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plans, therefore, are conceived and car
ried out under the serious disadvantage
that it lacks reliable and exhaustive
knowledge Of the ground and OF its OPP
ponents movements.
From this point of view, the Japan
csc possess great advantage. A col
lison with Russia was long foreseen,
and before the outbreak of the present
contest large number, not only OF
Japanese officers, but of Japanese SOL
ders, had been at the pains to acquire
the Mandarin language and certain
Chinese dialects, for the express purpose
of obtaining correct information from
the natives of the country in which 1t was
foreseen that their forces would have to
operate. Unlike the Russian common
soldiers, who in many cases are unable to
read or write their mother tongue, even
the Japanese privates, for the most part,
have been to an up-to-date school and
learned to read and write the Chinese
characters. 1t follows that Japanese
scout would be qualified to secure exact
intelligence about distances, or the names
of places, or the maneuvres of the Rus
sian troops. He would understand pre-
cisely what was said to him, and he could
rely upon what he heard, for the native
Manchurian would not deliberately mis-
lead him, being secretly or avowedly
DESTROYS Of Japan's success. The Rus
slams, on the other hand, forced to de-
pend wholly on native interpreters, who
even If they were not treacherous would
be Intentionally misinformed by the
natives whom they should interrogate,
have been continually crippled by their
inability to learn what their opponents
were doing, or to ascertain the names and
distances Of localities, or to get accurate
accounts of roads, villages, hills and
rivers.
The more carefully the weakness of
the Russian intelligence department
is considered the more weight is likely
to be attached by the student of the
operations in Manchuria to this cause OF
discontinue.
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both parties. Confusion viii arise also on
other issues, Perhaps the only question
on which lines. can be drawn with any
decided sharpness is that Of the national
fiscal policy. The Liberals will stand for
the present system of moderate tariff,
which furnishes revenue and limited
measure Of protection to home indus
tries. This protection is supplemented
by system OF bounties. The Conserva-
tives will undoubtedly declare for more
decided protection. The contest will be
no jug handle affair, although the Liber-
ais hold an important vantage in the
control Of the national machinery and
in the record of progress shown since
they came into power. The Opposition
has number of forceful leaders and will
put up an energetic fight, with a good
chance of success at the polls.
The campaign is really now in process,
although no definite announcement has
been made regarding the date OF the
election. The leader Of the Opposition,
Mr.. r. l.. BORDEN, seemingly the man
most likely to succeed Sir WILFRID
LAURIRR as Premier in the event of Con-
sentative success, is already in the field.
So are number of lesser lights. The
announcement Of the date of election
will be the signal for the opening Of
contest in which the present movements
are only preliminary skirmishes.
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A Recipe for stone Broth.

70 TIE EDITOR OF THR SUS-Sfr: Take good
sized cobbestone and place 1t In q fat bottomed
kettle: bring to a boil and then remove the stone
and place II on the kitchen window sill, II several
stories up Then cover the bottom of the kettle
with raw sliced cod steaks, say two and e-half
pounds. and cover these with SLICED raw pota
rather thick slices In frying pan put one quar-
ter pound OF pork and one two large slices OF
onion. and fry till the onion sensation" is per
ceptibie all over the small apartment.
When the goldfish Tor instead hard or son clams
and the potatoes are nearly done, they having been
simmcrng q slow fire, slice four (my wife says
three, good sized onyumyums-beg pardon on
ions-and place them on the potatoes. Then push
the stone OF the kitchen window sill and 70 down
six Nights to see what cook II may have killed.
On your return the kettle and Its contents will be
ready TO receive three pints OF milk thickened half
q cupful or more OF butter and the fried pork.
Pour the milk. &C., In cold, without stirring and
noat upon II six pilot biscuits or crow bread cakes
When these are soft, the whole mess being al
lowed to boil. at the end you have fsh or clam
chowder such as eastern mothers only know how
70 make.
charge you add no tomato TO this compound.
This Il not q New York tomato and water clam
chowder but dish equal to the best bouillabaisse
that ThAckeray ever ate a. Terrc's Tavern In the
Rue Neuve des Petits Champs-"Thc new street
In the little neids." LUcuLLUs H.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.
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Standing Together.

The Hon. CARTER GLASS OF the Lynch
burg Neps blows himself, 30 to speak,
into this iridescent bubble:
For the first time since 1892 Democrats all over
the Union standing together"
This recalls that ancient adjuration
of the comic Captain to his awkward
squad: Step out of the ranks and see
how crooked We are
See how the Democrats are standing
together. The Judge stands on the
ground that protection is robbery. The
Patriarch stands for incidental robbery.
Here is an editor who stands for the
Republican policy in the Philippines.
Yonder is an editor whose legs tremble
so at the thought of the Republican
policy in the Philippines that he can't
stand. BRYAN, the greatest individual
force in the party, stands. unreoonciled
and unchanged, for the policies Of 1895
and 1900. The Gold Democrats distrust
the Bryanites and are thoroughly dis
trusted by them. And 80 on.
What common platform, if any, unites
these two or three or half dozen parties
which compose the Democracy? just
about this:
we want 70 get In
Our feet are cold
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The Indictm emit.

T It Is already evident that the citizens
of the State of New York would welcome
an explanation by Governor-Chairman
OpEIL of the following plank in the
Democratic State convention platform:
For the nrst time in Its history the Empire State
has Governor whose personal Integrity rests
under widespread suspicion. He has surrounded
h,mself by high officials and advisers under whose
maIlgn influence the public revenues OF the state
are largely diverted to private proht."
This plank represents the expression
of 855, 1893 of our citizens who voted at
the State election for Governor in 1902.
The convention which adopted it unan-
imously was made up of 450 delegates,
three from each Assembly district in the
State, duly elected according to the
strict primary and convention laws OF
the State. The delegates and the con-
vention which adopted the plank repre-
scented the 855, 39S voters who partici-
pated in tho State election two years ago,
and, besides, the plank is digest of the
daily sayings of Republicans in every
Assembly, Senate, Congress and Judiciary
district in the State.
The difference, though, is that while
the plank in the Democratic State plat
form is in fact document of regular
and formal official purport, the chagrin
and anger of our Republican citizens
with regard to the Governor-Chairman
have not yet found official expression.
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SCKKO7H.
The Hebrew Festival Of Thanks giving
which Began Yesterday.
From On article By Dr.. I'idor Singer in tn


From IN article bu DR.. Tsidor Singer in the
Neu Era Nogatine,
This festiv al was In Biblical times, or more
exactly, as long as our ancestors lived as an
independent nation on the soil of Palestine.
instituted as q celebration of the ngatherins
Of all the fruits OF the year. concluding the
cycle Of the three great annual feasts--the
other two being Passover and Pcntecost. on
which the Law required the whole male ropu-
lation to appear before the Lord In the ma
tional sanctuary.
And thou shalt observe the feast OF in
gathering at the year s end Exodus xxxiv..
az. This and the parallel passage Exodus
xiii 1877: Thou shalt keep the feast of in
gathering which is in the end Of the year. when
thou hast gathered thy labors out of the
field" the oldest in existence in which our
festival Is spoken Of. show. as it is only nat
ural to suppose. that the legislator OF olden
times did not think Of fixing the exact dates.
The great autumn thanksgiving was held as
soon as the corn and wine and the other
fruits of the soil were safely under roof on
the thousands of little farms OF our agricul..
tural forebears, This event took place. Of
course, at different dates IL different years
and In different districts.
As the closing harvest celebration and
very probably, the most ancient o! the festival
cycles, our festiva was considered the most
One characteristic feature OF the Feast OF
I8DernRClee was the expression OF 1eStlNe
Joy on the night between the first and second
days. In the Court Of Women four branched
golden candlesticks were erected to the &C
dance was performed by the most prominent
priests and laymen. The dancing. as well ,tS
vocal and instrumental music. lasted until
daybreak. Some OF the most pious men eX
ecuted dexterous movements with their
f1ambeaux while dancing for the amusement
~ A. D.. son of Gamaliel J.. used to dance
with eight torches in his hands, which he
alternately threw UP in the air and caught
again without their touching one another
or falling to the ground.
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poycot, Of the N.tura, History mu,sum .

To THE EnsToR OF THE SUa-.str: Noting your
article on the boycott Of theatres caricaturtng
Irishmen. I would Mkc to offer an amendment TO
the resolution adopted by the Ancient Order of
Hlbernians Of New Jersey. Ny amendment IA 10
add after the words as part Of the performance"
that all members OF the Ancient Order OF Hibernians
and their families also boycott the Museum Of
Natural History Of the city Of New York also Cen
trial Park, New York. until such time as they re-
move the orsng -outang. commonly known a. Mr..
Pat Rooney, from the Museum, and all monkeys
from Central Park with surnames OF Irish origin.
hope that the Ancient Order Of Hibernlans
at their next convention assembled will acoept
this amendment MALACHI o'SHLU1HNHseY.
NRv YORK. Sept. .
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The Philippine Opium Question.

A little more than year ago Mr.. TAFT,
then Governor of the Philippines, gave
his official approval to bill providing
for the restriction of the opium traffic
in the islands. The measure caused
a storm of protest from those earnest
and worthy people in this country who
are strongly opposed to any act which
can be construed into an official recog-
milton or sanction of the sale of liquor
or opium. The bill was carefully and
deliberately drawn to meet a serious
condition and with every purpose to
meet it in the wisest way. But such
trivial things as cold facts never seem
to trouble people whose only remedy for
such evils is an impossibility.
Out of Difference to this opposition,
further action was suspended, pending a
report from a committee appointed to
investigate the system of regulation of
the opium traffic throughout the diff
ferent countries in the Far East. That
report has now been submitted After
study of the matter in all the lands
in which the question appears, the
commissioners report in favor OF the
establishment of a rigid Government
monopoly of the sale of the drug in the
Philippine Islands.
Governor TAFT estimated the number
Of Chinese in the Philippines addicted
to the habitual use of opium at 100000.
Prohibition he declared to be ineffective,
if not utterly impossible. Under the
present feebly restrictive system the
use of opium is spreading among the
native population. The matter is stead
lily becoming more serious. The desir-
ability of action at the earliest possible
moment is beyond dispute.
Those who are most familiar with the
situation assert the utter futility Of a
prohibitory law, although its enforce
ment would seem to be at least a
theoretical possibility. So is the suppress
sion of the liquor traffic in this country.
Yet with all our better facilities for the
enforcement OF such laws, prohibition
has not been an unqualified success.
Regarding the opium traffic in the isl
ands, the opinion Of the most competent
dutuOIlJlezs 10 buct uOtiilANS iOAhoAiAS GA
oept the question Of the best and most
effective system Of restrictive regulation
as a preliminary step to ultimate pro-
hibition' at time when. under the oper-
alton of restrictive laws, the number
OF habitual users shall have been So re-
duced as to make possible a policy Of
effective prohibition.
AS neither Mr.. TAFT ard his advisers
OF last year nor the committee ap-
pointed for the investigation Of systems
in other lands had any personal ends
whatever to serve, it may be assumed
that their conclusions are entirely hon.
est and in every way more competent
and well advised than the opinions and
views Of those whose lack Of specific
information makes them mere theorists.
Between the theories of those who do
not know and the convictions of those
who do know, the weight Of wisdom is
with the latter.
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The season at Coney Island which formally
ended yesterday has been in many respects
the most notable in the history OF New
York's chief seaside playground Not
only has the attendance been vastly larger
than in any previous season, but IN char
acter, substance and orderliness the patrons
Of Coney Island have been Of a higher
standard. Much Of the former notoriety
which attached to Coney Island has been
efiaced by the high character Of the enter
tainments offered and the good order, safety
and decorum preserved by the municipal
authorities
1t Is fact worthy Of notice that several
million persons have been transported to
and from Coney Island with safety and
comfort during the summer without acci-
dent or peril.
Next season. as is already known, there will
be an extension of Coney Islands attrao-
tions by the establishment Of third great
place of amusement like Luna Park and
Dreamland. Plans are also under way
officially for a seaside park at the extreme
eastern end Of Coney Island, to be opened
under city authority and at public expense.
The good order maintained at Coney
Island this summer, the surprising cheap
ness and surpassing safety Of the means Of
reaching it, the extinction Of so many of the
evils OF such resort, and the vast number
OF visitors to it, are all creditable to New
York
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Report of an Interesting Surgical Operation.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--.Ssr: ! would m ost
respectfully draw the attention Of men Of science,
as well rs the leading surgeons OF the day, 70 an
operation performed by g non practising friend
on the dearly beloved companion OF his little girl
one of the patients lovely blue eyes disappeared
altogether. A black and horrible chasm marked
the spot formerly occupied by the brilliant orb;
and where had II gomez
I: had not fallen out that was quite clear. for.
II you gave the sufferer ever so gentle q shake you
could hear distinctly the loose eye rsttllng inside
her skull.
II was case demanding extreme carr and de
liberation. With piece of fishing line formed
into a loop. and inserted into the cavity he en-
deavored literally to hsh for and secure the fugi-
tive eye For some time he pursued this mode
of treatment. but without success Then he ire
panned with corkscrew. With his penknife he
af,erward cut away Q portion of the skull which
rescmbied papler mache, coated with wax.
Through the opening thus effected which formed
In fact u sort OF trap door, he was enabled TO re-
gain the eye; and soon sferwsrd. by means OF glue
judiciously applied. to hx II In It's right position.
A little brown paper and more glue restored the
skull and the-in point OF fact-wig TO their former
state
No anrsthetlo was used.
wALIka BEvERIhI CaAx.
NKw YORK. Sent. -.
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Art Commission and Ma nhattan Bridr.

From Wf 1SC7ef0TTC ATnffIcdn.
In spite OF the obvious contradiction involved
In tho Reputation by the Art omission OF prop
eriY authenticated plans that they had already
indorsed. In favor OF imperfect plans lacsing any
engineering Endorsement. the An Commission
has seen nj 70 accept the new plans.
We certainly agree with the Merchants Assc
citation In the opinion that the commission has 8,
sumed a grave responsibility In authorizing this
important public work under circumstances that
must be very discourssng 10 the friends OF good
government In the administration of city Affairs.
For what good reason does the Art Commission
after accepting the findings Of an expert invesu-
cation OF q bridge designed by a competent en-.
rineer. now refuse 10 ask for similar invcstlga.
ton OF the undieeSed plans of a man who vas q
comparatively unknown subordinate In that On
rineer's once when those nrst plans were made,
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The Next Cana dian Election.
We want 70 get In
-Our feet are cold"

More than year ago there prevailed
in Canada belief, which was little short
of a positive assurance, that a national
election would be held during the autumn
of 1908. So firmly was the Opposition
convinced that an election would be de-
clared by the party in power that it pro-
ceeded with tentative organization and
plans for the campaign. But the plans Of
the Liberals went into the air through the
necessity for another session Of Parlia-
ment for the purpose Of revising the bill
for the new transcontinental railway.
Final action on that measure was had
last May, and the question of national
election again appeared. 1t now seems
certain that an election will be held at an
early date. probably in November.
No other election in Canadian history
has been 80 charged with important
meaning as that which, in any case, must
occur within the next twelve months.
Issues are involved which will give the
event only less Of significance to the
United States and to England than to
Canada herself. The Canada Of to-day
1t is not at all the Canada of 1895. when
the Liberal party came into power Dur
ing the last eight years the Dominion
has taken new and larger place in the
world, both politically and commercially.
Her foreign trade has doubled, her popu-
lation has increased, and her home in
dustries have multiplied. Eight years
ago she sought reciprocity with the
United States; to-day her prosperity has
made her Indifferent to such relations,
while any suggestion Of annexation is
an offence. 1t is even possible that the
fiscal policy of the mother country will
be determined by Canadian action.
Canada can get along without England
much better than England can get along
without Canada.
With the possible exception of the
tariff question-and even that is by no
| means simple-the campaign will be full
OF complexities. The Liberals, now in
power, will have strong card to play in
the record Of national prosperity and
advancement during their regime. They
will claim credit which does not rightly
belong to them. Coming into power in
1895 nominally as party Of free trade,
they have adopted and pursued the sys-
tenn of moderate protection inaugurated
by the Conservatives whom they then
defeated. Probably no other institution
has contributed so largely to Canadian
development as the Canadian Pacific Rail
way, built during the time of Conservative
control. Great natural resources and
individual effort and energy have been
more potent factors in national growth
than the fiscal policy Of the Liberal party
Nevertheless, that party will claim the
credit for the vast industrial expansion
Of the country.
The features most likely to confuse
the election are the new transcontinen-
tai railway and the Chamberlain pro-
posal for an imperial zollverein. Neither
can be adopted as distinct policy by
any single party Supporters and OPP
ponents Of both appear in the ranks Of
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The Martyr Marmot Of Punxsutawney

Punxsutawney on -Mahoning.
Loud your tables are agroaninE.
Your bright knives shine and stay;
Pun sutawney sweet and lucky
Punxsutawney. all woodchucky.
O peerless Punxsu,awney, hurza for woodchuck
Day!"
So sings the Hon. CLEMENT HOOVER
FREAs, Supreme Secretary and Poet
Laureate of the Punxsutawney Ground
hog Club, in his 'Arctomysia on the
Creek" usss) Last Thursday was fra
grant in the nostrils and hot + the mouth
of Punxsutawney. Annually on that day,
in accordance with immemorial custom,
the groundhoggers have solemn
meet" and prepare the weather of the
year to come and assay the woodchuck
of the current year. The hunters set
off early in carriages. They came from
all the marmot worshipping totem viii
lagos, from Bellwood, Brookville, Altoona,
Glen Campbell, Clarified, Du Bots,
McGees Mills and Pittsburg. The grand
hunt began at Canoe Ridge. The grand
roundup was rounded in Miller Stoops
Though the procession was much ham,
pered by hampers, as DR.. HUGHES, the
Club Mixologist, and DR.. HAMILTON, the
Surgeon, report, the quarry was satsfac-
tory. Captain-General the Hon. LEMON
CHAMBERS, Master Digger FAcKNER,
Master of the Hounds FREAs and Chief
of Noodsmen BREWER verified the num-
her of the game as IL. The Official Wood
chuck was not captured until p. M.
The fate Of this unfortunate is told by
our old friend the Punxsutawney Wine
and Spirits:
On ore or two occasions since the advent of
man upon the earth the grounding in charge Of the
weatherworks at the time either missed his csieu-
iations or w,fuly deceived mankind in the quality
Of weather handed out for the six weeks following
Feb. 2. The descendants OF this wicked wood
chuck have multiplied, and Is the mission Of the
PunIsutswney GroundhoE Club TO eIterminste
him. When. therefore, one Of them has been 10
Gated In hole great cry goes up from the wise
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How Far Away Are the Stars.


SHVoH .Ntt0cNVp VI NdVI!THF.
Speaking roughly, w have reason. from ma
data so far available. TO believe thai the stars ~
the Milky Way arc situated at distance between
900 and 700 coo 900 times the distance from,
the sup At distances less than this II seems likely
that the stars are distributed through space With
some approach 70 uniformity We may state ~
a general conclusion, Indicated By several methods
OF making the estimate, that nearly all the stars
which We can see with ou- telescopes arc cor
tsined within q sphere no, likely 20 he much MOI :
than aoo,ooo. 600 times the distance OF ~ sun
The inquiring reader may here ask another
question. Granting that all the stars we can se-
ore contained within ths limit. riav there not b.
any number Of stars without the limit which are
invisible only because they are too fLr away - h-
se~n7
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The Little japanese


From ~ Boston Trdnsetfpt
Once I knew japanese,
With a little blue rhern,se,
Socks and sandals and pretty paper fan
Lady foot and dandy hand.
Aicroscopically planned,
And he didn't seem At all a ng hing man.
he was neat and he was clean
Most delightful 10 be seen:
He was spctlosS he was spick and he was span:
He WAS sugar he was spice.
he was everything that's nice;
And be didn't seem at all lighting man
He would greet you with q smile
Which would carry half mile,
Sweet as summer. and expansive In It's plan,
He would nod his beaming noll.
Like q polished little doh:
And he didn't seem OF all o fighting man.
which Is why I'd give lot
Could camp upon the spot,
Where he's winning bloody lAurelS for japan,
dust 70 watch him wading In.
With that smile above his chin
For he didn't seem at all lighting man.
BKRTBkND SHADwELL,