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The Washington bee., 1895-12-07
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
'.ARGE PART OF STATE PRINTING
LEAVES ALBANY.

Gu spend go ooo, 900 on the & annals Con-
tractors are III peful Bicyclists Coming
to -abany-Three Daily Pap~rs Suspend-
Charges Against State Officer.
Special Albany Letter
From the forthcoming report of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction
;orle interesting facts respecting the
educational interests OF the State are
cleaned. There are $4,000 licensed teach
FRS in the State of New York and 12Gh4
school districts. in each of which there
are from one to nine trustees. together
with other district officers. There are
ia school commissioners, "a city super
intendents and so village superintend-
snts.
The correspondence Of the department
with these various teachers, district Of
lcers. commissioners and superintend-
ents is necessarily voluminous. More
than $4,000 letters have been received
curing the past six months,
In the examination department alone
100000 papers have been received from
applicants for teachers licenses. each
one of which has been carefully exam
The Washington bee., 1895-12-07

will perhaps attract the most attention
The bicycle riders will join with other
agitators in demanding a comprehen-
sive system Of highway improvement
These people, who now constitute 4
very important part Of the population
of the State, are thoroughly organized
and are equipped with arguments war
ranted to be unanswerable by the aver
age legislator They will undertake {"
demonstrate that the advantages OF
good roads are SO enormously great to
any community that it can not in fact
afford to get on a single day without
them. They will show that the cost of
moving a ton Of freight over poor road
as compared with the cost of moving it
over good one is so great that the only
true eo 'nomy for the people to pursue is
to Immediately contract another ,enor-
The Washington bee., 1895-12-07
EPHORISMS OF EMERSON.

Cause and effect are two sides of one
fact.
The virtues of society are the vices o
the saints.
The way of life is wonderful; it is by
abandonment.
best.
What is the hardest task in the
world? To think.
Beware when the great God lets loose
a thinker on this planet.
Cod offers to every man his choic.
between truth and repose.
We sell the thrones Of angels for 6
short and turbulent pleasure.
Nothing astonishes men so much a:
common sense and plain dealing.
self denial no less austere than thu
saints is demanded by the scholar
The learned and the studious OF
thought have no monopoly Of wisdom
People wish to be settled; only so fal
as they are unsettled is there any hope
for item.
~ NEVER SllihS SAIL 10 d ledi
come into port greatly or sail with Coo
the seas.
When l rest in perfect humility, wher
I burn with pure love. what can Calvin
or Swedenborg say?
He in whom the love OF truth pre-
dominates will keep himself aloof from
all mornings, and afloat.
tradition, and ceased from our God O.
rhetoric, then may God fire the heari
with his presence.
The Washington bee., 1895-12-07
A LoneCourtship.

Ii 1868 William Franklin, Of Elwood
Ind, then young man, became en-
gagged to young woman named Mary
knight, and the couple were to be mar
ried at once Frankum's mother OBJ
jected to the marriage. as she was alone
in the world, and asked him to remain
single and care for her. He finally con
sented on condition that Miss Knight
be allowed to become a member of the
household This was DONE Mis-
Knight has lived with the Frankums
ever since. Recently the mother died
and now, after twenty-seyen years
waiting. they have been married and
are living in the old homestead
The Washington bee., 1895-12-07

One day every year Lord and Lady
Aberdeen always dine with their ser.
wants
Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton las
lately been elected vice president of the
Authors Guild of New York
The Queen of Portugal has beer
studying medicine for some time in or
der to be better able to care f.r her in
valid husband
The population of the world averages
100 women to every 100 men. Eight
ninths of the sudden deaths are those
OF males.
They say that there are 10000 more
women than men in little Rhode Isl
and. Arizona and Idaho papers please
copy.
Women still weep in fishing towns,
Eleven New England fishing vessels
were wrecked during the past season
on the Canadian coast, and ninety
brave lives were ended.
The Washington bee., 1895-12-07
Passion PLAYS.

What are called passion" and mir
acle" plays are relics of a time wher
the people were very ignorant; anc
there were no Bibles and no books, for
printing had not been invented These
plays were an effort to teach the truths
OF religion under great difficulties, and
in their day were useful
The Washington bee., 1895-12-07
ABOUT WOMEN.

One day every year Lord and Lady
Aberdeen always dine with their ser.
The Washington bee., 1895-12-07

| ined, marked and the results tabulated
| 1t is now a settled fact that a part of
| the State printing is to be done in New
York city. This will be a great disap-
| pointment to Albany printers. who have
always depended upon having this per-
| quisite for the Capital City. ThI new
public printer will do but very small
part of the work in Albany, and will
exact from the printers more work for
the money than they have been accus-
toned to giving By this means only
can the work be profitably done at the
prices which the State is now paying.
The transportation problem is attract
! ing much attention, and the recent de-
| cision of the people to improve the State
canals at a cost Of So, 000 0G0 is being dis
cussed and preparations are already
being made to carry out the directions
| which the people gave at the ballot
boxes. The business men of the me-
tropolis appear to have convinced them
selves that the commercial supremacy
Of the great city cannot be maintained
| unless this Improvement is speedily
pushed forward to completion. 1t is
undoubtedly true that great efforts are
being made to divert the Western COM
| merce from the New York route, but
| there are now whisperings that the ex
pectant contractors as we'll as the great
business men Of New York took hand
in the campaign which resulted In Sc
curing from the people such a hearty
endorsement of the proposed improve
ment.
The preliminary work necessary to in
augurate this great undertaking is in
charge Of State Engineer Campbell w
Adams and corps of very efficient sub
ordinates. The actual work will be done
by contract, unless the Legislature re-
verses the policy which 1t has repeatedly
committed itself to. How much can be
accomplished this winter 1t is difficult
to determine. There has been long de-
lay in securing the canvassed returns of
the election in Kings County. and it now
transpires that the reason of the delay
is accounted for by the fact that the
canvassing board there is allowed g.
per day per man. and they have not
been disposed to work themselves out
Of job.
With the Improvement of the canals
and the great river Improvement now
we'll under way. comes the announce
ment Of the launching of splendid
new river steamboat, which will run be-
tween Albany and New York next sum-
mer. This will be an addition to the
Peoples line, and the new boat will be
used exclusively for the passenger ser
vice. 1t will make the trip in much bet
ter time than the present boats do. and
will therefore not require such an early
start from either city.
There are indications that the Legis-
lature will have several questions to
deal with besides the excise law, which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

every pew was filled, and there were
chairs in the aisles. These were filled,
too, and back of them all men and wo-
men stood. The front pews in this
church are given up on Easter day to
the poor of the parish. The children
from the orphanage and the capped and
bonneted women from the Aged Ones
home filed several rows on the right,
and on the left were the men and wom-
en- and children who on ordinary Sun
days sit far back under the gallery over
the vestibule. They teach that Gods
Son rose from the dead on Easter day
for rich and poor alike in this great
church.
The chimes in the belfry had finished
their song, the big A bell had given the
last of its three taps, and the suborgan-
ist in the choirroom had taken his note
from it.
Coward, Christian Soldiers" was
the hymn. and the great congregation
outside heard it sung behind closed
doors. Then came the Amen" louder
than the melody, richer and fuller.
The chOirroom doors opened, and the
choristers robed in white and black.
marched out The great organ in the
chancel caught up the air and led the
singers. First came the trebles, sweet
and high. Then the altos, they came
next, and made a second in the harmony.
After them came the tenors, and last of
all the bassos. Then the harmony was
complete:
Onward. Christian soldiers, marching az e.
war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
That is the refrain. That is what ths
whole choir sang as they faced each 9TH
er from the opposite sides of the chan
Gel, and its mighty strains rang through
the church like the strain of a band
marching at the head of an army into
battle.
After tho service came the sermon.
The preacher was an old man, with
white, silken hair. You have seen a skeih
of silk on a cold day. The threads stand
out, one apart from the other. That is
the way his fine white hair stood out
from his head. It was like a nimbus
frosted. His voice was low and soft and
sweet. He had sung as treble in that
choir so years before Then he was a
tenor, and now for more than 30 years
he had been the rector.
81 am going to say something to you
today that have said to you every Ess-
ter day for 80 long years. J"
That is the way the sermon began.
t'Christ my children, rose from the
dead on Easter day, but before he rose
hs died. Some day we may rise and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
CURIOUS RUSSIAN oBsERvANcEs
Easter Is the Muscovite Cleaning Day.
Making the Holy Chrism Oil.

Easter Is the Auscovite Cleaning Day.
Making the Holy Chrism Oil.
Easter is the greatest national religious
festival of Russia. Holy week ushers
in a constant season of prayer and SOM
berness The clubs are closed and street
musicians forbidden to ply their trade.
Easter is the time for giving presents,
just as Christmas is with US, and every
one puts on a new suit of clothes on
Easter morning. The shopkeepers' fever
only RACES during the latter half of the
week, for on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of Holy week all commerce
is suspended.
Another great feature of Russian
Eastertide is the housekeeping. The
floors of the principal apartments are
turned into what stranger might sup
pose was a skating rink, but is actually
the effect produced by two or three men
skimming over the boards with brushes
fastened to the soles of their feet and
sometimes accompanying the motion
with song At Easter time in Russia
cleanliness, instead of being the next
thing to, actually is, goodness, and in
observance of this maxim there ensues
one great universal Muscovite wash.
The public baths are crowded, and he
who neglects to battle ''early and often"
is regarded as pariah.
A celebration which takes place about
once in three years is the making of the
holy chrisu, a ceremony performed in
variably either at Moscow or Kiev. The
chrism oil is used for baptismal pur-
poses, for the conservation of the metro
politan and the coronation of the car.
The making of the myro, as the oil is
called, begins on the Monday morning
of Passion week. The metropolitan at
tends at the sacristy of the patriarchs in
Moscow, lights fire, pours in gallon
and reads the gospel, and after this the
oil is kept boiling for three days and
nights, while monks stand over and stir
it with silver ladies.
The final ceremony takes place when
the oil is put into two silver caldrons
upon porcelain stove and stirred with
silver ladies by six deacons in vestments
of black and silver. In the center of the
room is a large silver vase, the gift of
Empress Catherine II, and into this the
chrism is poured to receive the bene-
diction. AT the side are placed a num-
Der of smaller silver vases in which the
oil is eventually sent away. People at
tend in crowds to dip bits of cotton wool
in the holy mixture. On Holy Thursday
there is a procession from the saoristy
to the Cathedral of the Assumption with
the oil vases. and mass is said by the
metropolitan. In the intervening years,
when there is no making of the myro,
that ceremony is replaced by the wash
ing of the feet of the poor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
AN EASTER FLOWER.
BIZ BENJAMIN NoETHRUP.

Copyright, 1895, by American Press Associa-
ton.
Just out Of the city there is long
winding road which takes you over the
low hills to the sands on the beach.
a brackish stream of tide water crosses
the road, which is SPAWNED by a stone
bridge. No one now living was born
when this bridge was built. It is crack
ed with age, stained and moss covered,
and in the crevices grass, flowers and
tiny shrubs grow. On some of the stones
a wandering missionary has painted
signs praising God and calling upon the
wicked to repent before it is too late.
Over the widest crevice this is painted:
blessed are the pure in heart, for
they shall see God. -
Under this in little grotto some blue
violets had grown, snugly sheltered
from the sun and storm.
It was late in May or early in June
when she came over the cracked stone
bridge on her way to the beach. She
had never been in the country before.
She had been in the park once, but that
was when she was very small child,
and she had forgotten almost how it
looked
Under the shades of the old bridge
the children of the Fresh Air fund stop
ped for luncheon, and she and the other
little girls took off their shoes and stock
ings and padded in the creek. After the
sandwiches and apples, doughnuts and
cakes, she found the violets and dug
them out. She had never seen anything
80 beautiful before They were prettier
than all the Easter flowers in the east
side shop windows, and they smelled
sweeter. Besides that, she herself had
found them, and they were her own.
All afternoon, while the other chill
dren played in the sands, she played
with her violets, picking the soft black
earth from their roots to see how small
and pink they were, and opening and
closing the half blown buds to see the
fresh blue hid under the green shells.
If some older girl who knew all about
the country and wild flowers, this being
her second summer in the Fund, if this
experienced girl had not told her that
violets cannot stand such prying treat
ment, they never would have lived to
reach the town.
It is not far from down Rye way at
the stone bridge to down Battery way
at the sea wall. Two hours. That is all
if you take fast train, and violets will
live long time when you bury their
roots in moistened earth and let the bios
SONS alone. Therefore. when she reach
ed her home in Battle Court, the flowers
were as almost fresh and sweet as they
were in their grotto in the bridge.
A cracked stone pitcher became their
new home. and on pleasant days they
stood OufSida IN the Kitchen window sill
and looked down on the stone tagged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

There is pretty account of the mar
riage of Marguerite of Austria with
Philibert, the handsome duke of Savoy.
It is called Marriage aux oeufs." She
had come to the castle of Brae, in the
charming district of Bresse, lying on the
western slopes of the Alps Here the
rich princess kept open house, and Phil
bert, who was hunting in the neighbor-
hood, came to pay his court to her.
1t was Easter Monday, and high and
low danced together on the green.
A hundred eggs were scattered in a
level space, covered with sand, and a
lad and lass, holding each other by the
hand, came forward to execute dance
Of the country. According to the an
cient custom, if they succeeded in finish
ing the braule without breaking a single
egg they became affianced.
Then Philibert, radiant with youth
and happiness, appeared upon the scene.
He bent his knees before the noble chat
elaine and besought her hospitality.
He proposed to her to try the egg for
tune. She accepted. Their grace and
beauty charmed the onlookers, and they
succeeded, without a single crash, in
threading the perilous maze.
Savoy and Austrial' shouted the
Eowd. And she said, Let us adopt the
szstom of Bresse. -
They were married and enjoyed fsw
years OF exquisite happiness. Then the
beloved husband died. Marguerite sur
vived him long, hat never fowgos hiln
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
Interviewing Andrew car-nay-sis.

Andrew Carnegie is a small, smart
shrewd Sootohman who has done a
great deal of good in the world and in
tends doing more. He is peculiar, being
Scotch l once called on him for an in
terview, the subject being one with
which he was familiar and l was not
the iron industry Of the United States
I addressed him as ''Mr. earn egg" and
gained his i'll will Immediately. It was
a ''touoheous' point with him, the pro-
nunciation of his name. With much
dignity he corrected me. eff you want
me to sit down and talk with you, quit
calling me Carney. Where did you
learn it, anyway? It is decidedly IN
pleasant. Ny name is Car-nay gie-ac-
cent on the nay-that and nothing else.
1t is very simple, very easy. don't see
why any one should call me anything
else. It is very tiresomeP'
The interview was a success, but
gained with much wrangling and dis
putation. He is irritable when crossed.
It is not safe to ask a question. He
must do the whole business of question
and answer and is sure to demand a
proof of the article before its publica-
ton. ''This should be popular arti-
Gle, - suggested. "No; it must not be
a popular article, y he insisted. 81 shall
talk to the ironmasters of America. To
speak to the public would belittle the in
terview and belittle me. I will not have
it," Nor would he.-New York Press.
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story window of her reom and fall on
the pavement in a sprawling heap
white, black and red-and she did not
even moan whan she was picked up.
They also saw Paddy MeKeeEer, him
that drives the bakers cart, meet Sally
just outside-the gate in the shadow the
night before they ran away and were
married. They liked this, and they also
liked the hand organ man who some
times played in the street outside the
court while the children danced to its
strains. These things reminded them of
the country road, and they were better
for seeing and hearing them. It is a
great mistake to think that wild flowers
forget their country homes when they
are planted in town pots. If you do not
believe this, Just take your spring flow
ers back to the brook meadows and see
how quickly they will revive at one
Whit of the fresh, soft air.
In stormy weather she took them in.
side the room, and when the weather
grew cold they stood on shelf facing
the window beside the stove, where it
was always warm.
That is the way the violets lived from
early in May or late in June until the
winter had gone and Easter had almost
come.
Up town there is a great church It
is rich and beautiful. The sunlight that
streams through the stained windows is
purple, blue and golden, and sometimes
the figure of a saint wondrously col
ored is cast across the chancel floor.
The little girl who picked the violet5
used to go to this great church, and sha
was welcomed, here because it is a great
church.
Good Friday, with its seven services,
had passed, and the Lenten trappings of
gloom were being taken away to make
place for the Easter flowers. There wers
lilies, roses, orchids, violets, palms and
Towering shrubs There were great
wreaths Of green's hung from the pulpit,
and the baptisma1 fount was all white
and pink. Rare and common, dollhouse
and wild flowers were massed together.
They were all love offerings, and this is
the reason that simple bunch of blue
wild violets found place in one corner
of the altar almost hidden by splendid
display of roses. Only one person saw
them, except the young women Of the
Altar guild, who, laboring for love, ar
range the flowers for Easter and other
feast days.
She sat in one of the front pews. and
she was dressed in plain black, very
plain and common black, such as other
Washerwomen wear when their children
die. She saw the violets, and her one
wish was that the little girl who had
brought them to town from the old stone
bridge and had cared for them all year
for this very Easter altar were only
alive to see them too.
1t was great congregation BETTING
q great church and still greater feast
day. From the doors to the chancel rail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
A RETIRED BUSINESS WOMAN.
A Page From Her History.

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PeSore l had taken one bottle of the New
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