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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
Even TAHTARN never shot a monkey

II the cow iotion Of WILLIAM DARRAoH,
a chauffeur, Of manslaughter in the fret
degree for killing a boy while driving an
automobile reoklessly through the streets
at an extreme rate Of speed impresses
some persons. perhaps many persons, as an
unduly severe verdict. IL must be because
they are not familiar with the common law
on which the code is largely based. At
common law il ID granddaughter. to give a
concrete case, to kill a nan who IL passing
in a crowded street by hitting him with a
brick thrown wsntonly from a scafIolding;
in fact, it ID granddaughter to kill when
the not unlikely consequence of.any care
less or reckless act 10 the death Of 4 person.
Fermentation or intent 10 not necessary
to make the act a crime il another 10
killed. 1t was only a question Of time
when this rule Of law would be applied
to a case Of dangerously fast driving Of
an automobile that resulted in the loss q
human life,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
The Price Of Wheat.

The fact that millers are buying the
wheat now being harvested in Texas at
II .35 a bushel appears to corroborate
conclusiyely Mr.. PATTBN's often re-
peated declarations that the sensational
rise in the price Of May wheat was not
the result of a corner engineered by him
but of actual shortage in the supply.
1t was on this question that Secretary
WILSON contradicted Mr.. PATTEN, the
Secretary asserting that the Chicago
grain man was misled or attempting to
mislead the public.
Mr.. PATTEN, whose profits in the last
month have been won at a sufficiently
high cost in public denunciation and
hatred, has maintained steadily that he
did no moro than take advangate OF
natural conditions, and has denied that
he manipulated" the market. To-day
there seems no doubt that he had infor-
nation far more reliable than that OF
the Department Of Agriculture. unless il
is the fact that the Department was
used in an effort to break prices in behalf
Of the bear operators. 1t is decidedly
to be hoped that is not SO.
There is a certain im~pressiveness
about official" estimates, prognostica-
tions and reports that does not attach
to private advices on the crops. Yet
frequently the private information
roves more accurate than the Govern
ment figures. 1t appears now that Mr.
PATTEN knew what he was talking
about, and that Secretary WILSON was
entirely wrong.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
THE HABITS or TREES.
Report On he Dissipauions Of vegetable
Fscadsys.

Esradegs.
To TIE EDITOR OF THH SuS-Sr: OF courts
trees smoke. They likewise chew, drink ana
whisper. -,
There Is an elm on the Nyesawer estate In Ses
bedford that has been d ted 70 the use Of
tobacco for 100 years and Is stall hale ana neans'
I once knew a raspberry Jam tree In "esNfnAur
tralia that declined q cigar on the ground tns'"
didn't 20 well with sweets. The eum tree hoW.
ever. aid IL had a cold and would take q h'tle
rum with It's rum. 4 tree In the nelghoofnood
remarked that 1.-THE blue gum ,Eucsiypw
rlobulus,--was merely Swinging me afNi'
ward learned that the speaker belonged " Wv
stringy bark family. 49,.
The poppy Is much addicted TO dope, 'ne
norwood carries an absinthe Jag conhhuousy'
while the pale. quivennE aspen Is IN a cntohe
condition OF deiirium tremens, The olsck,norn
-nou rtshed on sloe gin and from when snule'
,.ebs are m~ade-never smokts anything but
In ID. The Dithyramb Dick tree, which LENDS hsen
10 sourhine, although never convicted OF crime
is In the rogues Whispering gallery.
rne bwnno Jumbo tree OF british East Africa
constantly exhaies hot air.
The pryet tree Is A sad dog. /, plays the PONIES
and I have frequently seen . priSe' hedge .,ppn
trees thrive on Jersey lightning" while we az
know tina, the Bar lie Duo tree eats nothing wv
curran, Jelly and scrvsis cheese,
There Is a new variety In California ha' u 70
,,ous that IL Ia frequently on It's knees MSS
very sensitive plan, and hates to be tw'ffea' -
feeds on tomatoes" and plums thai tas'e me
Bartlett pears. II Is . creation OF a'ne' pu.
hank and IA called the wizard tree No,h'
creation Of mis- Is without strength OF chs1ae'e''
II Is the spinciess cr.sos' $500.
There Is a very poplar tree down here Know
little breeches." that apparently reads TIE sus'
When | inquired politely II u would nave 'o"~
thing II replied: ~.
Il want 4 chsr OF terbaccer' and 'hs' OF
- commones, kind e'f's
c.. GIrv June
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
The March OF Unionism.

1.-The scientific Intervention of the
statesmen of the Republican organiza-
ton in Philadelphia wrought a wonder
full change in the attitude Of Mayor
REYByRN, toward the striking car men
in Philadelphia. The proximity OF a
primary election made rioting really
unnecessary, but the strikers, under
standing fully its usefulness as q weapon,
were not unwilling that its possibilities
should be demonstrated for the bene-
fit of the public, They have won a
potable victory.
y This town has not enjoyed a surface
railway strike. for nine or ten years.
The last one was an ambitious project,
which was designed to stop every car
in the five boroughs. The Brooklyn
system was tied up for a day or two. In
Manhattan one line was made the OBJ
ject of attack. and minor Inconvenience
was caused for twenty-four hours.
WILLIAM s. DEvERY was chief OF police
then A large, stout man, not unvered
in human nature, he exhibited tact,
force and skill in preserving the public
peace. To him went much credit too
'that belonged by right to MOSES W.
CcsTRIGBT, a policeman of a pattern
not too frequently found.
This fall New York will engage in a
primary election and a municipal cleo
ton. Its surface transportation sys-
TEN is in the control of the United States
courts at present.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
An Opera Of Optim

The supreme art of producing the
UNEXPECTED is Of course the chief charm
of the reformer in municipal politics.
Hence the decision of the Committee
OF One Hundred to take this town
politically through the medium OF a
drama which shall contain ali the vari-
GUS essentials Of the morality play Of
the ancient and the patriotic drama Of
the contemporary age should surprise
no one. 1t will, however, we venture
to predict, form a source Of unlimited
delight to millions. To behold COM
pressed into the formal limits Of FIVE
acts the whole splendid, appalling. mar
vellous drama Of the metropolis will
uuquestionably attract countless citi-
zens whose appetite for roof garden
comedies and even the relative banali-
ties of seaside operas has long ago been
satisfied.
That the presentation Of this pro-
! duction p%ortraying the tyranny of the
tax rate or the tribulations Of the tene-
ment or even the triumph of .Tammany
should take the form of a drama will,
however, be regretted by many. For
ourselves we are frank to say that we
regard grand opera, with its majestic
choruses, its haunting melodies, COM
bined perhaps with airs which even
the bootblack and the paper boy could
whistle, as a far more sure and certain
method Of approach to the great heart
and the eager spirit Of the masses, One
song, for example, n minor lyric,
which had the marching qualities of
a soldiers song, might set this tremen-
dous town agog would not defeat but
destroy Tammany.
The spectacular possibilities of such
a production, moreover, seize u eager
senses with in~sistent grip. What splen-
did choruses, what magnificent parades,
what lastingly impressive effects might
not be achieved il the drama, the opera,
we mean, were presented by the Com
mi;tee of One Hundred! The spectacle
Of these champions, robed in the gar
ments Of the vestal virgins, moving in
stately procession, the embodiment Of
the majesty Of the elder virtues, the true
representation and personihcation Of
all that is physically, morally, and Of
course intellectually, hest in tbs town
would be simply irresistible. What
moro splendid vestal virgins in antique
karb and classic majesty can be imas-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
PRECEDENCE TO-DAY
He~ ~. Pe- e.sc! Men 81 tie Nation
Rank.

He~ IN. Pes e-s-. Men .; tire Nation
n.nk
To THE EDITOR OF THR SuS-Sir! It IL
obvious that the old order Of precedenc.
$500 80 IL chsnsins ,h. 80. III
H'nons Heu ~ ..ans'Is' ."a. a new ee''
nation OF DISTINCTIONS 's erowine up IN ths
public mind. We offer the following classi.
fcation of the worlds leaders IA At i,as,
.nn.ss,;n. H. .con. ~ Iii. ~ .na.d r.I,s'
susses'ns " e''pe '''' enanseo ~a'ua'
H. Men Of ,r.., fortune: leader, o, finance.
E,nrx. r,ler, ,t.,esmen.
= nxsS,ors scs.nt,,,,
uas,a,Sn, "su".sSu
D. singers, musicians, actors.
O.. Lawyers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
The Tax on Hides.

TO THE EDITION OF The SUS-1sir: The In.
creased tax on lemons 10 only q piece OF pre.
nnninsry pleasantly by the unn revisers at the
expense Of their late supporters The real bust
ness OF the session will be reached when the
TAI on hides Is 80 adjusted as 10 give the beef
ttus, a monopoly OF the leather as well as the
inca, industry. Under This &c ment the trust
will be able 10 eatort from the ultimate con.
sumner" all Its losses, including those a~ccruine
from the periodic ravs ges OF the FOO, and mouth
disease" J. p. u.
NEw YokE, June 8.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06

To TIE BOTTOM or TAs suS-St'. Your co's
,poudent falls 10 tell Us what kin OF tree hsi Wv
SMOKING habit. but know that some ever
greens present this same appearance when .
bioofn-ss | suppose their scaly arnenti ran
called their nowers-whleh later mature my
hard blue bcrrylike cones, This Is true OF 'n'
sayin tree-red c~edAr-which In April or Nay ma.
be seen 10 smoke" In the way dAaonoea. 90
aim INV the pollen blown on by the breeze. Ny
house Is nearly surrounded BY savin trees y
I have often seen them giving on this smos,,
Although aueerly enough they DO not sppes,
do Il every season. n
INV y0nK. June g.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
The Peace of the College Yard.

The recent suspension Of two univer-
sity students for disturbing the peace in
a college yard at $40 A. NJ. must be de-
scribed as an act Of ruthless anger on the
part of a faculty. What kind Of peace
broods over that sacred yard? Time
was when university students had no re-
spect for peace. Gentlemen might cry
Peace! Peace!" But there was no
peace. That Is to say, no college gentle
man regarded it as any affront to his dig
nifty or intrusion Of his rights to be awak-
ened at any hour Of the night by jinks
high or low introduced into the college
by his fellow student. Rather would he
don such garb as might be most hastily
collected and issue forth to widen the
general sphere Of joy set in rotation by
the aforesaid jinks.
But the curse Of specialized athletics
has fallen upon university life. Facul-
ties persist in suspecting that some
men go to college not to become init
mate with the delectable correspondence
Of CICERO and ArTICUs. nor to soar
in the ethereal regions OF determinants
and quaternions, nor even learn from
a sedate professor how a body polite
ought to deal with its surplusage Of
corn products, but simply to gain such
fame az may lead to the offer Of a high
salary from a baseball magnate or to
become celebrated in history as he who
| clipped a fifth OF a second from the
record for a quarter mile.
1t is conceded that such men have
their uses in colleges. They serve as
advertisements. But faculties have
learned that they regard themselves as
a privileged class. and the result is that
they are heavily taxed in examination
requirements and often have to remain
at college when the team goes on tour
because they have played ball not wisely
but too well. But when it comes to
making destructive objections to their
disturbing the peace Of the college yard.
students and patrons OF manly sports
in general are lost in wonder.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
The Foreign Born In the Union Armies.

To TIE EpIror OF rHE SUS-SH: II. II. j.
In a letter about the Memorial Day parade 10 TWs
SuY OF June 5 wrote: Il noticed one very re-
markable fact. and that was the sbsence Of oil
foreigners from the old mems ranks" Again:
There were no foreigners In II as far - I saw.
except a few Germans. All the rest were real
Americans"
had always believed that every man In the
army who took the oath thereby made himself
a real American" The statistician OF the War
Department tells US 'ha, out OF the 1000, 600 men
who enlisted In the Union Army 10000 soldiers
were OF foreign birth. Germany furnished It's,
o0o. ireland. 10000; England, $1,000: British
America, 5000; other countries. 5000. From
this II Is evident That the foreigner were there,
as were tens Of thousands Of the sons OF German
and Irish citizens.
Did e. II. j." ever hear OF Generals James
Shields, Thomas W. sweeney, Phil Kesrny and
James Mulligan' 1t Is barely possible that In
the ouartermasters Department or 10 com.
mis.ary stores c,sse names were not frequently
mentioned. but they certainly earned . place In
the history Of their country. as the other for
eirners did who ba,ted for The tninn,
TRoI, n, u, June 4. JOIN McGoiDRicN.
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Paris ONCE. 50 Rue Louis lie Grand. The dal'y
and sunday editions are on sale at Kiosauels near
Tie Grand Hotel: KIosauc II, Boulevard des Cap
ueines, corner Place dc loptrs, and Klosane 10.
oule, ard des ItalIens corner Rue Louis le Grand,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06

London once, bingham House, ! Arundel
street, strand. The daily and sunday SUN arc
on tale In London at the American and Colo
NAL Exchange. Carlton street, Regent street.
and DAVIS steamship Agency. II Green street
Leicester Square.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06

When General Woop was horn MAoAR
TauR vas In the field hghtinG for his country
Udshtaoton despdih TO ne Indianapolis Mus.
Az q soldier MAcARTBuR was preco-
cious. but hardly enough to Justify the
inference that he took up arms against
the South before the civil war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
The Art OF Putting Things.

FfoEl ne ForfnIofNy RtTifp TT Jbn'.
~Instinctively and unanimously we fall
on Mr.. Reid and when England is invited
to feel a blush OF national contrition al the
thought OF all the speeches she has extorted
from him in the last four years. all the ad-
dresses he has been made to deliver, all the
societies OF which the presidency has been
forced upon him. all the monuments he has
been unable to get out OF unwilling. she may
fairly reply that the responsibility Is a. much
Americas and Mr.. Reid as her own.
The time. however, seemsto be coming
when MIR. Reid will ask permission to retire.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
The BextnntnE,

Adam and Eve hAdjas1tn Eden
The hrst Abandoned farm. they erica
Herewith they waited for tonne tool deseen's''
70 wsns 70 rsiss Appes On H.. e
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II our friends rho fdror us trfh mdnuserfpn fof
publication uiss 10 hare tsjstfsd articles Te'-f''91
,b,. must IN an ca,fs ser d SIAM d. Ior thdi purpose.
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Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
.,.ssoctstion at 40 Nassau street. In the Borough
Of NJ snhsttan. New York, President and Treas
urcr Of the Association, William NJ Ianan, ITO
Nassau street, The once OF Secretary VI the
,ks,ocaation Is temporarily vacant
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06

To rHE HproR or Tas us-Sr May Lsurs
Dnnkwine and Louis Champagne. who vert
married al North Haven Tuesday morning. CONT
In c. p.
NV HAVEN. Conn. June 4.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
III. su 80 Bey Graduate.

The Swe ~ Boy Graduate.
hnicker When he graduated he thought he
would save the State.
Bo.xer-And now he 10 trying 10 save Q dollar
. wssk .
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01
POLLUTED WATER.

Prof. E. F. Pernot of Oregon Agri-
cultural College, has issued bulletin
from which we take the following:
There are many families living in
the country who should enjoy the best
of health but who are always ailing
The cause of i'll health may, as rule,
be traced to their use of polluted
water, produced by the unsanitary
condition of their surroundings.
Few homes have proper drainage
from sinks and baths dish water is
thrown out of the back door on the
ground near the well; garbage is
similarly disposed of to decompose
and drain into the well. Wash water
containing filth that would not be toll
Grated on the clothing is also emptied
on the ground to drain into the well.
Most of the open wells situated near
the house or barn are but cesspools.
The well is the lowest point in it's
vicinity into which liquids drain.
Frequently privy is located within
a stones throw of an open we'll. When
the water table rises to the surface of
the ground, as it always does during
the winter in western Oregon, all sur
face water is contaminated, and, as
the water level lowers, the open wells
become reservoirs for the drainage
The ordinary stone or brick wall of
an open we'll only serves the purpose
of preventing the caving in of the
earth, and in no sense acts as
filter.
Where we'll is the only means of
obtaining water, let it be dug to the
water-bearing stratum, wall it up with
brick laid in cement, for 10 feet, arch
it over, with the pump pipe and arch
well cemented in; fill the remainder
of the hole, which may be Is to 20
feet, with clay, we'll tramped down,
and the result will be a bottomless
brick jug, deep under ground, into
which no surface water, worms or
animals can penetrate. The water
from such a well is as pure as can be
obtained from the locality in which
it is situated.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01
The EIRELEss COOKER.

The fireleSS cooker is no longer an
experiment, it is a reality which has
come to stay because it has proved
it's value, through many tests, as
labor saving device which has nu-
merous points in it's favor.
Chief among these, of course, is it's
economy. 1t economies fuel in the
preparation of all foods that require
long cooking This in the aggregate
may prove quite a saving, especially
where the more expensive fuels are
used.
1t also economies time. The eX-
act value of this cannot, in all cases,
be so easily reckoned The truth of
the legend that time is money" is
not always clearly understood and ap-
preciated. In all cases it may not
represent an actual value in dollars
and cents, although indirectly it al
ways affects ones earning and saving
capacity.
To make the freless cooker,
first secure a good tight box and
have it fitted with a perfectly tight lid
on hinges. Then set it on low, mar
row table Can ordinary kitchen table
with a portion of the legs sawed off
will make an ideal stand) and fill it
around and beneath the nests for the
cooking pots with clean bran. The
first of these homemade cookers were
filled in with hay, but it has been
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01
A MODERN CRUSO.

H. L. Dikeman lived for "a years
within IL miles of Anacortes and last
week was the first time he deigned to
visit that prosperous little seaport
Mr.. Dikeman is 70 years of age and
served two years in the U. S. Navy,
1S47 and 1S48.
In 1875 Mr. Dikeman came to Skagit
county, locating on Lopez Island,
where he has 20-acre ranch. His
farm houses are unique, being built
of upright, secOnd-growth timbers in
the rough and covered with cedar
shakes. For the last fifteen years he
has been away from Lopez Island only
once, and never once over night. He
is now planning to go to California
to spend the coming winter.
Mr. Dikeman is an eager reader of
current literature and a regular sub
scriber of seven standard magazines,
including the Century, Review of Re-
views. Cosmopolitan, American, Ma
tional and Saturday Evening Post.
Physically he is marvel of rugged
age, tall, lean, bronze, short gray
beard keen brown eyes-and only
two teeth! For 60 years he has been
immune to illness of any kind. Last
winter he sawed, split and piled rs
cords of wood without a whimper.-
Anacortes American.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01
THE MEN OF IRON.

l sing of the Men of Iron;
Who in the days gone by
Full fifty years and more ago,
Through winters numbing, drifting
snow,
And then when summer sun was high,
Bravely built the iron highway,
over the Indian trail and byway,
over the wilder West,
over the mountain crest,
over the rivers breast.
Aye sing of the Men of Iron
Young men who dreamed the dreams,
Old men who saw the vision grand
Of Western empire, mighty, spanned
BY engine travelled trail that CLEANS
From where the lakes and streams
On to Puget Sound,
60 on the bound
Over the Main Divide,
over prairies wide,
On to the oceans side.
Yes, sing of the Men of Iron
Undying be their fame
For many a graceful, arching bridge,
And many a conquered mountain ridge
And many a city bears their name
Empire builders they of old
Poets, prophets, princes bold;
Men of Iron-Strong,
To you shall e'er belong
glad triumphant song.
Harold B. Crozier in the Bellman.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01
BENEFICENT BACTERIA.

The marvel of the trained f1eas is
made to appear in the light of very
ordinary performance by the latest
accomplishment of the psychologists,
The point has been reached in the
work of these manipulators of the
microscopic organisms, where all
army of germs can be made to march
up and down the interiors of mankind,
watching for undesirable microbe cit
liens and prepared to annihilate the
invaders. This means that germs
have been discovered that prey upon
other germs and are now being en-
ployed in the laboratory to eXtermi-
nate the naughty microbes. There is
also a detective force of germs that
is employed to locate the bad ones of
their associates and to bring them to
Justice. There is something about
this work that seems uncanny; but it
is being performed with great practi-
cal benefit. The infection of milk,
the contamination of water supplies,
the carelessness of food-purveyors-
all these problems are traced out to a
successful conclusion by the marvel
Gus work of the bacteriologist. 1t is
a wonderful achievement by science
but it is passing from the speculative
stage into the realm of certainty and
this makes it all the more remarkable.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01
THE HOME Mis-. a. zH e.. n ss

demonstrated that bran is better.
Have large fat cushion, filled with
bran, to fit tightly just under your
box-lid, and now your cooker is ready
for the fuel-saving business.
Of course, the food must be started
to cooking on a fire in your kitchen
range. AS soon as the pots begin to
boil take quickly from the fire and
put into the cooker without removing
the lids Then place the fat pillow
on top and put the lid down tight.
1t will need no more attention until
time to dish up the dinner, and besides
the great saving of labor and fuel,
the food is richer in flavor and more
nutritious, for nothing is lost in gases,
as in the old way of cooking. The
earthenware cooking vessels are
incest though granite, porcelain or
iron will do.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-07-01

On June 8, Iowa Agricultural Col
lege dedicated an agricultural hall
that is 294 feet long and 90 feet wide,
with semi-circular wing with 80 feet
frontage that has an assembly room
that will seat 1000 people. The build
ing cost s350,000 Secretary of Agri-
culture James Wilson, Prof. J. p.
Roberts of the College of Agriculture
of Cornell University and Prof. w.
A. Henry of the College of Agricul-
ture of Wisconsin University took
part in the exercises. 1t is 3 stories
and basement and will house several
of the college departments.