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LOSr ART.
Decay o0 Letter writing . Result Of the
Modern LAximoas.


Modern LALinces.
To TINE EDITOR or TaK suN-Sir: To Ret
up In the morning and And the letter box full
OF pictured postal cards &. TO put It lamilisry.
rfiinKl The typewriter began the demolition
OF the gentle art Of correspondence only to
be followed by his further shuffing on Of
responsibilities In that line. Albums are nov
filled with this postal card rubbish, and even
rooms are papered with thGn. Friends DO
not even write q short note with the inevitable
Yours IN haste" They lay In a stock OF
these inAnlties. soribbls the address. and mail
them. They are supposed 10 be a. good A.
q letter.
doubt very much II there's one family In
ahundred no wadAys whose members indulge in
the rood old fashion OF writing sensible, read
able letters TO on another. Even acknowledR-
ment OF thine a. which should be ~acknowl-
edged at once 10 neglected. Letters are
left to answer Themselves. and II one does
happen TO write q Ion ger note than usual he
lie popularity supposed to have a large amount
Of time on his hands, How did our fore
OF only pen and inkl who II old enough,
does not remember the days when IL was a
pleasure 60 receive 4 tettsT crossed ana some
ing what was written Has iYi.y o0h.psnsated
by the pleasure one received when the letter
somStRinS Inter estinS in such letters,
Has the gentle art OF correspondence en-
kirAly died out2 10 there no one WHO IN the
absence OF other leisure time can, or will,
ret up half an hour earlier TO answer his let
tiers IN q respectable way2 Why send these
abomina tIons, which are either unreasonable
Valentines, wretched reproductions or rank
RdvertisementsS AZ this moment have
before me two specimens Of the postal card
art which are typical. On one is the repre-
sentation Of q literary man with a long nose
md long hair and y wild eye, writing, appsr.
emily. to save his life. The motto attached
In
It's pleasant sure to see ones name in print,
A book'sa took, although there's nothing mt"
This sent by q friend. for friends are so
facetious, have for warded on TO my pet
editor, for it reflects on his taking my work.
The other postal card has a repr sent alton Of
the Pyramids on the back. II In a horrible
picture. and as. ] have seen the, Pyramids
know what they are like. and certainly
travelling friend than this c~aricature.
that one can only have revenge ~ htted
that wayl bV writing about Il. Maybe the
following will put a spoke In the wheel:
This latest modern senseless fad
10 dying very hard,
IL really makes ono veV mad,
The pictured postal card!
The burdened postmAn walls his lot,
Az stARxertnR meath his load
He trddges on from spot TO spot
With letters q Ia mode.
OF all sad things OF pen and Ink,
Pace the other bardD
The worst u surely this. ! think,
The pictured pOstslcard.
= Y0Rs. October I. ScScTAToE.
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To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: A ~plaintive
cry goes up from "Inqulrer." whose letter you
printed to- day under the ca ption "A Presbyterian
without Faith" Tell him TO he OF good cheer. I
myself arm come of Ave generations OF Presoy.
tenans back Of that they were cattle thieves and
buocaneersl. and still ] am not worrying Let him
stay In the church n he likes It's social advantages
! did not. but that's neither here nor there. II he
will read W. Z. Honley's untitled poem which ends
thus:
e" am the master OF my fate.
! am the captain OF my soul"
he will feel better. JON CALVIN RENEGADE.
NEW YoRK, October l..
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Tom Thumb at Cambrids. University.


In March, is4s. the American dwarf Tom Thumb
was exhibited at Cambridge. He was shown In the
morning for half \ crown, in the evening for a
shilling, the latter being for the townspeople. the
forn.:r for the university. who then as now we're
supposed to roll In wealth. hut. 10 and behold.
the exhibition room was empty in the morning and
crowded at night by all the underg raduates. The
BURGERS. indignant at what they considered an
invasion OF their ngIts. hustled the Undergraduate
who we're not slow TO ~retaliate. The struggle from
a skirmIsh on the Arst night became a battle on the
second and an organized riot on the third. Each
side claimed the victory. but the police used their
truncheons so ruthlessly that many Undergraduate
were seriously wounded. so that II was commonly
supposed that the town trtumphsd.
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In advocating abolition Of the death
penalty in Connecticut Mayor CHARLES F.
THAYER Of Norwich. the Democratic can
didate for Governor. contends that the
million inhabitants constituting this State
have no more right collectively to destroy
human life than has each Of those indi-
viduals separately Whatever one may
think Of the deterrent influence Of capital
punishment or its humanity. this argument
is absurd, for the reason that it In not the
inhabitants collectively who infiict the
death penalty for murder. but organized
society, known as the State. under the
sanction and direction Of laws hat define
rights and prohibit wrongs
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Str' There n no
I-ason on earth why Inquirer" should continue
his membership In the Presbyterian Church against
his will ~ he has such . thing. nor can I imagine
that any One will even try 10 force him TO retain
hs membership. ~ he docs not believe in the
teachings, and cannot live up to them. OF the Pres
bytertAn Church there are other Denominations to
unite with. The social advantages" OF the church
are Of much more consequence to inquirer" than
the teachings of the terrain or any other
denomination. which IL no doubt the reason why
he continues his connection with the Pre- sbyterian
Church. A REAL PRESBYTERIAN.
NEW YORK. October 4
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Mast he ''Get Out''2

tt THE EDITOR or TIRE SuS-StT: Your CORE
spondent inquirer" says he was induced to join
the Presbyterian Church on q superstition rs to
what It's doctrines were. but now nnds he has no
faith In some Of them and wants to know what to
do about It.
There Is but one thing FOR a conscientious man
to do In such q oase-get out He should not for
one moment give coun TO q religious doc
ttne In whirh he has no faith.
Why be q hypocdte'
He IL not he only Presbyterian without fAith.
however. Inquirer" should have looked before
he leaped. And there are others II. c. T.
RED RANK. N. j., October l..
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socialist Campaign In the south.

From nc InternanOnlI Socialist RsrLrr.
The South Is By all odds the mos; important field
for socialist propaganda and organization. The
south to day the bulwart OF capitalism. "a more
conservative ald orthodox Than any other sectIon
OF the county.
Native pride and political prejudice are s,ong
CHARACTERISTICS OF the Southern people, and wb.n
our movement grows strong and threatens the
supremacy Of the ruling class. the stronRest and
bItterest opposition ever witnessed anywhere IN
the world viii come from the South.
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Fr9m Harper's MaqasIne.

~ = AkN~tNf
n you were 10 follow fremont street through
Scollay Square, past fremont Row. once delight
fully reminiscent Of old Boston days, and u day
swamped beneath the wild fantasia OF signs that
reach from basement 10 chlmneypOt. shrleking 10
heaven In flaming orange paint each merchants
listed wares, you might. after working your wav
out OF numerous alleys and sombre streets rich
in historical legend. stumble upon the SPOT where
Boston drops her pr'm formAlity and Impcn etrsble
reserve. for Tea Wharf, the retrospective, stretches
far out into the opalcscent haze of the river, losing
itself In q confusion OF spars and shroudS.
Along the broad quay moves a confused mass
OF seamen and oilers: market hands rattle past
pushing trucks: the whining cry of the italian FISH
erman calling his wares mingles with the hoarSe
shouts OF seamen and the rafting OF puIleys In
their blocks as baskets, cTammed 10 overnoWing
with cod and paddock. rise from the hold and swing
out on the dock where mATketmen, pltchfork IN
hand. send them nyinE in a continuous cascade
that empties ltself into the ponderous carts that
lie In waiting, strung out along the wharf In long
procession. Tugs ply back and forth; great hun
dred and nifty tonners quietly slip their moorlnCS
in twos and threes and move out gracefully into
the stream. to be Immediately replaced by winners
OF q Meet whose straRglers are still beyond Boston
Light. racing under . desperate head NJ sail for the
market and the advanced price paid for the fresh
catch" The Italian dory neet IN an almost Orlen.
tal display Of brilliant color. still obstinately clay.
ing 10 q Mediterranean RIG Of sail. HOSTS Its tattercd
canvas. and VITA sails swelling and motors whirring
Is soon lost In q distant tremolo.
AZ every turn one meets with new reminders
Of the seas colossal harvest; tubs Of nsh. doricS
heaped with hsh, wagonloads Of fish, tons Of FISH:
In actual figures one hundred million pounds ~
ocean caught fresh nsh are delivered In Boston
alone from the fishing schooners. to which may he
added forty millions more landed AZ other poInJs
along the New England COST and distributed hy
rail and boat over the United States and Canada.
All that is picturesque and UNCOMFORTABLE N
the chaste symmetry Of captions Boston seems 70
have found along these whaTves an outlet. Thr
place reeks with persuasive motives, and yet ono
may search In vain from Commercial tn Long wharf
TO- one American artist busy with his work In 'Ms
F,ysium.
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big RIll Tan.


When in the far OF Philippines,
Ordown In Cuba'sisle,
Things are Eolng kind OF crooked
And the insurrectos mile
AZ the thought OF lots OF p,undcr
And they lay their plans with craft
We've a pretty good prescription
c en- Big Bill Taft.
Bill IL built on lines so generous
That we are prone TO poke
Som FUN az his dimensions.
And he relishcs the Joke.
But though At his well rounded form
A nation may have laughed.
4 brain OF corresponding size
Is In Big Bill Taft.
lie knows the arts OF peace and war.
lie knows when to refrain,
And when TO emphasize his views
In ways exceeding plain.
It's q bad day for the s,allavag.
And those who live by Krafe
When things are so that they co,Id.
Against Big BIl Taft.
~ special envoy you're all ri9ht,
Wen send you ships and men.
And u you want more Of the .ame
Bin Taft, just ask again,
For Uncle Sam well undertanda
word is like q draft
calls for honor upon ai9ht
When from Big Bill TAN.
EAST oRANdE. N. =. wa
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Licking the Hand rh.t Club. 1nem.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
fact that Hearst and the members Of his lit
erary suite despise Bryan and will slay him
politically IL Hearst Is elected Governor OF
New York has not deferred Bryan from pro-
claiming his allegiance to Hearst. Mr.. Bryan
must keep his regular STANDING in the party.
Did Murphy. did Bourke Cochran hesitate
because Hearst had covered them with con
tempt. spat in their faces. as it wereG No.
they virtually thanked him. My faith in the
present organization Of my party In rudely
shaken. CHARLES R%IDOEwAY. in.
PHILADELPHIA October !.
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Unless | am nrcd I am not going to get out
Police Commissioner BINdHAM.
The more the Generals enemies want
him to get out the more determined he is
to stick. There are tougher jobs than de-
Tending Port Arthur. and standing up TO
the work OF reforming the New York police
system Ia one Of them. 1t seems the irony
of fate that a man Of BNoHAM's soldierly
qualities should lave to fight with poll
ticians instead Of with foreign enemies Of
the country.
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Evil In aUsnce OF Birthdays.

Birthdays convey . suggestion OF evil. What good
suggestions do they convey suppose you did not
any way be Impaired Would any possible harm
RESULT Suppose birthdays were abolished. whal
would be the RESULT The average use Of the human
race would Increase by leaps and bounds. Birth
days are responsible for the psychic dead line OF
threescore and ten which is more deadly than q
machine gun-
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A Romance Of the Spanish War.

Not the least remarkable of the ro-
manCes bred by the war with Spain
found the tight a few days ago through
the medium OF HGrper's Weekly. The
fairy tale ia question is to the effect that
as early as April 4, 1898, more than three
weeks before the joint resolution of
Congress declaring war against Spain
was passed and sent to the President
for his approval, Admiral SAMPSON had
matured a plan for attacking Havana
by sea, The story goes on to show that
even the order of the column had been
arranged. The Iowa was TO go first,
Captain RoBLEY d. EVANS commanding.
Then would follow the Indiana, command
ed by Captain II. C. TAYLOR, EvANs's
brother-in-law. And so on. To make
the thing perfect. HGrper's quotes from
aprivate letter, written to tho editor by
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-02
Seeker Of DCnnItlOns.

To THE EDITOR or VI SUN-Sir: Will
you kindly give me q definition covering the
pres nt day views a. tn a Republican,
Also. a definition covering the present day
views Of a Democrat?
] wish 10 make rison Of the two.
NEW YoRE. October l. G. NJ. BUTLER.
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SchooI for Chinese Ladies',

FROM me shanghai hsTcurp.
a great school for the wives and daughters NJ
Chinese mobiles Will be opened In Pekln toward The
end Of September.
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N our friends rho fdvor W Vrh manuscripts for
ouoteanou .cfsn 10 hare 70 ,eeted articles returned ihsv
mum In all eases send stamps for taSs purposs.
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waIter-Haven't you forgotten something. air,
PoliticiAn-Yes, who ran for Vice -PresIdsn
with Bryant
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believe that the distribution OF wealth Is as
important as the creation Of wealth .-WILLIAM Il.
HEARsT.
Quite as important to the man who wants
to get Office at any price.
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s,A.rr,n,,nn, hr nlIl. roptpaia.

Published by The Sun Printing and publishing
Association at TO Nassau street In the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York.
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TIE FAITHLEss PRESBYTERIAN,

CIVIL AND MINING ENdINkEH'
NEW York, October /.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
Low RATES.

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12

'FRIsco's TAX VALUE CUT.
Assessor Predicts Increase of Levy to
$3.50 on the $1OO of Property.

San Francisco, May 12.-When the
tax rate of San Francisco for the fiscal
year 1906-'07 is finally fixed. the figure
may be $3.50 on the 500 of valuation.
Assessor Washington Dodge was pres
ent yesterday morning at the meeting
of the committee and read the fol-
lowing report covering the situation
from his point of view:
Last years assessment roll was abou
Last years assessment rol was about
s525,000,O00, made up as follows:
Lands, $3O4.000,000; buildings. $97.S0O,-
600; personal property $123,OOO,OOO.
This years roll will In my opinion
as far as / am now able to judge show
a decrease between $15O,000,OO0 and
$250.OOO,OO0.
Much Of the personal property, am
bunting to s123.O 100000. has been de-
stroyed, and all records of its owner-
ship and valuation is also lost, not only
for this but for previous years.
The larger part OF the assessment on
buildings has been lost thru destruc-
ton of the buildings
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
LIFE MEN DODGE JURY.
New York lnquisitors Hear Mutua
Official Ordered Away a Witness.

New York lnquisitors Hear Mutual
Official Ordered Away Witness.
New York, May 12.-That Frederick
L. Allen, second in rank in the law de-
partment of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, has instructed julius j..
Heye, for twenty-five years a book
keeper in the company's supply DEPART
ment, to leave the city and remain
away so that he might not be called
to testify before the Armstrong COM
mittee, was the sensational disclosure
which came late yesterday after Mr..
Heye had appeared before the special
grand jury which is Investigating the
official management of the Mutual.
At the end of it's first week the spec
ial grand jury is apprised thoroughly
of the details Of the working agreement
between Andrew G. Fields, head of the
Mutuaps supply department, and the
printing firm of Lysander w. Lawrence
& Co., by which Fields was enabled to
get 100000 yearly from the Mutual
thru the printing firm without any
telltale record appearing on the books
of the life insurance company.
Method of Getting Cash.
The grand jury has been told just
how Fields and the Lawrence COM
pany worked together and this is es-
tablished regardless of any books. If
Fields wanted $1,000 he would walk in
to the Lawrence office adjoining his
own and would ask for the money. 1t
would be given to him, and slip of
paper recording the loan would be plac-
ed in the Lawrence cash drawer. Then
the firm would get an order for printing
from the Mutual's supply department
thru Fields.
Suppose the order was for 100000
envelopes. When the envelopes were
ready bill for the envelopes would
be given to the company. But the
printing company, it is charged, would
not deliver to the company all the L.
100000 envelopes, but would decrease
the delivery to cover the $1,000,
given to Fields. If the bill turned into
the company was for $4,000, it is said
envelopes worth only $4,000 would be
delivered.
Fields would place his approval on
the bill and 1t would go to DR.. Walter
r. Gillette. the vice president, as gen.
eral rule. He would see Fields APP
prevail and then he would attach the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
SKUNK FARM PAYING WELL.
Owner Says There is More Money in
the Animals Than in Hons.

Liz F%HIfndIS nan IN F1OQS.
Logan, Kan, May 12.-Logan county
has the distinction of having the only
skunk farm in Kansas. C. o. Gra-
ham is the man who has successfully
started this industry. On his farm, a
few miles south of town, he fenced
twenty acres, which is devoted exclu-
sively to the raising of these odorffer-
Gus animals.
Before building his fence, Mr.. Gra-
ham plowed six inch furrow around
the entire Enclosure, and laid a strip
of woven wire flatwise in it. After
connecting this piece of wire with the
upright fence he filled the ditch. The
main fence is composed of woven wire
two feet in height, from the top of
which extend horizontal bars tof a
foot in length every ten feet.
To these arms another strip of WOW
en- wire is attached, making sort of
roof to the fence. The skunks cannot
get out by digging below fence, as they
strike the buried wire and they cannot
escape by climbing. as they encounter
the roof wire.
Once within this fold" the animal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarhh is a blood or constitutional
disease. and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine
Catarrh cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a
ouack medicine 1t was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this
country for years and is a regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed of the best
tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect COM
bination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials
free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo
Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
sciatica Cured After Twenty Years Of
Torture.

For more than twenty years Mr.. j.
B. Massey, of 3322 Clinton St. Mime
apolis, Mimi, was tortured by sciatica.
The pain and suffering which he en-
dured during this time is beyond COM
preEension. Nothing gave him
permanent relief until he used Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. One application
of that linment relieved the pain and
made sleep and rest possible, and less
than one bottle has effected a perma-
nent cure. If troubled with sciatica or
rheumatism, why not try 25-cent
bottle of Pain Balm and see for your
self how quickly it relieves the pain.
For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
II i, DANGEROUS to Neglect a Cold.

How often do we hear it Remarked:
cts only cold,'' and few days later
learn that the man is on his back with
pneumonia. This is of such common
occurrence that cold, however slight,
should not be disregarded. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy counteracts any
tendency of cold to result in pneu-
monia, and has gained it's great popu-
larity and extensive sale by it's prompt
cures of this most common ailment. 1t
always cures and is pleasant to take.
For sale by all druggists.