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A song Of Twflight.

From Scrt6Hers Magazine.
Oh. 70 come home onoo moro. when the dusk 10
falling,
To zee me nursery lighted and the ehiidrens
Mother, mother, motheri" the eager voices calling.
"The baby was so sleepy that he had TO go to bedlS
oh. to come home once more and sec ths smiling
DARK head. bright head. clustered at the pane:
Much the years have taken. when tho heart Ito
Blu. Snth time g not for me that image win
remain.
Men and women now thsy are, standing straight
Grave heart, gay heart ne for ife's emprise;
Sho llder Get to shoulder. how should they be but
The future shines before them with the light Of
their own eyes.
sun each answers 70 my call no good has been
Ny burdens have been ht,ed to tbs little strength
Beauty pride and peace have walked by day be-
The evening closes gently In. and how can !
repinel H
But oh, to see once more. when the early dusk 10
The nursery windows glowing and the ohildrea's
.MothsT, mother. mo,harl- the high ohud vaasss
ne .coSIasi, stay awake for ssusassAsassss
90 henr
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sons. II for no other, the American people
will not eat horse or mule; the professor
recommends one as cordially as the other.
The live horse will be humanely treated
by them, and they will continue to use
1t as a 'gambliag implement, TO employ
an expression Of DIR. oLIvHR WENDELL
HoLMKs; and dead horse will 60 into
by-products.
1t was bold and unconventional OF
Professor BREWER to tout horsefesh
for the larder after the canned meat ex-
posture, but tho dietary Of q sentimental
nation cannot be changed by an argu-
ment Of personal experience.
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EARLY BEEs.
Protest Against the Premature Disesaaion
Of Presidential Candidates.

To fHB EDITOR or The 4UE-Sir: AZ there
seems TO be no abatement In the spread OF
tho epidemic Of Presidential candidates, 1
beg leave to suggest the necessity for O eau
tion TO your readers. This disease b In reality
non danEerous. like the Carolina broken bone
fever and our owp familiar chickenpox. out
1t 10 very annoying While 1t lasts. and though
IL may seem ungenerous TO say 30, 1t is fostsred
to a great extent by the silly discussion re-
garding II In the newspapers. Presidentitis
may be defined an the malady which appears
about the beginning Of the third year Of the
Presidential term. first among newspapers.
which never really take IL quite seriously.
and then extends to vould-be Presidential
candidates. In whom II 10 the most severe
and with whom 1t becomes to q certain extent
chronic.
The people at large. mostly in the rural
districts. are the last to git IT," and It seems
to affect only the unemployed and aged.
frequently coming on In the grocery ana
church sheds on Sundays. and manifesting
itself in e~arrulous inanities. displaying an
utter ignorance on the part Of these sturdy
Americans Of their country's history. OF party
doctrines and OF the personality and character
favor.
Several years ago. when the silver question
was rampant. this class Of the. community
d disesss. and ina q smsai 4 p psrSasats syP Ms, O ss sns
70 the esylums or had. committees appointed
for them. I believe that the. original BrYan
asylum. n the country. % generally this
virulent form of Pr~esident5st9 % rare. though
milder cases have become chronic. and the
rather sitting. Jokes Of many wayback com
The fact, Of. course. Is thai no one. knows
who will be 90 unfortunate as to become
the next President Of tho. United States
and the less people bothsr. their heads about
good though misguided, vet harmless man IN
that position now, and that IL all we need
worry about for the next TIVE years:
little needed in the metropolis or the larger
cities. but It ID imperstivelys demanded out
here In the rural districts, where already the
prospect that Mr.. Bryan will again convert the
country Is palpably setting the wheels In
the heads OF many agricultural Solomons to
whirring and buzzlng, 10 the extreme dis
comfort OF their neiehbore. B. p. =
RAND HILL, N. Y, August 81.
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Phonetic and Fanatic.

To THE EDITOR or THE 6UN-Sir. In
phonoRraphy, or sound writing. the words
phonetic" and fanatic having the same
consonant sounds. are written exactly alike.
and this may suggest the propriety Of using
the words Interchangeable with respect to
their application to the proposed innovation
In spelling.
II Ia true that some eminent p~hilologists
and many other good men and women cham
pion tho movement for phonetic spelling.
but II Ii also true hat worthy people have
always been found on the wrong side Of
questions Of universal Importance. and their
advocacy Of o reform in spelling. while en-
titled TO serious consideration. shouid not
cause Q stampede in favor Of the proposed
changes. A change IN the spelling OF many
words In the English language 10 not Q local
question. but q world problem. and cannot
be decided BY o telegraphic despatch.
Ifully agree with President Eliot. as quoted
IN this mornings issue Of your paper. that
the present plates OF standard and popular
works would 30 rendered incorrect and with
out vulue.' This would IN a large measure
be true OF the works themselves which have
been printed during the last hundred years
or more. "
The acceptance Of e-comparativeiy short
List OF words would be followed by q demand
BIZ the -rsformers. . OF asitators, for changes
N Thousands Of other words vhleh Il spelled
SaoooRdtnG torsunnd OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
CAL for Proc That the Girl Scared by
Carbolic Acid Was Cured.~

To TEE EnEros o. THs sys-s+: II
Christian Scientists effect the cures they say
they effect they have acquired q mastery
over death; and II only needs proof that they
do what they say they do to convert man
kind to the faith.
cay they dor They make astounding claims;
they offer no evidence. They tell us Of mar
vellous cures effected: they afford no oppor-
tunity for Investigation. Mrs. Eddy has
herself declared she cured at one sitting a
cancer that had so eaten into the fesh OF the
neck that the tugular vein stood out like q
cord; but she omitted every particular that
would have permitted Of confirmation or dis
proof; and claiming to possess this power
she did not put forth her hand to stay the
progress Of the cancer that for seven years
attacked the breast Of her dearly loved sister
and finally killed her. 80,
We are surfeited with tales OF Christian
dent offered any scrap OF what may be called
evidence that the miracles ever occurred.
H. Cornell Wilson. presumably the New York
Christian 81, IS Science salaried pres agent, and
No shred Of evidence accompanies II. No
single detail is given. no names. dates. locaii-
and Investigated: And Mr.. wilson seems to
supported atsEmatIonl Tha. perhaps Is even
hVIV u a tIAC. 1tOIy itbcH.
II the young woman In Brooklyn who
had -carbolic acid thrown in her face and
eyes with results too horrible 70 picture.
treatment alone that mot only can she now
sss ss as VEL Il. a: ss ever but not a soar remain. to
suscsptible Of proof The matter u nj
report the. results Of the investigation II Mr..
Wilson viii furnish the necessary data.
II this story Is not like SO many other of
merest fiction. viii Mr.. Wilson. in the Interest
woman was who had the painful experiense:
time and what 10 her. present address: Who
threw the carbolic acid in the young woman's
face; who told the young woman that 1t was
carbolio acid; the name and address Of tho
doctor who can testify to the facts :; whether
complaint was ever made to the police of the
commission Of so serious q crime, and II so,
In what police court the case was tried1
We really cannot believe this story upon
the unsupport ted statement Of Christian
Science Agent Wilson, Let him give us some
him cease to deluge us with tales Of the mirao-
ulous. that /. for myself. am free to say !
believe to have no substantial foundation ia
fact. FREDERICK W. PEABODY
BO9ToN. August %,
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THE FARMER or TO-DAY.
A Capitalist with Many Investments Out
side Hls Farm.

Department Of Agriculture Bulletin 43.
Evidences Of prosperity among the farm
ers Of the United States have been multiply
ing In recent years and assuming an im-
p~ortance In the world Of finance and trade.
transportation and manufactures which has
attracted worldwide attention. In the first
place. n perhaps Of moro fundamental
Importance than anything else. the free or
cheap land Of the republic and Of the States
and railroads has become substantially ex-
hausted in its supply for cultivation without
irrigation. The exhaustion of such land has
been reached so suddenly that 1t has given
q sort Of shock to the whole economic struo-
ture Of agriculture.
Accompanying this has been the continued
gain Of urban upon agricultural population.
30 that although the quantity and value Of
agricultural exports have remained at q high
figure there has been Q continuing readtust.
1 mens nnd ap sssn 81 ae Ssye 4. sP a.. s rssaSsa Sn az
tndsfnits period Of fairly remunsrattvs II not
n'fn palSss NJ tbese nrofound ,nau.
enoes upon the financial ld.s condition q fa1%-
ers. farming has assumed Q pew .and higher
S Sia dsSts; F tseS s.1 haze ssoa ~sasinIssalfn ssIpf tas,s
own o%ne nso 81 bank aSDS ssoSis; They S'R have -S SssufRs
their savings T.. distant states foF inysstznenf
t u ssr isSsstos h issd had A Il. he ss. ssas time sss, "a
By the new situation and he has thrown upon
the country real estate market vast sums for
Investment.
1t should not be inferred. however, chat
this movement 10 one Of mere speculation.
Indeed, speculation pure and simple plays
part there is q genuine capitalization TO sus-
tain the higher values that have been realized
during the last half dozen years. There has
In the practice Of farming-it would hardly
be too much to cay In the art and science OF
farming. Every Improvement In practice has
signt1ed Increased net profit.
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HoraeAeah and Crow.

Professor WILLIAM Fl. BREWER Of
Yale has eaten horsefiesh, which he
recommends for q steady diet, and Judge
JAMES NIXON Of Americas, Ca, has
eaten broiled crow and picked the bones
40 penance for guessing wrong about
the Georgia primaries. Everybody
knew that horsefesh was edible and
| that in Germany and France it is regu-
larry sold; but on the Continent they
find the carp toothsome. Crow is eaten
fgurattvely as a rule. but Judge NIXON
has now proved that Corvus americanus
can be served up as a broiler and masti-
Gated. Doubtless a French chef could
render it as palatable Al guinea hen,
which 1t resembles somewhat when taken
Of the fire.
Grow and horse are coupled in the
dietary only because no n in America
wants to eat either. A SQUAD crow done
to a turn and immersed in melted butter
might deceive the same people who eat
kid for spring lamb and digest 1t con-
tentedly; but, Judge NIXON to the con-
trary, broiled or boiled crow, stewed or
~fricasseed crow will never be popular.
It will continue to. be q post-election
dish, eaten in sackcloth and ashes.
Sentiment is against the crow as an
edible, although a clean, s~elf-respecting
and stately bird, and no more Of a scay-
enger than the lobster, the crab or the
smelt; indeed, corn Is the crows favor
ite diet. So is sentiment against the
horse a q table food; as well propose
the eating Of poodles and Boston terriers,
which Bannock Indian would swallow
with gusto. Professor BREWER may
smack his lips over horsefiesh, although
1t is said to have a peculiar sweet taste
which soon clogs; but he will never
induce Americans to 4fatten the old
horse as you do tho old COW and then
eat him."
II that is the kind Of fare the
professor nkes--'I have never had more
wholesome or finer tasting meat" he
says-there Is no objection to his con-
sumption oft and he will always be able
to safe his appetite. As soon as his
want is known the supply will be salts
factory both Is TO variety and quantity.
Professor BREWER may be right about
the hygienic value Of the horse as food,
although it is subject TO lampas, stoma-
tits, glosAitis, ptyalism, ~pharyngitis,
tympanites and other troubles which
may not be as formidable and pernicious
% they looau but. for sent5meptd pea-
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a WISE suLL
zIAsmpepnaaM-Seteaias bomnnOO FSons q
. \ WHO'S e Nubta.
Fyom Harper'a Meaasil

y WHO'S e. NuDkns
$500 $1,000
from harpsrs Atesestnes
An instance OF tho great sseaclty OF tns
elephant In preserving itsslf from the at
tscrs NJ man nNboush almost Incredible.
snoAe ~ 80 IA hrnter On whom
vas feiateu 70 mep ~ o'o N.~u ~ .SHs
! could thoroughly refy. ne ton mo uney
eo,ne ye.-e before there Led hsea : wen
known old bull elephant with q pair OF mag
.inc.nt trsks vvhich had ham ionR and car
htncent tus.s; rnion . ,.... ~ .hat 800
nestly coveted py every huntei IN enAs paIs
OF the country. Their wise old owner. how
ever. knew that he was hunted, and had
hi,h,rtc er,atrated ali eforta 70 oapture him.
LIZ. - ~. 1890 y. 1890 M a v,,ia
Win . VIC" 70 nie heless - ~.
never 20 wander from tho rest OF inc nerd,
but, on the contrary. always keep az much 40
no..ibIe In the mIdet of than. and Il had been
pssx re ~ 49, slsnt rithout hay.
ascertainso t2nt ny nvVe. 80 - ~. ~.
Ing Ipsted e1atries all around num- N the
occasion Of which the hunter was telling me
a. - a. s,sv ths nerd from a safe nosi.
uoin pa.n W,"" ~ iii - ,hsnoH -
ton, hoping to ma the Dun py ehsnoe un"
guarded. 1t was noontide, ana the veteran
required btg nan, The scene that followed
20 unio,a Tha od t,,sker went quietly
W. stuo S.. - ~. toiiowar.
rouno from one 70 anotneI y, ns tono""Ie
and drove them out ntorhe places tney ~ere
TO occupy. making them stand In q large
~t-nn .av.~aJ wanda fron nach other with
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me FirHt Tier.

Of your correspondents used the words SEQ.
ond ticr' as being on duty In Washington.
In view Of the recent edlct on spelling. don't
you think It advisable that the first tier had
better get to work. and thus occupy its brain
with more weighty matters: otherwise the
silly season" will get In some more work.
n we shall wake up some morning to read
that the President orders that all children
born after a certain date shall be mum bered
and not named. INT that their thumb prints
must be put on file In Washington In order
to avoid the confusion OF names that must
arise in this rapidly Increasing country.
NEW YORK, August 20. F. III. JONES.
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Sunday I'm Paris.

To the unusual heat which Paris has
experienced this summer is due prob
ably the absurd rumor, which comes
through English sources, that the hotels,
restaurants, cafes, 'bars,' buvettes,
estaminets and 80 forth will be closed
hereafter on Sundays to suit the BON
venienoe Of the proprietors under the
new DAY Of Rest" Law. Possibly,
owing to the general exodus to the ooun-
try and the seaside which has become
the fashion in France, some hotel keep
ers may figure that they might as well
close up as run empty houses during the
season, for Paris has not New York's
gift Of keeping comfortable; N heated
spells, hut none will dream of cutting
of Sunday. the best day for trade.
An Epglishnaan gsHld consider such
action natural, for he Is accustomed to
British hotel keepers. Their idea Of
running a hotel Ia to create as much in
convenience as they can for their guests.
The reason for their rules no man can
fathom, for they must be ~ irkaome for
the hotel people as they are to their Gus
toners, but they are traditional and the
English are used to them. The chief
object Of the British hotel seems 10 be
to demonstrate the independence of the
proprietor and the strict observance Of
rules. Money b no object. II he wants
to shut up on Sundays he does. ss
The F~renchman. on the other hand,
Is after money. His ~politeness may be
on the surface, but the traveller, II he
looks as II he a pay his bill, gets all the
attention he wants. Time and care are
neve regarded II there is q chance to
make more money, and the inner. man.
at any rate, can be provided for ct anY
time. The restaurant keeper and the
wine shop proprietor are accustomed to
q big Sunday businsss and count an Il
for their profits. They viii not cut their
own threats by closing on that day. -
As a matter Of fact the French DAY
OF Rest law IL q pretty harmless meas-
ure. The full text was published In LIE
Matin recently. It IL go elastic, 30 full
of exceptions and loopholes, that any
Puritanical enforcement Of 1t as q blue
law Is out Of the question, and its OBJ
must be left to the good sense
Of the French and the new habits they
have formed and are forming. The
chief value Of the law will be in pre-
veating sssweating' In many instances,
ard in suggesting agreements In cases
where employed and employers differ
about the time oGrest.
Work in this world Is Of different
kinds. Some can be left undone for q
time with no great harm. II we recol-
lect rightly. IA learned friend Professor
w. G. SUMMER In his salad days discov-
cred that work was . curses and come
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Mr.. Gompers Defeats Mr.. Littieheid.
The Hon SAMUEL GoNPERs, president

oHIs "ouuPOhb ClSet hAhs
The Hon SAMUEL GoNPERs, president
OF tho American Federation OF Labor,
one Of the principal uncoordinated
branches Of the Government, has been
in the Second Maine Congress district
for some weeks in execution Of his
deadly purpose OF defeating the Hon.
CHARLES EDGAR L~ITTLBPIELD, the Rep
resentative in Congress Of that district.
Mr.. LrrTLEPIELD has been q working
man with his hands as well an his brains.
His father was a preacher and mill
wright. The o has been a millwright
and q carpenter; he has worked in granite
quarries and in lumber yards. In days
before tho Gompersian vision dazzled
the world the education and rise by his
own efforts Of Mr.. L~IrTLEFIELD, the
distinction he has won, his intellectual
power and his independence OF charao-
ter would have been regarded with
satisfaction but not surprise . Thou
sands Of boys in New England and the
rest Of the country have so come up
from low estate to the seats. Of power.
And LITTLRPIELD probably works more
in a week than the supereminent and
shining GoMPRRs In a. year.
Mr.. LIrTLEF1E1D, brought up in the
pre-Gomperpiah era. hnew not SAMUEL.
Mr.. LIrrLEFrELD supposed that it was
his business to represent his constituents,
whereas, Of course, 1t is his business to,
represent Mr.. GoMPERs. Mr.. LITTLE
FIELD soon learned the truth: ,,
II I continue to represent the interests Of my
constituents 1t winebe quite ficult for me to secure
the approval of Mr.. GoMpEHs." -e.
He had to choose between his constit-
uents and Mr.. GoMPRRs. He chose the
former. There is where he made Athe
great refusal Mr.. GoMPERs invaded
the district, filed it with the thunder
and tho terror OF his presence, and now
hangs up this triumphant bulletin upon
the outer wall:
-LrrrLHrIKLp Is defeated already. and ! expect TO
Gee an overw helming vote registered az ainst him.
In 1904 Mr.. LITTLEFIELD got 10, 200 votes;
his Democratic opponent got II ,67s. MIR.
GoMPERs is sure he has already over
thrown this majority OF 1850 odd. But
does Mr.. L~ITTLEFIEID know it7 There
are a number Of Republicans in andre
scoggin, Franklin. Knox, Lincoln, Oxford
and Sagadahoo counties who are proud Of
their seventy-four inch Representative.
Then Maine FOLKS are 80 Hourious.' We
hear them asking: What Is this fellow
GoMPEBs dom down here, anyway
well it's a great thing to know how to
mind your own business 'Iguess when
we get so we don't know how to vote with
out being told bysome nan from WASH
ineton wen quit the job President
GosPERs, Is he7 Humphl' The defeat
of Mr.. LrTLEFIELD may be considerably
less overwhelming than Mr.. GoMpERs now
believes.
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The Cure EXPLAINED,

TO TEE EDrroR OF II SuN-~Sfr. Lest some Of
your readers should be led astray by the argument
IN favor Of Christian Scienc based upon the won.
deYfui recovery Of the young lady from carbolis
add Injuries to her face. 40 reported by o Chrs.
tan Scientist, tits we'll to state that however terrfns
the results may be that follow contact with thii
poison internally It causes only Superficial dam.
ere whom poured On the surfAoe Of the skin.
II the young woman had completely recovered
unscarred from . similar injury caused by nitric
sulphrtc or muristic Add. the case would well
deeerve the attention of scientific mon. An the
matter now stands II can only excite wondermcn,
among those who know little or nothing sbou,
the action Of these various ~caustios. J. p. d.
NEW YoRK. August a.
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Consolation in Epietetus.

- TO THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: There
are still q few middle aged men left who
wonder when and where the boaierersemen
belon ging to what may be called the Roose-
veltian era Is to end, whether by nero
chance or not. or the example Of this energetic
person, there has not been a time within our
memory when so much attempted reforma-
ton has been In evidence and when We have
been so crank ridden.
Now, largely through the efforts Of the
deliciously refined humorist Mark Twain
n that eminent Pittsburg philologist Mr..
Carnegie, we are asked to r%enounce many Of
the words that to most Of us are connected
with the evolution Of sentiment and with
associations the loss Of which cannot be
compensated for by mere brevity oI-the
saving Of time. All this may very well do
for Mark Twain, whose comic talent natur ally
tempts him to the elision Of letters and the
adoption Of phonetic methods. but perhaps
his advocacy OF this emasculated English
Ii but q great joke after all. The hardship,
however. 10 that the use Of the stuff has
received the Official approval Of the Presi-
dent. who Is ever alive to the needs Of drastic
reform and who may be said to be the
American apostle Of eugenics. although IL
cannot always be held that he uses good
Judgment.
II we are to abandon the words which arc
aS wen . pdft v Jul itotesuo ohu VIC cou~
ventional methods Of communication In
decent intercourse. heAven only knows whom
the ukase shall come from Washington or
Oyster Bay directing us to adopt Christian
Science or osteopathy. or TO eat o certain break.
fast food, or to dress alike In some pictur-
esaue costume that shall meet the Views Of
some cracked brain cult.
However. 1t does not do to despair. for In
the words Of Epictetus: Therefore every
man will also listen more readily to what
b spoken H. IL Ia signihed By appropriate
and becoming words A. n. H.
NEW YORK, August 20.
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ent from their present forms. This would u
q large degree eliminate the stymology Of
words. and thereby make Il impossible for the
students to trace their origin ~ an aid In
getting at their meaning; and II IL uDaues-
tionably true that the meaning. and there
fore che proper use Of words. 10 at least 10
important az In their spelling.
Josh Billin gs would be "de-lited" II II were
possible for him TO zee the present tendency
toward the adoption Of HE unique style Of
spelling. W. r. BEcKERT.
NEW York, August n.
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Congratulations.

To TIT Ep7ToR OF THE SuN-Sir: I'm
delitsd with Mr.. Ruzvelt's spelin message.
He and I are In akord. ! alwys had my one
ides abot othoefafy and for years my writin
has ben lated at. i 20 now I was rite and
the pepIe rons.
] believe In Mr.. Ruzvelt's theries Of decrease
In letters and an increse in poplashw.
] hsv dropped theu nnesery letters In my nam
and suppose Mr.. Ruzvelt will do ikwtz.
NEW YORK. August ~. CY Harris.
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Waking to Ecstasy the Jersey I4yre

waking to Ecstasy the Jersey Lyro.
Now clear the path for Theodore.
And let the hills get gay.
The peace Of Portsmouth 10 no more.
The big sticks como to stay.
There's waiting tn our native land.
And 500 from DER the sea
T. R.'n be gripped by Brtton's hand
For that English massacre.
NEWARK. August ~. AMERICANA.