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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-13
Mr.. TUPPERS PEDAGOGICAL STATISTICS.


An interesting book just issued from the press
Of Barlow, Osborn az Co. is entitled Fifty Years
Schoolmaster." 1t is by Andrew Upper, of Deer
field, Mass, who has taught district schools
the half century necessary to make the title OF
his book no missioner. Mr.. Upper began the
life of country teacher when he. was twenty
years old. consequently he is now three scor wears
and ten, and retres to well-earned rest For
his book Mr. Upper deserves alike the thanks of
the teacher. the statistician and that shadowy in
dvdual known as the general reader.
Mr.. Upper is fond of figures. which is
perhaps only natural in person who. for a
hundred terms. has helped classes founder through
the mazes Of arithmetic from where Jane is given
TWO apples and Ann three apples. with the ex.
pectation that the student will be able TO cal
cuate the total amount of fruit in the possession Of
these young folks 10 where can build four rods.
one yard, two feet. and six inches OF fence in
eight hours. forty minutes and ten seconds. SO
how much can b, who weighs ten pounds less
than A, and has one sore thumb. build in eleven
hours. thirty minut,s. and eighteen and onc-half
seconds Mr. Upper finds, from his records. that
2,647 scholars have passed through his hands
during the fifty years. OF these 2,646 broke
every rule which Mr. Upper established for the
good of the school, the single exception having
been little Ernest Howard Whitney. Of South
IIadley. who was Mr.. Tupper's pupil in lsGs, and
never violated single regulation. missed having
perfect lesson. Ernest is now serving n long
term in the Massachusetts States Prison for
burglary. Mr. Upper received 2.407 letters from
excited and peppery parents. whose offspring he had
punished. threatening to come 10 the schoohOuse
and thrash him. OF these. 754 came. 69l of them
men and sXty-threc of them women Mr. TupDer
put out and more less disligured every one
OF the men. but siXty-two of the women struck,
him with articles ranging from the water-dipDer
to a baseball bat. The other woman thought
better of it and thanked him for spanking her
boy. and tried TO make arrangements with him
to do il every day, and save her the trouble
Plans were laid by the big boys To throw Mr.
Upper out OF the window $50 times He
bafied them on every occasion but one
when big boy named Jim Dodlev
picked him up bodily and smashed him through
the window, Mr.. Upper taking the sash with
him and breaking both legs. This former ath-
letc and anti-pedagogic youth is now the Rev
James Dodlcy, ID. d., missionary to Samoa, where
natives being attracted no less by his meek and
lowly ways, than by his carnestness and elo-
quence as preacher. Mr.. Upper has seen the
letter mistaken for some other more or less
remote member of the alphabet 24,67s times: he
has been Informed that two and two made five
some other number up'as high az twenty seven
1914 times he has heard that Nebraska IL the
capital Of Africa 1906 times. boy who once
informed him that q noun is small animal
abundant In the archipelago Of Chicago. y now
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dmnGemenIs


ACADEMY-S-The Soudan.
AMBERG THEATRE-s-Othello.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE-10 a. m. to 10 p. m-1ndus
trial Fair.
BIJCU THEATRES :15-Niobe.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-Thc Merry Monarch
CASINO-S-Cavalleria Rustlcana and the Tyrolean
COLUMBUS THEATRES :15-Lcnd Nc Your WIFE,
EDES MuSEE-Wax Tabesus.
GARDEN TIEATRE-S-La Cigale.
GRAND OPERA HOUSES :i5--The Power OF the Press
HARLEM OPERA HOUSES :lj-The Lady OF Lyons.
nARRIGAN'S TuEATRE-S-Reilly AID the 400.
HERRMANN's THEATRES :9o-The Man with Hun
drcd Heads.
HoyT's MADISON SQUARE THEATRES Boa TrlI
70 Chinatown
ROSTER & BIAL'S-S-vaudcyie.
LYCEUM THEATRES :15-.The Dancing Gin,
MADISON SQUARE GAEDES-9 a. m. TO ~ p H.
Tower O.ening.
MUSIC HALL-e-Symphony Society Concert.
NEW PARK THEATRES ;15-Hoss ana Hoss
NiBLO'S-s-A Mile Minute.
PALMER'S THEATRES :15-Alabama
PROCToR'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
STANDARD THEATRE-S-La Tosca
STAR THEATRES :15-Miss Heyett.
ITALIA THEATRE--3-The Dwxrfs Weodme'
TONY PASTORS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
UNION SQUARE THEATRES ;15-The Caai'
l4TH STREET THEATRE -MaNourneen'
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covered all his disbursements, direct or iho'ieos'
for the promotion of his political fortunes which
were so vitality involved in the canvass.
The Corrupt Practice Act, so-c1lled' whicn
was passed in 1890 provides that every can
didate who is voted for at any public election
sb,u file an temzed statement OF his eecton
eypenses. This is well enough, so far as IL
coes but it is evident that the law will not ac-
complish the reform which it aims to accom-
nlish until State and county political committees
a. well as candidates for Office are required by
law TO file itemized statements OF expenses IN
CURED in conducting campaigns. AS it Is, the
statements of candidates fail to furnish the
necessary information, or, rather they faii to
furnish all that is required, and in too many
instances it is to be suspected, leave the niger
in the fence. The Corrupt Practice Act was
designed to supplement the new Ballot law by
making it difficult for political parties to carry
elections by flooding the contested districts with
money. But, as it stands, the law is OF com
paratively little account.
The Republicans of the next Legislature can
be trusted to support the amendment which is
needed to perfect the act If it reaches him, will
Governor Flower sign it? 1t is hardly possible
that Tammany would permit him to.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-13
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1891.
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreon The Brazilian Army and Navy are
alleged TO be planning TO make Fonseca lie DC
totor - 1t is said that plot TO overthrow
the ruling dynasty of Greece has been dlscoVereu'
- The Cabinet appointed by the Chlhah
Innta has resigned. - Marine disasters arc
renortcd all along the Atlantic coast oil EuloPe'
= 4 fire in q London suburb did much oali-
age. ,Ia;o
Domegtic.-DemocTatc Inspectors are hoiuihg
hack election returns in Rensselaer, county, III
pursuance of the plot TO steal the STATE oeh''0'
= P,uerS were read before the Bankers Con
,,cntion at NewOrleaus by George Rutledge lid
son. w. T. ST. John. George ), Coe ana otheI"'--
A daring attempt was made to rob an express tfaln
ON the ST. Paul road near Milwaukee - OH
NeviIl Lubbock, representing British tijuana anu
other colonies arrived in Washington 10 secuie
tariff concessions. - The Pennsylvania Rail-
road dedicated a monument at Bordentowh 10 cohi-
mcmorate the first train run in New-Jersey.
C,.,, ord Suburban.-There were four deaths
from yellow fever on the steamer Alliance, winch
ri,,od Yesterday An insurance broker
killed. himcelf on the steps of st. Vincents Hos
nital --- A mass-mecting at Chickering Hall
nassed resolutions denouncing the Louisiana State
Iotterv. speeches were made by Seth Low,
Father Elliott, Abram S. Hewitt, Bishop Potter
and others - The Clearing House Committee
declared its confidence in William A. Camp I'M
shaken despite Newton Squire's charges. -
The Executive Committee of the City College took
measures to settle the troubles in that institution
- Stocks declined under the lead of the coal
shares, which were depressed by sales OF long
stock The movement was fairly uniform and
the closing was weak.
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day: Fair and
colder. Temperature yesterday: Highest, 81 de-
grees; lowest, 46; average, 52.
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THE SECRETARY ON THE SILVER ACI

Secretary Foster has addressed letter to the
American Bankers Association, which was sub
mitted at its meeting at New-Orleans, in which
he strongly defends the existing Silver Act
He first recapitulates its provisions, and shows
that under its operation, from August 10, 1890
to November /, 1891, 66,5SS,536 fine ounces
of silver have been purchased, costing $685.
626,565, or 81 Oh per ounce, but only ~
S4S.475 standard dollars have been coined from
this silver, and coinage of the purchased silver
has ceased, with the issue OF silver certificates
against standard silver dollars. In place OF
these certificates, which are redeemable only in
silver. there are now issued" United States notes
of full debt-paying power, redeemable in gold
or silver coin, at the option of the Secretary OF
the Treasury, and having behind them prac-
tically a gold dollars worth of silver bullion"
Elsewhere the Secretary describes this currency
as "redeemable on demand in gold CON- and
with the pledge of the Government to maintain
it at par"
There is no ground for denying that this ac-
curatey states the provisions OF the existing
law The Secretary has a discretion as to the
kind of coin to be given in redemption of notes,
it is true, but that discretion is 50 limited by
coin shall be maintained that he is virtually
debarred by the act from refusing gold coin to
any holder of the new notes who asks payment
in such coin. This is unquestionably the intent
and the true construction Of the act, and doubt
less the courts would interpret it, unless there
should arise political controversy on the sub
iect But it is fact established by unpleasant
experience that even the highest court in the
land may change its decision, on such ques-
tons, when grave political results are supposed
to depend upon a change.
Secretary Foster urges that the act provides
large increase of currency, which was found
beneficial last summer At the same time it
"provides a home market for the silver product
of the United States" The words "a home
market" do not accurately describe the situa-
ton. The silver purchased by the Government
is merely locked up> but not used, and there is
no certainty and can be none that it may not
be thrust upon the market hereafter. The ex-
istence of this enormous mass of unused silver
does in fact tend to depress the value of silver
bullion all over the civilized world, for it is
really unused because the new notes are redeem
able in gold. The one weak point Of the act,
which was dictated by the popular demand for
the purchase of silver, is the absolute inability
of the Government to find any use for the mass
of silver purchased, and hence its inability to
take away the depressing influence of that mass
of unused silver.
But the Secretary argues most forcibly that
the existing law is not only vast improvement
upon that which it suppanted; it is also the
best that it was possible at the time to enact
There is great reason to doubt whether the Dem
ocraic House soon TO assemble will have either
the wish or the wisdom to frame any Silver bill
half as mobjectonable.
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PERSONAL.
granddaughter of Mr.. Justice Lamar will make
her debut in Washington society this winter.

granddaughter of Mr.. Justice Lamar will make
her debut in Washington society this winter.
Governor Mckinney, OF Virginia. has a bright three
year-old child who recently disciplined by being
sent away from the table. But rs she reached the
door she looked back defanty at her sire and shot
this Parthan arrow: A" lIurrah for Mahonel'
Great opposition Is manifested by admirers OF the
late oliver p Morton, OF INDIANA, the proposed
moval OF his statue in indianapolis from Circle Park
10 tho State House grounds. And as a small Govern
mcnt appropriation for necessary repairs is contingent
upon snch removal IN attempt viii be made 10 raise
the money 10 make the improvements where the
monument l..
Miss Beatrice Cameron the welInown actress, is
in mourning for her young brother Byram IIegeman,
who died ut Troy last Saturday, aged sixteen.
The deceased boy bright gentle. aifcctionate and
Ot much PROMISE and his education had long been
his sisters chief care.
The wife of General A. w. Greedy has recently been
so seriously i'll to occasion her friends great anxiety,
but her condition IS now much improved.
Ignatius Donnelly obtained II damages in
his libel suit against "The ST. Paul Pioneer Press,
and that newspaper therefore declared that its sale
cations Of bribery and corruption were In the main
completely sustained by the jury. Thereupon MIR.
Donnelly brought another suit
Governor Hovey, OF Indiana and several other prom.
nent HOLSTERS in Mexico at present having
tic capital of that Republic last week Friday IN a
special ear.
Mr. John Mclean proprietor OF "The Cincinnati
Enquirer now residing In Washington has greatly
enlarged the diningroom Of his mansion there; aud
Senator Sanford's house has undergone a similar i'm
pr0vement within the last few months. THE STAR
notes this suggestive OF the line along which hospital.
ity Is likely 10 spread this winter.
Harriet liosmer, who was expected TO leave Rome
ut about this time for Chicago has been obliged 10
delay her departure. hut the completion OF her
studies q Queen I.sbela and Abraham Lincan for
tho Worlds Fair VIII not DO delayed In consequence
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places where they can be stain without new
table waste and probable determination. Hence
the United States derive Alright in the seal when
no other nation can assert and if it can be shown
by reason of the smallness of the herd that the
free and common use of the seal fishery endan-
gers that right and prcjudices us in our use OF
it. a reason is created why we should be let alone
in our possession of the islands and OF the IN
dus.ry they supply. The conclusions which its
own investigations have forced on "The Her
ald.- if admitted, as they must be, by court
of arbitration, will carry with them naturally
an award in our favor.
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HlTJTTEE EXPENSES

LIVER since Roswell p. Flower filed his state
ment of election expenses the politicians of the
State have been audibly grinning. Mr.. Flower,
according to Mr.. Flower, contributed only So, 900
to the campaign from which he emerged win
ming candidate. Probably if his Democratic
brethren could be polled, they would express the
conviction by a majority so large as practically
to amount to unanimity that it cost Mr.. Flower
at least twenty times $4,000 to win the Gov
ernorship. From all parts of the State come
-substantated reports # the bribery of
voters. The ncfarious business would seem to
have been pushed with tremendous yigor this
year in every district which was at all close.
And yet the head of the Democratic ticket, the
proprietor of bari, who was VIGOROUSLY NOM
mated because he was, in the language of a
distinguished Democrat, "a famboyant million
aire." wants the people 10 understand that 50. 900
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UUY THE SEAL IRE OTRS.

"The Boston Herald" has got close to the
truth with regard to the sealing controversy. 1t
sent correspondent last summer into Behring
Sea. He cruised about in Canadian poacher,
and although bis dispatches reflect the poach-
ers' views in considerable measure, they have
convinced "The Herald" that the only sure
way Of maintaining the fur-sea species is to
prohibit the killing of fur-seal in any part OF
Behrng Sea or of the great straits leading
through the Aleutian Islands into the Pacific
Ocean. The right to kill seal should be restrict
ed TO the two islands of st. Paul and St. George,
under conditions practically the same as those
that have obtained for the last twenty years"
The influence of education upon a candid mind
is happily illustrated by these conclusions, with
which the positions hitherto taken by The
Heradn are quite at variance. 1t makes some
effort to reconcile its earlier declarations with
the facts as it now ascertains them to be, by
suggesting that if the natural "free-sea" rights
of the Canadians are forbidden BY the plain
necessities OF the sealing industry, they might
be permitted to share our profits at the islands.
But "The Herald' fOrgets that the natural rights
of all nations in the open sea and its fisheries
rest on the assumption that there are sea enough
and fish enough for all, and that no one nation =
natural right to the ownership OF fishery on
the ground OF contiguity is abridged or preju-
diced by the admission to its use of the Others.
But when this fact fails the law fails. In
defiance Of the general principle of free seas
England to-day holds three great pearl fisher
les. The American claim in Behring Sea is
grounded Oh the peculiar conditions existing
there The United States own the seals island
rookeries. and these rookeries are the only
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n.oe.or Of history and belcslcttres in Gotham

professor of history and bellcs-lettres In |oo""'
College At. T,n-
put nerbaps the most interesting OF Mr.. Iup-
ncrs statistics are those relating TO pehe pn',
lie finds that the number Of bent pins upon "nion
It. was hoped by the optimistic mihd OF so''a
that he would sit reaches the astonishing gran"
total of 1,467.512. "Of these Mr.. upper oD-
serves with great candor, Il really seated NY
IN 23s61O. notwithstanding that, aftcr 'hc NOV
wear. during which I sat on 4l,os6, never III
tsrded 70 sit down in any chair without examin-
;ro il for pins In 1872 | visited Europe anu
climbed the Matterhorn. When | reached ohe
tonn,ost pinnacIe and started to sit down to view
rho scene of awful grandeur below me care
fully dusted off the rock for pins Nevertheless,
no adds that on tic first morning OF the succeed
ing winter term in West Sussex, after having
made pleasant little Introductory speech to thc
children. as was his custom, saying that nc hopcd
their relations would bc pleasant, he inadvertently
sat down in the chair and found seven shaii
never FORGET writes Mr.. Upper, " the nrst bcht
min which sat on. | have it yet, and IL Is ONO
Of nv most cherished mcmentoes. 1t was IN tne
afternoon Of the first day of the first term. SAT
down heavily, something l seldom 90 now.
then got up. As gained my leco
little Willie Barker threw big STATE
sponge soaked in red ink at me. IL struck
me on the right ear and seemed to melt ana run
all over me- The prettiest big girl, whom SUP,
seauently married, patted Willie on the hcad anu
gave him some candy. All, happy days OF carry
manhood, never to return'"
We welcome Mr. Tuppers Fifty Years
Schoolmaster," especially as staus,icai WIN
Statistics run too much to population lahu "lc"''
orons manufactures and 50 forth. They are dry
and appeal only to the specialist. But figures
like Mr.. Tupper's are fairly pulsatng with lie
and touch the heart of all mankind. We nope
10 see more books Of the kind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-13

There is no immediate prospect OF relief from
the threatened water famine. Nothing will avail
except long and drenching rain' and the
weather prophets hold out no hope in that d.
rection for the next few days at least. Vi course
the necessity of economizing in the use OF water
is becoming greater every day. We are glad to
learn that there will be no more street-sprlnkins
after Sunday. though we believe Commissioner
Gilroy should have broken the contract Tor tn's
work the moment danger was in sight ana leu
the consequences take care of themselves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-13

Censure by a coroners jury upon the fehI,-
sylvania Railroad Company for causing the dea,n
Of two men in Newark week or 90 ago VIII
not produce any greater effect than USUALLY follows
such deiverances from similar sources Moie
practical is the jurys recommendation tha1 al
grade crossings should be done away with IN the
limits Of the city. That is a desderatum not IN
Newark alone, but it is excessively hard to CON
vince the lawmakers of the importance OF re-
form in this matter. At any rate, the newborn
Railroad Commission has not yet made the shgn'-
est impression on the Albany Legislature, in spite
of its oft-rcpeated recommendations on the SUBJECT
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declaration of the icsult-oh, no; not by any

The meeting in Chickering Hall last night to
aid in the suppression of the Louisiana Lottery
was large and successful That there is a gen
nine interest in the subject here was shown by
the crowded audience, its hearty reception of the
earnest speeches, and the vigor with which The
resolutions were accepted. The meeting was
eminently catholic in character. The speakers
were Bishop Potter ex-NlayCr Hewitt, ex-Judse
Davis DR.. Seth Low, Father Elliott, the Rev.
DR.. Deems and General George ID. Johnston.
The moral influence of their addresses and OF
the meeting as whole cannot fail to be marked.
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That every vote counts was never more stink
ingy shown than the result in Sullivan County
where Henry Kenrick, the Republican candidate
for Assemblyman, was yesterday declared elected
by a majority of one. 1t is still more remark
able in view of the fact that the political COM
plexion of the Assembly itself may be deter
mined by that single vote. There is no doubt
that the Sullivan County Board of Canvassers, in
making their decision, acted simply upon the
facts before them. There was 10 :" monkeying'
with the returns The votes as cast were count
ed. and no charge of partisan influence can be
maintained against them.
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1t has been frequently said this fall that we
were to have an extremely severe winter. Per
haps yesterday TO natives of tropical chimes might
have seemed a forerunner of cold weather, but
to NEWCOMERS it was a mild and bright spring
day, which made one wish that he had not been
so eager to put on heavy clothing earlier in the
season
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-13

The Empire State ought to take as great an in
terest in the Worlds Fair as the neighborng re.
public of Mexico. That is q moderate way Of
stating the case but it will serve to enforce the
pressing duty of prompt legislative action and or.
ganzed preparation. Mexico is already in the
field and promises to furnish the largest and most
comprehensive exhibit which it has ever organ
lied for an international exposition. New Yorks
inaction is discreditable The coming year ought
to witness hearty and enthusiastic cooperation
on the part of this great commonwealth with the
other American States in making the Worlds
Fair magnificent success.