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PORTO RICO r
Not strong Enough to Meet American
Needs.

Nut Suoub D&nsN8h ~
Needs.
To TEE EpTroR " TEE suN-Sfy: d.
Collazo seems unable TO understand why the
exports OF Porto Rico coffee are increasing
to Europe and dropping to nothing 70 this
country, In spite OF the establishment In New
York OF q Porto Rico commercial agency for
the purpose Of pushing its consumption here.
The simple reason Ls that In Europe. they
burn all their coffee instead OF roasting t
as We do, and they buy cofYeea more upon the
style Of the bean than upon lts drtnkins
merits; while In the tests made here Porto RICO
coffee. % compared to Central American,
Mexican and other mid coneee. drswe like
dish water and Is thrown out on every test.
J. W. Van Leenhon. one OF the most intel
ligent coffee planters In Porto. Rico, 10 per-
fectly aware Of this fact, and is spending
lar geisums Of his own money In addition to
ths ptcayune allowance made ~ our Gov
ernment, in the experiment. station which he
conducts, in grating coffees from other coup-
tries. cofees Of greater strength, on the
native trees. He told the writer thie sum-
mer that on his own plantation the crop would
be about ? 900 bags. and that all Of his conees
were shipped to Europe at two cents q pound
above what they would bring in this market
for the reasons given above. r. Fl. DAVIES.
NBw YORK., October II.
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sIayton Not a Navy Chaplain.

To rnE EDITOR or The uN-Sfr II may be true.
as stated by a Pittsburg correspondent. that the
Rev. Jane r. Slsyton. Jr." who deserted Novem-
Der ?, 1901. escaped from Detective Charles A. q.
Miller Of the Navy Department by jumping from
a moving train at MyeTsdAle. Pa, a couple OF days
ago; but Il is quite far from the truth that this
reverend" character was "a chaplain In the United
States Navy" as was also stated by your cor
respondent. No James r. Slayton. nor any other
Slayton. Is now or ever has been q naval chaplain,
from the days OF the Revolution 20 the present time.
RoewALL randall Hons.
Chaplain. U. 8. ".
WAaHnNaroN NAvY YAHp. October Il.
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Far Reachins Erect Of College E6ucatiou.

II would be Interesting to trace in detail. and
after careful study OF facts, 70 Just how great a
degree the varsity bred man Influences. US In
respect Of dress. For instance. the knee drawer.
which retailers could not get enough OF this sum
mer. is nothing more or less than the running pant
of track athletics, a. the jersey that 10 coming q
be worn with them 10 the Jersey Of the gym"
The turning UP of trousers 70 show fancy hose is
an outcome Of tumed up tennis trousers, not for
varsity's sake but for expectancy and comfort.
so. the list OF what We owe 10 college men in
matters Of dress might be Heightened. The cot
Iegian Is certainly q force 10 be reckoned with BY
makers and sellers eG mems wear.
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Fr01 Ne NoHhs Cod Dt0QsY.
The miners In tho Inmachuk country. but q few
miles south Of the Arctic Circle. are practically lso-
lated nom the outside world for nine months in
the year. They will Immediately erect . large two
story clubhouse on the Dashley group. II WIN be
~eauippsd with all the Injuries and convenience
OF . Fifth avenue establishment, and although
evening clothes Uf1 not be absolutely necessary
after 8 o'clock many social functions will be given
during the winter.
lard room. buffet. grin room. once. baths and ven
sleeplng apartments. The club starts out win
thirty -Six charter members and a peck messure
full Of nuggets.
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TranamissIon OF aenius.

To TIE EDITOR or THE SUN-SD: In your edI-
tonal tribute TO Riston yesterday you said: 1T Is
the fate OF her art to leave behind nothing but
memorial" Is that entirely truel
Did none OF Ristorfs professional contemporaries
catch any OF her spirit. learn something Of her Artf
Axe not the great actors and actresses teachers9
Do we have stronger evidence OF immortality
than the spirit OF . great soul becoming fused In
that Of another. by which means Il is carried 70 the
followtng generatlong JOHN W. KkYns.
WATERBURY. Conn. October II.
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The NoAhs wurs having . quAnnd.
4 could have made Q mnch beeasH mAAnh,- nhs
pOusod-
nos an am light
~ NJ fansa % lMlxA n wua oanvlaoea no had
10 snnse az hamuL
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WaMte correspondence D0Bds opfmGse.
MI. OBneufs smiling fAce appeared amonr M.
Friday. He halls from Rail Hollow. some Of the
boys were wondering What he wanted AZ sha bIacf-
smith'G bus they muss rsmembcr that the sohool
teacher boards there-
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n eur friends uho f1ror Us MIRA EdHus.npn for
rvbicoro ufsh 70 Rave rejected articles returned neD
musi in all c-sss send stamps fo' hat purpose
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Murphy's Judges.

Leonard A. Gle gerich
John J. Brady.
Mitchell L. ErlAnger.
NJ. Marley Platzek.
Peter A. Hendrick.
Charles L. Guy.
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Hearst's Judges.

John W. Gon.
Samuel Seabury.
John Ford.
Charles ". Dayton.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
ZS zook -Zzhe 6GGf Raaa ID zhe Z6Alz.,

Of the rides we have had after him, when
you and | and he were youngl You courted
me with Dobbin, Manton. Think of the
evenings when we used to ride together and
after we should be married!-in May even
ngs, when the apple trees were blooming;
in June evenings, Manton, when the wild
roses lined the roadsides under the old trees
us to church to be married, Manton; to my
fathers funeral and your mothers funeral
He took us to church almost every Sunday
for twenty years.
Think of the hard work he has done for
you, Manton, and-and-"
At this point tears would come into Aunt
Marlow's eyes.
He was always good to the children It
was Dobbin that carried jamie and Charlie
and Mary to their graves; Let him live,
Manton--I say, let Old Dobbin live! He has
earned the right to live!"
| have heard her make this appeal to uncle
several times, and as often | had heard uncle
answer:
] always try to please the women folks"
The interesting point of this dialogue to
me was the words: "He was always good
to the children" l was a boy of ten years
at the time
The declaration of Aunt Lucy led me to
treat Old Dobbin very kindly; to gather clo-
yer for him, and to carry him cool water
from the well on hot days. He seemed to be
very grateful for these attentions, and at
length would come toward the pasture bars
whenever he saw me open the door
He would wait for me at the bars for hours
when he knew that | was in the house.
At last, he would whinny if / left the house
without noticing him. There was something
almost human in his whinny under such cir
cumstances- something ike a cry for friendly
recognition.
l always answered to the call. and went
back and patted the neck of Old Dobbin.
One day l made what to me was wonder
full discovery. / had been sitting on the
pasture bars leaning on the neck of Old Dob
bin. 1t was the last of May. The lacs were
tossing in the afternoon breeze; the apple
blossoms were falling, whitening the green
turf; the air was full of sweet odors
l swung myself in an apple bough over the
bars. | slipped and fell upon Old Dobbin'
back. He slowly moved away from the bars
into the middle of the pasture
AT first, was frightened / clung to his
name.
Then / cried out
"Whoa, Dobbin!"
He stopped.
For the first time ! found myself on horse
back.
Dobbin seemed delighted. He threw his
head I'D proudly. as if the days of his prime
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had come back again. / regained my cour-
age, and picturing to my young fancy Wash
ngton and Napoleon on their chargers, / ven
tured to say:
Go lang, Dobbinl"
Dobbin did "go lang" He began to trot.
An awfuhfeeling came over me. II seemed as
though the earth had lost its balance. |
looked toward the house to see if il were
falling. 1t seemed firm. seized Old Dob
bins name, and cried
"Whoa!"
Old Dobbin stopped. I looked down to the
ground. 1t seemed appalling distance.
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Il l4NzeH0eGzeaR RVa%zw

space that we noticed was left strangely
empty
We then all mounted the seats and stood
toward Old Dobbin, who was resting his legs
meekly and patiently in the midst OF the
gathering crowd. We wondered what would
take place next.
Some soldiers came marching up to the
cannon.
Hadn't you better take your horse out of
the way?" asked one of the soldiers of aunt.
No. said aunt. Hes too old,
But amt you afraid that he'll start and
runY' asked the military man.
No" said aunt; "old Dobbin has got past
running-0ld Dobbin has"
1,Wen," said the man, you take your own
Continued on Following Page
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How could / get off of Old Dobbns back? !?
How could any one get me off?
:, At last, Old Dobbin walked slowly toward
the pasture bars again and stopped under the
apple boughs. l seized hold of one of the
limbs and drew myself up into the tree.
But l had learned that Old Dobbin could
carry me on horseback.
The next day / repeated the experiment;
but Aunt Lucy saw me, and came running in
to the pasture.
Arthur! Arthur" said she. "You must
never get upon Old Dobbin's back again
without a, bride. Hang on, and l will go
"a STICK I feared she might be about to
say, for L felt guilty, and knew what father
would have said in like case
But she did not say this; but, in kindly
Aunt Lucy brought bride, and put it up
on Old Dobbin. He received the bridling
proudly, as though he thought himself young
again. Aunt Lucy led him around the pas
ture several times, then gave me the rein.
After that experience, l rode almost daily
and up and down the farm lanes.
June was ending. There was to be cele-
bratlon of the Fourth of July at Mortonville,
town some six miles distant. There was to
be {, military parade, a feude-joie, and a
eventful day, after which the orthodox min
lister was to deliver an oraton in the church.
All the children of the district school that |
attended were going or were desirous to CO.
| asked uncle one morning if he were GO
ing to the celebration. His answer crushed
my hopes
| mo; too busy; haying time"
| Cant you let Aunt Lucy and me go?"
TOO far; cannot spare the horses. Shall
have tons of hay down about that time
You'll have Fourth of Julys enough, if you
live. You are young yet"
l heard little at school that day, or the
next, but about the military parade" the
feu-de.joie, the floral procession, and the
grand" Grafton There was an enormous
poster on the fence of the school yard. II
read:-
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Aunt NARROW, who was a woman Of great
tenderness of conscience and feeling.
If Uncle NARROW spoke grudgingly to her
of the expense of keeping useless horse, she
would answer much as follows:
But just think, Manton Barlow, what a
service Old Dobbin has been to usl Think
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Ole
Copyright BY James EiversOnJ

Copyright by James Elverson)
~LD DOBBIN had once been my I'm
Gle Marlow's family horse.
= He was now nearly thirty years
QuMI old. The farmers said that he
'fkfN should have been killed years ago.
and he wnnlh have henn hut for
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
GRAND CELEBRATION AT NORTON
WILLIE.

Feu-de-Joie!
Floral Procession of the Schools of the
County.
Grafton by Rev. Eleazer Warren, A. Nj.
Independence Now and Independence For
everl"
The poster was headed by the picture of a
huge eagle, bearing in his talons the Ameri-
can hag
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figures, and had a special training in that
line MS n youngtser before studying law
when he worked for a while In a railroad.
office. He has never been In politics
his Panama work has been purely bust
ness-and has never sought an Office
Clever Law Partners Under SO.
Paul brennan cravath and William
cameron Guthrie-both have unusual
middle Manipulating to the same general
class as Dill and Cromwell but being
younger, are not yet so rich. Both are
Very we'll fixed. though, and both. like
Dill, were born outside New York-Guth-
Tie in California in 1853. so that he Is
now only AZ, and cravath In Ohio in
1861. SO that he is only IS.
Cravath is a big man physically. He
carries himself In a.itstately' manner,
and his size and carriage combined make
him marked man In a crowd. He has
been termed "ponderous and lrresistible";s
he never shows surprise or exaspern ton;
his gestures are deliberate and his elocu-
ton effective. He Is frst-class cross
examiner, his profile Is classic, and he
dresses impressively.
He was attorney for James Hazen
Hyde. of the Equitable. for a while, and
he now has Thomas F. Ryan, owner of
the Equitable and interested In all the
portation In New York. for q client.
Cravath was educated al the Brooklyn
Polytechnioi Oberlp. Ohio; Berlin, Ger
many, ant the Columbia Law School. In
1893 he married Agnes Huntington, the
actress. 81 II
Guthrie is cravath's partner and his
most distinguished achievements were
the drawing UP Of the papers for tho
Northern Securities Company and the
defense, on behalf OF J. P. Morgan and
J. ]. Hill. of the celebrated Peter
Power" suit brought to nullify the
Northern Securities merger, He won the
Power suit. but his merger didn't stand
the test OF scrutiny by the United States
Supreme Court. Guthrie comes of poll
tical family, his father having been
surveyor OF the Port Of San Francisco
and a newspaper owner. The son was,
sent to school In France and England for
several years when boy. When HIS
father lost his money and died, the boy
was brought to America and sent to the
New York public schools,
E3 He couldn't manage a colege course, j,
and at siteen began running errands for
the law firm OF Blatchford, 81 Seward
CirisWold and Da CoBta, Clarence Seward
being partner Guthrie acted as steno-
grapher. then clerk and then went to la N
school. He was admitted In 1870. at twen-
3ty-four. was made member of the i,rin,
which became Seward, Guthrie q Mora
wstz. Later 1t was Guthrie, Cravath3s&
Henderson, the late David Bremnaer Hen-
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which the writer neglected to spell tho
word Imperial with capital letter.
!, Grosts at the Palace.

4 M I1IOSlS dCS IQe FalaCe. "a
Nicholas Is credited with being a Arm
believer in the occult. He is said to
delight In the seances OF soothsayers and
the dvinatIons OF astrologers. Many
stories are in circulation about strange
happenings at the palace, where. In the
solitudes, the dead are evoked and
spooks are called forth. It is said that
the sorcerers manifested to him mat
he would have an heir, and that clair
voyants made him acquainted with the
final incidents OF the war with Japan
long In advance OF the occurrence. An
other popular conception Of the Em-
peror's character is his exceeding fond
ness for his home and family. He Is
often repfoached for devoting SO much
OF his time to domestic matters rather
than giving his attention to affairs OF
state. 5
Contrary to this impression, however,
is the fact that his initials and remarks
are found on the margin Of so many
public documents that 1t puzzles his as
sistants to know how one man can han
die SO many papers. let alone become
acquainted with hteir contents.
B When the State bill is taken to the En-
peror he generally begins by examining
the signatures. The ayes are in one col
umn and the noes In another II HIS
Majesty is notsespecially acquainted with
the contents-and he cannot possil.+~
be informed upon all questions submittec
to him-he generally signs with the ma
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bringing Of success to enterprises on the
verge of failure-there hasn't been IA big
business tangle in twenty years that he
hasn't bccn inland the Panama Canal
deal is the monumental climax OF his
career to date. s3.
Cromwell became counsel OF the French
Panama Canal Company ten years ago
and it took him eight years to work out
Its salvation by selling the property Is
Uncle Sam.
1t is possible that he never could have
done itsbut for the eruption of Mont Pelee
IN Martinique. wiping out 10000 lives, and
the eruption OF a lot OF volcanoes In Mica
ragua. Before these eruptlons everybody
was for the 3Nicaraguan route. Members
OF Congress laughed when Cromwell
talked Panama to them. and the news
papers simply wouldn't print anything In
Its favor. After the eruptions Cromwell
placed maps with big red splotches on
them, showing the Nicaraguan volcanoes.
before Congress. These maps settled IL
Congress.yoted to buy the Panama prop
gerty. IA :
Cromwellls now the fiscal commissioner
gof Panama. though the secession OF Pan
anna from Colombia occurred after the
8rale Of the canal, and he was not in
svolved. N Y, sts g IS
He has also had a lot to do with other
central e ana ii South American govern
Bments. Reyes. OF Colombia, waited his
help when Panama seeded, but he
couldn't be persuaded.
The charges made by Mrs. Enealor
Kawls Reader. that he spoiled her
I chances for, getting n treaty between san
i Domingo and the United States have had
their share In keeping Cromwells name
4 at 4 the top of the news columns, but
have apparently occupied little Of her
personal attention, the Panama compli-
cations being quite enough for even a
Cromwell to worry about, .sg2 s
From the beginning Of the negotiations
Panama has cost him a lot OF personal
discomfort, and the way Morgan, Of Am
5bama. has roasted him before the SEN
ate committee has certainly not been
pleasant, but Cromwell doesn't need any
sympathy. Ills .unprecedente fees have
been SO big that lie can AFFORD to smile,
alike at sadyerseBcriticisns and Morgan s
&lnterminable and rasping cross-Question-
sings.. 81 d vi IS "a IA y 35ts (.
Mr.. Cromwell is a small /, pale, slender
man. OF q nervous temperance I, and al
+ So his hairfand moustache are pure while,
I He ia one OF the quickest men who
ever stood before Judge or Jury though
he rarely appearp In court. ss r. d
He has a. Fifth Avenue home, whose
furnishings include a. pipe organ, said
Ia be one OF the two or three most costly
musical Instruments In any private house
'sin the world. III u aFnazlng sly quick at
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taxes pay. nearly or quite all the cost
OF running the State government.
Mr. Dill himself organized two or three
corporation trust company S Fl concerns,
whose offices serve as official headquar-5
tiers for companies doing business, and
OF the country. B Il
The rows OF hundreds Of little signs
which decorate the entrances OF these
corporation trust companies In jersey
City, Orange and Camden, MI, are very
interesting.
Spectacular Things Dill Has Done
Y Din has always been somewhat spec.
jtacular. While on his first Job as a re
porter for a Jersey City newspaper he
came near being killed, when train that
was carrying him THE PENNSYLVANIA
coal regions to report the doings OF the
Molly Maguires was blown up by their
agents. Instead OF being phased by the
incident, he sat down and wrote an ac-
count OF 1t, and though badly bruised him
self paying no attention whatever to
the threats OF violence made by some OF
those responsible for the wreck.
For years he has had the confidence OF
Andrew Carnegie. and once was paid
Sc, 900 by him for n verbal opinion. given
In a fve-minute visit to the steel man
In Pittsburg, The fee wouldn't have ibz<
SO large, probably. had Dill not; had to.
travel all the way from New York In a
special train. which left after 0 F, NJ,
and be on the return journey all next dsck
lnsorder to fill an engagement In the e Ve-
ming. III
Dill's greatest hobby, long distance au-
to,nobiling through little known New
England regions. has been widely ex-
plotted. In New Jersey--he has lived for
twenty wears in East Oran~e--he is
known as a scorcher. lie WAS once ar.
rested for fast driving In Montclair and
fined. After the8trial he asked the chief
OF police to take a spin with him, and
drove down the main street OF the town
at a forty-mile clip with the chief In this
car. Tho chief promptly arrested Dill
again, and he was again fined, I'D
Threatened to appeal. but didn't. Neither.
since then, has he ever driven beyond the
legal speed limit In Montclair (&.N
His acceptance OF the Jersey judgeship3
was rather SPECTACULAR, too, His prac-'
itice Is supposed to he worth about s3O0,-
1000 year while his salary as Judge IL
only $4,000, It was figured out that an
taking the Job he had sacrificed ninety
nine per,cent. OF his income. and this was
thought to be a great sacrifice, despite
the fact that he a Ia rated as a two and
a half or three millionaire at leAst,
II But ~ hasn't turned out that way, The
court has to sit only n small part of the
week, and Dill retains his law Office In
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derson joining
Speakers chair

derson joining 1t after leaving the
speakers chair. Is. b
Notwithstanding his close connection
with great experimentation English
syndicates, among others-Mr. Guthrie
prefers to be known as constitutional
lawyer. He doesn't believe in lotteries.
but The once defended man on trial
before United States Court for carry
Ing lottery ticket from New Orleans to
Kentucky, holding that the United States
authorities were exceeding their powers
and invading the constitutional rights OF
the individual In that case. Once when
a newspaper photographer made some
pictures for publication OF his beautiful
italian gardens on his Long Island es-
tate he stood on his Constitutional
rights" and insisted on the delivery OF
the negatives, unpublished, to him. Hav-
ling carried his point, he sent them back
to the editor and tho pictures were
printed.
Francis Lynde stetson-John G..
Johnson.
Without In any way rejecting upon tho
ability or the legal learning OF any OF
the millionaire corporation lawyers so far
mentioned. 1t Is only fair to say that
none OF them stand as high in the esti-
nation OF their own profession as do
Francis Lynde stetson, Of New York, and
John G. johnson, OF Philadelphia,
Both these mon had won exceptional
standing when the others were beginners:
both have had charge OF litigation nvoly-
Ing millions every year ever since and so
have both received much newspaper at
stentlon. but neither has ever courted It.
and few personal sketches of either have
ever been printed; none with their con-
¤ce.
Mr.. stetson Is co. He has a lean face,
"a kindly wayand a close mouth. His
father was on able lawyer and a public
man. being atmember Of Congress In the
early 40s Thus Francis Lynde Stetson,
more than most modern corporation law
yers has always had q taste for politics
and has often played the game. though
never with a5vlew to holding Office for
himself IT was due to his political
Skill that Jacob Sharp was able to
build u hofse railroad on Broadway years
ago. for Stetson got tho charter for the
8rond through the Albany Legislatures;
Stetson acted as Sharps counsel when
the latter was tried for bribery, but
couldn't save him.
H In his political work he got to, know
Grover Cleveland when the latter was
Governor OF New York After his first
term as President, Cleveland became
stetson's law partner. For many years
| stetson's dAties have included the over,