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NEW YORK, August q.
A Call for Cancellation OF Dirty Paper Money.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sfr: Why is II that
iltny currency. carrying microbes OF disease. 10
allowed 10 remain In circulation Why should not
every national bank be compelled to give new bills
in exchange for old or tattered currencyf Paper
surely In cheap enough. Paying telers In banks
take delight In handing out to those other than
depositors the dirtiost bills they can md. The
stamp clerks and money order clerks do the same
thing
Tue paying teller OF one OF the most talked about
trust companies in this city handed me unblush-
ingiy ten OF the fouest looking bills I ever saw
and they were torn at that-when politely asked
him for change OF a new ten dollar bill
There are some things that can learn from
England In this respect. The Bank Of England
always issues notes and never issues the same
note again after II once gets back TO the bank.
That Is 10 say, In giving you a new bank note over
the counter, n you conclude TO change It for gold
or silver minute aferward the note In question
Is cancelled and destroyed. We seem to use AMI
take OF soied paper currency as II II had tic
intrinsic value OF the precious metals.
NEW YORK. August o. b. r. VALENTINE.
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The Day OF the Clermont.

With a slight uncertainty as to the
exact date. to-day may be conveniently
accepted as the hundredth anniversary
of that August morning when the Cler-
mont turned her prov against the cur
rents of the North River and set forth
upon the first practical voyage OF steam
navigation. With her average perform
ance of five miles an hour against wind
and stream ROBERT FULTON felt himself
justified in writing to his friend BARLOW:
Il overlook many sloops and schooners
beating to windward and parted with
them as if they had been at anchor.
Such was the realization Of the dream
of the inventor who foresaw the revo-
luton of the commerce Of war and the
commerce of peace. His gaze was
bounded by no tiny boat upon river.
he looked ahead to yet greater things to
come; and were he to return to these
glimpses of the moon. the bulk OF the
Lusitana. the force of the Dreadnought.
the submarine dealing death beneath
the waves, would not excite his wonder,
but rather the gratifed smile Of recog-
milton of his own.
The Clermont was built to convince the
GALLIos of New York, for FULTON in the
same letter to BARLOW wrote: There
were not perhaps thirty persons in the
city who believed that the boat would
ever move one mile an hour or be of the
least utility"
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alton OF sovereign datus and to prevent
such alliance Of important datus as might
prove difficult to deal with But far
more potent than the troops Is the jeal-
ousy Of each datu toward his neighbor
which long headed Dutch diplomacy has
fostered. Carefully avoiding the need
less display of the armed force with
which they might make their admins
tration burden to the Dyak princes,
the Dutch colonial administrators have
sedulousiy cultivated friendly relations
through gifts and cheap honors and all
such appliances of kindergarten diplo-
macy. The result 10 that the datus OF
the long coast lines-and the shape OF
Celebes is such that its coasts are inordi-
nate in oxtent-are all loyal TO the crown
Of the Netherlands and warmly affection
ate to the administrators OF Netherlands
India, marked contrast to the situation
in Java, where the Achinese bravely TO
sist the less sage methods Of armed con-
quest.
Each datu of the Orang-laut or folk OF
the seacoast is responsible for the con-
duct OF the hill folk who march upon his
borders, those fierce Orang-utan whose
name has passed over to our common
knowledge in its application to that wise
and great ape which the civilized Dyaks
affect to regard as a better citizen than
his human associates in the woods. Tho
common sense Of the Dutch administra-
ton has left to the subordinate datus tho
right to regulate trade with the rich in
terror on the condition that they build
roads and bridges and keep them open
a. trade routes. The petty tribes OF
the orang -utan are forever squabbling
among themselves, and the datW are al
ways suppressing such tumult with their
own forces or bribing the peaoe Of the
highways. In the end the Dutch are 1t
the back Of their feudatory datus. and
thus arise the petty wars, fierce but in
significant.
The Mori district, from which the pres
ent outbreak is reported, is approached
by three principal highways, leading to
ports many hundred miles of sailing each
from the other The district is rich, the
hill men are fierce and determined fight
ere. 1t is probable that the colonial
troops had penetrated into the interior
to enforce the authority Of one or other
OF the road building datus. The extent
of the reverse, the killing of some two
score of the colonial force, including two
subaltern officers. argues an ambush
ment. In such bush fighting the odds
are long in favor of the Orang-utan, for
il ia a jungle without vistas. and the
tribesmen can worm their way through
the grass without stirring its plumes.
But in the end the Dutch and the datus
will keep the roads open and civilization
will follow afoot.
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signs for Chlmneys. diverse Maniere
d'Adornare I Camini." are pronounced bv
several critics IA foolish and vulgar" he
left nearly 1000 ctohings. and died at Rome
November o. I77s His son erected
mediocre statue by Angolin-alrcady re-
ferred to-for his tomb in II Priorato.
manuscript life OF Franesi. which was in
London about 1880. Ia now lost. Bryans
dictionary gives partial list Of his works
"as published both by himself in Rome
and by his sons in Paris. The plates passed
from his Sons first 20 Firmin-D Didot. and
ultimately into the hands of the Papal
Government
Postum views, many extoriors and interiors
OF Roman edifces, notably the Coliseum.
Piazza of st. John Lateran, also an in-
terror. Santa Maria Maggiore. st. Peters
and the Vatican, Castel SAINT Angelo. Arch
OF Titus and three views OF the Temple Of tho
Sibyl at Tivoli. Villa OF Hadrian, the Pan
theon and the Quirinal. The Tivoli pictures
are a new Tivoli for us; the water fall LOOKS
as IL did, and the Villa d'Este; but the DIS
position OF the garden and the ugly modern
inns and hotels are happily missing from
the Piraneei prints. Mr.. Russell Sturgiss
too short study In the Keppel booklets
furnishes an admirable introduction to the
works of this distinguished. too long neg
Iected etcher and man Of Gothic imag aginatlon.
Do Quincey's quotation of Wordsw orth
IN apposite in describing Piranesis crea-
tions: -Battlements that on their restless
fronts bore stars; from sheer brutal ma
sonry. gray, aged and moss encrusted. he
invented a precise pattern and one both
passionate and magical.
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A Bad Automobile Ordinance.

No wonder conservative automobilists
depiore the decision of Justice TRUAx OF
the Supreme Court that the city ordi-
nance decreeing a maximum fine OF $40
for exceeding the speed limit supeysedes
the State law under which a fine OF 500
or a sentence to Imprisonment may be
imposed.
1t was the fear of a heavy fine and
the dread Of the lookup that kept the
"scorchers" on their good behavior, to
the unfeigned satisfaction of owners who
use their automobiles with due regard
for the rights Of horsemen and pedes-
trians. They see in the removal OF
punitive restraints on the harebrained
soorcher a grave peril TO the standing of
an innocent and healthful recreation.
New York is city of great area. and as
soon a. the point OF Justice TRUAx's
opinion is grasped by reckless and irrs-
sponsible drivers there is bound TO be an
increase Of accidents on the streets and
avenues from a wanton disregard OF an
ordinance so inexpensive TO violators OF
IL. The natural consequence will be a
passionate demand upon the Legislature
to repeal the State law authorizing tho
Board OF Aldermen to pass an ordinance
imposing penalties for exceeding tho
speed limit. The pressure upon the Leg
islature is not likely to stop therc. In ths
rural parts OF the State the automobile
Is oven less popular than IL is in this city,
and II will be hard for legislators to resist
the demand for drastic general auto
mobile law.
Justice TBUAx is probably sound in his
law, but the automobilists would do we'll
to have the question thoroughly tested.
Was II the intent of the Legislature to
sanction a virtual notification of the
punitive section OF the State automobile
act by the Board of Aldermen OF New
York? II that was the effect of the en-
abling section, we have an illustration in
this instance Of how the principle OF home
rule may be abused.
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Indiana's Dry spots.

.soufh Bend correspondence Indianapolis NsT'.
The Rev z. =. Shumaker OF this city. superln.
tendent elect OF the Indiana Anti Saloon League.
has compiled statistics showing a total OF 10 dry
townships In Indiana, with a total population OF
,O4i SIS; Nifty three wards with q population Of
los $50 and twenty four districts. with population
OF u 800. making the totals 1877 for the dry town
ships wards and districts and the total population
represented i22t.375. after deduc,lng 1900 for
overlapping territory. Mr.. Shumaker figures that
sss townships dry without any known remon'
STRANGE and they have total population OF S67 6i':
that sixty-t townships. with a population u
esI58. were made dry by remonstrances under tho
Nicholson law. and that $40 townships. the popu'
Iatlon OF which is 5Ts.S27. were made dry by re-.
monstranCes under the Moore law.
since May I. 1905. 90t saloons were either closed
or prevented from operating. after dcducilng
thirty eight from the totals for places that were
twice demonstrated against. or this number 7a7
were closed by township remonstrance, ninety by
city ward and nfty Ave by residence district re-
monstrances Mr. Shumaker figures there are only
BOG wet townships In the state.
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The Dutch and the Dyaks.

Slowly and with infinite patience the
Dutch have been working out problem
of conquest and assimilation in Celebes,
a problem such as confronts our Philip
pine administrators in the same climatic
and ethnic province. It's solution is
based out there among the Dyaks upon
the same good natured and patcrnal tol-
GRAFTON with which the Dutch dealt with
the wild Mannahattas. In the two CEN
turies OF Dutch progress In Celebes the
real and substantial advance has met
with checks, small wars followed by
punitive reprisals, such as the small CON-
fiict Just reported from tho crookedest
island in the world.
The Dutch establishment on Celebes
is localized in two widely separated spots.
At Macassar in the extreme southwest
is the seat Of government, the residence
of the Governor, a small detachment OF
European troops and an altogether in
significant levy Of colonial forces, the
anchorage Of a feet Of small gunboats
At Menado in the Minnahasa province
at the extreme northeast tip Of the island
is another display of power sufficient to
watch the pirates and smugglers. always
head hunters in either capacity, who
skim down in light prahus from the Spice
Islands.
The whole theory OF administration by
the Dutch has been to accept the exist
ing organization Of Dyak life and to
direct it into channels which may lead
to Dutch profit and glory. The tiny
army - just sufficient to overawe the
possibM ambition Of any one Of the fedel-
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made In the practice Of the law to-day than
ever before: and more money 10 made In
tho practice Of medicine and In business
pursuits thnn formerly. IL is Q day Of
development, expansion and high prices.
In the great cities there are lawyers who
Use their profession 10 enrich themselves
by promoting great businesses Ia which
they claim no small share, but these mon
are promoters FRS, and lawyers afterward.
They are not usually learned and profound
lawyers, and not always responsible.
The rank and fls Of the brethren Of the
bar still depend upon commercial cases sad
the probate, divorce and criminal courts
for a living. and their earnings have sd-
vanced only In proportion to the gain In
other ernployments due to flush times.
They have as much love and respect for
COKE and BLACKSTONE and STEPHEN and
other great text writer's as their prsdsoes-
sors, and the philosophy OF the law sppeab
TO them a. much. In the law schcola thsre
In still great enthusiasm for principles and
traditions, and in spite Of Judge BALDWIN
we believe that most OF the young men in
the schools embrace the law as an honor
able profession which will give them q
oompetenos, position and . part In public
Iife, and that they have no thought OF COM
nercisliEing tho law and deriving from II
riches beyond the dreams OF svarioe.'
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Another Voice RAISED I'm Praise OF II ana
Against Abolition.

To THE EprroR or THE SUN-Sir: Almost
every day We read some advice from most
learned and well meaning graduates OF other
colleges ~ to how the social life Of Princeton
University should 10 conducted. Princeton
has always been able to solve her own prob
lens and will undoubtedly find the proper
solution to this new and burning Question
anent the club life.
The upper class clubs instead Of detracttns
from the honor and dignity OF Old Nassau
add 10 II in no small measure. The clubs
have a dignity and an esprit dc corps that ars
are not taken into the clubs until the end OF
their sophomore year is not blight but q
blessing for We college men all know what
would happen IL the mischievous but well
meaning freshmen from all the preparatory
schools should be taken in.
Men In the various walks Of life choose their
companions and friends. Why then should
not twenty or twenty-five men be allowed 20
club together, have their own clubhouse and
other conveniencesi especially "hen they are
The younger Princeton alumni in and about
New York greatly deplore any action that will
tend to abolish the club life at Old Nassau.
No Quad system can take the place OF the
clubs nor compensate for their loss.
and more wealthy clubs. like Ivy and Tiger
Inn, but Of a comparatively young club. viz.
Campus, founded in 1902. can attribute two
OF the happiest years OF his college life to
association with loyal and stanch friends in
that club: with men who neither rolled IN
who believed in the Bard OF Avon's axiom:
who loved % old r PTinceton ton iirst and above ali.
HOWARD CROSBY yooRHREs. ". D..
Nu- voux A,xu.. N
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OxyEen's GIFT 20 Liberty.

To THE EDITION or THE SuN-str: l was very
much surprised 10 learn through your remarks on
the subject that sum had been appropriated 70
replace the dress Miss Liberty" because the ola
one had become green and worn" I frequently
pass her and always with giances OF admiration
which have been increasing as her green dress has
become the more marked. The view OF her last
Saturday brought from my friends and myself e''
clamations OF delight at the beauty impaired ty
that same green dress.
II Is. indeed, "oxyGen's gift." as such effects are
only impaired by time. earnestly hope tha'
that part Of the appropriation will be directed
elsewhere and the green and worn" dress b" Ieit
IS II is with It's beautiful modelling brough' out
SO pre,tlly by natures shading methods.
A. DEMAREsr Jr.
RurHERroEp, y. j., August Q.
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undertaking conversion Of its foreign
debt into bonds paying a lower rate Of
interest than that TO which it was obliged
to submit when IL had 10 become bor-
rover during the late war with Russia.
Such an operation would immensely re-
lieve the pressure on her finances. Let
US do her the justice OF crediting her
with common sense, a quality in which
newsgatherors seem sometimes TO be
deficient.
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To The EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: notice N"
the idea OF sailing over towns in well guided nal.
Icons ani dropping bombs on the buildings he''"
was voted down by the majority Of nations repre-
sentcd at The Hague. France and Germany nov.
ever argued In favor Of the idea, as they are 'r> s
10 perfect the new method OF destroying an enemy.
We always associate the periodical conference
At The Hague with an ultimate Idea OF peace, anu
II IL Strange that aay powerful destructive or
should be discouraged, as the only way OF pr eu'
inx warfare altogether Is by perfecting us tc'"'
tatng implements. HkEnf J. flNL"''
NEW YonK, August o.
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Commcrcialism has perverted many Of the legal
IDEAS and purposes Of the old school. instead OF
looking upon the law az profession. incidentally
furnishing . livelihood for the lawyer. our young
men 70 day going into Law because they thing
they can make more money there than elsewhere :
From Chaufaudud dddress OF Judge .. p. BALDWIN.
With due respect TO Judge BALDWIN, hs
has exaggerated the tendency which he
e.lor,s. .i.ie!ttedly Tore money 10
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Tho departure Of Jcxn W. GAr1s to smu-
late -Plmssr' WALTON IN England must be
q great rslisf to ths American guild OF book
maksrs. Unless Mr.. 0Arns has better luck
than WALTON hsd On The British turf hs
viii Ind his study Of form very umrs-
munerattvO.
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" our friends uho toUor US wnh nanusertpts ror
publication wtsn 10 hare rejected articles returned hey
rnuS IN al cases send stamps for that purpoV.
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Cla ssi Acauon.

Stsfis-wdovs are divided into two clssscs.
Beils-rhose VINO MARI, t,c preslden:s Of com.
panies and these nc In IN the stocLs.
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Paris once. 81 Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions ON sale at Kiosauc ~ near the
Grand Hotel, Kiosque IT, Boulevard des Capuclnes.
corner Place de ropers. and Klosaue 10. Boulevard
des Itaiens. corner Rue Louis le Grand.
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Medern Division.
Johnny-Lct's play store. i.
1Freddy-An night. TN DO President Roo'e''"
and you can be the proprietof.
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Subscriptions by Mail Postpaid.

DAILY. Per Month. th..,......................,s 80
DAILY. Per Year. ar............................ q 20
SUNDAY Per Year ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. \ 90
DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per Year ........... . 90
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Postage 20 foreign countries added
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8PfSutuk CukiucS VI tOTbuto Inc IOTe-
ground, while above, at vertiginous heights.
we barely discern perilous passa ageways,
haunted windows peerins out upon the high
heavens, stone fretted ceilings that are lost
In a magic mist By q sort Of diabolio
nodulation the artist conducts our eye from
these dizzy angles and granitic convoM-
tons down tortuous and tumultuous stair
oases that seemingly wind about the axis Of
eternity. To traverse them would demand
an eternity and the nerves OF q mailman.
Lower barbario devices reveal this art
ist's temperament. He IL said TO have
exsouted the prison set during the de-
lirium OF fever This is Of the same
calibrs as the clotted nonsense about Poe
composing when intoxicated or Liszt play.
ing after champagne. 1t Is q credible
anecdote for Philistines who do not realize
that even the maddest caprice, whether In
black and white, marble, music or verse,
must be planned and executed In silence
and cold blood. Piranesi simply gave wing
to his fancy. recalling the more vivid Of his
nightmares-as did Coleridge, De Quincey,
Poe. Baudelaire and the rest OF the drug
stepped choir. We recall one plate of
Piranesi's in which q miserable devil climbs
a staircase suspended over an abyss; as he
mounts each step the lower one crumbes
into the depths below.
The agony OF the man (do you rscall
The Torture by Hope OF villiers de pIs'e-
AdamO Is shown in his tense crouching
attitude. his hands c!awing the masonry
above him. Nature is be. rue monstrous
fever. existence a shivering dread. You
overhear the crash OF stone into the internal
-
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RES. IL u s2lu tnaC the original copper
plates Of his works were captured by q
British man-of-war during the Napoleonic
conflict. This probshly accounts for. tho
dissemination Of 90 many rsvamped and
ooarsely executed versions Of his compo-
sitions. His besetting fault was a ten
dsncy toward an Egyptian blacknees In
his composition. Fond OF strong contrasts
- was John Martin, he is often as great
. sinner in the handling Of his blacks. An
experirnenter OF audacity. Piranesi's mas
terry OF the technique OF etching has seldom
been cqualled. and even In his inferior work
the skilfl printing atones for manyd Effects
Tho remarkable richness and depth OF
tone. brought about by continuous and
innunerable bitings. and other secret pro-
oesses known only TO himself. make his
plates warm and brilliant. Nobility Of
form, grandeur OF moss, a light and shade
that In positively dramatic in its dispersion
over wall and tower, are the characteristic
marks Of this unique etcher He could not
resist the temptation Of dotting with figures
the huge spaces OF his ruins. They dance or
recline or indulge in uncouth gestures His
shadows are luminous-you may gaze in, o
them his high lights caught on some pro-
lection or salient cornice or silvering the
august porticos OF vanished past, all these
demonstrate his feel ing for the dramatic.
And dramatic is the impression evoked
ss you study the majestic temples that
were Pestum. the bare. ruined arches and
pillars that were Rome. II u Pestum that
IL the moro vivid. Il tsllies. too. with the
Piranesi plates; while Rome has visibly
changed since his day. His original de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-12

aresnots caught they will chisel on your
e mostone that here lies an honest
man. sfH
With such arguments did. they move
me, Jimmie O'Toole, and at last con-
scented to sstand for the nomination. 1t
VIII be remembered that 1 showed the
opposition candidate under and that L
had my grip packed for the trip to
Washington, when some of the news
iapers announced that hal served a
year in Sing Sing for stufHng a ballot
bCX in syracuse. l unpasked nv grin
to stay and explain, and. being an alb
sent-minded man, I forgot alt. about
&C ngress until it was too late. Not
knowing at what minute I may be
found dead inIhe City Hall while iool-
ing for a soft contract, I hereby de-
clare the story of the stuffed balIot-box
to be utterly without foundation. L
was on the beard, and finding that a
friend OF mine who was running for
mayor was falling behind in the voting,
7 tock about two hundred tickets and
placed them in my vest pocket instead
of the ballot box. 1t was only what
ary upright, conscientious man would
am sure my friend the candidate
would have done rs much for me-
Certain parties who were afraid that
too much integrity would ruin our
1 was hauled into court. The judge
Was a man had beaten al poker, the
district attorney a man who owed me
borrowed money, and the jury was
composed of men who had bid for con-
tracts aginst me and got left. Was it
any wonder that was found guilty of
stealing a horse or picking a pocket, or
whatever they called it, and sentenced
to Sing Sing for a year? The police
man who took me up there said it was
a burning shame; the warden who
met me at the door with a smile on
his face said that the American peo-
pie would not suffer 1t, and the turn
key who showed me to cell assured
me that il was a case Of mistaken
identity. They had got me mixed up
with some L. S. senator.
1t wasn't what you would call i'm
lrisonment. 1t was more like being
visitor 1 simply hung around the
place as one does around sanitarium.
1t was given out that I was there to
ts Ike baths for my rheumatism, and
that the doctors mad put me on diet to
reduce the roll of fat ct tho back of
my neck When left the retreat the
turnkeys hoped / would come again
and stay longer, and with his own
hand the warden wrote out a certiff-
cate that he had found me honest in
all my dealings with him. and that I
had always preferred truth to canvass
back ducks. That my enemies have
thou hit to make a handle of this tri-
fling incident to arouse the distrust of
the public fills me with grief and
causes me to wonder what chance a
really honest politician has in this
rld.-(Copyrighted, 1907, by Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)