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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-11

To THE EproR OF THE SUN-St,. rev days
ago had dream which may DO Of interest to you
Sitting with . book In my sancturn sanctorum.
there entered upon my privacy two men who in
some way seemed familiar. although ! could not
quite place them at FIRST. As soon a. the older one
began TO speak, however. knew him at once. and
the Identity Of each Will be revealed in the following
conversation:
Wal" said Maleb XIX. the inveterste bsrkeep
on the Mythymythy Hackneyed City Of Matches,
as I have said before, and more'n oncss there 's
more in silence than In any other ono thing that
goes toward maxim . successful man. No matter
what Teller is doin'. whether he's shov lin coal
or cuttin' bonds. he'll come mighty sight higher
gettn along smoothly IN this here world " ne
knows when to keep his mouth shet. and does H.
Mind YOU don't mean that there ain : times wbe1
a man has to speak up and right out smart 10 thc
point. As fur as that goes. l seen . good many
things In them few days before the war. on the
stanch old tub Cruel Hell. which well nigh makes
me believe"
Excuse me-" broke In upon Malebs diatr'hr
against the evils Of loqusclty. but do you think
you are quite consistent Now. this line OF talk
you have Just thrown at US. for instance. take
t--and my intuition rather knowledge. Is Cleaned
from long experience with Sol Ssbbatus-thal
what YOU have said has absolutely no connection
with tho story you about to tell U.s. and ID there
fore entirely superhuous / know though the
uninltlated would wonder how that you VIII shortiy
branch of into a poker story. NOW couio you
possibly cut out the prellmnares and get down
to busness!"
Here the hay haired. hung looking man Joined
the conversation In well modulated voice. suit
| able for parlor use. What rotten bad form IN
| interrupt a man Of MI Kixs age and standing |
And as 10 cr1tlcslng his method of telling poker
stores that Is most amusing. for he has told more
tales OF this nature than one would care TO count
and Is without peer Except myself. OF course In
| this particular teld. Please continue, MI XIX.
But Maleb sat with sullen men and made no
| response.
| 81 think you will have TO apologize. The nay
haired hung looking man turned to me
| NV apologies were forthcoming
NOW Mr.. XIX" said the hay-haircd. hung
| looking man. proceed with your story. and when
It Is finished, I will rcciprocate with one OF mine
| "In that case. quit the game here and now
| And Maleb XIX. the inveterate barkccp on IN"
| Mv,hymythy Hackneyed City OF Matches leh
| the house and walked rapidly away while the hay
haired. hung looking man, in high dudEcon' took
the opposite direction.
| I awakened shaking hands with myself
| $. BENSON. in,
| wrYINaFoRD Conn, Oct. q.
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wALr1YaroRD, Conn, Oct.


tn THE EDITOR or THE SUN-.Sr: In the name
y, American womanhood I would protest avains
the foolish sentimental actions OF 'ne so rahe
Chinese missionaries or teachers III Is aosoiHeR
nauseatlng 10 read of women who would r'ish ''
the rescue OF the Cinnamon. while their poor
victims were lost sight OF. nave Always sup
posed the truly missionary spirit reacneo Wv ""'
To all unfortunatcs.
uh.n We consider that In tho Chinese schools
a. IA almost invariably the case that teacher 'o'
one scholar Is the rule. one can readily see 'hat
connne ent teachers are in charge there Is erea'
throwing away OF useful talent have knowiedee
NJ one church which has In connection WIN
Chinese school OF some twenty scno'ats' ca
vim n teacher The regular Sunday school
,,r.ys short of rood teachers. and contend thai
tho real missionary spirit the love or SOUL saSlhs
ia last sight Of when from sentimental noton'
IN. deyotes herself TO one Chnaman VIM th'
souls NJ six children might be reached II lne same
energy were applied in their behalf
The crime OF which the Brooklyn men VIZ"
accused Is terrible
Ins,,nc.s are not by any means rare where young
children have been entccd into the rooms OF 'Aih"
men when sent to n laundry ANY one VINO nH'
mad dealings with the man OF the queue mas louhS
him far from the innocent he may appear ou'
crafty exceedingly sharp In business me'hou'' '"'
In morals low and dangerous
Tn. majority OF the Cinnamon who come mere
are here for all they can get. would not Whoi'
their claims TO religious and missionary mnueh'o
hut there Is no use ignoring the fact that sAus.ma
reports do not show any very great goo" fes''AA'
from the efforts made In their behalf
would appesI to my ovcrzealOus sisters "hf
have let their sympathies for their poor IhMc'
scholars take possession OF them not to forget sh
charity which begins at home. and to give plying
thought TO tn. poor unfortunate girls VINO nav
beep led astray at an age when no restraining hah'
was upon them. and no loving voice TO pom. lheH
the way TO virtues path. Ibey were nov "'",
~ NV. and mad no helping hand held on! I"
them
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Adam and Unearned Increm ent

A disinterested interest in science
rather than any hope Of adding cubit
to the stature by taking thought COM
mends this letter to us and the rest of the
great brotherhood Of sociologists:
ITO THE EDITOR or THE SuN-.etr. Would you
Kindly express your views relative TO recent dis
coyery. made by a Rochester man. whereby short
and puny men and women up to the age Of 10 years
are made TO grow from two to eight inches in height
BY the aid OF machine that Is fastened TO ones
body and the cartilage between the Joints OF the
body Is made to become pliabe and then heightened,
thereby Increasing the height OF the person: tho
greatest Increase OF course. depending upon the
condition OF the cartilage and the texture OF the
homes. muscles &c, tn. aforesaid treatment
also (.s claimed by the originator, having no dele
terious effect on the system, It's alleged that some
notice perceptble change the FIRST week. and that
others have grown three and a half inches during
the frst four months OF tho machines use. One
pat,snt Is said 70 have increased his height seven
inches.
Now "A to the efficacy OF this cartilage treatment
upon one who has long ago passed the age when
Increase In stature Is by natural means attainabc:
Does 1t not appear obvious that harmful results
would follow this expansion OF the cartilage and
nbrcs' TOM brown
Nav YORK. Oct. s.
During the Middle Ages he stature OF
many persons WAS heightened and other
wise modified by the legal process known
as "the question" The machines used
for that purpose seem to have been legiti-
mate descendants Of that Procrustean
bed famous in Greek antiquity Indeed,
a tendency to stretch is chara cteristic of
history and legend ancient and modern.
The Rochester NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has
not been exhibited in these parts, and it
would be improper for us TO give an a
priori opinion as to it's merits. There
il cartilage and cartilage. There are
ingenious persons who make no bones Of
being virtually all cartilage, an accom-
plishment that earns high salaries II
the human machine Is sufficiently elastic,
the cartilage permanently juvenile and
the Rochester machine equal to specifi-
tons, even Capt JOHN BUNsBY might
commit himself to the assertion that
in fine growing weather, like Yesterdays.
those that can grow ought
Still, we would advise against too rapid
growth. Three-and-one inches In
four months is too quick returns to get
the confidence Of conservative growers.
The seven inches Of unearned increment
are easily explained AZ a case Of tall hat
A pair Of high heels, painted red, to
be sure was good enough for LOUIS XIV;
and il it were any Of our business. we
shouldn't recommend anybody eager to
rise in the world to put himself into the
growth forcing machine. How can he
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PAYING THEIR WAY IN COLLEGE.
Hsw Some Columbia students Did II In
Manifold Occupations.

Manifold Occupations.
Nearly go 600 was earned by student,
Of Columbia University during the las
academic year, according TO the repor,
Of Reuben B. Meyers, secretary of the
university committee on employment for
students In the course of the year 4s,
students applied to the committee for aid.
221 more than in tho previous year Fifty
were women. Through the employment,
obtained for them by the committee tho
students earned 90 6S4 ~ AS against Ss,4ssss
earned In the previous year. On their own
initiative the students earned Al.l?2la
The total earnings Of the Students amounted
to S57,724.57 az against Sl5,oe4ls for the
previous corresponding year. Teaching
and tutoring paid t20, 7o5 .os; clerical work,
%, 7ss. "a: technical work, q, $40 Os; mscel-
laneous, SIS, 43S.57.
While some students earned less than
the average amount some earned con
siderably more. One law student earned
more than 81 600 as correspondent for a
newspaper; two or three others earned
over $500 each az tutors. Two directon
Of play centres Of the Board Of Education
each earned about $500. number Of the
students in the law school taught In the
public evening schools and in this way
earned $500 each.
The manager Of yacht club made $3.50
during the summer vacation, ard during
the academic year a stenographer and
typewriter earned more than $50 One
man drove a truck on Saturdays before
he could get something better to do. Al
the end of the academic year he had made
more than 1850
In the college another newspaper cor
respondent made over 81 200. A life ins,lr-
ance agent cleared more than $7OO. An
organizer and director of boys clubs earned
about 5000, and several other students in
this way made between $500 and $500
Another student running a printing shop
in conjunction with his brother made $3.50
two other students who came to the uni
versity with little or nothing made sAOo
bet ween them, one az tutor and the other
as telephone operator. A violinist play
| ing in theatre orchestra at night earned
about $500, and another student, who ran a
steam laundry at a summer resort almost
paid his tuition fee OF $50.
In the schools of applied science one stu
dent cleared the cost Of his tuition by acting
as operator Of stereopticon at illustrated
| lectures. Cuban earned a little less
than 500 as agent for cigar company
In the medical school several students
were masseurs, nurses and licensed drug
clerks.
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Mr.. JEROME has asked and Mr.. CIRCUIT
refuses to answer this question:
Did Mr.. CIRCUIT think that his nomination by
Tammany Hall would help or hurt the candidacy
OF GEORGE b. McCLELIANl"
1t is not necessary to believe that Mr..
CIRCUIT Ia deeply concerned by the erect
good or bad, Of his own candidacy upon
that Of Mr. MCCLELLAN.
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NEW YoRK. Oct. g.

Columbus was ondeav0rins 10 prove ina Wv
sarth was round. L..
10, the simplest thing In the world he ~
cl.r.d haven't you noticed how II looks Wh''
YOU come home at night"
Hsrcupon, Ferdinand hastily agreed Wishing ''
drnn the ,Ipj.ct before Isabella grew suspicious
Cssar had refused the crown for the 'n'fn tnh'
II thought they would oner II again nv w.
tered dSsppOtntrdly ,-.,,,..r,
.,,l would have known enough to accept sas a
proposal
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pride!' So cry the proud mothers tho
equally proud though wholly unimpor-
tant fathers. Is there not tho making OF
a Governor, a Senator, who knows what
else of great, in this ingenious Lieuten-
anti Governor? He takes the grand issue
and makes IL his.
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Specially Interested.

Tammany's appeal to the voters for
support in this campaign will particu-
larly interest those who have suffered
or may expect to suffer by reason OF
the activity of a decent administration
with honest intentions. The business OF
certain residents of New York is affected
by an impartial enforcement OF laws.
Among those whom the prospect directly
concerns are:
The East Side Cadets,
The Light Houses
The owners of Red Light Resorts.
The Proprietors Of Tenement Bagno>,
The Professions Procurers.
No canvass ia necessary to tell On
which side these classes OF the commu-
nifty will vote. They are for Tammany,
and the Tammany system. They are
for any system which will foster and
protect them and their trades.
In 1901 decency overcame indecency
at the polls in New York city. Is it
possible that the community will go
Admitting to recover the foulness OF
former times?
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credit must be warned away, unoffended,
by that sign. Another poet, whose lines
are cast in the green grocery business,
discourages in this manner those who
want little check cashed:
To save our business from Eoing to wreck
we decided never TO cash a check"
A good rule, plainly put. No complaint
can be framed against the plain statement
thus set forth. In the window Of his
cellar shop an old fashioned cobbler has
placed sheet Of tin, painted black and
bearing this legend in white letters:
If all who asked by me were trusted.
My enterprise would soon be busted"
The cobbler poet has the look Of
shrewd, kindly man, a philosopher-all
cobblers were philosophers in the old
days--a generous soul, and it is safe to
say that he has good many accounts
inscribed on big strip Of leather in
chalk somewhere among the odds and
ends in his shop.
Uncle SAM doesn't do business on
credit basis, and fish dealer uses this
fact as lever with which to pry cash out
Of his customers:
Our Uncle SAMUEL won't trust you
Why should I do what he won't do"
The author OF a sign that hangs in
little out Of the way second hand goods
shop essayed a higher flight than most
of the poet Commentaries do when he
composed this appeal, worked in worsted
on cardboard, in sampler style:
i've got to pay
Ny bills TO day.
And for hard cash I AJAX you.
Let me have that
And my old hat
Or anything else III sell you"
The output of busy man, hard
working business poet, is likely to be
crisp, short and to the point. There
was a furniture shop in Massachusetts,
once on one wall of which hung card
board sign to this effect:
No trust
No bust"
In spite of this pithy declaration the
shop did not prosper. Finally it passed
into the Sheriff hands. On the day after
the owners bankruptcy was announced
A card was found tackled on the locked
door. On it were these lines:
81 trusted
And busted"
The owner denied their authorship,
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ZOO SUBWAY CARS COMING.
Tho First Lot to He shipped Here Prom
st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. i0.-The st. Louis
Car Company shipped to-day the first lot
of 200 cars built for the marlborough Rapid
Transit Company OF New York.
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Readers Of THE SUN leaving the city can nave
the Daily and sunday editions mailed TO 'heir ad
dresses (which may be changed wheh necessary
for 70 cents q month order through your "e"S
dealer or THE SUN. 40 Nassau street
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In spite of this pithy declaration the
shop did not prosper Finally it passed
into the Sherif's hands. On the day after
the owners bankruptcy was announced
A card was found tackled on the locked
door. On it were these lines:
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The Poet. Of Commercial!.m

The American business men are Of a
kindly disposition, at all times cDyious
to spare the sensibilities Of their fellow
human beings. Constant contact with
the public does not sour their hearts nor
turn them into misanthropes. Despite
the continual attempts Of the unprinci-
pied to circumvent them, they retain a
delicate regard for the feelings OF all
men, and even when they refuse to do
what a customer asks they couch their
refusal in terms 80 delicate and poetical
that the most sensitive must take the re-
fusal in good part. What but a sweet
and aspiring nature can account for the
poetical illusions, placards, signs, in
which tradesmen warn the public that
they will not cash checks or sell goods on
tick?
The shop Of worthy ironmonger in
one of the uptown avenues is decorated
with this couplet, in letters that must
catch the eye Of even casual observer:
The Yale expositor., 1903-04-10
Resentful Coal Dealers.

one OF the things the city admins.
tration al Lansing had 10 contend
with la the recent political campaign
Is the fact that il established mu-
nicipal coal yard last winter and sold
coal 10 the people at cast While the
amount of coal disposed of was not
large. the presence of the municipal
coal pile kept down thc prices in Ian
sing and made q easier FOR the poor
10 get fuel. one coal dealer Is claimed
to have said that the fact that city
coal yard was established cheated
him out of hundreds at dollars
The Yale expositor., 1903-04-10
STATE LEGISLATURE
Brief Chronicle OF Matters OF Importantance


Ex-senator Thompson. of Detroit. In
briefly addressing the senate the other
day handed our this warm one: II he
Hove That this legislature VIII he
known Tor It's omissions rather than
for what It has done. and nay advice
Ia you IT, tO adjourn AMI go home. one
session Ia i've years rs enough. You
viii NOT do an injustice Ia Wayne
county. or any other part uf the state.
10y adiuuruiuE now, Oi all the meas
urcH Introduced affecting tho county ot
Wayne, nh1u, nine out OF every ten
should Doe thrown into the waste
hIskc,."
The ways and means committee of
he house viii visit jackson prison tlts
week. when GOV. BLISS will BE- there
- attend a meeting of the board of
control The committee viii 40 Ca
pass on the proposition or rebuilding
Oh" west cell wing. ~ Is expected th,
question of having the staple manufac
turcd supple, nf the state institution,
made in prison at cost price. VIII %,
taken up. Thomas j. Ndvin Is un" ui
the members ~ the board who prefer,
this plan Co the contract system al
present in operation
Randall appeared before the huuS.
committee to talk on his hill Ia !imi'
the amount ot tho appropriation ful
tie state University to S:.ju.oOu year
He advanced no new arguments. how
ever IL Is likely that the cummittc,
viii report against the bill. aud thai
EandHll VIII have to make his fight 90
the floor OF the house
The bill OF Representative Paddock
providing that surety bonds may u,
accepted from liquor dealers was oi
the general order. and De- had 30 sen
90 the Judiciary committee. In accor,
with the compromise agreement cu
tered into between the liquor men uut
the dry" members
\ Joint session uf the two hrnnche,
WIS held In the afternoon in Rcprcscu
tutivc hall Co. pay respects 10 the mem
Dry OF the late senator James ~ Nc
MILAN. Tributes were paid by cN. Sen
atDr Patton. Senators Algcr and Bur
rows
The Yale expositor., 1903-04-10
TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS.


The youngest parents in Ohio are
Earl Oats and wife Of Konton Neither
is yet lG years of age and q son has
been born 10 them
\ political riot was qucllcd los the
police az schultz hall. Chicago. Sunday
night. Chairs were thrown ana broken
over heads. clubs and fists were used
~ freely that four were seriously In
iurcd.
II T. Brown. OF Rcdllnd. Cal. who
was arrested for threatening the life
Of Mckinley before the attcr's west
ern trip. has again been arrested for
making similar threat against Pres,
idrnt Roosevelt
Indiana has dedicated her monu.
mcnt Of shiloh battlefield GOV. Dur
bin. senator BcycrIdge. Gen, Lew
Wallace were in attendance and Gen.
Geo W. Gordon OF Memphis, repre-.
scented the state of Tennessee.
Grover Cleveland has written WIZ.
lam P'ckeus. the negro orator. who
won the Ten Eyck prize go Yale. for 20
copy 81 hi> essay Pickcns b. the first
negro in the history of tie university
To- receive such a prize.
Charles w. Schwab brought from
Switzerland i've - 600 watches. which
De- Will present 90 the i've supcriu,cud.
cu,s Of the United states Steel cor.
puut.on who get The most ana best
work out or the armies OF laborrrs I'M
der them.
Charles Gilmore. n dwarf two foot
high and James Montgomery. more
than six feet tail. were arrested ia
New York Tor lighting ln the street.
According 10 the policeman the dwarf
had the best OF the conflict. using q
stick To good advantage.
New Works board of aldermen
resolution indOrsiug and
urging the immediate passage or the
legislative bin providing FOR munich
pal operation and control 81 street
railways. The resolution declares
present conditions are intolerab BILE
Preston Garland. colOrcd. has cele.
brated bis 10Th birthday anniversary.
Garland receives n small United states
pension lie was born "A slave I'm
Lynchburg Va. and enlisted under
Gen. Buffers call for negro soldiers
and served until the close OF the war.
Paralyzed and dumb for year.
John Matt. section foreman of the
Great Northern at Basin recently Ice.
gan to fail His physician az last said
In his hearing that he was ms good aS
dead. when Matt sat up In bed and
called the doctor a liar and is now i'm.
proving
Mailman Sims. well known I'm the
younger social set OF Atlanta. GA. ana
in charge OF the collections OF the Cap
ital city National bank. II under ar.
rest charged with devotlng about $40
600 Of tho banks funds Ia his own use.
lie had doctorcd the books FOR eight
years 10 cover up his populations.
Oscar Barclfc. the engineer OF the
train that killed nine school children
and injured 30 others no Newark. y
j.. on Feb ~. T. physically well. hut
his mind l. still unsOund aud he raves
about his engine Near the h0Spitnl
Is q statue OF ST Michael in colors and
lifc size. Tho cloak has a red cane and
llnrcline looking at the statue lung
ined the cape 10 be u danger signal
THIS aggravated the ease 80 that he
had % he removed
The Erie railroad VIII build new
terminals at New York. large sta.
ton at Jersey city. and new ferry
boats out OF the recent SJOOo0.OO0
loan.
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Alhino Birds.

Tekonsha citizens are considerably
interested by the appearance OF a
white robin and white sparrow
among the spring birds The sparrow
especially is an exceedingly rare speci-
men. one never having been seen he
fore in Michigan SO far as is known.
II resembles the common English
sparrow In every respect except its
pumagc The feathers are entirely
white. excepting the tips of the wings
aCd "a black circle around it's neck.
The Yale expositor., 1903-04-10
Enoneratns PLAYMATE.

One year ago Mrs. Carrie Greene OF
Escanaba was called on 10 mourn her
husband Engineer George Green. Kill
ed In wreck on the Northwestern
road. Recently as the result of an
accident. she followed the remains OF
her eldest son. Vernon. a lad of 9 TO
the grave The lad was shot by "A
companion while the boys were shoot
ing AT n target. He lived but twenty
minutes after being wounded. but oX.
oncratcd his playmate from all blame.
The Yale expositor., 1903-04-10
Field Stone.

A new industry has sprung up In
the neighborhood OF Chilson. Cincin-
natl parties are gathering up all the
field stone they can get and shipping
them To that city. They pay nothing
for the stone. but are employing quite
a number of men and teams NJ good
wages gathering and delivering them
az Chilson.
The Yale expositor., 1903-04-10
Pads the Lists.

Plainwell may not secure cream.
cry after all, although IL had been an
nounced that 10 was "a settled thing
IL has been found that canyasser
among the farmers FOR pledges FOR
cows had padded his list and that
not enough have been actually prom.
Used 20 make the plant a success. Con.
sequently the project is In tho balance
for the present.
The Yale expositor., 1903-04-10
Michigan Items
MINE STOCK WORTH FORTUNE
Swedish Woman Of Calumet Bought Il
~ Low Price.

Swedish Woman OF Calumet Bought u
~ Low Price.
A Swedish woman OF Calumet pur-
chased a small block Of Calumet a.
Arizona stock az Si0 "a share year
aso Her husband became inconsed.
The poor woman went 10 Charles
Briggs. president Of the company, and
told him her story. MIR Briggs gave
her the amount she paid for the stock.
After the stock had advanced Co about
$50 a share the woman changed her
mind. Her husband had changed his
mind also 10y that time. and Mr.. Briggs
was approached for the stock. The
certificate was returned 20 the woman
Dy Mr. Briggs upon the payment OF
the original price. Calumet a Ari'
iona Is now selling for 5000 "A share
and the womans stock is worth n
small fortune.