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From an article ov A. Maurice LoU IN ~ Noaondl
Rfetep.

From an orsde' BY A. Maurice LoU IN ~ National
Rssser.
Mr.. Cleveland had almost Q horror Of SELF
advertising, of notoriety. OF doing any
thing u~ndiguiHed or ch~eapening the great
ONCE which he held. From the standpoint
! Of thshashy. tricky. sensational journal he
| was. In its own choice vernacular, a dead
'un." He furnished no sensational news,
he called no man 4 liar, and buliied no
| woman: he saw no necessity Of taking the
public into his confidence when he ordered
a suit OF clothes: his views on the Latest
popular novel he kept to himself as relig.
iously as his private opinion OF Senators or
justices Of the Supreme Court or Ambasss'
| doris. But Mr.. Cleveland stuck to the busi-
| ness for which he had been selected. and
managed tn do one or two noteworthy and
lasting things-the repeal Of the silver Law,
for instance. and the defeat OF the silver
party-and, living a life OF usefulness. ~
| his death the American people placed him
among their great.
MIR. Taft IL much the same kind OF man.
| He isn't running" the petty politics Of half
| the States OF the Union. for he does not be-
lieye that he was elected President simply
| to build up q machine for his reelection four
| years hence. He IL going about his work
| steadily, quietly. but with q definite pur-
nose, He has had to reconcile differences
In his party on the tariff. for the tarln u a
| most complicated gu estion. and In a country
| 20 vast as this, and where the interests Of
different sections are a~ntaGonistic. 10 u IN
eyitsble that what will be for the advantage
Of one industry will be to the injury OF pro-
| Queer or consumer. In his role as harmon
izer and party leader Mr.. Taft has shown
that he Is both Cleveland and Mckinley.
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'sHoor1xs AFRICAN BgFFALOEs
They Have strength md Cunnins n Are
BEose Dangeroes Game.

Tnoy nkv6 oNFcnBuu uuo No@...o - 49,
sEsss Dsnserses Gene.
Jbhm A. n. LsGhbstdos IN Forsst dad Stream.
After ell one may shoot elephant or rhino.
but q buffalo In, I think. he pick Of the
basket. Undoubtedly ne Il the most dan
serous of all African game. and I think this
Is tho opinion Of al who havs hunted him.
He IL no mean antagonist. for he u most
ferocious and savase and has strength n
cunning 10 back Il up. II you wound one
Of them, look out.
The sun was Just going down when. turn
Ing around . sharp bend. l came upon '
buifaloes not more than 100 yards from
me, and among them were two hne buils-
They had evidently just come out from the
thick bush and we're buAly feeding. but I'M
COW must have heard ne. for abe began 20
be suspicious. 1t did not take me . moment
TO make UP my mind, and aiming Just De
hind the shoulder Of the nearest bull l nreo.
and down he went like . log.
For q moment the remainder stood per-
fectly still. long enough for me to nre my
second barrel at the other bull. That my
shot was good I knew, - ] plainly heard
the thud Of the bullet, but II had-or seemed
to havs-no effect on the bull. which dashed
into the bush with tho rest. Now. asl have
said, folio wing q wounded buffalo In no fun.
and I thought II best to let well alone until
the follow morning.
Luck was with me and the following
morning we took up tho trail. and had not
gone more thar about 100 yards before We
came upon the bull, dead Of course and un-
touched. ! found that my bullet had out
the bottom Of his heart. but he still hod had
suflcient strength to travel that distance.
A right and left at buffalo and both bulls Is
something worth making, and to say chat
I was proud hardly describes my feelings.
Although it was a piece OF extTaoTtinary
good luck, i had bad luck with the heads
afterward. losing both in the capsising Of
q canoe on the Zsmbesi.
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Aakins Shakespeare-

To TIE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sfr The editorial
article THE Latest Sin of Samuel Clemens IN
this mornings SUN, Is proof that the msthemanc.
may DO employed successfully In the solution OF
stubborn literary problems like that perennial
Shakcspearan question which received partic-
ular emphasis while passing In the course OF Tvs
checkercd career through those proiinc years
enriched by the literary isbors OF the late lgnatus
Cipher Donneily. The inciuctsble knot wn'cn
has hitherto resisted the desperate though nov
despsiring efforts Of such highly analytic brains
A the INDUSTRIOUS ono just now commemorate
has been the fruitful source Of conscious humof
also. Said one Of the two doughty dispuants
fearing for himself and argumentaive friend VOC
fate Of our Kilkenny cats: when ! 70 TO heaven
shall ask Shakespeare whether or not ne "
Authentic How know you that the immoral
bard win be In hesvcn," quoth the other. on
tina, had not occurred 10 me; thcu you can ask
him +! A. NJ
CHEsrKR. Nay IL.
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The lone star, "a h "Red Planet.
From ne Houston Post.

FTOW tVG fIOa&lUV Io&s
From somewhere down here In Texas
We shall yell hello 10 Mars.
From the old earth 70 hs stars,
And wen tell them Of. the wonders
All our deeds In lightning flashes
Throughout interstellar space.
We will tell them how Wright bro :hsn
Like bald eagles. and wen show them
The United Ststos b ~
And we'll tell Of other wonders
That Il has been oun to do.
And OF other dreams we're dreaming
That will soon be coming true.
And wen send q message for them.
message for each Marian chap.
Simply telling them It's Texas, ,
That bright place upon the map
That they're looking at. and tell thsn
We have w~atermelons here,
And the beat OF red strawberries,
Red and luscious all the year.
And we'll signal them with cabbage
In symmetrical designs.
or tomatoes tall and growing.
or with watermelon vines;
Be seen through hs miles Of space;
We don't need . mile wide mirror.
Well grow signals on the place.
When we show them miles Of cabbage
Green and growing, and q bunch
OF sleek cattle. twill be asking.
Them 70 come Acroes 70 lunch.
When We show them miles Of melons
Round and betty on the vine
They will know they will be welcome
Ifthey'n step across 70 dine.
oh, they'll signal Mar from. Texas,
They viii DO comy1its1 - &C .
Por IL IL . ctnch that TexAs
is the SPOT they,rs ,ooklnG a.
II 'twere put forth otherwhere;
Texas" will be the hrkt signal
That goes leaping through the air.
JUDD NoRrnfHR LRwra,
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College Socialists.

They have everything at a large uni
versity these days. Even study occurs
and onoe in a while an undergraduate
breaks down, not with athletic but in
tellectual strain. They have every
thing from squash TO Socialism. MIR
FRANK B. TRACY tells us in the Boston
Transcript that there are Socialist
clubs at Harvard, Columbia, Princeton,
the University Of Pennsylvania. College
of the City OF New York, and an ever
increasing number OF colleges in the
! Middle and Far West These college
Socialists are affiliated with the In
teroollegiate Socialist Society, among
whose governors are such venerated
personages as our own ROBERT HUN
TER, who has found a congenial field OF
labor at Cambridge in computing the
number Of students that 60 breakfast
less or beefsteakless since the closing
OF the Holly Tree Inn, and the Balzac OF
Sausages, whom his modesty forbids ue
to lame.
What are the college Socialists moon
ing or moaning about? Where are they
at? Presumably Mr.. TRACY's account
OF the Cantabrigian brethren is sub
stantially true OF Columbians, Prince
tonians, Pe%nnsylvanians and the rest:
These II award Socialists affect to be practl
| cal nrst Of all. and declare that there are a grea'
many pitlfully sickiy and anr mic influences a
work at Harvard. that few Of the professors car
! really be said 10 smack Of real robustness snt
viriity. and that 1t Is little wonder Indeed tina
so many undergraduates get all their sxhllarat'or
and enthusiasm out OF athletics. The Socialists
recognize that Harvard Is the home OF breadth
and toie france. and they are far from dlsparasini
that: but what makes 1t seem so narrow and sultr,
. world TO them Is that 20 much Is talk and opin
donating and 20 little Ia action.
So the Harvard Socialist Club not only stsnd'
for Socialism. It stands also for an active radical
Ism. NIKrzscHK. SHAW, STEINER. iBsKs. WEILs
ToIsror and GoRKY arc discussed. not as fash
Iopabie reforners but from the standpoint o
thinkers.
Undoubtedly Its members e1agrerate th'
| depth and extent OF the movement at Harvard
but their enthusiasm Is certainly noteworthy"
Narrow and sultry. sickly and an@mic
| We entreat these young gentlemen moi
to be too severe with the faculty. The
only real robust and virile professor in
the world is the professor Of omniscio-
listics, at present tracking the unicorn
and the rubberplantigrade g~eranocam.
elobos in the liver of Africa. Wait fol
him! Much and ignorantly as he bastet
the Socialists, he is a Socialist without
knowing it, He il in the same grade
Of intellectual youth as these college
Socialists. He will give them action
exhilaration and enthusiasm enough
Insure the Charles and be patient!
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The Aeroplane In Warfare.

In his annual report, made in Deoem-
Der last, Secretary Of War WRIGHT said
it was "the belief OF many military men
that when mechanical flight has been
developed to the extent now believed
probable it will profoundly affect mod
ern warfare The vagueness Of Cen
erai WRTGHT's treatment of the subject
was not surprising. He presented few
facts, for the Signal Corps in expert
menting with a%eronautics had been
handicapped by want Of funds. Flights
Of no particular interest had been made
with a small dirigible balloon. and owing
to the accident to the Wright aeroplane
which resulted in the death OF Lieuten-
ant THOMAS E. SELFRIDoE the War De-
partment had not acquired the machine
and was waiting for proof that it would
satisfy the contract conditions. The fact
was our military men knew so little
about aerial fight by actual experience
that, as in the case Of General WRIGHT,
their opinion that the airship would
profoundly affect modern warfare was
a matter OF faith.
The WRIGHT brothers are by no means
sure that the aeroplane will perform
prodigies in military campaigns Of the
future. Indeed, they are inclined, per-
haps with their usual caution and mod
Grafton, to assign it a more humble
part than some of their admirers do.
They say frankly that it will not be
practicable to use the aeroplane for
dropping explosives into towns and
camps and bodies OF men, because the
attempt would have to be made from
such an altitude that precision would
be out OF the question. They might
have added 1t was doubtful whether
space could be found In the limited
quarters provided for the operators
to store and handle explosives with
safety to themselves. II the aeroplane
cannot be used o. ar engine Of attack,
how will 1t profoundly Affect modern
warfare'7 The WR1aHTs make no such
declaration.
h only practicable use Of ssroplsnss 10 war.
fare will be As scouts and Messengers"
That has been the opinion Of COOL
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The Produce Exchange and the
Barge Canal.


Barge Canal.
The course of events is making a
commentary than which none could
be more graphic or more forcible upon
the monumental absurdity now being
committed by the people OF the State
Of New York in spending ar immense
and indeed a practically incalculable
amount of money in the construction
ofa new Erie Canal from Buffalo to the
Hudson River.
This vast and costly undertaking had
its inception in the demands made
therefor by the members of the Produce
Exchange of this city, their efforts re-
ceiving in the later stages Of the propa-
ganda the assistance of certain business
interests in the city Of Buffalo that in
former years made a very good thing
out of the operation OF transshipping
grain from Lake steamersto canal boats
in that town. The best sentiment of the
State was opposed to the entire propo-
sition. 1t has time and again been de-
monstrated, however. that in this State
a moderately small number Of men
can by dint of persistent hammering
accomplish wonders inthe way of legis-
lstion; and the combination described
was finally able to extort from the
Legislature a bill submitting to the
people for ratification a constitutional
amendment providing for the new canal.
This amendment was passed, as all such
smandments submitted to the people
usually are. 1t was pointed out at the
time by. far sighted observers that the
export business in grain which consti-
tuteds the bulk of Produce Exchange
business in this city was steadily and
rapidly diminishing from purely natural
causes; that the consumption Of grain
in the United States was equalling the
production thereof with such rapidity
that within a short time there would be
small export business in grain of any
kind; that the conduct Of such export
transactions as were necessary was
inevitably gravitating toward seaports
other than that of New York, such az the
Gulf cities, to which grain could be
more easily sent; and that the idea Of
bonding the State Of New York for sew
eral hundred millions Of dollars for the
construction Of a waterway across the
State represented only a costly and Sc
less sacrifice on the part of the tax
PAYERS of the community. These charges
were heatedly denied by the Produce
Exchange interests in this city and
Buffalo. 1t was declared that the
growth of the city Of New York and the
commercial we'll being Of the State abso-
lutely depended upon keeping up the
Erie Canal and expanding money for
It's enlargement.
All this happenednearly ten years ago.
At the moment the members Of the New
York Produce Exchange are debating a
proposition, which will unquestionably
be carried, to sell their building and to
divide the profits thereof among them
selyes. upon the obvious ground that the
business has dwindled to such small
proportions that no building at all is
necessary for its sole use and that it can
Just as well be carried on lin a room
rented somewhere for the purpose
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In the Ju ia country. to which the Con-
tributing Editor il now moving his para
phernalia to continue his studies al q
faunal naturalist. it would not be surpris-
ing IL be stalked and caught a dodo.
Surely there 10 great promise and inspira-
ton in the name Of the new hunting
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The Armenians Defended by the Rev.
DR.. Barton.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuS-Si: Nv
attention has just been called To a letter Ia
TIE Sun Of May 10 signed by -TrSveler,'
in which I am made to say that the Arme.
mans richly deserved the treatment they
have received" referring to the horrible
slaughter that has recently taken place
In the city Of Adana and adjacent terri
tory In Cilicia. Turkey.
Nothing I have ever said. or even thought,
would admit Of such an Interpretation.
While in that stricken territory there has
been for months an intense and increasing
race hatred between some Armenians and
that the most Of the Armenians have been
stauch supporters OF the new regime. snd 10
this end they rave closely cooperated with
the constitutional Moslems. II Is also well
known that vast numbers of those who
have persisted or who have fIered the
loss Of everything hut life were as innocent
OF any act that could possibly be inter
preted into terms Of disloyalty or as tending
to excite the ,fanaticism OF the Moslens,
as is Traveller or the writer Of this letter.
In my Judgment. there wss no provoking
cause suficient To Justify any attack what
nian population Of that district. The Armr-
mans, number less than one-ffth. possibly
less than one-sixth Of the population. The
DOnc6 6Iu tTOOps are All al utcu 1lObleHlk.
II any Armenlans were violating the law, or
were committing acts that threatened the
good order Of the district. the Government
was strong enough TO apprehend such and
put them Into custody. and the law abiding
Armenians wonldhave supported such a step.
SO far ~ 1 understand the situation the
wholesale and ndiscriminate attack upon
! trust thst-it will be impartially and thor
| ouRhly investigated.
+ 1t is not without significance that. the
outbreak in Adams began upon April =.
| thought he had reestablished himself in
absolute power at Constantinople, and that
| the Governor at Adana held back for two
days the troops ct his disposal from making
any attempt to stop the burning. plumber
and killing. In n any ca!.s Government
troops seemed to lead in lawiessness.
Let us not cast oppioLlum upon that
able, historic, bleeding Armenian race.
but rather let US help them to rae from
the ruins Of their s%moIldering homes. that
with those OF their Moelem compatriots In
making a new. free and law abiding Ottoman
empire. L. BARTON
BosroS. May ~
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Involved India. Ma.rimsaiat Affairs.

Foa JONES correspondence Sacramento be-
For come time Il has been a question In the minus
of people Of this neighborhood a. to no" JacN
Dan had gained possession OF Johnny hcCssn '
wife and child. II has now developed that Dan
and NccAsh got into q friendly card gsme.ln.
dian ssy1e-and when money ran ou' Me,a
mn, up his wife and little boy. The cards all ran
nan.s way and ne soon became possessed OF .
family. As the game had been fairly played te
stakes we're promptly turned over 70 the iue.'
rambler, and all IL serene In the indian se'ue'
ment Of Quartz Valley.
George Mccash, . grown son OF John. TOOK =
wife from among the hoopaw mAidens Two seaIs
AFRO. for whom itis said he paid 80. The youhs
vtfe had ideas OF her own and soon left her hus'
band. George won't 70 her father and demanded
ATS money back, but a. he had lived for . season
with the maid he finally compromised the matte
and allowed the father TO keep 80 out OF the NV
he had paid. .-.
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viii The Cs.sunsr he ros.a,

To TIE EDITOR OF II SUx-sk: hazard
the opinion that r. who writes In to.day's
SUN, will md . consumer Il the contemplated
urin bill gets 70 the Hon. WILLIAM n. TAFT and
that he will not consume much Ink with the word
he writes on II either. His rebuke. I bslsevA "a
the suffrage agitation In the Distrtot Of Columbia
will be mid In comparison.
NEW YoRx hsyia. Jams y. DRwxiA4 Jr.
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A Prsssrvsr Wanted.

To rHs EpITos OF TEE = Can som,
OF your readsn give me . recipe for keeping
ergst I have heard that soluble glass (siiicat,
Of soda d an eIoeient preservstive, but I dom
know he resstive proportions OF siiicate ant
wsssr. moi whether the eggs must be paose II
any certain way. viii certainty appreciate ans
infornsuoa on The SUBJECT
AhAfsul FARMER.
n. L., Nay L..
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The election Of the Hon. GEORGE B.
MCCLELLAN as Mayor OF New York was
gracefully conceded yesterday morning
for the first time. we believe-b the
Hon. WILLIAM r. HEARST.
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To rII EDITION OF TIE SuN-Sr. Heavy
Lemon Of Mansheid. ohio, ought 70 be neal
enough 10 the main squeeze 70 admit him..
10 het A. q. NoRsR.
4 SCRANTON, Pa, Nay ~ ~n
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Paris once. az Rue Louis lie Grand, The daily
and Sunday editions are on sale at Kiosoue IL, neai
the Grand Hotel; Kiosaue ~. boulevard dos Cap
pcines. corner Place de rOpera, and Kiosaue 10
Boulevard des Italiens, corner Rue Louis lie Grand
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ns Ctastaaatss Of sa.
From ~ Htmlrd A0pe,t1sty,

rhe Hon. Pnnk O. Piatt. state Senator from
the Forty third distriot, has completed his nut
| year Of service In the Senate and has returned 70
his Agricultural and dairy duties on his farm near
Painted Post
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london once, Bingham House. 1 Arunde
street, Strand. The daily and Sunday sun ART
on sale In London at the American aud Colo
NAL Exchange. Carlton street, Regent street
and DAVIS Steamship Agency. II Green street
Leicester Square.
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n our friends vho fdror us ,rifh ndnvserfpis To'
pskteatton rt'h TO haze TtJeeffd dref' raurnee
az a,us. IN al, Ease: send .sa.n rs for that purposs
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TIE MASSACRE IN ASIA MINOR
That the Armenians We're the Agsre..
sors 10 EmphattcAlIy Denied.

. sors 10 Empnaucauy Denied.
To THE EpIroR OF THE SUH-Sir. In
letser upon the massscres In Asia Nino,
that appeared In THE Sun Of May 10 ths,.
are some sweeping assertions that ara No,
borne out BY the facts. The writer sisns
himself Traveller" His lack OF corr.c,
Information is astonishing, The Catho'
lics, the Greeks, the Protestsnts and a doys,
other sects,- he y dwell there lin T,,t'
keyI in security, and, 20 far as | know. hsy.
always done So" He must have over,ool.d
the dispatches that say that Prote.t.,,
pastors were butohered In the Adana rror
ince. Here are the numbers of Cbris,i.,,
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Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at ITO Nassau street. in the Borough
Of Manhattan. New York. President and Treas
urer Of the Association. william M. Ianan. lo
Nassau street. The once OF Secretary OF the
Association Is temporarily vacant.
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Friends Of the Ferests.
Yirst Shsd-Don't you think our forests shou'a
be conserved
ssooud shsd-Yss sspsoiany plsska
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r LECTIONES.
Further Proceedings OF tho Profau'
Classic Text Society.

TO IHH EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Str: ! scnd you
herewith the psrior version Of the story as I have
told Il for twenty Ave years. IL has always
appealed TO mo as illustrating the Inherent indie
pendence Of the New England character. have
always indeIed IL mentally with David Hcin-
brod" and the bear story" A. PERRIN.
BOSTON. Nay IL
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s-s., 49,
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To TIE EDITOR OF TnH SUN-Sr. II 10 with
dncerest gratitude that I.write 70 you. You
have done humanity Q noble service In collecting
the variants Of the tClassso OF Profanity. thu
enabling the higher criticism TO determine fol-
generations yet unborn what IL the original and
suthentc version. Let me contribute Imy aay
fragment "Hssk nothing from you, sr. but sigh.
Witty and that Of the commonest -
kind." z. W..
N-.--~~ n-