Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1889 — Page 4

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NEW YORK GUsey House and Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA A. pTKemble, 3735 Lancaster arenue. CHICAGO-Palmer H0U8O. CINCINNATI J. P. Hawiey fc Co., 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deering. northwest corner Third and Jeflersou streets. BT. LOUIS tTnion News Company, Union Depot and Southern HoteL WASHINGTON, D. G.Kigg9 House and Zhbltt House. Some of the muuicipal officers of some of the little towns that have been lost and swallowed up in the great Chicago are refusing to surrender and are kicking about it. Better keep still. It was Jonah's restlessness that caused the big . fish to land him high and dry. The remarkable growth of the cpttonFeed oil business in the South is shown by tho fact that there are now 213 mills in that section as compared with 1880. Until within tho last year or two the hulls of tho seeds, after the oil is expressed, were supposed to bo worthless. Now they are found to possess fine fattening qualities and are widely used as a food for animals. The conferring of the degree of doctor of divinity upon Rev. W. P. Thhkield, president of tho Methodist (North) School of Theology at Atlanta, Ga., by the Emory College (Church South) was a proper thing to do,' and marks tho dawn of abetter day. Until very lately all teachers of the colored-people from the North have been ostracised socially by their Southern brethren. Let brotherly love continue. The vituperativeness of the Demo cratic press is simply colossal. The Philadelphia Times, that has not been happy one hour since the 6th of last No vember, calls President Mendenhall "arespectable "Western mathematician. the principal of a school at Terre Haute, elevated to a. position that should bo filled by a man of tho foremost rank." But for party blindness the Times would have discovered that there are few more competent meri in America than President Mendenhall. We are told that the new "Indiana series" of school books is printed in Mis souri. This is quite as well as having books printed in Ohio. Illinois, New York and elsewhere, as are the books furnished by the ring. I reo trade among the States is guaranteed by the Constitution. aews. tfut the law doesn't permit free trade. It creates a monopoly and gives it the cole and exclusive right to sell school books to the people. What sort of free trade is that! The same law destroys home rule in this degree, that it pro hibitstho local school authorities from buying such books as they please, and compels them to deal with tho monopoly. What sort of free trade is that! In Madison county is a wealthy indi vidual. He grew rich by numerous .tricks of trade, and he brought his boy up in the same way. Once upon a time the father and tho son had a business transaction between themselves, and the father woke up to find, that he had been victimized by. the son to the tune of sev eral thousand. It almost broke his parental heart to think that one he had so tenderly loved should be so ungrate ful, whereupon he said, "Son, how could you treat your old father 60?" "You teached me to, pap," was the reply. Just 60, when tho Atlanta Constitution and other good, pious papers are re monstrating and asking the negroes who wero on the jury that acquitted mur derer McDow how they could do such a thing, tho tractable colored jurymen answer, "You teached me to, pap." How to get at the millions that are invested in invisible securities is a prob lem that has perplexed tax-eratherers for ages and is yet unsolved, but Con necticut has struck a new idea. It is an attempt to coax out what it has never been able to smoke out. It is estimated that of about $100,000,000 of mortgages. bonds, notes and tho like in that State, only about $11,000,000 are listed for tax ation. The tate now proposes that any person bringing a note or bond to the proper treasury and paying 2 mills per annum upon it in advance for one year or more shall have it stamped freo from taxation for the time paid for. The tax on such property in the regular way is from 12 to 23 mills, State and municipal. It is thought that this scheme will un earth many millions, as the risks in evad ing taxation are great. It is believed, also, that many wealthy persons will move into Connecticut to enjoy this com paratively small rate of taxes. The police of Nashville showed more zeal than wisdom in arresting Sullivan and his backer. The arrest was made on a telegram from Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, who seems still deter mined to pose as a great executive. His telegram was no authority. In making arrests the power of the police of Nash ville or any other city is restricted to arrests on warrantor for violation of law committed in their presence. If tho prize-fighters had violated the law of Mississippi they might bo arrested in Tennessee under a formal requisition Xrom the Governor of MisgiKsippi upon

the. Governor of Tjenneseco, based on an ifcdictinent in ; Mississippi. But the action of the policem this case, as in that of many- other arrests, was outside of legal authority. "II prize-fighters are to bo arrested it should be done in accordance with law. ''The sluggers were properly released on a writ of habeas corpus. The police showed bravery and nerve, but they should have known they had no right to make the arrest.

THE NEW SCHOOL-BOOK LAW. Man proposes and God disposes. Tho present school-book law was intended to defeat the Governor's recommendation and the popular demand for freo text-books and to creato a monopoly in that article, which, under the pretense of benefiting tho people a little, should benefit a few individuals much more. The law docs precisely that, and yet it paves tho way for free school-books and makes that result inevitable. Long be fore the five years' term of tho present contract shall have expired there will be a universal protest from the teachers of Indiana against the vicious system now being inaugurated, and tho demand of the people will be free school-books and no monopolies. Thus the very legislation which was intended to fore stall and prevent a beneficial reform will insure its ultimate accomplishment. Some of tho evils of the new system are patent, while others are concealed. Time and experience will develop the nature and extent of its injurious in fluence in the schools. In Minnesota, where so much trouble has been experi enced with a similar law, tho cities and largo towns are exempt from its operation. . Here they , will all bo sub jected to the . 8a mo cast-iron uni formity and the same impracticable provisions. . The monopoly will embrace every city and town in tho State, and all will be graded down to tho uniform level of inferior text-booksi The first injury will be to the schools. The next will be to the people, in making them pay tribute to a legalized monopoly which, under the pretense of furnishing cheaper school-books, will add enormously to tho per diem salaries of county superintendents and township trustees. If tho monopoly succeeds in getting its books into the hands of the peoplo at all, it will bo at a large in crease in county and township expenses. Thus tho people will soon discover that while they are saving at the spile, they are losing at tho bung, and, iu order to support a monopoly, are actually being made to foot tho bills for the prostitution of their own schools. It will end in a demand for free school-books and no monopolies. THE PRESIDENT AND THE PATEONAGE. The experience of this administration, like that of most administrations in re cent years, is likely to confirm the common opinion of sagacious politicians that the distribution of offices is tho most embarrassing question anv President or party can havo to deal with. It ought not to bo so, and under any well-regu lated civil-service system and well-de fined ideas of public administration, it would not be. But, as things are, it is. Tho first desire of all good citizens un der any administration should bo to see the offices filled by honest, capable men, and the affairs of the government faith fully and efficiently managed. The first desire of every honest partisan should be to see thei offices, as far as permissible by law,. filled with good men of his own party and the government itself administered in accordance with the principles- of said party. Beyond this no; good- citizen and no honest partisan ought to concern himself about incumbents of office." Rut this is an ideal - condition, and no such state of things prevails or is likely to very. soon. ' During the later Republican adminis-1 trations, before the election of Mr. Cleve land, the. question of patronage gave comparatively little trouble. Tho of fices were filled with Republicans, one administration succeeded another, there was no clean sweep demanded or expected, and everj-thing ran smoothly. With tho changes incident to the ordi nary administration of the government there was alwavs Tmtronnpn pnnmrli in , . " - o ' "O " " view to keep up a lively interest in poli tics, and if there were not a great many now appointments made, the disappoint ments were few in proportion. If President Harrison had followed a Republican . President this state of things would havo continued ami ho would have had very little trouble with the patronage question. There would not have been many changes to make, and appointments and disappointments would have been com paratively few. Mr. Cleveland had to wrestle witn the same question, and it gave him and his party more trouble than any other. Thus far it has un doubtedly given President Harrison more troublo than any other. He as sumed the office under more difficult circumstances than any other Republican President, except Lincoln. He found tho offices 'mainly filled by Democrats; his own party, four years out of power, flushed with victory and eager to en joy its . fruits; tho number of oflices at his disposal utterly inadequate to tho number of deserving applicants; himself embarrassed by .the limitations of his position, and his hands partially tied by the civilservice law, with every section of tho country and every element of tho party demanding first recognition; with Senators. .Representatives, committeemen, spell-binders, party workers, and tried and true Republicans from every Stato and from almost every part of every State, urging their claims through every possible avenue, and almost iu utter disregard of every consideration except personal success certainly no President was ever placed in a more trying or thankless position. Under theso circumstances hoi human being could have satisfied all sections, all elements, all interests and all applicants. For every one recognized some must be ignored. For every appointment there arc a dozen disappointments. For his own xrotrction and that of his administration, the President has wisely insisted on proceeding somewhat dejiberately in making changes. For this ho has been censured by some on the grwuud

of 6lowness; but no President with any

proper sense of official responsibility could have done differently. No Presi-' dent should be expected to-change the entire personnel of tho government in a few months. Even with the civil-service law out of the way, that would be an impossibility. If the President has not yet fully recognized all elements of tho party and all classes of party workers, reasonable men should remember how many thero are to be recognized and how limited the. means of recognition. Besides, he has recognized a good many in the first four months of his administration, and will doubtless recognize others in the months and years to come. Such impatience and such groundless criticism arc unreasonable and unmanly. In all tho appointments made by the President thus far he has made scarcely a single mistake so far as public interests are concerned. In Indiana he hasmade none. His appointments are all good. They are only criticised, if at all, because they recognize some othcr.eleinent of the party than the one represented by tho critic, or from the still narrower point of view that they recognize 6omo other individual than the critic himself. Indiana Republicans should tako a higher view of politics than that. Having given tho country a Republican President they should give his administration a hearty, enthusiastic, ungrudging support. And when tho time for action comes we have no doubt they will. ABOUT TEOPLE AND THINGS. The wealth of Frederick Douglass, United States Minister to Hayti, is estimated at 000.000. ' The fact that Wilkio Collins has received his second stroke of paralysis reminds the Boston Herald that Walter Scott wrote his best novel after receiving a similar visitation. Piunce Bismarck and Count von Moltke have become honorary members of the committee for the institution of a Beethoven house at Bonn. Herr Joachim is honorary president of it. Mr. Gladstone has increased his allowance of wine for dinner, rarely drinking less than a pint of his favorite port now. He 6ays that quantity affects him less than a half pint did a generation ago. The richest man in Australia is said to be ascetic James Tyson. He is credited with being the possessor of from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. lie has never tasted wine or spirits, nor has he smoked one ounce of tobacco, and yet he is as rotund as a bacchanalian. I . Sit? .TfWvniF Pncp vlcitr 41m TtVJonlfiJ school, at Acworth, tho other day,:and, questioning the scholars, asked what was tho difference between t the Society of Friends and other Christian churches. "Titles! cried a shrill-voiced urchin, and the Quaker baronet blushed deeply. , Stcyvksaxt Fish, chairman of ono of the committees of the centennial celebration in New York, has completed his report, which shows that L. G. Dod worth received $-00 fnf teaching the leaders of the famous opening quadrille how to dance it, and that the bouquets for these ladies cost 8107. Capt. Edward P. Doherty, who twentyfour yearS ago commanded tho detachment of men that captured John Wilkes looth, is at present in tho employ ot the New York Hoard of Public Works as an -inspector, having been appointed bv General Newton. . lie is an honored member oJf tuo G. A. 11. j , Lieutenant Brown, the executive officer of tho Trenton when she went to pieces on tho reefs of Samoa m the great gale, is at Deer Park, Md., the guest of his father-in-law, ex-Senator ' Davis. His health is much shattered by exposure and hardships during his awful experience in the harbor of Apia. i ; W. T. Walters, of Baltimore, has a painting by Millet which is frequently ranked above his "Angclus," just bonght for the French government at the sale of the Sccretan collection. It is a' moonlight scene called "The Sheepfold,,' in which tho shepherd, who has thrown his heavy cloak about him, opens tho gate of thefold for his flock. . .. . Before the Isthmus of Suez wasierced by the . canal there were almost no sharks in the Mediterranean, the passage through the Straits of Gibraltar not being to their liking. Now, however, they come in by way of tho canal, and in such numbers that in more than one watering-place, and especially on the Adriatic, the sign has gone up "Beware of Sharks." Among the Hindoos there are some castes near Abmedabad in which widow marriages are allowed, and a girl can be given in second marriage without the ruinous expense considered necessary on the occasion of a first alliance. The iparents, therefore, sometimes marry a girl to a bunch of llowers. which is afterwards thrown down a well. The husband is tueu said to be dead, and the girl, as a widow, can be married at moderate cost. The celebrated Kong mountains, of Africa, are about to follow the Mountains of tho Moon, which have been expunged from tho maps. These mountains were supposed to be stretched across Africa for ten degrees of longitude about two hundred miles north of theGulf of Guinea. Captain Binger, who has now returned from nearly two years explorations in the almost unknown region north of the Gulf of Guinea, says there is no such range as the Kong mountains., Thk last memorials of Napoleon IIPs long sojourn at Camden House, at Chislehurst, in England, have now been dispersed by public sale. Napoleon 6peut somelranquilyears there and died in peace, after all his misconduct and misfortunes. Eugenie lived there eleven years, and only left Camden House to go to Farnborough. whither the remains ot the ex-Emperor and his son were transferred some time ago. A f;ood many articles of furniture which had een used by tho Emperor were bought by Americans. Mr. Gladstone has been telling the story of his escape from tho hansom which ran him down. Tho shaft struck him on the chest and stretched him flat on his back; but, to continue the account in his own words: "I knew that no harm had been done, and I was not a bit hurt. What I thought of first was that I must keep hold f mv iiiTibrllfi rinil not lot. niv hit Hv and then it struck me, in the interests of the public, that tho cabman should be se cured, and so I scrambled to my feet as quickly as I could." He tells the story with the most perfect simplicity, andseeins to think it quite in tho order of things that an om man oi fig my suoum oo jhhi prostrate one moment by a cab and the next moment be chasing the oneuding driver. Twas pood for Ifra?l, service bound. The hapless niule discloses, -That Comstot'k didn't happen round When they discovered 3Iocs. -Philadelphia Pre. COMMENT AND OPINION. 1 One country, ono flag, and one language are all that wo can supportfor tho present, at least at the public charge. If any one wants more let him pay for it out of his own pocket. Chicago News. One of the tirst tilings tho next Congress should no is to laKomcasures to establish American steamship lines to the Southern nation. When that and other npposeirv measures havo been adopted our trade will grow. Philadelphia Press. If Muldoou wants to make amends for having taken part in a disgraceful mill, and rendered it possible by his skill as a trainer, let him oeu a sanitarium at Bel

fast, confining his attention to patients too far gone for drugs and ordinary dieting, yet not suffering from any specific malady; alcoholism alone excepted. Chicago Inter Ocean. . We want some new and very, stringent, laws to regulate the railroad business in this country, and among them one making it a nenal offense for railroad officials to gamble in stocks. If a few of them were landed in State prisons for long terms, it might have tho effect of making the others behave themselves. Pittsburg Chronicle--Telegraph. There is in truth nothing more silly and tiresome than life at the ordinary summer . resort. Active men and women cannot enjoy themselves liue cows in a pasture, f hey do not care for dancing, bathing and straw rides. They therefore have to sit out their time on piazzas, growl at the hotel accommodations, and wish they were back in their city homes. New York Press. If coal were on the free list a limited competition might come from the mines of Nova Scotia, but it would affect the market only in New England and the States on the Atlantic coast. Protection cannot addone ton to the coal deposits of the United States, and they will bo worked and the' product put on the market whether there is a duty on foreign coal or not. Chicago Tribune. Tms American nation does no like to be

crowded any more than Daniel Boone did, ana the only yY to keep from being crowded is to incorporate the neighbors whose crowding is troublesome into ono body politic. In the case of Canada this would cause little disturbance if the Cana dians will only agree to it. They are Americans substantially of the same stock that we are. and would soon be assimilated. Louisville Commercial. , We do not forget what extraordinary generosity and self-sacrifice workingmen havo shown themselves capable of. but as long as self-interest and the desire to get on in the world continue, can it be expected that millions of men will voluntarily diminish their income by 20 per cent, for tne sake eitner oi self-improvement and re creation or to give emnlovmeut to their fellows! Here is what seems a very serious difficulty in the way of making a fact of the dream of a general eight-hour day of labor. New York Sun. , Needs Spiritual Overhauling. Philadelphia BocortL - In the moral and sociological develop ment of Cincinnati, beer has unquestionably been a conspicuous factor; but the recently-introduced practice of tapping and drinking kegsof the amber nectar at church dedications is a rather advanced steo, even for Cincinnati, in the line of bibulous progress. The good archbishop who so sternly reproved tho offending laity and clergy on this occasion is entitled to sincere sympathy. A diocese where beer is mane a feature in church dedications needs a large amount of spiritual overhauling. ' No More Concord School of FhUosopny.' Boston Advertiser. The Concord School of Philosophy is no more, ihis lact has not been formally announced, nor has there been a definite dis banding, but the leaders agree in stating, to all inquirers, that it is improbable that its sessions will ever be resumed. The reasons are various, chief among which may bo mentioned the death of several em inent men who were conspicuous in its foundation, and the difficulty which has been experienced in bringing together in Concord, each summer, persons who can till the vacant places. . One Drawback to Civilization. St. Lonls Post-Dispatch. The truth is that it is mighty hard to hang any man in any part of the Union when ho has good standing in the commuliuyana plenty or money ana menus to aid in his defense. There was as conclusive evidence against the slayer of JimFisk, in New York city, as against MeDow, in Charleston. Stokes is still one of the stars of New York swelldom. Cannot Add to Ills Notoriety. Philadelphia Press. The wo"Tian who figured so scandalously in Chief's recent sensationaldivorcecase, and who is studying to become an actress, declares that she does not adopt the stage to attain notoriety, and it is easy to believe her on this point. A woman with her achievements and reputation doesn't have to adopt the stage to attain notoriety. Sold Ont Too Cheap. Philadelphia Press. . The Mississippi sheriff who, after receiving a $100 note as a present, became convinced that the Sailivan-Kilrain prize-fight was a highly moral exhibition which tne law should not interfere with, sold out at an absurdly low price. He might have got $1,000 for reaching the same conclusion just as well as not. ' A Copper-Skinned Heiress. Minneapolis Journal. Emma Skye, a Chippewa squaw, daughter of the chief Two Sides of the Sky, was married recently at East Superior, Wis., to Tom McNaughton, a white man. They were to have been married some time ago, but owing to opposition from McNaughton's relatives it was postponed. She owns pine lauds worth $15;000. No Kespect for Local Estimates. Kansas City Journal. Wo do earnestly trust that the coming census will fully justify the population claims in which our Chicago contemporaries are indulging. But it is well to bear in mind tho painful experience through which St. Louis passed about ten years ago. Tho United States census has no respect for local estimates. . II ad j I Hassen Ghooly Khan. Iowa State Register. - x Possibly the Persian minister may repent of his hasty conclusion when he has had time to cool off If ho wants to come back, with his . full name or his name, full, ho can do so, and all will be forgiven. For it is sad to lose a long friend on such short notice. Genius In a Governor's Chair. Cincinnati Enquirer. That Governor of Mississippi is an artist. He called out the militia, issued several proclamations, delighted the Law and Order League, and did not in the least disturb the tight. Genius is a great thing. Should He Tried on the Democratic Party. Philadelphia Press. A Bottle of Dr. Brown-Sequard's newly discovered elixir of life should be brought over . here immediately- and tried on the Democratic party. It would be an improvement upon trying it on a dog. Sullivan's Opportunity. Pittsburg Chrcnicle-TelegTaph. Professor Sullfvan is reminded that tBb Concord School of Philosophy will not open this 3ummer, and it is suggested that he till up the gap with a Boston school of pugilism, J. Barleycorn agreeing. The Japs in Our Colleges. Milwaukee Sentinel. The Japs may be an inferior race, as an occasional scientific person declares, but it is a solemn and saddening fact that a Jap 6tudent at the Michigan University carried off the highest honors. How to Check Trize-Fightlnr New York Press. Prize-Gghting is simply raw brutality, and the more its worst featurescome to tne surface, the sooner will public sentiment ettaco the blot of tho prize-ring from our civilization. A lIotWeather Reflection. Philadelphia Inquirer. ' It is never hot enough for you if yon find that it is a little hotter somewhere else, liumannature does not liketo be surpassed, even in being uncomfortable. Giving the Cyclopedia a Best. PhUadelphia Press. Ex-President Cleveland's announcement that he has quit making speeches is doubtless intended as a quiet intimation that his cyclopedia is for sale. Cannot He Revived. Philadelphia Pres. It is a gross error to say that the Greenback party is to be revived. It may be resurrected, but revived, never! The Penalty of Defeat. Philadelphia Tress. One thing may be set down as certainvery few babies will be named after Hon. Jacob Kilraiu this year.

BELIGION IJTTHE SCHOOLS'

Eminent Theologians, and Educators - Express Opinions on the Subject. Cardinal Gibbons Says It Should Go Hand in Hand with Secular Teaching Views ot . Revs, mil and Savage and Prof. Harris. Washington. July 11. Public Opinion. the eclectic journal of this city, will to morrow publish papers from the pens of Cardinal Gibbous, Rev. Dr. Thomas Hill, ex-president of Harvard University; Rev. Dr. Minot J. Savage, of Boston, fcnd Prof. W. T. Harris, editor of the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, on this question: 'Is religious instruction in tho publio schools expedient? If so, what should be its character and limitations?" Below are given extracts from these papers. Cardinal Gibbons says that an education that improves the mind and memory to tho neglect of moral and religious training is at best but an imperfect and defective system. It is most desirable that our youth should be made acquainted with the history of onr country, its origin, and principles of its government, and with the eminent men who have served it by their statesmanship and valor; but it is not enough for children to have a secular education: they must receive a religions training. Keligious knowledge is as far above human ecienco as the soul is above the body, as heaven is above earth, as eternity is above time. By secular education we improve the mind; by religious training we direct the heart. The religious and secular education of our children cannot be divorced from each other without inflicting a fatal wound upon the soul; they must go hand in hand, otherwise their education is shallow and fragmentary a curse instead of a blessiug. Piety, . says the Cardinal, is not to be put on for stato occasions, but is to be exhibited in our con, duct at all times. Our youth must put in practice every, day the commandments of . God as well, as the rules of arithmetic. Then, ho asks, how can they familiarize themselves with these sacred duties if they are not daily inculcated! The catechetical instructions given once a week in every Sunday-school are not sufficient to supply the.religious wants of our children. It is imv.;xtant that they should breathe every day a healthy religious atmosphere in schools in which not only is the mind enlightened but where the seeds of Christian faith, piety and sound morality are nourished and invigorated. The combination of religious and secular education is easily accomplished in denominational schools. To what extent religion may be brought in the public schools without infringing the rights and wounding the conscience o some of tho pupils, is a grave problem, beset with difficulties, and very hard to be solved, inasmuch as these schools are usually attended by children belonging to the various Christian denominations; by Jews also, and even by those who profess no religion whatever. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Hill says that public schools with compulsory attendance are an essential adjunct of a republican government, and that the Republic is boumMo superintend with care the education of tho children; and whatever niay be the theoretical relation of religion and morals, it is practically true that children can be kept pure, truthful and honorable in no way so ettectnally as by cultivating their natural reverent sense of religious sanctions. He concludes, therfore,. thaj religious instruction is more than expedient; it is demanded as a political necessiiy, but it must not be given by text-books, lectures or recita-' tions. It must be given incidentally, lirst by the selection of teachers of good character and good sense, then by careful selection of wholesonje reading, and finally by a daily brief religious exercise, at which a passage from tho Bible shall be read, a prayer recited and perhaps a hymn sung; but great care should be taken that there be nothing in the service which any reasonable parent could object to. Tho stato, he says, does not undertake to define Christianity or to decide upon the true interpretation of the Scriptnres; but assumes Christianity as part of the common law of the land. "The government exists for the public good.,r , he says, 'ana it is tne people alone who have the power to decide what is for their good. The state must for its own sake make good morals and good manners the first and highest aim in public education." With regard to private schools. Dr. Hill believes it the duty of the state to inspect them, and require that the education given therein shall : be such as to prepare the pupils for the duties of citizenship. The state should not admit that education in the parochial schools of a denomination is a political equivalent for a public educat ion. Least of all is a Cath olic parochial school capable of fulfilling the political ends of a good education, since in them is not only that partial and distorted view of history,-but. a. 'limitation'-' '-of the right of private -judgment, which mns$ partially until the pnpil for considering questions of public policy with unbiased mind. Catholic education is favorable to the development- of diplomates and political managers, but it tends to unfit a man for frank and honest public discussion. The aim of every lover of our country and its liberties should therefore bo to .render the publio schools so manifestly superior, morally and intellectually, to private schools as to draw all the children into them. t Dr. Savago argues as follows: "In the case of those who believe that the salvation of their children's souls is at stake, there cannot be a'more odious tyranny than to compel them to submit to a teaching that, to their minds, entails such horrible consequences. And in the case of those who do not believe that the endless welfare of their children is at stake, compelling them to submit to tho teaching of a religion they don't believe is a waste of time, and subjects them to the intluenee of what is regarded as hurtful superstitions, which hinder true learning, impart false theories of life and duty, and so interfere serionsly with the happiness and progress of this world, if not of the next. In either, case then, it is tyranny." Dr. Savage concludes: "The public school, supported by the equal taxation of people of all beliefs, exists, and has a right to exist, simply and solely for the sake of such education as fits for citizenship, and so it is for the public good. The church and the home give ample scope for all individual peculiarities of belief or theory. The public school is for the people, and for all the people. Let it be kept true to its own high and sacred mission.'' Prof. W. T. Harris says; "It seems to me that religiouV instructions in the public schools is inexpedient, on the ground that they are for all citizens, whatever their religious belief, or no belief. It is tho conviction of the average American citizen that rights of private conscience must bo. respected, and that church and state must be entirely separated. If the stato undertakes to regulate religious matters confusion occurs. In parochial schools the iniluence of the dogmatic tone creeps into the secular recitations and drivers, out a desirable critical alertness and investigating spirit, and 6tifles independent thinking." Mr. Harris1 cites the "infidelity" in Germany as an argument against religion in the schools. '- - ' Fall of an Old Cutom-tIouse. ' ' St. Louis, July 11. About 8 o'clock this morning an L-shaped space of about 40x40 feet area, in the old custom-housebuilding, on the southeast corner of Third and Olivo streets, fell with a great crash, carrying down with it parts of the third, second and lirst floors. The bnilding has been in process of remodeling for some time past, and quite a number of men were at work insido it, but lortunately nobody was hurt. The cause of the accident Is not detinitely kuown. but as one of tho brick piers in the sub-basement is partially crushed, it is thought that the trouble originated there. The damage is estimated at about $25,000. Disposition of Gen. Cameron's Kstate. Hakkisiiukg, July 11. In addition to the public bequests in General Cameron's will which have been made public there are the following legacies: To Mrs. Richard Haldeman. the mansion house in this city and furnture, worth about S."0,0O0or more; the silver plate and table silver between Mrs. Haldeman and Mrs. MacYeaghjto each of his three granddaughters. Mrs. S. 11. Crauveuet, Mrs. David Watts and Miss Janet Cameron. $80,000; to Simon B.Cameron, his grandson. $50,000 and the Hoffman farm in Lancaster county, in trust, to go to his wife and children at his death; to his grandson, tilnion Cameron Burn-

aide, &jO,000 in trust; to Thomas Bnrnside. grandson, $70,000 in trust; to Senator Cameron, the Donegal estate, valued at $100,000. which goes to James McCormick Cameron, the Senator's sou. at the death of his father; to Simon Cameron Burn side, the Harnhardfi farm in Center county, about 425 acres, in trust; to the trustees of tho Donegal Presbyterian Church $2,000 to keep it in repair. The residuary estr.te, il.OOO.OOO. is divided equally between Senator Cameron and his sisters, Mrs. Bir.hr "d Haldeman and Mrs. Wayne McVcr.sli. vj? this balance Senator Cameron's sht.re will go to his son James, absolutely nr tho father's death. Hon. Wayne MacVosrU, Fnator Cameron, Insurance CommiMiter Foster and John H. Weiss, of HanMrtr. are tho executors. A XW tiKf AT CRUISER. Description of the Ar:Tutment,Ingines and Plan of Warfare of tha iJan-of-War raltimorc.

Pnir-APELrniA, Joly 11. The large steel government cruiser Baltimore, tho third constrnctcd y Msrs. Cramp, and the most forrr-id i5.' down the river the new navy, started -morning for a three days' trial trip at m isr tho purpose of making a th'ot4?th '. tr,sv of the improved machinery an.l tl.e bva-ging qualities off the vessel. The :estut trial is a rrivato one, to detect the defeats, if any exist, in the machinery, fo that they can be remedied in time for the official test, which takes) place in a few weeks, under the supervision of naval officers appointed by the Secretary of the Navy. The Baltimore is the most formidable of the unarmored ships now bnilding for th navy. There is no better example afloat of . the typo of protected cruisers to which sbo belongs protected, as they are 6aid to be, because all the vitals, engines, boilers, mag azines, steering gear and dynamos are placed underneath a thick steel turtle-back which reaches from bow to stern, supporting tho ram bow and adding stiffness to the whole structure. The Hat crown of this turtleback is a little above tho water-line amid-, ship, from which point it slopes away to ward the bow and stern and toward both, sides also, where it is several feet below, tha ; water-line. This turtle-back is well calculated to dellect striking shot, and so to preserve the vitals of tuo vessel. The thin sides of the ship, both above and below tha water, will be easily pierced, even by inoso machine-gun projectiles, but the space above the deck being divided into rrdmerous water-tight compartments, which, aro tilled with coal, provisions and stores, thera ' will not bo much room for water, and tha stability of the ship may not suffer materially even if many shots pass through and through her. The turtle-back is of four-inch steel, plates on its sloping parts. This thickness would be equivalent to at least ten inches, of solid steel placed vertically. Tho economy of bringing in the dciiecting power ott armor is thereioje apparent. All the numerous water-tight compart-v ments are drained by pumps, ventilated byblowers and lighted with electric lights. Eight hundred and litty tons of coal will ba the fnll capacity, and it will bestowed around the machinery, both above and be-, low the protective deck, as au additional protection against shot. The length of tha Baltimore is S35 feet; breadth, l feet; draught of water, lO1 feet, and her displacement, 4,400 tons. She will be fitted as a flagship, there being commodious .quarters for both captain and admiral, and ample space for a crew of ilOO men and thirty officers. The armament of the Baltimore is very powerful. Two eight-inch guns will bo carried forward on tho forecastle deck twent veight feet above tho water, to tiro right ahead, and one on each side also, through a considerable arc. Two more eight-iucli funs will be placed aft on tho poop deck, wenty-six and one-half feet above water, to lire aft and on each side. Between tho poop and forecastle decks on the uncovered main deck, which is ten feet lower, willlm mounted six six-inch guns, three on each side of the fchip in projecting nponsous. The crews of all these guns will be protected from small shot by circular shields of steel two inches thick, through which the muzzles of the guns protrude as through a turret. There will be, in addition, a powerful secondary battery of sixteen rapid-iiring and Catling guns, mounted at advantageous points on the ship's rail and aloft in tha military platforms or tops. Theso gun throw shot ranging in size from six-pound shells to rifle bullets, and at the rate of between 20 and 1,000 per minute, depending, upon the size and character of the gun. There will be, also, live tubes for launching torpedoes at an enemy when at close quarters 800 to 400 yards. The captain will bo protected in battle against the hail of small shot that will ba directed against him and the upper works of the ship by a circular 6teel conning tower, four inches thick, placed forward ou the forecastle, provided with round slits, or peep-holes, through which an all-around view can be obtained. There will be but two short masts on tho Baltimore for signaling purposes and for the gun platforms. A small amount of sail may be carried to steady the ship in bad weather. The engines are of the high-expansion. type with twin screws. The two engines aro placed m separate water-tight compartments. There are four double-ended boilers U2 feet in diameter, and the screws are li1 feet in diameter. The linn of Messrs. Cramp have guaranteed 9,000 horsepower with these engines, tho contract providing that they shall receive from tha government $100 extra for every horsepower in excess of U.0U0. It is confidently asrerted that at least 10,000 horse-power will be realized on the omcial trial, which would win for the firm a prize of $100,000 as a reward for their skill and workmanship. Tho speed of the Baltimore will probably reach nineteen knots. Sho sits gracefully in the water and looks fast and formidable. Ships of tho unarmored or protected typo are designed not merely for commerce destroyers, but to fight vessels of their own class, and to serve as th eves of a fleet of iron-clads scoutsand quick, active fighters. Her eight-inch guns will penetrate sixteen inches of wrought-iron at close quarters, and the 6ix-inch gun will pierce twelva inches of wrought-iron. She has a ram which might deal a fatal blow to the most formidable ship, and she has torpedoes which jat short range might bo terribly efficient. Man Falls a Hundred Feet and Live. CiiKSTEit, July 11. Edward Keilly, agod twenty-two, a carpenter, fell at the Aberfo3'lo mills, ycsteiday. a distance of 113 feet. Yet, despite tailing this awful distance, ho is likely to recover. Ho was working inside the largo chimney, assisting to remove the scatlolding, and while descending the ladder his feet slipped, aud ho plfmged down the stack. When picked up he was conscious, and talked to the men around him. No bones were broken bv tha fall, but severe internal injuries LaveXeen sustained. KlUed Ills Sister with n Scythe. Williamspout, July 11. A peculiar accident, attended with fatal results, occurred yesterday in Nippeuose valley, this county. Tho eight-year-old son of Samuel Bowers, afarmer, picked up a scythe that his father had just laid down aud began swinging it. A three-year-old sister of the boy ran out and tho sharp blade of the scythe caught her around tho neck, cutting the throat ami causing almost instant death. The head was almost severed. Jt was purely an accident, and the boy becamo prostrated with grief. A Murderer Coufe Horrible Crime. ' Detroit. Mich., July 11. William Sharky. arrested at Toledo on the charge of being concerned in the murder of tha miser and hermit, Coleman Dupee. has made a confession in which he admits that after killing the old man he dragged tho body inside the hut And set tile to it tohido all evidences of the crime. Sharky sa.V that John Hollaway and Llias laylor. both of whom are in jail, wen? implicate in the crime, and thw object was robbery, but they failed to get their victim's money. Cincinnati's Latest Freak or Morality. Cincinnati, July 11. The Mayor has directed tho police to enforce the law against performing common labor on Sunday by arresting all grocers, tobacconists, ice-cream and soda-stand proprietors, barbers, etc. The order does not contemplate interference with street cars or newspaper work, as tho Mayor regards theso as necessities. This action is taken at the request of an organization which is hostile to the movement in favor of closing ha loons o& iiuiicUj. . .