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sketch Of Roosevelt by GIbbon,

To TIE EDITOR OF The SUs-Sir: While
I am by no means a worshIpper OF President
Roosevelt. am among his admirers. find,
therefore, In the following observations OF
Gibbon picture Of the Presidents character
which aocords with my view Of the man:
Thsre are two very natural propenalues which
we may distinguish In the most virtuous and liberal
dispositions, tho love of pleasure and tho love Of
action. II the former Is refined by the charms Of
social interoouNe. and corrected BY Just regard
70 economy, 70 health and to reputation IL u pro
ductivs Of the greatest part OF the happiness of
private life. The love OF action 70 q principle Of q
much stronger and moro doubtful nature. II
often leads 10 anger 70 ambition and 10 revenge;
but whom Il guided By the sense OF propriety and
benevocnee, II becomes the parent Of every virtue
and II those virtues are accompanied By equal
abilities. q family. State, or an empire may DO
indebted for It, safety and prosperity TO the
undaunted courage Of . single man. To the love
OF pleasure We may therefore Ascribo most Of the
agreeable. 10 the love of action We MAP ascribe
most Of the useful and respectable qualifications.
The character In which both the one and the other
should be united and hArmoniEed would seen to
constitute the most perfect ideal Of human nature.
Tho insensibls and inactive disposition, which
should be supposed alike destitute OF both. would
be rejected by the common consent OF mankind,
a. utterly incapable of procuring any happiness 10
tho individual or any public benent TO tho world
decline and Fail OF the Roman Empire" Vol. l.,
chap. Ii.
To bis love Of action" the President may
asoribs most OF the criticism to which no has
been subjected. 1t would be easy for some
men In the position he has occupied since the
death Of President Mckinley to have drifted
along with events. To do 90 would have been
rs impossible as 1t would be for him to forego
his love Of pleasure on good hunting morn
Ing when there was nothing to prevent his
Enjoying the sport. d. C.
MoHToLAIR, N. j.. Sept. 10.
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gu IN erEed Final &c -

To THE EDITOR OF THE StrS-Str, The on,s.o,
Of e" In pronounc.ng ing" is no doub, ynnke.
variation. When we hear some one saw "Wh.,
are you comm homc7" we think OF New England
possibly Of Scotland and Comm Through the
Rye" both countries well known for economy in
orthoepy and saving OF odds and ends
II we annex "e- instead OF g" to ain we hsvs
"lne." which may be pronounced like zine" In med,
cine" or II accented like sine" In marine IrNnv
as verbal for the present partclple passive, wa
Shall have sentences like the following
Active-Our men are selling these goods every
where: passive-These goods are selllne every.
where W, IL. CARPEyryn
NEW YORK. Sept. 10.
Dropped final e" Ia not peculiarly Yankee
though the English emigrants TO New Eng
land in the seventeenth century may have
brought the habit and other habits OF pro.
nunciatlon with them. 1t is by no means a
vulgarism. whatever the purists say. We
have heard plenty Of Oxford and Cambridge,
and plenty of American college bred men
drop their "g's." American children, no
matter Of what stock. drop the g" instinc-
lively. Prune- and prism parents and teach
ers correct 'em, but are mighty apt to drop
their own "g's." We doubt IL final e is a
good risk. 1t seems to be superfiuous and
waste Of breath To sound 1t may come to bo
pedantry and an exhibition drill. At the
risk OF being condemned for heresy, we don't
mind saying that final e. Is very likely to
60 dumb In the future.
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A Disgusted Ryan Democrat

10 THz EDITION OF THE SbN-SI,: ! have 10
laugh At Chairman TaggArt's statement that not q
cent was spent In Vermont" l was stopping at
Burlington for three weeks and left after election
day. There was 10000 sent there to buy votes
and good deal OF that was done but In vain. Tag
rarts statement u correct about the -oent- but
ask him How many dollars were sent 10 Vermont
voted for Bryan In 1895 and 1900 but dont
see how l can vote for Parker when he hal such
mon as TaEgart, Hill. Shcehan and Murphy back
of him. Another reason why will not vots the
Democratic uokct 10 this: In Vermont the Cattle
Commissioners are allowed ~ day and exponsea
and when their statements were made out there
was an error In printing. a. below:
y. L. Smith. per dom. $3.50; expenses, $50; J.
Bell. Republican candidate for Governor. per diem.
$780, per diem terror1. $780,
The Democrats noticed this error che sooond
-pcr dem" In Bells account should have beon -eI-
pcnsesD. and tried 70 mako tbs farmers believe
that he had charged for ga dAys by dividing i.oo'
by Z. This was tho way they acted In Vermont
and no doubt they win act worse here.
Tho Republicans defeated this scheme by having
speakers At all towns tho night before election TO
the statement Rub this under Tar.
CARTS nose, and AZ far as ] am concerned. viii
vote the Republican ticket straight the nrst tmo
In my life and hope Roosevelt will be elected.
New YORK, Sept. 0. JAMES Row1AI.
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bridging the Zambesi.

FROM engineering.
All the materials for the great bridge which
Is to be thrown across tho Zainbesi imme-
diately below Victoria Falls have now been
transported from Darlington TO the scene
OF operations. But many difficulties have
still TO be faced and overcome. The nearest
drift Ia ak miles distant. aud all conmunicq-
ton between the banks of the river IA depend
ent upon wire rope and a "bo suns" chair.
1t was hoped that foundations on solid rock
on either side would have been found six
months ago. but the desired result has only
Just been attained. II Is expected however,
1905
BY that time the men employed on the bridge
VIII have been working for more than twelve
months at their task. During eight of these
months they win be exposed to the spray, Of
rain and converting the ground on either
bank into verithble Slough OF Dcspond.
The fever season Is reckoned In the district
at FIVE months and every white man employed
on the bridge has already had a foreVaste OF
"; lew have been invalided home, and all
cherish lively recollection of It,
The bridge in itself is a comparatively sim
pie structure, as 1t consists OF a single span
Of 500 feet. the actual distance from bank TO
bank being something over 600 feet. The
bridge will owe its celebrity partly TO the fact
that 1t will be 400 feet above the river. and
partly to Its romantic SURROUNDINGS
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Mayor Mcclellan as a Policeman.

According to the Herald Of yesterday
the presence of mind and intelligent
action Of Mayor MCCLELLAN averted q
threatened panic at Pelham Bay Park
on Saturday, and prevented the serious
injury, If not the death, Of number Of
the persons who had gathered there to
watch the formal opening Of the athletic
field 1t appears that a photograph
was to be taken Of Mr.. MCCLELLAN with
several other city officials, and that tho
preparations for this attracted the crowd,
which rushed toward the group. The
police were ordered to clear the field,
but the crush from the rear was 30 great
that the persons In the front lines OF the
throng were forced forward In spite Of
the patrolmen's efforts, and their own.
to fall back. The Herald report says:
Finding that tho crowd would not give way
to the commands Of keep back the mounted men
resortod 70 their street clearing tactics. but the
crowd was 50 persistent In tho rear that those In
tho front lines could not recede foot. In q few
minutes tho women and children were screaming
with fright a. tho tanks OF the horses wero pressed
against them. and only for the sagaoiousness Of
the animals themselves many would have been
trampled upon"
Mayor MCCLELLAN watched the strug-
gle from the stand on which he stood,
until the dangerous situation became
apparent to him:
AZ tho police only charged the crowd moro
detorminsdly and tho women were screaming
iouder Ynanv hsoomSrS hvs,nrSnSl ths Nsvor
could stand It no longer, and. rising from his scat
and without making any excuse 10 bis party. no
rushed down on TO tho track and. reaching tho
side of Commissioner ScHAurr. rave orders In no
uncertain terms tina. the police must stop and that
tho crowds should DO left where they were In front
Of tho stand
It would have required little to turn
the confusion caused by the efforts OF
the police to hold the crowd In check
into II panic, with results terrible to con-
template. 1t is fortunate thing that a
clear headed, intelligent man with au-
thority to prevent such catastrophe
was at Pelham Bay Park on Saturday.
But Mayor MCCLELLAN cannot be present
1t every great gathering Of people in
own, and it is to be regretted that
'ome Of the superior officers OF the Police
Department seem at times incapable
II exercising good sense and ordinary
,aution in discharging the duties for
which they are employed.
Perhaps Col. MCCLELLAN may find
ime to open Q school for tho instruction
II bis semi-military subordinates.
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A Telepathio Message Explained.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN--Sir: Mr..
Goodwin Smiths letter. called forth by MIR.
Rider Haggard's recent communication on
tolepathy. calls to my mind peculiar inoi
dent. for the accuracy Of which can vouch.
The oldest son Of On educated cultivated family
was employed some years ago as hydraulic
engineer In a South American country. After
going TO bed on the night following a day
which had brought from her son a letter saw.
Ing his health was good. and that there wa.
no yellow fever In the city where his work lar
his mother, awoke. and. calling her husband
Informed hma sS Ti .hat great agitation that
The mother declared that she knew thai he ar..
son had died. but the source Of her knowledSe
she could not explain. On the following
morning a cable message was received. CON
frInins the "telepathlo" communicated of
the night before. Later 4 was figured out
eas she 10 Sreethe and those her
family to whom the story was told were con-
WINGED that here was an unimpeachable
instance Of communication from the spirit
hut the boys father conflded TO n friend
that his wife was In the habit Of receiving this
edge she had awakened at least twepty
times within the preceding. twelve months.
always from q dream that her son had died
FOLLOWED the receipt Of a letter from her p1 son
in which. knowing her dread OF tho disease,
he tosk pains 70 tell her that there was none
sons death and the hour OF the ladys S oy NJ
en TS;. were sdv not the s same a.. ,,,,,.
great comfort 70 think that her son had com
msrRabo as may Seem. she Sa den caad no re-
lively ever having had, such a message.
previous to the ono which wns Confirmed.
Those she forgot entirely:
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. TO- f''"'
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A Texas Skyscraper.

Our heaven kissing and gigantic old
friend the Hon. JAMES STEPHEN Hoao
has just been beaming upon Democratic
headquarters and roaring words Of
cheer. His passionate zeal for Judge
PARKER is well known. In the Texas
Democratic State convention he spoke
pleasantly Of Athe lockjawed Judge,
and was duly lanbasted By many Par
kerite orators. In Labor Day speech
at La Porto he served this notice upon
Senator BAILEY, Senator CULHkRsoN
and all the rest Of the Lone Star con-
servatives:
When these boi,oorats. piccrats and iobbyorats
talk about reading me out of the party By sss.
nnsi will DO there to kick lot Of them out"
Mr.. Hoaa is the nearest and dearest
of Mr.. BRYAN's Texas friends. Mr..
BBYAN's prophetic eyes look dreamily
over PARKER and reorganization and
1904 to 1908 and reorganization. Mr..
Hoaa is believed to be planning not only
q Bryan revival, but Hogg revival.
The boltocrats. piecrats and lobbycrats
tremble when they see the great man
campaigning on his own hook:
"He Kissed every baby that was broush. within
range. It was worth going mres 70 600 him grasp
q little ono under tho Arms hold 10 up utter few
words Of baby talk kiss Is enthusiastically and
hand 10 back 70 Its mother az a sn.,le Of cherubo
sweetness spread ov,r his extensive oouatenanoe.-
Mr.. Hoaa is enc of many Democrats
who look with only mild interest at the
1904 canvass. To them 1t ia only q spre-
liminary canter.' The race will be in
the year 1908.
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The Way to Stop DanE.ro., Au.onosil,ns.

To THE EprroR OF TINE SuF-Str: According
to this mornings papers. an auto accident hap.
pened yesterday In which . ncwsboy was Injured
In tho auto were It's owner and his driver. The
driver was arrested. ! want to know why the
owner was not arrested. The accident occurred
because the machine was going At an eIcsssive rate
OF speed. The owner was anxious 10 make time.
The driver was acting by his orders In speeding at
rate contrary TO law.
why was not the owner arrested Instead Of, or
at least as well as. the drvert The OWNER was the
really guilty party. Arc We afraid TO Arrest the
owner OF an automobile because he 10 reh and per,
haps o well known gentlemen, What does he care
about the law when only his poor driver 10 made TO
suf1er7
The nnc he Is required to pay Is but q bagate,ie
to him and Is no deterrent to fast diving. Auto.
MODELLING at speed dangerous TO life or limb OF
pedestrians wiz continue unless the owners realize
that they liable 10 arrest and the Inconvenience
OF temporary Imprisonment A. well as 10 the pay
ment Of a nne. Let US not be afraid 10 reach the
source OF the trouble and put the saddle on the
night horse. ]. E. SHERRY,
BRookLrS. Sept O.
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THE SCHOOL ENROLMENT.
Moro Charges Of Red Tape and Imp0ssibl,
Requirements for Entry.

10 TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN--sIr: Is the Board
OF Education vested with authority TO demand a
religious qualification from the parents Of prospcc-
uve paplsf II So when did this great ami vital
|-uhAnse In our institutions take placei We were
taught to believe that an American citizen was
permitted 70 afniato with any religious organiza-
ton be chose or not 70 afiate with such organlzs
uons. ~ bis conscience dictated. The Board Of
have q certificate OF birth from the Department
OF HEATH. or In lieu thereof passport or baptis
mai certificate.
We have little tiri. years old. whom We desire
70 place In school. unfortunately she was born
out OF tho city. In another State and II Is impossible
for Us 10 get birth certificate or course we have
no passport. But ali would be well II we had =
bapttsmh certificate. which we haven't.
Think Of II, our little girl not n be permitted 10
attend the pubic schools OF Now York because
her parents have failed 10 allate with religious
tydyi INDIGNANT PARENTS.
BaoonYS, Sept. o.
To THE gDrroa OF THE sUN--str: What purpose
does the Board OF Education serve In surrounding
the enrolment, OF pupils with 30 much red tape
this yeari There should be no hndrance 10 a
cL,d getting an education. Rather. everything
should 81 done TO facilitate II.
The doors Of every school house In America
should stand wide open 70 every child. regardless
OF birth certificate, passport or baptismai ceru-
noAte. A MOTHER
BsooxlIx. Sept. 0.
TO rHn EDITOR or THE sur--str: This 10 the
pairht OF some neighbors OF mine:
He and his wife are unable 10 give personally
the instruction 10 their nlne-yeAr-od daughter
that the school laws require shall DO given 70 every
child In this State between the ages OF eight and
fourteen. In . public or private school, or at the
child's home. They are atheists and possess NO
bAptsmal certificate for the child: they are native
Americans, and possess no passport; the child was
born In . Southern bAckwoods village, where no
vital Statistics are kept, and they arc therefore
without . certificate Of her birth.
The Board OF Education refuses to enroll the
child unless her parents produce OF these docu-
ments. II they neglect 10 send her 10 school, or to
Instruct her AZ homo she Ii liable TO arrest for
truancy and they for neglccting to send her 10
school.
My nolghbor says he thinks the child herself IA
the best evidence Of her existence, and bis rent
receipts Of her residence In New York. These
won't 60 down with the Board OF Education, how
ever. and he fears that his whole family may land
In jail. BAcHHIoR
THE BaoSx, Sept. 10
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wall He Como to Town?

II Judge PARKER will not 90 upon the
stump, at least he should make himself
more accessible and give the faithful
better transportation facilities than ESQ.,
pus offers. So many Of tho Democratic
brethren think. The people are many
and the porch is small. II Judge PAR
KEH will not go to the people, can't the
people 60 to hirn2
The editor of the Richmond Times
Dispatch records the feeling Of affection
which the Judge stirred in the bosoms
OF all the editorial excursionists to Rose
mount:
Every editor who met him fell In love with him
and went away with the feeling that Judge PARKER
was his personal friend. At least that was the
general expression. He nd not gush; he did not
try to DO agreeable he did not exert himself to DO
pleasant He was simply natural. and II is his
nature to be all that lind hearted should be-
Well may the Democrats ask, Where
fore are these things hidf Wherefore
have these gifts q curtain before 'emi
Our Richmond enthusiast makes fruit
full suggestion:
II all tho voters Of tho country could 60 TO
Rosemount and rieet Judge pAsK KR. as the editors
met him on Tuesday he would beyond doubt DO
elected by tremendous majority, for no Is man
OF tho people and a man the people would gladly
support could they 500 him as he s."
There Is practical plan here. Why
not induce the Judge to come to this
town, make his. headquarters in Madi-
son Square Garden and meet as many
voters as can be transported from their
homes and back before election dayf
The bulk Of the campaign fund could be
used for this purpose. We dare say that
even the soulless railroad corporations
would make a cheap rate. Only voters
from doubtful States to be invited.
No question Of dignity lis involved. 1t
IL just as dignified to meet voters In a
hired house as in ones own. Transport
tation, shelter and subsistence for the
doubtful voters are the only problems
that the headquarters thinkers would
need to ponder.
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trusted to keep the lines in satisfactory

trusted to keep the lines in satisfactory
running order.
: Whatever may DO the fate OF Gen.
KURoPATKIN's ar1ny'-whether it suo-
ceeds in effecting retreat to Hardin or
is enveloped at some intervening point
Ike Telling and forced to surrender
1t is improbable that Russia will submit
even to the minimum demands that may
be expected from Japan until second
unsuccessful campaign shall have brought
her much nearer exhaustion.
Until Russia's ability to cope with her
antagonist has been more thoroughly
tested, all efforts at mediation are likely
to prove fruitless.
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AMERICANS DON'T DRINK VINE.
Little Change In the Per Capita Consume
ton I'm the Last Twenty-Five Years.

Little Change in the Per Capita Consume.
ton In the Last Twenty-Five Years
The United States produces more gallon,
OF wine to the acre OF vineyard than either
France or Italy. It's wine product has in.
creased enormously OF recent years.
The quality of the wine, too, has bee,
improved, but the yearly consumption Of
wine in this country, which TWENTY-FIVE
years ago was forty-seven hundredths Of a
gallon per capita. was last year only fortv-
nine hundredths, notwithstanding the in.
crease In the development Of vineyards
IN The same period the consumption Of malt
liquors Increased from 6.0S gallons per
capita to 10 gallons.
The explanation Of the difference Ia the
general indifference OF Americans 70 wine
SO little per capita-even those countries
which. unlike the United States, are not
wine producers.
Although the amount Of American wilma
drunk per capita has increased little in the
Unioed states while the product Of Ameri-
mously, foreign market for American
wines has not been found necessary, the
home market steadily increasing The
reason for this is found in the foreign immi-
grafton during the past fifteen or twenty
years. ''ol''
There has been very little Enumeration
from Germany and great deal from Russia
and Poland. The increase In the demand
for American wines has not, therefore
been among those who were formerly not
wine drinkers, but rather among former
wine drinkers who have found the lmer;can
product superior to and cheaper than the
foreign. WIZ
Gradually American wine has HIpersedea
foreign wine In many places, and PARTICULARLY
In use among foreigners, but Americans a.
a people continue to show very little par
Is produced and more is sold ll-0Io
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Leaden Footed Justice.

Is it matter for wonder that there
is public dissatisfaction with some feat
ures Of the administration of the criminal
law in various parts of this free and in
dependent country The trials Of the
men accused Of responsibility for the
Iroquois Theatre fire horror are about
to begin, and the prosecution has lust
learned that one Of It's most important
witnesses has disappeared" He was
the spot light operator. probably not
a wealthy man able to hang around
doing nothing until it pleased the State
to call him, and it is not inconceivable
that he has left Chicago for other parts
as much to earn a living as to escape
tesdfying, although undoubtedly he
is glad to avoid appearing in court.
The Slocum disaster has not resulted in
anything more tangible than indictments.
and it seems now to stand fair chance
Of being forgotten.
In New York county person accused
Of murder has been locked up for a long
time because the prosecutors are not
ready TO go to trial or else the courts
are on vacation. The accused Is willing
to stand trial now. and would enjoy a
short vacation from confinement within
the city prison, What has become of
the cases OF those responsible for the
Darlington Hotel collapsed There was
a mighty hue and cry when q score OF
men were killed by its falling walls.
Such cases as these convince a great
part OF the public that something Is
wrong with the manner of enforcing the
criminal laws throughout the United
States. The courts are slow, the.~- a.s.
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Our Canadian Trade Increasing.


Canada is making up her trade Stats
tics for the fiscal year 1904. Again the
commerce across the border shows an
increase. Our sales to our neighbor
rose from $l29, S61 ,s47 in 1902 to $751;
e0s,ie5 in 1908. The business of last
year raises the figures to $50, s2e, SIS, a
highly satisfactory increase 80 far as
the United States Is concerned.
But our neighbor would entertain a
little moro kindly feeling for US, CONNER
oally, II the debit and credit account
stood little more evenly balanced. Our
purchases from these excellent customers
give them very much less cause for
satisfaction than our sales to them give
Us. In 1902 We bought from Canada
s7i. lo7 ,6s4; In 1908, 81, 7S3, 924; and last
year, $7s. $40. Our purchases show
only q nominal increase, and amount to
less than half our sales. This difference
In the statement Of accounts Ia not due to
Canada's lack Of merchandise and prod
ucts which we could use to advantage
In our own commercial and industrial
processes, but to the fact that we have
thus far been 80 blind or so Indifferent
to our best interests that we have failed
to realize the mutual advantage from
the closest possible trade relations be-
tween the two countries.
1t may be all right for us to sit back
and congratulate ourselves selfshly on
the fact that we have the best of the bar
gain, point which is really less certain
than 1t may seem. The weak point in
that attitude is that there is no gaaran-
tee OF Che permanenoe and stability of