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RECORDS.
Serious Danger Involved In Their Coh-
tInued Neglect.

IT,, THE ENRON OF THE SUN-Sir: The
iInnidatio of the records in the Office OF
the clerk of Richmond county threatens the
security OF local titles, More than three years
ago the necessity for their restoration was
pointed out by Judge Gaynor, and Mr.. Daniel
n. Hanckle presented to the Board OF Estl-
mate apetition on the subject. Mr., hanckle
spoke with the voice of expert authority as
he has probably made more use oil these
records than any other having business WIN
the clerks Office, An appropriation was
made for new indices. which were uniS pre-
pared and delivered some months-l think
more than a year-ago. They have not yet
been taken out Of the boxes in which they
were packed, except possibly Tor exah',natleh
and return. Meanwhile the old indlces
have fallen to pieces. the leaves nave oteh
misplaced and torn. ,r -, ,ha
The county law makes 1t the duty 0i Inc
County Clerk to attend to the preservation
OF the records in his office. tSectlon l6o. sub
division ~ The same law makes the moneys S,
n IS sssS5tj1s ef SBs dsties BY Of 'h his e clIice in 0 cases
In which no specific compensation LOT such
services is provided by law q county charge
soildatlon the courts might have compelled
a Board Of Supervisors to audit a claim for
the moneys SO NECESSARILY expenaeu tD5ts nv
hhey were contingent expenses necessarily
incurred for the use and benefit OF the county
people ex rel Supervisors rs. city OF hings-
tOlls " " 4 = bNl' Ill
Since consolidation we have had 70 deal
with the Board Of Estimate, in place OF the Ola
Board Of Supervisors. The clerk, OF Rich.
mond county pleads that he has failed 70 get
an appropriation for the necessary WORK. ana
does. not feel called upon to become person.
ally liable for charges whose reasonao'eness
The Greater Eew York Charter makes y
the duty of the Mayor TO be yiSilan 1T ana ana
State to be executed and enforced but the
Mayor, when appealed TO- di eolnt os lR aT,S.
mond. SO the law Of the State recurring
the. preservation OF the county Ieoords re-
There remains. OF course, an appeal 70 the
Governor under the State C9nstitutlon ior
the removal Of the County Clerk. To sup.
port such an. appeal, proof must be made OF
Intentional disregard Of duty or maniiest
Incompetence. The defence to this would
be that the County Clerk Is ready. willing,
able and anxious, to act, but Is pTeyentedq
his ONCE has a general flavor OF mild decay,
IL Is not his fault.
NEW YORK. April 10.
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An Unworthy Attack.

People may be sure that the country
is not going to destruction just yet, but
there is certainly a dire menace to its
welfare when eminent responsibility
links itself with sensationalism and
Socialism. Our attention is drawn to
statements editorially made in the April
number of the Worlds Work which indi-
cate that some of its staff are surpris-
ingly ignorant of the facts in a situation
upon which they comment very glibly.
Twice in one editorial article there is
reference to the railway rate bill, now
under consideration, as the Townsend
bill" We quote the following from
another editorial article in the anne
issue Of that magazine:
The people have taken little interest in the
muddle Of technical discussion that has gone on al
Washing ton about this measure or that; but they
have never wavered in their hope that the Presi-
dent would succeed. by some measure, in sup
pressing the immoral practice OF discrimination
A large part Of the public knows that rebates are
still paid-ln a word, that much OF the railroad
business is dishonesty conducted; and they are
very tired OF this dishonesty"
There are doubtless scores Of thou
sands of equally uniformed American
citizens who labor under a similar i'm
preston that this is just what the Presi-
dent is trying to do, while a little group
of Senators, dominated by Special Inter-
ests, is trying to thwart his efforts.
This notion is absolutely inaccurate.
The Hepburn bill refers to the matter
Of rebates and discrimination only in
vague and uncertain terms. That issue
dropped out of sight long ago, COM
pletely submerged by the question Of
rate making by an appointed commits
sion. 1t is not for the suppression Of
immoral practices that the fight is being
made, and upon that point there would
be no contest. If there is to be drastic
criticism Of the course of the Senate, let
it be at least intelligent.
In another editorial comment in the
same magazine it is stated that:
In the Senate committee Senators ALDRIcH,
ElEISs, FORAKER and others tried to 6ury this bill
as they had buried Its predecessor"
This is utterly incorrect and abso-
lutely unjust. No such effort was made,
nor is such an effort being made. Ar
rayed with the Senators here mentioned
there stand such men as KNOX, SPooNER,
CRANE, LODGE, HALE, FRYE and prob
ably some fifty other Senators, Repub-
licans and Democrats, in a sincere and
earnest effort, not to bury the bill but
to perfect il. Rarely if ever has a Senate
debate BEN conducted on so high a
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Old Maids.

To ruR EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir. Who Is the
minister's authority for the statement that there
Is no room In heaven for an old maid"E When
clergymen speak sllghtlngly OF an old maid" do
they mean TO allude TO a person who has passed
her youth without entering the married sNte. or
do they refer TO characteristics which do not excite
their dmlration-suc for Instance, as timidity.
narrowness, oQuArlouSneSs or thickness. which
prevents comradcshlp7 II the latter. then there
are many men and also married women who de-
serve to be called old maids" Marriage Is quite
a serious proposition. In It's tendencies broadening,
and In It's effects dlsciplining; but can II entirely
reform or change the nature OF either man or
yomani II not. is It then fair TO condemn unmar.
RED women AZ "old maids" and speak OF them
with scorn simply because some OF them are TOO
hnlcky To be agreeableI
Women do not always stay single from choice,
The same may be said OF us bachelor men. We
are only waiting for Cupid. and perhaps II we all
will he but patient that clever little schatchen will
arrange II all In good taste and time: but some
times think Cupid needs a little help, and his shafts
are not always effective without q certain amount
OF assistance.
However, the fact remains that there are as
many nice women who remain unwed as there are
married women. | will admit that a married
woman has a better show for development. but
we bachelors" who have old maid sisters, aunts
or cousins fully know how TO appreciate these
very nice women, and we are aware that there Is
nothing finer, nothing nicer than your real nice
old maid. Yes, we think that II is less a reproaoh
for a woman 10 remain single than for a man to
continue a bachelor. The men can pick and choose
and hence they have the advantage over the
women.
As society Is al present, the meetings which re-
suit In marriages are purely accidental, and " the
right man" docs not present himself is a woman
TO be blamed for not taking one whom she does not
approve and for whom she does not care BY
nature a woman Is much better than a man. and
being aware Of 1t she has gained that equality
which makes her one OF the Creators most charm
ing creations. Don't speak dlsparagingly OF the
real nice old maids. many OF whom wear gowns OF
spotIess white and crowns Of violets and lilies. and
only the wings are lacking TO carry them to Para
disc.
God bless the real nice old maids! s. J, b.
PAssAIC. n. j., April IS.
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Nature and Man in sprinrtime.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: on the morn
inr OF April l2 any one walking through the south
ern half of Central Park would have been impressed
by the beauty Of the long stretches OF fresh green
grass, by the sheep with the lambs, now old enough
TO do considerable jumping around on their own
account. by an atmosphere OF that wonderful brill
fancy and clearness peculiar TO New York. espe-
clally after such refreshing rains as the last week
has givep us, and most OF all by the chimney OF a
large hotel pouring out dense clouds OF black smoke
from the furnaces. which are being run with soft
coal OF the kind that one sees only In factories and
certain railroad locomotives.
Comment Is unnecessary, The use OF soft coal
Is under some control, we are led to believe. within
the city limits, and here from q hotel facing Central
Park comes enough black smoke to spoil the most
exquisite sight OF a New York spring. W, b. n.
NEW YoRK. Aprll II.
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Representative MCCALL Of Massarhu-
sets does not think he has been oppressed
by the Speaker or run over by the jugger-
naut Of the rules. Te thinks that IF there
was no leadership in the House the body
would become a slave to its WI calendar
That is to say, as regards the passage of
bills it would be a case of first come first
served, and the red tapists would be on
deck all the time. To illustrates: The iron
handed Speaker gave the rate bill and the
Philippine tariff bill the right Of way over
bills that may have been dear to the hearts
of individual Congressman, but were not
of national importance; now, If the House
went by the calendar those great measures
would nave had to wait their turn. AS to
the Speaker being the Gar he has been
PAINTED, Mr.. MCCALL suggests that a real
absolutist would not rave lost SO of his
112 majority in the struggle TO pass the
Philippine tariff lin. His conclusion is
that there is very little qualification for
the criticism that the Speaker is a Car"
When Mr.. MCCALL returns to Washington
he was in Boston when he talked so charac-
teristically about the rules and the Speaker
the Hon. DORSEY W. S~HACKLEFoRD of
Missouri will cut him dead.
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The Rdlcigh Erening Tunes calls attention
to the Interesting circumstance that the
Hon. JOSEPH G.. CANNON is an older man
than the Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND, 1t
adds:
CANNON believes In tari' for protection, CLEvE.
LAND for revenue only. or course MIR, CLEVELAND
will not 20 actively into politics again, He Is out
OF 1t for all time, yet he Is our sole hope, al the
present moment. AT least. stu, we can mold him
la reserve and send him TO the front only In the
event that Mr.. CNSSoN makes the rice. The
question Of aye would be In GROVER CLENEIAND's
favor, but that would not be all"
The Speaker is not 50 very much the
senior of the ex-President. The difference
in Mr.. CLEvELAND's favor is only eleven
months and a few days.
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MORALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
The Matter OF the Prevention OF Tubercu.
lOsis.

TO THE EpIToR OF THE SUN-Sir, In vou,
excellent editorial to-day on Morality and tho
Public Health" ! am afraid the popular knoVl.
edge about tuberculosis Is rather overesti.
mated when you say:
The wisdom OF these ordinances Is now generate,
recognized for the reason that through the pres,
from the platform and by the dissemination n,
printed lectures the people at large nave been
educated 10 an appreciation Of the dangers Of the
spread VI tuberculosis or consumption. They h.y.
learned that the germs OF this disease are contained
by millions In the matter elected from the luns,
and throat Of a In n single rypcctot,.
tIon, which. drying, become mixed With paftic;..
OF dust, or float free In the atmosphere to be IN.
hailed and thus made agents In the Infection O,
others,
True, a definite organized attempt is being
made to educate the public by means Of lee.
lures, leaflets and travelling tuberouloN,
exhibitions, True. too, the public RESPONDS
to the treatment fairly ~well-thcy wll 20
for instance. to our tuberculosis exhibition
at the Educational Alliance to the humber
Of Is, 600 in three weeks. and they viii at this
exhibition. and at the others tnat wr hay.
sent about the city since January. read or have
a chance to read more than 437 .OOO circular
and pamphlets, printed in various Languages
hlbitions; and all this, added to the splendid
work of the Department Of Health. the dis.
pensaries, hospitals. &c. is going, 10 hasten
the happy day when the people at large shan
have been educated to an appreciation Of The
dangers of the spread of tuberculosis. But 10
my thinking we are a long way from that day
OF decency and health when the American
public shall have given up its inalienable
right to spit when 1t wants, where It wants
and how it wants.
After all, splitting is only the immediate,
exciting cause of tuberculosis. we should
remember the proXimate causes that resulted
in the death of 0.85s persons in this city las,
year from this preventable disease and that
gave tuberculosis to the 81 ,s7i New Workers
now sick from this communicable disease in
this year of civilization, 1905. are such things
as our 800, 900 dark. interior bedrooms, our
child labor, our ovefworked. undergrad and
underfed wage earners. the preventable dus'
and dirt in our occupations, where from ~ per
cent. to go per cent. of the deaths are due to
tuberculosis. PAUL ktNN tnNY,
Secretary of the Committee on the Proven.
tion OF tuberculosis Of the Charity u.
ganiZation Society.
NEW YORK, April II.
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Indiana. Defence on the Pie Kuiang Charge.

From me IhHiHndpOlS SIdF'
THE Sun prints on Its editorial page an alleged
poem. The Indiana Pie Eater" professedly in.
splred by the sight OF "a Hoosier eating a pie at
the Wabash Railroad station at Lafayette" The
poem, which Is excessively bad. Is signed Baron
dc Buck Creek"
We shall. make bold to denounce the author Of
this poem as a conscious prcvaricator, or else an
unsophisticated traveller who doesn't know a
Hoosier when he secs one, The use of the knife
In connection with pie has long been obsolete In
Indiana. owing not only 70 the aesthetic and ccre,
monial renaissance, but as well TO the highly friable
and nonresistant character OF Indiana pastry, long
the despair Of culinary circles In Gotham.
The man who was eating the pie at Lafayette
was pretty certainly a resident OF Long Island.
The genuine Rube. who swarms by thousands In
the rural communities OF the Empire state. Ia ex.
tlnct In Indiana these thirty years. He Is as far
behind the Hoosier farmer as THB SUNS repre-.
henslble poem Is behind the literary quality OF
Whitcomb Riley or Booth Harrington.
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Francis p. Church.
From the New York Times

From the Neb York Times.
The Sun in particular, but also the press
OF New York in general, has suffered a loss
In the death of Francis p. Church. an editorial
writer for that paper for almost a third Of a
century.
Early in the civil war Mr., Church. with his
brother, Col. William G. Church, went to the
front as a war correspondent of the Nep York
Times with the Army Of the Potomac, Before
the conclusion Of the wal they had estab-
lished the Army and Navy journal. which still
maintains an honored and useful existence.
Not long afterward the two brothers founded
the Guidrp Magazine. which had Il life Of only
a few years. but whichlasted long enough to
give publicity to some Of the most noteworthy
productions of the fiction and bellies ~-lettres
of the time. Not long after Its discontinu-
anoe Mr.. Church became an editorial writer
for THE Sun.
As all his writing thereafter was done for
that newspaper. his personal reputation was
merged IN that OF the institution which he
served. and he was scarcely known by name
outside of the circles OF his own acquaintance
and of his own profession. Within those cir
cles he was highly and Justly esteemed. His
were among the most important oontrlbu-
tons to the ability. the interest. and the
influence which, during his service. came to
characterize the editorial page Of The Sun.
His speciality, one may perhaps say, was the
discussion of religious. or rather of theological.
topics from a secular point of view. To very
many readers his treatment OF these topics
seemed far too sardonlc and cold blooded.
but they showed a determination on the part
OF the writer ito examine and refine those
grosser propositions which lazlness and con-
sent make current in common conversation. .
and they showed a determination to be no.
body dupe not even his own. Hemlght ha We
taken for his own motto. "Endeavor to clear
your mind Of cant And, by living up TO it,
he did In many cases clear also the minds Of
his readers, This was an important piece Of
public service.
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Gentle Spring Comes to Flea Hill.

Flea Hpl correspondence FdvsuerAlc Observer.
Sweet April Is here again, and with II the warm
sun that brings seed time and harvest. The softly
warbled songs OF the beautiful birds come from
the pleasant woods. and the bright sunset fills the
world with Its golden Hight.
Easter Is nearly here again. and we trust that
many are looking forward TO Its coming with great
pleasure,
Mr.. Usher McPhall took Miss Blanche Geddie to
church Sunday.
Mfr. Andcr Williams accompanied Misses Mary
and Loonia Balm to church Sunday.
We arc sorry TO note that Miss Almeda Smith
has sore eyes, We wonder what caused it-study-
Ing so hard
Mr.. Bill McLaurin has az last succeeded In getting
q mule that suits him, but Is sick now.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir. The answers
OF two OF your correspondents In to days sun to
my question What constitutes an American as
distinguished from the person known TO the law
as a citizen OF the United States" appear rather
INADEQUATE.
According TO one an American Is a person I'm
hued with the spirit OF Amcricanlsm." What Is 4 that
splht7 According TO the other correspondent. real
Americans" are persons whose ancestors were here
a hundred years ago" Blu. is that al7
NEW YORK, April u. W. n. C.
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Can Bat Ball Into Three States.

From The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Probably In no other part of the United States
except In East Liverpool. Ohio, Is there a baseball
diamond from which It Is possible 10 bat a ball Into
any one OF three States, Such a condition actually
exists at the grounds which have Just been leased for
the Rlondlke club there.
The diamond is laid out or a lot which is known
as the State Line Corner" II a batSman makes
a hit over third base the ball will be sent into West
Virginia. Should a foul tip result the catcher
would have TO chase the ball into Pennsylvania.
II a straight drive or a bunt Is made the ball will
bowl into the State OF Ohio.
Taking advantage OF this freak OF nature, the
Klondlke club Is going to advertise the fact that
It's club will play ball In three States simultaneously
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Man struts abroad In conscious pride
And loud OF Boosting takes his hll:
HAS he not tanned the dement's
To serve his Will
Where mighty waters laundering fall
And make the very ground to reel.
He chains their giant majesty
To turn his wheel.
The blue surrounding of the sphere.
The llmltlCSs cxpAnse Of air.
Is but an unseen messenger
His words 10 bear.
But when the patient outraged earth
In dread revenge for scar and bnise
Sends forth the belrhing lava streams,
Then man sklddoOs.
AcLANpBURoH WHAo
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a necessary measure of discipline can
not be written out of practice by a Secre-
tary Of the Navy or destroyed by act of
Congress. The sort Of cadets who would
be willing to escape its penalties by APP
pealing to the law would not be sons Of
whom parents would be proud, MOI would
they be likely to become desirable officers
of the navy.
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W. n. C.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sr With one
at Twenty third street, another at Forty second
street, one proposed at Fifty ninth street and others
probable at Intersections clear to Spuyten Duyvll,.
will the time come when the name OF Broadway
will be chang ed to Flatlron avenue!
~7FoRT GEORGE, April l8. INQUIRER.
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Although Mr.. BoURKE COCHRAN is not
a constitutional lawyer, "the awfulness OF
his mien and the mystery of his meaning"
have been frequently remarked by those
who were not for the moment under the
spell of his eloquence.
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Defining n Gentleman,

To THE EptToR OF THE SUN Str; Let us settle
this whole veied question once for all and agree to
dcnne a gentleman" as One who Is among men
what TIE Sun lie among newspaper"
NR< YORK, April u. STAR POM.
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Introduction to the Speaker


Il suppose the hrst thing you did when you came
to Congress was to get introduced to the Speaker"
said the Man from Home.
oh, yes said the New Member. but he has
never recognized me since"
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To THE EDITOR OF THE US-!St II Norman
Hapgood had said Wee Journalists" he woulc
have expressed more nearly the newspaper man
Idea OF the muck rakers." IAoTHAQH.
NEW YORK. April IS.
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COlinS-IVle.

A very pretty home wedding was cele-
brated at the home of Mrs. Mary Lyle
in Paw Paw township on Wednesday,
November the 2Sth, at 500 D. IN when
her daughter. Miss Ethel, was united in
marriage to Ward r Collins of Decatur.
AS Mrs. Geo. b. Rogers played the wed
ding march from Lohengrin the couple
came forward into the presence of their
immediate families, where Rev. l.. II.
Manning of Sturgis read an impressive
service.
After congratulations had been offered
the company was invited to the dining
room where a delicious four course din
ner was served. The home was daintily
decorated with ferns and roses, and the
simplicity Of the arrangement added to
the solemnity of the hour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins are both favor
ably known In Decatur as they have
grown from childhood in that vicinity.
On the following day they went to Ann
Arbor where they will be at home to
their friends after December 10Th. Mr.
Collins will continue his studies in the
medical department of the University.
We received the above notice last
week, but too late for ublication.-ED.