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been university professors. What is
true of philosophy is true also of the
writing of history. MoMMsEN and CUR
TIL were engaged in PROFESSIONAL work
when they produced their histories OF
Rome and Greece, but neither GEORGE
GRoTE nor GEORGE FINLAY, the English
historians of Greece, had a university
education, and GIBBoN averred that he
had learned absolutely nothing during
his very short term of residence at Ok
ford. DR.. TIMING recognizes n out
come of the difference in the fact that
German philosophy has been character
lied as systematic and English philoso-
ply as individualistic.
Passing from German to American
universities, DIR. THwING sees in the
latter also more points of u~nlikeness
than of likeness to Oxford. 1t is true
that like Oxford the American univer-
sity is ordained to train men, but that is
not its single primary purpose. It's
primary purpose is a double one: both
to train men and to find truth. We are
reminded that the Harvard shield bears
the word "veritas" written across the
pages of an open book; but it also in
Inmates a human purpose by the further
inscription of devotion to the Church
and to Christ. One feature in which the
two institutions differ is that Oxford
has no special chair devoted to the
training of students in the art of English
composition. The Oxford system presup-
poses that the writing of English is an
art and a science in which it is a duty of
every Observation-Disclosures be his prov
ince-to give tuition. DR.. THwING holds
that the results bear witness to the SUI
periority Of the Oxford method, for in
his opinion Oxford graduates write bet
ter than American graduates.
We observe, finally, that he does not
believe that we should reproduce in
large institutions like Harvard and Yale
the Oxford mode of segregating under
graduates in different colleges, but he
thinks that we might with great advan-
tage copy the Oxford tutorial system,
by which not only is knowledge i'm
parted, but an impression Of personal
character il conveyed and personal in
fluence is exercised. In a word, More
teachers, smaller classcs," should be,
he maintains, u college cry.
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MexicO's Tomorrow.

In its issue of October Is FL Didrio
of Mexico city considers the possibility
Of a revolution in Mexico and reaches
is most improbable. 1t takes the view
that revolutions are not Of spontaneous
generation. IL regards them as social
phenomena, which respond, like meteoro-
logical phenomena, to special causes.
When these causes come together, it
says, there is revolution, just as in time
of rains there is tempest and hurricane.
Thus, where a Government is oppressive,
where liberty fails, where there is sys-
tematic persecution, where moral and
physical misery make life a burden and
where there liz no security for life and
property, peace is precarious and revo-
luton is imminent. Because" says FL
Didrio, when a Government is t%yrannical
the people are forced to conspire and to
rise in rebellion"
But, the article continues, "in Mexico
these conditions fail completely. There
is order without oppression, peace es-
tablished in conviction and progress by
general agreement. There is abundance
for each and welfare for all, work for all,
and in no part Of the land is there a note
of misery"
1t is evident that in spite of these salts
factory and hopeful conditions Mexico
has still her little quota of the disaffected,
and that the revolutionary germ is not
entirely extinct. although the revolution
airy habit has been abandoned. There
are many who fear that the succession
to the present rule may involve the
nation in serious political disturbance,
and there are some who believe that the
death of PoRFIRIo DIAZ will be followed
by widespread and complicated revolu-
ton. Every added year of the firm and
benefcent rule of President DIAZ lessons
the probability and. the possibility of
disturbance after his death or his re-
tirement.
Mexico's political and economic de-
velopment during the last quarter Of a
century has been little short of phenOme-
nal. 1t would be the greatest of pities
if her further development should be in
any way interrupted.
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ments-nothlng to tighten the dead weight on their
minds day and night during this long and dreary
time. Having no proper cooking utensils, their
meals were not even a pleasure and a distraction.
But they bore all bravely and patiently. faithfully
doing what they could. these colored soldiers show
Ing unexpected qualities OF the highest order"
When the day came at last to entrain
for Santiago and there embark for home,
nine officers and 1913 men marched to the
cars with the regimental band playing
and the colors flying.
In the fight at San Juan the Twenty
fourth was in WIKOFF's brigade-"this
heroic brigade" General j.. FORD KENT
called (which lost two commanders,
WIKoFF and LIsCUM, and was led to the
assault by Lieutenant-C Colonel +. p.
EwERs Of the Ninth Infantry. In view
of its display of a higher order of valor
in the fever camp at Siboney, is it not
fitting to regard the Twenty-fourth as
a regiment worthy Of n place in that
heroic brigade?
At a time when a battalion of negro
troops may be sacrificed by a scratch of
the pen for the sin of not turning in
formers, for such is the indictment
against the battalion as a whole, it is a
duty to resurrect from forgotten records
such a story as that of the heroic Twenty
fourth Infantry, in the hope that a prece-
dent will not be set which, if followed,
would demoralize the ranks Of the negro
regiments of the United States Army.
They have distinguished themselves
on every field from Port Hudson to
Santiago, justifying the invocation of
GEORGE II. BOXER:
Hall them as comrades tried;
Flight with them side by side;
Never. In neld or tent.
Scorn the black regiment
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Labor Shortage and Wage Increase.

From many parts Of the country come
reports Of shortage inthe supply Of labor.
The combination Of natural increase in
population and the huge influx of aliens
has not glutted the labor market. 1t has
not even furnished the needed number Of
workers. Tho active demand for labOrers
in branches of industry where steady en-
ployment is offered gives for special
complaint in other branches which are
temporary or spasmodic in their nature.
This influence IL felt particularly wher-
EVER crops are TO be gathered. Scores
Of thousands Of hands arc wanted in
cotton fields, corn and wheat fields, apple
orchards and hop gardens, An Gpprc-
ciable part Of our crops goes "a waste
from lack Of hands TO gather it.
Wage rates ar, Still moving upward.
According 10 recent reports, the pay Of
hundreds 81 thousands Of wage c1rncrs
will be Increased during the next few
weeks. Great corporations employing
men by thousands and tens Of thousands
either have INCREASED or soon will increase
the wages Of their employees. This wage
advance by prominent ~corpogatrpns leads
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RAILWAYS.
A PhIIOsophic Traveller Compares Ihclr
Service with the American. .

To THE EDIroR or The SUN-Sir: an
p~reoiate humOr, but what with Mr.. Loom,
and your correspondent signing him~rlr
-Satis Verborum." / judge that their observe
tions OF British trains must have been through
American long distance spectacles.
MY experience OF travel in America ry-
tends over many years in every section. cow
ering some 5000 miles annually. In Eng
land my travels nave not been so long, bug
they have been equally varied. should con-
slider myself shockingly narrow minded were
to condemn American trains simply because
OF some -insular" unpleasant experiences
| have had to contend with. There are DIFF.
ferences OF opinion Just as there is difference
in nationalities. and a railway company cam
not very well run its trains by adopting the
adage Of everybody to his taste"
lido not know which is the greater or lesser
evil. to be parboiled in a sweltering. over.
heated American train or to be frozen in an
English train: however. for a long time
nearly all the long distance trains in England
have carried corridor cars. with adj Unstable
heaters in each compartment. The expert
ence related by your correspondent is dread
full; but then be rode in a third class train.
Had he paid a first class fare his experience
would doubtless have been very different.
The baggage system or English railways
is an admitted disgrace. but tome of the rail.
ways now adopt the excellent American
system Of checking. must, however. refute
the fault finding statement made as To Liver
pool. The ocean liners go alongside IN"
rail way station. and after baggage has passed
the customs. men are in tendanc employed
by the railway company. These make 4
nominal charge OF slxpence az cents a pack
age for re registration and delivery TO any adj
dress in London.
used to grumble about the trains in Eng
land. began the same thing on the Cont
nent. but after a few years experience N
America I became broadened in my mind to
some oxtent. The only means I know OF "a
make travelling on railways perfect Is to buy
them all UP myself y
HARTFORD, Conn, November q.
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Alaskan Natives Flock to Mission.

From the NOtne Gold Digger.
The native OF this section OF Alaska Is a soclahl-
Individual and he likes TO congregate with his fcl
lows and talk over the current events OF native NE
Just as much as the farmers enjoy gathering IN
front OF the church at the seven corners ever,
Sunday for the purpose OF discussing the wheat
rust or the plum crop. But the exlgencies OF earn
Ing a living have caused the natives to scatter to
different parts OF the country SO that they ma,
the more probably ply their vocatiops as hunters
and fishermen. Nevertheless, whenever the oppor
tunlty presents Itself they gather at a given point
and form themselves into a small community.
To this prediction on the part OF the native l.
due the fact that In the last three or four weeks
more than seventy I'VE Esquimaux Of various ages
have taken up their residence at the mission r.
Gently established by NJ. A. Sellon az the mouth OF
the Shook River.
MI. SellOn states that the natives are nocklng ~
the mission from all places. particularly from Nome.
and are building In order TO take up a permanent
residence az the mission. Some houses have alrcad
been built. while others are In the course " con
strucuon. There Is a daily attendance OF twrni
three scholars In the Government school and man
DINERS VIII he enrolled before navigation closes
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The official canvass Of the votes for
Iieutenant-G Governor in New York may be
necessary to determine the result: CHAMBER
leads BRUCE only by hundreds. and the
election may at last turn on the count Of
contested ballots. Aside from any political
significance, the outcome will be Of interest
for the purpose Of comparison with pre-
vious elections by narrow margins in the
STATE. In 1879 GEORGE G.. HosKINs. the
Republican candidate for Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor. defeated CLARKsoN n. POTTER Dem
Ocrat, by 200 votes. HoRAITo SEYMOUR was
beaten for Governor by MYRoN II. CLARK
in 1884 by 300 votes, and as a result Of that
election a prohibition law was passed and
approved by the Governor and New York
became for n time n temperance State.
Four years earlier MIR. SEYMOUR was de-
feated for Governor by 262 votes. In 1884
the Presidency was determined by a plu-
rality Of I.O47 on the electoral ticket in
New York.
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Problem, in the Ethics OF polI;:c,

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: Nav a
gentleman. without forfeiting his character
as such, accept a nomination as candidate
for an ONCE and pledge his word that he will
not under any circumstances accept a renom-
nation or offer himself as a candidate for a
succeeding term. and then accept such a
denomination OF allow his name to be used
again as a candidate?
May he offer as an excuse for such a course
that a great many of the electors insist upon
his breaking his promise, unless he can show
that every individual elector who had voted
for him at his election had relieved him from
his pledged word?
And II he does stand for the same oflce
for another term. may not the humblest cleo
tor who voted for him at the previous election
say Of him in truth. He is not a gentleman:
he ia a liar? CITIZEN.
NEW YORK, November o.
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PeHnsoar0 correspondence PhAd deIphiI RrcorI
No part OF the Perklomcn Valley having thu, a.
received a share OF the States good roads appro
pIIa,ou, an energetic campaign for improved
highways has been opened in this yIclnity. and ,.
two strongest and oldest churches of the region
are lending hearty cooperation.
the members OF the New GoshenhG open u,
formed church. VINO want the road from this bor.
ough 10 the church Improved. have decided nos g.,
wah Tor State aid. They have effected an agrrs
ment with the Supervisors Of Upper Hanover town.
ship and VIII contribute $500 toward a fund for -.
building the road. the township providing the -
mAlnder OF the money.
the members OF ~. Paul's Lutheran Chuu
which Is also situated about a mile 0ItsIdo Of tow
on the opposite side OF the borough. are ENGAGED ,
4 sOmrwha similar enterprise.
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English and German Universities.

In the current number of the North
American ReUitU some points of con-
trast between English and German uni
versities are brought out sharply by the
Rev. DR.. CHARLES F. TIMING, who
writes as an expert, being himself a
graduate of Harvard and now the presi-
dent of the Western Reserve University
and Adelbert College in Cleveland, Ohio.
He has long been recognized as an au-
thority on the higher education in the
United States, but the article to which
we refer attests that he has studied no
less carefully the methods of instruction
followed at the principal seats of learn
ing in Europe.
DIR. TIMING takes Oxford as the typi-
cal English university, not because he
accepts as wholly true the assertion that
Cambridge is the mother of great men
and Oxford of great movements, but
because, although the names of BACON,
MILTON and NEWTON belong to Cam
bridge, a larger share of the eminent
men of England, as they appear in a bio
graphical dictionary, have been educated
at Oxford. For the typical German
university he would take Berlin, Munich
or Leipsic. The fundamental distinc-
ton between the two types, he thinks, is
that the primary purpose of the German
university Is to learn and deClaue the
truth, whereas the primary purpose of
Oxford is 10 train men. He would not
deny, of course, that the training Of men
"a a anpnnIHrV or rnthnT "a tnrfinrV ntIr-
pose Of the German university, or that n
tertiary purpose Of the Oxford system
is the discovery or exposition of truth.
He insists, nevertheless, that the CON
slant contrast bcween tho scholastic
method and aim Of Berlin or Munich and
the human aim and method of Oxford
Is hardly less striking than the contrast
between the c%Onventual and mOnastic
life of "A college quGd OF the Isis and
Cherwell and the Tree, metropolitan life
of the students in any of the burger Ger
man universities.
DR.. THWING notes u furth-r difference
between the English and The German
seats Of lcGrnigS. The lhi,,sophi,al
and scientific interests II Germany have
been committed to The uuiY,rai.gH, In
the corresponding interests of CglGa
Britain have becn committed to The
individual investigator. tPESCGH, OAR
WIN, JOHN STUART MIL. JANES MILL
and RICARDO represent great scholastic
achievements made outside Of university
walls, In Germany the great pbiloso-
! DAsrs .aRd Socialists h2ve almost always
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ouanncatlons OF voters.

To TIE EpIToR or TIL Sun Sir. For tho
nrst time Ia my life I voted out Of the Stale
OF New York.
In qualifying as a voter in my new State |
was given a pamphlet from which TO read \
paragraph. This form was enforced, and 1t
is proper that IL should have been.
WHY is not a similar form enforced in all
our cities?
have been a voter in New York city. wher"
was born, and in Brooklyn for half a cen-
tury. and think every voter should at least
be able to read our language.
As to new corners. and they are welcome
when respectable. they should be Obliged TO
reside here for ten years and be able to read
and write our language before being entitled
to vote.
Such a law might be passed now. Later it
may not be possible. OLD New YORKER.
RIVERSIDE, Conn, November 0.
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Last month EDMUND CLARENCE srEDMAN

Last month EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
celebrated the seventy-third anniversary OF
his birth: to-day THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
completes, in conventional phrase, the
-threescore and ten" Once it was the fash
ion for poets to die young; ~LoNGrELLow,
LOWELL. BRYANT set the singers of America
a better example and if their fires burn
with less of caloric fury, who will gainsay
that they last longer and give forth a light
more steady?
Let Boston and New York to-day read
judith" mot in the dramatized ~versionl
and "The Blameless Prince and hank
gracious Heaven that poets voices still
are heard above the clatter Of the manu-
factory and the clamor of the busy mart!
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missionary work to be done in Pennsyl-
vania. for Mr.. STUART il a minogity Cover
nor-elect. and no less han 43S. $50 persons
voted for LEWIS EMERY. Jr.. the fusion can
didate. The speculation is also a little COM
plicated by the fact that more than $1,000
votes were cast by the Prohibitionists. who
were asked. but refused. to indorse Mr..
EMERY. whom their votes would have
elected. Governor -PENNYPACKER's reflec-
ton seems to come under the head Of
SlOose talk.
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Tipped the Secretary Of tn. Navy.
From ~ Boslon HetaId

FTUW Tf BOsf0n Hef1Id.
Attorney General Moody never MISSES an oppor
tuniiy to do a Kindness, a trait In his character
when once rot him Into an embarrassing predica
ment. While on a tour as Secretary Of the Navy
he happened To Walt one OF Uncle Sans ships In a
Porto l!ican harbor. II was an Informal occasion,
ab1 there were no general ihtroiuctIons. An
oihcer on duty complained Of being thirsty. Mr..
Moody overheard him and Immediately fetched
him a glass OF water from a nearby tamil. tn.
officer tipped" him. Later. learning who Mr..
Moody was, he bored the Secretary almost beyond
endurance BY his profound apologies.
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THOMAS Rock deposes that it cost him
only $50 to run against Orator GRADY. 1t
was cheap at the money, for Mr.. Rock got
enough fun out of the campaign to keep
himself in countenance and set the tow in
a roar. He was the only humorist in a
deadly grim campaign. If he will run
again he need not worry about his cam
paign expenses, for a laughter loving public
will make up a purse for him.
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Compared with 1901 nine months, the money gain
TO Porto Rico In the 1903 nine months shipment
was O.OOOOOO, or Just $1,000. 900 a month Increase,
The money values were IS. OOO.OOO and 10000 600
respectively. Compared with Spanish days, Porto
Rlco's gain by sugar shipments TO the United States
Is practically hvefold. This gain OF 81 1000 900 n
month is equal to 81 n month for each man. woman
and child In the island,
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From No Boston Record.
The Rev, samuel McCOomb told a stOr, Of o.-
OF the choicest Irish bulls on record last eyrnlu-
IN EnGilshHnn. travelling In ireland. stopped r.,
Inquire Of an lHsaman who lived In a certain hnu.
they were Just passing.
The lrshmnn replied; THAT Is Mr.. O'Har's
house. and n he had lived until 20 morrow lac vn.ul
be one week dead"
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Though Porto Rican coffee has not yet caught
on" In the United States, the sugar OF the island
has. Prior to annexation Porto Rlco's shipments
Of sugar to this country seldom reached as much
as lOO.O 900 pounds a year. Since annexation there
has been a steady Increase In such shipments. Here
arc the yearly figures:
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sub,srIptIons By Mail. Postpaid.

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Manhattan, New York.
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n our friends vhO faror rs cdh manuscripts for
publication Utsh to hare rejected articles returned mev
must IN all cases Send stamps for that purpose.
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Value % Cremation.

From me London Tubuns.
Cremation Is good" wrote the lIttle rlI 10 a..
examination. because the person might only be
a swoon. ana n he Is burned he cannOl recover
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II Is true that our majority In the SlHtleth Con
gress II not so great AS In the present Congress.
This may bc accounted for by thr fact that many
districts normally Democratic, which came TO us
In the mOustrDus Roosevelt wave Of 1904, have
settled back Into the Democratic column Chdtr.
man JAMES $. SHERMAN.
The wave which Mr.. SHERMAN describes
a. "monstrous" was swellcd by Democratic
~anti-Parker votes; or did n great many
pro-Bryan voters take TO tho woods? At
any rate, If Mr.. SHErMAS's diagnosis Is
correct, tho Democratic party is stlll 10 he
rn soncd with, and il hohco,,B the Repub-
.uar majority IN Tho Fifty-ninth Congress
80 bc on It's LcH hchaN Tor at the short
session.
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The peOpl" ~ PtnnsylVsnla are both honest and
intelligent. GOr"rHgr PgNSYPA"kEH,
Does Mr.. P-ENNYPAckER. who was talk
ing about the State election. refer only to
the is9 .2i5 citizens who voted for EDWIN
y. STUART. the Republican candidate for
Governor II 70. there 10 a good deal Of
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Legal D.Anit,o..

TOmmy-Pa. what IL q soInsulai
PA sclntilla lisa thing there n never snythInr of.
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knowledge grows by use. Each
new requirement helps us to make
further gains The light about us
grows clearer and clearer. the dark
ness of our ignorance disappears.
II was thus with the Wise Men who
brought their gifts to the infant
Savior. In their own far-away East
ern land they had studied diligently
the science of the times. They had
watched the movements of the stars.
trying to trace out with their aid the
course of future human history. Their
knowledge was largely superstition.
1t was very imperfect. But they act.
ed upon 1t, walking with simpleheart-
ed sincerity in the light they had. and
they we're led in due time to the Light
Of the World.
God does not expect in us perfect
knowledge He is infinitely patient
with our imperfections. All He re-
quires Is that we use faithfully the
knowledge we have. IL we know
enough to take the first step towards
Christ. and take it. our knowledge of
Him will grow, as the pale dawn in
the east grows into the brilliant light
of MONDAY.
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Test Of Character.

The test of character and desti6s
is in the affections. What you love
you will seek. The one who loves
money will be ardent in seeking to
obtain wealth. He who loves knowl-
edge viii be devotee Of books. He
who loves any form of sin will seek
to crafty his passion. So we find in
our Bible much said as to the heart.
There is the precept, "Set your heart
on things above, not on things on the
earth" One whose heart is on heay-
enly things will have the evidence
that he is born from above. will be
emancipated from the bondage of sin.
and will walk as becomes children of
the light.