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The Terrapin Belt.

Ii was a Western statesman who once
remarked that the earer New York the
better the BARRIERS. He followed this
obvious truism by making a wager that
he could eat his way to Washington, liv-
ing only on the ~succulent bivalve and
shellfsh. Naturally the point Of de-
parture was TO be New York, for west OF
our tight little town the gentle art OF
making the mouth water with oysters,
crabs, Holsters and terrapin is hardly
practised by masters,
Whether the wager was accepted we
never learned, but we do know that
south Of this city-to be precise, in Phila-
delphia-there are a few, only a few,
consummate cooks left who continue the
tradition Of the once famous and long
since dead Maestro FINELLI. Some club
cynics in the City Of Brotherly Reform
claim that FINELLI's secret OF frying
oysters died with him; those golden
poems Of his, half croquette, half food
for the angels, were said TO have been
fried in olive oil. Countless chefs from
other cities, ever from across the water,
visited Philadelphia for the purpose OF
wrestling from the sphinx FINELLI the
answer to the enigma, No one ever sue
oeeded. Now the veteran DENNIS NC
GowAN calmly asserts that the trick lies
in the quality Of tho,lard used and the
temperature Of the fire, DENNIS ought
to know. His devillcd crabs c%onjure up
visions of the mighty VATEL, and his
fried oysters are not to be duplicated in
Manhattan.
But we achieve the Great Terrapin
Belt when we reach Baltimore. Pre-
pared there in certain hostelries like that
Of KELLY's, by sable skinned citizens
| with a subtle sense Of the nuances OF
taste, terrapin is no longer food, but
spiritual mamma TO the right minded. In
Washington, though the glories of CHAM
BERLIN and HARVEY no longer illumi-
nate the joyful horizon, no epicure need
starve for want of choice ~sustenance.
Lobstsrs, crabs, oysters, the gorgeous
ajambolina, and what not, remind us
that our African brothers hand has not
yet lost It's cunning.
Into Darkest Dixie Land We refuse u
90 in imagination. The fabulous burgoc
is for disciples Of the plein air school; il
must be eaten in the open amid vasi
throngs and to the beatings Of political
tamtams. Nor is the clambake much
less private. In matters culinary one
should be an individuOlist, q
socialist.
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Our F,ra-.. q NIanufaOturs..

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. ThsT4
Ia one feature about our foreign trade worthy
Of special notice, namely. that OF manu-
features exported. Even though oth'e,
classes Of exports may iuctuate manuisc,i
lures steadily increase. greatly 10 the benshS
Of American factories and American wSs4.
earners. In the eight months ended FebS
ruary. 1905. those exports formed s7.?i PEI
cent. OF our total exports; in the next similar
period 37.Ss per cent, and in the eight months
ended February. 1908. $3.50 per cent. Herd
are the total values Of such exports In th9
periods named for the eight months ended
February
1905 .......... $50 $50 os 1904 ......-- tSo7yGi0sa
1901. ......,.. assn, col
In addition exports Of "foodstufs parity
or wholly manufactured" were.
1905 ......... t2Ss. Sis,oS1 1905. "..,.... iz0oIs M, 81
1901. .,,...,, 2J0,ei0,4B
There Is a wealth Of encouragement IL
these figures. WALTER J. BALLARD,
Los ASOELEs. Cal, April Il,
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HiWKINSS ZOUAVES.
Some Interesting Facts Contributed ny
Their Old Commander.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: IN tha
account Of the anniversary dinner Of the
Ninth New York Volunteer Infantry there
are a few errors calculated to mislead. which
IN he interest OF truth ought to be corrected.
That regiment was not composed Of red
legged devils" The uniform was Of dark
blue cloth trimmed with narrow dark ma
genta worsted braid and the whole, jacket,
vest and trousers. rather close fitting and
becoming TO the wearers. The so-called red
legged devils, " with red bags for trousers,
were another New York regiment well re-
membered for its exceptionally fine record
Personally | am unable 10 recall a single
instance where the Ninth" showed an acute
desire for the use Of cold steel" at close
quarters. Those were times when b]ayonet'
might have been used for that purpose, but
the often reported fact that bayonets were
crossed was q spurious coin. minted in the
ardent ~imaginations OF our far too friendly
reporters,
to the front "a, serve in the regiment. Bur
there we're about $50 original members
and recruits. 1t il also true that the req
I ment had its share Of casualties killed on The
field, wounded, died Of wounds and from dis
ease contracted In the service. These are the
usual incidents which all in active warfare
c%ontending with an enemy may expect 10
encounter, and there we're other splendid
regiments from various parts Of our country
worthy Of all the praise we can bestow, which
also had their share Of these incidents. Al
that can be said OF nv command. the beloved
and sincerely respected, by all those brave
men who served in II and have been 30 trle
to its uplifting traditions, is that II was al
wavs ready when called upon and in thc per!
Torrance Of its whole duty was faithful -
the end-aye, even to the death.
NEW YORK, April 20. RUSH 9. HAWETNS
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Funston and the Shut Door.

FREDERICK FUNSTON, who is now serv-
ing his eighth year as a Brigadier-Gen-
eral in the Regular army, still suffers for
the crime Of being a young man, al
though he will soon be 43. We quote
from the Washington correspondence Of
the New York Tribune.
It has been decided that General FUNSTON shall
not be appointed a Major General for some time.
as all the Bnghdier- Generals arc older than be Is
and have longer 10 serve. II is considered that he
received ample reward for his services In the Philip.
pines resulting In the capture Of AouINALDo and
that he can AFFORD 10 wait Instead OF being promoted
and blocking the way for older ofncer."
For have longer TO serve read have
served longer; obviously that is what
is meant. As no more Major-G Generals
will be appointed during the present ad-
ministration unless there is a vacancy
occasioned by death or resignation or
voluntary retirement FUNSTON must
look for promotion 10 some other Presi-
dent than Mr.. ROOSEVELT. II the prin-
ciple that FUNSTON should not be pro-
NOTED because the other Brigadiers on
the list are older is always to prevail
FUNSTON will be gray before his turn
comes, il it ever does come, for older men
will be continually added to the list, and
JOHN j. PERsHING, who does not retire
until 1924, seems to be an insurmOuntable
barrier. General FUNsToN's fourteen
fellow Brigadiers are all older than he.
With the present Administration the fact
that FUNSTON is senior Brigadier and
has been senior for some time avails
nothing, although the President pro-
NOTED LEONARD WooD TO Major General
after a little more than two years service
as Brigadier because he was senior on
the list.
1t is true that all the associate Briga-
diers have served in the army longer
than FREDERICK FUNSTON, but only -four
! Of them-THoMAs, MORTON, HODGES and
BRUsH-served in the civil war, and none
of the others, except perhaps MILLS and
PRRsHING, has as good a record in the
field as FUNSTON. We are inclined 10
think that FUNSTON in his nearly three
years experience in the Philippines die
more actual fighting than MILLS in the
Santiago campaign and as much as might
be claimed for PBRsHINo in Cuba and in
the Philippines. FUNSTON Is one Of the
three medal Of honor men on the list thC
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The Mi.dom Of plnt.rnh.

To TIE EDITOR or m SUN-Sn. In the APO.
thegms OF Bacon ] recently came across the follow.
Ing remarks. They are so apt and timely that
comment Is unnecessary:
~ Plutarch said well, 1T ls otherwise In a com.
monweslth Of men than OF bees; the hive Of a city
OF kingdom Is 10 the best condition when there 4,
least Of noise or buzz In &c."
~ The same Plutareh said OF men OF weak sbuI.
tics set In great places that they we're like little
statues set on great bases. made 10 appear the less
by their advancement" \
~ He said again, Good fsme 10 Hike a hre; when
YOU have kindled II, you may easily preserve; bu,
II once you eAtingulsh IL you will not easily EndIe
II again at least not make Il burn as bright a. IL
did" ALBERT r. GALIATE.
NEW YoEE, April n.
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RrYa In GeOrRia.

We, see in the newspapers that the
Hon. CLARK HOWELL Of Atlanta, Ga,
has been visiting Washington and dis
tributilg his views with characteristic
huency Mr.. HOWELL is the editor Of
the Atlanta Constitution, built up many
wears ago by his father, the late EVAN P.
HOWELL and this valuable property the
younger man has managed to preserve
without Visible injury in consequence of
the loss {. Tits presiding genius.
The factof interest is that Mr.. HOWELL
has been tdling the quidnuncs Of Wash
ington all about the Hoke Smith-Jo
Brown campaign in Georgia, together
with the prevalence Of Bryan in the
Southern Staes, and that he was listened
N with honest wonder as an oracle OF
high authority.
As regards he Hoke Smith-Jo Brown
contest for Governor we naturally know
Aothing, Brown IL a son Of the former
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Archbishop Hughes, Patriot American.

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE SUS-Sir: You
nave done a public service in reprinting to-
day the beautiful, patriotic and true letter Of
Archbishop Hughes. written TO the great
Union Square meeting at the beginning OF
our civil war In 1851.
I am going to have it framed and hung
upon the wall In my house for my children
and others to read and remember.
I may add that in the same year when the
Government issued the 7.So loan for the pur-
pose Of raising the war funds which we're
needed Archbishop Hughes was a subscriber
NEw YORK, April a. CITIZEN.
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Mr.. Justice Holiness Command Of Meta.
physical English.

From me NeJ Bedford Mercury.
THE Sun Is struck by the judicial English
employed by Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Jr, OF the Supreme Court OF the United States,
who might be expected TO write clearly and
felicitously by inheritance. Justice Holiness
bizarre statements have long been a matter
Of interest in Massachusetts,. The lawyers
marveled, we recall, at the announcement Ia
a decision rendered by Justice Holmes while
on the Massachusetts bench that "A trolley
car is not a rapier, . from which no appeal TO
a higher court was ever taken. We treasure
also q quotation from Chief Justice Holmes.
rendered In the case OF Michael Roche VS.. the
Lowell Bleachery in Middlesex in 1902, which
deserves quotation along with THE suns
selection. Chief Justice Holmes wrote at
that time:
It's true. perhaps, that that could not be accented
as a universal test, because often the negligence il
due 10 the consciousness OF the party not having
been directed 70 the point Of complaint, which the
hypothesis OF a direction assumes II 20 have been.
But the test seems 70 be OF use when, as here, the
precise object OF the superintcndent's conception
was improper. In such a case the proximity be-
tween the brain that conceived and the subordinate
~gangllOn that carried out the thought seems not TO
be a ground Of eGoneration,
There was a game which DR.. Holmes. the
Judges distinguished father. used 10 play
over the teacups, a kind Of "cabala alpha
betica, which he defined az the formation of
sentences which contain all the letters of the
alphabet. And DR.. Holmes evolved the SEN
tence Il quartz pyx who fling muck beds. "
DR., Holmes rightly oonjectured these words
would never have come together excepting
in this way. In the sentence involving the
subordinate ganglion" we are disposed 20
think the Justice was playing a kindred game.
There Is no alternative but to believe Justice
Holmes is amusing himself by the introduce
ton Of grotesQue phraseology in the court
decisions 10 lend versimilitude to the ponder
Gus opinions there presented,
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TAPPING H4RRIMiN'S BARREL.
Question Ns to the Inspiration Ot a visit
TO the white House.

To the EpITor or THE SUN--Sir. Are
YOU quite certain that our enterprlsing Con-
gresham was called to the White House"
in the autumn Of 1905 TO circumvent Harri-
man, or did he volunteer 70 go in order to
make report on Harriman's refusal to pay
money into the Republican Congress COM
mittee war chest TO be used to defeat Demo-
cratic candidates for Congress?
Hartman had. as you have made il plUi7.
literally responded in 1904 to Roosevelt $
solicitation for money to take New York out
Of the Democratic column. II vas very nat
ural for the White House to feel that he
would respond to an application from the
chairman OF the Republican Congress COM
mittee to make sure OF ARepublican Congress
10 regulate interstate commerce, but for
some reason the request preferred by our
Congressman was p%eremptorily rejected by
Hartman. Hence came, as the affair Is I'M
derstood in Herkimer and Oneida counties,
the fastening Of our Congressman to Wash
ington and his full report Of the facts TO the
President and Secretary Of State. The only
purpose then Of q circumvention OF Hartman
must have been TO extract aid for Republican
candidates for Congress through our Con-
gresham or the White House, but II Hartman
aid aid Republicans or Democrats In that
campaign he used other channels.
Whether or not Hartman In 1909 told our
Congressman OF his aid to Roosevelt In 1904
and what came Of 1t has not been revealedV
All the cats were not let out OF the bag till a
year ago this month. Interstate commerce
prosecutions against the Union Pacific sys-
tenn began soon thereafter, But now the
campaign subscription publicity gun hangs
fire In Con gTess?
ROM. n. Y. April rs. ]. B. r.
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Others being CATER and Mills, CAR
TER received his medal for ~rescuing
wounded men under a heavy fire OF hos
tile Indians at Cibicu Creek, Arizona;
MILLS 'for encouraging those a him
by his bravery and GOODNESS after being
shot through the head and entirely with
out sight in the battle Of Santiago, and
FUNSTON for crossing the Rio Grande de
la Pampanga, Luzon, "and by his skill
and daring enabling the General COM
manding 10 carry the enemy's entrenched
position on the north bank Of the river
and drive him with great loss from the
important strategic position Of Calum-
pit" FUNSTON was Of still greater SER
vice to his commanding General and 80
the American people when he captured
AoUINALDo, for the achievement, If II
did not end the war in the Philippines,
must be reokoned az a powerful con-
tributing factor.
As a young man Of A. and over FuNs-
TON a perhaps afford to wait but
is it fair to put him aside az an OBJ
struction to the advancement Of older
ofloeB2 How much longer must he be
a Brigadier to qualify for promotion?
Must he win a second medal Of honor?
Must there be another oataclysm and
conHagration to test the mans fitness to
command in a great emergency? These
questions may be answered by the next
President in the negative. As for Mr..
ROOSEVELT, he made up his mind some
time ago to sidetrack FUNSTON, and the
door Of opportunity is now shut in his
face during this administration
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Yesterday the Old Guard, the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery and the Richmond
Blues we're the guests Of the Governors
Foot Guard at New Haven. Last evening
it was announced that the members Of DR..
HADLRY's institution Of learning had applied
unanimously for membership in the Inter
national Peace Society. "We have seen
war; their memorial declared, -and we
dedicate ourselves 10 peace
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The SerIonsne,s Of Hohson.

TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir We do not
quite sec how any one can take Hobson seriously. -
Fifteen years ago the writer Of this, through a
friend, engaged board In a French pension. to
which . girls school was attached, and that after.
moor Mt. Hobson, who was finishing his course al a
naval technical school al Paris, called on a friend
at the pension, Nj. Hobson IL young and hand
some. and the writer OF this. as he had been repre-
sented, over MY and reasonably ugly.
MY" said the French woman, on seeing Hobson,
~ | had known my new boarder was Ike that /
wouldn Z have let him come near my girls school"
ATLANTIC CTTI, April %. a PHAooCTTH.
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Convincing Evidence Of summer.


All doubt rs to the arrival of summer
is overcome by the incidents Of Sunday.
The railroads Of Brooklyn began to pro-
vide hot weather riots for their passen-
gers without extra charge, a pickpocket
was chased through a subway train and
rowdies armed with bats and balls terror
lied a number Of carloads Of pleasure
seekers in several nearby towns.
Not in bursting buds and fresh green
lawns does the dweller hereabout find
convincing testimony Of the end Of the
cold season. Nature is tickle, and heavy
frost or snow may follow the most de-
lightful day. But the unprepared railway
management, the unsuspecting police
and the newly awakened mucker in
their annual vernal combination afford
a positive Indication for those who have
been h~esitating over the momentous
question, Is it time to discard winter UNI
dergarments?
In the trail Of street car brawls, broken
heads, smashed hats, comes the tender
hearted Magistrate who owes a duty TO
his political organization. When, at
length, the police have succeeded in cap
turing a few loafers guilty Of insulting
and abusing carloads Of decent men.
women and children this ornament Of
the judiciary will find excuses for excess
Of animal spirits, harmless play, re-
prove the too Jealous patrolman, scaripy
the complaining citizen and put the
official seal on the certificate Of the hot
seasons arrival.
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Longer Life for English Country People.

FrOn ne London Standard.
DR.. Day, the medical onlcer for the Dorchester
Rural District. has reported TO the district Council
that the average age At death In the area Of which
he has charge Is 81. The are ls steadily rising, and
people now on the average live fourteen yeArslonger
than they did In 1901, when the average age at
DEAN was only ~.
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Paris once. ~ Rue Loulsle Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are on sale At Riosque u, near the
Grand Hotel. Klosque II Boulevard des Cspucines.
corner Place de rOpera, and Klosaue ", Boulevard
des ~ltatens, corner Rue Louis le Grand
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You're a lArl" shouts Mayor, You're another"
declares Alderman CHRHoHAM 70 city Executive OF
O~rAnEe-NepGrk Etsnf10 NtrS,
There was a time when this would have
been called brutality; now it is merely
Rooseveltian persi6age.
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comparison

'Tis easy 10 sit whiting
Upon a cracker boz.
TO run Affairs and nations,
Distribute praise and knocks.
Though statesmen thus a-plenty
Their conferences hold
II takes q smarter fellow
~ get the crackers sold.
"Tls easy 10 lie thinking
Beside a purllng stream,
Philosophy 10 ponder
And mighty things 10 dream.
Though Waltons thus a plenty
Beside the brook may At
II takes q smarter fellow
To catch hsh from n.
iEm MoLAEDBURoH WILSON.
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n our friends rho faror Us rnh mdnuScnph for
publrdhon uJh 10 hare rsjCeisd dricltS WfurHed hsy
must IN an cdse, SEND Stamps for pai purDott,
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The daily and sunday SUS Is on sale In London
At NunAy's Exchange, Trafalgar Buildings, North
cumberland avenue; Pail Mall American and Co
lonial Exchange. Carlton street, Regent street, and
DAVIS steamship Agency, II Green street Leicester
square.
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AppIIed.

Knicker-we need coulers more than We r''t
bSttieahipG.
Mn K~nioker-EHAotly; suppose Won Quit hEhtnt
end fetch q bucksthul UP from the cellar,
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NAY.

More moumed than any neighbour,
Upon the moving day,
Alas for oyster lovers
The n now moves away.
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Published by the sun Printing and Publishing
Association Al no Nassau street, In the Borough Of
Manhattan, New YORK. President and Treasurer
Of the Association, william N. LanSn, 40 Nassau
street; Secretary Of the Association, franklin
Bartlett. 9 Nassau street.
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Ninths.

Knicker-lt takes nine tallors 10 make a man.
Bocker-And II takes nine ball players to make q
far.
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The SAaann.

Knioker-They're OIL
Booksr-FlAnnels Or horsesi
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New York state ranked nrst In the number fu'
citizens employed In the executive civil services
OF whom there were y .B7, or i2i per cent OF The
total number; PennsylyAnlA ranked second, VITO
iA,s27. or 10 per cent; Illinois third, with IL IN,
o. ~ per cent: and Massachusetts fourth, VIA
s@S, or So per cent. The Atlantic seaboard states
from New York 10 Virginia, inclusive, contributed
800 per cent Of All the executive civil service
employees In the District Of Columbia.
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subscription. By Mall. Postpaid.

Postage 10 foreign countries added.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-20
ANOTHER LIE NAILED.
HarDcr's Weekly Prints Letter from
Salt Lake Man ON polygamy.


The old time professional Mormon
eater found his greatest success in
the fact that Utah was long distance
away from the place where his stories
were launched. and the lie had a
long way to run before it was brought
10 an accounting.
Now, however. a transitional period
is running it's course in which the lie
hnds itself blocked not far away from
us point OF beginning. ON May
Harpcrs Weekly contained an attack
on the Mormon people of Utah and
Idaho. and the current number has a
refutation of the charges made by Lee
Roy Armstrong of this city. His letter
To Harrers, with the extract Of the
previous letter to which he replies
follows
sail Lake city. Utah, juno t. 1905
TO tbs Editor of Harpers Weekly:
Str-ln your issue of May g. under
Utah date in March, appears a let
ter ovei the signature OF Traveller"
in which / find the following passage:
For that these plural marriages still
continue despite the prohibition Of
them by law there is no sort of doubt,
not only IN the State of Utah but in
other western states where thrifty and
otherwise law abiding Mormons have
congresated in more or less numbers"
But there is every sort of doubt |
am aware that charges like the above
are frequently made by professional
anti Mormons; but i do not find the
charge sustained by any sort OF eYl-
dence that would convince one inclined
to ask for proof before believing 4
wrong had been committed 1t Is not
enough to say the charges can with
difficulty be proved" If they can be
proved at all, and ii there are plural
marriages since the manifesto, WITT
the approval OF the church-or in any
other way--lt should be established by
some sort of evidence, Really the
statement that a serious charge is
true because it cannot be proved
doesn't look like a safe proposition.
Things which happen can be proved
The Mormon leaders declare they are
actins in good faith; that they and
their people are not engaging in nor
permitting new polygamy I can find
no evidence that they are untruthful
in these statements. Until Traveller"
can do So he should refrain from
charges so serious. l am sir,
LEROY ARMSTRONG.