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We are informed by the Hon, JACOB A.
BErDLER, member OF Congress from the
Twentieth district of Ohio, that he has no
connection with any stone company that
is Interested in the bids submitted for the
construction Of the Government building
at Cleveland,
Mr.. BErDLER's name was used by us, not
in connection with any charge against him,
but in discussion OF the different status,
under the statutes, Of incorporated and I'M
incorporated concerns with regard to Gov
eminent contracts when Congressman are
interested in the same.
The misstatemsnt about Mr.. BEIDLER' 8
pecuniary interest in the agitation for
Ohio sandstone for the Cleveland building
originally appeared in tho New York Euen-
ing Post. That journal has already dis
covered and corrected its mistake, and we
have already copied its correction; but
we make this further explanation In justice
to Congressman BEIDLER, and to differ
entiate completely his case from Congress
man LITTAUER's.
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The Antidote to Mosquitoes.

Child of the rains and the sun, the
mosquito sings her warcry louder than
ever and Stays her tens Of thousands.
The Chief Bughunter OF New Jersey,
the intrepid man Of science who was
going TO eliminate this minstrel of the
summer, has been pursued by her with
O violence that shows her sense of humor.
His home is surrounded by detach-
ments of mosquitoes, Who are sharpen
ing their ensanguined proboscides and
sternly yelling: He counts not well
who leaves lis out" Jerseym,n recall
the fate of Bishop HATTo in the Mouse
Tower and shudder
All the Oranges are besieged all day
and night by the main army. The
ladies Of Montclair commissary sta
ton on the Mosquito route, are going
about with joss sticks on their heads.
Alas for those lovely censers! The Jer-
sey mosquito dotes ON smoke and is
accustomed from infancy to all odors
and malodors.
In Bayonne the Culer crurivellicdns,
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master of clothes philosophy. He dis
covers that all the situations in our mas
terpieces are as old as EsCHYLUs and
ARIsToPHANEs. They have been en-
ployed over and over again by the astute
BoUCIcAULT of France, VrcToRIEN
SARDoU They do not fool NJ HURET.
He is not blinded by the uniform OF the
Confederate Army, nor even by the
smoke OF the Gillettian cigar.
But the American farce-comedy strikes
the fire Of its novelty deep into his soul.
Neithe. EscHYLUs nor ARIsToPHANEs
ever thought of anything like that.
SARpoU in his omnivorouB devouring
of all extant dramatic material over
looked it. HURET discovered it, and he
discerned the secret of it's ravishment
of the public heart. For years stupid,
owlish American critics, principally
those of the musical breed, have harped
upon the decadence Of the ballet. They
have periodically quoted the earnest
words of RICHARD WAGNER, who yearned
for restoration to the stage OF genuine
photographic art, Of ballet that should
have poetic significance.
They have pointed to the wonderful
achievements of Berlin and Vienna,
where such works as Dresden China !"
and Die Puppenfee were given in
a blaze of glory. They have talked
much of Paris herself, with her Sylvia
and her Coppelia, sparkling with the
dainty music of DELIBEs. Alas! When
these things have been tried here, they
have been politely tolerated by few
bored opera audiences as appendages
to short and solemn works such as
BEETHovEN's Fidelio,' and then they
have gone their ways.
But the farce-comedy, with its pienti-
full lack Of intelligence and it's glorious
display of terpsichorean chorus girl, we
have always with us. We lament the
fact in sober critical essays, but the
public laughs us to scorn. And now
comes M. HURET from Paris to tell us
that our dance is creation; that 1t Is
new national art, possessing all the ele-
ments of classicism and universally;
that it must eventually supplant the
solemn, wearisome ballet OF European
capitals and be taught in the academies
of the Continent
And who is the goddess of this new
and plastic art? The chorus girl, the
industrious, versatile chorus girl, who
can wear dozen different costumes
gracefully in two hours and half, can
sing anything from Neapolitan serenade
to a coon song equally well, and can
kick with unceasing fervor and agility
from the rising of the curtain to the
going down thereof. She is the splen-
did, bewitching, irresistible, captivating
exponent of this new art Of the theatre
which is to invade and conquer effete
Europe and overthrow the senile rule
of the ballet.
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able either to political instability or to
police inefficiency.
Nor is the numerical weakening OF the
Rural Guard ground for alarm, In
a way it may be rather regarded as a
matter of congratulation. The pay OF
the rank and file Of that body ID small;
the expenses are considerable, including
as they do the ownership ola horse and
it's maintenance; and the rules OF the
organization are very strict. 1t is rather
an advantage TO Cuba if q certain num-
Der Of the able-bodied men OF the island
are turning from such means OF livell-
hood to that Of paid employment in
productive industries. It's somewhat OF
a question whether the Rural Guard, as
now organized is not mistake in any
case. 1t becomes Il ready instrument
for political manipulation. The SER
vices Of minor political henchmen may
be rewarded by a place in its ranks.
An INSCRIPTIONS party being in power,
it might easily be utilized in the further
ance of party interests. The proper
method would doubtless be the establish
ment of an adequate municipal police
system which under the political or
ganization of the island would embrace
rural as well as urban areas. This might
be supported by State Detective or
ganization for special cases. While the
present system is OF unquestlonable
service, it is by no means certain that
il is the best or the most desirable.
At all events, such municipal force as
now exists, the organized companies
of Cuban artillery, the Rural Guard'' land
those who would promptly volunteer
in support of law and order, may be-
relied upon to take care OF any such
number of hot-heads as is at all likely
to participate in an uprising The
Cubans are quite as DESTROYS OF peace
in their land as we are in ours.
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NEW REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT.
Separate Valuation Of House and Lot In.
wolves Much Extra Work.

The Tax Commissioners will begin to-day
the work Of preparing for the assessments
for next year under the new law which pro-
vides for the separate assessment of build
ings and OF the ground upon which the
buildings stand. President James l.. Wells
has summoned the deputies to appear be-
fore the board to-day to receive instruc-
tions. The Commissioners have also re-
auested Mayor Low to send an emergency
message to the Aldermen tomorrow asking
that body to appropriate the money neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of the new
act. Mr. Wells says that at least fifty
more deputies will have to be employed.
The bookkeeping methods Of the depart
ment will have to be changed. Previously
the books merely contained particulars re-
garding the valuation and location of
piece Of real estate. Now 1t is required
that there must be specified the number Of
square feet in each lot and the character,
height and floor space of buildings erected
upon any lots. The law provides that the
land assessments shall be published in the
Cup Record. in order TO give to owners an
opportunity of seeing for themselves II
they have been equitably dealt with.
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OLD LIBERTY POLE DOWN.
The Vane TO BE Resildcd and Placed In
HryingtOns Town Hall.

There were some fearful eyes in Irvington
N. j., yesterday when the old liberty pole
in the village centre was felled 1t had stood
for over forty years and on every public
holiday during that tins except last In6e-
pendence Day the S;ar Spang!ed Ranner
had been flung TO the bre. z from it.
Recently the town bought a new fifty
foot flag and just before Fourth OF July
the town authorities examined the pole
and announced that it YVES unsafe TO he
trusted with the big flag.
The pole wos taken down by Newark
contractor on Saturday. As soon as It was
on the ground relic hunters began carrying
away pieoes of it, All the iron except
the broad splicing bands and much of the
wood was taken away.
The vane, ball and liberty cap will be
regilded and placed in the Town Hall.
The old pole was found to be badly decayed.
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A Paternal Government at WASH
ingtOn.

The Minneapolis Bankers Association
has begun campaign for the enactment
of laws restricting every State corpora
ton, in the issue of shares and bonds,
to the value of the property owned
by the corporation, and imparting power
to the President of the United States and
the head of the new Department OF
Commerce to decide peremptorily what
is the value of the corporate property.
Mr.. ROOSEVELT wrote in his sketch OF
GoUvERNEuR NORRIS that NORRIS told
the trainers Of the Constitution that 1t
would matter nothing if all the Char
ters and Constitutions of the States were
thrown into the fire, and that he wished
anational Government to be the one and
only supreme power in the land. The
biographer also wrote that no good
argument can be adduced in support ="
of the present rule which gives to the
small States an equality of representation
in the Senate with the larger States.
The Minnesota bankers are, con-
sciously or unconsoiously, leading the
way toward the goal which GoUvER-
NEUR MORRIS sought.
There are thousands Of good men and
women in our society who are grievlng
over the State laws Of marriage and di-
vorce, and are advocating national legls-
lation to take control of all the domestic
relations Of our people, which laws are
to be executed by the President, pre-
cisely as the Minneapolis bankers pro-
pose to Dust the State Legislature and
Governor from control of the corpora
tions which the State has created.
1t is, in the first place, difficult to be-
lieve that either the President or the
head Of the new Department Of Com
merce has tho vanity to fancy that he
has the business experience, or instinct,
to enable him to fix correctly the value
of the property OF each corporation in
the land, for any representation or
any other purpose-and especially for
capitalization into shares and bonds. 1t
won't do to say they can employ clerks
to do it.
And, in the second place, the new law,
if enacted, must be executed. The
President has no time in which to execute
such law. The postal revelations show
that. It may be well enough for each
State to undertake the valuation of each
of it's corporations, in which case the
work would be done by forty-fve Legis-
latures and forty-five Governors.
But it may also be well for even the
several States to g go slow in super
vising and regulating the American
corporations which Englishmen are now
saying have so tremendously reduced
the exports Of British manufactures,
increased the import into the United
Kingdom OF foreign manufactures and
precipitated the issue sprung by Mr..
CHAMBERLAIN.
Minnesota, II she wishes to prevent the
falling of Of American exports, and thein
crease OF foreign imports, had better think
twice before she promotes a medding,
by either Federal or State government,
with the great corporations which gave
to us 30 much Of our prosperity during
McKNIIEY's terms OF office
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High Tide at Gettysburg.

From thf Ncu orleans Times Democrat
Referring 10 the perennial interest 10 the batto
NJ Gettysburg the Chicago Inter Ocean quotes
marion Of MI Thompson's beautiful poem. High
Tide st Gettysburg and In conclusion. says: From
tina, hour the cause OF slavery and disunion went
slowly but surely down and the triumph OF freedom
and union was slowly but surely accomplished
rhat nj that hour and in that place the divine dc
cIsion was given became SO manifest that few
years later that poet could write OF the vanqu'shed
with whom he fought and OF the victors against
whom he fought
They fell who lifted up hand
And babe the sun OF heaven 10 stanG
They smote and fell. who set the bars
Against the progress OF the stars,
And stayed the march of Aothehanu
"'They stood who saw the future come
On through the fights delirum
They smotc and stood. who held the hope
OF nations on that slippery slope
Amid the cheers OF ChriStendom!
God lives! He forged the iron VIII
That clutchei and held that trembling NH
God lives and reigns He built and lent
The heights for Freedoms battlemcnt
Where noats her Gag In triumph still
The poet did not write OF victor and v&nquHhea
In any such strain. Mr. Charles A. Dana IN lew
urc some years ago referred 10 this poem as ono o.
the few great American poems. and SAID " HN
unfortunate that its author was unknown mi
THOMPSON wrote MI Dana, asserting tlat ne WI"
the author OF the poem. fact that was wei Nho""
In this Section with the exception OF the tAT'e 'eS.s
above quoted which he said had been alueu "
some unknown person.
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or Leg Pulling Mosquito, 10 doing dread
full execution. A genius Of q bird. II
we were Buddhists we should believe
that this was an Eastern reincarnation
or emanation of that mighty mixer OF
plutocrats DIR. WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER
of Chicago.
In short, the great campaign against
this favorite singing bird has miscar-
ried absolutely. There are more Jersey
canaries, Long Island nightingales, and
Staten Island larks than ever. The
kerosene in the pools has killed some
cows and saddened some milk, but the
Mosquito is louder, deadlier, more strenu-
GUS than ever before.
But there is balm for the victims. Why
rage and curse at these little pets? When
Boston people are on the edge Of sun
stroke, they repeat this noble editorial
poem from their Transcript;
Forget self and self-suiYerins 10 meditation
upon the mysterious chemistry OF Nature. which,
by the utilization OF caloric. transforms little,
yellow, embarrassing, horny kernel into tiny
stalk that grows like the fabulous vine of JACK of
the Beanstsls, that hcdecks itself with lance like
leaves and with glossy silkcn tassels. and which
suddenly holds out with Its many hands food for
the multitude. scenes Of milky sweetness In their
adolcscent days and arsenals Of practical prov
ender In their maturity"
So, when the Orange thrush jabs you,
think now the corn is growing. As
the lance punctuates you, console your
self with visions Of lance-like leaves
and glossy silken tassels in the Corn
Belt. AS the mosquitoes charge with
all their divilry and close your other eye,
hold in the hand Of fancy soone Of
milky sweetness. What says OMAR?
For this same Heat that makes the Skeeter bite.
Is Stalks and Inches to the Western Com"
Let us mediate upon the mysterious
chemistry of Nature.
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At the Boston Educational Convention
the Hon. r. w. G. WELLINo Of this town
made noble plea for the study OF applied
civics in the schools. AS soon as a
child has learned to think" said he, it
should be made to understand the politics
Of the country and current events" Now,
nobody can have more realizing sense"
than we Of the folly Of teaching simple,
useless, obsolete things such as reading
and writing and spelling in the schools.
We thoroughly appreciate the value OF
all the modern improvements in educa-
ton and shall welcome applied civics to
the schoolroom. As everybody knows
too few subjects are studied by the chill
dren nowadays. Applied civics can be
taught as soon as the child begins to think
Before il begins to think it should study
sociology.
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From The Springfield Repn5Ii6a"
Who after all, is Mr. Roosevelt most "'l'" s'
personal fricnd' At the Harvard comiaeh'emo"'
las, year he said that Senator Lodge was thr 'n"~
But since the little glove scanGAi affecting GoH.
gresham Littauer OF New YORK came on. SUI
one has recalled that three years ago at h"Ita,'
club dinner MI Roosevelt said VITA real ep'n%
asm: Il want TO tell you that It Is Harvard '"sa
who Is my most intimate personal friend an" w.,
Is my closest political advscr"~and 'hal ''a"
IiIruS Nathan I,Ittaurr."
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THE WEATHER.
W. J. l..

Great Scot.
Amt IL hot7
And the almanacs
Say that the parallax
OF the icythermals
Has somehow got mixed
With the isobarics
OF the hotboxicus
And can Z be nxed,
so that
We can Z tell where we are at.
But II this heat
Keeps on hitting the hot.
We can guess pretty close TO the spot
And we are not
Very orthodox. either.
See, W. J. l.
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In view Of the excellent manner in which
the recent International Automobile Cup
race was conducted, it is interesting to
observe that popular sentiment in England,
as revealed through the British press, is
now vigorously opposed to automobile
racing hereafter on the public roads. In
commenting on this contest the Poll Mall
Gazette says:
Now that the race Is over we hope all auto
mohiists viii that this contest must be the last
Of It's kind. In the future II races OF this sort
10 be rsisted In. they must DO run upon specially
prepared and enclosed tracks. so as 70 avoid tho
elaborate precautions which seem the only alterna-
tive TO terrible disaster"
The attitude Of the Westminstey Gasstte
on this subject is similar TO that Of its con-
temporary above quoted. 1t hopes that
the race in Ireland will be the last to occur
on public road. in Europe or in any other
country. The automobile that will work
up TO ninety miles an hour 1t declares,
is only a costly toy. The racing auto
mobile is dangerous nuisance, and is only
impeding the development of touring and
freight cars, which may become useful
servants Of commerce and locomotion
in the future
"All that can be learned from these races,
says the London Times. has been learned,
and learned in some instances at frightful
cost" 1t maintains that such contests,
If permitted at all, should be confined to
private tracks, specially laid down for that
purpose, and not allowed to take place
in the necessarily unfavorable conditions
which must attend them upon the public
roads" Several other newspapers in
Great Britain also urge the suppression
OF automobile road racing.
In exhibitions of this sort the security
of the spectators, IA well az that of the
principals, clearly depends upon the COM
pleteness OF the arrangements governing
the contests.
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To TIRE EDITOR OF THE SuN SIR r'A' M ""
DAVIS sim TINT the police allowed people 20 Ar W
the grass in the parks last night saw '"o ~
Icemen with long clubs clearing the lawns IN w. ~,
.ngtan Square last night AZ 0O'cVGk not even r.,,sA
the prGpir SIT on the grass and. Il they halP'"ya
TO be asleep. hitting them on the legs or IeTt' a
Keep of the Grass sign Z ~ ''
NEW ROCHELLE, July IL.
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For tho Criminal Class.

To THIS EDITOR OF THE SUN-rSiv: Az Hopkins
vile, KY, "Bug forth shot and killed Younger
Watkins IN a fight over a woman"
Does Bugs act put him outside the pale OF the
Inmorthls' H. X, HAND,
NEW YORK, July 10
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Teacher TO English literature class, l have
shown you how Shakespeare was the Father OF
the Drama, and Fielding the Father OF the Novel
Now can you tell me who Chauoer was'
Scholar-Yes, sir. Chauccr was the Father Of
Dialect,
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THE WORLDS RAILWAYS.
Our Mileage Now 1000 I'm Excess Of
That OF All Europe.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
railway mileage of the world passed the
half-million mark in the first year OF the
twentieth century. At the end OF 1901 it
was 500, SIS miles, and by the end OF 1902 it
had increased to 49,. 500 miles, distributed
a. follows.
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The aggregate capital invested IN ran
ways ia $50, $50 600, OOO

TIC HRRTSBHUe CapIUdI IHVeSVou vi TUT"
ways is $50, $50, 900, 900.
The mileage figures show that the United
States has within 1890 as much railroad
mileage as has all Europe with the rest OF
North America thrown in, and i8,50l miles
more than twice as much as the British EN-
pire. We have more than six times as much
as either the German or Russian empire.
In 1902 our railways received gross Darn
ings Of 81, 72e. 1856, 297, an increase over 1901
Of sls7 1854. 23O, and paid out for wages $780,
OPS ,5e2, an increase Of sos, 344 1901. The net
earnings were s61O, l3i $50, an increase of
s52, OO2 1853. Railway statistics since 1897
afford dead-sure testimony Of American
prosperity. WALTER j. BALLARD.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, July II.
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Readers Of THR SUN leaving the city can have the
Daily and Sunday editions mailed to their addresses
(Which may be changed when necessary for 20
cents q month Order through your ncwsdealer
or TIE sUns ITO Nassau street.
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PARIs-Riosque No. H. near Grand Hotel and
Kosque No. 10. Boulevard des Capuclnes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26
FOR AN INoERsoLL MEMORIAL.
A Movement to Build a Monument to
 the Lamented Word-Painter.

From the New York Tribune.
 The fourth anniversary of the death of Col. Robert G. Ingersol, which falls on July 21, will be observed with memorial services in various parts Of the country. Perhaps the most important and largest service of this idnd will be held by the Ingersoll Memorial Association of Chi cago. So far as can be learned no Inger- soil memorial meeting has ever been held in this city and well-lxnown freethink- CT said yesterday afternoon that no plans had been made to hold one here this month.
 Recently the work of gathering the complete speeches, writings and letters on the Bible by Colonel Ingersoll for print ing in book form was completed. To show their esteem for Colonel Ingersoll some of his devotees have paid large sums for having the Ingersoll addresses Truth Seeker Tribune reporter was told yesterday afternoon that one person had paid $2500 for having Ingersoll's works bound, and that a special edition of the works at 5000 a set was being Issued.
 For some time the Ingersoll Memorial association of Chicago has been behind a movement to erect an imposing monu- ment to Colonel Ingersol. It Is likely that the monument will DC erected either at Peoria or at Chicago Dr. John E. Roberts delivered the oration at the last memorial meeting of the Ingersoll asso- citation of Chicago. What is expected to be attained as a result of these meetings Is expressed in a circular which has been sent out, in part, as follows:
 How can we maintain a public plat form Aadfaafad tn ha of fba greatest orator of the Nineteenth cen tury and not give stimulus to the ge- nius of the Twentieth century? The ulti- mate objects of our association may take years for attainment but the annual me- morial meetings Is already an assured success. It's platform is a standing in- vitation to genius to come and do its best in commemoration of the fame of Inger- soll. an honor to be coveted"