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We followed Mr.. MARX HANNA in Abandoning
the Nicaragua route In order 10 get the Advantage
OF a sea lcyel canal, And now we are 10 have
lock canal by the Panama route. We've bung'ea
a heap In this i>thmian canal blslness but let us
hope The present plans are wise aud we VIII avert
a De Lcsscps scandal-f'ale0h Ners and o6sfrsfr
May the Hon JosEPHUs DANIELS, who
will yet he youngish man when he first
passes the locks of the Panama Canal at
the high level Of eighty-fiye feet live long
enough thereafter to make a second transit
through transformed canal which fulfills
all the requirements of his cherished idea!
The sun., 1906-02-25
TEE BENCH AND TIE Bs,.
Ono VINO wants Betting Declared Lsss,
cites SOmo English Decisions.

To THE EDITOR or The SUN-Sr! hays
ed In this mornings Sun an article headed
Peter De Lacy On Advocate OF tho Anti.
Raoetraok Bill" The entire discussion sssnv
to relate to tho place where the bet 10 mad,
and apparently not to the legality OF betting
think that if either reforrners or defender,
are sincere they should conhne themielvs
10 an establishment or an overthrow Of a be,
considered to be legal by actual practice At
the racetrack. and not TO technical dlseus.
sion Of the place where the bet Ia made II
seems TO be generally assumed that a bot n
not legal. yet there Is q decision on record
where tho payment OF bet was enforced
by court OF law.
In an English case-Hampden VA Walsh
q, Queens Bench Division. 1891 the court
held that although all contracts by way O,
wagering were null and void, as the plaintin
lone who had made a bet, had demanded
his deposit that Is. the stakes) back before /,
had been pa over. he was entitled to judg
ment.
It seems. then. that where q wager Is illegal
no action can be brought against the loser
or stakeholder by the winner. but man
who has simply deposited his money with
stakeholder Is not in the same predcameut.
II makes no difference whether he watts
until the event upon which the wager de-
pends comes on: as long as he revokes ths
aut horty OF the stakeholder and repudiates
the wager before payment is made he eau
recover.
As Is often the case in law. there seems TO
be authority for an almost opposite point OF
view. In another English case-Read vs.
Anderson %. Queens Bench Division, 77al-h
appears that. Anders0n authorized Road. I
member Of Tattersalls. to make bet for
him and that Read did SO.
The main question Of dispute at once aross.
Read holding that as soon as he had made
the bet The AUTHORITY given him BY anderson
as he notfed Read before Read paid The bet.
hut after the event upon which the bot de.
pended had been decided he tAnderson,
vas not liable to Read for the amount OF the
which would ruin his business as a betting
The Court held that the employment Of 40
| agent to make q bet in his own name In behalf
| Of his principal implied an authority, to pay
authority became irrevocable as soon as tbs
VI The Ma decision s means that Anderson had had
| to reimburse Read for the payment Of tbs
| bet and consequently the Court, practically
Is one to es
| 70 come across where the Court compelled
the payment of bet; SO that It SCENE
! there are circumstances where bet is legal
| 1t is true that both the cases mentioned
70 se"H insist it that Batting be declared elsS.,
ufffff II It Is Is illegal as seems to be the general
impression II ought not TO- 90 on at ali
10 % !sssl' aSi fse Il could shen be more ss.,
SEw YoRK. Feb. 20.
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Grand and Peculiar Names.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE suS-!sr: As TIE SUE
takes 10y In the rare and unique In nomenclature
perhaps tho enclosed list will appeal 10 you as
possible factor In increa sing the gayety OF nations
This list was compiled by myself while CONNECTED
with the leasehold department OF the South Penn
OIL Company operating extensively In wet
Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Tho names
were taken from leases held by this company and
are matter Of record on Its books. so that thets
can be question Of their senuneness. Ths
names are all from the three States mentioned
most OF them from West Virginia. As that Stats
seems 10 be especially rch In Its geographical
children, havo appended separate list of them
NEW YORK, Feb %. q. ". WOOD
The sun., 1906-02-25
Arhor Day and Washington's Birth

An American Citizen" sends us from
Dallas a proclamation Of the Governor
of Texas asking the people of that State
to observe February % as Arbor Day.
as it in order" writes our friend in
Dallas. for The SUN TO remind the Gov
ernor that the Father of Our Country has
a prior claim on the day mentioned''
1t is not in order. Governor LANHAM
and the citizens Of Texas are entirely
aware of WASHINGTON prior claim and
lien Arbor Day is a legal holiday in
Texas and falls on February p, In
some States and Territories, for instance
Maine, Maryland. Wisconsin and Arizona,
Arbor Day is fixed by the Governor
Governor LANHAM had no choice in the
matter. Arbor Day must be on Febru-
arv q He did his duty in issuing the
proclamation. and that paper is short
and sweet. It is model, in fact Of
impersonal and strictly legal and formal
utterance. The main sentence Of its
three sentences is this
lie, th. daY as con,e mplatcd by statute be
devoted to the planting and cultivation Of forest,
shade and ornamental trees throughout the state,
and observed for that purpose in such manner as
may seem hes, TO he people of each comm unity
There may be newcomers in Texas
who need to be reminded that March :
and April p commemorate Texan inde-
pendence and the Battle Of San Jacinto
respectively. We hope and believe that
not one of them, however small his stock
of history, is unaware whose birthday
February % recalls. In setting or trying
to set Texans at the good work of aye
sticking in a tree, Texas tries to do
something useful and necessary. The
memory of a planter and farmer-to
mention two of WASHINGTON beneficial
activites-is we'll commemorated by tree
| planting.
Too great familiarity with WASHING
TONS life and words cannot be had but
when the annual cataracts of "eloquence
pour over him, the modest, quiet man
when one thinks how many vulgar
hands swing incense at him. how many
cheap and common spouters use him as
a means of advertisement, why, one is
easily reconciled to the occasional prao-
tical application Of him. A little tree
planting is much more really patriotic
and fuller Of public service than miles
Of Washington's Birthday talk.
The sun., 1906-02-25
Secretary Taft and the Army,

So much of Secretary TAFT's time is
occupied by the affairs of the Panama
Canal and the administration OF the
Philippines that there is tendency to
forget that he holds the War portfolio
and has something to do with the army.
His speech in Chicago shows clearly that
while his public utterances about the
army are infrequent he can and does
upon occasion say something well worth
attention.
Mr.. TAFT's address to the Union
League Club practically writes the ap-
proval Of the War Department on Captain
DIcKMAN's article printed in THE Sun
OF February 20. He said that whether
American citizens realize it or not, time
is indispensable to the making of good
soldiers" Captain DIcKMAN showed
how we throw away soldiers after we
have made them at cost of something
.;lp 81 900 for each soldier. The problem
IS simple and the solution equally SO up
20 the point of providing force of
trained regulars for the full strength OF
the army on the war footing now pro-
vided.
Our army on it's peace footing is the
nucleus Of any army that may be needed
The first and logical step in time OF need
is TO put the army ea its war faatins
without wrecking its efficiency by load
ing it UP with raw recruits. A regiment
of trained men is worth more than two
regiments composed of Go per cent
regulars and 4O per cent. "rookies, oi
raw recruits. The element Of the un-
trained demoralizes the experienced
men. TIE argument is clear. Let pro-
The sun., 1906-02-25

AZ Henry James IN Harpsrs MenNly Nc sgG.n' Is
March continues his Impressions OF New f'rs e'3.
Bishop Talbot relates his Western experiences 'Hu
Prof Bloomfield tells OF the fragments Of me NAN
cGean Bible, There are descriptive articles aoU.,
the Arapahoc glaciers, Arab bandits ihcA >ho",.".
In Baltstan, the University OF Geneva S'r'' a ,",
and the Kentucky cardinal bird Mr / jan, -" =,
Miss Alice Brown and Others contribute seven ,ho''
stories. aud Mrs. Dclands serial progresses iuu'
arc uine pieces OF verse, a coiorcd picture o. y.
z. A. Abbey And the usual abundance oI h'u'"'
tinns.
The sun., 1906-02-25
Molly Pitcher of tho South.

From he AH0nfd C0nJERuH0n.
committee OF the Sons Of the Revolution 10
engaged In quest OF the burial place OF Sally
st. Clair. the sweetheart of Sergt William Jasper
and the Molly Pitcher Of the South. The burial
place Is supposed to be somewhere on the banks
OF the Santee River. In South Carolina where the
body was Inferred after her death In one OF the
sangulnary conflicts between Marlon's men and the
British
The story goes that Sally St. Clair. who had dis
tinguished herself as a man and enlisted in the
Continental force. lost her life In trying TO ss's
that Of Jasper.
The sun., 1906-02-25
The Right to Work ON a Holiday

70 THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-!St: In your issue
OF 70 day appeared a letter headed What Wash
ington Would Say"
What would he say II the Legislature OF the
Empire State failed to observe his birthday
surely the body which made 1t a legal holiday
ought observe II II anybody does. yet both houses
were In full blast yesterday. as was also the ssw
Board OF Education which. by the way, publish"
Manuals of Patriotism" GKoRoE 'FESTRiCK
ALBANY, Feb. %.
The sun., 1906-02-25

will be less extensive and less rooted
than ii Is just now in Washington. Cer-
tain 1t is that after the action taken by
the Reichstag ON Thursday the very
first European Power with which we con-
cludc u reciprocity treaty ought 10 m
the German Empire.
The sun., 1906-02-25

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr' You use tho
word "unsanitary" In an editorial this morning.
There Is no such word in my dictionary. Sanitary
is given as an ad cctive meaning relating to health
A negative would naturally mean mot relating 10
health" As sanitary conditions may be healthy
or unhealthy. "unssn,tary" conditions would be
what Would the word, used OF cell, not relate
to the surroundings not affecting healih'
NKw YORK, Feb ?S NeuIRRR.
The sun., 1906-02-25
Mighty Good North Carolinians.

From the Monroe JoGr'Ih
N. {. Austin. who served on the Grand Jd'y 1ah
week. said after the Grand Jury had finished ",
weeks work: You can say that not a member VI
that jury drinks or smokes. not word OF proiahiV
or vulgarlty was uttered during our stay iose'sei
by any member aud nothing was said or done NAV
we wouldn't have been willing for our fam,l'es F"
hear or see, and NO man spit on the floor.
The sun., 1906-02-25
Panama and Lat. RISING worlinsm.n.

To THR EDITOR OF THE SuH--.S1: The engineers
say II will take ten years TO cut the Panama Canal
down TO sea level.
II oil Of us workingmen In the United States
decide to cut one hour from the working day sna
go 10 work one hour later In the morning 'heIe
will be lost to the country each morning enough
work TO build complete 1888 Panama Canals
NHw YoRK. Feb. % S. 4. AlIsTlo'
The sun., 1906-02-25


The gift of song and fraternity among
the railroad men, those accursed oppress-
ors of the plain people, may be judged
from the hynn sung at the dinner of the
Erie Railroad Association the other night:
Come Join In the chorus OF our anthem here to-
night.
Remember tina, good fellowship makes every bur
den light.
Then lot us throw duh care away ana SINK W''h al!
our might
The good old Erie's praise:
Glory, glory. dear old EIie,
Glory. glory, dear old Erie,
Glory. glory, dear old Erie,
a. we 90 marching on"
The maximum of noise; perhaps the
minimum of harmony, hut the spirit is fine
1t ia sad, however, to hear such aspersons
as these about the honored and blameless
tribe Of commuters:
+" The passenger department has recovered from
the blow
The commuters OF New Jersey handed them two
years ago:
The part that Mr.. WALLACE plays is simply by
request.
He merely prints the time cards the commuters
do the rest"
The commuters were wrathful for sea-
son, but they have recovered, They still
upU2uI W STOWl dIu plto ut t'-ai ciu ~ 'V'
They jeer all its venerable and all its
younger vehicles Of transportation Such
is the habit of the commuter. Possessed OF
almost perfect happiness, he sacrifices to
Nemesis by knocking the railroad on which
he lives? Why not' Everybody "knocks y
commuters. The fellows who write the
hopelessly urban things in plays and songs,
| the scorners Of commuters, all commute.
And no word Of scorn is harsh enough for
the commuters to say collectively and pub
licly OF the road" After three or four
drinks of sarsaparilla they are apt to assure
YOU, R-you commute on-sone uthsr road,
that Il wiH say with all its faults the Blank
gives us better service than you can get on
| any other road in the State"
A commuter is intense. To him the loss
of train to New York is more than the loss
of the world could have been to ANTONY
And WALLACE and the rest Of the wards OF
the commuters don't need to be so superior.
! Well bet that nine-tenths Of them are dss-
The sun., 1906-02-25
Valid Excuse for Pianist.

From the London Ddlp Maj.
Y appears that Nine. knuk the Indian p'sns'
made her debut at Steinwsy Hall on WEDNESDAY
night contrary TO her doctors orders. .
Her husband writes that sue was In very o'..'
wrought condition at the recital and that snoi'u
after reaching home she gave birth TO a son p''1
mother and child are doing we'll.
The sun., 1906-02-25

"Unsanitary" in the SENSE OF unhealthy.
.unbealtbful." mot calculated to benefit or
secure health. is registered in the diction
ries is used by good authors and would still
h. needed were il neither used nor registered.
The sun., 1906-02-25
Song OF . TIP.

Song OF TIP.
TO rHR Enron OF THE SuS-.sir 1t seems to
me that the much mooted question OF tipping ,e
solves Itself into thiS
The walter must live,
And man must cat
Two facts that none will deny:
And u you d be served In the manner deserved.
Just ZIP him and raise no CRY.
..... Y WILLIAM JANA j.
DDosg1HH n1le1ss, Feb. 70,
The sun., 1906-02-25
On the watch walls.

From the GuMrt Guide
-rIe t:utic is on the watch walls and viii sound
the alarm though earth and HE'LL may rise.
The sun., 1906-02-25

perate commuters. II they are. they abuse
their own railroad. A oo,nmuter would do
It II no we're drawing $50 900 year from the
.nllrc.nI
The sun., 1906-02-25
New York Can Reach its Citizens Personal
Property Wherever situated.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUS-Sir: In The
Sun of February 20 there is a letter from
Empire City" on the taxation Of non-resi-
dents With his conclusion that the State Of
New York should not attempt to tax the per-
sonal property of non-residents situated in
the State Of New York am in entire accord:
but the writer asserts that the State Of New
York does not and cannot tax instruments
OF credit such as bonds and issory notes.
owned by o resident Of the State and actually
situated outside the State. The writer ex-
hbits so much learning that this erroneous
statement Is likely to receive credit from per-
sons not informed as to the tax law Of New
York, and for this reason ] beg the oppor-
tunity to correct 1t.
In 1851 the Court Of Appeals decided In the
case Of Hoyt vs.. Commissioners that securi-
ties in the hands OF an agent out Of the State
for collection or investment are not taxable
when owned by a resident Of the State. In
1883 the definition of personal property was
amended so as to provide that the following
property is taxable; Debts and obi cations
persons residing within this State. however
secured or wherever such securities shall be
This amendment was probably made be-
cause Of two decisions. In 1889 the Court of
Appeals decided Jefferson va Smith iss u. Y,
resden s sst Is aC sse eo ed
assessed and taxed here for capital invested
@ OF Ess and GAss a s's
Y seems that such property can be made
In ,s7s tbe United States supreme Court
had decided the very interesting case OF
kna d IL S u 81 n osnsd Ss
zen Of iiiinols, on Bonds, secured by deeds
The securities We're held by the a gent, and the
agent had unusual powers In case Of default
m payment f MR. bkrtlana WAS
supreme Court dissolved the in anct ion. n.
A apDs1 xhsR ihsR ssd S as Rf Rs
Of the ,Conneotieut court. Mr. Justice Har.
lau. In his opinion for the Court. said:
The sos ass sha III Is
in his hsnas Te dsb hsn sHyaE
IL @ 1"e Of is s Soh sna SU
,Ss ,Se Pasps''s s,ae A1''n "''An the Jurisdiction
nds ast Of ta sss e ses M Nv sA S4f s
TO taxation on bonds and other evidences OF
debt STaed BY 1t them no matter where the
NEW YORK, Feb. u. lawson PuRpr.
Bride, .ad bridl..
To TIE EDIroR OF The SuN--si,: I enclose an
advertisement taken from . hotel dispay sign a,
watkins. ~. Y:
Just,so OF the Peace
NARRY PRoPLY AT ALL Rorns
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collection. In "
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oat Tnrasher. Victoria England
Senate CottrelL =, Green Pitts,
Icy Irons 2 Addenda Conner.
Charity Looney. Minora Proudfoot
Ananias May. Cinderella Cain.
Golden Toothman. Toby shine. T.
Nancy R. Pancake. Hamlet HIT. U !.
Ison ice. Frenzy Dye. \,
Bunyan Triplet. Nod Nay.
Harbour Jones, Sapphire Whatan
Pocahontas Vineyard. Abilene j, May.
| America Dawson. Virginia Tucker
Florida Conley. Georgia Hall,
West Virginia Weddle. Arizona Nesoit
| Missouri Crow. Savannah Haught.
Indiana Williams. Flmira WatRins
| Euphrates Holsbury.
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Bridal and nridle.

Perhaps this Is worthy OF being added 10 your
collection. lDW
wATKISs ". y. Feb n.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-06-08
Clean Your Windows.

On one occasion, says DIR.
Downes, the editor of Great
Thoughts, | was travelling on a
certain railway, and while in a
station looking through car
riage window at the people who
were standing on the platform, |
particularly noticed one man
whose coat appeared to be COW
cred with spots, as if it had been
splashed with mud. | thought
he presented rather a dirty, un-
tidy appearance, and might have
had the coat brushed, Then the
train moved on and | discovered
that what | thought to be marks
on the mans clothes were really
spots on the carriage window.
What grand illustration that
was How often we make the
same mistake as we journey
through the void. Our vision
is not clear, and we hastily mis-
take our fellowman. Let Us
clear our soul-windows, and the
world will be a happier and
brighter place, and the spots and
blemishes we too often discover
i'm our neighbors will vanish like
the dew before the sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-06-08
Fine Western HumOT.

There will be a state and con-
gressional election in Oregon in
Jone. and the great Republican
organ of that State, the Oregon
ian. fearing the effect of recent
events upon the public mind, is
pleading desperately and humor-
couslv for loyalty to Roosevelt.
For oregon to desert the presi-
dent now, it proclaims, would be
as base as for a regiment to de-
sert its commander when the fate
of a battle hangs in doubt. 1t is
a,.important at this moment to
to convince the plutocratic enc
mics of the president that the
country is with him heart and
soul. !,
How can the country be with
Roosevelt until it finds out where
Roosevelt is? The last we heard
of him he was with Aldrich, the
representative of the oil trust and
the railroad combines. A short
time ago he was with the demo-
Gratis on the rate question, with
the revisionists on the tariff ques
tion. and with the socialists on
the question of confscation OF
private property. Where is Ted
dy now?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-06-08
The Federal Judiciary.

Those Republicans who agree
with President Roosevelt on the
encroachment of the federal Ju-
dietary should remember that
nearly all the federal judges are
Republicans, appointed by Re
publican presidents, and con-
frmed by a Republican Senate.
The antecedents of these judges
before their appointment to the
bench generally expose that they
were corporation attorneys be-
fore their elevation and in most
cases partisans of the strlctest
type. The appointments made
by President Roosevelt and his
immediate predecessor are near
" all of this character so the de-
nunciations of President Roose-
yelt reflect upon the appoint
ments of himself and his prede-
cessors. AS the federal judges
are appointed for life they should
certainly be free from the cor
poration taint, but although the
President processes to be lighting
trusts and corporations most OF
most of his appointments to the
federal bench have been motor
ious corporation and trust attor-
news. 1t is only necessary to cite
the appointment of ex-senator,
Pritchard of North Carolina and
James Z. Boyd of North Caro-
lima to point the moral and adorn
the tale.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-06-08
TO PITY.
BY JULIEN GORDON.

What woudsr thou have from me?
Nights wrung with agony
Through all the years.
Bitter upon the mouth,
Sweet dew turned into drouth.
Herald of tears?
Tyrant, whose famished crew
Over my borders blew
Harsh, icy breath;
Nipped all my gay parterrs,
Poisoned their fragrant airs
With touch of death.
My pride, my liberty.
Self love and dignity
All, all | gave!
Leave, then, one brief shy hour,
One little day, for dover
To thy poor slave,
Cease, Tortue me no more.
Thou hast won. from my door.
Sad shape depart,
Resentment dies in pain,
Fen righteous wrath is slain:
Ease then my heart.
O wan-eyed conqueror.
Crown thyself emperor
A soul release.
Broken, it cries to thee.
All, pity, pity mel
Give me back peacel
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-06-08
JASPER, INDIANA, FRIDAY JUNE 8, 1906.
Real Estate Transfers

Michael Schnarr to Clara Dody, .,
In. 6 30a 1880
Martin Baecher to F G.. Frank lots
80 II and pit lot n Haysville $1,000.
NJ. f. Megner to Frank Flick, e e
lot l2S Jasper 1900.
Chanley K Brown to Sarah Cnanley
4 34a $1,000
John Welp to I. r. Abel % 3 63a
$40
Elmer E. Spurlock to Nancy f.
Kendall 25 3 $50.
Rt. Rev. S. Chatard to J. Stetter,
26 2 4 "a a S25.
Joseph Stetter to J. A Hocngesang
26 ga $66.
Frank Dittmer to Augustine j. Nun
dy lot Huntingburg St. Mary's add
Sl06.
Thresia Dick to Lawrence Marks,
und 1-5 = es : > STA 5000
VIM. Doughty to Elmer Spurlock,
lot 2 Mentor 1915.
J. F. Schneider Frank J. Schneider
35 Is A l0a 500.
Paula Hettich to Henry w Hettich
26 Is ) 81
Henry Haas to D. G. and Romie
Morgan II In S5O.
Sarah j. Roberts to Josiah Leffler
II In 3S27a S400
Robert w. Armstrong to Emil c.
Opp l9 ) ga 81, 400
Emil c. Opp to Robtert w. Arm
strong same as above.
James NJ. Ellis to Sam p. billiard
lot s Ellsworth $50
Sarah Chanley to John Miles. st
NV 3 40a 1900