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Alabana Is to raise the standard OF her norm.t
school entrance reQuirernenk. The State Teach
crs Association meeting in April WAS tie lar se5i
ever. with more than LOO teiehers regis:er4i.
The Alabama STATE law provides that 20 cents ot
ofcvcry 06 levied for taxes must DO spent for cdr
cation. A. the meeting manual training. toee,he,
with Industrial eduoa ton. was much emphasized
says the Journal o, Education Of Boston.
Congress refused United states Commissions
OF bducaton Browu's request for 5000 10 SUD,
a certain phase Of child hfs, but granted $4,000 for
. scientific study Of clans.
In elementary schools o. per cont. OF the children
OF The United States arc In coeducationsl schools,
In secondary schools the proportion for coeduca
tion Is o. per cent; Of colleges and universities
attended by men 63 per cent. admit women.
In the so-caIied tree high schools" Of Illinois
S.ecS Illinois students pay private suIuor.
Boston approprtates sioo,ooo this year for public
Fairgrounds.
Of school buildlhgs OF the same general character
makes this estimate: Chicago, Is; So, Louis. IL
New York, a: Boston, %. The chief causes Of thfs
difference arc better buildings and better labor
conditions.
Both Indiana and Colorado turned down the
propositions 70 multiply normal schools.
In Untrersiy Administration ex' r President Eliot
says: The bread and butter motive should moi
prevail In . university's professional school T.
any greater extent than II should prevail In =
college. In both departments 1t is reasonable
for the individual student to keep IN view the
means Of earning a livelihood, but IN both stse
the dominant motive should be the desire to BE-
servioeable and TO be well equipped 10 give and
10 enjoy giving effective service"
Miami University. Ohio, has graduated ono
President ofvahe United states. seven Governors
Of States. three Cabinet ofhcerp. seven United
States Senators. seven Ambassadors, twenty -four
congressman, one Speaker OF the House, thirty
one State SENATOR. sl1,y-hve army ofhcers. sixt..
six Federal and State Judges. and thirty college
presidents, though her total graduation list Is
less than two thousand.
Mayors OF every city OF 5000 and oror In the
United StAtee and the heads OF leading rrunic!.
palties In Canada and Mexico have been invited
TO attend the third annual congress OF the Play
ground Association af America. meeting Al Pitts
burg May 10 10 May IL
In three Year, San Diego. Cal. has erected
three large school buildings ct a cost Of tis:,-
100, one of thorn. . building Of twenty rooms beinr
the hncst grammar school building in California.
There IL also q high school costing S,,0oo. be-
sides additions 70 two other buildings. douh!inf
their capacity.
Tulane univsrsity realised an endowment fund
Of ti,ooo, 900 last year.
Boston University, according 10 its new year
book. has An attendance of i.S1< in all ita dspau-
nsn1. OF these ss afs msn and IS, arc women.
chief Increases Are IN he college Of liberal
artA. the oourses tor teechers ane the school Of
theology. .
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Principle and Parsons.


1he Federal Administration, In our
Aumble judgment, at the moment o n
fronts the most peri!ous problem OF
~ hr1ef history is lace to lace with
2 danger that may mperil its whole
4uture- We do not, OF course, refer
y ene tafM tansle' uat Is trivial; nor
have we IN mind such remote questions
q tho Porto Rcan affair. The pres
eat danger u more immense and more
MrHiHSat. Iha plain Tact Is that Prest-
dent TAFT may at any moment be de-
Prived pf the sustaining support Of the
Republican organization OF this great
city Of New York.
H1tdp9e, q. course, has produced this
sgiaias tke unfortunate collision OF two
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huo ~ VI SVuipcStstVus
To make . summary statement and to
bring II quite dow to date, 1t appears that
In ls47 there were about 5000 miles OF rail
way in England. owned and operated By
several hundred independent and compet-
ing companies: twenty-five years later there
were $1,000 miles Of railway operated by
twelve partly competing companies; now
there are q little over $1,000 miles owned
and operated by about six, ~non-competing
companies. The English railways started
right. but they soon got wrong. and for
the first thirty years and moro hlunders
In plenty were made in futile -endeavors
to construct and operate railroads OF the
principle Of lntercompetition. uncounted
treasure was wasted In these attempts. and
absolutely nothing but experience was
gained by It. What the English people
would rave saved In ~sGuandered capital
and wasted effort II they had not abandoned
the sound economic principles upon which
they began to construct and finance their
railways, and to which they ultimately re-
turned, are sums too vast for computation.
The futile effort to preserve the principle
Of competition between railways In Fngland
was the costliest blunder ever made outside
OF America In any single business matter
by any people on the earth since time began.
It was a form OF insanity which Americans
might well have avoided. and II Is q sort
of polite o-mental disorder that American
courts and American statesmen and pub
licists are not well employed in fostering
and promoting
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Tho Secret Service Monopoly.

That very perplexing subject the
monopoly Of detective skill enjoyed by
the secret service OF the Treasury De-
partment is brought to public attention
once more by the complaints Of HENRY
l.. STIMsoN, special United States Dis
trict Attorney in the sugar frauds. Mr..
SrIMsoN is represented by the Tribune
as saying that Ibis efforts to discover
all the persons responsible for the sugar
weighing frauds have been greatly ham-
pered because he cannot have the help
OF the secret service men, and he is
quoted as using these words:
"A lot OF special Treasury agents have been
assigned to help, and they arc working herd. and
with some results, but We should have som OF
the tried men IN the old service. men who have
worked on similar cases IN the past end Who
know how TO got at thines-
The curious fact that the only COM
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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, May 12. l9o9.

petspt Investigators Of criminal acta
available for the assistance Of the Gov
eminent prosecutors were In the secret
service was first oonfded to the public
when President ROOSEVELT was trying
TO escape the consequences Of bis in
sultng message to Congress in Deoem-
Der Of last year. Up to that time the
public had no idea Of the marvellous
akin OF these mysterious men, or Of the
dreadful situation that would be pro-
ducedwere they to 60 on strike or resign
from the Federal employment or fall
victims to the hazards Of their calling.
Until last winter tho knowledge that the
only men in the country fit to chase
smugglers, false weighers, bribe givers
and other wrongdoers were the two
score, more or less, OF detectives in the
secret service was 80 closely guarded
that no one outside Of tho service itself
suspected 1t.
What will happen when the singularly
gifted men who now comprise this use
full bureau pass to their rewards? Will
the nation sink into q state of lawless-
ness. with outthroats, thugs, thieves in
unchallenged sscendency1 Will the law
defying elements be relieved Of all re-
straint? Will order cease as the last
survivor Of the men now on the pay roll
bids farewell to his duty? Fortunately
we have had ample warning and will be
able to prepare for the worst.
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accepted by a Jury Of artists whose
names preclude any accusation Of
pandering to eensationatism- Indeed,
the picture Is pretty, and the idea ID
prettily expressed. Only Mr.. PopsNAf
and his valiant legion Of cosmicd busy
bodies would indulge in Podsnaprsry
before such q painting. g.,
Some day the Society for the Sup
precision Of the Beautiful will conquer
Italy and destroy its art treasures.
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enough to explain the desire Of the Hon.
HERBEaT, II explanation we're neces-
sary. But in addition nothing could
more enhance tho prestige Of the Hon.
HERBERT than the outward evidence
that he possessed the power to name
Federal appointees in New York. Not
that the local organization is selfish or
self-seeking-not In the least, but it Ia
justly jealous Of the prerogatives Of its
leader, particularly this prerogative.
Apparently, however, the Federal
Administration is wantonly wilful about
the matter. The new Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor, the Hon. CHARLES
NAGEL, we regret to say, has shown an
inclination to insist upon the selection
Of q man who has other merit than q
Parsons indorsement--in fact has indi-
Gated a preference for a mere depart
mental subordinate with no other recon-
mendation than that Of proved efficiency.
This 10 s~regrettable circumstance, Of
course, for Mr.. WBITTLR's single lack is
training. This could hardly be other
wise, for Mr.. WAIrrLE has naturally
been too busy with Mr. PARsoNs's err
rands to waste time with other things.
Secretary NAaEL. however, stubbornly
insists that so important an Office should
have an efficient incumbent.
The principle here involved Is para
mount. II d precedent be now estab-
lished that all Federal appointments are
to be made upon the basis Of efficiency.
the shock to the local organization can
not be exaggerated. The evil effect
upon Mr.. PARSONS himself is also bound
to be ~incalculable. for II he be limited
in his recommendations to efficient men,
how can he hope to take ARE OF his
faithful followers in the organization?
All his labor and effort in building up a
reformed Republican party in this city
will be practically vitiated if such
destructive and abhorrent notions are
to be sent broadcast over the city. What
advantage has q Parsons over a Quigg,
for example, il there be no ultimate
reward for righteousness? Manifestly
the principle at stake cannot be CON-
promised.
Critical as the situation is. however,
we hope that it "a yet be surmounted
without fatality. OF itself, OF course, II
might be of some advantage to have an
efficient Commissioner Of immigration
at Ellis Island. 1t might reflect credit
upon the national Administration and
win applause from certain desirable
elements in the community. But to
win temporary applause at the cost Of
permanent hostility from q party leader
Of Mr.. PARsoNs's potentialities would be
a Quixotic and thoroughly impractical
performance, All this, we understand,
Mr.. HRRBERT PARSONS has cogently pre-
scented at the proper place. To recede
now may be temporarily humiliating to
Washington, but between principle and
PARSONS, who can safely or wisely
hesitate?
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II PENSION 1 s
An Explanation OF the Increased Num-
Der of Names on the Roll.

TO THE EpIToR OF THE SUN-Sir. in ex.
PLANTATION. in part at any rate, OF the articls
which appeared in The Sun of April "a
dated at Washington, relating to the con-
tinued maintenance OF the large pension
list OF those who served In the civil wal and
the adding to it each year OF so many new
names of veterans, 1t should be borne in
mind that Notwithstanding the great de-
crease in the roll Of these heroic men because
OF death last year. the thousands Of new
names added to tho list can be attributed
to the fact that they did not avail themselves
OF the pension service until or during the
year Of 1908. And why? Because they
were not entitled to 1t as provided by what
Is known as the age law. not having arrived
at 81. the law requiring them to be Of that
age to become benedciaries.
The Union army. as has been said, was
literally composed Of boys: the Union was
saved by boys In their teens. and many Of
them had not reached their teens when they
enlisted and went TO the front. Is this a
startling statement? The o ficial records SUBJ
stantiate the truth Of it. There were c.77s,-
800 enlistments. Of which also, 600, in round
numbers, were made under the age of n.
Now. prior to 1908, IL is safe to estimate
that tho number Of survivors who engaged
In The war and who had not applied for
pensions, or had not been passed upon by
the Commissioner OF Pensions tapart from
being pensionable for disabilities incurred
10 the line OF service) ran up into the thou
sands because they had not reached the age
which entitled them to receive pensions.
How many in the closing years of the re-
were at the age of eighteen and under?
haven't the figures at hand to show this,
but from the foregoing exhibit readers can
their " conclusions.
Tit article under consideration rightly
explains some OF the causes which have
tl2. 900, oo0. wac. added to 1t last year by the
increase OF widows pensions.
As regards civil war veterans who did
honorable aud faithful service, who were
soldiers not In name only but In deed
also. don't believe any patriotic cit
izen Of the republic begrudges them
has awarded to them or may in the future
bestow. upon them. The brave men who
v~aliantly fought for the preservation and
perpetuity OF, the Union can never be for
gotten for what they did, az expressed so
elo9uentiy by Abraham Lincoln: and al
though there may be those. as affirmed In
names have no proper place on the rolls"
1t ID no argument why worthy names should
not be put on the list, however late II may
be before application is made 10 place them
thereon. The time cannot, be far distant
when the death losses Of the survivors OF
the, old Union army will be exceedingly
when taps will he sounded faster
and faster. until the noble army will be
a memory. The last calls are being
responded to with ~ rspidisy;
Late Captain and Battalion Major. U. s. v.
NEW YORK NAV
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Tho Burlington Daily Nevs, having in
mind the protest Of Ex-Governor OBMsHEz
and other emotional patriots against the
invitation to Colonel BENNETT II. YouN0,
the ex-Confederate. TO speak at st. Albans
In July. says:
"StAgnAion OF mind In Vermont sometimes
rises 10 the height Of . calamity"
As high a. Camel'S Hump or tho tip Of
tho Old Mans nese on Mansfield But
why repinef Vermont ID not the only
Northern State possessing patriots who dc
not realize that the war IL over.
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THE GREAT WHALE SAGA.
Versions, Variants and Notes for III
Prefane Classic Society.

To fHH EDITION OF THt SUN-Str: Four snt
twenty days at sea and not a drop Of lie In the
tanks. And the man on the lookout says: "Tha,
abe biowS.- and l goes AT.
Captain Summons" says I. "the man on tn,
lookou, says. Thar she blown May I lower,"
MI. Sims" says he, -its blowing quite too pesrt
I sec not A. and far to lower.' And ! goes for
rard. and tho man on the lookout says, Thar shs
| blows and breaches" and ! goes AFT.
Captain Simmons says !, the man on tn,
lookout says Thar she blows and breaches,
May I lower"
"Mr. sima." says he. ITS blowing quite toe
peart ! see not nt and far to lower" And I zoe.
forrard. and the man on the lookout says. "Ths,
she blows and breaches and bellows" and I Soes
aft
Captain simmons says I -the man on the
lookout says Thar abe blows and breaches and
bellows!' May ! lower"
mi, Sims" says he. "its blowing quite too
peart: I see not at and far 70 lower And I goes
forrard, aud the man on the lookout says. THAI
she blows and breaches and bellows, and sperm
st thati" and l goes AFT.
Captain simmons says I, the man on the
lookout says, Thar she blows and breaches and
bellows and sperm at that Nay lower'"
MI. Sims" says he, three times have ! told
you you may not lower. but this time you may
lower And be good and - - 10 you!"
We chased that crtter into the middle Of the
next watch. and when W come upon her ! druv
the iron. and II tuk. for I'm he'll on the long
drive. Ana wheo We come s'onsNae oapnin
Simmons $1,000 a. ne tah, INC 'eA's Ike moss
apples rolling down his checks.
"Mr. Sims" says be, you're the fnest mate
that ever sailed with me In the good ship MoEam.
b!aue; Ia the forTard I'LL Of my starboard locker
you'n md whiskcy. gin, tobacco and the best
New England rum-them's yourn for the rest OF
the v'yage,"
CAPTAIN simmons" says !, II don't want none
of your whiskey. gin. tobacco and the best New
nv and that OF a damned cheap sort"
STATEN ISLAND, May II. ". B. H..
-
To TEE EpIroH OF THE SuN-'sT: The text Of
the profane classic can be established al one
stroke by application 70 the Greatest Living Au-
thorty- Wsdsworth Lopgfehow Of
Portland and boston.
II you should care 70 add q stroke. superfuous
though that would be, the man 70 add II 10 William
Mason bradley Of Portland.
AttestAtion Of the qualifications Of these savants
10 pass finally on the teIt of . Maine seafaring
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A jersey Cxnic In New Enaland.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-slr: am a
former Mon,clairtte. and seeing In your paper, Of
which I an a constant reader, . plea for imncdi-
ate help from q brother In distress hasten 10
the rescue. too have lost my walking glasses
while In New York. II my friend will take fewer
OF the glasses which are rather detrimental than
Useful In walking he will not get mixed again.
II he will not raise "hix- he will not need X RAYS.
Ex' MoS1crAInrTI,
NASCHssrHR, W., May IL.
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A Now Rs.a.u. tn E.s,,,h History.

To THR EDITOR OF The UN-Sis The wabble
scems 70 be In port again. and OF course she has
made her customary visit 10 Times Square. A
remarkable historic revelation ID the consequence.
The hitherto uuknoRn fact that Jane Shore was
one Of the wives Of Henry VIII. 10 connded 10 the
public In the descriptive lines printed undcr q
Sunday reproduction OF the Hoibeln portrsls Of
Christine Of Denmark recently sold by the Duke
OF Norfolk. L a.
NEW Yonk. May IL
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We notice a disposition in certain quar-
ters to refer to tho nov Committee Of One
Hundred a. . Republican annex. When
the ticket Ia announced. however. We feel
sure 1t will not DO annexation without
representation.
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Econemyin China.

From ne Shanghai Mereurv.
The PRIME Regent 10 anxious 10 stop all luxu.
rious life In China and Chang chihtuns has pro
pcs-d - order the once Of compilation OF rites
that the rules Of costumes. marriage and mourn.
Ing have 10 Be revised as simple as possible 10
with officials.
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JApaAess - Sseul.

From ~ korta Daily ESvs.
The japanese population Of Seoul h swelilnE
oonsidersbiy. We arc informed that during the
last month II ives Increased By I'll males and So
females, white ts now Japanese houses we're
erected.
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n our friends trso facor US toich manuscripts FOR
sabfteAten e'sh 10 hesf rejected artties retVrntd
Ghey mGsi IN al ceses send stamps tor thdt purposs.
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PARIS once. 50 Rue Louis le Grand. The daily
and Sunday editions arc onssie at Kiosque IL. near
he Grand Hotel Hiosaue H. Boulevard des Cap
ueines, corner Piaee De lopers. and kiosque 10,
Boulevard des ftaliens, corner Rue Louis lie Grand.
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Kulcher-D Does your VIM sb3ss$ 10 "Salsms-f
bsuks-Ysr yet sAs takes ~ hssd % ever
sight
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London once. Bingham House. 1 Arundel
street Strand. The daily and Sunday SUN are
On sale In London ~ tss American and Colo
Nal Exchange, CAfitos street. Regent street.,
md DAVIS Steamship Agency. ~ Green street,
IkfceSter Suuate.
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Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association At 40 Nassau street, in the Borough
ct Manhattan. New York. President and Treas
urey Of the Association. william NJ. Lanan. 10
Nssssp street. Tho once OF Secretary OF the
Association u temporarily vacant.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-25
COLLEGE LECTURE
GIVEN LAST NIGHT

Some thirty-tive ladies and gentlemen
listened interestedly to the lecture of
President Gilmore and Professor Hos
mer at the College of Hawaii last even
ing. Both talks were technical in char
acter and, as such, were doubtless of
large and permanent value TO the stu
dents of higher agricultural and for
estry methods present. President Gill
more continued former lecture on
Soil fertility" illustrating his remarks
with specimens and demonstrations.
His talk of a full hour resolved itself
into the plausible proposition that any
farmer could make his own fertilizers
if he only knew how and could proper
ly apply the same if familiar with the
character and needs of his land. Mr..
Hosmer read an exhaustive paper on
forestry, quoting frequently from Prof.
Giffard Pinchot and eX-President
Roosevelt His paper bristled with
technical propositions and references
but seemed to be thoroughly understood
and appropriated by quite all the small
farmers-and farmeresses-p present
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Judicial Circuit Territory of
Hawaii-At Chamberlain Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of JOSEPH
Oliver Carter (the elder) Deceased.
Order of Notice of Hearing Petition
for Probate Of viii.
A document purporting to be the
Last viii and Testament OF Joseph
Oliver Carter (the elder, late of Ho-
nolulu, Island of oahu, Territory of
Hawaii, deceased, having. ON the 10th
day of March, 1909, been presented to
said Probate Court and Petition for
the Probate thereof and for the issu-
ance of Letters Testamentary to Joseph
Oliver Carter (the youngerO and Henry
Cushman Carter, both of Honolulu
aforesaid, having been filed by the said
Joseph Oliver Carter (the younger) and
Henry Cushman Carter.
1T is HEREBY ORDERED that
Monday, the 18th day OF April, 1903, at
ten o'clock a. m. of said day, at the
INODul VI odAu OOhANt ~ AACNN
lulu aforesaid, be and the same hereby
is appointed the time and place for
proving said Will and hearing said
application.
1T is FURTHER ORDERED that
notice thereof be given by application,
once a week for three successive weeks
in the Hawaiian Star newspaper pub
lished in Honolulu aforesaid, the last
publication to be not less than two
weeks previous to the time therein APP
pointed for hearing.
Dated at Honolulu, March 10th, 1903
(Sgd) w. ]. Robinson,
Third Judge of the Circuit Court, First
Circuit
Attest:
(sgd) NJ. T. sIMoNTON,
Clerk.
Holmes, Stanley & Olson, attorney
for Petitioners.
4ts-Mar. II, IS, 25 and Apr. 1.
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ent takers at Central Union, but to-
morrow has the advantage OF mystery,
for no one knows who's going to talk.
Tomorrow, it is anticipated, there will
be in the Throne Room, members OF
the Anti-Saloon League, Civic FEEDER
alton. Womans Christian Temper
ance Union, Christian EndeaVor, Young
Mems and Young Women's Christian
Associations, Mothers and Teachers
Club, various Improvement clubs, etc,
as well as (if they dare show them
selves against such an array Of Antis)
those who favor the passage of the
proposed liquor law which is vastly
different from the present liquor law.
The attitude of the House in this
matter is still believed to be opposing
70 the bill, although there are Senat-
ors Boosting that they have made sure
that there are enough votes in the
House to carry the bill. If this be so
and it is very much doubted by the
leaders of the House, tonight's and
tomorrow nights meetings may make
a difference