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Newark post., 1912-08-14

what teachers. equipped only to
teach classical course. say.
AS to the dominance of the
clergy in education: from what l
know of the matter it is true, in
spite of the citation Mrs. Dawson
makes of Copernicus (who was in
deed great in science and was in
deed priest. who delayed for
thirteen years. through fear of the
clergy. the publication of his
great contradiction of classical
conclusions). that just in proper
ton as the control of education in
any nation is taken from the cler-
gy does education advance in use
fulness and breadth. From the
days when the Egyptian priests
laid their clumsy hands on art. so
that the inscriptions on their tenn
pie walls remained for unknown
centuries unimproved and without
grace or beauty: from the days
when the clergy punished by burn
ing to death, the scientists who
dared dissect a dead body. from
the days when the discoverer of
the circulation of the blood was
in danger of death and fled his ma
tive land to escape the wrath Of
the clergy, from the days when
Mather. president of Harvard Col
lege. preached belief in witch
craft and lied to support his theo-
ries, from the days when the solid
body of the. Christian clergy OPP
posed the teaching of the scientific
truths dicovered by Darwin and
supported by Huxley and other
great thinkers. to these times.
when the clergy are almost solid
~ arrayed behind the classical
education that cutters the minds
Of aspiring Youths until it is too
late to prepare them for the prac
teal life. the influence of the cler-
gy upon education. speaking Of
the clergy as body. has been re-
tardine and injurious. Today
Spain and Portugal. illlterate but
aspiring, illustrate what church
domination produces in secular
affairs. Were doctors or lawyers
allowed domination they would
produce different, but still evil, re
suits. That an occasional clergy
man or priest has written well on
education. or done much for edu-
cation. is true: but it is also true
that the higher civilization rises
in IA state the less the clergy as a
whole are allowed to dominate ed
ucation.
That Mrs. Dawson has given
some space to a description of the
MOntessori method of instruction
gives me much satisfaction. 1t is
a subject Of the very highest i'm
portance and should be better un-
.derstoOd All friends of educa-
tion wish to know more of it. and
| hope she may give the readers
of The Post a further description
of it
lest be misunderstood. ! may
add. in closing. Il note: | am not
Newark post., 1912-08-14

orposed to religion or to the clef-
gv insofar as they serve religion
and humanity. | am opposed TO
certain ideals and practices IN ed
ucation and to certain assump-
tions. as. for example. that the
clergy are better fitted to Judge
what is best than any other man
of the same quality of mind and
character.
- o. r. Washburn.
Iron Hill. Md.
Newark post., 1912-08-14
NOTICE
TO TAXPAYERS OF
PENCADER HUNDRED

ANNADEN HUNDRED
The taxable residents of Penca-
der Hundred, and all persons liable
to pay tax i'll said Hundred are
hereby notified that the TAXES for
the year 1912 are now due and fha
Undersigned Tax Collector for said
Hundred, will be at
Glasgow, July oath, August 2sth Sen.
ttemheT 25th, October 23d. Maven,
Der 18th December 24.h. I'ror, ?
to 4 P. NJ. -'
SuInmit Bridge, July 25th, August 2e;b,
oePtember 26th, October 24th. Nov.
emter 18th, December 24Ib Fem
10 to IL A. NJ. 'i
h,rkwocd, July 25th, August 2qtb
September 26th, October 24th, Nov.
ember 2Sth, December 24tb. Fron
z to S P. NJ. ''AA
Dayett's Mills, July 26sb, August 30;b
oeptember 9th, October 25th. Nov,
ember 29th, December 27th. From
10 to IL A. Nj. -'
bryan,s Stcre, July 26th, August 30tb,
september 9th, October 25th. Nov,
enter 10Th, December 27tb Fron,
z to S P. M. 'I-
lax bills can be obtained by
making personal application to the
ooilector, or by sending written
communication enclosing sta1nps
Extract from the Laws Of Della
ware, Governing the Collection Of
axes OF New Castle County Sec
ton 5, Chapter 30. Volumn p
Laws OF Delaware, as amended:
siCTlON-That ali taxes naid L.fora
tiie first day OF October there | Shall he IN
apalehent OF five per centum. or I'll
,aNes PAID before the first dav Of Dr,,u-
PEI there shall be an abatement Of three
.t,, tea eehtun. ON all taxes paid during
lile month OF December there shall ne no
,,,,!i Hient Whatever And on ali taxes
uiip''id on the first day of January tiv. per
ceh''im thereof shall lie added Thereto.
Newark post., 1912-08-14

Iron Hill. Md.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
POLICE SERGT. CONNOLLY
 GETS AN ACQUITTAL

New Haven. Nov. s.-Police Serge ant Michael J. Connolly of the Grand avenue station, who was charged with neglect of duty and characterization bv Chief Cowles and suspended q week ago last Monday was found not guilty by the board of police com Trafssioners last night at 9 trial that featured an important meeting of the police board
 The case was decided at midnight and the following finding was given out by the commissioners as to the exact reason for acquitta1.
 Found not guilty of the charges, for the reasons that 1t appears:
 That Sergeant Connolly, from out standing instructions of the liquor prosecuting agent, which instructions were not known to the chief of police. understood that he was auth or1zed and empowered by the liquor prosecuting agent to exercise his own discretion as to whether he (Sergeant Connolly made a seizure under the warrant in question or not; and
 That Sergeant Connolly exercised his discretion in pursuance of the au- fhority aforesaid, and omitted to make a seizure under circumstances where, in similar cases, as admitted by the Ifuuor prosecuting agent, the courts were not in harmony in their decis- iong-"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
CHARITABLE SOCIETY
 HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION: MRS SOMEaS IS PRES DENT

The annual election of officers and managers of the Bridgeport Ladies' Charitable Society for the ensuing year. resulted as follows:
 President, Mrs. George Somers; vice president, Mrs. Frank Staples; record ing secretary, Miss Mary L. Fitch i; treasurer, Mrs. F. A. Strong; core spending secretary. Mrs. William Mor- rison: to confer with city. Mrs. Frank Kinsley Mrs. William Morrison.
 Directresses: Mrs. E. W. FairchiId, Mrs. Zalmon GoodSelI, Mrs. Hamilton Shelton, Mrs. Jerome Orcutt.
 Board of Managers: Mrs. George Somers, Mrs. E. c. Bassick, Mrs. J. D. Whitney, Mrs. T. B. DeForest. Mrs Zelmon Goodsell, Mrs. Frank Kinsley, Mrs. Morris B. Beardsley. Mrs. Frank Staples. Mrs F. A. Strong, Mrs. E. w. Fairchild, Miss M. l.. Fitch, Mrs Hamilton Shelton, Mrs. Augustus S. May, Mrs. William Morrison, Mrs Jer- ome Orcutt Mrs. Hobert Wheeler Mrs John R. Woodruff, Mrs. Henry F. Henshaw-
 Two new members were admitted, Mrs William Nichols and Mrs. Waiter Lasher.
 The Advisory Board comprises Judge Morris B. Beardsley, Frank T.. Staples, Henry A. Bishop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
NEW LIFE IN FRENCH CATHOLICS
Remarkable Progress in Church Work Since the Abolition of Napo-
 Icons Concordat.

There are unmistakab1e signs that
 the powerful radical party, which fo r
 P years has dominated the political
 life of France. is losing it's hold over the country. Az long as 1t was g.
 question of attacking the church. 1t
 was united and strong. As soon.
 however, as it. became necessary to proceed to legislation of any other sort, it showed incoherence and inca pacity. The writer, who has passed the last 20 years in Paris as news paper correspondent, is of the opinion that the moment is ripe for a retro spect that will determine whether, ev- radicalism has not proved failure; for one of the most remarkable signs of the times Is the progress made by the Roman Catholic church in France since the separation
 In 1906 the French church found it. self absolutely denuded of everything. no salaries, church buildings. no church treaS11rers, SeTninaries, residences for the clergy, no rank, no position. In exchange, however, there was the gift of liberty The hundred years under the Concordat were a century of bondage. Napoleon had, ga.nic articles to the Concordat. They were, he said. the logical interpretaL- tion of the Concordat. By these ar ticles it was forbidden for French council or otherwise. So minute were the details in all that concerned what the clergy nISnC or might not QO that even the color of the stockings they wore was specified Prelates and parish priests were simply high off, cials, and had very little contact with the people. Rome was poWerless to refuse the nominees of the French gov ernment when dfoceSes were to be fill ed up, and hence the French bish- ops came to be regarded as prefects in purple" Even the nomination or a cure, or parish priest required the per mission of government.
 The separation created a, completely different situation. To the wonder of Parisians, a council of s6 French archbishops and bishops was seen to be held in a stately chateau belonging to the Erard family adjoining the Bois de Boulogne. For the first time the voice of Catholic France was heard in tones of energy and independence That was six years ago. Since then many pre1ates have passed away, their places being filled up by the Holy See. The episcopate has been renewed in quite another form. Hisi Holiness wants apostolic men and canonical chapters never fail to send to Rome the best names they can select The | bishops are free to appoint as parish priests the members of their clergy | who have given signal proofs of ear nest living. Their own lives are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
THE VICTORY OF MIR. WEEKS.

It was a magnificent victory which Capt. John w. Weeks made in his contest yesterday for reelection, against the Democratic and Bull Moose nominees, to say nothing of the mal- content element in his own party that recently attempted to prevent his nom- ination
 MT. Weeks has carried the district by decisive majority. He went out of Brook1ine with plurality of 1900, constituting the most complimentary vote which that town ever gave an as- pirant for public office.
 MT Weeks is one of the command ing figures in the Congress of the United States. His intelligent ac- q1aintance with the currency reform, the next subject with which the Am- erican people must grappies due to his service on the monetary commission, gives him peculiar usefulness. And the splendid1y non-partisan spirit with which he approaches the business questions before the country makes him an ideal public servant at such g. time as this.-Boston Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
WOMAN'S PRESENCE OF MIND
 AVERTS TRAIN WRECK

New Haven, Nov. s-The presence of mind of Mrs. Fred w. Dieter, of 33S Orange street, yesterday afternoon probably saved from serious wreck the south bound 1 o'clock train on the Northampton division when the upper portion Of the big concrete retaining wall of the Orange street school yard feff onto the track below and blocked the tracks for almost an hour. Mrs. Dieter from her window at the cor ,7e4 of Orange and Grove streets, saw fine wall fall and knowing that the 4 o'clock train was about due, sent a faIephone message to the railroad com nanv which hurried a flagman to stop the train. The train was in the vicin- Ifv Of Wincheeter's factory when the fiaxman arrived at the spot The train goes with considerable speed at the 6ofn& where the wall fell, and seri- pus accident was averted by Mrs. Diet .esrse foresight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
BIG SHAKE-UP
 ON COMMITTEES
MAJORITY OF IMPORTANT DE- PUTATIONS IN HOUSE WILL
 HAVE NEW CHAIRNHEN.
ARE RlDDLED BY ELECTION
Ways And Means Body To Be ShOfn
 Of Many Familiar Fig

Washington, Nov. 8.--Although Democratic control of the House of Representative by a greatly increas- ed majority is assured, a general shake-up of the personnel of the inn portant House committees in the next Congress will be necessary. The all- important Ways and Means commit tee, which will shape into bills the tariff policies of the Wilson admin fsfration, was riddled by the election Of the 14 Democrats on the cS:-1iiIit- these, however, Hughes of New ter sey and James of Kentucky, go to the Senate. Ransdsm Of a stsnsd Texas ana ana of the seven Republicans on the com
 nittee, but two apparently will re- main. John Dalzel of Pennsylvanla and Samuel W. Mccall of Massachu- setts, for years shapers of the Re publican tariff policy. were not can didates at the polls, and Ebenezer J. Hill of Connecticut, James c. Need Nicholas Longworth of Ohio. were TarEA Ysan and Joseph W. Fordney of Michigan may be the only Republicans left ger governor of New York, leaves va. cant the chairmanship of the import. ant foreign affairs committee Flood Committee. but he declined the chair xnanship two years ago to accept the less important territories committee Either he or Garner of Texas Is ex- pected to get the place:
 The election of Morris Sheppard of Texas to the Senates if seniority is followed, will move Representative Burnett of Alabama to the chairman ship of the Public Buildings and Grounds committee, which handles .spork barreP' bill The vacancy at the head of the public lands commit tee cal1sed by the failure of Repre- sentatfve Robinson of Arkansas to re- turn, will probably be filled by nov ing up Representative Graham or Comn1ittee on Expenditures in the Interior Department
 The Banking and Currency com rr1ittee Investigating the so-called money trust, will be without a head. Representative Pujo of Loqis1snae ter Gfassi of Virginia is the ranking member of the coFnnniftee:
 The rsf1raIa srzt 0k H pr zseut8ffx6i Inuab of Virginia Rs head Of the Csrrurnsttee on Agriculture opens this place fer Representaftve Lever o5 be forced to give up the chair1n an- ri4fn of the Education committee, ,wFich would probably go to Repre- sentative Ansberry of Ohio. I
 This accounts for all of the chair | rnenshaps left vacant by the election, 1 net may further alter the list Rep- l resentatfve Henry of Texas. chairman 1 of Che Rules Committee. Representa- five BurlesOn of Texas, a member or the Appropriations committee, and Representative Underwood, head of 1 ff1e ways and Means committees have been mentioned as cabinet possfbiu- 1 fdag.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
ENRAGED MEN
 IN HARTFORD
REPUBLICA ORGANIZATION
 LEADERS DECLARE WAR ON t SMITH AND PROGRESSIVES.
TO PURSUE IT FOR. YEARS
Smiths Comment On Election Result The Last Straw In The Election
 Disaster.

The Hartford Times last evening printed the following:
 From a. position close to the man. agenent of the Republican campaign in this state the Times is enabled to give the information, today, that the progressive party leader, printed in the Times Wednesday that the progress sive party had accomplished the main things that it proposed to do in this shell of the Republican party now re- mains,'' has been received with rage in the inner circles of the men who tried to save Connecticut for Taft, and who endeavored to replace the Demo cratic executive with Judge John P. Studley of New Haven.
 t'That Is the last straw is the way the Taft managers in Connecticut put it when they read the statement of President Taft's former director of the declared an undying vendetta against Herbert Knox Smith, his followers and all their works. It is a feud that can never be satiated short of the polft1cal extinction of Smith and his followers. It means war to the knife so long as the regular Republican organization continues to exist in this state" was the declaration to a Times reporter today, of a Republican, who is in the confidence of the editor of the Hart ford Courant and the chairman of the state central committee
 There will be no such thing as the granting of quarter. should the pro gressivee extend the olive branch at any time during the next year or next several years should the organiza ton of the progresisves exist that long the Times informant said. Rather would the Republicans prefer to allow the state to remain Democratic for a long term of years than endeavor to regain the lost seat Of power by mak- ing any terms with the progresstves, he added. s
 When a. leader in the progr essive movement was told of these comments his remark was as illuminating as that of fhe pretty maid who was going a. milking. Nobody axed you, sir, she said
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
THE DREADFUL MODERN WAY.

(F'rom the New York Evening Post.) Statistics are published showing the enormous amount of work done by the leading candidates this year. They They made so many hundreds of speeches. They uttered so many mil- lions of words. But all this Is rather melancholy reading. It suggests the
 new and terrifying strain put upon ae- pirants for the presidency They cease to be their own masters. Committees seize upon them and compel them to
 go about the country in whirl of ex- haustive speechmaking under condi- tions which reduce speechmaking to little more than vain repetitions. The ab1est and most fertile, mind cannot think of anything new to say when called upon necessarily at all hours of
 the day and night. It would seem ob- vious that a few speeches, carefully prepared and fully reported in the press, would be much more effective than the endless fragmentary utter fances at crossroads and from car ends.
 But. of course, it is not the speeches
 that the managers care about. To
 make of the candidates a peep-show
 for curious people is the main object
 of dragging them about the country.
 Their plight recalls the comment made
 by an intelligent Russian upon the
 ministers of Louis Napoleon. He said
 thtat they were sentenced to hard la
 bbor for life. There is no doubt about
 the ttravauX forces" in the case Of our
 presidential candidates, but may we
 not hope that it will not be for them
 "a perpetuite.' It would seem as if the very excesses of our present meth ods, surpaesing the limits of human near doing, would necessitate a re- form. The campaign of 1912 will not be a pleasant one for participants to look back upon, but if it marked the end of the insensate plan of making a travel ing show of the candidates, we could forgive it for much else.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
PLANS FOR NEW STATE
 ARMORY AT NEW HAVEN

New Haven Nov. 8-The plans for the new state armory to be- erected, if the legislature approves, on Temple street, were on exhibition at the sta ton approach hearing last night. The building will take up the entire block bounded by Temple, George, Commerce and Factory streets.
 In general appearance it will be two stories and a basement in height, with a military tower at the corner of George and Temple streets, which will center on the axis of the proposed Commerce street approach to the new railroad station The building will be arranged to accommodate a whole reg iment of infantry, the First Company Signal Corps, First Field Hospital, First Division Naval Militia, Sanitary Troops, three bands, Engin eering Divi- sion and the Second Company Cover norS Foot Guard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08

snorn of the gIittering externals of the
 past. They are content to reside in
 which they pay rent like ordinary citizens, and their mot d'odre Is con
 tact with the people. The custom of
 holding a diocesan congress every
 year Is gaining ground. The bishop fills the chair, and he is supported by taymen distinguished in literature and
 the arts. in commerce and industry and agriculture. The bishop of Or leans has set the example of joining
 in the popular banquets'' that are
 held once a month in the parishes of
 his diocese, where at two francs a head, the farmers and the countrymen may share with ''Monseigneur'' the humble pot-au-feu, and greet him as
 The question of the schools was of pressing importance A vast num- Der of Catholic children are obliged to frequent the state schools, against which there would be no insuperable objection, but for the fact that the neutrality promised by Jules Ferry is more honored in the breach than in fashion to teach in many of the state schools that belief in God and in a future life was a superstition of the Dark Ages, and that religion and req son were contradictory terms. Hence, in 1S1o the French bishops published a collective letter condemnfng some of the textbooks that were used in the state schools, and calling on Christian parents to protect the faith of their children. The answer to that appeal was the creation of associations of peres de famille. pledgd to watch over the kind of instruction given in the state schools, and to take action ac- cordingly. There are about 100000 French fathers who take part in this movements truly formidable result.
 It was confidently anticipated by the adversaries of the Roman Catholic church that few young men would be found disposed to become candidates for orders once the separation was a fait accompH Undoubtedly there was reason for this conjecture, for vacations had fallen to very low ebto in the two or three years that preced- ed the abolition Of the Concordat But here again there was a great surprise. Last year, for example, the candidates for the priesthood seeking admission into the Grand seminary more than years. As far may be judged, there is no longer any real disquietude in episcopal minds on the point of priest 1 ly recruits.
 The fact remains that in the past l few years 450,0OO Parisians have been 1 won over to the church, who before 1 lived without any kind of religion. | Mgr. Pages, one of Cardinal Amette's vicars- general is the head of an organization that has con in the last few years no few CT than 54 places of worship in and around Paris of which "A form new parishes. As soon a new church is opened, it is crowded. The proofs af- forded of this are so many that the fact is unquestionable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
VALUE OF ADVERTISING.
Fromr Lippincott's.)

While travelling through the; West a man lost a valuable dog. and iTnmedi- ately proceeded to the office of the Hustler's Review in the town where he was stopping. Entering abruptly, he said to the editor:
 ..1've lost dog. I'd like to have you insert this ad for me-:
 ''Seventy-five dollars reward for the return of 9 French bulldog answering to the name of Darwin. Last seen on Turner's road
 sswe're just, goin' to press" said the editor. ..but we'll manage to hold the edition for your ad.'
 After returning to the hotel. the owner of the dog decided it might be best to add to his advertisement, t'No questions asked. =
 He returned to the office, to find the place entirely deserted, save for red haired youth who sat gazing intently out of the window
 Where's everybody?'' he asked.
 Gone to hunt tn dawg," replied the lad, without removing his gaze from the distant fields
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-08
CONN. PROBATE ASSEMBLY,
 WILL MEET IN HARTFORD

The regular meeting of the Connec- lieut. Probate assembly will be held at he state library in Hartford on We'd nesday. Nov. 13, at 10:30 a. m. This will be an ..open meeting' at which .s1 members are especially requested 10 bring to the meeting for discussion any and all amendments to probate laws which may seem to be desirable ing will be the election of a commit ice to consider such amendments, and also to report to the next meeting any md all new legislation which may be <<froduced in the next legislature af- a&BnR she business of probate court.