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authority on sonic subject. Such excellence is closely bound up with pecuniary advancement. One boy fond of study, having borrowed all he could and being pressed by his creditors, announced a course of three lectures on " Moses," "Abraham

Lincoln," and "Tompkins County." The proceeds paid his debts and gave him leisure for another season. Another boy who had collected animals, plants, and stones from the neighborhood, and had vainly tried to interest his fellow-cit- izens in this branch of inquiry, finally advertised a dime mu- seum. At the hour appointed a line of two hundred citizens, each with his dime, was waiting at the door. They marched through the museum, examined

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success. Other boys have given stereopticon lectures, concerts, and athletic exhibitions. Many examples might be given, showing the marked individuality of this system of education. The law is the chief road to eminence. Boys who in New York are dodging the police are here in the corners studying the statutes of New York, codes of procedure, or Reed's parliamentary rules. In the first two vears there was a large amount of civil litigation, and the lawvers made i^ood fees. Gradually, however, the citizens dis- covered that the court's awards were so light and the legal expenses so heavy that in 1897 there were few civil suits. The richest bov in 1897 was the most successful lawyer, who left in the fall with an accumulation of $53. His practice was wholly in the defense against criminal charges. The district attorney, elected by popular vote, receives a salary.

The industrial classes in carpentering, farming, and so on, are