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The Editor Acquires a Telephone,


Tuesday morning, while burrowing through
carload OF exchanges. I'D w. coleman, msnaso'
o, the Bell Telephone Company here, came mo
our sanctum Both OF our chairs were In n"e /"
the time OF his ARRIVAL. but We winkrd nj 'h'
local man. and he Immediately rrmemoefea
that he had neglected to yet the real eS'A."
transfers and at once "hIked" Tor the Rccord't'
once. We were then at liberty TO ask MI '''e
man to sit down" We did lie did.
MI Coleman is a printer by trade, and na'Nrh"y
became reminiscent during his visit ne u"
worked on every paper now published IN ''t'un.
ton, and in his conversation oft referred 10 'h'
time when the whopperIaw fell into the tUmpUns
not and the gingcumcrack Jumped the he'd ~ 'n'
rolleriuktum.
He told us that there should be nothing In paper
that could not be read aloud In the r'tcr N"e''
characters are made and where swee"eN WV
delcacy and purity rule absolute. Up 10 ''H "u''
we appreciated every word that ne had SnoNeh a"'i
thought that he was going 10 ina" "' l''.
in advance but within the next hN''h ni"u"'
he had changed the subject entirely ana ma" '",'
v,nced us "hevond the existence ~ rcaNnnNo'
douh," TINT In order to successfully run a news.
naper IL was necessary to place telephone W '1'
ONCE. - ,,,. ,.,,.
Mr., Coleman carries hts mead h'Sh on 'he ,'''
phone boulevard and never Shl'N VI ,""'l -,
companies or cuSs words. lie Is goo' NV III,
man and a good telephone man VIZ" -" ,",,.
down the street everybody OWING WV ,,,,,
grns and hurrcS OH and iir.'r'h '.S !" ",
watch" wig -wags In the lovoUSnc" o' ms pIrsuno''
To h,y. hin, p.ar cures Tsp 'pSa, removes WARM
.hr,ya,ss that tired feeling and charges mo N.Y.
dav In IN, blood with rcjUVrnaNon an" rohas'
ocnco ..,.
Ma. n 1ood fellow but n you don't wsnt Q seio-
,nnns n.,.r .n,,r into conversation vth him. log
~ 10 sure 10 make you think that you need ono
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willowwork men rides along their line
of battle, sees that Capt, WILLoUGHBY
is in the ranks, salutes, and flies like
a traitor to the enemy. Then the battle
begins. The snarling of the rifles be-
comes deafening. Many OF the heroes
are toppled over and many of them, true
to their colors, stand firm. When the
bugle calls for suspension of hostilities,
the losses Of the enemy are counted and
compared with the waste Of cartridges.
To reduce that waste, if possible, the
battle is renewed the next day, when
terrible disaster is usually turned into
glorious victory.
What pity it is that 80 many old bat
ties gave little or no chance for repeti-
tion All the same, this new system OF
firing in the French Army must afford
fun for the soldiers, and as it progresses,
It cannot fail TO make them good shots.
Long live the wickerwork warriors!
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traveller can properly be required TO
forego his usual rights to the use OF the
highway in the presence OF peculiar
peril which demands immediate access
on the part of the life savers to the place
of danger.
But the stringent necessity Of getting
to fire quickly in order to render eff
Gent service should not blind the officers
of our Fire Department to the main pur-
pose to be attained in getting there at all.
1t is not worth while to kill two men-or
even one-in order to arrive at the scene
at once for the sake Of saving one man
after you arrive, If you are driving u
team which is hauling a long fire truck,
OF If you are in charge of the brake on
the truck and able to control its move
ments, you are not justified, by anything
which the imagination may picture as to
the possible consequence Of the fire which
has called you, in carelessly turning a
street corner so suddenly and with 50
little warning as to crush and kill man
or two on the sidewalk and grievously
wound and MAIN half dozen other per-
SONS The end in view does not call FOR
such present and certain sacrifice.
These observations are suggested by
the recent accident in this city where
fatal injury resulted to peaceable persons
upon the sidewalk solely by reason Of the
haste of fremen to get to fire. We do
not assert that there was negligence in
this particular case The accident may
have been inevitable or eyclisable; but
1t is clearly the duty of the Fire Depart
ment authorities to ascertain whether
il was so or not. Our recollection il that
within the past few years a good many
casualties have occurred in consequence
of what has seemed to be reckless driv-
ing to fires-the sufferers often being
firemen themselves. What we want to
impress upon the fire officials is the i'm
portance of ever keeping in mind the
chief purpose OF their existence as a part
OF the municipal administration. That
purpose, as we have pointed out, is the
saving OF human life, and firemen should
be just as careful not to imperil human
life on their way to fire as they are to
save human life from peril after they
reach burning dwelling house. It is
noble act to rescue some poor, weak
woman from the threatening flames, but
if you crush the life out Of some other
poor weak woman in the street on your
way to do this it is rather difficult to
assess the precise gain to humanity.
We cannot advise the flremen always
TO make haste slowly; but we do say.
always go slow enough to prevent your
life-saving machinery from being trans
formed into an agency of death.
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A Rapid Transit Station at lOlth sreetUrgcd

To THE EDITOR or THs SuS--,SN! Some mont hs
ago employed an expert engineer. Prof. Burr 0s
Columbia College. to Investigate the underground
rapid transit system between Nlnety-sl1th and
iilth streets and report on the ACCESSIBILITY OF hav-
ing station at 10th street and Central Park West
Prof BUTT made such report. and that report was
submitted to the Rapid Transit Commission and
20 the Mayor l also appeared personally before
the commission and urged the placing OF station
at iO4h street and Central Park West and used for
my argument tho danger OF an accident occurring
In the tunnel between Ninety sixth and lilth streets
and Lenox avenue, In the event OF an accident
in that section OF the underC rapid transit
tunnel there would be a great calamity because
of the fact that there Is way to get ont except
at Ninety sixth or lilth streets Therefore renew
my argument that a station should he located
at lO4th street and Central Park West There being
a shaft at that point station could be located
there with very little cost 10 the city.
An accident has Just occurred In Paris which Is
enough to convince the Mayor and Rapid Transit
Commission, and with Prof, Hurrs report and my
argument be fore the commission. II ought 10 con
vince them that there should be a station located
at that point no matter what the cost would he.
for II there should be such acaamty In that section
as they have had In Paris IL would he stain upon
tho Mayor OF the City OF New York and the Rapid
Transit Commission not TO have allowed the sta
ton TO be built JuDsoS LAWSON.
SORK
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Hutin, Morgan and Caro-.

The first great incarnate obstacle to
an American canal by the superior route
from ocean TO ocean was Monsieur
HUTIN, the eminently obstructive presi-
dent Of the French company owning
the franchise, tho plant and the par
tial engineering results accomplished
between Colon and Panama.
Monsieur HuTIN insisted on demanding
nearly three times the sum fixed by our
own Isthmian Canal Commission as a
lust and reasonable valuation of what
the Frenchmen had to sell. Monsieur
HUTIN's foolish little barrier to world
progress did not endure long, His con-
stituents, the New Panama shareholders,
arose in wrath and in common sense and
bowled him over. The price was put at
our own figure. The Frenchmen have
adhered Loyalty 10 the position they took
when 30 replaced HuTIN.
The second obstacle was the Hon.
JOHN T. MORGAN Of Alabama. He set
out in the United States Senate to defeat
the treaty with Colombia and to send
the canal project back to the inferior,
or Nicaragua, route, which had become
almost a mania with him.
Mr.. MORGAN commended nightly, but
In vain. Common sense and logical per-
ception Of the opportunity, this time not
at Paris, but at Washington, prevailed
and overcame the second line Of OBJ
struction.
Number Three has arisen IN another
part of the world. namely, at Bogota,
where formidable successor to Mon
sieur HuTIN and Mr.. MORGAN was, per-
haps, least of all to be expected. The
name of the third incarnation Of foolish
resistance to Manifest Destiny Is MIGUEL
ANTONIO CARO-. He is a former Presi-
dent of the Colombian Republic He
typifies and to great extent marshals
and leads the local Colombian elements,
which, for reasons Of theory, avarice or
practical politics would like either to
reject the treaty outright or to block
the Panama canal on present lines Of
progress just as effectually by amend
ing the treaty before acceptance.
Whether Senior CARO- will succeed
where Monsieur HUTIN and Mr.. MORGAN
so illustriously failed, remains to be seen.
News from Bogota is meagre and con-
ficting. 1t is alternately reassurinS and
unsatisfactory to those who hope for the
overthrow Of tho last obstacle TO the
speedy completion Of the interoceanio
waterway.
Yet, II Senior MIGUEL ANTONIO CARO-
does, in fact, accomplish at Bogota that
which was done by neither Monsieur
HUTIN at Paris nor Mr.. MORGAN at
Washington, his veto will not be final
Manifest Destiny will still have a word
to say. In lack OF another method OF
expression, 1t may be that the last word
will como In tho form Of an international
application Of the principle OF eminent
domain to case where the worlds inter
ests and the progress Of civilization arc
held UP for plunder by local greed,
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The public School as Il Is Forever.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuE--.>U' This country
and It's schools have been good enough for me and
my ancestor, for over one hundred years. We
never found anything 10 condemn in either for
We have always recognized that religious trainln Z
OF any kind Is entirely out OF place In any nstitu-
ton devoted TO the instruction OF the young which
Is supported by general taxation,
The school sessions are very short, hardly hve
hours day for but Ave days In the week nine
months In the year. There Is much remaining
time for religious instruction according to the be
llefs of the chlldrcns parents but the great moral
training ground Is the home. There a child should
receive the fundamental principles Of all necessary
religious education: and this supplemented by the
church and Sunday school ought certainly TO meet
all sane requirements.
Let Mr. Webber take a walk up the Bowpry
Third avenue, or any big thOroughfarc. read the
names over the saloon doors. and II wager that
he will not md many graduates OF the American
public schools engaged IN that kind OF traffic
Ihave many Catholics among my personal friends,
and many OF them are sincere admirers OF that
grand institution with which God blessed America
tho public school. without bias, prejudice or
blgotry.
The public school Is all right. the cornerstone
of our political freedom. Let IL remain free for
all Corners. without reference 10 previous condition.
political. social or religious
OLD FASHIONED AMERICAN.
NFwplRGH Aug 10
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UNCLE SAM DOESN'T PROVIDE,


and GhaSers 10 the Yacht Races.
The officers Of the three revenue cutters
which are to carry invited guests to view
the yacht races were very much perturbed
yesterday Ut the reports coming from
Washington to the effect that food and
drinks are to be supplied in unlimit ed
quantities to the guests on the race days
II haa been intimated that from some
source or other Uncle Sam would foot
the food and drink bills. The revenue
officers, however, from long acquaintance
with Uncle Sam, have learned that on tho
contrary he is a close-fisted gentle:n"'
and that such outings usually end to their
own financial distress.
An officer Of one of the revenue cut ERA
said yesterday that the cost Of every bit
Of food or drink consumed by an officer
or by any of his guests on board his craft
comes directly out Of the pockets Of tina
officers of that vessel. The sailors ara
fed by Uncle Sam. but the officers have to
maintain their own mess and in many
cases this entails large expense since. like
the rest of mankind, they sometimes fall
in love, get married and are compelled 10
maintain establishments ashore This
officer added:
"We want to make everybody feel at
home and arrange things so that they'll
all have a good time at the yacht races,
but, inasmuch as we'll carry out several
hundred people, we think they ought to
know that Uncle Sam doesn't set up grub
and drinks. We'd like to do it, but we
can't afford to, and we earnestly advise
every one to bring sandwich in one pocket
and flat bottle Of cold tea, or something
like that, in the other. Sandy Hook air
Is great for the appetite
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A Critic Criticised.

To TIRE EDITOR OF THE SuE--Str' Evidently IHE
Sun overlooked the following passages In the letter
OF that purist, Mr. George Howard. who In yester-
days edition hanged" his harp on tho Valiows tree
THE 'vgilants' would have stared AT a man who
used IL Changcd'1 as a fool or a tenderfo0t"
1T It's in my opinion as far from tho people they
are from believing that favor'tr army surgeons arc
real soldiers"
In tho nrst sentence the fool or the tende root IL
the fellow that starcs Hut Mr., Howard did not
mean that Ho Intended 10 say that the VigIlants
would have stared at the man who said hang ed" as
they might stare at a fool OF tcndcrfOot. But he
didn't say II,
In the last sentence the nh rese AS for from tho
people as they are from believing compares a noun
with a partlcpc. and that Is unoccomlnR to say
the least OF II. He meant 10 say AZ far from the
people AZ they are from the beltrr"
Howard be hanged ScHooLBoY
NEW YORK Aug. H.
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Tho Lightest Infantry in tho World.

Target practice in the French Army
is abolished The War Minister has
turned the target away back TO the arch
ers. Experience showed that the ex-
pert shot at bullseye could rarely hit
bulls head. Black marks upon wall
were tried and found, on account of
riooohets and flying fragments, TO be
little disagreeable," to borrow CAN
ROBERTS famous phrase, and it became
necessary to shoot with blank cartridges.
As one might easily suppose, the result
was unsatisfactory; the evidence was
wanting. Then wooden soldiers were
turned out, and they gave good ac-
count Of themselves under fire. But
wooden chaps are hard TO move and are
always clumsy and costly. Lieut.. WIDE
MAN, OF the Sixty-eighth Regulars, now
comes to the front, leading host Of
wickerwork warriors, and the War Min
lister has taken them In line. They are
the lghtest infantry in the world
The weight Of a wickerwork soldier
standing upright is little over three
pounds. One tiesh-and-blood soldier
en- route for the firing line can carry
with ease four wiokerwork heroes on his
back This is very important, because
it enables each regiment to carry away
four tiInes its number in enemies.
Arrived on the battlefield, the heroes
are carefully placed in position, some
mounted on their war horses, some serv-
ing imaginary artillery, some prone and
some knesling with . place for every
man and every man In his place
The General In command of the intrepid
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Prof BRANDER MATTHEWS of Columbia
University, in very sensible article in
Harper's Monthly on the Use Of foreign words
in English, makes some queer slips which
professors and linguistic authorities should
not make il they wish to speak with the
voice Of authority and not merely Az maya
zine scribes He speaks of opera" the
generic name Of the lyric drama, as Latin,
which, indeed, it originally was. But az
the name of musical play it was first used
by the Italians of the end of the sixteenth
century. and it was at that time natural
lied Italian word. The rest Of the world got
it from them. Prof. MATTHEWS describes
appendix, Index" and vortex" as Greek
which they are not. They are good Latin
words, and may be found in any Latin
lexicon by any professor who will take
the trouble to look for them. No doubt
it was a slip; but it was Of the kind which
improvers of manners, morals or speech
should not make.
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TEST OF NEW GERMAN BRAKE
The steiner Invention to BE Tried on ReEu-
lar Trains.

WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-The United States
Consul at Leipzig in a letter to the State
Department says:
"A meeting Of the commission COM
posed OF representatives Of the Imperial
Prussian, Bavarian, Saxon and Baden
State railroads was held at Karlsruhe on
July in order to test new brake which
is known as the Steiner distance brake
This new invention may be said to bs
an improvement upo n the air brakes now
in use. 1t Ia so connected with the Al
brakes os train that when the fH
wheels OF locomotive pass over a danK
or halt signal placed upon the tracks
it will automatically put on the brakes
at the same time opening the whistle valve
The apparatus worked satisfactorily
even at the great speed Of 1915 miles an
hour, but because Of the extraordinary
st rain to which it was subjected an inn
portant part thereof was broken.
1.-THE commission has recommended that
an extended trial be given to the Steiner
brakes upon the regular train service
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Of the change in the national manners IL
ingenious:

ingenious
Etiquette In Japan is popularity conceived No
consisting OF rules Of conduct rather than as the
outward expression OF the state OF the heart. From
time immemorial rules for the ordinary ara!rs OF
life have been formulated by superiors and have
been taught tho people In all usual and conVen-
tional relations therefore the average farmer and
peasant know how to express perfect courtesy.
But In certain situations as in foreign houses ana
the railroad car where there are no prccedcnts TO
follow or rules 10 obey all evidence OF ponsenesS
takes It's flight. The old rules do not NJ the new
conditions Tho general collapse OF etiquette IN
japan, which native writer's motto and deplore. Is
due therefore, not only to the withdrawal OF feuda
pressure but also to tho introduction OF strange
circumstances for which the people have no T'ilss
and 10 tho fact that tho people have not been taught
those underlying principles OF high courtesy which
are applicable on all occasions
To the observant there must be matter
for regret in this appearance OF the end
seat hog among the Oriental birds and
butterflies, but we OF the Occident may
find some consolation in the knowledge
that we have no monopoly in him.
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Tho Collapse of Etiquette in Japan.

lnS aOllapBo Ol TtNquotto AA Ohphh'
We have heard good deal lately about
the end-seat hog. and 1t seems to have
been assumed by his critics that he is
essentially domestic product. From
Broadway to Toxic is long way, how
ever, and, following the advent Of the
railroad and the cable car, he has now
appeared in the land OF the MilSado.
Il have frequently noticed" writes
Mr.. SYDNEY l.. GuLIcK Of the American
Missionary Board, in study Of the
social and psychic evolution of the
Japanese, that in railway cars the first
corners monopolize the seats. and the
being often compelled to stand for an
hour at time, although with little
moving there would be abundant room
for all. I have noticed this so often that
| cannot think it an exceptional occur
renee.
Dismal news this, OF those gentle little
yellow men and women whom that
Apostle of the Saccharne, Sir EDWIN
ARNOLD, has described as having the
nature Of birds and butterflies rather
than human beings, Japan has almost
invariably been pictured by the traveller
as the very home Of ceremonial polite
ness. Little MIMosA SAN fops to her
knees and bumps her forehead on the
threshold as she begs that the august
stranger will honorably deign to enter
the humble tea house of n thousand joys;
and the suave and smiling proprietor
with many genuhcctions and much defer
ential drawing in Of the breath, presents
the august stranger with some dainty
fan or other exquisitely artistic trifie as
gift of love" when the honorable bill
is paid. But the gentle Jap is finding
perhaps, that Western civilization does
not bring blessings only in her train
The pot hat and the shoddy, ill-made
suit are gradually supplanting the grace
full and comfortable kimono, while the
Thrilling samisen must soon make way
for the barrel organ and tho blaring
gramophone.
The missionary authors explanation
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SONGS or THE DITCH.
The Slow-Transit Trench.

Oh, a long long ditch. and deep. deep ditch.
And q ditch that's gloomy and wide,
II runs through the length OF the City's streets.
Down 20 tho east the eye II meets.
Up to the west the sight repeats.
On each and on every side
In City Hall Park. and In Film street, too,
II burrows It's fenrSomc way:
II pierces the heart OF the Tenderloin through,
IL knocks the avenues oil askew.
You never can tell what It's going to do
As II tunnels from day to day.
II looks on Broadway with ghoulish glcc,
And grins You'll soon be my own.
"i've ripped w the rest OF your patient town,
I've blocked your trade and pulled houses down.
But you won't be entirely done up brown.
TIL dig through New York's backbone"
And hundred years may perish and fade
And a hundred more, maybe
But still that ditch will want It's way,
From Harlem River to New York Bay.
When twill be finished there's none can say.
And no one Its end can see.
@ l.. O.
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GERMAN MERCHANT MARINE.
The shipping Combine Has Largest Com-
pany Tonnage.

WASHINGTON. Aug. lA.-Ststistios OF tho
German merchant marine received by the
State Department UP to January last show
a total Of 1888 vessels OF 1880, 64s tons gross
register and 20s3 .O3s tons net register, an
increase of 70 vessels, or 254,l4s tons gross
and l5l 1888 tons net register. an compared
with the preceding year.
The classes of shipping arc s.7so sailing
vessels, 2eO sea lighters and 1 ,4ss steam
vessels.
The International Mercantile Marine
Company united States), through the con-
solidation of six different steamship lines,
has the largest company tonnage In tho
world, OBS, 900 registered tons, the Ham
burg-American Line coming second, with
ISL 900 registered tons, followed by the
North German Lloyd, with 6s5 900 regis
tered tons, and the British-India Steam
Navigation Company, with $4,000 regis
tered tons.
In the matter Of speed the German ves-
sels-the Deutschland, Of the Hamburg
American Line, and the Kronprinz Wilhelm,
OF the North German Lloyd-hold the
worlds record. with an average speed Of
more than % knots an hour,
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Things for Mr. Roosevelt 10 Consider.
From the New York Times

And all this for what? Practically to sup
port without manual labor band OF dema-
goeues who call themselves labor leaders.
They have been encouraged by political
demaRogues OF Il higher class until they
have waxed exceedingly bold and come out
into the open with their demands. That is
all that il necessary to call the public atten-
ton 10 the dangerous and criminal character
OF so many OF the labor organizations, and
to the dangerous and criminal spirit which.
we are sorry to have to say is coming to
characterize labor organizations When the
public once fairly understands the danger
with which it is threatened by the leaders
Of standing mobs IL will find means OF main
tanning order in spite OF them. and OF crushing
them II they resist.