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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1895,
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September 1. 1895.
A SERIOUS QUESJ ION OF SUBORDI-
NATION AXb DISCIPLINE.
The order of Judge Bradley discharging
Major George A. Amies, arrested and Im-
prisoned at the Instance of General Svho-
fleld while acting secretary of war, is loud-
ly condemned by some military friends of
General Schofleid. The latter retired very
recently from active military service, and
was heartily congratulated and oommended
by the president and the press of the
country. Judge Bradley's opinlion declar-
ing his last official wit "unlawful, arbi-
trary, tyrannical and capricious." 'has cre-
ated a great stir In military ranks, and a
prominent army officer makes the asser-
Mtun that the people of this country are in
much greater danger from the power and
tyranny of the civil judges than they are
from the 'trained officials of the army. He
argues that in charging General Schofleid
wRh usurpation of authority, Judge Brad-
ley lays himself liable to a similar charge.
It Is even insisted t'h'at nothing less than
an extraordinary stretch of judicial im-
munity can save 'the judge from impeach-
ment and punishment. In a recent article
In London Truth It is insisted that the
judiciary have now far exceeded their
proper bounds, and this contention is il-
lustrated by the citation of a case before
Lord Esher, the distinguished master of
the rolls, one of the ablest judges of the
kingdom. Dr. Anderson, the appellee be-
fore the court of appeals, reports the ca.se
as follows:
I submitted to the master of the rolls,
who was -presiding: "Then. If your lord-
ship were to order a policeman in court to
bring up to you on the bench a man from
the body of the court, and your loriship
were then to strike the iwan in the race,
would the striking be a judicial act?" And
his lordship replied that it would l>e a judi-
cial act. * * * On August 7. reverting to
the point your petitioner had submitted
as to whether strlkitffe- a man in the face
would be a judicial act, Lord Esher said:
"If 1 were to order a barrister in court to
Sit down, and he would not, and I shot ait
him and killed him, 1 much doubt if pro-
ceedings for murder would lie against me."
This may be good law In England, but
no such judicial inv.mun.flty can be claimed
or enjoyed under the constitutional gov-
ernment of this country. No Judge is above
the law. No generai Is above the law.
Judicial immunity stops at more or less
clearly defined lines of authority in this
country. Judge Bradley holds that General
Schofleid went over the line and, while the
literature of his opinion may be subject to
criticism, It seems to be generally agreed
that it is good law. Still there stems to
be cogent reason why the war department
officials, representing the authority of the
president as commander-in-chief of the
army, should be dissatisfied with the tenor
of a judicial ruling which rtrikes them as
asserting the virtual e::v:rnr '.!on of retired
army officers from liability to discipline at
.the hands of their superiors, including the
highest known to constitutional and statu-
tory law. It Is true that Judge Bradley
allows that "by section 1256 of the revised
statutes of the United States he (Captain
Armes) Is subject to the rules and articles
of war'to be tried by court martial for any
breach thereof." On the other hand, how-
ever, he takes care to remark: "The
president of the United States is com-
mander-ln-chief of the officers of the army
on the retired list. This function of the
executive, however, is unaccompanied by
any weighty responsibility. His title of
cdVnmander-ln-chlef, so far as it relates to
retired officers, is shorn of all power to
impose duties, and appears to be an empty
name." If officers in the position of Cap-
tain Armes are not, as implied by Judge
Bradley, amenable to discipline at the
hands, directly or indirectly, of the presi-
dent as commander-in-chief, then they are
free to enjoy the privilege of chartered
libertines so far as the matter of military
subordination is concerned. License like
this is apt to be contagious and progres-
sive. A mental habit of refusang decent
respect for military authority is apt to run
by logical filiation into a mental habit of
contempt tending to open defiance for alll
authority. It is well, therefore, that an
appeal has been taken in the case of Cap-
tain Armes from Judge Bradley's court to
•the district court of appeals, so to test
the question of liability to discipline which
the case involves. The tone of the lower
court was too much that of a stump speeoh
for political effect from the bench. After
all that may be said about the overween-
ing arrogance of some judges, there Is no
greater danger portended for the civil
security of the citizen end the constitu-
tional basis of the ivpublke than is sug-
gested from time to time* by Judges de-
claiming in the rode of judicial demagogues
and political agitators, not In that of
solemnly consecrated conservators alike of
liberty and authority under and within tfhe
constitution..
Galveston-Dallas News:' The 'lower
branch of the legislature has voted to al-
low the mileage and per diem of members
who were net in their seats until "after
the play is over," as the song goos.
of the late arrivals drew as mueh mileage
alone as $160, to say nothing of \It.; por
diem, simply because they showed up at
the eleventh hour in 'time to he exc-.s- K
The faithful voter aoid taxpayer \va h. tid-
ing his baok in the cotton pa.eh while this
complacent grab at the public money was
made.
Kaufman Sun: This is inexcusable.
Three me-mbers of the house who failed 10
put in an appearance at all were not al- i
lowed their mileage and per diem, and the
members who refuse1 or failed to come
until the day of adjournment was fixed
simply stultified themselves by accepting
pay for services they had never re run-red. j
Their constituents are the ones to 1 m« .1-
ber them, and if Th News warns them to
suffer kt it publish their na.v.vs, so the
people may know who they* are. Such out-
rageous practices by members of the legis-
lature deserve the severest rtbuking.
Yes, they stultified- themselves, but how
about the members who by a large ma.-
jorltv voted to allow them the money they
did not even pretend to have earned? Ilow
about the party by whom such members
were elevted and the administration of
which they are a pait? The outrage to
whfcch the Sun refers is chargeable not
merely to the members who took the un-
earned money, but to the administration
and to the party that handed It out to
them. If not, why not?
If Mr. McKlnley wishes to be president
he must drop protection and take to some
new form of political rascality.
A key found in the pocket of Holmes,
the butcher, when he was lodged in the
Philadelphia jail has been tried in the look
on the door of the cottage in which the
Pietzel boy was murdered in Indianapolis.
The key fitted perfectly and was identified
by a former tenant of 'the house. Where
Is the rope?
Naples, Morris county, is excited over a
boy 7 years of age with heavy whiskers.
He is a young populist.
Do not permit your public men to de-
ceive you by dodging home issues and af-
fairs and pounding their bosoms over
troubles in foreign lands. Watch the dem-
agogue who attempts to do this.
The Hardinites of Kentucky can not jolly
the administration.
Galveston-Dallas News: Do the people of
Texas indorse the action of their high-
price^ statesmen at Austin in appropriat-
ing large sums of public money to absent
or tardy members? Is it fair or democratic
to thus divide the stuff around to men who
have performed no service to the state?
Wood County Democrat: No. It was a
mistake in the working members to allow
It and a fraud on the part of the tardy
members to accept it.
It was not a whit worse to take it than It
was to tender It. The truth about the mat-
ter is that the whole shooting match 'took
from the state pay for time spent In cor-
recting their own blundering or mischiev-
ous work.
O. C. Story has leased the Omaha Gazette
ta J. W. Williams.
Two prominent candidates on the demo-
cratic ticket in Utah have been hauled up
by their Churches for taking part In poli-
tics. Utah is just about to become a free
state. After it has enjoyed autonomy and
raiders for a few years most of the
churches will probably be used for all they
are worth as campaign capital.
It takes a man in football toggery to par-
ticipate In a Chicago primary.
The Wihitesboro News has a word for
others. It svays: '"Governor Culberson Is
albsorbing all the glory and commendation
of the recent work of the legislature called
In extra session to put a stop to prize fight-
ing in Texas. He did his best to stop it all
by himself, but threw up the sponge, called
the legislators together and turned the job
over to them. But 'twas ever thus; the
boys In the trenches win the victories and
tli# leader gets all the glory. One preacher
says that Gcd heard his prayers and
stopped the fight. Leaving him and the
Whiteshoro News out, the rest seem united
in their eagerness to give all the glory to
the governor.
The Kyle Dipper is a new weekly, of
which J. T. WU'lett Is editor and H. «M.
Church publisher.
It seems that the legislature of Arkansas
makes almost as many mistakes as the leg-
islature of Texas, but they do not cost the
people quite as much money.
The governor of Arkansas Is now holding
forth In the grand stand.
The governor of Arkansas Is undoubtedly
a candidate for re-eleotion. Referring to
the movement to have a prize fight within
the limits of his domain, he declares: "In
the present state of public opinion, which
at last is the force that inflicts penalties,
prize fighters have no rights which those in
authority are bound to respect."
The duke of Marlborough left Kentucky
without buying a single horse. The mint
juleps were wasted on him.
One reason why some people are reluct-
ant to pay their taxes Is that they are con
vinced that much of the public money Is
squandered.
Bitter partisans who had wished General
Mahone dead 1(H) times attended his funeral
SNAP SHOTS.
There are enough pretty young women in
the United States for all the foreign dukes
but the trouble Is that most of them
haven't $10,000,000 apiece.
When it comes to pompous literature
Governor Clarke of Arkansas takes the
light bread.
It does not matter how deeply the voters
of Illinois bury Governor Altgeld, just so
they do not push him through on poor old
China,
The LLtt'le Rock Gazette declares that
"forty prize fights in Arkansas will injure
the state less than one .week's session of
the late legislature."
•Durrant, on trial for slaughtering Inno-
cent Sunday school girls in San Francisco,
did not even know what an alibi was until
his lawyers tried to find one for him.
Responding to an encore, Governor Cul-
berson had the enemy dragged down to
Austin.
The first number of the Rockwall Sun Is
out with a great huad. T. K. Bickley Is
making the Sun move.
Let the ambitious demagogues have their
way and they will keep the people at war
with each other forever.
Do not let the shrewd place hunter divert
your attention from the live Issues of your
own city, district or state by offering reso-
lutions and making windy speeches over
the affairs of foreign lands. Hold him
down and make him show every card in his
hand. __________
IN CHIVALRY'S DAY.
The days of chivalry were not really days
of profound respect for women. Young
women were kept locked up In a convent
until they were married^ and locked up
in their husbands' castles the rest of
their lives, with severe duennas to watoli
every movement.
The mosquito Is a frail creature, but he
always carries his point.
The telephone belle is a great wire-
worker.
No free man is willing to subsist on
crow.
A handsome present now and then is ap-
preciated by the worst of men.
The heroic football player thinks there
is nothing like a broken collarbone.
A new movement or organization is
formed one minute and the hat passed
around the next.
Thf* husband of Mrs. Am vHe Rives Ohan-
ler is still quick, but he is dead to her.
Even in the richest of all countries
"there is more in the man than there is
In the land." _____
The practical joker has done mankind
until a well informed person is afraid to
let a doctor look at his tongue.
The bibulous glutton Is little more than
a portable reservoir.
Some people marry for spite.
The ice man ami the coal man now meet
at the front gate.
To dream that one has plenty of money
is almost like having it until one awakes.
The crook gets the wayward lamb.
Loud dressing speaks for itself.
What is the world coming to? In the
Durrani case In San Francisco a woman
actually refused to repeat what she had
heard. She must be a new woman.
OLD SUBSCRIBERS OF THE NEWS.
Mr. C. R. Cox a Reader of The News Since
Its First Issue.
Quintana, Tex., Sept. 3.—To The News:
Seeing so many old readers and subscribers
responding to The News' invitation to send
in their names, induces me to report that
1 have been a reader of The News since its
first issue and a subscriber for about forty
years, but not continuously. I am a great
admirer of The News' independence, am
now a subscriber and expect to be as long
as I live. Success to The News anil long
may it wave.
My father and mother moved to Texas
In 1829 from Bowling Green, Warren coun-
ty, Ky., where I was born, August 31, 1828.
My father died in 1833, my mother in 1841.
1 have lived in Texas continuously from
182U to the present time, over sixty-five
years. Am now in my 68th year. Was a
soldier in 18!6 in the war between the
als and *uMence«*. with monster chasms,
fissure® and precipice*-; in soma case? the
figures were feet wide and Kent to an
unknown depth.
MR. C. R. COX.
United States and Mexico, serving in John
W. Hays' regiment, Ballowe's company.
Was In the battle of Monterey, September,
1816; helped to storm several forts and the
bishop's palace. In 1850 was elected county
clerk of Brazoria county; was re-elected in
18C8 and 18G0 without opposition; was elect-
ed county judge In 1862 and re-elected in
1804. Resigned in May, 1865, to keep from
being turned out by the carpet baggers.
Was elected assessor and Collector of taxes
in 1S(W5; resigned in 18C7. Was appointed
sheriff and tax collector in 1877 and held
it until November, 1878, when I was defeat-
ed by W. II. Snarp, republican, who got
all the negro vote. Was elected county
commissioner In 1862 and resigned in Octo-
ber, 1883, since which time I have been a
private citizen and cow driver. So you see
officers do sometimes resign. C. R. COX.
Quintana, Tex., Sept. 6.—To The News:
In compliance with your request. I send
you the only photograph I have of myself,
taken nearly twenty-two years ago.
C. R. C
COX.
J. B. HENDERSON.
BELMONT'S DENIAli
The Logical Opponent of Marton for the
New York Governorship.
For The News.
Perry Belmont has found it necessary to
formally deny that he is a Candidate for
the governorship of New York. Of course
he is not a candidate In the general sense
of the term. He. indeed, prefers to put
himself in the attitude of one who races
away from political honors. Hut in spite
of himself he is con-
11. t. .1 with the party
situation in such a
way as to make him
logically the standard
bearer next year. It
do^s not appear that
he has a By choice In
the matter. The party
workers in Kings
county are for him
to a man. Mr. Cleve-
land looks upon the
B: lmont boom with
no unfriendly eye.
Should 11 r. Morton
not be nominated tor
the presidency he will
doubtless be a candi-
date for re-election
,, , to the goternorshlp.
Mr. Belmont would be his logical opponent.
It is said that in cose Mr. .Morton lails
to get the preside-ntial nomination next
year he will retire from political life. There
does not seem to be any valid ground for
this impression. Mr. Morton has a taste
as well as an undeniable capacity for a
public (areer. He has too nnich good ta.-;?;
to indulge in a fit of the sulks. Moreover,
all citizens have a per sonal esteem for his
character. He is not likely to retire for
years yet.
C/K.
B ELMO XT.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Red Hill. Tex., Sept. 9.—To The News:
Some time in the year 1S55 my father took
The News, and we have kept it up first
and last till the present day.
J. B. HENDERSON.
Red Hill. Tex., Oct. 12.—To The News:
I have been reading The Galveston News
first and last since 1855, my father having
subscribed for it in that year. 1 don't re-
member the year 1 first commenced taking
The News, but think it was some time in
the 60s. However, the paper has been In
our family since 3855 or 1856. Wishing The
News much success, I am, with much re-
spect, your admirer,
J. B. HENDERSON.
JOHN T. DTTLANEY.
Summer's Mills, Bel'l Co., Tex., Sept. 13.—
To The News: I notice you want names
of old readers of The Galveston News. I
have been reading The News, off and on.
ever since Franklin Pierce was electcd
president of the United States. Get your
almanac and see how long It has been. 1
have no education and can't tell. Voted
for him all the same. It was no crime In
thos'1 days to make a little bet on elec-
tions. 1 won a $5 pair of pants on that
election, which made the second pair of
pants I owned. JOHN T. DULANEY.
W. H. DUREN.
Belott, Houston Co., Tex., Sept. 31.—To
The News: I have been a reader of The
News for forty years or more. My father
moved to T^xas In 18-1C and settled in this
county In 1819. My father took The News
over forty years ago. Last year was the
best cotton year I ever saw In Texas. The
present year's crop bids fair to be sorry
in our county. W. H. DUREN.
MR. G. W. ROBISON.
G. W. Robison of Cold Springs, Tex., In
renewing his subscription to the Semi-
Weekly for another year, states that he
has been a subscriber to The News since
i8rs.
Santa Fe New Mexican: That is a neigh-
borly thing Topeka is doing to-day for
Texas. All of us have th* same neighborly
interest In the Lone Star *a e and her deep
water harbors. The southwest must get to-
gether and work together.
* • •
Boston Gltybe: It is a |rery uneventful
ilay when some new rumor in regard to ex-
Presldsnt Harrison Is not put forward. The
latest one Is to the effect tl|at ho will sup-
port Robert T. l.lncoln for the presidency.
It looks as If the ex-presiiftnt were mak-
ing violent efforts to kee-fl himself con-
stantly before the public.
• • *
Philadelphia Record: Th.> son of the
great Lincoln takes quite Mndly to the
mention of his name amonfr tje republican
candidates for next president. As the tariff
Issue declines McKlnley, Redd and Har-
rison decline with It in the political mar-
ket. and the republican leaderi look about
for more available presidential material.
Thus the shadow of a famous name looms
up among the rest. The qilestion is, will
the name of Lincoln do to eoljure with?
• « *
Boston Herald: Senator Allison remarks
that if three years of trial 'shall disclose
that, with good wages paid til labor, any of
our Industries can sucressfilly compete
with like Industries abroad on existing
duties they will not be chanled; where it
appears that they cun not, ne\( and favora-
ble adjustments will be metb. Probably
the friends of tariff reform will not object
seriously to that programme honestly ad-
hered to. i
* * »
Pittsburg Post: Civil servicagoes stead-
ily forward under the Cleveland adminis-
tration. The president has jujt issued an
order putting atxiut one-half tie consular
force under a modified civil seFvice, whleh
provides for a class but not competitive
examination. We presume thisiineans that
all persons applying for consukr positions
will have to stand an examination, but not
a competitive one. They must (lemonstrate
their ca " • - -
ages
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Nashville American: It Is stilted that In
seventeen counties In Kansaj democrats
and populists have fused. What democrats
will gain by this movement will be nothing.
Sach fusions will do them no more good
than their fusion with republicans in four
counties in the sume state. Populist rule
In Kansas has not been of sueh a, character
that It would Induce the wise members of
any opposing party to join with them in
electing public servants.
* • *
Kansas City Times: Yes, the horse must
go. We have tried to retain 'or him his
necessity and his popularity of years ago,
but he won't do much longer. The wheels
are dethroning him rapidly, andjit la only a
question of time when the noble and useful
animal must lope his preitlge almost en-
tirely. The pneumatic tire is tjie cause of
the horse's downfall, and the utes it is be-
ing put to yearly are enough tb insure its
supremacy.
• * •
Brooklyn Eagle: The argument in favor
of conventions following those of the party
in power Is based more on i-nagiaary than
011 real benefit. If in the past the repub-
lican party has been strong •■noujh to hold
its conventions without Wilting: for the
democrats to take action, It would seem
that it ought to be able new to time its
convention in accord with Its own ideas
and the condition of Its tnasury. Mean-
while it may be said that tie question of
the date of the next republican national
convention, is not one that 1; worrying the
democratic statesmanship of the country.
?ir capacity, but the matter of percent-
es will not determine.
A CENTURY'S PROGRESS IN A DAY.
Ch'Icago Inter Ocean.
Legislatures Wave 'been convened to make
special appropriations to meet deficiencies
or for enactment of laws 'bearing on indus-
trial or military Issue*:, but Texas set's 'the
prei-adent of a convocation of a legislature
im special session for the sole purpose of
prevention of a vicious manifesfta'tion of a
depraved sentiment. The flag of Texas fle*
over the vanguard of 'the army of good nror-
als to-day. The title ol' ">the great state of
Texas" is endowed wl'iih new and honora-
ble sign! Ilea nee. . . . The most pleasant re-
flection upon the legislation that has made
un end of prize lighting in Texas is that it
wa* thoroughly in uvord with the temper
of the people. Th • news of the passage of
the bill was welcomed by bon<nres and by
other demons>traition« in all parts of the
state. Texas has made <a hundred years of
progress in a d'ay.
A GREAT ADVERTISEMENT.
Ph Mad e lph Pa Record.
For t'he development and settlement of
Texas the action taken this week (prohiib-
itHng prize lighting) <wliil, we believe, !>e
worth more than any immigration com-
mission ever organized, and it reflects the
'highest credit on both Governor Culberson
and tJhe Texas legislature.
EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES.
The plains of Josuiia were uplifted In 1759
•to the extent of 1700 feet in e dingle night
by violent crust emotions. In 1783 the earth-
«4aakc in Ca.abrla caused immense ui/heuv-
NEWSPA PER COMMENT.
Rosenberg Progress: Rlclmond and Ro-
senberg citizens are anxious to get at each
other—over the 'phone.
Willis Index: Even his blterest political
enemies admit that Charlie Culberson is a
rather smooth politician.
Galveston Independent: The Galveston
Independent has always aid will always
be for and with the people.
Beaumont Journal: Thousands upon
thousands of bushels of Jefferson county
rice will be on the market next week.
Marble Falls Standard: Notwithstand-
ing the decrease in the coton crop. Mar-
ble Falls' receipts will be lirger this year
than last.
W'oodville Eureka: The Texas oil and
mineral company will soon begin work at
Sour Lake In search of petioleum, also at
Gladys City, near Beaumont.
Beeville Bee, The next legislature will
b confronted with the Imperative neces-
sity of legislating against the boll weevil,
which threatens to ruin the state for cot-
ton growing In the last legislature a bill
was introduced to restrict tr.e growing of
cotton within certain limits, but at that
time the danger rrorn the wevfl was not
corsldercd serious and the bill died in the
committee room.
Beaumont Herald: If every Tflxas farm-
er who has raised corn had kept him a few
cows and a few hogs he would ^ow be in
the swim. While corn is cheap,cattle and
hogs command an excellent prick and if a
farmer had stock to feed his cor> he would
realize twice as much per bushel. With
plenty of corn, cattle, hogs Ind sheep
going up and cotton on the rise, the Texas
farmer will, in the next two yefrs, be the
most prosperous in the country.]
Victoria Advocate: Rockport Refugio,
Goliad, Gonzales and Smlthvllje are en-
deavoring to get an extension <jf the Mis-
souri. Kansas and Texas from Smlthvllle
to deep water by way of the above named
cities, and the Refugio Reglsteii has given
considerable apace to talking up the
project. We anticipated this, 4nd in our
last issue warned^ the people cf Victoria
not to be asleep when more roads are
being built. We now call their attention
to the fact that the project is being pushed.
Temple Tribune: The eottoq fields of
Wharton county are suffering h«avily from
the ravages of a species of insect termed
the Spanish weevil. The difference between
this weevil and the common warm is that
the worm attacks the boll at the point
where the stem joins it to the base, while
the weevil begins at the upper part. This
Is trie tirst time that the vermin has been
seen in Wharton county, and tte damages
ere beyond comprehension, as nearly six-
tenths of the crop has been destroyed or
injured by them.
Temple Tribune: The columns of The
Galveston News devoted to thi* few who
have been readers and subscribers to that
paper over forty years is growlig in inter-
est and popularity. Many pajes of un-
written history, reminiscences i and anec-
dotes crop up In lavish abundance, and
the public is beginning to get trne glimpses
of the old pioneers and heroes tvho helped
In,raising Texas to her present high stand-
art!. All hall the grand old veterans, and
may they continue to live antj enjoy life
for many more years, with The News by
. their side to still instruct an| entertain
1 them.
TOUR OF A MADHOUSE
A jurvey of the State Asylum
for th? Insane at
Terrell.
LIGHT AND DARKNESS STORY
An Observer's Notes and Comments, with
Character Scenes that Appeal
to Sympathy.
fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 2G.—(To The Xewt.l
—Of all our public Institutions there are none
whose interests appeal more directly to hu-
manity. whose walls hide more grinning fami-
ly skeletons, and whose deepest recesses echo
tflth more harrowing sounds than our insane
4sytums. Let me conjure all men and women
*ho have not their nerves *ell In hand to stay
away or else visit those wards in which are
confined the convalescen-t.
Sixty-nine counties of Texas have added
ihieir full quota to the 8uo or more patients
confined at Terrell. Aristocratic families of
Fort Worth, Dallas. Weatherford and numer-
ous other Texas towns have hidden behind
these friendly walls, away from the curious,
unaympa:hizing gaze of the world, some of
their mo^t cherished members. Erstwhile law-
yers, doctors, teachers, preachers, artists, au-
thors. even ubiquitous drummers, whose
names and fame have extended over this broad
land of Texas, are there, howling, gibbering
maniacs, whose minds are as blank as an ex-
panse of open sea.
I have always desired to visit an asylum,un-
announced. and see the every day workings.
VU'. ors' day. when the bright side of every-
thing is shown 'to the public, does no-t sa isfy
me. So, leaving Dailas at 9:30 Saturday morn-
ing, In company with two well balanced wo-
men. Mrs. and Miss It., we soon found our-
selves 011 the depot platform at Terrell, a tar-
get for hundreds of curious eyes. Why? Be-
cause the asylum omnibus stood waiting. Do
you know whtt a seat In that omnibus means?
Craxy! In about ten minutes we entered the
beautiful grounds surrounding the asylum.
Nunierr,a3 patients sa: in the cool shade,
promenaded up and down the well kept gravel
walks, or stretched their weary limbs on the
closely mown gr?en grass. But for the knowl-
edge that I was on the grounds of a mad house
1 should have fancied myself at some first-
r.a.ss bummt: resort. On closer Inspection, I
found that the hundreds of small windows
opening out Irom the entire right and left
wir is of the Immense main building were cov-
ered with a network of strong steel wire,
painted white. Curious faces peered at us.
ar.d one female expressed an in entlon of using'
a six-shooter on somebody if she could "jes
git out." Lacked hosnltality, don't you think?
Well, she couldn't out." so I pot In. Dr.
C. M. Rosser. superintendent of the asylum,
met us. There was no formality. A few in-
troductions, that was all, for the la'tch-string
of tills Institution, the pride of nerth Texas.
Is always on the outside, and its officers are
without peer In 'their respective places. We
passed hurriedly -through the offices on 'the
firs, floor and were placed In charge of the ma-
tron. Mrs. Bayless Harrlss of Dallas, well
known in Texas as possessing wonderful ener-
gy, executive ability annd intelligence. Under
her management a complete and much needed
renovation has taken place in the household
departme-r.tf. 'Everything is bright, attractive
and scrupulously clean. The floors of the
long halls annd all the wards are covered with
parafline, then polished -till they glistened like
mirrors. We were assigned lovely rooms ad-
joluing those 0? the matron, and had barely
time to remove our hats when In walked a
moilierly looking Individual, dressed in spot-
loss muslin, her snowy hair hanging In care-
less locks about her face. Before I had time
to collect my wits or remonstrate. I was in a
warm embrace and an Incoherent voice was
pouring out words of welcome. While she
turned her attention to Mrs. and Miss R., I
said to Mrs. Harrlss: "Oh, Mr3. Ilarrlss, Is she
one of them?" Tne answer was: "Yes, but
she is not only quite harmless, but an indis-
pensable helper and our family heirloom." I
had hardly time to recover my breath ere I
wis bowing humbly before "A member of the
royal house of Scotland." This august ,per-..
sonage, a small, pale-faced woman, holds court
or else addresoea eaeh day a communication to
her lords. Now she was "one of them," sure
enough, and I was so relieved when the dinner
bell rung and she hurried away. We dined
"on family" with Dr. Rosser, and I assure you
that my experiences of the morning did not
prevent my doing full justice to a most tempt-
ing and well prepared repast. I want to con-
fers that I eyed t'he two charming young
waitresses and took care to dodge my head
when -the dishes came round till I received a
reasourlug "not one of them" from one in a
position to know.
When we had finished dinner, 'the superin-
tendent said: "Ladles, 1 am at your service.
Would you prefer visiting tne female patterns
first?" In one voice we answered in the af-
firmative. We wanted to our own sex first.
Dr. Ro»Sdt led the way. while we, with much
trepidation, sandwiched our&lves between our
guide, two male visitors and the matron. A
bel' tinkled, a key turned and the immense
door turned on its hinges to admit us. A
slight glrlis'h attendant—I believe there are
three on each floor—came forward to meet us.
We were in the first of the eight wards, sit-
uated in the right wing of the main building,
and were on the third floor. We were face to
face With some 45 curable pa-tien'ts. at least
their cases are hopeful. Unless very violent,
the;e, in fact all the patients, are permuted
to roam about in their respective wards.
While I saw a few locked chairs and beds, not
one of the beds and very few of the chairs
were occupied. In this ward there was little
demonstration of any kind. A glad cry or a
look of happy recognition as Dr. Rosser
clasped their thin hands or reassured them,
thait was all. As we entered t'he cells from
right to left I noticed every mattress turned
upside down. Why? It was inspection day for
t'he officers. I Inspected, too, and found that
evfcn the bed slats were scoured till they glis-
tened. A vary puffy little straw bed, odorous
with new-mown hay, a pair of snowy sheets,
a pair of red California blankets, a snowy
counterpaln and one white pillow—every in-
mate of the asylum has this same bed fur-
nishing. Irrespective of social condition. Some
of the less violent of the female patients have
their trunks, pretty dresses, pictures. bo*>ks
and many articles dear to a woman's heart in
ftinir cells.
Some do exquisite needlework and are en-
thusiastic over an exhibit which they are pre-
paring for the Dallas fair. Some are artists
and have their walls covered with original
work. I find -that their favorite studies are
flowers a.nd babies. In the absence of a can-
vas. Mis9 W. had covered a tiny slate with
sniff, many-hued houses. Another artist. Mrs.
S.. has undertaken to paint a life-size por-
trait of their much-lovcd Dr. Rosser. This Is
for the fair, '00, and so well is she pleased
wl-th her former efforis that she has awarded
herself hundreds of gaily decorated flannel
medals. These she had penned over her entire
bosom. A very wild-eyed, middle-aged wo-
man had her lap filled with yards of crochet,
made of di f fere n't-hued cotton threads, all for
rhe Dal la» fair.
Wo passed on an<! found the "Madonna"
complacently rocking to afid fro and watching
t'he "Immortals." A letter she had written to
"Ernest. God's own son." was slipped into my
fli'ind, but itsi contents are sacred. Li tile
woman, the world must never know.
As we passed down the long corridor I heard
the tinkling note* of a piano and a cracked
but plaintive voico singing "Home Sweet
Home." I was 'told that a number of the pa-
tients were good musicians, and that an op-
portunity to practice had proven quite bene-
ficial to them. 1 do not know how about <hose
who have to listen
We now readied a cheerful sitting-room.
The piano occupied one aide of the room. The
singer for some moments did not notice our
entrance, but when she did she at once arose
and no amount of persuasion could induce her
to proceed. Dr. Rosser called ano:her one of
the patienta, and without hesitation, a pale,
sad-eyed woman came and sat down in front
of the Instrument. She stru. k a fed chords of
that sweet lang syne song, "Kitty Wells," and
turning to me said. "You sing it." Well, I
did. wh'lo Mrs-. R. and Dr. Rosser accompa-
nied me with the alto and bass. Their voices
are rich and tuneful. Our accompanist made
no errors and the wails echoed with 'the best
efforts of our lives.
The female patients in this ward also have a
nice library, but I noticed that -they were not
one-half so literary a* the male patients. They
are also more revtless and complaining and
chafe under '.he restraint. I was told that on
account of the many Improvements going on
about the grounds, the male Inmates are given
more work, more outdoor exercise and that
■this renders them more cheerful and contented
with their surroundings.
We passed on ;to another ward. The same
tinkling bell, t'he turning of keys and massive
doors and we were In the presence of some
fifey more doubly unfortunates. An attendant
came forward. She looked haggard. I said.
"You are not well." She answered with a
sicklv smile. "I don't feel the best In the
world." About this time a perfect giantess,
with her vofcee raited to /a shriek, made a
break for Or. Rower. It seemed that the a
tmdant had taken from th;? patient a bottle
of ammonia teat she commit suicide. The wo-
man was so frertlod that wc were forced .0
Pave rhat ward without inrp..-:ng It
As we descended to other wards we found
•thc- condition 01' ihe patients more hopeU 5
Ii seemed that the very climax of'humau he;p-
U ifaess and misery had "been reachcd when we
came to the department In which are confined
the epileptics and some very violent patients.
My tfrst impulse was to see the women who
have the nerve, the moral courage and for-
bearance to s:ay in here and care for these
unfortunates. I do not understand how any
womar for the pitiful salary of $20 a m nth
can come here at not only the risk of com-
pletely wrecking her nervous system, but I03-
Ing her life. It is wrong for the legislature of
a fcreat state like Texas to cut an appropria-
tion tor an institution of this kind end fore?
people to accept such wages for such exhaust-
ive physical and mental labor. I saw an at-
tendant whose face bad been torn and whose
bidy was blavk and blue from the scratching*,
bitmgs and pinehir.gs administered by a vio-
lent patient. 1 eaid: "Are you not. afraid"
Do you keep nothing to protect yourself?"
' Oh. no." she said, "if the other 'crazies' see
one o? their number about to get the" be.t of
me they run in and help me." Very unsatis-
factory assistance, it seemed to me.
Our conversation was here interrupted by an
obj.ct that looked mor« like a wild animal
than a human. She rushed up and declared
that her life depended or. her having a razor.
An imaginary cord around her waist was, she
».iid. cutting her life out, that one end of the
terrible cord was held by her sister-in-law.
whtL4 the other was tied around Tyler county.
They were constantly pulling on the string
and laterally sawing her In two. She became
so impouunate that Dr Rosser promised her a
carload or sharp razors just so soon as we got
out. She limped off. grunting, with her hand
on her side, but satisfied, in this ward wo
reached a seemingly gentle woman. She shook
hands with our ,hree gentleman escorts. For
politeness' sake I offered her my har.d and
said. "Will you not shake hands with me,
too?" "No," shf* said. "I'll shake hande with
God. but ." Well, 1 want to say that I got
the first genuine "cussin" of my life. After
that 1 concluded to let the "house party"
make all advances. Two gray-haired "jolly
chums" -sat flat on the floor, exchanged
ct.tesses and ate snuff out of the same box.
Jus: here 1 found myself In the clutches or a
pitiful object. She was begging for "Jes one
chaw of terbacker," running one sharp finger
over the palm of my hand, .telling my fortune
to get the "chaw." 1 listened, and an unusu-
aily good fortune it was. from the fact fhat
pretty soon I'm to g»t a real angel for a hus-
band. "An' 'lu ain't er goin' to beat me. nor
treat me mean, an' ner goln' to tar my har."
I suppose she had experienced matrimony a
failure, and wished nit- a happier fate.
Said an official to me: "Miss W.. will you
believe me when I tell you 'that during a term
of four years but one woman confined here has
expressed a "desire to see 'her husband?"
About this time a piping voice broke the
stillness. "Say. Dr. Rosser, I'm mighty nigh
well now. I ain't had one of them spells in a
whole month, an' I want you to let me go
home an' see my dear husband." I turned to
the official and said: "Sir. place this woman's
name on a card for special favors; she wants
to s-e? her husband." Well, I promised the
wonderful fortune teller her "terbacker" and
on we went.
The attendants now brought out a patient
whos'd name at one lime was on the lips of all
Dallas. She was so talented, so cultivated, so
brilliant. Two of our party were her friends,
but no shadow of recognition came from this
now mental and physical wreck. She wore a
*traight-j*cket. her once lovely hair was cut
them and a more pitiful object I never beheld.
Passing down t'he corridor we came to a pa-
tient who is simply suffering from softening
of the bruin. She Is harmless and calls her-
self the "Beauty." She sat decked ou't In ball
costume, her low-necked and short-sleeved
goA-n showing a neck and arms as plump as
those of a milk-fed schoolgirl. Her hair was
short and quite gray, but her face had a well-
kept. babyish look. She wore gold-rlmmed
glasses, bracelets, rings, charms, bangles and
shell-bead necklaces galore. I should have
christened her "Queen of Sheba" instoad of
"Beauty." She was asked to pass sentence on
the personal appearance of the ladies in our
party. In derison she tald: "I'm the only
beauty. Turn around and let me see ' how
you've got your hair fixed." Miss R., one of
our party, and ani up-to-date Dallas girl.slowly
turned and the beauty expressed herself as
woll satisfied with the arrangement of a fash-
ionable coiffure.
We now entered one of the lowest wards. 1n
which are confined thTse hopeless epileptics,
or those suffering from acute dementia. I "ati
never describe the scenes here. Some lie on
the floor, hopeless, with their faces turned to
the wall. Some stand like posts, with their
faces in dark corners and some seam never to
move. Others seem doubled up In limp knots,
cr crawl, chattering, gibbering and grinning
Into -all sorts of unwholesome places, get'tlng
ready to die. It ws horrible and I turned
away and said: "Let us go away from this
We found the colored female ward a more
cheerful place. We had hardly entered when
an ebony-hued Amazon, with an Immense Gre-
cian baud, rushed up and bantered Dr. Rosser
for a "reel." The doctor excused himself on
the grounds of a few "corns" on his toes,
but referred her to Miss R.. a capital dancer.
The Amazon made a break for the young lady,
wno will not weigh over 100 pounds, and if it
had not been for our male escorts Miss R.'s
slonder body would have been cleaving space
In less time thana It takes to write it.
This reel business sat the whole crowd wild.
In a moment one dusky, wrap-haired damsel
commenced to pat "juba" and from every cor-
ner came t'he girls <»nd old crone3 to join In
the dance. Their nakpd black toes looked like
squirming animals. They cut the pigeon wing,
pirouetted "possom la la'd" and laid Barlow
and Wilson's minstrels in the shade on "the
old-fashioned jigs, "honey, git yer hoeoakes"
and hornpipes. About this time a llttt-llpped
individual came up. Her hands were tied and
■then encased in a long soleleather muft. She
was decidedly flip and Dr. Rosser said: "Well,
Lizzie, have you been fighting again?" With
a wild laugh she blurted out: "Naw, sur.I
rut!her stay dis way 'an ter work." She kicked
up her t^t-black heels and ran the whole
length of the hall, her Immense black feet
flapping against the floor and making as much
roise as the bursting of a hundred cartridges.
We were shown In this ward a jet black ne-
gress who iE actually 'turning white. I have
heard of such a thing, but never before saw
it. This woman has on her breast a pure
white spot as large as a breakfast ^late; 'tis
no pear, but the pigments in her skin are cer-
tainly undergoing this remarkable change.
9he is a great curloftity.
As it was now late and our indulgent host
hd an eng^ememt to go to Dallas, we decided
to inspect the infirmary and male wards next
morr'ng.
In re-turning to the officers'quarters we passed
through the laundry, kitchen, bakery, sewing
rooms, cold storage and store rooms. There
were no closed doors and' we saw everything.
I can not express how pleased I was. Eevery-
where the most perfect order and cleanliness
prevailed. Economy U the watch-word and yet
there Is plenty of good food, plenty of clean
clothes, plenty of freEh water and every man
and woman seoms to 'take a personal pride in
se?:ng tha. tb?re is not a flaw In the running
of this immense family machine, where there
are upwards of 1000 members to be oared for
and looked aftei.
As we pissed through the engine room. Dr.
R»sscr accosted an ebony-hued giant who fat
bok uoright in a pile of coal dus>t with his hat
flopped over Ills half shut eyes.The doctor said:
"How are you. Daniel? Get enough to eat these
davs?" -Without moving a muscle, the old
darkev grun'ed out: "Yah. I drinks, wuk
an' eats watter. Dar plenty hawg meat an'
beef here fur all de peop'l." .This man Daniel
has never been known to give any other an-
swer to a question than the above.
After supper Dr. and Mrs. Gallllard treat-
ed us to a delightful drive. Later we played a
spirited game of whist in their rooms, and I
am very sorry to state that, 'the doctor and I
wore badly beaten by Mesdames Randall and
Gailllard. It goes without saying that we
locked our doors and dreamed all night of the
lun-'-lcs.
Next morning the first thing I heard was:
"A man escaped last night." We flrmlv be-
lieved that our precaution alone saved the
scalps of one married woman, one maiden of
questionable age and one well known Dallas
artist. Breakfas: over, wo again began our
tour of Inspection under the guidance of First
Assistant Physician GailHard. who has charge
of the female patients'. Dr. Gallllard Is an old
schoolmate and a warm personal friend of our
brain- young governor, Charles Culberson.
He is a specialist In the treatment of nervous
disorders and has been singularly successful
here. He his placed the Infirmary in the
lu'.nds of skilled attendants, and I found every-
thing as bright, clean and comfortable as the
hands of competent wom?n could make it. I
was Introduced to a patient who persists In
staying in bed. and she has been In bed for
five long years. Sho refuses 'to talk and the
only favor she ever asks of any one is "Just
a little ice water."
In one corner of the room sat a gray-haired
woman, who declared that she was making
thousands of beds every day. and yet her piti-
ful chdldr.n were sleeping in their life blood
on the bare floors. Orte patient laid her close-
ly croppsd head on the physician's bosom and
vowed tha' somebody poured "red-hot fire"
down her throat every night and she wanted
'him to stop it.
The "aristocrat" of the Infirmary #ccupied a
rocking-chair on the gallery, and sniffed the
fragrance of the flowers In the most aesthetic
fashion. Sho owns the whole state of Ken-
tucky. Its silver and gold laden hills are all
hers by light, but John A. Murrell, the great
outlaw, has somehow, by fraud, gotten the
title to her possessions, and woe be unto John
if she gets her hands on him.
The most touching sight In 'the Infirmary Is
a "clean gone daft" young mother, with a
pitiful blue-eyed, pale-faced baby In her arms.
She keeps It clutched like & vice and some-
time* «ho pours the contents of 1U bottle
down its throat. Sometimes down tfie tiecfc ©I
its dress and sometimes in its startled blue
eyes. The child was burn here and belongs to
h r body and soul, but it does r.ot impress
ir»e as a judicious arrangement for her to keep
it. She d;d not show U the leas: affection
while 1 ♦to id there a: d I wish deep down in
my heart that some one would take It.
We now turned ajjain to the ma;n building
and from Its third floor entered the first ward
to the left.
Dr. T. B. Bass, an eminent spedallst. so
well known during the last administration for
'his wonderful success In the treatment of
hrain disorders, has charge of the mile pa-
tier, ;s. and through his courtesy wo were per-
mitted to inspect these eight wards. Somehow
we were less apprehensive than we had been.
I taw at a glance that the physique of the
male atiendant? would do credit t«> h Harvard
b>at crew. They are as calm, deliberate and
courteous a set of men as I ever met. As we
l.isscd through the different wards I imagined
myself in tha presence of half a hundred pop-
ulist. farmers, only they were far less aggres-
sive than the average populist on election day
or in an argument. The reading room was
filled with men and boys. Intently reading all
f r:s cf books newspapers and perlodlcles.
Th® Dallas News was everywhere. Dr. Bass
asked a demure little nun to give us a song.
Not abashed, he stoed up close in a corner,
his hands clcse by his sides, and sang the
t'hree verses of "Sweet Fairy Bell" In a voice
thai would have excited the envy of our "own
Carl Gardner. "Now," said he. "you sing me
a song." Well. I did the bes-i I cculd. but I
didn't half repay him. Tis a wonder I ever
'ound ray voice at all with all these lunatics
crowding around me.
The management has been very kind in pro-
viding the male patients with a nice billiard
table, and as we entered this room a curly-
haiied. ex-machine agen. struck a killing at-
titude and £.tt?mpted to strike a bail. "Come."
said the attendant to me. "and beat him a
game." Heavens! play against a crazy man
wMh a hard wood cue in hi* hand! Some one
whispered. "Quite harmless, .lust a little err
cn t he subject of kissing girls." You should
have seen us getting on the other ail? of tint
table. I punched the balls a little while, but I
always kept 011 my own side of the table.
Just here a gruff voice broke out: "Say.
doctor, every orficer In this house needs a
flogging. You with the rest, and I am Just the
man to give it to you." Our James Corbc't
of an attendant gently took hold of the would-
be "flogger," white we made a hasty exit.
In the next ward It seemed that there was a
heavy per cent of idiots with their mou.hs
•hanging open and their joints completely re-
laxed. They were very quiet and pitiful. We
were now Introduced to. to me, a very inter-
esting character, from the fact that he is an
ex-Tarrant county school tfeacher. I looked up
his name on the register and saw opposite i";
In big round letters: "Insanity caused by
overwork." A mind wrecked by overwork ?nd
underpay is common in s:hool circles in this
day and time. As I left this unfortunate man
I turned ard gave him my hand and said:
"Good-bye. May the skill of your much loved
Dr. -Cass bring you perfect peace and restora-
tion. fellow teaaher."
Wo now entered anbther ward, and In an in-
stant were faced by a small, quiet man, who,
we were told. Is one of the most dangerous
patients in the asylum. This man is a mur-
derer and an ex-penitentiary inmate. He
glides as stealthily as a cat and followed us
like a shadow. It required the utmost vigi-
lance on the part of the attendants to protect
us. He kept slipping bits of paper Into our
hands and finally gave me a real letter. I
oresume It is from his wife, as it begins.
"My dear husband," and breathes such words
of .tenderness and affection as only the heart
of a good woman can know. In the ward for
colored males we again met the irrepressible,
ebony-hued Daniel, muttered to himself,
"Plenty hawg meat, an' beef fur all de peo-
ole."
Passing down the corridor, we came to a
crazy Chinaman sitting flat down on the floor.
Crazy as a loon, but not too crazy to "muchee
•washeo in laurid'ree." John didn't like us at
all, and the very moment his terrapln-Uke
eyes saw us he screeched out: "Go way! go
way! Me noo like Melican lady. Noo, n»o,
noo."
It was the dinner hour now, and we were
termitted to Inspect the tables before the* pa-
tients went in. The patients, some forty or
fifty, are fed separately in dining rooms" at-
tached to their wards. The food is sent up on
elevators to the different floors and received
by the different attendants. Tho violent either
eat or are fed with spoons, while the others
have all the conveniences of a regular hotel,
such as napkins, plates, knives, forks, cups,
saucers, etc. They are given sweet milk for
breakfast and supper, • buttermilk for dinner.
Tho milk supply comes from a valuable herd
of Holstelns kept on the asylum farm. As It
was Sunday, each patient had' a large square
of ginger-bread laid beside his plate. An offi-
cial said to me: "It costs the state just $11 to
give each one a piece of ginger-bread for din-
ner." At one meal they consume 100 gallons of
coffee or tea, 400 pounds of beef stew, 50
pound's of beefsteak or bacon, 1 barrel of
rice, 10 bushels of green fruit, 3 crates of cab-
bage. Twelve sacks of flour will furnish bread
for one day, provided some 80 pounds of meal
be made Into corn-bread. Of course they d >
not have this great variety at each meal, but
It simply goes to show t'he general public what
Is necessary to feed so large a number of peo-
ple. all having good appetites.
We had finished our tour of Inspection now.
and as we passed through one of the long cor-
ridors we were told to be very quiet, and step
softly. Why? There was a blighted lif$ going
out in one of those cells, and we were passing
the cell. I said: "Is It possible that :h°se
men have no infirmary and that they must
die In a place like this?" The answer: "Yes,
we have importuned the legislature for an ap-
propriation of only $15,000 with which to re-
lieve these unfortunates, but so far Its mem-
bers have refused us the sum. Instead they
have seen proper to cut our appropriation
$10,00 this year, but we hope by rigid economy
to live and save the state $15,000 during this
administration." I thought to myself: "CooIs
of fire heaped on the heads of our cake-walk-
ing, oyster-roasting legislators, who did little
less than jaunt about, wrangle and strive to
antagonize the best, the most conservative,
the brainiest young governor Texas has ever
had. Gentlemen, you took $10,000 away from
your own afflicted sex, and dented them the
blessing of God's own blessed sunlight to
•light their miserable souls through the valley
of the shadow of death. Your mistaken econ-
omy. It is no»t yet loo late to mend. Cut your
approp.iatlons when necessary for the good of
our state, but ihave mercy on the deaf, 'the
blind, the doubly cursed, the Insane of Texas.
<lo and see what 1 have seen, and then dare
to withhold your sympathy—your rhari:y."
We left Terrell and its asylum just as the
sun was going down in the west. We were
thoughtful, changed women, and I believe bet-
ter christians, because of the suffering we had
We are under many obligations to each and
every one of the officers for many courtesies,
for much genuine good treatment and trust
to meet tham again. MATTIE M. WARREN.
AN AMERICAN CHURCH IN ROME.
The Handsome Headquarters 'Euilt by the Meth-
<iist Church.
New York Herald.
The handsome M^ifhodist •Episcopal chuirch
inaugurated on Friday in Rome, near the war
department, and' in eight of the Quirinal pal-
ace, is one of the most ambitious undertaking
ever attempted in a Roman Catholic country by
American protestantism. The Rev. William
Burt, D. D., presiding elder of the Italian con-
forence, visited1 this country and raised $50,000
needed for the completion of mhe structure. 1:
ws just on 'the line 'between old and new Rome,"
ever to be a central and commanding position
Ground for the new building waft broken In
July, 1893. The first foundation stone was laid
d-n the following 'September and the cornerstone
was put in Its place <by iBishop John P. Newman
on May 9, 1894.
The Methodists have hitherto baen in great
meed of a building of their own. This new
bui'lding is to be the headquarters for all 'tf.ie
Methodist work In Italy, just es the Dibits
house, in Fifth avenue, is tihe headquarters for
American Methodists. Under Dr. Buit's con-
trol are twenty-nine churches and ten other
places regularly visited, by Methodist preachers,
twenty-four ministers, who are regular mem-
bers of -the conference and seventeen o.her
preachers who do local work or volunteer their
help. The members and probationers number
1525. -Dr. Burt is also at the heed of a small
cheo-iogleal institute, wihich mtumbers six en-
thusiastic young Italian? among its pupils, and
of u boys' and giris' school, and there is, be-
sides a. publishing house for the issue of Metho-
dist literature.
Up to the present the work has been carried
on in various hired halls and apartments In
different parts of the city at a great disadvan-
tage. For ifhe future -these different branches
are to have a common center of activity In
vhe new building. It is four and a half stories
in height, wOth square open -towers on either
side of the front. The basement, which is high
ant well lighted, will 'be occupied by the pub-
licihing house. On the ground floor will be the
church for services in the Italian language, a
chapel for services in Eng'iish, book rooms,
Sunday school rooms and rooms for young peo-
ple. The floors above will be occupied by the
theological school, the boys' college and resi-
dences for 'the superintendent, proressort and
preachers.
A GLORIOUS PROSPECT.
Truth.
Amicus—No, my boy, I am afraid that story
of yours will never bo read until it is brought
up against you on the Judgment day.
Author—Ah. but think of the rapture of hav-
ing my work read before such an Intelligent
audience as will be assembled there on that
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