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A Land OF No Money.
From the Lexington Herald.


"I have Just returned from eastern Kentucky,
where went to inspect some timber" said L. A.
Hotchklns Of Norfolk. MY principal operations
we're In Leslie county, and was surprised to dis
cover a community In the United States where
money Is unknown. or practically so. The entire
business OF this community Is done the barter
system. The country store keepers exchange mer-
chandise for anything and everything the natives
have sell and ship this motley array of products
down to Catettsburg. where the merchant has It
placed in bank to his credit when he ord ers more
goods paying for them with check. These mer-
chants usually keep small amouat OF money in
case should be required. but the natives. as rule
do not handle cent OF cash from one years end to
the other They barter among themselves and
with the merchants, and when bought lands the
most OF those who sold to me would not accept
my money until the merchants assured them that
It was genuine Leslie county is In the heart OF the
Kentucky mountains. and Is very sparsely popu-
lated which accounts for It's primitive condition,
but II Is probably the only section Of the United
States remaining where the people do not know what
money Is"
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Britain's Three Little Wars.

| Great Britain has now three little wars
on her hands. The first is due to the
advance Of commercial-political mis-
sion into Tibet accompanied by strong
escort having resulted in clash in
which some blood has been shed.
The second is the Sonaliland cam
paign, the disaster to which in the last
season has compelled the assembling of
large force hampered by an extraor-
dinary amount of transport. The Null
lah, whose resources appear not to be
exhausted, has been receiving supplies
of arms from British, French and Ger
man traders; and from the extreme eau
ton with which the British are proceed
ing, and the extent of their preparations,
supplemented by Italian and Abyssinian
help they do not seem to anticipate
walkover. The latest accounts were
that some difficulty was experienced In
locating the Mullah. he being reported
simultaneously at different points.
The third little war has been going on
now for several months, the Arabs along
the new frontier of the Alden Protector
ate refusing to acknowledge the British
authority. One British regiment COM
pletely broke down during the operations,
the frightful heat and harassing nature
of the work compelling its withdrawal
and immediate return to England. The
reenforcements ordered up the other
day were delayed by the desertion of
their camel drivers, and it will probably
be some time before the pacification of
the new territory can be effected.
The Tibetan affair, however. is by far
the most interesting, as upon it's issue de-
pends to great extent the future con-
troll of the valley of the Yangtse-kiang
and of large part of Central Asia, toward
which Great Britain, Russia and France
are all hurrying. France, with its rail-
way from Hanoi to Yunnan fu now we'll
under way, is in the lead.
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A Remarkable Lack Of Complaints

In the report of the Hon. PATRICK W.
CULLINAN, State Commissioner of Ex-
else, covering the year ended Sept. 30,
1902, there is a complete summary Of
the activities Of the State officials in the
enforcement of the Liquor Tax law.
The Excise Departments special agents
travelled PAS ,235 miles in five months in
the performance of their duties. The
financial tables are full and complete
There is much valuable information in
the report, and there is table, with
explanatory text, that will arouse keen
interest in the counties Of New York,
Kings, Queens and Richmond. This
table and text have to do with Section
14S Of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
which requires Magistrate to examine
a person laying an information before
him, and his witnesses, to determine if a
crime has been committed. OF the work
done by his department under this Sec
tion Mr.. CULLINAN says:
The department Is constantly In rsoelpt of in
formation to the eject that the local criminal au
thor,ies guilty of neglect In enforcing the pro-
visions of the Liquor Tax law in their respective
communities. These comm unlcatlons come from
leading citizens, astors of churches. societies for
the prevention of crime, and the promotion OF law
and order. and from the unforunates who expert
ence the III effects Of such violations Of the law.
"Thc failure to enforce the provisions OF the
statute largely due TO the criminal neglect Of the
local authorities who for reasons which are gener-
ally OF a political character. decline to be active
In any proceeding which has for Its ultimate object
the punishment of the liquor dealer. The citizens
OF the outraged community are reluctant TO take
the initiative, not particularly account OF the
expense which might be Incurred In the prosecu.
tIon of such cases but conscious OF the opposition
Indifference Of the local criminal authorities and
perhaps because oftheir own inability TO secure that
foroeful action so indispensable for success, they
despair Of the utility of whatever they might do
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Mohammedanism and India.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
amazing letter in your paper of Sunday signed
Mohammad Barakatullah. only deserves no.
tice because he might be mistaken by some
as expressing the intelligent opinion of India.
His knowledge of India is, no doubt gained
mainly in Turkish schools. either in Turkey
or Persia.
Truly as he says. India was called by the
great Moguls "a sample Of Paradise" Eng
land he naturally hates as the traditional
enemy to the bloody doctrine of the Mo-
adherent. We Indians know a little Of his
tory-we do not forget the centuries OF blood
she'd. especially during the period between
bW tne successive slev \ Eohammedan h invasions. ''
had been @ real It would certainly, have re-
tanned some potency to-day. t ,tns HINDUISM was az
persecution. and only, when Baba Nanak and
Govind Singh revived the Sikh dynasty and
cut of the Mohammedans from their base
ence restricted and softened until British
rule finally checked their cry of fire and sword,
Did India have no pla gues, and famines
spondent like to see India under the Sultan S
sway? Perhaps he would say, that under
Mohammedan rule We should have all the
chances OF deGadeht Turkey: e WITH her & r9tten len
satisfied with British rule. but I do say that
had England not come to check the wars q
have been worse than Persia. We have
%. 900 miles of rail. $4,000 of telegraph. $4,000
post Offices and $4,000 schools The indus,
greatly-not destroyed, and in place Of steal
ing" contributions, millions of dollars are
yearly laid aside to- alleviate suffering in
famines. when The. the derided Tommy Atkins
p'''e Az ARYAN HINDU FROM BENGAL.
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that they might as we'll allow the extra
session to be brought to close. 1t is
said that when Speaker CANNON, believ-
ing that the proposed adjournment
masked an attempt to humiliate the
President, proposed to withhold his
cooperation, Mr.. ROOSEVELT himself
requested him to offer no opposition to
the plan. If that is 80, it was a wise
move on the Presidents part, for the
truth is that, by the agreement OF the
Senators to let the Cuban Reciprocity
bill reach vote on Dec. is, he has
really attained the end for which the
extra session was called.
1t is manifest that had there been no
extra session the Cuban Reciprocity bill
would not have passed the House of
Representatives before the middle OF
December, and might have been delayed
in the Senate until the spring of 1904.
Now it is certain to become law a
week before Christmas and will prove
an appropriate holiday gift to Cuba. 1t
is, therefore, mistake to describe the
extra session as wholly abortive.
The sun., 1903-11-24
Sensible Advice to Southern Demo ocrats.


From the Atlanta Constitution,
Can any Southern man In Congress stand In his
shoes and confess that the Republican party has
been so pure and faultless In Its administrations as
that the only Democratic hope TO make point
against them is to fight the accomplished facts In
Panama and refuse present unparalleled op
por,unl,y to get the Isthmlan canal under our own
con, rol and upon our own terms
The Democratic Senators from the South. with
two or three exceptions. Will not make this blunder
They are men OF too much sense and patriotism
to he seduced into opposing the Panama situation
as is They are too able statesmen to consider
Overwhelming American sentiment as naught.
They are too loyal to this one supreme Interest OF
Southern commerce to sit pathetically mpotent
In Congress pointing out blowhoes In the platform
of Panama independence
The opportunity OF century is before u.s. We
mus, not lose It, will not lose 1t unless Demo-
cratic leaders in Congress are blurred OF vision
and faint Of heart.
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A. to People. Given Names.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-.Sir: DO certain
given names come TO md particular favor and to be
very commonly used In certain localities? That Is
to say. are there regions In which the prevailing
masculine given name Is. for instance. William
or where the prevailing feminine name is. for In =
stance, Charlote' Ny own two given names are
both taken from the Bible, and they would have
been given to me, have no doubt whether my
parents had lived In Connecticut or In California
But what mean Is this: Ihcard a man say the other
day that half the girls In New Jersey were named
either Debby or Abby: meaning, OF course. that
they were named either Deborah or Abigail. arc
Deborah and Abigail conspicuously popular fem
inine given names In the State Of New Jersey'
And are there other States districts OF the coun
tryin which some one or two feminine. or as the
might be. masculine. given names would be found
so commonly applied that the common use OF them
might be described as among the local character
istics Of those States or communities,
NEW YORK, Nov. l8. ATLANTIC
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kentucky's Governor Gives Tn. nks.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Please
stop the press a moment while we contem-
plate the grand old Commonwealth OF Ken
lucky. Governor Beckham of that State has
recently issued a proclamation for Thanks
giving in which occurs this passage:
Let us not In Imitation OF the Pharisce and hypo-
crite. thank Him that we are not like other people
but let us In humble gratitude to Him rejoice that
our State Is not surpassed by any In the Union and
that Its people are as good, as brave. as generous
and as patriotic as anv on earth.
or course, the Governor is feeling thank
full. II you please. in view Of the fact that only
three weeks ago he was reelected by one OF
those mpetuous mpulsive Southern ma
jorities; but isn't he rubbing it in a little
strong? Is Kentucky's record since and
including the bloody act that lifted Governor
Beckham UP something to rejoice over? And
would it be very pharisaic and hypocritical
IL the Governor had boldly announced that
the people of Kentucky were not like other
people-at least, some other people? Finer
than being the finest thing on earth is letting
somebody else say so. UNCLE Tom.
BROOKLYN, Nov. 81.
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Boston put in effect successfully last week
its new Primary Nomination law. under
which Democrats, Republicans and So
cialists named their municipal tickets for
Mayor, Street Commissioner, Aldermen and
Councilmen, and chose ward committees and
delegates to municipal conventions. The
successful primary candidates for Mayor
and Street Commissioner will be voted for at
the polls on Dec. is. the date of the city
election.
At the Democratic primaries Mayor
PATRICK A. COLLINS was nominated. AT
the Republican primaries GEORGE N.
SWALLOW was successful. There were
1900 votes cast at the Democratic and
$4,000 votes at the Republican primarie
Coincident with these stirring political
events, Boston has been considering its
belated rights of recognition as a place for
holding the next Republican national con-
vention. Boston is, in fact. the only large
city in the United States, with the exception
of San Francisco and New Orleans, which
has been disregarded by both political
parties for holding a national convention
But, geographical and political considera-
tions apart, no city is better suited for a
summer convention.
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and appeal 10 the state Department of Excise for

and appeal 70 the state Department Of Excise fol
help.
I'm such emergencies, the State Department OF
Excise has detailed competent special agent to
institute an investigation under Section i4s OF the
Code Of Criminal Procedure. in order that those
guilty Of violation OF the law may be apprehended
and punished"
This practice allows any person to
start the machinery Of the law against
liquor dealers whom he believes to be
violating the law. A large number of
persons within the city Of New York
complain constantly Of the enforcement
of the Liquor Tax law within it's limits.
They complain in pulpits, in the press.
at banquets, in street cars and in their
homes. Yet the report Of Mr.. CULLINAN
does not show that single complaint Of
this kind was made to him in the last
three months of 1901, when Tammany
was in power, or in the first nine months
of 1902, when the fusion administration
held the reins. In the year covered by
the report 1O3 inquiries were made by
his agents in thrty-hve counties upon
complaints made by citizens who went
over the heads OF the local authorities,
but not one complaint from any Of the
four counties in New York city was in
vestigated, according to Mr.. CULLINAN's 8
report.
1t will amaze most people if no COM
plants were made to the State authori-
ties by residents Of New York city Of the
manner Of enforcing the liquor laws from
Oct. 1. 1901, to Sept 80, 1902. II such
complaints were made, it will be inter-
esting to learn why no competent spe-
cial agent" was detailed to investigate
them.
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Are Our winters Noderating?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-!Sr: Don't YOU
suppose that good many OF the questions we heal
asked as to whether our winters are not moderatine
come from people born and raised back somewhere
but now living In New York.
Here In the city, with the atmosphere for some
square miles warmed by the heat from many thou
sands OF chlmneys. We certainly do not have the
winters we used to have: we now have here a local
warmer area but let the man who tancIes the win
ters are not what they used to be who as Imagine,
is likely to be. though now city dwcler. some
body born and brought up In the country-go back
a piece. say to the spot he came from,
| guess he'd hnd the winters hadn't moderated
much. that winter was winter. there. Just about
the same as ever. RouNDToP.
NEW YORK, Nov. %.
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Opinions OF Gen. Woods Friends.

From The Wdsh'nOfon T0s1
The friends of Gen Wood in and out OF the
Senate, cannot serve that officer better than
by acouiescing promptly in the investigation
in order that the charges may be disposed OF
for good and all. Senator Hannn is fair and
generous always. If the accusations which
he is pressing before the Military Committee
fall to the ground no other man will vote for
confirmation more quickly or heartily than
the Ohioan.
There is but one safe course in this matter,
and that course. we take it for granted. the
Senate will pursue. Far more than the pro-
motion OF Gen. Wood is involved. The honor.
the morale. the good name of the army are
equally at stake.
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Future OF En2lani's Parties

FrOW The T0nd0N touH J0urn1T.
Mr. Winston Churchill sees new party, OF
rather he has evolved out OF the present
political posltion-in this paragraph Of an article
In the MOrphly RereD:
'Out OF all these changed conditions and
unmeasured forces the new party Will emerge
Not the old historic Conservatism. with It's tradl
tIons It's beliefs. and Its dreams. hut a blatant
thing Of caucuscs' and platforms. acting through
a tributary i;orse Of Commons. sustained by a
strong federation of capitalists and combinations.
and founded upon special classes OF org AMI I'd
and privileged labor The slave OF great Interests,
the master OF great people. over all. like red
robe nung about the shoulders Of a beggar, an
rxtrayagant and aggressive militartsm: and at
the top Installed In splendor. party loader. half
German Chancellor half a mcrican boss"
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Harvard Ascetics.

vived the days when they used to bolt
uncommonly meagre commons in a
shabby old railroad station promoted or
degraded into a refcctory for Harvard
undergraduates. The wiser youngsters
of to-day are permitted to feed in Me-
mortal Hall, on such fare as the gods and
stewards provide. Surrounded by the
portraits of colonial swells and dons,
lighted or darkened by memorial win
dows, and with ladies in the gallery to
rain sweet influence upon them, these
contemporary commoners ought to be
happy. The price Of board has been
only 81 to A.25 a week. If there have
been discouragements in football other
athletic diversions are still open. The
second basketball team of Wellesley will
not refuse a challenge from Harvard.
The Junior Invincibles of Cambridgepor
are willing to give the Harvard Sen
iors their revenge at marbles. Mean
while Harvard is turning away from
the world. The plain-living movement
grows.
The Harvard dining association has
voted, $40 to SO, to rate as luxuries meat,
fish and eggs. Henceforth cereals and
bread and butter will be the required
study, 30 to speak. Meat, fish, eggs,
and probably desserts, will be elective.
They will be ordered and paid for as
extras 1t is hoped that the price of
cereal board will be not more than $2.50 a
week The vegetarians have conquered.
If the carnivoses will not reform, they
will have to pay for their bloodthirsty
habits. Twenty-one breakfasts week
will be the rule in Memorial Hall.
We can imagine the horror with which
some of those old Portland Madeira
countenances on the walls will regard
these viands Of the grass eaters. If
NICK BoYLsToN and JOHN HANCOCK
are the men they look, they will fall out
Of their frames. The disgust of the
young carnivores is pardonable. Hay"
"oats,' "ping-pong stuff'-these are
their mildest epithets. A Chicago parent,
evidently of high colored and cholerc
temperament. writes us that he has
ordered his "boy' at Cambridge "to eat
rare roast beef three times day for the
honor of Chicago A Junior sends us a
copy of verses, one Of which will serve
to show his bile
Poor old dNEsucHApNEzzsRl
He had to 60 to grass;
Because OF his craze he went to Craze.
On salad and garden sass;
Not such was his food when his health was good
never such an Ass,"
This young gentleman is not touched
to fine issues. But if he cannot appre-
cate the moral and intellectual and
economic advantages that lean Har-
ward commons will produce, at least
he should see the physical advantage
The Boston Advertiser teaches us that
4Harvards strongest and wealthiest men
live at Memorial Hall on the cereal
diet, while the liberal Use of meats at
the Harvard training table has failed
to develop the strength desired"
The strength was developed, but not
the kicking power. AS Prof. SHALER
would put it, "the celebration was inef-
ficient." There is lovely bit of kicking
going on in Memorial Hall now. Besides,
the quadruped kickers live upon grass,
oats and hay" the diet which the
soft Campanian youths object to. We
hope to see a Harvard football team of
vegetarians
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Colombia, it is indisputable that no oon-
stitutional government has existed In
that country from July 81, 1900; and,
consequently, that the inhabitants of the
State or Department Of Panama, being
neither legally nor morally bound to obey
the usurper MARRooU1N, were entirely
justified on Nov. of the present year in
declaring their independence, and or
ganizing a government Of their own.
The sun., 1903-11-24
Tho Russians In ManchurIa.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-.Sr; The position
Russia has taken In Manchuria seems TO call for
approval. ANY one who has trod the Chinese
pathways that lead through that country can
easily see the difference under Russian control.
Now the ways are unobstructcd, freedom Is unre
s,rcted. and the great development OF Industry
that must surely follow the occupation OF Eastern
China by Russia Is something that should be en-
couraeed by the United States
To oppose tho furthersnce OF Russia's ultimate
scheme OF develop ment OF that vast territory would
seem inadvisable. AANcHuRAE.
NEW YoRK Nov. -
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liver to be confronted with -How is your

liver TO be confronted with How Is your
Soul?' done in baby blue.
1t is disconoerting, and may be mislead-
ing, when fellow comes TO crossroad
and Is lazily wondering which way he will
90, for the question to be decided for him
thus: 4You are Going to He'll Repent"
The blue trail extends all the way from
the foot OF Lake Valhalla to Buttermilk
Hill and there's paint still in the pot. What
with the warnings against sin. the corset
advertisements and the threats OF prosecu-
ton for setting foot in private woods
or on preempted hills, there are few tree
trunks left on which boy and girl may
carve two hearts on the same arrow or on
which the farm urohin playing trapper
may blaze trail
Our public parks, with big tracts left
natural, are about the only places truly
prmeval that are left around these
digging.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-,sir: have been
told by an Irish American an,iquary that the name
Chaunccy Is a corruption Of Shaughnessy. Can
anybody give me information upon this question,
NEW YORK. Nov.'2s. CuRIous
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In the Reader Mr.. BLISS CARMAN says
that the poet may have some difficulty in
meeting his obligations That depends
upon the slime" of poetry he follows. There
would he mo money" in pure poetry,
such as that of SHELLEY or KEATS. For
tunatey nobody writes that kind. But
applied poetry may be profitable. Mr., WILL
CARLTON and Mr. JAMES WHITcoMB RILEY
are prosperous. Mr.. RuDYARD KILLINGS s
professorship Of applied poetry pays we'll
The best poetical genius of the time is
applied to advertising, The pill poets, the
baking powder bards, the soap singers
star on star; who knows their names? But
they eat of the fat and drink the sweet
Still, handmade poetry is doomed. The
GORDON MCKAY Of poetical feet will not
be long in coming. This is the age of the
automatic; the nickel-in -the-slot century.
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The Young farmers of Westoheeter county

The yUu1IR 1Hr rner Is oT " Ve1tUrlest6r County,
who are shooting at homeless, harmless
yellow cats. on the supposition that they
are fugitive panthers, would do greater
public service by cunning for blasphe-
nous crank now at large in that part of the
country with pot of pale, sickly blue paint.
He is daubing the rocks with evangelical
captrap and putting his notices on every
space skipped by the man with the corn
cure advertisement. Free boulders lodges,
stone walls and the abutments Of bridges
have all been smeared.
1t seems irrelevant, for instance. TO the
man who Is congraturating himself on the
good that ten-mile tramp Is doing his
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In Boston

In Boston
Fair vlsltor-Didums want pity dolly, bsas his
heart
Boston Baby--Mercful hcavensi An IL - ~
oicted with dialect the veyy 0rst thiASf
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Constantine was marching through his Arch.
1T makes me feel like an emperor he exclaimed
proudly 1T looks so like the entrance to an apart-
ment palace"
Turning to survey the beeone faces Of his
oaptives the effect of jani&ss 81 tenants was
helghtencd.