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The Jew in Amcrica.

To THE EpIroR OF The SuN-Sb: Permit
me to thank you for your article to-day on
The Jew In Our Congress" To me 1t seems
that ex-senator Simons criticism OF our
President 10 not only unwarranted but also
indiscreet. Even assuming that the dis
elimination alleged by Mr. Simon had been
made IL would have been wiser to make no
mention and no recognition OF 1t. for they
only tend to intensity or prolone such preju-
dioes as ght have caused the discrimination.
To me II seems that 1t cannot be too strongly
impressed upon jews in this country. that
here a mans particular faith plays no part,
that all and ~ sS snd sbs
consequently, by fair-minded people land
they beyond denial largely predominate In
by only his personal character. qualities and
Even the most orthodox Or devout Jew
he is able freely and fearlessly 10 live up to
the full measure OF his faith and is protected
therein there, by g, our laws What more can he
IL there are jews here whom naught might
satisfy except a modern Judea or American
po..b.
gins to swerve to their faith. but that as yet
Il Is admittedly impossible to detect the
slightest signs OF such most astonishing
them to be content With conditions beyond
sy . he .s: snG oa aaf and np
portunities extended TO everybody else
and since absolutely neither discrimination
nor distinctions are here made because of
the one or the other faith. even II there really
exist some little preiudices against the Jew
because OF his faith, let him byh his character
and qualities do his utmost to remove them.
and to do this, u appears wise to both IGNORE
OF such prejudices. and further. In no way by
thought, word or action. to reciprocate them.
ADoLPH OPPfNHEINER.
NEW YORK, April 2.
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to the Turkish forces In the northeast Of
Albania. The fact that the re reinforcement ts
already announced TO be sent are to come
from Anatolia ID OF Itself suficient TO show
that there 10 full UNDERSTAND ding between
Constantinople and st. Petersburg. and
that the Sultan has no apprehension Of
trouble with Russia In Asia Minor.
Our London correspondent refeB to .
report that two Hungarian army corps and
the Bosnian army corps are already on a
war footing, but that the Bosnian Mussul-
man regiments are Enthusiastically. OF the
sixteen battalions OF Bosnians. however.
only four are in their own country. the other
twelve being In garrison at Vienna, GrAtz
in Styria, and Budapest, their plaoes being
taken by Czech regime nts and other out
side troops. The probability is, therefore.
that in the event Of the Austrian Govern
ment deciding to intervene, only troops
from other parts OF the empire than Bosnia
will be employed. But the race antipathies
OF the German. Slav, Magyar and Rouma-
MAN regiments Of the Austro-Hungarian
army are such that II will be . matter for
very serious consideration which 1t will be
the best to employ. No wonder, under the
circumstances. that the Austrian military
authorities regard the situation as critical.
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The Holland strike.

The strike by the railway men OF Hol-
land has the peculiar character Of being
against the State-against the Dutch
people. The struggle involves no mig
eardliness or oppression Of any kind on
the part Of capital toward employees.
Tho economies of the railroads are for
the benefit of the public solely. In so far
as the railroads are concerned, the Hol-
land Government is socialism, and it is
against circumstances found under this
order Of society that the trainmen rebel.
Consequently, labor conflict can no
further 60.
The outcome OF this novel outbreak
and its indirect results will be among the
most interesting events of 1908.
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Surgery In Bright's Disease.

Nothing could botter illustrate the ire
mendous progress made in modern sur
gerry than the invasion Of the field for
merly supposed TO belong entirely to the
medical side Of practice. In fact. the
surgery OF to-day has small respect for
the expectant methods OF medicine.
PAsTEUR' demonstration Of the causative
relation OF bacteria to disease and the
control of germ infection by careful anti
sepsis, as shown by LISTER. encouraged
the surgeon in his aggressiveness.
The experience gained by MARION SIMS
in his treatment Of gunshot wounds re-
ceived at the battle OF Sedan opened
the way to the peritoneal cavity, long a
forbidden ground to surgery. He called
the attention Of the profession through
out the world to the necessity Of opening
into this cavity in the treatment Of gun
shot and other wounds Of the bowels in
the famous telegram from Paris to the
surgeons in charge of President GAR
FIELD, who was dying from septic infec-
ton. It was to cut open the mans
abdomen, find the bullet, cleanse and
drain the infected area
The liver, gall bladder. gall ducts, the
stomach (even to the complete removal
of this organ, the spleen. intestines and
the vermifom appendix ito which great
operation DR.. SIMON BARUCH Of New
York compelled the attention Of sur
geons), the spinal cord, and even the deep
centres of the brain, came one by one
within the domain Of the scalpel, and
now let us hope that the claim of another
American surgeon, DR.. GEORGE H. EDE-
BoHLs Of New York-that chronic ne
phritis Is q surgical disease-may be
established by successful demonstra-
tons.
While MANY OF the most distinguished
and capable surgeons do not as yet admit
this claim, INSTRUMENTATION should not
be bar to the efforts at a further and
satisfactory demonstration of this new
procedure. 1t is we'll to be conservative
in all things, and especially in surgery,
but too much conservatism may shut the
door to progress and may be proved
equally dangerous with the radicalsm OF
the enthusiast
The hopelessness Of many phases OF
Bright's disease justifes a very consid-
cradle risx in the effort to relieve or
cure its unfortunate victims. The re-
moval Of the capsule. or the surround
ing membrane. Of the kidney by
surgical operation is claimed to free the
diseased and weakened kidney sub
stance from too great compression and
to increase the circulation in this organ
by the formation OF new blood vessels
between the released kidney and the sur
rounding tissues.
That the death rate should be compare
lively high after such an operation, even
when most skilfully performed, is to be
expected. for Bright's disease exag-
gerates the danger Of any surgical pro-
cedure: but the proportion Of cases al
ready reported as cured or improved JUS
tifies a further trial.
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ton family, 7.ssi, and the average Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania family. 2.Sis. Surely
there should be at least badge for sur
passing the mean record. Still, II may
be said, de minimis non cvrdt ler, the law
can't bother with small families. At any
rate, there must be no favoritism to
the multiple-of-three family; and grand
scores, exceeding Is, should have ade-
quate and brilliant reward.
One provision in this subsidy law has
singular and protuberant merit:
Every seventh son or daughter Of any lawfully
married husband and wife who shall be born within
the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania shall be edu-
Gated by and at the expense Of The said Common
wealth In any school or academy or college so de-
sired by said son or daughter. provided. however,
that the costs OF such education shall In no instance
exceed the price or sum Of $500
We need not dwell upon the mysterious,
mystic, sacred and compelling power
and potency OF the number seven. 1t il
enough to say that the seventh son OF a
seventh son, and presumably the seventh
daughter OF a seventh daughter, has a
clairvoyant eye and the gift Of proph-
ecy. For the benefit Of the future and
a knowledge Of the future. the State
can afford to encourage these gifted
persons. Science cannot but applaud
subsidy that must benefit her in the
end. Mr.. BLUMLE sets a good example
to Congress. The Weather Bureau will
never do what is expected Of 1t until
its entire stan consists Of seventh sons
of seventh sons.
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From TIE Grssnsburo Argus.


The present advanced state OF vegetation and the
fes thai have arisen for the safety OF the fruit and
other crops naturally Induced . discussion OF the
devastation wrought BY the big frost OF June 1852
A Wide difference OF opinion. however. seemed 10
exist among those By whom the matter was beng
discussed. - TO the date OF the calamity, the con
tention q the time ranging from 1859 up into the
'eok. VARIOUS Of the older residents were consulted
without . satisfactory determination OF the cues
uoa. The Aress Was hnally Appealed TO aod
promptly gave the proper date But 10 conolu
sivey settle the matter 70 the satisfaction OF the
disputAnts access WAS had to the dian OF H. H.
Null. the venerable proprietor OF the Null House
Who has kept . correct minute OF the weather con
dltons and other matters OF Interest since ls'
He was then a resident OF AckeAn's Old stand
Fast Huntington township. and from his diAII
we quote as follows as . matter OF general Interest
Saturday. June =. 1sSs-This day IS cold So
mss Sc tina. june aiSs ps on ds but
goomiest look that ever saw. We mad the ha,dts.
S ,s aSsi sys. Sssn Apples as S
nuts s,ewed soft With the frost,
Monday. June The easssm'n, . seGu y, ' suSs
yes.s ioi ais, and four barrels OF nour for $50 T"
Col PAs!srs Ssesul.rT %ni ,,re,, TO Schiller,
min " 81 Adii,d sune TOOK 0"''S 10 '"''
Msdn.sday. June sThs s,c n,d , ssnT,
f fc9 rs S O. e ssPse 'e'nns hsAe'
Thur.day June smsogsh, twsn,y NE S., e1ise
ears for 30 hsylns . srea, time over the excite
~.p The june fS diS 90 to rp my
Sunday. June ia-The reports of crop failure
I've s,D. g; 70 plough for buck
IL may be stated in this connection thu, Nj Nvn
No. x e. by ssS Sna s dun.., ~
ues due 70 bis advanced age. he stu ,ssss nesn
y sGss .ns s1a
sstionAlist - he ever was
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We appreciate President RoosxvELra
enthusiasm, and we feel ourselves oompe-
tent to make. in justice to him, due allow
ance for 1t. But We must ask whether II
is wise, even from his selected point Of view
to entertain views 30 extreme as this he
expressed yesterday at Sioux City:
The coal strike In the anthracite REGIONS threat
ened our nation with disaster second 10 none which
has befalien US since the days Of the Civil War
Before the coal strike was over the great
est industrial centre in the country. New
York city, learned to get on practically
without anthracite. We doubt II the rest
of the country has less talent for expediency
or is less able TO adapt itself TO changed
conditions than Ia New York. To compare
the anthracite strikes power for calamity
with the Civil War is . wide overmeasure-
ment OF one and an undermeasurement oil
the other.
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Pajsm.s Not So GOD a. the NisAtshirt.


To THE EDITION or TIE SuN-.S'r: In THB sun
OF March %. replying 70 w. H.s- requisition on
the public for Instruction In pajama eraft Mr..
Russell has failed 10 grasp the e1igencies OF the
case. In explaining everything he explains moth.
ing-a frailty all are heir 10.
We perceive In w. M q student In pursuit Of
knowledge. Properly taught. we doubt not he
ne Cos. Se 5. !acisa "a Or siossa . sp asn
% 1se%s All Why. iSdesai nSws sV s.Ss fs
ssmsns. Before III i Is TOO lie We beg him 70
eqp CO ps ss ga Sa
be viil pc yn.Amshc.n. sediiou., equally IN !;
ven nature Of their shamecssness, one and in
m Iiie abandoned 70 this practice there Is only
'i Lei us Ma assume. for instance, of cold winters
q his isundress be has no pajsns p.n,s % wear.
where and ends nowhere and IL which one . De-
nsS me ;ss q s, ne
un,ucSed, his coat ussuctsSis, ''s'' ''' ".'''
sDS The e. .,. r :, SS
YSS,Sy io,C.: man spps.5,ns yisscu! sISu...
vince eur young trend ,hs! We have .cssa 40.
u oos = n We oS..s : .s
out lemon juice. but we cannot and VIII not think
OF w. "" a. q connagrstion In his native town
TuxEDoP ARH. CIR. p, in.
To rHs EDITION or THE sux-ssr: Thai paJamas
excel all other kinds Of night clothes there can
be no doubt But on account OF their comparative
youth there are no common law rulss govern
ing their wearing. No hard and last rules can
statutes . good suggestion 10 follow y 70 have
the shirt par inside The panS In winter and out
side In summer. pNK PAxA
APEu l.
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Major SrANHopR BLUNT, Ordnance De-
partment. U. 8. A., commanding the Rock
Island Arsenal. is the latest officer to find
fault with the abolition Of the beer-selling
canteen. The eighty men composing the
ordnance detachment there, he reports,
are recruited from those who have served
one or more enlistments in the line, so that
the average age IL IS years and the average
length of service almost fourteen years.
Before the abolition Of the beer canteen
there had been but twelve courts martial
for drunkenness In five years; since its
abolition there have been eleven trials for
this offence. In conclusion, Major BLUNT
says:
The post exchange, with Its sale OF beer and
light wine was In my opinion. the greatest influence
for the promotion of sobrety and discipline which
l have observed during my twenty nine years ser
vice as an oflcer The detrimental effect upon this
detachment OF prohibiting the sale OF beer Is made
yery evident by the Increase of 200 per cent In the
number OF courts martial during the last six
months"
The testimony to this effect II piling up
and remains practically uncontradicted.
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II, however, those superions should find
an indictment against him on that sc-
count they would have to find II against
his whole school also. and strike at a
body Of theoloe,ians which. all things
considered. IL now foremost in ability and
influence in the Episcopal Church and
in the Churches generally. DIR. RAINS
FoRD's ecclesiastical superiors will
not be guilty Of any such imprudence.
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Subsidies and Sons Of Seventh Sons

The views Of President ROOSEVELT and
OF President ELIOT on population have
fallen upon fruitful ground in the minds
Of certain Pennsylvania statesmen.
Shall the country be depopulated3 Shall
the Census Bureau be put out Of business?
These questions have been pondered by
the keystone thinkers, and their thought
has found fit expression in bill. When
anything Is wrong or is thought by any
body to be wrong; when anybody sug-
gests any method or remedy or change,
a law for carrying into effect the sug-
gestion, be it good or bad, is instantly
proposed. 1t is beautiful to see legisla-
tors so responsive; and whatever be the
obligations Of the world in general to
them, vast are those Of the paper-makers,
the ink-makers and the printers.
Pennsylvania is reasonably populous
and might seem able to turn up her
nose at the facts and fancies of Presi-
dent ROOSEVELT and OF President ELIOT;
but who can tell what will happen, or
say that some time Pennsylvania may
not be as lonely as Nevada? Mr. BLuMLR
OF the Pennsylvania House OF Represen-
tatives is a man Of large views and long
range. His bill to subsidize large
families and provide for gold medals
for mothers OF large families shows the
marks OF great convolution and revo-
luton. II establishes a sliding scale Of
rewards OF merit to be given to the
mothers Of large families. A lawfully
married woman who Is the mother Of
six children is to get $40 in money and
a gold medal not to exceed in value the
same amount. The mother Of nine chill
dren il to have $40 and $40 gold medal.
The mother Of twelve children will be
entitled to SIS and a SIS gold medal.
The mother OF fifteen children will 70
ceive $50 and q $50 gold medal.
The bill was duly reported by the Com
mittee on Public Health and Sanitation
and is now on its final passage in the
House. but has been postponed tenn
porarily. The postponement is not TO
be regretted IL it leads to obviously
needed amendments. MIR. BLUMLE's SUBJ
sidy calculations proceed along the line
Of three. He is for multiplication by
multiples Of three. Consistently with
his own plan. he ought to begin with
triads. But why should medals and
moneys be distributed according to a
system 80 arbitrary and even fantastical?
Is there any peculiar merit in the num-
bers 6. Q, ~, 1872 Is nothingl to be done
for the mothers Of seven, eight, ten.
eleven, thirteen, fourteen and more than
fifteen children? There should be an
additional allowance for each child in
excess OF the minimum number; and for
the benefit OF college graduates that
minimum number might be minimized.
Perhaps we have forgotten the exact
figures, but our impression In that the
average Harvard family is 2.sss, the aver
age Yale family. 2.sS the average Column
bia family, 2.s2o. tho average Prince
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MAYOR Low vs.. BEECHxR.
Celerea Preacher BIames Him for Hoe
.- tility % the Negro Home.

tnity - the Negro Home.
The Rev. DR.. Morris G. Brooks, pastor
OF the Bridge Street African Methodist
Episcopal Church In Brooklyn. in q sermon
on Sunday night incidentally scored Mayor
Low, while discussing the hostility Of some
OF the residents Of Carlton avenue TO the
establishment Of colored branch Of the
Young Mems Christian Association in the
neighborhood. He said:
Up In Carlton avenue. where certain
people are Kicking about the presence Of
colored people In that street. | notice that
all Of them had Seth Low pictures in their
windows when he was a candidate for the
Msyoralty. They have now evidently inner
tied his spirit since his refusal to preside. AZ
meeting In defence OF human rights. He
was fearful that IL would dctract from his
Henry Ward Beecher did not wait to b.
on the popular side; he only wanted TO be
on the side OF right We need such spirits
~ bis In these times.
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SALE or AN ODD LIBRARY.
II IL ". J. Lensyne's. Composed Mostly
OF Out-Of.the-Way Books.

II is announced that W. q. Lemoyne.
the actor. who has been In Ill health for
some time, will sell his library at auction,
For many years MI. Lemoyne has haunted
book auctions. buying as -Mr. Lee His
hobby was books on odd subjects, and his
library includes q large collection OF the
lives Of notorious characters. He has
already disposed of some Of his books
but the bulk Of his library, comprising about
5000 volumes. still remains intact.
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There seems reasonable ground for belief
that good deal Of the news from Vienna
regarding the state Of ansirs In Albania and
Macedonia IL based rather on Imagination
than accurate information. At the same
time. the possibilities OF the situation are
such that strong reprssive measures
against both the Mussulman and Christian
indictments are necessary. To allow Aus
tria to convert the present precautionary
joint Austro-Turkish military occupation
Of Preboi. Plevlje. and Bielopolje In the
strip OF territory betwesn Montenegro and
Serva into permanent Austrian posse ssion.
with Mitrovitxa - an outpost, would not be
70 the advantage Of Turkey, Russia or
the Slav states Of the Balkans. We may.
therefore. expect to hear Of large increases
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TIE winter Of jane. 1859.

To TEE Enron or THl s5N-Sf: Perhsp,
this cold snAp may cause some sons OF Enoch
70 recoliect the Glacial Period spoken OF below.
The venerable and venerated authority. who stIll
u active In the management OF famous old Null
House, who can repeat Bob Inresoll's speeches
and Immediately contradict them with verbatim
Bible Quotations Ia my beloved uncle. the father
Of Josephine and OF Etta and OF Jessie anc OF NJ
nerva and OF Nellie and OF Winnie and OF Colonel and
Of Fremont and OF Harrison, and nine living and
born Al McKeAn's Old stand. WestmorelAnd county,
- was my own accidental good fortune. Aunt
Ellen Dom Null also 10 living and well and ~ straight
and bright eyed - her daughters all famous
through western PENIS Sylvanla for their beauty
Aaa VII, ,,. HARM NULL o.
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WARRINGTON. April e.-Ths following
have been selected - counsel Of the United
States In the Alaskan boundary arbitration.
Jacob NJ. Dickinson OF Chicago, former
assistant attorney and now general counsel
of the Illinois Central Railroad, Daniel
T. Watson Of Pittsburg. United States
counsel In the merger cAsee, and Hannis
Taylor q AlabAma, former Minister OF the
Q writer and lecturer on international Law.
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Medal Police II Front

To THE EDITION or THE suH--Sir: Kindly permit
me 10 suggest that during the parade OF the Finest
neg, month. all OF the medal OF honor men be
placed In conspicuous part OF the line. that they
form In lines OF. say. twelve men front, and with
space OF about twenty feet between each line. This
will enable the public 10 get . good view Of these
heroes OF the police and With eli due respect 10 the
balance of the men. II. X. GAYHTTr.
NEW YoRK, April O.
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Another Magistrate. Magistrate CORNELL.
has taken the view recently expressed by
Mr.. Justice GAYNoR on the arbitrary exer-
ton Of police power, the case this time in
volving a couple OF materializing spiritual
lists. Like Justice GArNoR. Magistrate Goa
NELL Is right.
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TO be renomlnate0 year from next IAN,
and yet. on the other hand. there is indis-
putable evidence that Gov. Odell has said
that he did not care for a denomination,
and then the Governors critics have added
that The most sagaoious thing that the
Governor could do after his attempts to
wreck the Republican party In the State
Of New York Is TO come to New York like
Cornell and organise q blind pool
Astute Republicans, those familiar with
the party machinery, those acquainted
with organization building, declare over
and over again that the Governors ma
chine In q mere shell and that Il will fall
to pieces at the nrst puncture. The critics
who talk this way 20 on to say that any
machine that the Governor Ia building IL
not and cannot be based on high prin-
oiples, but that 1t has for Its foundation
contracts and jobbery, selnshness and
ingratitude.
When THE BUN chastises Gov. Odel for
ignorant and unseemly tax legislation. the
Governor and his friends and hangers-on
In Albany speak OF The SUN - "A Demo-
cratic newspaper.' That's about all that
Gov. Odell and his coterie have to say In
reply to intelligent criticism, and. by the
way. where Ia the Governors Mortgage
Tax bill' The Governors organisation
from the present outlook Ia made up Of
personal animosities. personal avarioe,
and clique whose resounding cry morning.
noon and night 10 addition, division and
silence
William Mckinley and ths patriots OF the
Republican and Democratic parties In the
campaigns Of 1870 and ipo0, men who scornsd
jobbsry and eontracts and sgrocsry' dsals,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-26

Congressman Joseph G. Cannon Of II.
linois was in Omaha the other day on
ms way farther west to look after some
private business ut ID too early 10
make any predictions as to what may
be done by congress III the way Of cur
deney legislation, said Mr.. Cannon.
ANA then we don't know just what is
happening OF what is needed. 1t Is true
that lot Of eastern fellows think they
are in a bad way and need currency
legislation !. to help them out. But / noe
aee mat stocks are not down to 4 good
investment basis even now. / see they
h'ye got everything way up too high
ana things are now Just getting back to
normal This question will right itself
~ the upbuildlng Of a healthful public
sentiment"