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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
CATHOLICS ASK FAIR
PLAY FOR SCHOOLS

Chicago, April 12.-Educational legis-
lation in the United States was at
tackled to-day in the discussions at the
Roman Catholic Educational Confer
ence as being unfair, partial and preju-
dicial to the rights of individuals and
to religious institutions, in the tenden-
cy of the laws to absolute state control
of schools
The paper on Educational Legisla-
ton in the United States" which
brought out the discussion, was read
by Rev. James L. Fagin, S. j., vice
president of Georgetown university.
Prof. Il. ]. Ryan, a. NJ, of Mount
st. Mary's college, Emmettsburg,
Maryland, read n paper on Teaching
Of English in College" in which he
pleaded for the purity and thorough
ness of the language.
Consideration of technical subjects
made up the rest of the days pro-
gram.
Speakers at the afternoon session de-
clared that modern educational legis-
lation threatened the life of the par
ochial school system. All this class of
legislative action, they said, seriously
Disseminated against the church
schools and every system of education
which seeks to combine religious train
ing with learning. 1t was argued that
under existing conditions Catholics
were compelled to pay taxes for the
support of public schools. which their
children do not attend. 1t was insist
ed that the state should recognize
Catholic schools on the same basis with
other educational institutions to which
financial assistance is given.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

1t has long been a disputed question
whether America was peopled from
Asia The chief argument against the
theory that man made his approach
to this continent across Bering strait
has been the lack OF resemblance in
culture between the aborigines of this
country and the known races of Asia.
This may be accounted for, a Washing
ton scientist maintains, by the fact
that all the Asiatic arts and customs
would in the course of generations
have been frozen out of any migratory
peoples in their getting around Bering
strait. AS the tribes moved northward
they would lose the characteristics of
their life, one after another, notably
agriculture and domestic animals. until
finally, pressing near the polar circle
their whole energies would be absorbed
in finding food and keeping warm
With his culture thus frozen out, ac-
cording to this theory, early man
crossed Bering strait, and as he moved
southwark on this continent developed
improved ways of living. but after such
a long interval of time that the new
customs were entirely distinct from
those of Asia.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Denver, April 12-Three days of
storm made a squirt yesterday with one
of the heaviest snow falls known
along the eastern base of the mountain
range for years. The storm ragged con-
tinuously for twenty-four hours. and
last night the big flakes We're falling
thick and fast, despite the prophecy of
the weather man that to-day will be
fair and warmer All trains We're late
in reaching the city, and snow plows,
Hangers, railway wrecking parties and
shovel gangs We're vigorously at work
clearing away great bodies of snow
that had accumulated in the cuts and
settled down in solid masses. Fortu-
nately the temperature in nearly all
sections in COLORADO was above the
melting point, and the railway compa-
MES We're not Obliged to contend with
ice, as on many former occasions.
Strong winds We're blowing over
nearly all the state, but had little eff
feet, as the snow was too wet to be
carried before the gale.
Intelligence of big fall of rock in
the Black canon, on the line of the
Denver & Rio Grande reached the
Equitable building early in the day.
The rocks We're hurled into the canon
with immense force, and reports stated
that one was as large as n railway
freight car. Dynamite was called into
use in clearing away the obstruction.
The sides of the canon aer very steep
at the point where the slide occurred.
The sides of the canon are very steep
slides has arrived and train crews have
been warned to keep constantly on the
watch
1t was n depressing Gay. The sky
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
FAIL OF
SNOW BLOCKS RAILROADS

was of leaden hue and there was no
change in the conditions from morning
to night. Drip, drip. drip, the snow
growing deeper soggier, heavier every
hour. The leaden weight carried down
many telegraph wires and all commu
nication was cut off from the line OF
the Colorado & Southern road, in Wyo-
ming, early in the day. Wires We're
bad all over the state. and squads of
repairers were constantly in the field.
The redeeming feature of the storm
was that it came late in the season and
experienced transportation men knew
the detention of traffic would not last
long.
1t was on the divide where the storm
ragged fiercest. Delays We're expert
enced by all roads, and ON the Eliza
beth line of the COLORADO Il Southern
trains We're annulled. There was Il
wreck at Pring station, near Monu-
ment, and just north of Colorado
Springs, where the Rio Grande had a
consolidated train-Nos. s and 10
buried in the snow.
Several collisions are reported as a
result of the storm, though none with
very serious results.
Compared with other disturbances
during the pervious April, it is not as
severe in regard to the amount of
moisture precipitated and has none of
the disagreeable high wind which at
tends blizzards in colder months.
Beyond the Inconvenience to the public
and the damage done to the railroads,
telegraph wires and street car lines,
the storm will prove of inestimable
benefit to the agricultural districts of
the state
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Unpublished Poem by LongfeIIow Dis
covered.

New York, April 12-An unpublished
hymn written by Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow has been discovered among
worthless papers and old letters at the
Longfellow house. The hymn is en-
titled "Christo Et Ecclesiac." and was
written for the dedication of the Apple
ton chapel, which took place on Octo-
ber IL, 1888. DIR. +. G. Peabody read
the hymn at morning prayers recently.
Mrs. Longfellow does not wish to give
out the hymn for publication just now,
and she has not definitely decided
where the hymn is first to be published.
1t is possible that it viii soon be pub
lished in the Harvard graduates maya
zine
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THlS2
Pen Picture for Women.

al am so nervous, there is not
we'll inch in my whole body. l am so
weak at my stomach and have indi-
gestion horribly, and palpitation of
the heart, and l am losing flesh. This
headache and backachc nearly kills
me, and yesterday l nearly had hyster-
les there is a weight in the lower part
of my bowels bearing down all the
time, and pains in my groins and
thighs; cannot sleep, walk, or sit,
and l believe ! am diseased all over
no one ever suffered as / do"
This is description of thousands of
cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's
attention daily. An infiamed and ul-
cerated condition of the neck of the
womb can produce all of these symp-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

The new French law as to the pro-
vision Of seats for shop assistants
came into force on Jan. l. All shors
and similar places where goods are Of
fered for sale by female staff must
be provided in each room with a num-
ber of seats equal to that of the wo-
men there employed. This law differs
from that which will come into force
in Germany on April /. The latter pro-
vides only for "a sufficient number" OF
seats. The English law of 1899 pro-
vides one seat for each three women
employed, the supposition being that
all are not idle at the same time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

The fate which seems to come to all
communistic colonies has overtaken
the Altruistic association formed about
a year ago near Burlington. N. ]. The
plan of the promoters was to form a
settlement where there should be no
police or magfsterial system and no
laws or rules save those of courtesy.
The novelty of farm life soon wore off.
and many of the colonists returned to
and life more exciting.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

toms, and no woman should allow
herself to reach such perfection OF
misery when there is absolutely no
need of it. Tie subject of our por-
trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams Of
Englishtown, Nj, has been entirely
cured of such illness and misery by
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and the guiding advice OF Mrs.
Pinkham of Lynn, Mass.
No other medicine has such a record
for absolute cures, and no other medi-
cine is "just as good" Women who
want a cure should insist upon getting
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for it at store.
Anyway, write letter to Mrs. Pink.
ham at Lynn, Mass, and tell her ALI
your troubles Her advice is free.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

While Mr.. Carnegie was depicting
his fortune by s., 100000 for libraries
in New York. Mr.. John d. Rockefeller
was increasing his by s6,200,000. rep
resenting a single quarterly dividend
on his Standard Oil stock. If Mr.
Rockefeller wanted to get rid of his
profits on that stock alone he would
have to build about one $4,000 library
a day.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

The billposters' association OF Eng
land exercises censorship over the
posters appearing on the London
hoardings. A recent case was the
poster of the play Greed of Gold"
The scene pictured showed a woman
in the foreground. in light attire. with
her throat cut. All the members Of
the association refused to post it. The
duties of the censors are said to be
exercised with tact and discrimination.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Mrs. Ella Downey of Fontanelle, Ia.
seeks divorce on altogether unprece-
dented grounds. Her husband. Frank
Downey, suffered the amputation of an
arm last fall and has kept the dismem-
bered limb ever since. This was bad
enough. but whenever he gets in a
tantrum he brandiishes it around the
house, knocking dishes off the table
and beating the dog with 1t, thereby
severely shocking his wifes nervous
system. Wherefore the lady seeks
separation and alimony.,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Out of s34 ,932, ,644 contributed in 1900
by charitable persons in the United
States to educational institutions only
a little more than s1,OOO.O0O was given
to southern schools and colleges. This
amount includes donations for institu-
tions intended for the exclusive In
struction of both whites and blacks,
and but a small part of 1T came from
the hands of northern givers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Senate document No. III gives re-
port of tests of fireproof woods from
the torpedo-boat Winslow, the purpose
being to determine whether the pro-
cess is enduring. The result was very
satisfactory, showing that the wood
treated five years ago had lost none
of its fireproof qualities.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

A stage wedding of two members of
a burlesque troupe was announced to
be performed in a Washington theater,
but the high contracting parties found
it impossible to secure the services of
a person competent to perform the
ceremony.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

The Rev. John Naile of Trappe, Pa,
recently celebrated the Tooth anniver-
sary of his birth. He was born near
Westminster, Ind, February IS, 1901,
and is probably the Oldest clergyman
in the United States. Mr.. Naile was
ordained at the age of 40.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

While cutting up a poplar at his
saw mill in Lee county, Va, C. r.
Kesterton found an augur hole plugged
by pin. On removing the pin he
found in the hole five $40 gold pieces
bearing dates between 1850 and 1860.
The coins are supposed to have been
hid there for safe keeping during the
civil war.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

The prediction is made that tn. be-
we're winter in the north woods of the
Adirondack mountains has killed more
deer than hunters made away with
last fall
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Garfield Tea purifies the blood, regu-
iates the digestive organs and pro-
notes good health. 1t is the herb
medicine that has been used success
fully for many years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Burlington Surveyor. Quit wo,r

Chicago, April 1.-THE Burlington
has recalled its corps of surveyors
which have been selecting a route
from Guernsey, Wyoming, to Salt Lake
City.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

whats that there single tax l hear
people talkin' about?" Il dunno ex-
ackly. but 1 'spect it's a tax on old
bachelors"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Do Your Foe. Ache and nurnr

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, NY.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Papa. when people can't get well
water, do they have to use sick wa
ter?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Have you tried Russ Bleaching Blue.
the famous bag blue that delights tho
laundress? All grocers sell 1t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
ACker'S
English
Remedy

at this time is the friend in need.
1t will relieve the sufferer at once,
and by healing membrane of throat
and lungs prevent further attack.
Don't delay one day, mothers. If
you haven't AcKER's get it. AcKKR's,
will cure Coughs and colds in day"
1.-Two of my children owe their lives to
AcKER's ENGLISH REMEDY. 1t relieves
at once. | am never without 1t.
MRS. F. G. WEBER, Buffalo.
Write to us for testimonials and
free illustrated book on Consump-
tion.
Sold Mt eSc, SOC and 1l.Oo q bottle.
II you not sat. i.fisd return the bottle to
your druggist, and get your money back.
". II. Hooker & Co., Proprs., Buffalo. NJ Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Like a Thief
in the night Group comes, choking
and strangling your little one-at-
tempting to take away the life so
dear to you.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

A Virginia court has just decided that
in some cases a woman may be the head
of a family. The courts are sometimes
very slow in finding out things.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Gabb-There goes a man who is worth
million. Numskull-Not to me. What
makes him so valuable?
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
SATURDAY. MARCH ss. 1901.
NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE IN
 VIEW.

There is hardly any cause in existence but what some one can be found to speak well of 1t. While the public generally are regarding the billion dollar steel combine as one of the ominous signs of the times. this is how an editorial writer in the Iron Age appears to regard it:-
 The general public, and not a few in the iron trade, have failed to real
 ize what a serious danger the indus try has escaped by the formation of the United States Steel Corporation which has averted the pending battle of the giants. The struggle would have led to a wholly unnecessary and fearfully costly duplication of plants. With one interest going into the manufacture of tubes and sheets, another threatening to invade the railmakers' field, third getting ready to roll plates, fourth prepar- ing to build large structural plant, a fifth about to roll and draw wire, there would not have been single important branch which would have escaped the most savage competition. With every interest not provided with furnaces and steel plants seek ing to fill that gap, and with every steelmaker endeavoring to capture a market by finishing, we would have had excess capacity, unmanageble and unproftable, for decades to come It would have been a fearful waste of money, while the destruc- tion of earning power and the suf- fering to labor would have been un- paralled in the industrial history of this country.
 Here we see again that prefunctory solicitude for the poor laboring man, which is always in evidence when monopoly has a point to score. Of course the writer in the Iron Age sees no other alternative, If the workingman is to be saved, than combination of capital in the hands of few magnates to control every thing in sight, place prices as high as the traffic will bear, and wages as low as hungry stomach can with stand. Yet, perhaps the writer does see another alternative but regards t. asdtime thrown away in suggest ing, or referring to it, in view of the indifference of the people generally to anything for the better the realiz- ation of which entails the expendi- ture of time and effort on their part.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
:. STIRRING UP THE ANIMALS"
A Very Suggestive Letter From Green
 field. Mass.

A. Very Suggestive Letter From Green
 field. Mass,
 The first town meeting to occur in the twentieth century in this town will be held on the first day of April. If on that day the brutal hypocrisyswhich characterized the nineteenth century is trampled under foot by the voters of Greenfield all will be well for the com ing year. If the fates permit shall be there and not as silent witness of the proceedings. Let there be no moral cowardice displayed by the wealth pro- ducers. The sharks will be there (the expression is Sir Walter Bessant 's), yes, there to consume all the time if so per- mitted. recall one particular meeting where one very prominent shark spoke seven times during the first hour of the morning session.
 Gall Not at all, simply a self-sacri- ficing interest in the people. But it appears that Nahum s. Cutler-C Cutler the great, Cutler the noble, is to retire. "What has he done p is the divine ques- tion which searches men and trans pierces every false reputation. What has this man Cutler done? Contemplate his record and, if you are honest and humane you will assist in driving what he represents out of the life of Green field.
 As a member of the labor committee in the legislature he opposed every measure presented in the interest of the toilers. He returned home and, write it to their shame, those toilers rewarded his brutality by electing him to place on the board of selectmen; and on that same day, with surprising inconsistency, they voted that hereafter the working day for town 1aborers should consist of nine hours instead of ten, which had up to that time been the rule. Did Cutler comply? No, he not only did not re- spect their wishes, but he emphasized his contempt by placing as walking boss over these town laborers foul -mouthed drunkard, who did little from morning
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
Hand and Machine Labor.

The difference in capacity between a skilled workman and a machine is in some cases simply enormous. A good matchmaker, without the aid of ma chinery, is able to make about 5000 matches in a day of eight working hours. In the same time machine will make about 100000 matches, or about 100000 boxes. During the time which is required by one man to make thEce matches the machine is able to make 6,375, or about 100 boxes.
 A skilled cigarette maker can make about 15O cigarettes an hour, while the most improved machines in the same time turn out about 30,0O0 cigarettes.
 During a working day of ten hours even the most expert candle maker could not draw more than ], ,O0O candles of inferior quality, while modern ma chimes make about 1000 during the same time.
 The average capacity of a brick ma- chine is about 5000 day, equal to the capacity of ten men during the same length of time.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23

its back, put there by Mr. Harrison's political party in the interest of the bondholder as against the producer. And when political party rose up in the nation to demand that that ex- ception clause be stricken off, MT. Harrison was found with his party in denouncing those who would do away with this "dirty dollar
 However, the Journal qualities this great saying of Benjamin Harri- sons by telling us that ''He said something very much better than what he meant to say-he meant to attack the silver dollar, when what he really described was the trust dollar" Here again is where the |'dead ex-President showed himself to be much more of politician than a man of principle. He represented the silver dollar to be ''dirty dollar, , not because he believed 1t so, but because he must say something for party, and this would proclaim his orthodoxy. Of course he we'll real ized that no one could tell just what he meant by the words used; and 1t wasn't necessary, the implication was enough when coming from "great man," for wouldn't 1t have its infiu- on the open-mouthed partisan who didn't know, but who preferred to remain with his party rather than Mfnk himself out of 1t.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
No Mi1itia For Strikers.

Mayor Van Wyck has given notice that he will not encourage the use of troops to put down strikes in New York. When national guard general asked an appropriation for q rife range, explaining that soldiers who can't shoot are of no use. the mayor answered: ''They don't need to shoot in this city. With our excellent police force there is no use for militia" Then the animus of the militia general came out. '1There have been strikes,n he said, "when the services of the guard were called for" But Mayor Van Wyck's reply was ready. Mot since I have been mayor of New York;" he retorted, adding: 'grhe po- lice force is capable of handling any and all disturbances. and there will be no shooting" 1t is reassuring to find a chief executive of metropolitan city who Is not hot for bloodletting af the mention of a strike.-Public.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23

till night but drink poor whiskey and at the men. And later he became direct ly responsible for the death of one of
 them. One incident connected with the death of this poor fellow reflects in blazing colors the savagery of the nine teenth century. When the unfortunate widow sought recompense Greenfeld's s most popular lawyer could be hired yes, hired like the Hessians of '76-to stand between her and simple justice. And those who repeatedly voted for the reelection of this man Cutler, virtually have endorsed this The popular law yer was of course considered worthy of seat on the bench.
 The inhabitants of the closing days of the present century will look back upon such an inhuman condition of society with as much adherence as we do now upon the hanging of Mary Dyer on Bos- ton Common by religious bigots. And it may be well to ask has Greenfield contributed anything worthy of the re- spect of better civilization? She has contributed two things and no more: 1 One is Dana Malone's brutal and un- constitutional vagrant law; and the oth- CT that of Herbert O. Parsons capital punishment law. May those two men l live long enough to see the people wipe out those two blots on the statute books of Massachusetts. And poor Cutler Has he been success? Carlyle says:
 "Poor devil, what will thy success amount to? If the thing is unjust thou hast not succeeded; no, not though bon- fires blazed from north to south, and bells rang, and editors wrote leading articles, and the just thing lay trampled out of sight, to all mortal eyes an abol- ished and annihilated thing. Success
 In few years thou wilt be dead and dark-an cold, eyeless, deaf; no blaze of
 bonfres, ding-dong of bells or leading articles visible or audible to thee again at all forever. What kind of success is that !'' JOHN A. DYER.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
SPEAKING OF A tfDIRTY DOL.
 LAR.v

The New York Journal the other day contained a rather lengthy edi- torial, much emphasized with capi- tai letters, in relation to the late ex- President Harrison and what he left behind him. And chief among these things were two sayings, which the Journal considered worthy of remem- brance. This is one of them: "One dollar voted by the people of any shool district for the support of com mon schools is worth ten dollars given out of the treasury of the United States. Whether MT Har- rison was able to demonstrate the mathematical accuracy of that propo- sition, or not, wasn't dilated on. And E wasn't very material. Better hings are said every day by common hen yet no one considers them as especially deserving of handing down to posterity.
 | Here is the other: "The first siirty errand that dirty dollar does
 to cheat the workingman.' These
 rds of themselves havesno mean
 for there is no such thing in
 Stence as "dirty dollar" that
 ecially cheats the workingman
 cheats no one else. The only
 lar of this kind that aia have an
 .istence was the "greenback" dol with the exception clause on