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o. NJ. RxxAx does. "It ought to walt ct
least" he must think, ito let us choose our
own time and consult our convenience" Re
ligion teaches US that death Is misnomer,
and is really the beginning Of higher life
Of eternal duration; but skepticism treats 1t
as the end, beyond which all is mystery and
uncertainty; and the number Of skeptics,
nay, the proportion, is now 80 great that tho
tone In which NJ. RKNAN speaks Of death and
the future Is very familiar to US. It Is the
tone OF modern science. It sounds through
literature, and may be detected even In the
utterances OF Christian pulpits.
As DR.. HOLMES says, opinions trenching on
religion which were regarded as intolerable
when he first wrote his "Autocrat Of
Breakfast Table," are now at least civilly
heard where they are not accepted as q
matter Of course. Imagine, for instance,
the CONSERVATION Mr. NEwToN's sermons on
tho Bible would have caused twenty years
ago-ten years ago.
"The age wherein have lived" says NJ.
REMAIN. twill probably not rank as the
greatest but doubtless 1t will be held as the
most amusing Of agos." But can We call q
period In which religious faiths are shattered
an amusing age ?" 1t seems to us anything
but amusing.
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An Absurd Excuse.

The Democrats in the Assembly unwisely
voted down the resolution introduced on
Friday by Republican member from this
city, providing for sessions OF the Legisla-
ture on every day except Sunday.
Mr.. MICHAEL G. MURPHY argued that
there was not enough business to warrant
the Assembly in sitting on Saturdays.
This is simply absurd. II there is not
enough to do on Saturdays, then the Legisla-
ture had better adjourn at once.
The present custom OF coming home for
Sunday results In loss OF two week days
Saturday and Monday. We should like to
know why the work OF legislation which will
DO taken up on Monday evening could not
just as well have been resumed on Saturday.
The truth Is that II our Senators and AS
semblymen would abandon this idle prac-
tice, which Is promoted by the pernicious
system OF free passes, their work at Albany
would DO done not only much sooner, but
much better.
The Republicans are right in this matter.
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A ChurcAmaa's View.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sr: In an
editorial Of the 10th inst speak of DR. Heber New
toms utterances taken In connection with hating
remarks Of DIR. Rylance and other circumstances as
shaking the very foundations OF the faith Tho express
sion not quite fortunate but understanding rs it was
probably meant that the faA Of many indy is
thus shaken At its foundations IL not far from true
1t 10 certainly desirable that the ecclesiastical SUI
perors OF DR. Newton should say whether such teach
nssloie "fccrs il the law at present 10 such that
DR. Newton has not broken It, harm aud good would
come OF punishment by any OK post fscto acton There
To- however no reason why an oicin ut,erancs should
lied and destructive.
For. be i observed the authority Of our Lord Jesus
Christ 10 distinctly impugned In great crisis OF Ills
life-ths tsmptstionHe n,eets the tenper by three and
only three separate quotations. each from the hook Of
and then from the Psalms II our Lord has thus en-,
then farewell to His claims 70 he the Son OF God and 10
any authority above that OF other wise men.
DR. Rylanceis remarks are most disappointing. He
reduced the number Of dogmAs to BIZ
Of membership TO- those that arc absolutely essen
ual When men OF learning though unbeicvers adduce
does not foo!shly harass her by crsuring those
who feel embarrassed or shaken by arguments She
trusts patiently that to honest hearts truth viii shaw il
se TN: yssy d,Geren! from psrmi.ng even by 81
sttack tls faith or It's foundations There were not
present MI Cowey to the Bishop trial When he had
hem found guilty before civil court Of inhanity to
flower OF Christianity love especially 70 children, is to
TO lay the axe to its root
For worry Ing cough or any throat or lupS trouble
W. y oAee w. Jnynes kxpegtoINQt-\du.
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A tabular statement OF the greatest speed
OF railway trains in Europe and the United
States, published In a German journal, Die
Notwithstanding, shows that people generally
eXaggerate tho rapidity with which long dis
tanccs arc travcrsed, even in the cases of
trains specially famous for their speed.
Ono of these trains is that which runs on
the Great Northern road, from London to
Edinburgh, pia York. The distance Is 397
miles, and tho time Is nine hours. The aver
age speed, therefore, is AL miles an hour.
The distance from Euston is 4Ol miles, and
London and Northwestern trains mako the
run in ten hours, or 4O.1 miles all hour. by
the Midland Railway the distance Is 4O4
miles, and the timcis 10 hours and minutes,
or very nearly the same speed.
1t must be remembered, however, that
these arc great distances, and that time is
necessarily lost In stops, ono Of which Is
very considerable one. To got high average
speed there must be long intervals between
stopping places, for time is lost not only at
tho stations, but also In getting into and out
OF them. Tho actual speed when the train
is running at its fastest Is therefore much
greater than the average speed, and this
explains why passengers who time tho train
while 1t Is going over certain distances with
out stopping are surprised when they are
given the average rate OF speed.
The fastest train In the world Ia the Flying
Dutchman, broad gauge, which makes the
run to SwindOn ut 53i miles an hour. One
train runs to Peterborough at 81 miles an
hour, which Is about the speed repeatedly
made in tho run from London to Grantham.
The Great Northern trains run from London
to York, 1888 miles, at the rate Of 4S miles,
Whereas as we have seen, for the whole Of
the distance to Edinburgh, 397 miles, the
average speed Is only AL miles. The
quickest run In the United States is that be-
tween New York and Philadelphia, All miles
an hour. Some OF the fastest trains In the
world are those run between Leeds and Lon
don. The distance by the Great Northern Is
1851 miles, and special train makes the run
In hours and s minutes, or at an average
speed OF 45A miles an hour. The distance by
the Midland Is 1876 miles, and Is travcrsed in
hours and so minutes, an average speed Of
43.5 miles hour.
About the most perfect piece OF mechanism
we have on large scale Ia our modern loco
motive, and 1t does not seem probable that
its development will 60 much further. 1t Is
"hard to beat" as the London Engineer says /;
but Its proportions may be so Increased that
an average speed Of sixty miles an hour for
long runs may DO obtained with q compare
lively light train. That high limit may be
reached In the future, and 1t Ia no doubt not
dl@cult q attainment, especially with our
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In the course OF his photographed
sketch and analysis of his own character
published in tho Rerue des Dcur Mondes,
NJ RENAN thus gives his views regarding
death and the future life:
~ have so thoroughly enjoyed this life that really
have right TO claim compensation the other side
Of the II " from another standpoint that quar-
rel with death is eyeller to degree that irrtntcs
II is democrat and lays n mine Of dynamite un.
der our feet II ought to wait at least to let choose
our own time and consul, our convenience. am the
habit several times year OF receiving nnony mous
letter containing these word. always In the hand
writing Yet II there were hellr Surely the pious
person who writes me this Is anxious for my souls
health and am obliged to him Hut hell is a supp0si.
ton very inconsistent with what we know OF Divine
goodness Moreover II there be one, can conscien.
tiOusly affirm that have not deserved II. A small
amount of purgatory would. perhaps be fair and I
would run the chance OF that rs paradise would come
next aud piOus souls hope, would obtain ndugcnccs
TO shorten stay in purgatory The Infinite goodness
that have experienced In this world inspires with
conviction that at least an equal goodness per, AIDES
eternity, and in that put my trust"
Not many years ago, at the time when NJ.
REMAIN published his Life OF Jesus" for in
stance. such sentiments as those above would
have inexpressibly shocked all religious pco-
pie. They would have been looked upon as
ttlHln8 Win bOicInu subject, anu no ap-
prevail would have been granted to them.
But since then great change has como over
large part OF Professionalism, and skcptical
opinions which were once universally de-
nOunced are now regarded with tolerance,
and even accepted as reasonable, by very
considerable number OF Professionals at least
Leading theolOgians In the English Church
and among our own various religious de-
nominations have abandoned the doctrine OF
hell, which seems to them as Inconsistent
with Divine goodness as 1t does to NJ. RENAN.
Neither they nor their hearers stand In much
fear OF hell And the doctrine OF immortality
even begins to DO now questioned In unex-
pccted quarters. The Row. Mr.. NEWTON dis
cards, or ut least explains away, revelation
and inspiration. He makes OF the Blole q
very human book; and II we part with that
bulwnrk OF the faith, on what foundation
shall we rest the hope OF Immortality? The
world will be left In the same state OF doubt
regarding q future existence which M.
RsNAN expresses. And probably there will
b few who will not agree with him that they
have not deserved eternal punishment.
Nor can the man who has no confidence In
Immortality, and who IL not In haste To die.
Sail 70 look on death with as much sversion
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THE sUN, SUNDAY, JANUARY u, 1858

LEFT TO what b plainly their best use. and what
10 described In law ~ houses Of detention for
witnesses, for persons yet untried. and per-
sons committed on contempt or on civil pro-
cess." All such classes should, Of course. be
OF being thrown into association with them,
all rusting In idleness.
The General Agent Of the Prison Associa-
ton reports valuable results obtained from
the assistance given to discharged convlcts,
752 OF whom visited his offlce during last
year. This Is one Of the most humane and
most important parts Of the work Of the 30
ciety, for Of all wretched creatures the dis
charged convict is usually the most pitiable,
and tho one who has the poorest chance OF
getting up from his degradation unless o
helping hand Is put out to succOr him. We
observe, by the way, that the General Agent
finds that Of late one Of the most prolific
causes Of crime among young men and boys
is the game OF pool for drinks. Many parents
have written to US within the last two or
three years telling OF the evil effects Of
the same game on their young sons. He
also Joins all those who are cognizant Of the
outrsges Of the House Of Detention. In con-
demning the unjust detention Of witnesses,
while parties charged with crime are out on
bail. These victims Of unjust detention"
he adds. frequently lose weeks or months
Of their time while held to testify for the
benefit Of the public, with no remuneration"
That barbarous institution ought at once to
be abolished.
We thank the gentlemen interested In the
work Of the Prison Association for what they
are doing to relieve society Of the disgraces
OF our penal methods. 1t Is labor Of the
highest humanity.
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Specimens of the Pension Business.

Among the bills recently introduced into
the House OF Representatives are many re-
lating to pensions and some relating to war
bounties and back pay.
Here, for example. is a pension bill for the
relief Of Mrs. HULDAH HINkLEY:
"The Secretary Of the Interior be and he hereby
thorzed and directed to place the pension roll at the
rate OF - dollars per month subject to the rules OF
the department the name of Mrs. HuLDAH HiNxLEr.
mother Of Miss GERTRUDE HIsxLHY who died from the
effects OF lung disease contracted while aiding in the eff
forts Of the citizens Of Mw aukee Wis., to raise funds
for the Soldiers Aid Society during the war"
This bill was introduced by Mr.. DEUsTER,
and it Is to be hoped he has given the Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions some better rea-
son why 1t should pass than now appears.
Mrs. HULDAH HINKLEY Is not the mother
OF soldier who was killed or wounded dur
ing the late war, or any other war, nor In
deed, the mother Of any soldier at all. 1t ap-
pears. however, that her daughter aided the
citizens OF Milwaukee In raising funds for O
soldiers aid society. While thus rendering
assistance she contracted disease OF the
lungs which eventually caused her death.
Whether the malady was induced or made
more rapidly fatal by reason OF her efforts In
behalf OF the soldiers Is not stated.
Now, any mother who has lost child she
loves is naturally and properly the object Of
sympathy and kindly feeling. But is 1t not
asking OF the people Of tho United States a
little too much to demand pension simply
because daughter contracted a mortal dis
ease at a time when she was employed In
patriotic duties such as were performed by
thousands OF noble women whose names will
never be heard Of at Washington
A specimen back pay and bounty bill has
been brought in by Mr.. SHALLENBERGER in
behalf of MATILDA EVANS the foster mother
Of the late GEORGE STOKES:
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Repre-.
senaves of the United States Of America in Congress
assembled that tho Secretary Of tho Treasury be and he
is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out OF any
money In the Treasury otherwise appropriated to
MATILDA EVANS foster mother OF the late GxORGk SroKEs
OF Company d. one Hundred and Fifth Pennsy lv Ia
Volunteers all unpaid bounty and arrears Of pay and
allowances which the proper accounting officers Of tho
Treasury shall adudge due the said STOKES at the time
Of his death"
Is not this also dangerous precedent to
establish 1t will not DO long before every
soldier who died in the war without leaving
any one apparently entitled to receive his pay
will be found to have had foster mother.
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THE CHANGED LOBBY.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-It is tho testimony
OF veterans that a change has taken place in
tho methods OF the lobby. Heretofore the lobby
has been composed OF professional promoters
OF legislation, with a swarm OF retaipers at
their back. In this way immense sums OF
money have been sQuandered. tho middlcmon
getting the larger part. This thing. 1t is said
has for several years been growing worse.
The change consists In passing by the mid
dlemen. or promoters. and dealing directly
with the lawmakers. Tho mode OF dealing
with Congressman 80 glaringly exemplifed by
the memorable cases OF the Pacific Mail, the
subsidized railways and score Of other In
stances has gone out OF fashion.
1t Is the testimony Of lobbyists in general
that at the present session. as we'll az the past
although number Of fat things have been be-
fore Congress- their business has n OF been good
They all declare that doing business direct has
knocked them out OF all the good Jobs In which
they have striven to participate. and into tho
like Of which they have in former times in
serted their fingers. A few, bones. without
silent and hopeful OF something better By ' and
by has been about al that the army OF pro-
mmoters have received or are likely to receive
lock which their biil has got Into By saying TINT
members have become ayericious. extortion-
the new method has not worked we'll Tor those
who have put It In practice. Whatever the
leit-out-in-the-cold lobby might do for = bill
could do against it.. They killed it in spite Of
the new method Of dealing, direct. This may
DO what nils tho Whisky bill. It may account
plain the present glut In Legislation.
The result OF tho sessions experience may
moro expensive. 1t may be- found to bo tho
surer. At any rate. propristOrs OF schemes who
are experimenting previous experience with
question Of going back to the old methods and
doing business with the regular third House.
which is at all times In session,
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When Secretary SEWARD bought for the
United States the cold northwest. shoulder OF
the continent. he did not dwell too much on the
value Of the fish and furs OF the region. but
pointed out the charms OF Its soft climate and
Its wheat-growing possibilities. Since that time
not much has been said Of the agriculture OF
Alaska. but great stories havo been told OF Its
mineral riches. A recent report Is that 1.50O
miles up the Yukon. collaborating gravel has
been found yielding $3.50 the pan. Rumors OF
this kind are apt to be exaggerated; still. the
thirst for the precious metals may produce
degree Of emigration to Alaska which It's other
attractions have not been able to secure: and
We may eventually get good deal OF geography
II not much gold out OF this Territory.
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Tho account OF the accident on the New
York Central Railroad on Friday morning IL Of
startling interest to railroad travellers. 1t ap-
pears that a freight train stood on tho main
track waiting to run into yard. The switch
tender. being asleep. failed to set any,signal to
indicate that the track was encountered. Tho
conductor OF the freight train went homo. and
80 did one OF the brakemen. while the two re-
naming brakeman went to sleep. Then an
express train came along at forty miles an hour
and. OF course. plunged into the freight train.
Tho passengers have only their good fortune to
thank that they escaped with their lives. That
such an accident should be possible Is almost
beyond belief.
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American locomotives, less cumbersome than
those Of England. But there seems 10 be
little disposition among railway managers at
present to endeavor to reach that end. The
tendency Is not toward trains Of extraordi-
nary rhpidlty. though the average speed Of
all trains may DO increasing. The reason for
that Is that the wear and tear OF the road arc
too great for economical management with
locomotives so heavy and velocity so enOr-
nous. But an average speed Of sixty miles
an hour, even for long runs, Is entirely
feasible.
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The rapid development Of the West threat
ems the extinction Of the buffalo. and there is
no romance in Western sentiment that consid
ers his preservation. 1t is contended that the
animal does not fit into practical American
civilization. and that his skin Is pretty much
the only thing OF value about him-and that
implies dead buffalo Whole droves are be-
ing slaughtered In northwestern Dakota for
the hides and 1t Is reported that about one
thousand white hunters are employed in the
slaughter. The noble animal bids fair ere long
to cease to be landscape feature ofthe prairies.
and to go the way Of the mammoth and the
mastodOn. The Western reasoning Is that one
thousand cattle can feed on every bunch grass
prairie that now sustains a thousand buffalocs
and that buffalo meat is worse than that Of the
leanest steer. SO the buffalo must 60.
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Another cold wave 1t appears, Is rushing
upon US from the Northwest. and is expected
by the Signal Service men to reach this city to-
day. The last cold wave that started from tho
West was met by warm wave over the lakes.
and 30 we suffered very little from 1t. Tho
present advance OF Jack Frosts army appears
to be along different line He evidently In
tends to outGank tho lakes and reach the At
lantic by a moro southern route Yesterday
his outposts were In Texas and advancing
eastward. 1t Is not likely. however. that the
temperature here will fall as low rs it now
is in some OF the Western States and Terri
tories. where snow storms and billiards are
making havoc among the railroads and ranches
II New Workers had to face a bowling wind
with tho mercury 2O' or 3O' below zero. they
would understand what q cold wave means in
the West.
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A feature Of the commercial development
Of this country Is the lavish expenditure OF
money In scientific Investigations designed to
elicit facts for business calculation. The
northern transcontinental survey is one OF
these enterprises and It embraces the explora-
ton Of q territory fifteen hundred miles in ex-
tont from east to west and five hundred miles
from north to SOUTH or an area containing
more than half million square miles. The in
vestlgaton Is under the control OF Prof. RA-
PHAEL PUMPELLY. and 1t will doubtless yield
mass Of information about the agricultural and
mineral resources. the quantity and quality Of
timber lands. the temperature and rainfall. and
the entomology OF the country In its relation to
agriculture. that will reduce to facts much Of
tho rose colored Information about the couRtry
beyond the zenith city OF the unsalted seas"
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xDUclrrre rns MEga0sa


a BOU9A O0r0u1Du0oO AeUtI - AHs Sso-
Wilkessa.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sw In Tm
suN OF Jan. Q thore appeared letter OF some
length from Charleston. 8. O.. In which the
writor gives his views on tho so-called South
ern problem. cannot as native South Caro-
linian. refrain from expressing my surprise at
his conclusions as to tho feelings and inten.
tons Of the people OF South Carolina in regard
to the education OF the oolored population OF
their State. He sums UP In these words:
sS. 70 ss 1S S.y :d %r; , SsStn sh on
Md az o nc s@ s Sw
sn 81 d 90, e .lo
TosS Ar; n: % .3s % 5sSS'H'
Il %.ns .y viii III y
% M U4Ssln q az
heir dislike does n"s extend 10 Their money nor
.n to psy cl % s Of
As commentarylupon these.rnsh gonerali-
ties give you the statistics OF the public
school work in South Carolina for tho years
1875. 1880. and 1881. taken from the education
al report which have before me:
1915.
Number OF schools ......,. .,..,............ 2,%s3
Number OF scholars (coloredj $500
Majority of oolorsd. ..............."..."..9 ,oos
1890.
Number of schools 2sTs
Number OF scholars (coioredj 1888
Number Of scholars (whe) 2is
Majority Of colored. ..".""".."..".....il,e3 4
1881. - -
Number oi SCHOOL,. sa!
Number Of scholars (white) $3.50
N.,o.,.v - .o,o..a II Ala
The daily gazette., 1883-03-31
In Admiralty.
Philadelphia Ledger. ]


Counsel yesterday, in the United States
District Court, submitted exceptions to the
libel filed. by the Wilmington Navigation
Company against the schooner Marcus A.
Davis, In which there is claim growing out
OF the sinking of schooner owned by the
libellants. Counsel on both sides expressed
u willingness to the Judge making an order
for the sale of the schooner and the deposit
ing of the money in Court to await the re-
suit of the pending proceedings, and the
order was directed 10 be prepared. The
Court was asked to confirm the sale of the
brig Goldhnder by the Marshal, but objec-
tiOn was made by reason of the sum realized
being SO much less than the appraised value,
the difference being 1915. The matter was
continued until Monday next. The question
as to whether in appeal cases In admiralty
judgments are to b. considered as liens upon
the property of the stipulators, which ques-
ton had been brought to the attention of
the Judge, was referred to Messrs. Edmunds,
Henry and Coulston to prepare rule which
shall govern in the future.