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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24
,DEEr sEA,si cHAMrIoN RACERS.
Maskerels Speed y sixty Miles an Hour,
and the Tarp0n's About Eighty.
ON the Saturday Evening Post

from the Saturday Evening Post.
Study OF the speed OF fishes Ia embar.
raised by unavoidable difficulties. 1t ia not
possible. a. with birds. TO set up tall poles
At intervals OF Q quarter Of a mile, and, with
tho help OF stop watches. time them as they
60 by. Nevertheless. recent invcstiga.
ton Of the subject goes to show that the
mackerei. II not the champion racer of ths
briny deep. comes pretty near to carrying
OF the honors. CnQuestionably II travels
sometimes as fast as an express train at
high speed-say. at the rate OF sixty or posi-
bly, seventy miles an hour.
Other things being equal. the larger N.
fish tho faster II swims- just as the hugo
steamship is able to travel at a speed much
greater than the little harbor tug. In
doubtedly the energy employed by n nsh ~
great sine. such a. a thirty foot shark. whom
travelling at its best gait, Ia something tre-
mendous. An ordinary tug, which repre-
sents q maximum OF energy In a minimum
of bulk, utilities about 200 horse power. "
course, It Ia only a guess but 1t would
not seem TO be over the mark to suppose
that q seventy foot whale makes us" NJ
500 horse power when II propcls it's huge
bulk through the water at rate Of thirty
miles an hour. whale which is a mammal.
and not a hsh-might be compared 10 a
freight train II the shark Ia a cannon ball
express, but 1t can beat the fastest ocean
greyhound" in a speed contest.
II there Ia hsh that can travel faster
than a shark. 1t must be the tarpon, which
can probably hit her up" to the tune Of
eighty miles an hour. II pressed for time
Generally speaking. It may be said that fnnv
creatures which live near the surface Of
the sea are swift swimmers as compared
with those that dwell in the depths Thus
the cod. which Is a deep water species is
sluggish, and would stand no show az all
in q race with the mackerel or herring, These
latter, which are dlstinctvely pelagic de.
pend for their living upon their activity in
pursuing agile prey. and they must be quick
In their movements In order TO escape their
own enemies.
II the mackerel were as big as a good sized
shark 1t would probably be the speed cham
pion Of the ocean. No fish is better shaped
for rapid going. Some years ago yacht
builder In New York constructed a sloop
with hull patterned exactly after the under
body of a Spanish mackerel. She was called
the Undine, and. II tradition does not lie.
she never was beaten. Like the fish aztec
which she was modelled, she had her greatest
breadth Of beam forward OF amidships a
decidedly novel idea In boat building. One
may say, indeed. that all modern water craft
are mefe or less hshlike In their make mp
yet. on the whole, It Is surprising that marine
architects have not strlven more earnestly
than they have to obtain hints from Natures
own illustrations Of aquatic speed maklnr
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aim to give to tho world In the shortest
possible time navigable waterway with
locks 80 constructed, however, that with
out interruption Of traffic, and without
sacrifice Of the original investment, 1t can
be converted into sea level canal mme-
diately or in thu far future as the need
may be.
Nevertheless, II the fas cinations OF the
ideal and theoretically perfect waterway
should really invite Congress to the folly
OF sea level or nothing, it Is fortunate
that Senator SpooNER will be there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24
Cuba's Great Danger.

Last Thursday We commented on Cuba's
jugglery with the provisions OF her own
Constitution and with the Platt Amend
ment, which Ia supplementary to that
instrument. The ball has rolled even
more rapidly than was expected.
On Friday the Cuban House passed
a bill by which provision was made for
appropriatine to the payment Of the
soldiers claims the following items: the
entire treasury accumulation, amounting
to $4,000 900, less the sum Of $1,000, 900.
which, to placate an opposing element,
is to be expended for public works; a
balance OF 100000 remaining from the
proceeds Of the So, 900. 900 loan; and an
indefinite sum which constitutes sur
plus, above the immediate requirements,
in the fund obtained by the special tax
imposed for the protection Of the $685.
100000 debt. The bill further provided
for issuing that interior loan to which
we have already referred.
In other words, Cuba House OF Repre-
sentatives, spurred by various political
and financial interests, among which
the interests Of American speculators
appear prominently, proposes to empty
the national treasury and in addition
to incur a further national obligation OF
something like $2o,0o0,O00. The bill as
passed violates the Plat Amendment and
also violates the provision Of Section 3,
Article 50. OF Cuba's own Constitution.
This is wildcat legislation indeedi
Unless Cuba's Congress Is pulled up with
a round turn by her Executive or by a
restoration Of political and financial
sanity, there will ne Joy and gladness in
the ranks OF those who have declared
their conviction of Cuban incapacity
for self-govenment. Cuba's national
budget, submitted months ago, remains
unapproved. As was stated In our re-
cent series Of letters from Havana, many
Of her laws are Of doubtful constitution
atty through failure to provide the necee-
sary organic basis. The time Of her Con-
gress Is spent in wrnngling over political
differences and over appropriations for
the benefit Of individual interests. Moth
ing except her probably unprecedented
industrial prosperity, due to large crops
and good prices, saves Cuba from finan-
cial crisis.
We are not among those observers who
doubt Cuhe's capacity for self-govern-
ment. She is experiencing those diseases
and internal irregularities to which all in
FAINT republics are subject. We had them
in our own national childhood, and we had
some OF them in an extreme form. They
are probably inevitable but Cuba should
not for q moment lose sight Of the fact
that some OF her ailments may prove
fatal.
Tho criticism which We submit upon
the conduct Of her Congress and her Exec
utive Is made in kindness and good will,
as is the expression Of our hope for her
speedy and happy issue from the clutches
of those political and financial evils which
now seem to have a strange hold on
the island republic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24
Literary Evolution.

Would YOU trace the family progreN
.isa .:s -ce..! :..::s 4esoTy,
Just inspect the parior table
And the books which on II lie.
Back In Grandpa's haircloth parior.
With the shutters tightly ciosed,
Baxter's saints Rest" Fox's "Maryrs,-
On marble top rcposed.
The succeeding generation
To the novel lightly turned:
Robert Eismere" on the table
Ala glance could be dlssmsd.
Now, within the golden mansion,
1t appears to be the rule,
Fifteen hundred dollar -Paucies"
Part the money and the fool.
AcLANpBURoH WILSON
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The Deadly Alarm Clock.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-.Sir: AS misery Is
said to love company 1t may console Black ca
TO know that there others In worse state ,hAn
himself My window looks onto court surrounded
by buildings four and more stories high. Ffom
other windows looking onto this cour, comes every
morning at d loud and long alarm. followed at
intervals by four others between and $50. | nave
10 work hard during the day, but need not rise unN
T. I am Of an extremely nervous temperance
and instead Of getting used to the alarms they ha'"
prcyed on me that awake from half an hour 20
an hour in advance of the nrst one. waiting the
dreaded shock. Imagine how | begin each day
Gracious Heavens. deliver us from this puhNo
nuisance, the Alarm Ciock MADISON AVENUE
NV YORK, July n.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-!sR: Please allow
me 70 express my keen appreciation OF the eYati.
tude shown to the Southern slaves by Mrs.. Moore's
letter In THE Sun Of July "a. II 10 90 unusual for
Southerners TO say word OF anything except con.
tumely for these almost universally faithful servi.
tors that IL Is worthy word Of COMMUNICATION when
tho contrary spirit Is shown.
Noting the eontemptuous brutality IN the etsi-
tude OF the Southern people 10 the negro race one
might think the slAves had never done snythinr for
the whites and that the latter owed NO overwhelm
ing debt to these much abused and dovnsrodden
fellow creatures. SouTRSRNER
NEW YORK, July a.
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10 That All?

Governor HIGGINS is a nice little fell
low, says the Grocer Of Newburgh.
Is that the best the Crackers and
Cheese statesman can say now for the
man who voted for the Hartman Fur
naceville iron claim?
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Charles Kingsley.

To TEE EDITION OF THE SUH-.Sr: II may in
terest your readers interested In Charles Kingsley
and his works to know that he rector Of Evers-
ley. near Market Lsvington and West or Bishops
Iay!ns.on, two small towns or villages hsncs
parhaps the origin OF the name In his novel. He
was q friend OF my uncle, who resided In the same
village OF Eversiey, from whom heard much that
Is Interesting about the reverend canon.
NEW YoRK, July 81. z. J. MOULD,
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The Rllioua View.

To TINE EDITOR OF THE suN-sir: THE SUN says
this morning that under certain conditions this
would have been a combination OF poorhouse
and home for the aged" This might be an I'm :
provement on present conditions. Tho world Is
now simply combination OF paupers and million :
aires for any man who Is not absolutely sure OF
his and his fsmiiy's livelihood Il q peuper That
Is the poor mans condition to day a. he has TO beg
another man 10 give him Job. i. H. J.
NEW YORK, July "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24
Paul Jones At Home.

Prom out the harbor's mighty throat
Our greetings erandly 60;
Answering guns. ashore. snost,
Our weloomings bestow:
And Liberty, with torch on high,
Smiles across. a. he draws nigh
HIS homeland free from foe.
Welcome. spirit. shade and bones:
Welcome. living John Paul Jones!
EDWARD BkANcH LYMAN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24
The Redistribution of Seats In the
British Parliament.


The political motive for Mr.. BAL
FoUR's determination to introduce Re-
distribution OF Seats bill is sufficiently
obvious. 1t diverts the attention Of his
Unionist followers from the fiscal points
on which they differ and concentrates
it on the one subject concerning which
most Of them are agreed, namely, tho
expediency Of weakening the Nationalist
contingent in the House Of Commons.
There is no doubt that Ireland is to
be the victim Of the measure. BY in
creasing the aggregate number of men,
bers in the House Of Commons from $40,
the present figure, to 700 the Premier
could have given Great Britain the ad-
ditional representatives ostensibly re-
quired by the expansion Of population
while at the same time leaving to Ireland
the number Of members l03) which she
now returns. No doubt TOO would con-
stitute an unwieldy body, but that is true
Of the House as at present composed
Mr.. BALYoUB chooses to proceed upon a
different principle. Retaining the pres
ent aggregate (87o), he proceeds to a
redistribution Of seats by increasing
the unit population in counties and divi-
sions Of counties which is to be entitled
to one member. BY this process he
cuts down Ireland's representation to
the extent of twenty-five, while he adds
one to that of Wales, four to that Of
Scotland and seventeen to that Of Eng
land,
In the treatment OF counties on the
one hand and OF boroughs on the other
there is not even the semblance OF con-
sistency. Many borough the number
Of whose inhabitants falls far short of
the specified unit Of population will
retain the privilege Of returning a men,
Der 1t is further to be noted that the
number of voters on the registration
books by no means agrees with the num-
Der of qualified inhabitants, so long as
plural voting is tolerated. Under the
existing law, which Mr., BALPoUR does
not purpose to change, man may vote
not only in the electoral circumscription
wherein he resides, but in every other
in which he possesses the property re-
quired to qualify voter and which
he is physically capable CT reaching on
the date named for the election. a
man, therefore, who chooses to invest
money in vote concerning property may,
and often does exercise the franchise
a dozen, or it may be score, Of times at
the same general election.
Naturally, Mr.. BALFoUR's proposal
will encounter vehement resistance from
both the Irish Nationalist and the
British Liberals. The Nationalist hold
that the number Of seats awarded to
Ireland by the Act Of Union should be
looked upon as a minimum from which
no reduction should be made without
Ireland's consent, They point out, first.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24

The Chicago teansters' sympathetic
strike, which began April 7. ended last
week in the unconditional surrender Of
the strikers. The estimates Of loss In
business and wages arc less impressive
than what 1t is the fashion to cell the
butchers BILL These figures arc from
the Inter Ocean: Deaths due to strike. II;
injured during strike, $40; prosecutions for
violence, s4s; members Of unions indicted,
40
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24

Eleven short stories make Mctfure's Mig7:H'
for August really a midsummer Notion numhr'.
All are illustrated. some In color. Among We
authors MIR. Harrington. Miss Myra hehl'
o. Henry and James Hopper. Miss Ida T"h'
completes her study Of Mr.. Rockefeller her ar'ir-
being followed Immediately By RusRns eS'lma'e
Of Judas lscario. There are two poems, An aA'
usually attractive number OF the mag azinc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24

A great lesson to public men has been taught by
this Hook ER'sl case.-Bufalo Times
Yes; the great lesson that, no matter what
YOU do, your friends will pull you through.
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n our friends trio rdtor Us rth manuscripts Iov
publication tsh 10 hare rejected articles returned fp
s.ua IN all cases send aarps for that purpose.
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Published by The sun Printing and Publishing
Association at 10 Nassau street. In the borough
Of Manhattan, New York.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14

Is not from its gold fields. Fortunes are
made from the wheat fields and fruit
farms. Why not investigate the chances
there? Through train service Chicago TO
California, via Chicago, Milwaukee &.St.
Paul Railway, Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific Line. Rate for double berth,
81 Chicago to San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Santa Barbara or Sacramento. Tourist
folder, with complete information, sent
free on request. r. A. Miller, general
passenger agent, Chicago, or w. S. How
ell, 38l Broadway New York.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14

! Get your trust and warranty deeds at
THE. CHRONICLE Office.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
WHAT ARE. YouR SUMMER, PLANsg
PFofuseIy illustrated Booklet OF Famous
Resorts for the Aiding,

4 GFOhuseIy AlNAtrateu lnDOkiot OF sERmouF
Resorts for the Asking.
Summer Resorts" is the title Of one
of themost attractive and handsome book
lets ever issued by Southern railroad.
1t is just off ofthe press, and copies will
be mailed free to all who apply to w. l..
Danley, General Passenger Agent, Nash
Vile, Chattanooga amidst. Louis Railway,
Nashville Tenn.
The booklet is profuseiy illustrated
with half tones of famous scenes, histor-
iical and otherwise, and pictures taken
around the numerous Summer resorts
along the line Of the road.
| 1t is well known that the. Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Railway, the
Lookout Mountain Route, is rich in
its historical associations. More impor-
tant battles OF the Civil War occurred
along the line of this road than any two
others in the South.
1t occupies position of just as much
prominence in the Summer Resort"
field, as it traverses country that occu-
pies the same standing in this particular
in the South that the highlands along the
Hudson River and the. Adirondacks do
in the East.
The booklet gives description Of these
summer resorts and for what they are
especially noted. Detailed information
is given concerning hotels.
The Assembly program at Monteagle,
the most famous of all Southern summer
resorts, is given in full. Information is
also given concerning the summer school
at that place and the Monteage Bible
training school. AS kind of supple
ment, the booklet contains information
concerning schools along the line of the
road. Information as to railroadFates is
also given.
Those whointend to spend the summer
away from home or to makeea trip will
find themselves we'll repaid}by writing
for one of the booklets.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14

A daily paper for s1.00 year is some
thing the public has long. desired. The
National Daily Review, a delightful fami-
ly daily giving all important news. mar
ket reports and many interesting depart
ments for men. women and children. is
sent to subscribers Tor 81 year, rs cents
for months so cents for 3months. Sub
scribe today, address the National Re-
view Co., 800 Coca-Cola Building, Chica-
go, Illinois.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
EXAMINATIONS.

Ourannua1 examinations are now over.
Let all teachers who were unableto attend
remember there will be but three other
examinations held this school year, viz:
On first Friday and Saturday in August,
first Friday and Saturday in October and
first Friday and Saturdayin January.
Don't ask for private examinations, as
our timeii is oo-gmuch needed otherwise
M. 4. WOODBRIDGE,
County Superintendent.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
WANTED. y

BY Chicago Manufacturing House, per-
son of trustwoFthiness and somewhat fa-
miliar with local territory as assistant in
branch Office. Salary $lS, paid weekly.
Permanent position. No investment re-
quired. Business established. Previous
experiencenote essential to engaging. ADJ
dress. Manager Branches, $685.. Dearborn
Street, Chicago.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
CORN BREAD THE BEST,
Too Little Used as Food in Our Country
where IL So Indigeons.

Too Little Used as Food in Our Country
where IL IS Indigepns.
Washington Post,
1T is a great pity, 'said Judge Hatch
ings, of Muskogee, L. t., that the great
mass of American people fail to appre'
ciate themarvelous nutritive value of corn
bread, which is the sure-enough, staff Of
Life and which is far and away superior
te'the bread that is made OF wheat or any
other kind OF grain. | am saying this
not from an academic viewpoint, but from
personal knowledge, based on years Of
observation and experience
Any old hunter will tell you that corn
bread fed to his foxhounds will enable
them to pursue the game longer and far
Their than any other food, and it is the
universal rule of owners of packs to give
their dogs all the corn bread they can eat
before starting on the chase instead of
meat or wheat bread. The tremendously
long journeys that our North American
indians haye been known to make afoot
could never have been accomplished on
any other kind of rations.,
"The man who eats corn bread regular
ly may not know.it, but he is following a
dietary system that is ideal. Corn bread
gives strength to the system, promotes
good digestion and am invaluable ally to
nature. It's better far than the rice that
the little Japs depend on for sustenance
and yet in the land that is the home of
corn the people ignore its virtues"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
.rHE KIND THAT LASTS. ;.

Failure to paint your building when it
isneeded results in heavYexpense. When
you do paint secure the best--it is the
cheapest. The quality and durability of
Mastic Mixed Paint is guaranteed-'The
Kind That Last" Sold by the Fry Drug
Co, Camden, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
NOTICE,

Parties desiring fencing posts, fencing
wire (barbed or smoothly should call on G i.
B. Greer, manager of the Tennessee Fenc-
ing Co. TITS the aim of the company to
buy fencing in carload lotsif the demand
will justify it. By this means, an enor-
nous saving will result to the farmers
who patronize US. e. B. GREER,
Manager Tennessee Fencing Go.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14

II a paint manufacturer does net pub
fish the analysis of his paint, the reason
81 very plain. He's not very proud of it.
The analysis of Mastic Mixed Paint,
"The Kind That Lasts is published.
Get it, read it, and you will use only
Mastic. Sold by theFry Drug Co.. Cam
den, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

Program follows for the Benton County
Teachers Association which will meet
at Garfield Saturday, July Is, 1905:
Devotional exercise, /. N. Melton.
Welcome address, A. Il. Cole.
Response, Alma Greer.
Why are we here Edgar Clement and
Superintendent M. E. Woodbridge.
General discussion.
What do our country schools need
most ? Nora Cole, Edgar Allen and B. ID.
Johnson,
Can we always discipline school
without corporal punishment ? Florence
Nance, j. 3. Anderson and w. A. Woods.
Collection Of. queries.
Dinner.,r
Queries answered.
The kind of compulsoryscho law we
need, ]. F. Odfe, Della Clement and G.
N. Frazier. =
Why should the rnindsof our people be
agitated so on the school question G. G.
Wick, M. l.. Hardin, Pauline Brooks and
j. w. Mcfllwain.
(a) The teacher as the world views
him and as he is. (b) How shall we
keep him. (a)s A. f. Cole, Laura Beas-
ley and J. M. Lockhart; (b) J. G. Bane,
Luther Hollingsworth and Byron Pafford.
G. N.,FRAzEER,
JOE F. ODLR,
EDGAR ALLEN,
Committee on Program.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14

Mastic Mixed Paint, 1.-The Kind That
Lasts is as pure as any painter can
make in bucket and stir with stick,
besides it is made better. Powerful ma
chinery makes better paint than hand
power. Sold by the Fry Drug Co., Cam
den, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
MILITARY BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS
WANTED

Will pay $500 for. telling me who has
one whether buy it or not.
r. X. KELLEY,
Kansas City, Mo.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-02

"a good many people have said 70
tho: You arc looking ihin; what's the
msi,err There seems 10 be 80 much
interest In my health that I have de.
lsrmlncd 10 tell wha, tho trouble L..
This 10 IL: Every ilns = mistake OF
any kind IL made 10 the Banner ofiicc.
complaint IL made 10 me; the man Who
makes tho mistake never hears Of i'll
hear the roar. People believe writ.
tho police court items, and n mistake
IL made In spelling the name OF n
prisoner, complain, IL made 70 the.
People believe am the society rcpor.
Ter aud II q mistake IL made In giving
the IL, Of presents alta wedding. l hear
about Il. People think set type on
tho paper; II 4 mistake Is made In set
ting an ad., I am jumped; the real
culprii escapes. And that's the reason
I am THU"