perfume
of milkweed and camphor and the music
Of the rustic flute?