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JANUARY 29, 1898 THE FATHER BURKE-GUARDIAN CON- TROVERSY:.

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Sin,—Is my last I showed, beyond the possibility of contradiction, how grosely the province of Queber had been libelled by the Guardian. TT bat virtnous journal has not so far repaired the wiong it has done the said province, nor attempted to

explain the extraordinary liberty taken with the official statistics in order te bolster up avother cause. I hope iw

readezs have learned to take its statements, then, with more than the regulation “grain of sult.”

Although quite unnecessary, I have the words of Mr. George Johnston, Dominion Statistician, printed in Bulletin No. 17 of the last census, page 46, to turther con- found the Guardian’s position, The guo- tation goes directiytothe point: “The

THR DAILY EXAMINER, CHARTOTTETOWN, JANUARY 29, 1898

proposed law. Into the very arena had the

oishops to dese »nd;and after a long struggle they rucceeded in convinciug the people that the new measures were in the publis interest. Only in 1850, then, did Quebee get a fair start with its common education, and sivce then wonderful indeed has been the progress made, when it not only secures # larger percentage of pupils at school than that ofapny of the otber pro- viuces, which were guietly at work while Quebec was in the of revojution, but has done work of tuch quality as to carry off the yalm by ite echoo! exhibits at the great Chicago expo- sition in 1892. And,as I have said before to the Guardian, if it wants concrete exawples of the excellence of the Quebec system jet it look about and it will find, with few exceptions, that the only liberal- ly educated men in the public hfe of the country today are French-Canadians, the product of those Quebee aschoole

YW ecan, therefore, aimit without shame, or without the slightest reflection on the Catholic Church, that as a consequence of the political unrest of the province up to 50 many Quebecers are today written down illiterate In our census returns. This does not say that they are ignorant men. From a resideuce Of several years in the Province { can safely say that the great majority of the French inhabitants registered as illiter- ate could teach many of those things which go wiih @ liberal education to those holding

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them ap to ridicule, Even the Guar- dian admits, I see, whatever has come over it, that they are freer from

crime than Other Canadians, and therefore it is safe to assume that under the design- ing clergy they understand also a litle about the eighth’cou.mandment a number, of the decalogue quite unfawiliar to Guardian people.

Having said s0 much for the province of Quebec, I should be paying but a poor compliment to the inteliigenceof your readers were I to add a siugie word in justi fication of the Catholic clergy in this matter of education there. The most

population of Quebec between ten and twenty years (says the bulletin) has made much more rapid pro

ress (in education) then the adult popu- ation. As a matter of fact, the progress of thie group has been much more considerable than that of the same group in any other pf our provinces.” Evidently Mr. Jobn- fon calculated on the schogl attendance avd ite proportion to the population. This

‘to denote the efforts and

partial historian whose bock finde its way into the school-boy’s banda—and such books are on our school Jiste—cannot fail eacrifices made particularly io Quebec, by the clergy since the landing of the illustrious and saintly DeLaval down to the present day. There, at eleewhere,end there as I’ve said, par- ticularly, the chureh bas never ceased to labor for the education of not only the white man, but indeca of the red man as

official statement therefore gives the quict us to the slander abo t actual attendance. A reference to the figures Cf the census of |

asie “84 thore of 1890 shows turther that |

Queb-w has progressed in the ma,'? Of | education 6.29 per cent., while Ontario has only progressed 0.85 per cent. In 20 Frers their much lauded VUntario has been beaten 6.44 per cent, hy badly tmaligncd Quebec! And despite these facts such papers As the Guartine #1!) goon calumni- nating the Iatcer province and extrava pantly praising the former. fam only sorry that! cannot addr2ss myself to its badly deluded readers cirect- ly. “But the general percentage of it literarcy is agaimet Quebec,” cries my versatile critic; and for once, althougn quite beside the question under discussion

he falis upon his feet. Itis true indeed that the percentage of _ illiteracy for the group of the population

over 20 years is higher than elsewhere in Canada, This no sane man would ascribe to the educational! sytsem ofthe day, any more than he would our large percevtage of isliteracy to our present scbool eystem. “The province of Quebec is under the Catholic Church and therefore this large percentage”, slanderously persists the Guardian. Let us look for a moment at the reasons we have Co give for such a state of affairs in Quebec more than elsewhere and eee that the wan must be blind indeed and bigoted and unjust who will either fail to excuse the illiterate state of rome of the older Quebecers or blame the clergy therefor. These reasons ar historic and should he accepted by cvery one attempting to write for the instruction of the public.

Io the first place Quebec passed 150 years under French domination—159 yerrs of colonization,clearing uf tie forest, adventurous expedit’oss,- a continual struggle with virgin furest, barbarism and the New Englander. This period was one of singu'ar heruchips. Then came the war of the conquest with the cession of the country to Kugland, At this time the major portion of the literate popula-~ tion emigrated and the educatioval in stitutions were closed, and except where the clergy kept alive the spark of science the interruption of all systematic 8s udy for $0 years followed. During thie time with French-Cavada it was a struggle for existence. How different the fortune of Ontario! She received in those years a large and almost entirely literate immigra

tion of Britishers and Lovalists and was able to inaugurate an educational svetem of muore or less = com- pleteness. Up to 1846, when La-Fontaine and Morin, backed by the clergy, had to fight the fears aod suspicious of their country

countrymen ia reyard to all educational ordinances proposed by a British Parlia- ment, there was no system of primary schools in Quebec and demagogues then as now played upon the feelings of the people to deter them from accepting the

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A. E. Burke

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SOME ADVANTAGES OF DAIRY. G,

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1. The first advantege of dairying is that it takes less fertility from the soil than other branches of farming. A ton of wheat takes $7 out ofthe farm avd sells for Jess than $16. A ton of butter takes fifty cents’ worth of plant food from the farm and eells from $400 to $600. Com- nacntis needless. 2. Butter is a condensed product. Nothing can be made or grown on the farm which brings as much per pouny. Farmers removed from the market and communities far from railroad, can send butter from the farm or creamery with the least possible expense. The dairyman “an condense tons of fodder and crops zrown on the farm into dairy prod vets aud send them to market in compact and yortable form. 3. Batter isa finished product. It ie ready for the consumer either in the p ‘vate dairy or local factory or creamery. Th: ovly exception is where cream is sent wug distances 10 @ central station from skimming stations scattered over a large s eton of country. But this exception proves the rale.

t. Dauving brings ia a constant income. The waa wh, s*ilsciops of any kind has

t wituatil he csn market bis product one year. There is little satisfaction in .. js. cis unbucineste-like to go without

cas tive werks, and then have a_ lot of money come in at one time. The dairy- man has an income nearly or quite fifty~ two Weeks in the year,

fi. Dairying gives conctant, remunerat iveemployment. The dairyman ficds pro- fitable work through the year, and his work is most profitable during the winter time.

6. On che dairy farm the work is better divided. The grain harvest comes 89 close to haying that it often gets mixed up with it, to the detriment of both; but when corn is grown and put into the silo

for dairy feed, and not so much grain raised, the harvests are several weeks apart.

7. Skill and brain work get better pay in dairyingthan in any other branch of farming. To produce the dairy products, requires something besides bard work. The dairyman must have knowledge and ski'l and exercise great care.

8. There is more room at the top, greater opportunities to imprvoe than in any other tarm work. Cows produce from 150 to 500 pounds of butter per year, and butier sells from 15 to 25 cents per ponnd. No other branch of Agriculture shows anything like this, or gives such a chance to rise.

9. Take the country through, there is to kine of farm work so well suited to women as dairving.

10. Dairying leads to thoughtfulness for the comfort of animals, and thins tends to morality. To do her best the cow mnst be made as comfortable as possible in every way. She will tolerate uoueglect or cruelty. She is a teacher ot gentleness and kindness.

11. Dairying isthe most progressive branch of farming.

12. Dairying pays better than avy other branch of farming both astually aod pros- pectively.

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They Sacrifice the Lives of Their Litile |! Ones tor Insurahce Money,

Ocpenspurc, N. Y, Jan, 25.—The staiement is made by the News that ad— vantage is being taken of local children’e | insurance facilities to deliberately kill off little chilcren, The News says ; —“The live~ of children are sacrificed to the avaricious. ness of their parents, who barter in their death with the utter absence of humanity that is positively startling. In many c#ses children are reared for the express purpose of encompassing the death by means that will enable the murderers te escape punishment and bring dollas into their pockets, These statements appear iucredable to the average person, but circumstances seem to stamp them with truth, The two insvrance companies operating in this city, the Prudential and Metropo)itan, are unintentionally reepons- ible for these murders. Their plan to insure the life of a child tor five centsa week bas opened a way for the unscrupu— lous to mulct them, and many have taken advantage of it. The paper goes on to explain how the resolting work is done; many oy wilfully subjecting the tatended victims to exposure, Contagion and abuse. The little ones quickly aickep; they are neglected, and soon wither away and die, and the insurance is collect- ed. A bad phase of the evil is that owing to the contagious cases being suppressed, the authorities know nothing of the cares till the sufferers have spread the germs ot death far and wide. It is proposed to emp oy a medical officer to devote his entire ime to the discovery of such cases.

FUNERAL OF A GIANT,

Severe Test ofthe Facilities of an Under- taker,

The funeral of Joseph Handley, who was the largest mas in Philadelphia took place a few days ago, ®nd the undertaker who bad charge of the funeral ceremonies, bad no end of troubles beiore the former giant was laid to rest. Handley weighed between 500 ang 600 pounds, and was over four feet broad acrogs the shoulders, The undertaker could find no goffia jn the city large enough for his body, and was forced

to build ope, the dimensions of wh ch *¢r6 7 feet ‘u length, +! 2 feet ip width and 2 1-2 fret in depth,

The coffiz was supyorted by iron bands and befere it could be carried from the house, the door jams had to he removed. A hearse larze snough to receive the coffia could not be secured, and it was taken to the cemetry in sn open wagon. The coffia together with the body weighed 1200 pounds, and was rolled up the aisje of the church os a rubber tired track. It was inteuded to haye the interment at Old Cachedral Cem>tery, but the entrance of the receiving vault was too narrow and the funeral was forced to go to Holy Cross cemetery.

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The Mistake She Made.

At a party the hostess said to a guest: “TI want you to entertain Mr. Blank a little. He looks bored to death. I will introduce him, and you must try to amuse him. You know his strong point is but- ter, on which he has written a book.’’

The lady guest graciously undertook the task of entertaining the man, inwardly wondering that he should be so interested in butter—of which she knew very little —when his face indicated a mind given to much profound thinking.

However, with butter in view, she began on the weather, gradually got to the coun- try, then on to a farm, from that to cows, and at last to butter. The man looked more bored than ever, the magic word but- ter producing not the slightest effect, and he left her somewhat abruptly and soon withdrew from the house.

‘*I did my best,’’ she explained to the hostess. ‘‘l went through agonies to prove that I was deeply interested in butter, but it was all in vain.”’

‘‘Butter!’’ exclaimed the hostess. ‘‘What possessed you to talk to that man, of all men, on butter? I told you he had just written a book on Buddha, and 1 knew how deeply you two were interested in the same subject.’’

And they said in chorus, ‘‘Gracious!""— Strand Magazine.

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