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Irish Election Expenses, 1896.

From the Dublin Freeman JotrroI.
During the time Of a contested election in
Meath some seventy years ago. Sir Mark
8ummerville sent orders to the hotel proprie-
tor in the town Of Trim to board and lodge
all that should vote for him. for which he
received the following bill He had 1t passed.
and 1t still hangs in Summerville House.
County Meath The copy from which this
was taken was found among the papers of the
late Very Rev. Archdeaoon O'Connell. Vicar
General OF Meath diocese, April 10. 1928:
Ny bill. your honour
To s..'ns,s t.s.no q s, .soys '1s' I,
To eatinE-ie moro below stsirs and tue
priests amer supper. Is TO mo: ...,::: Is 0
a two su,ness every bed. md not moro
than in acs any . bed a. ,imseheap ., u,
night at l8s every one Of them and for
man which was lost on head OF watch
For BREAKFAST OF; tay In tho morning for
every one Of them and a. many more as
they brought, as near as can guess Is TO
To raw xhisksv and punch. without t.lk:
ing Of pipes and tobacco IS wall az TOR
Dot above stairs and other Elssses and
delft for the nrst day and night am not
sure but for days and half OF the
election as hstle as I call It. and not
abouts as near as l can guess and not
to be too particular Is 70 me At iesst 10
70, shsns and sr9gpns ~ Ma se h'aas
for every head OF thom by my brother
who has q vote. Is 70 me ..,...... IL
For wornlt and nurse for poor Tom Keenap
not expected, Is TO mo ten hogs don't
talk Of the piper or for keeping him So
ber Is long as he was sober Is 10 mo-. 10 10
Tbs total i 3
'sisss
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THE SCHOOL DISCUSSION.
Either Religious Education or Atheism
and Msteriallsm.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: II s
true enough that the public school Ia not the
only factor nor the direct cause OF the defec-
ton from tho Christian religion. In the most
palmy days OF the Roman Empire Chris
tian youths sat at the feet Of pagan masters.
not to imbibe Christian theology. but pagan
literature and under the most demoralizing
conditions preserved their faith and morals
intact from corruption. Undoubtedly some
fell away, but others came forth as the ablest
defenders and npologists Of the Christian
religion; for example. SITS. Jerome. Basil and
Gregory. But this only shows that parental
influence and home education are great fac
tors in the preservation Of religion and mo-
rality. 1T il not an argument in favor OF
purely secular education. pagan school
Is good enough for pagan civilization and
morality. The whole aim and object OF the
State and the material world. The public
school by discaimlng all religion exerts. to
FAY the least. negative influence upon re-
lndiference IL the next step 70 no rel glon st
all IL religion is to be kept alive In the minds
and hearts Of the coming generations II must
Napoleon shrank from the task OF ruling
over people imbued with the ideas OF Vol
taire and Rousseau. Napoleon was no relig-
history.
Like DR.. Singer, have gone to school in the
OLD country with Jews and Protestants, ana
there were occasional rubs and frictions
among tho boys Of the various creeds, but not
80 much In consequence OF our religious train
Ing rs In consequence OF our human nature.
There were. moreover. equal rights Tor all. FOR
the Catholic, the Protestant and the Jew
While the cry Of liberty equality and toler-
cous throats OF tho Jacobins. their hands were
busily engaged in erecting the guillotne.
Baskets full OF human heads were the har-
yestinss Of atheistical teachings during. the
Reign Of Terror. May the Lord save VI from
at helsm and materialism. and may history never
repeat itself in this fair land OF ours
BRISTOL. Va. Oct 7. T. o.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sw: Even II
We educate our youth In UNCONVENTIONAL
schools. n child, no matter how carefully
watched and tended. is liable to read in a
newspaper magazine or book some
thing very logical that 10 contrary to his
school instruction. and IL NAV set him to
thinking and lead to his forming opinions OF
his own. IL we eliminate the public school and
substitute the denomnational school, ocn-
so sol, Of the press appointed BY the Churches
will be necessary to SLIT out all writing that u
not strictly orthodox. II is useless to edu-
cate children all right i the press upsets
the good work. With public schools eliminated
and the press muzzled. coming generations will
have a chance to grow up moral. religious
orthodox. FB
GREAT KILLS, Oct. 1.
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Sure Of an Honest and Able Comp
trOller.

Sure Of an Honest and Able Comp
' troller.
In the municipal situation one fact
stands out clearly, and it Is circum-
stance Of uncommon good fortune.
Mr.. CIRCUIT is one Of the best Comp
trollsrs this city has ever had. The
Republican organization, the Citizens
Union and the local Democracy are Of
a single mind in regard to his capacity
and character. Whatever difference Of
opinion there may be about the cor
rectness of his personal and political
attitude during the past fortnight, there
is not a citizen who doesn't know that
his integrity and efficiency in the Office
he now holds would be just the same
whether he were reelected by Tammany
votes or by fusion votes.
Mr.. FREDERIC W. HINRIcHs also has
q strong claim to tho confidence OF his
fellow citizens. Not the faintest doubt
as to the excellence Of his qualifications
exists anywhere, so far as we know. If
there is such doubt in any voters mind,
the doubt will fade away instantly when
it Is remembered that Mr.. HINRICHs is
the candidate Of natural selection. His
nomination is the outcome of an ex-
haustive search and process of eimina-
ton by those most competent to dis
cover the right sort Of Comptroller and
at the same time most interested in find
ing man worthy to replace Mr.. CIRCUIT
on the fusion ticket.
Whatever happens on election day,
therefore, the chief financial officer Of the
metropolis, the most potent factor In the
conservation Of the financial interests
Of New York as municipality, the most
Of the eight persons consti-
tuting the Board Of Estimate and APP
portionment, is sure to be a man who
can be trusted.
Is not this fact Of immense impor-
tancs and Of remarkably good omenf
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Superstition dies hard, az this tale
shows Westfield is not far from the
classic waters Of Cicero Creek, Indiana
Twenty-Five years ago certain wise old
and young blades of that town formed a
literary club. To improve the tone OF the
club, some Of the Westfield women ap-
piled for admission. Every female appli-
can't was piled" In 1883 the women
began a society Of their own. It's still
mysterious initials are S. T. j. NJ. Each
member solemnly promised not to di-
vllge or explain.
Neither sweetheart nor husband has
been able to cajole or wrest the secret.
Westfield mon, tortured by the innate
curiosity Of descendants of ancestors
probably arboreal in their habits, have
fumed and pried in vain. Some have
gone mad. Some totter on the edge of
paresis. Some have been pulverized by
the rum power. All are victims of cervi-
cal elongation. Not masculine nose In
Westfield that has not an interrogatory
tip. At the grocery store and the rail-
road station those baffied men folks are
still wondering and gaping. Old men
with comfortable annuities have died Of
worry. Youths who were born after the
s. T. j. NJ. was are in despair. The
women Of the s. T. J. NJ. are still tri-
umphant, still clutching the inviolabIe
shade.
A member of the club applied for
divorce Her husband, contesting the
suit. brought against her the highly cred
table fact that she would not tell him
the meaning of S. T. j. NJ. variously ex-
planned by envy as Society of Tattling,
Jahbering Matrons and Society OF Thank
less, Jilting Maidens.
In short, the mon Of West6eld will
soon become extinct They are dying
Of unsatisfed curiosity. And yet there
are superstitious joitheads who still
prattle that women can't keep a secret
This anecdote teaches us the simian
inquisitiveness of men.
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The Red Moon and the Blood Lilies.

A difficulty comes early in Mr.. ". A.
Frasers story "The Blood Lilies Charles
Scribners Sons). Sandy Cameron's boy
Malcolm proposed to marry Louis Gourelo'
girl Franchette. The difficulty lay in the
fact that the elder Cameron was taIvnist
in a degree amounting to enthusiasm and
that Franchette's father was Romans
In similar degree. Both of these objected.
But marry the young r, ople would, AMI
a long distance sledge race was arranged
which war to determine whether they shou!d
be married bya priest or by minister and
whet her their children should be broug III
,Ip in the one faith or the other This Wa
al Fort Donald, on the Saskatchewan, D."
miles by water trail from Winnipeg. tn"
story tells cloqlently and windy of tn"
race. 1t was close. Malcolm won. spi''
of sharp practice, treachery and blizzard.
There is plenty more which will keep tie
reader both Interested and amused, for IN"
author has humor as we'll as a sharp drama'l'
faculty. When the medicine man wa
called upon to dream out nam" for th'
little son Of Wolf Runner, the Cree Indian
and his wife, called the Ugly One, he r.
ported: As ] slept | saw only fierc" r'H
moon looking upon prairie of blood lilies
The red moon is the moon Of disaster
of lame ness: and the blood lilies are tie
lilies Of bravery-the courage flowers,
Manitou calls them to grow from the blood
of braves who fell in battle; they grow many
on the plains where our people slew tA'
Backfeet. The Lame One will be a gred
brave, full of courage" There we hay'
the explanation Of the title Of the story.
The boy Mas kiss, the Lame One, Is on
of the characters. An admirable boy he
was.
He was a wise boy, quite competent In
the subtle ways of his people. His moth"r
adored him. By her he was made into
prince. a mighty chief; the big leather sack
OF pemmican was brought forth and
sustenance for three men chopped fron
its brick-like holding. And as 1t melted
In the pan the gentle odor Of saskatoon
berries tickled tho eagesshmCsssk NJ
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the facts. Only among the negroes was
there considerable percentage Of illit-
eracy. Among naturalized foreigners it
was only Al in Manhattan and 81 in
Brooklyn. Among the fully alien, how
ever, it was large: 25.8in Manhattan and
22A in Brooklyn. The inference from
these large alien percentages may be
that we are receiving now a much
larger body of foreign iliteracy than
for many years before.
As the electorate of New York ia now,
it is encouragingly intelligent and am
bilious of improvement
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T FVW WTF T-TVNOI TITNU "
The other Gay d woman entered Berlin tram
way car with number OF gas D0llooi.s. which she
Intended 10 sell Ia the Thier Gsrten. A. she stood
on tho platform. man sprang on with light ed
cigar Ia hi mouth and at the same moment pun
OF WIND blew thr balloons against the cigar
They all exploded, ana for "A few second, the front
OF tho truIuNaJ car Was IN flames The owner Of
the balloons was much burnt about the face and
hands and the smoker more seriously about the
face. 'rhc passenger, inside the ear were panic
stricken. aud for few MINUTES there was terrible
struggle TO get out Of the vehicle. but NO one was
seriously injured
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Registration To-day.

1t IL not necessary for US to enforce
on the intelligent citizens OF New York
the duty Of voting at the municipal cleo
ton on the Sd Of November; but we
remind them that to-day the registration
places are open again and that the duty
should be discharged at tho earliest
moment possible.
Every citizen must register to be quail
fed to vote for decency and against
Tammany on the Sd Of November.
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Since the census was taken there has
been obviously so great an increase in
the foreign-born population, by reason
Of the largest food of immigration which
has ever arrived at this port, that the
native and foreign-born elements OF the
population must now be nearly equal.
1t is true that the importing of immi-
grants has been Offset in part by the
natural increase. In 1902 this gain was
represented by difference OF II $50 be-
tween the IS, 842 births and 6s,Os2 deaths;
but, Of course, the annual growth at this
time by immigration is far greater.
If we add to the white foreign-bor
their native children, we get total Of
1 500, $50 of foreign extraction, out Of
total population of l,s5O,O93. The num-
Der Of negroes was 36,248. That was the
situation on Manhattan Island in 1900.
so far as concerns population, since
which year the greatest immigration in
our history has been coming
The foreign-born and their children
represent every nationality in Europe
and nearly every race in Asia, and the
negroes in their extraction are from
many African tribes In 1900 the Ger
mans were most numerous and the Irish
next; but the Jews and Italians have
come in since the census in numbers so
great that they must now be pressing
close upon the first-named nationalities.
OF the l,OO7 $40 males of voting age in
all New iork-that is, Manhattan and the
other boroughs-547, 225 were foreign
born, making up 54,3 per cent. to the
native 457 per cent; but Of the foreign,
only 100000 were naturalized. How
great the diversity of nationalities is in
New York is shown by the fact that the
foreigners OF voting age were Of forty
one races OF all the races the Irish
is the most nnturalized proportionately,
with the Germans close second. In
1900 the percentage Of naturalized Jews
and Italians fell much behind, probably
because so large a part of them were
Of recent settlement
OF the native voting population less
than ] per cent. were illiterate in 1900,
but Of the possible foreign-born ia per
cent, Among the native whites of native
parents illteracy was almost unknown,
only ,2s per cent; and among native
whites Of foreign parents the percentage
OF illiteracy was only Al. How splendid
work is done by our school system is
indicated by the percentage Of illiteracy
among the foreign-born whites, l13;
though Of the naturalized among them
the percentage was only 80
This table as to males of voting age,
from the census of 1900, will be instructive
in view Of the coming election:
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TO TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-str: In Thursdays
SUN Constant Reader" In = communication on
theatre tickets, says: Tho sidewalk man pays no
tribute to the manager" and concludes hs remarks
on hotel ticket sellers and Others by saying: Il can
prove all have herein stated" Admitting the rest
Of his communic alton without further proof. will
he be- kind enough TO furnish tho proof that the
sidcyalk ticket seller pays no tribute 70 tho man
ager' TICKET BUYER
Tux REIIkClAIRn Oct
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The New York Electorate.

Ofcourse the terrible storm Of Wednes-
day lessened the registration for the
coming election, but to-day there is
again a chance for citizens to get their
names on the lists.
The election will be really crucial
test Of the civilization of New York, the
community with the most miscellaneous
collection of races in its population in
the history Of the world. OF the popu-
lation Of Manhattan Island-the borough
of the great city which we select first for
consideration, because there the race
heterogeneity is greatest-these stats
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They arc kind husbands faithful wives, good soma,

They arc kind husbsnds faithful wives, good soma,
daughters. friends.
It Is sufficiently deplorabls and demoraliz-
Ing to have such teachings In the Sunday
schools Let US see that all possibility OF 1t
IL forever barred out Of the common schools.
where there has always bean maintained INT .IH a
Let me Offer a suggestion toward the so
LUTON Of the problem, which Is being again
dren and teach them carefully the moral law,
all the way w till their course is finished,
and that that law Is as binding and inclusive
as all the other laws OF the universe, II that
had been done, every day from The time ne
half the assiduity with which catechi ism
Gated as Anal truths in the Sunday schools.
We should asa nation be on much higher
moral plane than We are to-day, and nothing
can contribute so powerfully to the happiness
and security Of our future as nation as careful.
constant moral training in the common schools
Let the Churches look after religious instruc-
ton that is what they are for, 1t 70 for that
they ask contributions and they should not
try to burden the State with their own duty
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS.
WASHINGTON Oct g.
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From present indlcstons there will be made
strenuous effort TO prevent investigation. by
Congress- OF the Post Once Department, York
Gdzeue.
On the contrary, there is likely to be a
healthy rivalry between the two parties
for the initiative In bringing about an in
vestigation-p provided there is anything
to investigate
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Tho Seven Games Of BIAn.

Man has seven ages.
Just as Shakespeare wrote:
Here we give divisions
He forgot 10 note
First Il tag; then lcapfrog
FILLS his youthful tims.
While the third age. football
Finds him In his prime.
Fourth. he fools with poker
While his cash he burns:
Growing sodentAry.
Filth. W golf no turns.
Sixth aga stAid and sober
Bridge vii al his list:
Sevnth. lean and siippsrsd,
vinds him playing whist.
AoLANDpUsoI wlI1es.
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Readers Of TEE SUN leaving the city can have
the Daily and sunday editions mailed to their ad-
dresses (which may be changed when necessary
for 70 cents q month. Order through your news
dealer or THE SUN. 40 Nassau street.
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n our friends Who rdpor Us ruth manuscripts fo'
Ysbnconon ash 10 haze rejected drices returned they
mss IN az cases send stamps for that purpose.
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This table presents more hopeful
view Of the electorate Of New York than
people have taken in their ignorance OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-10

PARIS Kiosoue No II, near Grand Hotel. and
KiosQus No. TO- Boulevard des Capucincs
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lHurrah for the Hen.

The Nashville American asks
permission to cheer for the Ameri-
can hen. Why not? That noble
bird goes her cackling way, Great.
ing wealth whether times be good
or hard, inflated or limp, whether
Wall street wantons in easily
gained riches or walls in poverty.
There is none of the Morgan sort
of wealth in her creations.
The poultry and eggs produced
and consumed in the United States
each year are worth more than the
entire annual gold and silver pro-
duction of the whole world.
To carry the egg crop of a single
year would require trains Of an ag-
gregate length of 1858 miles, and
the freight would be worth nearly
$3O0,OO0,OO0. Thee egg crop is worth
about three times as much as the
entire wheat crop of three such
banner wheat states as Minnesota
and the Dakotas.-Journal
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CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior.
TSo{fo1 Stofoc ronJ 0f3oo Z

Department of the Interior.
United States Land Office, Bismarck, N. D..
Oct. 8, 1903.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this Office by Henry H. Comet. contest
ant, against Honest cad entry No 1851. made
September 9th, 1892, for southwest quarter of
section 2. township 14s. range q BY Phillip
said enrrvman has wholly abandoned said tract
for a period of more than six months immedi-
ately preceding the date Of said. affidavit, and
that he has never cultivated or improved. said
and as required by the homestead laws, nor
ever established a residence or resided thereon,
and that such alleged absence was not due to
the employment Of the entryman in the military
or naval service of the United States In time "
war. said parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching said allie
CATION At io o'clock q. m. on November 20. 1898,
before P. w. Gallagher, a notary public. at his
office In B~alfour, N. D., and that final hearin &
will be held at 10O'cl0ck a. M, on November q,
1903, before the Register and Receiver at the
United States Land Office in Bismarck, North
Dakota.
The said contestant having in a proper affidavit
filed Oct. s. 1903, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
of this notice cannot be made, it Is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
oct 10 A.C. McGillivray, Register
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Notice Of chatteI Mortgage Sale.

Notice is hereby. given that default exists in
the conditions Of that certain clattel mortgage
dated August 18th, 1908, made, executed and
delivered by John C,esworth mortgagor to H.
me ~; h sem ~ m Fi9fy res d6 6H secure acc sas payment fe t6 o.
conditions of one certain promisory note. dated
On o. n ssld ce Gay; wi with ah Interest there thereon as At the @d rate . Of
was on the 18th, day Of August 1903, duly filed
Mclean county, North Dakota, and default
consists I IN the non-paayment Of said note in the
now past due and owing, which said motel Sc
cured by said mortgage.
Now therefore, the undersigned will offer for
sale at public auction to the highest bidder for
cash the following described personal property,
about 800 pounds, not brand ed being the per.
sonal property described in said mortgage, said
sale will take place at the front door Of the
court house inthe village Of Washburn, Mclean
County, North Dakota. on Saturday the 14th,
day Of November, A. D., 1903, at the hour of two
O'Clock p. m. of said day.
Ole Gradin. Agent for Mortgage.
James 7. McCulloch, Attorney for Mortgage.
Dated this oath day Of October 1908.
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Contest Notice.
Department of the Interior.

Department of the Interior,
United States and ONCE, Bismarck, N. D.
Sept. 4, 1908.
A SUFFICIENT contest affidavit having been filed
in this Office by Henry y. Sears, contestant.
against Homestead entry No. 1874, mad Sep.
i45 n. ranre IS w.. 9Th D. in. BY Pat Bresnahan
contestee, in which i Is alleged that Pat Bres.
said land and has not cultivated the same nor
made any improvements thereon and has been
absent therefrOm for more than six months and
has wholly abandoned said land and that his
said absence from said land has not been caused
by his service in the U =. army, navy, or marine
corps IL time of war: and said parties are here
by notified to appear, respond and offer evil
dence touching said allegation at 10 O'Clock a.
m. on November 20, 1903, before the Register
and Receiver at the United States and Office
in Bismarck, North Dakota.
The said contestant having In a proper affda'
Wit, filed Sept. 4th 1903, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence. pers ,nal service
of this notice cannot be made, 1t is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
John Satterlund.
oct. 10 Receiver.
w. F. Cochrane, attorney for Contestant.
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The question is often asked
"What does it cost to run our ma.
tional governments" This year the
expenditure will be $3.50, 600, 600,
including $132,O0O,O0O for postal
service, which is now nearly self
supporting. The revenues will
amount to about $694,OO0,OOO, be-
ing a surplus of @,O00,OOO. Last
years surplus was $91,00O,OOO, of
which some $2O,OOO,OOO were used
in the redemption Of government
bonds. The largest item in our
national expenditures is the pen
sion account, which now amounts
to $138,OOO,0O0 annually, OF nearly
100000 a day.