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The sun., 1909-06-28
N. CA..,y Of ii. Gen. Yankee.

To THR EDITOR OF THE Sus-Sp: Referring
10 the -SkobohI' chsnty rcoited by "Caius" In
TIE sun OF June "a. the way In which Il used tooe
sung by the boys Of the Confederacy Of my gencr'
alton not quite old enough 10 get In. sent back
70 their mothers with solemn admontions from
many nrst serreAnts and nrmiy believing that
the war would last until they were hftecn, b,
liberal construction, aud therefore perm,,c ~
carry . rine. was:
Il bought Yankee for nifty cents.
Skobohi Skoboh,
The son Of gun jumped overn encH,
Skoboh Skoboh!
Johnny. come nll up the bowl!
An we'll all drink stone blind
When Johnny comes msrchln' home"
some OF US may have drunk stonc blind sine
those days, hut not for Johnny. In . good many
thousands OF instances he never came marching
home, and when he did there was nothing In our
part OF the country with which TO drink 10 him aud
no provocation to hilarIly. WEsTMoREL,Sp.
RICHMOND, Va, juno Is.
The sun., 1909-06-28
Precocity Of Hsyburn.

To THH EDrroR OF The SUN-.sir: In your
editorial comment In days SUN on "Mr, Hey.
burns dreadful threat to talk regardless OF cloch
or thermometer. you quote che Idaho Senator
as claiming 10 have walked at tho head Of a com
pany Of wdeawakes In 1890, and TO have heard
John Sherman, "then just having entered the
United States Senate IS the orator Of the dav.
on September II in that year st . meeting vhere
Bayard Taylor presided.
Senator Heyburn's imagination is certainly
a most vivid and creative one. You ray he was
years old At the time Of the meeting, and un.
less we have writ our annals untrue, that meeting
was held at least sl1 months before John Sherman n
became SENATOR. Ny recollection 10 that Mr.
Sherman succeeded Salmon P. Chase a. Senator
from Ohio. when Mr.. Chase became Secretary
OF the Treasury by appointment from Abraham
Lincoln. J. ID. Bxla.
BRooKiYH, June 20.
The sun., 1909-06-28

at any one time. and these only for few
years. while all the rest will be paying
annually for long periods. By way OF
illustration, In q year when ten persons
would pay contribution Of six francs
each for each person who drew an annuity
Of i2o francs, only half the cost Of the
system would have to be derived from
other sources; II the proportion should
rise to 20 to /, the system would pay its
own way.
In the vast number Of the persons
interested may be found the explanation
Of the existing confidence that the bill
will become law within the year. There
is to be general election In France next
spring.
The sun., 1909-06-28
The Latest Addition to the British
Empire.


Although many Englishmen are try.
ing to convince themselves that they
are unable to shield from invasion
and conquest even the British Isles,
the process OF extending their transma-
rine dominions Is uninterrupted. We
do not refer to any merely structural
change like that which has transformed
the separate colonies in South Africa
into federation. What we now have
in mind is an addition OF territory
which hitherto has been alien, but by
the acquisition of which the scope of
Britain's sway in Farther India is en-
larged to considerable extent.
The British Foreign Office has Just
issued as Parliamentary paper the text
Of the treaty signed at Bangkok on
March 10 by representatives OF Great
Britain and Siam, together with an ex-
planatory memorandum. The annexed
territory is Of Importance not only in
respect of geographical and stratezi-
cal situation, but also in point OF area
and population. 1t stretches across
the Malay peninsula Immediately to the
north OF the so-called Straits Settle
ments, which already constitute British
Proteotorate; it comprises some 1900
square miles and about $4,000 inhabi-
tants. The coded territory includes the
native States of Keluntan, Trengganu,
kedah and Perlis, together with the fine
barbor OF Langkawi, which is expected
to prove a useful station for coalins
and repairing on the trade route to the
Far East. BY the same treaty Siam con-
tracts not TO cede or lease to any other
The sun., 1909-06-28
A Gardea Clty !, Russia.

From the London Ereaine siaRdard.
Owing 10 the great increase In house rent IN
Warsaw people are beginning 10 build cottages
some miles from the capital taking the Howard
Garden City type a. their model The se,tlonc I
of wo!omin, ten miles from WArSsw. has already
I 100 cottages, a school, church. cheR,ists sh ..
and market The place Il managed by q corr.
miitce chosen by the Inhabitants who are en-
p'wed In Warsaw during The day. In order 70
' pulN',xc the Idea. h,erary mon eive lecturta
{; warsaw 1n E.,g,lsh garden cities.
The sun., 1909-06-28

To THH EDITION OF THE Sus-sir: You roast
Plymouth and the Yankees to.day because
Plymouth Rock and its surroundings are no,
beautiful enough for travelling cockneys taking
photographs from Coles Hiiil. The Plymouth
folks have not the advantages OF New Workers.
II we had we could build a marble gn9 house on
Puddle Dock over the piece Of rock and get the
rest OF the country TO pay for H.
New YORK, June 81. OLD Col.nHY CLup
The sun., 1909-06-28
New England EaEiish.

From the Berkshfre Courier
Complaint Was made 10 local man by one of
bis employees that boys who were swimming
In pond were causing quite 4 nuisance. The
owner OF the property rave the man the privilege
OF putting up q sign. as he had asked permIssIop
70 do Il, The notice reads as follows:
mo Loihne or Swimming on Theas Growns-
Order by -. II Catched Law VIII be Forced y
The sun., 1909-06-28

Mr.. SxIrH handed the seal 10 Mr. BRowN
abruptly. bowed distantly, and without q word
OF congrstulatlon walked away.--.anaHia dss-
patch IN tie Trtosne.
The Hon. HoKE SMITHS courtesy Ia
eoualled only by his moral honesty. The
congratulations are for Georgia; and the
further IIoKE walks away the more she
Is to he congratulated.
The sun., 1909-06-28

There ID NO maximum on human beings earn
ings.-hr BRYAN.
As Dollar BILLS pile increases he raises
the limit OF permissible and innocent
wealth.
The sun., 1909-06-28

The hrst three hours OF TO- days session were
devoted to oratory. .-washtneion despatch.
All. II there were only prohititory
duty on ora toryl
The sun., 1909-06-28

II our friends pho faror US pifh manu'erip's fof
publication pish to haze rejected articles returned
they must IN all eases send stamps for that purpose
The sun., 1909-06-28

Paris once, ~ Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions sale at Kiosaue IL. near 'he
Grand Hotel; K,osQue II. Boulevard des Capucines,
corner Place de rOpera. and Kiosque 10, Boulevard
des Italicns, corner Rue Louis lie Grand.
The sun., 1909-06-28
The Risor Of the Cana,

Knlcker-Doet he eat pie for breakfast,
Bocker No. he eats breakfast for pIs.
The sun., 1909-06-28

London once. bingham House, Arundel street
Strand. The daily and Sunday sun are on sale Id
London at the American and Colonial Exchange
Carlton street, Regent street, and DAVIS Steamship
Agency II Green street, Leicester Square.
The sun., 1909-06-28
subscription, by Mail. Postpaid.

Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at 40 Nassau street In the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York. President and Treasurer
OF the Association, william M. Lanan. 40 Nassau
street. The ONCE OF Secretary Of the Association
Is Temporarily vacant.
The sun., 1909-06-28

In return for his annual contribution OF
$i.oO made for thirty years, that IL TO say
an investment of $50. the workman--w work
woman eQually-who reaches the age of
0j will rcceive an annuity Of i2o francs
or 32t. This is the minimum benefit.
but therc Is q secondary scheme Of
allowances (pensions, based upon the
actual payments during tho beneaciary's
working life. by which tho old age In.
como may reach total as high as 400
francs or $50 year where annual con.
tributons Of ~ francs or 81. 20 have been
made. Furthermore. the beneficiary IA
not debarred from still taking advantage
on attaining tho age OF 10 years OF what ia
known as the law OF assistance, passed
as an emergency measure in 1906 by which
In rural communities dole OF S3 a month.
and In Paris and other cities "a hiph as
~ month, Is paid to aged persons who
would otherwise be destitute. Thus.
taking one thing with another. the law
cndows tho French working mon and
women with the power to make fairly
adequate provision for their declining
years, consldcring tho cost Of living Of
their class In France.
Tho bill contains provisions by which
some benefits will accrue from tho bill 10
those who are approaching the superannu.
alton age In the near future. Tho burden
OF taking care Of them is to DO shared
between the great employers Of labor and
the Government. Ultimately, It In ex-
peoted, the system will contribute In an
appreoiable degree toward paying its
own way, 1t IL calculated that about
~ 100000 persons are affected by the
proposed legislation. OF course only
fraction Of these will bo draw wing pensions
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18
Local Option Arguments
BY LITERATURE
COMMITTEE

Al the clotherS, homes painted and
beautihed, streets graded and graveled,
better attended churches and schools
and much higher standard of NOR
aiIty. New modern homes surround
ed by attractive outside environments
witnessed on every hand. The CRY
hlllng up with a bright, energetic
well-to-do moral class OF people and
an air .: thrift, progress and enter
prise on every hand. And thus you
have a very brief and incomplete pen
picture OF the Cottage Grove Of today
and under the saloon regime, which
now seems more like a nightmare, a
dehrum, or a plague, than 10 ever
having been a tolerable reality. Who
would 60 hack 10 those times"
Respectfully submitted,
w. c. Conner, Editor,
Cottage Grove Leader.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18
Dayton, Dry, Cut Tax Levy.

Dayton, Wash, Aug. l1.-Tax-
PAYERS of Dayton who have predicted
thar the tax levy will be higher this
year owing TO the curtailing of the
annual revenue of $1,000 from the
saloons, were surprised Yesterday when
the ways and means committee of the
council, after completing an estimate
OF the expenses for the coming year,
announced that the tax levy viii be
reduced | mill Monday, October !,
IS the date SET for fixing the lew.
Despite the loss Of the liquor rev
enue since the closing of the saloons
June 10, the entire warrant indebted
ness has been paid of and the finances
are in a condition TO warrant a lower
levy. Interesting is the estimate of ex-
penses and resources for the coming
year, completed as follows;
Official salaries, $3.50; lights,
! S2100; street sprinkling, $1,000; rem
tails, S240; maintenance OF water sys-
tenn, $3.50; interest on bonds, S45l5;
streets and bridges, $500; printing,
$1,000; cemetery Improvements, $500 /;
health department, $500; police $500;
FIRE equipments, 500; incidentals,
$500; total, SIS, 6b5.
Resources-Water rents, 5000;
rentals, $50; licenses, $1,000; fines,
$500; sewer tax, $50; sale GENE
tery lots, $500, total, SO, 900. Thi,
leaves a balance Of SIS, 065 TO be
raised by direct taxation.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18

III human sentiments unpreiudiced
and from the depths of the heart could
DC oanvassed, not one could be reg
iseered, that would deny the exped-
'enov OF the suppression of commerce
IN liquor tor the general advantage OF
the public The conversation of the
glass OF wine with the glass Of water,
represented poeucally, wouldsserrle all
questions as TO expediency with its
unoenIaoie truth: II Is IN part:
Said the glass of wine TO his paler
brother,
Let US tell the tales of the past 10 each
other;
can tell OF revelry and banquet and
mirth,
FOR where | was king | ruled with
might,
And the proudest, lofrieS souls on
earth
feii under my touch as II struck with
blight.
from the heads OF kings have torn
the crown,
From the heights of fame | have
hurled men down,
have made good ships 90 down al
sea,
And the shrleks OF the lost were sweet
to me,
FOR they said, Behold, how great
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18

An examination of the criminal
docket of our court (Wyandotte
county, reveals the fact that since the
saloons were closed we are running
at areduced expense of criminal prose
cutions of more than SIS, 900 a year.
The closing of the saloons has so
lessened crime that a much smaller
police force is required, making pos
sible another saving of SIS, 600. The
fact is that we are saving now in the
various departments for the suppress
sion of crime more than we received
in revenue from the saloons.
Since the closing of the joints in
Kansas City, Kansas, there has been
large reduction in crime. Before the
joints were closed they had from ten
to thirty IN the police court every
morning, since then the arrests have
been very few. When Judge John
L. Sims came TO the police court this
morning, and vas. informed that the
docket was clean, that there were no
prisoners TO be brought before the
court, he spoke as follows: What
DO you mean to say that in this city
of IS, 900 people we are getting so
good that not a single arrest has been
made in twenfy-four hours? That is
arecord breaker!'
The Kansas City, Kansas Globe,
said editorially:
With the exception of the Ken
lucky hotel murder and the burglariz-
ing of three private residences there
has been practically no crime in the
past two months. AS to petty of
lenses, the city was never cleaner.
Where the police docket was formerly
blackened by the written names of
dozens of offenders daily, it is now bar
rem, with but an occasional ex-
ception.'
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18

Here are some of the results from
Kansas City, Kan:
Effects on Business.
Ii is now II months since there was
an open saloon in the county
(Wyandotte) and what is the result
Have any banks failed? Has the
price OF real estate declineds Are
there vacant housesf Has work on
new buildings stoppeds Have taxes
increased Has our city ceased to
grow, and are we losing in population,
No man can truthfully say that any of
the propheSied evils have happened.
The bankers who said i, would In
lure the banks have returned to admit
their mistake, and now say it has
helped them. The real estate man
saws rents are higher than ever be-
fore. The lumberman says so many
new buildings are being erected that
il is almost impossible to supply the
demand, and this in mid-winter. The
taxpayer finds that it has put money
into the public treasury instead of in
creasing taxes. The furniture dealer
finds that he is selling more furniture
than ever before The shoe man
reports likewise. Recently Mr.. New
ton, of the firm of Dengel s. New
ton, stated to me that one astonishing
feature of the increase in their line
was that il was largely in footwear fol-
women and children. Why is it thai
when the saloons are closed the women
and children buy more shoesf
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18
scrutinize the Saloon Arguments.

The friends of local option are
solely interested in good citizenship.
They have no personal interest 10
further. On the contrary the leaders
in the saloon fight are interested and
they are using every sophiStry they
can think of Many good man is
misled by their arguments which in
fact have no foundation and are made
TO appear plausible.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18
Prohibition Worth a Million to City

Mr.. c. W. Tricke1, Asst Any.
General, Kansas CRY.
II has been estimated by those who
are competent 70 Judge that TIE en-
forcement of rhe law, as il has been
enforced here for the last twenty-one
months, is a net saving of one million
dollars a year TO the citizens of this
CRY and the work of yourself and 9TH
ers who have been interested with you
can not possibly be commended too
highly. Very respectfully yours,
&C. L. BRoKAw,
Cashier Commercial National Bank,
Kansas City, Kan
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18
THE DUTY TO VOTE.

Did you ever stop to think that the
results of dozen general political
elections will not effect the influences
surrounding your boys and girls, the
moral tone of the county, and better
ment of conditions, financial, social
and political, so much as this single
election for local option. No man has
a right to claim he is too busy to vote
II won't take over 2 or 3 hours at
most Once gone the saloons are
gone forever.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18

Laws are intended TO protect the
weak. to make II easier for a man TO
do right and harder for him to do
wrong and TO promote the welfare of
the community. If you believe the
saloon does any of these things vote
for il; if it don't, then vote II out.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18

The county clubs of q counties in
Kansas in signed statements report in
II counties the effect of the prohi-
bition law good, in | county no par
ucular effect and in 2 counties lax en-
forcement.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18
Cottage Grove Ore, Aug. II, '0o
L. c. Chadwick, Sec. l. O. c.,
Granpexille. Idaho.

Grangeville, Idaho.
Dear Sir: On June Is, 1909, the
following editorial appeared in our
local paper, the Cottage Grove, Ore.
Leader, of which | am editor, and is
a true statement of the result of local
option here. You are at liberty TO
use 1t in any way you may desire 10:
TWO PICTURES.
Let memory carry you back a
little more than two short years and
then draw a mental picture of Cottage
Grove. if you please, TO place side by
side in comparison with the Cottage
Grove of today, and you will have
something like this: Then, six or
seven wide open saloons on Main
street; big, brazen, blear-eyed, pro-
fame bartender, surrounded by a crowd
OF blatant half drunken. idle men as
sembled in some old rookery of a
building, the high rent upon which
satisfied the landlord and prompted
him to let well enough alone. "
Keeling men on the street, drunken
brawls and dissipation and revelry at
night in both saloons and brothels;
unpaid grocer and butcher bills; long
overdue clothing bills, destitute and
heanbroken families and morality gen.
orally at low ebb.
Now let US shift the scene and
view the Cottage Grove of today:
The old rookeries and dens of vice
replaced with modern bricks, the sa-
looms replaced with instructive and
intertainrng moving picture theaters or
large and small mercantile establish
ments. The tin-horn, thug, drunk,
poker-sharp and soiled dove of the
tenderloin, all conspicuous BY their
absence. No loafers, bur eterl body
busy. No alluring snares and he'll
holes to entrap the girls and boys.
Paid-up accounts at the grocers and
butchers, few long standing accounts
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18

There is more money ~ the Saw
ings banks of Kansas per capita than
any other state in the Union except
Maine (also a prohibition state
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18

In IS answers 10 inquiries of prin-
cipal bankers all over Kansas, II state
prohibition has bettered the financial
condition of their county, the other 4
say there is no injury.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18

To get the news get The Globe.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-08-18

Here are some of the results from
Kansas City, Kan:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-08-26

iNEn toda su actitud, que majestad tenn
plada por la benevolencia
Todos lie profesaban gran yenera-
'ci6n. Las muieres corrian hacia ,elk le
besaban las manos, Sc arrodilaban, 1e-
vantabap los ojos en- 6xtasis.
Lizst habfa profesado cuatro amos
antes. Habfa lido a Roma, y volvia sa-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-08-26

cerdote, pero nadie saba por que.
Suponfase que el queria, con esta re-
solucion,. indicar claramente que no Sc
desposaria con la princesa Wittgens-
tein. pues mucho Sc hablaba de ese
proyecto en- aquella epoca.
(Continna EN- la 5a. pagina),
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-08-26
Anecdotes literarias

Madame judith Gauthier, una de las
vftldas de, Catule Mendes, sigue des-
granando el rosario de sus recuesdos
relatives a Wagner, Lzst Villiers
de lIsle Adam.
He aqtli ell origen de Ia amistad de
Luis I,.rey de Baviera, con el autor
del '.Anillo de los Nibelunger.
El genial compositOr estaba dirigieh-
do hacia algunos neses, en- 10 Opera d
Viena, los ensayos de Tristan Iso1-
da. =
Como Sc le hubiera agotado el dine-
70, viva del credito, pues esperaba pa
gar con Ell producto de sulobra 10 que
debfa.
Ell dueno del hotel aguardaba ell es-
treno de su ebra con tantl lmpacien-
ella como el nlismo Wagnes, Y cada Sc
mana presentaba su clenta fin de que
no la olyidara ell deudor.
Al cabo de setenta ensayos, Tristan
fue declarado irrepresentahEe. Hab1a.
pues, que temer los acreedores En-
Viena existia ann el arresto por deu-
das Wagner hugo y fue { refuglarse
Ell Stuttgard.
Tn criado del hotel en- que Sc habla
escondido, present6le un dis una tarje-.
ia con esta. leyenda: %Von P6stermeis-
ter. secretario aulico de su majestad
el rey de Bayiera. =
Wagner no sc hallaba en- situacion
de poder esperar una amabitidad real.
Juzgo que Pfstermeister era IN acree-
dor que Sc disimulaba j. rehlsso. a reci-
brio; Ell secretario aulfco jnsistio: ell
rey 10 habia enviado, no Sc podla des-
pedrlo en- esa forma.
Won Pfstermeister entrag6 a Wag-
ner el retrato del rey vel regalo de un
anillo adornado con an diaRnante.
Tenia orden de no volver al palacio
sin el compositor
Wagner llorabas de emoci6n
Para recibirlo, Luis II baio por la
escalera de honor y POGO tempo des-
pues dec1a de 81 el gran compositor:
Este rey es tan bello, tiene una in
teligencia tan noble un alma tan es-
plendida, que tengo nliedo de que su
vida atrayiese este mundo vulgar CO.
mo un ensueilo de los doses. Conoce
todo cuanto 4 mi Sc referee me com
prende como a mi propia alma. Quie-
re librarme de todas mis- miserias, ayu-
darme a ejecutar hi obra.
AIerced la liberaIijad del rey Wag
,er pudo instalarse en- ell traGquilo re
tiro de Tribschen, orllas del lago
de los Cuatro Cantones terminando]
ALI los "Maestros Cantores' traba-
.iando en- el "Anillo de los Nibelun-
ger"
El % de mayo de 1866, en- que Wag-
ner cumplia cincuenta tres amos, ell
rey partio por la manana a caballo "
en- secreto de SUI castillo de Spamberg
Sc fue q tomar en- Briesenhofen un
convoy que 10 trasporto q Lindan.
Ali Sc EMBARGO, llegando esa misma
tarde q Tribschen. Fue necesario ar
marie una cana de campa6a en- ell pro-
po gabinete de trabajo de Wganer.
La siguiente anecdota revela a que
punto ell rey apreciaba la misica del
gran compositor.
FL aiio siguiente Luis II estaba de
noviazgo con su prima, Ia archiduque-
sa Sofia, hermana de la emperatriz de
Austria.
Una noche Sc representaba ell Iris
tan en- el teatro real. La princesa Sc
aburrio y no disimul6 su impression.
E.staha distraida, de loal humor no
prestaba atenci6n q Ia laiisica.
Luis II VIC que So noVia no era wag-
neriana. Le podria quizas perdonar
) mnchas cosas, esa no. Y ell rey no Sc
case con la archiduquesa Sofia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-08-26

En- una reception dada en- la casa
de la condesa de Schleinitz, madame
Judith Gauthier encontr0 entire otras
celebridades a Viliers de Isle Adam
el pintor Lembach y Eduardo Seine,
: al pianista Liszt, que Sc present6 de
sotana. con los cabellos largos cayen-
dole sobre los hombros
Pero, ique miradas de leon, que pu-
pilas ardientes, bajo las cejas erizadas
y cabelludas! Que ironia soberana en-
las sinuosidades de la boca larga fna.