Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 4, 1890, Page 12

£ £ AR lAeme b diA dis i b bbb e M S IORO. 10D » T e i i > B —— 12 OMAHA DAILY BEE, SUN (DA BENNISON GREAT SALE OF NEW GOO The prices are as low as Fire Sales, and in some instances still low right. making prices on Carpets, Curtains, Shades, etc, that ¢ BOYS SCHOOL Hose, 26[3 A heavy Ribbed Hose, in fast Black Silk Vests $1.00 Ladies’ Shoulder Gapes, $3.50 Greatest bargain ever offered. BO Ladies’ Black Broadclothlpiack, also same quality’in gray. st tves b Shoulder Capes, 4 rows, Monday [ They are called ++1he Gan’t Wear AinosHer ll%znsluz‘::u ived; they only at this price, $3.80 each,bEm Out.” Only 28c a pair; all fas t and the price is only $1 each, really worth $1.50. Mail orders filled. E chno ~Shaw! 52.60 Just arrived sizes, 8o 10, LADIES’ Balbriggan HOSE, 58 100 dozen Ladies’ full regular made Balbriggan Hose. Weim- ported them direct ourselves, and will assure you that they are an worth $6. Mail or ‘ders filled up to Tur‘s(lnv Children’s Bonnets 39¢ 588 dozen Children’s Bonnets, ade of an all-over embroidery, A very stylish and desirable Bon- net; Monday at 35¢ each, worth 78c. Mail orders filled. SilkSunUmbrellas $2.75 100 just arrived of our guar- anteed 26-inch Black Silk Um- 15 dozen Ladies’ Lisle Threa Knit Evening Shawls, in pink, cream, black, (.aldmaland lnghL blue; Mondny your (‘holce, only $"50 each, wor(h $5 Black C Cashmere Sln\\ Is $2.00 Monday we w extra good ‘value at price quoted Monday only, at i8¢ pair; 6 for Ladies Just arrived direct from manu- facturers the gr'eate\l. line of pair is the limit. Ladies’ and Children’s Black Silk place on sale 200 Ladies’ Black Cashmere brellas, Paragon frame, natural | Mitts at 23e¢, 88c, 89c, 48c, 48¢, | Shawls, with silk and wool sticks, with fancy gold and silver|80¢, and up to $1.50 a pair. | feinge, at the lowest prices ever Never before have we been able to show such excellent value. See our leader at 25¢ Monday. hooks, ete., only $2.78 each; they are a great bargain and cheap at $3.80. Mail orders filled. Silk Capes, $5.00 Monday we offer 258 Ladies’ Silk Net Shoulder Capes, very stylish, the latest thing out, only $3 each, worth $3.50. Mail orders filled. BENNISON BROS quoted, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50 and up, worth just 38 per cent more than prices quoted. Ladies” Black Lisle Vests, 156 Get them quick, they are scarce; they are fine quality, brilliant Lisie, no sleeves, only 78¢ each, worth $1.25, Mail orders Don’t Forget Base Balls in Basement. Ladies' Jersey Bibbed VESTS No sleeves, Monday Only 8o Each, BENNISON BROS. filled. BENNISON BROS ! DS F(fl&? atches t We are the workegrs. Gorset Carpet Dept. s Beaded Wraps Mon- O\n‘ finest Beaded Wraps | Beaded Shoulder Capes, | formerly sold at $7, $8 and $10, Monday choice of entire lot $8 each. MAIL ORDERS FILLED. Ladies Jackets, $B2.08 100 Ladies’ 8[]\[8[’8 NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY. : Our buyer has just returned B0 dozen Ladies’ Cambric Cor- i Wortlh 400, Get them Manday. - |0f 35 pieces Tapestry Brussels Carpets, all good staple patterns. yard, \ 50 pieces China Matting at 15¢, Ldp(S 50 rolls extra heavy Ingrain Monday We wiilipiacs on sxie pearpets, during this sale, at 39¢c T e pand ey Capes ade of| 40 rolls extra weight heavy In- ik Chantiiy laceand st 25 larain Two-ply Carpets at 48c yard; Monday our price is only $8. e e o et R Ty G0L extra supet Y Ingrai: Boys’ Pants Are Down | Two-ply Carpets at 65 and 75 house to beat us on price and Lquality. Curtain Sale. Monday. 60 pairs Chenille Por- beautiful dado, at $6 and $6.50 pair; worth $10, and brass-trim- Nottingham Lace Curtains at $2.95, $3.00 and $3.50 pair; 334 set Covers, just for one day at|from the East. He bought a lot o VaTa we offer choice of lot Monday 2 .dCC 20c and 25c yard, Allestra values, limited quantity of Ladies’ Black jvqrd: [hmp at S0c. silk Chantilly lace and all silk rib- worth 65¢. MAIL ORDERS FILLED. NN D AN mer |vard every pattern new spring Don't forget, we carry one of the largest stocks of Carpets in ithe west, and we will allow no SPECIAIL rticrc< in all the new shades, with 9 med curtain poles thrown in frec: |)‘(ll‘ll5 long, all specials for this black all S g SiCikinetsliTacke sl A 5\3'93 sale, and curtain poles go free. E2 o Ea andisoiench oo leeel i umtoutMondaystre forbair- MAIL ORDERS FILLED. NISON BROS. [ gains. BENNISON BROS. |WHITE GOODS, 100 pieces Check Nainsooks Monday at s¢ yard, worth 8c. A great line of fine Check Nainsooks at 8 1-3c yard, reg- ular 1274c goods. Did you get a dress of those fancy check Mulls at 15c yard? If not, don't fail to get one Monday, only 15¢ yard, colors warranted fast, in pink, blue, cardinal, brown, etc. 150 dozen Turkish Towels at 1oc and 15¢ each, worth double. 2 cases White Bed Spreads at 69c and 98c, worth 83¢ and $1 Blg line Boys' Shirt Waists; a dandy at 23c each; a still better one at 38¢, and a world- beater at 50¢, all ages, at g¢8c we can give you the finest Shirt Waist made; come in and see them. Also take a look at our Boys’ Knee Pants at 23c pair, all ages. A good Cassimere Pant at soc, all ages, 4 to 13 years. Fine Seersuckers Monday, in stripes and plain, at 6%4¢ yard, regular 1274¢ goods. Big line Fancy Ginghams at \‘/c, worth 12%c. New Figured “Batiste Cloths at 11%4c, worth 15C. Frénch Satines at 25¢ yard, worth 35¢ to 50c. A good Bleached Muslin, 36 inches wide, 15 yards for ¢r. Get our prices on Dress Goods, Silks, etc. Special drives on our counters. Great values in Black Goods, etc. Get our prices before you buy. We show goods with pleasure. BENNISON BROS MONDATY AND ALL THE WEER Don't fail to look through our Carpet department. We are . (g crowds. Don't pass us when you desire to own your goods aseme Baroais BUCKEYE LAWN MOWERS, SELF-SHARPENER AT $4.98 AND $6.50 EACH; WORTH $8 & $10. 1,000 FEET LAWN HOSE, AT 10C FOOT. HOSE REELS ON WHEELS, 98C EACH. LAWN FOUNTAINS, $1.98 EACH. GENUINE SUPERIOR CLOTHES WRINGER, $1.50, NOVELTY CLOTHES WRINGER, $1.98 STEEL GARDEN RAKES, 18C AND 25C EACH STEEL GARDEN HOES, 19C,23C AND 25C EACH. A GOOD STEEL SHOVEL 53C. A GOOD STEEL SPADE 53C 6 DOZEN CLOTHES PINS FOR § PATENT FLOUR SIFTERS 10C, ROLLING PINS, 5C. A GOOD WABH BOARD 15C. WASH TUBS, 44C AND 65C EACH. TOILET PAPER, 5C ROLL. DECORATED CHAMBER SETS, 6 PIECES, ONLY $2 SET; WORTH $5. ICE TONGS, 15C. PAPER PAILS, 12C. 1,000 PIE TINS, 1C EACH. HAND LAMPS COMPLETE, 15C, 19C AND 25C. GLASS CREAM SETS, 19C, 25C AND 48C. GOLD PAINT, 10C BOTTLE. DOVER EGG BEATERS, 10C. MIX BIRD SEED 5C POUND. LARGE DISH PANS, 25C AND 29C EACH. 75-FOOT WIRE CLOTHES LINES, 25C. DECORATED SLOP PAILS, 39C. 1,000 PINT TIN CUPS, 1C EACH. 2 BURNER GASOLINE STOVES, $4.93 GASOLINE OVENS, $1.50. BOYS' VELOCIPEDES, $1.75, $1.98 AND $2.98 GIRLS' TRICYLES, AT $4.98 EACH. A GOOD SPRINKLER 19C. FLAT IRONS, ALL SIZES, 25C. LARGE HATCHET, 20C. BED ROOM MIRRORS, 25C AND 32C. 100 CHILDREN'S HIGH CHAIRS, 59C EACH 1,000 HARD WOOD TOOTH PICKS, 5C. HANDLED STEW PANS, 10C, 13C AND 15C 5,000 ROLLS GILT WALL PAPER, 5C ROLL BASE BALLS AND BATS, LARGE VARIETY. BENNISON BROS. called southern jurisdiction, the grand lodge I This was all well enough at of this state or the grand commandery to con- trol my conscience in the matter. I suppose if an organization of clandestine Masons had GRAND.COMM NDERY REBUKED first, but when the order had spread over the entire count it was the general opinion outside of York, that the grand lodge should be a mi i . first occupied this territory the grand com- gratory body. This _feeling gradually Judge Chapman Expresses His Opinion of | mandecy could, with just as much force and | strengthened uutil it culminated at the ln o F color of right, deterniine that such body had | session of the grand lodge, in passing @ reso- e Farce, :Ln % ght by virtue of its occupaucy of i Lolding the next session e te 1t is humiliating to Masons of good judg- ment and sense to witness this uncalled for he part of the grand command- not voring a ¢! ge in the sea e strengthened the affairs of the body red in a w which would wmspection, The office of the grand Ias been in New York city from ning, and the executive committee, oratleast a majority of it, has been theve also. Thus they had the whole machinery of the grand lodge in their hands. The office and duties of the grand secretary were neg- lected and the work was al s behind. This officer draws a salary of $2,500 per annumand id almost nothi ng to earn t the last d requiring him to at- ness and to remain in New York instead of traveling about the country and neglecting nis office. 1 cannot imagine how the New York lodge expects to obtain a permanent injunction pre- venting the removal of the seal und records, but if such a thing is dane there is a remedy Almll have no doubt it will be used. Th New York delegation is lar, ity and the other lodges will’ them out of the order entirely. JOHN HAIGH ON THE IOWA CASE. of the grand lodge by the suspicion t had not been man bear clos action upon v, two-thirds of whom are probubly bers of either branch or juristi the Scottish Rite, yet these men s ) solve who are Scottish Rite Masons and - how they must be made. My dear sir, I say it in a Masonic spiritand without intention of insubordination, that in my view of the matter the whole thing is fool- ish in the extreme and if you_gentlemen who seck the position of grand officers of our or- derwish to disrupt the orderand divide the Masous of Nebraska yon _could not pursue a more dire hat which yon have taken during the last twenty-four months. I am courteously and tr SAUEL M. Creary Sir William R. Bowen, grand. recorder of Nebrask ‘Where Will the Next Session of the Elks' Grand Lodge be Held—A New Oddfellows Hall at Hebron—Notes, Eto. The Grand Commandery Rebuked. The following circular issued by order of the eminent grand commander of Knights Templar for Nebraska has been generally for- warded to the Scottish rite Masons of N braska who do not vecognize the southern | Jurisdiction of that body and who belong to the other wings of that order, says the Ne- braska City Press, and has elicited from Judge Chapman, now engaged in holding district court in this county, the following ply. As the Scottish rite Masons of this Varnum vs Varnum. Under the above heading Mr. John Haigh of Somerville, Mass., a prominent Mison, has written a pertinent cireular bearing upon the simply throw > y o Towat aference R arat “The ne and lodge is to locality—some seventy in number —belong. to snrx\‘nfxt‘ n m‘I o ith reference to the ction | g peid iy Cle Sh1x Injunctlon is for the United States jurisdiction and donot | Of the sraud lodge toward the Scottishrite | the purpose of preventing the session from Yecoguize the so-called Southern vite or juris- | Podies of the United States jurisdiction, The | being held there, as the New-York lodges ular is as follows Mr. Clark Varnum, ‘‘counsel for the grand lodge of Towa,” unds date ot April 7, 1500, sent a letter to an Town newspaper in which . he sai “The ruling of Judge Preston is a | wankee encampment has rveceived a commu- sweeping victory rthe grand lodgo of Towa; [ nieation from General Carnahan as to the that the persons who nied the grand lodge | propriety of offering one or more prizes for O oot COWt. ) e, bub it s tho | (e competition of companies of Pythian ca- statoment only of the paid attorney of that | dets. The Pyihiancadets are a recent ovgan- grand lodge and is filed, no doubt, as an offset | ization, there being several divisions, and new ones contemplated, and comprise sons of 1o tatemegt made through the Associated press under date of April 4, to the .rwum'nmr i R p et e O ut 1| teen and twer the decision of .lmll'fll’lnsnm\ 1S consi J lI iction 1 thwhl Ba o intarest! to Usas pantle: Jok bitterly opposed to naving the change mad men to peruse the resolutions of the grand commandery of this state as well as the re- sponse of a gentleman who disapproves of the action of the commandery to which he be- long: Frecvasons Harr, Owamy, April 17, 1800, —Dear Comrade-iu-Arms: Tho following ves- olutions were adopted at the annual conclave of tho grand commandery of Nebraska, held ut Hustings, Ne Where: in this s b t of the ~m|||n'|n Jurisdlet ocnlled tLish Rite M Whereas, tish Rite Masons of the southern m\]\tlh 1 had unintervupted control of lhl\ state the |n lnd of l\\\ nl\ - gue years o : [ore 1 g Lol P, The committee on prize drills for the Mil- will send a full regiment of the ukee, ons in the Uniform fon is further stateme ¥ It stands out _in boid relief as ll’lll cial determina f the rights of all politi- religlous, eivie, moral and fraternal so- to control thlefr own affairs.” nasmuch as the supreme council of United States of Am their over three hundred secret orders ted Stutes, more than one-hulf of the A o simply benelit societ all ot 0 territovies and dependenel ot S \ ¥ first assistant postmaster g § latming jurisdietion as ¢landest e, - cla s to be, b S A mo and fratern- \ clatming durl et st nd - lainis to be, but is i “moral and fratern- | cracicson, i a member of & Kujehts of Pyth- ty, this astute “counsel t lowa has builded knew, for the only log made from his lang council of the tories and de) o the grand bettor than he deduction to be it the supromo ias lodge at Des Moines, Ta. District Deputy Will L. Scism will insti- tute a new lodge at day, to be known as Mars lodge. ba about fif whom are alréady layve cards from oth new members ure soldier fort. The grand chancellor visited Elkhorn lodge Wednesday night. Ho found the lodge in excellent shape and doing first-cluss work. The lodge has a large membership and great interest is manifested by all the members. The lodges in the vicinity of Eik about ripe for the formation of a division of the Uniform Rank, and it is probable one will Y affered by the 80 d of our embers now in those bodies est them to withdraw, in the ny and justioo, the degrecs “hod \lled Cernenn Taing & mowal m..x s confir on”” the v ing out sald consistent with knightly A .u.’.l attaches of the own affairs, in very way p o I “political, religious, or and d That th nish to cach fr: u woral or civie, to fur- of this for the Courteously ||l|\\l\ “Phis being so, it will be dificult to under. stand by what ht the grand lodge of lowa can meddle with a eo-existent right enjoyed by mgmbers of the supreme council, United States of Amorica, thelr territories ‘and de- pondencies, on the flimsy pretext that they bers of & Blue lodge baving jurisd Nesraska Crey, 2 My Sir: am in receipt of cular, '?'uw pro’ under dato of April 17, contaiuinino pr e three dogroes only, und owing alleg- | bo formed theve so nunciamento in the shape of a set of resolu- | fance to grand lodge N Bleieton N B ab Keavasa foalt. tlons purporting to be udoptex at the annual ‘this lawyer knows he has o difieult | ruted s divicion ot the Uniformed Rank b conclave of the g ommandery of Ne- braska held at Hastings April 15 and 16, 1590, It appears from these resolutions that the Shelton last week. About twelve of members of Mono division were p) the runk was conferred on twenty the sent and ght wem- Wlnll’ In would willingly blind our ness of his clieut’s claim, he shes the weapon to cudg grond commandery has assumed jurisdiction b ¥ o g el g of the Scottish skab. T had sup- For the present wo can safely vest, until' | ploted the ladies of Shelton came into the posed thist the ¢ matter would | additional cause for congratulation comes to hall and soon u banguet which w king might Lave envied was spread for the deleetation of the Sir Knights. The feast was followed by dancing. The new division starts out under the most favorable auspicesand is an assured left to the wre lodge of this jurisdiction fnasmuch s that body assumed to settle the Scottish rite question” something over a year ago, and in the same mauner. 1 think the B whole matter an_un-Masonic farce, and gen the suprewe cou ca, from the eour il, United States of Aweri in Ohio. o. B ol e e thodl atmply | The grand secretary of the Elks has boen | success Show their lack of judgment and confidence | served with papers restraining him from ve {n their vight a3 Secottish Rite Masons by ab- | moving the sealor any other propecty fiow | peallug to orgunizations for either en- | the state of New York Tho uew tewmp Hebron lodge, lorsement or authority, "',‘_‘"“"""{", A promivent member of the local lodge, and | ¥ L O. O. F., liove that the grand commandery of Ne | 0000 G oS Gontitiod with tho best in- | dicated Monday evening by Graud Master braska, by permitting itself to be dvawn into has ufade W. H. Bar of Hobron, assisted by ts of the lodge since its institution, was lled for controversy like th t \ 5 [ . A Vory grave mistake. There is no Masonic | asked the causo and effect of this action Grand Secretary D. A. Cline of Lincoln and 1aw or precedent for this assumed J “The cause,” said he, “vuns back to the | members of the home and neighboring lodges. by the gréhd commandery over foundation The Ovder of carried 8k A special train from Chester ut of the order d can bave no power o coutrol 1 wm & Cer N e :‘f‘;““l““‘ h tew York | seventy Oddfellows to witness the ceremonies. nea: exe my own judgment | city i c ocated | FUHSEI d v vy u:-xm:“:l:io::r or B o4 u;m{m furis. | there. When the grand lodge was organized | There were present uearly three hundved diotion, in this or auy other territ 4 1| the constitution provided thatits sessions | Oddfellows and ivited guests. Rev. A. A ackuowledge either v‘.‘lru s0 | should always be held in New Yok city. | Randall of Hobronndelivered & fine orationat e altow nor n the minor- } the conclusion of the_dedicatory ceremonie and his words favorably-tmpressed all pre ent with the order of the three links, The . which has been set apart and conse- the 1.0.0.F., is a magnificent g » stories ge and bangnet 100 and both THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISH An Element Necessary to the Preservation of American Tnstitutions. THE LATENT INSTINOT OF LOYALTY ment, the thir carly . year hy tiou of this blocl 'S A4S 0 |||uu\n||(~nl to the heen oc aud t 0. 49, a n'nln ike to |lh'm and the The buildiug cost $10,000. Prominent Educators Present Their Views on the Needs of Politi- cal Education of the Youth of the Nation. Knights of St. John and Malta. The ancient and chivalvic order of the Knights of St. John and Malta, founded at Jerusalem in 1043, and established on this coutinent in 1870, has been the subject of con- siderable discussion during the past few weeks, and the order has gained considerable headway by the amalgamation of the grand priory with the chapter general, the govern- ing body of the order. The order is firmly established in the states Prepared for The Bee. Thero has never been a time in the history of this country when the public mind has been so deeply stivred as it is just now over the rights and duties involved in American citizenship, including such related que: of New York, vania, New Jersey, | as the \\ulllnmnu of the ballot, the restvi Delaware, Texas, Michigan and Illinois, anud a ion of in the Dominion of Canada, It pays 1,000 at | our pecull Thesa death in addition to the siclk uml funeral ben- efits provided for by the local encampments, Arrangements are being mad ate grand priories, which will be confined to those states wot less than five bundred members, The next al will be held in " September, by which time the membership will amount to about four thousand in sixty encampments. New encampments have recentl formed at Smithport, Pa., Mount V Y., Treuton, N.J,, and l’lllhl‘l«‘l[lh and others are under way aud other places in considerations give fovce and pertinence to the tion whether our common schools nstitutions of learning have paid much aptention as they ought to practical instruction in the specific duties of citi ship. Does not the future good of the coun- try demand that more attention shall be paid, not only in the schools, but in the homes of the people, to the development and cultivation of a spivit of true patviotism? The rising genevation must be taught that an Amy 1 citizenship means something more than the perfunctory exercise of the rights of franchise now and then, the mera casting of a piece of paper in a ballot box or an occasi spasm of patriotic fecling on nation days. It has a lavgerand deeper me thau this, and it is the duty of all who are intrusted with the education ot the young to make this meaning clear. With the idea of emphasizing the importance of this subject, Tue Bee has sought the views of a num- ber of well known Ame n educators, whose lies are herewith en, The first to speak is Kutharine Coman, professor of his- tory and economi in Wellesloy o : S. of & One of the most enjc tainments of the season was that gi Shukespeare lodge No, at its hall Dodge street Saturday evening. T. Stribling presided over an assemblage of about two hundred appreciative listeners, fino mu- sical and literary programme was rendered by Mrs, Doy the Misses F Baker and Strib! and M Stribling, Burt, Black, Wrig Wherry, Haynes and Stockdule. At the cioso of the programn ments were e a close a delightfully pleasant ovenin refresh- sramme g to A MEASURE OF SELF DEFEN g Prof. Coman says: One who watches with apprehension the tide of immigration flowing T e f' ‘:" s will hold fts | 1toour great cities can not hesitate to givo lan rdon No, 64, )i 2y Wi hold No, 63, ) an emphatic assent to your question whetlior first social in the A, O; U. W, hall, Barker DRANG RASSAM 193 L our schoc houid not endeavor to foster the spirit of patriotism. Statistics prove tous that this immigration is Increasing in volume and degenerating in_ch d block on Tuesday eveniiig, May 6. This be ing the first “open meeting” that Clan don has held, the sale of tickets has been con- fined to the clansmen's immediate friends and those who ave eligible to become members of the order. The membebs of the Clan will wear the ning for the ssting programme has been arvanged consisting of an address by Chief G. W. Shields,recitations by Mus. Arnold and Mr. Baonochié, songs nd Meldvam The majority of the children in the ic schools of the seaboard and munufacturing towns are of 1 blood. Many of them know little of Vand nothing of thoso interests bo most dear to an Americy citizen., ‘The study of history and elvie s will go far v, | toward \- | country awakeniog and its instituti intel It refreshments | must be avoided and the words presor Will be served during the evening. us graphio ® fashion s possible, Tho Old dasio < -of deruin South historical lectures, aiming as they do _— st t ol boys - and girls iu the M J P ' A Monsiee Waye st history n its of Boston and to show th hearing on'the pre nish a very g done in this dive The proseutat ward sehools of Boston hus been more rtesy on the part of the d respouse of the boys bear wituess An important addition to the data it discussion of the height waves attalp has bro is veported from Portland. X storm wus recently experier Tal- lamock Light rock, and a “dornick” of busalt weighing sixty-two pounds was ut and the fut d exumple of what tion, of America can be flags to the than & \os. to the stirr that latent instinet of thrown up by the force of the waves and [ jovaity, which ieed not. be learued or iogical fell on the roof of the |Hhtl\u<l|n-xl~4 fu order to be capable of herolsm and self- 110 feet al the sew leve ritic Carugs AN A hole in the roof, The waves Wellesley, Muss. righ that the water came down the chimney of the boiler house of the It should be all system fog siren in torvents and poured out | atic tralning to g for citizenship. To through the tubes of the boiler, The | make certain th : chimney is about 150 fect above the sea [ hiheriustitutions . level. 'The spray eutered the cowl of the | JFGR, ¥ ST ] chimney over the lwmp, which is 150 DS feet above the sea level, and ran in streams to the bottom. 1 has come when the essential clements of 1 u should be given in all grades This of our public and private schools. Dranch of late sentiments of genuine loyalty to duty and active patriotism in the administration of the affairs uf the state and nation. :LDON. S5ponsi- bility, for lack of time, of the preparation of such an article as you suggest, It has un- doubtedly been true that too little attention has heretofore been paid in our public schools and all institutions of learning to the develop- ment of patriotic feeling, but it is move than doubtful if that can be said of the present time. I'here has been a widespread awaken- ing within the last_year or two upon this matter and_for ch we have every reason to0 be gratified. A. S. Driren, Superintendent. l\?vp\x}rmmut of publie instruction, Albany, NV TR PRINCIPLES OF GOV T I can only answer in the briefest way that T have no doubt whatever that our public schoel system ought to provide a course of instruction in the principles of the govern- ment of the United States; that child ought not to be left to grow up in lgi how their country is governed until the the district” boss and the hecler ime instructi some plain teaching in political mc be given in our schools, togethe clements of American history. Wit Haves Wann, The Tndepen lont, No. 251 Broadway, New Y Als shonld with the SPECIFIC DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP, The priuciple that the vight of the state to educate its children depends upon the neces- sity of the state that its citizens should be \'ll\ll ated is more generally recognized than her perhaps equally important, that {1 education of children to be citizens should in- clude instruetion in the specific duties of citi- zenship. he institutions of our country should be a school study ; nml by this I mean not simply government in application in sonoxal torms, butite specifio L the state, tho v, the town, the village, the school district. Few men who have uot Had u law suit know the sequence of our courts, or conld tell the difference between the sitting of the term. N out the divi judicial powe try, grand jury and the special oue person in twenty could find ion of legislative, exceutive and among the ofticers of a coun- The usual citizen would bo affronted to old that he never in his life cast a vote for president of the United States, and could not \nuhx the constitution cas! te in Novem- ber \)m children need to be taught practical pol- itics in the bes t sense of the words. of the caucus and of the 'y should be familis at they may respect and in time take o manly part in all that underlies the of men'in po C. W. Baup, Syracuse, N, Y. TUE STUDY OF UNUTED STATES HISTORY, I think thero is great danger in this matter of cultivating patriotism. A sentiment is not o be culti tual or will power. A the root of & plant—the root grows out of sight under ground, and the sentiment should not become t0o conscious and articulate, Such consclous eultivation of sentiment becomes sentimentalismand is sure to lead to reaction, Our Fourth of July patriotisi is not all a na tlonal virtue or conducive to the beneflt of our nation as a whole Now it seems to me that the troe education of 1 s involves u study of United States history—as eritical & study of it us you ple and especially a study of the aphics of best and highest s A comparison of « f governmer n this country with sof govern: found in K 1y if a principlo of prc opmont 13 discovorod, witl prove patriotism of the botter kind, be patrlotisei should be grounded on reason und not passion. It may ho a deep, unconscious feellng, and I have no doubt it will be, whether we take the slightest pains to culti vate it But our cultivation of it in the hould not be thr appeals to blin Comparative histe m, but to the inte i5 tho truo basis for t ou that too little at- tention is pald in our public schools to the de- velopment of patriotic feeling. that the opposite understaud it, the I should hold rather the trogh. As I ar of the vebellion did not indicate too little patriotism, but a too narrow patriotism—a patriotism that appeals to passion rather than a just appreciation of u common good in the highest sense, If an thing, there was more of a furor of pat ism in the narrow sense in the confedera If by patriotism we meuna love of of the whole country, of course l'n' the southern states patriotism is meant love 3¢ count right or wrong, it seems to me that such patriotism is Lot a very high Haunrs. Department of the Tnterior, Bureau of Eiduca- tion, Washineton, D. CONNUBIALITIES. John B. Parshall, a compositor in_the Del- tte office, recently set up tho of 'three golden weddings. Ho sct up ze notices of the same couples fifty able coincidence, there I Near Boston, Ga., family by the name of Gr iarit VL. about them is their interinary miles there re and each head of tho me name, and the l(luahlp of none run lower than the 'thivd cousin, John Hamilton of Greenfleld, aged thirty- six, walked into the marviage licenso court at Wilkesba subella Tay- ., leading little I ! lov by the hand, ouly (.u years old short, d Himilton' wi nted marriage certificate. The consent of the Daronts was givan and tho couple. Were mar: vied this moming. polia) tho' othar. day. REbAKRG. & breach of promise suit against her brotherin- Mr. Lane, Sho claims that after twelve moiths acquaintance thoy were betrothed and the marriage was set for last o but the groom failed to roport. llmm‘h she was he were friends. At the Walton-Veazey nuptials in Wash- ington a few days ago the bridal bonquets was composed of five small bouquets ticd together, in one of which was concealed a ving. The bride separated these as she went up staivs,and threw one to each of the brides maids, Miss Junette Halford, daughter ot Secretary Hulford, caught the one containi o ervone began speculatin the significance of the fac Sociul circles at Jackmantown Plantation have had no reason to complain of dullne the pust wintor, judglug from reports that have appeared in the Somerset Iteportor Tho latest event is thus deseribed: “The lu.m Morin nuptia celebrated i for thre d_uights, until atables and s and nights of danciug ought t the most devoted adwirer o terpsichore, The fathe of E. H. Vogel, a twenty- \--lr old drug k of St. Louls, is suing M Louise Schroeder to recover wedding pi ents made her by his son under an engu ment of marviage. The engagement wus vo wuch opposed by th Iy of young Vogel, and after the death of his” wother in March a break oc d and Vogel returnod th presents he had received to the lady, but sh continues 1o retain those she receive him. It may bo well to state thut the suit instituted by the father against the sou's ob Jection A Berlin dispatch reports thata cur wony ha ut Bilsdorf, T ! ble birth woi tized, and renounced their names, titles nationality, Count Aime of Yeddo 0 Herr Curt, and will study chool with & view of b Prussian ofticer, Viscount IKobayal Tokio will be known in future as Horr Bru and intends to study for the German ! o assigued {or this romarkablo i the part of the Japs is that th fallen in love with two sisters, day good old Bradenburg fumily dies d tho mlnlu wen unless thoy « aus und naturali 788 churches, 1,181 pastors or 520,126 wembers,