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The Paducah sun., 1906-03-19

Oils. ILL.,; Junior Hoo Hoo, j. NJ. Gle
ments; Assistant Junior Hoo-Hoo, T.
A. Moore. OF ST. Louis: Bojum. c. H.
Sheriff.; Shrlvenator, Geo. Delcec-
chic. of Dyersburg; Jobberwock. p.
C. Prosnfzer. of Nashville; Custo-
eaten. Joel shoffner; Arcanoper. ].
II. MeglemTy, Louisville. Ky; Cur
don, Fred c. McKnig.
A banquet at the Palmer followed.
Wee Gerent Shark Robertson presld-
ing. and the following responded to
t0asts; Luke Russell. John Fergu-
son, II. s. Wells. Thomas A. Moor.
Fred c. Lang. p. c. Prosnitzer. p. J.
Langan. Baritlsy skinner. Ed Wool
folk. John r. Donovan.
Today's Cairo Bulletin says of the
Hoo Hoo. colcatenatiUn here:
"Messrs @. J. Miller and p. T.
Iangan returned yesterday from the
great Hco Hoo confederation at Pa
ducah and speak in high terms of
praise OF tho affair, especially of the
hospitality of the P1ducahnns in
charge CT the affair. There we-e
ton cand.dates from different c.mes
but mostly from Paduoah. THEY
had fire banquet at the Palmer
House. Mr. Iangan was on the asst
fcr a toast and IL may be safely as
sumed that he acquitted himself
cred7tably. IL was a great event IN
every way say the Cairo vis.tcra"
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-19

expected except in one instance. One
applicant wanted $3.50 a month, and
of course he is already out OF II. En-
gineer Washington Will begin further
correspondence with TIC applicants
and report his work to the committee
as soon as he can effect any definite
arrangements.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-19
DOZEN LETTERS
Received From Engineers by City
Engineer Washington.

City Engineer u A. Washington
this morning received about a dozen
letters from engineers who desire a
position as assistant city engineer 20
take charge of the west end sewerage
work. but nothing definite has been
in the matter and more cor
will have to follow be-
fore anyone Is employed.
The applicants did not state salary
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-19

When Poverty comes in the door.
True Love ties an apron on her and
makes her do the cooking.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-19

For sale--IIawn settees, old
hickory out door pieces, some .desir-
able pieces, at cost Paduoah Fur
piture Manufacturing Co.
The sun., 1906-12-28

on pistols In emergencies. Experience In
the Philippines has shown that while the
present bullet kills when IL strikes q
vital spot. 1T does not stop instantane-
ously in all cases. II has been found
American soldiers have been killed or
wounded by machetes in the hands Of
men already pierced by the .ss calibre
pistol bullet, and it Is believed that such
cases would be infrequent II the missiles
thrown by the pistols were larger.
While the cases Of pistols and rifles
are by no means identical, a return TO
the larger bullet for one Of them would
not be without bearing on the general
question OF the proper calibre for all
small arms. There are not wanting men
Of wide experience with both sizes who
insist that the inferiority in stopping
power Of the present weapons Is too high
a price TO pay for their advantages over
the guns Of larger bore, and who predict
that within a few years all the great
Powers will be using rife bullets OF
larger size than those now supplied to
their fighting men.
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guests IN the White House at Washing
ton. That would be merely Q negligible
problem in sef-abasement- IL is the
President OF the United States who does
it, and the consequences are beyond
estimation. To do this sort Of thing is to
SOW dragons teeth.
When the President Of the United
States inveighs against wealth and casts
about publicly for means TO pull it down
he invites violence. His idea implies
violence, and the Imagination OF the
people, already most unwisely infaned,
will give practical issue TO IL. ~"
A reaction in our prosperity may not
be due for some time, but Mr.. ROOSEVELT
is seemingly bent on precipitating it.
The tremendous impetus Of our indus
tries would alone carry US on gradually
and naturally for long time. supposing
that we were really already at our apogee,
but shall We be permitted to pursue a
natural course2 And when industry
slackens and there is no work, when
wages can no longer be maintained and
when savings dwindle, in what temper
will il be taken? With cheerfulness?
With confidence in common and benef-
icent destiny7 With an abiding and un-
quenchable faith in the brotherhood OF
man and in the solidarity Of the Ameri-
can people? Alas
Even now Mr.. ROOSEVELT might do
much. He might abate his transports
and use his mighty influence to guide
people into safer and more peaceful
ways. He has accomplished many good
things, things that make for good and
for which good men will be ever CRATE
full, il they have the opportunity to be
grateful. He has brought TO light the
secret and the criminal practices Of rail-
roads and other corporations, but he has
done it with such excitement and such
superfluous circumstance as TO upset the
public mind derange the sober course OF
justice and Va. Il a minimum Of practical
good. A decorous and resolute enforce
ment of the law with strict reference
and application TO specific wrongdoing
is yet perfectly feasible and would satisfy
the public welfare and the public desire
without impairing the intellectual sta
bility Of any one.
In exchanging the strenuous life for
the turbulent life we have not done well.
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Calihre OF Small Arms.

Recently a number OF military and
civilian experts on small arms in Eng
land protested vigorously against the
calibre Of the rifles in use in the British
army, declaring that the .303 bullets Of
the Lee-Metford were not large enough,
and that because of their small size they
we're deficient in stopping power. The
British bullet is .003 inch larger than
that carried by the new Springfield
magazine rife adopted by the United
States in 1902, which supplanted the
Krag-Jorgensen in use in 1s9s The new
United States arm is OF the same calibre
as the one it succeeded, and it was
adopted after full consideration Of the
lessons taught by the Spanish war and
the Filipino disturbances. The admitted
loss Of stopping power caused by de-
creasing the calibre Of the bullet was
held to be compensated for by the gains
in lightness, effective range and hattened
trajectory.
Now the .3s oalibre United States army
pistol is attacked as too light, and it is
reported that the authorities favor the
use OF an arm Of As calibre, for years the
favorite 81 ze among all who depended
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TIE GOVERNMENT CLERK.
One VINO Regards Him rs q Specialist Takes
I'd the Cudsels for Him.

To TIE EDITOR OF The SuS-Sr: The
late Henry Ward Beecher in one Of his books
tells Of dog that chased a rabbit 20 a stone
wall. through which Bunny made his way
deftly and disappeared. The dog, however.
waited patiently at the hole into which he
had seen the rabbit disappear, and though
he finally went away he acquired a habit Of
returning to that hole and barking TO dislodgs
the rabbit. Your humorous editorial on the
Woes OF the Government Clerk in The Sun
of December 25 starts out with feint at the
Washington newspapers for barking at this
old hole in the wall. and then jumps over the
fence, routs out the rabbit and proceeds to
the Tar Baby and Br'er Fox blush
Now, why Is iU The rabbit Ia in general
considered to be one OF the most harmless
will give chase and mouth at sight OF one
SO the Government clerks from the stand
point Of the great political economists who
most harmless and perhaps useless of the
inhabitants OF this country. ct they are A
wellspring Of unceasing inspiration TO the
editorial mind. even as the mild rabbit with
OF the nearest canine Can IL be because
under present conditions the Government
clerk is so gagged and bound that he cannot
hit back and cannot even run away?
No, he cannot run away, notwithstanding
the last two paragraphs OF your brilliant
editorial. And there is a reason. This is an
era OF specializing. To succeed in any busl-
that line. Now, the Governments business
Is such that the more you become expert in
II the less you are OF use outside. There are
q few exceptions. such as the Patent once.
but the rule Is as ! have stated: and the best
clerks in the service, the men OF most value
to the Government to-day. have with few
exceptions long ago ceased TO have any
marketable value outside. SoIthey cannot
NEw YoRK, December 10.
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RELIEVING THE CAR FAMINE.
Night Teamins suggested 20 Expedite
Freight Movement.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: There
Is q factor which helps TO bring about the
shortage OF cars which has not come to the
front. II is the failure OF pier facilities to keep
pace with the growth OF business.
In the terminal yards. on every road bring
ing freight into New York. you will find cars
standing waiting for room on piers where it
is to be unloaded. The merchants can help
this situation by arranging for more storage
room at their plants and asking the railroad
companies to deliver freight to them at night.
With streets clear Of trafio . truck which
during ten hours daylight would move three
or four loads would at night move ive or six.
Such an arrangement. when fully working.
would more than double the present pier
capacity.
Railroads for years have found IL necessary
to move trains day. night. Sundays and holi-
days. Construction work on foundations for
new buildings now goes on by night az well as
day. As city property grows in value the
loss in allowing it to remain idle one half OF
each year makes it possible to put on the
additional help necessary and show an earn
ing above cost.
It will pay plants operating large numbers
Of teams to look into this plan regardless Of
its effect on the car situation. This will also
apply to freight received by way OF steam
ship lines. MILLER NORRIS.
JERSEY CITY. December 2o
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FERREIRA'S RAID.
VIII . Fellow Feeling Prompt Jameson to
Intercede for Him?

To TIE EDITOR OF The SUN-Siy: Dc
Trarsuadier Of November 20. In dealing edi-
torially with the Ferreira raid. says. anon
other things:
Forgive US we make a little comparison. When
Jameson made his raid into the Transysal he was
treated lenientiy by Paul Kruger. Yet Jameson
was man who knew better He was educated and
occupied q high position. But instead OF bullet
through his brain. or rope around his neck. the
great AfrikaneT President Kruger. gave him free
dom on condition that he was to be tried by the
English Government. For all his murders he re-
ceived but little punishment and now he is Prime
Minister OF Cape Colony. Is he better than Fer
rcira1 Ferreira deserves punishment rightly
enough and when he gets II nobody will have cause
to grumble. But what about Jameson What
about the Beers be caused to be killed at Doornkop,
What about the innocent blood that was spilled on
that occasioni The entire world condemns Fer
reira to -dAy-Boers and Britishers together. But
let nobody forget how Jameson Jared.
This is a point which so far has received
no attention. even in this country. That Fer
reira will hang is a certainty, judging from
British traditions. But what will be the atti-
tude Of DR.. Jameson. ex-raider and now
Premier Of the Cape2 Is it possible that
having himself been a raider and nlibuster,
and cheated the ssllows, owing to Bow Street
justice he will not sympathize with Ferreira
and extend the helping hand of a brother2
NEW YORK, December a. Ex-BUR oHER
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Re aections In Pine Knot.

I walked hundred and ten miles yestreen
To get my feet In: the stark frozen ground
Churned like the Wooy Horses buttermIlk
Under my strenuous and insistent tread.
leaped ve nve barred gates climbed sixteen tree,
Turned twenty hsndspringa pulled myself up thric,
Jumped hilariousy up In the air.
Pure Joy and ozone tingling In my veins.
To day full many rabbit bites the dust,
Slain gloriously by my unerring aim.
wearied OF liars and of Forakers.
Hove 70 throw myself on Natures breast
For she. like me, is eIceuently strong.
I have done much. but wait till Nineteen seven.
Shall not beat the railroads into pulp,
Drag from its loathly lair the octopuA
And get the scalp Of predatory wealth.
Homo or Eoroad there 10 hot work to d.
Henceiorth must write fewer messages
Why should waste them on unworthy earsi
1 must call decent, patriotic men
To rally round mo 'gainst false SenatorG
Keep well stirred up the universal world:
Command. advise. eXhort and run mankind:
Keep the ball rolling buck and never finch.
The art OF government Is very plain:
Given q decent. moral President,
With much experience Of peace and war
Trust him TO do things and 70 do them browni
Congress is many. Wisdom is but one
am the one.
As these Jack rabbits. valnly scamperinE.
Find In my hunters bag their fatal home
so the vain men who In the Capitol
conspire 10 balk me shall become ny prey.
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Senator Foraker.

Unfortunately, though perhaps natu-
rally, Senator FoRAKER's course in the
matter of the Brownsville shooting has
exposed him to charges Of acting from
unworthy motives. Some in careless
ignorance of his actual position in the
case, and some with a malicious purpose
TO discredit him, have asserted that the
Ohio Senator is moved chiefly by per-
sonal antagonism TO the President and
by political antagonism to Secretary
TAFT. 1t is deplorable that any large
public question should be degraded by
the introduction of such charges.
Mr.. FoRAKER's position has been
widely misunderstood. Nowhere in his
comment on the affair is there any sign
of personal malignity or political enmity.
He has taken up an issue Of public con-
Germ and has submitted his arguments
with ability and with dignity. He has a
large measure Of public support besides
the approval and Endorsement Of an un-
known but considerable number Of his
colleagues. He does not say that the
soldiers are innocent OF the offences
which have been laid at their door. When
charged by Senator LODGE with having
alleged their innocence he was instantly
on his feet with a denial. He declares
that penalty has been imposed upon a
battalion of American soldiers without
the trial to which they are entitled by
both civil and military law. The charges
against these men are serious: murder,
misprision Of felony, and perjury. The
Senator merely holds that the testimony
does not properly establish either guilt
or guilty completely, and the resolution
which is now the heart of the controversy
goes no further than to authorize the
Committee on Military Affairs ito take
such further testimony as may be neces-
sary to establish the facts
To such a proposal there can surely
be no reasonable objection. The issue
is one OF simple justice to American
soldiers who are also American citizens.
Men charged with the crimes which these
soldiers are said TO have committed are
clearly entitled to a trial before some
competent tribunal. They have been
tried neither by military court-martial
nor before the criminal courts Of Texas.
A local Grand Jury found no ground on
which to indict them. The issue is dis
tinctly legal and in no way either per-
sonal or political, and those features
should be entirely eliminated.
What Senator FORAKER may say or
do in the coming days will doubtless
depend upon the development of the case.
Thus far he has introduced neither poll
tics nor personalities. He has merely
exercised his right and fulfilled mis- duty
as a member of the upper house of ma
tional representatives by insisting on a
square deal for men who in his opinion
and In the opinion Of hundreds Of thou
sands OF his fellow citizens have not had
a square deal.
He has called for the facts and for all
the facts.
The sun., 1906-12-28
Tho Oldest Postmaster.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: In this morn
ing's SUN you quote q paragraph from the LoUtS-
VlIs Courter.JourndI. which says:
Joel Ncwson. aged rs years. postmaster a.
AEalia has occupied that position for
nearly half q century" The writer adds: "Hs
is doubtless the Oldest postmaster In the United
States"
Mr.. Newsou. II seems. was nrst appointed post.
master in 1882. But Milo r. Winchester. the post
master of South Armenia, Duchess county N. Y,
beats this record by thirteen years He was sp-
pointed under President Tsylor's Administration
in 1s4e. and has held the once continuously from
that date, period of nfty-seven years. He is still
In fair health, has often been Supervisor Of his town
and is likely to be postmaster for some years 10
come JOEL BBNl1N. !
PoudHkkKPnIE December Il
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a portrait Of David warAeld. Il 10 cleverU
designed. John Sloan's 'spring-MAdison
Square No. ISl, proves TO be hfeliko
notation Of a familiar city scene. Inc
Tragic Actor of John Lambert IN ambitious.
Henry A. Fsrgusons Mil Pond No. $50.
is fresher than anything We have seen OF his
lately-fresher and quite simply observed.
What Bryson Burroughs's Legend, No. no.
means we dare not say. II representa-
pale girl on a pale horse STOPPING to caress
a lanky bucolic lad. 1t may be the incarna-
ton of some youths dreams. II %, emily
ideal. say we-chiIIy and eerie. This east gal
lery is still a chamber Of ghosts. Mark Twain
is in it. with a serious cigar. He looks as
though he had just seen Maxim Gorky.
Colin Campbell Cooper has Train Yard,
Grand Central Station. No. lei. II recalls
at a distance, Monet's treatment OF sim
liar theme, the Care st. Lazare,' which
hangs in the Caillebotte collection, Luxem-
bourg Gallery, Paris. Mr.. Coopers picture
shows close observation and is agrecaoy
impressionistic. Arthur Hoeber displays
one Of his tranquil atmospheric osnvases'
-Mists Of Evening No. IA. Walter
F1orian's portrait Of the German American
poet and litterateur, Udo Brachvogel. IL
one Oh inc Dtct III Jnc cAnADAehoaA' O0A
terest Is concentrated on the broadly
brushed features-the planes are admirably
Northumberland not upon the garb.
Character, force and intellectually are In
this picture. Matilda Brownell has been
less happy in her embodiment OF Richard
Aldrich. She has deprived him OF his neck;
he IL huddled in his chair. 10 that his coat
collar gives him q hunched appearance.
| This Good Gray Music Critic must have
been listening TO the Symphonic Domssticai
The sculpture exhibit 10 slender In addi-
ton to the Rosales portrait bust Of Richard
Watson Glider, previously alluded TO, there
is little save Sergeant Kendal's head OF
Lewis Stuyvesant Chandler. McKenzie's
rhythmic bronzes Of athletes and marble
by Roland Hinton Perry-a portrait Of his
little daughter, Gwendolyn. Technically,
the latter is q departure Sor this talented
painter-sculptor, who preferably works In
| the large, the monumental. There Ia true
delicacy OF touch in this bust-which We
| should have liked less strained in attitude.
| The saucy, shapely head emerges 10 Rodin
from a block Of unfinished marble. There
Is character; also finish. Perry IL versatile.
Many over praised painting nonentities
were conspicuous by their absence; but
there are also absent too many Of our younger
men-men such as Arthur B. Davies,
Glackens and that most gifted. II sudacious,
painter, George Luks. Viii New York be
! driven to inaugurate a Salon des RefusesI
The sun., 1906-12-28
A ReprOach Removed.

To TEE EDITOR or The SUN--Sir: On Nav
you printed an article Of which this paragraph
was part:
Although the real city sits on an island. and
although she has not single bridge over the Hud-
son River. and thus depends humbly on ferryboats
she has not single ferry in all her domain that is
built and run exclusively for passengers. Every
boat carries vehicles In the centre and long after
the people have pushed and jsmmed aboard the
slow throng OF wheeled vehicles crawls on. Each
ferryboat smells 70 high heaven, like barnyard"
see now that the Erie Railroad has taken thls
jeer TO heart and has put In operation ferryboat
exclusively for humans Truly. we progress in the
direction of civilization. NEW YORKER
NEW YORK, December n.
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Our south American Fleet"

The people OF Brazil. Argentina and Uruguay
know the American nag only as carried by our
men of war a few wooden sailing vessels Dur
ing the nrSt sI months Of this year outside Of four
Red D steamers the American merchant vessels
which cleared for or entered from South America
consisted OF thirty one wooden barkS barkentr"s
and schooneTs, manned tall told by about $50 men
The largest OF these is OF i.4sl tons with -
sixteen. Only nine OF 'he thirty one were OF po
tons or more. one OF these built Ia 1873 a
one in 1879 Only two have been built since 1900
Three OF these vessels OF less than 200 tonnage
each. The aggregate tonnage OF the thirty oas
vessels. this South American -neet- OF 10
only 25Z3i net tons. nearly 5000 tons less thar
either the Mauritania the Lusltana OF the Cunard
in xroas tonnage
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Admiral wouldn't he blurred.

FTOn He LO0don GIObe.
The Kaiser is a quick eater and the instant hs
lays down his knife and fork the walters make .
descent upon the plates of all at table whether they
have fnished not. and clear for the next
One day the Emperor had on his right an old
Admiral whose Tscy bluntness OF speech he much
Telshes. The old salt is also a bit OF a gourmet
and IL 50 happened that one OF the dishes was his
own particular favorite But the Emperor Piled
him with questions and talk-perhsps OF malice
pre- epense-that the old fellow could scarcely get =
chance for a mouthful before the sovereigns knife
and fork were laid down and there was the regu
lation clearance rush. grasp had already been
laid on the Admrals plate. but, red with anger. he
dug his fork into the intruding hand with a grl1
Get out!- and went with relish amid a general
FoAY of laughter.
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Metal 20 Replace Nickel.

From the American Metal Market.
A new metal called momel. which Is expected 70
cause something OF stir in the Industrial world, Is
being produced at the works Of the Canadian Cop
Der Company at Sudbury. 1t consists OF a COM
pound OF copper nickel, iron and one or two other
minerals which are found In the district and Its i'm
portAnce lies in the fact that IL Is much less costly
than nickel Is less liable to rust and will serve all
the purpose that Is served BY that metal in the
industrial world
The new metal is said to be OF equal ductile
strength with nickel and TO possess all It's other
essential qualities. but not claimed that II would
serve the purpose Of nickel steel used as armor
plate
The sun., 1906-12-28

Let us be benevolent and charitable In this Joy
ful Yuetide season. and In the closing days OF 1909
let the spirit OF generosity I'll mindsA member
of ne Board OF Education.
A touching sentiment and one that will
appeal to every taxpayer Of New York, for
IL was the taxpayers money that the gen.
tleman was benevolently and charitably
dianenainR
The sun., 1906-12-28

Governor VARDAMAN, of for the race war
at Scooba, refused TO allow newspaper men
'to accompany the military special Yet
the Governor is a newspaper man himself.
This high handed use Of his official place
to get SCOOP at Scooba and be the his
torian OF his own campaign is what might
have been expected.
The sun., 1906-12-28

The worm turned at last. One pur-
chaser OF editions de lure for almost fabu-
lous sums has refused to pay and has
appealed to the courts to be saved from the
extortion. 1t has been a profitable traffic
in this town, and there will be victims as
long as books are bought for furnishings.
The sun., 1906-12-28

George III. was wondering how the apple gotlutO
the dumping.
That's nothing" returned Wall Street, but
how did the lemon get into the melon'-
Herewith the royal reason tottered on Its throne.
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Line OF DemarcatiOn,

Knicker-When is childhood overi
Bocker-When after Christmas you exchange TouS
toys instead OF breaking them.
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