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America. E1,s.ti.. 4, Gaia.

Governor MAgoon reports that for primary
education Cuba has 500 public school teachers,
$50 ia pupils and 100 boards Of education. The
department OF public Instruction IL divided Into
two sections, primary Instruction and superior
Instruction, the latter subdiyided into two depart.
nents, the institutes and the national university.
The State also supports, In connection with It's
section OF superior Instruction, the school Of arts
and trades, the school OF painting and sculpture
and the national library.
The armed movement Of August, 1905, produced
dire results In school attendance. Except In a
few Important cities the attendance dwlndled TO
Insignificant proportions, and In the rural districts
Of Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara provinces II prac.
lIcally ceased. The department spared no effort
to remedy The situation. Special school inspectors
we're appointed and the necessary school material
furnished and by December I Of the same year
the school attendance was raised 10 lis former
standard; the attendance In December. 1900, being
Va sol, against " Use In December, 1908. Since
then ihe attendance has been UP 10 the average
standard. Normally the attendance IL two. thirds
white and one third colored. with 1900 males
and 1900 females.
The most important steps In connection with
the public schools have been the movement toward
the grading Of the schools In q pedACogie and
scientific manner, the number Of special branches
taught and The wider scope rven 10 those which
already existed In the schools OF Cuba. In 1909
the following special branches were added; Lace.
work, sewing and pattern work, drawing and
modelling sloyd 10 cardboard. Sloyd In metal, and
music. Kindergarten, SloYd In wood, and physical
training were also taught.
The SlI principal Institutes. one in each province.
received from the STATE during the year ttos 500.
The national university receives tSS7 S8 . year
from the State, II 10 divided Into three faculties
bellies lettres and sciences, medicine and phar.
macy, and law. The salaries Of ell the professors
In the university have been Increased. New and
spacious b~uildinTS have betn constructed on the
university grounds.
The school Of sra tmAnuin and trades, which
the American military government Of Intervention
raised 10 . high degree Of excellence, has been
amply provided for BY an appropriation OF al 900.
The school provides day and night instruction
and turns out skilled Workmen and artisans. The
State contributes $1,000 toward the school Of
painting and sculpture, In which 500 pupils are
enrolled this year. The national library, founded
By the nrt American Government OF the island,
AoW contains over 5000 books. II gets Gil eco a
rear from Ihs STATE toward Is support.
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u. BRYAN.
Ne h Net SatisfastSry u the Democratic
rank and Fiie.

From tie ChsrlsSlon NtvS AID Courier,
Mr.. Bryan Il very much natlhed 70 know
that my Democracy has been satisfactory
10 the rank And hle Of the Democrats OF the
the Houth as well - to the rank and Ole Of
the Democrats Of the North but the rank
and die Of the Democracy In the South 90
with the party right or wrong because Of
conditions outside OF the question OF party
principles, a. Mr.. Bryan himself very well
knows. In South Carolina, for example, In
1900 Mr.. Bryan received t7,2Ss votes, or q
majority Of 1851 votes, In 1904 Judge
Parker received in South Carolina 52,N3
votes, or . Democratic majority OF 10000
In Georgia Mr.. Bryan recslVed In 1895
his Hrst race for President, 1854 votes less
than Mr.. Cleveland received In 1872 In
Georgia In 1899 Mr.. Cleveland received l2s,-
SCI votes, or a plurality Of 1859. In 1880
Mr., Bryan received s4,232 votes, or q plurality
Of A,III. 10 IL would appear from the rec
ords that the rank and nle Of the Democrats
Of the South are not by my means satished
with Mr.. Bryan, aud the rank and nle Of the
Democrats Of the North have shown MI
Bryan very clearly that they do not want
him and will not have him.
Il am not asking for any honors AZ the
hands Of the Democratic party says Mr..
Bryan. "IhaVe been honOred far beyond any
thlnE 1 could claim a. . matter Of right or
a. a matter " merit. Then why In the world
IL he making hiS present active canvass for
the Democratic Nomination. Why does he
not give the party ZONE chance without pro-
jectins himself upon the sCeneH Why does
no insist that tho delegates 70 the DStional
convention at Denver shall go with instruc-
lions II II IL not In his own political INTEREST,"
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ters Of this shrinkage came In the clos
ing months Of the year, and all Of II shows
in the sales Of sole leather and splits,
The boot and shoe trade shows steady
gain for the entire term.
Ten years ago we sold in other coun-
tries 81, esS $40 worth Of boots and shoes.
Last years sales amounted TO tli ,65s, 1923.
This was represented by 8,S27, 527 pairs
Of boots and shoes, as compared with the
100000 pairs of 1897. A review Of this
industry indicates that its growth is due
TO wisely directed business energy
American footwear is on sale in many
lands, and In practically all Of them the
business shows increase. Shipments to
the United Kingdom have increased
from 1928 2S in 1897 to 81, 1884 900 in 1907.
Sales TO France show increase from
S22,l75 TO 1922, 2l9; to Germany, from
$50, 5l5 TO t6O3, 345; to Canada, from t2S7 $40
to 81, 24l, 25s; to Mexico, Central Amer
lea and the West Indies, from t42S, 6I2 to
$500, 1896; to South America, from 500 ,O07
to S5l6,2S3. A similar record appears in
other markets, although the business
elsewhere is on a smaller scale, except in
the Philippine Islands, where American
occupation has made a market which
increased our sales last year by a little
more than $500, 1000.
We have no market for cotton yarn
which Is the first remove from the raw
material, but we sold last year 32S, OOO, 900
worth Of leather, which is the first remove
from hides and skins. The figures indi-
cate a trade energy in the field Of leather
that is somewhat lacking in the domain
Of cotton. Moreover, we grow our own
cotton, while we are obliged TO import
annually more than SIS, 900 worth Of
hides and skins.
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Not many years ago We thought OF the
capital town Of Dahomey v . SHAMELESS
where day after day, at certain periods Of
the year, a public spectacle was made Of
the butchery OF scores Of helpless persons,
Not many years ago Dahomey shared with
Ashanti the distinction Of being the darkest
part OF the DARK Continent. Not half a
dozen white men had ever penetrated the
interior. A wonderful change has come,
Captain Armand, without armed escort,
has walked through Dahomey from lie
northern border to the Gulf Of Guinea in
peace and security. The French keep a
small force Of native polioe In the northern
half Of the colony, but the policemen have
little TO do. The natives are glad that the
bloody era has passed and they are no
longer living under the perpetual menaoe
Of q savage despot's sword.
Then there are the TuareRs OF the Sahara,
with faces yelled, the former slave mer-
chants, plunderers Of and muir
derers Of explorers, To-day they are
serving the French a. camel hands or trad
ing their live stock for the dates Of northern
GASES or the rice OF the Niger. French
army officers, ARNAUD among them, are
now urging the Government 10 train these
outlaws to police the southern part Of the
desert, Just a. many natives Of the Algerian
Sahara now are acting ~ peace officers In
the northern desert zone. About twenty
years ago, when half q dozen TuaregS we're
prisoners In Algiera. men Of science spent
all the daylight hours with them TO learn
something Of their language. customs and
habitat, as practically nothing was known
Of them excepting their crimes.
There vas nothing more wonderful in
the great African movement which re-
vealed the unknown continent to the world
than these successive stages Of change and
development.
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Everybody that went TO Yale with
Mr.. WILLIAM H. TAFT thirty years ago
now loves him. That is the test Of a
mans character. One Of the big Sec
retary's latest eulogists tells us this with
an air OF finality which almost forbids
reply. They all knew him and loved
him. These college intimacies tell the
story. Therein the future man is dis
closed.
But what Of HERBERT WoLcoTT Bowen,
long years afterward United States Mini
lister at Caracas, Venezuela? He was
a member of the Yale class Of 1878. He
was a contemporary and a school friend
Of the present Secretary OF War. More
over he too was big and broad and stall
wart. He must have been close TO
TAFT in those days, for afterward, when
he served at Caracas and the other was
Secretary Of War, he wrote the Dear
Bill letter based on the memories Of
thirty years ago. Yet he vanished from
the public service and TAFT remained.
Here, certainly, there must be one who
knew his man at Yale and does not love
him now. And if one, why not many
more?
However that may be, We remember
the Bowen episode with sufficient clear
ness to be quite sure that at least one
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What the COlOrsd COlor Sergeant said.
what are the buEIes BLOWN fort" said FIles.on-
Parade.
To turn US out. 10 turn uS out" the cOlorsd ser.
geSRt said.
what makes the Colonel look 20 whittier" said
Files. on Parade;
Hes droadih' what he's rot TO watch, " the colored
sergeant said.
Fol the orders some from Washington to are US
all to-day;
They'll cut OF all our buttons and they'll np our
stripes away:
Wen lose our little savin's. and thsyn even keep
our pay,
And Old GLORY can't protect uI 10 the mornln'."
what makes the Captain breathe 80 hIrdi" said
Files on Parade.
Were ell S-hreathin' hard today" the colored
sergeant said.
what mSkes that front rank man fail down." said
Files. Parade.
perhaps he's tnlnkih' OF Pine RidES.- the oolored
sergeant Said.
They are TOln' to discharge US without honor.
without ground,
And every man aooounted for before the shots
went round,
And they treat VI all like iTAlton, though no traitor
has been found.
And Old Glory's droopIn' sadly In the norma"
THERE'S twelve Of us served twenty ysars," said
Files. on-PArsds.
wen serve no more, ven serve no more" the
oolored sergeant said.
we've wore ne blue, we've wore the blue" said
Plet- on. Parade.
And now they say we've shot the town L" the eOlored
sergeant said.
81 have fought with the Aptehes. | have seen EN-
face 70 face.
Ny brother was a. San Juan Hill, q kinder dan.
Gerous place,
But ell that We or ours has done oan't save us from
disgrace,
And they'll take Old oIOp from u, Ia the
momin'."
whats that 30 black sTin the sum- said Piles on.
Parade.
'our color; noihln' We have done" the cOlorsd
sergeant Said;
is II that they hold sEn vs., them" said Files on.
Parade:
well II colors their decision some the colored
sergeant SAId.
we have fought beneath Old GLORY when Il doAted
brave and free.
But the Gar We would have died for doesn't cover
you neT NE,
The Big Sticks bic ~ heavT, but The Square Deal
don't go,
And Old GIOy Isnt Vsvin' much this RsnIa'."
BLJn MHHnprrH.
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A Hospital for venereaI Diseases.

DR.. WILLIAM I. JENKINS, sometime
Health Officer Of this port, proposes to
establish a free hospital and sanitarium
for the treatment Of venereal diseases;
and his plan is cordially approved not
only by physicians, who understand Of
what great protection 10 the health OF
the community such an institution would
&c, but by men like Archbishop FARLEY
and Bishop POTTER, who do not share
the foolish and dangerous prudery too
common on this subject, but accept the
opinion Of experts.
DR.. JENKINS estimates that 100000 Of
the million or more sailors who come to
this port in a year need and now nowhere
adequately receive the privileges Of such
a hospital, which, moreover, would be
open TO all persons of whatever national
ity. No prejudices, no illusions and no
false modesty should influence the public
against its own protection and that
Of posterity. These communicable dis
eases leave in many cases an inheritance
Of hopeless maladies, blindness, idiocy,
insanity, and poison the blood of genera
tons TO come.
The proposed hospital is a high, neces-
sary and fruitful work for the public
health as well as for humanity. DR..
JENKINS asks for t75O,OO He ought to
get il and at once.
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The Conspiracy to Deprave a Free
People.

The times are topsy-turvy. The peo-
pie are made TO stand upon their heads.
A Presidential election ia approaching
andiMr. ROOSEVELT is busy. Laws must
be passed under pressure, not because
the public welfare demands them, but
because political necessity knows no
morals.
The Republican majority in Congress
is to pass laws not because the country
desires them, not because the Congress
has a natural duty to perform, but be-
aus the party wants to perpetuato
itself in power.
Peace must be made with the criminal
corporations and with the heretofore
accused money power, not for honesty's
sake or that justice may be done, but that
money may be had for a campaign Of
corruption and dishonor.
The law that has weighed so heavily
upon corporations, and especially upon
the railroads, is to be made harmless.
1t was always a bad law, but the Supreme
Court has found that it applies to or
gained labor as we'll as TO corporations.
Therefore it is to be made harmless be-
cause the vote Of labor must be paid for
and because the sources Of campaign
funds must be made to flow. These two
purposes are openly avowed and de-
clared.
Our Government knows no blush. It's
corruption is without shame. The Re-
publican party, in gross and in detail,
reveals such a cesspool Of r%ottenness as
no republic IN history, tottering to its
fall, ever disclosed. It does not appeal
10 the natural sentiments of a free and
enlightened people; it does not seek to
command or TO deserve confidence; it is
simply brutalized and depraved. It
pleads no justification, nor yet offers any
excuse. It's unconcealed intent is to
keep its place by prostituting its own in
stitutions, legalizing lawlessness, and by
the force Of bribery and blackmail sweep
ing everything before it,
Think of compromising the prostitution
Of the law in order that conscienceless
corporations may escape it's penalties on
the one hand and that lawlessness may
have fulLsway on the other, and that both
mIolSy and votes may be secured at one
degrading stroke! Responsibility and
irrespdnsbiity are made to drive in the
same harness TO effect the one shameless
end.
There is no arm or function Of the Fed
eral power that is not polluted and de-
PRAYED TO the same relentless and is
honorable purpose in the p~erpetuation
Of Self and Party.
What, any more, have the American
people to do with declaring a free peo-
pies choice?
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Game Prsssrv. for Each County.

From Ne 81 LouI GIobt ,DtmocT1L
J. ". Wheeler. State Game Commissioner hopes
70 interest the Illinois Legislature In his plans 10
establish q State tame preserve In each county.
He thinks a group OF land owners In each county
could ret together and agree tc protect game birds
upon their tracts, prohibit hunting thereon snd
also feed the birds supplied BY the game farm In
SanGamon county. II IL desired 10 secure a tract
OF not less than 100 acres In each county for th,,'
branch preserves. The plan. II IL said. has been
worked successfully In California after a thorouE'
trial and II is believed II will work just as well d,
Illinois. Such protection and such propagation
will Greatly assist the STATE game department IL
the efforts TO rcstoek the helds and forests Of nlino =
species Of game birds.
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An Old Age Pension scheme to Be-
come a Law I'm France,

An Old Age Pension scheme to BE-
come a Law in France.
The old age pension bill which vas
passed. in 1905 by the French Chamber Of
Deputies, but which, on the ground of the
immense fiscal burden which it would inn
pose, has since been held up in the Senate,
will shortly become a law, but in a modi-
fed form, the two houses having agreed
upon a compromise.
Before pointing out the details Of the
amended project we should recall that
France has had on the statute book since
1905 a provision for giving pecuniary
aid to all persons over seventy who
are infrm, incapacitated or suffering
from an incurable disease. As the age
limit is higher by five years than that
which is contemplated in Great Britain,
and as compliance with the other con-
ditions is eXacted, the number Of bene-
hciaries by THIS law is, according 10
the last returns, not much over $780, OO
annually, and the total yearly outlay
on their account X about 3l2 OOO,OOO
The bill which was passed by the Cham
Der in 1906 is supplementary to the exist
ing statute just mentioned and differs
materially from it. The age when pen
sions are to become payable is reduced
TO sixty years, and there y go bc no
conditions as TO infrmity, ing1pscity
or disease. On the other hand, It EN-
bodies the contribution principle, which
Il repudiated by British Socialists and
Laborites, but which forms the basis
Of the old age pension law operative
In the German Empire. Like the Ger
man precedent, the French bill when it
is in full operation will require work
men, if they are to qualify themselves
for the receipt Of pensions at the age Of
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EtymoIory Of IA Foustt.."

To TEE EprroR OF TuI suN-Sir; The name Of
the Senator from Wisconsin ls rather unusual IN
this country suggesting . French origin. looked
up the same In LSrouSse's dictionary, and I and a
definition Of II seemingly vey appropriate 10 those
who have lately perused his luoubrationS IN the
Senate. II Il IN adjective and slGnlhes. AeeordlnE
70 the French. -oul talt gu dit par hAbltude dss
pettes folies." Is Il possible that heredity has
stamped on the brain Of this stItetmIn what the
nams suITestsi The Smiths, Carpenters and
ShepGrds all come honestly 70 inherit the names
OF TIE occupation OF their torebears. Can II be that
an original French "tou- or Toilet has transmitted
the propensity which suggested hls nomenclature
Softened by the feminine Gppellation, 10 our dis
tinguished Western legislator Or Is II likely that
he derives his nSfne from the familiar "teu TOILET. !"
which the same dictionary designAtes a. IN aesptee
d'sIhAlSlson e~nhGmmee"t
JDH GsAEpcAnPs.
ATTLIBoAo. Mass. March q.
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YGls man who Vas close 70 TAR In the
heyday Of his youth and the zenith Of
his muliform attractions hes learned
TO curb a quondam affection II not TO
relegate him TO . certain disesteem,
Maybe the lecture BOWEN received at
the hands Of his former Sohoolmate was
deserved. Maybe not. But ct any rate
here ls q broken link In the chain that
binds. Bowen IL In private life, TAFT
is Mr.. RoosEvELT's apparent leeatee
Outsiders win make the mOst-Or the
least-of 1t according to their taste and
fancy. The Bowen incident remains.
All this is mere leather and pruhella,
but so is the pOstulste Of TAFT's hold
upon his one time college mates. We
Opine that he is like other college fell
lows. The man developed afterward.
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Portugal.
From ne ROsarV MaGGsm,.

About The year 1904 the name Of Portugal appears
Ia the annals. Alfonso VII. Of CASTLE In that year
signed over 70 Count Henry Of Burgundy, who had
left his native land 70 help hght the threatening
Moor, the county Of Portugal as a nef. The name
Portugal comes directly from the Latin. SgnltyinF
the Port Of Cale-oale being the old name for the
town Of oporto. The brief Of Alfonso marks the
beCinhlnC OF the separate existence OF Portugal,
Though for many yeSp u was no more than a feudaI
dependence Of CASTLE, nevertheless this child was
the father OF the later Independent kingdom. In
ts year iiSa the lords OF Portugal took the title
Of hhg and refused AllsEiance 70 any Power, Nos.
ism OF Christian.
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10 early days I had . craze
To be AZ engineer.
With nouTht TO do the whole day through
But eli up front and steer.
And then my mind was quite inclined
Upon the sea 10 ship.
Or else 70 run q ferryboat
And give my friends the slip.
But come 10 think the matter DER,
fancy that ! shAn't;
Id rather We the pancake man
In a quick lunch restaurant.
ArrAyed In white from morn MI nlEht
Conspicuous be stands,
And thin and neat be browns the Whsst
With swim and Skllful hands.
Crowds thrOnt for hours to view bis powers
Or cheer . clever throw;
Thlhgt often take q turn With him
He always has the dough-
o " Of aspirations high,
This should them all Supplanu
Who would not be q pancake man
In . quick lunch Restaurant
&. 5 r..
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DlncnnRanAn.

To TIE EDITION or THB sUE-Sr: am Twin l
say burdonsd WITHIN forty Year, and hair slightly
tinGed with gray, sober and with New York refer.
ehoes % 10 general reliability: yet 10 get a position
seems q totally dead proposition. Sic months
Of advertising and answering advertisements BY
mall and In person have resulted In nothing. Is
there any position In the Government service other
than those obtained through civil ssrvite e1amlna.
tons that I could apply for DISCOURAGED.
NEW YoRE, March q,
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From the H,rioo Iai.uto,nc,,.

~ "NWTW TWTTWTTTWTFTI
A few Of those who know how ~palGtAbls 4 W.
cooked coon Ia when FIRST frozen. then cooked and
seasoned. have enjoyed a couple such supper
recently. Plenty Of sweet potatoes. big req per-
pers. a touch Of onion and old fashioned corn bread
mutnns on the side cause your plate to he ps,,-l
and reptssed 70 the master server, who d,'lr'
out the tender meat With fork and ladle.
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Pans once, 80 Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are on stle at klosque IL, near the
Grand Hotel; Rlosque II, Boulevard des Capuclnes,
rome Place dc rOpcra. and Klosqus 10, Boulevard
des ~Italiens. corner Rue Louis le Grand,
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M,,t.L. 4. Punotu..,s. E.,,,,,,..

hanSnSld eOrrstDondsnes COiUmbvs Dtspd,eh.
As a result OF merely putting a period in the
wrong place, which Indicated that he had 5000
In money in the bank Instead Of 40, Hudson Uhich
was forced TO pay tlbatO aIss In excess Of what
he really owed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23

The daily and Sunday sun is on sale In London
nj Munay's Exchange, Trafalgar Buildings, North
umbsriand avenue; Pail Mall American and Co.
lonid Exchange, Carlton street. Regent street. and
DAVIS Steamship Agency, II Grsen street, Leicester
Square.
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RAmann Marnh-

The King Of Franoe had Just nITchsd up the bill
With forty thousand men.
10 IL cheaper than . battle dsst cruise he
explained.
Herewith he marched down again.
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Subscription, BY Mail. Postpaid.

Published BY the sun Printing and Publishing
Association Al 10 Nassau street. In the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York. President and Treasurer
Of thp Association, William NJ, LaHan, 10 Nassau
ttreo: Secretary Of the Association. Franklin
Bartlett, NASSAU street.
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A Gloss shave IN Syracuse.

nGmocles saw the wOrd suspended BY q hair.
u will promote my barber 70 get the colored
vote" he announced.
Thus Il was seen be was no ioGy polluelAs.
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An Old Alliance.

10 rHE EDITOR or TIRE Sun S,r EuTish 4
Irish Is . long established nrm on Main ,,,r .
Bunslo. CIV
NEW ioEE, March -.
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publication riIh 10 hare rsJsotef articles returned hsy
must n al cases send stamps for hat purpose.
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Fisi ySlclan Was Il q ~ ,ls,s;ul opera
second Physician 10, tae psuea' .," o.
Ind didn't pIy.