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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27
SUPERIORITY OF OUR CITY SCHOOLS.

The Journal has on several occasions
called attention to the series of articles
in the Forum by DR.. j. Nj. Rice on the
public schools of this country. Dr.. Rice
has for some years been engaged in o
study of educational methods, both in
the United States and Europe, and as a
preliminary to the preparation of these
papers has visited the public schools in
thirty six cities, spending every school
hour in the school-rooms. His investi-
cations were confined almost entirely to
the primary grades. his argument being
that these are most important, and that
the system of training which obtains
in these first grades may be safely as
sumed to be followed ont in more adj
vanced schools. An account was given
in the first articles of this series of his
visits to the schools of Baltimore, Buff
falo and Cincinnati. In no case wasthe
result of his experiences satisfactory.
He found the schools of those cities up
on. an extremely low level, owing. as he
believed. to the fact that teachers we're
not qualified for their duties and that
there was little or no supervision
in the way of training teachers
after their appointment, and so
raising the standard of instruction.
In his third paper, which appears in
the December Forum, he undertakes to
show that a schools advancement de-
ponds not alone upon the amount but
also upon the method of supervision,
and uses as contrasting examples the
schools of st. Louis and Indianapolis.
The methods of instruction followed in
the schools of the former city are, he
says, less rife with absurdities than
those in Baltimore, Buffalo and Cincin-
natl, but they are nevertheless mechan-
ical and calculated to crowd the memory
with cut and dried facts. The tendency
there is to lower rather than raise the
standard of teachers, and to suppress
rather than encourage attempts to teach
naturally.
OF indianapolis schools he speaks in
q very different strain. being compli-
mentary and even enthusiastic in his
remarks. He says the scene presented
in the Indianapolis classroom differs so
widely from that in st. Louis that it
would scarcely appear that these two
institutions had anything in common.
This striking contrast is due. he thinks,
to the fact that Indianapolis schools
abound in the element which, in st. Louis
lie SO obviously lacking-considera-
ton and sympathy for the child.
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can answer

BECAUSE of their former acquaintance
with Rev. DR.. Person, Indianapolis
readers will find Mr.. Henry Tuckley's
letter in this issue of the Journal espe-
cially interesting, giving as it does a
clear account of the difficulty in the
matter of filling the pulpit of the Spur
geon Tabernacle. DR.. Pierson is In an
unfortunate position through no fault of
his own, having accepted an invitation
to become the successor of the great
SpurgeOn in entire ignorance of the
growing sentiment among the congrega-
ton In favor of the son of the man for
they had SO great an affection.
This sentiment is entirely natural, end
involves no personal objection to DR..
Pierson; but it is a great pity it could
not have developed itself in time to "a
him from embarrassment and humilia.
ton. The movement in favor Of Rev.
Thomas Spurgeon is nows SO strong, that
with the attendant possibility of keep
ing the distinctive name, "SpurReon's
Tabernacle" intact it will probably
come to have such force that the with
drawal of DR.. Pierson must follow.
This. at least, seems to be the outlook at
present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27
COMETARY REFLECTIONS.

The spirited, almost heated, discus
sion among astronomers concerning the
recently discovered comet has set every
body talking. ! The people do not care
whether the comet is Biela'sOT Holiness.
in fact. they do not care whose it is;
they are only concerned as to whether
we are going to have O free spectacular
display in the heavens m whether the
comet is likely to collide with the earth
or affect the inhabitants in any way.
They are quite willing to leave the sci
entitic part of the subject to the scien-
fists, but if anything sensational is GO
ing to happen they do not want to miss
it. Ii there is to be any fun they want
to be in it.
The weight of authority, including
the German astronomers. is that the
comet now under discussion is not
Biela's. In fact, it is generally believed
now that Biela's comet has ceased star
ring as a comet, and has dissolved into
a vast number of meteors. The perio-
deity of Biela's comet is six years and
three-quarters, but it has not been seen
for about forty years. its expected APP
pearance being marked instead by me-
teoric showers. This comet was first
discovered in February. 1926. 1t re-
appeared in 1882, missed in 1889. and APP
peared again in 1916. When first OBJ
served at this appearance it was in the
act of separating into two distinct COM
cts, which moved side by side until they
disappeared. At its next appearance, in
1852, the distance between the two nuclei
had much increased, and since then it
has not been seen. If it has not broken
up, it has at least not kept its ngage
ments.
AS far as can be gathered from the OBJ
servations of those who have been
watching the new comet, it is not likely
to eliminate in anything sensational.
There will be no great spectacular dis
play like that of Donati's comet, in 1853,
which gave the inhabitants of earth one
of the grandest celestial exhibitions of
modern times. Next to that the great
est cometary display within the memory
of any person now living was in 1S43.
when the heavens were made lurid for
some weeks by a m which sported a
tail 200, 600, 900 miles in length. That
comet came nearer colliding with the
sun than this comet will come to the
eaSth, for at its nearest approach their
surfaces were not more than 80, 900 miles
apart. But collision with q comet would
not be serious unless it was with the
nucleus. or head. As for the tail. il
consists of gaseous matter so attenuated
thai no one would know 1t if the earth
passed through II. In fact, the earth
did pass through the tail of a comet on
June 30. 1851, and nobody knew it, ex-
cept the tronomer The nucleus of a
comet is supposed TO consist of q collec-
ton of meteoric fragments. and if this
were to strike the earth it might cause
considerable of a jolt, but the danger il
not imminent. These things are too vel
ordered.
Comets are the most mysterious of nj
celestial bodies. The planets and fixed
stars are su fficientlY so. but they seen
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commonplace compared with the mys-
terious bodies which seem to be equally
at homo in all parts of the universe, ard
which go dashinR through space with
out any objective point or apparent rea-
son for existence. Why they do exist.
where they come from and where they
go to, why they move in such eccentric
orbits. whether they have explored the
utmost limits of space. or whether they
are still engaged in a fruitless chase
after the infinite are questions that none
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profit TO those who have built houses to
accommodate these thousands will be in
keeping them full at fair prices. 1t is
therefore very important that a fair
scale of prices be fixed at the outset,
since. If the report should get out that
unreasonable prices have been demand
ed, many thousands will decide to stay
at home or cut short their visit.
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THE Chicago Journal says that it is
unjust for outside newspapers to assume
that extortionate prices will be charged
for entertainment during h worlds
fair. Ii holds that the people of Chi
cage are not SO rapacious as has been
represented. If they were it says that
there is a practical check on exorbitant
prices in the enormous preparation
which is being made 10 accommodate
visitors to the fair. New hotels and
clearinghouse, which will
date tens of thousands. are springing
MP. SO that the competition for patron
age will make prices reasonable. There
is q great deal in this. The fair will
continue for months, SO that several
hundred thousand who attend one week
viii make way for another crowd. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

ACCORDING to an intimate friend of
the President-elect. that parsonage
threatens to stay on Hog island. or
somewhere away from New York, till
February if he sees indications that the
kind of experience which he has been
compelled to pass through fortwo weeks
past is to be continued. Hungry Demo-
Gratis will please take notice that Mr..
Cleveland's celebrated personal comfort
Is of first Importance with him now as
In former wars
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

THE doubt about the construction of
an educational building at the worlds
fair is causing those who are interested
IN such exhibits to inquire the source of
the opposition. but without entire sue
cess. The ostensible objection is that
Che building will cost $4,000 and that
Che funds secured do not permit such an
expenditure. 1t is said that the board
of artists object to the building on the
ground that it was not provided for in
the original designs, and that putting it
in now would injure the general effect.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

THOSE unpatriotic Representatives
who fought against appropriating So
900, 900 to the worlds fair must be cha
grined when they learn that tie two
million five hundred thousand dollars
worth of souvenir half-dollars which
they did vote the enterprise will proba-
bly, put considerably more than $780,
600 into its treasury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

The Cincinnati Enquirer is evidently
misinformed in regard to the value of
Indiana farm lands when it states that
they are cheaper % than they have
been for years. Such a report could be
excused before the election, but now
there is no apparent cause for such mis-
representation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

The secretary OF the associated local
charities co~ngratulates the public that
there are less objects for benevolence
than at any time in its previous history.
1t is well to make a record of the fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27
LOUISE IMoeEN Quincy. q Boston poet

LOUISE IMOGEN Quincy. q Boston poet
and literary pet. prints a poem beginning:
All summer the breath Of the roses around
Is naught but a delicate, passionate sound.
The breath of tho rose, considered az q
sound. is a trifle too much of a strain for q
mild imagination. but Miss Quincy might
find room for her contributions in q certain
amateur publication of Indianapolis. which
contains some verses from o poet
laureate" opening with the inquiry from
an enamored young man, Lowest thou
me7' "She" does not answer. but shakes
her head and turns it aside.
Years FASTENED blythe lover died.
And when she heard she cried:
"Loyest I thee, dear heartl
See how my quick tears start" :
"Lovest I theel' she said
"My love. my life Is dead"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

FAIR-MINDED people, out as we'll as in
the Grand Army. will applaud Com
mander-in-chief Weissert for declaring
his purpose to see that colored veterans
In the South shall have charters forlocal
Grand Army posts. There should be no
Ace distinctions in commemorating ma
tional salvation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27
The Use of Them,

Mrs. wickwire-why do they have those big
mirrors in bar-rooms. deari
Mr., wickwire-To enable a man to get a full
view of himself, of course.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

FOOTBALL is now hailed as the great
Est of games, and it will continue to en-
Joy that distinction if it does not fall
into the hands of professionals.
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Might BE Sadder.

"By George. Yours lie q sad condition"
eyes," assented the blind cripple. as he drew
his tatters closer around him, $50 it is. Still. 1
Amt Mr.. Lease. Of Kansas"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

JERRY SIMPSON is anxious to have the
report denied that he has gone over to
the Democrats, but he can be no more
anxious about the widespread denial
than the Democrats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

THE late experiments with q view to
producing rain by raising q racket, ap-
pear to have had the effect to make the
weather phepomenally clear.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27
The Coming Man.

Mudge-H'm. Edison thinks that the man of
the future may do without sleep entirely.
Noodad-I don't know but he is right. Ny
baby seems to have u tendency that way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27
s,mole Plan.

Braggs--rm going to set rich next year. I'm
backing a newspaper man who is writing n play.
There is to be an asylum scene, with real idiots
In IL.
Brggs-You don't suppose any institution
would loan it's patients to you, do youi
Braggs-Coursc not. Wen select our idiots
snce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27
SIXTEEN PAGES

IT is not Broadwater island on the
coast-survey maps. but just Hog island.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27
BUBBLES In THE AIR
Glad He Was Our.

Glad He Was Our.
Mrs. Figg-Mrs. Gabbett was in this afternoon.
Mr.. Figg-Was she! Who wont
sWou whatf'
The talking match"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

AN address was recently delivered by
Mr.. y. S. Holbrook. of Chicago. on Les
sons of the Homestead Trouble which
discussed the relations of capital and labor
in q fOrcible and mastery style. The con-
illusions reached by O chain of strong rea-
soning were as follows:
1. Work is q blessing, not a curse.
=. The greatest philanthrOpist is he who fur
nishes employment To others.
8. Aggregations of capital are beneficial to
society. as they reduce cost OF production.
a. Capital and labor are partners, but capital-
1sts and labOrers are not.
D. Labor must choose between the certainty of
wages and the vicissitudes and risks OF profit or
loss.
d. Having chosen wages as its part, when
wages are paid the obligations of capital cease.
except such as pertain to the domain OF private
conscience.
2. The obligations of capital to share profits
with labor are no greater than those of others
to share their surplus with the needy.
g.. No man can show Authority for dictatlng to
capital its duty TO labor when agreed wages
have been paid.
o. Honesty. industry and thrift are the basis
elements of wealth.
L.. The capitalists of to-day were the wage
earners OF yesterday. and the laborer of to-day
can become the capitalist of tomorrow.
II. The moundso OF property are dissipated by
the sure laws or nature; hence the state does not
need to assist in the work.
IL. 1t Is not q crime to acquire and to own.
IL may DC a crime not TO do so II one has the
ability. Acquiring must not be confoundedw with
avarice.
Finally: Man has an inherent and inaIienable
right TO labor. and this right mnst not be inter-
fered with by unions or strikers. 1t is not the
business OF government TO aid in the ACQUISITION
OF money or to make property: hut to protect ev-
lawful efforts to acquire and to enjoy the fruits
OF his labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

AN effort will be made. under the direc-
tion of banking associations in each State,
to do away with that absurdity in bank
PAPER known as the "three days of grace.o
There Is no such period In banking, as there
is no grace in money-loaning. All there is
of it is that the man who borrows money
for thirty days has thirty-three days in
which to pay 1T, and is charged interest for
the grace days. sven If he pays his note at
the end of the thirty days. The reckoning
of interest on three days, while very simple
for the bank clerk. is somewhat complex
for the average borrower who desires to
figure it for himself. On the whole, the
banker or lender gets all the advantage of
the days of grace. if there is any, rather
han the borrower. and the former is gen.
orally supposed to be able to take care of
himself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-27

The prevalence of ty phoid fever in LOUIS
Vile has called public attention to the con-
dition Of the wells within the city limits,
and the general opinion of competent
judges is that most of them are polluted.
A prominent physician says thai after
a~nalyzlng the water from q number of wells
he has concluded that only wells that nave
q depth of at least ninety feet contain
water that is pure. Of course all water
contains germs. but. this physician says,
that which is taken from wells not having
Q depth of ninety feet iu nine cases ont of
ten has disease-producing germs. What
is true in Louisville Is measurably true In
other cities. with the qualification that the
age OF the city and the character of the
soil make como difference. Other things
being equal, the older the city and the
0enser the population the more polluted
tho water will be. In this city most of the
old wells not more than twenty-five or
thirty feet deep are more or less polluted,
and many of them are entirely unfit to use.
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Tho cohoes EIsetlon.

CoHoEs, N. Y, April 14-The excite
ment over the election here has some.
what cooled down, but there are still
signs Of bitterness on all sides. Il
WAS undoubtedly one Of the most
bitter and hard fought contests ever wit
messed in this section. 1t was three
eornered fight between the Republicans,
1iiN a,tI a.. c. ~ PI5
and German respectively The Muir
ply men were outwitted, and al
though there was AN immense number
of lepeaters in the city very little repeat.
ing was done. Garside had the inspect
ors, while German had the police, and
160 special officers were appointed.
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ooEHLo.MeNpooA DUEL.
1t Is Not Likely to Take Place, No tn
Minister is Almost Blind

1t Is Not Likely to Take Place, as the
Minister is Almost Blind.
WASHINGTON, April a. "A call at the
Brazilian Legation, which is located in
the Minister'S private residence, was un-
productive of any news. The colored
butler stated TO the reporter that neither
Minister Mendoza nor Secretary Mario
de Meudoca was in; nor could he say
when they would be. They were in the
city, however, he said.
A friend of Minister Mendoza to
whom the reporter talked about Coehlo's
reputed challenge said:
Il don't know whether or not Coehlo
has sent a challenge as stated but in my
opinion it would make no difference
Senior Mendoza cannot recognize him in
any such manner as that. And then, If
there were no other reasons for ignoring
or declining a challenge, if one were sent,
Senior Mendoza is almost blind and for
him to go out on the duelling ground
would be to invite simple murder. For
months he has not been able to use his
eyes for reading or writing. He sings
only the most important official papers.
There have been operations performed
on his eyes, and another one will be
made two or three months hence. If
that should be successful, he expects in
the course of time to be able to read again.
That is the extent of his hope at the
present time.
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open Daily From 9 to 3.
3 PER CENT. INTEREST /!
PaId on savinae pepoelte
i-rENEsYL VkNIA RAILROAD.
soHUYL.KILL DIVISION,

on and after November Is, 1891, trains tOtIB
leave shenandoah as fOtt0lOs:
For Wtggan, GilbertOn, Frackville, NaW
agtle, st. Clair, and way points, 800, 9.lO.
ll.45 a n and A.15 pm,
5dndays, 900, $40 m and 8.l0 p m.
Tor Pottsville, 500, V.lO, las m and Ais
Sundays, 800, 8.4Oa no and $40 m,
for Reading, 500, LA q m and 4I5 pm,
Sundays, 500, 9.d0 q, m, ana BIO o m.
For Poitatown, Phoen1xville, Horristown
"a Philadelphia l,3road street stationJ, e.OO,
ll.45 Z. M. and 4.l6 p IN week days
,aldays, 500, $40 IN 3.1O q n'
Trains leave FrsckviQe for ShCnandoah at
i.lO q m and l2l4 5.04, 7.i2, 1908 M Bun.
Leave 20 a1iiis fR" Tor S;rg sRsnandosh, io15 ana
t,4s, am 40, 7.l5, 9.49 M. Sundays, 1910
q 5.l5 p M
)r Potts'g1lle aud Shen andoah, 5.57, S35 m
40 and 700 m week days. Sunday $50, ana
For New York, 800, 4.O5, 44O, 6.s6, $50, 7.sO,
0s.s0 $50, l100 and ii, ,S5 M, r. 90 noon,
limited express, l.O6 $50 MI l24t. l.35, LAO,
$50, s2l 4, l02 ., $40, $50 lib S.l2 and 1000
"a Sundays, $40. 4.O5 40, 6.s5, sl3, $50, $50,
lbs m; aad l244, Lao, $50, 4o2 qimited,
For Sea Girt, Long Branch and intermediate
stations $50 and IL IL n. M, 400 p. M week
days, Freehold only 500 m week days.
For Baltimore and Washington, 800, 720,
9l0 and IL is ~ M, 44l, 81, 7.40 pm. and 1908
night daily anG 81, 1920 q. M, IL 30 klimited
express with dining car 70 Baltimorel 1.S0, $40
p m. week days. For Baltimore only 2.02, 4.0l
week days, 5.0S, ll30 D. M. daily.
For Richmond, 70 a, M. and 1903 night
daily, l30 p. m, daily, except sunday,
Grains leave Harrisburg Tor PilIsDurg ano
ne west avery day at I2.15 and s.l0 n and
3 y 0initedl and 240, 7.25 p m. Way for
Altoona 8 Is A a ana 40 p "a every day,
FOR Ptttsburg only, ll.2O q al daily ana lO.SO
m week days. f.
Leave sunbury for Williamsport, Elmira,
lanandaigua, Rochester, Budalo and Niagara
'alla $40 m daily, and l.S5 Hl week dsye.
Tor Elmira, $50 p Ia wesk days.
For erie and intermediate points, 5.l0 nai,
tally. For Lock Hayen, $40, and 9.58 M.
leily, / 35 ana $50 p. m. week days, For
SenOva $40 . "a l.35 and $50 p 70 week days
10 D, m 5undaYa,
HAS. u. FU3H, ]. II. WOOD,
taan. Man'F den. Pass. aga
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rrumpbonr and o.trander nailed.

KINGSTON, N. Y, April 14.-Havina
procured the required bail on the indict-
ments for forgery and grand larceny,
Matthew T. Trumpbour, the defaulting
assistant treasurer of the Ulster County
Savings Institution, after six weeks
confinement in Jail, spent Monday night
with his young wife, bride of two
months at the time of his arrest
Bail was also accepted last night in the
case of Ostrander, who has been under
arrest for some time past charged with
bank frauds. He was released. IL is
understood the District-Attorney will
appeal from Judge Mayham's decision in
The demurrers of the perjury indict-
meuts in order TO ascertain who should
have been indicted for making and
swearing to the false reports if it were
not Ostrander and Trumpbour.
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A NEW COALlNo STATION.
Looks Like a Combination Against Grea
Britain.

Looks Like a Combination Against Great
Britain.
BERLIN, April 14.-The National lei
tungn comments upon the reported in
tention of the Russian Government to
establish a coaling station in South
America This coaling station, the "Zei-
tung" says, would be necessary in the
event of war involving Russia and Eng
land. In such a case Russian war ships
could only reach Vladivostock, Russia $
naval depot in the North Pacific by the
way Of Cape Horn, and coaling station
in that neighborhood would be neces-
sary.
The National Zeitung' comments on
the story that the United States is. just
at this time negotiating for an acquisi-
tion of a coaling station at Uruguay,
and considers the reported simultaneous
action of the two governments, Russia
and the United States, indicates CON
cert of understanding and All intended
protective combination against Great
Britain