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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-02-16

BY Mr.. Rogers Of Bar DISQUALIFICATION
Of f. W. French Of Southwest Hsrbor for
constitutional amendment prohibiting sec
tartan appropriations; also petition of L. b
Deasy Of Bar Hsrbor for same.
BY Mr. Mckinney of Surry-Remon-
STRANGE Of p. 2. Stinson and 81 others
against the druggists bill.
Mr.. Hamlin from the jude AIRY committee
reported in new draft and ought pass on
Dill an act TO grant certain powers to the
Green Mountain Carriage Road Co print
ed under rule. Mr. Hamlin also reported
in new draft and ought to pass On bill
an act to provide against the introduction
and spread OF A>iatic cholera; printed IN
der rule.
The same committee also reported leave
to withdraw 90 petition of George A. Saw
yer in relation TO extending his aqueduct
in Milbridge and Steuben.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-02-16

NfIVhIf OF tVMMI 7 ftS.
Also ought to pass on bill an act to amend
the charter Of the East Maine Conference
Seminary, which WAS laid on the table TO
be printed
Passed 10 be Enacted -
BIZ an act to incorporate the Deer Isle
Telephone Co
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01
aAmonr kha Onnrkn.y

"The Land Of Big Red Apples" is the
title Of an attractive and highly interesting
book recently issued. IL Ia handsomely
illustrated with views Of south Missouri
scenery, including the famous Olden fruit
farm Of 5000 acres In Howell county. Il
pertains entirely to fruit-raising In chat
great fruit belt Of America, the southern
slope Of the 0zarkS, and viii prove Of RSoaS
value, not only TO fruit-grOwerB, but 70
every farmer and hOme-Seeker in oahSr
states looking for q farm and q home.
Mailed free. Address, J. Z. LoCKWOoD,
Kansas City, Mo.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01
Removal.

W. M. Speck, late proprietor Of tho
Sixth Avenue hotel, Topeka, has moved
to 428 Quincy street. near corner Of
Fifth, where he invites all his old pa
irons to come and bring their friends.
He has pleasant accommodations for .
reasonable number OF boarders.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01


the intellect OF our children In order
that this farce may be carried out
The law, the governor, state
superintendent and the book agents Of
d. @. Heath & Co. are oil here 70 con-
vince our people that we are incompetent
to judge what in best for the education
of our children. These foreign elements
must step in to tell US. There is no
feature Of our government more local
than our schools, and yet this undemo-
cratic law preSumes 10 prescribe what
books we shall use. We are denied our
own selection for our own children. The
opinions Of our school board and our
teachers as to what books are best
adapted to our grades are oct aside and
ignored for heopinions Of Ave politicians
appointed by Governor Francis. With
probably one exception, none Of these
men were either teachers, book publish
Srs or book dealers. They were poll
ticians. Some Of them had not looked
into q school book FOR forty years. None
Of them knew the actual needs Of the
class room. The great wrong,
however, arises not only in putting
ourselves into the handG OF book
firms to haraas us by law suits, but
while it required only about 925O,OOO
worth Of books annually to supply those
worn out, there werO in the hands Of
citizens children Of the state nearly
100000 worth Of books In one fell
Swoop Of the commissioners the larger
proportion Of those books were con-
fscated. This ConHscatlon
has cost the people OF Missouri thus far
over $916,00O, and what are they getting
in returnf Look at the books; look OF
the binding; look at the mechanical exc
cution. Yet, K this were all, there would
be no occasion to bring law suits, and
employ the courts, the governor, and the
state superintendent to force the schools
to use them. 1t was simply who would
make them cheapest. The people paid
their money and they are taking their
choice, but certainly with not very good
grace. +" y /" Any book which
requires the assistance Of law suits and
governors and state Superintendents to
push it into the schools Is unworthy Of
place in the schools"
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01

one solitary reason why cities Of 100, 900
and upwards should be exempted from
it's provisions that would not apply with
equal force to cities between $4,000 and
$4,000, or even cities and towns Of
10000 and over. There are few cities
Of even 10000 inhabitants that do not
maintain their schools at least eight or
nine months in the year, and it is gross
insult and injustice to all such cities to
say that ST. Louis and Kansas City shall
have the privilege Of selecting books
adapted to their special wants and needs
while they must be content with books
selected by commission knowing Sbso-
lutely nothing Of the condition and
peculiar wants of their schools--books
possibly well enough adapted to the
country district schools with their short
session Of from four to six months, but
utterly unsuited to tho town or city
schools continuing in session from eight
to ten months.
1t is, il not a significant at least q
singular fact, that the larger cities in
this state affected by the law were wholly
unrepresented on the text book com.
mission, 40 that not one Of those cities
had absolutely single word to say ss
to the books they wished or did not
wish to use in their schools. AS the
largest city in the state affected by
the law, st. Joseph stands conspicuous
for being unrepresented on the commits
sion. II it was not possible to select
from the educators of these larger cities
men deemed competent to serve on the
commission, I am quite sure that az
competent men az there are in the state
could have been selected from the judges,
editors and farmers Of those communities,
and I say this without extending any
discourtesy to or disparagment Of the
three gentlemen on the commission who
were selected by the governor from these
three walks Of life.
By the inAiction Of this law upon the
community, loss Of many thousand
dollars has already been entsiled upon
the people Of st. Joseph who have been
compelled to sacrifice the books they had
on hand, many Of them nearly new, by
an unjust and unfair system Of exchange
adopted by the commission, which pre-
vented in large number Of cases chill
dren from exchanging their old books for
the new ones needed, and by compelling
them when an exchange was permitted
to receive books especially prepared for
Missouri schools, and inferior in paper
and binding to the books published by
the same houses for the trade outside Of
Missouri But the pecuniRry loss, great
as 1t is, is insignificant compared to the
injury done our schools educationally by
forcing upon them books which would
never have been adopted by our board,
because they are not adapted to the re-
quiremsnts Of our course. A law 30 srbi-
trary and d'spotic as this tOxt book law,
which not only denies to the people any
voice in the selection of the books to be
used by their children, but, under the
construction put upon it by the text
book commission, seeks to limit and re-
strict the course Of study TO be pursued
in the schools, even when that course ia
strictly in accordance with the state
laws, by failing to prescribe any text
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01
THE MISSOURI TEXT BOOK Law.

Of last weeks issue.--EDIToR.
TEXT BOOK LAW.
A bill introduced into the Missouri
legislature providing for the appointment
by the governor Of q school book COM
mission, to consist Of four competent
persons, together with the state superin-
tendent Of schools, to select a uniform
series Of text books for use In the schools
of the state, during period Offive years,
became q law on the 2lst Of June, 1891.
In August Of the same year, the commits
sion met and selected the text books.
According to the law, after September l,
1892, no school district in the state, ex-
cept those in which the cities Of St. Louis
and Kansas City are included, can use
any other text books in reading, spelling,
English grammar, arithmetic, geography,
history, civil government, physiology
and penmanship than those selected by
these five men. To make the law effsc-
tive, penalty for each ofense Of not less
than $5 nor more than $25 is placed upon
any director or board Of directors for a
violation Of the law.
In my Judgment, no greater outrage
was ever inflicted in the name and under
the pretext Of education upon the people
of any commonwealth than has been per-
petrated by the passage Of this text book
law upon the citizens Of Missouri and
the few other states where similar laws
have been enacted. 1t is an assumption
too absurd to be even seriously discussed
that five men selected from different
parts Of the state, be they ever 80 COM
petent, or men of ever so great ability
and practical experience in educational
matters, are as we'll qualified to decide
what text books shall be used by the
schools Of st. Joseph, Springfield, Se-
dslia, Carthage, Hannibal, Joplin, and
many other cities and towns as are the
school boards Of those cities aided by the
experience and practical knowledge OF
the Huperintendents,p principals and teach
ers. The sbsurdity of the assumption
becomes all the more apparent in the
present case where out Of the five COM
posing the commission only two can in
anv sense be considered school men or
practical teachers, or men who were OK.
perienced in the use Of text books in the
school room. But If these five men were
deemed competent by the legislature
and governor to select and prescribe the
text books for the schools of st. Joseph
and the other cities named above, why
were they not deemed competent by the
legislature and governor to select the
text books for the schools Of st. Louis
and Kansas CityP According to the CEN
sus Of 1890, the population Of Kansas
City is given at 132, ZIG, and the populR-
ton of ST. Joseph at 52y324. Will any
sensible man pretend that q series of text
books adapted to tho needs Of city Of
only 52,324 would not be equally well
adapted to q city Of 132,716Y Can any
earthly reason be assigned for exempt
ing st. Louis and Kansas City from the
operations Of the law that would not be
equally applicable in the case Of ST.
JosephS The schools Of St Louis and
St Joseph continue in session ten
months in the year, those Of Kansas City
continue in session only nine months. II
il was the idea Of the individual or in
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01

watch the result. They called for 'cheal
bookS;' they now have them, for the,
are cheap in price, cheap in material
and cheap in make; but we have uni
fOrmity in school books"
Since the above was written, / hRv
seen an article in the Missouri Repubii
from the pen Of Theodore F. White, from
which wish to make a few extracts:
D. @. Heath & Co. are the publisher
of Hyde's Language Lessons. As lesson
in language, Introductory to the study o
grammar, they are excellent books 70
use in the primary and intermediat,
grades. When they were adopted her,
some years ago, it was mot pretended b!
the agent through whom they were in
troduced that they could be used in AM
other way than rs an introduction to th,
study Of grammar. But these are tn,
only text books adopted by the commits
sion on grammar. The school authori
ties Of SSdaliR felt as do our teacher
that the Hyde books could not be uset
to any advantage in the grammar grades
and restricted their use TO the prin. ar,
grades, and adopted q regular text booI
on grammar to be used in the gramma
schools. D. G. Heath & Go. thereupon
instituted q suit against the Sedalil
school board to prevent the use Of th,
grammar adopted by the board and com
pei the use Of their language books il
the grammar grades. Il ia the opinion
OF many that this text book law will b,
repealed Rt the next session Of the leRis
lature, OF, at least, materially modified
1t is very certain that IL it should con
tinue in force till it expires by limitation
it will never be re-enRCted. When thR
time comes and the people are again frS
to select their own text books, / am o
the opinion that d. G. Heath & Co. vii
find that they made mistake 10 Seekini
topush their language lessons into grade
for which they are not adapted, and th q
they have repeated the folly portrayed il
the fable Of the goose that laid tn
golden egg,
InSpeaking Of this suit brought agains
the Sedshs board Mr.. White says:
"The animus OF this whole business
may be made moro apparent when WI
understand that the language book
adopted by the commission (and ovel
which this suit is being brought), arr
already in use in all the grades wher,
they can be used with profit to our chill
dren. The commission did not adopi
any grammar. While che law provides
that q grammar shall be adopted for usC
in our public schools yet the commission
did not 80 adopt They did, however
adopt q couple Of little language books
too simple and childish for any serious
consideration in these grades where q
pupil il expected to be taught something
about grammar. These silly little Ian.
gusge books sustain the same relation
10 grammar that primary arithmetic
does to q practical 1t iS to force these
books into the more advanced grades,
where it 10 impossible 10 use them, that
this suit has been brought. Our people
EEL that they cannot afford to cripple
The efficiency Of our schools and dwarf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-25

The epoch making sale was that of the
elliott collection in 1s7a-Gillott with
two ''l's" and. two "t's"; "all others are
fraudulent cSanterfeits," as one used to
read on the steel pen boxes Of other days.
A good, homely creature was the levia-
than steel pen maker, who captivated
the great Turner In the crankiest of his
moods and tanned him by the music Of
crisp thousand pound notes.
what will you take for the LOTT" was
additionally the penman's question as
he glanced in real awe around the great
artists studio, where paintings were
stacked as If in brokers' shop.
Thirty thousand pounds" growled
tho artist. who might have been the
brokers' man as far as appearance went.
elliott sat down to count out the notes
without another word. But Turner
stopped him. 1t was no deal, said the
artist, yet the man with the notes might
have few. And the penmRker carried
off some of the best pictures in triumph.
And now these priceless Turner's were
exhibited at Christie's, where all the
world aocked to sec them, with other
fine pictures of the modern school. 1t
was just then a high tide of commercial
prosperity, and Pactolus seemed to have
been turned into the British isles, and
everybody, with the exception of an un-
important 80 1000, 900 or so, had plenty of
money, and instructed by the high prices
that ruled at tho elliott sale made
haste to invest it in pictures.-All the
Year Round. ..
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-25

Two members OF the senate, Dubois of
Idaho and Higgins OF Delaware, are gradu
ates of Yale, and Stewart of Nevada and
Wolcott of Colorado, the two big silver men
from the west, were students there, though
neither graduated. Senator Stewart left
Yale in the memorable winter of 40 and
spring of So" attracted by the gold fever
on the Pacific. Senators Cameron Of Penn
sylvania, Colquitt of Georgia, and Gray of
Delaware are graduates of Princeton. Hoar
and Lodge of Massachusetts are Harvard
men. Senators Washburn of Minnesota
and Frye of Maine graduated from Bow
doin college. Vest Of Missouri and Black
burn Of Kentucky are, like the vice presi-
dent, graduates of Danville. The Danville
institution, by the way, is known as Center
college. 1t was established in 1919 and is
one Of the Oldest Presbyterian seats Of
learning IN the United States
Senator Gordon Of Georgia was educated
at the University Of Georgia. Allison of
Iowa was educated at the Western Reserve
college, Ohio. Senator Gibson of Maryland
attended Washington college at Chester
town in the Terrapin State. Calvin S. Brice
was a student at the Miami university, Ok
ford, o., where he graduated. Senator
Chandler of New Hampshire is q graduate
of the Harvard Saw school. His colleague,
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire, has
received from Dartmouth the degree Of A.
NJ. Princeton gave Senator Gray Of Della
ware the degree of Ill. ID. in 1880, and Yale
conferred the same degree on his colleague,
Senator Higgins, in 1S91.-New York Sun.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-25

Alligators' nests resemble haycocks
more than anything else to which they
can be compared. They average about
4 feet in height and about feet in di-
ameter and are constructed of grasses
and heritage. First the mother gator
deposits one layer of eggs on mortar
like floor, and having covered this with
a stratum Of mud and herbase about 8
inches thick lays another set of eggs
upon that, and so on ito the top, there
being commonly from 100 to 200 eggs in
a nest. With their tails the parents then
beat down the tall grass and weeds to
prevent the approach Of unseen enemies.
The female watches her eggs until they
are Matched by the heat Of the sun and
then takes her brood under her own care,
defending them and providing for their
subsistence.
DR.. Lutzemburg Of New Orleans once
packed one Of these nests for shipment
to st. Petersburg, but the young Matched
ont before they were started on the long
voyage and wero kept about the doc
tors premises, running all over the house.
up and down stairs, whining like young
puppies.-Harrison' Monthly.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-25

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company will run q series OF special
excursions to the Worlds Fair, for
which exc urs!on tickets to Chicago
will be sold at the rate OF one fare for
the round trip from New York and all
stations west as far as Baltimore. The
dates selected are August 81, Septem-
Der ., 9 and ~. The special trains
will consist OF iirst-class vestibuled
day coaches. equipped with lavator-
les and other toilet conveniences and
ian experienced tourist agent will nc.
company each train to look after the
comfort of the passengers. Stops for
meals will be made en- route. The
tickets will be valid for the outward
Journey on special trains only, ex-
.cepting that from way points they
will bs honored on local trains to the
nearest station at which the trains arc
scheduled to stop. They will be valid
for return journey In day coaches on
all trains leaving Chicago within ten
days. including day OF sale. The fol-
lowing is the schedule OF tho special
trains and rates from principal sta
tons In this vicinity: Leave Whining
ton at ll.37 q. M, rate sl7. Leave
Newark ut ll.57 a. m, rate Sl7. Ar
rive In Chicago next day at Ills p. IN.
Remember the dates, August 81, Sep.
tembe 2, . and l2.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-25

At tho last dinner of the Dartmouth
club Professor Hardy described the only
serious collision he had ever had with
any member of his many classes.
An undergraduate came into the lee
ture room ono day clad in an outra-
geously wild and woolly costume-to wit,
cowhide boots with trousers tucked into
their tops, a flannel shirt, no necktie or
coat and only one suspender. Professor
Hardy, after the close OF the recitation,
spoke to him about his attire, rightly
enough thinking that the principles Of
ethics were quite as impo, tant as those
of mathematics. WI.
The next time the class met the young
man appeared armed cap-a-pie in what
Mr.. Hardy called "all the concomitants
Of modern civilization"-dresss suit, pat
ent leather shoes, white tie, boutonniere
and, in short, all the "fxings."
II had never seen," said Mr.. Hardy,
"a more remarkable instance of turning
the other cheek when the one had been
amitten."
However, the young man probably
felt, as few minutes afterward he stood
at the blackboard endeavoring to explain
q somewhat advanced problem which
tho professor craftily set for him, and
which in the best of circumstances was
likely to consume considerable amount
Of time, that evening clothes were moi
very well adapted TO the ordinary affairs
of this workaday world.-Boston Her
AID
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-25

Icannot forbear quoting an amusing in
cident lately told me by an old friend Ia
grandniece of Mrs. WORDSWORTH who, when
child in her parents home at Durham,
remembers one afternoon an announcement
being made to her mother that man wish
ed to speak to her and that as he appeared
very tired and seemed to have walked a
long distance he had been accommodated
with seat in the kitchen. My friends
mother, like most country residents was
not unaccustomed to interviewing people
of all sorts and conditions. and having flu
ished the letter upon which she was en-
gagged proceeded lesurely to the kitchen,
expecting perhaps some application for en-
ployment or possibly TO hear tale Of sick
neSs or distress among her humber neigh
h. Her dismay may be imagined when,
lat in hand upon windsor chair
;:i.. aJsently contemplating the weights of
tho Dutch clock upon the opposite wall,
she discovered the poet laureate.
My informant, who was scarcely of an age
to appreciate the beauty of the poets CONVEX
sation, confesses to an Industrious though
fruitless attempt on her part to count the
number Of buttons missing from the dis
tinguished visitors CATERS ON this interest
ing occasion.-Cornhill Magazine.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-25

Lord Granville, who died in 1848, with
great reputation for courtliness of
manner, held for many years the post of
ambassador at Paris, and the only objec-
ton which could with any show of plaus-
Utility be brought against him while
holding that conspicuous post was that
he was sometimes inclined to be indo-
lent. He was addicted to play and of
ten ran over to London for little Of his
fayorite amusement at Crockford's,
Whites or Graham's, but almost as fire.
quenty returned to the French capital
with the loss Of considerable sum of
money. He was one Of the four noble
men who lost $500, 900 at Crockford's in
one night, his companions in misfortune
from the ranks Of peerage being Lord
Chesterfield, Lord Foley and Lord Sef-
ton. Still, in spite of oil his losses, Lord
Granville left behind him no less q sum
in cash than $500, 900. Exchange.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-25


1t Is quite manifest that Senator
Gray, by and with the aid and consent
Of his priyy council, has committed
tho Democratic party to 'nlgger''
utilization. Shall tho white mans
party subscribe to the now departure?
Shall It accept its new made friends
with the same sort Of graoiousness
extended to them by Senator Gray
Repudiated and oven abhorred a few
years ago by the Democrats, the mig
ger" lie now a close friend OF his for
mer enemy. Dl5interested beneYo-
lence on the part of Senator Gray
towards these two colored men, whom
he appointed to good fat Offices, might
be extended to number OF his white
friends, VINO warmed his seat In the
United States Senate, leaving Senator
Higgins to look after the colored
race. The ''nigger" now outranks his
white brother in the Dem ocratic party.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-25
OLD TIME SCHOOL EXHIBITIONS.


oh, the old school exhibitionsi win they ever
come again,
with the good old fashioned speaking from
the girls and boys plainH
VIII we ever hear old User" with itsrapid roll
and sweep,
And "Pllot, tits fearful night; there's danger
on the deep?"
Sweet Mary doesn't raise her lambs like Mary
did of old
Their fleece Ia not "as white as snow" they're
wandering from the fold.
The boy upon tho burning deck" is not one
half as fine
He was not born at Bingen-at Bingen on the
Rhinei"
Tho girls don't speak in calico, the boys in cot
ton jeans;
They've changed the old time dresses long
with the old time scenes.
They smile and speak in ancient Greek, in
broadcloth and In lace,
And you can't half see the speaker for the col
lar round the faccl
Oh, the old school exhibitionsi they are gone
forevermorei
The old schoolhouse ia deserted, and the grass
has choked tho door,
And the wind sweeps round the gables with n
low and mournful whine,
For the old boys "born at Bingen-at Bingen
on the Rhinel"
Atlanta Constitution.