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IL III sAYINe sEhpI0EE

4 . .
s4wAsHFMaroN Dec. "a. Tho Life Saving
Service Of the United States consists OF q
force Of about 1000 men, at 2sO stations
on our sea coasts and on the shores OF the
Great Lakes. The cost Of tho service 10
about %, ,ooO. 200 year. General superin-
tendent Kimball's report for the year
ended June 80, 1908, shows that the corps
In that year saved an unknown number OF
human livesand nearly Si2 200, 900 worth OF
property. Among craft Of the documented
olasa there were disasterS to $50 vessels,
carrying a total Of S.74s persons. Ont
OF this number only sixteen lives were
lost. 1t is only possible to guess how
many would have pertshed had. there
been no life saving service at hand 70
give aid. but II is fair to assume that
without that service the casualty list
would have been much larger than 1t was.
Out Of SIS, 500, ,226 worth of property In
volved In these disasters, only 81 i.ses, 1eo
was lost. Here also it Is only possible
TO guess at the losses had there been no
life saving service with IT'D trained men
and its equipment.
In addition there is a record OF
minor mishaps to sailboats, Launches
and rowboats. These involved danger
to i.sss persons, Of whom only six were
lost. The risk TO property In the 7os
casualties of this class amounted to seis.-
$40. with an actual loss OF only sseSo.
Aid of less importance was given In IVY
additional cases, thus making total OF
nearly 1, 400 aided craft. carrying thou
sands of people and valued at millions Of
dollars. Besides this ninety seven steam
ers and 122 other vessels were warned
by the signals Of the servics Of peril into
which they were running in the darkness
or the thick fog. Service was also rem
dered to fifty-six persons in danger. Of
these fifty-one were in danger Of drown
ing while bathing or by falling over
board or by other misadventures. Vari-
ous minor services are reported In the
form of property saved on shore.
Congress made no mistake last winter
when 1t recognized the merit Of the corps
by an increase in the pay of it's members.
Even now 1t is one OF the poorest paid
branches OF the Federal service when its
risks and hardships are considered,
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Plays and Plots.

Strange medicine 10 being prescribed
in London for the ailments of the
drama. II every Englishman still at
tended to the voice OF the "Thunderer'
we might feel alarmed for SHAKE
sPEARE's Successors. All large and
genuine interests, according to the
Times, are sacrificed by the modern
playwright in/striving after neatness
and oleverness of plot. His ideal is a
well constructed" piece, and the result
is a play impoverished in character.
atmosphere and vital incident.
The modern novel, on the other hand,
less anxious to be well constructed" I"
this critic finds comparatively rich in
the higher qualities. With an allusion
to the old saying that SHAKEsPEARB
borrowed his plots instead Of laboring
to invent them we are conducted into
wild non sequitur. Our playwrights
are to become whole and strong again,
it seems, by economizing their creative
force through "iifting' material from
our novelists. What material, exactly?
The critic is little vague about that.
Does he mean plots? In that de-
partment, on his own showing, the
novelists are inferior Character and
atmosphere, then? This counsel would
be not only damnable but super1uous;
30 many dramatists already seek them
anywhere rather than in life. Besides,
did the great example take his charac-
ters and atmospheres as we'll as plots
from books? Did he trouble to create
nothing?
This curiosity of criticism" suggests
the need of revising that statement
about SHAKESPEARE borrowing his
plots. If few instances are excepted
it is false. He usually got his raw mate
rial or starting point in chronicles or
fables familiar to the people, but be-
tween that and the creation of dra-
matte plot lies a wide interval Look
at the Merchant Of Venice" where he
uses four old tales, The loan, far from
tightening his purely oonstructivework,
made it much heavier. Not the least
prodigious of his qualities were the skill
and ease with which he sorted and
matched and interwove odds and ends
and scattered threads into a vivid,
complex simplicity. A manifestation
80 massive az well as deft might well
drive the cleverest artifcer Of the mod
ern stage to despair.
The extraordinary success OF SARDoU,
who relied so much upon his plots
and neglected the artists duty Of
copying life, has for some time been
prompting denunciations of the study
of construction and intrigue; but sAR-
poU's lack of a higher quality is no rea-
son for condemning the lower faculty
which he had. His failure to combine
nature with construction does not show
them to be incompatible. In spite of
SHAKEsPEABE and other contrary in
stances this inference has been drawn,
and in France fifteen or twenty years
ago school of rebellious youths made
Indifference to plot construction their
watchword. The loss which they thus
incurred has been partly made up by
their success in drawing from life-not.
it is needless to say, from novels-but it
leaves their work one sided.
The sun., 1908-12-23

From the London Eeensne Standard.
Mr., C. A. Phillips. who died recently was
principal In a well known arm OF Nuneaton hat
makers. The business was established about two
centuries ago at Atherstone. and subsequently,
passod by purchase into the hands Of Joseph
.WIlIday, whose family conducted Il for more than
hundred years As carly as i7+s the round hats
made of soft felt then known as "Atherstone
cocks were not only sold largely In Great Britain
but sent to the American plantations. Mr.. Will
day 90 increased the manufacture OF these cheap
felt hats that they became known as "willday
cocks" from which name arose the term Billy
cocks" The English armies which fought In
America. India and at Waterloo were supplied
win, hats from willdays factory.
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me sky Clearing in the Balkans.

On December 21 in his speech pro-
4 ff'kuing Parliament King EDWARD ex-
pressed the belief that an amicable ad-
5ustment of the questions lately raised
IN southeastern Europe would be
reached with the consent Of the sigma
tory Powers. He had to wait but few
hours to Bee the prediction confirmed,
FOR on the same day Marquis PALLAvI-
cIN, Austrian Ambassador at Constanti-
noble, made to the Grand Vizier, KIAAnL
Psshs, an offer of. pecuniary oompensa-
tion for the annexation of Bosnia, 1t
wAs expedient to arrive at an agree
i1ent before the organization Of the
b0p1lar branch of the Turkish Parlia-
ment, for once ready for business that
body might have insisted upon dicta-
ting the terms of settlement.
There seems to be no doubt that an
aarSement has been reached in principle,
/, foY AIstigar admits that she ought to
assume responsibility for the share of
the Ottoman public debt which should
belong to Bosnia and the Herzegovina.
10 ascertain what that share is and also
pefhape to inquire whether there are
I any Offsets mixed commission will be
tInppointed. At present the Turkish
and Austrian estimates of the amount
due are said to differ, the former placing
i the sum at $50 900, 900, while the latter
sis ofe-third lower. Even the smaller con-
fribution would be welcome to the Otto
! man treasury, the straitened condition
.ot- which has threatened to weaken
ihe hold of the Reform party on the
standing army.
The decision Of Austria to provide a
pecnniary solvent Of the difficulties
I created by her Incorporation of Bosnia
repders it certain that Bulgaria will
quickly pursue similar course. The
Sofia Government must also prefer to
{, come to an understanding with the
7 Ottoman Executive rather than leave
the question of compensation TO be
discussed in the Turkish Parliament.
Here again the precise sum to be paid
for Bulgarian independence and the
appropriation OF the Eastern Rumelian
section of the Oriental Railway may be
fixed by commission, but that the in
dernnity will be large may doubtless
be taken for granted. To say nothing
of the confiscated railway, enlarged
4 Bulgaria il more populous than Bosnia
and would fairly be held accountable
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The origin Of the Maxim.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN--Sir: This is
what your correspondent w. r. c. asks for In
TEE SUN Of December 10:
The sprishuy Parker soon one sees, :,
Head Of legal institution. = u.
Enjoying huge retaining fees 80
As counsel for the prosecution
advice TO lawyers, msum non eSt p
Get on. get honor, then get honestD i
/, is from More Representative Men, by
Harry Graham. FRANKLIN p. ADAMs.
NEW YORK, December %.
To THE EDITOR or TIE SUS-.Sfrs Permit me
IN reyerse the maxim with which you are pug
zllnr your contributors and 10 remark that put
ting Il tother end foremost makes Il more IN
consonancc with common morals: that is, FRS,
ret honest then get honor and then get on. Prog.
ress In the acquisition Of the wheye0ithal may
NOT be as rapid, but conscience win be satsned and
old are more enjoyable. z. LAwroNJ JSkrpER
RRooELYN December q
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THE. PRESIDENTS REBUKE.
Poor Horsemanship, Not an Apparent
Slight, Caused a Criticism.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: 4
person whose occupation gives an excellent
opportunity for knowing the facts assures
me that the widely circulated tale in which
President Roosevelt is represented az re-
proving a number of young women who
overlook and passed him while horseback
riding. on the ground that they had no
right to take precedence of him. is entirely
incorrect. My informant says. that the
young women. riding at a rapid pace, did
pass The President While In front OF him
they began to descend a steep decivity at
dangerous speed. and several Of them
were In danger Of being unhorsed and in
jured.
The President, seeing the plight they we're
In. rode up. Quieted the horses of one or
two OF them, and then reproved them
sharply. not for passing him. but for reck-
less driving which put them and their
mounts in jeopardy. His act was a per-
fectly natural one. his conduct being that
OF lover of horsedesh who saw ignorant
or reckless riders imperilling their necks.
~ j. T. p.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. December 81,
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The Arsenal OF q Gar.

The best armed monarch In Europe 10 day is
the new Gar Ferdinand OF Bulgaria. His bed :.
room is fllled With weapons which are not there
for any ornamental purpose. but for use. The
sinister collection includes gums, revolvers dag.
gers and here and there on chairs are cudgels
and knuckic busters, small and wicked look
ing revolver with all its chambers loaded lies
at the head OF his bed. Though he takes all these
precautions Ferdinand Is q courageous man, hut
he suffers at night from constant dread Of as.
sassInation, A Pew weeks ago the palace at soma
was wakened at the dead Of night by a plsto,
snot ringing oat In the stillness. No one ever
heard what II was all about. but the shot was
probabIy fred on by the Prince In NJ OF nervous.
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PIsa for Thres ffolidar,.

TO TIE EDITOR oFTHr SUN--sir: As Saturday.
December - Is half holiday generally aud an
OF day universally, following a legal holiday,
would II be too much 70 ask employers 70 close
for the few business hours Saturday. Thousands
Of US live far away, and by having from Thursday
night until Monday morning we could get nice
home Christmas. when the solitary day, Friday,
would spell lonely holiday away from home.
Wall Street generally win not open Saturday
morning. Let other trades where possible fall
into line. A. q. LLOYD.
NEW YohR. December n ap ~
The sun., 1908-12-23

The pcturcs lp Stnbner. Maea-ine for Ianu-
ary arc not,peablc. Charles Huards remarkApe
sltetches Illustrate a picturesque corner oil panS'
N. C. Myeth paints the aheep herders OF the soath-
west, and Mr.. Alexander's decorations of the Car
nexIe institute are shown. 4 serial BY Thomhs
Nelson Page begins, and Mrs. Rebeccs Hardin
Davis and two Others furnish short stories. ~.
W. e llroNneu writes on Poe. Prof. Mathews ON
Mi, y. Rogers on the use OF Enghsn
in singing. and an anonymous writer begins .
series Of criticisms Of the English, The one poe"
Is bY Mr. Edith Wharton. - y. s,o A.
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ras 2s.smss,l. in Minnesota,


We took a spin with johnson the other DAY
aboard his automobile II Is powerful beast
with four pairs OF battle lanterns and turtle
shaped deck. a voice like a wild gander ana
darts along the road with sound otan approach
ing downpeur. There Is the strength Of twenty .
hve horses In the engines, and ride on ono oI
It's cushions does not remind us OF anything tor
Ne never hadIone like tt before, It's hraLen en-
trails rive out vicious hiss as II ready to bur'
with power. u gives the feeling thai man oNs
zone beyond his rights and created bra1eh
monster TO annihllste upe and distance
The sun., 1908-12-23

General Kuropstiln in MeCIureS Ma0a:ins for
Janunry critIclses the Portsmouth treaty. J. l..
Pord writes on the stage. w. C. Barnes on wild
horses, and an anonymous saloon keeper OF New
York on his experiences. serial by Mrs Hum
phry Ward. Marriage 4 Ia Mode" begins, and
there are sx short Stories one by Jack London.
Thers arr also four poems and q statistical article
On mortality as Indicated by weight
The sun., 1908-12-23

In Barpsr's Monthly Magazine for January Miss
Peck describes her ascent OF Huascaran, Mr..
Arthur Symons describes the Lands End, Mr..
Norman Duncan tries 70 explain DamAscene psy.
choiogy, and PROT n. X. Duncan the beginning OF
things The anonymous serial continues aud there
are seven short stories besides An account OF The
charge at BalAkiaya Is told by survivor. and some
OF the younger American painters In Paris are
discussed. Prof. Henry a. Beeu IA one Of the
seven poets who contribute.
The sun., 1908-12-23

Lsnaon once, Efingham House. Arundel
STREET. strand. The daily and Sunday Sun arc on
zkis 10 London at Murray's Exchange. Trafalgar
nuil1lngs Northumberland avenue; Pan hail
Af.eYican and colonial Exchange, Carlton street
recent street, and Davis Steamship Agency. II
Green street, Leicester Square
The sun., 1908-12-23

The CONSERVATION Of the Democracy as
Mr.. BRYAN reiterates his indestruotible
resolve to keep on leading 1t was only
family foreshadowod by Mr.. PIcKwICK's
feelings when Mrs. BARDELL fell into his
q
The sun., 1908-12-23
AntI-sparrow Crusade.

From the London Siandard
Al a meeting OF Mendosham sparrow Cloh
was stated that during this year LBS ora o"ns'
so7 younr birds and s.ait eggs had been de-
stroyed, a total Of ii,Gso. The local farmers pay
a voluntary rate. based on acreage, from when
payments are made for birds and eggs DESTROYED
The sun., 1908-12-23

Paris once. 3, Rue Louis le Grand. The daily
ktd sunday editions are on sale at Kiosque T. nea
tie Grand Hotel; Kiosquo ~, Boulevard des Cap
sieines. corner Place de ropera and Klosque 10
eaotisyard des Itaiens corner Rue Louis lie Grand
The sun., 1908-12-23
Ar.Hath liz PririIars.,

MethusSlsh chucked.
Nobody viii recognize a Christmas present
given me zoo years ago." he cried.
Herewith he passed on thingumbob to his
nRlRhbor, .#'
The sun., 1908-12-23

Published by the sun Printing and Publishing
4 assocIatIon at 10 Nassau street. In the Borough
or Manhattan. New York. President and Treas
.hrsr Of the Association, William N, I'affan, i7e
Hsssau street: Secretary of the Association
ffknhiln Bartlett, S Nassau street.
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A Nutnex Candidate.

To rHn EDITOR oy TIE sus--sir, r. G. Letters
"a postmaster at Putnam. Conn. Can he be reg.
isteredf lhAVhiahho MAN.
The sun., 1908-12-23

n eur friends vho faFor us Nth manuscripts for
SpblieahoR tOish to haze rejected art'des returned
fss,l ,st IN all cases send stamps for nsdt purpose
The sun., 1908-12-23
A Queer Selection.

From Iondyn Trudi.
Fight the Good Fight" seeIns rather sinister
choice OF hymns for the marriage service. Yet
IL As often selected.
The sun., 1908-12-23

Well, CASTRO has enjoyed himself He
has bluffed magnifcently the United
States and Europe. And he 10 not likely
to 60 to the poorhouse.
The sun., 1908-12-23

AmbAssadorship 70 the Court Of 81. James's.-ha-
icaukee Sennnei.
With the highest respect. bosh!
The sun., 1908-12-23
a,,e.aueu, AooempII,hmsa,. A

Saiesman-Do you want talking doIli
Knlcker-No. ! dom, think u would get
chance. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15
LEVIED TRIBUTE ON NATIVES
Enterprising Soldier in Fair Way to
Get Rich When His Game
Was Spoiled.

The native soldiers are a difficult
problem to deal with in our colonies,
for as soon as the white mans back
is turned the native soldier, if he can
possibly get chance, uses the show
of authority that his uniform and
arms give him to plumber and ill
treat the defenseless natives. While
I was at Lokoja there was case of
a Yoruba soldier who deserted from
the garrison, taking with him copy
of the Kings Regulations. With this
he went about all over the country,
squeezing" the chiefs for cattle and
sheep and anything that he had a
fancy for, on the strength of it; and
it was long time before his depre-
dations were discovered and he him
self caught.-Wide World Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15
SIMPLE CIGARETTE CURE.

Mothers who are borrowing trou-
Bile because their boys come home
from school or play accompanied by
a lingering odor of cigarette smoke,
may discover a useful hint in the
statement that peppermint candy is
one of the most effective antidotes to
the tobacco habit yet discovered. To
bacco will not blend kindly with the
taste of sweet peppermint. Socially
the cure may seem worse than the
disease, but from medical view
point the sucking of peppermints is
far less hurtful. A common pepper
mint drop will prevent smoking for
about an hour, so the amount OF
candy used need not be great. 1t is
also good plan when your boy
starts in smoking to teach him to
make his own cigarettes. Few will
smoke to excess if they have to make
their own.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15
THOUGHT TROUT WERE SICK
Amateur sportsmaa Had Much to
Learn About Fish He Was
Preserving.

a man whose experience as q
sportsman had been limited to an oc-
casional days fishing in the noun
tains bought for himself place with
a fine trout preserve on Long Island.
He looked forward with great inter
est to last opening day, as that
would be his first opportunity to fish
In bis own pond, and when the day
at last arrived the first streak of
daylight found him leaving his
house, rod in hand.
: A day or two later a sportsman
friend inquired as to what luck he
had had.
II caught plenty of fish, and big
ones, too" responded the owner Of
the preserve. ''There are plenty Of
trout in the pond, but they all seem
to be sick"
sWhy, what's the matter with
them? p asked the sportsman.
"Well,' answered the preserve
owner, "to tell the truth, we were
afraid to eat them; their flesh is
pink, and I never saw brook front
that color before"
pou't you poz. paan. exclaimed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15
WIDE USE OF COCAINE.

That the evils of cocaine, which
New York is trying to stamp out by
the enforcement Of stringent law,
are more widespread than the public
knows was emphasized by Dr..
Charles Harrington, chairman of the
Massachusetts, state board of health,
in the course of a lecture at Harvard
Medical school. DR.. Harrington told
of a group of boys in Chelsea who
held cocaine parties, which were
broken up by the police. He also
told of man who sold a catarrh
cure containing cocaine and employ
ed boys to peddle the drug. The
boys were paid commission in the
form of a bottle of the cure. He
said that in some barrooms the drug
was as much an article of commerce
as liquor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE s, 1878.
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office.
Duluth. Mimi, Aug. 90, 1870

odAutis SxAAtltss aug. go 4SVSs
Notice is hereby given that In COM
pliance with the provisions of the act
of Congress of June 8, 1873, entitled
San act for the sale of timber lands
in the States of California, oregon,
Nevada, and Washington Territory" as
extended to all the Public Land States
by act of August 4, 1892, Gustaf Albert
Rydberg, of Duluth, County of ST.
Louis, State of Minnesota, has this
day flied In this office his sworn state
ment No. 1884. for the purchase of
the NJ SEA, and NEN SWH of Sec
ton No. 9 in Township No. ga NJ,
Range No. IA w. p. NJ, and will offer
proof to show that the land sought is
more vaiuabl for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and to
establish his claim t6 said land before
the Register and Receiver at Duluth,
Mimi, on Tuesday, the 25th day of
August, 1908.
He names as witnesses: James w.
Thompson, of Duluth, Nina; Minnie
Ramsey, of Duluth, MinH.s Gust A.
Tyskifng, of Duluth. Mimi Alexander
Frazer, OF Duluth, MINI,
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the above described lands are
requested to file their claims in this
office on or before said 25th day Of
]. G. HERMAN ENcEL
y. u sgE4zEsV ATTY ~ ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15
BEAUTIFUL CANARY ISLANDS.

Americans are noticeably lacking
in the Canaries. The islands are off
the route of travel between Europe
and the United States, and are al
most entirely neglected by travelling
Americans, the visitors being mostly
British, with sprinkling of Ger
mans. The climate is very pleasant,
but these islands are by no means as
attractive as the Hawaiian islands.
The latter are far more tropical and
more beautiful in vegetation. But,
for all that, the Canary islands are
exceedingly interesting and pleasing,
and I should like to return and en-
Joy more Of them.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1873.
Notice for Publication.
limited States Land Office

Duluth Mimi, Aug. II, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in COM
pliance with the provisions of the act
of Congress of June 8, 1878 entitled
IAN act for the sale of timber lands in
the States of California, Oregon, Ne
vada. and Washington Territory" as
extended to all the Public Land States
by act of August 4, 1892, Augustine
|O'Donnell, of Elma, Iowa, County of
Howard, State of Iowa, has this day
filed in this office his sworn statement
No. 12433, for the purchase of the Sk
SEA, Section Is, and NJ NEA of Sec
tion No. % in Township No. So N,
Range No. w. 4th p. M, and will
offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber
or stone than for agricultural pur-
poses, and to establish his claim to
said land before the Register and Re-
ceiver at Duluth, Mimi, on Friday, the
14th day of August, 1908.
He names as witnesses: Daniel r.
Conway of Elma, Iowa; Frederick N.
Stute. of Elma, Iowa; Charles l. Sui
livan, of Elma, Iowa; James F. Tor
pey, of New Hampton, Iowa; Peter o.
Lee, of Duluth, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the abovc-described lands are
requested to file their claims in this
office op or before said 14th day of
August, 1908.
J. C. HERMAN ENGEL.
Register.
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