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Year: 1875

entertained that he will destroy what
ever hold upon public confidence the exposure
of fraud has given to him or his party. 1t is
even said that in discharging the prosecutor
at st. Louis who has most complete command
of the evidence, and whose aid has been in
valuable to the Government, he is threatening
to break down the prosecution. If by this or
any other step he now shows a leaning toward
men accused, is it not clear that all the scan
dial, which his support of the prosecution has
thus far refutcd so completely, would then he
revived and immeasurably intensiiedi Is no
ready. for personal pique, to defeat the laws
which he has sworn to executef Is he willing
to protect men who have robbed the Govern
ment, and break down the prosecution against
them, if in no other way Gen. Babcock can
escape conviction


Many Republicans realize keenly that the
position of the President in these respects in
wolves his party in peril. Universally they
have permitted serious doubts to arise again
regarding their purpose as to Grants reelec-
ton, and have contributed in many instances
to excite the religious feeling to which he
now appeals. What will they do to escape
these dangersf
Year: 1875

are sound We only point out the fact that
they exist and we beg those who are hastily
adopting the Presidents suggestion to pause
and inquire whether, in tlreir zeal to establish
the American system Of free education more
firmly. they are not taking the best means to
increase the number of its enemies. What
good will you do by forbidding the incuca-
ton of religious tenets " Whom will such
q rule conciliatef Not the Roman Catholics !;
1t will only intensity their hostility, for
the fault they find with the common
schools is that they are " irreligious."
Not any Protestant denomination, for II
the PrOtestants hint an objection 1t is like
that of the Catholics that the schools teach
too little religion instead Of too much. Is it
not better to leave this question after all to
the decision of local authorities The general
unsectarian character of the schools is already
well established. Detailed regulations can
perhaps best be made by those who are famil-
lar with the special wants of different To-
calitiey
Year: 1875




The danger to our common school system
comes from two directions. The Roman Cath
olics complain that they are taxed for the sup
port of schools to which they cannot consccn-
tiously send their children, and insist that the
State ought to give them proportionate share
of the school money for their own denOmina-
t1onal schools As this would result in the
ultimate destruction of the whole scheme of
secular education, and the substitution for it
of multitude Of petty and inefficient
sectaran establishments supported by the tax
payers at an eXtravagant cost, Protestants are
almost unanimous in Objecting To the proposal.
1t is true that there is no present prospect of
the Catholic plan being adopted. No political
party, no prominent politician, no convention,
local or general, Republican, Democratic, or
Independent, has ever shown the slightest DIS
position to favor it, Even the Catholics them
selves are not united in the support of it, for
this is a case in which the laity do not follow
the counsels of their priests. But to avoid all
apprehension of future trouble, several of the
States have amended their constitutions so as
to prevent the placing Of the school money
under denominatiOnal control; and if
Mr.. Blane's proposal to clinch the
matter by an amendment to the Federal Con-
stitutlon should be brought forward in Con-
gress it would pass without serious opposition,
and set the matter at rest. We regard the
danger to the schools from this side therefore
as too slight and too easily removable to give
us any uneasiness.


But from another point the menace is Sc
rious. In our attempt to adapt the schools to
the consciences or prejudices of everybody, we
may easily destroy the confidence in which the
majority of religious persons Catholics ex-
cepted) now regard them, and when the peO
ple cease to trust them their fall is inevita-
ble The reverend gentleman who wrote us
the other day that he would never send a
child of his to a school from which the Bible
was excluded expressed the sentiments of
large class Of persons who believe that to pro-
hibit the teaching of any religious tenets" is
a fatal mistake. At the recent Congress of tho
Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia
the Rev. Dr. Sullivan Of Chicago made an
earnest protest against the prevailing tendency
toward secularism in education, and pro-
nOunced the exclusion of the Bible from the
public schools "a national calamity" Many
persons have written to us in a similar vein !;
and it will not be forgotten how much criti-
cism was recently excited by Mr.. Beecher's
address on the school question when he adj
vised the exclusion Of the Bible out Of respect
to the consciences of those who did not ap-
prove the reading of it.


We do not mean to say that the objections
against further secularization of She schools
Year: 1875

We have pleasure in announcing to our
readers that we have made arrangements for
an extended series of letters from Mr. Henry
James, jr., who has gone abroad for an in
definite period. These letters will be dated
from Paris and from other points on the Con-
tinent and we can safely promise our readers
great intellectual enjoyment from them.


No essayist of recent years has shown such
powers of delicate and intelligent observation,
such refined and wholesome humor, such in
sight into national traits and characteristics,
and such felicitOus command of pure and
idomatic English as Mr.. James. His social
studies are of the utmost value, as well for
what they contain as for the exquisite medium
in which his observations and conclusions are
conveyed. His thorough acquaintance with
Europe, and his intuitive perception of the
salient points of life and character, render HIM
one of the best equipped Americans who have
ever crossed the Atlantic, and the volumes OF
stories and essays which he has already given
the public are to be regarded both as sub
stantial addition to our literature and the
promise and guarantee of great career. We
confidently predict that he Will earn fresh
laurels as a letter writer. His letters will en-
brace a rather wide field of incident, 0bserya-
ton and criticism, and will be additional and
complementary to those of our regular corre-
spondents The first of the series appears on
the third page of this mornings TRIBUNE.
Year: 1875

not the skies under which your young friends
choose to live, but the manners VIII ich tho


carry with them, that will give them true sue
cess. Common sense, economy, and contempt
OF sham will help them to live comfortably in
New-YOrk or Pixies Peak. And if they give 10
their children something better than money or
social position to stand upon, they will never
feel their Inferiority to those who have them.
Year: 1875

A curious rumOr reaches us that Mr.. Trenor
w. Park is 10 sail for the Isthmus of Panama
by the steamer of the 10th. Mr.. Park might
visit Panama on the business of the railway.
which, if half what is told is true, certainly
needs attention. or he might go South on
account of his health. There is suspicion
among some people in Washington, however,
that his departure is merely prudent precau-
ton If the Emma Mine affair should be in
vestigated Mr.. Park would doubtless be an
important witness but it would be very in
convenient for him and for two or three other
people if he should be compelled to testify. On
our own part, we would like to appeal to Mr..
Park to stay with us little longer. We are
on the point of making some further publlca-
tions about his share in the Emma Mine busi-
ness and his relations to Gen. Schenck. which,
according TO his present scale OF valuations,
ought to be worth at least another 100000.
For the sake of having his libel suits done up
by wholesale, we appeal to Mr.. Park not to
go until we have given him chance to throw
another job in the way of poor Mr.. Chit
tenden
Year: 1875

The early introduction of two bills into Con-
gross for reducing the postage on printed
matter gives hope that this measure of relief
will not be long delayed. The blunder that
was made in fixing the higher rate is admitted !;
it is more important now to correct the mis-
take than to spend time in debate over the
responsibility for it.
Year: 1875

People who think there is nothing in the
Third Term movement will find some profit
able reading in the interviews with Bishop
Simpson and other Methodist clergymen,
printed in another column. If these inter-
views are at all correct, they certainly seem
to indicate Third Term sentiments of some
vigor in that quarter.
Year: 1875

If all thcologans were as capable OF seeing both
sides Of question President Potter Of Union Col
lege we should have less reason to mourn over tho
foes which have often mustered the Doctors Of
the Church in hot warfare against the very ad-
vancos OF science, to which their successor, have
presently been compelled to yield The controversy
on the relation Of the evolution theory to Christian
belief has called forth few simple and just To-
marks than those in the letter from DIR. Potter.
which we printed yesterday. While not him
self convert to Darwinian doctrines he clearly
sees and shows that they not Incompatible
with Christian faith. The evidence which is
adduced in their favor. he thinks. is not sufh-
cient but their strength is to be tested by scien
tfc, not theological weapons. That the men OF
science who have accepted theories Of eyo-
luton are sincere Of purpose in their search Tor
truth is fact too often overlooked in these contro-
yersies; President Potter confirms it from his per-
sonal acquaintance. They are, however, unduy
sensitive to attack There is no need for bitterness
on either side. Science and religion meet in a COM
mon duty: to prove all things, and hold fast that
which is good.
Year: 1875

In his lecture on demOnoogy Mr.. Conway
has brought together much that is quaint and
amusing, along with goody share of what
has been gathered by recent research In the
fields of antiquity. Some of his conclusions
are rather startling, and will not readily find
general acceptance. Among these are the the
ories that devils and demons are creatures OF
the Imagination, and that they were construct
ed out of mems inner consciousness ut later
date, for the most part than the gods of
mythology.
Year: 1875

In proposing to transfer to Congress the care
of the American subscription for the statue of
Liberty, the Union League Club naturally
seeks relief from a heavy responsibility. That
a national character will thus be conferred on
the work, is good reason, as far as 1t goes
But the personal enthusiasm which might push
forward the matter if in the hands of few
eminent citizens, is likely to be wanting when
it falls into the routine work of Government
agency.
Year: 1875

Some of the agricultural and "secu.
lar" papers make their columns lively
with advice to all good husbandmen to
engage in various enterprises with


millions in them," and thousands Of
farmers. one after another, perennial
crop. are acting on the suggestions.
The strawberry speculation is perhaps
widest spread, and stacks Of plants are
set each year without ever bearing
fruit enough to pay for what they cost.
Fancy poultry is tempting, and high
priced eggs are bought, and may be
few chickens are hatched, but in the
end it is discovered that no hen will lay
two eggs day. Then bees are recon-
mended, especially for women, and
good deal of studying is done, but the
honey is not abundant, and year after
year the complaint is made that t.this
Is the worst season for bees we ever
had" Some undertake to raise mush-:
rooms, without knowing mushroom
when they see it; others reading that
ducks are sent to the London market
by the ton, get eggs and 60 to hatch
ing, while others still, plant grape
vines hy the acre, or dwarf pears by
the thousand, and in the most cases
the conclusion reached i, that corn is
good crop. that potatoes always sell
and that nothing is much better than a
few three-year old steers to tTcn off in
the Spring, unless it be the value of
the same in wool.


The continued disappointments are
due almost wholly to want of knowl-
edge in regard to details, and to ac-
quire this is to acquire what may be
called trade. Nothing would seem
more simple than to raise strawberries,
and yet the majority fail, generally for
want of well prepared ground and the
necessary cultivation, and it is proba-
bly, true that it will take man five or
six years before he can find out What
is the matter. And so it is in regard
to all other pursuits and enterprises.


1t would be splendid" as the girls
say, if one could be born with heredi-
tary experience, so as to take up the
thread where the old folks left off, and
many an aged and broken man knows
that if he could have had this inherit
ance, with all the checks and safe
guards that 1T brings, he would now b.
'ich and happy, instead Of poor and
acquainted with grief. The next best
hing in the absence of such hereditary
,ift, is to feel our way and look before
eaping.-Nev York. Tribune.
Year: 1875

One great cause of the poverty of the
present day, wisely says an exchange,
is failure of our common people to
appreciate small things. They do not
realize how daily addition. be it ever
so small, will soon make large pile.
If the young men and women of to-
day will only begin, and begin now, to
save little from their earnings and
plant it in the soil of SOME good saw
ings bauk, and weekly or monthly add
their mite, they will wear happy
smile of competence when they reach
middle life. Not only the desire but
the ability to increase it will also grow.
Let clerk and tradesman, laborer and
artis an, make, now and at once, be-
gining. Store up some of your youth
full force for future contingency. Let
parents teach their children to begin
early to save. Begin at the fountain
head to control the stream of extrava-
gance-to chose between poverty and
riches. Let our youth 90 on in the
habits of extravaganza for fifty years
to come as they have for fifty years
past and we shall have nation of
beggars, with moneyed aristocracy
Let generation of such as save in
small snms be reared and we shall be
free from want. Do not be ambitious
for extravagant fortunes, but seek that
which it is the duty of every one to
obtain independence and a comfort
able home. Wealth and enough of it
is within the reach of all. 1t is OBJ
tanned by one process aud one only
saving.
Year: 1875

"Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tell
us why you never got married. You
remember you said once that when
you was a girl you were engaged to a
minister, and promised us you would
tell us about it some time. Now aunt,
please tell us"


"Well, you see when I was about
seventeen years old [ was living in
Utica, in the State of New York.
Though | say it myself I was quite a
good-looking girl then, and had sew
eral beaux The one that took my
fancy was young minister, very
promising young man. and remarkably
plous and steady. He thought good
deal of me, and [ kind of took fancy
to him, and things went on until we
were engaged. One evening he came
to me, put his arms around me, and
kind of hugged me, when [ got excl
ted, and some frustrated. 1t Was a
long time ago, and [ don't know but
what | might have hugged back little.
L was like any other girl, and pretty
soon L pretended to be mad about it,
and pushed him away, though | WASH t
mad bit. You must know the house
where L lived was on one OF the back
streets OF the town. There we're glass
doors in the parlor, which opened over
the street. These doors were drawn to i.
L STEPPED back a little from him and
when he came up close [ pushed him
back again. [ pushed him harder
than [ intended to; aud don't you
think, girls, the poor fellow lost his
balance, and fell through one of the
doors INTO the street.


ooh, Auntyl Was he killed?


"No, he fell head first, and as he
was going [ caught him by the legs of
his trousers. I held on for a minute
and tried to pull him back, but his
suspenders gave way, and the poor
young man fell clear out of his panta-
looms into parcel Of ladies and gentle
men along the street .


oh! Aunty T! Aunty Lordy -


lhere, that right; squall and
CYCLE as much as you want TO- Girls
that cant hear little thing like that
without tearing around the room and
he he-ing in such way don't know
enough to come in when it rains. A
nice time the man that marries you
will have. won't he. Catch me telling
you anything again.


''But, Aunt Sallie, what became of
him? Did you ever see him again.


'No the moment he touched the
ground he got up and left the place in
a terrible hurry. tell you it was
sight to be remembered. How that
man did run He went out West
and [ believe he is preaching out in
7 LIMOS. But he never married. He
was very modest. and [ suppose he was
so badly frightened that time that he
never dared trust himself near a |
again. That, girls, is the
reason why | never married. I felt
very bad about it for long time, for
he S real good man, and [ have
often thought to myself that we should
nave been so happy if his suspenders
hadn't gave way
Year: 1875

There is good deal of amusement
IN the following magical table Of figures.
1t vii enable you to tell how old the
young ladies are. Just hand this table
to a young lady, and request her to
tell you in which column or columns her
age is contained add together the fig
ures at the top Of the columns in which
her age is found and you have the
great secret Thus, suppose her age
to be seventeen, YOU will find that
number in the first and fifth columns;
add tn" first fgrres of these two col
unrS. Here Is the mario fable
Year: 1875

EDITOR CITIZEN: During my tour thus far through Arizona, I have found much of interest to study up and write of; have found a country rich in mineral, rich in agricultural resources, rich in immense and almost limitless grazing plateaus, hills and valleys; and above all have found its present scarce and scattered population to consist of brave and intelligent men, who through long years Of Indian atrocities, murder, bloodshed and theft, have laid the foundation of good society, good govern ment and lasting prosperity. The capac- itieS of the Territory have heretofore been underrated and beIied by those who have pretended to write them up, and thus erro- neous and unjust opinions prevail abroad respecting them. Though laying no claims to great descriptive powers, or flow of wit or sarcasm which many times make deS- criptions popular and interesting, I hope that am possessed of energy and will and a love of truth which will enable me to study and write of Arizona as it is, and give to the outside world true knowledge of it. Coming here with the opinion uni versal abroad that it was an arid waste, vast sandy and rocky plain, With no capa- blitieS for the future, have thus far found much to admire, much that gives sure promise of a rich, prosperous and populouS land in the no distant future. On tlre Gila and Salt rivers are large bodies ofrich allu- vial deposits capable of producing inn mense quantities of all the grains, fruits and vegetables. In Southern and Eastern Arizona, I find the best grazing land on the continent, and in every hillock, noun tain-spur and mountain, metals of all kinds, both rich and extensive. With all these facts duly attested, there can be no doubt of the future for the Territory. I hope to contribute something of special ln- terest in the future to your valuable paper

 H. c. HODGE.
Year: 1875

There is a story to the effect that as far hack as 1866, when Juarez was President of the Mexican Republic, 8 special agent of the United States en- tered into a secret treaty with that official, whereby certain territory was ceded to our government in considera- tion for the moral and other aid rendered in driving the French from the continent; that the treaty is still in existence, and that President Lerdo de Tejsda has expected to com ply with it's terms as soon as the army is in condition to quell the storm on the part of his own people. The existence of this treaty should also have been the cause of the big showing in our favor on the part Of the Joint Claims Commission, during the past five years, and the extensive nurehases of one kind and another at the same time, on the part of the speculators. The strangest part of this strange story is, that it could have any foundation in fact and be kept from the prying eyes around Washington all these years. That such a thing could possibly be done, may bo granted, but at present it sounds too much like an invention of the sensationalists for the purpose Of mistifying the public as much as pos sible for some sinister purpose. should it by any means turn out that such treaty is in existence, the of fcial publication of the fact would prove a bomb-shell in the worlds great affairs, of no second rate inn portance. The consequences of such an announcement could hardly be fore told. Secretary Seward was foxy official, and one who had an eye to the main chance-a lsnd-grabber of most greedy characteristics, as wit ness his purchase of Alaska; there fore, the theory of the existence of this secret treaty with Juarez is not perhaps to be dismissed ss improbable of vcrifcation. At present, we mere ly give it in outline for what it may be worth as 6 matter of public inter est. It would seem that but 0 few days or weeks at flrthest can elspse ere the whole matter IS disposed of one way or the other. For the pres ent we accept the denial of the Mex icsn Minister at Washington as pret-

 ty conclusive.-[ Alta Cahfornis.
Year: 1875

AN ARKANSAS EULoGY.-Mr. Speaker: As l rise to address you in commemorstion of our deceased col league, Colonel Yell, of Yellville, my thoughts recur to the last time when we had the privilege of listening to his eloquence ill this house. If 1 am not mistaken it was when he xeplain- ed his connection with the Melville Bank, which had unfortunately busted, and of which he was the distinguish ed President. Our deceased colleague did not account for all the funds in his possession, Mir. Speaker, but his speech on that occasion showed that his heart beat warmly for his native land.
Year: 1875

General Walker. superintendent of the ninth census, has submitted his report to the Secretary of the Interior, in which he urges upon the Secretary the importance of liberal grants of money for the purpose of a represent ation of the census at the Centennial. He regrets the paucity of results in the State censuses of 1875, and says that m a country as young as the United States statistical information is of special importance in guiding it's social and industrial development, and that the indifference of our people to the advantages of such information is certainly notproof of wisdom superior to the need. After naming the few States in which the census has been taken the present year, General Walk CT closes by saying that enough is all ready known of the results to indicate quite clearly that the progress of our population has received a temporary check.-[National Republican. No yembor 20.