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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
The Public-school TreadniiI.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
Now that the astonishing discovery has been
made touching the teaching of history in our
public schools, the curtain of mysterious silence
will be drawn aside and our children permitted
to learn, for the first time in dozen years. that
their countrys history did not end with the trea-
sonable administration of James Buchanan but
that some splendid and inspiring events followed
soon after. Thus one wrong will be righted;
but are there rot other evils as bad and worse in
our public schools which demand the attention
of parents and the pubc2 Is it not little less than
barbarous, for instance to imprison our grow
ing boys and girls all day in close. crowded, and
pooryventiated school rooms, with Just time
enough at noon to hurry home, swallow few
bites of dinner and rush back to school againl
Do we not know that child will learn more in
one hour of study and three of play than in three
Of study and one of play! If we do, why do we
persist in making prisons and health-k killers of
our sch0ols3 The system makes our little ones
prematurely serious, wise and old, besides ruin
ing for life the constitutions of many children
who are delicate and sensitively organized For
my own part, l am satisfied that many chill
dren would be better off never to enter a
sehool-roOm than to be confined there for six
mortal hours each day. The sensible thing
to do is to let half the children go to school in
Thus the rooms would not be overcrowded, the
air would be purer, the children brighter, and
the instruction better, because with half the
number of pupils, the teachers could bestow
more time and care on the individual pupil
Who will second my motion for less study and
more play for he children of the public schoolsl
ISAAC HERR.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 8.
How to Expurgate History.

To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
The facts that have come to light during the
past few days, concerning the manner of teach.
ing our country's history in our city schools,
while they excite universal comment should also
create the deepest indignation in the minds of
all fair-minded men. 1t is a shame to the city
that for fear Of puncturing the thin skins of a
few men who, some years ago, were well known
to be not too ardent friends of the Union, we
must drop from our countlys history the story
of her severest trials, and how she overcame
them. What if it does hurt the feelings of some
few people! They have no right to have such
feelings. If that reason be good and sufficient
one why not eliminate from one history the
war with the Seminoles the account of the bat
tie of Tippecanoe or the Thames 1t is barely
possible that some red brother in the West if
any one of them should ever become so en-
lightened that he could read our history, might
have his feelings hurt at reminder of the fact
that some member of his family had been sent
to the happy hunting grounds by the hand of
the white man. Or, perhaps, some Englishman,
whose family was represented in Revolu-
tionary war, or the war of 1872, may have his
sensibilities injured by the information that
some one of his ancestors was shot at Bunker
Hill or New Orleans. Would it not be best to
leave these wars out of our history And then,
after the most important events in our history
are left out, would it not be best to drop our
own history from the school curriculum alto
gether J. w. G.
INDIANAPOLIS.
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Matthew Arnold.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
We rush to see famous Englishman because
we expect to see an ideal man; we expect to see
a who represents centuries of elegant living
we expect specimen of the noblesse of Europe
and, as we are accustomed to being told by the
English that we are vulgar and i'll bred and
dirty, we expect to see an individual of ex-
quisite manners and highbred grace and perfect
appearance.
There is Matthew Arnold. He knows all histo
ry and can tell us the upshOt Of it, His great
English mind can pile up knowledge to nfnity.
What an essay he once wrote on the EIizabethan
age and the Augustan age and the age of Percles
In few sharp words he can tell rs the gist of
literature and of acehistory. There never
were such TRANSACTIONS from the Greek as his.
And as to his poetry, every lineis fine epigram.
Amy one that wants a motto for eofnce or
chimney piece, OF a verse to help him in his
direst struggles, could find one every page Of
Arnold's poetry. Here is a specimen
"The heights by great men reached and kept
We're not attained by sudden fight,
But they, while their companions slept,
We're toiling upward in the night.
He is a great believer in aristocracy, because
afistocracy produces a class of the elegant and
refined. During our he said that lin an
arstocracy such spectacle poor Mrs. Lin
coin would be impossible" We expected to see
in Matthew Arnold something better than poor
Mrs, Lincoln" Well, he has fine head and
profile and fine face, and is tall ard erect and
spare and his lecture was interesting IN his own
quiet, idiomatic style. But his clothes did not
fit, he made the funniest smile and bow, and the
most shambling, jerky gestures-as If he were
warming himself at fire behind him-and his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
ALL BLUE SKY.
The Eel River Company Letting Contracts
and Purchasing Building Material.

The Eel River Company Letting Contracts
and Purchasing Building Material.
One of the liveliest places about town yester-
day was the general Office of the Indianapolis
Eel River & WesGen Railroad Company Chief
Engineer Devore has just returned, and has
matters in shape to begin construction work
Mr.. Devore says it lis all blue sky with them
now The road is to be built Arrangements
have been made with Eastern parties, by which
money as needed, as the work
progresses, will be furnished On
Monday contract made for twenty five
miles of steel rails, weighing sixty pounds
to the yard, and contracts were made Yesterday
with parties to furnish $50, 600 cross ties Grad
ing is to be commenced rs soon as the weather
is favorable commencing both east and west
from the point their road crosses the Louisville
New Albany q Chicago road, which is two miles
north of Cloverdale, Putnam county President
Smith says it is the intention of the company to
complete the road between Indianapolis and
Clay City, point on the TerTe Haute e South
eastern road by Oct l. By July l they expect
to have their road so far completed
that they deliver coal from their mines to the
L., N A. q c. road, and get their coal on the
Chicago market as early as possible. That they
might touch Clay City, the original survey fer
a short distance was located three miles to the
north The route by which they will make con-
neetion with the Union tracks is not fully set
tied upon AS surveyed it crosses White river
some two hundred feet above the indianapolis &
Vincennes railroad bridge However one of the
roads which has good terminal facilities at Indi-
annapolis offers to let them come into the citv
over its track, what the officers say are GER
tainly reasonable terms.
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Encouraeine. to Saw the Least.

When speaking of the new Union Depot Pres
ident McKeen said the matter progressing
finely, and meeting would be called in few
DAYS of the executive committee, when action
would doubtless be taken looking to an early
commencement of the work As the money is
to be raised on the bonds issued by the Union
Railroad Company, guaranteed by the fourteen
roads, the prosperity of the respective railroad
companies this year had nothing to do with the
natter Capitalists have expressed Q willingness
to take the bonds at par and float them ON per
cent. per annum. Building material and labor
are cheap and the Union Railway Company
could not well begin the work under more auspi-
cious circumstances
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GENERAL NEWS.
The West Shore st-Freight Line Estab
fishes an Agency at Indianapelis.

The West Shore Fast Freight Line Estab-
fishes an Agency as indianapolis.
j. W. Smith, the newly appointed manager of
the West Shore stfreight line spent yesterday
in the city and appointed William H. Parmelee
their agent. and he has leased room in the
Union Block for an Office temporarily. Mr.
Smith states that the line commences business
under very favorable auspices, the roads over
which it will operate having putin coo cars, and
will add to the number as the business
of the line demands. Arrang ements have al
ready been perfected by which the new line viii
operate over the following roads: The New Yeels.
Buffalo & West Shore, the New York, West
Shore & Ontario, the Fitehburg the Boston,
Hoosac Tunnel q Western, the Boston, Barre &
Gardner, the Worcester & Nashua, the Grand
Trunk & Chicago the Chicago Milwaukee & ST.
Paul, the Chicago, Rock island & Pacific Che
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee, and the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
"THE surest aim may miss the game,
The safest ship go down.
And one mistake will bring to blame,

Inc WlSeSG man III town.
Accidents happen every day. You may be
never so careful. you may not travel much, you
may have thus far escaped injury, but you are
constantly surrounded by unseen Dangers you
are at the mercy of the careless world around
YOU the ship you are sailing on may strike an
unseen rock, the bridge you crossing may
break; no matter what your occupation is, you
are not safe anywhere without an accident
policy, and a few cents day will purchase one
in The Accident Insurance Company of North
America, company that has been in business
twelve years. has paid over LOG claims, and
never contested a single claim at law. 1t is the
only company in America combining its business
to Accident Insurance. Resources for security
of policy holders. 1914 ,208 IS.
CLEAVELAND & ADAMS, State Agents.
A NJ ALEXANDER,
General Manager for Indiana.
Nos. 81 6 SO N Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis
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nose tckled him all through his lecture, and his
what mouth he made upland he wadded his
handkerchief up into little ball in his hand
while talking. AS to his accent he uses the
Italian a. not graz ass, as our teachers give it,
but plain grahss.
He thinks the majority rules here. The ma
jority never ruled Brains rule and always will,
with He is welcome to the money he gets
here-we owe him that for the pleasure of read
ing his works. He says that democracy makes
people selfasserting and Dragging Democracy
operates differently with us. Americans are
more difiident than Europeans For instance it
would be hard to coax an American to speak in
public before he had studied all the graces of
oratory MARY DEAN.
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a DiScreDancV

a Discrepancy in the School Biographies.
To the Editor Of the indianapolis journal
Does Indiana contain herself Geographically
speaking she does not. She is described in our
geography as being $50 miles in width and $50
miles long, containing SO, 500 square miles, and
ranks 30 in size. We think we are able to show
her to be $50 miles in width and 267 miles long,
at least to contain 40,G50 square miles, and
ranking 26 in size. The Auditor reports %, 63l,
946 acres of taxable land within her borders.
Nothing less than 40, $50 square miles will con
tain that number of acres and as the land has
been appraised and listed and plated for taxa
ton, and each farm designated to its proper
owner for many years by township assessors,
whose interest would naturally be to reduce tho
about correct. If we have the number OF
acres reported by the Auditor Of State
we have surplus of 6,24 square
miles, or that much more than is
claimed by our geography. This would
make seventeen average counties, or increase
size one-sixth This surface is nearly equal to the
whole State of Massachusetts, whose population
is nearly equal to Indiana.
1t looks little as if the agricultural depart
ment is showing State to have a No. foot.
and the educational department is requiring her
to wear a No. shoe. Is there no remedy for
this or will our State have to wear her old terri
torial description for all future timer Indiana
boasts of her large school fund.- and her many
schools; but there might be possibility that
some Of our teachers could not come within 1000
of telling the number of square miles within our
small State ranking thirty second in size. If our
Biographies cannot be revised to correspond with
the Auditors report, | suggest that a copy of
the a,nnual report of the statistics be placed in
all oSsthe schools of the State. VIM ADAMS.
JEFFERSONVILLE Ind.
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whom he found using DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup,
and he was correct, for that cough was soon
thing of the past Price 25 cents
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

Wabash system. General Manager Smith left
for St Louis last night, where he will to-day
establish an agency of the line.
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Southern Railway Enterprises.

A syndicate, with a capital of 100000, has
been formed to build road to connect the Mem
phis & Charleston with the Georgia Pacific. The
point at which the Memphis g. Charleston will
be left is the head of the Tennessee river. where
a town will be built The new town will have "a
direct waterway to 81. Louis whittier the iron
of north Alabama can be carried by steamers,
and corn from the West brought South on the
return trip, To secure certain land privileges,
the new road must be completed to the Franklin
county line by May l, and to its junction with
the Georgia Pacific by Oct. l. The officers OF
the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific road an
nounce that through bills of lading are now be
ing signed to Arcadia, point l22 miles west of
Delta and fifty-one miles west of Monroe, La;
Arcadia is about halfway between Monroe and
Shreveport and as the construction of the road
is being pushed as rapidly as possible, it viii
soon be completed and in operation to Shreve-
port The bridge across the Red river at Shreve-
port is nearly finished and when completed it is
more than probable that track will be laid east
ward, to meet the track coming from Arcadia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
GRAM HOTEL.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND

Passenger elevator and all modern conveniences.
Leading Hotel of the city, and strictly frstclass.
Rates. $3.50, So and $3.50 per day. The latter price
including bath. GEO. /. PFINGST,
Proprietor
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On some roads engineers are in the habit of
stepping back into the baggage cars and allow
ing their firemen to run their engines for half
hour or So while they talk with the baggage
master, take good smoke and read the papers.
While some fremen may be perfectly compe-
tent to an engine, such action is surely
unwise. and of course is not allowed on road
where rules are strictly enforced. t'iremen sci
dom object when they are asked to do double
duty in this way, from the simple fact that they
are proud to think that the engineer places so
much confidence in them, and then again they
learn something new every time they are left in
charge of an engine An engineers place is on
the foot board from the time he leaves terminus
until his train safely reaches its destination, and
irst-class engineers will run 10 risks, no matter
how competent their fremen are.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
The Trunk-Line Pool Thought To he Solid

The Trunk-Line Pool Thought To Be Solid.
A telegram from New York states that Com
missioner Fink says that the railroad meeting of
managers called for Thursday, will be held. He
says the New York Central will be represented
by its vice president The meeting would be
held for the purpose of considering the various
alleged Irregularities, and for devising some
means for preventing rate cutting The trouble
arose chiefly from the suspicious roads enter
tanned of each other and was not any ones fault
in particular, but the result of the nature of
things and the difficulty of harmonizing Omany
conflicting interests. For the last five years pre-
dictions have been published from time to time
that the pool would be broken up but it still ex-
isted and he believed the conference would re-
suit in some amicable arrangement for removing
the present difficulties.
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General Manager for Indiana.
Nos. 81 & SO N. Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-03-15


WILMINGTON, March 13-The city sus-
tains decided loss in the removal to
Washington City of one of our prominent
citizens and a leading physician Of the
State, DR.. II. S. Norcom. He is a gentle
man of high attainments in his profession
and of acknowledged skill in its practice
He removes to a wider field of practice
with fattering prospects ahead and leaves
behind him here and in different sections
of the State troops of friends, good and
true.
The season Of Lent has opened in the lay
ing aside Of the proverbial gayety of Will
mington during the Winter months. The
city talk now is of the putting on, in April,
of the robes of a Bishop upon our popular
and accomplished Episcopal clergyman,
Dr. Watson. The event will draw here a
large attendance from various sections of
the State and from other States. It will
be an interesting and memorable occasion.
CIvIS.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

A VOICE FROM KINSTON.-The papers
and the people of this district are almost
unanimously for Gilmer for Governor
Free Press.
"A Caldwell correspondent of the Nor
canton UOuntdi1eer nOminates Col S. Nc
d. Tate for the Lieutenant nt-Governorship
A GOOD TICKET.-For Governor. Hon
John A. Gilmer for Lieutenant Cover
nor, Major Charles NJ. Steadman; for Con-
gress, Judge Thomas Ruffin. Durham,
Recorder.
A STATE TICKET. Nominate new set
of State officers, with Scales and Stead
man at the head, and mark our prediction,
North Carolina will cast a heavier vote
than she has ever done before in her his
tory Winston Sentinel.
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Politics in Pender.


Spectut Correspondence or Ahe CnfOTttcte.
Rocky POINT. PENDER Co., N. CAS-
i there is scarcely a ripple in the turbid
atcr~ Of politics in these Eastern coun-
Is The industrial classes, most or them
poverty, and suffering from the effects
last years failure OF crops, will be hard
Iarouse from the political indifference
ht now finds them hard at work in pro-
1ing food and raiment for their needy
knes. You may rely upon one fact,
hoWer, and that is, if the hard Demo
IL 'thons of toll in these counties can
balm fEh induced to take part in politics,
lev will demand of machine Democratic
fice seekers to take back seats in order
lat our ablest, purest and boldest men
lay come forward to save the State. At
est the contest this year will be doubtful,
nd it will only entail defeat to nominate
BIZ Democrat for Governor unless he is
b class in ability, purity, eloquence and
ersonal magnetism. He must be, too, OF
hat bold, aggressive nature that vii
fousc enthusiasm and enforce convlctlOI
the stump. as he canvaSseS from the
"a 10 the Tennessee line.
/ II is a generally admitted fact that Oc
Mus Coke has a strong hold upon the
ffdence and grateful regards OF the
&stern Democracy. He stood as an ada
hnjine pillar when as the author IN Oul
ate Capitol of our present system OF
$unty government he there 1abOred with
roic devotion and great ability for the
fuggling white people OF the East, as
fy were ground to the dust by Negro
u and carpet-bag domination. 3.
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GLIDING AND FIRING CHINA.
The New Industry Established in Raj
elsh which is a Great Convenience, b,
and Matter of Pride

Last Saturday night there was fire in
the back yard Of Mr.. Eugene L. Harris in
this city Mr.. Harris was there, poker in
hand, punching and working around sort
OF pot, his face the color Of his ebony
cOalman's. This. said he, lis the china
firing establishment of E. L. Harris &, Co.
Look down this tube and see" A little
smoke-stack protruded from the pot and
the pay you got for sngeing your beard in
looking down it was the sight Of red
mass. ''Thats china. See how beautiful
ly it is heating. When that has rose
color, it's just right" Presently he pulled
a trigger under the pot, the charcoal all
fell away from around it, and so pieces
of painted china We're left to spend the
night cooling and to wake up Sunday
morning with colors fast for ever
Until these gentlemen began this indus
try here every piece Of china painted in
North Carolina had to be sent to New
York to be fired, running the risk Of break
ing going and coming and paying express
or freight charges Now the schools and
private persons who wish such work done
can save danger and money and time
And this is the only such establishment,
in the South.
Mr. Harris says that doing this work
here has already stimulated the pretty art
which happily has during the last few
years become more and more common
and he thinks that all such work done il
| North Carolina, Virginia and South Caro-
| lima will be sent to him to be gilded anC
! fired. You would have to make Ions
search to find a handsomer lot Of ware
than that he was handling that night. /
was work done at Peace Institute.
The process Of gliding which as well a:
that Of firing is interesting, requires not {
little care and artistic skill And the fac
that Mr.. Harris does both with his owl
hands-doing with his artistic skill wha
in many other places is left for appren
tices or employees-1nake this novel an(
significant enterprise the more notewor
thy and praiseworthy.
Another new thing Whatever is de
manded is likely to be supplied by hom'
enterprises.
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To Form an Economist Club.

To THE CHRONICLE i have been wait
ing these two months with a great deal of
interest some practical developments of
your suggestion which was SO cordially
suggested by Senator Vance, to form in
Raleigh a club for economic study-a rev.
enue-reform club.
NV notion is not to organize anything
like political club-at least not a club for
hurrah campaign work, but permanent
society, to be composed of StudiOuS men
who believe in free-trade as the proper
doctrine for us to practice ultimately.
Let it be not theoretical didactic dull
thing, but company Of men who are
willing to study not theories so much as
actual problems in our society. For in
stance, let it investigate and publish the
actual effects of the tariff on North Car
Dina industries. Let it accumulate in a
gradual way library let it look into all
our industrial and economic questions
how we can stimulate manufactures how
we can successfully work for immigration,
how we can stimulate demand for skilled
labor. There are ten thousand questions
| (more or less) to investigate which would
| make every investigator wiser, and would
| formulate and build up healthful public
| opinion and be local centre Of reference
for thought on such questions
Among other things it light invite Mr.
| Henry Watterson to Raleigh when he goes
| to Chapel Hill next summer, have him to
deliver an address and entertain him
beg to ask that further suggestions be
made by any gentlemen who are interested
in this proposal, in your next issue.
ECONOMIST.
Raleigh, March 13.