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RUDE PUBLIC SERVANTS.
Abuses TO Which New Workers Tamely
submit.

To THE EDITOR OF THR SUN-Sir: The
subway employees are no more uncivil than
their brethren on the elevated and surface
lines or than the employees of public service
corporations generally, In Central Park a
few days ago at a point opposite the lower
reservoir, west side, two ladies had mounted
a small rocky eminenoe q few feet from the
path, in their endeavor to see a bird. As
/ approached the spot, from the opposite
direction waddled a stout keeper of those
sacred precincts, who In a no arse. threaten
ing voice saluted the erring ladies in the
following chaste Ian Hay. yousel
Cut that out up therel Say, get down out
O. that now" until the delinquents became
aware that they were being addressed" and
beat n silent and hasty retreat.
This morning on a southbound Sixth
avenue elevated train at Eighty-hrst or
Seventy -second street a quiet. inoTensive
looking man stepped aboard and finding
that he was on the wrong train quickly
stepped of again. muttering some .eSclama-
hear what he said, but the guard did and il
aroused him to a pitch OF noble fury; for he
tn I1t shout aY eis E s"% t fnsG d iFs o 1Hr Of +" ye tq' fs sns
Your gun, neither, . &c, until the train pulled
guards face the while was a fearsome sight
TO Sec. The gentleman was too taken aback
1 notTIS sRtBSii dI RTSte'hf e sNE doRse id 1 Gfs % a su nS,
middle aged business man, and to the guard
no doubt extensively well dressed.
I watched the guard during the rest OF
! the trip downtown. He damned the gates,
he banged the doors, he lounged on the seat 5
between stat he emitted uncouth noises,
evidently intended as announcements OF
stations. but which could not by any stretch
OF the Ina ~gination be considered articulat o
speech; and always he chewed gum.
wonder how long New Yorkcrs are going
to put up with this condition of affairs, They
seem to be Satisfied with anything short OF
| physical assault; and they don't always re-
sent that. In no other city with which ! am
acquainted is the dcmeanor of public servants
so Indignantly insoleut. 1t seems to be a
matter OF agreement among them not to
stand for any lip" from. the people they
handle. They always make II a point TO
have the last word in any arRumen and
n very offensive last word II usually Is. The
better class of passengers have no redress
They cannot exchange hillingsgate with those
men. Reporting them does no good.
When the public gets around to II there will
be q sudden change and the transportation
companies will be obliged to enforce the same
standard OF pollteness among their EMPLOYEES
that obtains in other usincsses-bu when,
oh. when?
Meanwhile. let the n~ewspapers invite re.
ports and publish incidents" like the above,
| and thus keep steadily before the people and
| the companies n fa grant evil.
NEw YORK, March 2. n. G. YATES.
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Music on the Lightship.

To rHR EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: Why was
THE SUN this morning SO sarcastic on the subject
Of the music INDUCED In by the crew OF the light.
ship No. So. lost in December on Nantucket Shoalsl
Possibly $50. claimed by Capt. JorRenson for two
vlollns he lost, may seem 70 some a large amount,
but II the captain was fond Of the violin, as he
evidently was, SIS Is not at all eA'ravagant Tor an
instrument. Nor is S2j an eXtravaRa nce for Mate
Acorn's reed organ. though 500 for a silver keyed
nute may be slightly upward" But aside from
what these instruments cost. THE SUN knows what
music is to men situated as these were. entirely
remote from all the pleasures OF life. What better
than music to tighten their loneliness And good
music from good Instruments Would THE sun
have been so sarcastic II the captain and crew had
asked TO bc reimbursed for a poker layout and other
gambling devices. What other form Of dIvertlse-
ment could they have had7 Automobiles were not
practicable, and horse racing was impossible. II
there Is anything better than music for such lone
illness as that OF life on a l~lghtship, VIII THE SUN
kindly sugg est what 1t Isl NJ. b. l.
NEW YORK, March l..
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To THR EDITOR OF THE SUS-tSfr: Assemblyman
Stanley OF New York has introduced a bin which
proposes 10 substitute for the present inaccessible
life preservers on steamboats, convenient and
disable chairs with pockets In the backs containing
the regulation life preservers. want TO express
a wish that such a bill may become a law.
Many times when travelling on boa's ! have felt
how impossible Il would be for women and children
to reach the Ilfe preservers stored overhead out OF
reach. Had the Slocum been equipped with life
saving chairs. the fatalities would have been few,
for these chairs when In the water would sustain
a person previously unable to adjust the life pre-
server enclosed in the back. This fact seems to be
OF Importance, as the ordinary light camp chair Is
Of no use TO sustain one In the water.
The great steamboat companies seem TO be
regardless Of the value OF quick and handy NE
saving devices. and the State should compel them
to place life preservers In more convenient places
than they now do. This chair lust meets the re-
qulrements OF quick access 10 the prcserver, and
II unable to avail ones self OF It's use each passenger
has in his grasp an Individual float. For women
and children especially this chair would become a
life saving apparatus. In the interest OF humanity
this bill should become ii law.
ALBANY, March !. GMrSl \. l." GREENE
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir' Dis Gus Ted"
would have reJoiced with me If he had heard the
commandant OF q navy yard turn, as The Star
Spangled Banner" closed the hop. 10 two people
near me who remained seated and say: is there
anything the natter
| was at the Lincoln's Birthday matinee with my
mother. At the Banner" we rose in the orchestra
and l only saw one person remain seated. We
were about In the middle. also at"Alice sit by. the
Fire" l believe that in the service The star
Spangled Banner" is not played In any medley.
but the Intention was good, and reminded me OF a
summer day al West Point when there was a large
crowd OF excursionists at parade. Seated in front
OF me on one OF the little benches and q camp stool
was a tired man, his wife. very stout and hot, and
three or four children. AS the colors passed with
out recognition from the group | was Just trying to
forgive the woman because she WAS so tired when
she Jumped up. seized her husband, spilled the chill
dren and exclaimed:
John. John. us for the nag they're standing"
So | ask Dis Gus Ted" TO have hope.
NEW YORK, Feb. 81. L. L. G..
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Preterpreadamite."

To TIE EDITOR or The SUN-Str: As your
correspondent asks for the meaning OF the word
"preterpreadamite," II seems almost cruel on your
part that you did not supply II. For. you see.
"pr~cadamlte" means out OF date" Now. Is Il
possible that you referred to the pr eterpreadamlte
gravity OF certain babies" 10 indicate that that
gravity was very much out OF dater Or did YOU
use the word In It's strictly literal sense, as desig nat
ing beings who are said 10 have existed before
those who existed before Adam
OF course. your correspondent knows that pre-.
ter" means before" or beyond" and n he will
take pains to study the expressions OF some OF tho
babies that he may meet from time 70 time he
will undoubtedly recognize the solemn gravity to
which your editorial referred: that gravity which
may be due to looking backward TO preterpreadam-
itec days. or looking forward to the beyond or future
life. From DR.. Minots address IL is evident that
the worthy lecturer made UP his mind 10 prove
that We were oil born tired"
But the question Is, Can you tell me whether
Bermuda onions are good for "consumptIon'
NEW YORK, March =. FRANK II. NHgTRILY
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Arizona,

The Senate will vote on the Statehood
bill next Friday. In view OF the deter
mination of some Senators to force upon
the people of Arizona a political union
repulsive to them, at the expense Of
their Just desire and expectation Of
forming a Commonwealth of their own,
and in absolute contempt OF the promise
of the United States, these words Of
Senator HALE indicate tho safest present
disposal of the case:
Il think the best thing would be to let them
lArizona and New Me1lcol remain where they
are"
Better leave them as they are than
make a sprawling and heterogeneous
State, divided hopelessly by physical
boundaries, by racial prejudices, by the
sullen memory Of injustice to a part Of
its inhabitants.
The comprehensive intellect of Senator
HOPKINS could only inject politics into
the discussion:
There Is some force in the position suggested
by the Senator from Maine, but we do know that
one political party In this country stands now for
the admission OF those two Territories as separa to
States"
So the Republican party must not be
just because the Democratic party hap
pens to be on the right, the popular, the
democratic side of this question.
We know how wicked the Democrats
are and how wise Senator BEvERIDGE
is. Why not demonstrate anew that
wickedness and that wisdom by giving
the Arizonians the opportunity to vote
separately upon the proposition for
double Statehood?
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server IN THE ARCrTC.

A letter just received from DR.. Porsild
of Copenhagen announces that a perna-
nent station for the study Of Arctic science
Is to be established at once on Disco Island
in Danish West Greenland. Nearly W
years ago THE sun told Of the effort that
DR.. Porsild was making to secure funds for
this undertaking, which has very practical
as well as purely scientific ends in view.
Prominent among the researches Of this
station will be efforts to ascertain what vari-
cites of vegetation that may be helpful to
the 10, 900 Esquimaux living there will grow
on the lower coast lands during the short
summer. II Is believed, for example, that
cattle raising may be developed by the
cultivation of a few hardy grasses which
will provide pasturage in summer and
sodder in winter for a considerable number
Of animals. 1t is also probable that the
scientific study Of marine life will add to
the wealth which the natives may draw
from the coastal waters.
DR.. Porsild writes that the cost OF found
ing the station has been betrayed by Mr..
A. Holck, Counsellor OF Justice OF Copen-
hagen, and that the Danish Government
has voted an annual grant Of So 900 toward
its maintenance. DIR. Porsild will go to
Disco Island in May to erect the plant.
An invitation is extended to foreign as
we'll as Danish naturalists to use the labora-
tory with It's instruments and other applt"
ances, Transportation at reduced rates
will be provided via Copenhagen; lodging
will be free and board will be provided at
small cost. The station will be ready to
receive visitors next year. 1t is hoped in
this way to enlarge the results Of these
Arctic studies.
This is the first movement toward the
establishment Of a permanent station for
the study Of various branches Of science
under Arctic conditions. DR.. Porsild is
entering a fruitful field, and there ls every
prospect that the results will be worthy Of
the energy he has given to securing for the
naturalists Of every nation this opportunity
for research In the Arctic.
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Not a few Of the Kentucky statesmen
who opposed the choice Of Judge PAINTER
to succeed JOE BLACKBURN as United States
Senator have described the new member as
the first Kentucky Senator elected since
the close of the civil war who did not serve
in the Confederate army"
The Partially Of Kentuokians for Colonies
Is traditional, but the citizens OF that state
are men of peace, and it is entirely untrue
that they have heretofore chosen none but
soldiers or men having a record OF former
military service to represent them In the
United Statea Senate. JOHN @. CARLISLE
was teaching school in Covington during a
part, at least, Of the civil war; JAMES b.
BECK was a lawyer in active practice dur
ing the war, and WILLIAM j. DEBoE, he
publican, who served from 1907 to 1908,
was not a soldier. There have been ken
lucky Colonies" in the Senate, and the most
picturesque and vivaoious OF them all,
perhaps, is JOSEPH BLACKBURN, whom
Judge PAINTER succeeds, but previous
army service is not indispensable to polit-
ioal success in Kentucky, though it has
frequently enhanced the popularity OF q
candidate.
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sprinrneld. Ohio, in Slave Times.

To rHB EDITOR OF THE US-Sfr Cast thy
bread upon the waters and thou shalt nnd 1t after
many days. is a Scriptural Injunction that works
both ways. and ! am reminded OF II by the trouble
the white people OF Springfield, Ohio. are now
having with their colored citizens. In the old
days. Springfield was a station on the Underground
Railway leading from Kentucky 10 the North. and
the poor. suffering slave" could bank on meeting
his white brother there and being taken straight.
way To his bosom. The passenger business on that
road was not very great, and Springfield didn't
get all the traflc. but It got enough for a nucleus.
and now the bread II cast In those days Is coming
back In a manner not as pleasing as II might be.
Ny father owned a likely. saddle colorcd boy.
worth about 81, 200. who resided for a short time
after leaving Kentucky surreptltiously one night
In that liberty owing town. and | hope | am not
betraying any confidence NJ this late day by say
ing that the hoy" would have been returned TO his
owner n a small graft OF $3.50 and expenses had been
forthcoming. Some OF them over there loved lib
erty. but they loved something else more. | am
not wasting any sympathy on Springfield in her
race troubles-I'm getting part OF that runaway
A.. 200 back, KENTUCKY,
NEW YORK, March 1.
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DolliVer and Foraker.

Senator FoRAKER's speech was an
argument. Senator DoLLIvER's argu-
ment was a speech. The speech did
not refute the argument. Senator DOL
LIVER was compelled to admit that his
opponent had produced a coherent and
intelligent scheme for railway rate leg
islation." A morning paper reports his
associate in the campaign, Senator
BAILEY, as having gone even further in
saying that "if that speech tSenator
FoRAKER'sl goes unanswered the Hep
burn bill deserves to be defeated
1t is not necessary to accept Mr..
FoRAKER's view as to the needlessness
Of a new and elaborate law forthe proper
correction of railway evils to see in his
argument the soundness of his position
in the matter of providing for judicial
review of the findings Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. 1t is not neces-
sary to agree with his conclusions about
the constitutionality of the Hepburn bill
to perceive the desirability and the i'm
portance of eliminating as far as possible
the chance of it's being discredited by
the decision Of the Supreme Court.
1t may be that when their day comes
Senator BAILEY and Senator T1LLMAN
will answer Senator FORAKER more
effectively than Senator DoLLIvER has
succeeded in doing.
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Practical Patriotism.

Behind House bill 1918, on which the
Judiciary Committee has just made a
favorable report, is the story Of Captain
ALEXANDER MCLEAN, seal hunter, and
a number of his brethren in the same
occupation, which presents them in a
most favorable light to their fellow
citizens. The bill would authorize the
United States Circuit Court for the Ninth
Circuit ito examine and determine the
rights of American citizens under the
award of the Paris arbitration concern
ing the jurisdiction of Boring Sea, and
under the laws OF the United States"
After the Paris arbitration the United
States and Great Britain entered into a
convention, under the terms of which
n judicial commission met in 1897 to
pass on the claims for indemnity made
by subjects of Great Britain on &C cunt
of the seizures of their vessels in the
period when sealing in the sea was
forbidden by our Treasury Department.
The commission net at Victoria, b. c.,
the port at which the British sealers had
QUILTED, and where public sentiment
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PICTURE.
Atheism, Deism and Ethical Teaching In
the Public Schools.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: "A
Citizen" writes to You complaining that a
picture Of voltaire graoes the walls of the
public school No. SO. 22s East Fifty-seventh
street. He says of voltaire that he was a
"protagonist of atheism" Evidently. "A
Citizen" Is not acquainted with the works Of
voltalre. I would refer him to Voltaire's
essay, "The Sage and the Athe list -; to his
letters to Prince - regarding Hume,
Lord Bolipgbroke, Spinoza. Vanini and Bruno.
II after reading these he persists In calling
Voltaire q "protagonlst Of atheism. " ! would
ask him to open his dictionary, and under
the title OF deist he viii find a true descrip-
tion of what voltaire wrote and taught.
As regards the conference OF Mr.. Walter
Laidlaw, to devise a plan by which some
kind of religion could be instilled into the
pupils OF the public schools" 1 would say
that no doubt Mr.. Laldlaw me rs well. but
he is mistaken as to the attitude of the vast
majority, of the American, people regarding
the in In,Iro ths n,6 6f any syo kind OF rTfibIs s Hm teaoho
people will not tolerate it.
The only reason why any one should desire
instruction is that the child should have
some sort of moral training to prepare him
or her for the SominS struggle Fsds With tn the h
believe conine their ideas TO religious moral
instruction. refusing to admit that there
fi instruction. II these different religious sects
we're TO come together. and, drop all ques-
lions of particular creeds and come to a gem
eral understanding as to a code OF ethics.
perhaps then a secular code OF morality
could be taught in the public schools, con-
tanning no reference in fact or by suggestion
TO any religion or fact ion, The question
bet one religion and another Is not. as II
rule, a question Of morality, but a question
of ritual,
The Hebrews, the Catholics. the Protestants
of all sects believe that swearing ia wrong;
they all teach to honor ones parents; they
teach that stealing Is a grievous crime against
society, and that the passions should be
no matter how much they may differ in
ritualist ic tenets they agree praettiGslly on a
People like "A Citizen" would create a
great furore about the placing OF a picture
OF one OF the greatest thinkers that ever
drew the breath OF life; hut II the walls Of the
public schools were, covered with pictures Of
Calvin, the. man who hurned poor Servetus
at the stake, Of ,T~orouemada or the Duke Of
these monsters Of religious oppression Would
for their fellow man. +. X. Nj.
NEW YORK, March |.
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The coal strike which a few weeks
ago seemed to be almost inevitable now
promises to be averted by a most unusual
influence. That is the willingness of
certain large consumers to pay a higher
price for their coal. Possibly this may
clear up the entire situation. The prob
ability, however, is that it will affect
only certain localities.
1t now seems certain that there will
be no strike of all the miners, and the
country may be thankful that it is not
to be made the victim of the widespread
disaster which would certainly follow a
strike of such dimensions. The situation
in the anthracite fields remains indefinite,
with the chances in favor of a peaceful
settlement. If JOHN MITCHELL would
retain the position which he nov holds
in the estimation of the American people
he must find some better cause for a
strike in the anthracite region than any
vet made public. In that branch Of the
industry every argument except that Of
greed is in favor OF q continuance of the
existing conditions.
The claims of the bitumihous miners
have a somewhat better foundation. A
year or two ago some of them consented
to a small reduction in their wages be-
cause of immediate conditions. They
believe that present conditions warrant
an increase. Their argument appears
to find justification in the demand of
large sun of coal for industrial
purposes. They say they must have
coal and that they are willing to pay an
increased price to insure a supply. This
will probably settle the matter in these
particular regions. As a matter of gen.
eral economy the argument is doubtless
in favor Of the increase in those regions.
The stoppage of coal production and
loss OF wages would be only a part of
the cost of a strike. Behind that there
would be the loss Of employment to
scores of thousands whose work must
cease if there is no coal for ovens and
boilers. Another factor would appear
in the s~hrinkage in value of industrial
stocks and in loss of dividends to stock
holders. Under such circumstance it
will doubtless be cheaper to grant a
reasonable increase, raise the price a
little and continue business than TO
fight an extensive strike; but it is quite
an unusual proceeding,
The probability is that the Ryan reso-
luton hat all stand or fall together will
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The Shin and the Wreck r.

From the Rochester Union and Advertiser.
When odell was put in command OF her
the ship was rated Al. but there is not now
on the globe an Underwater who would insure
her on any terms for another cruise under
him. Her ribs are punky; her planks are
decayed; she Is honeyoombed as by the
terredo: her underbody Is 30 coated with
barnacles that a long visit In the drydock
Will be necessary to clear her skin OF them;
she Is sprung on both port and starboard
quarters; her mainstays are strained to the
breaking point: her sheets are all In the vino;
for'rd and aft she has carried away stan
ohIons; her ratlines are rotten; birds OF Ill omen
roost in her crows nest: she needs holystonlng
from stem to stern; her deadeyes have a
malignant glare: she needs a new ensign and
a fRurehead: her masts are u~nstepped; her
gangway leads to the deadoockpit; she lacks
ballast, and is without a chart; Oden ran her
into the doldrums land he ought to get the
cat for it,; she has a bad weather helm; in
other times she had good yards. but under
Odell It Ia many a day since she knew what 1t
was to have a sound boom; the inhaul was
overworked by Ben. and her canvas Is all
widowed from want of airing; last and worst
Of all for the erst time Monarch OF the Seas.
her metacentre il so lowered by the bad sea-
manshlp Of her late commanders that in the
next gale she is likely TO turn turtle ard sink
deeper than plummet line has ever sounded.
taking down all on board, not a soul Of whom
will emerge to bring up drowned honor by
the locksl
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Rnd Air In Pnhlio Halls.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr; | agree with
stuffed to Sweet Music concerning the atmos-
phere at the Metropolitan Opera House, During
the perfo rmance OF Aida" on Saturday a friend
was almost overcome. In many OF the theatres
the air is most oppressive, and In many OF our
armorics the conditions are even worse.
Last evening | attended a review at the ThIr-
teenth REGIMENT Armory, In Brooklyn. followed
by dancing. During the review a miniature war
ship was destroyed by a torpedo. which caused q
great cloud Of smoke. for which there was no outlet.
The dust raised by the dancing and the smoke
from the destroyed battleship. together with the
intense heat, made the air Of the place almost unen-
durable. There is a long row OF Windows at the
top Of the drill hall, and on asking why some OF
them were not open l was Informed that they were
not made 10 open"
The drills and dances al this armory are, or would
be, most enjoyable, but the lack Of ventilation and
consequent vltiated condition OF the air detract
greatly from the pleasure of these affairs.
NEW YORK, March /. AN OBsRRvBR