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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-12-14
W. c. 7. L. COLUMN.
Cleaning Up.

Our city and county fathers are
somewhat late with their house-cIeau-
Ing but We believe they really are
cleaning We hoped il would have been
done before our recent guests came
70 see US That's the way we women
dO-take especial pains to have ey-
erything sweet and clean when we are
expecting company. And it is not for
the reason that we care more for the
casual guest than for our own. eth
er. We hOusekeepers know that in
order TO make home a healthful han
py place We must be constantly WELD
ing the broom and dust cloth con-
stantly on the alert lest germs Of filth
and disease shall sieze and destroy
our best beloved
Did you ever hear the women's idea
OF mans duty as q city Oficial2 Well,
It's Ike this We think that the city
Is only a larger home" and that the
men We elect to care for it are really
the clty's hOusekeepers. We think
they should see that IL is kept clean:
streets and alleys, water supply. etc.
and as no decent hOUsekeeper would
allow vermine Of any kind 10 remain
within the sacred precincts Of her
home, so the city hOusekeepers should
wage war on all parasites like joint
keepers, gamblers and their iIk-
those who live only by preying on
others.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-12-14


GOOdland viii soon be in the height
Of fashion, because it is the fashion
for Kansas cities to be clean. Topeka
is making a desperate effort in that di-
rectiOn and she ought to; for whether
she realized ii or not, she does set the
pace for nearly all OF the smaller CT
ties.
Thirty meetings were held in the
Interest Of law enforcement there last
Sunday. The W. Q. 7. L. has long
been at work making sentiment for
temperance throughout the state, and
the State Temperance Union has been
doing some good work during the past
two or three years in the work Of law
enforcement
What do you think Of this for ga
sign Of the times?"
A press dispatch from Chicago says:
"BOnfOrt's Wine and Spirit Circular
Of November 25 devOtes a large part
Of its space to gossip regarding the
new denatured alcohol law that is TO
go into effect on January 1, and an
nOunces that two Of the largest distil-
leries in the country will in the fu-
ture go wholly out OF the beverage
traffic and manufacture only dena-
tured alcohol These distilleries are
the big Atlas distlleTy Of Peoria, and
the large Majestic distiileTy OF Terre
Haute, Ind. In addition to this, sew
eral distilleries, many Of whom have
become tired Of the beverage traffic,
nave lOlneQ IN FORMING a new cOTDOE-
alton with SIS, 5000, 900 capital for the
purpose Of manufacturing denatured
alcohol only. This new distillery,
known as the Industrial Alcohol com
pany, viii manufacture the stuff Who'll
ly out Of cheap southern mOlasses,
known as black strap a product
that has In the past been practically
waste material It is understood that
the Atlas and Majestic distilleries viii
use the inferior grades OF grain for
this purpose"
1t is a curious fact that the new
government Of Cuba has also passed
a denatured alcohol law, which pro-
vides for the use OF gum camphOr as
a denaturing agent
The difference Of gum camphOr as
q denaturing agent is stTiEngly IL
l lustrated by the fact that spirits OF
camphOr" is to be found in practical
/ " every we'll regulated home. Let
white spirits OF camphOr, according
/ to the United States Pharmacopoeia,
contain 90 per cent Of alcohol, none
/ but a faniac would ind II possible to
use spirits OF camphoF as a beverage.
Any one who wishes to keep abreast
| OF the times in this movement, should
write to the commissioner OF internal
revenue at Washington, asking for a
copy OF the regulations relating to the
manufacture Of denatured alcohol
EVA II. MURPHY.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-12-14

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30
A Good word for PubMshsr..

TO THE EDITOR or TIE UN-SH | have read
with great interest the letters in your columns COZ
corning publishers, and | write from the standpoint
that would naturally bring forth denunciatioa and
other fruit Of bitterness. I am one Of those who
nave had many manuscripts returned, manuscripts
OF varied diameter. short stories. long stories and
novels. TIE experience has not enGendsrrd prejl-
dice or hostility. for I have found publishers ready
TO take time from their busy hours to write ma
kindly letters, recoKnIEing the merits and pointing
out the defects In my work: and upon careful
thought I have concurrcd in their opinions.
There IL a craftsmanship about writing. whether
a limerick or q novel Is attempted. One must
attack the problem as he would attack any other
profession 70 acquire the art. Few ministers have
learned how TO construct a sermon, good briefs are
few among . multitude OF poorly arranged oaes.
1t is quite as important to say what yo1 have 10
say in the night way as TO have good matter 10
present. Pew in any vocation become true pro
fessionale "amateurism" ls rampant even among
those who style themselves professionals.
the publisher must consider the commercial
value Of q manuscript, and all other values are sub.
ordinatod to this one. He must do this or 70 INTO
bankruptcy. IL Is very possible that this study OF
values Affects his judgment so that sometimes
manuscripts possessing craftsmanship and nothing
else are accepted; sometimes, perhaps. thos- lack
ing the professional touch but containing sam.
Gent merit to atone for the defect are denied a
psace. But on the whole I am Convinced that the
lack OF craft Is the reasoa why the publishers return
manuscripts that the writer, an amateur, believes
worthy Of publication.
The publishers are looking eagerly for new writer's
With the professional ability to make success for
the man who writes and the man who prints. and
from my experience l am ready to anirm that the
publishers arc the true friends of the man who can
really deliver the goods ISRAEL L. WHITE
NRwAkK, n. j.. September 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30
German University Restriction.

The decision taken by the Prussian
Government t o protect its university
degrees at the outset, by requiring GER
tifcates Of a proficiency from foreigners
who wish to m%atriculate that is roughly
equivalent TO that demanded from Ger
Mans, is in the line of the attitude Of the
more advanced American universities
toward their higher instruction. Har-
wards refusal to admit students to the
study of theology, law, medicine or the
many branches Of graduate research,
unless they can show the earlier academic
degree of bachelor, has been followed
by other Universities, especially in the
East, and still others are preparing TO
Join in the movement.
So long IA the number OF Americans
frequenting German universities was
small, these institutions could afford TO
be very liberal as to terms Of admission.
The foreigner was something Of a curl
osity, and the mere fact that he had
travelled a long distance attracted by
the fame Of Jena or Griefswald or Gies-
sen, was hattering and counted for much
in his favor. In time the Germans have
found out at examination time that, in
many cases, unfamiliarity with their
language and methods covered gaps
in the foreigners home education, and
they have learned to distinguish. The
numbers, too, have increased greatly,
so that at the most f%requented UNIVERSE
ties, especially Berlin, German students
| complain Of being crowded and ham
pered in their work by foreigners.
Prussia, of all German States, has
| always been least willing to make con-
cessions in educational az in other mat
tiers. Even in the older days she held
more stifiy TO the letter Of her univer-
sity requirements than the other States,
insisting, for instance, long after the
others, that the doctor dissertation must
be written in Latin. The admirable
equipment OF her chief university, Ber-
lin, in professors, in laboratories, in
other appliances for research, has at
tracted more than n due proportion Of
foreign students. So she takes the lead
in applying restrictions.
If, as is reported, the catalogue OF
Berlin University specifically requires
degrees Of English and American stu
dents only, there il, undoubtedly, no in
tention Of discriminating against eithel
nationality or OF rejecting on their edu-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30
Next Adventures Of ar Italian Prince.

Having placed the highest Of the
Ruwenzori Mountains beneath his feet,
the Duke Of the ABRuzZI is now scanning
the Himalaya for new fields. He is
planning an expedition to these mighty
n not one of whose loftiest peaks
has yet been climbed.
The brightest laurels still to be won in
mountaineering will be connected with
the ascent of the three highest peaks in
the Himalaya and Mount Mckinley in
Alaska. The latter mountain is far less
imposing in actual elevation than the
Asian SUBMITS, but its slopes, as seen
from all sides, appear to be remarkably
steep and difficult, 81 that the task which
Professor PARKER of Columbia Univer-
sity has set for himself next year will
doubtless put to a severe test all the
skill and experience Of this Alpinist.
1t is to the Dukes advantage that he
need not count the cost but is able to
procure the services of the best profess
sional Alpinists and to fit out a expedi-
ton for a campaign Of any length. The
supplies Of the party that started for
Mount Everest three years ago were
nearly exhausted long before they were
anywhere near the mountain. No men
have ever yet travelled toward it with
food aud other in sufficient
quantity to enable them to reach its base.
The majestic mountain is still admired
only at very long range.
All Alpinists would be glad to know by
what lucky chance or superb perform
ance the tops Of either Everest, Kang-
chinjanga or Godwin-Austen, the cul-
minating points Of the Himalaya, will
vet be reached. The man who is a good
most likely to win. FREsHFIELD spent
many weeks travelling around Kang-
~chinjanga, but everywhere the soft snow
was three feet deep on the slopes, and he
could not wait all summer for conditions
that would make climbing practicable.
ECKENsTEIN was held by snowstorms for
%forty-nine days at an elevation of $4,000
feet on Godwin-Austen glacier; with fresh
snow nearly six feet deep he was at length
compelled to give up his attempt on this
cone like mountain whose top overlooks
the central Asian plateau.
1t is a serious matter to travel thou
sands Of miles to a virgin field only TO
find that the conditions preclude even
an attempt at climbing. This has been
the case time and again among the
Himalaya, and the first and only serious
attack that has yet been possible on any
of these three mountains resulted last
year in a tragedy on the southern slope
of Kangchinjanga, when six men were
swept from their feet by an avalanche
and four were killed.
Nothing is yet known about the pros
poets of climbing Everest, but Mount
Godwin-Austen is regarded az a very
difficult, IL not impossible, proposition.
Alpinists say that Kangchinjanga may
be assembled when the right men are on
the ground at the right moment, II any
one is able TO take the right men to the
nei1hborhood of these W great peaks
and hold them till the propitious mo-
ment comes it seems to be the Duke OF
the ABRUZzI, and it will not be surpris-
ing II some day he should send us STIR
ring news from the high Himalaya.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30
New Works skyscrapers.

AfNF
New Yorks dlscOncertlng skyscrapers are vastly
picturesque. and even grandiOse In certain lights.
on winter afternoons, when the dusk comes ca rly,
their myriad lamps aford q spectacle which out
classes In brlTIlanCy the grandest electric displays
OF the greatest worlds fairs.
Athwart the moonlit or stariit sky their soaring
masses stand forth black and omlnous, Ike the
dOnjon keeps Of colossal castles; and, under these
conditions, the lower end of Manhattan. where
they most abound. might almost pass for the Mont
st. Michel OF the New World. In a night Of rain,
the ruddy reflections OF their lights incarnadine the
clouds TIL the entire city appears to 70 the prey OF
a monster con1a grafton. Under the sian ting glow
Of the rising or the setting sun their tops take on
tho gorgeous indcscencc OF the PEAKS OF Mont Blanc,
the Rigi or the MattcrhOrn. IN I on quite forgets,
as in the Alps, 70 he critical OF imperfect form.
Finally. q fog soft rs their hard m crude I'm -
into a Gloss Approtch to cathedral lines. lending
them thus a poet charm. an afr Of mystery that
becomss them well and puts them into harmony
with one another and with the city asa whole.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30

Ar outraged Englishman writes to the
Saturday Reriep to rebuke it for using the
phrase the Dumas President" instead OF
"the President OF the Duma." The bile Of
this purist is enga ging:
For some years now the Americnnlzed English
daily press has been trying 10 famllIarize English
men with the ApoStrophe s. of the United States.
We have been seeing every day In the newspapers
such things as. for instance. the city's tTafnc,'
'Poplar's poverty overseas trade, Parliamentary
Unions conference the bOrough's Mayor the
bnrs authors 'Russia's crisis suppose that In
English the possessive In s. Is only used in connec-
tIon with the names Of living things; exceptions
being a few s~urvivals from the inne1ional stage
Of the language, such as days work. weeks
wages In English. II the possessive In 8 Is used
with the names OF places or countries IL Is done
by poets for emotional purposes because TO the
English ear II implies personality; for example,
'COnway'S raging food, 'Berkeley's walls In the
Ian uage spoken by the miscellaneous population
of the United States things are naturally different.
There the Journalists have II all their own way.
Their indiscriminate use OF the innectlonal pos
sessive is probably due partly 70 German influence
and partly TO their own besetting vice OF trashy
emotlonalism. In the United States this use OF
the emotional Kenitive has gone 30 far that one. at
any rate, Of the university professors has sue
cumbed to Il. Professor WILLIAM JAMES In his
Text Book OF Psychology speaks about the cor
meas edge the objects image sensations func-
ton among many other like phrases"
So S-HAKEsPEARE's "oowslip's bell.' BY
RoN's the forums champion CHARLES
LAMBS desks dead wood were used for
emotional purposes. When. however. the
vulgar American uses a possessive after
the manner OF these poets he uses it for
trashy emotional purposes
There are earlier and unconventional
authorities. Thus in the twenty-first chap
ter Of Exodus:
shall let him 20 free for his eyes sake
He shall let him go free for bis tOoth's sake
The bilious 0ae advises his countrymen
TO borrow from Germany direct instead Of
importing Amerioanized English directly.
Whatever he the fate Of the possessive case
in Great Britain. Americans cannot fail
to be grateful for the discovery Of the
emotional genitive." as In -England's
Helicon" or "a pins fee."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30
American Domestic Servants.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sh: Glen Ridges
attitude upon the maid servant question Is typical
and Il explains a good many domestic difhculties.
The dine has almost gone By when American house
wives had the attitude toward servants connoted
In the old New England word help" and the time
has not arrived in most small households when
domestic service 10 reduced TO a business ba isis.
Glen Ridge" has an attitude Of arrogant dislike
for his own servants. They are his Intimate enc
mics, the foes in his own household.
He and perhaps they are united 10 cope with
the transition conditions Of the present time. when
the American domestic service Is changing from q
friendly 10 a business relation. A few fortunate
housewives with the gift OF tact and sympathy are
still able TO maintain the old relations with their
domestics,
II Glen Ridge" cannot manage this he'd better
how TO the inevitable and establish business rela
tons with his maids. BY the way, he can get an
enicientJap for $50 10 $40 a month. y. NV.
BOSTON, September 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30
Tho Army OF OCCUPATION.

The army Of occupation which it has
become necessary to send to Cuba must
be distributed throughout the island to
perform a duty that, under the unsettled
conditions nov existing. could not be
performed satisfactorily by the Rural
Guard, although the Cuban flag is to fly
over public buildings during the period
n oocTration.
The despatch Of a force Of engineers,
artillery, infantry and cavalry involves
no difficulty, and "a be managed with
out confusion, for the details were long
ago worked out by the General STAFF for
Just such an emergency, and contracts
have been made for transports. During
last week orders we're issued to available
regiments in the East to hold themselves
IN readiness TO proceed TO Cuba. Some
Of them have already seer service there,
and In the list are regiments that have
served In the Philippines. The infantry
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30
Magazine Editors Look at Merit Only.

To THE EDITOR or THE sUN-Sir: have
read the letter Of p. NJ. Greer Of Scranton.
published In tO-day's Sun. where Elm he insists
that magazine editors selecting fiction prefer
name to merit. Mine Ia an average expert
ence, | think. and refutes his I
am a writer Of short stories, constantly con-
tributing 20 all the popular magazines pub
lished in the vicinity Of New York. have
no book reputation, nor have ! ever created a
vogue, a character or a series OF ideas such
as sometimes attracts attention to some par-
ticular writer. l an a member Of a class
which Mr.. Greer would designate "a success
full writer's. and ] am within his designation
Of those who have names" Prior to three
years ago I had never put pen TO paper. -
Yet l nm able TO say that my mann cripts
at the start were accepted 70 the same
extent a. they are to-day. Such OF my
stories A. lack merit are hustled aside now
quite a un-oeremoniously - they were then.
AZ my start ! lacked fame. sxpsrisaos and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30

10 to consist Of 5000 men, the cavalry OF
2,lOO, the field artillery Of 800 and the
engineer force OF 800, a total OF $3.50.
Already there are 1900 sailors and 1000
marines in Cuban waters. Assuming
that the people will accept the plan Of
reconstruction proposed by Secretary
TAFT, this composite force should DO
sufficient to police the island. In the
event Of a general revolt against the
provisional American government, a Sec
ond and much larger force would have
TO be sent; but at this time il is not neces-
sary to consider such a contingency.
Let us at least hope that the occupation
will be no more than a test OF the efii-
cheney Of the new army organization
under the direction Of the General STAFF.
II is satisfactory TO know that the trans
p~ortation and subsistence departments
are in competent hands. Roth General
CHARLES +. HUMPHREY and General
HENRY @. SHARPE are men OF initiative
and system, and tremendous workers.
1t ia also ~reassuring to know that the
medical department will feel thoroughly
at home In Cuba on this occasion. Vel
low fever will have no terrors for it, and
the rainy season being about over, the
health Of the troops should cause the
army surgeons no great concern
A good many Of the regimental officers
ordered to Cuba became familiar with
its topography during the first occu-
patton, and it may be presumed that
the maps provided by the General Staff
are greatly superior to the ~haphazard
draughtsmanship Of the Spanish war
period. The transportation Of troops to
various parts OF the island for garrison
duty will present no serious difficulty,
for modern railroad lines now connect
Havana with Santiago and with Pinar
del Rio. The old highways OF the
Spanish regime, little better than trails
in many parts Of the island, have been
replaced by macadamized roads between
the chief cities, which will permit OF
rapid movements by cavalry patrols.
The prospect, then, is that the second
occupation Of Cuba will begin in an
orderly manner, without haste or waste,
and that the reins of authority laid down
at the evacuation in 1902 will be taken
up as II there had been no interval OF
experimenting with civil government.
But it all depends upon the temper and
self-control of the Cuban people.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30

cational standing. IL IL, probably, mere
ly a matter Of administration. In nei-
Their the United States nor Great Britain
does the national Government take
school examinations in hand or provide
the Official certificates dear to the Ger
man heart. Every Government on the
continent OF Europe does hold State
examinations similar enough 10 those OF
Prussia TO be accepted as an equivalent
at its face value. The nearest approach
to these certificates that. the Berlin
authorities have found in the two coun-
tries that do without them are the col
lege degrees Of bachelor, and for this
reason England and the United States are
put In a class by themselves.
The concession obtained Va to general
attendance is probably merely a safe
guard against oficious interference. All
kinds u PERSONS are admitted to univer-
sity lectures in Germany, who may be
supposed to profit by them, without
rigorous investigation Of previous train
ing. These are hearers" and in no
academic sense students or candidates
for a degree As Berlin is a big city,
and is subject to literary and scientific
whims like others, the numbers often
prove embarrassing for the university
and interfere with the regular students.
The restrictions put on this class Of
hearers In order to exclude the merely
curious may have been SO worded as to
enable jealous officials to keep out all
degreeless Americans, an unfairness the
possibility Of which seems to be now
obviated.
The relations between Germany and
America in matters of the higher educa-
ton have been too long and too cordial
to admit the suspicion Of any intentional
slight in the action Of Berlin University.
Germany has no more loyal friends than
the Americans who spent their years OF
wandering at her universities. OF that
fact no man has a better comprehension
than Kaiser WILHELM H., as has been
shown repeatedly, and his university
authorities are the last people in the
world to run counter to his wishes.