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Bay, and the port officers asked him
to carry some Russian soldiers with
guns to the seal stands to sink the
raiders vessels.
The German captain declined TO do
so. stating that his vessel was char
tered "only to convey freight The
raiders got away safely with several
thousand skins.
The raids OF the Japanese sealers
during the last few seasons have
severely depleted the seals of the
Kommanderofski rookeries. At last re-
ports there were 10, 456 seals on the
islands. The Russian Government en-
deavored this season to protect the
islands thoroughly, and sent an aug
mented patrol fleet, which neluded
several cruisers, some of which were
engaged in the recent mutiny at Vlad-
ivostok, the Mandjur among them; but
the Japanese sealers seem to watch the
goings and comings of the cruisers
closely, and raids were organized at
favorable times. The rookery guards
are poorly armed, but II Is stated the
Russian Government will now follow
the example set this season by the
United States Government and place
field guns in position at the rookeries
to assist the guards in beating off
Japanese seal raiders, who have been
so active both in Russian and the Uni
ted States waters since the close OF
the recent war.
The commander of the Mandjur has
filed a report giving full particulars OF
Japanes lawlessness in Russian
waters, and by virtue of the recent
treaty, the Russian authorities will de-
mand the punishment by Japan of the
seal raiders. These demands, either on
the part of Russia or the United States,
have awaited little in the past.
During her cruise the Mandjur
sighted over eighty japanese fishing
and sealing vessels alone. He stated
that the patrol by cruisers alone was
inadequate and favored the establish
ment of a number of coast stations to
act in concert with the warships. h
fishing sehooners of the Japanese, ac-
cording to the Mandjur's commander.
are using most destructive methods
when fishing, The vessels station hem
selves In the mouth of small rivers and
place their nets from bank to bank,
with the result that fish are prevented
from reaching the spawning grounds.
Inhabitants of coast villages often be-
come involved in fights with the Jap
anese fishermen, who are invariably
well armed, and many killings have
been reported.
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Admi.sion 10 schooIship.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Please answer this question II possible.
How can / place a boy of 16 years on a
schoolship in the navy? Answer In the
EVENING STAR. Also what are the re-
quirements for admission?
SUBSCRIBER.
1.-THE FOLLOWING are rules for the school
ship Saratoga, and similar rules, we sup
pose, are in force on the two others:
Boys between IS and 10 years of age,
having the written consent of their par
ents or guardians are received on the fol-
lowing conditions:
1. They must be Of sound constitution
and free from all physical defects.
2. They must show some aptitude or IN
clination for a sea life.
3. They must be Of good moral character,
and produce certificates from at least two
reputable citizens In proof thereof.
4. The must show that they are able
to spell with a fair degree of accuracy, TO
read with tolerable correctness and ease,
to write legibly, and to answer questions
on the rudimentary principles OF arith-
metic. Natural intelligence and animation
will receive their proper weight in con-
sidering cases where the applicants do not
appear to have had the previous benefit
of suitable instruction.
s. They must be supplied with an outnt
consisting of a stated number Of articles
prescribed by the board of directors, and
this is the only expense imposed upon their
parents.
The main object Of the school Is to
educate American boys to become good
seamen for the merchant service, and to
give intelligent and industrious youth
ample opportunity to advance to the high
est position offered by gu mercantile
marine.
The course of the study is for two years.
In addition to ordinary English studies,
thorough. instruction is given In seaman
ship and navigation. Those boys who are
attentive to their studies and duties can
become good navigators. as well as good
seamen. by the end of two years, and are
then BET after some practical ex-
perience, If they possess energy and In
tegrity, to assume the duties OF officers on
merchant vessels.
The cruises Of the ships are interesting
features of the course of instruction; the
Atlantic Ocean is crossed and visits made
to ports in Europe, South America and
the West Indies. As the ship stays a snort
time in the ports visited the pupils have
an opportunity to go on shore to see the
countries and their people
For particulars regarding admission TO
the boat stationed in New York write 10
the chairman of the executive committee
on the Nautical School, Board OF Educa-
ton, Park avenue and F~ifty-ninth street.
New York.-Ed.1
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VOLUME LxxvL.-NO. 279.
SATURDAY. NovEArRFR %. 1907.
THE BOOT ON THE OTHER LEG.

The casuistry and sophistry of the
railroad lawyers in their arguments
before the Court of Errors against the
constitutionality of the Perkins rail-
road tax act of 1905 are bewildering to
the lay mind. If all that these lawyers
claim is true. then there is nc reason or
justice or constitutionality in any fea-
ture of the State tax laws. If there
is unequal taxation In the taxing sys-
tenn of the State between railroad prop
erty and other property, to the
prejudice Of railroad property, then
there is no equal taxation anywhere in
the State as between any two kinds of
property or any two property owners.
Our scheme of taxation permits I'M
equal assessment as between two pieces
of property on the same street of a city.
It permits widely different assessments
as between property in w counties.
There has never been IN New Jersey
any similarity of assessment of rail-
road and Individual property. Railroad
property has always been olassed apart
from other property, and subdivided.
Up to 1906 the railroads enormously
benefited by this system, and they
never complained. On the contrary,
they maintained a lobby at Trenton
every year to prevent any change in
the law. They were perfectly satisfied
as long as the system Injured to their
profit.
When the boot was placed on the
other tax leg last e a change came
over the views of the railroad. The new
system provides for real equal taxation.
1t ends the rankest injustice the people
have ever been compelled to submit
to. And here we find the attorneys of
the railroad pleading in court with all
their might and main against h very
principle that had enriched the railroad
companies with untold wealth.
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moasy, and they are barred. The peo-
pie want gas In place of Standard OIL
light. and the autocrats say no. The
people want representation with taxa
ton, and the ~autocrats say no. But
this autocracy viii not last forever.
Even in Russia the combination of alb
solute temporal and religious authority
has been undermined and will be over
thrown, and it cannot last much longer
in the air of a free State like New
Jersey.
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ABgoIUrIsM AT OCEAN GROVE.

It is usually hard to get petterments
Of service out Of puprcAltility corpora
tIons, but for downright p~igheaded
s~elishness and obstinacy the Ocean
Grove Association of autocrats is be-
yond compare. Ruling its subjects in
Ocean Grove with absolute power, the
a~ssociation permits nothing and grants
nothing. Public improvements cost
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TuRKEYs.

If you believe all the reports. there
is a cheering prospect that a good
turkey can be bought for your Thanks
giving dinner at not more than last
years prices. to wit. 2S to 80 cents a
pound dressed. The birds are said to
be plenty. in fact an ~oversuppiy is al
legged to he in the hands of the deal
ers, and their dream of getting 35 to a
cents for the piece de resistance Of
next Thursdays festival will be a vain
one. But that's only maybe.
1t is true that the scarcity Of cur.
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rency is. theoretically. bringing prices
down, but few consumers have yet ex-
perienced the practical benefit. 1t would
be a boon IL the price of turkeys wore
to come down by Wednesday within the
reach of those of the most modest
means. But do not build your hopes
too high. The dealer has a way of
keeping his surplus birds from spoil
ing. A little ice does the trick. He~also
has a way of getting more money than
they are worth for his wares. About
the only method of beating him is to
get a substitute for the Thanksgiving
bird-from some one else-if he persists
in asking famine prices. 6
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rHE aovERNoR-r1Ecr1s POLICY.

-Governor-elect Fort, at the luncheon
which he gave to members of the Sem
ate at Lakewood yesterday, reaffirmed
that he was under no pledges or obli-
cations to bind him in any way in his
course as Governor. That assurance
has already been received in good faith
by the people of the State. 1t is graf
flying, also, to hear Mr.. Fort say that
he will govern in the interests of all
and without political predictions.
Economy will be a watchword next
winter, and Mr.. Fort will insist upon
economy in all the departments of the
State government. The Legislature
will, no doubt. see in the comptroller's
annual report the necessity for con
omy in the annual appropriation. The
Governor-elect took occasion to remind
the Senators of the promises made dur
ing the campaign, and it will be re-
membered that both political parties
are committed by campaign pledges.
The inaugural address by the incoming
Governor will be looked for and read
with wide interest. 1t will, we believe,
indicate that the next Conventional
administration in New Jersey will not
be a pale reflex of former ~administra-
tions. but will occupy a place in State
history by itself.
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BERNARD Shaw civllly announces to an
expectant world that he has set to work
upon his masterpiece for the stage ana
intends to devote as much as two years 10
the perfection of it.
During the 127 days that the peace con-
ference at The Hague lasted. .he
had III dinners given in their honor THESE
dinners cost altogether s52S,6oO. the most
expensive beingNthose given by Senior Bar
bosa of Brazil, who on several occasions
spent in flowers alone from $1,000 to $1,000.
The general expenses sustained by the
governments amounted to $2,9l0,000.
DR. Claudia Pinilla, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Bolivia, and a delegate from his
country to the Central American peace
conference, is one of the leading statesmen
of South America and a political power IN
his own country. 1t is freely said py
those who are familiar with present pohtl-
cal conditions there that DR.. Pinilla Will
nrobably he the next President of Bolivia.
A petition has been sent to the Engisn
nrlme minister asking for the abolition OF
the office Of censor of plays. 1t Is signed
by over seventy names, including those OF
W.. S. Gilbert, Thomas HARDY, Antnony
Hone. George Bernard Shaw, Henry Ar
| thur Jones. Arthur w. Pinero, George
Meredith, Charles S%winburne, Alfred Sutro
and Henry James.
President Morales. of the Republic of
Santo Domingo. has taken steps for the
preservation "for the glory of the re-
public of the archaeological objects OF
that country and for the establishment OF
a national museum for that purpose.
~. ~. - apfcO a NnuT Work.
clergyman, created considerable of a con-
troversy at the Baptist congress in Balti-
more this week by stating that ONE are
chiefly responsible for much that is bad In
the literature of the day. He said; They
write most of it that is bad, and they read
a good deal of it."
The royal society of England, with the
approval of King Edward, has awarded
the Copely medal to Prof. Albert A
Nicholson, of the University Of Chicago
for optical investigation, and the DavI
medal to Prof. Edward Williams Morley
of West Hartford, Conn.,, for his investi
cations in physics and chemistry, especially
the determination of the relative atomi,
weights of hydrogen and oxygen.
Herr Won ISchirshky. who Is mentioned
as the successor to Baron Sternburg
would be a valuable and popular ac
QUESTION to the Washington diplomats
circle. For some time he has been secre
tary of foreign affairs at Berlin, and l
recognized as one of the Kaiser's ables
advisers. His successful handling of tn
Gernan-Franco questions over the Moroc
can situation a year ago attracted mucl
attention.
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Frank 8. Katzenbach. of

Frank s. Katzenbach, of Trenton,
came so close to election for Governor
that it is natural he should be opti-
mistic of the party future in his State
Considering that the party in h late
election reduced the Republican Guber-
material plurality from about $4,000 In
1904 to about 5000 in 1907. the optimism
of the late Democratic candidate is
natural. MIR. K~atzenbach is sanguine
of Democratic success next year. But
in the mixed state of national politics
at the present time nobody has the
least idea what is going to happen next
year. The shrewdest political observer
is baffied. The financial troubles, II
continued and if they shall sift down
through the Industrial system. Will un-
doubtedly be the principal factor In
next years election; but who shall say
how that factor will operate and how
New Jersey will vote?
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To the Editor Of the Evening STAR
Please answer this question Tor TWO
readers of the STAR. A says that any
body h comes to this country under age,
say 10 years old, need not take out first
n citizen at the age of Fl without first or
second papers. B says he must take out
first and second papers. l., r.
1.-THE United States statute that covers
the ground of your question reads as fol-
lows: ANY allen under the age of q years
who has resided in the United States three
years next preceding his arriving at thai
age, and who has continued to reside
therein to the time he nay make appH-
cation to be admitted a citizen thereof
may, after he arrives at the age of q
years, and after he has resided five years
within the United States. including the
three years Of his minority, be admitted
a citizen; but he must make declaration
on oath and prove to the satisfaction OF
the court that for two years next preceding
1t has been his bona d intention to be-
come a citizen."-Ed.l
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THE RETURN OF CONFIDENCE.

There is encouragement in this time
of financial stress to get the news from
Pittsburg that business is on the boom
in the Industrial district. Although the
Westinghouse concerns, caught in the
recent pinch, are in the hands of a re-
ceiver. something like 3d. OO, 900 in new
orders have come in within a week;
many plants are increasing their work.
ing forces and many that have been shut
down are resuming, including m con-
Germ that gives employment to 1000
men.
Such an impetus to industry should
go far toward restoring that conf
dence that was undermined by arti-
fetal means and produced the condi-
tions that are now correcting them
selves in P%ittsburg. For there was
never any solid foundation for the
money panic. All lines of industry and
trade have been busy and prosperous
beyond precedent. The railroads can
not handle the business awaiting them,
and the factories are filed with orders
When the Wall Street slump came and
scared everybody many concerns cur
tailed expenses or shut down. But the
demand is still here-there is business
enough to keep the machinery hum
ming. If every section of the country
followed P%ittsburg's example of conf
dence the currency situation would
soon adjust itself.
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Compromise.

1t was at a theatre in Manchester. The
king. aged and infirm, was blessed with
two sons. He was pacing up and down the
stage with a wearied, roubled look, ex-
claiming aloud;
ION which of these, my sons, shall I
bestow the crown ?"
Immediately came a voice from the gall
lery:
why not arr a crown apiece, %guv'nor7'
London Mail.
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To tho Editor Of the Evening Star:
Will you kindly mention half a dozen OK
the best novels published this fall?
READER.
[Some of the most popular have been
''Arethusa,' by +. Marion Crawford: The
Fruit of the Tree by Edith Wharton;
The HeIpTnate," BY May Sinclair; The
weavers.'' by Gilbert Parker; The Stoop-
ing Lady" by Maurice Hewlett; The
Shuttle. by Frances Hodsson Burnett.
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Why He WINS There.

oyer was standing on the sidewalk
as a wedding party came down the
church steps.
What are you doing here?" queried
his friend Myer, who happened along
just then.
watching the tied go OUT answered
oyer, with an ope~n-faced grin.-Chi-
cago News.
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Varieties.

Rather" said little Rollo, what is a
philanthropist?"
"There are various kinds. my son. Some
love their fellow man and some are merely
a little afraid Of their fellow mans bad
opinion Washington Star.
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The wheeIbarrow.

The farmers son looked up from The
sporting page.
''By heck he said. at wish we had one
O. them there horseless carriages"
we have" returned the farmers; and
now that you mention 1t, you might just
as well get it and fetch up a load o tur-
nips from the three-acre ot."-Exchange.
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IN VEIN.
raking rime bx the Foreloclx

Elna-Why did you ask the young poet
for q lock of his hair? He is not cele-
brated at all.
Elsa-No, bat by the time he is. he
won't have any hair left, perhaps.-Meg-
gendorfer Batter.
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ut seems that spawnger's acquaintance
are all very shrewd people,"
did he tell you that?"
Practically. He announced the other
day that he doesn't wv anybody a dol
ar."-Philadelphia Press.
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Lacked Good to Him.

Stage Manager Cat rehearsaD-But you
laughed in the death scene. You mustn't
do that.
Actor-With the salary you give me, |
can only greet death with joy.-Meggen-
dorfer Batter.
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Nothing to rhenn

IT understand he's the author of sew
eral successful novels"
"Oi no, he's the successful author OF
several novels, but"
whats the difference?"
sHe's merely succeeded in writing the
novels, that's ali. "-Philadelphia Press.
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Not Guilty.

Mistress Ito her maid)-Julie, just g
over to the butcher shop n see II ne
has pigs feet.
Maid ION her return)-No. ma'am, he has
got boots on.-Nos Loisirs.
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vivid.

oLiteral illustrations are sometimes vivid,''
said Miss Carlotta Nillsun.
"a little boy 1 know was asked by his
teacher to tell her what he knew about the
spinal cord and piped out glibly:
1.-The spinal cord is what runs through
you. Your head sits on one end and you
sit on the other ."-Young's Magazine.
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Mistaken This rime.

Doctor-I diagnose all sicknesses from
the patients eyes. Now, your right eye
tells me that your kidneys are affected.
Patient-Excuse me, doctor, but my right
eye is a glass eye.-Meggendorfer Blatter.
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He Smoke in Haste.

He (anxiously)-Crying again, Louise?
Never mind-you shall nave the gown you
want so much.
She-How good you are, Edward 1 only
nave a toothache.-Sydney Bulletin.
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No Such Luck.

"And DO you sell these beautiful
thoughts of your soul for mere do1lars!"
she exclaimed.
Nope" said the poet, sorrowfully; IT
seldom get more than fifty cents for 'em."
Cleveland Leader.
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Its shrinkIng DispositIon.

''Thi shirt is too small for me now"
said Dudley, Its funny how wool
shrinks."
'Ol it's not so strange replied his wife.
'You told me it was lambs wool and you
know what a timid creature a lamb is
Philadelphia Press
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FROM STAR READERS

[Anonysnous communications > cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names of correspondents are not required for
publication. but as a guarantee of good faith.
Ed +.
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Homer,s

To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
What were The seven cities that claimed
to be the birthplace of Homer? H.. G. f.
[Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis lin
Cyprus), Chios, Argos and Athens con-
tended for the honor of being Homer's
birthplace; of these. the best evidence con-
meets him with Smyrna.-Ed.1
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The POOR Poet,

The poet has no easy task
When laurels he would win;
He has to turn his poem out
Before he turns it in.
And when he has his verses penned,
There seems to be no doubt,
As soon as he has turned 'em In
Some one will turn him out,
-Yonkers Statesman.
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Didn,t 60 Ear Enough.

Penner-The critics roasted your book,
didn't they?
scriblet-Yes; but not nough to insure
Its success Life.
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II didn't get to the field sport in time"
said the hare. Was there anything par
ttcular doing?'
kangaroo fellow from Australia broke the
record in the 1OO-yard jump. philadelphia
Press.
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VIEWS OF EDITORS.


The conrant wishes young ex-Cand.data
Katzenbach, OF New Jersey, a safe deliv-
GRANGE from the fool friends who are tell
ing him that he's just the man for 1908
has been providentlally raised up to do
the Moses act, and makes w, j.. Bryan
look--politically-like thirty cents. Katz-
enbach is a rather fine fellow by all ae-
counts, and we'd hate to see him spoiled
Hartford Courant.
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Uncertain.

I'VE meet tomorrow morning punctually
at . o'clock at your house, them"
well, l can't promise absolutely to be
there. because I'm going out with a friend
In his motor car this Afternoon. Meg
gendorfer Blaetter.
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He Wight.

1.-The janitor has a crying Jag. Says he's
a miserable worm"
Indeed? BY the way, I wonder If the
worm would turn ?"
"Turn?'
Turn on a little heat."-Louisville
Courier-Journal
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Every gift bought today instead of dur
ing the last week before Christmas reduces
by Its small but effective percentage the
grand total of buying at the close. Post
ponement Is pardonable only on the plea
Of no funds. Good managers will AVOID
this dilemma by appropriating for the
Christmas buying out of the November
income instead of the December. Nothing
is lost in thus anticipating and much is
gained.-Washfngton Star.