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above nature, who is kind only to a few.
When a ErenchmRn boosted that his
country women excelled all others in
dress, a foreigner replied: They need
to do So" The retort may perhaps sup
ply a rude parable for our level age.
In spite Of these disadvantages ham
pering the modern mans efforts il ia
o quite clear that he deserves all the
reproaches directed ut him. IL must be
admitted that he spends less on his
surface than his ancestors did. In the
beginning Of the last century a hardup
adventurer like Colonel HANGER thought
nothing of paying $500 for "A w%aistCoat.
TailOrs may have given more bOuntiful
credit then, but oven the most solvent
among ia could not, If they would, buy
waistcOats at hat rate. In a late Vic
tOrian play some II remarks Of London
society:
All the men are dowdIrs and all the women
dSndies."
So complete has been the revenge Of
time.
All this merely touches the surface Of
the matter. Man does moi wear his en-
tire garb on the outside. In addition to
oVerClOthes, where artistic laVishness is
forbidden him. he has underclOthes. And
here, in the region of the unseen. the
modern man unquestionably surpasses
his forebears, and even. il seems, the
modern woman.
Particulars have lately been published
in England of the dress budget Of a pres
eht day sel~f-respecting male belonging
to the richer class. Possibly the budget
Is not typical in its total, which mounts
to eleven thousand and odd dollars, Of the
expenditure of tn, average man of the
period, but i is reasonable to assume
that the relative sizes of the items would
be much the same throughout the social
scale. Miss SUSAN CARPENTER, the com
pileT of these interesting figures, contrasts
them with the outlay Of a fashionable
modern woman On his tailor the man
spent rather more than 5000, n miser-
able sum compared with the woman's
8 1900, and miserable also beside what
Colonel HANGER must have given out
with his $500 w~aistcOats, leaving aside
his weather. contemporaries. On his
halter the man spent $3.50. a mere bag
atelle 10 the wOman's $3.50; and here
again our representative is admittedly
not in il" with his ancestors, with their
gold laced cooked hats and the rest.
Coming 70 underwear, " how brilliantly
does the modern man shine! Under this
transformations heading we find him put
down for no less than $3.50, compared
with a mere 81, 500 for the oma A
for the bygone male, imagination can
scarcely measure the distance at which
ne is left. UnsavOry literary recollections
about the shirts and shifts OF the past
rise Involuntary in the mind. In the
region of the unseen it is not TOO much
20 say that the modern is by five times
the better man.
What could be intrinsically nobler!
Disdaining exterior glitter u repre-
sentative is infinitely nicer about his
inward parts. He has ffty-two shirts,
seventy-twO pairs Of drawers df we
may mention them, eighty-fOur pairs of
socks; and on his very stays he lays out
no less than $3.50 a yenr. These figures
can hardly fail 10 infuse us with a glow
of moral optimism. Had CARLYLE been
informed of them he would have been
bound in common honesty TO retract
"SartOr ResartIs."
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The Telephone I'm Tim buktu.

French business interests in the west
ern Sudan have grown until the telephone
has become a necessity. Hundreds of
natives are now engaged in stringing
telephone wire TO the Niger and down
that river to TimDuktG. The first enter
prise was to connect the leading business
centres Of the interior; and these ON
nections have now been made between
Raves. the head of navigation IN the
Senegal, and Medine, further up that
river; between Kita and BammakO on the
Niger, more than a hundred miles, and
down the Niger 70 the Kalikoro region
fifty miles. The wires are now TO be
strung to the terrace overlooking the
Sahara on which the famous city Of Tim
buktu stands, and the Temps Of Paris
says that the folks in that city will -
talking with a large part Of the Sudan
in a few months.
Twenty-seven years agO DIR. OTTO
LEM entered Timbuktu in the guise Of
a learned MOhammedan doctor and trav-
eller. He was the last of five white men
who in the course of two hundred and fifty
years saw this most fanatical Of the cit
les Of Islam. OF these five men one was
enslaved and died in bondage, another
was murdered, and three passed nm
scathed through all the dangers that
beset them. Their DISCUSSES were not
penetrated and they lived to tell the
world about all il ever knew Of the city
until it was occupied by the French mill
tary forces. The last victim Of religious
hatred was Colonel BONNER of the French
army, who was murdered in the street
fourteen years ago, before the army had
assured its mastery over Timbuktu.
IL now takes only nineteen days to
travel between Paris and the one for
hidden city, and life is al safe there as
in most cities Of the world. Nowadays
it is the surprising that always occurs
We may expect TO hear that the turbaned
young devOtees who looked with suspi-
ciOn on LEM are acquiring the autOmO-
bile habit in their old age.
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TIE Bank OF England Jockey.
From Bday's Magazine.

Hardly any living or dead Jockey has enjoyed 30
many nIcGnAmes as John Osborne. still hale and
hearty. whose seAnch roctltude during a forty sIK
year career ON the r~acetrack won for him one
nAme-"Ths Bank of England Jockey"
Although getting on toward 40, he cOntInuestO ride
% hounds and 10 take an active part In trials on
MIddlehAm Moor. while never q NOrthem meeting
passes without his personal attention. John o.
bOrne's dlmlnutlVes also Include The Pusher" and
Mr.. John" He got his "Pusher" name for his
curious manner OF race riding-the push and screw
style. Fred Archer. who was always called The
Tinman"-the reason 10 obvious, for he won 20 much
money for his retalners and fOllOwers-Once called
Osborne The Old Push and Screw Merchant"
Even The Demon" another OF Archer's pet
names. once paid the penalty to Osborne In = race
OF this sort. for the Yorkshireman rushed him right
ON the post.
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Sportsmen Of the Ola Rock.
FROM Baly's MaOdsine.

FROM BdHD = Mngdstne.
To those wrO knew him In his later years II Is
diNNcult ever 20 mink OF the late Duke Of West
minister rs . lighter, Yet he was very useful with
his HstsHSa hoy, and the three who played so promi
ncnt 4 part In the celebrated night between the
Duke OF Westminster and the late Lord Derby
have now each Joined the majority. The specta-
tor was the Hon. Francis LHwley, and the three boys
were journeying home from school in a coach when
thr two future Dukes commenced quATrelllng and
fought II out a. the FIRST inn they came 20 where the
vehicle stopped long enough. The Duke OF West
minister, known ~ Jock In those days. and the
most dlflcult youth as oxford TO get out Of he'd
In the mornings, proved himself the better man.
All three were at oxford. and Mr.. Lawlcy had
E2O,OOO worth Of engrayings, all Of religious sub
iects, In his anterOOm. Mr.. Lawlcy cared littlo
for money. ana 4 II was his habit 10 send a crossing
sweeper win a check 20 his banker. When
this sweeper was called In a case which decided
the ownership Of Comma di Vergy. and he had 10
look at the handwriting OF q check. he did 80
through a pair Of gold hmmed eyeglasses taken
from his WaistcOAt pocket.
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Polling Place In Church.

Bearer Falls correspondence Washington Post.
For the nrs, time in Pennsylvania a large church
was used for a polling place at the Invitation OF The
pastor. In the Third ward the voters have been
compelled To cast their ballots In a wOOdshed In a
back alley.
The Rev. c. r. Swift of the Methodist Protestant
Church recently said In a sermon that the church
members should take an active part In the election,
and ne hoped 10 see the day when churches could
he turned into polling places.
This morning when the election board organized
the Rev. Mr.. Swift visited the sunday school room
where the election was held, offered a blessing on
the days proceedings, and requested the board nos
to permit swearing. smoking. tobacco chewing or
drinking In the sacred precincts. This was promised
by the election hoard.
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FROM ne Chlca0o Tnbnns.

IRON me ChtfGGO TubUns.
One thing Is certaln-yOu cannot chew gum and
think a. the same time with any degree Of success.
You may chew gum and work mechanically. You
may read with gum In your mouth and perhaps
not miss anything In the author. but when IL comes
hight down 10 rood hard mental effort YOU cannot
concentrate and achieve The best results Of which
you are capable while your Jaws work increasingly.
That champing Is Just 80 much wasted energy and
As such d~lsslpates your force and keeps your think.
ing powers reduced 70 the lowest point.
Just put II down In your note book a. n fact that
no man can think deep. logical or well balanced
thoughts while his Jaws are working overtime.
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.w 60 ~" F a O. HHaH
proFusiOn for all the impish and fantastic
freaks we have seen.
Mr.. EMERSON evidently looked far be-
yond this prosperous and happy age when
he pictured his @OvershadOwing person.
ailty" upsetting Kingdoms and changing
the face Of the world, N merrily and
lightly a. a child at play with dynamite
and fire for its toys. This is a nation
blest beyond all others with order, peace
and ~Opulence. We flourish and rejoice
beneath the far flung parabOla of the
Emersonian prophecy. We are safe.
The adjustments provided by the Found
ers have survived 10 bless and Co pro-
tect MS. Woe to the generation in which,
for its affection, @the OvershadOwing per-
sonality' is realized. Surely the present
generation cannot live to soc il.
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higher license fees, reduction In the
number of drinking places, and now re-
strictions ON the hours in which, and the
persons TO whom. liquor may be sold.
I'm this State the Republican party has
suffered no setback at the polls from
raising the liquor license fees a few years
ago, although dire consequences were
fOretOld for it il it persisted in doing 70.
The cry that the rights Of saloon prOpriO-
tors are invaded by hostile legislation
has ceased to worry politicians except in
the smallest political subdivisions of the
States. The sentiment against the trade
is recognized by the men in IL, and at the
recent convention of liquor dealers the
sensible advice Of those who want 20
clean it up" was Endorsed with practical
unanimity.
In national politics the anti-liquor agi-
station has not been without its victories.
The army post Canteens sell no alcoholic
beverages. The naval establishment has
cut them from the ration. The restaurant
in the Capitol ut Washington serves no
malt, vinOus or spirituOus drinks. There
is serious talk of asking COngresstO make
the District Of Columbia no license. No
n will dare 20 say that the national
Legislature would refuse the request. Mr..
JONES apparently expects the tariff, the
currency and the military problems of
the country TO be subordinated to the
question Of the legalized sale OF liquor.
This belief will not be shared generally,
because much of the progress toward
prohibition has resulted from causes not
enumerated in the Prohibition platform.
But no One can fail to see the tremendous
steps that have been taken toward a dry
United States within the last ten or fifteen
ypnrS.
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A Prophecy Of the Distant Future.


In his remarkable essay on "~ElOquence"
RALPH WALDO EMERSON described "the
overwhelming personality" that which
darkens It's own age, Obscures the figures
Of completed chronicle and beggars the
e~xpedients and resources Of provision:
with a serene face he subverts a kingdom.
what Is told Of him Is miraculous, It anccts men SO.
The confidence OF men Is lavish. lie changes the
face Of the world and histories. poems and new
AhllosOphies arise to account for him"
Mr.. EMERsoN's forecast must have
contemplated some monster still I'M
born, some cataclysm still sleeping in
It's dread cocoon. No kingdom of our
acquaintance has yet been subverted by
any one. with or without "a serene face, ="
though We seem to recall subversions
attempted u~nsucCessfully with a distorted
c~Ountenance and much futile crashing
OF teeth. Miraculous tales are common
enough these days; and TO see the super
stitious and the hysterical squaDdering
their reverence upon pinChbeck heroes
Is an experience the very poorest can
AFFORD. But we have not had n single
giant revealed 10 us thus far whose
enormities and devastations could not
be sufficiently explained in the light OF
long established ~postulates and stand
ards. Up TO the present moment the old
PHILOSOPHERS account with almost wasteful
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-08
A Ticket splitter or Voting Machines.

To TIKI EDITOR OF The SUN-,SiY. live In BAY.
Onne. n. j.. and yesterday ! went TO cast my ballot.
as l have done once before. on the voting machine.
I am not exactly a dummy, " but I could not manlp-
ulAte the machine after carefully reading lnstruc-
tons several times. The voting machine defeats
the will OF the voter. II II too complicated. and l
would vote to put the thing out Of business.
IL will cause nine out Of ten 20 vote the straight
ticket. as that 10 comparatively easy. but n YOU
want TO split you are up against IT. unless you
have nrSt taken a correspondence course regarding
the complicated thing. In both instances it has
defeated my Will and Intentions. and I would have
given a man o. to whirl Il away.
RATONNK November a.. 4. G.. HARRINGTON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-08

To THE EDITOR or THR SUN-tStT: IL would be
OF Immense service to antiquarian research n the
recent earthquake In 5Okhara In some way or other
called the attention Of the learned 10 the rich treas
ure house OF antiquity which lies buried on The
frontier Of that country In the hidden ruins OF
ancient Bao,ria. which exist on the right bank Of
the river Balkh. Owing TO the unsettled state OF
those parts these ruins have never been eGcavated.
although the antiquity and greatness OF the place
have been fully recognized. IL Is quite certain
that the ancient city Of Bactra was the rival Of
NIneveh and Babylon. For a long time Il was the
scat Of the ZOrOastrian religion. the founder Of
which Ia said 10 have died within Its walls. Both
FerrIer and VambeTy describe the ruins as at least
twenty miles In circuit. In fact. n 10 one OF tho
most historic spots In the world and yet no attempt
has been made a. excavation and research.
NEw YORK. November H. oRIENTALIsr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-08

Mr.. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS. who organ
lied the defeat Of the Democratic party in
Massachusetts, glOats I'VE the result in a
bulletin in which he says Of the Whitney
vote: Such slaughter of official regularity
has never been known in our State" Mr..
WILLIAMS forgets that when he ran for
Governor in 1897 he polled only 7S.552 votes.
and he did not have TO complain Of being
robbed of a convention nomination by fell
low Democrats and appeal to a ballot law
commission for Justice.
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ArbOreah WOOdChuck Reaches Monroe AOunays
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN -.SiT' One hne day
last October I was walking through an open wood
patch In which we're several Wild pear trees with
fruit SIN HDOn their branches. AZ the base OF one
NJ them I caught sight Of what looked iKo a Dig
gray squirrel. 70 my surprise II did not dart
away. and ! crept cautiously nearer. hoping to
observe Il more closely. The tree was not more
than twelve feet high. and a sWaying OF the lower
branches showed me where the climber had he
taken himself. walked forward quietly. and
there In the crotch OF = branch about Ave feet from
the ground was one OF the largest woOdchucks
| have ever seen. 10 was breathing hard and was
evidently TOO panic stricken either 90 climb higher
or descend 10 It's natural level. There it chung for
dear life. not daring to move. ana reminded me
mdicrously OF a man caught halfway over = barb
wire fence. Its big eyes had the same expression
OF utter helpLessness. with lust a suggestion of a
desire TO swear vehemently At Itself in chuck ex-
plctlves.
ran my hand through Its thick winter coat and
10 made no Sign OF denRDce. although these creatures
will worst a dog twice their weight sometimes
whea they are hOpeessly COrnered. I tried to
photograph II. but the light was TOO badly cut up
away and watched at a convenient distance. but
although ! was hidden for half an hour the freed
chuck made no effort To descend.
told two veteran chuck hunters about the Incl
dent when I got home. one said he had never
heard OF such an occurrence before, and the other
admitted he had heard % such a thing but had
never witnessed II. n. >. OLDb.
ROCHESTER,, November T.
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I'Tgm The Museum NrT,

From nc Museum NrTS.
The sulphur bottom. or blue whale. As n Is better
called by the Norweglans, IL not only the largest
living animal but the largest that has ever lived,
reaching a length Of eighty feet or very rarely
little more. Whales grow much larger than this
In books and newspapers, but In actual life not one
In a dozen. even Of this species, attains a length NJ
eighty feet. The popular Idea Of q whale Is that
II Is a clumsy animal, but as shown by models Il
mas the graceful lines Of a yacht. The following
figures give an idea Of the size and weight Of .
large whale
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-08

From the Hon. TIMOTHY l.. WOODRUFF
and Representative-eleot LANGLEY OF Ken
tuoky President ROOSEVELT has received
dispatches a%ttributing the Republican VIC
tories in their n~eighbOrhoods to the popu-
larity Of his Administration. He must be
puzzled by not receiving similar compli-
ments from New Jersey, Maryland and
Cleveland
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Political BedfeIIOws.

To THE EDITOR or TIM SUN-!Sir, Politics
surely makes strange bcdfcIlows. One Of tho MOST
active workers for the success OF tho Republican
ticket In the borough Of Deal. New Jersey. at tho
recent election was Arthur J. HOrgan, senlos
member OF the famous arm of HOrRAn & Slattcry.
architects. Neat thing We know the Ancient and
HonOrables will he voting en- massc for the Prohi-
billion candidates. WILLIAM n. NURrs.
NEW YoRk, November T..
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4 Reasonable q

From me EFeRiRO Post.
Ifthe people are indeed returning to reason
IL Is not strange that they are casting about
for h reasonable man. Hence the force in
the contention that the elections Of Tuesday.
with their Tebuke to agitatOrs and hOtheads,
have greatly increased Governor Hughes's
chances of being nominated for the Presi-
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We all have learned 20 spurn the man
Who stops US on Our way
To ask that time worn question:
is S SSia enough to day."
We used 10 think the weather nend
A pest. but I exclaIm
That there's a pest beside OF which
Hes bound to blush with shame.
ma make excuse for him
Though possibly I should.
mean the man Who leaves you with
-Good-bV. old man. be good"
l. LouRg 70 TGArn.
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The President stnt a tele gram OF con graduation
TO senator LODoE Washington despdfch.
The congratulations should have been
addressed to Mr.. BRYAN. to the Hon. GEORGE
FRED WILLIAMS. to the Hon. CHARLEs W.
BARTLETT. The Hon. GUssIR GARDNER's
fat her-in law has nothing TO do with the
case.
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BURTON 10 night Issued his second statement
explaining his defeat. lie puts the blame on preju
dice against corporations and on JoHNs0N's ma
chine. -CieUslGnd despatch.
How could Mr.. RoosEvELT's candidate
fail to benefit by prejudice against corpo-
r~atiODsT?
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So the President regards the result Of
the election as extremely gratifying" IL is
extremely gratifying TO find such a capacity
of easy qualification. Simple pleasures of
the simple life.
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n our rrasnds chO favor as Vfh manuscripts foT
publication wish TO have TeJeeted drnoIeS 'rhsrHed tAev
mast IN an cases send stamps for thai purpose.
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Knlcker--The laws Of nature are wonderful.
Bocker-Yss. In November the young turkeys
begin 20 get drowned In the spring aoodA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-08

The total weight Of = whale Ia about sixty tons,
and unusually large and fat individuals must reach
at least sixty Ave ions. The largest animal OF the
past so far discovered In the great DInosaur bron
tosaurus. end this big reptile weighed about thirty.
eiUbf tons
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A brutal Ne Nnation.

Knicker-Whst 10 q Dhilanthroplst4
Booker-A man VINO gives what he doesnI need
In Q way nobody wanta
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Paris ONCE. Il Rue LoulsI e 0rand. Tue daily and
sunday editions are on saIs at kIOsaus II. near the
Grand Hotel: NOsaue "a. Boulevard des csDuCinss.
corner Place dc ropGra. and RIOsdue 10. Boulevard
des ItAlIena. corner Rus Louis Ie Grand
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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-18
Concord.

Concord, Wis, Oct. 15-(Special
to The Leader -Several Of our clti-
zens will attend the church supper at
II. Humphreys, Pipersville.
Mr.. Helen of Jefferson, was "a cal
Ter here IN the interests of the Water
town telephone company.
Herman Buske is at the Waldheim
sanatarIum.
Otto Hack broth, the champion golf
player, was a guest Monday of Willie
Rhoda. Mr.. Hackbroth will go to
California and Seattle to make
his future nome on the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Lewis Frank is spending d
few days with her sister, Mrs. Dopp
at Summit.
We are very than kful for a few
golden autumn days.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Flank, Mr. and
Mrs. T. Rhoda visited at Dousman
the first of the week.
Farmers are busy housing their
fruit and potatoes thankful even for
half crop.