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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-04-17
GOOD ROADS AND CIVILIZATION.
The Highways of the Bluegrass Region
of Kentonhy.


says that ''the ways Of communication
created by man are at once tho measure
and the means Of civilization" He odds
TO this, In the same article from which
quote, that tho most important ways Of
commerce are the ''ordinary roads by
which the greater part of human inter
course has been made possible" OF
course he means tho country or common
roadj indeed he says 80. If this be so,
and certainly 1t would be nigh impossi-
bio to successfully advocate the INCENTIVE
side Of the professors statement, the
farmers Of that partof kentucky known
as the Bluegrass section must have
been far ahead In civilization Of their
brother agriculturists In other parts Of
their state and country az far back es
sixty years ago, for during that length
Of time they have had better country
roads, and have maintained them in
better condition than anywhere else in
America of which I have any knowl-
edge.
The roads In the Bluegrass region are
not better, to be sure, than tho roads in
the neighborhood Of Boston, but these
roads which are 20 admirable arc not ex-
actly country roads, but connect with the
great metropolis of New England the
Numerous outlying suburban towns, in
which dwell many of the richest nerch.
ants and greatest capitalists who do bust
ness in MIX street and tho aljacent
thoroughfares.
So far as l know, therefore, the Blue
grass roads are the best country roads l
4 haveever seen in America, and they COM
pare most favorably with English and
Scottish roads and with those on the con-
tinent Of Europe, It is not my purpose
TO tell why, in this limited section Of Ken
lucky, the roads should be so superior to
those in other parts Of the state and coun-
try. Indeed Icould not DO SO if l would.
But they are superior, and every obaerv-
ant traveller who has ever driven on the
roads which radiate from Lexington, the
center Of tho Bluegrass country, wiz
agree with me that nothing like them is
to be found in any other section which
depends for its support upon agriculture
alone.
John Burroughs, the great naturalist
in a recent article on this section said
that beyond its blue grass it was famous
for three thlngs-hard bread, hard beds
and hard roads, and only the last of these
did he find admirable.
IT has been suggested to me that as IN
the eight or ten counties comprising tho
bluegrass section the best horses in the
country are reared, it may be that tho
roads were made good because the horses
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-04-17

Mary Nocejks Of Erie, Pa, has the VEG
ord Of having elopcd seven times from one
husband
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-04-17

The Navajo Indian tribe, numbering
about ll,OoO souls, although it claims
= population of $4,000, owns something
Like 2dOO0O horses These .Slimals arc
all runty little things, and the gS,prn-
ment viii soon buy lot of draught
stations TO send TO them, that they may
increase tine rio Of tAgir horses and thus
command u better selling price for tnar
CoILA.--IIcld and Farm.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21
AN ONO REPUBLICAN LEADER.

One of the most surprising spectacles that
has recently been furnished by the Republi-
can party Of the North was the conspicuous
part which Foraker took in the convention
which nominated Mr. Mckinley for the gov
ornorship Of Ohio. This blatant demaGogue
was decidedly the most influential spirit in
the convention His presence was everywhere
greeted with applause and his speeches were
received with an nproar of approval
The veteran Sherman, who, while he has
through Il long political life exhibited tho
bitterest partisanship. has maintained a fair
personal reputation. was thrown entirely IN
the shade. The commentator Of his course
in the Senate was simply perfunctory. in the
language Of tho day, he was very plainly
shown that no was considered to be back
number, and that his career was looked upon
as virtually closed.
Apart from Mckinley. the homage of the
convention was heaped upon Foraker. Who
is this man Foraker that he should be made
the object Of such enthusiastic admiration;
A few years ago he was Governor Of Ohio,
but was subsequently defeated by the present
Democratic Chief Magistrate ofthe State, Mr.
Campbell. In the course of this campaign he
became involved in fraud 50 shameless
and 80 criminal that what reputation he had
previously borne for honesty Of character
was deeply besmirched. SO serious was the
reflection upon him that eyenhe braZen, noisy
and aggressive as he is sank into obscurity,
from which it was the hope of all rigbt-think-
ing men he would never rescue himself
This hope. however, has been doomed to
disappointment as the history Of the recent
convention discloses At the first opportu-
nifty Foraker has thrown off the privacy into
which he had for a time been forced to retire
and has boldly come forward in spite Of a
name discredited in the minds of all honest
persons as a candidate for the greatest Office
in the gift of the people Of Ohio, namely, the
United States senatorship.
What is to be thought Of party which is
willing to place itself under the leadership Of
such a man az this, a man whose private char
acter has been irretrievably destroyed, and
whose whole political course shows him to be
totally devoid of conscience and principle, a
man whose only claim to the consideration of
his party associates lies IN his bitter hatred of
the South, fact in itself sufficient to degrade
him in the opinion of every American who
loves his country?
The Republicans of Ohio deserve to meet
with only the most sweeping defeat. They
have placed at their head Mckinley. q polit-
ical fanatic who has been most instrumental
in imposing upon every class of American cit
liens the most infamous and tyrannical rev.
enue system that the world ever saw. Close
at his elbow stands Foraker q man convicted
Of fraud, andwhose leading ambition in life is
to in6ame the Northern mind against the
Southern people May both be obliterated at
the forthcoming election.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

and most painful lesson Of life Ia that OF mis-
placed confidence. We overestimate. We
trust too largely. we sleep in our confidence
we fall, we make up to realities; the deep waters
flow into our souls. and chill and darken every
chamber Of our being. Happy he who can
survive such trial. whose sorrow takes the
direction Of manly pity and profoundly re-
ligious sorrow:
Who sees through PHYS melting eye
Il brotherin foe.
Happy he who can visit only on his own
stupidity his heavy lesson. All. all are weak.
And the man who too much trusts often be-
trays the trusted into carelessness as great as
his own.
II is the duty Of him that trusts TO lend his
watchfulness TO him he trusts, and not by
over-confdence to betray him. A man may
mislead his best friend by fattering him as
better, wiser, stronger than he really IS.
Wise as;serpents and harmless as doves is the
order. The lons girded and the lights burn
ing is the only safe condition Of manhood,
and pity is duty we owe to all mankind.
Then for trust in the Bible God has
not given rs the sacred pages to be slept over.
Il is full Of depths 10 be explored. of mys-
teries to De known. Of problems to be worked
and parables to be explained. The Almighty
expects every man to do his duty, and in the
large. watchful and wise exercise of our
powers we draw most nearly to him and ex-
pand our souls 10 bis likeness.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21
The Hommopathfsts.

The gathering of the international Congress
OF Hom9opathists in Atlantic City calls.atten-
ton to the wonderful growth of this school of
medicine in this as wen AS in other countries.
Homeopaty dates its birth back in this coun-
try 10 the year 1925. when Hans b. Gram, an
American who had studied the theories of Hah-
nemann IN Copenhagen, began to practice in
Berlin with marked success. From that time
TO this HON eopathy has made steady pro-
gress increasing in the number OF its b E.
heyers, improving in the character and thor
oughness of It's training. building colleges
and universities in city after city. until now
Its practitioners are numbered 10y the thous-
ands, and its medical schools and hospitals
are scattered all over the land. At the
congress at Atlantic City are gath
cred over Six hundred of the disciples Of
Hahnemann, and among them are men whose
ability no one will question and whose
success as physicians can be proven by the
evidence of thousands OF their patients. They
have made their famous motto "Simila simili-
bus carantus," one that now commands re-
spect, when once IL was looked upon as un-
worthy OF anything but sneer or lest.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

England proudly boasts that her grandeur
and solidty are the result of her strong po-
ltical constitution She points a. proudly 20
the physical constitution Of her subjects. All
nations speak Of the "burly. the healthy.
the broad shouldered' Englshmen. while
the women Of that country are Justly ceebra-
ted for their rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes
all due 10 "a good constitution. Their excel
lent condition results from continued use Of
perfectly brerh matt liquors, which create a
keen appetite for the roast beef of old ing
land. The Baltimore Brewing Company have
Just placed on the market q beer which stands
side by side with the best foreign products.
Their Erpon Brer0ge is commended on all
sides rs pure. healthy, nutrtiye. palatable
and exhiliratng-lt is particularly recon-
mended 90 nursing mothers, lnyahds. con-
yalescents and the weak and feeble Every
bottle is guaranteed. and the beverage is alb
solutely pure and free from all coloring
matter. Ask for IT,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21
AUCTION SALES.

MONDAY. June 99d, at 1880 A. NJ. sale Of house
hold goods watches show cases, &c, at D.
north Seventeenth street.
MONDAY. June I'D at 6:3O P. NJ, sale Of two let's
on Twenty-ninth street between and L
streets
TUESDAY, June 23d at p NJ, sale Of an attrac-
tive building lot on west Franklin street be
tween Laurel and Shafer streets, Frank d.
Hill x Co., auctloneers.
TUESDAY. June 3D. at p NJ, trustees sale OF
well-located building lot on Beverly street
adjoining Emmanuel chapel, K. Il. Chafhn Il
Co., AuctlOneers.
TUESDAY. June I'D at 6 p NJ trustees sale OF
four detached frame dwellings on Thirty
second street between 5 and I streets, Cabel
Wilson, auctlOneers.
TUESDAY. June Odd. at =. W.. sale Of lot on
Floyd avenue near Beech street.
WEDNESDAY, June oath. AZ $50 2. NJ, sale OF a
brick factory on Eighteenth street between
Main and Cary streets
WEDNESDAY, June cath, ate ? NJ sale Of frame
dwelling, corner Of Twenty-eighth and Z
streets.
WEDNESDAY, June 2ith, at p NJ, sale Of brick
house No. 304 Stevenson street.
THURSDAY. June 25th at p. NJ. sale Of brick
store and dwelling No. 9l3 Byrs treet.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

THOSE friends Of the free and unlim tied
coinage ofsilyerwh are fondly imagining that
they stand some chance Of realizing the pet
schemes through the agency of the Republi-
can party will have their ardor slightly dam
pened when they read Major McKinley's open.
ing spesch Of the Ohio campaign at Columbus.
Mr.. Mckinley on that occasion declared for
himself and party that they will never as
heretofore "set their faces against a debased
coin and deprecated currency" That does
not sound much ike free silver. and II must be
remembered that Mckinley in this campaign
is yoicing the sentiments of Harrison.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

rps virginia Association for tho Advance
ment Of Higher Education will be heiu suy
7th NJ Virginia Beach. AL persons teacnins
in academies andcolleges are eligible 70 n'''"
bership. aud while the membership OF 'ne DO
cety is not large il is eminently respec'"''''
New members o. cordially welcomed.
This association was organized July L 1852
The president was Colonel h. /. 1ohe,' "l
bonored teacher, now, unfortunately ABOUT
70 leave the State. The second presiucn',
Professor J. A. Quarles, of washington ",''
Lee. is the incumbent. His successor VIII 70
elected at the next meeting.
The last meeting was held in july NJ .no
White Sulphur, where earnest ana aoie u'1-
cussions OF educational matters were neiu'
This wear still better programme IS promised
Not only will many Of the same subjects De
reconsdered, but several new topics VIII 10
presented. Ill,
The object Of this association is one which
must commend itself to the sympathies Oh
every yirginan, and should be heartily en-
conraeed. Such meetings as 1t holds are
greatly needed for the advancement OF learn
ing in the state as they bring together earn
est men engaged in an earnest calling Ihey
lead to an interchange of healthful thought
and opinion and to greater symmetry IN our
system of higher education. Above all. they
establish IN esprit de corps and brotheriy
feeling among our teachers, and thereby give
greater vitality to our whole educational ma
chinery.
1t is good that this society has been estab-
lshed. and this and tho Public School Teach
ers' Association. recently noticed in these col
umns. will supplement each other. The latter
is indorsed by Superintendent Massey Pm
cipals Fox, English, jenkins and other public
school authorities. The former Is earnestly
supported by Professors Quarles, Harrison
Holiday. Smithey. Tyler, Garnett. Iuttle'
Stone and other well-known academy pnnci-
pals and college and university professors.
The officers Of the association under consid-
GRAFTON are as follows President, Professor
J. A. Quarles ce-Presidents, Professors l..
L. Holiday and j. S. Hall; Secretary, Pro-
fessor Ormand Stone; Assistant Secretary
Professor A. K Davis; Treasurer. Professor
H. Tuttle: Auditor. Professor r. b. Smithey.
Executive Council J. A. Quares, o. Stone,
II. p. Jones, r. L. Carne, j. B. Amber, L.
NJ. Semmes and W. G. Brown.
All further information about the society
can be had by addressing the secretary.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

There is hardly anything that we more adj
mire, honor and love than what we call sim
pie faith-sincere, singe-hearted trust. 1t
has the beauty of early childhood, the lowell
ness and fragrance Of the lilies, the grace and
comeliness of Natures most charming exist
ence. 1t is indeed Natures highest sacredest
testimony to the good. the true and the beau
tifui in man and woman, whilst honoring the
most honored. Nor is there any privilege
and enjoyment more to be desired. The reli-
able friend is described as a hiding place from
the wind, covert from the tempest. as riy-
ers of water in n dry place and the shadow of
great rock in weary land. How very
very natural and refreshing are these figures.
and what a craving of our souls they do rep
resent.
And so it is in the world of intellect and
moral and religious truth. The soul Of
man eagerly desires certain truth some
thing that it can take as positive absolute
and reliable not to be questioned or
doubted or argued or investigated but
only to be studied. looked into, contempla-
ted, appreciated and fed on as the food of the
soul We look at the unlearned, who
read the text of Scripture and take
for final truth the first impress
sions that are made on their minds as
Bible truth, reverently to be read, marked.
learned and inwsrdly digested. and we enjoy
their enjoyment as lambs feeding in fat pas
tures-the sheep of the hand of the Almighty
We envy these little ones and say, with almost
sincerity, we wish we could take things IA
they do and 60 on grazing toward Heaven.
And yet neither in the direction OF hu.
mainly nor of truth is this world a place of
peaceful. quiet, restful enjoyment. The first
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

THE civil conflict in Chill has settled down
TO little else than savage warfare. Congress
has virtually made President Balmaceda die
tator and autocrat of the country, with full
power to do whatever he pleases for the sup
preston of the instruction. On the other
hand, the insurgents are carrying on their
struggle almost under the standard of the
black flag. Cannot some civilized country
interfere to put stop TO the barbarous pro-
weddings on both sides?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

PORT OF RICHMOND, JUNE 20. 1891.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Warner Moore. Crockett. Charles
ton phosphate rock, Allison & Addison.
SAILED.
Schooner speedwell Aery, New York, pyrites
vessel, Custls Parker
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS JUNE, 20, 1891.
ARRIVED
Schooner W. II. Bailey. New York, for coal;
schooner Ma5ory Brown, for coal.
SAILED.
Schooners Josephine. coal. New York: Ii. V.
Kelsey, coal, Aliens Point.
PORT OF WEST POINT. JUNK %, 1891.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Berkshire. Providence, merchan-
dlse; steamship City OF Atlanta. New York.
merchandise; steamship Charlotte. Baltimore.
merchandise and passengers.
SAILED.
Steamship Berkshire, Norfolk merchandise.
steamship City OF Atlanta, New York rnercha n
disc: steamship Charlotte Baltimore, mer-
chandise and passengers.
PORT OF LAMBERTs POINT, JUNE %. 1891.
ARRIVED
-. Barge Antelope; schooners L. 8. Newman, @.
W. Church.
LOADED.
-. American steamship Orion. Boston: ,chooners
r. Z; Bowen, Fall River; r. II. Rathburn. New
PPeaior1i - Z. Young, Coosaw; Z. S. Newman,
. british, steamship Kenmore, Psscsgoula
1 ,aa; European, Norfolk, London and Gre
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

THE Maryland Court of Appeals has decided
in the case of Calvin Long against the State
that the State law prohibiting merchants
from making presents to buyers as an induce
ment to purchase goods. where no element
of chance enters into such gifts, is unconsti-
tutional 1t seems that the law forbids any
scheme or device by way Of gift enterprises of
any kind or character whatever" The crimi-
nal court before which Long was indicted
held that the law was valid, but the Court Of
Appeals held that this was wrong on the
ground that such restriction around trade is
not only unwise, but unlawful. because it is
necessary neither for the health, safety nor
welfare of the people, and in its operations
would be oppressive end burdensome"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

Anew catalogue Of Telephone Subscribers
will be issued July /. 1891.
All persons renting telephones should hand
in their names before the lst that they may
appear in this catalogue
Subscribers are reminded Of the importance
of putting the hand telephone to the ear
when giving their orders Otherwise many
will cal at once. which causes inevitable
confusion. Richmond Telephone Exchange
r. b ROOD. Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

IT appears from official statistics that the
coinage of the world last year amounted, so
far as is known, to $3.50. s37, 1856. The amount
Of China's coinage is not stated in the returns.
This total is about $40 900 600 less than the
worlds entire coinage of 1889, which slightly
exceeded that of 1888. Of the coinage of
1880 about sl6o,OOO,OoO, or more than one
haii' was In gold. The copper and nickel
coinage oil the year amounted to about
$4,000. 900.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

A single glance at the list Of officers and di-
rectors of the Farmyille Coal and Iron Com
panv is sufficient to guarantee the stability
and strength of the company:
Officers President. Ed. Chambers Smith,
Raleigh, n. c.; Vice-president and General
Manager. J. A. Sexton, Fort Payne. Ala;
Secretary, John r. Martin, Farmvlle, Va;
Treasurer, r. N. Dickinson. Farmyille. Va
Directors: Ed Chambers smith. Raleigh,
n. c.; E. +. Barbee. Raleigh n. c.; Kerr
Craige, Salisbury, n. c.. L. !. Cochran, Fort
Payne. Ala. H. b. Campbell. Fort Payne,
Ala; q. ID. Rand, Richmond, Va; Or. }. D..
Eggleston, Hampden- Sydney Va, and c. NJ.
S. 3 Mckinney, all of Farmyille, Va; attor-
ney Tor the company. Colonel j. p. Fitzger-
aid, civil and mining engineer in charge
Colonel ]. II. Mulln.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21
SUNDAY. JUNE q. 1891.
TWELVE PAGES


Forecast: Virginia and North Carolina-Llght
showers; stationary temperature.
The committee viii wait Oh Mrs. Davis
Fred Bamkey miraculously escaped death
Where the society people will spend the sum-
mer.-St. Peter school Will celebrate Field
day
VIRGINIA.
The weather for the past week has been very
favorable for the growing crops.--Bobert NJ.
Hese, of Bedford county, died Frday.-John
Jasper viii visit Lynchburg Tuesday.-The to-
bacco sales for the past week throughout the
State have been very light, but prices remain
high.-A gymnasium exhibition was given at
the opening of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute commencement at Lexington Friday
night.-Union soldiers in Petersburg de-
cided yesterday to organize post Of the
Grand Army of the Republic at once.--Mayor
Charles +. Collier of Petersburg and Miss Mary
Epps Jones Of Dinwidde county are to be mar
ried next Wednesday, body Of a negro
man, supposed TO have been murdered, was
found near Disputanta Station Thursday.
NEW YORK
II is rumored that Governor Hill will resign
the Senatorship and Roswell ?. Flower will be
elected in his stead.-Miss Addie Vernon was
married to Mr. Frederick CT. Corning Thursday.
Captain Bryce Stewart was married TO Miss
Gertrude Ghosom Walker.-The dizziness in
the steel rail trade cOntinues-The directors
of the Nicaragua Canal Construction Company
have Just b zen eected.-A great crowd of
people left New York yesterday for Europe
Frank Savin and Charley Mitchell left yester
day for England.--Four steamships landed 500
immigrants neutrality-suspicious. Most was taken
TO prison yesterday first annual parade
Of wheelmen took place yesterday
FOREIGN.
An official report of tho Haitian revolution
has been received in Paris.--It is believed
that the German Government has taken Sc
ious step in refusing TO reduce the duties on i'm
ported cOrn.-The harvest in Germany threat
ems to prove failure this year-Feelings OF
discord have arisen in the British Labor Com
mission.-Dr. Herman Adler will DO installed
as Chief Rabbi of England next Tuesday with
elaborate eremOnies.-Captain Verney has
donated large sum of money for the benefit OF
the girl he abducted--A sensation has been
created in Guatemala by an alleged gigantic
government fraud.--Sir John Gorst, political
secretary Of the India Office at London has re-
signed
GENERAL.
A severe storm passed over the Northwest
yesterday-C. l.. Hardwck was fatally cut by
DR.. +. s. Jordon at Cleveland, Tenn, yesterday.
-Wakely and johnson have published the
conditions of the proposed Sulliyan-Slavin
match.-Rumors affecting Evangelist Fife at
Raleigh, n. c., are afoat.-Raleigh has pre-
pared very elaborate programme for the
Fourth-of-July celebration. Governor Holt.
OF North Carolina, left Yesterday for Morehead
City.-Oflicial action in respect Of the death
of Ex-Governor Reid, of North Carolina, was
taken at Raleigh yesterday.-Ihe railroad
commission of North Carolina will begin the
task of assessing taxation Mondsy.-Another
effort is being made to construct street cars at
Raleigh
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21
,eipp done solelv 10 interest a greater number

being done solely to interest greater number
of people in their enterprises and Is only pre-
llmnary TO a larger sale next fall.
The lots now put upon the market are en-
braced in the aforementioned town site pro,
perty. and are extremely desirable, but will
be sold at very low figures. The farms. OF
which only twenty will be sold. contain about
fifty acres each, and are especially well
adapted to the cultivation Of grasses, gram
and tobacco. They are well-watered, ana the
most of them are finely timbered.
The terms Of the sale are extremely liberal
every advantage both IN price and cond,-
tions, being given TO the buyers. The stock
Of the company will be received in payment
for any land purchased at sl25 per share: that
is. at a premium Of Is per cent The COM
pany is DESTROYS Of enlisting as many indl-
viduals as possible. and consequently secure
their cooperation in building up and develop
ing this promising field, and hence the low
figures and easy terms