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SACHEM'S WOOD.
A Needed Addition to the Romantic Beau.
ties Of Yale,


TO THE EDITOR OF THE sus-.str: President
Hadley Of Yale thus begins his report for 1901
The most distinctive event In the history Of Yals
Tor the past year has been the arrange for the
purchase OF the Sachem's Wood estate, commonly
known - the Hillhouse property"
There VIII thus be conveyed to Yale the rrIta
residence tract In all New Haven. containing sono
thirty broad acres OF natural grass and surviving
forest: an estate, moreover. which Is by no means
poor IN historic Associations, were this the time 10
rehearse them al large. See merely on the New
Haven and Yale side. many Hillhouse passages In
the Diary Of President Ezra Stiles: and on n puo
lilo hnc Art sldo look At tho Hillhouse translation
Of that sttn somehow peerless work on North Amc-'
lean trees by Alchaux.
President Hadley sayy The late owner OF the
property. Miss hinhouse, was a devoted lover Of
trecs. and her Interest In Yale connected itself
chieny with the Forest School and the Botanical
Garden. II u perhaps not TOO much TO say that II
was this interest thAt made the acquisition OF tho
property possible: and IL Is the hope and eIpcc,a.
uon that some Of it, best parts win be used for the
development OF forestry and botany"
The traveller 70 New Haven and Yale at long In
tervals Of absence nnds OF the new buildings moro
particularly. the great stone ones too harsh. bald
severely untoncd BY time and seasons; It requires
the menowtng OF great many frost and suns
besides whole generations Of sympathetic occu
pancy by men and their ghosts. TO ripen raw stone
buildings into academic temples with any sal; OF
true sanctuary grace In the courts thereof
SO the Sachoma Weed estate ie an lllustrious
counecslcut manor of the Puritaas' own blue blood
In grass and woodland, and IL trees and lawns
Win In FOOD measure restore 70 Yale that higher
atmosphere OF natural glamour. Illusion. romance
In breathing. which the overcrowded. fast van
ishlne campus" and those massive but hardly as
yet graceful new stone buildings nightly
striving from old Yale 70 evict by summary fore
closure and from young Yale 70 cut OF al the very
foundations. W. =.
LnnsPoRT. Pa, Aue. l.
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Russia's Grand Remembrance.

It Is known that the delusive project
Of reform conoocted by NJ. BoULYoU1NE,
Minister Of Interior, has been discarded
az impracticable even by the champions
Of the. autocraoy and bureaucracy,
who have been warned that its adop-
ton might create a crisis eliminating
In the proclamation OF q provisional
Government at Moscow. At this moment
the Council Of Ministers Is In session at
Peterhof for the purpose Of devising
a more acceptable scheme, which, it ID
r,,mored, may be promulgated as early
az August H.. There can be no doubt
that this change in the attitude Of the
Government has been brought about
by the startling manifesto issued by the
congress Of zemstvos and dumas (pro-
vincial and municipal councilsl which was
held at Moscow In the last week Of July
"a manifesto which. although its publi-
cation was forbidden by the censorship,
has been circulated all over Russia.
We have before us the text Of this re-
markable document which for It's in
trinsic weight and significance, and in
view OF the circumstances which have
Called 1t forth, has justly been compared
with the Grand Remembrance" pre-
scented to King CHARLES I. by the House
Of Commons in i64l, remonstrance
which, had he needed 1t, would have saved
him from the block. Like that tremen-
dous arraignment it enumerates the
successive proofs Of double dealing and
Perhdy that have been given by pur-
blind and shiity SOVEREIGN sinoe. by TIA
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THE WAKING CONSCIENCE.
Graft In High Places.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sis. In the
forceful letter written by "A Plu mber' Helper"
a few days ago. your correspondent not only
expressed vigorous Indignation but seemed
surprised as we'll at the prevalence OF graft
In high places. As far as public oficialdom
s concerned. there does not seem to me TO
be anything surprising In the situation.
No representative government 70 better
than the people that contrive it. When
official graft ia everywhere and perennial. It
Is a philosophical corollary Of something the
matter with the ethics Of the constituency.
When voters select legislator or an alder
man not upon his fitness for the ONCE but
wholly upon the vehemence OF his promises
that he will perpetrate an injustice upon .
trust or a railroad corporation. how can they
expect that he will hesitate to rob the public
treasury-or his next door peiSh5oT-if ne
gets a good chance?
The curse Of humanity Is envy: and an en-
vious man ia one with an elastic conscience.
1t is easy to convince him that he IL the VIC
tim OF abstract wrongs. and 1t follows that
he practises with some enthusiasm specific
and glazing wrongs upon others-and sx.
cuses them with remarkable reasoning.
Much has been said from high places in
late years about new conditions necessitatins
change from the old attitude Of government
toward property. And but a short time ago
statesman of much prominence and variously
eS(lIuARu VIM 10 ~ pEe6tut
without employment. In a widely circulated
article dealing with railroad rates delivered
himself of the following marvellous logic
Neither do railroad presidents take . tenable
position when they insist that only railroad oficals
are competent 10 NJ rates. II they would but
apply 70 this question the rule which they apply
70 other questions they would know that the rail-
road managers. instead Of being especially ntted
arbitrarily TO NJ rates. are Ia reality specially un
Atted for the work. The bias caused by pecuniary
interest Is everywhere recognized. A Judge u
not permitted 10 sit In his own case. and . Juror
Is excused II he has the slightest pecuniary interest
In tho result OF the TRIAL And yet railroad man
ayers impudently assert that those who have the
largest pecunary interest In the hxins Of the rates
arc just the TO be trusted with this important
work.
This is the sort Of teaching that 10 used to
influence the young voters; and the appalling
thing about 1t is that it is influencing them.
Conflscation by the rule Of might-or maj ority
interests now an established political prln-
cple Then why should there be any aston
ishment at the result2
Ny advice to "A Plumbers Helper ap-
preaching his first vote. Is to scratch tho man
that puts UP the biggest boiler about trusts"
and predatory wealth" c. e. TscHUDI.
MANITOU, Col, July 81.
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His xpectation OF Political Life.

Mr.. BRYAN is we'll Of, comfortable,
reasonably rotund, able to retire. He Is
about to trot around the globe. but he
will not retire from politics even If, at
some time not now to be apprehended,
politics should retire from him.
At Dayton last week some curious
impertinent asked him If he would be a
candidate for President in 1908. Mr..
BRYAN, smiling. mt the question by:
II cannot say as to that. There Is plenty Of
ame yet to Decide ahd- win make ub my mind
when the time comes" req +
Plenty Of time especially for Mr..
BRYAN. who Is but a lad Of forty-fve, and
sometimes talks younger than he looks.
Plenty Of time, which he Intends to fll
with plenty of politics:
. II expect 70 b actively interested In politics
in the next campaign aud In all oampa,sns for tho
next thirty -dve years. As long d loan b useful
70 my country viii do my duty
Thirty-Ave years morel Why not
fiftys Mr.. BRYAN is healthy, ahstemious,
with constitution like q mainmoth's
and bubbhng happy spirit as of per-
manent boy, He ought to be good for
. century. The chances are ls to that
h viii I've 70 be at least 90.
Doubtless, % long as his active or
eanazation keeps In apple pie order. he
VIII aght reorganization, talk for, to
and about the producing classes and
accumulate an increasing share OF the
Mrg,nv prrvnn
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IDrPLoxArIo ETI0pETTs.
Col. Posey wilson Produces Fensnere
Csopey A. an Authority on the eub)ecS.

CoOpey - an AutnerStS On S"O S~~S"
TO THs Enron Or TIM suN-sir' the
question OF preosdenoe which 10 worIyms
the Presidents peace tea party ~ r o.
mouth might we'll be left TO the feoeMHo'
OF Women's Clubs, or TO some ladies' who nave
fought In Washington society. Women drink
delight OF this kind OF battle. Thousands
Of years they have fouEht peds cum peds LOT
precedence, and any knotty thing IN ~ =
woman can unloose Familiar ~ her garter
Shenstone, who know her frame. sesd:
For women seek precedence ever;
IT'S their whole nfe's supreme sndeavot'
II ilres their youth WITH Jealous rage,
And styongiy snlmates thar age.
The Fates control the dsstinlss OF men. snd
the Fates are women.
But II the tea party cannot agree TO 90 TINS.
Let them TO the bosom Of Feninnoro Cooper
ly. Bid them throw 10 the pigs the veryuice
OF Orotius. Putfendorf and WhitslAw Reao:
and drink the rioh juice Of rlpensd grapes.
ased In wood. from The full casks Of Cooper j.
His novel The Monikins' b very manual
for statesmen. Chapter L.. pare ia. sets
forth the negotiations between Dr. Socrates
Ressouo Professor Of Probabilities In tho
University Of Monikinia, Kingdom Of Leap
high, assisted BY Lord ChAtterinoNA and sir
John Ooldencalf OF Great Britain. backed
BY Capt. Noah Poke Of Btonington. Conn.,. the
best Of skippers.
Each party showed great lenlty toward
tho others contentious. For example. the
Monikins having. Of nsoSsatty. % appear 10
their skins. insisted that Dir John and Capt.
peke ou sht. a. In courtesy to them, to appear
IN oxrjs votvruKbvs.
ThS question we ably debated, but BY
mutual courtesy IL WAS agreed that the British
and American members Of the commission
should wear buffalo robes and nothing else.
Altar several abortlve attempts to provide
for a later and moro strenuous Interview.
Il WA agreed On pyo.oeois:
,,.,o. That th.rs sh.,, he An interview.
X,tiois =. THAT tho said interview. shau b .
pesesable interview, and not q beIiigerent inter-
Nov.
Arudss That the said interview shall b logical.
sxplsnatory and diseursive.
Article l. Tha. no advantage shah Be taken OF
anything by lawyers.
A second protocol superseded the former
ma and proyided for an interview which
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Christian philanthropy OF these settle
ments" among their race, prosperous
jews have only to set up competing
settlements Of their own. It Is q free
field, and II they occupy it thoroughly
there will be no room left for Christian
"propagandism.
How do the people who are reached
by the Christian settlements" feel about
the natter Do they resent the in
reference in their behalf They would
seem to be the ones to offer criticism II
any ia to be made.
Moreover, how fortunate will be the
Jews Of the Ghetto II their own race
vies with Christians In efforts to relieve
their hardshlps and to elevate them
socially.
As to the conversion Of Jews to Chris
tianity, past experience does not en-
courage attempts at such "proselytism,
Jews write to VI, however, that strenu-
GUS efforts are required to keep Jews
from falling away from their own re-
lfgion. Even children Of orthodox Jews
in the East Side Ghetto are growing
careless in the observance Of their own
ritual. They crowd into the colleges OF
the town and are likely to como thence
with their Judaism pretty well washed
out and no religion Of any sort to re-
place it.
Is not this peculiarly time when It
behooves believers In supernatural re-
ligion OF any and every kind to work
together harmoniously rather than at
cross purposes II they are to stop the
inroads of infldelty3 While you are
quarreling over religion, may not re-
ligion fly out Of the Window
As King SOLOMON, the Jew, wrote
nearly three Thousand years ago, Hatred
stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all
SINS" The world has been drenched
with blood by religious controversies,
but never by love and charity.
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The Camp 81 the slsspsrs.
Central PARK, Summer, iso6 +,

Angel, whose stand 10 on the towers
OF ciucs. through the deep night hours
When thou, compassionins. yet apart
Nearest al hearts beat a. one heart,
Heed. now. this host OF them that aIeep,
few blest hour Of truce they Aeep:
Once moro they breathe, their noe withdraw.
Beneath the bastions Of the dawn.
Guard the grim battles Armistlce;
Pace round this cool. greeo oAsas,
Where old and young have cast away
The burning burden Of the dAyi
Their tent roof u The baus-d vault
1he sentry night -brsese cAile,h, Halt"
And nov their eyes shut out the shoso
OF downward-dnving lanoss keen:
nor foar they INV lest they shall roe,
Beneath their foes dread chariot vhes
Inat dnvesh through the blind. bright noon:
10 these, the dark u dres uicss boon.
Q Angel. who hast charge 70 keep
Tho mingled host Of these thu, slecp.
Behold. outnuns along thy path.
Like saoklsd grain-the human svath.
Behold. and, - thou passest BY,
ror prayer receive ne sumbercr's sish,
And closer bead ny p,tyins go:
Like sosttefed lowers Ne children Nc
y thdr white faimsos On Tie svsrd.
q. mess Of ". Asvs thSss n wardi
--&QA y EnessAs
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Ego Alameda.

Would you live forever9' asked the
builder OF mighty headlines In t,le Kon-
sos CITY journal shop q To read the
despatch; and added cynically, a. one
weary Of headlining and asking not to
stay:
Then cd, electrified eess. says California soien.
tist."
Well, California is fount Of health;
q prolonger Of life, a friend Of annuities;
and also center Of what may be called
dogday science. No severe examina-
ton will be given to Alameda discoveries
at this stage Of the year, and one b pre-
pared to receive with uncritical languor
the wonders done or said by the Hon.
4GEoRaB j. FOSTER Of 1911 Oak street,
Alameda. The number 1911" has magic
In 1t and b q guarantee Of good faith.
What was old PONCE DE LEON doing
In Florida? The fountain OF youth was
in his chicken coop. For Prof. FOSTER
has ascertained that the egg properly
electrified, is the elixir Of life Az we
understand it, the egg is the life and
electricity is the life of that life:
Coils Of wire were laid around the nes1 In his
henhouse, and the current turned on when the
hens went 10 lay. Tho result was quickly noticed.
From the time OF the installation Of the electric
wires tho eggs took on . different property.
when eaten they acted like tonic. FosrzR
distributed the eggs to the aged OF his neiehbor
hood Tho eject was wondrous. Dimmed eyes
became bright the hating step gave way 10 one
Of elasticity. bent shoulders were Strengthened, and
soon. mail tho neighborhood. there was neither
An old man nor an old woman.
by careful selection FOSTER has bred . race
OF Sowis that are endowed with the electric prop
critics from birth. The wires are still kept around
the nests. however, In order to sustain the high
efnciency Of the eggs
The chickens are too precious to eat,
The only trouble with the electrified
eggs is that il the current is too strong
the eater is apt to be injured by the
shock. Customers in the East can put
themselves in communication with Prof.
FosTER's oviculture plan. by wireless.
Truth is mighty and will prevail. after a
considerable struggle.
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Fine specimen q onc,a, rnvec,,ye.

To THE EDITOR OF TEE sUN-Sir: find
that Dr.. James L. Kelloss, professor Of biology
In Williams College. to whose ju ssins with
the English language called your attention
fortnight asY. has close rival In the mis-:
bis Honor. the Mayor Of the city OF Troy.
Let y 20 down to posterity that on Thursday
evening. Aug. .. 1905. the Mayor. in 4 message
to the Common Council Of modern lllum was
guilty of placing upon the offiolal records
the following wonderful example OF ENG
lish 81 she 10 wrote:
Since this individual evidently does not possess
those qualities Of mind and conscience which make
men sai:ssspecslne And doesn't. and vhioH ia this
man occupying the position Of Z public servant,
and called upon 70 act between the public and
Germ. 70 exhibit that deiicacy and modSssy that
Arc comfortable with IN honest purpose 70 honestly
perform public duty: \ would bs n svidspce Of
demn the indecently prominent advocacy Of special
pfivileges " this corporation BY the individual ii
question. -
Verify, the .grammstisn IL abroad. no less
IL TIP MtE Hall OF TROY than In the halls
TROY. N. Y. Aug. I.
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Royal Hawaiian Hotel In Honolulu, en-
July "a. He said: .s

NOyu HeWUmn nOt6b ~ uOHOtuiu, CT
July "a. He said:
There Is one thing want 10 speak to yop about
We want 10 unite In some one bureau. an executive
bureau. the interests OF the Pbilippines Hawaii.
Alaska and Porto Rlco, no that all matters OF In
formation eau come from that bureau, and Hs.
waiians In washington can 60 there and ascertais
the latest 10 connection with the afairs Of Hawaii"
Such bureau mi ght serve a conven-
lent purpose In the processes Of insu-
lar and territorial administration. The
Philippines and Alaska and Hawaii and,
we believe, even Guam and ITutuila, as
wellas Cuba, Panama and Santo Doming 60,
may now 60 to some Department in WASH
ington, State, War or Interior, and find a
place whore they may rishtfully lay their
little bundles Porto Rico Is like the
first Of NoAH's weary doves. There Is
no place where It can light. Its only har-
Dor 10 the already overhlled arms OF the
President, who.' because there was moth
ing else to be done, has sometimes asked
the Secretary Of War, as personal favor.
to take up some Porto Roan question.
Action rests, a. Senor AcUNA says,
with Congress. But theway to got action
in that busy quarter 10 for everybody.
and particularly the Governor, to make
a. much noise a. possible.
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OFor the nth time Canadian and American
yachtsmen are to meet In b contest for tho
championship Of the Great Lakes. A series
OF races has been arranged and the first
meeting In this series will be next Saturday
on Lake Ontario near Charlotte. A contest
worth Witnessing will take place. The
trophy Is called the Canada Cup because
the first boat to win It was the Canada. and
she represented the country for which she
was named.
This will be the second international con-
test for challenge trophy, sailed this sea-
son. The other was for the SeAwanhaka
Challenge Cup, and the American boat was
successful. Now all yaohtsmen will watch
this weeks racing and hope that the Canada
Cup may be kept On this side Of the border.
making with the America's Cup and the
Seawanhaka Cup trio Of trophies that will
represent American supremacy in yachting
in all GLASSES.
It Is q singular fact that since the nrst
race for the Canada Cup 1t has never been
successfully defended. Each year 1t has
been carried OF by the challenger. The
Rochester yaohtsmen are the defenders
this year, and they have great faith that
they will be able to change this order OF
things but in order to succeed they will
have to be up and doing. The defending
yacht, the 1roquois, ia built from designs
by c. F. HRRRHsHoFF. . nephew OF the
Wizard Of Bristol. The challenger 10
Fife boat, and WILL FIFE himself 10 now
on his way hither to lend his experience to
the Canadians. FIFE never could beat
HERRssHoFF Of Bristol, and he may discover
now that there are other HRRnBsHorFs
able to turn out cup defenders
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The Brilliant Star Of Zanzibar.

We acknowledge with mingled emo
tons the receipt Of this important and
apparently official information from
Equatorial Africa
"To TIE EDITOR ov THE sUN-.StS: beg to state
on my leaving Zanzibar on July 10 ] was presented
by His Highness Sultan ALI IM HAhouD with the
Decoration OF the Order Of the Brilliant Star Of
Zanzibar in recognition OF services rendered dur
Ing my three years consulship al that place.
Having been promoted In the service am IN
route TO Washington and expect to reach New York
about Sept. l. MASON MrrcHELL.
sMoARAsA. July II. Consul
The Brilliant Star Of Zanzibar had been
In the possession Of Consul MASON
MITCHELL only two days when he penned
this announcement to the American
people. His law library was boxed up
and in the ships hold. It had undoubt-
edly been boxed several days previous
to his departure from Zanzibar, and
hence it was not conveniently accessible
at the time when His Highness the Sultan
ALI BIN HAMoUD conferred upon the
blushing but delighted veteran Of the
Rough Riders and the vaudeville stage
the illustrious decoration which now
wrinkles upon his breast.
Nor is it likely that at Mombasa, his
first stopping place on the homeward
journey, the newly decorated American
Consul had an opportunity to consult
either the Constitution of the United
States or the Revised Statutes. There
is not even a consular agent Of our own
at the benighted spot where his letter
was mailed.
We state these facts in justice to the
Hon. MASON MITCHELL They show that
he probably accepted and took upon his
soldierly person the Brilliant Star Of
Zanzibar in utter forgetfulness Of that
clause Of the Constitution which provides,
in Section Of Article l.:
mo person holding any once Of profit or trust
under them tthe United statssl shan. without con-
sent OF the Congress- accept Of any present. solu.
ment, once or title Of any kind whatever, from
any king. prince or foreign State
And likewise in absolute ignorance
Of the corresponding prohibition in
Section 1851 Of the Revised Statutes:
mo diplomatic or consular onacer shall .
ask or accept for himself any other person. any
present. emolument pecuniary favor. ofnce or uus
Of any kind from any such tfore.snl Government
g, It il true that II the Hon. MASON
MrToHELL had adopted the excellent
practise Of the late ROSWELL P. FLOWER
and worn continually In his inner waist
coat pocket directly over his heart q
copy Of the United States Constitution
he might have absorbed and assimilated
these direct and positive injunotions Of
the Federal law. He would then have
informed his exalted friend and admirer
the Sultan ALI BIN HAMouD that, much
as he priced this evidence Of that poten-
tate's distinguished esteem. the consent
Of Congress was lacking and the proffered
Star OF Zanzibar must not sparkle on his
historic and histrionio bosom.
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The Portland Orsoonian has induced a
number Of rich Portlanders to tell how
they laid the foundation Of their fortunes.
The revelations are not very satisfactory
recipes for the young. One putocrat made
his first 1000 'by spending less than he
earned" How simple! To be sure, a lot
Of folks, most folks, never earn money
enough to be able to save thousand dol
lars The noblsst answer Is given by the
man who says he saved d 900 from his
pay as a soldier in the British army" How
old was he before he got that initial thou
sand3