THE SOItANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNINGr, MATCOII 3, 1807. 9 Mr0 Evamis Explains ... . His New Cimrreecy Pflamio Wfay He Favors-the Substitution of a Qovern ment Paper Currency Based on Gold Bonds for the Present Mixed Currency. In last Satui day's Tribune the pro Visions o a new cuironcy scheme drafted by II. W. Uvatis, of I'lalnsvllle, Luzeme county, were Riven. Below we psesent fiom Mr, Kvnsss' pen a stnte nient of his reasons who that meas ure ought to become a law: "The restoration of confidence through the election of McKlnley has not'restorud prosperity, and tailff leg islation can not build up the farming lnteiests, while Intel est on money, on the uveiage, Is more than double the jnoflt on farming. The genet ul Riowth of wealth In this couiilo does not uv esuge thiee per cent., and the average Intel est on money Is beveu per cent. Constulit piospeilty cannot exist un der such conditions "The bankers and leading business men have decided to do"thelr best to "e the gieenbueks ledeeined In bonds "b- ng Inteifbt to them nnd to have the national bunks Issue all the paper money for their owh benefit. A paper money that Is 'a ptomlse to pay coin on the single staiuluuV can ut any time ho used to tllstutb the gold reseive, and pioduce u. panic, by ilch money speculatois for their own Interest; so It seems very probable that our pres ent sjstem will be changed dining the ndmlnlstiation of McKlnley, The ques tion Is whether the change shall be for the benefit of the people or for the benefit of the national banks. WANTS GOVERNMENT PAPER. "Bonds even at two per cent, for fifty yeais to be baMs for national bank pa per money will be ettual to a gltt of ut least thiee times the full umount of greenbacks In cli dilution. Calculating greenbacks. In cltculatlon to be thiee hundred and fifty millions, the neat lit tle sum ot one thousand and fitly mil lions Is ii ery conseivatlve estimate of what the national banks demand for supplying the people with paper money to fill the place of the gieenbueks. "Hut why ledeem the greenbacks?' If the people weie educated to believe In pel feet flat paper money theie would be no necessity for doing so. The only law needed would be to make the gieenbacks lecehable for all debts and not ledeemable In any other money. The last election pioved that the people are not leady for a full flat money, so the bill to Issue an Intel est beailng bond certificate of deposit was planned o meet all the demands a perfect sjsteni of ciedlt money that would be ledeemable In bonds as good as gold, "The rate of Interest paid on any wealth-pioducing capital legulates the value. 60 tho bond, or a moitgage that will be sine to puy the Inteiest de manded for gold will be equal to gold In value. Therefoie a ceitlficate of de posit ot a bond beating the late of In tel est to the government that the gov ernment pajt. foi gold, would make this paper money of equal leprosenta tlve value with gold money. It would theiefoie be a ciedlt money based on credit, and on the gold standaul of value, without being on the gold basis, or ledeemable In gold; thus avoiding the possibility of di awing gold out of the treasury for the sake of specula tion In pi Ices of fctoukb and produce. "Limiting this Issue of monev to the bonds of the state, counties, and cities, at twenty per cent, of their taxable valuation, or about one-fifteenth of the leal valuation provides double se em lty back of every dollar of the money, except the amount ptovlded to ledeem the gieenbacks nnd national bank notes, which are floating at pres ent on the dliect credit and debt of the government. "It seems to me that a bond bearing Interest to the government Is far bet ter basis for cunency than gold bought with a bond diawlng Inteiest fiom the government. The argument seems clear, If one dollar of gold bought with a bond drawing inteiest fiom the gov ernment is seem lty enough to float thieedollais and a half of greenbacks, two dollais of bonds drawing thiee per cent. Interest to the government would be a hundred times, better security to float three dollarc of cunency. INTEREST RATE. "Why provide to chance the rate nf Inteiest from thiee per cent, to be two thlids the average growth of the wealth In the countiv? "Common Inteiest between banks and Individuals should never be above av erage piollts. All that any peison could make on money bouowed with the av erage secutlty, above aveiage ptollts, Is the tesult of extra woik or talent nnd belongs to the bnuower and not to the loaner of money. Calculating that the savings of wages and f-alailes would balance the Inteiest used for a living, the late of giowth In the total wealth would jepiesent the avetuge profits. Public seumltles being of the nature of a Hist mortgage should not demand over two-thirds of the aveiage pioflts, and the uverage piollts will de crease naturally with the Inciease of population. A system of finance can nuvtsr be In haimony with the needs, until the Inteiest will be regulated bv the pioflts, "To w'hat puipose shall we blame the rich for wasting money on balls like the Bradley-Mai tin affair? Enact this provision Into a law, and it will be to the Interest of each rich pet sou to use his money, to add to tho leal wealth of the country, or the rate of Inteiest or his wages In a sense, will be loweied for the next decade. This also will make the best legulutlon of the amount of money In circulation. AN AUTOMATIC CURRENCY. "When the amount of money will be too laige, property will increase in value. The late of growth In wealth Will raise tho late of Inteiest, and theiu will be (io boriowlng fiom the govern ment, and vice veisn. "Why does beetion third provide to supply sliver is oney at its face value, and demand the full weight ot gold when redeeming the bonds? Because there Is a margin of profit to the gov ernment in piepuilng Mlver and papei money; but gold, demanding the same inteiest from the government as the government demands fiom the people, It is only right that the people that want gold should stand the wear and loss in the use of it. This proviso is in tended to restrict the demand for gold to the actual need of it, and at the same time piovide gold enough to test its value with leal paper ciedit money, based on ciedlt, "Section fouith piovldes for the grad ual redemption of all piomlses to pay coin, for a better paper money based on bonds. Section fifth provides that any bonds now 011 the maiket of the class mentioned, may in case of revival I1ALLSTI2AD. of business bo deposited with tho gov ernment for paper money, It the own ers of such bonds so desire. "It Is evident to evety thinker on economy that prices have depressed be low an cqulllbilum, nnd the teturn of prosperity will suiely open many op portunities for Investment, And If the the 1 etui 11 of piospeilty will come with a law to estubllsh a constant supply of good sound money, with a rate of In terest to ho always a fiactlon below aveiage pioflts, then We will have the condition of petpetual business ptos peilt. COMPARISON OP RESULTS. "Before closing allow me to make a possible eoiupai Irion of lesults. There uie ubout one thousand millions of state, county nnd city bonds on the market. If they weie all used for basis for paper cunency at 3 per cent. Intei est, In fifty vents the government would lecelve one thousand five bun dled millions of dollnis of Inteiest, and would have ledeemed nil the gieen backs and one hundied nnd fifty mill ions of national bank cunency. Who for an U,tant falls to see the supeilor lty of a system of paper money, that will bring to the government In fifty yeais one thousand flv'e hundied mill ions pioflt, to one that will change our gieenbacks to bonds, which, even at 2 per tent., would cost the government seven hundred millions In fifty yeais for the honellt of the banks that issue them? "Hut tho benefit of this bill to the geneial government Is only a small item compared with the benefit to the peo ple of n system ot finance that will al was supply them with plenty of the best cunency In the wnild, at a reason able tate of Inteiest. The fact that we have about fifty billions of capital In vested as productive capital, expecting 7 per cent. Interest, but icallzlng on an aveiage less than ,1, acts as a night male ot depression ort all our lndus tiles. This plan would restore pel feet cltculatlon and good health to the bus iness of our countiy. And, giving a helping hand to nntlonal piospeilty Is a nobler duty, and higher honor, than gaining enoimous wealth thiough po litical tactics, and unlawful tiust com binations." MUSICAL NOTES. Howell T. Jones, whose portrait we give below, was, fifteen years ago, one ot the most popular choial conductois of the Anthiaclte coal legions. lie led his Welsh choius of the West Side I HOWELL T. JONES. to victory for first prizes at the bicen tennial eisteddfod at Philadelphia and Wllkes-Bane seveial yeais ago. Mr. Jones Is now a lesldent of Washington Tei i ltory. The disposition on the part of music committees of some of the city churches to cut down expenses is to be deploied. In the matter of excellent music for chuich woishlp Scianton has foi many yeais stood in the flist lank, and a backward step In this matter is u cause for unlveisal legiet. The time has passed when a chuich of lecog nlzed standing can be content with the old volunteer choir system under which one sopiano and live bass slng eis or pel haps six sopranos and one alto would furnish musical Inspiration at chuich service, A paid choir is now demunded, whose members can be de pot ded upon at all times. It has been a souice of pleasuie also In the past to note that the people vvljo think slngeis and oiganlsts should offer their sei vlcej giutls lor the good of the cause, have been in the backgiound Tiieie Is no just teason why a slnget who has spent money and time In voice cultuie und feNpects to gain a livelihood by slngliiK. should be naked to donate to a chuich his or her souice of levenue Ly tinging for nothing It is to be. hoped that the spljlt of letrenchment will not pievall to any gteat extent In the Scianton clsusclses. aoud music is something that canilot be spared in chuich worship 11 II I! Miss data Louise Haidenbergh, of Honesdale; Miss llatdenbergh, Mr. nnd Mrs. Allied Pennington, Mis Balen tlne and slstei, Miss Jewell, and Lle welyn Jones, of this city, attended the Sleveklng concert ut WIlkeH-Bniie on Tuesday night. The great Sleveklng had lecoveied somewhat fiom his in disposition of the previous night and gave a supeib lendetlng of the pio giamme nurubeis that will be long ie membered. He also giaclously se sponded to encores Scranton's lack of appreciation of genuine nit outside ot thu piofesslon was stiongly In evi dence on Monday night a strong enn ttaut made in mtmbeis to the lame house which gieeted Sleveklng at Wllkes-Bane. H II II Professor J. M Chance, organist pt the Second Presbyteilan chuich, has letuined fiom a.tilp thiough Mexico. Bui lug his absence his; position at the rhuich was very acceptably filled by Chailes Doersam. H H H Miss Elsie VanDervoort, solo con tralto at Elm Patk chuich, has le fcigned. Miss YanDervooit's voire has been greatly admlied both In chuich and concert wotk In this city, and her many friends will sestet If she con cludes to accept an engagement else w here. I! I! II Mrs. Thlele, soptnno, wife of the celebiated violinist, has for some time past been flinging at the Flint Piesby teiian chuich In place of Miss Thomas, who has sUffeieij fiom tin oat trouble. N. T. Mitchell was In the Parlor City the first of the week. The next Issue of the High School Gazette will appear April 1. William Knowles has sold his new house on Main street to Charley Holmes. John Hosey, of Corbettsvllle, N. Y has purchased J. M. Lafhrop's house on Catherine stieot. The second annual conference o'f the Delnwate, Lackawanna and Western secictailcs of the Young Men's Chris tian association will bo held In the as sociation hall hero Tuesday, Mnich S3, commencing at 1 p. in, The nftci noon session will be private, but. In the evening a welcome reception will be extended to Secretniy-clcct Frank 1', Browne. The public is invited. Speech es will bo made by different secretaries and n number of vocal and instru mental selections will be lendeied. C. N. Wood, jif New Mllfoid, was In town on Thursday, Miss Giace Van Etten, ot Hancock, N. Y , Is the guest ut the home of George F. Tnvlor, on Chase avenue. The pilnclpuls und teueheis of this county will meet In the school building ut Susquehanna on Satutduy, Muich 27. The object of this meeting Is to consider und discuss a uniform sys tem of graduation In the schools of the county und ulso to oiganlze a county teachers' ussoclatlon. The Ladles' Aid society of the Bap tist chut eh will hold tin lee cream so cial on Thin day, Murch 25. Mrs. Fessenden, of Montrose, Is the guest of f i lends and lelatlves in this pinto. E. F Wllmot has accepted a position as passenger tialn conductor on the Monti ose tailioad. We understand he will move to Monti ose the 111 at of next month. Hon. S. B. Chase has been elected to iopreent the Presbyteilan society of this place In the Lackawanna pses bjtety to be held In Providence Apiil l'l J. E. Osterhout Is the nlteinre. Rev. L. W. Chuich will also uttend. Rev. W. H. Peaice, of Wllkes-Bane, will deliver a lectuie In the Methodist chinch next Monday evening Instead ot next Tuesday evening, as heietofore announced. The gospel meeting in the Railroad Young Men's Chilstian Association hull on Sunday afternoon will be ad dtessed by Rev. J. S. Crompton, of Gieat Bend. The Susquehanna river at this point is asain fiee of Ice. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hays have re turned home alter nn extended visit with f i lends out of town. W. D Lusk, of Montrose, is In town. Miss Dessle Snover cnteitalned about twenty-live of her friends at her home on Dayton avenue on Thuisday evening in honor of her fomteenth blithday. Mis. Biuce Ross was in Binghamton on Thuisday. Philo McDonald will move to Mont ro April 1. Mis. Albert Sloat Is visiting friends at Chenanao Bridge, N. Y. Today (Satutday) Is payday on the Deluwaie, Lackawanna and Western at this point. The Ladles' Auxiliary of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, will solve a .supper In the Railroad Young Men's Chsistlati association hall next Tuesday evening. R. T. Gillespie has begun the work of erecting a building on his lot on Frank lin street. E H. B Rooa Is 111. Mi. and Mis. John A. Howell, of Montrose, 'visited here on Thursday. The secretary ot the council has ad vet Used for parties to send In bids to light the stieet lamps and act as stieet commissioner for the ensuing year. T M. Love, of Hornellsville, X. Y., was In town on Filday. Mlnnetonka council, Degree of Poco hontas, will pioduce "The Danger Sig nal," a drama In two acts, about the middle of next month. The follow lug is the cast of ohaiacteis: Chailes Nor man, Chailes Von AVormer; Enfield, W. F. Slmmiell; Chester Norman, V. D. Shaw; Dr. Valerian, Charles Phil lips; Peter Bullock, M. S. Lamb; Pat Mnllonoy, John Jones; Petslmmon, Wil liam Ross; Stella Enlleld, Ethel Corw in; Mother Foresight, Josephine Lassley; Miss Angle, Fannie Slmmiell; Nosah, Mis. William Squlies A petition Is being cliculnted among the members of the Methodist church to tiy and have the psesent pastor, Rev. E. E. Riley, letuined to them next j ear. Rev. Mr. Riley has been the means of accomplishing a gieat deal of good. Are Omr PuibMc School Niargeries of Disease ? Reasons for the Belief That Radical Changes Need to Be Made In School Sanitation. Thcro wero many Interesting nnd Im portant papers read and discussed by tho Associated Health Authorities ot the state at their meeting In Harrlsbutg last mouth, but tho olio exciting most Intel est and that was followed with the closest attention was Hint ot A M. Sloan, Presi dent of tho Grecnsbtug IJoaid of Health, upon the ntlvlslblllty of regulating the erection of school buildings by net of Assembly. There was In substauco as follows, AVOCA. St. Patrick's eve will bo fittingly ob served In the new opera house, when Division 3, Ancient Older of Hibern ians, Boaid of Ei in, will conduct u llt eiaiy entettalnnieiit for the benefit of St. Maiy's chuich. Rev. E. S. Phillips, of Plains, who made a tllp to It eland seveial months aso In the lnteiests of the ot sanitation, will deliver his ad diess, "Btltlsh Mlsiule in Iieland." Rev. Father Phillips thoroughly under stands the manneis and customs of the lilsh laco und their persecutions und tiials. An excellent pioginmme has been arranged and a large attendance should meet the talent selected for Tuesduy evening. Admission 25 und 35 tents, The Sons of St. George will meet this evening. The St. Aloysius will meet on Sunday afternoon, Michael Cm ley, a miner employed in the Cential colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal company, wus seilously Injuied on Thuisday afternoon by a full of lock width he was endeavoilng to dlsbai. He was iemoved to the Plttston hos pital His lujuiles aie quite painful and It Is feaied the spine Is Injuied. Mis. Jutnes Blown, sr., is seilously 111 of pleuilsy. OLD FOUGi:, Mr. John Edwauls, of Connelton, who was burned in the mines two weeks ago bv gas, died on Wednesday morn ing He will be bulled this uttei noon. Mi. James Nengley, ot the Lackawan na phaiinuoy, has moved his lamlly In John Thorntons' honue. Mr. Edwaid Miller received the sad intelligence of the death of his giand duughter, Janet Staik, of Plttston, on Thursday. The Pennsylvania Coal company paid tli Ir employes in this place op Filday. The temcins of the. daughter of Mr. Cheihist, who died at Coxton, weie hi ought to her home last evening, Mr. anil Mis, J. Erwln Biodheud en teitalned a number of ft lends on Fil day evening. ,. . BUENOS AYREAN S ROUGH TRIP. Steamer Six lns Behind Time nnd Hor Decks Duiniiguil. Halifax, Mai eh 12. The steamer Buenos Ayiean, fiom Glasgow, via Liv es pool, at lived lieiu at noon today, bl.x days behind time. Her otllceis lepoit filghtful weather on the way over, dining v.'hich for u week the ship made un average of only 70 miles a day. She sustained light deck damage. A perfect educational system should fit the youth of the state for the ac tive duties and tesponslbllltles of after life. If this public school system of ouis does not nteompllsh this, then It Is, to a gi eater or less extent, a full ui e. To tut it out of our schools on giuduutlou day un iutellectuul giant with u diseased body, and call such a lnnu oi woman, is a mlsnomei ; to tlulm such u combination an educational suc cess Is an ubsuidltv If theie be any thing In our school munugemeiit that tends to pioduce diseases of the body, our 111 st duty Should be Its extltpation, "A sound mind cuniiot exist In an un sound body," What has the gieat state of Pennsylvania done to guatd the health of her children? Nothing. Most of the school buildings of the state have been defectively tonstiucted und me a fiultful souice for the piopugutlon ot contagious and pteventnble diseases. Wo embellish nnd decomte the exteilur of our educational buildings, but ap ply no scientific pilmiples In the ad justment ot light, heat und ventilation, and as a result have a legion suffer ing with optical and other diseases due to lmpioper Illumination or ventila tion Thiee and foils story buildings use elected foi school pus poses, nsid our glsls go up assd down long stall wa, engendering physical ailments which incapacitate them for life nnd lender the succeeding geneiation ut least weaker if w iser. The spinal and other discuses caused by this excessive climbing of thousands of git Is cling to them through life, pioduclng an untold amount of suffeting, supplanting youthful beauty with wilnkled and pale featuies, and pt-ematuiely bring ing on decuy and old uge. Shall we al low this to continue year after year and be silent? o Wese you ever in one of our pri mary schools, csowded with pupils, on a cold winter day? Of all places need ing ventilation, none seem to demand mote; csowded with chlldsen of nis age at which they pay but little If any attention to peisonal cleanliness the snateslul Is of the best to render the air Impuie and unfit to bieatho. The young and gs owing body Is psofoundly Influenced for good or evil by hygienic suiroundlngs. Bad sanltaty conditions ssiuy so imps ess the delicate organiza tion of a natusally weak child ns to snake life a bus den to him, or may so Influence a vtgoious constitution as to materially lessen his power. The foolish method of tsalnlng the mind at the expense of the body can only be denounced as cilmlnal, and it be hooves us to take a hand In the mat tes', and fosce banltasy legislation for the welfaie of the chlldten of the com monwealth. o Some one lias said, "Schools aie abso lute manufactosles of the short-sighted," a vaiietv of the human sace which has been cseated within hlstosic tlsne, and which, if the sesult of the Inves tigations Is to be believed, is enoi mously Incteaslng in number this last half of the nineteenth century. As generation follows generation visible defects multiply. Excessive eye-stsaln In extieme cases of myopia causes blindness. It Is Hue that shost-slght-edness Is often heredltasy. But, I take It, this does not mean that the chll dien of shost-slghted parents are born shost-sighted. They have only the piedisposltlon to become so, nnd this ptedisposition surrounding the chlldsen in snost of our schools tend to ptoduce shost-slghtedness in children who have no heieditusy piedisposltlon, and the statistics, in so far as I am able to gather them, show that the pescentage of school children afflicted thetewlth, incs eases from year to year. The ef fects of school life In producing near sightedness in the pupils was fltst btought to my attention by rending soma yenis ago of the lesult of the systetnutlc study of the subject by Dr. C. R. Agnew, of New YosU. In an ud diess befote the Medico-Legal society of that city, he stated the lesults of an Investigation made in vasious schools of Cincinnati, New Yosk assd Bsooklss. The number of pupils ex amined was 1,479, of whom Oil) weie in Cincinnati, 549 in New Yosk and 300 In Bsooklyn. Of the 030 pupils In the Clncissnutl schools, 209 weie Irons the pilmaty gtudes, und of these S3ij per cent, were neas'-slghted In the Intel -mediate schools, 210 pupils weie exam ined, and of these SO per cent, wese nutuial and 14 per cent, neai -sighted lis the high school, the eyes of 210 stu dents wese exassslned, and of these 7S pei cent, had nonnal vision and 10 pel cent near-sighted. o The 519 studessts exasnlned In New Yoik, belonged to New Yoik college. llese, lis um piepaiaioiy classes, nc. per cent, weie tound with nonnal vis ion, asid 29 per cent tseus-Blghted. In the fieslsman class 42't per cesst. had natuial eyes, and 40 per cent, wtse neat -sighted. In the sophomoie class, sso esy snuteslal dlffeseuce wus ob seived fiom that In the fseshmnss class. But In the Junior class, 37 per cent, had natuiul ees, und 50 per cent, wesf neui -sighted, The Btooklvn students exumlned belonged to the Polj techulc institute of that city. Hete, in the Acudenslc depastnient. 50 per cent, had nonnal vision, and 10 pei cent, weie neur-slghted. Iss the next hlgh'ei' giade 63 pei cent, weie emmetioplc, and 2SVi per cent, neai -sighted. ' The statistics of Dr. Colin, of Bi'eslau, piove how ftequently myopia is pioduced. Ho found In the Hist degiee schools in Ger snussy the psoportlon of! nsyupla schnl- nis was 0 7-10 per cent. In the second giade, 10 3-10 per cent. In the thlsd giade, 19 7-10 per cent. 'In the highest gsade, 20 2-10 per cent. The alassning lapldlty with which myopia ! In cseaslng nsnong Geimun students fonned the subject of a jecent 'debate In the Prusblnu parliament, it wus theie stated that the number ot shoit sighted Ineseasi'il fiom 2ll per cesst. 1st the first year to 75 per cent. In the ninth ot lust year. It seemed to lie the con seiiBUR of uplnlon In that discussion that ill-ventilated sooms and lnsufll clent light weie the main causes of tills widespiead evil, The gieat Inciease In the Impairment of the vision fom the entiy of school life until the close would indicate the gieat wotk that lemalns for us to do to lemedy and temuve the causes as far ns wu cats. To thus dcstioy the most useful of senses In helpless school chlldten seems to be a steady lsmtcls fsoni savagciy to baibatlsm, Again, Its Ihclcnse, fiom a national point of view, Is to bo colisldosed a gestosis evil. In fossnor times, when lltorasy education was confined to a small number, the question wns of little or no Importance; now that edttcatloss is unlveisal, and the safety of the sopubllo depends on its enjoyment, the question how to pio vent It deserves the snost serious coss sldotntlon. Keating In his work, "Dis eases of Chlldten," says that bad air Is notoilously Influential In causing con sumption; Unit tin- impuie condition of the ulr in public buildings bus .veiy issuch to do with the gient psevulesice of such diseases as phthisis, pulmou utis, bronchitis und pneuinunlu, which, together, make up osie-fomth of the total moitullty, nnd thnt theie is llttld exaggeration Iss the statement that all dl"euses uie caused or made mote se Vete by It. The uppusesst effects of bieatlilng a foul atmosphere uie mole noticeable In a badly ventilated school loom than nnvwhese else. Some ot tho effects; are exhaustion, temples tin nu lling, head hot, rett told, luce flushed; some use sleepy und dull, while othess Ma restless und dsowsy. o A sosies of questions touching tho casv of the eyes wese secesstly sub mitted to Dr. K. G. Loilng, jr., by the Medico-Legal society, ot New Yoik. Dr. Loilng leplled'ln a paper, which has since been published In the Med Icul Recoid. To the lltst question siamel.v. Whether bad air has any dl iect ellect on the sight9 the authoi lo plles that vitiated ulr lias a specially 1s- lltatlng Inlluence on the mucous mem biane of the eye, und that bad air, as a pilmal cause, may set in tialn snos- bld psocisses which not only affect the w oiklng capacity and integilty of the oigau, but may even lead to Its to tal destsuctlon. Mosslsoss, in ills book, "The Ventilation and Wussnlsig of School Buildings," sas: 'The inva riable veidlct of all investlgatoss of public school ventilation snay be eplt ossslzed as bad, bad BAD. Some aie better than others, os satlses, some ate ssot so bad as othess, but the differ ence Is satlser In degiee than in kind. Dr. Edison says that pi lor to Mnrch, 1894, not a single one of the public school buildings of the gseat metsopoj itass city of New York had a complete ventilating equipment. We have the gieat pupeis of that city as authoi lty tor the stntement, that its massy In stances moie than double the number of chlldsen that should have been ad mitted weie crowded into badly lighted asid pooily ventilated lounss. So far as sespliatlon is cencetned, man is a poisonous animal. It Is said that we poison each other In health more than In disease; that man's own bseath Is his gseatest enem, assd tlsat air once bicathed Is unfitted to sustain life. The boys and gills which sue to become our futuse men und women ase fosted to sit b the hour in looms vvheie evesy pastkie ol all is foul with nsany bseaths, and the tesult is enei vated, undeveloped bodies, isi sssany in stances too feeble to be anything save u clog to the spliits which inhabit them. Fiom tho foiegolng btatistlcs asid au thoi Itles aie deduced the following psopositlotss; Fhst. That the peicentage of neai slghtedness In chlldten, when they en tei school, Is less than 7 pet cent. Second. That the number nflllcted thetewlth and Mie intensity theieof gradually but suiely increases thiough the entile school life, fsoni year to eas until colleges and unlvessltles ate leached, and in many issstututions neaily half tho students theieof aie mose or less near-sighted. Theiofote, in my opinion, the only lemedv or the evils now existing iss our public school buildings Is by legisla tion, asid not by education, because Flist. School boasds ase continually changing, the boaid that builds one school house iasel ever builds the sec ond.theiefore these is no opportunity of educating school boaids by expedience. Second. School boatds aie not, us a rule, competent judges of snssitusy sci ence. Thlsd, Couisty supeslntcndents of schools seem to be indlllesent In the mattei, und, as a nile, have no knowl edge on the subject. Fousth. Aschlloits, as a sule, as-e ig nosnsit of the laws of health. No wonder that the siatlonul conven tion of school supeilntendents, held in Richmond, Va , som tlssee or tossr yeuss ago, unanimously passed the fol lowing sesolution: Resolved, That each state should, by law, piovide foi the pioper ventilation, lighting and heating of ench school, and that theie should bo at least 1,501) cubic feet of fiesh ulr psovlded for each pupn per nom. Ami vvny should not the state do so? The fish In om ilveis, the game In our fosests, the ininoss of the state are of sutllclcnt Issspostasite to commusid the piotectlon and the ton sideiatlon of our legislature. Hrrh The nfter-tlinncrlnsk of dish wanhini: loses "ffM I ?Vgffl)(St its terrors, and nil household clcnnlni' is 'ifflJ rWW accomplished quickly und easily by the use of gfflft CIUccsbo, Largest package greatest economy. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, St. Louis, Now York, lioston, Philadelphia. In 1S91 our leglslatuse enicted that the owner, opeiutor oi supeilntendent of eeiy coal mine !n the stute shall piovide and maintain an adequate sup lily of pure ulr foi the same, und tho minimum qunntitv thus pioduced shall not be less than 200 cubic feet pel min ute for each and eveiy pet sop em ployed 'therein Theietosci, no mine ow net' in the btate has the right to place a nnn in ills coal bank and sub ject him to the polsonouh attssospheio theieiu. Mines sue pilvute entetpiises. Schools aie public Institutions; chll dieii of cuitaln age aie compelled to attend. Then, mu't ceitalnly the wel faie of moie than l.OQO.OOO of chlldien, affecting, as it must, not only the pies ent but teaching out Into the lutuie, desetves and demands the best thought and highest w Isdotn of an enllghted eoirilnosswealth. Conceding that tho state should, iy law, piovide for the ptoper construc tion theieof, I think It vvljl "t conceded that this supei vision should consist if a lew geneial niles, and theiefoie should cover the following ptopoii tlons: Flist At least fifteen square feet of floor space ussd 2,000 cubic feet of nlr per hour shall bo ptovlded for each pupil, This ulr should be dellveiod into the loom near tho celling, allow ing thu air to diffuse itself on the top of the s-oosn, nnd theie settle down, thus coming In contact with the heads of the pupils lltst, and in a puie state, without being contaminated by th'lr clothing or Uie dlist fiom their desks or the Hour of tho soons, This nmount of air (2,000 cubic feet to each pupil) Is Just tile amount that the lungs ie quito to keep the pupil In a healthy coisdltlosl and is fully AH important to him us s uouilihuseut ivnd suitable food. Second The heating nppasatus suf ficient to wains Mils umount of ulr must be placed in the basement, and It must be of stsfllclent capacity to heat the requited amount of ulr to the de slied tempeiutuie to wassss tho loom to 70 degiees in the coldest weather, nnd at no time, iroi usuler any clicitm stances, should the, ulr bu subjected to a led-hot suifnce. This Is to suy, com petition sometimes is so shuip ns In snuny cases to Induce cheap laMsur than good cossstsuctlon. Small fur siaces have been used, In which the temppsatmo of the exterior shall have to be kept so high, In older to meet the demands for heut, thut two evils result deletei Ions gases will pass thiough led-hot lion, whose they will siot thsough lion that is not heated to the point of tedncss, and sod-hot is-on bums up past of the oxygen In the air and makes It unfit to breathe. Thhd That the light should enter the loom so that It shall come fiom the left of the pupil, nnd it should never bu less than one-seventh ot the floor space. The windows should be so coss stiucted tlsat there will bo little or no shadow. Fouith-sThe size of the halls and stairs should bu legislated These should be one entiy for each 100 pupils. These entrances should bu vestlbuled, and all steps leading to thu hall should not be lt"?3 than six inthes w ide, und nil stubs made flsepsoof. The hall space should be equal to one-sixth of the loom space. Foot watmets should be placed in each hall so that the chil dless may dsy their feet in wet weather. Fifth The cloak looms should bu heated und air changed theseln at least four times asi hous. Sixth Tho thickness of the walls should be legulated in order that tho building may possess the lequislte stiength. No doubt oftcntlsnes in cut ting dowti the estimates iss osxler to esect a lasge bulldlsig with the means at hand thu walls are weakened asid the building rendeted unsafe. In the ventilation and heating of buildings the iollowlng lequlrements shall be cosnplled with; Flist That the apparatus will, with pioper mnnagemesst.heut all the soossis, Including cotridors, halls and ciouk tooins, to 70 degiees F. In any weather. Second. That with the looms at 70 de giees and u-dlffesente of siot less thasi 40 degsees between the tesnpesatuse of the outside air and that of the ulr en teilng the loosn at the warm ulr Inlet, the nppasatus will supply at least 30 cubic feet of ulr pes snlnuto for each scholas accosnsnodated 1st the soossss. Thisd. That the supply of all will so clsculate in the looms that no uncnni foi table dmft will be felt, and that the dllleionce In tesnpesatuse botweess any two points on the breatlsissg plane in tli'o occupied ioi Moss ot a soom will not exceed 3 degiees. Fousth. That vitiated air, in amount equal to the supply fiom the Inlets, will be semoved thsough the ventiducts. Fifth. That tho sanltaty appliances will be so ventilated that no odois thciefiom will be perceived In any pos tlon of tho building. All buildings, snore than one stosy in height, shall be cor.stsuctcd of brick or stone. There shall be at least two flights of stairs at a di3tassce lsom each othes, so that both shall be acces sible fiom eveiy toom In the building. No building shall be elected to a gi eater height than two stoti"S, exclu sive of the basement. Wlieie In ids or stone is used In the const! Uctlon of the buildings having mose thasi one stoiy all taiijing walls below the Hist stoiy shall be ut least twenty Inches In thickness; thnt the cassylsig walls of the flist stoiy abovn the basement shall be at least sixteen inches 'iss thitk ness. The basement shall be at least one half to thiee-fifths of Its height above the gtomsd, so that It snay be well light ed and ally. No smoke pipes shall bo placed near er than four inches to any vvoodvvoik. No wouden flsie or air duct Is to be used foi heating oi ventilating pus pos es. The sofllts of all stalls should be plas teied on metallic lathing. All long flights of stalls lo have two Bissokc stops In each. These smoke and fire stops to be constiucted by cutting in false ilseis and nulling a-Incls pespen dltular stlips on the back sldo ot these ilseis, and lathed with wltu lath prup eily fastened to thu wlie lathing on the under side of stalls, plasteied on both sides und left smoke-tight. The suggestions of tho paper weio endoised bv the association and le fetted to the committee on legislatlun. with the lequest that a bill to the end debited be prepaud nnd pie-,ented to the leglslatuio at thu present uesbion. NKW YORK moti:i,s. JV 4 s PV daa X F rv,.mu,j'i"?ii " . V . o VJUt.VL-JVjlr ' - .. mm - ifW 1S.L.M.DATH s satxiu'atiy W M. M, DATES, An cstnblMicrt hotel tinder now mannRcmesit mid thoroughly nbrcaBt ot tho times. Visitors to New York will nuil the Kvcrett In tho very luart of tho shopping illtrlct, convenient to places of amusement anil ri nillly un i sslble from all parts ot tho city. LUllOl'UAN PLAN. WESTMINSTER HOTEL, Cor. Sixteenth St, and Irvlag Place, NEW YORK. AMERICAN PLAN, Day and L'pvvsuds. EUROPEAN PLAN, Day unci Upwards. $3.50 $1.50 Per Per GEO. MURRAY, Proprietor. The St. Denis Drcadttay nnd eleventh St., New York, Opp. Grace Church. European Plan. Rooms $1.00 a Day and Upwards. In .1 modost nuj unobtnisivo way thoro am fow hotter conducted hotols in the metropolis than the St, DouU Tho reut popularity it hn9 acquired can rcmllly bo ttacod to its uniquo location, ita homelike atmosphere, tho peculiar oxcollonca ot Hh cuisluo and service, and Its Tory modor ito prices WILLIAM TAYLOR AMD SON. ON THE LINE OF THt' mi n rvro located tho flnost Ashing nnd hunting grounds In the world. Descriptive booka on application. Ticketa to all points In Maine, Canada and Maritime Provinces. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Canadian arid United Stites Northwest, Vancouver, Bcattle, Tacoma, Portland, Ore., Baa riancioco. First-Class Sleeping and Dining Cars attached to nil throiiBht trains. TourUt cars fully fitted with bedding;, curtains and specially adapted to wants or families may be had with second-class tickets. Rates always less than via other Sines. For further Information, tlmo tables, etc.. on application to E. V. SKINNER, G. E. A., 353 Broadway, New York. YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY B'JYINS NEW AND H Ladies' and Children's Wear. Seal and Plush Sacqucs, Carpets and Feather Beds From L. POSNER, 21 Lackawanna Ave. Thu Vny to tint I'ibli. Persona who doslie to net fish to stock liublic bttenins snubt first set Ulnsslcs fsom the commissioner in tills dlstilet. All npiilicutiuns lor blanks lor Jlli sssust lie setst to the commis sioner of the dlstsict wlieie applicant sebldes assd the application must be endoised by the seiiatcu oi lepreaentti tlve of tho dlstilet. No application foi tlih will be Btnnted for stieaniB on which saw mills uie located, thnt dU rliaiRo hiiwdiibt Into the stieum, cm which theio mo tanneilcs, mills of liusnufac toiicb, that dlschuise chemic als or othei poisonous mutter Into the stieum, as it has been found uselebs to stock wateiB where theio objections twist, .llnicli, April, .llnj'. Aio the months in which to civo especial alttiitlou to tho condition of our jihj st eal health If you pass salcly tliioiiKii tin be month unci tlnd youiself stiong und vlo'oious, on the uulval ot wuinsei v, tather, you inaj icasonably expect tnut j on will be ull In tummer Now la tli time to take Hood's Saitapurtlla, because now Is tho tlmo when the bloo 1 must b puiilled, LMichetl unci vltillUecl, und be cuiibe llooil'n S.irguimillla U the onlv title blood puritlm piomlneuily In the public eve tpday. Hood's Smuupuilllu has power to niulie you luulthy mid uuuid oui ss tem tiyultiat disease. WOLE & WENZEL, 531 Linden., Opp. Court lions;, PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS Sole Agents for lilchardson Doynton's furnaces and Itaufos. fflscBaiirsvirtaLiTej'irro 6 Cheapest, Because the Best & 3 d CONDENSED MILK t Send for that little book "Infant A is Health;" treat value to mothers., bout w Y "''" N. Y. Condensed Milk Co, ) y 71 Hudson Street, New York ( 3 Chlcheitcr'ft niicIUh Diamond Urand. 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