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The Last or the Romans.

TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN~-.Sy; Hated and
feared by many. Gen. Clay was adm red and veneer
atcd all over Kentucky--and nowhere else could he
have been 81 well understood. Every true son of
the dark and bloody ground and the haunted
waters who read THE SUNS tribute 20 Gen. Clay
will feel proudcr OF old Kentucky and her rough
old II 1mcrc hero who could have laid out Hector
and Achilles put together, and have whipped tho
Seven Champions OF Chrs,cndom hand running
Mandy pambys and the nne haired may scott.
hut upon Just such Unity stones our country has
risen and upon such must endure.
The General was but an Intense and exaggerated
expression OF primitive basic Anglo Saxon In.
stlnct and character. pure boodrd Anglo
saxon natural aristocrat OF the highest ancestry
Of the purest blood Of the best and oldest pedigree
this world has seen the pure white race
The world is none the worse on for having had
this tough old gamecock and his too hot spurs
NRw YORK July "a ANON Il. JENKINs
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The Insomnia OF Mr. Townc.

The Hon. CHARLES ARNETTE TowNE,
once Of Minnesota and now very much
of New York, lis getting insomnia. Here
he is, prosperous gentleman, still sub
ject to occasiona gushes Of oratory, but
much more interested in gishes of oil
He has thoroughly recovered from the
Curse of Go d, which gave him 40 much
uneasiness few years ago. He now
apprec ates the b essing Of Gold, and
especially the Blessing of Oil. His
paths drop fairness. Even il there is not
money enough in the country, h9 $ hav-
ing generous hunk Of what there is; and
he is devoted to increasing the size Of
that hunk. He is a plain business man.
with very little time to weep over the
woes, if he can still find any, of "the
plain people
He is up to his neck in aggregated
capital. He is man of syndicates and
monopolies. All he asks to be let
alone But some Of his Democratic
friends will not let him alone. They
see in him the Democratic MOSES; and
they insist upon yanking him forth from
his sechision among the bull-rushes
and the bear-rushes. A Washington de-
spatch to the Tribune tells the apprecia-
ton and the hope Of the admirers of the
transplanted Gopher:
"onAalRp A. TOWNS Ia going "a b- selected ny
thc convention AFTER others have been put up and
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seat OF the Government Of the United
States, has been the capital
Canada offers the second instance OF the
creation of capital city. The reunion
of the provinces Of Upper Canada. with
its capital at Kingston. and Lower Can
ada, with its government at Quebec. was
completed on Feb. 10, ls4l, with Kingston
as the first meeting place Of the United
Parliament of Canada. During the next
seventeen years the capital OF Canada
was at Kingston and at Montreal. In
1858 Queen VICTORIA chose Ottawa, pre-
viously known al Bytown. for the site OF
the permanent capital. On Sept. I, 1880
the Prince Of WALES then on his famous
visit to Canada and the United States,
laid the cornerstone Of the Dominion
buildings, which, it is Of interest to know,
were built from plans drawn by the archl-
tect who later planned the Capitol at
Albany, THOMAS FULLER.
The Government the Province OF
Canada was moved to Ottawa in 1855.
where in 1857 the Dominion Government
succeeded it,
Tumut-a palindrome, by the way-if
it shall be chosen az the site of the Aus
tralian capital, will doubt ess lose its
name. Bytown became Ottawa only a
short time before Ottawa became the
Canadian capital; and Washington was
a place without a name, near George
town on the Potomac when t was Sc
lected So Tumut, under it's new name,
will be in good company. Its growth,
with corner-site specu ators opposing
Governmental requirements will be
interesting. Great towns have grown
from small beginnings, but it is not often
that town is laid out with the knowledge
that in time it will be an important city.
Most cities have grown accidentally;
Washington. Ottawa and Tumut were
and are destined for Importance from
the first
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Amy Preferential OTored by GFeat Britain
WIN Not he Incompatible with It.

Amy Preferential DWofGd ~ &FenG Sritnhn
WIN Not he Incompatible with IT..
WASHINGTON, July IA local news
paper quotes q member OF tho National
Reciprocity League. who was sent to Ottawa
and other places, as saying that after con-
versations with Sir Wilfrid Laurier and
change in the attitude OF tho Canadian
Government toward reciprocity with the
United States. He found the feeling quite
general. and shared by the Canadian Gov
eminent. th"t such preferential NJ Gre't
Britain might offer would not necessarily
be incoml atible with reciprocity with the
United States. IL was thought that Great
Britain would not offer such preferential as
would be OF any value to the eastern and
more thiokly settled parts OF Canada. II
1t is extended only TO brcadstuYs the mari
time provinces and Quebec would have
no interest whatever In It, and Ontario but
little.
Sir Wilfrid expected to ask a personal
interview with Senator Fairbanks Of the
Joint High Commission about the middle
OF August, with the idea Of calling for
meeting OF the JOINT High Commission at
Washington in thef II. The agent reports
that no found some tendency In Washington
to place misconstruction upon Sir Wilfrids
delay In asking for a meeting with Senator
Fairbanks, but the general understanding
was that it was for Sir Wilfrid to make the
next move. and all that could DO done in
Washington was to await his action.
In his official report the agent quotes
one Of the leading owners Of fishing reets
at Gloucester, who il also large fish dealer
and who has been for twenty-five years
the chief opponent OF q free fish treaty
with Canada. He commended that 20 long
as Canada proposed free intercha nge
OF raw materials only they felt that they
should stubbornly stand out against the
treaty: but. their interests being 20 in
significant In comparison with other great
industries of the country, they appreciated
that their opposition would no longer be
effective when Canada makes concessions
in the way OF reduction Of duties on manu-
featured articles.
This statement practically presents the
real situation. says the agent. "If Canada
will give us concessions on manufactures,
as she must and az have every reason TO
believe she will, treaty can be agreed upon
that will not meet with much opposition
from this quarter, II from any other.
found many men In Gloucester who said
that under the fsheres treaty which was
in force from 1874 to 1899 Gloucester had
It's greatest era OF prosperity"
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Mental and Verbal Assent In a MarrIano

To THE EDITOR or THB SUN Str; II rightly
understand the argument OF the Rev DIR. Rrann In
defence OF Pope Plus VII, IN the matter OF the di
vorcc OF Napoleon from Josephine, It implies that
any one secure divorce from his life partner by
alleging that at the time OF the celebration OF tho
marriage he had not given his mental assent. AL
though lie had given verbal one to the rite and
divorce for Catholics becomes q very easy matter.
for those able TO bear the expense Of an scclesast
cal court,
Il would be trinng matter To rid yourself of a
wife by merely alleging that you had not given
mental consent 70 the marriage, and this could DO
done with the sanction Of the Roman Catholic Church
Dakotas legislation In the matter OF divorce would
be stringent comparatively Surely the doctor
must see himself that what would hold good In Ma
poeon = case would hold good In any other.
NEW YORK, July 81 NJ G. r.
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Down a. Atlantic City she's sqIirmer
dream OF rapture In exquisite hose:
Especially when huggng terra nma
And digging crabs with daintiest Of toes
A. Snranac she's loliug by the lakclct.
And dreaming dreams of Cholly who's al hum
More like she's providing In the forest brakelrt
On still hunt for wads OF chewing gum.
At Richaeld Springs she turns her dainty nose up.
And signs: There's something awful in the Air
One week has passod. and then she bravely goes .
And downs her dose of sulphur thon and there.
In the White Mountains she Is quito hlker--
The b furcatod am tolds the best
For climbing when the climber ls plkpr.
And likewise when abe ndeS log for rest.
Al Asbury the little dcar's rcpcnted,
And never. never wa1 iers anywhere:
She roads good books all day and 10 consented
with any Aort Of subject That Ia there.
A. Newport she's hareheadei and beguillng.
Dividing her attentions nest she can.
so clever. debonair and ever smiling
With one eye open for the proper
Al Long Branch she is loling on she andy
Delightful darling beach ~ OF the vorc.
With something that Ia very close and handy
man. on my shr never met before
A. Podunk Corners she's an easy winner
Her nose 10 tinted to tho proper tan;
She's making love, the naughty little sinner
To Jake, the farmers happy h,rrd man.
" s. KErLsR
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Reliance and Shamrock Ill.

The time set for the international
yacht race is coming along with bone
in it's mouth" Thus far in spite Of all
the tuning among the aspirants for the
defence, and between the challenger and
her old trial horse, no strong line can
be made fast to the mooring OF conf
dence on either side. Every attempt
at scientific comparison has resulted in
a confusing snarl sufficient 10 puzzle the
wisest watermen.
Recently, after the trials on the Sound,
1t was thought that the old Columbia
was a back number outclassed by Re-
lance and Constitution. Then oceanic
conditions changed sufficiently to make
Columbia look little like match for
Reliance In weather and water such as
are frequently found outside of Sandy
Hook But that speculation faded away
when Constitution again came into
prominence.
On Thursday last the Re lance put old
Co'umb into fog and gave her the
most dreadful thrashing she ever re-
ceived, and that, too, apparently, in
Columbia's own weather On the very
day when Reliance won that victory,
Shamrock III. was beaten by Shamrock
I. by more than five minutes over a
thirty-knot course.
Cheers are in order, but let them not
be too loud We should not make haste
to forget that Shamrock l.. the defeated
one Of four years ago. came close enough
on Monday last behind the challenger
to beat the best time that the Rel ance,
80 far. has ever made over a thirty-mile
course. This would seem at least to
indicate that Shamrock |. is, as her
specially devoted friends claim, a very
much improved boat
On the other hand it must be noted
that Reliance has displayed from time
to time some phenomenal bursts OF
speed. equal. il not superior modestly
speaking, to any that Shamrock Ill.
has as yet achieved.
And there stand the Indications, with
the trial races proper still TO be heard
from and there seems to be little doubt
in regard to their result.
Then let us take courage and comfort
in the prediction Of old Captain HANK
HAFF: The races for the Americas
Cup this year will be the closest and the
grandest that were ever seen in Ameri-
can waters"
Let us hope that the spray may sparkle
splendidly on August 2O that it may con-
tinue to glitter till the end of the races,
and that the result may depend, not
upon the whims Of the wind. but upon
the merits of the victor and the skill Of
her skipper.
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Philadelphia has a policeman Of origi-
nality. even of genius. The other day he
arrested some men whom he accused Of
lounging at certain corners. In court tho
men asserted that they were employees
OF department stores, who were taking the
open air at the corners In their "lunch
hour The policeman stated the case
against them in this impressive way
That's my beat down there. and think IT'S
me duty to protect me constituents. Two Of tho
aforesaid constituents In ssloonkeepers and these
here fellows snnoys them. They just stand around
and blow cigarette smoke In the windows. and
decided wouldnt have II. These feowsd stand
there all dag and never buy drink. SO Just
run them in"
1t Is painful to have to say that the Magis-
trate was too dull or conservative to compre-
bend the singular ingenuity Of this theory
of the duty Of policemen and the rights OF q
saloonkeeper.
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INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS
Decrease or Sal .l25 ,GO5 From Last Years.
due 10 Repeal OF War Taxes.

WASHINGTON, July Pa preliminary
report on the receipts from internal revenue.
for the fiscal year just ended shows that tho
total collections amounted To $3.50, $40, 3s2
which was a decrease OF SAL 1877 1907 com
pared with the receipts for last year Thi-
decrease was due to the repeal Of the wa
taxes on tobacco, beer, legacies, &c, which
that shown, for the consumption of beer.
cigars, cigarettes and manufactured to
bacco was larger than in the preceding year
and there IVES also an increase If slO,sl5-
$50 in the receipts from spirits. The follow -
ing table shows the receipts from the SCI
compared with those for the fiscal year
1902;
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cry; bue otherwise the vehicle Is to-day @as
sound as q BELL having covered between
5000 and 5000 miles.
DIR, JACKSON invites particular attention
to what he regards as valuable lesson
taught by his adventure. From the day
we started. says he. we have been treated
with extreme kindliness and courtesy by
the people through whose country we have
passed; and the fact has been strongly Inn
pressed on our minds that it is the conduct
Of the autoist himself which determines
the spirit in which he viii be received
Considering the rapid progress which Is
being made in highway construction
throughout the Union, II ought not to be
many years before automobilists will be
able to make the run from coast to coast
with comfort and in one-half the time con-
sumed by DR.. Jacksonville first automo-
bilist. as he says, who has succeeded In &C.
complishing this feat With good roads
the greater part of the way, is 1t possible to
conceive Of more pleasurable trip than
one from New York to California;
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Archaic Conditions in tho Greatest Printing
once In the World
From the Neu York Times


The intimation that the printers employed In M
printing once would Join the bookbndcrS In
strike against the Government has no, been with
out effect on the authorities Numerous attempt
have been made In the past to Introduce typr'cttn
machines In the once. but these efforts have bee,
defeated through the efforts Of the Typographical
union. Tho Government, printing once is thH
largest establishment OF It's kind In the world y
II is without a single labor saving machine In II,
immense composing room.
II is said that Secretary Cortelyou has been d
rected by the President to inquire into the CO..
OF typesetting machines, the number that woul
be required at the Government once and general
TO obtain information with regard to the rcia'ly'
economy Of the machines and thr hand Se't'nS
process The Government once Is the la,' 'eiug
OF the hand setting compoSitor, ana strike would
assurodly result In the Introduction OF the typ
settling machines and considerable reduction l|
the force now employed In the composing room
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SILVER PURCHASES SUSPENDED
Amount Already Purchased for Philippine
Coinage Ahead OF Requirements.

WASHINGTON July 25.--The purchase q,
silver by the Treasury for Philippine coin.
age has been temporarily suspended ON
account of the high price of the white metal
These purchases have been made each
Monday and Thursday and last Monday
only one offer was accepted This was
Tor but $1,000 ounces, and the price paid
was $50 cents an ounce, the highest We,
paid. On Thursday offers were made az
gregating $4,000 ounces at quotations rang
ing from $50 to SIS ITO cents an ounce.
but all were declined, and there being no
pressing need for more silver just nov
the Department will probably await de.
cline from the present high prices, which
have resulted from heavy purchases IN
London and the East Indies
The amount of silver already purchased
for Philippine account is considerably in
excess Of the requirements, which were
that 1000, 900 pesos he furnished each month
for twelve months, beginning May I With
not quite three months Of the twelve gone
there has been purchased silver enough
70 furnish five-sixths of the 24,OOO .OOO
pesos required, so that there il no need for
haste IN purchasing more. " the s,3li ,S57
ounces already bought. 1875, 4s0 ounces
were delivered at the San Francisco Mini
at a cost of 81 ,03l ,584: $3.50, J77 ounces were
sent TO the Philadelphia Mint az a cos, II
81, 7SO, $40, and l,12O,000 ounces Of MeSica.
silver dollars were purchased from th~
State Department, which received them
from the Government of Mexico in par
payment Of the Pious Fund award The
price paid for these dollars WAS ahou.
$500 900, and, including this amount, SiSs2,
81
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Wall Street.

Wall Street will now probably hear no
more OF he many explanations which
have been rife for the past two week. re-
specting the cour of the market. II
will shamefacedly abandon ali OF the
theor co that most tenaciously chung
to, theories more ingenious than credit
able and best forgotten as soon as pos
sible.
The Stock Exchange can stand disaster
admirably, prosperity indifferently, but
ncertainty not at all. When it does not
know what is going on it invents a cause,
and, having invented it, cutivates. adorns
and embroiders 1t until it assumes the
proportions of a panic. When the real
conditions are disclosed Wall Street for
gets everything and atones and apollo
gizes never.
Wal Street has seen the country at
large prosperous as never before, the
universal commercial movement sound,
wholesome and of unprecedented volume,
the railroads distressed soley because
they cannot hope TO handle the enOr-
nous bulk of the trade in sight for the
approaching fall, and only the Stock
Exchange and the New York money mar
ket trouble Toexplain this condition
Wall Street has not hesita ed to invent
the most d sreputable and malignant
hypothesis and to give currency to gra-
tuitous and Infamous falsehoods. ALI
this is perhaps best mended Wall
Streets own way, which is silence and
oblivion.
The Street is now inclined TO believe
that it has been treated to q very drastic
and painful purgation and to admit that
the remedy was essential. The modern
idea making money out OF the great
enterprises of capital by processes not
unlike those now being brought to light
in the building trade. the new idea Of
scientific blackmail, infinitely more rep
rehensible on the part of the capitalist
and speculator than on the part Of the
walking delegate, this new development
of recent years is now seen to have re-
ceived a check. Nothing could be more
wholesome, nothing moro needed for
the welfare Of the body polite. The
consignment of captalistic bushwhack-
ers and blackmailers to the limbo Of
bankruptcy and the sending to the peni-
Tertiary of the ruffians who rob and
plumber their employers and dishonor the
labor unions-these things surely make
for the common good.
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The Great Future OF the Town OF
Tumut.

The Great Future OF the Town OF
Tumut.
Since the formation of the Common
wealth Of Australia on Jan. /, 1901. the
seat of its Government has been at Mel
bourne. the second largest city on the
continent and the capital Of Victoria,
one OF the six Original States OF the
young Commonwealth. The arrange
ment has been temporary, local feeling
preventing the choice OF any existing
State capital as the permanent seat Of
Government for the Commonwealth
and early In 1901 a commission was ap-
pointed to choose the site for the Federal
capital. Its first choice lay among the
towns Of Orange, $50 miles northwest OF
Sydney, Bumbah, 100 miles due west.
and Yass, 200 miles southwest Of the
same city. None Of these towns prov
ing acceptable to the Parliament, the
commission has now picked out the town
Of Tumut, 284 miles southwest OF Sydney,
ent the county town of VINEYARD county.
1t is in the centre Of rich agricultural
district, and has population OF rather
more than $500.
1t would be OF interest TO know il any
inspired lobbyist, az in Col De For
EsT's story, was able to line his pockets
by playing Orange, Bumbah and Yass,
one against the other, and finally causing
the selection Of Tumut. Fiction. as is
known, sometimes becomes fact.
Few countries have had to create CAPT.
tails. Certain cities have become seats OF
government by force OF circumstances,
without protest. 1t is when separate
States or districts, each with its own capt.
tai town, have been united under one
government that entirely new capitals
have had to be chosen; and the important
instances Of such choice are few.
The creation OF capital city for the
new United States is the first instance
in modern times, though the choice OF
Byzantium as the capital the Eastern
Empire is an earlier case. The found
ing Of St. Petersburg is not parallel.
as, even to the present day. it has not
wholly superseded Moscow az the CAPT.
tal or Russia, and It was planned largely
as fortress. The selection of site
on the Potomac near Georgetown us the
capital was made with much tribula-
tion," HAMILTON using il as means of
winning over votes to pass his act by
which the nation assumed the revolu-
tionary war debts Of the States. Wright's
Ferry, Harrisburg, Germantown, were
some Of the places suggested as prefer
able to the district finally chosen. Work
upon the Federal buildings began in 1893,
and on Sept. 10 OF that year the corner
stone of the Capitol was laid. On May
%, 1900, the Secretary of State caused
this notice to be posted on the door of his
Office in Philadelphia:
The once OF the Department, OF state will bo
removed this day from Philadelphia All letters
and applications are therefore IN he Addressed to
that Department at the CITY Of Washington from
this date"
Since that date. the city of Washington,
called inEa being solely to serve as the
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ADJUSTING AMERICAN CLAIMS.
The Venezuela Claims Commission Making
Satisfactory Pr0gress.

WASHINGTON. July ,S.--The American
Venezuela Claims Commission has already
made good Roadway In adjusting claims
OF American citizens against che Govern
ment Of Venezuela. in accordance with the
terms Of the protocol signed here by Secre-
tary Hay and Herbert W, Bowen. and the
papers In a number OF completed cases
have reached the State Department. These
all involved small amounts and were ad-
justed without the necessity OF calling
OF Holland The State Department will
not attempt to collect any of these claims
until The Hague tribunal has passed upon
the contention OF England. Germany and
Italy that they are entitled to have their
claims paid first
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The Salvation OF Infants.

TO THE EDITOR or TIE SuN-.Str: This quota.
tlon Is from aetter printed In THR Sum on Saturday
July 10. signed &c cleslAatic";
The great majority OF thoolovians hold that
unbapuz ed infants shall suffer no pain OF sense
but are simply excluded from heaven. st. ThOrAs
OF AQuln says that they do not grcve because they
do not God, and that they even rejoice because
they share In Gods goodness and In many natural
projections, II Is believed that they have hi
natural happiness.
The following quotation is from An old book
little known nowadays Vet somewhat interesting:
Take heed that We dcsplse not ono OF these little
ones: for say unto you that In heaven ther angels
do always behold the face OF my Father which 70
In heaven" RrvINuu
PRINCETON, v J.. Iulf %