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Arthur Macarthur.

The most meritorious and modest
man in the army retired yesterday for
age, ARTHUR MACARTHUR, the last of
the Lieutenant-G Generals, unless Con-
gress creates the rank again-as inevi-
tably it will if there is another war.
MACARTHUR never looked the soldier
he was, and there never was a Drawer.
Concerning the latter affirmation we
refer to the gallantry on many fields Of
the STRIPPING OF seventeen who joined
the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin as Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant in 1852, to the
growing disgust of its Colonel, long
since forgotten, who vowed that he
would ask Governor SALoMoN to take
back the boy, put him in a kindergarten
and oblige the regiment with a wooden
man in his place. Slender, effeminate
in look and voice, and quite unable to
speak for himself from an incurable
dif6dence, young MACARTHUR was the
sport OF the regiment-until it got into
action. He first caught his Colonel's
eye at Stone River, where the Twenty.
fourth lost half its complement. On
that hard fought feld-seven times the
Twenty-fourth formed in line of battle
under fire--the boy officer became the
pride OF the regiment. At Missionary
Ridge, being then IS, he o the medal
of honor by taking up the colors at a
critical moment and planting them on
the captured works. One who served
with him tells the story:
when our nag went down there was nothing
whstever 70 rally our line with. and then the
boy AdIuAnt made the second hit OF his career
In the Twenty. fourth. Ne seized the stan and
waved the rag for q moment as q signal 70 rally
on thu centre, then sprang forward 70 the very
crest, the leader OF the whole line. his standard
the foremost VI ni,y battle nsgs then moving UP
the slope"
At Franklin, one OF the most stubborn
conflicts of the war, MACARTHUR COM
manded the regiment. Il will not say
reported General STANLEY, reviewing
the work Of his division. that the
Twenty.fourth saved the day at Frank
lin, but IL had a large part In II. and In
the achievement It was led by It's gallant
boy Colonel, ARTHUR MACARTHUR
Tho youngster who emerged from the
chaos Of that bloody field with 80 much
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The Judge and the Police Commits
SiOner.

SlOnCTs
Justice GAYNoR's temper has run
away with his judgment. In the general
principles involved in his controversy
with Commissioner BINGHAM the JUS
tice is unquestionably on solid ground.
He is serving a public cause by insisting
so ~eloquently upon the immunities of
the unconvicted citizen. He has rem
dered similar public services upon other
occasions.
There does not seem to have been,
Tup to a certain point Of personal exas-
peration, an irreconcilable difference
between Justice GAYNoR and the Police
Commissioner as to the merits OF this
particular case. A few weeks ago JUS
tice GAYNoR was writing to General
BINGHAM concerning the removal of
the boy DuFfY's photograph from the
rogues' gallery: Il hope you will do it.
1t will save this young chap. He has
good parents and q good home, and is
not so bad himself Not long before
that General BINGHAM had been writing
to Justice GAYNoR: II you think so /
will comply with your request, but you
will observe that in spite OF what his
parents say his record is bad"
1t is only after passing that period
in the correspondence which is marked
by the appearance Of personal exas-
peration that we find anything to
deplore in our distinguished friends
demeanor. In the letter OF Justice
GAYNoR to General BINGHAM dated May
II this passage occurs:
II have done all I can to see this poor boy
righted. Nothing seems to be left for him but
10 submit to absolute ruin for HE at your hands,
or tiss proceed 10 teafh you In the umple nays open
10 hin, that outoeyats IRE not suffered under oui
system OF o%oernntnL"
This is aperplexing utterance coming
from a high officer of Government by
Law. What course is it that Justice
GAYNoR means here to suggest to young
DUFFY as the sole alternative to ALSO
Lutte ruin for life? Is it resort to the
remedies provided by law for the rec
LITIGATION OF wrong? It is scarcely clear
from the phraseology or the context
that this "a in Justice GAYNoR's mind
at the time; but il resort to the law
was not in his mind, what was?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03

We shall watch the progress OF the
present illness OF our interesting friend
MARTY KEEss with confidence as strong
as our hope that he will soon be about
again overseeing aIsirs at City Hall.
We are sure that il MARTY had not been
laid up the City Hall clock would have
been lighted on Tuesday night. When
he il out of bed he must not allow any
one to induce him to take . vacation
either. There Is no telling what sort Of
m~onkeyshines the Mayor and Aldermen
might indulge in II the gentle, generous
and restraining presence OF MARTIN J.,
KEEsE were withdrawn from the City Hall.
He Is a fine, sturdy youngstsr. and he will
not be allowed the self-indulgences that
might be permitted to an old q
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The Csty's sylvan Noeks.

TO the EDITOR or TIE SUs-sfy: I hasten 70
warn IL. J. B." that he had better DO careful ABBOTT
calling attention 70 the location OF his syfven
paradise only ten miles from the city Hall. II
certainly can't be beat: but the real estate man
will get II and Improve II" II he doesn't look out.
and then what will become OF the Bob White
aud his camp with dogwood. violets, psnsies and
what not growing around TT The what not BY
the way. Is q plant / do not know. Can II DO
Indigenous to Staten Island only. or u that
merely q oolioquisl designAtIon'
BRooxLrN. June /. SoHsNr JusDus.
To TIE EDITOR OF = SuN-StS: Moss cef-
tsinly We can beat II. IL. J. b." and without try
ing 70 emulate ". s. Gilhert's topsov-turveSdom-
Al II O'Clock 4. N. on the eaine day ] was In the
heart OF Manhattan, not a. a desk. for that doesnf
suit my temperament, but vsiniy cndeavortng
TO and q deus e1 mdehtnd. In every instance
was declined with thanks" With my expert
enos I should have known better. At1eoo o'clock
p. NJ. I was back homo without having -hiked'
. mile and q quarter, and st : O'Clock I was
among ~"vtolets. nensies. lush grass'-the svees
poetry OF tha,i-and what not. but thank GOOD
ness I'm not camping!
A. O'Clock r. II. I was stu Viewing this hort
cultural exhibition and an eqdslly imposing
(New Dorp) view, but-there wss only . hermit
mosquito here and there. ! DON'T know whether
DO WHITE called OF not but ! lay In this para
disc until Q O'Clock. when my wife intinsted that
It was time 10 be OF. ThsrI "hiketit- back o
did . ii,ue work and slept the sleep OF comfort
In my own bed. This morning ! took . cold oes
saip bath al Q O'Clock A. NJ, and an now ss ht
Is II I were living In a spot where the trsnspof'
tauon Is dubious and tho insecis extremely
annoying.
nv tined both localities. and bless you! hs
only q matter OF taste. A great many OF "
prefer the moo Of the ooWs and the tiuckfns OF
the hens and . bed At homo TO the buIzint and
biting Of mosquitoes and the uucomtortAoe
propinquity Of thousand chummy Insects. which
must be the concomitants Of . highly vanished
comp residence, CoAFoHI.
SoMBwHKRH NEAR THE HRoNx. June !.
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MEM UH7NL DNI
A Complaint That Grand Army Men See
Nothing Of the EscoFtinS Troops.

To TIE EDIroR or THE SuN-Sir. Now
that the tumult and the shouting have died
and Memorial Day Of 1909 has passed into
history. 1t may DO permissible to make IN
observation or two upon the extraordinary
name In which the parade Of yesterday,
like those Of some other preceding years,
was organized and executed.
There Is an amiable tradition in the Grand
Army that the armed forces that march on
that day do so for the purpose Of ~ssluting
and honoring the veterans. Of passing In
review before them and exchanging the
oourtesies appropriate on such occasions
between military bodies; and further. that
the soldiers OF the civil war shall have an
opportunity Of observing tho changes In
tactics. drill and discipline which have been
made since tho end Of that wsr-somethins
In which all Grand Army men are much in
terested.
Yet I can declare with nearly absolute
certainty that the Grand Army "a " nothing
OF the military demonstration in its honor.
on Monday. No doubt some post had .
rendezvous so near the line of march as to
be able to break ranks and run to see q regi.
ment or command on its way TO fall 10 line,
but 1t wAs by q fortunate accident. For
two years now the plan has been to assemble
the posts In the side streets. and when tbs
active service men have all passed. unseen.
to let the veterans fall in behind. On Mon-
day my command assembled by order 10
one Of the Seventies. All the other streets
above and below US were filled with posts.
and In time we moved, but from first
soldier. under arms. Such IL the expert
ence of all posts.
This seems to be Hamlet" with Hamyet
eminent tacticians who plan the Memorial
Day parade to line the avenues thfou Oh
which. It moves with the Grand Army, that
the men Who honor the Veterans. AZ Il Is,
the programme Of Monday and In other
wears would provoke q smile from Heraclttus
himself when he consIdered its purpose. :
NEW York, dune 4.
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aususxl n Nsllsslsy.

To 1gy Ept IRON or TIE SuN-sI: The writer
deplo-es the pblcsl error ehich occurred
in an article In Tas SON Of May 70 on ~ vaude.
vile Of Wellesley" l. G.. bar swallows" for
barn ~ sIlows."
For tho sake of all weliesleyites who are per,
fectly good girls. u 10 most unfortunate that this
misnomer tinguiariy humorous and consistent
a. II may appeau should have occurred 10 the
very nrst line Of the article.
-Barn swallows" means what II says TO the
average reader. "Bar swallows" on the Gun.
tr,ry says something u doesn't moan and never
cpuid mean-iu clssslc Wellesley circles.
Really. Wellesley gtris hsve every right 70 de-
mand that TEE SON oorrectit srfor.
INV YORK. Junex WkLlxsLkT,
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Protsst Afainst . Tyrant.

TO rnl EDITOR or TAS suN-str: "class'eus,
discussing college education In todsys sos,
says: -Nsu who are poor but can wear . ores
sult and be OF their ease In draw1ns room OF
kitchen are enviod by those whose pockets bulge
with money" 10 this seemly. this covert ns''ets
Of the ,ordiy "sarsong"f On behalf Of 81 Wv w.
A, IN public places iet mo protest against this
fattening OF Gear. Though We bear the yoke'
need We bend the neckf LAhH DkAHoA
NEW YORK. Juno 4.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03

With no disposition TO find fault with the
new broom at Harvard, We hazard the
opinion that to deprive Mr.. JOHN W.
CUTLER Of Brookline Of his degree at the
eleventh hour OF his four years course for
registering in the college yard in the small
hours would be a harsh sentence for the
crime OF being a young man. II is not I'M
likely that he IL -ons OF those whose follies
may cease with their youth"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03

The President has decided that midship-
men graduating from the Naval Academy
must not marry before they have COM
pleted their practice cruise, because 'the
Government is not through educating
them" There ID reason In this, but in the
case Of some men the education conducted
by their wives cannot begin too o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03
A Cuck.

10 TIE EDITION or TEE SuN-Sr: Wis asks
In the Sunday SUE: -Whst IL . cluckf" .
The other day ! entered . butchers shop and
asked for . chicken 10 brolL asked for . eooa
chicken. white skinned. II possible. Sure" sad
tho butcher. they're all rood; IL there are any
clucks I eat EN- myself"
From this I conclude that q "cluck" Is . fo~'
that 10 not exactly saiAble.
Judrinr by the character Of the bird the butcher
SOLD me I have dnce concluded that perhaps am
. -cluck" myself. c. fS
NYV YoRK. June 4.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03

Tho Court Of Appeals may Be right
in making advance information on the
o legal, but We believe the cause OF
right, justice and mankind generally
would be vastly better served by making
Il accurate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03

Although Il Is not = point Of practical die tetlcs.
the most sensible .perPou choosing an ehhcientt
protein Is q cennihsL In consuming his own hnd
Sc is eating exactly he right kind Of stuh.-Pro
lessor FREDERICK g. HOPKINS OF TIE Uniesrs0r Of
CAMBRIDGE.
Nevertheless We are sure that the eat
ing Of some persons We know would dis
agree with us.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03

To IRE rprroa or TIE SuN-,sh: There arc
trees that smoke al certain times Of the year
have something about than In one Of my sofep'
books. II might tsko weeks 70 md u. thoosn.
All rsuember about them 10 that they srs
kind Of cedar. I have seen olue smoke OF m"''
ooms out OF cedar trsos myself.
NEW YoHx. June L WV, SrfoxiS'
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TIE 4OLLUTED ELAwARE
No Federal Corrective OF the Condition.
That Prevail on the River.

49, W ~ AsiNETs
To THB EDITOR OF TIE suN-Sir. En-.
closed IL q cop Of q letter from Mr.. Bower.
COMMISSIONS OF the Department OF Com.
merce and Labor. In reply to a letter written
to him asking II something could not be
done by the Government 10 stop the oil
companies above our place on the Delaware
River at Marcus Hook. Pa, and also in
Delaware. from throwing into the river
black hlth. waste. oil and greasy stun that
pollutes the whole shore and river and
kills the fish. When the fish do live ana
Are caught and cooked they are 50 impree-
mated with oil that they are unfit to eat.
Yet the Government In this latter wsitaG
about bringing fish all the way from the
Danube to put In this river Of pollution.
This filth keeps going up and down with
the tide. 30 that during the drought last
year We were unable to use the Delaware
water for any purpose at ali, even for wash
ing. IL was 90 bad that when we tried to
water the plants 1t killed them, also the
grass. We therefore had to depend upon
our well for water. which almost ran dry.
JOHN @. W~ATMouoH.
CLAYMoNT. Del. June i.
copy
ST. The bureau 10 corresponding with Ru-
manisn authorities In reference 10 obtaining some
sturgeon or sterict. and the Delaware River has
been specially mentioned as q good place for the
hrst attempt to introduce the species Into this
country. II q favorable reply Is received In re-
sponse TO the bureaus inquiries and steps an
taken 10 bring 10 this country some young ster-
Iets . canvass viii be made Of the rivers OF the
Atlantic coast with q view TO selecting the ous
where II is believed these fsh viii DO most likely
TO obtain 0 foothold.
y conditions on the Delaware River turn on,
TO DO unfavorabie for their successful introduc.
ton II will be desirable to select some other
stream In which 70 mako the hrst plant. The
bureau has no Jurisdiction over the waters Of the
Delaware and 10 therefore poweriess In the matter
Of providing OF enforcing restrictions against The
pollution Of this water. @. BOWERS.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. May Is. Commissioner.
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rsrls once. 3: Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily
end susdsy editions are on sale At Klosauei., near
The Grand Hotel. Mosque II. Boulevard des Cap
vcineA, corner Place dc rOptrs, and Kiosquc 10.
louje> ard rs Ital,e ms corner Rue Louis IL Grand.
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II is often charged against public libraries that
they supply 40 much ncuon. -The Hon. ANDREw
CARNRd1E.
That has been charged, we believe,
concerning the celebrated public library
bestowed upon the city Of Elisabeth by
the Hon. CHARLRs N. FOWLER.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03

London once. Ennnsham House. l Arundel
street. strand. The daily and Sunday sun are
on sale In London at the American and Colo.
ulaI EIehsnge. Carlton street. Regent street,
suo sw's Steamship agency. IL Green street,
Leicester Square.
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II our friends rho foror us Nth manuscripts f'
tuilleoton ufsh TO hare rejected articles returned
tstu must In az costs serd stamps Tor nat purpose.
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Csasussl

C0HQ0ast
Knicksr-ws hsw soaisvsd the conquest Of
the cir.
Bocker-Exccpt the no, variety.
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snbs<ript,ens by Mail. Postpaid.

Published BY the Sun Printing and Publishing
Asar,sitop 1t ITO Nassau street. IN the Borough
OF Asnnattsn. New YORK. President and Treas
urrr 81 the Association. William u. Lanan. iN
Nasssu street. Tho once OF Secretary Of the
Association Is temporarily vacant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03

The river will fall from Ito high bed 80 feet
above the sea into . dead arm Of the hagres
properly excavated below the level OF the
sea and then Join the Straits Of Panama. 5
The works for the falls OF the ChAfres will
be similar to those necessary TO let fall the
outlet Of the Gatun Lake. but the height
will be only 10 feet instead Of IS 1t Gatun.
As to the question OF silt. II 10 scarcely
necessary to mention II. The ChAgres 10 q
very light silt bearing river. Its mouth has
no delta, and the silt accumulated In the I'M
completed excavations OF the French after
tw elve years abandonment was inferior to
than what happens In many harbors. This
represents about two inches Of depth de-
posted Q year on the surface OF the bottom
Of the "straits." The strong tidal currents
viii never allow any part Of that slit to stay.
II will be carried out to sea automatically.
think that this explanation will fully
convince any thinking maj that. a. I said
In The sux Of May 4. the Chasres question
becomes trivial and may be neglected In
considering the STRAITS OF Panama"
Il will not be . matter OF little surprise
for posterity to think that people have been
In our times turnlnE their backs on . solution
40 obviously perfect. 70 obviously easy to
transform at . ANAL oost into reality with
the actual tool Of engineering.
The history Of the westward route from
Europe 10 Asia finishes a. II began four cen
turtles ago.. The so-oailsd sctsntists Of to-
day are Just - regrssaivs - those Of the
Middle Asss. Happily. Isabella Ia Catolica
protected BY her genius against the
routine and ignorant vanity Of her advts-
orr. She siisnced them, sold her jewels to
enable Columbus 70 realise what t6s doctors
Of Salamanca had declared impossible.
Isabella 10 Catolioa 10 dead.
PuILiPPE BuNAu-vARLiA.
Pa mrs, May 20.
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Walton near Gstun: neither Of them will
enter the canal. Thu whole problem Is
| therefore the disposal OF the Chaeres waters
bet cen Bohio mile 1877 and Gamboa mile
so.S). where the ChAgres enters the canal
line. Methodic and accurate registrations
of floods have been made only since the old
French company began its work. In 1881.
The largest hood registered was In Decem.
Der, 1883. At Bohio the water rose 81. Q
feet and the discharge was 81. 900 cubic feet
a second. At Gsmboa the water rose 30. 0
feet and the discharge was $500. Though
this food 10 the greatest registered by the
French from 1881 to 1905. say In twenty.
three years. q still larger flood 10 ad-
mitted to nave taken place In 1879. II IL
largely hypothetical, but admit It al the
limit. In this food the water at Rohio rose
$40 feet and the discharge Was ITO, 900 cubic
feet, At Gamboa tho water rose 81 feet
and the discharge was 81 900 cubic feet q
second.
For the simplicity OF the explanation We
shall admit In what follows that We have to
handle q river entering ths canal line be-
tween Bohio mile ie) and Gamboa tMils
so.s), say at Mile Is. iust the middle Of the
canal, and disoharging 10000 cubic feet q
second.
The formulas Of hydraulic engineering
allow the calculation Of the height Of water
and tho velocity OF the current In the differ.
emit sections Of an artihoial bed OF gsomstri.
cal form leading such . mass Of water to
the sea.
The following figures will snliRhten every
body on the influence which the dimensions
Of the bed have on the riss Of water and on
the veloolties.
II we throw 10000 cubic feet of wAtar
o second Into . narrow artificial bed OF the
dimensions Of the sea level canal und ertsken
by Mr.. de Lesseps 10 1881. say 70 fsSt wide
Ut the bottom. having . horizontal bottom
eos feet below mean sea level and sides in
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-07
Father and Son.

Some years ago, when the custom of sending small boys up chimneys to sweep them was still in vogue, a well known sweep and his son started to work on q very tall chimney belonging to a mill. To reach the chimney 1t was necessary to crawl through fue thirty feet long. The father covered the boys face with bag and sent him In. In few minutes he called "Billyw No answer. "Blllyw Still no answer And he called again and again, but no voice replied. and at last he began to be frightened and said: "0h, Lord, the poor boy Is smothered! Whatever will his mother say?" At the same time he was using all the plous expressions he could think of. At this moment a voice was heard from the top of the chimney, "Feyther, feyther, nun I come down the lightning rod or nun I come down inslde?" The father gasped for breath moment, then shouted, Come dowa, thou young Imp, inside or out, and when I catch thee I'll break every bone in thy bodyv'- London Telegraph.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-07
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING.

There will be a meeting of the Skagway Commercial Club at the City Hall Monday evening, August 9th, at S:3O o'clock for the purpose of receiy- ing the report of the committee on Constitution and By Laws, consisting of V. I. Hahn, Wm. Britt, H. H. Drap' CT, w. c. Blanchard and E. J. Shaw. All business men and other residents who are interested in the progress and development of Skagway should attend this meeting and take an ac active part in the discussions in regar to furthering the business interests of the town, and more particularly as re gards inducing tourists to stop over in Skagway for longer periods than at the present. This meeting is of par ticular importance, as the final plans of the organization will be outlined upon.
 H. Ashley, President
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-07
KASTLE KERN NOTES.

Harold Bodine, of New York City made the ascent to Kastle Kern in one hour flat. What makes this time of interest is the fact that Mir. Bodine tips the scale beam at exactly 2S0 pounds.
 The following out of town people visited the Kastle during the past week:-O. k. Fisher, Bantry, N. D. Samuel Baxter, Victoria, B. C., Il. Il. Bullen, Pilot of s. s. Santa Clara, John P. Boone, (7O years old), Clin- ton, Ia., H. A. Harkins and wife, Chief Engineer of s. s. Jefferson, trotone, III.
 A jolly party of Skagway young pc :: pie made the trip up the hill, Wednes- cay evening and after taking the Kastle by storm, indulged in all kinds O pranks. One of the features of the evening was the masquerading of sev- eral of the men folks, when they got into MT. Svabotsky's property room, and logged themselves out in the "oid Sourdough attire which is a feature c: the Kastle's curio display. While the actors were performing, the lad ies popped ,rn and made fine coffee' and the ent ce party without a dis senting ballot, voted Kastle Kern the "Only place to have real old fashion cd jolly timC
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-07
New Shirt Waists.

In order to have the smart touch re- qulred in dress this season all must be of one color, and sometimes even all of a piece, in regarD to shirt waist and it's accessories. If the shirt Is of the pop ular crape, tie and belt must be crapd also. If the, shirt is blue, tie, belt, handkerchief and stockings must be blue, the accessories in a slightly con trastinG shade of the color of the shirt. If the shirt isJ q stripe or plaid you must precisely match the predominant ing color Tn it flor the accessories, and with whiteIshirt everything must be white.