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NO ovEBwORK IN OUR SCHOOLS.


ALBANY, July 2l.--That there is no over
strain among students in our public schools
il the emphatic opinion Of j. Russell Par
sons, the secretary Of the State Board OF
Regents There has been much comment
in the press regarding the overworking OF
students in our schools and the nervous
strain resulting therefrom.
During the past year Secretary Parsons
collected some statistics bearing on this
subject. These indicate that the average
high school student in this State spends
hours and "A minutes each school day in
recitation and in preparation Tor recitation
and average . hours and IL minutes on
other work, making total OF hours and
II minutes. The results do not vary greatly
in the different schools The average
number of recita,ions a day is 3.5C, The
average high school student rises at Gas
in the morning and retires at sAi IN the
evening" thus having nine hours for sleep
Almost unanimously they report that they
sleep we'll and rise refreshed Deducting
the o hours Al minutes of work and the
hours Of sleep from the "a, there are left
: hours 10 minutes for such exercise ana
recreation as inclination and opportunity
may afford
The majority OF the students report ma,
they are doing all the work that they feel
able 10 do. About 10 per cent. think hat
they might do more Very few complain
that they are carrying more than they
can carry with ease. These reports, COM
ing from the students themselves, indicate,
that they at least do not feel that the school
is a serious burden.
The study of the health of school children
was made by asking the opinions of ply
Sicians in various parts Of the State as 10
the effects of school work on the students.
Secretary Parsons says it is gratifying 10
report as a result of this investigation,
that the wild statements regarding the
disastrous effect of public schools on the
health of the children seem to be without
foundation. Reports were received from
about sixty physicians. and almost without
exception they indicate that there are
very few cases of this kind, and that these
cases are due to inherited tendencies or
to conditions outside the schoolroom
more than TO the school itself.
There were 81 ,5S3 students instructed III
the secondary schools of the State during
the last school year, an increase OF 1887.
About one-third of these students complete
fOur-year courses of study.
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scarcity of Farm Labor an Indication
Of Prosperity.

A newspaper of the North Carolina
town of Asheville the Citizen, complains
of the scarcity Of agricultural labor,
saving that it seems to be confined to no
particular part of the Union, but to ex-
tend in all directions, from the cotton
and truck planters of the South to the
grain growers of the West and the fruit
growers of the Pacific Coast Another
paper of the same State, the Clarkton
Express, says that in that region, not
far from Wilmington, there is greater
demand for farm labor than we have ever
known. and it is unsupplied.
This is very remarkable, in view of the
fact that last year the immigration to this
country was toward a million, and tho
greatest ever known, and that its volume
had been large for several years before.
Statistics of its distribution obtained
from the immigration Bureau at Wash
ngton indicate that only very small
part of these immigrants are going to
the region from which proceed these
complaints of the scarcity of labor and
to the South particularly, almost none
at ALL yet the greatest number Of these
immigrants of any single nationality
are from the south of Italy, and the pre-
sumption is that they are chiefly from
the Italian peasantrv, That is, they are
farm laborers.
Why is ii, then, that so few of these
Italians go to the farming regions, where
there is so great demand for their labor?
Why do more than half Of them remain
in New York? Of the Jewish immigra-
ton, now so large part of the whole,
more than two-thirds remain in New
York, but as they are not accustomed to
agricultural labor il is not surprising that
whole body of immigrants now arriving
or who have arrived for ten years past,
the majority may be set down, however,
a. coming from the European peasantry,
yet they stick to the large cities chiefly,
or, at least, are not attracted to farm
labor. Is il not because they can get
better pay for other work?
The explanation seems to be that the
high degree Of prosperity in this coun-
try has created demand for labor in
the centres Of population which is so
great that it speedily absorbs even an
enormous immigration. The scarcity
of labor reported in the farming regions
at the South, the West and on the Pacific
Coast may be taken as implying that the
two million immigrants who have ar
rived here since 1900 have got en-
ployment elsewhere and at more salts
factory wages than the farmers can offer
1t is a striking demonstration of PROS
perity still at high tide.
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History Rewritten.

Napoleon was rcstcssly pacing the deck.
HIS Majesty must not take the imprisonment 50
much to heart said his attendants. consolingly.
Its not that, groaned the Emperor, but sup
pose the Internal place will be swept by ocean
breezeS'"
Assuring him. however tina. the bars would keep
the mosquitoes out they managed to paclfy him.
De Soto was leading his expedition TO the
Mississippi
Say boys" he exclaimed, isn't the scenery
SHINY magnificent"
rs" thcy choruScd. "hut where arc the signs
teillnkyou whS. kind of medicine to take"
Peroiving that tho crownIng glory OF he pano =
rama n missing. he fell into gloomy silence
Newtot was EXPLAINING 10 his friends the law OF
gravitatio
II know't." he Exclaimed. because | saw the
apple DROP
Are you are, they inquired deriSIvcly, that
you didn't seehc appl jack"
Angcred by hcir sartaSm, h. proceeded 10 take
a fall out Of thai,
George III wa'worrIin, about tne apple and the
dumping.
m got IN, cHplsncd on o! his courrirrS the
same way that glTgetS inn her bathing suit"
Dellbera;lon upon This ncv problem however
made matters worse. md the s,or monarch went
insane
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4 Bench ent Labor Orgai,a,ion.

FROM GiRT.
In 7l5 H. e., under the peSeIul AM Justice loving
Emperor Of Rome Numa MmpiliuS were cStab
llshed famous CoIlegIa FabNrum, o. Colleges OF
Builders. which embraced the hieroglphir crudl
ton of Egy PIT the teachings Of the rs naosophl.ts
or priest philosophers Of india the Wisdom OF
Hebrew Kings and prophets, and the )ionesian
mysteries, better understood aS the ART of The
Greek architects These colleges were cril. re-.
ligiouS and independent and were granted ,e ex
elusive privilege OF erect Ing lhr publ temple and
monuments Of Rome.
Thus this brotherhood Of Builders pnlronlAcaby
the Government soon became scattered throug
out all the Roman provinces, ana wherever To
sword of dsSolstOn mad wrought havoc and tie
stfurtion these brneIcenr bodies with their unit
OF aim and labor, cIertcd monuments and laugh
the arts OF refined civilizations Throughout ever
hamlet in the provinces Of Rome In Britain France
Spain Germany, Greece SaN0ny wherever Ih
Roman Legion Was victor went the blildrr>
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The Militia of the Lone star Stas.

The very first section of the very frs
article of the Texas Constitution OF 1876
recorded this elementary principle OF
an American commonwealth S existence:
Texas is a free and independent State. subject
ONLY to the Constitution OF the United States"
What mockery that proud descrip-
ton will become if it is ever so amended
as to read
Texas Is a free and independent state, subject
only 10 the will OF the labor unions concerning the
right of its citizens 10 bear arms in defence of the
state and the United States"
No State is free and independent when
that condition and confession OF subjec-
ton is nterineated.
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News From Chicago startled Gov. Yates

CHICAGO, July PA picked up paper
in Liverpool and read that there had been
a food in East st. Louis, a lynching in
Bellevilie and that strike was In progress
at Chicago that threatened the safety of
the city and that troops had been ordered
out 10 suppress the mobs. / didn't read
another paper for month,
This was the wav that Gov. Yates. who
arrived in Chicago from Europe and Oyster
Bay this morning, expressed himself,
Lieut.. Gov. Northcott assured the Gov
ernor that the troops had not been called
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President Hvde OF BowjOin On the f''"''
tionnl Movement In the >Outh'

From The worlds WOrk ior Aug"
Throughout the South. under the wise ' ,''''
OF the Southern Education Board. WIN 'ne i'"',
aid Of the General Education Board az" 'u''.
through the heroic efforts Of the southern '"'n '.
women themselves, a movement Is gong "' W."
has all the enthusiasm. the diversified aR''n ~.
maSSIng OF forces. the raising ana 'Ap'""'. ~.
money the distribution oil It'alur'' 'n' "'"1"
ton OF Conferences. III" utilization "I .' l al.
which mark a great political campaign. 'N' "
this united effort arc coming increased ap''"p.
tons By the states. a great extension OF .'' " ..
alton. improved s,hoo!houT"s conN'Hda'rl ST.
great free summer schools for tcac' rs '''p 49,.
courses. lcngthcncd terms hgheT Nala0''
tca"hng. rSp"r, ,upcryiSon THIS H NJ
hoar'ul feature OF rNc oduna''ona progress
year
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DANISH TREATY HAS EXPIRED
Probably No Further Effort VIII BE Made
10 Acquire the West Indian Islands.

WASHINGTON, July 24-The treaty for
the acquisition of the Danish West Indian
islands by the United States expired by
limitation to-day. 1t provided originally
that the notifications TO make it effective
should he exchanged six months from
Jan. "A, 1902, and this period was subse.
quently extended for one year or until
July "a, 1903 The refusal of the Danish
Rigsdag 10 ratify the treaty made further
extension impossible Probably no effort will
be made by this Government TO secure
new treaty. An attempt by Denmark to
dispose of the islands to any other nation
than the United States will not be tolerated
by this Government.
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TO THE EDITOR OF The Sun SIR, In view OF the
Hood OF immigration. OF which YOU have written,
why do not thinking Americans ask themselves
what It will end In II something is not done to bring
II to u stop
NearlS u million inning rants landed In this coun-
t.l Within the hSca year that ended June 80 and
nrar, one half Of them Italians. mostly from south
rrn Iraly Of low type OF humanity What is TO be
the result
have only recently returned from "Trip to
Europe and my steamer had ,i2o In the Storage
IA dlrtlcr hlncr lot OF beings never saw, Ut the
'octor told me that they were an unusually clean
". what must the others hay. BEEN We rI
eide the chinese yet they are pearls aud diamonds
compared with the class OF Italians, Russian Jews
andtuSlIO HungaIiaug that nrr being dumped On
our sores almost daily. fREDERIcN :, GGEGoRY.
| \Hl ORR .IulN
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RrookIyn Has a Free lee Fund.

Fred c. Cotton, vice-president OF the
Brooklyn Trust Company. who has been
intr,Isted with the raising of subscriptions
for a free ice fund in that borough, has
money enough on hand to purchase sixty
tons at the reduced price offered by the
American Ice Company. For the present
the ice will be distributed at the various
docks Of the company. The tickets will
be distributed by the doctors Of the summer
corps of the Health Department and eacn
ticket will entitle the holder to twenty
pounds Of ice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25

A despatch to the Tribune from kenosha
says that Representative STEPHENSON
has been trying to initiate Senator QUARLEs,
whose seat he is said 10 seek" QCARLEs's
performance with jumper and overalls
wouldn't let Mr.. STEPHENSON sleep. SO he
set to work in his own harvest field to win
applause and blisters, The real farmers
.ieered him. as they had ieered Mr., QUARLEs,
whose amateur hayng was as good a.
circus for the sons of the soil. Why this
professional jealousy? Is CINCISNAIUs
PLAYED out
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TO rah EDITOR or THE Sun SIR Noting somr
where Il reference TO me glasses worn by IN" young
women of Boston a. sign ~ rlellectualiN and
somewhat In a tone Of dcrSl0n am moved 10 ask
THE SIN If glasses are not really sign oI superior
mental strength" Don't the great majority Of p"o
pie OF superior minds wear glasses Are no weak
eyes m Indication Of a S'r0nE BRAIN The eye ~
the most important OF the organs Of sense and l., II
not weakened by the continual calls Of strong
brain upon ~ am unable To hnd amy authorities
on this polnt and refer the matter IN THE SIN and
its readers for settlement, l."
COLUMBIA CoLLGaa july -
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O,LY one MORMON PERMIT
For street Preaching and the Preacher
Must Not French POlygamN.

Mayor Low refused yesterday the appli-
cation made for ten permits for Mormon
missionaries to preach in the city streets.
The Mayor said that he would grant one
permit for the reason that failure to do 30
would seem to imply that the civil au-
thorities can pass upon such applications
from the religious point of view" The
Mayor. however, said that if the preacher
says anything that is in violation Of the
national or State laws the permit will be
ui,b drou-n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25

A clergyman OF Halifax named ANCIENT
makes the curious accusation that the wo-
man golfers of that city swear and smoke
on the links. They deny and he reiterates,
as il reteralion were evidence or proof
Perhaps the Haligoniun ladies will now
swear Shakespearianly:
'Anclrnt damuatl0nI y most wicked mend
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An Inhuman Suggestion.

TO TIP FpIToR OF THE SUN str! There Is a
law which en- forces the n,u6z!ng OF dogs. u Is a
pity that vaudeville actors, as rule. who Try or
dare to sing harmony, T. A.. part singing should
not hr lrlly lied In thu San'r ~ =, II lows
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Readers of The SIN leaving the city caAhave the
Daily and Sunday editions mailed to ther ADDRESSES
(which may be changed when necessary, for 10
cents A month. Order through your newdcaer
or TIKI sun 40 Nassau street.
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n our friends uho fauor as 'cith Ennuscrfpts for
publication wish 10 hare rejected drctes turned, hep
must 81 al cases send stamps FOR that pnposs.
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The Last hut Nnf tho l,Ca,t

To TIL EDITOR or THE Sr'N SIR. Omrpn ~wra,
Of holdrrTeN. had a patent issued Ia hlm on July
n Nill GQualIfy, MruN.
NJ" ToIr July ~
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subscriptions 10 mail. Postpaid.

PARfs-KiosQue No. II. near Gand Hotel. and
Kiosque No. 10. Boulevard dcs cauclnes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-27
CnniurinC a. Tooth.

Among the negroes the most striking
remedies are to be found. Witness the
combination of cure and spell de-
scribed under the name of ''conjuring
a tooth" in Alabama. Go into a lonely
part of the woods with one of the oppo-
site sex, who is to carry an ak. The
bearer of the ak chops around the roots
of a white oak, cuts off with a jack
knife nine splinters from the roots Of
the tree, then cuts around the roots Of
the aching tooth with the knife, dips
each of the nine splinters in the blood
flowing from the cuts and finally buries
the splinters at the root Of the tree
from which they came. While doing
this the operator repeats something
you don't understand, which is the
charm.-Kansas City Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-27
He Didn't UnderSfnnd.

A little fellow out West Roxbury
way some ten years old, perhaps
twelve, bested his grandmothers the
other day rather neatly. All three
were at the table when one of the la
dies casually mentioned the name of
the family nurse. Immediately the
little fellow wanted to know who the
lady was. One grandma innocently re-
marked that it was the nurse that took
care of the boy when he was born.
"But why didn't mamma take care
of me? l was her baby, wasn't I?'
queried the little fellow. "True," says
grandma; 'but, you see, mamma doesn't
understand how to look after little ba-
bies, particularly the first one, and we
have to have nurses who have learned
how in the hospitals" That seemed to
settle it, but all of sudden the little
fellow blurted out, ''Well, then, who
took care of Cain ?''-Boston Traveller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-27
APHORISMS.

No legacy is so rich as honesty
Shakespeare.
A grateful dog is better than an I'M
grateful man.-Saadi.
We first make our habits and then
our habits make us.-Emmons.
The retrospect of life swarms with
lost opportunities.-Sir III. Taylor.
To be happy is not the purpose of
our being, but to deserve happiness
Fitch.
Fortune may find a pot, but your
own industry must make it BOIL
Rousseau.
When a person is down in the world
an ounce of help is better than g
pound Of preaching.-Bulwer
No man ever did designed injury
to another but at the same time he
did a greater to himself.-Home.
When a man has not a good reason
for doing a thing he has one good rea
son for letting it alone.-ThOmas Scott
To be perfectly just is an attribute
of the divine nature; to be SO to the
utmost Of our abilities is. the glory Of
man-Addison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-27
NapoIeon,s Character.

In character Napoleon may be said
to have been not so much wicked as de-
void of moral sense. The first princi-
pies of morality seem to have had no
place in his mind, and it is difficult to
see how they could have found en-
trance there He had really no cOun-
try, and consequently no patriotism.
Born a Corsican and setting out with
bitter hatred of France as the destroy
err of Corscan liberties, he never really
became a Frenchman. He never learn
ed to write the language, hardly to pro-
nounce it. France was the seat and
fulcrum of his power, his throne and
the recruiting ground Of his armies.
Whatever he might say in proclama-
tons, in his moments Of sincerity he
spoke of the French contemptuously as
people who were to be governed
through their vanity, which it was nee
essary to feed with a perpetual course
of victories Domiciled in France, he
had consorted with a set of adventur-
ers as profigate as any that the world
has seen. The only sort Of public mo-
rality with which he had ever been i'm
pressed was the fidelity of the soldier
to military duty.-Goldwin Smith in
Atlantic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-27
MISTAKES OF BIRDS.
They Are the Result of Contact With
Civilization.

Probably in state of wild nature
birds never make mistakes, but where
they come in contact with our civiliza-
ton and are confronted by new condi-
tons they very naturally make mis-
takes. For instance, their cunning in
nest building sometimes deserts them.
The art of the bird is to conceal it's
nest both as to position and as to ma
terial, but now and then it is betrayed
into weaving into its structure snowy
and bizarre bits of this or that, which
give it's secret away and which seem
to violate all the traditions of it's kind.
I have the picture of a robins nest be-
fore me upon the outside Of which are
stuck small muslin flower, a leaf
from a small calendar and a photo
graph of a local celebrity. A more
incongruous use of material in bird
architecture it would be hard to find.
I have been told of another robins nest
upon the outside of which the bird had
fastened a wooden label from near
by flower bed marked "Wake Robin"
Still another nest l have seen built
upon large, snowy foundation of the
paperlike flowers Of antennaria, or ev-
erlasting. The wood thrush frequently
weaves a fragment of newspaper or a
white rag into the foundation of it's
nest. evil communications corrupt
good manners" The newspaper and
the rag bag unsettle the wits of the
birds.
The phoebe bird is capable of this
kind of mistake or indiscretion. All the
past generations of her tribe have built
upon natural and therefore neutral
sites, usually under shelving and over
hanging rocks, and the art Of adapting
the nest to it's surroundings, blending
it with them, has been highly devel
oped But phoebe now frequently
builds under our sheds and porches,
where, so far as concealment is con-
cerned, a change of material, say from
moss to dry grass or shreds of bark,
would be an advantage to her. But she
departs not mite from the family ira
ditions; she uses the same woody
MOSES which in some cases, especially
when the nest is placed upon unevenly
sawed timber, makes her secret an
open one to all eyes.-John Burroughs
in Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-27
yours. Now. there's your money.

is on yours. Now, there's your money,
and here's
There was a loud rap on the door,
and a man broke in. He was not in
uniform, but he wore some kind Of
shield, which he exhibited. Behind
him were two other men.
Don't move" he yelled to the three
men around the table. Il arrest the
whole gang for robbery
Hinchman's two companions sprang
to the table, showed Hinchman aside.
grabbed the bag containing the jewels
and the envelope containing the money
and made for the door.
"Run for your life!" they yelled to
Hinchman. Its the cops. These
stones is stolen" They waited not,
but burst through the men at the door
and leaped down the stairs. Hinch-
man was left to face the three men.
"Well, SIR" said the leader severely,
1--WE got you anyways. What you got
to say for yourself?"
Hinchman told the whole story from
beginning to end. The three men evil
IDENTIFY didn't believe it, but neverthe-
less they marched him to the corner Of
the street and there told him they
would let him go provided he would
appear at the police station in the
morning to prosecute the others. He
promised, and they left him. He took
to his heels and sprinted for his board
ing house. Once there, he gathered up
h h IT n
ed on the nearest trolley car. Eventu-
ally he fetched up at the Astor House.
There he took room.
Once in his room, he slung his grip
in corner. took off his hat and wiped
his brow with bandanna kerchief.
Then he drew carefully from his in
side pocket first an envelope and then
small bag. In the envelope was Abe
Hinchman's 5000, and in the bag were
four genuine stones. The other men,
wherever they were, also had an en-
velope and a little bag, but in the one
was simply roll of green paper and
in the other a few dried beans.
Abe Hinchman had merely played it
as low down on 'em as he could; that's
all. Legerdemain comes in handy once
in awhile He shopped around and
sold two of the stones. The other two
he kept.
| A week later Abe Hinchman stepped
off the train at Flatbrook and saun-
tered down the street. A diamond stud
shone in his shirt bosom. He smoked
a twenty cent cigar
pretty flip Abe" remarked towns
mantle jeweler, in fact-as he in
spected the pin. where ID you get
| the Dough-"
"Just been taking little fier in Wall
street with the boys" remarked Abe
carelessly Another hailed him.
"Well, Abe" said this one. you look
first rate. What you been dom down
| there"
"Well," returned Abe, ''you can just
bet that l stood on the steps in front
Of the Astor House along with the best
of them yes, sir, | did"
Here's a little thing for you, Mil
lie,' suggested Abe to Doc Clarkson' s
| girl that day-"that is, if you'll say
Yes" 1t was a magnificent solitaire
| ring. ooh, Aber' sighed the young lady
| in assent.
A week later Abe Hinchman enter
! tanned a select audience with the In
| dian box trick, the sword trick, the
clothes basket trick the cabinet trick
and every trick in the business. 1t was
simply great.