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MR.. FOSS CITES THE BOOK.
And Wonders who Mixed Up the
Dates OF Mr.. LincOln's speech.


To THs EprroR OF THE SuN-Sir, Mr..
II on the day Of his assassination to
Major j. Il. Merwin, now living. as
language used in u speech made In
1872 which Indicated the purpose of
the remainder of his life. Major Mer-
win managed. 7 believe, the Lincoln
campaign of 1860. You quote me as
saying:
The immortal Lincoln said In 1881: III
the relative grandeur OF revelations shall
be estimated by the amount of human
misery they alleviate. then indeed this
Will be the grandes, the world has ever
seen. And when there shall be neither
slave nor drunksrd on earth. how proud
the title Of that land which may truly
claim to be the birthplace and the cradle
Of both these revolutions that shall have
ended In that victory"
Put In some dashes to indicate SEN
fences omitted and you will find the
language to be exactly az printed in
Lincoln's speech Of 1912 as given in
the Century Company's edition OF Lin
coins Works. by Nicolay and Hay, pub
lished in 1894. in volume I. AT page SO,
and In Putnam's Federal edition. In
volume 1. at pas 263.
dislike to attribute the change Of
date from 1912 to 1852 to any one
connected with the press. And I still
doubt. as I read the brilliant satire
OF THE SrN. that Lincoln actually did
use language so out Of spirit with your
conception Of Lincoln's msntal habit
and literary style.
My dinidencc in disagrecing with
THE Sun and presuming to e%nlighten II
In intensified when | read the conclud-
ing sentence Of this alleged Lincoln
speech OF 1912:
To add brightness to TnE srN .
IL Impossible. Let none attempt It, IN
solemn awe pronounce the name. and In its
naked deafness splendor leave It shining
on.
EUGENE NOBLE Foss.
BosToS, July IA.
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Nonsense, Mr.. Burleson!

In the despatch TO the Newark Ere
Wlmo Ners from its Washington cor
respondent we find this extraordinary
asseveration. directed appar ently IN
part against The Sun:
"Although hesitant 10 attribute this
general assault directly TO the railioAds
which complain Of the railroad mail pay.
JOSEPH STEWART, Second Assistant Post
master-General to-day expressed belief
that the latest criticisms had developed
straight from the railroads campaign.
In defence, with the consent OF POST
master. General ALBERT 3. BunbEsoE.
Mr.. STEWART recently inaugurated 4
publicity campaign on behalf Of the de-.
partment. which. he says. will be prose
cutsd with untiring vlgor."
If the minds Of Mr.. BuRLEsoN AMI
Mr.. STEWART entertain the suspicion
that wicked railroad men have been
melting the newspapers to find fault
with the quality Of the postage stamps
and envelopes nov dispensed BY the
post Offices. the sooner they dismiss
that idea the better for their mental
health.
These deficiencies of service are
matters Of general notoriety. not OF
sinister suggestion. The first person,
II We are not mistaken, to write n
letter about the imperfect p%erforation
Of the two cent stamps was a CORE.
spondent personally known to THE
Sun and as far removed from railroad
influence as the Man In the Moon.
After THE Sun had begun to discuss
the matter editorially. We found that
q most respectable contemporary. the
Springfield Republican, a newspaper
independent OF railroad Influence"
almost to the degree of flagrancy. mad
undertaken n similar work Of public
bcnefaction.
We accordingly advise Postmaster.
General BrRLEsoN and Second Assist
ant POstmas ter.G General STEWART to
crop like a hot pancake their absurd
Idea Of a defensive publicity cam.
paign" and TO devote all the untirng
vigor which the department can sup
ply TO the improvement Of the postal
service in these minor matters now
Under criticism, and TO the removal
VI just Gauge OF complaint on the part
Of the public.
That is the only sort Of publicity
campaign f1at will count for the repu.
tation Of Mr.. BURLEsoN's useful e.
adjustment.
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YOU ARE RIGHT.
There Is No Prospect or Danger ~
Negro Domination.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Sir: As
I understand the "~Grandfather Law.
about which so much has been printed
lately, 1t provides that the ignorant
negro shall not vote, while the equally
ignorant white man may vote, provided
his grandfather's politics We're satisfac-
tory to the ruling class. OF course |
am not giving the LANGUAGE OF the law,
only is purpose,
Now, this being the case, ] am unable
to see how the ruling of the supreme
Court increases the negro vote in the
slightest degree. 1t merely reduces the
ignorant white vote. and the ak about
negro domination is all hlustcr.
II I am mistaken ! shall he glad to
have THE SUN cnlighten me.
SULLIVAN.
CHARLEsTowN, y. H., July IL.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir, The
reports very generally published that
General Cartanza fed to the Castle of
san Juan de Ullna and that he spenl
most Of the time in the old fortress are
mistakes. General Carran2a still main.
tains his quarters In the Faros. where
he has been ever since he removed his
Government to this city, lie Is there at
all times. receiving visitors and trans
acting business This IL not hearsay on
my part, but personal observation.
Why the erroneous reports OF his
flight" or Of his spending most OF his
time Mt San Juan de Illoa' were circu-
lated. with official sanction II Is true, II
one of those things that are past finding
out. There was never n syllable of truth
In either story, q. r. WEEKS.
VERA CRUZ, July 7.
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The President Must Have Thought II
Out Long ARO,

To II Editor ~ THE SrN-Siy.
Permit me to point u to the gentle
men, lawyers m may deduce. who are
nov stating that our case in the
matter OF the Lusitania may not he
u~naseaihble. that the President must
haze thought this all out before he
irrevocably committed us TO the course
he Is pursuing. IL is useless to dis
cuss the absolute and impeccable
legality OF the matter now. As our
darkies say. dat long bin gone an
done"
The President deliberately has nut
this nation in the entire Of the stage.
All men know exactly what we should
do; Chinese. japanese, East Indians,
Australians, the tribes Of Asia, Mex
leans, Canadians, As well as the Eng
hsh, the French and the Germans,
know exactly what we should do.
We may be sure they are watching
us rather ~curiously. q. s. +.
PITrsBURG. Pa. July Is.
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REVENGE ON NEW YORK.
RejOicings Of an Annual Visitor {,
This Capital Of Pleasure,

To THE EDITOR oFTHE SuN-Sir: Tag
eing an editorial article in THE on
the effort to prevent the generalization
OF city property in adjacent communi-
ties | and this pathetic declaration
And against this Is arrayed the whole
power Of those rural districts that see I'm
this city only a rich opportunity to got
something for nothing
Well. by the great Panjaudrum, Good
for the rural districts!
For thirty-odd years New York has
been taking everything off me that I had
on me during annual visits, and ! am
highly and joyously roofing for the rural
ROSTERS who are in u taking II off
New York.
Yore power 10 their elbows.
I never expected, however. to hear
the boss hirhwayman OF the hemisphere
raise "A vail over the depredatipns Of
the piker. RrsTlCUs.
PAINTED PosT. July -.
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WHAT JOHN BULL DOES.
Another Survey Of the Part He II
Playing IN the War.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir: Or.
Alfred Mueller has earned thanks bv his
brilliant estimate OF the British. printed
recently In THE SUS AZ we know that
people measure other peoples corn with
their own bushel We are enabled to OBJ
tain an insight into the brand of kultur
that Dr. Mueller. SO ably represents.
The British losses during June have
been well over 1000 n day, but OF course
they are doing nothing" except checking
the best OF two armies, WuerttemberR
n Bavar!an. They are holding Ypres
and the fiat. open country to the Chan
mel ports. and practically laying siege 10
Lille, once Frances greatest industrial
city and now in direct rail communica-
ton with Germany and the strongest
German position IN the entire front. with
600 machine guns intrenched n mile.
stupid English KENrisH MAID.
ORANGE, y. j., July Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

After a careful contemplation Of the
proceedings in the Thaw case from
nrst to last The Sun feels embold.
ened to predict that II the degenerate
scoundrel who murdered STAMFORD
WHITE ASA ssinates another man his
chances Of escaping the electric chair
are in direct proportion to the amount
Of money still remaining In the POS
ssssion Of the Thaw family.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
DR.. David Jayne HilI's View Of the
Controversy,

IRON the Boston Transcript,
Ahere are occasions when silence,
oeiay n prolonged negotiations are
NOT only Illuminating but fatal to the
prestlge and future influence OF a ma
tion.
mo Lusitania controversy. for this
IL whet We have permitted the Incl
oent TO pecome involves only two
points: % Was the sinking Of the
Lusitanna IN accordance with the ac-
%pted rules OF international law, or
a II not! CD Does he Imperial
herman Government maintain its
rlght ana intention TO disregard those
rues IN its treatment OF the citizens
OF a neutral and friendly country, or
does II o t
Upon n to these two ques-
ticns depends the course that should
promptly he followed. II the Imperial
German Government accepts the rules
In question and intends to observe
them, the controversy would end the
moment that assurance was given and
responsibility admitted,
on the other hand, II the Imperial
German Government does not intend
to recognize the existing rules OF An
ternational law In n matter Of such
gravity, but to act. and maintain its
right to act, In defiance Of them, and
TO create for Itself the law OF the sea.
It would be difficult to regard the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

At n Of the camps In the northern
part Of this state all the canoes were
destroyed in the interest of safety and
there Is nov an agitation against this
craft. THAI we inherited from tho red
men, on the ground that It is dam
Rerous to life. No doubt. 1t is about
as dangerous az the didn't know Il
was loaded firearm or a skifY rocked
by a summer idiot. and there Ia some
justice in refusing it's use TO those
who cannot swim. Bus what is needed
more than legislation is some inven-
lion that will make II fool proof.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
Free and Unlimited Dynamite.

In addition to n demonstration OF
he unembarrnssed ease with which
prisoners In our jails may conduct to
successful conclusion n series Of ex-
periments in suicide, we are indebted
10 the late Mr.. MUENTER for still an
other Illustration OF the inviting ia.
eilities open to purchaser Of dyna.
mite for criminal purposes in any de-
sired quantity and for storing the
same In conveniently distributed pr.
rate arsenals pending i1se.
Not that in this last named reveln.
Hon there Is anything especially
iovel. Indeed dynamite, not only a.
/ factor in the Matchmaking industry
but as a vehicle Of upllft in giving
expression to dissent with legislative
IF judicial decisions, has become 40
common OF late years rs almost to
raise the question whether my re-
btrictlOn on free and unlimited bomb
explosions might not lie regarded in
these progressive days ~ n pIutocrat-
& encroachment on the fundamental
privileges Of the plain people.
Al all events. not only tho plain
people but our by no mems small
honting population Of plain maniacs
could hardly have had frecr access to
bomb ingredients were such freedom
actually written into our laws. In
'eactionary minds at lenst the qnes-
lion Of cnrtailing this form Of liberty
sas frequently received pretty serious
consideration. While an entire u
ing on OF the supply Of explosives
@r criminal purposes may not be pos.
uble, q very great curtailnent OF their
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
Gotham's Awaiting Blattide

To THE EpITOR ~ THE SrN-Sir, read
an article IN THE srS Of July II ON tho
reported discovery Of the winged cock
roach, and would say that | know II f.,
a positive fact, ms | was engineer OF a
factory In New York where there was a
colony of reaches, and | nave seen them
ny n number of times and have spoken to
people employed In said factory and re-
marked to them what a peculiar thing for
them to do, BENJAMIN G. SruvFR.
PEEKsKlLI, July Is.
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To II EDITOR or THE SuN-Str; It
would seem good policy for Germany
TO rely upon the word of honor ur tho
Allies In this submarine matter, II the
unarmed vessels of the Allies flew n
flag that signifed "A promise not to at
tack a submarine in case OF a holdup
by the latter, there would he no excuse
for denying the passengers and crews
of captured ships plenty OF time to es-
cape death,
The least ~treachery on the part of the
Allies in such an agreement would win
for Germany a large share of the much
coveted sympathy of the neutral nations
and might work to her advantage,
The Allies could not afford to hUeak
their word. HOWE \, BoCrIT.
BROOKLYN, July Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

When In a restaurant you lunch
And something good you tain would try
They serve a compound strange and wild
And cail It huckleberry pie.
And when you come to dine at home
Expectancy lights up your eye:
You come back tor a second piece,
Wife makes a muckieherry pie.
But mother made another kind
With which the others cannot vie;
Fond memory recalls with bliss
Let-out -your.buckieberry pie.
GoLASpBuloR WILSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

~ the sixth annual De Kalb county
hddiers' contest, held IN this city. LYMAN
pRAKr won the best old fiddler prize by
his version of Hell on the Wabash" -
Decatur despatch.
The name of the author OF the win
ming selection Is not given. but could
1t be that versatile dweller on IN.
banks OF this classic stream. the Hon
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS?
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The Art Of TclephOnins.

To 1BK EDITOR OF THE suS--Sir: when
I give n message over the phone II makes
me mad II the recipient says IAN right'
aud doesn't confirm the message by re-
peating II, without such confirmation
how do I know what they think they
know?
Employees should be informed a. to the
importance OF repeating. y. y.
DAHsg1y. Conn, July -
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Grapevine. Not Woodbipc.

To THE EDITOR or TBE srN-~St. The
Woodhine on or at the northeast corner
Of Eleventh street and sixth avenue han.
pens to be the Grapevine at the south.
east corner OF Eleventh street ana sixth
avenue,
The old woodbine was At tho south
west corner OF Thirteenth street and Sixth
avenue.
New YORK. July ia. Lawn
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Although General HuERrA had In.
to found an exclusive colony Of
his friends at Forest Hills, L. l.. he has
suddenly decided to give up the idea
Neus note.
Uncle SAM having established a
much more exclusive colony for him
at FL Paso.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

The e%nterprising Nutley preacher
who has established a jitney service
to bring his flock to church will un-
doubleday warn the conductor OF the
car to bewareSof buttons in the collec.
ton plate.
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First Przemysl; then Przasnysz.
But further discussion OF the matter
Is respectfully referred to the grew
apce committee at the next conven-
ton Of the United States Hay Fever
Association.
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Paris would name a street Rue
Roosevelt in honor Of the "%friendship
the great American has shown to
France" Is there no room for a Bull
Moose among the gargoyles of Notre
Dame?
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Short hut Pertinent Comment on DIetss,
NeWa.

To rHs EDITOR or THE suS-Sir. "Edi-
tor goes hreen days without food "-SuN
headline, July 10.
He must have been running a weekly
In New hampshire Experientia docet.
GroRsr I. PrrSAM.
CHAALEsrows. N. H.. July Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

The Commercial Cah'e
sues the following:
The Shameen lforc.Gr
Cauton) telegraph Office -
opened, The Chinese land
interrupted. Comuuicat.VN '7 "'
of HongkOnG
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

VIII the writer Of the letter signed n,
II, Carl, dated at Toledo, Ohio, on June 2s,
and printed on this page on June 81, 1915,
send his Eea! name and address, In eohn-
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knicker-They are trying to inprov.
our navy,
Bocker--Yes. an ounce Of invention Is
better than a pound Of cure.
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Secretary McADoo's admirable plan
Tor limiting the cost Il Federal build
will have the unanimous support
OF everybody in all the towns IL does
not affect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

Mount Nesuvius has been showing
marked activity OF late.--The ners from
NdpisM -
Making war munitions. perhaps.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

sal"onless nation and world peace
their aim ,-Hedditne.
Seems an easy shot Just az present.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

London once. bingham House. I Arun.
Del street. strand.
Paris once, 8 Rue de la Mlchodiere. on
Rue du Quatre Sophomore.
washington once, .Hibbs Building
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

Readers Of rms sus leaving town for the
summer months can have the daily ana
sunday and evening editions delivered to
them In any part Of this country or SUI
rope on the terms stated above Addresses
changed as often as desired. Order throueh
newsdealer or directly OF Publication W.
nee, telephone a200 Beekman.
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DORSET, VT. July IS.
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All checks money orders. &C.. 10 be
made payable to TRs Sun.
Published daily, Including sunday. BY the
Sun Printing and Publishing Association a.
hsttan. New York. President and Treas.
urer, william c. Reick,. $50 Nassau street;
Vlce-President. Edward 7. Mitchell. !5o
Nassau street: Secretary. c. 70. Luxton, l5O
Nassau street.
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General Carrnnza's Headquarters.

Secretary Branch SO n. A. l.. c.
New YORK. July 10.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-30
Importance of Work.

A negative life is a wicked life Someone has said mo angel ever ap- peared to a man who was not at work" You cannot make man good by keeping him idle. ''I must be about my Fathers business" said Christ in the temple. That is the gospel of ev- cry man who is loyal to his own soul, is the comment of the Ohio State Journal There is no excuse for idle ness. Work, like virtue, religion, faith. is from within. The impulse toward the right is what keeps man at work. and if he is not at work he lacks the impulse. His religion is too weak to exert itself. A positive life is the only true life. Nor is mere altruism the only form of work. It is as much a mans duty to help himself as it is to help others, so that help is upbuilding, which IS the very condition of ones being benefit to others. A man who loves roses, sunsets, stars, creeks, trees, birds, is friend of humanity. Loving Gods beautiful world includes man, or it is a false love. Not to love these creations of goodness and grace denotes a negative life that is positively wicked.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-30
RESCUE FISHERMAN.
''Frenchy" Dying of Blood Poisoning
 When Found by Local Men.

An old fisherman, known only as "Frenchy,' is at the Davis hospital for medical treatment. as the result of blood poisoning which developed from wound in his right knee re- ceived some time ago. The wound had been neglected and when "Frenchy" was brought to the city Friday his condition was such that he could not walk.
 Manager B. c. Fowles and Assis- tant Manager Minor Woodward of the Pine Bluff company were re- turning from the free bridge in a gasoline boat Friday afternoon, when they heard cry from the man, who was half hid among the weeds and brush near hls cabin some miles up the river. They stopped and went back to him, and when they saw his condition they brought him to the city in the boat. pr. w. H. Blanken ship, county health officer, was in- formed of the case. and had the man sent to the Davis hospital.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-30
SCH0OEY CLOSING.
Supt. A, W. Lowe Pie>cntS Diploma
 to Miss Lillian Patton.

The closing exercises Of the Al theimcr school were held Friday evening, when County -uperinten- dent A. W. Lowe presented a diploma to Miss Lillian Patton, who @raduat- ed from the grammar to the lH9A school dspartment A feature of tho excellent program rendered was an address by the k V Mir. Plumne CT, pastor of the Methodist church at Altheimer, who spoke on the value of education in an impressive and inspiring manner.
 High school work was instituted at this school last year through the efforts of Superintendent Lowe and Trustees l.. M Quattlebaum, E. l.. Bow and J. R. Walt
 With the closing of school Con tractor c. F. Huntington has ar ranged to begin at once on the erec- tion of new school building, which will cost approximately $lo,ooo, and will provide Altheimer with one ot the best school buildings in the state It is 10 be of brick and will consist of two-stories and basement.
 The faculty of the Althcimel school is composed of Mss Irene Langford principal; Misses Florence Wilson and Myrtis Sage. assistants
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-30
The Centipede.

The centipede was formerly a res- ident of the southern part of this country, but 1t has gradually worked it's way to the North, so that now they are quite common in nearly every por' tion of the country. It thrives best in damp and warm places and has it's redeeming feature in that it catches and destroys many of the domestic pests we are well rid of. It's method of catching an insect seems to be to spring over it, inclosing and caging it with its many legs. The belief occa- sionally met with that the centipede feeds on household goods and woolens or other clothing is without founda- tion. On the other hand, the bite of this creature is undoubtedly more or less poisonous, the effect depending on the susceptibility of the patient.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-30
Happiness a Duty.

The better we understand life, the more we come to the realization of the fact that happiness is a duty. It sig nifies that we are working in harmony with the laws of our being. It is one Of the concomitants of righteousness. Righteousness in it's last analysis will be found to be living in right relations with the laws of our being and with the laws of the universe about us. This attitude, this habit of happiness, is also benefit to others. As cheer fulness induces cheerfu!ness in others. so happiness inspires and induces hap pipess. We communicate this condi. tion to sthose; about us. sts effects come back in turn from them to us again. As anger inspires anger. as love and sympathy inspire love and sympathy in others, each of It's kind. so cheerfulness and happiness inspire the same in others.--Ralph Waldo Zine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-30
Porcelain Bowl Cleaner.

had always found it nearly impos- sible to keep an old and much used bowl clean until told by a friend, for merly a plumber, this secret Try it and you will be amazed at result with labor and time expended: Make 9 swab of an old cloth on the end of a stick, tie securely so it will Mot work off: bail out the water with a small cup or cover so you can cleanse away down; then purchase five or ten cents worth of muriatic acid which Is poison; turn a little on an old saucer, dip the swab in and apply to all parts of the bowl, and in five min utes your work will be complete. Great care must be taken not to touch the acid, as it will burn quickly and deeply-Exchange.