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1t All Depends.

There arc certain gifts which. II appears tho pa
lions lively Ch!ef
Executive may not accept cen though II cause him
grief
A grief quite inconsolable las he In notes polite
Informs tins would be glvcrs, thus lamentng his
sad pigio.
For regulations strict he has upon himself Just laid
From which no deviation nov can possibly be made
must confess the reasons for his reasons I can
ind:
But then. frar that I'm obtuse, or thick, or very
when Is gift git' When is II not a gIn' You
sce'
Is the riddle conundrum or comple mystery!
For q case Of wine
Might be considered Just In line
private car
To travel far
Would cause him but a gentle jar.
a trip for gun
Ming. rightly done
IL not gift ?i''s simple fun
4 saddle horse
He'd take. OF course,
before no wns compelled by force.
A railroad pass
IL In the class
OF shooting trips and hve pound bass
A battlrship,
A riding whip
could never give our Chief the slip
A slaughtered zoo,
az mounted. toOI,
Might md his scruples mighty few.
Aud cause No awful howdy do
With him or with his friends,
But sllken hag, sewn ny maid. a work Of love
Of race,
OF cOuntr, and Of liberty, Ia showed into last place
A slkrn nay sewn By a maid, Ia sufh an obligation
II mus, not b. accepted BY the ruler OF a nation.
But a private car
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"sAVE THE RUFFED GROrsr /.
The Relation Of Timber Cutting to the
Disappearance Of Our Game Birds

To THE EDITOR or TIE Sun SCR wa.
much taken with an article In your issue or
Sunday. Sept. Q. Save tho Ruled Grouse
The writer. who has lived among these birds
thinks he knows something about them. too.
and thoroughly and heartily does he indorse
any and all measures whose object is TO pro-
tect and save them.
In your article you overlook one principal
cause Of the growing scarcity, As you say.
there are very few gunners who are quick
enough to get many OF these birds bv far
sportsmanlike shot in the woods, but il is no,
40 much the gunners as IT Is the land owners
that are causing the scarcity.
II you would use your columns to urge
more earnestly to preserve the heavy timber
this alone would do more to protect than
any other one thing The wild pigeon has
become extinct. not because OF the gunner.
but because OF starvation. owing to the great
forests Of beech and white oak their favorts
food and shelter. having been destroyed
The writer has in his day seen pigeons in myr
lads, and all the hunters and all the guns
ever made could not have exterminated this
species. They are gone, and the reason is
that our forests Of hard wood are gone,
so with the grouse. The young wood
does for them during the fall and before tho
leaves are gone they, must necessarily perish
without their natural shelter, the great pines
and hemlocks, whose deep shadows shield
them from eye Of hawk and owl. In times
OF extreme cold these birds burrow under
the snow and there prove easy prey for all
the vermin that roam the woods.
The preservation Of the grouse is well
worth working for. and the. thing which
means their absolute destruction il the loss
tar0et for aIl gunners and sure prey for
the hawks by day and the owls by night.
They arc surely worth saving
I,erisl atures the enactment Of such laws
as viii protect the woods and save some at
least Of our small game. Our buffalo are
gone our 9thel o 1SfH e he n time to begin ''''
] wish / could help in this great work. for
Il ia surely worth every mans best en0rt.
THOMAS JACKSON.
WARRINGTON, Sept. II.
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Some Of the ThIrteens Explained.

TO THE EDITOR or rHE SuN-S!r' The fsct NAV
there were thirteen States In the ong,nai 'ntou
/, likely to explain the mystery that u"unies
"D NJ" as to there being thirteen stars on guar
,,r thirteen bars ON the shield. thirtecn arrows
In the grasp Of the eagle, and thirteen leaves on
the branch. But expert numlsmatists agree that
tho legends "E Pluibus unum and Quarter
Dollar" were chosen for other reasons than that
they contain thirteen letters.
similarly. it"D. NJ" should discover TINT quar-
ter three months IN circulation. examined under
n glass In a strong north light by an observer VINO
has had four cocktails md three gin rckeys, SHOWS
indications of "l3" scratched on the nose OF 'n'
goddess OF liberty, he may assume that II Is accl
dental mud not the purpose OF the original designer
OF the coin
Has ID NJ" exhausted the subject Has ne
counted the ridges on the milled edge OF the quar-
ter and discovered how many mult!pl OF Is there
are, Has he speculated on the sentiment hk'y
to be aroused by his communication TO THE sun
only to he expressed by the caoansuc sympo"
go. IA - N,"- IL. II.
BRoOkLYN Sept IL.
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The primary contests to DO decided
Tomorrow are less interesting than any
since the adoption of the present law. The
Republican contests may DO dismissed as
simple personal difficulties, with no principle
Of consequence at issue. The Goodwin
Devery fight in the Ninth district is i'm
portant to DEvERY and his followers only,
for the other side will be- recognized by
Tammany anyway. In the Nineteenth
district JAMES j, HAoAN is trying to take
the leadership from his former friend,
JOHN B. SEXTON, who is rated as an anti
Murphy man in Tammany. In the Twenty
ninth district, where particularly bitter
fight was made against JoHN F. CARROLL
last year. JOSEPH F. MuLoUEEN, whom he
designated as his successor In the leader
ship. is struggling to keep THOMAS +.
RUSH from turning him out.
No matter what the outcome Of these
contests is, the policy Of the county organi-
cations will not be affected by them.
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Discipline in a Labor Union.


of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen asked the meat pack
ers for a 10 per cent. increase in wages.
This increase would have fattened tho
pockets of some 10000 men and have cost
the employers between $3.50, 900 and $780,
600 year. The packers agreed to tho
raise" on condition that the union would
insure them fair treatment and freedom
from strikes just as the officers OF the
union were about to give the guarantee
required, they were informed by letter
from one Of the packing houses in Chicago
that the proposed treaty Of peace could
not be concluded. 1t is the custom OF the
packers to send out their export goods
on Mondays The gentlemen euphoni-
ously called "beef luggers" were told
that as the export meat could not be
kept over Labor Day they must consent
to lug on Sunday instead of Monday.
The luggers refused to work. They in
sisted that their agreements called for a
holiday on every Sunday and on Labor
Day. Their case was referred to the
executive board, which found that the
cattle butchers had worked on Sunday
while the luggers had not, thereby costing
the packers pretty penny The board
promptly ordered that the luggers be
lugged out Of the union. Sixteen hun
dred Of them were thrown out and their
charter was revoked. On compliant Of
another unj unsuitable strike in st. Joseph,
a committee was sent there with instruc-
tions to tear up the charter of all locals
that refused to go to work again, should
the strike be found unjustifable. "Our
national executive board says its
president, lis determined to show the
companies that it can keep peace, and
when the St Joseph committee returns
we expect to have our demands for
higher pay Immediately granted,
This is a sensible view In the matter
of keeping agreements with employers
a good many labor unions have been
slippery Thus many businesses have
been made subject to the chance Of
strikes and many employers have been
certain of nothing but uncertainty
They could not be sure OF getting any
consideration for what they gave. The
bargain with the union was one-sided
and might be broken at any moment.
The meat cutters and butcher work.
men are looking for more money, They
must be on their good behavior. Will
the leaders be as eager to give the en-
ployers fair treatment say year
from now, as they are to-day? We do
not question their sincerity, but time will
be the only test Of it, A union that in
sists on giving as well as getting fair
treatment is on solid foundations and
will seldom get into trouble if it never
looks for it,
The disciplining of refractory members
by the leaders was judicious in the present
case but as a rule, where labor wars rage
fercest. il is the leaders who need to be-
disciplined by their too loyal followers
or victims
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nanKer From larb0Ilo Acid.

TO THE EDITOR or THE sun SIR AttcDt ton our ht
to be drawn the danger from the excessive use Of
Carbolc acid II seems such an easy way OF taking
ones NE Most people have II In the house and II
there kaquaTrcl between husband or wife or any
one Is Tired Of life people are APP TO take caTbollc
acid | often see In the papers that little children
have taken II. not knowing that II " poison.
should not stronger laws be made providing that
the poison should not be sold withouta dortOrs
prsscrpt Ike laudSDum and cbl0Toform' ~
such law could he enacted II would be graf bcno
OF 10 the world at large and " many q dsspondsnt
one NJ
UPPER MOETCLAIE, sept. II,
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Not Uganda but Palestine for the Jews.


To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-ST; Would
it be profitable for the Jews to accept Eng
lands OF r to the Zionist Congress, held re-
Gently at Basel in Switzerland. of tract OF
land In eastern Central Africa as refuge or
home for the prosecuted Jews Of the world?
That proposed grant in Africa bears the
name OF Uganda is near the equator. with
the burning sun overhead, and disease
breeding swamps below, the air swept by
hot winds from all directions. with no civilized
country around 1t. This barren land Eng
land expects the Jews to transform into
cultivated and tiourishing region. That the
Jews can do wonders we know Moses
brought water out OF u stone. Aaron cast
down his rod before Pharaoh and it became
a serpent, Joshua bid the sun to keep on
shining and the battle was won in, the light
e ss day. De-. saq che sSe%d Of Ss s0 sTs " ns
1000 years of persecution, after being driven
from land to land living under difficulties
eyerywh here hut WITH the nnSon nd leiHng
collect all their energies ana settle IN WIG
Africa, and begin anew to hope for Aionr
No The JsTS will Peyer Tys up b rqtesjnS
The ,t' 1000 years Of exile have made Of the
Jew almost physcal %rroki I nhnIls, 10 ms
but the mental power o. tho jew cnnnot much
longer , endure tho strain Of his physical weak
ness. Inc W0rl0 CtlIol hlioIl W alDN lio
Jews to be lost among the different nations
and cease to exist What is tn" remedy?
Where can a nation regain its former energy
if not in the place where it once had IT. A
nation to find Itself at HON" must return to
where II was born. The more feeling Mat
he is in his "fathcraud" will strengthen the
jew. Palestine was the cradle OF u" Jewish
nation There they, Developed taeIr glory
and rose TO tn. zenith Of civilization,
Whether Uganda will be accepted or not
was left for the committee to decide after in
vestigating the land, but even if the offer Is
rejected, we cannot fail TO be grateful to
England for it, because il recognizes the
Iionists as the power Of the IaWs, and has
brought the Jewish problem into the higher
diplomntic circles. N officially prOcliimi
to tho world that the Jews must have "A home
But what homo 10 the question TO be- de-
cided
The protest ~ tho Russian delegates AZ
the congre-s against Uganda is the STRONGEST
proof OF the feeling of the Russian Jews:
Eve are Xonsts and want Zion" Yet IL Is
a case Of "betwren the devil aud the deep sea "
with them, either to fall victims to the Rus
sian devil or be- drowned in swampy md
barren Cqanda The downtr0ddsn Jews
of the world rry out with them; Give Va
Zion or We remain IN exile"
JuLrUs |. GOLDsrElN
NEW YORK. sept, II.
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The History Primer Continucd.

George WashE gton had cut his Initials on 'he
Natural Bridge Of Virginia.
~ you really want a stunt" they asked. WE,
don't you carve them on the unnatural bridge o.
New York;"
Fccllnr, however that his life was TOO valusoN'
he preserved a discreet silence.
Pocahontas had lust married Jshn R0lfo.
What o Riesaancr" cried the squsHs. wv
blooming BrltIsHer hasn't even got Title, dohcH''
know"
Clearly the Grst American eln had tsiisd "
come UP to her opportunities
betsy Ross was draigninv the rag
How lucky she observed, that thin IL befo'
the day Of the pattern diagram, OF BeVT com'
accom- pllsh It
Herewith W. hays tho uur lnwafdness 81 'h'
wherefore Of "OlI Glory
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American FREQ Labor.

To THE EDITOR or THE suN-S'r' AL the
decency and manhood in human nature w,l LAY, ap
nrove vour editorial condemnation OF the mis-
cbievous spirit that prompted the editor on
we'll known Western newspa per to undertake
the agitation of the use Of the proud American
adjective free" TO distinguish and CLASSIFY
'non-union labor" from that which % wthih
-thc ranks of tho labor organizations.
What but a hasty and unrefiectins spirit
and disposition could be back OF this move.
ment on the part Of Western newspaper
Let that editor learn lesson from the oe-
liberate. careful thought expressed IN your
editorials. They are always edlfyins' en-
noblinR and safe to follow.
A LOVER OF AMERICAN FREEDOM
OGDEssBuRci, n. Y, Sept. IL.
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A BritOns RetOrt.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Siv: You nave the
cup-your ugly silver baubie-and the glory
Of your toy yacht victory OF Sandy HOOK
Bat Old England still holds tho mastery OF your
ocean trade. She has fourteen million tons OF deep
sea shi piping you less than million You cannot
move your crops or &C., your Yankee goods 10
rnarke. without giving rich toll TO Liverpool anu
London We have driven your clippers on the sea
with our steam "tramps" We have forced your saw
ors ashore until you had to man your champion
Yacht with ScsndlnayiGnS.
You save a I'VE hundred dollar trophy ana 70
Wild with delight; you pay us for carrying your
ocean frrlghts ana passengers 900 yeAt
You have the shadow, we the substance
Why should not we he satisfied II you are'
INV YoaK Sep,l? AN ENoLisHMAN
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From The London Court Journal.
The Irish inns calls attention 10 what Is nothing
less than n scandal. sn2that Is that the field man
,ruvres OF the Third Army Corps IN Ireland had 10
be suspended not on account Of the weather. a.
WAS alleged but because the transport necrssarN
FOR the troops engaged had TO be sent 10 England
for the First Army Corps. Lord Roberts IN MS
evidence before the War Commission drew par
cular attention TO one OF the chief defects IN 'e
army system al the beginning OF the South Africn'
war, and TINT WAS the want OF transport, ana NOV
after he has been three years Commando In Cme'
We Grd IN pedft H'nr the Third Army Corps III
Ireland absolutely without the necessary Transport
and therefore practically useless.
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What will the women do next. sweet
things? From theology to teaming, from
the anvil to the Greek chair. they per<ads
and possess the world One more nail In
the coffin OF Mere Man: The Ladies' Good
Roads Society OF Vernon county. Mo. is at
work. Last week Misses MATTE HANSON
and MYRTLE TRAMBLE took q team Of horses.
a plough and a scraper, and made passable
a bad piece Of road southwest Of Temple. v
The pathetic and prophetic words Of ABE
SrNKENzooPER, the Silver Singer Of the
Ozarks, echo in the memory:
with wings unfured she sweeps tho world,
While petty man ~ sOupward hurled;
Hers Is the palm and hers the hun.
While he poor oaf, his day IS done.
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The Early Virginians.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir: In an
editorial Of this date you say: In 1870 Viz
rIpia prohibited the importation OF convicts.
&c. Am l correct in believing that IN the
year 1910 Wiz GINA called together an Assembly
which was practically her first House Of
Burgesses. to protest against tho impora-
ton Of convicts into the colony
When her protest was disregarded. did not
the laws acted by that body to control and
restrain the importation prove that the Viz
pinians were alive to its danger and deter
mined to limit IT.
Ia it not true that Thomas Jefferson rated
the entire number Of convicts including
nolitical prisoners brought to Virginia at
1000?
Considering tho mortality among the
colonists, are not the rich and reputable
families, Of the old Dominion at least, justified
in the modest serenity with which they regard
their forbears?
The writer holds no brief for New Jersey.
NEW YORK, Sept. II. KING WILLIAM
Writing in 1888 to Monsieur dc Meunier.
Jefferson said, speaking not merely OF VIZ
ainia. but of all the colonies: I do not think
the whole number sent would amount to
600. do not suppose that them
selves and their descendants are at present
4 ono. which is little more than one-thousandth
part of the whole inhabitants" Jefferson
estimate Of 4, 900, as we have said. included ths
imported malefactors and their descendants
living in 1855, not only in Virginia. but IN
the other States.
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In spite of or bcca use Of all the modern
improvements and conveniences OF educa-
ton in Illinois, the ancient art or mystery
OF spelling Is in penumbra there. In Evans
ton, an Athens, university town, "creama-
tory" is the official spelling of word OF
funcreal fire. The statutes made and pro-
vided at the last session of tho Illinois Lesis-
lature geam with the genius Of GEOGRAPHY.
Thus "Chancey" (chancery), defend
ents,' judgement" 90 times), 'seper-
ately," separated. fried" Cfreed), loose "
(lose). Evanston is consoled. But are not
the eccentric forms used in the Illinois stat
utes to be accepted as official and tinalf
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Readers OF THE SUN leaving the city can have the
Daily and Sunday editions mailed to their addresses
(which may be changed when necessary for 10
cents a month Order through your newsdeaer
or THE sun, 40 Nassau street
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The President asserts that hs knew nothing abou,
Mr. Paynr's appointment ~ n successor TO MISS
Todd tn suit senator Alice In Delaware. But did
he know nything about his own appon msnt OF
District Attorney ByTnc, iw"s rejected w ths
SrnAtsf
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n our friends who rdror Us nth manuscripts for
sv6c utsh hape rstected drncss reurnsd they
must IN all cases sead stamps To~ thdt purpose.
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Conden.ed Guide to Political Opinion.
From ne - L1u's Gi1je Democrat
Indiana Is a Republican state
FRAN M Boston Hsrgli

1t Is said lnat the best ming Mr. Iitauer can
hope for as the result Of Judicial proceedings that
he has brought upon himself In his glove contract
Is a pns Of a few thousand dollars, This he could
easily pay, but the verdict would be mighty IN o.
cnicDt thing ~ carry into an election CANVASS
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-22
EVENTS ON RUNNING TRACKS
Lady Rohesia Breaks Aaueduct Rec
ord for -Four and One-HaIf
FurlonEa.

NEW YORK, April n.-The Lady Rohesia
In tho second race broke the Aqueouct
track rs so1ns Ger .ps f SIn,S and G n ! s tSrn 2
First race, six furiongs. sening; Petra
II won, overia second, Merrymaker third.
Second race, four and one-half furlonEs:
The Lady Rohesia won, Hamburg Belle
Third race, the Peconic stakes, seven
furlongs: Right and True won, Nevermore
second, Embarrassment third. Time:
Fourth race, handicap, one mile and
seventy yards: Eumera won. Circus second,
Fifth race, four and one-half furlongs,
Miss McKenna third. Time: O:5s rs
won, Labor. second, Spring silk third.
Time: 1.2S 2-5.
cHicAdo. April a.-,-Results;
t 2TrdeiG ri EUn' o.5 SS IS. second . W. oN0n'
Second race six ro,f furlonss; sOG2thSsyer
Regain third. Time: Ills az.
Third race, six furlongs: Tayon won.
Cornwall second, Doeskin third. Time;
Fourth race, one mile: Dan McKenna
won, Will Sherry second, Chicago Girl
Fifth race, one-half mile: Miss callam
won, Lady Frseknieht second, Pocassa
sixth race, one mile: Old Mike won,
The Bobby second, Limelight third. Time;
ST. LOUIS, April 2.-ResuIts:
First race, nye furlongs,. purse: Birch
broom won, Crirnean second, Silver Fringe
third. Time: 1:02h.
purse: Don o'Hig won, Getchel second,
Amberita third. Time. 0:57h.
Third race, one mile, selling:. sarilla
won, Prima II second, Socapa third. Times;
Fourth race, one mile and seventy yards,
selling: sambo won Scortic second, Ac-
ton third. Time was not taken.
Fifth race, six furlongs, selling; Gentle
won, Orleans second, Boodler third. Time:
sixth race. mile and ~one-quarter, hurdle:
Helen Paxton won, Miss Grammar second,
1tsestiara third. Time: 2;22.
First race, mile and one-sixteenth, sell
ing. Emir won, Banana Cream second,
Annie Lauretto third. Time: 1:5C%;
longs: Sweet Gretchen won. suet second,
Benefoent third. Time: O;55%.
Third race, mile and seventy yards:
Fourth race, one mile, the Arkansas
second. oronte third, Time: i:43'
Fifth race. about Q mile and ~one-quarter,
St~eepl9Sehase, handicap; Governor BOYD
sixth race, hve and one-half furlongs;
stewardess third. Time: Ito. ~
SAN FRANCISCO, April M.-ResuIts:
First race, Futurity course. selling: Alta
@ won, Theodore Ill second, Philarnus
third. Time: .1:1A ,a.,
Second race, four furlongs: Toltec won,
0:49.
Third race. one mile. selling: Yellow
stone won. Milas second, Albert Enright
third. Time: 1:43A.
Fourth race, six furlongs: Royal Rogue
won, The Major second, Annie Max third.
Time: 1:14M.
Fifth race, seven and one-half fuflongs,
selling: Lou Clieveden won, DoIlie Welt
hon second, Nugget third. Tirnei 1:22.
Sixth race, mile and. seventy yards. SELL
ing: Ada n won, T1zona second, Next
Gamma third. Time: 1i46h.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-22

Nebraska City. In 1853 the Omaha presby-
terry was formed and in 1870 Joined to tbs
Missouri River synod. The state was later
divided into two presbyteries north and
south of the Platte and in 1873 the Kearney
rresbytery was added and the following
year the three were Joined in the Nebraska
synod. There were then sixty-one churches
and of the pastors at that time only three
u. T. Baer, J. d. Kerr and John c.. Sloan
are now active. The church struggled along
through the hard pioneer times until 1878,
when during the following FIVE years the
best growth was made. There are now six
presbyteries in the state, Box Butte being
formed in 1894. The college at Bellevue
was set up in 1883 with sixteen students,
Hastings college preceded 1t by about a
year and the Omaha seminary was begun in
1891.
DR.. Alexander G. Wilson followed with
an outline of the early history Of the
church and a strong appeal for higher edu-
cation under Christian influences. In show
ing the early influences Of the faith, the
speaker said that OF the sixty-four briga-
der generals in the revolutionary war,
thirty-two were Presbyterian elders.
c. H. Miller, field agent for the Board OF
Freedmen west Of the Mississippi, closed
the evening with a plea for the education
Of the negro. At this mornings session
four delegates will be chosen to the gem
eral assembly. which convenes May 20 In
Los Angeles.