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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
EURoPE,s FINE Posr OFFICE
Pestmastes WILCOX, Arriving Homo. says
they Beat Ours In Facilities.

Pegtmastsr WILCOX. Arriving Homo. say
they Beat Ours In Facilities.
Postmaster Wilcox returned yesterday
on the Kronprinz Wilhelm from six week.
trip In Europe. He was met down tho bay
by the steamer Seagall, bearing tho Letter
Carriers Band and Assistant Postmaster
Morgan. supts. Post. Elliott, Roome and
Washington and other department heads
In his ONCE in tho Post Offloe Building the
Postmaster discussed later the postal sys'
tens Of the European capitals.
u found In mono Of the great European
post Offices s,,oh' oongested conditions "a
prevail here In New York. London, Paris
and Berlin have all much better facilities
for handling mail matter than We
London has the BEST and greatest post
ofioe In the world. Their system OF do
centralized distribution u similar 70 that
followed In this city. but men, branch sta
lions and al other facilities are moro plentt-
full. It has, for example. three branch
oflaces each larger than our main building,
which we only partially occupy. They
have 10 branch ofioes, a. compared with
our a. They have twelve deliveries day
In the business section, We nine. We en-
ploy 5000 men. they 1000, although must
say that those are not al engaged directly
In the mail service. It al shows that the
wonderful London postal service Ia better
than ours In New York. simply through
It's larger means Of handling an immense
business.
Then, too. London has ono central Office
whsre all newspapers are mailed. also q
lnk ko Lon all in
ing packages from outside and distributes
them to tho branch stations through the
parcels post. Both these features are
good things and viii be adopted here sooner
or later.
'One up to date feature Of the Paris
postal system Is the petit bleu.' This Is a
special short letter Of. say, 100 words.
which, by means Of their extensive system
of pneumatic tubes. can be delivered to
any part Of the city In an hour. On the
other hand their tubes carry only the petit
bleus,' in addition to some first GLASS matter.
dates all our letters. II our tube system
were extended we would quite equal Paris
in rapid distribution.
"Thsy are using autos In London and
Paris In tho handling of Late mail. have
recommended these here and know they
would bs Of great assistance In the upper
districts Of Manhattan.
in Wow OF everything saw in The foreign
offices I am pleased With the New York
postal force, but think We ought to have
better facilities. Man for man, our clerks
and carriers do better and more work In
Comparisons Is to cost are impossible
owing to tho complicated system Of Gov
ernment appropriations for the European
offloes. But ! am more than ever convinced
that the solution for tho problem Of our
oongested service Is more branch ofdoes
and more men. Give US facilities enjoyed
in London, Berlin and Paris, extend our
pneumatic tube service to the size Of theirs
and New York will have the most effective
mail service In the world
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
FIRE DEPARTMENT HEROES
Men VINO VIII Reoeive Honor Medals IA
Bravo Rescues In 1904.


Fire Commissioner Hayes has approved
tho selection Of the following fremon n.
the medal men Of the department for 1904,
Bennett Medal-Flreman Michael J. stenh.
ems, Truck
Bonner Msdai-Flrsman Adam J. Metzlor.
Truck n.
Strong Medal-FIremsn Patrick J. Moran
Truck Q.
Trevor. Warren Medal-Flreman William
Weber. Engine IS.
Stephenson Medal for the foreman hayln,
tho best disciplined company and hest ken,
houso--Foreman John B. Conlon. Engine rs.
II was early on tho morning OF Sept. 4.
1904, at q fro In tenement at 1914 ATTORNEY
strsst, that Fireman Stephens rescued Moses.
Aaron and Hamuel Kritner, II, 10 and q
years old, respectively. from the fifth floor.
Tho fire was burning feroely at the time
and tho three boys had been overcome by
smoke. At the risk Of bis life, Stephens
entered the rooms; which were filed with
smoke. and carried out the boys.
Fireman Metzlsr dashed through flames
and smoke and rescued Amy Wadron.
IS years old, from the house at a55 West
Thirty-seventh street. The woman would
have been burned to death but for the
action Of Metzler, who was burned himself.
Fireman Moran rescued several OF his
comrades who had been overcome by
smoke and gas at q fire at 4S3 Broadway.
on June 20, 1904. The fremen had been
working in the cellar. Moran at great
personal risk entered the cellar, and with
the assistance OF others succeeded in get.
ting his comrades to the street. In so doing
be was overcome.
Fireman Weber, at a fire in a tenement at
7Ool Third avenue, on May IA, 1904. went upa
thirty-fve foot ladder to the fourth floor and
rescued Mrs. Tessie Klebs, 80 years old,
her eight months old child and George
Florrie. Later he was told that there was
woman ON the third floor.
Weber orawled on his hands and knees
through the smoke to the middle of the
room, where he found Mrs. Herman Eyl,
~ years old, unconscious. He tried to
carry her to the window, but he had been
overcome by his previous exertions. Re-
turning to tho window he got the assistance
Of another fireman, and they rescued the
woman.
The committee that selected the men to
be rewarded was Deputy Chief Thomas J,
AAhesrn' chairman ,I RepptE Chief Charles w.
laghan and William Guerin.
The date for presenting the medals has
not been hxed. There Win be no flremen's
parade this year, but Commissioner Hayes
e thinking OF having an exhibition. at which
the medals will probably be presented
Otherwise they will be presented at head
quarters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
EVANSS JACKIES ASHORE.
Had Sham Hattie and Battalion Drills
1t Jamestown, n. ].

NRwPoRT, r. l.. Aug. 22.-The crews
Of the battleship squadron under the com
mand OF Rear Admiral Evans, landed at
jamestown this morning and spent the
day ashore. participating in a sham battle
and battalion drills. taking their rations
ashore with them. The drills were held
on the grounds Of the jamestown Coli
Club. and were witnessed by large gather
ing Of people,
On Thursday the fleet viii 60 out to sea
VEN. returning here in he evening ,ss and on
Friday they viii 60 to Watch HILL where
thoy win remain until Monday, on which
day they vill sail for Proyinoetown to begin
The fau target practics o6 that port
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23

When Old Sol rose one morning,
His wife remarked my dear,
While You are In the city
Please match this sample here.
I'm sure it's very easy
The N=st faint ansh o. dewn-
Men have no eye for color.
Don't grow 20, but begone.s
Sol marched across the heavens
And sampled blues and while;
Saw crave with lightning streakings
And rainbow ribbons bright.
With evening he inspected
The yoalows kindling rcd;
The amethyst and opal
When stronger tinss VEN fed.
Then Just before the twilight
Begsn 70 setus down,
He uAtchs1 his morning sanp,s
And gladly LEFT tho tovH.
- -. MclsAxp10RWaoou
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
Will They Go to New Hampshire i.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-,str; Noticing =
communication In Sundays SUN 10 the effect that
hay fever had arrived wish to say that know
three mon, one . physician, to whom II has come
regularly a. this time every year for years. but
this year has not yet manifested ITSELF and they
are wondering II II will skip a year. They have
their luggage packed for New Hsmpshire, ready
70 90 as soon a. II shows up but they have had
no signal TO start yet, AZ least they had not re-
ceived any up to - o'clock last night.
NEW YoRK, Aug. "a. STRlKR woop,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
Tukon'e Great Day.

FYOsN YUKON WOT0.
What St. Georges Day 10 to britain. what Domin-
ion Day 10 10 Canada, and What Independence Day
10 70 tho American Republic, u August 10 70 the
Yukon. was on that day nine yean ago that
Skookum Jim washed out his famous pan on Rabbit
Greek. whose esult was the bringing Of Thousands
OF people 70 the country and the snriching jns
world BY Sl20.000,0o0 In gold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
GORDON IN BUILDING BUREAU.
Baseball Man and Former superintendent
Named ~ First Deputy.

Named ~ F1rst Deputy.
Joseph Gordon the American League
baseball man. resumed political office yes
terdsy when Supt Hopper appointed him
first deputy in tho Manhattan Building
Bureau to succeed John L. Jordan, who
resigned ON Aug. l to join his father In the
building business.
Mr.. Gordon was received with manifes-
tations OF good will by all hands, for he Is
we'll known to the bureau employees, with
whom he was In high favor when he was
superintendent under Commissioner Wal
lace In the Van Wyck administration.
Mr.. Gordon halls from Leader Hagan's
district and Was for many years a prac-
ness and 10 president Of the New York club
of the American League. The salary OF
the assistant superintendent is $4,000 per
annum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
DIAMONDS DEARER THAN EVER.
Lo0don Syndicate Cables 3 Per Cent. In.
crease IN Prices q Rough Stones.


crease IN Prices q Rough stones.
Two events affecting the diamond market
were announced yesterday in the Maiden
lane district. Importers who buy rough
goods from the London syndicate that
controls the greater proportion Of the
worlds output were notified by cable
that an advance Of s per cont. had
been made, effective ct oncs and az
feoting all grades and sizes Of stones. 1t
was also harmed that the now Premier
mine in the Transvaal. the only nina out
side Of the syndicate's ownership which
has been yielding stones in any considera-
bio quantity, has been put out Of business
for time by mud rush which covered
the works for mile.
Importers say that tho syndicate would
have advanced prices even II the Premier
miner were not disabled. The public will
feel the advance about the time the holiday
trade begins. There wers last year four
advances, each Of per cent, and there
was an advance on Jan. I Of this year.
Altogether there have been advances In
the rough goods aggregatins about 30
per cent. In four years, but some grades
OF stones have been put up even higher.
In addition the cost Of stones to the cutter
has been increased by requiring him to
accept in each shipment certain amounts
Of inferior or yellow stones and large stones
which do not cut to advantage.
The average value Of the rough diamonds
imported at New York last year was Ss7 so
q carat. The price to the public is much
higher because thu cost Of labor in cleaving,
cutting and polishing must be added. The
only explanation OF the advance given by
the London syndicate Is that there is q
scarcity Of the qualities Of stones that are
most In demand and mining expenses are
greater than formerly. The De Beers
Mines. Ltd, which supplies the syndicate
with the South African gems, has been
paying dividends Of 70 per cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
reading in he'd.

TO THE EDITOR OF THI SUN-Sir: ! notioe your
editorial In regard 70 the Oslcr recommends tion
70 read 10 bed, and you make up che combina non
Of bed. book and cigar as tho acme OF pleasure.
To insure unbroken rest would suggest asbestos
bed clothing and q suit Of tin pAjamAs.
CHAkLka B. WHITING.
Hartford, Conn, Aug. 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23

-Ho has accused me, for instance, of pretty
noArty every crime he could think of."-Tk Nsp-
bvsoh 0rocsr on NJ. JIRoMR.
Oh. no. Old CRACKERS AND CHEESE, Mr..
JEnoMR has only touched on you In pass
ing. He has merely scratched the surface.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
SAYS SUN SPOTS SHOOK EARTH.
jesuit AstFo0omer Thinks We Need Have n
Hwthee Fear for N Years.

0cDN1S Au0 VlOmOf luIuA9 VIC NtoU HAVE No
Hwthcr Fear for n Years.
sr. LOUIS. Aug. 22.-The Rev. Father
Charropin. g. j.. astronomer Of the St..
Louis University, attributed the earth
quake Of yesterday and to-day to the re-
cent prevalence Of the sun spots and says
that while there may be slight additional
disturbances no serious earthquake need
be expected for eleven years to come, as tho
sun spots recur In greatest force every
eleven years, and their influence is now
largely past
Father Charropin was born In Gu1de-
loupe and remembers the West Indian
earthquakes Of 1913. The first Missouri
earthquake coming under his observa-
ton was that Of 1857. To-dav's seismic
disturbance was the third that has sha ken
st. Louis within three years, the first oc-
curing Sunday. Feb. 8. 1908; the second
about q year ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23

Ff0m M KaHs0S CIV J0VVnal
There nre eight mon In the vicinity Of Solomon
who arc named Mike Sullivan. 10 dlstlnsuiah
them they are known a. Mike Pete. Mike Bat.
Smoky bat, Prairie Mike, Mike Dan. Corner Mike,
Wild Mike. Big Mike. Little Mike.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
Tho Quaker Muse.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-,sir:
Fair Mabel with old Neptune plays.
Ten thousand rubbers standing dumb:
The bathing suit makes clear the phrase
An 1rradu0bls minimun."
punADcaSalA. Aug. q. AussW HlAsi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23

tuo pIlucikheA Onuo ulss We AAvc.
germany l,l0l VO,UU
United States 77O500 900
GREAT bHtatn ".....s.,.............,.. oS,UUOOOO
Japan Observation-Disclosures. <s7, 6O0 900
Austria 29i 900 900
East Indies british Indla) ..,...... 25& 00O 900
RUSSIA .......................'., ll4UU.Oo
II will be noted what . prominent place little
Japan has reached In the list, compared with big
Russia, using moro than four tlmes a. many each
year. with . population nearly two thirds less
GermsnyS lead over the United states is accounted
for by the use Of pictorial post cards In Germany,
largely BY foreign tourists.
As to letters, however, the United States Is far
ahead Of all other Countries Tho total number
Of letters posted here during 1908 Iioe ooo
Great Britain follows nsxt with IN 900. and
then Germany with 1.s4s. 10000 In 1908 these
three countries alone posted no less than 900
lettsrs. France comes next with SAC 900 letters.
No other country posted a. many - 90. oo0. 900.
Estimating our population At 900 In 1908.
the use In that year OF i,i0a,000.I0o istteD and
T70,soo,ooo post cards. In all %S7ob00.000 pieces,
denotes . postal use that year toutsde OF news
papers, books, parcels and all other kinds Of mail
mAtssb Of sixty -one pieces for each inhabitant.
No other country In the world can make such q
showing, particularly - We sent over 100000. 900
kilograms In the sams year, besides hundreds Of
millions Of telephone messages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
Uncle Sam. Postmsster.

Ths worlds yearly use Of post cards IL enormous.
The liquidation by countries 10 interesting. Taking
the principal ones nrut We have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23

II ou, frsS~ds .oAo faeoy W VtH manvsedpss lor
publication Gtsh 10 haze rejected orelss reSrnso' MY
nv,t m an ce,<, ssud stamps for tkss pSrpoS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23

CuOUo ~ TTOS0Solon.
Caller-And what Kill you DO when You grow upf
Little Gih-A cook. then nobody win dare wak,n
me In the morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23

The Hsirlesgsrs Impression.
Kncker-Did you see the aiiship,
Jerssy-I shsuid say Co. look where Il stunr ma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-08

would a metropolitan police law then
affect Topeka and other towns that
believe in its enforcement Besides
even metropolitan police could do lit
tie towards enforcing prohibition I'M
less they have a city council back of
them to give them the right kind of
ordinances. The temperance mayor of
Salina, Rev. David II. Shields, first
class man, by the way, is experiencing
that sort of difficulty. He has control
Of the police, but half of the council
are opposed to the enforcement of the
law and he cannot pass a search and
seizure ordinance to give his officers
needed authority. A metropolitan po-
lice law might be benefit in the
hands of a wise and good governor,
but in the hands of a poor one it
would only open the avenues OF graft
1t is a dangerous thing to take the
power of self-government out of the
hands of the people,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-08
KING CORN.

Corn is king in America and he can
not be dethroned. Every other industry
is dependent more or less on the corn
crop. Corn makes the wheels go round.
1t furnishes students to the colleges
and the universities It builds cities and
railroads. 1t pays the preacher.
The effect corn has on the markets
and trade in general is indicated by a
paragraph in the weekly summary of
the banking house of Henry Clews &
Co. This paragraph says:
Everybody in business is now wait
ing for the great corn crop to pass the
danger point, which, barring widespread
and increasingly improbable disaster, it
will do in the next two or three weeks.
Crop reports during the week have, ta-
ken altogether, maintained their favor
able character, though the government
report on Gotten. which is this month
issued with proper precautions to in
sure its accuracy, confirms other auth
critics that the cotton yield will be con-
siderably below that of last season.
Much interest attaches to the August
report of the department of agriculture
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-08

on the grain crops. which viii appear
at noon on Thursday next. Waliestreet
is looking forward to one OF the most
prosperous years in railroad history.
The earnings of the great granger reads
when the crops begin to move will make
comparisons with a lean wheat crop
year, and these comparisons may be
expected to present a long series OF
stimulating influences throughout the
autumn and winter. A large crop OF
corn such as the present promises to
be has many ramifications. There is, in
the first place, the railroad traffic on the
corn itself and the greatly increased
traffic of the many products into which
this great cereal enters. especially in
the great provision industry. Then
comes the enormous traffic incident to
the great prosperity throughout the
vast corn belt that a bumper harvest
at high prices means. Our country is
essentially an agricultural country; its
wealth comes from the ground and the
prosperity of the producer quickly
spreads to the entire fabric"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-08
GLOBE srGHTs.
TFrom the Atehison slobe.l


busv man breads an Idle woman.
Everything bites in this world except the
fish.
well as too mitch.
Be polite, and, for goodness sake, tone
Some people think it a sin to let piano
alone minute.
The more wealth q man has the louder
his children talk.
No girl likes to be seen carrying a corset
box on tie street.
Every day will be Sunday by and by
but you won't know it.
The smaller the dog that Is smelt, the
bigger the growl he efnits.
Don't tell a woman she is too short: tell
her her neighbor is too tall
How often unknown men say: Every
body around here knows me-.
Next to a dog in warm room, nothing
smells so bad IS an old pipe
Ever remark how you straighten up
when you see stoop shouldered person
When you find there is nothing In your
doctrine" how foolish you feel.
It is cheap man who wants his friends
| to say he is right when he is wrong.
When some people work they make so
much fuss you are sorry they started.
when it begins to rain in the country. it
seems as hard to quit as the tobacco
| habit.
| The laugh will be on the men when they
| become angels and put on their first
| dresses.
| They are about even: If you are a boy,
| it is the wood box; If you are girl it is
| the c.shes.
| How mean a man feels when he gets
mad, and then discovers he had nothing to
| get mad about!
There IS no contempt equal to the con-
about. delivering lectures for women
only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-08
JAYHA WKER JOTS

People who are guessing on the size
of the jackson county corn crop are
placing it at six million bushels.
Woodson and Greenwood counties
are growing because combined they
raise ESQ, 900 bushels of wheat this
year. One man out in Graham coun-
ty raised nearly that much alone.
The Becks at Holton are. preparing
new quarters to hold the Recorder
since they have combined it with the
suff1cient for that combination-it
ought to take halves at least.
J. c. McCrum, a farmer near Ben
nington, Ottawa county, holds the ban
ner wheat yield thus far. He thresh ed
1000 bushels from thirty acres, MAX
acre There may be patches of two
or three acres which have yielded as
we'll, but thus far no field of that size
has reported SO big yield.
Bert Walker makes fuss because
the Beloft Call published a column
got to tell the score. He also criti-
cises the Lincoln Republican because
Lincoln is in the Kansas state league
and the Republican never says any
thing about the ball games. Bert is
getting too particular.
The country papers are printing big
editions just now to take care of thei1
advertising, and this is the dull season
of the year, too. A few years ago the
country editors depended on the de-
linquent tax list to fill up their empty
columns, in August, but now. although
the tax list has shrsnk to almost in
significant proportions, the usual size
of the papers will not hold the post
harvest business.
Stockton News: f. e. McNulty re-
turned Tuesday from ten day trip to
Kansas City, where he went to in
vestigate the fuel oil question. with a
view to starting a tank depot in Stock
ton at an early date. He also looked
into the insurance problem but could
get no satisfaction from the agents.
The insurance companies are at sea.
There have been no explosions or fires
from fuel oil, and nobody knows
whether the Introduction of fuel oil in
business places and homes VIII IN
crease fire risks. One thing is certain
oil will soon be used universally in this
section, on account of it's comparative
cT1eapness. There are many burners
on the market but nobody here knows
the merits of the respective inventions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-08
ouAKER REFLECTIONS.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
Second thoughts are often best, If they
come in time.
some clothes are SO loud that they
shouldn't be allowed.
A woman is tired of her husband when
she no longer cares to quarrel with MIN.
You can't always tell an ideal husband
from the way he treats his wife before
company.
The old topper loses sight of the fact that,
while age improves whisky, whisky does
not improve age.
When a girl refuses fellow she is ter
riloly disappointed if he doesn't become a
blighted being.
The straw that broke the cancels back
must have been made over into a boarding
house mattress
Nell-'.Miss Antique carries on her bar
gair1-hunting propensities TO a ridiculous
extreme" Belle-s.Yes; they say that even
her age is %. reduced from 3d..
He is dead broke, but owns a yacht.
To eat he can't AFFORD.
He has centreboard. but not
A cent aboard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
frror, the chicago News. ]

fFron the Chicago News.1
"Never give up is the motto of a miser
Conversation may be a lost art, but talk
IF YOU do not expect to win you will be
an easy loser
It's a wise wife who is able to trump her
husbands tricks.
To please woman the only way Is TO
let her have her own way.
The income of a married man IS any
where from p. m. to a. m.
Some bachelors fall in love and some are
logged into it by widows.
The successful sportsman never loads
his a,1n and himself simultaneously.
a wouan's memory is usually strongest
on the point of other Women's OLD
clothes.
Photographers make speciality of neg
afives. but seldom say mo" when asked to
take something.
If matters not how smart a man is, some
dav he will bump up against another man
WHO is Just little smarter