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and pc terry. The girls make doll Clothes
hem towels, napkins and sheets. and be-
gin to mend their own clothes. They also
learn lace -laking and embroidery 1t
is the same in the next two years, and
at ten domestic science is added and
further instruction is given in the branch
es already taken up. This manual train
ing is continued throughout the eighth
grade. the children being allowed to
specialize as they or their parents wish.
In all of the schools there is nature
study. and the children learn about the
plants Of the islands. Some of the
schools have farms connected with them,
and special instruction is given as to the
chief crops. There are altogether thirty
or forty thousand acres in such farms,
and on one of them, consisting of about
fifteen acres, eighty. boys worked last
year on an average of about two hours
day. They maintained fifty-two gar
den plots and planted and harvested pea
nuts, tobacco and corn. This was at
Batac, Many of the common schools
have gardens where vegetables are
grown. They have tree nurseries and
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Drought forth good many plans from
the ropes principal advisers, and sew
eral offers from foreign lands wishful of
the honor of housing the successor of
Peter have actually been received.
Even as early as ten years ago the
Prince of Monaco, who had not then
auarreled with the Vatican, offered the
rope his principality. with his beautiful
holiness did not relish the unsavory
neighborhood of Monte Carlo. and per-
maps the prince knew well enough that
ms offer would not be accepted. Any
how, it was merely filed for future ref
erence in a portfolio that now bulks
large with other offers.
The most interesting of these have
come-so the writer has it on good au-
thorlty-from the Argentine Republic and
from Brazil, from both of which the Vat
lean has received offers not only of sane
tuary. but of considerable tracts of terri
tory In which the pontiff would have full
temporal power as the governor of an af-
Inflated free state. Proposals for liberal
grants or money accompanied these Of
fers. especially that from the rich Argen-
tine, and as there is practically no dis
affection there, the suggestion has been
considered more seriously than the pub
Tic or the Italian government has dream
ed of. These South American proposals
are. the writer understands, open indef-
initely, and If sudden danger should come
10 the Vatican, in these days of sudden
udhseiS, tileTe are 1actS and nguroS all
ready for reference and plans so COM
plete that the Vatican and all it's treas
ures could be shipped for South America
before the world had fairly awakened
from its establishment.
In case of any such great flight, how
ever, the present plan is that the Pope
should first make tour of the principal
Roman Catholic countries of Europe.
Another plan that has been under con-
sideration has been removal to the great
hermitage of Einselden, in Switzerland
where Cardinal Rampolla usually spends
his summer holidays. This would offer q
splendid abode to a Pope in retreat, es-
peciaEy as it is in neutral state. Elm
sieldeh. whose foundation dates back
more .tan a thousand years, lies midwa '
betweeTs Zurich and Lucerne at the sum.
NIT of al solitary mountain almost fort.
ress, failing chain of gigantic. snow
white leaks. 1t was ST. Mainard
prince aid martyr. a noble of the ancient
house OF Hohenzollern, who, renouncing
all the attractions of wealth and posi-
ton, assumed at an early age the monks
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A Bad Name.

MAYOR BRAND WHITLOCk of To-
1VA ledo, who recently refused a five
hundred-dollar increase in salary, was
talking about certain trust magnate.
He's got a bad name" said tho
mayor-novelist Hence he can't get
square deal He's got as bad a name
for a lawsuit as Dodgin had for a man.
ager
.'Dodgin was the new manager of a
biscuit concern. There was a workman
at the concern who liked to sneak off to
"A shed at. about , in the afternoon and
smoke a pipe and look over the after
noon paper for half an hour or SO. Well.
one day as the workman sat reading and
smoking in the shed. Dodgin appeared
WHO are your Dodgin asked STERN
IN. frownng at the idle workman.
THE workman frOwned back
Huh. who are you?' said he.
I'm Dodgin, the new manager was
the reply.
.At this the workman smiled
:" SO am l. he said, heartily Come in
and have smoke"
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there are classes OF seed selection and
in poultry raising.
In the eighth grade courses are given
in housekeeping and the household arts.
The girls learn domestic science and they
practice cooking. This work will eventu-
ally make great change in the house
keeping and cooking of the people.
Physiology. hygiene and sanitation are
taught in all the schools.
In addition to the regular schools there
are trade schools and manual training
schools There are many thousands of
students who are perfecting themselves in
special lres with view to having a
trade after leaving school. and $4,000
are doing industrial work in the upper
grades. About 1900 boys are learning
carpentry, and they will supplant the Chi
nese and Japanese carpenters who now
practically have monopoly of the build
ing and cabinet work of the islands.
In the school of arts and trades at
Manila the boys are taught how to do
all kinds of mechanical work. They han
die machinery, they repair automobiles,
and they do all sorts of wood working
and iron working. In addition to this
there are thirty-five other trade schools,
or one for each province. The most of
these are equipped with machinery out
fits, and all have adequate sets of wood
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coWl and made his way through the dark
forest. erecting a simple cabin, where he
lived for the rest of his days. From this
abin EinSielden has thriven until there
are today several small churches and an
immense convent with a cathedral whose
great towers are noticeable from affair.
Thousands of pilgrims meet here every
year from all parts of the Catholic world
and 1T has been at various times a rest
ing place for emperors. kings and princes
Napoleon III was several times a guest of
the monastery.
:: x
1t is pretty certain that Einsielden has
been made a subject of careful inquiry
by the Vatican authorities as place Of
retreat in case of peril.
But it must not be judged from all this
that the Vatican considers itself in any
immediate danger of necessity to quit
Rome. On the contrary it is almost Sc
cretly strengthening and increasing home
defenses, under new and significant
policy.
For a great many years the Pope has
confined his kingdom TO the territory
which extends on one side at the rear of
st. Peters Cathedral, over few square
mites of ground; but it IS now the inten-
ton of Plus X not only to spread the
limit of his own kingdom, but to create
greater territorial dominion. with col
onies in the very heart of Rome.
nee the time Oh the Occupation Oh
Rome by the Italians the royal mint has
had its seat in old building overlook
ing the Popes private gardens, so be-
loved by Leo XIII. and which are now
the daily theater of sentimental walks by
Plus X. 1t is "A quaint three-stored build
ing, almost prisonlike, with ( its large
window gratings. which was constructed.
as shown by marble inscription. by
Plus vi as a summer residence for him
self and was afterward changed into the
papal mint, just a few years previous to
the Italian occupation of Rome.
BY force of an existing convention with
the Italian government the Pope has
been granted the use of the Italian mint
for the purpose of striking certain re-
ligious medals. The Vatican engineers
are, therefore. allowed to work jointly
with the Italian workmen whenever a
fresh supply of medals is wanted by the
Pope. Notwithstanding this agreement
the fact that the officials of the Italian
government were thus empowered at any
moment not only to watch the move
ments OF the papal court, but even to
listen to the gossip of the cardinals and
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whole action of the Pope is to be con-
sidered. according to them. as precau-
t;onary mea sure against any danger
should the present war in Tripoli end III
reverse and consequently in unpopu-
larity for the present government. AT
any rate, there is in the new policy of
the Vatican good ground to believe that
work of defensive nature is being ear
ried out quietly. Not only is the Vatican
charging and strengthening it's territory,
but, by radical change in it's army, the
Pope has surrounded himself by body
of strong and we'll equipped soldiers.
whose modern rifles and ammunitions
leave no doubt of their intention of being
an effective defense for the holy see.
If it were not that history makes itself
so quickly nowadays, especially in the
Latin nations, these strange movements
in the Vatican would seem uncalled. foE
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Working in the Dark.

g ECRETARY MACVEAGH, at a din
- ner in Washington. was urging the
need of scientific financial laws.
But let us make these laws scientifi-
calIy,'' he said. I'VE must let in the
light We must work in the light. If
we work in the dark. you know, we will
go wrong-like young Cornelius Husk.
Cornelius Husk was called one winter
morning before dawn, and told to go and
harness the mule to the dearborn.
The lad was too lazy to light a Ian
tern, and in the dark he didn't notice
that one of the cows was in the stable
with the mule.
.:As he tried to harness the COW his
father, impatient at the long delay.
shouted from the house:
= 'Corney! Corney! What We dom :?
- can't get the collar over the mule
head the boy replied. His ears are
frozen"
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Joining the mint have also been taken up.
Most probably the building of the mint
will be restored to it's original use as a
summer residence, and the adjoining old
houses will be pulled down in order to
allow the extension of. the gardens and
the construction of another tract of wall
encircl1ng completely the Vatican's terri
tory.
tected tower is going to be constructed
by the Italian government in close prox-
unity to the mint, thus empowering ANY
BODY or sentries to command with their
rifles or qulck-fring gun the whole of
the Dapal territory. Such a tower, being
protected by the gigantic dome of st.
Peter, would undoubtedly be of consider
able advantage to an army whose plaEs
were to resist an entry into the Vatican
domains, but how far this case might
have been considered is kert secret.
recent and personal experience has
made the writer aware that a new spirit
is abroad at the Vatican. as severe in
functions have been made to prevent any
photograph being taken of the places
where the new works will be carried on
Never has a permit been necessary to
enable one to wander around the Vatican
with an innocent camera, yet the writer
was asked to apply at special office in
the Vatican and wait a couple of weeks
before permit was granted for taking
this photo of the disappearing mint 1t
was on condition that it would bt, used
for journalistic purposes only that he was
nnally allowed to direct his camera at
that peculiar building whose fate no one
is yet able to foretell.
4
But it is not only at the Vatican itself
that the Pope is enlarging his territory.
BY order of Plus Y a great building also
has been bought in the very center of
Rome, not far from the Qur!nal. which
henceforth will provide a residence for
the cardinal vicarrio,' or chief of the
Italian clergy. Another building has been
bought at short distance, and an i'm
lnense theological school is now being
erected on papal ground in the northern
part of Rome.
All these buildings and lands having
been bought in the name of the Pope
himself, an occupier of the holy see.
it is understood that the Italian govern
Elent will be compelled to consider them
as territories belonging to foreign nations,
like embassies or consulates, which cam
not be taxed, nor searched nor seized
without the authority of the occupiers.
This fact is so significant that 1t is be-
lieved some members of parliament are
likely to bring before the house the ques-
ton of the legitimacy Of the sales. The
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Every SCHOOL HAS
ITS OWN BASEBALL TEAn

Islands further south. and these had their
dialects.
The Moros of Mindanao and Sulu had
their own language, but it was different
in different places. The whole archipel-
ago in short was a Babel with such a con-
fusion of tongues that it would have been
impossible to have introduced modern
civilization without new language. Uncle
Sam has given the people this new tongue
and it is tine United States English.
1T is necessary to understand the above
conditions to know what we are doing in
educating the islands. My information
comes from letters and reports just re-
ceived by the bureau of insular affairs of
the War Department. and from talks with
Gen. Clarence Edwards and from officers
who have recently returned from the
Philippines.
The story Is one Of live progress We
are establishing schools everywhere and
that on the American plan. Many have
been instituted among the wild tribes, and
the Igorrotes, the Bagobas and the Ifugaos
have schools of their own. Some of the
wild boys learn Their lessons sitting on
the floor of their matched Schoolhouses,
clad in Little more than gee-string. The
lgorrote schoolboys wear caps and jack
cts and gee-strings, but the little ones
speak English and they are acting as in
terpreters for their fathers engaged in
tHc government WOTkS. we are even eQu-
eating some of the Negritos. the children
OF our cave-dwellng pygmies. and our
education of the Filipinos themselves is
going on everywhere.
As It is now We have altogether about
100000 children on the school rolls This
IS FOR one year, the monthly average be-
ing considerably less on account of the
many absentees during part of the time
New school buildings are. going up
throughout the archipelago and 81 900 600
will be spent for those erected for pri-
mary scholars this year The school
houses of the Span ards were long. low
buildings of one room, with heavy walls
and roof OF tiles or thatch The floor
was the ground. and the windows We're of
wooden bars. Many Of the new buildings
are OF reinforced concrete, and not a few
have two stories. The roofs are of iron
Some of these buildings are after plans
Drawn by the students at Manila. They
are made on the unit system, so that
rooms can be added as the school grows.
1t is said that many of the school
houses now going up in the country dis
tricts are superior to the same class in
the United States. In many out-of-the-
way places there are schooIrooms still
walled with bamboo and rooted with
thatch. All are built to suit tropical
needs. Very few of them have glass win
dows and all are well up from the ground
and light and airy
Many of these school buildings have
Fairgrounds, and others have gardens and
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A Paradox.

n REPRESENTATIVES, UNDE r w . 0 d
N said the other day in Washington,
apropos of tariff tangle:
..It is contradictory and confusing, but
IFS true Lots of contradictory and con-
fusing things are true, you know. Thus
IL q horse runs away with a man the
man is liable to be laid up for six or
eight weeks, while If a man runs away
with a horse he is liable to be laid up
for six or eight years
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RECENTLY
eu.edas a md Mbaryfor blblcal student

monsignori when they strolled in the
orange-scented gardens, was complained
of several times by Leo XIII, but unsuc-
cessfully He once observation-disclosures
this story was subsequently denied-tO
have an enormous wall erected against
the Italian possession if the mint was not
removed from the Vatican.
Whatever the truth of this statement,
there were certainly a good many cem-
plants directed by the holy prisoner to
the Italian government for noise and dis
turbances caused by his undesirable
neighbors. Certainly the minis old build
ing proved itself an immense advantage
to us Journalists when we were watching
from some Of its windows either move
ment which might have proved the long
waited death Of Leo XIII or q sign Of
that .sfumata'' which would have an
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indeed. The recent great consistory, at
which seventeen cardinals received their
hats, demonstrated one reason why Rome
would make heavy sacrifices rather than
lose the Pope. The ceremonies brought
such crowds to the city as could not ba
matched by any sort of civic demonstra-
ton the Vatican government might get
up
If the king were advertised to stand
on his head Trajan's column he
could not enrich the thrifty Roman mer-
chants and hotel keepers half as much
as the announcement of any unusual cere-
mony at ST. Peters. Without the Vati-
can Rome would be financially worse off
than if deprived of the ruins of the
Forum. So, though the business Roman
of today is often lax in his religious
views, he could be counted upon to de-
fend Romes greatest asset vigorously
from any revolutionary outbreak
Copyright. 1872 by Curtis Brown
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nounced to the world that his successor
had been elected by the conciave.
The mint has been until now the only
outpost which the Italian government has
had in the papal territory; it has been
the only place in the Vatican where the
armies of beth the kingdoms. the papal
and the Italian. We're continually patrol
ling as friendly sentinels of adjoining
states; all the rest of the Vatican is en-
circled by wall thirty feet high.
X x
The Pope has now succeeded in buy
ing from the italian government this
eagerly wished part of foreign terri
tory, and the Vatican will thus be en-
larged by good square mile OF land as
it is understood that some old houses ad
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and Japan. Later on tea raising will
probably be taken up.
A great work is going on i'm educating
the Filipino teacher. Since we took hold
of the islands about 200 of the native
students have been sent by our govern
ment to the United States to be educated,
and there are now large normal schools
in the Philippines. There is one at Ma
Mia which has hundreds of pupils. 1t
stands on the old exposition grounds, and
is equipped with gardens, laboratories
ana agricultural experiment grounds. 1t
has domestic science kitchens, where the
teachers learn cooking. 1t has a manual
training school and a library. Connected
with this there is correspondence
school which is being used by 1900
teachers scattered here and there
throughout the archipelago.
The Manila Normal School has also a
summer session during April and May.
at which there are courses in industrial
work. in the various branches of teach
ing,and also in music, drawing and physf-
cal training. That school was attend
ed by 500 teachers last year. and they
came from every part of the islands.
There are other summer schools at the
provincial apitals, and there are vaca-
ton classes in the schools of art and
trades.
very important educational force is
the Teachers Vacation Association.
camp on the Baguio hills. where l. also
the summer capital of the Philippines. The
teachers go there and camp out for sew
eral weeks, during which time they have
classes of various kinds. Among the
branches studied are lace making, en-
broidery. Spanish and Philippine history,
and the science Of education. They have
lectures and other entertainments. ThG y
hold conferences. and discuss tneir work
in the schools. Next year it is expected
that men of note from the United st ,te;
will come to lecture at that conference.
In 1911 the camp was attended by more
than 200 superintendent and teachers.
In connection with this vacation camp
are extensive athletic grounds. Taere
are tennis courts, base ball diamonds an I
golf links The summer school at Manila
is similarly equipped; and at the Morn al
School there are five base ball teams.
three tennis courts and sixty girls in the
basket ball Clubs.
Athletics is now popular in all the COM
mon schools. In the base ball tourna-
ments of last year LOO games We e
played by $50 teams, and the people came
from far and wide to see them. Eve v
school now has its own base ball team,
and the teams of the various prov nee
come together and compete 1ndeel, base
ball is almost as much a national gaTe
in the Philippines as it is in the Unite
States. 1t is played by the soldiers, and
1t is they who have taught the Filipinos
The bureau of education is now work
ing out Il plan to introduce organized
athletics among all the students coming
under its control. 1t will organize Pub
lie Schools Athletic League which will
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HERE is more I'M
easiness in the
Vatican than the
o u I s i q e world
knows. and it has
manifested itself in
W o significant
ways, to which no
attention has been
called hitherto.
In the first place
quiet preparations
are afoot 10 make
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The New Commandment.

9 ENATOR PENROSE, apropos of Pres
- ident Tafts anti-monopoly message,
said the other day with smile:
'In the past we were forbidden to put
our trust in riches. and now we are for.
hidden also to put our riches in trusts"
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POPES SECRET PLANS FOR FLIGHT FROM :
. FFERS of Great Grants

q FFERs of Great Grants
~ of Land and Money in
Argentine and Brazil for Es-
Enlistment of Vatican in
South America Have Been
Carefully Considered and
Filed for Use in Case of
Revolution-Meanwhile Pos
sibility of Popular Upheaval
in Case of Italian Reverses
in Tripoli Have Caused His
Holiness to Strengthen Vati-
can Defenses Significantly in
Rome.
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up a ma
ton,
That is what
Uncle Sam is doing
in the Philippines.
He has started
100000 people TO
thinking. and both
the wild man and
the civilized are
using their brains
The ladies with
which he is stir
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WAKING UPA NATIONoG,

LIGHT Thousand Teachers
II and Their Half Million
Scholars-Giving the Philip
pines Language w h a t
English Means to the Islands
"A Look at the Schools and
the New choolhouses-Three
Hundred Thousand Boys and
Girls Who Are Having Man
ua1 Training Courses in
Weaving, Lacemaking, Farm
ing and Gardening-The Nor
NAL Schools and How the
Teachers Are Trained-Sum-
mer Schools Everywhere
The Correspondence School
and the Teachers Camp
Athletics Twelve Hundred
Base Ball Teams and the
National Meets.