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Survivor. of tn. NInety-nlntA New York

To THE EDITOR or TIE SUS-Stv. The Bloom
field. N. j., despatch which says that the last sur
vfving member Of the Nnety-ninth New York
Volunteers died IN the Soldiers Home az Keamy
10 news to the eighty odd survivors who are mem
bers OF the Ninety ninth New York Veteran Asso-
citation.
AZ . corporals guard Of them are only In their
SIXTEEN year, II 10 at least q quarter OF q century
too soon to chronicle the Last OF the Ninety mini tn
New York" The Ninety ninth was also known
as The Naval Brigade" and The Union Coast
Guard" II served from May. 1851. to July. 1866.
Colonel Washington A. Bartlett. assisted By
patriotic New Yorker. among whom were our dis
tin guished t0wnsmen Edmund Clarence Stedman,
the poet. and Roswell NJ. Shurtlen, the Artist OF
tho AdirondAckS-" recruited the regiment 70 It's full
compiem ont In nve weeks.
10 participated In twenty-nine engaeen en- "a.
Company d was on the United States fHiRate Con =
Eress during Its engagement with the Confederate
ironclad Merrimac. Company 8 was With Burn
SIDES expedition and was present at Roam 0ke la
and. New Beme and Camden. North Carolina.
The Ninety-ninth History can be seen At the
AstOT Library. PHnIP CoRRIL.
secretary Ninety ninth New York Veteran Asso-
citation.
NEW YORK, September q,
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The japanese War Department has MADE arrange.
nnents TO send teachers and students Oh the middle
and higher schools and colleges 20 Manchurta and
Cores free Of charge during their vacation. More
than 10000 persons expect TO make the trip,
Ash bought SOS. 900 900 worth OF American rood ,
m the last nscaI year. Q decrease Of s1s, 900, 600 fron
1905 but an Increase Of S4S.ooo, 600 over 1904
Asia sold tho United states $50, oOO. 900 worth OF
Foods ln 1904. . decrease Of Slsy oo0. 900 nom isoS
but an Increase Of ese. 500. 900 over 1904.
japanese newspaper express great lndA~mAtIon
over the report thAt the California Republican con
veutlon voted for Japanese e1clusion. The Demo-
cratic Convention Just held az Sacramento dId the
same thing.
In q few years with the aid OF the rsIlwayO China
will become . market for machine tools Of All kinda
Mining b ActiVe as never before. Catalogues M
English arc useless. Tho Chinese must 500 the
Foods.
In the nine months snded March 81, fpca. ths
Philippine Islands had an export trade OF %. sss 600
and an import trade Of SIC SIS. 900. Ths impoy,.
Of rice show a reduction Of $40 900 from IOOS and
b.Oo0.OOo from 1904. owing 70 the Improvement IN
crops and food conditions IN the iaIanda.
japanese banks arc advancing money NJ Iou
rates Of interest on japanese Foods shipped a.
AanchurA In advance OF sales.
Imports Of American oil At ChinkIang. the Iarx.s,
commercial port in the NAnkin, China. Conr,Iar
district rose from ..Sol. 12o gallons In 1899 20 IIso Ooo
gallons In 1908.
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To THE EDITOR or TEE SUN-Sr. -very Weary
inquiries why the centre Of q gravel walk Is the only
place where grass will grow luxuriantly. Here
your correspondent has touched upon q baGic prtn-
eiple Of life. the Mundane Perverse." As In tho
case OF other fundAmen tai facts. grAvItatiou, ev0-
tuition or chemical affnity. for example. no reason
can be given for this state OF srAira We may.
however. study the associated phenomena care
fully and proht by scien tho experience.
There Is an art in beating the -Perverse Game"
as there Is in solving all other great problems
Tho wise man. when he wishes TO insure rood
weather for himself. will always carry an UNI
brella. The true philosopher. when his collar
button falls to the door and rolls away in gladstone
carscoles. will Assume an air OF gay lnsouciance,
thus instantly locating the abashed button.
Very Weary" should make q serious. c~onscien-
tious effort to cultivate grass In the oentrs Of his
gravel walk and carefully watch res1lta II his
fancy sui tums 10 horticultural expertm en;s he
might lay aside a small plot Of ground and syste-
matically endeavor 10 grow a choice assortme nt Of
weeds, devoting mis- non com hours to the
eradication Of the roses and carnations that would
probably inttade.
A. the mind ahraslA - rrea:rbiJ eaza-sS -a;is
the hands are busy, Very Weary" willis garden
ing should allow his thoughts TO dwell upon the
cheerful fact that the things most deeired are nOt
good for him; and II he 10 inclined 70 obesity. that
everything he wishes 70 eat will mako him fatter,
but perhaps wiser. ". z. e
FoRr WILLIAMS Ne, September II.
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A Good Thing TO Let Alone.

Several years ago the Board Of Alder
men undertook to improve the service
rendered by the street railways Of New
York by ordaining that all cars should
stop on the near side Of i~ntersectins
streets instead Of the far side, as had
been the custom. The result was son.
fusion, delay and a number Of accidents.
The Board was finally forced to rescind
It's action and allow the cars to be run
as they had been before it meddled with
the situation. Perhaps that lesson In
amateur management OF transportation
lines has been forgotten. II it has, there
Is a possibility that the Board will pass
an ordinance now before 1t regulating
the opening Of gates on the rear plat
forms Of cars on the upper Broadway
line. This proposal ID:
FER the purpose Of minimizing danger and In
order that passenger may more convenismtly
board and alEht from the railroad cars operated
% Broadway between Fifty ninth and Manhattan
streets In tns borough Of Manhattan. the railroad
company o. companies operating cars on saIa hor-
suEhfArs shall require tho conductor 70 open the
side nearest tho pathways or ANAL parks In the
centre Of said Broadway"
The territory specified 10 that In which
Broadway consists Of two roadways,
divided by q series Of small plots that
were ono laid out in grass, trees and
shrubs, but which are now forlorn and
dismal monuments Of municipal mis-
management. At first glance there
seems to be no objection 10 opening the
car gates on both sides on this line; a
closer study willrevsal q number Of posi-
Die sources Of danger in such q practice.
Whether Il would be safe Or not, the mat
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yellow journalism and tho Mob.

Atlanta Is in greater danger from the
brutal license Of yellow journalism than
from the lust OF the negro. For the mob
murders which drenched the streets Of
that city on Saturday night with tho
blood Of negroes who had committed
no crime, unless 10 have n black skin
be a crime, the Atlanta Nevs cannot
escape responsibility. 1t had been tho
policy OF that paper for some time to
fan into a blaze the white mans hatred
Of the negro. and industriously it culti-
waited the lynching spirit.
When a mob hanged and shot two
negroes In the presence OF Governor
HAYWOOD OF South Carolina, disregard
ing his appeals 70 let the law take it's
course, the NeDs distinguished itself by
asking when Atlanta was going to follow
this example Of Governor HRYwooD's
fellow citizens, which 1t ~applauded rapt-
urOusly. 1t repeated It's indictments
when opportunity could be found.
The afternoon before the outbreak Of
negro killing mania on Saturday the
Nevs published an editorial entitled
at Is Time to Act, Men, The occasion
for it was two more unspeakable
crimes, which at the worst were in one
ase an attempt TO commit an assault,
which was foiled, and In the other a
menace Of assault by a drunken negro
boy. Arrests had been made in both
cases. Men Of Fulton demanded the
Ners, what will you do to stop these
outrages against the women7 Shall this
terrible wave Of Criminality continued
Shall these black devils be permitted to
assault and almost kill our women and
go unpunishedl' There was more of
the same sort and q rabid call for q vigi-
lance committee.
A yellow journal once boasted that
it brought on the war with Spain. The
Atlanta sheet may plume itself upon hav-
ing excited a race war in the capital city
OF Georgia, with It's several universities,
it's theological seminary, it's fine school
system, its fiourishing churches and its
forty periodicals.
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Cnick.m.ux. md state Politics.

To The EDITOR or Tbs SUN-Sir: Send
Jerome in. Let him try 10 DO for the puri-
ncation OF STATE politics what General Pat
Cleburne did for Bragg. the commander
in chief OF the Confederate forces. In the crisis
&C C~hickamauga.
The ConfedSrates had met With success 10
all parts OF their battle line with one excep-
ton. This point was held by q battery Of
fourteen pieces defended with great obsti-
macy by a seemingly unbeatable division Of
the Union army. Assault after assault had
been made upon this unyieldinE part OF Rose
cransis line Of battle. and the twilight Of that
September Saturday night Of 1858 was close
at hand.
Bragg and his l~ieutenants, D. II. Hill, Long
street and Bishop Leonldas Polk. were In con-
ference on an elevation OF ground near the
coveted point Of the Union line. They were
about TO give it up when there approached on
horseback 3 division commander, Pat Gle
burne. who hS1 been invited to the confer enoe.
When told that they had decided TO postpone
further operations for the day he politely
suggested that there was still time for another
assault. and he would like to ask that his
division be permitted to 60 In. He said: MY
men are fresh and willing and I believe they
oan win General Bragg said: All right.
We will try you.
In a few minutes Cleburne drew up his d.
vision. passed along the line giving explicit
directions as b the methods TO be pursued
and then led them to the attack. A party
to this conference and 9 witness to this re-
variable performance says that for fifteen
INMATES after the advance began there was
such an awful silence one would scarcely
suspect that two O~ontending armies were
almost in touch. They had advanced not
more than four or Ave hundred yards through
the dense foliage when q friGhtful yolley OF
muAketry And an explosion Of artillery filed
the air with their din and uproar. These were
followed by the rebel yell. above the noise Of
which there roared q second volley. This
second volley was from Cleburne's men and
in less than ten minutes the woods we're full
Of Union soldiers coming to the rear with their
muskets in hand.
Bragg and his Generals were In consterna-
ton. thinking that Cleburne had been ami
hilated and these were the successful Union
troops. His reserve batteries were thrown
into action. but before they could nre IL was
Their line had been rushed by CIeburneis in
vincible troops and they had been told to 60
10 the rear and give up their guns. The bat
terry In his front and nearly the entire division
was ca ptured.
In this crisis OF decent politics let US send
Jerome in. There Ia q strain OF the same
lighting blood In him that there was in the
gallant Irishm an OF war days. He will win
where others would fail. His record is clean,
his integrity established. his courage at
tested and the people believe in him.
send him in, and let the battle CRY be: up
with Jerome and out with the request
NEW YORK. September %. J. A. ".
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Poor Philadelphia

Poor Philadelphia To what true blue.
militant reformer can 1t turn for leader
ship, what organization to destroy the
forces Of evil a 1t trust2
The convention Of the City party,
which Mayor WEAVER helped to organize
for ruthless and unrelenting war on the
Gang, nominated for District Attorney
last week D. CLARENCE GIBBoNEY,
the dauntless young secretary Of the
Law and Order Society, whose name
was a terror to ~evildoers, who was
q knight without reproaoh in the good
cause, who was admitted to be an ideal
candidate. The Democrats and the
Prohibitionists Endorsed GIBBoNEY, and
the Gang was panic stricken. Into the
camp Of the reformers, when their jubi-
lation was loudest, q bomb was thrown,
and by the, hand Of JOHN WEAVER him.
self. Bribery, he averred, had procured
tho nomination Of GIBBoNEY over his
own candidate and friend, FREDERICK J.
SHoYER, and he produced afidavits Of
the bribed and witnesses in whose pres
ence the money had passed.
No tainted nomination for the young
paladin Of the Law and Order Society.
He retired preCipitately without test
ing the deplorable evidence Of rotten
ness in the councils Of the City party.
Il cannot accept a nomination the in
tegrity Of which Ia questioned even in
part he wrote In q communication to
the City party. he rocked not that an
investigation ordered might show that
the forces Of evil had been sapping the
citadel OF civic righteousness. His duty
was clear. There must be no stain on
the escutcheon Of reform.
The havoc wrought by the affidavits
Of honest JOHN WEAVER in the party
dedicated to good government was pitt
able t. behold, and his contempt burned
like a soaring iron. u broke from the
old Gang because Of ito villainy, he said
bitterly, -but the party that followed it
is still more Tllainous. It must be de-
stroyed.' The old Gang is willing. It
Ia u~lulating joyously, while p~roclaiming
its readiness TO furnish the brand Of
reform which honest JOHN WEAVER was
seeking in the party Of his love before
the fatal nomination Of GIBBoNEY. the
valiant young soldier of the common
good. It il hard, Of course, on the
worthy Mayor Of Philadelphia; but how
shall the brave spirits Of the City party
who are undone be comforted? They
are good men and true, no doubt, but
evidently no match for the devil who
fights with fire. Reforming Philadel-
phia seem to be a thankless and slip
perry task.
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Grant and too sudden prototype Of q
somewhat later ageP Something wAs
radically wrong. His term In the United
States senate drew toward its close.
Valued in his State far more than any OF
its sons that had preceded him in the
senate, valued especially for his enlight-
ened, scientific and patriotic course ON the
silver question, recognized universally as
New Hampshire's intellectual star, who
but WILLIAM should be WILLIAMS sue
cessor? To-day Il would be the bounden
duty, the unacceptable obligation Of the
Boston and Maine Railroad TO reward q
man Of WILLIAMS conspicuous public
service and distinguished political career
by throwing all It's influence into the
scale for him. Il could not avoid, at
least 1t could not avoid until quite re-
GENTLY, contributing an enormous sum
Of money to his campaign, and II he
showed any reluctance to be q candidate
for another term II was It's part, u a
corporation. to insist, and II necessary
with hints or even threats Of violencol
And what did the Boston and Maine
actually dor It denounced WILLIAM a.
an unsafe man, invented the basest
ISLANDERS concerning his personal char
acter, said he wa dead wrong on silver,
worked the primaries against him, packed
the Legislature and poisoned the septic
press, with the deplorsble result that
he fell a victim to corporate greed and
rascaity. and the United States Senate
lost n Of its most illuminating and
startling figures. Such q scandal, such
q perversion OF justice and right, never.
thank Heaven, could happen nowadays.
The corporations have been taught their
place.
WILLIAM sits, q bowed but resolute
figure, in the great chair Of the Spanish
Claims, a chair that for him is perennior
are, and which he will leave only with
death. He ponders upon how he got his
perspective respecting corporations in
such q defective condition. and some
times he doubts II his views upon veracity
have not sometimes been marked by
indiscretion.
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from ons hour 70 another whether he or
they would succumb. There was still,
perhaps. another method Of escape from
the traSical dilemma, that. namely, Of
p~ersu&dinG the sovereign to quit tenn
porarily the realm and leave his Minister
invested with the Omnipotence Of a die
tator. II would need, Of course, q brave
nan to accept such a position, but Pre-
mier SToLYPIN may possess the requisite
moral and physical courage.
OF one thing at least the Gar may
feel assured. namely. that he is a. safe
aboard his yacht "a he would have been
in his palace. Since the existence Of q
plot TO kill him on the part Of those
nearest TO his person has been discovered,
il Ia evident that he left Russia In the
nick Of time.
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me Regular az Mess Point.

To TTB EDrroN or TIE SUN-,sr: The letter OF
your correspondent p. T. n" gives me real pain
To think that a self respecting civilian. who has
passed through the refining flames Of a G cd fearing
experience, should Try to help the Regular by abus
ing him and attnbuting 70 him qualities Of evil
which he does not possess Is 10 say the least.
Inconsistent. Bear not false witness against thy
neighbor still holds true 30 an sdmonition Of Holy
Writ.
II p. T. D." will take the trouble 10 visit
the West Point post on any sunday he will havs
the pleasure OF seeing its two churches crowded 10
the doors by enlisted men worshipping the God
who created both the Regular and p. r. D." lie
viii be able to all his heart with deiigh ut at the sight
OF little children t~onspring Of these same dread
ful Regulars attending their Sunday school. He
will be able 10 think OF his fellow man with a softer
heart when surrounded by the beautiful river
and mountain scenery Of this region. Under the
grand old trees, some OF which sheltered that hne
old soldier George Washing ton. he may allow some
justice ana kindliness TO nlteT through his Peck
sninnan heart. Private FRKDERIcK DUBY.
WEST POINT, September n.
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British O~ocapataOns.


IN the city OF London Court Thomson Brothers
Limited. Knlght1der street. sought 10 have the
Rev. Edward B. Warren. Fort road. ~Berm0ndSey.
committed for the non payment Of GS Tia Cd. due for
paper supplied. II was dsposed that defendant
on Sunday was . Baptist minister In chArre OF a
chapel at elzO . year. and thAS during the week
he was q traveller IN cloth caps.
Mr. J. Stanley Lowe. Worcester Gardens, Clap
ham Common wAs mmon for not having paid
- So. for Q suit OF clothes supplied by Noes BotIbol,
tailor, 81 Choapaide. Defendant did NOS consider
he owed tho money. and said that plaintiff, know
ing he had many city friends, agreed 70 drcss him
for nothing In return for Introductions. and added:
In . weak moment I allowed him to supply thess
clothes" He was In the wine and spirit trade.
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LOCOMOTOR ATAxIA
A Physicians Opinion On the Cursbmty OF
Ghe Daaenoe.

Gne Dfo6nOc.
To EDHroA OF The HuE-Sip: You are
to be thanked for your recent attention to
Christian Science, locomotor G4axia, the
practice Of medicine. 40. A recent attend
Ance at a midweek Christian Science IN eetinR
furnished further evidence for the deduction
previously made that MFs. Eddy had by
indlrcOtIon or direct purpose employed q
very important principle In the treatment
Of disease. namely, the stopping OF worry
and anxiety. This principle she has eBe-
waited TO the form OF q religious cult. and Il
10 no wonder that abe has followers: the
name Itself 10 powerful. Men work hard for
years digging In the realms OF knowledge
and know that they have touched only
on the surface Of thing. and when they are
called to treat the temple OF. tina Holy Ghost"
they are not sshamed to admit their. weak
book for a moderate sum and in a Few weeks
or perhaps months becomes q healer, fully
ready :G az up sesi1ss tss most t%rsm;ndogs
suffer. .AIlurinsi well. I should say,
n. rTsosy-t tate Sf : ssS b. Pr S1s so. H Z
a million Of staxia was cursbIe; vet within a
progressing toward his cure. which in tie end
dom. Il was only Isst hight that ! saw SISu q mid
die aged man who some year,. ago was treated
m.p W. Il sp1i i and snS seiSt hide. such treat.
physicians GOULD see no hope. a. be WAS finally
paralyZed from the waist down and helpless
IN ped; YET MS case TOOK a turn Tor the better,
and to-day he is In active business hfe-can
not run, but walks comfortably.
Personally have managed cases 70 reeSon-
down to the grave. despite the most Der.
sistent and faithful treatment. In other
words, II the patient and family will put up
the night there 10 q reasonable hope Of amelio-
ration under persistent treatment covering
months and months Of time. and the ameliOra-
tl9n Will increase a. time passes. This 10 not In
all cases, but where's the nan To aav which n
and which 10 not anenable to treatmentp
NEW YORK September -. M, D..
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Has the Gar Fled From Russia?

HGH
There is nothing surprising in the
fumor, said to be current in Paris, that
the Emperor NICHOLAS H., who more
tran a week ago left Peterhof with his
wife and family for what was said to be
Gtwo days cruise in the Gulf Of Finland,
" really on his way to Copenhagen,
where his mother, the Empress Dowager.
tg sojourning. II the report should be
confirmed, what would be the effect Of
the Cars flight on the revolution?
There is no doubt that il they had not
been arrested at varennes and brought
back ANONYMOUSLY to Paris, LOUIS XVI.
end MARIE ANToINETTE would have
thrown themselves into the camp Of the
emigres at Coblentz, and t~henceforth
every attempt to bring about a bloody
reaction in France would have been
stamped with the royal authority. II
b possible, however, to be misled by
q seeming analogy. 1t rs conceivable
that NICHOLAS IL, like ALExANpRR H..
may have quite al much cause to dread
r~eactionists, including some Of his own
relatives, as he has to dread reformers.
IL is true that the central committee Of
the Terrorists has doomed him to death.
N the corresponding body doomed his
grandfather. But let us suppose that
LoRIs MELIKoFF could have persuaded
ALEXANDER II. to take refuge for a time
upon a yacht under one specious pretext
or another, until the Constitution, which
n known to have been drafted, and ia
believed to have been signed and actually
tntype on the day Of the Cars ASSESSING
ton, should have been proclaimed and
put in force. Can any reasonable per
SON doubt that In view Of the imperial
assent to their demand the Nihilists
would have revoked their sentence of
death, OF at least suspended It until the
scope and sincerity Of the concession
could have been tested2
1t may DO that Premier SroLYP1N has
made up his mind TO resort to an expe-
dent E[hich, unhappIly for ALExANDEa
II and for Russia, LoR1s ME1IKoTv
emitted to employ. It ia certain that
the Premier, clothed as he 10 with the
tuH powers OF the absent sovereign.
10 incomparably stronger than he was a
fortnight ago. when his plans were liable
e. any moment to be foiled by ~intrieues
% the Grand Dukes, who have been az
Separated by his promise to introduce
~oxtsnGtvs reforms. In tho sleeploas
bfEuggie for ascendency. It was doubtful