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been increasing or diminishing during the
past ten years. and by what percentage7
What per cent of the farmers in the
locality are renters? On what terms do
they rent?
rs the racial complexion OF the place
changing in what way and how rapidly?
Is the change for better or for worse?
Are there any efforts at cooperation'
Have any such attempts failed in the
past and why?
Where is the local produce marketed.
and at what price?
How many OF the farmers borrow
money, on what security and at what
rate?
AS to new farmers. where do they
come from. why did they leave their for
mer place OF residence and had they ever
fsrmed before
What percentage Of the people are
church members? OF those who are not
(a) what is the reason, OBJ have they
a church preference?
How much money has the township
spent for improvements during the past
i've years. and on what?
In what specie ways might the school
corporate Win the otneT sOClal HbtnCies
in the community?
ITO whom would you report a case Of
economic distress?
Are there any new crops that might
be prohtably introduced into the COM
munity? what Is the greatest need of
the soil? How much does land sell for
per acre?
rs the locality predominately Repub-
l'can or Democratic7 How many social
lists are there? what per cent OF the
qualified electors vote"
Hurrah for PAUL PRY How many
farmers borrow money!" Is especially
good and assumes that the teacher is
also "A director of the local bank. But
the mniu thing is tn keep him or her
busy outs side of the school.
In this same number of the RcricD
the reader learns. and II he Is a father
learns with pleasure but not too much
expectation. that one of the conclu-
slons In the report of II committee OF
the National Council Of Education is:
That the practical and ideal demands
OF society require that the period OF gen
eral education should be shortened by at
least two years. thereby permitting spe-
cialized advanced training while the mind
may still make the most OF it."
Argal waste as much as possible of
the teachers time out of school In SO
cial surveying and Paul Prying and
of the pupils time in school with the
fringes and ilubdubs, the garnlsh with
out the meat, of education" As Pro
fessor PATTERSON Of Dakota Wesleyan
University writes. Our education must
be broad, indeed. If Il Is to Include all
its natural ideals-the scientific, the
literary. the physical. the moral, the
religious. the political and the voca-
tional." Broad, indeed, and as deep "a
a randrop: and happily able 10 dis
pense with fundamentals and essentials.
So broad that good many public
school graduates habltually use two
negatives and can't spell; and the boys
who go to college and the professional
schools are often able to hang out their
doctors or lawyers shingle at the ripe
age of -. 90 or 81.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. |
believe "Old Timer" to be more ingen-
ious than accurate In his attempt this
morning to deprive Senator Conkling OF
the invention OF the term "halcyon and
vociferous.'
II am not sadly in error, the phrase
was used by Mr. Conkling In argument
OF the canal fund case OF People vs..
Denison (s4 N Y 272) at the Court OF
Appeals February Term 1881 Mr..
Conkling appeared for the People and
argued successfully against the powerful
William C. Kruger. afterward Chief
Judge. Awaiting a case OF my own | sat
by during the entire argument
Two phrases of Mr.. Conkling lie In my
mind, one the days of halcyon and vo-
ciferous reform" the other since the son
OF Mary walked beneath the bending
palms Of Palestine"
These ! think, were reported at the
time in the daily press.
FRANCIS LYNpE STETsoN.
STERLINGroN, October q
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WAS THE BRITISH FLEET MO-
BILIZED?
The Question OF Fact Between Dr. Dern-
burg and MIR. A. Maurice Low.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sr' DR..
Bernhard Dernburg's letter In THE SUN
OF to-day betrays evidences OF Irritation.
Perhaps In view OF events that is excusa-
BILE, but let those Of us who are trying
to enlighten the public retain our philo-
sophie calm even In the face Of disappoint-
ment.
Or. Dernburg meets my facts with as
sertions II is what the defenders OF
Germany have done from the beginning.
They make unsubstantlated assertions. re-
lying on the supposed Ignorance OF Ameri-
cans, or trying TO impose by an appear
ance OF truth. DR.. Dernburg asks " do
not know that the British feet had been
mobilixed ever since the first days of July"
I do not know 1t. nor does Or. Dernbwg.
The statement rests on no foundation. In
July a great naval review In honor OF the
King was held. II was not a mobilization
as Dr. Dernburg uses the word and in the
sense he intends to convey. II was an
nounced throughout the world that this
review was going to be held. ~ was no
more a mobilize ton OF the British navy.
again using that word In its proper mill
tary meaning and not resorting to any
bubble. than was President Tafts review
in New York harbor Of the North Atlantic
fleet n mobilization
n Or. Dernburg will submit to THE Sun
such evidence as will satisfy II that DR..
Dernburgs assertion Is correct. that the
British fleet had been modified ever since
the first days Of July. shall be happy to
send Or. Dernburg my check for 800. to
be forwarded by him TO the German Red
Cross or the German Literary Defence
Committee. as he may elect.
When the issue OF fact between DR..
Dernburg and myself has been disposed
of by the verdict OF an impartial Judge
] SHALL be glad to take up for further
consideration Dr. Dernburg's other as
sertions. A. MAURICE Low.
WAgHINGTOS October 2
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A PRAYFR FOR THE PEACE or
THE WORID.

Fsther NO have offended against Thv
law, and have broken Thy command
mcnt; and Thy wrath is heavy upon
Thy erring children.
Thy Christening rod falls on the proud
and strong, as on the humble and weak;
all Thy people bear the stripes of Thy
Just anger
We acknowledge our ignorance and
wrongdonr. and beseech Thee to for
give us our tran gressions
Light our path. we pray. with knowl-
edge Of Thy design. and make clear our
way with understanding OF Thy sover-
eign will, that. recognizing Thy purpose,
we may render full obedience to Thy
regulation.
Give to us courage to put down our
TO suhdue our vanity.
III dow Thy servants who sit in the
leg!s r. uies o. the earth with probity
and reason FAITHFULLY to perform their
tasks accord.:.g to Thy wish.
FIJI with Thy grace all governors and
magistrates who under Thee rule Thy
children. that they may righteously obey
Thy decree and fulfil Thy ordinance.
Grant to Thy repentant children re-
lease ON war, We beg. and with Thy
great love bind up the wounds our sins
haze bought upon us; send comfort
to those ". ose sorrows Thy providence
alone s,, assuage; heal with Thy
mere, t:e tLr,s from which we suffer;
and bring Tav children again to peace
In Thy constant justice.
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Tho home loving thief who only wan
dored from his own flresde to plumber
women he met at teas anG dances is
nothing but new variant OF an old
type. Even so. he should prove god
send to our faded fictioneers. who are
hard put to 1t to keep up the supply OF
ten and fifteen cent heroes His devoted
wife, who betrays his guilty secret but
forgets his little alterations in the fact
that he has a police bullet somewhere in
his anatomy. will be "A valuable Law fig
ure also for feminine romanticists OF
the beauty and the beast" school. The
sad part OF 1t all is that no matter what
fancy curves they may lmpart to the
theme the story builders will never be
able to invent anything half so strange
and compelling OF interest as the simple
facts In the case as recorded with sim
pie vcracity by the newspaper report
ers. When II comes to the strange con-
tfadictions Of human nature fiction has
no earthly chance against truth.
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Conditions In the fatherland promise
to arouse the patriotism of our German
citizens to a degree that will make the
present season at the Irving Place
Theatre one of the most prosperous IL
has ever known, although the company
still lacks some of its most important
members. There should he some such
feeling OF patriotism to MI the Century
Theatre, whore opera is being sung in
the English language for the benefit Of
the people. Although the war might
have been expected to prevent the per-
formances nj the Metropolitan Opera
House there now seems no likelihood
that New York will he deprived of this
feature az its winter season. Rut tho
really native opera is that sung IN
English, and the thought that New
York might have been compelled t.
depend for it's supply Of such music
upon the American and other singers
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. Your
correspondent from Wikesbarre seems to
imply that the line "su ne cede malls sed
contra audentior ito" Is Horatlan. Surely
Vergil, "wielder Of the stateliest measures
ever moulded by the lips of man." ought
to have credit for his own.
Why Is the Mantuan bard so neglected
now by literary men?
Are there three lines in Latin which
surpass these?
stunt lacrlme rerum Ell mentem mortalia
tsngunt"
una salus victis nullam sperars salutem."
EFT trepide matres pressere ad pectors
natos"
BROOKLYN, October 2. ANXIOUS Soils
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Mr.. j. G.. WHITE OF this town has
founded three scholarships in the Span
ish language at the Pennsylvania State
College AS stimulus to the students
to nj themselves for handling Latin
American trade Not merely a stlmu-
lus but an Indispensable preparation
1t is to be hoped that Mr. WHITES ex-
ample will he catching" American
schools and colleges are as a rule no.
toriously deficient and impractical in the
eaChing of modern languages. They give
instruction in Spanish as II 1t were
SansCrit or Greek. II may be beau.i-
fully "idealistic" and appropriate 10
culture" to teach young men painfully
to spell out the cid" and a play or two
of LoPE DE VEGA and CALpERoN, but how
can the classic" Castilian ever be
appreciated by him who knows not the
strong, resonant. living. every day
speech? Why don't the lords OF gown
and mortarboard condescend to the
present and make their students speak
Spanish instead OF reading a little OF
II difficulty and vainly? The young
BraZilians and Chileans often wonder
politely what languages American coll
legians acquire or think they acquire.
Imagine the ease with which a Span
lard whose English was derived from
CHAuCER, SHAKESPEARE and BEN JoNsoN
would order tripe and onions or liver and
bacon in New York.
When will the colleges cease to snore
among the "humanities" and inanities
cease to regard all languages as dead
(for even English theJ follow from the
skeleton), and teach to the ear the
noblest as well as the most useful Of
"humanities," the quick speech of street
and market. the organ Of millions Of
human beings, warm with their needs
and passions, and not chilled and choked
by ancient CLOSES and pedantries?
Our compliments to Senior BLANco;
and may he find a thousand imitators!
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The Peoples Interest In Medical
Education

That the general public is deeply con-
cerned In the product Of our medical
schools is fact repeatedly adverted to
IN These columns, This truth has been
convincIngly demonstrated in recent
address by II, $, PRIrcuETr Ph. D., the
sfi'cient president Of the Carnegie Foun.
dalton for Advancement Of teaching.
who has for many years fearIessly and
fairy laid bare the shortcomings Of
some OF our second rate and more or
less commercialized medical colleges
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04

Mr.. LAWSON PURDY's criticism OF the
waste In New York's periodical shifting
Of its butiness-and Observation-Disclosures
tat from one section o. Manhattan ISL
and to another In well grounded There
is hardly parallel to 1t anywhere in
the world. Other cities usually wait
for their novels to become decrepit be-
fore replacing them with palaces but
New York has thus far thought nothing
of railing the monuments OF yesterday
To erect in their stead the topless towers
OF tomorrow, regardless OF the wealth
that 1t annihilates In the dream of the
new millions that II embodies in steel
and stone. Thsre In one reinsurance in
the process as II goes on. II must in
the very nature Of things be attaining
finallty. There Is a limit to the mill
ions that even New York can afford to
reduce to builders junk. The cost OF
the new Manhattan. now a-buti,ling. is
fair guarantee that 1t will be allowed
to stand at least for a couple Of genera
tons
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Let X Eoual the Uyph.n. Ar

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS--Sir. am
lust a plain American. with no ancestor on
either side for more than two hundred
years who was not born within the terri
tory Of the thirteen original States
But that ancestry was Swiss Dutch. Irish.
Polish and English, and ! am anxious TO
learn from hyphenated Americans how to
use the overworked dash in my own case
LhTrLn FIRRY, N. j.. October 3. HYMN
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at the Century Theatre ought to NIL
its seats.

III CARRANzA wishes to become q can
didate. that is the right of every Next
can citizen, but he cannot use the Gov
eminent to be elected. Let him select a
civilian President and then run. I will
oppose with all my power any efforts to
bring about h f|turn of the old Dias
succession in oftce.---GenordI VILLA.
The issue is made clear. Governor
CARRANzA can serve as provisional Presi-
dent onl. by agreeing not to be a
candidate at the polls. thus respecting
the Constitution. But General VILLA
Is determined that CARRANzA shall make
way for a civilian during the interreg-
mum. As the First Chief seems equally
determined to test his popularity In the
national election he cannot object to
General VILLAS terms, although the
spirit OF them may be resented.
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Returning from his Western trip
Colonel ROOSEVELT says that he never
felt better in his life. Everybody will
he glad to hear that. and the proof
that the Colonel means 1t Is that he IL
about to lead the forlorn hope in New
York State TO elect the Hon. FREDERICK
NJ DAVENPORT Governor.
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The story Of the King Of the Belgians
countering on the Kaiser with a threat
to shoot the Duke OF MEcKLENBURG-
ScHwERIN with his own hand" II the
Germans should burn Brussels is alto
gether too good to die. No doubt II
will hold Its place in near history for
ages along with HASNIBAL's vinegar
cruet. OMAR's destruction Of the Alex
andrian Library and the horrors OF the
Bastile. There is a touch of melo-
drama and a hint OF poetic Justice in
the alleged incident which give just the
right color for a popular legend.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04

When the parcel post farm to table"
services drive all the green grocers out
of business will patcrnal administra-
ton give them and their employees jobs
in the postal service?
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So quiet go the years amid life's rush
We give them little heed nor value high;
Only, at last, in some dim twilights hush
We know how much We missed when tho,
passed byl
ARIHuR WALLACE PEACH.
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1T is important to know the speed ~
motor traffic, but how is the road builde-
going TO find II out? He can count the
number and kind of vehicles moving on
the stretlsh he wishes to pave, but how
Is he to get the weight OF the loads and
the varying speeds Yet he knows that
ten ton vehicle going at four miles an
hour will impose much less strain and
wear upon his road than an eight ton
motor moving At ten miles an hour.
He knows that the speed Is more vital
to him as a road builder than the weight
OF the loads. but-and here's another
snag-he doesn't know just how much
more important the speed Is. Doubtless
there is a mathematical formula for O..
but II hasn't been worked out yet
Separate problems of grading, cutting,
filing, drainage and so forth enter into
each mile OF road built. OF ten contigu-
Gus miles of road no two miles may cost
the same TO build. and five of tho ten.
owing to local conditions. may he better
bricked and the other five better concerted.
You can't make safe generalizations about
IT,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04

Marriage Is a great Institution II you
get the right wife-Vice- President MAR
SHALL
greater institution still IL the
woman can hold similar opinion
about her husband
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THE rvENiNG suN. PEI Month...''. q
THE EvE~'NG st'N. Per Year .........s 81
TINE EvE\l<G SIS ,Forcign). Fer Mo o
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Published daily. irnui.ug sunday. by the
Sun u-.uuug AID PubAshing Association at
i,u S8.snI street iu the Borough 81 Man
haitian. Nsv York President and Treasurer
William = R"ck 40 Nassau street vice
President Edward T.. Mitchell 40 Nassau
street. secretary e. Z LuNton. 40 Nassau
street
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Al rh.rks r,bVe, orders. &C., to be made
pa, able tr TuL SIS.
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Points to Cost of Brick.

MIR. Lewis, the Board OF Estinate's
engineer. expressed the conviction 'h,,
there Ii nothing superior to brick -old
perfectly laid and might agree with him.
but has he counted fully the cost R.ck
roads cost to build from SIC. non 10 t3e o0N
n mile; they are, as roads go. tremen.
dously expensive. Concrete IL less costly.
but Ii II better? There's tho Vanderbilt
motor parkway on Long Island: that 10
concrete road. There are plcnt, n,
concrete roads around Detroit. should
hardly agree with Gov Glynn whom M
holds that concrete has not heon We'll
tested rather think II has.
But II II isn't laid conscientiouslv {.
can he as short lived and full of holes "a
brick paving And concrete is sometimes
too hard and none to smooth Driving on
II Is then like driving on sheet steel
Wood block is about as costly as brick
Do you know that many OF the great high.
ways Of the State get n heavier traffic
than many city streets? Take such an
artery as the main route from Albany
to Buffalo. There is every reason for
paving that with as much expense and
as much care as YOU eXpend on Broad
way.
Some OF the factors that enter into
the calculation Of the best kind Of road
construction at n given place and given
time are building cost yearly maintenance,
life OF the road tons of travel year per
foot of width. and n new and important
but unknown factor-motor speed.
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ENGINEERS APPLAUD
GLYNN'S ROAD FIGHT
Some Disagree With Governor
as to Brick Being Best Paw.
ing Material.
ONE SEES SPEED PROBLEM

The consensus Of engineers as ra-b.
cred by THE SUN gives genuine app,,,,i
OF GOV. Glynn's :ndlctmcn, Of pr,s,,.
road building IN New York state. ,,.,,.t
In this newspaper on September 81 Me-,
who know about highway constu,,,.,,
say, without exception. that the G,,-
ernors charges of unsound nn,n,,r,
lack OF plan and mistaken syns,r,i .ti,,,
are well founded.
AS to the question Of vitrihed brr.
roads. which Gov. Glynn Is corylpg.J
would be the best Investment for ,bs
state there is wide divergence OF ,i.ir.
ION. Such authorities AS Neis1n -
Lewis. chief engineer OF New York ..,,.s
Board OF Estimate Clifford R!rhlris,r
Prof. A. II. Blanchard of Columbia Co,
r. A. Stevens, Commissioner Of Hishv.vs
for the state OF New Jersey: A. y .Io-r.
son. ex-Highway Commissioner Of m.
nois: engineers In the employ Of Gtcafar
New York and others have been qu.s.
toned. and from the replies already "a.
ceived 1t seems that "A majority ~ INA
experts could not agree upon any tyne q,
road as best
mo type of road IL the best" sait
Clifford Richardson Every one assent,
10 the fact that macadam Ia useless whore
there Is motor traffic of any volume
whether roads of vitrifed brlcK or con.
crete with n bituminous surface or wood
blocks or any other construction sr.
best depends upon many factors
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DAILY. Per Month .................''s y" "o
DAILY, Per Year. ........,..,..'.''.'' ""
SUNDAY. Per Month. .....'.''' ="
!t'NpAY Go Canada, Per Month u"
SUNDAY. Per Year ...............-.. 90
DAILY NND SUNDAY Per wear ...... 90
Dali, AND SUNDAY. FER Month. IS
FoRLioN RAINS
DAILY. Pcr Month. .........-........ 20
SUNDAN. Pc Month ........t....'.' 10
DAILY ANp SUNDAY. FER Month. 20
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-20
Pervsrsity Of Human Nature.

The peTversity of human nature will
assert itself even with the best reg
ulated disposition. When we should
work, we want to rest, and when we
are enforced to rest, then work is
craved. In the midst of pleasure days
or vacation days, the exhilaration of
busy days seems more aiiuring In
sweltering summer the cool winds OF
winter are recalled as a welcome men,
ofy, and IN the biting frost of winter
the sweltering days of "the good old
summer time" mellow into a pleasant
recollection. The days Of leisure, long
anticipated as a haven of hope when
it was planned to do so much of the
neglected work and reading, slip away
underline spell of doing nothing-and
again we realize the age-old truth that
the lash of necessity and pressure of
the duties of the present accounts for
many things accomplished that would
not have been achieved If one fell I'M
der that inherent impulse to loaf that
inspired Omar Khayyani, and the fas-
cinating spell Of lethargy captures its
willing victim.-"Publishers' Depart
ment," in National Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-20
SIMPLE HOUSE FOR POULTRY
Warmth vii! Always Be Prime Fac
tor in Egg Production-seneht
Of Plastered Walls.

The simplest poultry house is the
best. Better results have been OBJ
tanned by using the old and we'll
known plan of having a house eight
feet in fronta and six feet in the rear,
ten or twelve fee square, with a WIN
dow on the south side, than from any
other, and such a house costs but III
tie, holding a flock Of from a dozen
to twenty fowls. The poultry house
for a cold climate may be plastered,
as warmth will always be a prime fac
tor in egg production in winter, and
the plastered walls will be of i'm
mense advantage in preventing lice
from hiding in summer. One of the
points to observe Is that a good shed
is better in summe than a close
house and will cost but little. 1t must
be tight at the back and sides, as
drafts of air. even in warm seasons,
will do damage. Fowls can endure
cold weather or stand the warmest
days In summer, but will not, thrive
where drafts Of air come on them at
night. The cost of a poultry house
is the matter that causes the begin
mel to consider. 1t is not necessary
to bother about ventilators and other
appliances. Make the house as sim
pie III design as possible, and the
cost will be a minimum and the fowls
comfortable. Get a hardy breed,
leave the doors and windows open at
night. clean frequently, SO as to pre-
vent foul doors, use plenty of white.
wash, and the fowls will not be un-
thrifty in a cheap house.