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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
Religious Instruction
In the Public School
By CONGRESSMAN w. BOURKE
COCHRAN

-HE germ of democracy, the
~ form of government which
our system of education
must preserve, was planted on the
shores of Gahlce when the Say
iour proclaimed that ALL MEN
ARE EQUAL in the sight of
God. While despotism and au-
tocracy are based on human frail-
ty, the essence of democracy is be
het in human virtue and the ca
pacity of man for almost IN
FINITE PERFECTABILITY.
Neither despotism nor servitude
could survive among people try
ing to follow the Christ example,
for justice and equality are the in
evitablc fruits of Christianity. As
a democracy cannot survive except
these fruits of Christianity flour
ish, public education MUST
INCULCATE A KNOWL-
EDGE OF TIE MORAL law
upon which the government is
founded.
The present system is made
quate to the necessities of the
state. Education of the intellect
alone is insufficient to cultivate
loyal obedience to the will of the
majority. Moral instruction re
moves THE DISPOSITION TO
INFRINGE the rights of others.
| don't want the state to assume
the burdens of a religious propa-
ganda, because to do so would ne
ccssitatc the selection of the best
religion, and those who think as
l do would be the first to oppose
such a thing. The efficiency of
both church and state is increased
by separation, but the state has
no right TO PENALIZE NOR
AL INSTRUCTION or to de
vote the taxes of those who be-
lievc in moral instruction to the
support of schools which are ag-
nostic and anti-Christian.
THE PRESENT SYSTEM is DIS
CREDITED ON ALL SIDES, AND
EVERY MAN OF ANY coNsE-
oUENcE SENDS HIS CHILDREN TO
PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL is BECOMING, AS 1T is
IN EUROPE, THE POOR SCHOOL.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
BEAUTIFlES THE TOWN.
4 Hartford Comm Society That Does
Unique Work.

In speaking of tho work OF the Mu-
niCipal Art society of Hartford, Conn,
the president of that society said:
THE purpose of the society is to
note and offer suggestions for improve
ment In every phase of town life. 1t
looks after correct street numbering,
RccS that new additions are properly
laid out and that streets are given suit
able names. 1t endeavors to have the
buildings erected in given section
3Onform to some particular style that
will result in harmony and be pleasing
to the eye. 1t is interested in tree
planting, in keeping vacant lots clean,
in repairing bridges and sidewalks-in
fact, there Is little OF material human
interest in the town that may not be
come subject for suggestion by some
committee OF the society.
'Our society is but year old, yet it
numbers our leading politicians and
business men among It's members. and
much has already been accomplished
in the way of improving and beautify-
ing our town. Every town should
have society of this kind, and know
that such an institution would be of
lncalculable benefit"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28

aSc in Point

Port Huron township. Michigan, Of
terS practical object-lesS0m of cxpcri-
ence III the building of macadam roads
which should be the greatest encourage
ment TO the residents of MARYLAND
counties III their determination to- take
advantage of the liberal provisions of
the new State aid road law.
While 1t Is generally admitted that
the construction of modern roads
throughout the State must necessarily
he gradual, the results at Port Huron
snow that with the presence of a good
sample road as an incentive to progress,
the building of complete system of
Such roads follows i'll Il comparatively
short time as the economy, superiority
and greater satisfaction of the new roads
are recognized.
Port Huron tells its own lesson. In
1900 there was not a rod of macadam
road i'll Port Huron. As Il result of a
sample road built i'll that year, 1904
found the township i'll possession of
nearly four miles of good macadam
roads. All these roads, it should how
ever be noted, We're i'll one road district
where the road tax was employed each
year toward building piece of macadam.
The rest of the township had nothing
for large tax which had been frittered
away on temporary and waSteful repairs
upon earth roads
The good macadam roads, however, in
the one fortunate district, had become
by 1904 striking object lesson on IA
large scale, and other parts of the town
ship wanted the macadam roads SO bad
ly that at last springs election they
voted to double the road tax, and a.,
miles of substantial roads have now
been built i'll the other districts.
The sample road which is responsible
for this wonderful improvement was
only half ii mile in length, but as soon
as finished it took all of the travel. and
other roads grew up in weeds until they
We're maCadamiZed also. As to economy
for four years this sample road has had
heavy traffic but has needed only
slight repairs, thirty cubic wards of
stone being a liberal estimate of the
amount of new material required. more
than One-half of which was used in
trenches which have been cut across the
road i'll making water connexions.
Port HurOn's experience is proof that
no county of Maryland can neglect the
opportunity offered by State aid for the
building of modern stone roads unless
It's future welfare Is entirely diSre-
gardcd. The counties which take ad-
vantage of the law have at their dis
posal the apportionment of those which
do not want State roads, and the coun-
ties which are thus callous in the
matter will i'll few years see other
counties which We're wise enough to
secure macadam roads when the oppor-
tumtv offered outstrip them i'll all the
financial and social advantages which a
good road system brings.
Macadam roads once built are cheaper
III the end, as repairs have to be made
only ut long intervals. Some of the
Massachusetts roads have been repaired
for ten or twelve years with only a few
loads of stone, and they are still as good
as when first built. And little by little
such a system can undoubtedly be
secured.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
FOR TOWN BOOMING
THE ORGANIZATION Of A PROGRESS
I'VE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Membership In the Association
Should Include the Farmers. md
All should Pull Together to Boom
and Build Up the Town.

Many plans have been devised to
further the interests of small towns
and cities. The most common plan
and the one which has proved the most
fuCCcSsful Is the organization OF com
mcrCinl clubs In which all business
men of the community cooperate for
the common good of all. says the Home
Trade Advocate.
Commercial clubs are almost ncccS-
sity III any town where harmony Is
desired among the different business
classes in the carrying out of plans for
town Improvement, securing of enter
priScs of various kinds and the general
good of all. There is no reason why
these clubs in their membership should
he confined to the residents of the
town.
The farmers in the neiGhborhood are
as deeply interested in the success of
town enterprises as are the business
men of the place, or at least they
should he, for what will help along
the town toward prosperity will also
help the farmer
But In many localities there is Il sen
timent that the interests of the farmer
and the business men are not parallel
1t is necessary that this feeling be OBJ
liberated as far as possible. because
there Is no logical foundation for It,
The better the town is the better the
local market for the farmers produce.
the more equitable will be taxation
and the better education facilities. All
these are matters that concern the
farmer in the immediate neighborhoOl
of the town.
Many business men feel that mem
berShip in clubs organized for promo
ton of town industries should be con
fined to business men; that perhaps
the farmer would not be in accord with
the town resident in improvements.
This Is an error. 1t Is lack of conf
denCe in the good judgment of the
average farmer
Then again the farmer sometimes
thinks that he is not welcome in an
association of business men. There is
no good reason why these sentiments
should exist. 1t is only by a har-
monious pulling together Of the resi-
dents of the rural districts and the
business men that the greatest good
can be brought about for the home
town.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
BY President SCHURMAN of Cor
nell University

- ELIGION and virtue are
~ our highest concerns, but
it doesn't follow that gov
crnment has any warrant to inter
fcrc with the beliefs of individ-
uaIs. Our educational system
must contine itself to imparting
the things we believe in common,
and IL MUST BE LEFT TO
THE PARENTS AND THE
CHURCHES to make of religion
a vital matter. The state is not
the only educational agency.
In religion some final court of
appeals is necessary, different
crccds having different courts, and
it logically follows that if the
state is to impart religious instruc-
ton it must determine the kind of
religion that is to be taught,
which would mean court passing
cn The orthodoxy of public school
instruction. You can't give re-
iLIous instruction in the schools
WITHOUT INVADING THE
FIELD WHICH TIE MOD
ENN STATE HAS ADAM
|nONED.
MI the moral virtues are al
Iordv promoted by the public
schools. | deny that they are
aeuostic or anti-Christian. They
are only non-Christian. They ex-
crl an elevating moral influence
WITHOUT ANY TALK
ABOUT IT. If you want the
Catechism taught, in the name of
heaven why don't you teach it to
Your children yourself or have
your churches do it!
If YOU don't want to pay taxes
for the support of the public
schools, why not object to being
taxed for the support of the
courts, which may not be conduct
ed on a basis to suit you? The
state goes ahead in its secular
work, and, if you choose, set up
your rival institutions, but neither
directly nor indirectly WILL
TIE STATE CONTRIBUTE
to their support.
THE RESULTS OF OUR SYSTEM
OF SECULAR INSTRUCTION cHAL-
LENGE THE ADMIRATION OF THE
WORLD, AND WE DO NOT PRO-
POSE TO ADOPT ANY RETRO.
GRADE METHODS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
His Confession.

"My husband got even with me the
other day" said Mrs. Comft to her
caller.
''IIow was that?" the caller inquired
with reasonable show of interest
'Why, whenever | want to humiliatc
him | bring out some of his old love
letters and read them to him. He tries
to grin over them. but can see they
max" him sQuirm. The other day he
said he wished he had some of my love
letters To read in return It's lucky
they were all destroyed in that unfor-
tunat" fire you told me about said |.
There was something l didn't tell YOU
said he. What was that?' | asked.
And what do You suppose he SIid?"
I'm sure | cant guess" the caller
replied
"IIc said he started the fire. Clcvc-
land Plain Dealer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
WOMEN CLEANED STREETS.
Good Work of the Civic Improve
ment League of kalamazoo.


ment League of Knlnmnzoo.
The Civic Improvement league of
Kalamazoo. composed of women, has
just concluded most Interesting eX-
pertinent In the way of showing how
the streets of the town may be effect
lively cleaned and kept so. They Sc
cured permission to take charge,
through the department Of health, of
Main street for distance of three
and half blocks for three months,
the town to pay them Il sum equal to
that usually expended for this work
and, further, to provide the appliances
customnrily supplied.
The women took hold with intelli-
gence and vigor and have demon
strated that the streets can be kept
clean. They inaugurated the Waring
system, had the streets frequently
flushed and, most important of all. Sc
cured the cooperation Of the abuttlng
property owners and tenants and pro
cured the enforcement OF long neglect
ed ordinances.
After the experiment had been sue
CeSSfully concluded most interesting
report was prepared by Mrs. Caroline
Bartlett Crane. who had initiated the
movement. This Kalamazoo expert
ment clearly indicates what women
can do, what officials can do If they
will only so about the work In the
right way. and that the average COM
munity does not so much need more
laws. ordinances and regulations as it
needs the enforcement of those already
Bn the statute books.
The local authorities of Kalamazoo
have learned their lesson, as they have
agreed to continue the good work be-
pIln hy the women
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
COUNTY.
\ Present Duty.
Subscribe for the JOURNAL.


Marriage licenses have been granted
recently to the couples named below:
Albert A. Peters and Bridget Regina
Peters both of Westernport
Peter Smith. jr.. of Homecoming, and
Agnes Annie Weir, near Homecoming.
William Albert Cyphert of Bond. Md
and Mamie Mccoy, of Piedmont, w Va
Ned Hill 10y, of Cumberland and Helen
Spear Thompson, of Lonaconug.
John Crosser Morton and Nellie H. An
derson both of Homecoming.
EldridEc VI Dorm, of Cumberland, and
Pearl Geneva Wcimer. of W"stcrnport.
George Theodore Hall and Jessie Dcmp-
Ster NIChol, both of Homecoming.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28

Algy-I don't take much stock in
what Miss Penly Says.
Arthur-Why not?
AlGy-She said she could die waltz
ing, but when | stepped ON her corn
she called me all the names in the
calendar. Philadelphia Caricature.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28

Na@gShy l motto" that President
Smith doesn't relish the mothcr-in-law
jokes.
Wagssby Sure not 70 Il man with
eight or nine of them mothcrS-in-law
cease to be IL joke Baltimore Amcri-
can.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
Well Mated.

Il don't know why they shouldn't bs
happy"
"Um-no. They both seem fond of
scrap Detroit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
PittSburg Division.

PittSburg Division.
EASTBOUND
No. 10. Express .......... arrives 2:l3 a. III.
No. Al. Express ..........a arrives 6O3 p. IN.
No. III. Cumberland Ii. arrives 6:4O p. M
No. u. Limited Express. arrives l0:42 p. m.
No lS. Mail .......... arrives l2:21 =. III.
No. 6..Limited Express. arrives l2:47 p. IN.
For leaving time see same Express numbers
eastbound on Main Line.
wESTBOUNp.
No. 9. Express. leaves 300 a. M
No II. .Pittsburg Limited leaves 4.46 a. III.
No l3 .Connellsvile Ii. leaves 7:lO a III.
No. Al. Chicago Express leaves $50 a. M.
No 5..Chicago Limited leaves 3:O5 p. m.
No 40. Mail ............. leaves 3:l5 D. Ill.
For arriving time see same Express num-
bers westbound on Main Line.
*Except Sunday.
No. 40 is local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg, and No. As from PittSburg to Cum
berland.
Through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland. NJ. c. CLARKE,
c. S. SIMS, Ticket Agent
General Manager u. b. MARTIN,
Dec 3 Manage Passenger Traffic
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28
PASSENGER SCHEDULE

On theat re nights when admission tickets are
sold by agents, leave Cumberland at close of
performance.
Trains will stop at Westcrnport fehsD
Franklin Morrsons Homecoming water station,
Grahamton Allegany, Mt. Savage junction and
West End Narrows only to take on or let of
passengers. I. L. BhhlH'
General Manager.
Dec 10 Cumberland, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-01-28

ELIGION and virtue are
our highest concerns, but
it doesn't follow that gov
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
PROMOTIONS IN
RAILWAY OFFICE
Local Employees in the Freight Depart
ment CT the ST. Paul Are Pushed
Forward.

Fred Hill, chief clerk at the c., NJ &,
st. p. railway freight office in Rock
Island, is back at his desk, after an
absence Of nearly three months on ac-
count of illness. Matt Hogan, rating
clerk. who acted as chief clerk during
the absence of Mr.. Hill, has been pro
NOTED to the position of chief clerk
of the Moline office. TO succeed Fred
Teller. who resigned. This promotion
Of Mr.. Hogan comes as a recognition
Of his efficient work in the position of
chief clerk in Mr. Hills absence. His
promotion resulted in several promo
tons at the local Milwaukee office. La
Verne Kinds. billing clerk. succeeding
Mr.. Hogan; John Schnitzer. car clerk.
succeeding Mr.. Kinds; and John
Nudge. who has been acting Temporal
rily as car clerk. being assigned to
that position regularly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
GOOD WORK.
Done Daily in Rock IsIand-Many Cit
liens Tell of II.

Nearly every reader has heard of
DDan's Kidney Pills. Their good work
in Rock Island still continues, and our
citizens are constantly adding endorse
ment by public testimony. No better
proof of merit can be haG than the
testimony OF friends and neighbors.
Read this case:
Albert Burton. OF 2S1O Fifth-and-a-
half avenue, an employee of the Flee
trio Light company. says: Il had
soreness across my back nearly all
the time and the kidney sccretions
were irregular in every way. When
| caught the least cold il always set
tied in my back. | saw DOan's Kidney
Pills advertised and especially rec
commended for my trouble. so | called
at the Harper house drug store and got
a box. After using two boxes | felt
almost like new man. They soon re-
lieved the soreness across my back,
and regulated the action of the kid
neys''
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. n.
V. sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-DOan's-a and
take no othT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
Petition for Saloon.

Rock Island. H., July 3, 1905.-To
the Honorable Mayor and City Council
OF the City of Rock Island. Ill.-Gen-
tlemen: We, the undersigned owners
of property on Sixteenth street, in the
city of Rock Island, on both sides of
said street, within a distance of 800
feet both ways from No. go Sixteenth
street. hereby consent to and petition
your honorable body TO permit the
Rock Island Club to open and conduct
a saloon at No. $50 Sixteenth street. in
the city of Rock Island. III.
The Rock Island Club. by Z. II. Guyer,
president, 1G0 feet frontage
Dennis Warren Estate, by Phil Mitch
ell, administrator, 40 feet frontage.
Illinois Theatre Company, by Phil
Mitchell. president; T. J. McdHl, see
rotary. $50 feet frontage.
Katharine III, by Frank H. $50 feet
frontage.
Mrs. NJ. J. Phillips, as feet frontage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
Selling Jewelry.
LOCUSTs NEARLY ALL GONE
insects Quietly Pass Away, Leaving
Little Oamaqe Done.

The 17-year locusts which created
alarm among fruit men d few weeks
ago, and which were for time TO be
heard and seen in every tract of tim
Der, arc practically gone, and they
have done little if any damage. Be
yond a few twigs on trees killed in the
process of laying the eggs, there have
been no i'll effects, the evidences not
being nearly SO prominent as on their
last appearance. Now the insects have
completed the process of reproduction
and most of them have died or fallen
victims to the birds. The latter have
lived in luxury for the last few weeks.
1t has even been asserted in some
sections that they passed by cherries
and other small fruit that they usually
fed heavily on and confined their at
tention TO the locusts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
Request for Bids, Fifteenth Stree
Pavement

Sealed proposals will be received I'M
til O'Clock Il. m. Tuesday, July II.
1905. by the Board of Local Improve
ments of the city of Rock Island and
state of Illinois for laying about three
blocks of asphalt pavement on FIT
teenth street.
Proposals must be accompanied by
a certified check in amount $500 pay.
able to the City Clerk for the use of
sad city of Rock Island. Plans and
specifications are now on file at the
City Clerks Office or at the office of
the City Engineer. The Board OF Lo-
cal Improvements reserves the right
TO reject any and all bids. Address
proposals TO the chairman of the Board
of Local Improvement
Rock Island. H., June %. 1905.
GEORGE W. MCASKRIN,
Pres. Board of Local Improvements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03

16 years ago to Miss Minnie Akin
son. who survives. He also leaves sew
eral children. Mr.. Tracy bad a host
of friends IN this city who will sympa-
thize with the members of the family
IN his unfortunate death.
Relatives Depart.
Mrs. Atkinson and Robert Atkinson
departed this afternoon for Battle
Creek, TO attend the funeral services.
This is the second bereavement of the
family within a month. the death of
John Atkinson having occurred but a
few weeks ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
a SIN Doth Article

When you find it necessary to use
salye use DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve.
1t is the purest and best for sores,
burns. boils. eczema, blind. bleeding
itching or protruding piles. Get the
genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve-
Sold BY all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
Spoiled Her Beauty.

Harriet Howard. of 2O9 West Thir-
ty-fOurth street, New York. at one
time had her beauty spoiled with skin
trouble. She writes: Il had salt
rheum or eczema for years, but moth
ing would cure it, until | used Buck
Inns Arnica Salve.'' quick and sure
healer for cuts, burns and sores. %
cents at Hartz & Uliemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
GaIesbure Will Not Suffer.

In connection with the redivisioning
of the Burlington road Galesburg was
disturbed by a rumOr that that city
was to suffer the loss of a number of
train crews who would be forced to re-
side at Ottumwa or Aurora. II. NJ. d.
JudsOn, superintendent of Illinois lines,
however. has allayed all fears with the
assurance that there Will be no chang
es of this nature
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
Formerly a Conductor.

Mr.. Tracy was IS years OF age. and
native of Ottawa, III. He was for L
years employed as a conductor on the
Rock Island, running between Rock
Island and Chicago. and making his
home in this city. He removed to Bat
tie Creek some years ago with his fam
lily. He was married in Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-03
KILLED IN YARDS
E. J. Tracy Meets Death by Acct
dent in Battle Creek,
Mich.
FORMERLY CONDUCTOR HERE
Was on Rock Island Between This City
and Chicago = Mrs. John At
knson and Son Leave

Word was received yesterday by
Mrs. John Atkinson. 1895 Thirteenth
avenue, of the death of her son-in-law,
r. J. Tracy. Mr. Tracy was a yard
master at Battle Greek. Mich, and was
killed in an accident in the yards. The
details of the accident have not been
learned