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Better Make Way Quietly for Uncle
sam.

The rights and immunities and pre-
negatives of the North Carolina courts
are perfectly safe in the hands Of the
Federal judiciary. 1t may be affirmed
without exaggeration that State rights
of all sorts are a good deal safer in that
quarter, to be passed up for exact and
impartial determination by the nations
highest tribunal, than they can possibly
he in the hands of the most gallant and
resolute militia.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States is the only arena in which con-
nicting ideas about jurisdiction are in
these days to be tested.
While our nation continues to be a ma
ton the processes of the Federal courts
will continue to run in North Carolina and
elsewhere; and whenever n ydoubt arises
as to the proper application Of Federal
law the sole place for the a~scertainment
of State rights and State wrongs is be-
meath the expanded wings of the eagle
in the old Senate chamber in the Capitol
at Washington.
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The Birds at Sycamore Hill.

JOHN BURROUGHS recently spent a day
at Sycamore Hill with the President Of the
United States. He tells about it in an ar
ticle in the Outlook. A fair summary of
the narration shows that Mr.. ROOSEVELT
possesses about as much knowledge az an
ordinarily observant person acquires, as
a summer resident of the country, con-
corning the birds and animals which
frequent the fields and woods in the
vicinity. There is nothing surprising or
wonderful in his ability to identify and
distinguish varieties or species, nor does
the accuracy Of his observations strike
the reader as in any wise remarkable.
Indeed, the tone Of fiattery and the dis
position to make much Of little things
are so manifest in this paper by Mr.. BUR-
RoUGHs that the President himself must
feel a little ashamed OF his friends ten
dency to magnify the Insignificant.
Surely it does not betoken the great
naturalist merely to be able TO identify
a chewink or a catbird or a yellow billed
cuckoo on Long Island. We know scores
OF children who are capable OF achieving
this feat in natural history. Just listen
to this: AS Mr.. BURROUGHS and JOHN
LEWIS CHILps and the President were
strolling about, Mr.. BURROUGHS thought
he detected the voice of the white eyed
vireo. He says: As I moved along, with
the thought OF this bird In mind, and its
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TO SAVE THE BABIES.
Perhaps . Little Commoo Sense Wight
Help.

To TIE EDITOR or TIE SUS-Sr: In scan
the mortality reports from week TO week
I ind that on the average about one-third OF
all deaths TO be OF children under Ave. and
that about two-thirds Of these deaths are OF
infants less than a year old. During the
heated term the proportion OF infants and
children dying is still greater.
Why should we imagine that even the
brightest and in general most capable girl
could. from simply getting married and hav-
ing a baby. become ut once the mistress OF all
wisdom as to the nature and needs OF new
horn i~nfantsY Young mothers have no wise
teaching as TO the proper management Of their
the middle aged and older women learn little
from experience. Mothers make, IL a cues.
like the little yIrl with her maEebelleve baby.
they try to. zee how much clothing they can
pile on. max .ng very little difference between
might we'll consider that in hot, usually over
hot. rooms II H. practically summer" all the
naturally naked animals should be very
lightly. draped &C all times except when ex-
As il is, however, their skins are sweltered
and, true breathing organs as they are. smooth
cred. and the hotter the weather and the
course tSasss bad lsi food dn and ae oveff.e eGs @p Ofsss IA part ar
freely in hot as in cold weather. although
late anything like as much food in summer
as in winter; and besides this, adults as a
rS.r q Ssv Z gss sE n thu s. %Sd,ese q qrsit IN &. sun al
up with. and this gives grown people a great
advantage. over babies. and especially the
bottle babies.
Another point: Rabies are kept too much
in arms: they are not allowed enough free
dom to sprawl and Kick and strike out on
exclusively In the baby carriage, sitting bolt
upright. an altogether unnatural and mis-
chievous position, and for want Of enough
natural exercise OF arms and chest they don't
half breathe, and the muried skin doesn't
breathe at all. and hence there Is to a degree
actual oxygen starvation.
IL IL OF course all the worse II the living and
sleeping rooms are to- warm and In sum
ciently ventilated. II mothers were really
wise along these lines their healthy Dor
babes would have scarcely n higher death
rate than kittens and puppies that only die
from drowning. CHARLES T.. PAGE. VI. ID.
BOSTON, July 10.
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BRIDGE CARS FOR WOMEN.
The Proposal Ii Calamity supported and
Holly Resented.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sfr: "Fairplay.-
who wrote a letter 20 The SUN protesting agains,
separate bridge cars for women. should have taken
another name for himself. Fair play is primarily
a sporting term. and the writer OF me letter does
not display the most s~portsmanlike spirit. Such
a spirit would have prompted him TO give every
advantage TO his weaker rivals. the women. In the
matter of accommodations on bridge cars during
rush hours. lie takes too serious a view OF busl
ness.
Not only the spirit Of fair play should encourage
this move for special accommodations for women
at this time. but also chivalry and unselnshness.
Every man who IL q man should by subconscious
instinct favor women.
approve the customary action OF New Workers
In refusing TO give up seats 70 idle shoppers whose
time is not money. but In the rush hours the
women and girls who work all day should be con
sidered.
There are always in every crowd goats who
make IL unpleasant tor women caught with them
In the crush. wherefore I for one heartily APP
prove the motion for special accommodation Of
women at the bridge during rush hours.
NEW YORK, July 20. SoUrnERSER
To TER EDIroR or THE suN-!Sr: Why. oh.
why, are there 30 many men who rush into print,
as "Fairplay" % did In THE SUN OF July 10. with
illogical, narrow idcasr Would q car for women
only" be more OF a discrimination than a smoking
car. as long as it Is only men who smoke In publc'
And Is a woman satisfied to do a mans work"
just because she docs 1T II Il Is mans duty to
support inc women. ne mas fdilcu, mace " a mhtier
OF necessity for women TO share the burden. And
n satisfied or not with her mans work should she
therefore be satisfied with getting TO II like a man
Is the strength Of both the samc' Are the conditions
equal' Are the rewards proportionate' II not.
why should not the weaker vessels be favored
NEW YORK. July 10. A. X.
To TEE EDITOR or The SUN-sfy: I take my
hat OF TO "Fairplay" after reading his letter in
THE SUN relative TO the suggestion that cal re- should
be run across the bridge during rush hours for
women only" Why not make the men walk across
the bridget
Talk about "women's rightsi- What about
mems rightst Expect from women In ofnccs claim
Ing TO do mems work what Is expected OF men
and see how many Of them would quit cold. I'm.
agine q man asking for q day OF to go shopping.
Women are taking the place OF men In ornccs. Yes.
two women are taking the place OF one man.
NEW YORK. July 10 W 8.
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Clubs as Homes.

The newest Of the city's clubhouses
has been designed according to the
present tendency in New York club life.
Several clubhouses OF recent construc-
ton have living apartments for their
members. II is rue that this innova-
ton has been confined mostly to clubs
Of a somewhat special character, whether
it be technical or collegiate. Houses for
clubs of a purely social nature have not
been provided with living rooms except
to a very limited extent. This is largely
due, however, to the fact that lew Of the
social clubs have built themselves homes
since the manifestation Of the present
tendency to make a club a dwelling as
well as a place Of resort.
There is no doubt Of the growth Of this
view during recent years. II has culmi-
mated in the construction Of the new
clubhouse to be built here with its forty
living rooms. In these quarters men,
bers of the club may be housed perma-
nently. The rem from this source
forms an important part of the clubs
II contributes regularly and
literally to the support Of the institu-
ton. II was with this knowledge,
proved by experience, that these living
rooms were included in the plans Of the
new clubhouse. In most cases the de-
mand has far exceeded the available
space, but the new clubhouse will have
rooms enough.
This new tendency has made the
clubs more independent and brought
revenue from a source not dreamed Of
a decade ago. II has rarely happened
that a club restaurant more than pays
its way, and considerable patronage is
needed in the club that expects to derive
profit from any similar sources. Restau-
rants are now competing more stroGgly
every day with the club kitchens. The
demand for attractive living quarters
for men seems alone unsatisfied. Clubs
that are also landlords will be able to be
more useful to their members and avoid
the financial pitfalls that beset so many
of these institutions.
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young Southern me and women find
that their schools. academies and col
leges at home are ready to train them
for excellence in the Government SER
vice, from scrub ladies, sweeps, hostlers,
wrappers, &C., UP through the interme-
date grades of copying clerks and the
like to the dizzy eminences occupied by
stenographers, accountants, draughts-
men, translators, photographers and so
on-when they once absorb this halcyon
information the rush will set in, the
army of applicants will be recruited
and the neglected Southern quota will
become ar object Of riotous COMPETE
ton. Or words to that effect.
Meanwhile, there are two reasons for
the apathy which has moved Com
missioner MCILHENNY to undertake this
campaign of remonstrance. In the first
place, Southern men and women above
the dead level Of incurable mediocrity
find much more desirable opportunities
and much more ~congenial occupation
in private life than in the Government
service. The South is in the full swing
Of commercial and industrial develop
ment. New and great enterprises are
launched there every day, established
enterprises are expanding at an equal
rate. There is need of all the energy,
intelligence and talent the section can
supply, and large rewards for those who
com to supply it. This condition ac-
counts for the indifference that has
aroused Mr.. McILHENNY's solicitude. II
is not really necessary to 60 a step fur
Their in the path of explanation. And
surely any Southerner born and bred,
as Mr.. MCILHENNY is, should under
stand his own people well enough to
know without having it told him that only
the most abject want can reconcile them
to the contact and the associations inev-
itably involved in the civil service career.
The race question may DR. may not DO
purely academic at the North. Only
very thoughtless persons imagine that il
is less than paramount and vital at the
South. Fair minded and well informed
Southern people do not declaim against
the rapidly increasing infusion Of the
negro into the Government service.
They perceive with complacency the
gradual monopoly by colored men Of
such Federal occupations as that Of letter
carrier and railway mail clerk; they see
them invading the post Office and the
Federal service, not only at Washington
but in their own part of the country;
why then should it surprise any one,
especially a Southerner, to find that they
are abandoning a rivalry in which sue
cess must be even more distasteful than
failure?
Just what kind Of aspiration actuates
the college presidents and other educa-
tors who propose to adjust their curricu-
lums to the standards Of the civil service
examining boards we should really like
to know, il only to crafty IN idle Curl
osity. For the rest, there is no peg to
hang a doubt on.
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snappy incisive song, as I used to hear
IL in the old days near Warrington, I
fancied I caught it's note in a dense.
bushy place below US. We paused to
listen. A catbird,' said the President,
and Al We all agreed" A startling
event, and worthy Of record and pres
ervation In the annals of historyl Fur
thermore, it is written: I'VE saw and
heard a chewink. Out West the che
wink calls like a catbird,' said the Presi-
dent We wonder somebody did not
add that here in the East the catbird
calls like a catl
Then the President lied us to a little
pond in the midst Of the forest where the
night heron sometimes nested. = .
As we reached the spot the cry Of the
heron was heard over the treetops. +"
We dare say the cry OF the common
American crow, Corvus a~mericanus, could
have been heard by these three Sher-
lock Holmeses in natural history on
this celebrated walk, IL there are any
cornfields near Sycamore Hill.
We had almost omitted to mention that
the President called our attention to a
highhole's nest in a cavity Of an old apple
tree" This we suppose is an example Of
what Mr.. BURROUGHS at the beginning
Of his article calls the Presidents -keen-
ness and enthusiasm as a student Of ami
NAL life and his extraordinary powers Of
observation, which this naturalist takes
pains to distinguish from the sentiment
tAlism that inspires the founding of hos
pitfalls for sick cats"
A farmers boy would deserve spank
ing who claimed any particular credit for
pointing out a highhole's nest; and a real
lover Of animals would not ridicule those
who prefer to show kindness even to sick
cats,
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Civil Service and the south.

Priceless are the uses of enthusiasm,
and incalculable is its combination with
adolescence. The Hon. JOHN Nell
KENNY, one time Rough Rider on the
blood soaked field of Kettle Hill and
now Civil Service Commissioner at Wash
ington. with Tennis Cabinet duties on the
side, has just returned from a our of
the Southern States and reports success
all along the line. His reputed mission
was TO reawaken interest in the three
legged department stool as n means of
reaching fame and %opulence. For some
time this interest has been waning.
Tho youth Of the South have exhibited
an almost callous indifference to Govern
ment positions Of the character that can
be obtained through Mr.. MCILHENNY'S
commission. They have not seemed TO
care for the approval of the examining
board or TO set particular value on the
rewards supposed to attach TO eminence
as indicated by the eligible list. So it
has happened that what they call the
South's quota of Federal emolument was
left upon the stem %unplucked and Com
missioner MCTLHENNY fastened forth to
learn the reason why.
One of the semi-oficial bulletins from
Washington which a grateful people
have learned to cherish so a~ffectionately
now assures IFS THAT all misunderstood
ings have been swept away. Commits
sioner JcILHENNY has visited the South
ern States, excepting Florida. He has
delivered lectures before teachers 1850
Citations, before benevolent societies and
other moral and intellectual bodies; he
has interviewed superintendent Of pub
lie education, college professors and
members of the learned professions gen.
orally. We are led to understand that
he found the greatest encouragement
everywhere. The heads of public schools.
10 say nothing of college presidents and
other persons in high authority, are said
to nave promised a Jealous cooperation.
That is u say, they will arrange courses
in order to prepare talent for the civil
service examinations. There is nothing
TO show that Mr.. MCILHENNY has spurred
the Southern youth TO greater anxiety
in the premises. That will come later,
no doubt. What Mr.. WILKINS MIcAw-
Der would have called a spring of no
ordinary magnitude has been achieved
in paving the way for it.
The rest will follow logically. When
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TO TIE EDITOR or TRx SUN-Sir: On returning
last week from q prolonged air voyage OF explora-
ton In the "Ioarus ILL.," ] took great interest in
looking over my old friend Barry vAn's nle OF TIE
SON. After reading accounts Of the most I'm.
portant events OF recent years. which, Of course,
had been reported to me by wireless In very laconic
form. I was gratined TO md that Mr.. vail had pre-
served every issue Of your paper from January /.
1907, to date. Opening the nrst volume at random
! Glanced upon the editorial page OF suly Il and
read the verses entitled Poverty Lane" by John
Kendrck Bangs. ! then read them 10 Mr.. Vail,
who recollected having been deeply affected by
their psthos at the time OF publication. He In
sisted that ! should Immediately visit the Poverty
Mr.. Mces. the well known model tenement expert,
to accompany me that very afternoon. On my
return I described the pleasures OF my visit At such
length that I fear 10 have exhausted Mr.. Wallis
patience. Such was not the case. however, for I
have just received from him the following verses.
which am sending you with his permission.
NEW YORK. July n, 1857. CONSTANT RRApER-
POVERTY LANE REVISITED IN 1857.
As I stepped In my airship with young Mr.. Noes,
The thermometer registered ninety degrees.
Then we scared like a buzzard above the hot town.
Marked the skydock at Poverty Lane. and dropped
To that part OF the city where happiness sings
Its sweet song, though Its name like a warning
still clings.
I'm SURPRISED. said my friend you have never
But your Antarctic air cruise took many a year.
You'll be more than astonished to see what your
friends
And then there's tho million you sent by Marconi.
When your airship was over sierra Leone"
So we moored At the skydock Of Poverty Lane.
fingered over an hour for Noes TO explain
All the aerial gardens that covered each roof,
Which Of heaven on earth gave US both ample proof.
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Received His Love Letter After n Year.

Press.
Boyhood's dream OF love has been vividly recalled
10 Ole Haugcn OF Stanley by the receipt OF a ielrr
from . girl whom he admired when he was a pov
In Norway, and who returned his affection. since
the letter was written. however, Mr.. Haugen raS
married and reared q family. and Its sweet phrases
now meet with nothing more than a response u:
memory.
The letter was addressed to Mr.. Hausen al NINA
uthn. Mexico. where the ADDRESSED went when b"
was eighteen years old. IL is dated IAvirk. Nur.
way. November Is. 1915. Since the letter was mailed
Mr.. Haugen has visited South America ami Ho-
way and has returned TO Stanley, where he Is now
In business. The letter had lain In the MeIca1
post once until recently. when IL was sent haCK %
Norway and from there forwarded 10 MIR. HaugI
AZ his present address.
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Tho Maryeis Of MagnanImity.

From the Boston Evening Record.
Ex-Governor Herrick of Ohio closes his letter
to THE sun on Secretary Taft's speech in the
Ohio campaign Of o, by declaring he wants
and will work for a Taft dele cation to the
'os national convention from his own State.
But a letter the gist OF which is to prove that
TAFT did much TO beat the Republicans In
that campaign by his attack on Boss Cox 10
a nueer way TO begin his assistance.
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Jsspar-i hear that Roosevelt has been camping
on LJoyd's Neck.
Jumpuppe-who h Lloydf I thought " wss
HArrimAn's neck he was going 70 camp %.
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his eyes after the manner OF the saints. -Flordd
Times Union.
To hide whose infsmy? HARRIMAN's?
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n our friends pho favor as NTH manuscripts foy
publication uish 10 hare rejected articles returned they
must IN oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
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Subscriptions BY Slail, Postpaid.

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Paris once. az Rue Louis le Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are on sale At Kiosauo II. near the
Grand Hotel: Kiosaue ". Boulevard dcs Capuclnes.
corner Place de lopera. and Riosduo 10. Boulevard
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belief In miracle deprives Jesus OF sny Gre
dentials other than belong to simple human
goodness: and the observation of actual
procedure. with the vast prevalence OF suffer-
ing and wrong. seems to nullify the idea Of a
supreme benencence. And so we see a pre-
vailins mood Of agnosticism: with some
times a less rational but very human mood
In which some lingering belief In God with
no belief In His goodness prompts fierce re-
volt against a Creator who torments and
mocks His creatures.
Can we put aside for a moment our tradi-
tional creeds. our agnosticism hardening into
denial, our passionate revolt-and try TO dis
Germ the affrmations OF human experience at
It's ripest and bestr
The observation. az by a spectator. of the
general movement Of the outer world. indi-
Gates some universal order or unity, trace
able by us In many Of Its details, but inscruta-
BILE as to its interior force or final outcome.
Questioning now mans inner world. We
md that the practice of moral obedience
yields a deep peace. blent with the spur OF
aspiration. Faithful to duty. man feels him.
self At ONT IN the universe. The philosophy
in which Kant interpreted conscience as
Nod's revelation In man: the poetry in which
S.Sssssq q .s sed voice Of d Sod as stern sra
Without literslizing them. we may, take that
2 the faithful man that he. Is rightly niIins
his place In the universe. In some sense IL
Is 9 link with the ruling power.
The disposition to correlate mans moral
and spiritual naturc--his hdelities and aspira-
tions-wtth the interior and supreme force
OF the universe. is deeper than our plummet
that crucial experience In which, under
supreme trial, man reverently and humbly
peace. In the souls G~ethsemanes. the word
OF release 70 Thy will be done Yet this is
only Q supreme Instance OF mans true and
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-20
PICK SQU|RES
TO WHIP BURNS

Bill Squires, the Australian, is
picked to whip Tommy Burns, the
conoueror of Jack O'Brien, by Chi
cagoans. Fight critiss who have seen
Squires and others who have decided
to take the word of foreigners as to
the real ability of the Australian say
he is the best fighter that ever came
to this country from any other land.
Budd Hauser, a Denver sporting
authority, who is in Chicago from San
Francisco, says Squires is the best
to land here. He thinks he is the
greatest heavyweight Of them all, bar
Jeffries, and even gives him a chance
to beat the champion.
Enthusiastically Squires is a great
fighter" said Hauser. 81 saw him
work and he showed plenty of speed
cleverness and hitting ability. I sure
ly would back him against any man
in this country except jeff. Jack
O'Brien, close friend of mine, show
ed his respect for the Australian by
lodging a meeting with him"