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health in their aboriginal state. Nj
UpDBGRAPF says:

health in their aboriginal state. Mr..
UPDEGRAPF says:
In some regions OF Alaska the native races
are actually disappearing. and while this 10 not
duo entirely TO neglect by the Government. yet
II 10 true that II proper measures had been en-.
acted twenty Ave years ago and reasonable sue
cess had been achieved In their administration
these rsces would have reached by the present
time so high q standard Of health. morality. Intel
iectuality and industry as TO insure their perms.
nent existence and their continuous satisfactory
development to higher stages Of civilization. In
other words. owing to the superior character Of
these nativeS the oblls alton Of the superior rsce
would have been by this ttme largely discharged"
What are these proper measures that
should have been enacted twenty-five
years ago to prevent ace extinction?
Again and again they have been urged
by thu Commissioner Of Education, and
in a report Just issued he recommends
them once more. A sanitary code APP
plicable to all natives Of Alaska; making
tho selling or giving Of Intoxicating
liquors to them a felony Gin many vii
lagos children a. we'll rs men and women
are habitual drunkards); compulsory
education; the establishment Of hospi-
tai centres; and, amazing as it may
seem, investing the Secretary Of the
Interior with power to protect the peo-
pie under existing laws. Consider this
item from an official report and remem-
Der that the sale Of liquor to the natives
is prohibited:
During the npt week OF the month past the
school was closed four days for want OF scholars.
The natives made q feast. and in addition . big
supply Of Intoxicating liquors was sold TO them.
] csnvsssed tho village tot scholars, but without
effect A. I walked around ! raw some Of the
school children 90 drunk that they would fall
whenever they tried to walk
Now, 1t must not be supposed that the
Bureau Of Education Is failing to use
the funds at its disposal to open schools,
or that the missions in the field are
doing perfunctory work. The trouble
in Alaska Is governmental. It has been
stated in these bitter but forcible words:
Tho white men in Alaska have been and Arc
subject 70 laws made only for Themselves without
regard TO the welfare Of the natives. except that
they cannot legally take possession Of land which
the natives arc using. and cannot sell or give
liquor 70 the natives, and the system for the en-
foroement OF these laws d iamentably and dis
gracefully deficient"
Across the line in the Yukon region
Of Canada no such damning indictment
could be drawn against a Government
much poorer in resources.
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Neglected Alaska.

That any considerable number of
people living under the flag Of the
United States should believe that they
owe allegiance to another Government
seems unacoountably strange; but when
representatives Of the Commissioner Of
Education visited the Bristol Bay region
Of Alaska recently they found thirty
villages OF natives who had mo knowl-
edge Of the existence OF the United
States Government and who believed
themselves to be still under the rule
Of Russia. Yet Alaska passed into our
possession more than forty years ago.
The Bristol Bay country Is isolated
from eastern Alaska by the peninsula
and the Aleutian Islands, which to-
gether run out into the Pacific six or
seven hundred miles. 1t is 800 miles
due west from Sitka-a land of desc
late distances, without means Of trans
portation except the canoe. The only re-
ligion recognized by the unoouth natives
is that dispensed by the Greek Catholic
Church, which is largely supported by
the Russian Government" In a re-
port Of an expedition to this outlying
American territory Mr.. HARLAN UPpE-
GRAFT says:
when l spoke with them 1.-THE people, about a
school several OF the villages asked for . Russian
school. and only after some argument and after
they learned the priest was well disposed were
they Inclined to favor the establish ment OF schools
whose Instruction would be given In English"
Theneglect Of these wards Of the nation
is a grave reproach to the Government
when we consider not only the length Of
time that has elapsed since they were
sold with the land by Russia, but the
fact that an admirable English school
System has been introduced all over our
new possessions in the Far Fast, even
among savages Of limited intelligence
compared with the Esquimaux. But If
the Government at Washington is to be
indicted for neglect to enlighten and
protect the natives Of Alaska. there are
many counts. Pulmonary tuberculosis
and loathsome diseases contracted from
the whites are carrying of large num-
bers Of o people who enjoyed robust
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GENERAL SUPPLY COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, May ia simple thing
not at all ornamental or osteutatious, bu
Of tremendous import In tho scheme o.
governmental economy, was that ordel
Of President Taft's last Friday Great
ing a general supply committee FOR thu
executive departments, the Independent
bureaus and the District Government.
The manner In which these supplie
are purchased, each department acting
for itself. has long been a subject Of dis
approving comment by all observers q
publis affairs. Even II the various arti
oles had been obtained at uniform prices
there would still have been ~inordinatt
waste Ia the maintenance Of so many
supply bureaus and Of such great num-
bers Of chiefs, assistants, clerks, account
ants, warehousemen, drivers, hostlers
30. Everywhere there were warns OF
these employees, long pay rolls, the maxi
mum loading and tie minimum OF organ.
lied activity. Each supply bureau had
its friends among the contractors and
the middlemen. 1t may not have been
corrupt, probably was as straight as
such q happy 60 lucky, free for all sys-
tenn could be, but 1t was wasteful, unbusi.
nesslike, and preposterously expensive.
In times past newspaper correspondents
were wont to show that such things az
lead pencils. for instance, cost one depart.
ment more than another, and that tape
sealing wax, rubber bands, DO, fiuctu.
ated almost humorously. There hasn't
been much OF this kind Of exposition
recently. Perhaps the correspondents
found more profitable muck to rake; per.
haps the purchasing agents got together
In q common cause and equalized the
price lists; perhaps any other explana-
ton you please. But the multiplicity
Of supply bureaus seems to have JON
tinued, the army Of employees to have
marked time 1t least, and the general
situation to have held its own against
the vague and nibbling ~enoroaohments
Of the academicians. Always there has
been but one result Of an impaot-if II
can be so oalled-between the serried
front Of educated trenchermen and the
scattered and incoherent forces Of indie
dependent investigation.
But this order, emanating from q mar
Injured by long experience to departmental
eIpedients and oonspiracies. from Presi-
dent Taft in fact, reveals new vistas and
opens w new possibilities. Fortunately II
Is quite within his power to esTaoe the
Towering parterres Of supply which every
department and independent bureau has
been s~edulously cultivating all these years.
It is a matter OF administration subject
to Mr.. Taft's unconditional domination.
Thus he can erase at his will and substitute
a concentrated, loss expensive and more
direct and orderly machinery. And this,
according to report. 10 what he has done
exactly. The outcry from favored sources
may be ~deafening. But after all the Gov
eminent is a machine, and the taxpayers
ought to belts benehoiaries.
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Flight Of Hfishna.

when the Lord Aoquireth a body and when
abandoneth II He selzeth these 1.-THE sensr', =
the mind and goeth with them. as the wind tSN
f~ragrances from thdr retreats Th BAap4N
Nov. forth. and nothing leave behind
Fol. going. even ~ the wind
That tAkcth Tor lie dim retreat
A lowers whole soul Of fragrance sweet
% ! pluck out both scnse and miad
And carry them where none mag md.
YeA, Il win. these I nay bind
Rstuyning them 70 forms Inclined:
30 that again they - ther seat
In life's fAir biossorn. a. - meet
again. ! 20. And dust oonngued-
But dust b iefk both deaf and blind
On. oa--eod In and out I wind:
I. bearing With me sense and mind.
ehsn ~, shAn hear. n NE blood eeae
shah prove ~ touch. shall drink. ehan ess
But IN q momsnt-unroufned-
Am gone, pch danis2os len behind
51a vssrst No naa han - d5vtnsd.
Dus hovsth man vAses i've he WIND
Jhas lesvSth b6vsd tAs bSossom svesc
yee. v4th moro nan utnGeA tsea
IN p~saeAt-aee 1prm--Asvs I resasnsd
5ssk NJ y 4tes sun p<saIs sAefosA
sfSkal1
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Imaginary Woe.

In the Senate q day or two ago Mr.
BACON Of Georgia illustrated the in
iquity OF the protective tariff with &
reservation in favor Of a tax on lumber
which he advocates) as follows:
Mr.. President. think Of II for . minute. A man
goes forth from his home In sho morning TO toll
TO make that which Is to support his wife and hi,
children-whether II DO the toll Of muscle or o.
brain makes no difference. He comes back q
night with q consciousness Of what he has don,
In his capacity as husband and father for the sup
port and comfort Of those who are dependsn,
upon him. When he looks around and thinks
I have done my duty to-day, and ] have made %
much there must come to him the distressing
reflection that Of that which he has made all shall
not 20 TO those whom he loves. but that Q large
portion Of It has to 90 In this tax. paid through
these innumersbie and Involuntary tax eolIec.
tors these merchants aud clerks In stores, for
the benent Of men whom he never saw. for the
benent Of mon to whom he owes nothing. and for
the benent Of men who have no claim upon him
MIR. BACON estimates these involm-
tary collectors Of portion OF each mans
earnings at lO,Ooo, Ooo-his imagination
always works in round numbers. Some
OF the extortioners must be a prey to
the distressing reflection reported by
Senator BACON after they have done
their duty and made 80 much; so that
they have a double burden Of woe to
boar, as they must experience remorse
in their odious character Of collectors
for the protected interests-that is, il
the Senator observes truly. But he
does not in our opinion.
The man who goes through the proc
ess Of bitter reflection described by
Mr.. BACON is as rare a. q white black
bird. There may not be justification
for every levy Of the indirect taxation
imposed by the Dingley law-we have
outgrown some features undeniably-
but it is painless, and no one wastes
time upon the intricate and evasive
problem Of how much more money he
would have at the end Of his days work
il q tariff for revenue only were on the
statute book-such as MI. BACON wants,
plus some protection for lumber and
other products the South is really inter-
ested in. The distressed head OF the
family imagined by the Senator is a
political scarecrow. There would doubt
less be noe in many households
that are comfortable and thrifty nov
II the kind Of tariff Mr.. BACON pro-
fesses to want we're to supplant the
protection he abhors in spots. There
might be no toll TO 60 to, and in any case
there would be less money in hand.
The people evidently prefer high wages
and the extortion Of the ten million
collectors in shop and store which no
one but Senator BACON seems to be
acutely conscious Of.
A word in his ear! Lot the income
tar Of his fancy be installed, with
its paid army Of spies and sherifrs'
officers, and the victim would not only
feel il but protest vehemently against
it when he could not Lie out OF it.
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ENGRAVING ART WORKS.
A Lament Inspired by the Duke OF Nor.
folks Hslbeln.
From ne Saturday Review.


rrom pe octt,ees Ns"eU.
Deatn aue'es IN pAa.scuiAs oest . ooooie p,o~
~ ue nA'sonu AT ooiiocuonI NOV onty 90 tney
pIeesnosvhS opon eaA1e, ou' necess'tauns =
.ney ao .ne IsIelne OF Aito so"s o. compare
uNe'y saSi. noeoet sney .enu " e"oouIase tns
sseo W.. "oSt essly ioeiIoa. inc esio o.
"otAso! u sainp'c, enesp any eApoo''ous' sn'
tney nno tesay puicnasers ~ nisn prices. 80 y
somes sooos ue' .ae p'otuto~ ocuiptufee tn'
oron.es' INC seins. toe miniatures uA1 nave oeet
me sioiS o. cneisn prva.o cohocuons ior cen
.ui'es past AHe INC ni' ooIec's 70 DC sent 10 I'M
nsinniet. snu w'ta . new anu empty eontlneht "
ehheu nnusneh way WIN mono.onous leeuia,'ty
.no 40 puono eno pr.vs'e conoc''ons OF new
ioIA. BOSTON eno Ihhsnelpn'A- Lee'siAt'on
couiu 40 soine'nine 70 cnecs .nis evu' not inoeeo
20 MUCH On INC hnes saopteu 10 itaS oi ptonipit'
ing 'ne export oi ~oiks o. ar, ss"As tneHectuaiiI
attelnptod oy tne ofd IaItto rAoca- outo the itel'
ian Government note mooetn metnoo OF e''ihs
tne ote.e the Itent oi compulsory ploempt'on ~
sial seiue' anu VI eAeehu'hs OUT eA'sans pm
cipIe OF tne remission OF taAauon upon important
~orks OF efs Ietaineo IN TINS country as Is ap'
palenuy 70 DC oone. ms cos's inc treasury
Out htue. something 700 oouo % oone II ue
"oik OF coiiaehs sno cs'a'oeuihs inc pri'Ate
ooueouons throuthout INC country wn'ch u
oe'hk 9u,eus sno unos'cn.e.ousS carried ou'
oS a'e~ Ai' iovers. "ere a'ooo W o~neIs giving
otne heeas tne ooseInment museums u con
hoenoe o~f,y ih'of"A.ono i theu m'cn.'ou 70 SELL
20 nal' ~heie necessary ssePs coaio Do taken
400 iunas cohecteo 10 ume'
a sfeA' eHoit mas peen mAoe OF late years oy
tne Nat'onai AT Coicct,ons rund 10 stem the
tioe OF emleranon OF works OF ART ana 70 secure
.hot inc us.onAl museums enouio acquire a.
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The Good Work Goes On.

1t would be impossible within the
limitations fixed by the necessities Of
journalism to record all the activities
Of the Public Service Commission. The
highly respectable CITY Record, mi a
newspaper Of wide interests and varied
contents, now consists almost eIclu-
sively of the reports and calendars OF
the commission, and even it, with its
unrivalled facilities for obtaining su-
tentio information, its almost unlimited
capacity for expansion, its publishers
careless Of the cost Of white paper. lags
behind. Only on Friday was it able to
print the news for Monday, january 8,
when Commissioner MALTB1E, fainting
under bis too heavy burden, adjourned
to January IA, 1909, the hearing in the
matter of an investigation Of electric
and certain other companies
On the same day Commissioner BAs-
sETT, having taken testimony .as to
compliance by the Long Island Rail-
road Company with final order No.
772,' adjourned the hearing until Jan
uary ~ after "a transit inspector for
the Commission testified as to the def
cient condition of derails at Fresh Pond
road to the north OF Metropolitan ave-
nue. and as to the lack Of paint on the
gates at the crossings in question.
(See proceedings OF 1908, page 1857"
These are only samples. For the de-
tails there is not room enough in the
world. But for one record of the COM
mission We shall find space that all its
admirers may know how valiantly it
attacks the problem that rises before it,
how promptly it adjusts itself to new
conditions, and how ingeniously 1t
maintains it's preerninence. In tho
records Of Friday, january 8, this CON
vincing entry hns place:
. rAEyrxls ON YoRMs OF coscunxsNczs-HuLNo.
The commission adopted . ruling that In
the matter Of prenxes used on the forms OF con.
currences the prefix IA be used for concur
rences covering freight trsnhc and the prenI
PA for concurrences covering passenger trafnc."
The triumphs Of the Willcoxians
when they computed the number OF
nickels that would be needed TO carpet
Madison Square; when they discovered
that more persons crossed Forty-second
street at Broadway each week than wear
black waistcoats with spike tail coats
in negro minstrelsy in eight days
these we have recorded, and their sensa-
tional importance has been recognized
throughout the entire State. But let it
not be thought that the commission
neglects the ordinary matters Of routine.
Even though 1t be engaged In higher
things, it has time to decide that "FA'
be used for concurrences covering
freight traffic and SPA" for concur
rences covering passenger traffic, these
symbols to be employed always as
prefxes.
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To TIE EpIroa OF TIE Sur-sfs. In rsp,y sr
"Amsteur FarperS' inquiry Of Nay Il a. 70 pre
serving erga I bog TO assure him that siiIcs,s a,
sodA twater glaso win keep egvs pAistsbls IA,
yearI Use . steriiised vessel. dissolve one par
OF water giass with nine para water which ~.
been previously boiled, put b oaly frsxh ssrs
points downward. TIE solution may b,
used again
FArmsrs have been uHns this msshed suocess
fully fos several yesrk Eggs taken from IN.
solution should DO ussd a moe. Eges kepx M
way se excellent or may Be ussd for hstchins
after being submeyed . year.
NEW YoAK. Nay IL IlAN Hhvxrx.
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FHE SUN. MONDAY, MAY II, 1909.

the City Club is to be found In its sur
passing virtues. They r the other
side Of the shield Of civic Righteousness
and political virtue it has 50 long offered
to hold owe q perverse and inapprecia-
tive community.
In brief, the responsibilities assumed
by the club were too great. Devoting
all its time to reforming the elected
officers OF the people and their dark and
wicked ways, it had little time for its
" affairs. The smaller was obscured
by the greater. The full food Of the
clubs transoendent efforts for better
ment was poured out for others. None
Of tho saving waters was reserved for
itself. Hence its embarrassment, which
should not give rise to soorn. but rather
to admiration for those who were 10
devoted to the Improvement Of others
that they had no time to guard them
selves and their own interests.
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Public and ParooAiai Schools.

To TEE EDITION or Tu sus-sk: Replying
TO the query Of Patrick J. o'Conneil iu TO d
SuS I would say his nnt point may have Z ,cin
tina Of truth In Il, because our public schoo,
teachers are free agents. often supporting othsr,
besides Themselves, and are entitled TO rreatsr
rewards than the mere agents Of . COMMUNAL
system who are permitted 70 have only the bare
necessities Of life.
On his second point he Is totally wronr. The
education given In the pArochial schools m M
olosgod with extrsneous matter that lnsu6acient
time 70 left for suitable and proper subjeota and
the system and results are greatly inferior 70 the
public school system.
Iwould like to ask the gentleman how II Is thar
90 per cent. Of the public school teacher arc of
the Roman Catholic faith when the schools them
selves are under the ban Of thst Churchf IL tt
not waving principle for pronti
NEW YoRx. Nay Is. AIcHAlI DoxoIux.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-ySyn In thi.
mornings SUE . correspondent says che psrochisi
schools give better and cheaper education. than
tho public schools. and asks why this h The
answer is simple: II Isn't z. II. ].
NEv yo8x. Nay IL
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In . recent journey through tho desert
Of north Arabia from Bagdad to Damas-
Gus BY way Of Ell Jauf. Captain 8. 8. BUT
u and Captain L. AYLMER OF the British
army penetrated q country southwest OF
Bagdad which had never been visited by
Europeans. They wore the Bedouin COS
tune by request Of their guides, but
did not attempt to conceal their religion
or their nationality. 90 most explorers Of
Arabia have done; yet they were hospi-
tably treated by the nomads and village
chiefs. At FL Jauf. It is true, the ruler by
assassination, ono FEYsuL IBN RAsHID.
preferred q request for such Of their prop
erty a. he coveted, and it was not denied;
but even at Ell Jauf they had otherwise
an agreeable reception. OF their expert
enoes at that place Captain BuTLEB said in
a lecture before tho Royal Geographical
Society:
Apart from this system Of more or less polite
robbery We were well treated by the cmlr and
had our food sent US from the castle BY him.
About three or four times . day We had . royal
command from him. and used 10 90 up 70 the
castle and drink many cups Of coffee and excel
lent sweet lea with him, and talk about his country
49, SN"0ts' Ae ~ hnh Ad~oboho oOSus
England and Its people. Of which he displayed q
profous Ignorance except with regard 10 the
name Of our King and her late Majesty Queen
VICTORIA. both Of whose names he knew. He
was always very genial on these occasions, and I
honestly think he considered he was treating US
very well in not taking all we had and turning US
adnt 70 die In the desert
When PAL1BAvE visited Ell Jauf he
was Toasted and handsomely treated. but
travelled as Q native physician and spoke
Arabic nusntly. A man Of imposing as
poet, he was accepted o. a parsonage.
Near the Abthens Wadi the British
officers encountered the little known
Sleyb tribe, smaller Of stature than the
Bedouins and supposed to be descended
from the old Crusaders, Sleyb being q cor-
ruption OF 4salecb.' q cross. These peo-
pie YEA smocks made of the skin Of
the gazelle. are rich In fiooks. and mighty
nimrods. More refined and Landowner
in features than the Bedouins who prey
upon them, the Sleybs gave tho English
men q warm welcome, played on the
smutbakh' for them, and reoited stories
in verse. The pleasant experience Of
these two British officers, who had little
Arabic, proves that the northern desert
may o be traversed in safety by intelli-
gent strangers-h they are Englishhen,
at any rate.
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n our friends trho fnror US ptth~ rnanaseHps for
puhteanon irish to hdpe rejected articles returned
fhev mus IN all cases send sianps for hat purposs.
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A 0ussa Of Wsrk.

The maid was In The gsrdea. hsng1ns out Tia
clothes, when along came . blaokbtrd and pecked
Oh her nose
And yss they lid there vsrs no nosauiscss
here drbed tn Queen.
Herewith she dtd Asr own vuek ene ~ ~
Of the bpmmer.
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Ny name Il d Pat
And I'm proud out of

Hnu y" pfVuu ouI OF hAt"
would. OF coursc, run IN prose: And us proud
out Of that ] am" The piece OF ground was
IN awkward ste. but Mr.. r. made Z nice house
out OF TT: The whole plot WAS cpvsrvd by ne
bousa TShs Isl . s0rsseA cut q. b.
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rr.pesit,ea. In The -lisA Dialect Of English.

FfoW ne FoHnsosbt deySG.
The proposition -on" b remarkable - the An
OF . danrus fnoommodt which b very commou
everywhere. astounding 70 the newcomer and q
perennial source OF dsliSht 10 the denifen who,
with malicious conAciousoesS. enjoys using II
himself. We heard vomAn speak Of her chlid's
illness thus: Ny child was SICK on me- A ser
want VIII relate her morning dif,culties: first
the ERE went out on me and then the kettle boiled
over on me. and the stirabout Got burned on me. =
One girl surprised her mistress BY telling her.
Il broke his stick on the master tmeaning that she
had scciden tally broken her masters stick, 70
his dettnenp. A student dssee ting . rabbit
tthe third day. was naked why heehAd laid II on
It's left eide, instead Of on the right, ~ directed
and excused him self: Sure. air, ] laid II on It's
hight side, and II turned over on me-"
On Is indeed . proposition Of al work In
Irish English. like Ito equivalent In Gaelic: Thus.
Il have a bad cold on me- Ny sorrow on YOU
for q kettie,- Ia . mid imprecauon and of inter.
est ss e1cmptfytng the Irish -Engiish use of -tor-
10 introduce 4 complement Of explanation. Ny
sorrow on the sea" IL the hrst line OF q song traps.
lated by Douglas Hyde.
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Paris once. 5, Rue Louis IL Grand. The daily
and sunday editions are on sale at Kiosaue il. near
the Grand Hotel; Kiosque n. Boulevard des Cap
ucines, corner Place de rOpera, and kiosque 10.
Bouleyaru des Itaiiens corner Rue Louis 10 Grand.
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London once. Bingham House. I Arundel
street. strand. The daily aud Sunday Sun arc
on sale In London at the American and Colo
NAL Exchange. Carlton street. Regent street.
and DAVIS Steamship Agency. II Green street.
Leicester SQUARE.