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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
CROSSGROVE.

Mrs. Samuel Hummel, ofGordon,
lluylkill Co., formerly of Middle
sgh, had an operation performed
ne jefferson Hospital, Phila., on
|SOth of Now, having a tumor
r that weighed % pounds. The
doctor says that she is getting
finely. While she is away,
Aaron H. Musser, Il brother,
wife, ofthis place, are having
3 of her two children, Jessie
Years old, and Edith two
Ms old.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
Reconstructed Bicycle Scores.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE prizes won
by the victorious cyclists were awarded
yesterday. Two afiidavits were handed
to the managers regarding the much
discussed measurement Of the bicycle
track. Lloyd Coils, city surveyor,
swore that he measured the track and
found a shortage Of 277.26 feet to the
mile. His affidavit further states that
the scores should be as follows: Miller,
1883 miles, SS5 yards; Rice. 1920 miles,
223 yards: Schinneer, 1896 miles, 1887
yards; Hale. 1919 miles. 665 yards. G. o.
Rungui. city surveyor. confirmed the
statement
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
The Unrest In Bohemia,

Vienna, Dec. H.-Unrest continues in
Bohemia. Today the troops have pa
trolled the streets OF Prague, and spe-
cial guards are stationed at the Ger
man theaters, owing to the fact that
bomb was found last Thursday even
ing near the Royal German theater.
There are numerous arrests daily, and
the prisons are so full that 1t has been
found necessary to discharge the minor
cases. Slight collisions between the
students and police have occurred at
Prague, Cracow and Gratz. During the
week 80 newspapers have been con-
fscated in Bohemia.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
civil SERVICE Fight.
Democrats May Insist on Abolition
Of the Existing Law.
REPUBLICANS FOR MODIFICATION

MIR. Pearson. OF North Carolina, who
InauRurated the Movement For Re.
modelling the Law. Thinks q Salts.
factory Measure VIII BE Prepared.
for changing the civil service law Is
being actively canvassed among Re-
publican members Of the house. as q
result Of the conference held Saturday
night The members of the special COM
mittee having the matter In charge are
trying to SO shape the bill that 1t will
command the support of q number of
divergent elements. One of these In
the Democratic minority, which. COM
bined with the Republicans opposed to
the present law, would be strong
enough to carry q bill. But In canvass
ing the situation 1t has been found that
Democratic members would favor
complete repeal of the law, but would
oppose anything short Of a repeal.
AS the Republican movement is not
toward complete repeal. but rather for
modification Of the law, there appears
to be no basis upon which the anti
civil service reformers of both parties
can unite. 1t is claimed, however, that
a modification bill will receive the votes
Of two-thirds Of the Republican mem
bers, and will have n good chance Of
passing the senate and receiving the
presidents signature.
Mr.. Pearson, Of North Carolina, who
inaugurated the movement, and Is a
member of the special committee, says
the essential notifications of the law
likely to be considered by the commit
tee are as follows:
Excluding from the operations Of the
law cases in which one government
officer Is responsible for the acts of
his subordinate. as deputy collectors
of revenue: examination Of those al
ready covered into the classified SER
vice without examination. so as to
put them on a footing with new appli-
cants; change Of examinations so as
to make them more practical and less
theoretical; distinct provision against
life tenure and for q stated term OF
service; affirmation of the right of
heads Of departments to remove, reduce
or promote In the interest of the public;
limitation Of the law to specific de-
partments, bureaus, etc.. and exclusive
OF those not enumerated.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
Saved From the WRECK

Newport News. Va, Dec. IA. - The
British steamship Kildonia. Captain
Roberts, arrived in port yesterday from
Shields. having on board Captain C.
II. N. Nymann and Andreas Michalsen,
Elbert Ellingsen, Sugure Nilsson, VAL
demar Linler, Juan Villa, Andrew Var
ges and II. Karpp, the crew of the
Norwegian bark Njemmett. which was
lost in midocean on Sunday, Dec. s.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
As Reflected bv Dealings In Philadel-
Dhin and baltimore.

Philadelphia. Dec. l3.-Flour slow: win
ter supcrfine. Sm3.25; do. extra. $3.50
3.75 Pennsylvania roller, clear. &1OliiS5,
do. straight A.5Ou4GO; western winter,
clear Al5U4.4O; do. straight &50HL15
city mills. extra, S.3OH5.5O. Rye flour
moved slowly at s2.yOa3lO for choice
Pennsylvania. Wheat quiet; No. 2 red.
spot. g7d97lsc.; No. 2 Pennsylvania and
No. 2 Delaware red, spot. gSd9Sisc. Corn
quiet; No. . yellow, for local trade, 3iiaGs
35iac.; No. mixed. in export elevator.
32AM32iac. Oats quiet; No. white, 29l?fC
SOC: No. . white, clipped. 3Od3Olgc.; No,
white clipped, SIC. Hay steady for de-
srable grades; choice timothy, sl2nl2bO
for large bales. Beef quiet: beef hams,
s22 Pork dull; family, SlOdn Lard
steady; western steamed. $40. Butter
easy: western creamery. l5H23c; factory,
l20l7c.; ElGIns, 23c.; imitation creamery.
13alSc.; New York dairy, l3H2lc.; do.
creamery, l5m22c; fancy Pennsylvania
prints jobbing at 27@30c; do. wholesale,
2jc. Cheese steady; large. white and col
ored. September, SImSi2c small do, $40
gL.c. light skins, Gd6'2c.; part skins,
akQ5i2c.; full skins, 3dic. Eggs steady;
New York and Pennsylvania, 2l1@Gc.;
western. fresh, 20a2ic.
Baltimore Dec 2-Four dull west
ern supernnc, S2.7Od3lO; do. extra. $3.50
4.1O; do. family A.4On4G5; winter wheat
patent. SLSH5.lu; spring do. tt12O;
spring wheat. straight. AS0Wl95. Wheat
easy; spot and month. 9IhH97i2c. Janu-
airy. 97S.H977sc.; MAY, 93l2c. steamer No,
red. 9l1. ug2C. southern wheat. by sam
Pile. 93i .09Sc.; do. ON grade. 93G9SC. Corn
duh and steady; spot. 3Sn33kc; month,
32ieN392tC.; December. new or old 32kn
S23.c. January, &l&m3i7sc.: February, 32
WS2lsc; steamer mixed, 3ln3lLc; southern
white and yellow corn. 2Sl.Q32igc. oats
firm; No. white, 29i2H5OC.; No. . mixed
?7d27isc.; Rye quiet; No. 2 nearby, TigG.
No. western, 53c. Hay steady. cilVGcS
timothy, SIS. Grain freights very quiet
demand slack; steam to Liverpool, per
bushel, 4l4d., December; Cork. for orders,
per quarter SIS. Cd, January; IS. Cd Feb
ruary. Sugar strong: granulatCd 5lL
Butter quiet; fancy creamery 23a2ic. do.
imitation. lSNl9c.; do. ladlc, l7WlSc.; good
ladle, 15Ql6c.; store packed l2Glic. Eggs
steady, fresh. 1902Oc. Cheese steady;
fancy, New York, large, 9AalOc.; do. me-
dium, 10Il0Ac.: do. small, l0AdlOiac
Whisky, Si.25d1.26 per gallon for finished
goods in carloads; Si.27G1.2S per gallon
for jobbing lots.
East Liberty, Pa, Dec. Is. - Cattle
steady; prime, A7544S5; common. $3.50
$50; feeders, AGi.50 Hogs fairly active,
a shade higher prime mediums, $500
3.55; best Workers and pigs $3.50: heavy,
$3i0@S.45: good roughs. S2.7503 pigs,
sows and stays. s2G6.50. Sheep steady;
choice, Si.60Gi.65; common, s2{i2.6l. choies..
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
To Abolish Swentshons.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE organized
cloakmakers of this city, Chicago. Bos-
ton and other clothing centers are con-
sidering the advisability Of organizing
as a national union, having for its ul-
innate purpose the abolition of the
sweating system two years hence. The
initial step in the matter will be taken
in this city the early part Of next week,
when a mass meeting Of the organized
cloakmakers of this city and vicinity
will be held.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
Hurricane I'm Louisiana,

New orleans, Dec. IA hurricane
struck Poite-a la -Hache, 40 miles below
the city, yesterday. demolishing st.
Thomas Catholic church. two houses
and one store. A lugger was carried
clear across the river, and one of her
crew, an Austrian. was drowned. While
the loss at the Polnte is only about $l5,-
900, 1t is feared that the hunting camps
on the back bayous were swept and a
number of lives lost.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
Virginia's Anti Football Crusade.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 1i.--The commit
tee to which had been referred Sena-
tor Barksdale's anti-football bill yes
terday decided to report the bill favor
ably. the vote standing five to four
There were number of young ladies'
present during the discussion of the bill
by the committee. and they applaudcd
vigorously everything that was said in
footballs behalf. Petitions from the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
and the Young Womans Christian as
sociation were read, urging that the as
sembly pass the bill.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
DIsGUSTED DEP0Srr0Rs
WIN Appeal to the Courts TO Inves-
tiRate o Broken Bank.

tt8Otc - DToACo psuRs
Hollidaysburg. Pa. Dec IA public
mass meeting OF the depositors IN the
broken Blair County bank was held In
the Hollidaysburg Opera House Sstur-
day afternoon. One thousand creditors
were in attendance. Lynn A. Brua, a
prominent merchant. presided.
Resolutions were adopted calling for
the resignation Of John Cree. assignee.
Of the Gardner Morrow bank. who was
the confidential clerk OF the bankers.
1t was decided to retain an eminent
Pittsburg attorney to represent the de-
positors in extensive litigation in the
United States courts, and also to EN-
ploy an expert to determine from the
bank books where half O million dol
lars had gone.
Chairman Brua, in his address. said
that the bankers had squandered the
funds in palatial homes. clubs, fast
horses and riotous living.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
Three Children Burned to Death.

Bradford, Pa. Dec. H.-At Augustine,
a small numbering town near the line
between Warren and Elk counties. Mrs.
John Frederick arose about o'clock
to start the kitchen fire. She used
kerosene oil. The house and its con-
tents were destroyed and three chill
aren burned to death. Mrs. Frederick
rescued an infant. which was so badly
burned that it may die. The woman
herself was seriously burned.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
uayti'S New Ministry.

Port au Prince. Hayti. Dec. 14.-A
proclamation was published here yes
terday announcing the composition OF
the new Haytian ministry as follows
Minister Of the interior, NJ. Auguste
Tancrede; commerce and finance, M.
Plaisance; exterior relations and wor-
ship, M. Brutus ST. Victor: war and
marine, NJ. Guillaume Velbrun (who
is now president of the chamber); pub
lie works and agriculture. NJ. Cincin-
natus Leconte; justice and public in
struction, NJ. Antoine Carmelau.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
st. Louis se,OOO,OOO Hotel.

st. Louis, Dec. 14.-It is announced
that st. Louis will soon have a new ho-
tel that will cost 100000. 1t is said
several Chicagoans and well known
hotel man of Indianapolis will furnish
the capital. The location selected for
the new hostelry is at the corner of
Olive and Twelfth streets, where an
option has been secured on the prop
erty and a company formed. The COM
pany hopes to be able to commence
construction next season.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
Life Prisoner Pardoned,

Jackson, Mich, Dec. 14.-Edward
Rogers, who was sent to the state
prison from Saginaw in August. 1891,
for life. has been pardoned by Governor
Pingree. Rogers sister will take him
to her home in California. He had n
family in New York city, but left home
during drinking SPELL At Saginaw
he became infatuated with woman
whom he killed because she refused to
marry him.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
VIII Not Wear Prison Made Uniforms

Schenectady, N. Y, Dec. 14.-Orders
were recently issued that the entire
national guard of New York should be
supplied with uniforms made in the
state prison. The members of the
Thirty-sixth Separate Company have
announced that they will disband rather
than wear prison made uniforms. 1t is
probable that the matter will be set
tied by the men paying for their own
uniforms,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
Luetgert,s Second Trial Begun.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE Luetgert jury
for the second trial was completed yes
terday afternoon by the swearing In Of
Henry Boasderg, a pressman, and to-
day the second trial Of the sausage
maker began. Boasderg was not sworn
In until both sides had exhausted all
but one of Its peremptory challenges
and 327 veniremen had been examined
and found disqualified. &
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
sELINsaRovE.

SELINS0ROVE.
Rev. j.. A. West Of I-ondons-
Vile, Ohio, son-in-law of L. ID.
Baker, spent few days with friends
in town. :. The show entitled
..Southen Life" which occupiedthe
Opera House on Friday evening last,
was greeted with the largest house
of the season, but many were disap-
pointed as it was nothing but a
minstrel show. -. Vacation at the
University begins on Wednesday
noon, Dec. 18th. The students are
looking forward to getting home
and greeting friends and old ac-
quaintances. The Athletic As
sociaticn of the University elected
officers on Friday for the coming
season. .. Mrs. Ed. NJ. Hummel
and daughter took trip to Phila'
to make some purchases. :. F.. ii.
Schrader, who is teaching in Union
county, with his brother, drove
home Saturday and returned Mon
day., IS. Weis has fine line of
Holiday goods which he is selling
very cheap. :. Indications are that
there will be grood deal of chang
ing residences in the spring. Ed
ward X. Boyer, of Elkhart, Ind,
brother of Mrs. Geo. r. Hendricks,
is visiting his sister and friends and
will take in the reunion of his rcgl-
ment 131st, at Shamokin, Tuesday
and Wednesday, 14th and 18th.
Many of his old comrades will be
clad to see him. Prof. John l.
Woodruffs house is being pushed
forward rapidly. We understand
that good many new houses will
90 up in town next season. Work
at the Shoe Factory is progressing
slowly. Christmas exercises will
be held by all the Sunday schools
this year. .Postmaste, Hummel
is able to be around a little while,
he was at the office short time on
Friday last ..... The Junior Class is
busy on their annual (The Lanthorn)
they hope to surpass the one of last
year. "A Musical Convention
will be held in the Opera House
during the week beginning Jan. "a,
1898. The singers of the county
! are cordially invited to take part.
An enjoyable time will be had. -.
ii A number of the members of the
= Slst Regt. of town and vicinity are
taking in the reunion of the Regt.
at Shamokin. Rev. R. f. Fetter-
off has moved to town from Millers-
burg and is occupying the house
ii brmerly owned by B. F. Tanner
'n -. Mrs. Mary iioyer (nee Colsher)
y y and daughter ol Bloomsbury are
80 visiting Mrs. Sarah Miller who is
he aunt of the former. Mrs.
: Rev. Jerome Guss (nee Dimm) of
Duncannon, is welcome guest at
DR.. Dimm's. Word was brought
b town from Northumberland
ID hat Norton Glover, a former resi-
les lent here, had a stroke of Apoplexy
Sunday forenoon from which he
lied Sunday evening. Mrs.
Breidenbaugh, of Gettysburg, has
E eturned to her home after visit
+ tabout two months ,... .Thestreets
n being scraped and top dress
!. ate, p g of crushed stone put on. "A.
w. Pa Schoch, of Bloomsbury, was in
Wilt wn Monday between trains to Wis
Gene his aged mother. ......Miss Ida
i yder has returned from her visit
ie Pal Phila. Miss Holvey, Of Pitts
&C On ;, will deliver lecture on Tenn
. rance in the M. f. church on
'FFl ednesday evening under the
.a pices of the Y. w. G. Il. U.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
Death OF Thomas Carlyle,s Sister.

Toronto, Ont. Dec. H.-Mrs. Janet
Carlyle Hannigan. sister Of Thomas
Carlyle, the author, and the last men,
ber of the family, died yesterday at
the residence of her son-in-law In this
CITY. aged S5 years.
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MARRIED..

Dec y 2, at Fremont, by Rev.
| n.omig, Harvey Gelnett, of
Evllle, and Rebecca Holibaugh
81 tn, at Beavertown, by Rev.
n. =. Aweiger, A. L. Herbster
SOle Stahl. both of Franklin
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16
yan wyck Takes the Oath.

New York, Dec. 14.-Robert A. Van
Wyck yesterday took the oath Of Office
as mayor of greater New York before
Justice Fitzsimmons in the city court,
to assume the duties Of the Office on
Jan. I, 1898.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

N c. Smith, Amos Bolig, and A.
|Gemberling, three of the Penn
fnship's school directors, were
be callers at this office last Thurs
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DIED.

y. Catharine Roads, aged 81
y 10 months and 20 days, at
esldence of Peter Rhoads, 222
street, Harrisburg.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16
RACE SCRAP BETWEEN SCHOOLS
The Negroes Start a Row and Precipitate
Hot Clash-Newsy Items from Reds
vile.

The Negroes Start Row and Precipitate
a Hot Clash-Newsy Items from Reds
vile.
Reidsyile, y. c.. March 1J.-(SpeciaD-
Our town was the scene of a little dis
ti1rbamce somewhat ON the order of a
riot Friday afternoon. On Wentworth
street the pupils of the white graded
school meet each other. and for some
years past they have been having trouble.
Friday the negroes commenced throwing
rocks and large iron tops at the white
pupils. and for a time things were pretty
hot. The negroes were arrested and tried
Saturday afternoon before Mayor Redd.
Henry Carter, the negro who started the
fuss. was fined $40. The smaller white
children will have a hearing before the
mayor this afternoon.
Mr.. II. c. Harris, of the big Robert
Harris & Bro. tobacco manufacturing
establishment, is critically ill at his home
on Main street.
DR.. Munday, preached an interesting
sermon to Reidsviles two military com
panies yesterday morning.
1t is rumored that Reidsville will soon
have telephone connection from Washing
ton, ID. c., to Charlotte, Nc 9.
MT anu MIS-. II. II. rem are SpeHuihS
a few days at their old home in Spencer
Virginia.
The tobacco market here is in better
condition than ever before. Sales last
until late in the afternoon.
The Seventh Day Adventist people are
thinking of building church here soon.
Reidsville baseball team has been or
ganized, and challenges from any town
i'm Virginia or North Carolina will be
considered.
Mr.. r. L. Dixon, a prominent druggist
of Milton. n c.. was in town recently
looking around with a view Of locating
here.
The bicycle riders here have perfected
arrangements for some fine races at the
Piedmont mile track about April 1.
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PROF. BAssETT's STATEMENT.

Editor SUNNY communica ton in the
Christian Advocate, to which extensive
reference has been made in Durham, was
intended in one sense as defense of the
cause of Christian Education against the
open thrust IN Prof Tonls's report. In
its sheer at narrow eccesiastics" this
report plainly goes out of its way to at
tack those who have been recently advo-
eating Christian Education. / presume a
man has the right of resenting an attack
without being flooded with denunciation
as one who stirs up strife. If not, Am
erican liberty is become shadow.
More than this, l wrote because
thought a warming ought to be raised
against Professor Poms's ideas of char
acter as contained in his report be-
lieve in ChristianA Education and
what he puts forth as certain
ly not Christian Education. At
best it is moral instruction 1t
has place certainly but it cannot sup
plant Christian conviction without bring
ing infidelity and social chaos The
school of Voltaire tired this for France
and the uncentered age of reason was
the result. An extensive study Of history
shows me that the same result has fol
lowed every. attempt to rely on such
ideas If weas a State make such an at
tempt we may expect a deluge of corrupt
manners and debauched politics. Our
University helps to educate leaders of our
people. 1t would be calamity if its
graduates came. back to the people with
the loose idea that morality bis better
than Christianity and moral instruction
than the Chrst-faith OF marrow eccles-
iastics''
Especially is this true of the grad
yates in pedagogy. The State has adopt
ed what seems to me the unwiseN policy
of giving free tuition to teachers in the
public schools when they go to the Uni
versity. The taxpayers of the State have
not had an opportunity of saying wheth-
err or not they approve of this. | hope
they Will some day have such am oppOr-
tunity. In the meantime the Christian
taxpayers ought to know that the man
who teaches these free-taught teachers
IS not teaching a doctrine, whether con-
sciously or unconsciously to himself,
that will undermine the basis of Chris
tiamty. TO point out this seemed to me
IL duty which neither an aversion to a
controversy nor fear of being misun-
derstood by my friends in Durham would
justify me n ignoring. Although the
misunderstanding seems great / have
no idea that ! acted wrong
L have been criticised for attacking the
Graded School. The men and women
who teach in the Graded School have
been earnest and conscientious in their
devotion to the children of Durham.
/ can understand why they should be
Jealous TO resent what they conceive is
an attack ON their labors. Yet my COM
municati0n does not contain, and was not
intended to contain, any utterance "a
gainst the Graded School. The school
was only mentioned as an illustration of
the point made above. l am not a tax
nayer of the city of Durham and am
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-16

in no sense a guardian of its institutions.
AS a matter of fact / did not see Prof.
Toms's report until about two weeks
ago. Had / seen it last August when
it was issued | should not have consider
ed it my duty to have interfered. When
l did see it occupied another relation
to it's author AS taxpayer and n free
man am, with every other citizen of the
State, in a sense guardian Of the inter
ests of the University. The charge Of
jealousy will not fr;ghten me from my
duty. In way it is certainly true that
l should not have opened the subject il
Prof. Toms had not been called to the
University. There would have been no
need for it.
The point between Prof. Toms and me
is clear There is no need OF compllcat-
ing it with personalities or with the IN
terests of the Graded School. 1t Is this:
Is it wise to teach to the free-taught
teachers attending the University Prof.
TNoms's idea. viz: that moral lnstruc-
ton is a sufficient basis of character and
that a minister who differs from this po
s:t;On is marrow ecclesiastic" This
point ought to be settled. 1T is of too
vital interest to be left unsettled. None
of my critics have met it. If / am wrong
in my contention my opponents ought to
show why l am wrong. Until they do
so | must conclude that they do not care
to join issue on the question. But one
thing ask: Let us talk soberly. candid
ly. and without vituperation. Let us not
lose our heads. The friends of Chris
tan Education desire to deal with fair
ness in the matter. They would do
Prof. Toms personally no more harm
than "a refutation of his dangerous views
implies.
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