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derived from the same stem, and to
recognize the effect upon the root of the
various prefixes and suffi xes. Care
is also taken that words shall be properly
pronounced and correctly divided into
syllables; but chiefly Instrumental in the
excellence attained is the desire stlml-
lated in the student himself to be, on
this Score, an orthographlc Bayard, sdus
peilr ct sans repruche."
A high standard of chirography is diff
cult to maintain, since stenography and
typewriting may be perverted into him
ORANGES, rather than aids, toward effl-
cheney in this art, and since q considerable
speed is sought during the second year,
with view to the possible office work
of the future Nevertheless an advance is
achieved in both legibility and fluency,
The high school English course attempts
analysis only as it aids in synthetic
work, and includes descriptions of persons,
of places, of things, of scenes, with an
occasional soupcon of character sketch,
for practice in logical arrangement and
sentence structure; description for pur-
poses of identification, of specification,
and OF realization. for practice in selec
tion and variations of style; narration, in
Guiding reproduction-the fluent, the an
ecdote, and the biography-amplificat
and original narrative, for practice in
logical development and paragraph struc-
ture; comparison and contrast, for SEN
tence stru cture; practical exposition,
for narrative of processes, including de-
scription of means; theoretic exposi-
ton, and little criticism and argument.
So far the course is analogous to, but
less full than, the English taught in the
other high schools, but parallel with this
course runs the business English proper,
including kilograms, advertisements, ap-
plications, recommendations, designations,
orders, announcements, catalogues, specifi-
cations, inquiries, reports of lectures, po-
litical squibs, complaints, and, in fact,
all the miscellaneous work likely to fall
to the lot of a resourceful general utility
clerk.in any business house. The English
teacher is also held responsible for the
manner in which essays on commerciallaw,
commercial geograpLe, and political econ
omy are prepared and stenographic notes
Transcribed.
In the first year are read "The Burial
of the Minnisink,' 1.-The Siege of Rats
bon,' the "Glove and the Lion,' one of
the Essays of Ella, scott's Lady of
the Lake. and Webster's Grafton on
Adams and Jefferson; in the second year,
Tennyson's 'Idyls of the King" Macau-
lays warren Hastings" and the "Mer-
chant of Venice These are used as the
literary basis for most of the work in
composition, but much collateral read
ing is done exemplifying the historic pc
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BOOKKEEPING DEPARTMENT.

The criticism of our generation, especially
of the rising generation in America is, that
we show an undue haste to getric Wealth
is the summum bonum of existence, and to
acquire it is the great object for which
each young American puts forth his best
effort. BE tie criticism pleasing or not,
undoubtedly in it lies much truth; and
young America from his earliest years faces
the great question, How can / get rich?''
The problem in life with many is not how
to earn money, or how TO get money, but
when il is earned or obtained how best
to keep it. To meet this demand our
trustees have given the District boy or
girl lthe opportunity oflearning the science OF
recording business transactions in such
a manner that clear and accurate state
ment of affairs is always shown.
The training in the pure business habit
of life is confined almost solely to the book
keeping department. Here the boy or
girl learns the manner OF keeping and
classifying accounts as practicedthroughout
the business world. The Italian system
OF recording goes hand in hand with the
Anglo Saxon shrewdness in contracting
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RODS represented, and the literary uses
of correspondence, so that the pupils .learn
by contrast the formal as distinguished
from the friendly letter, the one demand
ing terse and lucid style, while in the
other occasional flights into the so-called
higher realms of rhetorical expression
are allowed
Pupils ask at first what bearing '.Kine
Arthur, Warren Hastings" or the Lady
of the Lake. has upon a business career
II is true that this is an age of special
lists, yet never was more general culture
demanded of the average citizen than
to-day, when the dormant possibilities
of the bumblest have free scope. as is
demonstrated by many illustrlous exam
pies.
Therefore, when description is to be
taught, the embryo business man or woman
describes Elaine, or the Gates OF Camelot;''
narration brings out the martial ardor
Of the young cadet in an account of the
"Storming of Ratisbon,' and the debat-
ing club displays forensic eloqucnce in
deciding whether "Portia'' broke her
VOW. SO the business man of the future
is prepared, en- route TO the primary and
legitimate end of accurate and suitable
expression, for that success in life which,
if attained, ne can hardly enjoy without the
elements of literary culture thus gathered
by the wayside.
Thus the English course of the Wash
ington Business High School, here briefly
outlined, engrafts upon the usual high
school course business forms and business
like diction, and prepares its graduates to
infuse into the veins of commercial cor
respondence the virus of modern culture
LOUISE CONNOLLY
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SHORTHAND.

Shorthand was introduced into public
school education hereas an experiment, since
although the same thing had been tried in
Philadelphia, and few other cities, very
little of practical utility bad been accom-
plished The supe erntendent here rec
ognizing the value of every time saving ex-
pedient in business, believed that even a
moderate knowledge of this subject would
be advantageous to our high school grad
uates. 1t was not the intention at first
to do more than to some what enhance
the commercial value of graduates for
ordinary business purposes, and at no time
has the endeavor been made to enter into
coRpetition with those technical schools,
whose courses presuppose general culture in
thestudeut. Theaimis tuteach the rudimeDts
so thoroughly that ordi nary graduates
may be more valuable to totheiremployersand
that those pupils who display natural ability
for the subject may be able in a short time
to perfect themselves in the art.
From the first the course, though diff
cult has been very popular, first, because of
its novelty; secondly, because stenography
is Fascinating study; and, thirdly, because
it has tangible money value.
: After carefully examining the various
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TAKE COURAGE.

Nv bov. has failure oft been thine2
Dost think good fortune always SWEET
Had Washington, at Brandywlne,
OTafter any sore defeat,
Thought all was lost, should we to-day
Claim him our hero, now and aye?
Take COuTagei Time VIII bring redress;
a few defeats oft bring success
Had Franklin many books, my boy?
Were Garfield'S younger days not sac
Knew IinColn'S childhood no allOy3
No case is hopeless for the lad
Who wills to win. and can but wait.
As hist'Ty proves, from earliest date.
Wait then. my bOy-Out waiting, work
Nor leisure waste, nor duty Shirk!
Nv boy, art thou oppressed by wrong2
Weighed down by sickness? short o!
meanS2
With friends but as an idle JhrODg
or StranSerS3 Know. II Suff ring Wea0
Thy heart from folly, pride, and vice,
II costs thee but an honest price
And harbOr not revenge, my boy,
DeIiv' rance, used so, brings TO JOY.
Take cOuraCei Time Will right al wrong
But hope not all things inthy youth
Though long years pass, 0e thou utStrDng.
With raitn in manhood. justice, truth
'Twere better 10 be all unknown,
Than known for wealth or power alone.
Take cOuFagei God means all Things we'll
How well, some future day VIII tell.
Bruce Weston Munro, IN "GTOanS ana
Gens
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BUSINESS ENGLISH.

To those who read the Yankee at
King Arthur's Court" the incongruities
OF situation are no more diverting than
is the equally grotesque incongruity of
diction. "By my halidom, a doughty war
rior and OF gracious mien withal,' - re-
sponded TO by a cordial You bet" is
an epltome of the transformation in man
ners, habits and modes of thought created
by thirteen centuries of development.
This feeling is unconsciously evinced
by the high school pupil who speaks of
his paraphrase OF Portals great speech
as translation" The hiatus caused
by lapse OF time may be paralleled by
similar hiatus caused by contemporaneous
differences in condition. The speech which
Mrs. BuTnet reports from the Lancashire
miner who asks. 'Ha' ony ony ony ony?''
needs translation TO Indicate TO the edu-
Gated listener, Have any of you any of
1t? Yet this is but an extreme instance
OF a general truth that each status and
occupation has its own vCrnacuIar So
business English, though not a generic,
may be truly called a specific term, indi-
eating q mode of phraseology and a type
of sentence structure developed by mental
habit
The existence of specifically business
style is largely due to the influence of the
telegraph, wherein brevity is the soul of
lulllt us wen Us Ol VII, ana is encouraged
by the postal card, upon whose restricted
surface are often crowded messages of
gravest import. Brevity is its most obvious
characteristic. TO which the unframed are
apt to sacrifice even lucdity ,as in the order:
Send Immediately case for photographs
four feet high" 1t has also a vocabulary
OF its own, abounding in abbreviations, and
a phraseology bristling with short CUTS
Its sentences are short, seldom inverted, in
structure inclined to coordination rather
than subordination of parts, and char
acterized by many participial phrases
The use OF this business dialect should
not be gained, as is the use OF slang by
unconscious imitation, since there is
danger that the obvious quality of brief
ness should be substituted for the far-more
vital characteristic, clearness, and that
even brevity itself should be sacrificed by
the constant employment of catch phrases
which would make of business English
not dialect, but patois The boy who
begins a letter, Yours of 18th ult. duly
received and contents noted. Would say
in reply" etc, feels that the acme of
conciSeness has been attained by the alb
breviated forms employed, unconscious that
he has conveyed a minimum Of thought by
a maximum OF incorrect verbiage. Who
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transportation il by water OF by rail, ths
methods OF preparing the staples for market,
IT surpassed by or superior 10 the methods
used in this country are all considered.
Papers are prepared un topics OF the
times, such as wages in Mexico. reciprocity
aud the farmer; irrigation; petroleum and
its products. As the field OF commerce.
is So broad, the interdepeudenCe OF nations
IN commerce is held constantly before the
pupils, aud papers are written On the
Chilean question, the seal fisheries, the
effect OF the completion OF the Nicaragua
canal on the trade OF the South and West,
the bearing OF the Monroe doctrine on our
commerce. and the Clayton B1IIwer treaty
in regard to BMefie Ids
The transition OF the United States
from al agricultural to a manufacturing
nation, and the causes OF the transition,
are also touched upon, the study of the
United States in its relations 10 commerce
being the central point, while the other
nations are dwelt upon in the order OF
the importance Of their commerce with
the United States.
As most of the topics assigned require
labor in obtaining the material from the
papers, it gives the pupils a knOwiedgs
u1 history in addition 70 their study OF
geography. The study Of the world and
its resources as To production, distribu-
tiun and consumption, is the study OF Conn
meTcial Geography, aud is field as wide
as mans activities
AcNEG NJ cpAuANF
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aud this combination in thebuSineSs practice
of the bookkeeping department produces as
perfect results in the many details of a
business life as can be obtained outside
of the counting house or the walks of actual
business.
The pupil is first thoroughly trained in
jourualizing and posting and is made as
well acquainted as the time permits with
the various books, both original and
auxiliary, pertaining to the science of ac-
counts. He learns that bill receivable
differs from an account receivable in very
essential particulars, and that bills of
lading and sale must not be entered in the
bill book.
For months he is thoroughly drilled iE
definition, use of books, and ruling, and
when judged sufficiently well versed in
the fundamentals of recording transactions
he is introduced to the business practice.
Here he is given a series of transactions
dealing with persons and things common
to the vicinage of the District of Columbia
so that as far as tie time allows boy
orgirl who Possesses a B. II. S. diploma must
of necessity be on intimate terms with all
the forms and usages pertaining to modern
business. The aim of the department is
two-fold-to compel accuracy and neat
ness on the part OF the pupil, and at the
same time not to allow q single graduate
to leave the school without a thorough
knowledge of practical business forms
and methods.
w PORFRTSON
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In the course in business arithmetic
the aim is at all times to secure accuracy,
moderate rapidity, and clearness of ex-
preston, and TO deal with each subject
from the standpoint of practical business
methods
Whether the work consists of mental
examples or the solution OF intricate ac-
counts, clear statement and a reason for
each step are the requirements why
do you do this?" is the question that must
be always understood, if not always asked.
The problems given in all subjects are
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EWRITING.

The typewriting department is very
popular one, notwithstan ding the fact
that it has had many vicissitudes since
its creation.
When the school opened five years ago
six typewriters were purchased and placed
in the rear of class room, but their
Characteristic click interrupting other
school work, they were removed to small
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MECHANICAL DRAINING,

The drawing of the school, which is
more fully outlined under the general
head of drawing, is largely mechanical,
the object being to fit the pupils for
elementary draughting. Owing to the
crowded condition OF our building, the
classes are obliged to meet in the assembly
hail on the upper floor, one-half OF which
is fitted up for their use with regular
dra wing tables and sets of models and
casts, while a boys section occupies the
other half Is a result OF this crowding,
the classes work under the disadvantage
OF having two recitations going on in
one room at the same time. yet, in spite
OF this, good work is done considering the
time at their disposal
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GOOD LUCK AND RAD LUCK.

Good luck is the gayest OF all gay girls,
Long in one place she VIII not stay;
Back from her brow she strokes her Curls
Kisses YOU quick and flies away
But Madam BAD Luck sOberly comes
And SfayS-uo fancy has she for flirting
SDatcbes Of true love-sOngs she huns,
And sits by your bed, aud brings heJ
knitting
From The German by John Hay
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uIer s-L graduating thirty out of the thirty
iihe Nv, Students composing the first gradu-
atiDg class were employed chjerIy =, III
ely as bookkeepers, stenographerx and
oihce assistants. The members of the
classes which have graduated from rho
schooi since then are now to be found in
,hdhy oil The most prominent business
houses of the city. %
ALLAN DAVIS PrincinoI
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BUSINESS ARITHMETIC,

HILDA NORTH.
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COMMERCIAL LAW,

AGNES NJ. GRAHAM
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SKETCH OF PRINCIPAL DAVIS.

ALLAN DAVIS, PRINCIPAL
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.HEIaw awgoverningthegr growth ofeduca-
tionalinstitutions is the la W ofevolu-
ton, rather than that OF speciaIcrea
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-04-12
Importaat RasIway Change,

The g. s. & +. railway has been sold
to the bond holders. and the TELEGRAPH
learns on good authority that there will
be some Important changes made in the
system. II is the intention Of tue pur-
chascrS of the rO.d To make some material
changes in the route and we regret TO SAY
that one of the changes IN contemplation
will deprive BradfTd county of the road.
This plan is TO lske up the track south of
Lake City and build line from that place
to jacksonville parallel with the F. c. &
P. Another plan under advisement is tn
take up The track south of Sampson City
and lay it from there to Jacksonville via
StarKe.
1t is to be hoped that the latter plan viii
he pursued. but as yet the matter Is un
settled.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-04-12
cemmI..ion,r., :Rroceeainr..

The Board OF County Commissioners
met in regular session April 2. 1895. at 10
O'Clock. The following members were
present: +. 4. Todd. chairman, T. A.
Knight. John Harden and John Croft.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved
Mrs. Rosetta Scott VAS granted eKemp-
tipn Of 500 upon her tux returns for 1894.
L. A. Knight was authorized 10 take
charge of the public roads IN the Fifth
Commissioners District until the COM
missioner wss appointed aud commits
stoned.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting 10 examine location and building
a new bridge across New River at Read
ing's crossing. made their report and 1led
specifications of said bridge. The col-
tract was awarded TO r. <. Wall. who
was the lowest bidder.
The Clerk was instructed TO draw war.
rant for 81 50 TO pay transportation and
expenses OF w. j. Smaller TO Bruins
wick. Ga.
Tax-collccIOr r. T. Bowling asked for
and received an extension of 30 days 10
collect The Stale and county taxes for 1894.
The County Treasurer presented his re-
port for the quarter ending March 81,
1896, and turned over TO the board 81,
4SO.28 in county scrip on the general
fund and $lS5 AZ county special and cou-
pons amounting TO 1896 81, which was
compared with auditors aud found cor
rect. The script was burned by COM
miltee in The presence OF the board.
| The clerk WAS instructed to draw q
warrant upon the County Treasurer foI
$l25.a5 to pay witnesses in criminal
cases before the last Spring Term Of the
Circuit Court.
The following warrants were issued
Pauper fund $57 50: general fund $685. So
The Board then adjourned until Tho
lrst Tuesday ID May. w. 7. WEEKS.
| fNloriy
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-04-12
Masters Sale.

I TNDEE and by vrr;u,' ui & 4 .'rra If f1r,.
- closure and >rl" ...ii' ni.tne ta] enter.
March tSlh, a. y. I-,j. IN tul by the Ircu.
Court W TN" fourth .it.:' al iTcu:i. SU =. a.
Florida ~ ARA cor s;r, ..,.. c1iy ~ e, ct.rtdi,
CaISc ~ chdnc,"y .h'r'iN ;..nGi L. wherein
N TRULY. :. J. ~r"ruhJir-S ;,IJ r. -trnny.. parI
Dcrs cGccr the firm name 0f Tsuby. S:rrnburg
4 Co. are CuIGi'liIuIttS AMI Wac II WSnI
and Mary y Wynn hiN "IIc. arc Gci"uddE :.
Will sell 10 tie EIGhcS, binder :Cr y-.Eh IN (Ion
of the court hCuS' 'lOOr the 81 STAR
in said county If Bradford, IN .:r 6, lS.lJ e.,
same h"lng the'H'St Non Ia % II u. ntlI al.
4 legal ale day. during fle legal hours Of sale
on said day, all the following IiC' q parcel Ui
tote OF land. " n.s ana n'H- ~ H., comfy G.
Brad State of ~ liza, aud %C-Crihru Il
follows: The S,Uthwvs. q 'I.t,.r az ~. S.sn.I
east quarter and the southeast gUCrteT Of the
SOuthw'.i quarter of -ectIon tUvn., I've, in
township seven, south of range twenty one
east, containing eVeuty nICe ,.ud '-'SHts i've
one hnndredth ,,eSIl acres. Trra.S cash. Ia.
Chaser paying for tItie. CUsS I PACE.
. 81 Spp,'iIl Master
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-04-12
LEGAL NOTICES,
Masters Sale.

Under an% by virtue Of decree of fore
y closure end Sll'- duly maze and tnttre
March 21th, 4. ID IN nbd by ,h,- CiTCni
Court Of the Fourth Judicial Circuit State /
Florida. liz aud Tor bradford county. in a certain
cause IN cEaGcery therein pending, wh"rei
lydia A. Martin Is complainant nd Fra
GOOdwiuc and Julia GOOdwil,, LIS wife. are dc
PENDANTS | GIll sell - The hichcS, BIDDER (. .
cash in front 81 NJ court bod dndr in jlI' tow
of StRrke IN said county ~ Bradford. on MAJ O.
1885, The 6i1.e 'r,lIS tl:'. HI-J MCuI=v Of -.
n:oGth and Legal sale c:,, :uriu; TIM ie:,.
hours OF Sa'o ~ SAIL day. aiI tht- f. Town. ,
pieces, parcels or tracts %. Land, ,'iudtr, lyiu:,
and being i" tn" 'r''Jn;I &c 81 'fpT.i State -
Florida, and described rs l!n,s- Comm-nriry
NJ the northeast cUracr OF land SOLD u U ID.
Miner and running VS. eriy alrnl ali I;,l,u five
hundred and ninety ft"i, th,'uce north - IN,
line dividing if.e n,'r'H"'~ ~ ;yG.'t ~ ,uUtt.
west quarter and s..u;hM- l. j,.fisCr = no.,
west quarter. fi.rnr' tIrt 10 III Nt@TLC az.
SlnGerS"n pu,l!c Rad. ii.rnrc sout!; ~ d,o,t,
said n TO place uf ur..ui.in. ali IN IN. nor.
west quarter ut The Sr:'aW - qu 'rirr e sec
ZION eight g.. tCWu~hi.. TX o.. range tw.-rt
two (22). cont aiming ten 90 ,r.'> lH,r, or les.
Terms cash, purchaser PaSjE- Tor ,iilr.
Cas-. : PACr.
4J@L -.f.Irl Master.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-04-12
Masters Sale.

| INDER and by virtue o. a decree OF fore.
- closure kHd sale duly made and entered
March 2.th, 1875, in and by the Circuit Cour,
Fourth Judicial Circuit State of Florida IN and
for Bradford county, iu Il certain cause in char
Gerry therein pending. wherein Reuben stpen i
complainant and Thomas IL Hultou and Martha
H"ltOn. his wife, are del, udaGiS. | viii sell 10
the highest builder for cash in front of the court
hauSc d-Or in the town CT SJarke IN said comfy
II Bradford, an May 6 1895, the Same being the
t!rt Monday III said month Rrd q legal sci. day,
durinz the legal hours IF sale on said day, All
tho following piece, parcel or tract Of land, sit
uato and being in the county Of Bradford and
state OF Florida, and described rs fellows:
The south half Of the northeast Quarter Of sp,.
ton our, township :, south range twenty east .
Terms cash. purchaser paying FOR title
CHAs. F. PACE.
81 Snecial Master
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-04-12
4 Cure For Dyspepsia.

SAVANNAH. Ga.
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My system was also full OF maIrriS, my
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but now my health is fully restored. AM.
| can cat like n field labOrpr without IN,
slightest fear of serious results. | really
feel like new man.
l take great pleasure IN telling III,
world that j. p. p. dad the grand w,.rk
of restoring me I" my accustomed health
Yours lTu Y,
w S CUFRRy
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-04-12

Mr.. Fred Miller, OF Irving, ILL.,, writes
that he mad severe kidney trouble for
many years, with severe pains in his
back and also that his bladder WAS af-
iecIed. He IricC. many s0 called kidney
cures but without any good result
About year ago he began the Use of
Electric Bittcrs and found relief al once.
Electric Bitlers is especially adapted To all
kidney and liver troubles and often gives
almost Instant relief. One trial will prove
our statement. Price only Fifty cents for
large bottles, nj the drug stule of the
Susrke Drug Co.. and John a. King,
Lake Butler