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The wonders Of Modern Farming.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-,Str' The account
OF Dr. Dotys lawn mower. by Willie on tho
Yacht" supposedly halfseas over, Is quite medic
Gre II tho story had been continued to show how
the lawn was raked by gravity after being mown,
VIC might have acknowledged a remarkable innova-
ton In auto farming
had the nj ca sure Of spending q few days Of my
vacation late this summer at the farm or . friend
in Pennsylvania. The farm Is situated In billy
section and many Of It's FIELDS lie on slopes OF vary
ing degrees. My friend has two lads who are old
enough to do considerable hard work. hi. are also
Ingenious enough to avoid all they may. Their
father had occasion 10 go 10 the county scat on
business one day and gave them Instructions 10
dlu potatoes In the side hill hcd below the road.
Now voodchucks were plentiful among the stone
rows and in the adjoining pasture. and the boys
were always watchf,l for opportunity TO destroy
one OF these rodents. On this day they took with
them to the potato neid q small calbre rife and
were rewarded by getting shot at fat ground
hog ne he'd beside his burrow. The excitement Of
the adventure drove from their intention all Idea
OF work. and they spent the entire forenoon In search
OF more game. When the MONDAY sun and hom
finally recalled them to their duty they were fear
ful OF the result when their father should return
and md so few potatoes out. They hitupon novel
plan. however and after dinner took 10 tho neld
with them an old hog that had been placed In tho
pen for fnttening' "
Arrived at the top Of the hill. where tho rows
ran down tie steep side. they encouraged the pig
to begin roofing at the top mound 10 secure taste
of fairbanks, of which swine arc very fond: then
giving him sha rp push from the rear. he scrambled
to the foot Of the hill before he could him
self stopping only against the lower fence after
r,pulng out the entire row with his snout: and III
potatoes which came tumbling out rolled TO the
bottom and nearly buried the surprised piggie
One OF the boys then remained 1T the foot of the
field TO drive the pig from the potatoes and the lad
AT - uoS. r..
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NEW YORK. Sept. 10.
R,t,,,,sm in tn. Lutheran Church.

To rHR EDITOR or THE SUN-S'r The discus
son of Ritualism In New York churches would
make Interesting . description OF the ritual and
ceremonial In the Scandinavian churches Sweden.
Norway and DenmArk especially as there Is at
present 20 decided . movement In the Lutheran
Church, both here and In Continental Europe. TO
restore the old liturGicsl and ritnal uses
In tho Scandinavian countries. the chief service
Is st, called High Mass the clergy are popuiarly
called -priests;" tho cope and mltre are still worn
by the bishops. and the alb and chasuble by the
pr,eSs At the Holy Communion: the crcshS Is still
found on all Danish atars with lighted candles At
the celebration Of the Eccharst), and candles arc
Also used on The Swe dish and Norwegian d sra for
the Same scr vice. Tho minister takes tn. east
ward position at the ssar wafer bread Ia Invariably
used and the sign Of thu cross Ii freely made By tho
pastor. especially In giving tho bcnedictinn.
Puritan iconoclasm never Invaded the ScAndi.
n.y,an Countries, and while their Professionalism
has always been risidly adhered IN the spirit Of
.he Augsburg Confession. pat-ln: sculpture and
music, since the Reformation. rave been always
freely and fully In use to beaas;y the cathedrals
and churches and enrich the ship Of the State
churches In those northern couili ies
A full description Of the ritual vestmcnts, altar
ornaments terminolosy and ceremonial of tho
Scandinavian churches would be interesting and
probably surprising At this time when llturgical
and ritual revival is going on more or less In all
Protestantsm..
There Is q mission Of the Danish State Church In
nrooklyn the Danish Sailors Mission of Our Saw
iour whore. II ! am correctly informed the usagrs
OF the old country prevail. know the altar Ii
according TO old Danish use and that the priestly
alb and chasubie are worn at High Mass."
NEWARK, Sept. H. II. r. LNDKRMAE.
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CALLS JUDGES PAY ILLEGAL.
Justice Gaynor's Secretary to Sue to Have
AspinaIl's and Cranes Salaries Reduced

]. P. Kohler, Brooklyn lawyer and
Supreme Court Justice Gaynor's private
secretary, has sent a communication to
Mayor Low. Comptroller Grout and the
other members Of the Board Of Estimate
and Apportionment, protesting against
the action Of the board on July is in in.
creasing the salary of Judges Asphalt and
Crane of the County Court from $4,000 to
81, 500 a year. He contends that without
constitutional amendment the board could
not take such action, Article vi. Of the
constitution providing that the compensa-
ton Of any County Judge shall not be in
creased or diminished during his term OF
office.
Mr.. Kohler adds:
I hereby notify you that unless this resolu-
ton Of your board is rescinded. or the Comp
troller Of the city refuses to pay the said N
creases, | shall apply, as taxpayer. TO the
Supreme Court Of this State for an order re-
strainins the payment by the oity of1ieials
Judges, and ! shall also ask the Court for Jude-
ment that the amount already paid TO them
under the said resolution be returned 70 tht
'' IN ny opinion about ssso,ooo is taken each
year from the pockets q the az
clals who have under our constitution. nc
right whatever to It.
Mr.. Kohler says that he has had no con
sultation whatever with Justice Gaynor IL
reference to the matter.
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The Spirit Of Islam.

To THE EDITOR oF TBR sun Str II your cof
respondent Mr Sargentich, Intends 10 lrHply tN0'
tho prayer which he translates In THE sung - daj
forms part OF the regular Mohsmmedan u'IrF
recited daily AZ Cairo, he Is mistaken, and NuI'u
add that the prayer which he quotes has not Tue
literary structure OF a Muslin prayer,
The Muslims dlstng uish between MI eStelnpo'r
prayer, which Is called dia, Suppcation M"
the ll,urgral form which is entitled In Arabic s0h'
very much as the Kplscopallans and Roman GANG
lies distng uish between the two,
The application which he quotes; \ seek f''Nte
IN Allah from Satan" IS what Is known as the Anf."
iilah" which Il followed ~ the tasn'lyaH, In l'.
name OF God the Compassionate, N" Mrrrlt"'
a. an Introduction 20 thr fatha or tn 5rst 'hel''
OF the Koran and for any Muslin To Insert me ""'"'
which your correspondent quotes "0uId d'sho'
the whole merits Of the prayer
That there II blgOtry In Islam do not Gurs'"'
but immense injury to the cauSc Is done d WI"
representing its Teachings The modern h"h"lF
does not feel hiflsrlf responsible foI The 'I''
martyrd0ms Of the IHquislLJu nor does the n'oo'''
Calvinlst consider himself responsible for thr :"
pscuting spirit u John CALVIN ~ all events ~
cannot Judge the real spirit Of Islam from me 50"
and temper Of the students IN thr great GhlF'fh'
Ia Cairo. Men enter this university IN 0fd"' ~
FACADE military service And the whole lnsutul''"
Is filed with the most dsTsputablr sections oil 'p'
MohamInsda community
TBg AurRos or THE DICTIONARY " A0
NEW fonG sept ~.
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Muddy Waters.

The Evening Post printed last night
singular interview with MIR. JACOB H.
ScHrFF upon the now somewhat turbid
municipal situation. Mr.. ScHIFF's at
tempt at Qualification is prompted by the
best possible motives. and it derives ad-
ditional importance from the fact that
the name Of that gentleman has been
suggested a. affording greater promise
at the head OF a fusion or reform ticket
than that Of Mayor Low himself.
The substance OF Mr.. ScHIFF's COM
ments upon the idea that Mr.. Low is not
likely to lead second time to victory for
good government is that it will be better
for good government to march to defeat
with him than to triumph under the
leadership of any other individual what
soever. He does not believe that the
defeat of Mr.. Low is possible, but he
adds: I'VE cannot afford to win with
another man not in every respect equal
to Mr.. Low in all the qualities which
have made the reform administration the
great success it has BEEN Again: Hon
est municipal government must in this
campaign stand or fall with Mr.. Low
This personal tribute to MIR. Low is OF
unusual character. 1t not only identifies
the Mayor with the cause Of honest mu'
nicipal government, but it actually en-
closes that cause in the personality OF
Mr.. Low and deliberately prefers the
defeat of the cause to change of in.
tegument.
II this is merely Mr.. JACOB H. ScH1FF's
modest way Of dissenting from the opin,
ion which some Of his fellow citizens have
expressed, namely, that he is this year E
more available candidate for the fusion
ticket than the candidate Of two year.
ago would be, this remarkable interview
is Ineligible. On any other suppositior
the philosophy of Mr.. SCHIFF's remarks
does not shine through his words,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-17
ECONOMY IN SPELLING.
New Characters for Newspaper CompeS'
ton.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: There is a
movement on foot which. II 1t succeeds. Will 90
more for the photography Of the English IAN
suase than has been accomplished in the last
400 years. With the ever-ncreasing CROWN
Of journalistic publication the adoption OF
every vital shortcut and abridged method
sttainable ia welcome. One such shortcut
il the revision and reimbursement OF the type
used on the composing machine.
It has been discovered that two letters can
be dropped out and in their places two new ones
brought in whose use will save from 800 to 400
type impr essions. or twelve to fifteen lines OF
reading space per column. an amount equal
to a whole page out of every twenty-five
The two letters 10 be dismissed are q" and
K" and In their place "cv and "cs WI pc
used In their places will be brousnt IN thS
two new letters, one to represent Inc sh
sound, now variously represented by sh
81" Sol" ~" as In !nanen mus.
formed ny fason 10 Of ao H. an. ms,E and re-
The other new letter win serve for the "th "
that disraph. It 9 formed BY : fusion q ID"
and h" and makes very pretty Letter.
Tho Inauguration Of this cheme py the
press would win the praise Of the public, Tor
Il represents fully as much change as mas been
ACCOMPLISHED since the Angles took the alpna-
bet from the Romans to the present time.
ROBERT W. MASON.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.
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Wallachs, people who suffer equally
with themselves under Turkish mis-
rule. For this miserable outcome OF
race feeling the late M. SrAMBUloFF
was mainly responsible, his principle
being that unless the Bulgarian people
could establish their domination over
the whole of the Balkans their existence
as a petty State was not worth preserv-
ing. This was in opposition to the doc
trine held by the late M. SToILoFF ana
others with more statesmanlike views,
that the development Of each nationality
within its own limits and an eventual
federation of all the Danubian and
balkan States were the truer policy.
The difference between the ideas OF the
two men was that OF their education
the difference between the Russian and
the Robert College training.
The original author, however, OF the
Bulgarian Chauvinism which became
the marked feature of M. STAMBULoFFs
policy was Gen. IGNATlEFF, the Rus
sian Ambassador Mt Constantinople,
who engineered the war Of 1877. When
in the treaty Of San Stefano he insisted
on incorporating in his greater Bulgaria
districts which were and are still mani
testify Greek, he created the cause OF
the present enmity between the two
races; and az he laid down bis pen after
afflxing his signature to the treaty and
exclaimed: Now the Greeks may swim
to Constantinople,' he gave it open ex-
preston.
1t is difficult to sympathize with the
Greeks in the attitude they have assumed;
but it is still more so to cOndone the out
RACES Of which the Macedonian Bulgar-
ians have admittedly been guilty, there
by placing themselves on level with the
barbarians whom Europe has let loose on
the wretohed populations Of the Sultan's
European dominions. AT the same time,
il the only deliverance these people
can hope for must come from the Bull
garians, Servians and Montenegrins
of the free States, the sooner it comes
the better, for the actual condition OF
things is a scandal and rproach to
civilization.
The Sultan can plead the right &C
corded him by the Treaty of Berlin,
chiefly through the action of the Anglo
Austrian entente at the Congress, to
occupy the Balkan passes, but nothing
can be more certain than that the pas
sage of the Bulgarian frontier by the
first body Of Turkish troops sent to en-
force that right will lead to resistance
and war and the extension of the area of
devastation. By their inaction in the
matter, it would seem as though that
is what some Of the European Govern
ments are aiming at.
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ERY's vote fell OF ss7 from that Of iso2.
and the total vote against him fell on 81.
DEvERY has NO cause to be ashamed OF
the showing no made. Had he chosen to
put dummy ticket in the field he might
have pulled through. As It was, he
beat each Of his opponents, but lost to
the two combined
The defeat Of GEORGE HILLLARD, the
Republican leader in the Sixteenth dis
trict, is interesting because Of tho i'm
portant State Office he holds. He is the
Deputy Excise Commissioner. Before
the adoption OF the Raines law had such
a post been in existence it's occupant
would have been practically invincible,
but under tho present system his OPP
ponent had no trouble in ousting him.
JAMES j. HAaAN's success over JOHN
b. SEXTON in the Nineteenth district
removes from the Tammany Executive
Committee a figure familiar through
out the Van Wyck administration. SEX
TON was a member Of the last Board
OF Police Commissioners and afterward
was Health Commissioner. HAGAN was
one of his lieutenants at that time anc
was warden of the City Prison.
The policies and strength of the politi.
cal organizations will not be affected by
the results OF the primaries except il
district matters, where the changes vii
be personal and Of no general interest
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-17
A Solid Front to the Enemy

Mr.. WILLIAM TRAvERs JERoME's IN
dictrnent of Mr.. Lows candidacy IS an
astounding thing. That Mr.. JEROME
=. should have felt it possible to write such
an impeachment: that he should nave
felt it his duty at so critical time as the
present to set forth Mr.. Lows disabilities
as he conoeives them, is nothing short OF
a calamity. It is impossible TO read what
Mr.. JELoME says without the gravest
apprehension as to the outlook for the
cause Of good government. He was the
centre, the fire and the inspiration OF the
campaign which brought Mr.. Low to the
Mayoralty. There is no man in the whole
community who has higher standing IN
respect OF his truthfulness, his moral
and physical courage and his unseltsh
devotion to his political ideals. We have
differed with MIR. JEROME concerning
the wisdom or expediency of things that
he has done or things that he has said,
but We have never had doubt OF the
integrity of his purposes or OF his sin
certify. He is clearly citizen, IL ever
there was one, in the public life OF this
town.
There is no question of the far-reach-
ing effect of what Mr. JEROME has writ
ten. 1t cannot be stamped out or smoth-
cred; and if there is any real civic spirit
in existence, if there is any manly faculty
of resistance any actual realization OF
what an appalling disaster threatens
this community in the return OF lam
many, it will arouse all decent people to
action. 1t is not the spirit OF reform
that is to be invoked-it is the spirit OF
MISREPRESENTATION. II is no question OF
politics; ii is the question OF the common
SAFETY We have done things in this ad-
ministration which are but the stepping
stones of our higher welfare. the essen
tials to the progress Of New York to the
Hottest plane of municipal achievement;
, But they are the very things which would
make us the helpless prey OF Tammany
srapacity. What man Of sense can con-
template the new basis Of our taxation in
the clutch of Tammany and not shudder
at the future, or fly from it?
There is no sane prospect OF such a
future that ia not hideous; and yet it is an
actual an imminent and q pressing dan
:rer. II Mr. JERoME's warning shall have
sufficed to awaken the community he will
=. have added another to his many claims
to its grateful remembrance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-17
A "BuIl" Country.

The stock market bear with evil
forebodings as his stock in trade is not
assisted in his interested gloom by the
facts Of the situation in this city and
this country as they are forced on the
attention Of the people.
The largest immigration in American
history is now arriving at this port, and
only when there is assurance OF pros
perity ahead is there any such increase
in the volume of this alien stream. The
unemployed are relatively fewer than
ever before in our history and wages are
higher than at any past period.
Another evidence Of prosperous con-
ditions existing and expected continu-
ously is afforded by the preparations
made by the purveyors Of public amuse-
ments for this town and for the long
chain of towns from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. These are on greater scale
than in any autumn season Of the past
in music, in the drama and in all forms
Of popular entertainment, and the amount
of capital employed in them is greater
than ever before.
To the most casual observation New
York appears more populous than ever
and the conclusion ia justified by the
large increase in the interurban passen-
ger traffic. Great bazaars of trade are
extending their buildings, hotels are in.
creasing in number and private dwell
ings are rented easily. The people looh
happy.
Where are the bear" signs outside Of
Wall Street?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-17
Intervention Needed In Macedonia

The situation in the Balkans is not
one of which European civilization and
Christianity have any reason to be
proud. Though the loss OF life in the
Macedonian and Adrianople districts
will probably turn out to be nothing 80
great as ruInor and exaggeration are
milking it, the fact that after having
guaranteed them better government at
the Congress Of Berlin, the European
Powers should have cynically neglected
To enforce their own decree and should
now look on callously while the Albanian
and Kurdish savages In Turkish uni
forms are ravaging the country, is dis
honorable 10 humanity at large.
As if 10 emphasize still further the tur-
pitIde OF their policy, they now threaten
the Governments Of the minor Balkan
States which appear to be preparing N
march their armies TO the assistance OF
their coreligionists and brothers in race
The black spot in the proceedings of
the Macedonian Insurgents lis the way
in which they have carried destruction
and death into the towns and villages
, ubsbitsd by the Greeks and koutso-
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The Carnegie Endowment OF tn
Scottish Universities.

Although it is proverbially ungracious
to look a gift horse in the mouth, this is
precisely what has been done with refer
ence to the conditions imposed upon the
Gift of ten million dollars made by Mr..
ANDREW CARNEGIE for the benefit of the
universities Of Scotland and the youth
Of that country who desire a university
education. A writer, evidently Scotch
man, who signs himself Glasgow" has
set forth in the September number Of
the National Review his reasons for the
belief that not only Scottish youth, but
even Scottish universities would be bet
ter off without the endowment.
1t may be recalled that, according to
the programme formulated by the COM
mittee OF noblemen and gentlemen to
whom the sum named was given in trust,
half of the net annual income is applica-
BILE to improvements of university build
ings and to a fuller equipment Of the
teaching staff in certain departments of
study The other half of the net income
of the fund is to be used for the payment
of the fees Of Scottish youth who are
anxious to secure an academic training
The objection raised to the former pro-
vision by Glasgow" is that the Scottish
university authorities may have to trans
act their business under possible cor
rection from the Carnegie Trust, because
under the trust deed, no grant of money
for building or equipment purposes ran
be secured without the approval Of the
managers of the trust.
1t is suggested that Mr.. CARNEGIE
may have theories Of his own As to what
university education ought 10 he, and
that he desires all coming improvements
u conform TO these notions. Such inter-
ference according to -Glasgow, would
ultimately bring about the ruin Of
the Scottish seats OF learning 10 ID
highly probable that Mr.. CARNEGIE has
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The Result Of Tuesdays Primaries

DEvERYs contest for supremacy in
the Tammany organization of the Ninth
Assembly district was the most interest
ing primary struggle decided on Tues
day His defeat was brought about by
the exercise Of the entire strength of
Tammany Hall CHARLES +. MCRpHY
refused to recognize DEvERY's success
Of last year and threw all his influence
in favor of FRANK j. GOODWIN at the
polls this year. In both contests DEvERY
had two opponents, but this year the
names on the two opposition tickets
were the same, 50 that the total anti
Devery vote was effective, and not di-
vided as in 1902
The total vote cast against DEvERY
last year was 2,O4s, and 1896 votes We're
cast for him His plurality over his
nearest competitor was 3s5 This year
he polled / 1888 votes He received l47
votes more than FRANK j. GOODWIN, his
highest competitor, and 1913 more than
FRANK l. DOwLING, the third candidate.
GOODWIN and DowLING's votes, com.
bined beat DEvERY's by 3ss, and this
decides the primary against him. Dew