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a candidate's outlay in the second
ballotlng should DO made good to him
by the country TO the extent Of $50.
The bill as IL frat passed tho House
Of Representatives, however, was loaded
with two amendments, one Of which
was obnoxious to the upper chamber, or
Legislative Council, while the other
gave great offence to the community
st large. One OF these amendments
was to the effect that any candidate
obtaining a lead of 500 votes on the first
ballot should be deemed to have secured
an absolute ma ajority; the other provided
that any candidate or other person mp
pealiug by voice, pen or type to the
voters in the, interval between the first
and second ballotings with view to
influencing the election should be liable
to fne of GOO.
The first Of these amendments the
Legislative Council rejected, but the
second, though It had come to be known
as the eng" clause. II accepted by a
majority of one. The people would
not tolerate the clause, however, ana
when the bill went back to the House
of Representatives, as it had to go,
the Legislative Council having thrown
out the first OF the two amendments,
the House itself eliminated the distaste-
ful muzzllng provision. The bill was
thus restored to its original form, which
prescribed that a second ballot should
be taken in every case where no candi-
date had scored an absolute majority
of the votes at the first ballot.
The outcome of the first general elec-
ton held in New Zealand under the new
law will naturally be scrutinized with
interest by the upholders of the Asquith
Eoverunnent in the United Kingdom.
Will the working of the second ballot
ing system inure to the benefit Of the
candidates representing the Govern
ment in power for the time being or
of the champions of the Opposition?
New Zealand, it must be remembered,
has it's Protectionist, Free Trade and
Labor parties, and therefore occupies
position somewhat analogous politi-
cally to TINT OF Great Britain. For that
reason its experiment is likely to prove
enlightenipg.
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seuud PhiIossphy.

From fhs Raaroad Employee
OF all methods Of making another person snrry
and disagreesble the vorst is to tell him that he
win have TO" do something. How often do We hear
"You will have to 20 70 the other window" you
win have 10 20 Int the other car" -you viii have
10 walt an hour you win have to write the gen
eraI passenger agent or superintendent and the
like. Primarily we arc all free agents and don
have to" do 4 darned thing. We may hnd Is
expedient or necessary 20 q certain end. but we
don't even -have ,o- eat u we don't want to.
How easy 20 put the direction In another man,
ncr, such as, the other window please or VIII
you kindly take the car ahead" or "the rules re-
auIre"; q short. very short, explanation OF WY
q certain thing Is necessary viii always WORK
Eonders in avoiding trouble,
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DARwIN AND ! pOETRr.
A CommeBt On Isis FamsRs I.Amen, Tor
the Less oS IIIB Hikher Assthetie rastcS,

n Con1meHt On HIS FnUopb bAmen' Tor
tho Less oS EIIs Higher Asthetic rastc'.
4. b. Titekensr IN he Popular Scitne.
uonthi.
I do not think that Darwin ever had
profound interest In poetry; the srlcn,1 A
temperament was too strong In him. Iha
historical plays In which rs schooioo, ..
took "intense delight" probably Interest vi
him In tho main ss stories. The poors
whom he read during bis plastic per d
probably attracted him In large mea,urA
by their felicity Of language: tho cult II
words and phrases n characteristic "A
adolescence, and is curiously different from
Q real appreciation OF style--lhto which l.!
may or may not develop. according TO lhs
tsmperament Of the reader,
On the other side. think that Darwma
poetic leaniugs were much more pro.
nounced snS mach Escre persistent than
thoae OF the average man OF science Iiy
his own unconscious confession and by tho
evidence OF his written works his mind wa'
ieavensd with poetic feeling; all through
his mature life he IL ready with quotation
whom the occasion calls: and the very poig-
nancy Of his regret for the loss Of poetry
witnesses 10 his poetic endowment. II and
In 30 far as he did lose his poetic interests
tho loss was due not specifically 70 his oc.
CuDAtlOn Wltn bUIObO0 pht bOhoaehy W lHu
combination of o stupendous life work with
continued I'll health. "For nearly forty
years he never knew one day Of tho health
of ordinary men," and in those forty years
he revolutlonized biology Small won
der, then. that he had neither time nor
ensrRy for that critical cultivation Of poetry
which, however gifted the Temperament,
is the sine qua non Of true poetic insight.
It was not that addiction to science brought
with It an atrophy OF the hieher aesthetic
tastes II was rather the fact that an
sssthetio power distinctly above the average
though not OF the first rank was left by tho
demands Of an absorbing pursuit upon
fraii constitution to work itself out I'm
guided and to show itself as best II might,
The cry that Shakespeare is intolerable Is
the cry OF a man TO whom Shakespeare Is
familiar from cover to cover, tragedy and
history and comedy. and for whom Shake.
speare mi ght under other oircumstanceshav
been a source Of never ending delight.
fhave spoken only Of poetry. The con-
alterations which have here urged apply,
however, with the necessary notifications,
to Darwin's loss Of pleasure In pictures and
music,
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A Th,rtssnth Century Drink.

From M-I0ndon ChroHtch
Thirteenth century tastes In food had few nm
itAtions. Besides the fowl OF Africa and inc
rare Eadwit of Ionia- mentioned BY FitEstephen'
toufrnets In the time OF King John used TO rcgs'e
themselves on herons. cranes, crows, storks 90 =
unorants and bitterus. Some would wash inel
meals down with wine, but the majority drank
mead or metheglin. Mead, according 70 iloli-'
shod was only the wsshing of the combs aiIer
the honey had been taken from them, and N poor
beverage that it had 10 be spiced, pepperod OF
made paiatsble with sveetbriar or thyme. bui
metheeiin contained one hundrodweiEht NJ
honey 70 twenty four gallons OF water, and must
have bean much more Interesting than tue
strongest old ale OF the present day.
The sun., 1908-12-27

ID ~ : Q
3 roc0anitien of nhino and tltlne as be-
tween tho Citinsn and the GoYer2menti
The matter with Hayti b graft, on a
system II not on u scale that would
make San Francisco and Pittsburg
appear white by comparison. The Gov
eminent meets the charges on its bonds
BY robbing Peter to Ray Paul. 1t has
70 submit to odious hsury to satiAfy
the nlaims upon It, borrowing from alien
ceplalists and promising interest as
high 3 100 per cent. In the end the
pe0rI5 pay. Peculation pervades all
dspafsments and collusion in the Gus
tom house makes farce Of the colleo-
ton - duties. The Government gets
the leavings-it Is estimated not more
than 30 per cSnt. Of the legal receipts
and the final residue after the Office
holders have had theirs is expended for
education, police, the army and navy.
To the Haytian politician indepen-
dence and the constitution mean license
and rapaoity. There are men OF ideals
and character in the country, but they
are rarely found in the public service.
However, the fact that Hayti staggers
on under its load of sloth and corrup-
ton proves that there Is a reserve OF
virtue In the people that would IL it
could find expression save the country
from its rogues' and insure 1t whole
some future. At the present time 1t is
the foreign resident who furnishes the
only public spirit disoernible, and 1t is
he who does the work.
General SIMoN's opportunity is the
opportunity Of long line Of predeces-
sors. He must be reformer and man
OF iron and perhaps of blood to change
the deplorable conditions into which
the public service has sunk, degenerating
and decaying. Something of genius
he must have besides devotion to duty
and civic courage. II he can collect
a revenue Of 5000, 900 and see that none
OF 1t sticks to the fingers OF his subordi-
mates, assuming that the new President
is an honest man himself, Hayti will
rise from her slough Of despond.
The people at large are disposed to in
dustry and would look up, aspire and
accumulate property IL assured of JUS
tioe and protection. They long for a
stable government, but the impression
obtains among educated Haytians who
are not politicians that there will be no
stable government until protectorate
is established over Hayti. They under
stand that the United States could allow
no European Government to assume
the relation, and an American protec-
torate is discussed under the breath in
Port au Prince to-day. At the same
time the abstract love of independence
is very strong in the Haytian and he
breads foreign Intervention Of any kind
even to collect revenues for the country g
good, as. the United States is doing in
Santo Domingo. Every President is his
hope, il not his trust.
IfGeneral SIMON can govern well and
firmly, instilling honesty into the de-
partments and requiring efficiency,
funding the national debt and develop
ing the countrys resources, he will be
as great a man in its history as ToUs-
sANrL' '0UvERTURE. If President SIMON
fails and there is collapse with chaos,
the alternative OF another corrupt or
feeble administration would logically
be benevolent Intervention and pro-
tectorate.
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Claus Spreckels.

The career Of the late CLAUS SPREcK-
ELS tempted many imaginations, but
the truth was sufficiently romantic, IL
the word can be used in relation to a
hard headed man of business who made
gold OF almost everything he touched,
regarded sentiment with contempt, and
rode rough shod over those who op-
posed him.
CLAUS SPREcKELs belonged to the
army of American magicians Of indus
try who first saw tho United States from
the deck OF an emigrant ship, and big
with hope, but without money, sought
employment at living wages az soon
as they landed. Legend says that
SPRECKELs, who was born in Lenlstedt,
Hanover, got of his ship at Charleston
and drifted to New York, where he finally
became his own master and the proprie-
tor Of little grocery store on Church
street. But his mind was too active
and his spirit too restless Tor such fate,
and California called him in the siren
days Of 'e However, the German emil
grant preferred barter and sale to wash
ing gold dust. His rise TO wealth was
through groceries TO beer and sugar.
As a brewer San Francisco did not
know CLAUS SPRRcKELs very long. He
saw fabulous profits in sugar refining,
and soon he was growing sugar as
we'll as refining il. Even California was
too small for his operations. He ex-
panded TO Hawaii and almost annexed
it. The planters could not stand against
him, and he turned desert into field
Of cane by irrigation. He became the
power behind the throne Of old King
The sun., 1908-12-27
Women Go rdsne ers Net Wanted.

Vienna oorrtspondeHee Fan NAL Gazette
BY a large majority the Imperial Austrian Hor-
tlcultural Society has rejected q proposal for
the establishment OF schools for woman gardeneu
In Austria. 50 strongly were the members op-
posed 20 any encroacnment by women into this
fcid Of mems labor that they refused 70 reelcct
the president of the society because he was known
10 favor the innovation. Even the suggestion
that German woman gardeners who already enjoy
the advantages OF horticultural schools would
come into Austria and enter into competitioa
with the male gardeners failed 10 influence this
obstinate majority. The German women might
come II they liked. but az any rate the Imperial
Austrian Horticultural Society would protect the
home Gardeners against the composition OF their
own vomaukind % long 40 possible,
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Ancieat Civic Custom or Leahoa.
From ma London Tf,ass


The Corporation Of the City has recently for.
Uarded 70 certain ohcers Of State and other func
tionaries gifts Of cloth which aro annually pro.
sentod In accordance with custom many centu +.
ries old -Four yards and q half Of the beat
black cloth have been sent 10 each Of The fol-
lowing: The Lord Chancellor tho Lord Chief
Justice. the Master Of the Rolls. the Lord
Chamberlain. the vice-chamberlain. the Lord
Steward. the Treasurer and Comptroller of His
Aajesty's Household. the Home Secretary. the
Secretary Of State for Foreign Afislrs The A,sor-
ney-Generai. the Solicitor General the Recorder,
the Chamberlain and the Common Serjeant. The
Town CsTs receives siE yards Of black cIoth and
dx yards OF gfeea cloth. and his principea clerk
four yards OF each. Tho origin OF this custom Ia
thus explained, In the eariy periods Of history
the retainers Of great lords, wearing their Nv
cries, were 90 numerous al 10 be dangerous both
10 the King and the laws. Many statutes were
passed between 1877 and 1904 for the purpose of
putting down disorder among the retainer, but
an exception was made In favor Of guilds and fra
ternities and men OF ~the MYSTERIES" Of cltics and
bcroughs This. Il 10 thought gave rise 10 the
creation OF iiverymen Of the several mpanics
and 10 supposed 10 be the founda tion Of this
gift Of what 10 called livery CLOTH
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The bottle Maker., Boy cots

To TIE EDrron or TIE SuN-sfr: According
10 newspaper reports the bottle makers In Gas
City, Ind. have decided 70 boycott oil doctors
and druggists who supply the people with tablet
medicines In hsxes. Tablet medicines arc ohiehy
put up In paper boxes. This. the bottle makers
declare is tfespAss on their sacred right 10 fur'
nish bottles for the tablet medicine trade They
thersfore propose In the interest Of the down
trodden bottle makers 70 forbid any person 70
buy or use paper bozed tablets and 70 boyoct'
an physlciAns Offering them TO their patients.
Lei suffering humanity Give ear 10 the wall OF
the poor oppressed bottle man. His rights must
be protected. but how about the other poor op.
pressed slave OF tolI What 10 tobe done 10 shield
the box maker from the cruel blsst Of wsntf the
bottle men prevaiif &
Is not the paper boz maker also iont suher'
ing son Of sorrow and working personE Is dog
eat dog" 70 become the policy OF the labor unions
by end byf FhxDKRfc W. PAhcpoha'
NEW YORK. December 20. ~'FI
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Modem Cogers.
From the London DAILY Mai.

From the London Ddtip Mai.
Fifty men sat round quaint, oak panelled room
az the back OF public house near Fleet street on
Saturday night. Most Of them were smoking
long clay pipes. Before them, on round topped
tables, were mugs Of ale and glasses OF hot
toddy, One by one the men arose and with
great difference to tho chairman. who sat on an
ancient chair below q naked gas Jet and wielded
an ebony hammer. expressed their views on tho
events Of the week.
Ths gathering was tho survival OF CoEerS
Hail. an ancient debating club established moro
than $50 years ago. Each Coger who addressed
the meeting alluded with pride 10 the fart that the
Premier remembered the old club some OF them
recalled the fact that twenty -four years ago Mr.
Asquith had on more than one occasion visited
that room and rising amid the smoke wresths
held forth upon some topic Of the day.
-He was practising his oratory then said
gray haired Coger who bad known the Ian for
hfty years.
you are free 70 air any view 20 long as 10 Is
not treason" declared the chairman after the
opensr Of the discussion had spoken for hfS
minutes. A sharp rap Of the BANNER on the
table made each orator sit down when be had
been on his feet for half an hour.
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second BalIoting. in New Zealand


We referred the other day to the neces-
sity recognized in the United Kingdom
Of reforming the parliamentary cleo
torai methods, under which, although
there may he half dozen candidates
In a given district, the nominee who
gets a plurality of one obtains the seat
The question now under discussion in
the British press is whether the reform,
whichis admitted to be needed, should
take the shape of second ballotings,
where a majority would be required for
success, or Of proportional representa-
ton. European precedents for both
Of these modes Of voting may be found
but we shall soon learn for the first
tune the result in an English speaking
country Of resort to a second ballot
ing when a candidate for the national
legislature does not obtain majority
of the votes cast on the first ballot. In
that great laboratory of political ex-
periments New Zealand second hal
lettings we're to be tried at the general
eleCtion this month.
Az originally introduced in the New
Zealand Parliament the second ballot
5ill was modelled pretty closely on Ger
man lines, II no parliamentary candi-
date obtained an absolute majority OF
votes there was TO be a second ballot
ing between the two candidates secur-
ing fhe highest number OF votes. In
orier TO meet the objection made on the
score Of expense the bill provided that
The sun., 1908-12-27
The Arniston Goblet.

The Arnlston branch Of the Dundas family
possesses q curious Venetian goblet. and. Ike
Inc famous luck" OF Eden Hall. they believe that
their nrosperity depends upon Its preservation,
I, was given by his mother 70 Sir James pundas
In the reign OF Queen Mary. with an injunction
To preserve Il carefully or misfortunes would at
tend the family. Itonce had miraculous escape
from destruction. for very eccentric peeress,
who for some unknown reason owed the family
% he allowed 70 see it and when II vas handed 10
her sbe deliberately threw II on the ground.
Every one present held his breath. expecting 10
ace Il shivered Into fragments, but strange TO
say Il did not break and It is st,ll preserved In
art
The sun., 1908-12-27

'KArAEAuA, supplying him with pin
money--once he lent his royal hlghnsss
a million--and taking toll In oonces-
sions. There 10 a story that CLAUS
SPRBCKEls when tho Kingdom tottered
and new order ioomed, wanted to be
President of Hawaii, but we fancy the
story was libel on q plain man whose
English was broken and who hated
display as much as he loved money.
At that time he was a blowsy, thickset,
goodnatured looking German running
to hair and beard, with will Of his own
but no pose or atmosphere Of author
ity. He was married to q woman 40
simple in tastes as himself, originally
domestic, it Ia said, In the family Of q
New York sugar refner.
In course Of time, what with his ex-
tensive plantations In Hawaii and his
eefineries and railroad, steamship and
other corporate interests in California,
CLAUS SPBEcKEIs grew TO be one Of
the richest men in America and a tro-
mendous factor In the financial world,
consulted about tariffs, swaying thorn
more or less, now a monopolist and now
reported to be fighting the sugar trust.
The papers were sometimes full Of his
family quarrels, for he was despotic
old gentleman in his own house as well
as in his business. In the development
Of California there have been few
greater figures than CLAUS SPRRcKRLs,
and it must be said to his credit that Il
success hardened his will itdid not turn
his head. He was not Of the vulgar
order Of the nourenn riohe.
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7KEAlIIIIrTUlM I A8D ! ! ! g'l7E sOIlAV
CAansss IN tile Ceadiuen - the CSsatsv
Within the last Few Years.
From As London STANDARD.

s,.s.I
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lsn year. eso the ouuen ~ A.
famine ana war io-osy ,, ~ - ~
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wluI eaperlenco % pVus.ss .-i, i..o
uoP,Cai Utowe hnaIsua tah tt 10
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ho euosn ~ sSIninsn. ui. Is ..,,. - -, m a
,. .a.wsy noh ..,1 A1nen W ,a ~. o .n.anS shIoh
~ ~ ,sIS 1917 = ~ s.. ps,n' .,.,.s - ~. cov.
t. w sp'sho'I Whse 1870 1870 - a.sdsns
o,no ns' ~ vsv.s 4 ana
on. o.n nV's,, r. eno - ~ ~ ,nn,ts,s vho
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pixe I Ae'. s" 49,. q. ~ n..,,n.tsd ~ avnr
n,cns oacsn -, s'~r nr,Ii .S. : rrlitinn
- @coo.ovo. tms yesl oA 80. ~. =
aheIo We h Iso' 81 inoieA.s '. ar
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4Iee onoe, ou.iveuon. si,nvusn Wv -'
W. ono ~ ehe po"ss' ~ y"n,,e o ~ h.a -,
~ .ne n.e ,,tw .,,.~ a..
y. III, ais.aN - a. 900 ,hst
w. nos oItu t.osemSe. $3.50, 80 os. E..
Co,vnS' NV ,' .aeu'ehsn.-oyn ~ ~, r. ~ -,
oD s ~ .sHha. w S ,.ss ~ n,sdsh.a,,at
Innt ~, VI sno ~ nenuiss iCloo1 S - .Se s..S.n
nsn sno -. III, NY ~ sAo 80. a. =
.oos w ms nisn pos' 're Sou =
vop'osspi1 oE., ~ Uoson DeioIS Wy.
one mahui =. suppo,.tu sabhe shy ~,
nn,non ,,, pocp,s. Sese thrcs ~ -, ~
niihon Hao uieo oi Isnene eno olse1se. ~ ~
ne.ty - many moIo ~ ngptns - ae'rss VIC
hiendi' tne bfielsn ana one ahotneT, te"os
enAn tso niniions suIVseo tnp poiiuu ~ "a
sar ano want Neary efery to~h enu w,
age was III runs fiooks shu heIoS hau
aiseppeareo' Even sne precious oa.e uVee
mao Deen neHn Gown in iaree nunpers oy
tne menafs ionowen.
WIN tne exception OF thaI portion o. tne
route oetveep snenai ana Way hsna the
SUDAN can now % feacheo from Catlo py
raai. put tho pieasure Traveller OF course
goes oy the river as ier as HAMA, Where ne
dasemberKs ana oompietes tne Journey !"
hhertum py the railway Whicn was con.
structed es part OF the campaign sssinss
the Mahdl. beeTeen Way hana ana
hnaftum tnefo ere hVe catarects' ehu tne
dimcuity OF carrying large army over this
part OF the river would nave been 30 great
ehat kltcbener determined 10 ninR rat'-
way across the desert rms ranWay, eA-
tended 70 khartun, which u the SUDAN
government railway OF to-day. 10 aoout ooo
mhes In length ana IN iso' carr'ed ssz'Zo
passengers.
The journey across the desert Is more IN
teresttng than might DO imagined. Inc
enect OF sunset on the vast stretcn OF sano.
which at such time Is transformed into
iske OF goia' . something which can oniy
be seen IN the Sudan. and you may De ior-
t,inato enough 20 witness mirage rivalhng
the palm studded mundation OF the ME az
Sakkara. Tventy-three miles beyond ber"
berthe Atbara hiver ts-reached' over winch
The sun., 1908-12-27
A Rsp.sIioan campaIsn Sons Of lsse.

hses'IoN. sons OF 1855.
From 'Ths Cen<ds oI ne Hspao'tan PatB." bp
ID. W. How T Isdanepetif
The campaign OF lsae IKE taAt Of $50. was q
IdIotic as were those Of 1870. One Of tIss -,
pooulsr of The Republican songs Wases,I,d ...rns
WHINE House Race and was sung % m. ,,,rs
Of the -campsowa Rsoes.s The word 49,.
as fe'ioWs;
There's an old gray horse whose name 10 Buck,
Du ds, du da.
His dam was foiiy and HE ssre Bad Luck.
Chorus
We're bound 10 work all night
We're bound 20 work an day.
/ II bet my money on the Mustang Colt,
The sun., 1908-12-27

To rRH EDrEoB oP ThB SuB-,Ssr; May st'
press on Christmas Day-vhst feel every day
-eenuine gratitude 10 every member Of the STAN
THn Sur Is one OF the things that make life worth
while, A The only reason I'm sorEy that I'm not
man h that IN that case could tFy 20 ket Jon
on THr SUr: but might be turned down. 70 rs
probebv far better - u h- r..,,sn
NEv YosE. DseSaser -,
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x,.a H..rt.A Tarheel Ealtar.
From fhe HdIsbgro obssrpsr.

For our patrons, one and all. delinquent sub
scribers-and even 70 those OF our subscribers
Who have been promising 70 bring US some wood
but up 70 this writing have failed 10 DO so-and
the balance OF the human race, we wish very
pIcasan, and happy holiday season and pros