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GOLDWIN SMITH on HERBERT
SPENCER.

The death of HERBERT SPENCER re-
moves from the scene great intelll-
gence and an eminent benefactor OF
his kind. His influence extended FAR
beyond his own country. He had more
readers in America than in Great Britain,
and his works were translated into
almost all the European languages.
No one ever was more thoroughly dedi-
Gated to the pursuit Of truth. For some
years he was not only dedicated, but SELF
sacrificed, to it, The scantiness OF
Milton's payment for Paradise Lost
is byword. HERBERT SPENCER's early
works required for their publication the
aid Of friends, and it is strange to COM
pare his wages with those of the writers
Of second rate novels.
SPENCER is entitled to rank among
discoverers, for he treated the mental
development Of men on the principle OF
evolution some years before the ap-
pearance of the "Origin of Species. y
AS moral philosopher he dealt with
the moral and social nature OF men by
a method derived from his study OF
biological science. II the results OF
that method leave something to be de-
sired when it is applied to the spiritual
and aesthetic elements of humanity it
was in itself sound as we'll as an antidote
to chimeras and fallacies.
In the conflict between SPENCER and
CARLYLE CARLYLE is logically annihilated; /;
yet we feel that something perhaps
not logical or biological is left. SPENCER
was a thoroughgoing free thinker.
He came at time when the old tradi-
tions and sanctions had been destroyed
or undermined by science and criticism
while nothing had yet come to take
their place. But he was not destructive;
on the contrary, he was builder of mo-
rality and society on a biological foun-
dation, and his work, if it is not des-
tined to be final, will certainly be lasting.
Nor was he an enemy Of religion; his
feeling toward the power which mani
tests itself in the universe was essen
TALLY different from that which is ex-
cited by mere power and identical
with that which forms the groundwork
of religion. Still more did he deserve
the epithet of religious in its compre-
hensive sense by his entire dedication of
himself to the higher life and the dis
interested pursuit OF truth. Stint dn'm9
GOODWIN SMITH
The sun., 1903-12-09

At the close Of the fiscal year of 1903 there
were 2,035 railway mail routes in use by the
Post Office Department, with an aggregate
length of l92. .s52 miles. The cost of trans
portation, or annual rate Of expenditure, /"
was 36,807, ,524. Twenty-six years ago the
annual rate Of expenditure was s. ,463, 1877,
or less than quarter of the rate last year
and only about fifth OF the amount which
the Department will ask for the fiscal year
ending with next June. Moreover, 35.27o,-
32s was expended in leO2-03 for railway post
office cars. and the aggregate OF all trans
portation costs of 19O2-03 was S65 ,1s8 us.
The estimate for 1eO4-05 of S75l2s, 900 is a
striking demonstration Of the rapid growth
of the postal business of the United States.
The sun., 1903-12-09
The Presbyterians at Dinner.

The annual dinner Of the Presbyterian
Union of New York on Monday even
ing was remarkable because of the great
number of diners, three hundred and
more and the distinction of the speakers.
The absence, however, from the list
of the company of many family names
conspicuous in the Presbyterianism Of
New York generation ago, and even
half a generation ago, also was remark
able. What has become of the old Pres
byterian families? They have not died
out for their names are still familiar in
the lists of many social gatherings,
though they did not appear among the
hundreds assembled on Monday evening
at this great Presbyterian festivty,
Have they abandoned Presbyterianism
Is its rule too austere for the social tastes
increasing wealth and spreading fashion
have generated in them?
The time WAS, and it was not long ago,
! when Presbyterianism was strong, if not
dominant, among members of tho bar of
New York, in other learned professions
| and in the ranks of the most considerable
merchants of the town. The Intellectual
superiority of the Presbyterian past orS
was unquestio ioned and their social nfu-
ence was great-grave, dignified, i'm
posing figures in New York society.
Social recreations now looked on as ap-
propriate even for the pious we're under
/ the Presbyterian frown, and society
| therefore was held in restraint by it,
| Theatregoing was unfavorablv regarded
in many good Presbyterian families
| Concerts were allowed, but attendance
at the opera was looked at doubt fully
if not reproachfully. Square dances"
were admissible, but round dances, !"
especially at balls, provoked censure
As the social evolution of New York
has gone on this Presbyterian austeritv
| has been relaxed very greatly; yet mere
! fashion seems not to have been concil-
lated and perhaps. therefore. Presby-
terians fond of the gayeties of the word
have gone to it, since it would not come
| to them Is that the reason for the ap-
pearance of so few of the names of the
| old Presbyterian families in the list Of
! the men and women at the Pre- ;byterian
dinner on Monday evening?
Their absence however, did not pre-
vent a gathering which in numbers was
notable among the great public dinners
of the winter in New York. nor did it
deprive the assembly of distinction. They
may have sought society more con-
genial to their present tastes, or rather
the tastes of their frisky young people,
but the Presbyterian Church as whole
is now showing extraordinary vitality
in New York ard renewed vigor and
aggressiveness. In the last census Of
church attendance the Presbyterian, as
we remarked Yesterday, was the third
numerically among the religious denom-
nations, if we join with it, as should
properly be done, the attendance on the
Reformed churches, cognate in doctrine,
though somewhat different in order.
First come the Catholics, second the
Episcopalians and third the Presby
terian family.
AT this dinner the most distinguished
guest, of course, was the Rev. DIR. CoYLE
Of Denver, Moderator of the General
Assembly. He is a man of striking
The sun., 1903-12-09
A Personal Experience Of Marriage Related

To rHR EDITOR OF THE SuN-str: am so years
old OF athletic tastes and in full health met
young girl. not over pretty-from my ideal-out
apparently anect!onate, home loving, fond OF
music good literature and outdoor life, her great
feature being apparent love for children. Iwoood.
won and married her-to flnd was tied 10 totally
different kind Of girli
Married two years. she cares for nothing but
having her own way. does not care any more for
athletics. music or literature wants TO be on the
20 all the time have the house full OF her friends
NOT mine. She Ia the coolest blooded proposition
ever met. Too late. fnd her treatment OF her
mother was anything but what II should have been.
but OF course the mother could not be expected
ito stand In her daughters way: marriage might
change her" So long as let her have her own
way do not bother" her, 7 am admitted to a con
descending far away Intimacy, to which my com
panionatLp with my dog is that OF twins. When
approached the subject Of personal supervision Of
the household was tod should have married
q cook or housemaid:- when I demonstrated on
other matters was told something equally per'i'
nent FOOLED
NKw YORK. Dec 9.
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THE OLD CUSyOM HOUSE.
Marvellous Bargain struck by the National
City Bank.

From Yesterdays Worid
WAsHINGToN. Dec. THE National Citv
Bank of New York has its usual item of : 80 pn
"for rental of old Custom House" IN the este
mates OF appropriations sent Congress to-day
This Is the sixth year the United States
Government has paid this rental and in four
years more the Government will have pui
the National City Bank more than the pur-
chase price of the property rentals. &C.
without ever having received u dollar from
the bank itself.
This agreement was entered into in August.
1900. The purchase price was s3.26jooD
The National City Bank is a Government
depository. carrying Government deposits OF
never less than sl5.OOO.oDD The bank in
payment for the old Custom House site
notified the Government that it had deposited
with itself its check for ss,2l5.oOo. leaving
balance due of $50. 900. to avoid the payment
OF taxes to the State and city of New York
With this payment the United States will
have paid in cash to the National City Bank
In rentals alone s7s3. 800. In addition, it has
permitted the bank to dodge it's taxes In
New York. Taxes and water rents on the
Custom House property would amount To
about $4,000 year. but as the Government
became a party to the scheme and permitted
the $4,000 balance to remain, the title is
still vested in the United States and taxes
cannot be collected. This has been Il saving
of $4,000 year for six years to the bank, or
$3.50, 900.
During all this time the United States
has had to keep the old custom house in
repair. more than $4,000 having been spent
last year in repairs.
In addition to the rental from the Govern
ment and the taxes saved by the National City
Bank. 1t receives per cent. per annum in
terest on the Government bonds which 1t
deposited with the United States to guarantee
the $4,000. 900 of Government deposits. This
in itself amounts to some 100000 year.
and for six years. during all of which time it
has never had less than that amount. amounts
TO 81, Co., .OOO or more than enough to pay for
the custom house site.
But the National City Bank did not need
that. for counting per cent. interest only
on the United States bonds deposited with the
Treasury to protect the deposit with itself
of its own check Of $3.215,O 900 for six years
the amount would be s7s3. 900. plus the rental
Of t7s3, 900, making the account stand at the
end of this. the sixth year:
Paid National City Bank in rentals for
six years. $7s3. 900. +.
Paid National City Bank interest on Gov
ernment bonds to secure Government de-
posts, 37s3.8OO.
Saved National City Bank in taxes. water
rents. &c, $3.50. 900.
Total. 81, ,O17.2OO
But this is not all. The contract with
the National City Bank calls for the occupancy
OF the old custom house site for at least four
years more. which at the same rate would
amount to an additional tl.344.sOO. This
will make total to the National City Bank
in ten years OF 81. .362, 900. or almost 500, 900
more than the bank originally agreed to
pay for the property.
The sun., 1903-12-09
A Criticism Of the New Postage Stamps.

To rHE EDITOR or JHR SrS--!Si': have before
me number Of two cent postage stamps OF the new
design. These stamps are great improvement
the former ones. which gave one the impres-
sion that they were considerably wider at the bot
tom than al the top though In reality they were not
My FIRST impression OF this new stamp was very
good. hut on looking al I, a few minutes was con
WINGED that something was wrong. and cndearored
to discover what II was
The back ground was the hrSt thing looked al and
noticed that the stripes or bars on the shield are
In the wrong order This shield has the white bars
on the outside, which Is n mistake. know that to
get the desired eject tins was necessary, bu, why
change the natl lnal shield for new issue Of s,amps'
PHILADELPHIA, dec, S. i NJ, DBskRrkR
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personality, sturdily masculine and Of a
type which may be regarded as repre-
sentative Of the highest moral and in
tellectual development OF the West,
though actually he is Of Canadian birth
DR.. CoYLE had been preceded as an
after dinner speaker by DR.. JOHN H.
FINLEY, the new president of the College
of the City of New York, whose remarks
were enlivened, appropriately, with grace
full and original humor. The reports OF
the feast represent DR.. CoYLE as having
administered a rebuke to him for such
frivolity on such an occasion. So far
from that, DR.. CoYLE himself began
with humorous anecdote, but after
ward, as n reason for introducing gravity
on festive occasion, he said that as
the representative Of the Presbyterian
Church he must deal with things the
most serious and he dealt with them
with great ability and inspiring eloquence,
as had also done President FINLEY
himself, for underneath his jocoseness
there was throughout profound and
serious thought.
1t was gathering which, in its every
incident, inspired respect for the great
Church OF the Westminster Confession.
1t showed that the old faith Ia still strong
in New York and that zeal in its behalf
has not cooled under the influence of
religious Indifference or social distrac-
ton
The sun., 1903-12-09
A New Idea in Church Decoration.


The Grace baptist Church or the Baptist Temple,
AS II Is better known. OF Philadelphia. has system
OF signature Inscriptions about the pulpi. and
walls.
a dado OF encaus,ic tiles Is run around the walls
OF the main auditorium, within easy reading limits,
and members can have inscribed In this imrenSh
able medium their names By making slight con
,nbutlon TO the debt OF the church, The simple
signature, on a small brick. costs but ~. Larger
spaces cos, s., Stil larger squares correspondents
more to the conventional tablet, cost from s:n
upward. A double row Of coiorcd marble square
In from, OF the pulpit platform with suitable carved
Inscription costs $500 each.
As people shoS their desire to have their name,
inbedded In the very structure of their church, ~"
woodwork along the wall Is removed and anothcr
section of Inscribed tiles put In place, Thus ~"
work goes continually, catalogue with "a
,Ions Indicated tells In a moment where " hnI
any given name
As plan for realizing large sum of MONEY 10
appealing To the loyalty and interest Of chrfrN
constituency II has worked admirably. and mlsh'
hr duplicated with equal success elsewhere
The sun., 1903-12-09
5000 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Coast Survey Shows We Got More from
Spain Tnan We supposed.

From statement by George r. Putnam
just printed in the National Geographic
Magazine 1t appears that the coast survey
in the Philippines is making satisfactory
progress, though much must still be done.
Mr. Putnam has been in charge of the work
since it was started in january. 1901.
Two vessels and number OF launches
are engaged in the surveys The well
equipped modern survey steamer Path
finder has been constantly employed since
November, 1901. It's staff has charge OF
the more important harbor surveys
The difficulties of the work are increased
by the abrupt coral reefs along many OF the
shores recurring constant watchfulness.
1t will be remembered that one OF these
concealed menaces to navigation brought
disaster to the cruiser Charleston in 1899.
During the past year the Pathfinder
has completed the important surveys OF
San Bernardino Strait and Albay Gulf,
OF San Pedro Bay and the southern coast
of Samar, and has also made thorough ex-
animation of the much frequented passage
southwest Of Leyte. where a danger to navi-
cation had been reported. Among the
latest harbor surveys are those at Cebu'
Ormoc and Romblon.
Inc SIIldll WOOOtu bUediIlCI AeSocdi Sh
has also made a number of harbor surveys
on the west and southeastern coasts OF
Luzon and on Mindanao and Cuion islands
and is at present working on the coast OF
Negroes Chartered launches are also en-
ployed in the quieter waters OF the deep
indentations. and by this means a survey
Of Lingayen Gulf has recently been COM
peted.
The work is directed from the office Of the
survey in Manila, where the preliminary
charts are prepared, published by lithogra-
ply, and distributed among the shipping
Seven pamphlets of sailing directions have
thus far been issued and Notices to Mar
iners are printed from time to time, giving
new information Of immediate import,
such as dangers discovered. aids to naviga-
ton, and changes in the charts.
The entire lack of technical education in
the Philippines has prevented the employ
ment Of natives in the survey work, but
some OF them are utilized in the office as
draughtsmen.
Many parts of the coasts have as yet been
only roughly sketched, while other surveys
are controlled by triangulation and are
sufficiently exact for all practical purposes
One of the best features Of the work Is that
it has included surveys of many Of the minor
ports and their approaches. to which no
attention was given in the British, Dutch
and Spanish charts in use before our arrival
in the Philippines
One interesting result Of the photographic
work in progress for nearly three years is
the discovery that we have larger number
of islands than was supposed. There are
nearly LOO islands that are named and it
is possible to count 5000 islands and islets
on the charts.
The sun., 1903-12-09

tion. Private or personal interests have
no proper place in Government proc
esses
The confirmation of Gen. WOOD Is now
matter of wide public attention. Let
us have full, frank and impartial in
vestigation, open to public knowledge
and free from any fear or favor. Only
so can the interests of right and justice
be served, right and justice to Gen.
WOOD as well as to the country.
The sun., 1903-12-09

The rent bills OF New York city and the
counties OF New York. Kings and Rich
mond for 1904 will foot up S441 ,246, against
$397 ,2s5 appropriated for the same purpose
for this year. Next year the State tax will
amount to $5O8OO5 The State Board Of
Equalization Of Taxes fixed the aggregate
valuation Of property in the four counties
at $780,, 1852, ,128 for the collection Of the
canal tax for 1903. The New York city
Tax Department put the value of real and
personal property in the counties at S.
49,, ,39S, ,9l8 for the same year
The sun., 1903-12-09

or to the discussion Of philosophical sub
jects. About his private life we know
even less than about that Of KANT, and 1t
is doubtful whether he has deemed 1t
worth while to leave behind him the
materials for detailed biography.
The sun., 1903-12-09
The New Time Division.

Father Mabel | think that young mans calls
arc entirely too long.
Mabcl-No al all. father: we take constructive
receSSes
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-17
SCENES AND DANCES
FROM OLD HAWAII

Old Hawaii came up out of the past
and lived for a season. It was only q
dress rehearsal, for the press and the
critics OF it, of the performance and
tableaux to be given at the forthcoming
entertainment of the. "Imiola Dramatic
Company" but it required only little
stretch of the imagination to believe
that the past had come back, and that
the barbaric courts of the Polynesian
kings would once more fret their little
season. before they passed back again
into the realm of the shades.
For the old chiefs were there, and the
heavy weight chiefesses. and their
courtiers waved the kahilis before
them, as in the old times. and made
the love offerings, and danced the hulas
that had sacred character as pertaining
to the religion of the time, and as
pertaining also to the entertainment of
the chiefs.
The various tableaux, in fact, were
decidedly creditable to the man who
has dressed and managed and instruct
ed the performers. That man is Mr.. H.
Huko, manager Of the company. and
he has created a series of pictures that
are not only good to look upon but
that are said by competent critics to be
exact reproductions, in color and dress.
OF the times portrayed.
AS to the hulas, there were some fea-
lures in last nights rehearsal that
needed editing-and which will be edit
ed before a public performance is given.
1t is just as we'll that this should be so.
Historic pictures should be true, per-
haps. but it is not always well to tell
all the truth from the housetops. But
with these bits of old realism elimin-
ated, there is no reason why the per-
Torrance of the "Imiola Dramatic
Company" should not have immense
historic value. The manager of the
company said, last night, that there
would be nothing Objectionable in the
performance when it was given finally. |
Some of the dances. notably that of
the bamboos, otherwise the pull, the
turtle dance and the dance of the four
men, supposed to be rivals from the |
different islands, would have each |
drawn an encore from the most jaded |
city audience in the world. 1t is the |
purpose, in fact, to take the troupe to |
the mainland.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-17
STEWARD BEN"
GOES TO GUAM

The Inter-Isiand steamer Hanalei is
scheduled to said from Honolulu for
Midway and Guam Monday. at which
time she viii carry the cable staff for
the Midway and Guam stations, as well
as Iaborers and all the material for the
construction of the cable stations and
other buildings. The HanaIei has been
overhauled and her bunkers now hold
about $50 tons Of coal. Extra water
tanks have been put in. Captain
Piltz will be the commanding officer.
V. z. Pangellin. or Ben" as he is
generally known, the chief steward of
the Mauna Loa, will go as the steward
of the Hanalei. Ben" has been stew
ard on Inter-Island boats for about
eighteen years. He is a native of the
Island OF Guam, and since he left there
seventeen years ago has never had an
to revisit his parents.
The Hanalei being an Inter-Isiand
boat. the opportunity presented itself
and Ben" was quick to take advan-
-age of It, -s