, 1880-03-07

absorbed from the filth
The daily amount Of waste plas1na is not so
large as one might think Putting ronr popula-
ton at 500 0O. and the waste solids ut t'so pnuiads
dns and easa @ a aa n b.
carts each day to boats or barges. The cost ot
tha transportation would not be great, and,
still the expense would not be greater than that
Of running your pump at the Summit level
Tho Rev. 1fr. Applebee to mr. Curtis&.
10 tbs Editor of Ihs Chicago Tribune.
RASTou1. ILL.,. March al have Just read the
communication from Samuel Ives Curttss, IT.,
In your issue of March 2. The gentleman does
not Improve on acquaintance. He ts getting
mad He weakly complains Of my "peEson-
aliues," when, the fact Is, used none+ He says
I have forfeited the rights OF gentleu,anty
controversy" 50. why did he trouble to write
again? His notions Of "gentlemaniF contro-
versy" are peculiar. He backs up pulpit libel
on the dead, which be now confesses his lnabth-
ty to substantiate: he writes weak nonsense
which has nothing whatever to do with the sub
iect 10 hand: he degrades the Bible he processes
to venerate 50 much BY turning text thereof
into a weapon Tor sander1ng hts netghbor!
Curttss. Ir., Genttetnan> complains thst hare
furnished ~no proof that Hume did cos main
must be psacticed II men would obtain all thead-
vantages OF life" It is no part Of my duty to
prove what Hume did not teach. How
can prove negative? In the ridiculous ~
clear duty TO prove the truth OF Dr.. Goodwtn's
p0sitirs statement that Hume taught - that
female tnttdeltty was unoh1ecnonable + unsis-
says he can do this and that ho .c0 do Tin tpe
tnteks = Could be lire as long. he would not be
able 70 DO 7 Ia Ave sensniss s i ,,.nen
Goodwin stated explicitly from his pulpit that
Hume taught the above atr'ctnus sentiments.
safe thing todo,-he got bis sermon fully reported
IN the columns Of newspaper. rery unsafe
thing 70 do, have: under these c!rcurstances>
substantiates his statement or wlthdraws it. Ha
isn't man enough to 40 either, Curttss. II,
@ s ks a aucts
thortties which are probably uuknNwn to
Mr: App!ebee." By WY Of proving that Hume
passage from Hume which proves the exact
contsary,-whsch proves, indeed. Hune's deep
reverence for ehnstiry or fidelity to tho mar
dinary feat, cnrtiss j., eoss On TO quote what
he calls - passage taken from Humes private
correspondence" which turns out 70 be 10 pas
sage from that correspondence at all. but q pas
sn9e taken from an orthodox Christian estimate
Of Hume, which is about Us false rs such csti-
stss ss Of aa SF Of y car
which are probably unknown to Ar. Apple"
The sentleman1y curttss, Jr., says that II
possess "Hume's Correspondence It Is my
duty to show that theae sentiments the scn-
timent that !" female inftdellty IS unobjectiona-
men mel would so Obtain % ali ths advantages of ifs
. are not to be found therein Here, again.
BE- wants me- to prove -, nesati;se; ise:
rot contain except by printing everything T does
ter; be is ehiidishiy silly, as well as childtshly
The question is not " nat Hume wrote, or what
he did not write, in his private correspnndence7
TaS Is a e ond n lis
~ Inquiry Concerning the PRINCIPLES Of Morals-"
This is not "rare book, and Curtt:s, Jr,: need
tiss, jr., could quote something from this book
to prove the truth Of DR.. Gof,dw1n's slander be
would do something to the purpose. when
proach Il death. b. coa!d write, liz company
was not unacceptable to the young. and careless.
yell to the studoas and y f sa as *
modest women, bad 40 reason to be disp!eased
With the reception I met with from them.
hsef to 5e ths ssd rass of h both o and
religious factions, he could make the mrdesc
boast, ''Though most men anywtse eminent
| never was touched or even attacked by her bale,
full tooth" Cowardly Christians waited until
! the man was dead before they venh1red to
SANDER him. But any donkey may eo1e's k'c&
| Curtiss, Jr., evidently thinks I anu bad man,
| because happen to reject his theology. Ae a4d
| GreeE Chorus between their heretical neghbors
[ and the Powers Above. They believe there IS
necessary connection between neresy Of @ any
| kind and vice Of every Kind: Like plous Fete1
| in Hollands poem. they think
Wssa .9s::sd = ses q a9s2ys1 asSs
ssa s s s:y sapeoss saSss ssss 5F'
| same way. Am g Judge orthodox chrtstianisy ,sy
II TIT hfa ttos ssrns Cd II h,ss6e
| Of Michigan?-in the grim fact
land which does no: contain some % @ orthodos @ac:s
Shepherd Cowiey is now convict in the same
prison over which he Was pious Chaplain niue
| years ago7 II Hume were the moral monster
prove Dr. Goodwtn's theology to be true? II the
lives Of orthodox Christians were all as true ana
as pure as 50 many Of them arc notofionsiy
lattve philosophy to be falae7 This Old stupid
trick OF coupling moral guilt With what ,htae. is oe-
| versy Of which even Cuttiss, Jr.. ought to bo
Do not believe toE one moment ,;+s1a tnat Pr P1:
slander on Hume Evidently he has never
| read the writings Of Hume He goe bis . estt.
H. H. fault Mat was s'l' II retailing his false
without due p h lnsG sad al abna
Gibbon and Voltaire. Let him be more casetu. I
! for the future. The memory OF hume, as 3 q
great no=nlis w be reHersd ages a1ee e ar tas, -
live, shall have sunk into the dust OF onnr1on M
| aud been forgotten forever and forever: 1has
| great memory is not to pc tarnlsnssd 1s l. y anz
| Christians as DR.. Goodwin and Samuel Ives G1r"
| JAMES KAr APLEnEE-
( HEHEE