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The nj asquerader.

A political coincidence man Is natu-
rally sensitive about his part. He does
not like to have his picture in the dema-
gogues' gallery held up to public notice.
He would like to plead the statute Of
limitations to the charge that he has
been a Jack Cade and a false prophet.
He wants everybody to believe that he
has reformed and can be trusted. Above
all, he winces when his promises are
contrasted with former professions,
Mr.. BRYAN calling upon the farmers
to subscribe to his campaign fund and
be saved from the poorhouse when they
are enjoying a prosperity that has come
DO them and abides with them under
Republican administrations is sufi-
cientIyiridicllous, but he strikes US as
q ~grotesque and pitiful figure when Mr..
TAFT confronts him with bis record OF
population and failure before an
audience Of substantial farmers, as the
Republican candidate did In Indiana
day before yesterday.
Anti-imperialism succeeded the fifty
cent dollar hs q paramount issue, and
Mr.. BRYAN was rejected by such i'm
mense majorities on both counts that
the new issue. Shall the People Ruler
must strike the farmers as irresistibly
funny and absolutely past belief as a
sincere appeal by the peripatetic can
dictate.
The moro Mr.. TAFT shows up the old
BEGAN the moro impossible the new
RRYAN will appear,
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Protest Asaiasta Popslar Csstom.

To THB EprroR or TEE SUN-str: The solemn.
silent sermon which should 1.-Two for al Of US In
the mere stone and structure Of any church seems
TO Be sadly disreearded In the particular case
OF two Of our oldest houses OF worship. View
Ing them simply as old landmarks. have not
old Trinity and st. paui's q night TO our reverence
and regardf Personally thcse old ohurohts
inspire me with the feeling that were ! q man
I should never pass them without unooverinG
my head.
, Leaving aside personal and ~reigious septI.
msnt and appealing only TO love for artistic har.
mony. order and ntness Of things, I ask: Should
not something be done 10 prevent their desccrs-
ton by tho conversion Of the graveyards sur-
rounding these nobie monuments Into Z picnIe
and recreation ground for young women each
day al noonf ! hSve seen many sittins IN
the grass with open lunch boxes beforp them
a. they lean back against the stones which marx
graves Of soma ones dead. How IN would they
regard Us were We 70 do thus In this cemetsrtes
where their relatives and friends lie burjsdi Or
perhaps they would not objecti The morn reason
why they should not DO tolerated for such Dur.
poses at these places. Others sdt on the step.
leading TO the churches eating fruit and oandy
reading novels the while. and still othcu hueh
and talk. Young man and girls meet here n r
the purpose Of long chats on such subject. =.
the latest show" they've seen and the next danco
they hope 70 attend. ! have heard such and
old Trinity a. MONDAY must find our way among
them and tightly close our lips when we would
cry out against the outrage they commit.
! suppose this matter comes strictly under
the Jurisdiction Of the church. for know war
similar acts 70 be perpetrased about the municipal
buildings&nd monuments The offenders would
soon be directed 70 places where public lunchinr.
DO, 10 moro In order. But cannot public protest
roach thoss In authority and rouse The larrsrd
spirit Of those responsible for the e1iseenoe ~
such conditional Or In there no public protest,
WI my own indignation only be looked upon A.
feminine oversensitiveness on Q subycct which
the public has no time 70 consider. or, hsyfns
tina, lacks ths inclination and INTEREST,"
Then ] would rather see old Trinity and 81,
Psul's IN ruins over their dead.
CECILIA Hoxha IN pAcxnx
= YORK. september u.
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The fact that two earthquakes have been
reported In central Africa IL worth men,
tioning because. for all the white race has
known, Africa has long been immune from
earthquakes excepting along its northwest
ern and north central borders. which have
sometimes shared the disturbances that
have afflicted the Spanish peninsula. But
since MUNoo PARK ushered In the modern
era OF African exploration nobody had
ever heard Of earth movements in the
tropical central part Of the continent.
Two earthquakes, however. have 90
CURED this year In the eastern part Of the
Congo State. under the equator. affecting
wide areas but doing little damage. for In
regions whose peoples live In grass huts
there 10 little damage to be done unless
life Is lost.
On April 2 a region some hundreds Of
square miles in extent. on both sides Of
the upper Congo and from I. 100 70 !, 100 miles
from It's mouth was rather severely shaken
for from three to fifteen minutes about
Z O'Clock In the morning. The region in
Guided the lower parts OF the Lomami and
Bazoko river basins. tributary to the Congo
0nu on i0 boudiofti dnu ftkioiu onOre9.
The vertical movement Of the houses and
trees was plainly visible and the natives
were badly frightened. for such events were
unknown to them even in their traditions.
OnJune7 70 much larger region. embracing
nearly the whole administrative district
of the Welle. In the extreme northeastern
part Of the Congo State. had q sharp earth
movement lasting only about twenty eco
onds. The white ofacials say that the sur
face rolled In little waves from northeast
to southwest. that furniture In widely sep
arated stations was thrown about. and that
many thousands Of negro huts performed
q sort Of dance that was awesome 10 see.
Nota single life was lost In these occurrences.
which, however. have deprived tropical
Africa Of its reputation for immunity from
seismic oatastrophes.
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arise 10 the nature Of the security which
France win exact for the reimburse
ment Of her outlay. II Is hard to see
what security MuIAI HAFID could
offer except q territorial one. but the
Berlin Foreign Once insists, we are
told, that II shall not take the form OF
territory. Are we to infer that Ger
many viii also object TO the retention
OF oudjda, Q place Of strategic I'M
portauoe on the Moroccan side Of tho
Algerian frontier, which has been In
the -poasession Of France for upward
OF Q yearf
II the German note Is considered
from all points OF view It seems TO
Justify rather than refute the opti-
MYSTIC conclusion drawn from 1t In
London. That Emperor WILLIAM just
now would rather avert than precipi-
tate a European war, the cost of which
to Germany would be incalculable,
seems o reasonable inference from the
facts divulged the other day In Berlin
by the Secretary Of the Imperial Treas
ury concerning the empires financial
straits. The Minister asserts that even
with economy In all administrative
departments the excess Of imperial
expenditure over income threatens to
produce In the next five years en- aggre-
gate deficit Of over s55o,0oO,oo0.
How 10 such q deficit to be metz. An
increase In the annual contributions
(so-called matricular,. from the con-
stituent States to the imperial treas
ury viii by no means suffice. The
imperial Government will also need,
we are told, to increase the taxes now
imposed on tobacco, spirits. beer,
sparkling and other bottled wines,
and likewise to introduce universal
succession duties, which would leave
intact only such small fortunes - do
not exceed at the utmost 5000. Such
taxes are certain to provoke widespread
.disaffection, but the Secretary Of the
Treasury says that a prompt rehabili-
tation Of the imperial finances Is for
the empire a question Of life and death.
Under the circumstances II seems
practically impossible for Germany
to embark upon a foreign war. and
therefore the Morocco incident, al
though it may lead to some further
discussion. car hardly excite alarm any
longer.
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sCHO0L ARMY.

A-
wAsHnsoroN. Sept aL.-For' the reason
the figures used here 3 olossly approx.
innate rather than absolutely accurate.
The American army of school children
consists Of not far from i2.ooo. 900 pupils
In actual daily attendance. This 10 two
thirds Of the total enrolment and q little
les than one-half Of the total number
OF American children end youths betweap
1--WE and eighteen years Of age. Forty
years ago 90 per cent. Of our total popu-
lstion were In the IS TO IS yearA OF age
group. which now inclndes only % per
cent. This marks the foroe OF the race
suicide movement. Forty years ago 81
per cent. Of the members Of that group
were ON the school lists. a compared
with 10 per cent. at tho present time.
The average daily attendance forty years
ago was % per cent. Of the total number
In that group, as compared with % per
cent. ut the present time. Forty years
ago 90 per csnt. of the total school en-
rolment were In daily attendance as COM
pared with 20 per cent. now. This indi-
ostes the force Of the education move
ment.
In 1870 the average number Of days
Of school attendance for each pupil was
only 10. II has now reached io6 In
American pupils averaged four
years Of schooling. using 200 days 40 the
basis Of q school year. They now aver
age Eve end q half years In the States,
of the North Atlantic division the average
10 seven years and Ia the North Central
division Il ID six and o half years. Ths'
States OF the Western division show =
longer term than the States OF the
North Atlantic division. The South At-f
lantjo and South Central divisions show
an average of three and o third years
compared with two years Q quarter
q century ago. The youth OF the year
1900 averaged only 90 dsys OF total school,
The average Of the present
time exoseds 100 days.
There arc In this country about 26o. 900
school houses. and the value OF all school
property is about 500, 900. 900. Theteaah-
ers army numbers about <7s.00o. APP
proximately one-quarter males and three,
quarters females. The average salary
Of male teachers IL about ss7 q month and
Of female teachers about ~. The total
yearly expenditure for educational pur-
poses exceeds sso0. 900. 900. Including or
for private instruction. for
universities, colleges and archaeological
normal schools, professional
reform schools, and sohools for
the detective Glasses. the sum 10 approx
mstely Sloo.0oo.ooo. Omitting these and
inoludins univ what Ia known las public
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Germany Reply to France About
~ Morocco.

The answer Of the Berlin Foreign
OfHoe to the French and Spanish notes
concerning the conditions on which a
change Of sovereigns In Morocco should
be sanctioned seems to have allsyed
the apprehension caused by the German
Emperor's demand for. the immediate
recognition OF MULAI HAFD. There
i, to be sure, one point raised in the
German reply that possibly may give
some trouble, but on the whole the
tenor OF the document Is reassuring,
doubtless because Kaiser WILLIAM has
been warned BY his financial advisers
that peace h absolutely needed by
his empire for some years to come.
The German Government .ooncurs
with France and Spain In holding that
the claimant Of the Sultanats must
bind himself to carry out the stipu-
lations Of the Algeoiras convention
and must issue o declaration that he
viii insure forthwith the freedom and
security Of commercial Intercourse In
his dominions. Neither Is any OBJ
lection made in Berlin to the sugges-
ton that the new sovereign ought
70 provide for the maintenance Of his
predecessor and Of the latter's officials.
Germany likewise admits in principle
that France and Spain should be reim-
bursed for the expenses incurred by
them in. the occupation Of Casablanca
and other places in Morocco. but as
In the incurring Of those expenses France
and Spain were acting under the Alge-
cres act she insists that all the Powers
participating in that agreement have
. right to know and examine the pro-
posed terms Of settlement.
The point regarding which some
differences Of opinion are likely to
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Tho number Of Chinese emigrants Is only
a drop in the bucket compared with the
vast population. though about 1000. 900
of them are now living In foreign ooun-
tries. according to a recent report issued
by the Chinese Government.
This seems q modest outgoing Of the
Chinese people when we recall that 2s.0Oo.-
600 Germans arc living in foreign lands
and that In recent years the annual emf
grafton from Italy has been wei zoe. coo,
from Austria Hungary over 100000 and
from Russia about 20o. 700. Then. most Of
the Chinese emigrants do not 60 far from
their native land. According TO the Chinese
statistics 3.soo.0 o0 Of them are living In
Siam, 100000 in Java. 100000 In the
Malay Peninsula. $4,000 In Hongkong,
1e7, 600 in AMMAN. $4,000 In Burma. $4,000
In tho Philippines, $1,000 In Russian Asia,
5000 In Australia, $1,000 In Japan. and
1900 in Corea-
There are only about $4,000 Chinese in
far distant lands. including 10. 900 in the
United States, 5000 In Central and South
America, and so, 900 in Africa.
The number Of Chinese in these coun-
tries would Of course he much larger IL
It werenot for the prohibition or the severe
restriction placed upon Chinese immigra-
ton. The Chinese Government itself
does not view the departure Of its sons
with much favor. and very few OF the
emigrants have any idea Of remaining
permanently abroad. Still. China Is an
immense reserve Of labor. and almost any
land that needs to import Drawn and
muscle oar secure an ample supply Of
Chinese coolies.
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Courage

An ancient rebel. unafraid. alone,
Challenged the usurpattng throne;
Dencd the despot's owe and might:
T stand for jusace'- auoth he. and hgha-
No sword sprsns 70 his ode. none bore Biz shield
The merosnaries ohareed-hs would NOT y,eldi
An any Of the King, tn ambush blind,
Struck down that ancient rebel from behind.
Tnen al ne mercenarss charged again.
Tne King called Haiti lie soomed Ny reiEui
unioose HE sruor. his hreastpiats part;
Ny spsar shan Qusn that nuttrtng hssFt.
T. v. t.
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o.r,o.. incident m. M.v,as r,e..r. sAsv

Curious Incident "a MsvinE Picture show.
To fhx EprroR or THH suN-S6. whils I
was sitting In a moving picture theatre last week
a very peculiar PHENOMENON occurred which
changed tho building into an enormous camera.
The picture machine getting out OF order. the IN
terror OF the house became pitch DARK. During
this period q curtain was pulled back at the en-
trance. allowing q shaft Of Hght 70 reach the
screen. on which could be plainly seeu the tn
verted images OF the people In the street. A per
feet -camerd obscura.- and undoubtedly the
iArgest IN the world. MARTIN poSozuR-
TIE BRosx. September ~
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Roosevelt,s . Q 900.

To H EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir: Pray
accept my compliments on youi editorial Of
to-day entitled -Foraker's $4,000 The
latter portion Of II, having reference to the
Hartman 100000 campaign fund" Of
1904, seems easy Of explanation. The rea-
son for the mi not having been returned
10 its ..sinister source" Is most obvious. II
was expended with a view TO %corrupting the
voters Of the State Of New York. and the
chances arc that the balance. II any, has
been deemed too Insignificant to return.
and has been carried forward. thus being a
available for 1908. H.
. NEW YORK, September IS,
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Let self.respecting Americans OF all
political faiths unite in the fervent
prayer that the unexampled frenzy or
spasm Or self-exhibition which is now
degrading the Office Of, President of the
United States may end before the scan-
dal invites the attention and excites the
disgustof the whole Civilized world.
And II is not just that TAFT should
suffer.
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Is Crime Increasing In Now York ,

IL Crime Increasing In Now York T?
OF late years there has been current
an impression that crimes Of violence
are increasing in New York at a rate
out Of proportion to the increase Of pop
u~lation, which on an average Is about
$4,000 a year. The impression Is not
founded in fact. according to Mr. MAY
NARp SHIPLEY, who has published In
the Popular Science Monthly the results
Of a careful investigation OF the crimi-
nal records Of Chicago and New York
tso far as homicide and highway rob
berry are concerned. It turns out that
human life is much safer in New York
than in Chicago, San Francisco OF
Cleveland, and inoomparably more Sc
cure than 1t is In Lexington or Louis
vile, Ky, or in Kansas City. Kan.
MIR. SHIPLEY shows that in Chicago
a murder takes place every day in the
year and II persons out Of each 100000
Of the population must expect TO meet
death annually at the hands Of q fellow
citizen, 1t appears too that for grave
crimes in general committed in the same
city the number Of arrests has increased
from an annual average Of 24s per 100000
Of inhabitants for the three years l90l-0a
to 26e for the years 10000. This in
crease consists almost entirely Of arrests
for assaults with a deadly weapon and
for assaults with intent to kill. There
has been, it seems, little OF no increase
in the proportion OF arrests for muir
der and highway robbery. That the
increase in crimes Of violence Is due to
the presence in Chicago Of q large for
eign born element is evident from the
police records, which give the ratio OF
annual arrests per 100000 Of popula-
ton for murder and murderous assaults
as slightly moro than o. among ma
tive whites and nearly lat among the
foreign born whites.
In, New York also the increase In
crimes Of violence, such az 1t IL, has been
due to a. racial. change Ia the foreign
born population, In 1880, when less
than 10 per cent. Of this city's alien
inhabitants were drawn from Russia
and southern Europe, the number Of
arrests for homicide OF various degrees
was lees than four In each 10000 Of the
population. In 1900, when ninc-tenths
Of the immigrants came from Russia or
southern Europe, the number Of arrests
for homicide rose to IS per 100000 In
habttants, and in 1905 to 21.K. The
average annual number Of convictions
In New York. however, for the period
10000 was only %.ps per cent. Here
again it IL a matter Of proof that q large
proportion Of the graver forms Of crime
ave perpetrated by certain alien ele-
ments Of the city's population. Thus
Of OIL persons killed at the hands Of fellow
men in the Borough Of Manhattan In
1905 only So were born In the United
States.
What Ia true Of homicide b true also
Of highway robbery IN the case Of New
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conyiets ana aood Roads.

Bulloch county in Georgia, among
others, has seen the light and 10 now In
the market for all the short term oon-
victs 1t can get In order to construct and
maintain a system of solid and perma-
nent public roads. Some time ago the
State authorizedn distribution Of these
men among the counties that desired
them, but Bulloch did not then realize
It's opportunity, Now it is ut work in
earnest, not only utilizing it's own mis-
demeanors' but leasing at high prices
those OF other and less enlightened
counties. 40 - ~
But Georgia everywhere 10 awaking
to the realities. The agitation pre-
cipitated by disclosures OF the horrors
Of the convict lease industry as illus
trated In private enterprises has borne
good fruit. It Is true that the Legisla-
ture nov In extra. session to oonsider
those frightful revelations and to pro-
vide a remedy has not yet reached har-
monious conclusions. 1t Is equally true,
however, that tho people are at last
aroused to the denominations Of the old
practice and practically In accord as to
the Importance Of a radical and imme-
diate change. They not only recognize
the shocking consequences Of sthe sys-
tenn but are profoundly aware Of the
superiority Of the substitute that has
been proposed. ~
The Atlanta Consultation, which has
been giving this matter much thought
and which lie always sensitive to public
opinion, now says, speaking Of Bulloch
county, that there afe many other pro-
gressive counties In the State that will
unquestionabdy do exactly the same
thing IL the Legislature ever gets 70 the
point of decision that tho oonvicts shall
be distributed upon the public roads.
/" = There Is scarcely q doubt that
such distribution Of the convicts upon
liberal terms would Of itself solve the
lease problem by termination to the last
able bodied man now confined in the
Georgia penitentiary," The people
have had enough Of the problem, > now
that it's, abuses and inhumanities have
been exposed, and thsy perceive on the
other hand that their own interests can
be served under a new arrangement
and by infinitely more wholesome and
enlightened methods. Virtually all the
profits arising from the leases went to
a few individuals, while all the dis
grace and ignominy growing out Of
their operation fell upon Georgia. Now
they o a way tomake Of the con-
victs in a kind and Christian manner.
and at the same time to derive enormous
benefits from the dispensation.
The good roads idea is spreading at
the South. Georgia Is not tho only
State in which the leaders and the news
papers are beginning to nurse a mod
ern and progressive thought.
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Not sauce for the Gandss.
Knicker--It Is said that the President WIN take
Bocksr-And Hitchcock had TO resign his Job

Much variety MARIN the cenfnry 1aearrs for
October. Robert Hiohens and Jules Guenn
depict Phiis In the last OF The Egypt arttcss
Lady Randolph Churchii reaches the SCUM
African war In her rcminisccnoes- Ma sui
clnns tells about Robert Fulton In France, while
the Andrew johnson reco1sctions treat OF -
impeachment There se articles on RsrceionA.
on thu glass and china In the White House. on
Lombroso, and on the experiences Of a Naval
Attache. The Hon Seth Low discusses the wns
OF Injunction. Dr. Weir Aitcheii's serial 10 cen
unued, and there are four short storiea
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oyrsnr nav.

Oyeter HAy.
Every dog must have his dsy,
You have had yours Oyster Bay,
Roosevelt has rome awayi
Not AZ when away no went .
VIII his steps be homeward bent
He viii not be President
What goes up must sure come down,
No more glory and renown,
Once again q country town.
Summer capital no morn.
Just q village OF the shore.
Quiet as you were beforei
No more cops and nc moro crankS
No more female suffrage RANKS
No more nut farm dopes and tanks,,
After limelight 10 intense
CMight ] hint without ofienreO
Your relief must be Immense
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Ten Inousaaa Dollars Reward.

To rHz Enron or TN spS-sf. I sailed ON
the steamer Vancouver from liverpool on August
n last Among the printed list OF psssenrers
vas tho nsme Mn. II. lnszcIxsxyn.- hereby
oner $4,000 70 the person who win pronounce II
correctly In three trials without dislocs,inr his
or her jaw. Z. &. z.
MoSTcIAn. September q.