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When Vermont Was Invaded.

In the civil war the st. Adams raid
was 80 faint q fash in the pan that we
wonder why a Rutland Grand Army
post is fighting the struggle over again
in heat and bitterness Of spirit because
Governor PRoUTY and Mayor AUSTIN
of the raided town invited Colonel
BENNETT H. YOUNG OF Louisville to
deliver an grafton In st. Adams on July
5, during the tercentenary celebration,
an event the mere anticipation of which
makes Vermonters to surpass
themselves in entertaining the strangers
within their gates.
Doubtless Governor PRoUTY and
Mayor AUSTIN viewed in all its lights
the attempt of the said YOUNG to ravage
and desolate Vermont on the nineteenth
of October, 1884, the only occasion when
a New England State suffered the horrors
of wal during the historic conflict and
might conceive what the operations Of
General SHERIDAN and his efficient
lieutenant HUNTER meant to moor
batants in the Shenandoah Valley.
Doubtless the Governor and the Mayor
concluded that BENNETT H. YOUNG had
lived a blameless and useful life since,
as a commissioned officer OF the Confed-
crate service under orders from the War
Department, he invaded Vermont terri
tory, and it may even have seemed to
them an act Of Cancellation and good
will, a stretching OF the hand acros the
bloody chasm, as it were, to invite the
author Of the woes Of Sc. Adams on that
memorable day to address its citizens
on such a hospitable occasion as the
celebration in July. But they had not
reckoned with some OF their neighbon
who fought the good fight land were
still fighting it,. For instance, there
was Ex-Governor ORMsBEE. who has
denounced Colonel BENNETT H. YOUNG
as "a brigand, a pirate, a guerrilla, and
has characterized the invitation as a
deplorable performance And there
were other brave men who nevertheless
could not forget and were not in a for
giving mood.
In our Judgment the st. Adams raid
was a futile and ridiculous demonstra-
ton, whether the object was to retail
ate for the laying waste Of the Shen-
andoah Valley or to embroil Canada
and the United States. But the rec
ords show that Lieutenant YOUNG was
a duly commissioned Confederate officer
acting under orders. and bad as the
affair looked to the folk OF the smiling
Champlain Valley 80 rudely disturbed
in their peaceful vacations, it was re-
garded by the young enthusiast in
command as a military operation.
The question of its nature and OF his
guilt was examined at the time in
the Canadian courts when our State
Department asked for the extradition
OF the whole party after their sppreJ
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Double Rivetlng Virtue.

The Murphy bill making it a mis-.
demeanor to advertise or present any
obscene, immoral or impure drama,
play or exhibition which would tend to
the corruption of youth or Others and
the companion bill making it a INSIDE
meanor ito post or display any poster,
bill or picture or permit the same to be
displayed which would tend to democrat
ize the morals OF youth have been
signed by the Governor, and now be-
come law. They Ire excellent exam
pies of unnecessary legislation. The
matters which they affect r already
covered by State and Federal statutes
broad in their scope and adequate in
their provisions for the punishment Of
every offence against decency and
morals that may be committed on the
stage or in advertisement thereof.
Unless these laws prove exceptions
to the rule, they will serve only to
oomplicate the prosecutions Of persons
guilty OF producing lewd and immoral
plays, and it is quite likely to be found
that they create new methods Of escape
for managers and actors concerned in
such productions. They are intended
to double rivet virtue, but their effect
Ia as likely to be to loosen the restraints
now in force as to strengthen them.
Yet these laws will be received with
applause, and a new era of purity and
light will be expected from them, for
there is an Unborn and ineradicable
belief among many otherwise sensible
persons that it is the enactment of
legislation and not the enforcement Of
laws that improves conditions.
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SEATTLE APPRECIATED.
An Iowan Yields to Its Ksthetic Charms,
Declining Its Recuniary Ofers.
From Ne Amer TIM

From ne lA1sey Times.
wish all Of the AMT % people could have been
here last evening 70 have seen the scenery. I
sat up on the rear ambulatory while the tired day
aank Into the arms Of rsstful night, when heaven
seemed to ebb and then suddenly burst forth
with the starr. tndescribably brirht-it seemed
like . canopy love had spread over . sleeping
world. Might IL here and darkness seems about
to surround US - ] remember that we are high
above the great city OF Seattle and I look upon
Il 70 see . million lghts, representing every color
Of the rainbow. and here ! sit. apparently sus-
pended between the mechanical lights Of eartu
and the twinkling. winking. blinking stars Of
~heaven-each seems 10 Guido the other In beauty.
splendor and Glory-and then I turn my optics
toward Puget Sound and then again ! an caused
to exclAim: oh, Jerusalem" for she In all her
glory could not present such . pleading sight.
There were perhaps thirty!hve boats stcamlnf
In all directions al lighted w with vari.
colored lights, and here the great New York OF the
Garth. but Vas trying to get through the pesriy
gates on water.
Al u ! laid me down 70 sleep and slept Ill
the sun (which seemed 70 have been In hiding
Just over on the other side Of the Cascade RANGE
was Just casting Its beautiful rays scross the green
carpeted earth. conveying hight 70 . happy race
OF slaves and kissing the crystal dew drops from
the meadows grassy fruit. Just In time TO hear
the sweet songs Of the bluebirds and the chirp
Of the robins and the sassy chatter OF the blue
jays as they dit and dirt through the intcrlscing
boughs of those me. stslwart pines in yonder
grove. and the COW bells as they ciang and clAt-
ter on the hillside over t%here-only TO be disturbed
by the rumbieo Of the heavy trucks a. they roll
70 and fro loaded with every conceivable kind
Of merchandise for the building Of q greater
Seattle by the erection Of the thousands of new
homes.
Mrs. o'Brien asiwell a. myself Is enjoying the
very best Of health. walked 70 reduce my flesh
- 49, I'll - 49,
on February Is 70 l62 to-day. but I am having
all the fun any man can have, walking. bathing,
nshlng. boating, autoing. &c.
have been offered . posiuon In q plaster mill.
also . half intcrest In . real estate arm. and again
q per cent interest In another real estate concern.
In which George Ashford, son Of ex-Shern Ash.
ford OF Story county. 10 Interested. Asoa pcd.
ton with , large hardware concern that employs
forty clerks, but ] don't think I will lake
It. a ] came West 70 see the sights.
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times Already that the wind am blown
quite too peart and ! don II sec fifteen to lower,
but you may lower and be---.t 10 ys.T'
because he was hell with the long DAFT
he hove II into her and II TUX. When lie
towed her ALONGSIDE, the penitence and
confusion Of Captain Simms was most
patent, for thar he stood In the gangwsy
With tears In his eyes as big as Ifshbalis."
An says he to me, says he. Mr.. Jones,
ever sailed on the ship Mosambiaue, In The
forrard till o. the port locker you'll And
whiskey, gin. terbaocy. and the best New
England rum-,-them's yourn for the rest
y -'Captsin Simms.' says I. gain at him
steady like. Il don't want your whiskey,
rum, ALL axes OF you Is seevility, and thar
Of the = cheapest brand"
taxi pleasure In performing this duty 10
posterity and 10. the 0u'.gok,s stafL
boston, Mass, May s.
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SONS OF REST.
Luxuries That Fall to h Wanderers Of
the Road.


To II EDITOR OF The SUE-Sir: Would
you kindly let us have one of those real
% carat Sun editorials on the tramp ques-
ton? The kind we have framed. and then
wait until the city catches up with it.
Just why the United States Of America,
and more Particularly the State of New
York, should cultivate and encourage the
tramp Is a mystery. No other civilized
on the face OF the globe pamper
him az we do. We are adding new recruits
to his army daily by treating him better In
many respects than the man who does work.
Why IL the man who 10 willing to work and
actually does pay his board bill TO the world
ssddled with . parasite like thisf European
states have solved this problem long ago,
and to-day 1t 10 . rare sight TO see q Grim
inai tramp. q -~neuropathio bum" Or a
i n.TsI1 h h S6S tra1 HGi isoa; ead y eS % s 81 sbss:
What is more. It costs nothing 70 cure this
great evil, We have from SOC. 600 70 o 1000
the railroads in, the United States over
s2s .OOo. ooo, annually to handle their end OF
this trouble alone
round Asd 20 SS1 sb ss''Ss sss sbss h.. =. St ss1 G /; ha. t.
Organisation society whether a Brosdwayor
sSi' md S ssss AZ. LIE New SSrs Yo9 e c ssIs bc1 s. sss
Of dollars a day il oostsi'
The Empire State should. lead in this
and other States would soon follow.
We of course have our high ideas about
on the liberty Of an individual
even il he 10 q aorimina1 tramp" but jus
tioe to tho working bees should come frst.
Take this fact into the calculation. A largo
Of these tramps arc husky young
wero ~inoculsted with the work bacillus before
they reach 80 they would bo habpier men
IL ifty. In Switzerland everybody works.
siosliy no trsmps and no miilionsires within
u borders.
Now, Mr.. Kniokerbocker, what arc you
going 70 do about itf. You are nearing
hat you are developing some gray matter
your hat? DANIEL ARTHUR
NEW YORK, May s.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06
JAPANESE

In the May number Of the Rspieto o.
Repiers Mr.. Adaohi Kinnosuke makes thu
statement that 'the people OF Japan arr
performing the financial miracle Of Civ
ing up about 80 per cent. OF their net In
come every day without saying q worc
about it. The fact Is. of course, 70
markable, but the experience has it,
parallel In other countries, in Cuba, FOL
instance. During the recent Intervention
the ratio Of total taxation to total income
In that country was even above that re-
ported for Japan by Mr.. Kinnosuke. II
is difficult to imagine the existence OF such
conditions In the United States. Even at
the close of the civil war the percentage IN
this country was we'll below that OF Japan
and Cuba In recent years.
The total wealth Of japan Ia estimated
at about &c. 200, O0O,o 900, and the annual
income or social revenue Of the people at
about ! 1000. 900, 900. The total taxation
amounts to more than $500, OO0, 1000 annu-
ally. In the United States to-day the
draft for the maintenance Of government,
national, State and local. Is about Z or s
per cent. Of total social revenue, and there
10 ihuSu toih dDOut tbO buloOho W SNAo
ton. There 10 a suggestion OF a in
Mr.. Kinnosuke's comment that within
twenty-f five years, perhaps, at the rate
of conquest Western oommercialism and
the doctrine Of individual rights are max
ing among our people, we 1.-The Japanesel
shall be as civilized as any other so-called
Christian nation" The essential differ
enoe, as indicated by this writer, is that
in Japan the Government is the all i'm
portant and supreme institution, and the
people give for its maintenance q large
part Of their income without saying a
word about it. while In this country the
Government is merely q necessary agent
existing for the benefit and convenience
of the people, who contribute only grudg-
ingly toward its support.
That the Japanese are staggering under
their present load there a be no ques-
ton. Their support Of the Katsura policy
is striking. and It may be that the policy
Is wise and commendable. 1t involves
now about 81. loo. 900. 900, during the next
thirty years or less. The plan, adopted
on August 20. 1908. is to got aside at least
S25. 00O GOO yearly for the purpose OF pay
ing of the debt. Japan's are
obtained by a system Of taxation which
Mr.. Kinnosuke calls -heartless but i'm
.perative.' The land tax. about $4S;00o.-
600. 10 the largest item on the tax list.
This Is followed by the liquor tax, about
600, 900. and by the income tar. about
SIC. 900 200. A consumption tax on tex
...~1lz -l-..k An NM nm -
AK yields about q, 600. The income
from customs duties is about al. 0Oo, 900.
More than SO. OoO. 900 is derived from pub
lie undertakings and State properties, and
yield about SIS, ooo, 1000.
The greatest asset Of the japanese
Empire Of to-day says Mr.. Kinnosuke,
is the patriotism Of her people, Patriot
that pays 30 cent on the dollar Of
without saying a word Is GER
tainly q great national asset
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06
The Uncertainty Of the Law.

The Washington correspondent OF our
neighbor the Times is authority for the
statement that the principal ground
of the recent decision of the Supreme
Court in the commodities case was not
based upon any contention that was adj
dressed TO that court or to the Circuit
Court either by counsel for the Govern
ment or by the very numerous counsel
for the railroads. This impression seems
TO prevail generally, and the Supreme
Court is thus put in the position of
adopting a construction which appar-
entity never occurred either to the law
adviser of the Government or to the very
distinguished counsel who represented
the defendants.
Both the statement and the impress
sion are inaccurate. for one of the
defendants. the Delaware and Hudson
Railroad, did by its answer squarely
raise the question whether if it sold
its coal at the mines and thus Invested
itself of any ownership before it assumed
the duties of a carrier it's carriage Of
the coal previously mined by it was
within a reasonable Interpretation OF
the law. WILLIAM S. OPDYKE and
JAMES NJ. BECK as counsel for this
company filed q brief in the Circuit
Court in which they argued that a lit
eral construction Of the commodities
clause involved an abeurdity 50 mani.
fest as to constrain the court to dis.
regard the letter in order to give effect
to the preeumptively reasonable spirit
Of the legislation. The whole question
OF construction turned upon a word
OF two letters. When before in the
history of this country did interests Of
so vast, almost Unreasonable, value
depend upon the Interpretation of a
conjunction?
The commodities clause had pro-
vided that q railroad carrier should not
transport any commodity "manufac-
tured, mined or produced by it or which
il may own in whole or in part Giving
10 the italicized cor" its distinctive
meaning, the commodities clause liter
ally provided that if a carrier mined coal
in Pennsylvania, sold it there at the
mines and the title TO the coal had
changed many times, yet perpetually
thereafter the carrier was forbidden to
transport that coal from Pennsylvania
to any other State, for the exclusive
hut abeurdly insufficient reason that It
had oBce mined 1t. This construction
Lae counsel for the Delaware and Hud-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06
4 P~artnership.
From the Washington star.

From the Washington star.
Said the baseball bug
To the lazy FERN,
We're Gettlng close
To the heated term, =
When the skies will shine
Lakt . sheet OF name
And the cruwas will gather
To watch the game.
I'll chase the players
From base TO base
While you tempt men
To b shady place.
Where they can gaze
Tll their souls enthuse
And yeu at the umpire
All they choose.
Wen show the world
On 4 summer hour
How the smallest may oft
Exert most power.
The statesmen great
And the nnancter
VIII yield TO the spell
AZ we draw near.
n anstp we will be
A iesdlny hrm,"
Said the bassban bug
TO the lazy gefm-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06

WARRINGTON. May Mn. mi Wander
Las, who for twenty years va; the cook 10 the
consln. formerly a Congressman from that StAte.
receives $1,000 under the will Of NJ. bABoocI.
probAied here to-day.-Th< necs OF vtsterddv.
Too much II she 10 not . good cook. bat
oh! how inadequate II she 10 truly q mis-
trees of her art.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06

We venture the opinion, without any
information on the subject, that there il
not a plain face in the delegation Of young
women from the Philadelphia glove and
hosiery factories who are In Washington
to convince Senators that the revision Of
the duties on gloves and stockings should
be Inward.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06
DreamIess Sleep.

TO THI EpIroR or THI SUN-lstf. .hall not
AttAmpt 70 explain 10 J. NJ. Remson the theory Of
Insulation TO prevent dreams other than by saying
II 10 . scientific fact and that authorities on rheu-
mattm and Insomnia advise sleeping on an
i~nsulatsd bed, which helps you 70 retsin the
electricity you accumulate through the day. 90.
INV YoAx. NAyhs IHeULAroA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06

Above all things. let our statusry look comfort
able.-A speaker at ~ Municipal An Society
congress.
How can it il the sculptor has FORE
doomed 1t to sartorial anguish?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06

THOMAS CARLrLk has said that the chief use Of
statistics In q speech Is TO keep the other fellow
from lying 70 you.-Sendtor poLLfrKR.
Statistics sometimes lie more than the
other fellow does.
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Irresistible Combination +.

From ne Paramount Free Press.
". r. BeAl OF Pine Grove 10 having his runsbout
buggy painted 70 be ready for summer use. J,t.
Russell Ia doine the work. A nicely psinted
buggy. a high headed horse and q good iooklnS
gentleman a. the end Of the strings Is . com
binstipn that not many OF the feminine SCI can
resist.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06
The Way Of . ship.

From Ne Outtne Magazine.
Toe captain did some quick thinking; the uus
situation could not be disguised, and With a ma
oath Of rage he gave In. Bout ship, Hogan
nor by nor west," no Erowied. and the seaman
started 10 execute the order.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06
me Future Editor Of Harvard't Endowed
Daily Nswspaper.

FT0W We NSU fofE JWIsJ.
Hans Won KAltenborn was himself & newspsper
man, but after teveral years on the stan OF the
Brooklyn Eagle be few the need Of Z more thor
oueh education.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06

II our friends icho raror US Thh manuscripts for
rvoitea,ion ufsh 10 hare rejected articles returned
tstv must In an oasts send stamps Tor mat purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06

Paris once. 50 Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily
and Sunday editions are on sale al Kiosauel2 near
the Grand Hotel; Kiosauc n. Boulevard des Cap
ucines. corner Place de IOpera. and Kiosaue 10,
Boulevard des ~Italiens, corner Rue Louis lie Grand.
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Not Q Watey waste

Tsacher-what 10 an ooeant
JosaAY-A body Of water necesaA,inr pssss
shipA
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T~rsasenable EIlitatioa In Gussie eardntrs
DiHtrict.

From ne Haterhai GdIent.
Don't be discouraged. Sea weed 10 on the ""
list Of the revised tariff bill.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-06

London once. Bingham House, 1 Arundel
street. Strand. The daily and Sunday SuN are
on sale In London at the American and Colo
pial Exchange. Carlton street. Regent street.
and DAVIS Steamship Agency. II Green street.
Leicester Square.
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subscriptions BY Mail, Postpaid.

Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at ITO Nassau street, In the Borough
OF Manhattan, New York. President and Treas
ursr Of the Association, William 81. Lafan. ITO
Nassau street. The once OF Secretary OF the
Association Is Temporarily vacant.
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teTneQ IQe peTVeT6lOn OIL u Ol8S6lC lext.
and while justly scoring all spurious at
iosuSs on. thai historic day Between the cap
AIN and ths matt o. ne world famed
mighty defender OF the faith, have missed
a salient point here and there. and I would
add With y9a permi:siSn tie try account
Sets II almost had said the common school
'sf sh sSHs' eyes 81 MASSACHUSETTS wh.,er.,
s MHssaer ff0% %h saf r. sGansa:f In 8 p.1 1r 9cs.s 2.
locker were It known down there that the
imperious, nay, au~toeratic answer Of Mr..
H 70 ss,a hss rene .nisv iPt sim al;,Sry 80 clipped Of
ferred. to. above, beginning with the weak
hybrid Of The Contributing Editor. TO and
pists recital. fail 70 set forth with H Sue f Some
which being met by the stubbornness OF
both the beast and the man too overpoWer.
ing TO reslst q well earned delight In sd.
ministering the just rebuke. to his superior:
s SHt TO ,n sse sfSe story OF Mr. '0nes' tMr'
liz himself was wont to relate 1t in the
arst person; Twas along e the early
sey janet, O. New Bedford, Captain sinms
O conn nsIsoo &c Io. Jasb,. Sam S,if e., a Esry esti.
on to say: i WIZ forrard and i hears tSs
man on the look out say: Thar abe spouts
and blows Having carried this lnforms.
should lower he was srseted With thu
he says. Jays 10. 'Mr. Jones says be. tSWs
". x.ss st s% t e Ss1.f quits f sYS P fs;etm and . f tSon
o ~ NJ Jonss 4 s.oS return ire from sn reporsins
70 and s.sinS for Sfdsfs 81 tes Ssptsin,
The latter. infuriAtine.. ILL. the Hnal stomp
sfs Sssofss sS out i sAS fSl,SSi siT Ssslotas;
and belebss and breaches, and -spfrn II
that. Nov shail I lossrf And Csptain
eimms says to me-. ssyS he. Il tole ~ three
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-01-02
TO MEET AT.TOSI
The CLUB The

Promoters of the meeting called
for tonight at the Sagebrush club to
consider ways and means to secure
the headquarters OF the California Ne
vada Power and Light company for
this city, are anxious to have every
business and professional man in the
city in attendance.
1t is explained that this meeting
is not one of the Sagebrush club
membership alone, but is called for
all property owners and business men
of the city.
II is stated that General Manager
Baum will be here Wednesday and
the purpose of this meeting is to
cOrrelate facts and statements that
may be made to him at that time to
furnish the basis for the representa-
tion that this is the proper place for
the headquarters and main works.
It is hoped that the discussion to-
night may lay the foundation for
proper action later. Resolutions may
he passed and a committee appointed.
the work necessary, if any there be,
to follow.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-01-02
RUSSELL AT THE ARLINGTON
SOMERS GETS BUSY

Manager Somers of the Arlington
has secured the services of George
Russell, a veritable Gordon bleu"
who now presides over the catering
end of the hotel. SOmers also has
engaged a night crew for the hotel
and will keep the cafe open day and
night hereafter
Russell is famous on two CONT
nents for his dishes. He was chef
at RectOr's New York, and his last
engagement was at he Riverside in
Reno. Somers promises the most
complete service that can be given at
the hotel. which now is ready for the
legislative session, every room in the
house being taken or reserved. He
has gone out and secured rooms and
apartments in different parts Of the
city for his old friends and despite
the fact the house is practically TAX
en- The Arlington will take care Of
every one of its friends who may ap-
pear.