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Hot Lunch from I2 noon to I7 mid night at the Reception.
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Xmas Trees at GOggin's
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Sanchez & haya, Rena Victoria cigars, two for 25c; Board of Trade.
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Full dress ties. N. A. T. & T. Co.
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Bicycle Mounts for Our Army,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: 1t may be that
the attitude Of the War Department respecting the
use OF bicycles and motor cycles has been so well
yelled as to be Misunderstood: but what evidence
Is there that tho next few years will bring reveal
TONS Has THE Sun inside" Information or Is the
remark bit Of Its delicate satire'
1t is nearly fifteen years since the safety bicycle
was proved practical. As the War Department
has done nothing in that time, what hope Is there
that 1t will now awaken'
Unless -the rext few years" bring war or war
scare have small faith OF the sort. War probably
would open the authorities eyes, then doubtless
would ensue the usual wild. eleventh hour scramble
to whip cyclists or motor cyclists into shape for
duty In thirty or sixty days. and they would be e1
who have trained their men for years and by eI.
pertinent or experience secured the proper bicycles
Some OF the National Guard regiments once had
cycling panies or squads. but where are they
now! When cycling was a fad. the Guardslncn
made fad OF cycling. When society" dropped IT,
the militia dropped II also The United States
Government never seriously tried II. II my memory
correct and yet the advan age for certain duties
Of a silent mount that requires neither food nor
drink must be as patent In Washington as It is In
Berlin or Paris or Tokiofor even the Japanese
army has adopted bicycles.
Possibly Washington really believes there Is luck
In horseshoes-and yet. as a wag has pointed out
In horseshocs they do not make ends meet
NEW YORK, Sept rs r. G. B.
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promoter, a caucuser'9 This word
-cockarouse' is a genius and is capable
of anything. Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN tells
us that in the seventeenth century 1t
was applied to those high old Colonial
nobs the members of the Provincial
Council. by the Governor, with the
advice and consent OF the Council:
COP save the Commonwealth Of Massa-
chusetts! OLIVER WARNER, Secretary.
We can smell turkey and hot mince pie,
as we recall that formula Of the Thanks
giving proclamation in the dark back
ward and abysm of time. by the
Nananuwaen, with the advice and con-
sent Of the Cockarouses' let us have
more Algonquin. 1t is good stun.
Witness "samp,' Squash skunk;
witness "pemmican," which is known
at the ultimate pole; totem with
it's "totemism, "totemistic,' a "totem-
ist, words which every anthropologist
needs in his business; witness Tam
many "the affable." What region OF
the earth knows not Tammany?
The Algonquin family may perish. but
their words survive, words that we eat
and drink and shoot and fish and vote.
May they live forever! We look to DR..
HALE to revive "squantum, "a good
time, still known and often had on the
clam-girt shore of Rhode Island; and We
still hope to put into tolerable Algonquin
that collection OF inimitable and unsur-
passabe stories, If, Yes and Perhaps
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That intrepid automobiles and dauntless
explorer Mr. JAMES B. DILL is reported
by the World a. saying. with regard to
certain remarks on the archaism Of Belch-
ertown, Mass, recently and enormously
attributed to him:
How In the world came TO be quoted a. say
ing that this Is the state of Affairs at Bechertown
Mass. will always be a mystery 10 me- Belcher-
town Is One example of New England thnft and
Quantuess. built around typical New England
village green With three large churches. handsome
dwellings and q comfortable ina charming
place, well worth the attention of any traveller.
never said grass grew In the streets there"
But. on the other hand. the Tribune rep
resents Mr.. DILL az acQuitting Belcher-
town, Mass, at the expense Of an alleged
Blucherville. in Maine:
It was mentioned. also. that a resident of Belch.
ertown. ninety years old had said to Mr. Dill that
all the people In the place were either old or I'm
married women. all the young people having mar.
ned and gone away. The place where this con.
versailon took place WAS Blucherve. Me. The
similarity OF the names possibly accounted for
the error"
Blucherville? The name sounds plausi-
BILE II there is Blucherville in the wilds
OF Maine, unknown until now TO the at
lases and gazetteers and even to the United
States Post Office, Mr.. DILL's epoch-mak-
ing expedition gains the additional glory
Of geographical discovery. and we con-
graduate him
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End urance Swim In japan.
From the japan Weekly N all.


Under the auspices OF Mr.. Fukuzawa, proprietor
Of the Jth Shtmpo. remarkable swimming feat
recently took place at Hayama. The chief per-
formers were pupils OF the kco Cyuku. but with
them some outsiders. includ Ing Master John
Brinklcy. The project was to swim from HAyamA
to Enoshima, a distance Of about eight miles In
direct line. But In order to avoid any extreme
change Of temperature. such a would be expert.
enccd In deep water, 1t was decided 10 make the
journey by coastng. which involved long dctour
and Increased the total distance 10 some eleven
miles.
Twenty one started. Including two professors
Of natnton. Nessrs. Nizoguchi and Sato. hut the
professors entered the boats almost immed lately.
They were divided into parties Of four. the best
swimmers being Instructed TO assist the weaker
members, and the whole being accompanied by
four boats. The first stage, 32.3 miles. between
Hayama and Kotsubo. was performed without
mlshap. But In the next stage. from Kotsubo to
Inamura. the force OF tho current swept the swim
mers out OF their course. and after covering =
other mile four Of the youths had TO deslst. AL
the rest reached Inamura at Ii4t, having covered
7i-3 miles.
BY this time the wind was blowing very strong,
and being dead ahead the dficulty and labor
OF swimming were Immensely enhanced. Never
thcleSs. the remaining fifteen lads held on their
way. though the boats accom- panyng them were
In danger Of being upset. by the time Of reaching
Yuki-ai. about another milo. eight more fell out.
and only seven continued swimming. These held
out a. far ~ YAmAEaki. whence tho Gags At the
point Of arrival In Enoshlma and tho people as
sembied 70 receive the swimmers could be dis
ccrned at q distance Of about half q niile. But
the violence Of the wind and waves now proved
too much for two Of the party Including young
Brnkley AND they entered the boats, hastnr
covered about loJs miles.
The remaining Ave accompanied by the two
professors reached Ycbtsuys al $50 O clock In the
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Dividing Up.

Reading between the lines Of Mr.. BAL
FoUR's letter to the Archbishop of Cam
terbury on the sufierings Of the Mace
domains as described by our London
correspondent. it is not difficult TO dis
Germ the acquiescence of the British Gov
eminent in the partition Of the Balkans
into spheres Of control between Austria
and Russia, which it is evident has been
already agreed upon What might have
been averted Immediately after the last
Russo Turkish war is about 10 happen.
BY the hopes held out to them by the
Treaty Of Berlin, the Christian popula-
lions OF the Turkish Empire have been
kept in u condition of seethng discon-
tent that made them the easy victims Of
political agitators, whose indictments to
rebellion were justified by the non-ful-
f!in1ert Of their obligations by tire Eu-
ropean Powers. The Turkish Govern
ment. as ii was bound to do in its own
interest ana IN tnnt OF its creditors, put
down the open manifestations of discon-
tent whenever they occurred with that
nnHloyed hand which was displayed in
the Armenian massacres and now in
Macedonia.
Finding the situation for which they
themselves are responsible intolerable,
The European Governments are about
to end IL by suppressing the oppressed
and the oppressor in "A diplomatic way.
TO the array Of force which they present.
: The Turk can offer no resistance worth
speaking o. On paper the Ottoman
army appears formidable; In reality II
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Algona uin En- glish Words.

DR.. EDWARD EVERETT HALE has
turned for help to the accomplished read
ers of THE SUM- whom he asks to add
to his list of words contributed by our
Algonquin predecessors to the English
language. His own vocabulary, printed
in Yesterdays SUN. contains some
strangers and at least one intruder.
"Hubbub' was in good use in England
long before Mr.. HALE's wise and pious
ancestors, as the Massachusetts Con-
stitution says, came to Puddle Dock
and Massachusetts, Bay. SPENsER knew
it long before the Algonquin "bones"
used to beat HoBBAMoCo's tattoo on
bones and plate ard yell something
which the coIonists interpreted Hub
bubl" "Nunkomp.' "a young man,
NAV be familiar in Boston, but is I'M
familiar Indian here. 1t has only an
accidental resemblance with "noncomp,'
a deriyative of non compos mentis.
"Torchent" is mystery to us. So is
"Netop," though we find "netomp,"
4my friend in the late J. HAMMOND
TRUMBULL's recently published "Natick
Dictionary" to which Mr.. HALE wrote
an introduction.
~Wa1tchu" is a "hill, mountain, I"
but the word has not been naturalized
in these parts, although Watching"
may be cousin of it, "Sanop' is not
registered here and "Pooquaw" sounds
like the Boston pronunciation Of pour
quoi. In the Journal OF American Folk
Lorc last spring Mr.. ALEXANDER F.
CHAMBERLAIN put forward list Of 1871
words of Algonquin origin in American
English. Omitting those included in
Dr. HALE's letter, we here mention
some that appealed then and still appeal
TO our taste and fancy:
" Cockarouse. chipmunk. hickory. menhaden,
pemmican. pcrsimmon. pone. porgy pOssum. pung.
raccoon. Tammany tTAhENkYp,. terrapn. totem,
wrrowance. woodchuck.'
Except "cockarouse" and "werowance"
all these are in familiar Use. "Wero-
vance is in occasional literary use.
"Cockarouse" is one Of the few, the i'm
mortal words, that were not born to die
"Pung," if Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN is a true
etymologist, comes from tom pung a
corruption and disaster Of "toboggan I"
Dr. HALE, who has been everywhere
and known everybody, must have heard
Of kenncbunker which is lumberman-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for vaise.
Dr. HALE is an admirer at once Of
SAM ADAMS and the calkers and of the
English OF the good old American or
"Amerlnd stock. What does he think
of Mr.. TRUMBULLs ingenious, If dis
puted, etymology Of CAUCUS cav-
couudssonot tcdu eau nsu), 'ons who
advises, urges, encourages, pushes on,
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RED DEVIL CAMPAIGN IN OHIO.
Ex.CampaiEner Cappeller's Estimate OF
Tom J0hnsOn's Chances.
From the Phtsbur0 Dispatch.

M.NsFIELp. Sept ?4.-Away of to the
southeast somewhere a machine is gong
chuR-chuR and a man is going pun pun
The combination is that OF Tom Loftin Johh-
son and his Red Devil" automobile. Machine
and man are making hard time OF 1t in
spectacular campaign. Being spectacuar
man. johnson draws the attention particl-
larly of the world outside OF Ohio. WITHIN
the State he IL a twice-told tale. The curios-
ity to see him 10 not as great as 1t was laS'
year.
The crowds that turn out to hear him are
larse-yery large. W. S. Cappeller, who
managed Senator Foraker's two succ esst''l
gubernatorial campaigns this after noon
while talking about the large crowds johnson
is calling forth. remarked:
Il recognize the fact that Bryan had the
greatest crowds that ever attended political
meetiu gs not excepting Blaine 8. but dom
recall the size Of the majority be got IN TINS
Cappeller has retired from all except ho ma
conditions in the State at large are really
smoke sa'5St e OF the Hight fight. ''
Johnson is not a man Of ideas. but Of
fads," observed Cappeller, Ills adyocaC Gao,
Henry George simply. believe. as meaI.
amount Of explaining he Is doing now hs
would ike TO plmllhtP lTOIH tue CdHph,ku
some Of his more radical utterances on thht
subject. Instead Of standing pat on n,i
original preachment Of single tax on land
as the. means OF producing al the reye ends
needed, he is saying he wants city Landi
taxed at their real value: that that wouIa
relieve the farmers Of the burden they bear,
That's rot, on a par with his cent ~
for steam railroads and Scent car tirkeIs'
He breaches home rule and meddIes ever
where. He advocates a single tax, out nss
to be sued in the Cleveland county courts
for the taxes he tried to dodge. re aavo
Gates a Scent fare for street cars, put " NJ
he controlled two-thirds OF the nhleafeu ~
Cleveland eleven tickets for hall aoi,a.
were considered by him as cheap rare VA ns
Johnstown. Pa, line the fare was GEMS
ohio voters are too Intelligent to be caught
by such A man. The State that boasts OF o
railroad In every valley. Il church or schoo',
house on every hill. has population l'"'
cannot be humbugged. A.. oov-
"The people of Ohio know that the GOV
ernor of their State has about as much W
do with fixing railroad rates, steam or troney'
az toad has in fixing Paris styles. 49,.
The former state Chairman estimates tnat
$50 900 votes will be cast this year. which -
a few thousand more than were cast tW2
years ago when Governor Nash was eiecteu
BY 81 900 plurality and about 5000 majority,
Democrats who will not care TO vote LOT
the head Of the ticket. but that from i2,oo
to rs, 900 Socialists OF the sc, 900 in the state
will support johnson. Therefore majority
OF not less than 90. 900 for Herrick. and prob
ably 10O, 900, will make correct measure
ment Of the favor which the puffing man
and his chuRRinC machine will receive
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Prosperity in Canada's Northwest.

The estimated value of the cereal pro-
duction of the Canadian Northwest for
this year is about SIS 100000. AS crop
value, this figure is not particularly i'm
presslve until some of the attendant
conditions are considered.
The total of SIS 900 900 represents the
value of the product Of only the north
west provinces Of the Dominion. 1t
represents only the value of the cereal
crop, taking no account OF other items
such as general agriculture, dairying,
ranching &c. But the sum is handsome
one and its importance is emphasized
by the additional fact that it will be dis
tributed within an area the total popu-
laton of which is less than 5OO0 900.
Yet this figure is not quite fairly rep
resentative of the cereal crop Of the dis
trict. Wheat is cash crop and will
bring in this year nearly A5,0O00O0.
But there remain some 40 900 900 bushels
Of oats and II 900 900 bushels of barley.
These, at present market prices, repre-
sent a value OF about s12,OO0,OOO. But
only about 10 per cent. Of this is sold.
The rest is used at home by the farmers
as feed for their stock. By that process
it is converted into value which cannot
well be estimated, but which is far beyond
it's market value as cereal.
Because of adverse and injurious
weather conditions in some sections, the
total crop for the year is little below
that Of last year; this is more than
offset by the better prices prevailing,
and the growers will probably realize
from 100000 to 31O,OOOOOO more than
they did in 1902.
1t is fine showing Of prosperity for
the Manitobans and the Assiniboians.
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will regret the absence Of certain two
year-olds which distinguished. them.
selves earlier in the season, such as
Magistrate, Broomstick. Lecnidas and
Hamburg Belle. The presence OF the
last mentioned, particularly, would add
to the quality Of to-day's field. Still,
the youngsters scheduled to start are
likely to furnish excellent sport.
Numerous stories have been circulated
lately which, If true, might tend to give
the metropolitan turf an unenviable
name. so-called plungers OF unsur-
passed boldness are said to have invaded
the betting rings in these parts, and
their operations, usually successful. have
spread broadcast the spirit Of gambling.
Happily, investigation has demolished
most of these tales. As q matter OF
fact. horse racing in New York State
never was conducted more honestly
than at the present time.
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The Open Door at the White House.

The, Open Door at the White House.
1.-THE President returns to-day to the
' White House in Washington after an
absence practically amounting to six
Z months. During this time he has exer-
cised continuously-except. perhaps, as
to the brief period spent in the wilds OF
tho Yellowstone Park the Constitu-
fionL functions of his Office. Criticism
OF Mr.. ROOSEVELT on the ground Of abb
senteeism is not just, unless it can be
shown that public interests intrusted
to his care have suffered because he was
- elsewhere than at the seat of govern
/; ment. We are not aware that single
specific instance Of neglect Of duty has
been established, or even alleged, by any
of those who have been making much
OF the matter OF the Presidents where
abouts.
Tho situation that will confront the
President on his arrival at the Execu-
tive Mansion is thus described by cor
respondent Of the Brooklyn Eagle:
Thsre Is small army of politicians who arc
anxious to SEQ him. All these men have been kept
sWsy from o. Ter Bay by the understanding that
~ one was expected 10 show up there except by
Aviation. Hundreds Of politicians have been
) 6hxnng under this restraint for the past three
months They arriving In Washington al
ready in anticipation of the return 9th President
and nks 50 many hungry sheep are lining UP for
audiences"
II that is so, the Oyster Bay system Of
J sdmittanoe only upon special invitation
!; ought TO be transferred to Washington
No fair-minded citizen would blame the
President for protecting his time and
nervous energy against the inroads con-
tsmplsted by importunate politicians,
each bent on his own selfish and often
BETTY interests. No fair-minded citizen
would misunderstood departure for so
good reason from the traditions Of
Presidential accessibility. There is
sentiment about the open door at the
White House. 1t weighs nothing against
the practical considerations of comfort,
health. and the physical ability to get
through the days work devolving upon
the Chief Magistrate now that tie ma
ohinsry OF administration for which he
is Responsible has become so vast and
so. complex.
The rules for admission to the pres
epoe Of the President at Washington as
at Oyster Bay, ought to be determined
by practical and not sentimental con-
siderations and we are satisfied that the
American people generally would take
the common sense view of any change Of
practice in this respect.
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Greater New York Democracy.


The threat of the Hon. JOHN C. SHEE-
HAN that the Greater New York Democ-
racy will put an independent city ticket
in the field this fall because its candidate
for Borough President was not accepted
BY the fusion conference should cause
no uneasiness to the managers Of the
anti-Tammany campaign. The fight
that they are making is not in behalf
..of any political organization and the
, votes their ticket must receive to win
viii come from individuals, and not
4 from clubs. or associations, or private
=, political enterprises of any kind.
b Tho bulk OF the anti-Tammany vote
n vail come from the Republican party.
4 fraction Of the nti-Tammany nom
Republican vote must come through the
- Citizens Union. The other votes neces-
vary to victory will come from the great
number of voters who are not enrolled
In any organization, and who do not
care what may be the fate Of any political
faction, but do care for municipal good
= government.
D., - Not the Republican organization, not
the Citizens Union, not the Greater New
York Democracy, and not any other
organization is to be voted for or sup
ported punished or rewarded. in this
campaign. The campaign is for control
of the city. Tammany was turned out
two years ago for its misdeeds and short
comings Now it wants to get back.
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This Week at Morris Park

With the opening of the fall meeting
OF the Westminster Racing Association
to-day at Morris Park there will be
continuation of one of the most eventful
seasons of horse racing ever known in
this country, For many reasons the
final meeting Of the year at this beauti-
full course is more interesting than the
one in ths spring.
To-day some Of the best two-year old
colts and FLIES which have recently
performed on other tracks will test their
powers in the Matron Stakes. Many
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lacks the organization necessary to make
it so. The minor Balkan States, even
if united. could offer no effective resist
ance to their self-elected protectors, and
the moment is opportune for these latter
to act. The last opportunity there was
to put the Berlin Treaty into execution
was in 1881. when Mr.. GLADSTONE Of
fered to assist Greece to obtain her rights
under it by force; but it was lost when
the German Minister at Athens, M.
RADowITz, notified the Greek Prime
Minister, NJ. CouMoUNDoURos, that Ger
many would oppose force to force, and
the Greek Government declined British
assistance.
The drift of European policy as re-
garded it's obligations to the Christians
Of Turkey having made itself manifest
by the subsequent attitude Of the Powers.
the British Government set about Sc
curing its own share Of the spoil, and the
occupation of Egypt in 1882 resulted; the
French having established themselves
in Tunis in 1881 in accordance with an
arrangement come to in Berlin in 1878.
The Macedonian troubles now afford
the opportunity to carry the process OF
dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire,
outside of Asia, another step forward.
Exact details are wanting, but roughly
speaking, Austria and Russia are to be
the dominating Powers in the spheres
allotted to them; Italy will receive her
compensation in Tripol; France, when
convenient, will add Morocco to her
enormous African domain under ar
rangements with Spain; and Great Brit
ain will have her status in Egypt recog-
nized and will also be permitted to hold
such territory in Arabia as she has re-
Gently allotted to herself.
Gradually the Turk will be pushed
back into Asia to reform or be reformed,
as circumstances determine; but the
Sultan must remain for the present at
Constantinople with the shadow Of
power, his successor in the guardianship
Of the gate between Europe and Asia
not being ready to enter into possession.
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Fifty thousand merchants have visited the mar
Iet this season. Report of SECRETARY OF NsW YorI
Merchants Association.
Fifty thousand merchants
Have come TO town this Fall
FIFTY thousand merchants,
And that Is hardly all.
For they're coming. stll A-corning
From the towns and IA rms and woods,
With their pockets full Of documents
To get their winter goods.
FIFTY thousand merchants;
SEQ the conquer ring army comes
From Maine to California.
With Us drummers aud Ia drums
Hear Its steady tread on coming.
~sT is loud exuItAnt cries,
Sweeping Inward. sweeping outward
From the base Of its supplies
Fifty thousand merchants.
Just . vanguard Of the force
Ofthe mighty business army
That u marching down the course
OF Trade and manufacture.
With 10 banners all unfurisd.
And It's soldiers armed and ready
For the conquest Of the word
". j. l.