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English Praise for American Education.

Sir Alfred Mosely. the English educator now IN
this country as the head OF a commission studying
American school systems. says:
My observations In this country have brought
me 70 the conclusion that the American boy Is far
better ntted for the battle with the world thar e.
the English youth when he leaves school. The one
thing that has struck me here is the large amount
OF money that is expended on education. NON
have magnificent school buildings, your equipment
Ii lavish and your teachers all seem fred with
enthusiasm. There is another great contrast N
our educational methods. In England IL Is along
classical lines. In England the boy learns much
that Is OF little use later In life. Here he speclalIzes
Then, too, the American boy remains longer In
school than does the English youth. and he ATS
himself for some definite calling. Here fewer
fail and siRJr TO the submerged tenth. In England
our rich men spend Their money on sport. Here
II IL spent on education"
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Secretary Root on Foreign Trade

Mr.. ROoT's Kansas City contribution
to the propaganda Of trade expansion Is
worthy of the most careful attention Of
every business man in the country. 1t
is a mastery presentation of the oppor-
tunities which lie open to us and Of the
means which must be employed if We
would take advantage of them. After
a brief preliminary statement he sounds
clearly the keynote ofthe whole situation:
in our own vast country, with oceans
on either side, we have had too little
contact with foreign peoples readily
to understand their customs Of learn
their languages; yet no n can doubt
that we shall learn and shall understand
and shall do our business abroad, as we
have done it at home, with force and
energy"
Briefly stated, Mr.. ROoT's argument is
that II we expect 10 do business abroad
we must do business in business ways; we
must adapt our methods to the require
ments OF the various markets which we
seek to secure. We should have only
ridicule and contempt for a foreign mer-
chant who came to this country and tried
to do precisely what many Of our own
people attempt in the various markets
of the world. The secret of Germany's
success in developing her foreign trade
is close attention to the details which
we are prone to neglect. Germany as a
nation and Germans as individuals have
made foreign commerce a system which
is little short of scientific. Our methods
are mainly haphazard. We send out
agents who speak no language except
their own; we quote prices, in dollars,
subject to confusing discounts; and we
insist that the wares which suit the tastes
and the notions of Dur own people shall
be approved and purchased by those
whose trade we wish to secure.
What Mr.. Roof says of our trade with
South America applies with equal force
to all markets. We must learn what our
prospective customers want and con
form our products to their wants. We
must send out agents who can speak
the language of the countries to which
they 90. We must conform our credit
system to that prevailing in the country
where we wish to sell our goods. We
must avoid the narrow and uninstructed
prejudice which assumes that difference
from ourselves denotes inferiority." Our
banking facilities should be put on a par
with those of our commercial COMPETE
tors. Applying his propagation par
ticularly to South America, Mr.. Roof
adds that 1T is absolutely essential that
the means of communication between
the two countries should be improved
and increased He asserts that this
underlies all other considerations and
applies alike to mail, passenger and
freight service.
It makes NO difference whsthsy sl
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seven Men In the Line ; -Four in tho
Back Field.


The football season is not ended yet, as
Yale and Harvard are still to meet, while
Pennsylvania and Cornell, West Point
and Annapolis are preparing for their
annual contests. 1t will be impossible to
pass final criticism upon the rules of 1905
until the schedule has been played out.
Already, however. there is more or less
heated discussion as to whether the
amended rules have made good.
OF reversion to football as it was played
in 1904, when mass formations were at
their apogee of dulness from the spec
tator's point Of view, there will be no
advocates among those who have at
heart the welfare Of the game. On the
other hand, there will be many critics
Of the new rules, which have carried the
play in the right direction, but too far.
The keynote of this criticism will be that
the game has become too much like
basketball. The happy medium be-
open forms of play has not yet been
reached; in next years play it should
be realized.
Should the five yard rule be restored
for play between the twenty-five yard
lines and the goal lines? Will the rules
committee find it advisable to reduce
the value OF field goals? Will any serious
attention be paid to such radical sugges-
tions as the abolition Of the placement
goal after a touchdown? These ques-
tions will be considered and answered
by the football parliament in the near
future. We hope they will be discussed
and settled in the light of the n great
lesson OF the football reform ~hurry-the
lesson of moderation.
The ethics of the game has been made
as nearly perfect as is possible; cleaner,
fairer football than that Of 1900 was
never played. To have accomplished
40 much in a single season is highly
gratifying. The remodelling of the field
rules must necessarily be a slower proc
ess, but with a year of experimenting
to guide their judgment, the football
Solons should bring their work to a
noble completion mex season.
More than ever, in the light of the
present seasons play, we should like to
see seven men always on the line, four
men in the back field. That would carry
us back to the game of the early '9Os.
The forward pass and the onside kick
might be retained and perfected; and
football would not be basketball with
goal posts instead of baskets.
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End Of the Higgins-Hitchcock Dis
pute.

P1Nt
On May 10 of this year FRANK Way
LAND HIGGINS wrote, on the official sta
tionery Of the State OF New York, to the
President Of the United States in behalf
Of one THEODORE N. BARNsDALL Of Pitts
burg, whom he described as "one Of the
principal developers OF the oil and gas
sections Of the Southwest" and who at
that time was in a dispute with Secretary
ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK Of the Depart
ment Of the Interior over certain trans
actions involving leases Of lands owned
by the Indians. Mr.. BARNsDALL had
violated the regulations established by
the Secretary for the protection Of the
Indian proprietors. In his letter to the
President Governor HIGGINS rather pat
ronizingly expressed his belief in Secre-
tary HITCHCoCK's honorable intentions,
but, he added, "his rulings. ] fear, are
governed more by prejudice against
individuals than by practical knowledge
Of the subject in hand"
Governor HIGGINs's letter was trans
mitted to Secretary HITCHCOCK by the
President. The Secretary's answer to
it was a letter. accompanied by numer-
u documents, which indicated COM
pletely the course he had followed in
his treatment Of Mr.. RRNsDALL. He
showed, by Mr.. BARNsDALL's own ad-
missions, that the Governors friend had
violated the Department regulations
knowingly, had made a financial state
ment that was not borne out, and in
general had merited the most severe
action within the Secretary's power. His
answer showed conclusively that Mr..
BARNsDALL had not acted in good
faith" a Governor HIGGINS declared he
had, and that when the Governor wrote
that "a great injustice is being done to
Mr.. BARNsDALL" he was either disin-
genuous or uniformed.
- The final outcome of this complicated
controversy, in which the Governor Of
New York played such a sorry part, is
now announced from Washington. Ac-
cording to yesterdays news. one of the
last things done by President RoosE-
WELT before sailing for the Isthmus of
Panama was to approve the action Of
NeCreuaIy III CdnCelluR leaSeS
(which had been capitalized as ar
S ,OOO,OO o corporation financed by the
Standard Oil Company" These were
the Barnsdall leases, acquired in viola
tion Of the just and proper regulations
of the Department, the approval Of
which was urged by Governor HIGGINS.
OF the Secretary the Governor wrote in
his letter of May 10:
Il would communicate directly with the Sccre-
ury Of the Interior II l were personally acquainted
with him"
Perhaps Governor HIGGINS might have
communicated directly" with Secretary
HITCHCOCK had he enjoyed that ener-
getic, fearless and conscientious gen.
tleman's acquaintance. Yet he might
not have done SO. and therefore it is
unfortunate that the two had never met
Unfortunate for Governor HIGGINS, and
doubly unfortunate for the State of New
York, the official stationery of which he
used in an attempt to pull Standard Oil
chestnuts out Of the fire.
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The Original Mistake.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In rhe
various letters written and criticisms made
on the Presidents order dismissing the colored
troops, there Is one question that I would like
to ask: What offcial was responsible for
the lack Of tact and stupidity in stationing
negro troops in a Southern community.
where the sentiment was so strongly against
them? Why were they not sent to Fort
Adams, Newport. or the fort az Cushings
Island. Portland. Maine. or some other North
ern city. where the inhabitants are 20 fond
Of them2 F. II. l..
NEW NORK NOvemher %.
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A liberal prophet predicts the destruction
Of many great American cities next year.
New York. st. Joseph, Mo, and Lebanon,
Pa, are on the black list. DIR. PARKHURsr
has taught us that New York is ripe for
destruction, and we shall not plead for
st. Joe; and yet it is a meritorious town,
and there are those who love it. But why
innocent lebanon Why must Lebanon
perish while Pittsburg and Philadelphia go
unscathed2
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The Next British Ambassador 10 the
United states.

We hope that there is foundation for
the rumor, saidto be current in the House
of Commons, that the vacan Ambassa-
dorship al Washington is to be filled by
the appointment of the Right Hon. JAMES
BRYCE, who in the present Government
occupies the post of Chief Secretary to the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and who in
the Rosebery Cabinet was President of
the Board of Trade. He is, of course,
best known in this country as the author
of THE American Commonwealth" the
mos comprehensive, painstaking, au-
thoritative and a~ppreciative book IN our
laws and institutions that has ever come
from an English pen.
In selecting a representative at Wash
ington the British Government should
recognize that as we give of u best, so
we deserve England's best. The long and
memorable list of American Ministers to
the Court of st. James's includes-to men,
ton for the moment only the names Of
those who subsequently became Presi-
dents of the United S~tates-JoHN ADAMS,
JAMES MONROE, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
MARTIN VAN buren, and JAMES b.
CHANAN. We have sent thither such
diplomatists as RUFUS KING, such finan-
ciers as ALBERT GALLATIN, such jurists
as JOHN JAY, such scholars as EDWARD
EVERETT, such historians as GEORGE
BANCROFT and JOHN LoTHRoP MOTLEY,
such men OF letters as JAMES RUSSELL
LOWELL, and such lawyers rs REvERDY
TArDyonNy aNI TA6unu II CurAvn to
on the other hand, we scan the almost
equally long list Of British Ministers to
the United States we shall observe that
from 1891 to 1857 all OF them, with two
exceptions, are men who were obscure
IN their own day, and are since forgotten,
the sort Of persons who might have been
commissioned TO petty German princi-
palities or to the Barbary States. The
only exceptions which we meet with in
more than sixty years are STRATFoRD
CANNING and HENRY LYTroN BULwER,
both OF whom were destined to remark
able diplomatic achievements, though
when In Washington they stood only on
the threshold Of their careers.
Not until 1857, when the great events
OF Jno reDeuIOn perlOo were casting
shadows before, did the British Govern
ment deem II expedient to be represented
at Washington by anybody possessed of
more titular distinction than a knight
hood OF a b~aronetcy confers. Then it
appointed Lord NAPIER, who himself
was succeeded by Lord LYONS. Those
are the only two members Of the peerage
who ever performed the functions Of
Minister to the United States, until,
toward the end Of his life, Sir JULIAN
RAUNCEToTE was made a baron. 1t is
true, however, that Lord ELGIN came to
Washington as a commissioner TO nego-
tiate the reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Canada; that Earl
DE GREY and RIPoN was a member of
che Joint High Commission which in 1871
brought about the Treaty of Washing
ton, and hat Lord HERsCHELL was a
High Commissions in lS9s-09. IL is to be
noted that both countries had reason to
regret that the interests Of Great Britain
should have been committed to the
hands Of men 30 incompetent az HAss-
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Bear in a elanles, Town

bloomsbury correspondence PhRddeyDhtq Rscord
While every man In the village who owned n
gun was out hunting yesterday a large black bear
came down the mountain from the rear Of rk
Grove and calmly sauntered down the one street
OF the town.
Several men with teamsI but without guns, wcr,
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salvation at San Juan by the colored
troops. These latter have a sufficiently
valid title to our respect and sympathy
because Of actual and honorable achieve
ment. Their doubtless honest advo-
Gates will hardly serve them by setting
up ridiculous and maudlin claims. No
good can come Of ~beclouding the case
of the Twenty-hfth Infantry with mere
romantic nonsense.
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The Question Of mn Old Soldier

To THE EDITOR oF THE SUN-Sir: The
President cannot raise nSarmy without the
consent of Congress. What authority has he
TO disband AN army or any fraction Of IL?
NEW YoRK, November %. L SOLDIER.
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To THE EDITOR or THE UN-Sb As 10 your
editorial concerning the abolition OF wealth. let
me say: Abolish money! ANY other proposal is a
miserable fraud and q farce.
Another thing; Would politicians light like cats
and dogs TO serve their country II there were no
money! ARNo1D WnnEA.
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Crar was revising the calendar.
Il was trying to m IL 30 the magazines would
really some out on the nrst OF the MONTH he
explained.
Failing IN this. his weakened brain sook 70 wis,
M peesyys r
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Published by The sun Printing and Publishing
Association at s7O Nassau street. In the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York.
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n our friends tho fdpor US nth manuscripts for
publication irish TO hare rejected articles returned thev
must IN an cases send stamps for MAT purpose.
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Comparative Statistics Graphically Present
aCentury's Progress.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Figures
are not dry when they tell the history Of a
country so eloQuentlN as do those Of the
United States in the following table:
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An Admirer Of Secretary shaw.
Knicker-rhe cost OF living has Fons up.
Bsrnssomsr-rhank goodness. that lnciud.a an.
pxtge % egga
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Progress like that in only iO5 years Is the
worlds marvel. and the end is not yet.
WALTER J. BALLARD.
Los ANGELES, Cal, November ~.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-19
HARDwIcK.


Az the result Of contest between
Evergreen Lodge. No. 3#5, Of this place.
and Lamolle Lodge. No. si7, OF Morris.
vile, fifty candidates we're initiated here
recently. 1t has been. agreed that the
two lodges should endeavor to secure
members, the one securing the least TO
40 all the initiation work and serve q
banquet I.amoille lodge secured twenty
two members more than Evergreen.
Fifty candidates were infatuated, the
others being obliged to wait until another
meeting owing to lack OF space in the
hsll There were present Of the officers
OF the Grand Lodge: District Deputy
Grand Warden f. NJ. Davis, Of IamoiIle
lodge; District Deputy Grand Vice War
den w. II. Weeks, Of Evergreen lodge,
who acted as t0astmaster Both made
excellent speeches in regard to the NJ
surancc and fraternity Of the order. The
initiation staff Of Evergreen lodge Is said
70 rank among the finest in The state.
Among the people who responded to
toasts were Mr., Sawyer, a past warden
OF Evergreen lodge, Mrs. Noyes, Of Ever.
green lodge. Mrs. Leo Valley, warden Of
Evergreen lodge, George Smith, Edward
Robinson and Mrs Gilbert, warden Of
Lamoille lodge, and Mrs. b. G. Sawyer,
vice warden of Swanton Lodge, No. 1913,
OF Swanton. An excellent banquet was
served by the women Of Evergreen lodge
and at the close Lamoille lodge volun-
teered TO return the compliment by in
viting Evergreen lodge to Worthwhile in
the near future to finish the initiation.
Az z o'cloek III thn morning n snecia1
train on the st. Johnsbury & Lake Cham
plain railroad took the merry party Of
seyenty-six people back 10 Worthwhile.
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TALK OF THE TOWN.

Look up Burr's painted china
advertisement.
Mocha ala Russo, Scotch short bread
and Mocha cakes, at the City Bakery.
Old gold and silver wanted al re-
finers, prices in exchange for goods at
+. =. Burr's.
Il. r. Austin sells stone cutters
glasses, all kinds and prices. From zoe
10 $500 each.
A new process has been adopted by
the City Bakery for baking OF beans
and brown bread.
Stone-cutters' glasses, zoe per pair.
Lenses, per pair, Sc. +. Il. Burr & Co.,
50 North Main street.
Just received barrel OF those delic-
ions old-fashioned horehound drops at
the Red Cross pharmacy.
An adjourned meeting IF the Foreign
Masons viii be held IN Masonic hall
on Monday, November Id, at 1880.
Business, to vote on having st.
Johns. Per order George Troup.
Italiani Assiouratevi per tempo il vi
aggio dial nostro agente di Barre, A.
Giachino, Barre, vt. SuIle prossime par.
tenze, Noyembre 20; La Savoie, Noyem-
bre "A, La Gascoqne; Noyembre 20, La
Provence; Deeembre 6, La Lorraine
The regular meeting Of the \. O. o.
Il. NJ, III, will be held in *, Of G. hall
Monday, November 10, at Z D. III. sharp.
Amusement committee is requested 70
be present, also the degree team. Re.
freshmcnts will be served. Per order
secretary.
The Farmers who belong to the Farm
crs' club Of Barre can get their tickets
for the annual banquet to be held at
City hotel, Tuesday evening, Nov. goth.
Of w. ID. Smith at Smith & Cummings
market. All the old members will have
an opportunity Of getting one al late
as Saturday evening. After that other
friends viii have the same opportunity
Of getting one until the limited num-
Der is disposed Of.
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Wine street was held in the office Of
Plumley & Plumley Saturday. The
testimony in the case was not all taken
and it viii be necessary to have anoth-
er hearing before the decision is made.
About fifteen Of Northfeld's business
men were in Montpelier Thursday night
appearing before the committee, regard
ing the bill for a new trust company
In this village There was not much OPP
position made against new bank and
ii is quite probable that the committee
win make favorable report to the
House.
On Thursday morning the stonecut-
tiers from all the sheds went out The
trouble seemed to be in laying off men
in town with families and hiring new
men. a meeting was called immediate
" after the men went out and the
matter was quickly adjusted agreeably
to the union and the employers, and
the men returned TO work in the fore
noon.
The Central Vermont railroad station
is undergoing extensive repairs. All the
Offices IN the building, both Of the wait
ing rooms and the banking rooms Of the
Mortified National bank have received
fresh coat Of paint. Other repairs
on the banking rooms are yet to be
made These changes have given tile
interior Of the building very pleasant
appearance.
The work on the village water sys-
tenn win be completed by the last of
the week There is now only tew
connections To be made, and the stud
ding to be taken out Of one Of the reser-
voirs A bridge Is being built across
Dog river on Main street to carry the
pipe across, which will complete the
connections on North Main street.
At a recent meeting Of mon interested
in Northfield's Cornet band held at the
store OF r. J. Moriarty, il was decided
TO hold another fair during the first week
in january, to be held all the week
Officers were elected to take the matter
in charge and were as follows. Fred
NJ Kempton, president; w. r. Kerr, vice
president; r j Moriarty, secretary; He
Der G. Cady, treasurer.
In connection with the completion Of
the water system it will be of much
Importance to the property holders and
business men in town to know that a
subcommittee from the New England
insurance exchange will be here tomor-
row to re.rate the village. 1t is bcliev-
ed that with the adequate system, new
fire department, new appliances, new
hose carts. etc, that there viii be quite
reduction in the present rate Of in
surance.
The death OF Mrs Hannora McCar-
thy took place Saturday as result Of
blood poisoning. Mrs. Mccarthy was be-
tween rs and so years of age and had
been a resident Of Mortified for many
years. She is. survived by her daughter,
Mrs. Nelson Tyler of this village, and
brother, Timothy Holland OF East
bill. The funeral services were held
this morning at st. Johns church at
10 o'clock the Rev ]. r. 0'Neil Off.
ciating Burial was made In the Cath
olic cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-19

For any pain, from top 10 toe, from
any cause, apply DR. Thomas Electric
Oil. Pain can't stay where it is used.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-19
SKELETON FOUND.
Clue to Supposed Providence Murder Be.
lieyed Found.


Providence, r. Il, Nov. 10. Nearly is
years ago Frederick Angel Of East
Providence heard woman cry; aOh,
don't! Oh, don'ts and d moment later
man bearing shovel came ont Of
the woods near his home and walked
rapidly away.
Saturday Raymond Angel, son to
the older man, and Albert Vincent found
skeleton Of a woman in the woods,
half buried under tree. The skull was
crushed in.
The boys made the grnesone find
while they were hunting for chestnuts,
and from the appearance Of the skeleton
the authorities were led To believe that
the body had been partly washed odt
by the recent heavy rain.
There was nothing about the body
that would tend TO lead to an identiii-
cation of the remains, but ii is thought
that it may be that of young woman
named Sheldon, who disappeared nearly
is years ago and has never been seen
since, as far as known
Crescent Park with man who ii now
supposed to be living in Seekonk, just
over the state line from Rhode Island,
and when he was later questioned BY
the police he admitted having been
with the girl, but said he left her in
Riverside.
According to the father Of the boy
who made the discovery this is the same
man who came out Of the woods on
the day of the supposed murder, and
who walked of so rapidly.
II is thought now that he went away
then and came back in the evening
and buried the body TO conceal the
murder
A large force Of police were put 10
work on the mystery, and steps win
be taken to apprehend the man and
question him closely to see what light
he can throw on the matter.