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A Tale OF Russian JImJams.

FTDWV W.
The suthor OF From Libau TO Tsushima' vas a
young naval constructor who had been employed
at the Russian Admiralty tnl be was sent, much
against his Will. from the Baltic. round the Cape
and across the Indian Ocean, 10 be drowned like q
rat IN the flagship when she was sunk by the Japa-
nese squad ron In the Straits Of Corea. His maxim
was stick 10 your books and never 60 10 sea" and
he seems % have thought himself. perhaps with
roasc a inter ruler OF tho White Emperor's navy
than was Rojestvensky, Nebogaton. AeXien or
Wirenius.
Although animated by intense hatred OF Eng
land. Politovsky sneeIs at Germans, calls all French
men "humbugS" and over and over again breaks
out against his cOuntrymen. Toward the japanese
he Is I'm IfoTmly civil. and his death was nQt 50 much
due to them as 10 the neglect TO warn him when
the stan Of which he wLS a member ned In a de-
stroyer from the sinking Suvaron.
Though he saw lnag inary Japanese az night In
the Baltic. In the Atlantic. on the Cape. and IN tho
Indian Ocean, he admits that the regular naval
odicers should have kept their heads better than
he kept hs own. and frankly states that they nred
on their own ships in wild panic "on the DOVger-
bank" Our author says that there vas one con
ISOLATION" about tho Hull outraGe"-namely, the
eacellenee Of the Russian shooting" Yet thong b
an en- ormous waste.Of powder took place and sew
ersl ships used all their guns up to and inclusive
Of 8 inch Q. F., the chaplain OF the Aurora alone
was killed In addition 10 the English fishermen.
We note subsequent destruction Of nets by the
Russian squadron In the Channel. the cutting by
Rojestvcpsky OF the French cable from Tangier.
the deception p~rneticed by him on the Portuguese
las 90 neutral whtersl. the extent 70 which slcoholio
mania existed In the feet, and the nerves" or
as we say. Jumps" which affected the author and
wireless messages OF the Cape, In Madagascar
and IN other unlikely places. and not only habtuAIy
saw Japanese lights all night. but also Japancse
balloons BY day.
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standing Up in Small Boats.

The Monday morning papers will soon
cease to contain their record OF drowning
accidents among Sunday holiday maxi
ers. The catbost will cease from troub-
ling and the rowboat will be at rest.
The motor boat, which has recently
Joined the other slaughterers Of the inno-
cent, will seek fresh waters and victims
new in the South. The hazards of the
good old summer time will get them
behind us, and winter with the skidding
automobile and the theatre draught will
offer other methods of shutting of this
mortal coil.
The summer just past was especially
prolific in drownings caused by standing
up in rowboats. Some Of the victims
stood up to exchange seats, others be-
cause Of fright caused by approaching
craft and others just because they had
to get overheard somehow and that was
the quickest way.
Arowboat is a peaceful and ~inofensive
thing. 1t will not tip suddenly to one
side nor turp over Of its own accord
Like all other movable objects its sta
bility increases as it's centre Of gravity is
lowered. II all the persons in a rowboat
would lie at full length on the floor boards
a considerable power would be required
to upset it, but when some n stands up
the centre of gravity is 80 raised that
the boat wabbles and the stander is
likely to be thrown overheard.
II the stander also staggers or stumbles
and thus suddenly throws his weight on
one side of the now unsteady craft he
capsizes her. 1t is a hard and fast rule
that no one should ever stand up in a
small boat in deep water. This caution
has been given and neglected severa
thousand times, yet at the close Of such
a season it certainly must be given onct
nor
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Of tho Meat Exposures.

triumph OF tuc "chV DNpVsuEcss
The net result Of the campaign against
the Chicago meat packers has been a
great decrease in the sale OF Government
inspected and certified products abroad
and a tremendous increase in the sales
Of unexpected. ~uncertified goods in this
country. In other words, the persons
whose supply Of flesh foods was attacked
most violently have gone ahead eating
meat from the condemned plants and
have ever increased their consumption,
while those whose supplies were ad-
mitted to be carefully handled and clean
have turned II other producers.
1t does not app ear that any OF the large
packing companies have suffered much
in pocket because of the row raised in
Congress. One or two houses may have
lost trade, but 1t is unlikely that any OF
them have been injured permanently
except in their foreign departments
Abroad the meat exposures were taken
more seriously than they were here, in
spite of all the noise that free and indie
pendent citizens made at the time.
The meat inspection law is not yet in
effect, but America has not waited to eat
meat under its protection. II has been
Of great beneft-to Argentina and Aus
tralia, which have got the European
trade the United States has lost.
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Poloists Neglect the west.

In view of The wealth and number Of
the clubs in the Polo Association, it
seems odd that for the second year the
open championship should have failed
to receive entries. II is the n com
petition in which the players may get
I'D a team on their own account and in
dependent Of their clubs. Should a
team ever go to England again for the
international cup its members would
be selected on the same principle. Yet
but one team entered for the open title,
which was to have been played for dur
ing the coming week at Van Cortlandt
Park. This was a Meadow Brook team,
and, with one exception, the same that
won the national interclub champion
ship last month at Newport.
The implication that the polo strength
of the season is concentrated at Meadow
Brook is only true Of the harmony and
good fellowship that prevails there and
urges the team to seek matches. At
clubs where there is less accord the
ponies eat of their heads in idleness
while the owners are quarrelling over
club politics. In the first open cham
pionship, held in 1904, a team made up
of three New Workers. and a Philadel-
phian beat three Bostonians and a New
Yorker. This time the four Meadow
Brook men would have had a walkover
had not the championship been de-
clared of.
At the club tournaments since the
early spring the poloists have had ample
opportunity to test their relative strength;
and where the club could not conquer
there has been no encouragement for
the individuals to form an Nll star
| combination to seek open championship
honors against Meadow Brook. The gist
OF the indifference is the selfish policy
of the Polo Association in keeping its
| CHAMPIONSHIPS between the same fields
in the East, those TO be reached with the
least trouble and where there is a COM
Portable club awaiting, instead Of hold
ing the competitions alternately West
and East. Although it possesses sole
and unlimited power over the game, to
the Polo Association the little strip OF
| Eastern Is dtOHC WOIth uCNCiOp-
ing for polo.
This policy has effectually killed the
e championship, for twice in its three
years a blank has been recorded; and
since 1895 the interclub championships
have been at Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia, Narragansett Pier or Newport
with a steadily decreasing entry. New
blood is needed on the teams and new
interest for the o%nlookers. 1t would
be an upbuiIding movement for the Polk
Association to hold next years cham
pionship at n Of the Western clubs
that for some years have been neglected
on it's roll, mere silent members, such al
the Onwentsia Club Of Chicago, st. Louii
Country Club OF the Missouri Hunt anC
Polo Club Of Kansas City. The West
where the ponies come from, would ap
preciate a championship contest, ever
though their own players meet defea
nv the Fasteners.
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Ruasia'a

To TEE EDITION OF TEE SUN-S1: I feel ss
deepk - J. Irwin does about the horrible condi-
ton OF Things In Russia; but l differ With him about
the Christianity" OF the hellish butcherios Of tho
Jews. Christianity has the name OF being willing
10 nRht with carnaI weapons for It's advantage and
prog resS | admit that some Christian churches
have fought throughout their history against all
who have dared to assert their rig hts as men before
God, but such bigots are only nominal Christians
who have stolen the livery Of heaven to serve the
devil tn"
know II has been the most natural thing for
two or three 50 called Christian bodies to night with
guns. swords, cannon and an other weapons for
the destroying OF human life for their interests.
but by their very actions and history they show
that they have been the soldiers Of the devil and
not Of Christ. I know one religious body that is
secretly training It's men to-day for some bloody
conflict. The most dAmnabIe curse that can como
upon a nation Is to join Itself with any church and
make itself and that church one. Russia ls gov
erned by It's state Church and the Jews are muir
dered because they are OF an opposite faith. II I
never believed In a he'll before, 7 do now. God
VIII settle with those inhuman monsters Tespon-
sIble for the massaeres OF Jews in Russia.
ONE OF the things that prove to me that Chris
,ianity is Of God 10 the fact that II has survived all
the devn!sh and stupid things done m It's name.
believe In the perfect freedom OF every Indi-
viduaI. and that he Is responsible to God alone for
his beliefs. II a man WANTS TO believe that the
moon Is made of green cheese. ! have no right 10
try to force him to believe otherwi se, although I
think could convince him that he 10 wrong, as the
sun. moon and stars were made before the animals
from whose tactical nuld cheese 10 made.
sherman said War Is hell" and to be In Russia
TO day, where msssacrcs are going on at the Lnsil.
Ration Of those In authority for the purpose OF
| turning popular thought 10 anything else than the
true cause Of the horrible condition Of things
throughout the land. makes one say that religious
maSsacres stamp the lnstixators and perpetratorI
as emlssaries Of the very devil.
WILLIAM W. BANKER,
Pastor Bergen Point Baptist Church.
BAroNHE, n. j., September II.
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Hoist and

The Hon. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, the
lanier Of Atlanta, perches upon the gates
of the Gate City and thence he pours out
torrents Of full throated song for the
great tribune Of the pee-pul whom the
gods call HOIST:
MI. HEARsT's platform is simple, striking, clear
az a bugle and apparently irresistible TO the present
trend and temper OF New York politics"
Finally the melodious bird looks into
the seeds Of time; and this is what he
sees and sings:
4" suppose the Democracy IndOrses this platform
and this nomination. suppose the combined fol
lowing Of the Democracy and Of the independent
league elects MT. HRARsT Governor Of New York
by 100000 majority He will then have between
this aad TIE Presidential election eighteen months
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hsmarsuIDss E~xpsstence e . Traveller
Fl IN England.

Nn ERHhAuus
To \ EnIroR or TVS srS-siT' A friend
Of mine visited Europe last summer tor
hrleF stay In the land Of his birth. He took
nassass early in June on q white star boat
ana arrived in due season a. Liverpool. ne
had been warned by hIs friends 20 De caretul'
as large cities were very unAAfe TOT SraVeIus.
who were liable 10 be robbed and tajureo by
evil diSposed people. The warning was VOC
lost upon my friend. and on bis arrival az
Liverpool he inquired Of \ policeman WnsTs
he could ind q safe place 10 stop.
The policeman suggested a nrst class MOTEL
or A temperance lodging house. MY friend
won't In search Of the latter. but 70 presented
such A Eorbiddlng aspect that he declined
10 enter II. II occurred 10 him that the CLERKS
IN the steamship ONCE we're very ooilg'ng'
and he went back there 70 ask help OF them.
one m the clerks told him that his mother
could Accommodate him. wrote the address
on a card, M sent a boy with him 70 snow
the way. "a,
vas A three story building. My FRIEND was
met by the clerks mother and was toto no
could have a room on the third MOOT AZ NJ
Was somewhat fatigued he went % " az once
Ihe roam VISA large. with two windows OPEN
Ing on 4 court. There we're two co.'s on each
aide q 1LSSe , room ,S Snd pf feS asS1' 70 Rocs sSs
door on entering and sat AZ the window. IN
tending to read his newspaper 0~0'o s"S
to De0, u.nIn. .nd avsVv-
thing Vas unusually quiet. ne was cor.
SrniuIating himself on obtaining ths sonInos
once bs heard voices outside the window
At which he sat. On looking out ne saw q
youns one Ahi IN the yard below. MY friend felt
disturbed at this unexpected tn.ruslon. put
a. there was no attempt made TO enter tne
room he thought no more OF 10 ana resumed
Ma readinr. Suddenly the voices ceased,
the young man was no more visible aho -.
fence prevailed. Ny. friend N a builder by
trade and he was curious to IND out on wnss
nlatform the young man stood OUTSIDE the
window. On Investigation he found there
was no fire escape. no coping nVtnne tnat
a hurna an being could cling co: only the per-
nendicuIar wall OF the house. There peln{
no further disturbance he went to oed ana
slept peacefully. ana
Incidentally spoke to the londlsdy about the
voices and the young man outside the WINDOW:
well. said the woman, the room you
slept in last night our mily have not used
IN three wears. In iNN3 my son fell out OF the
window md was killed. Ne was two years
older than the Young man who sent YOU here.
In that chamber did my friend see the youpg
man who lost his life, and, if so, did ne seeNtne
veil that hides another world lifted?
LONG SEAN CITY. September =. o..
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View. Of a superior Person.

To TIE EDITOR or THE ~SuN-Sfr; I think II Is
p,Tfectly proper for theatres or any place OF amuse-
nent TO draw the line at sliloTs or soldiers IN uni.
form. As a class they are not ~ to associate with
the general run Of people. The average Jack
ashore is in a state OF drunk: why should he be
favored more than any other drunken man or
hobo?
The average soldier Is low grade; comes from
the rough and tough classes; has left his home
generally because he had 10. Why should he be
considered the equal OF the orderly classes OF citi-
zenshIp. who respect themselves and live orderly
and decent ives
For myself. do not want the low grade talk Of
the average sailor and soldier anywhere near me
or my family. When they begin 70 respect them
selves we Will bcgln to give them respect and treat
them co our equals. MARTIN L. CoMBERwELL-
NEW YORK, September IA.
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Don GaultIer az Ninety.

From the London Court Journal.
Sir Theodore Martin will celebrate his ~ninetieth
birthday to- morrow week. The venerable author
Of the Bon Gaultier Ballads enjoys remA rkabiy
vigorous health. notwithstanding his great age.
and he Ia at present taking daily rambles In the
neiRhborhood OF his beautiful home. Bryntisino.
near LAM ollen. HIS Intellect. too. Ia a. keen az
ever. and on Sundays he reads the Lessons In church.
sir Theodore Ia q pIsyEoer. and anne critic Of con
temporary verse and nction, but TO the peseni
generation he viii be better known as a bitter Op.
ponent Of motors than as a prominent writer IN
mid Victorian times, though he will always live In
Scottish letters as one OF the authors Of the
Bon GAultieT Ballads and as q brilliant Edin
burgh man. His best remembered work 10 the life
Of the Prince Consort, which he wrote At the late
Oueen'G dc alre.
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OLD MAIDS.
They Arc Defended b. . Bachelor VINO
IL waiting for Cupid.

Ag ~
IL waiting for Cupid.
To TEE EprroR or TREsuN-Sir: Although
a bachelor, I think woman the acme OF LIES
comfort. and I despise the reference OF one
of your correspondents to the countless ana
steadily increasing army Of old maids. lam
curious TO know what he might say about tho
increasing army OF -old bachelors.
We should approach the unmarried among
the fair sex with proper delicacy, for they
are usually the sNrned against, not the sim
ming. They have been too frequently tho
victims OF neglect or caprice. As q class
odd maids have been maligned. The odious
epithet has come to be a synonym i0r scandai
gracious in a woman. Because she is I'M
married It does not follow that a woman 10
fion. ! Is: S on t oSst GSd'T Spgn T Chs OBJECT seT aa they
usually are distributed among many. Inat
women have not married y seldom owing TO
talents are not Of that, Washing and snowy
c5Ss. mS Ssd. sDPssSal"ttsSS a. O he %1 SosltI E9'y they Sr
occupy b not the highest and noblest one
ordained for women. but they cannot see mat
selves Ip into m~erchantable articles. sdver:
tise themselves for sale and Dc spproprlaIeo
by the highest bidder. to mend his suspend
room; especially Il they are required to make
perhaps you win wonder why the writer
say las NO doubt the unmarried Of the
for Cupid to come along. He 10 the best
matrimonial agent. l have known men who
boasted Of their ability to ind all the soiace
and diversion they required in the perusal OF
their faVorite author or in travel, &c., and
who eventually arrived at the conclusion,
when all these pursuits In quest Of pleasure
had palled on them, that the COMPREHENSIVE
Of the sweetest attribute In life, 2 loving,
womanly woman, was the stimulus tney
needed to make life worth living.
WILLIAM z. BROWN.
Brown STATION, September III ]
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Risa Of N Voter.

Reuben Cobb Of Pumpkin Siding
Was q voter law abiding;
sage or tinker no one dreamed him.
Fact was, every one esteemed him
A nobody.
When the winds Of brisk September
Famed the politicians ember.
Though with no bouquets bombarded.
Reuben Cobb was then regarded
As anybody.
Then, election time approaching,
Great and Yeighty questions bToaching.
Humble once seekers nailed him
While respectfully they hailed him
A somebody.
Reuben's head continued swelling
TIL his mind. on tany dwelling.
Thought that none could win without him.
Thought IN none could longer doubt MIN
An everybody.
McLASpBUHoH WusoE.
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ARMY CANTEEN.
Opportunity for the W. q. r. u. to with
draw Ibs Opposition.

To TIVE EpIToR or TIE suN-Sir: ! was
much interested in reading In " SUN OF
September IL the strong plea for the reertao-
lishment Of the canteen in the United States
army poats contained in the annual report
OF Lieut.. Gen. II. G. Corbin.
What a pity the War Department authorities
haven't the freedom to decide the question OF
the army cantee9 IN accordance with Gne
precepts OF reason and experience.
I happened to he HvinR in Washington nj
the time the debate on the subject was going
on in Con Sress recently, and ] know the strons
feeling OF the army oflcers in regard 70 this
matter and the great Injustice they believe
the W. c. T. Z. has brought upon the rank
and hie Of our trooDs.
IL seems a truism to say that one should
not rneddle In Affairs she knows. nothing about,
but ami quite certain that the member OF
the ". Z, T. U. know very little about the re-
ouiremcnta Of soldiers lives.
The women Of that organization viii have
an opportunity to undo IN a great measure the
harm they have done the soldiers. at their
convention ut Hartford, Conn. the latter
part OF october. II they should vilfully
refuse to repair this great wrong in view OF
the proved facts, they would certainly deserye
public condemnation.
The women OF the W. e. T. u. are 100 often
those who have had little experience In life
outside OF country villages and whose ideas
OF the great world are warped and distorted.
NEW YoRK. September IL. Mrs. II. A. V.
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The spenbInder's Manual.

We'll, here is the Republican Text
BOOK for the Congressional Campaign
.1nOc, again. Again, because there is a
,ceftain similarity of undertaking dull
mes and perpetual aridity among all
W. publications OF this sort. Who COM
niles them? What master hand builds
NJ these monuments Of ennui, collects
lthese persuaders Of slumber, these
weary, stale, fat and Improbable bar
2tif pages? We always suspect Colonel
lafLBERT CLARKE Of Boston and the Home
Market Club, but perhaps we do him
NRFong.
For a minute drop into the temple Of
fhb S~pellbinder:
~ FhOusands and hundreds Of thousands were
,ttbfs IN arms when GROVER CLEVELAND sent his
n fAS,cuS or Infamous Free Trade Message
LEN IL not claimed for the Republican party that
- inc bsnehcent results Of the past forty Ave
vssps are due wholly to It's wisdom and Judgment
y pEiaiatiOn."
NE Text Book admits that the sun
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Why the Mail was Lost

A GlasgOw busin ess house has received this COM
muglcatIol, from BagdAd. Turkey. dated August 9:
The European mall. due here on July 20. has not
reached Bagdad. IS the post carriers camel 10 said
10 have escaped while he was sleeping. and II 10
Supposed II peEisaed In the. desert. Consequently
tha mail Ia lost"
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In the ridiculous procedure through
which the head OF the Police Department
must go to punish an inefficient subordinate,
as it is exemplihed in trial now in progress,
will be found one explanation Of the I'M
satisfactory conditions hat vex the city.
The law carefully puts the Commissions
at a great disadvantage in his efforts TO
discipline the men under him. 1t Is assumed
that he Is anxious to abuse them and to
deprive them Of their rights. Thereupon
a wall of technicalities il built about them
designed to make punishment difficult to
inhict. The laws regulating the Police De-
partment are involved and intricate. The
result Of their application Il to make the city
and its administrator appear ridiculous in
the eyes Of the uniformed force.
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During the rocking chair period Of the
war with Spain, when the corridors Of tie
Tampa Bay Hotel we're haunted by appli-
ANTS for service in any capacity. a little
man in civilian dress preferred a claim on
the ground that he knew something about
Cuba and had been under fire with the
rebels. He asked for a staff position and
would have been content to serve as an
interpreser. He received no great encour-
agemeut, and while he was hoping and de-
sponding the Governor Of Kansas made
him a Colonel Of Volunteers. He was seen
no more about the hotel, and when heard
OF in the Philippines was leading charges
and doing other things worth recording.
II would be gratifying to FREDERIcK FINS
TON TO be ordered 10 Cuba to assist in max
ing peace in any way that seemed desirable.
No doubt he would remember with a lively
satisfaction his days of waiting and longing
ut Tampa ,
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Unrcrorn.d Spelling Trlum plant.

To rHE EprToR or TIVE SUN-.Sir; The Prcsl.
dents letter on Cuba reads well and II Is spelled
well. Docs he refuse to take his own Medicine OF
DID THE SIN set n IN as II should be-
NEW York. September rs. o. b. AcKERLY.
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The OuIck AMI the Dead.

FTOW UN IuUcT.
This time Il is the Sunday school from which
emanates ahe twentieth century distinction be-
tween the quick and the dead YES. miss. "
says the young hopeful. the quick 10 them a. gets
out o. the way o motor cars, and The dead Is them
- doesn'L-
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Sir I.nnr GrarrIlrA-

Newton had just discovered why the apple fell
down.
But We asked. why do plums fall to those
higher up"
Herewith the great man hastily had business
down street,
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At,sn,Ion. Commuters!

r To rHE FpTron or THE SUN-S'r; Can you or
anvbody else explain the why and wherefore Of
the soul veGIng fact that the only SPOT on a country
place where grass will grow lu1uriantly Is the CEN
ire Of the gravel walk VERY WEARY.
SPsrSaFTELD. n. J.. Septcmher II.