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zsxRE JAMES CR1r1crzED.
TAs verbal Klessncies OF Thst Noveii.rs
Young Persons.

TO THH EpIroR OF THE suN-Sir: Mr.
Henry James gave the young ladies at Bryn
Mawr some excellent advice as to observing
the purity Of their English. Many OF tho,e
students no doubt turned to Mr.. Jamcs's
pages for examples Of the nice distinctions
In speech which he had urged them to oh.
serve. Perhaps some OF them "hit" upon
this passage: 1t was definitely then that
she lKate Croyl had begun TO ask herself
what Aunt Maud was. In vulgar pa rlance,
up to-" A few psges before this Dcnsher
was quite disposed to be making his escape
when pulled up to be placed in relation with
her." Isn't II also vulgar parlance TO say
that Densher was pulled up? ltis In describ-
Ing tho hrst meeting Of Densher and Kate
Croy that these nioe determinations Of writing
are observed. The reader is naturally curious
10 sec how young persons conduct themselves
In a world Of such purity Of speech:
~They had found themselves tDenshcr and Katel
looking at each other straight, and for a longer
time on end than was usual at parties In galleries;
but that. after all. would have been small affair,
II there hadn't been something else with H. II
wasn't, In Q word, simply that their eyes had met:
other conscious organs. faculties feelers had met
a. well. and whom Kate afterward maged 70 her.
self the sharp. deep fact she saw t In the oddcst
way. a. . particular performance. She had OBJ.
served ladder against a garden wall, and had
trusted herself 80 10 climb II TO be able to
over Into the probable garden on the other side. On
reaching the top she had found herself face to face
with gentleman engaged In like calculation
at the samo moment. and the two lnQurers had
remained confronted on the ladders. The great
point was that for tho rest OF the evening they had
been perched-they did not climb down."
Now, wasn't II time for Aunt Maud to say
TO Kate. In vulgar parlance, Come of your
perch? j. EASTMAN CHASE.
NEW YORK, July 20.
The sun., 1905-07-31
Thinning and club Servants.

.,vh servsnts that have begun TO be demoralieed
BY tho tipping system. Higher wages and the
Christmas subscription are evidently not oom-
nensatlon for the gratuities that visiting million
aires scatter among the hotel servants
The SUN printed the o,ner gay leHe, wnlon a
rave voice 10 this complaint from one or these
servants, although It did not describe the present
condition Of domestic service In the Now York
clubs. Tho old style English and Irish servants
have ali but disappeared. Their places are rapidly
ro,nr TO the Italians and other Continental ser
wants. who are willing TO WORK TOT smaller pay.
Much greater rewards await the better trained
and h,Sher class servants In the new hotels. SO
tho house committees will be compelled to raise
the rate OF WAGES or part with the kind OF servants
ina, have been traditional In New York clubs.
NHw YoRx, July -. CLUsAAN'
The sun., 1905-07-31
The soutasr,ers and Their Old Slaves.

TO TIE Eprroe oy THE suN-str' Please s!!o-
mo 70 express my ke6n appreciation Of the graft.
,ude ahovn 70 the Southern slaves BY Mrs.. Moore's
lc.tsr In TnI sun Of July a. hope her letter will
bring 70 tho memory Of many Others the good
deeds that have been done By the colored people
In the south during dsvey. and that they will
Join her In the good work. know that there are
thousands Of others that have had the same expe-
rence with the slsve that Mrs- Moore has had. but
there arc some 700 narrovminded 10 acknowledge
Il, vet there are hundreds Of osheTs Who are 700
broad In their conception 70 try % hide The grand
and worthy service that was rendered By the savss
and they viii endeavor 70 help her In her noble
work. LAB.
NEW YoaK, July -,
The sun., 1905-07-31
Mayor Dunno on His Hobby.

Speaking on Municipal Ownership
before the Boston Tammany Club, the
Hon. EDWARD FITzsIMMoNs DUNNs,
Mayor Of Chicago, said:
II can confidently assert tha. II Is almost In
vsrably the rule that whore utilities are furnished
by private companies they cost nom 80 70 iot
per cent. more than where the same usiiities arc
furnished by the public companies
1t is unnecessary to ask upon what
facts and statistics this generous gener-
alization rests. 1t carries inherent evil
dence of it's truth. Private corporations
are dependent upon narrow specialists
and experts. In the hands OF liberal
statesmen and men Of affairs, like the
Hon. BATH House JOHN and the Hon
H1NKY D1NK, for example, the manage
ment Of public utilities could not fail
to be very different from private man.
agement.
Backed as We are by public senti-
ment and the righteousness Of our cause,
continues Mayor DuNNE, Il have no
fears for the ultimate result. The
ultimate result! In his enthusiasm
Mayor DUNE may be pardoned for
forgetting that he was elected Mayor
in order that municipal ownership might
be an Immediate result.
But what skills little delay, tempo
rary postponement Of the millennium
since Chicago is in earnest, and when
she says 4 will to-day, she will say i
have done tomorrow
Possibly Chicago will be glad to have
done" with municipal ownership after
she gets it. At present the new toy s
unattainable and therefore precious.
Mayor DuNNE confidently predicts that
when once Chicago has proved that
municipalization Of street car plants Is
an assured success, it will mean that
hundreds OF other American cities will
follow in her wake
No doubt. Meanwhile It is Chicagos e
wake, not that of the other cities. which
watch her with sympathetic curiosity.
The sun., 1905-07-31
The One Hundred Foot Level Canal

The One Hundred Foot Level Canal.
Public as we'll as professional interest
in the question of canal policy increases
as the time approaches for the meeting
of the consulting engineers attached to
the Panama Commission. That board Is
expected to begin it's work on Sept. l.,
one month from tomorrow. 1t is patri-
otic duty for those who have useful
ideas on the subject to formulate them
before that date.
We therefore welcome the appearance
last week in the Engineering Neus of
valuable paper by Major CAssIUs E.
GILLETTE, now in charge of the Engi-
neer Office at army headquarters at San
Francisco. Major GILLETTE, with large
previous experience in river control and
lock and dam construction. was detailed
to the Isthmus last year and made close
personal study of conditions there. His
present opinions have particular interest
because, as is stated editorially by the
Engineering Neus, he went to Panama
with strong prejudice in favor OF the sea
level idea, prejudice, indeed, conceived
as long ago as the time when the only
plan under contemplation by anybody
was that Of the lock canal recommended
by the commission of 1900.
But Major GILLETTE's s observations on
the Isthmus not only convinced him that
the outright sea level plan was the least
expedient OF ALL but that the most prac-
ticable and most expedient scheme was
that which holds a place almost at the
other extreme of the scale, namely, at
I, the one hundred foot level. His revised
and matured views on the subject resem-
bic those entertained by the late GEORGE
8. MORRISON, except that Major GILLETTE
would build the great dam, not at Bohio,
but at Gatun, about ten miles nearer the
Colon terminal.
4 The Majors paper is full of most inter-
esting suggestions as to details of the
work. These concern his professional
brethren and need not detain us, but
everybody can understand the signifi-
cance Of the process Of rectification
which has led this intelligent engineer
officer, starting with an impression in
favor Of the sea level, to reject Success
sively the thirty foot level the sixty
foot level, the eighty-fve foot level and
the ninety-seven foot and five inch level,
and to adopt the one hundred foot level
as the most advantageous plan.
Briefly. the process Of reasoning which
has resulted in so wide change Of opin-
ion is set forth in these three propositions
which we extract from different parts Of
Major GILLETTE's article:
1. In general, that plan for any engineering
work Is best which accomplishes the desired object
At the least total cost"
T. Some one has said that the best pavement
for American cities is the that can most easily
be dug up. Similarly, It might almost be said that
The sun., 1905-07-31
Why They Drown.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sfr: May I add
q word two on the causes Of drowning! While
cramps are probably much less frequent than gen :
orally supposed. they doubtless ngure TO some
extent In fatalities. and would certainly account
for the "rattlcs" that one OF your correspondents
advances as a cause but which might be regarded
as effect rather than cause. My theory Is the heart.
Few swimmers appear 10 realize the severity of
the strain upon that vital organ imposed by their
efforts In the water. and there are not many, OF
us so absolutely sound as 10 be proof against the
fatal effects OF continued overexertIon. 10 most
OF US swimming Is an occasional pasime. Our
daily habits not conducive TO the Withstanding
OF physical strains. We arc fond OF our tea and
coffee. Some OF US smoke and drink more or less,
and our mental effort requires a large proportion
OF our fuel supply. Add 70 this state Of anairs
the shock Of plunge In cold water tthe other day
at Far Rockawsy II was 50 degrees against an air
temperature OF over s0) and We have fair chance
OF something happening TO tho venturosome swim.
mer. J. W. EDMoNna.
NEW YORK, July %.
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III. Hon LEE SLATER ovxaMAN. a sena-

Tho Hon. LEE SLATER Ov1RMAN, q 6ena-
tor in Congress from North Carolina. says
that mo man that drinks can 60 to Con-
press or be Judge in North Carolina BY
drinks" he means drinks too much, We
sunpose. The Tarheels don't insist that
their Judges and Representatives be abeo-
lutte Drys. As for the Governor OF North
Carolina he represents a historic insti-
tuition. He recalls a sublime and unfor-
eett able moment. A pleasant gurgle as OF
a brook in June is heard by the minds
ears at mention Of his name, and the throats
IF half-dying thirsty men In deserts ana
desolate wildernesses arc refreshed by the
thought of him.
The sun., 1905-07-31

The Albia Union, an Iowa journal to
which the Hen. JONATHAN PRENr1es DOL
LIVER is Justly dear, has an interesting
opinion as to the manner in which the
Senate committees are selected. Repeat
ing the familiar story that Senator Doll
LIVER is slated for the chairmanship OF
the Senate Committee on Agriculture, the
Union says:
Secretary WILSON. in looking for man VINO
could NIL the place. has hit on the Senator
A very convenient arrangement for the
Department.; but doubtless Mr.. WILSON
is too busy just now to attend to these
details. Besides, his Department has only
to ask and Congress will give obediently.
The sun., 1905-07-31
Results Of JapLns Success.

FfOvW pSt 1eJefSUuTp NHsVHF'
All tho nations. blind 70 the future. are !awnins
upon victorious Japan. Great Britain. happy IN
the fall OF Russia, uttcrs saurical expressions OF
sympathy. America means 10 send her Secretary
OF War and = party Of eccentric American ladies'
on tour TO the Mikados realm. France. fear
full OF what may be In store for lndo China permits
Japan 70 order her here and there. Even the
crowned HohenE Eollern. who few short years AGO
sounded the most solemn Of warnings to the white
race, makes dash 10 the railway station In hrI
LIN 10 hail the little yellow Prince from Japan and
ovcrwhelm him with his attentions.
The sun., 1905-07-31
Cansda's Commercial Year.

While Canada's foreign commerce has
doubled during the last ten years, her record
for the fiscal year 1905 in comparison with
the preceding year Ia unsatisfactory. Her
imports show an increase and her exports
a decrease. The figures for the two years
stand a. follows:
1904. 1905.
Imports for oonsum ption +eo.7s7 $26sl1a 1856
The increase in imports appears largely
in the items on the free list. and is represented
to a considerable extent by raw materials
and settlers effects. both Of which are di-
rectly contributory to the welfare OF the coun-
try. The exports and their nature are shown
in thu follovinD.
The sun., 1905-07-31

Inst at this time AouIEALpo was dramatically
and suddenly confronted with nve horribly tor-
tured Filipinos.-Manaa despafoh to The sun
Horribly tortured by his pals, tho Ia
drones. Where is his poet laureate, the
Hon. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON? 1t s time
to wake to ecstasy the living Tyre and turn
out another sonnet to the patriot hero.
The sun., 1905-07-31

Fngl,shmen make pretty good public onicials
In this country. GREENH4LoE MADE 1900 ESVs, ,s;,
has long needed, and the Defroa journal says Of
Governor WARXER Of Michigan: He has justinea
Instance OF faith and confidence reposed In him.
Boston Ertntno TrdnseT1pf.
Why not adopt them. then, and call them
what they are, Americans?
The sun., 1905-07-31

Our classical friend the Norfolk Lond-
mark sighs amid these heats for impluvia
and atria and the Roman garb:
In our standards Of hot weather dress TOT men
we are certainly far behind ancient Rome"
And still further behind the naked Picts.
IL the toga coming into fashion In Norfolk
We should like to see our classical but
perspiring friend shift and bedeck and be-
drape him in the high old Roman fashion.
The sun., 1905-07-31
InsxcusAbls Ilsannsss IN Kentucky,
From ~ osassos Republican.

A rood deal OF meAnnsss goss on In Glasgow
but one Of the most inexcusable pieces OF mean
aes: vas :he taking out Of the bung OF the gasoline
cdn In the court house yard, Saturday night and
loss Of more than forty gallons OF gasoline. They
even threw the iron bung away. There Is no clew
- 70 the perpetrators.
The sun., 1905-07-31

No mortal has set eyes on II
Since time began 70 roll:
Hence none may venture 70 confute
Ny notion Of the pole.
fancy Il nshing rod
Upon mighty plan.
With fame and glory for the bait.
Designed for catching man.
The Frost King on an Iceberg sits
And angles night and day,
A few may nibbie here and there,
But always get away.
McLANDBuRoH WuAoN
The sun., 1905-07-31

The products Of Scotland county are chieny
melons and pretty giris.-Roist0h Neus ooHreer.
At last the Earthly Paradise has been
disooyered.
The sun., 1905-07-31

But this seemingly unfavorable showing
Is no evidence of any commercial stress
across the border On the contrary. bank
statements, general trade movement. new
railways. and a busy people, all point to
healthy growth, development. and abundant
reason for the cheerful face which Canada
turns toward her future.
The sun., 1905-07-31

Canada 9 foreign commerce. in its total. is
still very large for country with SO small
population. but the last three years show
retro ogression, due to large extent, no doubt.
to q greatly increased domestic consump-
tlon. Her imports and exports for the last
three wears stand thus:
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SOLDlERs TN eur CIVIL wARS
The Oid and Unsettled question sf the
OtSength q Pederals and Cenfederates.

the Old and Unsettled question u VIZ
OtPsngth q Hederals and Cenfederatcs.
To The EpIToR OF TIE suN-Str: Tho
Baltimore Sun published some months ago
. statement. copied by you. that seems 70
give very incorrect idea Of the number OF
soldiers In the Union and Confederate armies.
The Confederate Congress the hrst year
OF the war very sensIbly declared that every
man owed military service TO the state In
which no lived" and passed law placing
every man between 10 and Is years OF age
In the Confederate army"
As this law was passed when the war was
popular. tho natural result was to make
every ono. mon. women and children' rich
and poor. intensely Interested In tho success
Of that army and loyal TO 1t and its cause
throughout the war and since.
The census of 1890 gives the seeding States
100000 men between the ages Of is and %6.
Men older than IS served through the war
(0en. r. e. Lee was 62). and many mere boys
went In. Ono or two Of every ten ex-Con-
federates We meet claims to have gone In az a
mere boy (under is). One ex-CoHederateh has
stated that when school closed In the spring
Of 1852 he. with twelve other boys (the eldest
not ie). took their shotguns and ponies and
ran away to Join the Confederate cavalry.
and served practically all the war-that Is.
they served until they were certain Johnston
was going to surrender. when they, with
hundreds OF others. left the army and started
for home and Of course were never paroled.
pr. Jones Of Virginia. In writing about
the casualties of the Confederate army.
referred to that army as numbering 100000
men. which was probably fair estimate OF
1t at the end Of the war. and adding their
casualties Of 4s7 900 would give more than
900 900 soldiers.
The census Of 1900 gives 432 .o2o Confederate
soldiers then living in the United States. Add
to this the deaths In the twenty-five years and
the casualties during the war. and the number
Is considerably moro than 100000.
The muster rolls lately sent to Washington
from the seeding States talthough not all
In yeti. we are told. show more than 100000
men enlisted In the Confederate army.
The Provost Marshal Generals ohhcial
report gives as the total combined strength
Of all the Union armies:
The sun., 1905-07-31

Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at ITO Nassau street. IN the borough
of Manhattan, New York.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05
MINER GOES ON WARPATH
AND WINDS UP IN JAIL
George Brown Shoots Out Lights In
Lodging House and Jumps
Through q Window.

LOdging-House and Jumps
Through q Window.
A lodging-house at 116 Grant ave-
nue. was the scene Of a rough house
last evening, In which George Brown.
miner; two soldiers and a sailor
played leading roles. When the mix
up was at its height Brown pulled
revolver from his pocket and began
to shoot out the lights. He was over
powered by his companions, who
called for the police
When Patrolmen Brady and Fen
nell arrived Brown jumped through a
window to the second floor of the
house. distance of fifteen feet. He
was captured and taken TO the Cen
tral Emergency Hospital to be treated
for numerous cuts. He later accused
the officers of stealing $500 and his
watch. A search of the lodging house
resulted in the finding of $3.50 be-
longing to the miner. He was locked
up in the City Prison on charge Of
drunkenness. ~
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05
CITY BUYS LAND FOR
NEW SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL
Board Prepares to Restore Glasses In
James Lick and Noe Valley
Iustftx1tjons


The first purchase of land for the
proposed new school buildings to be
built under the bond issue was made
Friday in Judge Coffey's court by
President Roncovieri of the Board of
Education, Clerk Fay of the Board of
Supervisors and Assistant City Attor-
ney Smith on behalf of the city. The
land comprised block bounded by
Lippard, Berkshire, Fulton and
Joost avenues, belonging to the
John Pforr estate, and was bid in for
$500. The appraisement made by
ex-City Engineer Grunsky was $7400
for half the property. The lot will be
used as site for the Sunnyside School
building, to cost $4,000. Judge Cof-
fey has under advisement bid of the
city for lot in the rear of the Wash
iIgton Grammar School.
Through an inadvertence it was re-
ported that the Board of Education
had rescinded its action In exchang-
ing the primary classes of the James
Lick School and the grammar classes
of the Noe Valley School in difference
to the petition of parents Of pupils af-
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05
PRISONERS SENTENCED
TO DIFFERENT TERMS
One Will Serve Six Years in. Folsom
Penitentiary for. Obtaining Money
by False Pretenses

by False Pretenses.
Three prisoners were sentenced yes
terday and the sentence Of one who
pleaded guilty was postponed. Charles
Harris was sentenced to five years in
San Quentin by Judge Dunno on a
charge Of burglary. He broke into the
5ewelry store of A. Straus, AL Bush
street, on November 26.
Judge Lawlor sentenced H. z. White
house to six years at Folsom for OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses He
and I. S. Strasburg on November %
Induced Daniel Mack to part with
$500 on the false representation that
they were conducting an advertising
agency at 722 Market street. Srasburg
fed and forfeited his bail.
John Bel. an old man. charged with
robbery but convicted Of an attempt to
commit grand larceny. was sentenced
10 serve three years in San Quentin.
He held uD Oscar Coren on December
IL and took 50 Is from him.
John Smith, who pleaded guilty to
two charges OF burglary, had his sem
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05
WILL GIVE FARCE COMEDY
FOR BENEFIT OF CHURCH
Pink Dominocs' to Be Presented az
Alhambra Theater to Assist
St. Johns Parish

f1nk Dominocs" to Be Presented M
Alhambra Theater to Assist
st. Johns Parish.
Pink Dominoes,' the lau~bah,.
farce comedy, will be given on the
evening of March at the Alhambra
Theater under the direction Of a well
known school OF acting and for the
benefit of ST. Johns Church. Fathar
Brady. pastor Pink Dominoex" ia
screaming farce. abounding in com
plicated situations. proving how care
ful married man with a Jealous wife
has got to be.
The scenic effects will be unon tba
very highest order and as much ex-
pense is being incurred in getting mn
the production for worthy object tba
play will undoubtedly be largely nat-
ronized- The following well knoUn
persons will appear in the cast: Ha-
mer Beadle, Arthur Douglass. Franlz
Mccullough, Paul Atherton. Miss Wv
ian Baldwin. Miss Pocahontas coc1r-
reH. Miss Edna Mcclure. Miss raIr,.
zetta Henry, Miss Philomene Dstwss-
Ter and Miss Mary BrammalL
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05


fected. The bpard is disinclined to
adopt the Recommendation Of Super
lntendent Langdon that the classes in
each school be restored until 1t is
proven that the pupils are suffering
hardship. President Roncovieri yes
terday requested a representative of
the West of Castro Club to secure a
list of the names OF pupils attending
the classes that were exchanged, to-
gether with the distances they have to
travel to the schools. After this has
been done the classes will be made up
OF the disaffected pupils and, estab-
lIshed in the school nearest to their
homes. Roncovieri states that some
parents have opposed the change, al
though they have no children attend
ing either of the schools, and says that
these will not be considered in the pro-
posed restoration of conditions as they
existed before the change.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

27-inch Jap. Silk, 3oc yard:
In white only. One of the best
values we have ever seen in
Japanese silk, for it's good
heavy quality, and it's ~
inches wide. At 3oc yard.
Fancy Costume Silk, 45c yard:
10 inches wide dainty new de-
signs, In browns, greens, royals
and navies. They're the pretttest
of spring costumings, made up
shirt waist fashion. 45o yard.
2o-inch Pongee at s5c yard:
Another at 4oc; in natural colors.
Pongee is to be favored especially
for waists and outing dresses
This new Black Louisine Silk
at 75c yard:
FL inches wide. Ie another big sur
prise. rich and soft and lustrous
and suggesting beautiful dress
possibilities.
New Black Satin Luxors at
75c yard:
Extra heavy, ~ inches wide. It's
splendid $1.0o quality. It's one
of the most important items we
print to-day. 75c yard
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

FOREIGNERS DEPORTED.-Abel Rubio.
the son OF a wealthy resident OF Manzanillo.
was denied a landing yesterday by the United
States Immigrant Bureau He II afflicted
with trachoma. contagious disease OF the
eyes. Mrs Margaret Norrington. British
subject, 75 years old. was ordered deported
to Victoria, B. c., for the reason that she
pauper and liable to become proIic
charge. She came from Dunedin, New Zea-
land. about month ago. and after remain
ing here about two weeks went to Victoria
in search Of relatives. whence she was de-
ported to this city.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

The $500 Suit is of brown eolienne. It's beautiful
suit. Jacket made with wide girdle, very elabor-
orately trimmed with plats. Shirred and with Per-
sian trimming down the front; lace at the cuffs.
The full skirt is shirred at the hips, plain panel
front and two ruf1es at the bottom of the skirt,
with shirred headings.
The S3a5o Suit is Redingote style of brown tafcta.
The jacket is made with shirred shoulders trim
med with fancy braid and plats; handsome
sleeves; full ripple skirt