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Arizona republican., 1897-12-02
ROAD BUILDING.
Dirt Roads the Best in Good Weath-
 Government Aid.


 Gen. Rs5 s,-9n,ai5=- spoke on the subject of "Good Roads" altar the bancres tandered him by Hhe Com mercial club Saturday night, discussed the advance made. in science Of road building most entertainingly during his stay in the city, says the Globe Democrat. He satd |'It was once thought that in the general govern ment's taking Up this gusgtiCn there might bs some unfav0rable sentiment in some of the states owing to an in)- pression which miah- possibly prevail that it was an interference with a states sovereignty over its own do main. I am glad to say that. on the contrary, the governments aid and counsel on the subject of road build
 ing has everywhere been received in the spirit in which it has been offered, and the interest which has b5en de- velOped through the governments pol icy is one of the most encouraging signs for the future of the work. At the meeting of tha good roads con- vention in South Carolina tha work of organizing the movement was placed largely in my hands.
 'The science of road building is steadily developing, and so far expeIi
 ence has shown that the very best road in the world in good weather is the dirt road. When it is either dry or frozen it makes the best road known. For this reason it is the rule on the most modern rOadways to i have a dirt road running alongside of the paved roadway, and in some instances the paved roadway has a dirt road on each side of it 70 be used in good weather. It is remarkable on roads built in this fashion how many days in the year the dirt roads do the best service, and the wear and tear on the paved portion of the road is thus saved. Besides this, wet weather is the time when travel over the paved road does it the least harm, for the vehicles then press down the rock and stone into place instead of scatter ing them, and by being used only in bad weather it lasts much longer.
 ''There is another argument in favor 1 of building roads i1 this way, and that is that instead of a paved or graveled 1 roadway sixteen or more faet in width, it is only necessary to build 1 it eight feet wide. This reduces the original cost of building the roads just | one-half, and it has been found to an swer the purpose just as well, if not better than a road twice the width How about wagons passing each other? That is natural question, and simply answered. One wagon turns out on the dirt road where two wagons meet; but as two wagons sell dmo or never meet in exactly the same place, there is no danger of wear ing deep hole or rut in the dirt road
 ''The cost of building a first-class
 road of this kind recently in Phila- delphia, with inexperienced hands and other rather unfavorable conditions
 was S1 200 a mile. The same kind of
 road has been built for $90O, and even
 as low as $500 mile. The railroads everywhere appreciate the direct ben
 efit that good roads are to the freight traffic on their lines and have in nearly
 every instance, when called upon given .he movement their hearty aid
 and cooperation. The Southern Railway company assured me that il
Arizona republican., 1897-12-02
MEXICAN CENTRAL RAILWAY.

From the sea to the clouds. Passing modern cities and ancient monuments Standard gauge in everything man, agement, ideas and treatment of pa irons. The only line in the republic running Pullman palace buffet sleep ;ng cars betwe the capital and points [ the United States. Cheap rates and prompt service. For full particulars call on or address J. F. Donohoa Commercial agent. Fl Paso- Texas.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-02
HAUNTED.

How little as we feasted Throughout Thanksgiving day, We thought about the future And the penalty we'd pay. Turkey hash for breakfast, Turkey in the stew, Now it's called '.salmi" And next it's a ragout. At unexpected moments, Accusing our good host, That turkey, everybody says, Is worse than Banquo's ghost.
 Washington Star.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-02
Tllousands gre Trying It.

Flns m 0res 9re9r E aiy 'tS Sa ne nos saiga 's for Catarrh and Col1 n llesa. w9 Aaro pr pared 9 generous trial s;-'5 fer A0 e- .s.
 ELY BROS, 5 W27ron St. t. I. c:ly
 Isufsrea frora oatarrh of She vorsa l-'- ever since 2 boy, cad ], never hopsd cure, but Eiv'5 Cream Balm seems 70 ( even tllat- Many rai1tlnccs have ls U with eEoal an5 Ic --s.--' ss5a- Cs.l--- U Warren Ave. CL-eas II.
 Ely's Cream Balm is fho acknowledged cure for ca5srrh and contains no coc.ina. mercury nor any injurious drug Price, 50 cents. At druggists or by mail.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-02

The Hot Springs importation company is now prepared to handle passengers between Hot Springs Junction and Castle Creek hot springs. A modern and comfortable stage leaves the junction every morning and reaeh- es tha springs in few hours over one of the finest mountain roads in the west. Fare from Phoenix, one way, S5. Round trip, $8.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-02
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

Under the new schedule the S. F. P. & F. freight train will leave Phoenix at 4:45 each morning. Freight will be received at the s. F. P. & P. freight house, Jackson street and Sixth av- enue, up till o'clock p. m., mountain time, every day except Sunday.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-02
TO MESA AMI TEMPE.

On and after July l my fares wi re- .aain the same as heretofore, but aftaY havirg knocked out the railread thev vil not be advanced
Arizona republican., 1897-12-02

The M. 6 P. has adcp-ed the system of communication tickets for school chil- dren wishing to attend school at Phoe- nix or Tempe, and has arranged to sell ten ride tickets. For further in- formation call at their office. No. 20 North Center street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12

year in bethlehem in the church which
was built over the stable in which Christ
was born. The stable stands there yet with
its hard floor and stone troughs Directly
over ii is built beautiful church. where
every year hundreds OF pilgrims and tray
elers assemble onsChristmas eve. Long
and elaborate service take place in the
church, and at one point in the worship
the priests come down the narrow stone
steps that lead 10 the stable beneath. They
carry candles in their hands and the choir
boys sing. once down below they come
into a food OF light which springs from
bright ray in the ceiling. ON the floor,
directly where she first brilllancy of the
raw strikes it, is "a star set in the floor
and this star marks the place where the
Virgin Mary lay when there was no room
at the inn"
A waXen image Of the Christ child is car
ried in the procession, and when the child
is laid in the stone trough which served
as manager. the hymn of the Nativity is
sung. Al one point in the song the Waxen
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12

pie believe that consumption is durable.
It's no use to argue the question. But
here's a man who, at =. was coughing,
splitting blood, sweating his strength away
at night, his face rudy with the hectic
tnge of fever. He thinks he has con-
sumption. His friends think. so. HIS
doctor has as much as told him so. And
so they assume he can't be cured. he
takes DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, loses his cough. stops splitting
blood, gains flesh, gains strength, forgetS
he ever was sick, and bids fair to live un-
til he is So Will his friends insist when
he does die at a good ripe age that ne died
of consumption? His doctor just TO per
sist in his doctrine that consumption is
incurable may still say that after the htty-
five additional years of comfort and happl-
ness consumption finally undermined his
constitution and killed him. What OF 1t?
WHO CARES A SNAP
what he finally died of so long as he was
saved to live long, useful, and happy
life? 1t doesn't matter much TO us and
to our families and friends what we die OF
when we've lived out our life Consump-
ton, too, begins in the blood. The first
need of every weakly constitution is blood,
blood for muscles, sinews. nerves, arteries;
blood for the servant matter, and blood
for the master-mind. 1t is a notable fact
that when every student of physiology
could tell you just what blood is TO brain
and body, that it was reserved for one man
to follow out the fact to its logical conclu-
sion in the treatment of disease. DR.. X.
V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
of Buffalo, n. Y, was the man for the
emergency. There is always one man VINO
meets the need of the times, who fastens
on to a fact and follows it until he reaches
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12
Rrc FoRTTNrS r~sT nv C,vprrps
Millions That Change Hands ON the
Turn of "a Card.
From Tit Bits


Benson, the jubilee plunger, thought it
worth while to write or have written for
him a book telling how, in 1887 he spent
and gambed away fortune of $3.50, OOO
Yet Benson's was by no means record;
indeed, if list Of the biggest losses in a
single year by gamblers were compiled
it would be found that Benson would not
be in the first hundred.
The famous Lady Castlemaine was one
of the most notorious gamblers of her day.
Pepys, in his amusing diary, tells US that
in a single night her losses amounted to
over f2500O. and then, too, in a time, be it
remembered, when money had two or three
times its present purchasing power
Nell Gwynne, actress and court favor
lite, beggared herself times over and over
again at the gaming table. Her contem-
porary, the Duchess Of Mazarin, niece of
the famous cardinal of that name, raised
in many ways large sums of money al
ways to lose them in the card room.
Charles James Fox. as well as being a
great statesman, was notorious gambler
He lost enormous sums, and managed to
get through several fortunes. His own es-
tate and fortune passed out of his hands
very early, and then Lord Holland paid
for him $4,000 to rid him of his debts
Fortunes that came to him afterward by
marriage were similarly gambled away in
the gambling clubs of St James and Pail
Mall. Fox always took his beating like
man; he was the coolest gambler of a
gambling age, and watched the turn-up
of a card ON which thousands depended
with an apparent stole indifference.
The clubs at the end of the last century
were hot beds of gambling. Lord Stavor-
dale lost I'll coo at one sitting a Almacks
one night and was rising to go wnen the
winner offered to throw him the dice for
double or quits; Lord Stavordale did so
and won.
At the Cocoa Tree, a famous club in its
day, there was in 1850 one famous evening
of which the records are still preserved.
when a sum of 100000 depended on a sin
gle hazard.
As an instance of the enormous sums
lost even early in this century, it may be
stated that the club known as Crickford's
was started in 1927 by a fishmonger Of that
name, by keeping hazard bank he retir-
ed in 1870 twice over millionaire.
To come 70 more recent times. the late
Lord Waterford lost on the tut, and by
his eccentric wagers immense sums, the
precise amount of which il would be inn
possible to set down. The Marquis of
Hastings plunged tin he became at once
the terror and the joy Of the racing fra
ternity. His losses on "Hermit's Derby
We're considerably over 100000.
When Mr. Arlington Baird died 1t was
computed that his losses on the turf alone
amounted 10 close on half a million.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12
HISTORY OF THE XMAS CAROL.

Christmas carols are as old as the Christ
mas era.
The first Christmas carol was sung by
the angels to the shepherds Of Judoa. They
sung GLORY to God in the Highest and on
Earth, Peace. Good WIN Toward Men"
The startled shepherds heard The words
and remembered them ana sung them
again the following year. and the year af-
ter, and for long Christmas ewes before
the Holy Script perpetuated them forever
The Christmas carol comes from a La
Tin word-carolere, which means TO sing
songs of JOY" AT one time the word carol
degenerated and meant carousaI and in the
year 672 the bishops forbade an indulgence
in carols aud diabolieal things on the
feast Of s.. John the Baptist"
Later the carol again rogained its pres
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12
The Race Of the Age!
Man and Woman Are Up
Against Steam.
THERE ARE MILLIONS IN 1T.

THERE AXE MILLIONS IN 1T
What race.
Our readers may ransack the pages of
history for ZOO years. but they won't find
recorded another race like this one which
means so much to millions of Americans.
Here is what studious observer who wit
messed what he calls "a preliminary heat"
says:
The train was just pulling out of Eng;e-
wood, putting and painting with its mighty
efforts. As it slowly gained speed it came
on lot of tow headed children roosring on
a fence, who shouted and waved as the
cars came up and then, as If with a com
mon Impulse, every child leaped to the
ground and began a race with the train.
The race was of short duration. AS the
machine left the painting little runners be-
hind, this gray haired onlooker smiling sad
ly remarked: Young America all over.
Nothing too swift for them to race
against" Yes, you couldn't find a fit
ter examplfcation of the familiar saying
The child is the father of the man than
in that group of children racing against
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12
THE THIRTEEN IDEA.
1T Is STRONG IN ALL COUNTRIES on
ALL SUBJECTS.

some Conspicuous EXampIes-Ene-
Iish SpOrtsmen and Politicians
Not Exempt-French Streets and
Houses Omit the Number-And the
NeW York Thirteen Club Proves
Nothing TO the Contrary.
From the London Telegraph.
Threatened superstitions, like other
things which are menaced with extinction,
are apt to live long, Indeed, it has been
often noticed that after periods of ration
alism there come in the history of the
world stages, produced no doubt in accord
ance with the law of reaction, when super
stitious observances recover something
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12
Carols and dances
Pointed on the wall.
lard he-agafn says:
saw her dance so comely,
Carol and sing so sweetly.

] saw her dance so comely,
Carol and sing so sweetly.
For the last 900 years the word carol has
become more and more frequent in ltera-
JUre, and it is now taken for a symbol of
that which is bright and beautiful.
My heart carols forth It's song of JOY"
appears in the love poem of a prominent
writer. Another secular writer poetizes-
In her sweet eyes the glances lie
Like carols of sweet melody.
The earliest German carol was Der Tag
der list SO freundlich" The earliest Holland
carol is - Z Is cen dach van vrolichkeit.
Both Of these were written in the thir-
teenth century.
Some of the most beautiful Christmas
carols appear in the fifteenth, sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries and had their
home in France Italy and England In
those days it was the mark of a litera-
tour TO have carol collections, for books
were NOT as plentiful as they are now and
one Of the most famous collectors was De
Caurroy, of France, whose name comes
down to us, ia the writings of the day
more as q collector of carols than as a
writer or a character.
England was always inclined to make a
Wassail Of her carols, ana they were spe-
clally Joyous. and not always sacred. One
o. The taVOrtte Wass4ils or carols was the
'3oars Head written about three hun
dred years ago. A Queens College student
while on his way TO mass was overtaken
by a boar To save his life he thrust his
volume Of Aristotle down the boar's throat
ard went on 10 church. on his return the
boar lay dead with the volume stiIl in his
throat. Tao student severed the head from
the body and bore il home, and after reach
Ing there composed the "Boar's Carol"
a Nassall song is particularly sung on
holidays, and may be considered a song
used more for jolihcaton than one suita-
bic for a church or Christmas song. hence
In our acceptance Of the term il should
properly he thrust out
The English Royalty Were all very fond
% the Christmas carol. queen Elzabeth
had her ladies sing them with DANCING.
hence X is doubtful that she understood
the meaning of the word carol But the
Church Of England has always kept up the
carol singing in its church choir and il has
~ us carol collections some Of the mos
beautiful compositions IN the world
The most beautiful carol ever sung. Of
the ore that is most widely sung, is tn,
Hymn OF Nativity" which is sung every
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12
image Of the chlld IS lIfted and laid down

image Of the child is lifted and laid down
again to illustrate the words.
The Catholic church has undoubtedly
the most impressive Christmas carols in
its sacred music. They are countless and
year by year it becomes necessary to file
a the library of the vatican volumes OF
the carols which can no longer be sung
on account of the new ones that are writ
ten.
One of the greatest favorites of carols
of the modern days is that written by the
late Phillips Brooks and set to music by
Gerrit Smith:
20 little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above the deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark street shineth
The everlasting light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in Thee tonight.
For Christ as born of Mary,
And gathered all above
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.
o morning stars together
Proclaim the holy birth!
And praises sing to God the king,
And peace TO men on earth"
The carol that is most popular with the
children and no doubt will continue to be-
is:
"The snow lay on the ground,
The moon shone bright;
When Christ our Lord was born
On Christmas night"
A carol that has always been a school
favorite Is the one beginning:
The snowy fields of the rudy west,
Lie softly in a dream of rest,
The azure depths of the winters night,
Are radiant with silver light
IT'S coming see tbs rising far.
Ger the Eastern hills-the Christmas STAR
Good will and peace, the angels sing,
Good win and peace to you we bring"
The Puritans were opposed to the OBJ
servance of the five and twentieth day of
December, commonly called Christmas
day. and punished the singing of all
Christmas carols; but our later day priests
and musicians have carriad Christmas ca
rolling 10 the Opposite extreme; and all
have taken hand at one time or another
in the composition of a Christmas song.
In England sullivan, bikes, Monk, Barn
by, Tours and Smith-have all composed
carols for their church choirs And in
this country we sing the carols of Dudley
Buck, George William Warren Harry
Howe Shelly, Horatio Parker and all the
rest.
1t is singular thing that the new carol
has seldom the charm of the old, and
when all have been sung, the musician
closes his book ana plays the Merry, mer-
ry, merry Christmas" carol of childhood
for the children and the Come All Ye
Faithful' for the elders. The Peace on
Earth Good VIII Toward Men" song is one
that cannot be too old to be new. nor too
new to be glad. Frederick Smith.
-S-f--s---
Wherein They Differ.-"No. sir" said
fpo.- }, tt,Ir.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12
Llge and beeame q beantiful song of toy.

tige and became a beautiful song of joy,
especially appropriate for Christmas.
Easter songs and feast-day hymns are
not. properly speaking, carols; for it is
only on Christmas that the song of endless
JOY can appropriately be sung. In the year
$50 a writer. Ramefiensis, spoke of Ca
Tols and angels praise, meaning the same
kind of glad song now represented by our
modern carol. Chaucer also uses the word
carol
Carols and dances
Pointed on the wall.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12

Wherein They Differ-"No, sir" said
the rabid free-thinker, 1.-THE idea that there
is a God never for a moment has entered
my mead. Same way with my dog" re-
PueG the deacon, but he doesn't so round
moving about it."--Chicago News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-11
.ASSININS NEWS.

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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-11
PENINSULA POINTERS.


The articles % association for Me-
nominee new shoe factory. involv-
ing stock aggregating So. 900. have
Deen signed and work on the new
81, 900 building will soon begin. The
site was donated Menominee cap
italists subscribed s33. 900. and
Lemar, Ia parties hold the balance
of the stock The factory viii give
employment 10 go hands.
| c. Houghtaling. OF North Shade
township. Gratiot Co.. was riding
his wheel along the highway when
he felt sudden jerk on the chain
and something strike his leg. Look
ing down, he saw large snake had
been caught in the chain and torn
in two by the sprocket wheel. While
examining the snake he heard a
Kissing and saw another snake coiled
at the roadside and just ready to
spring. With the only weapon at
hand. a pine root couple of feet
long, Mr. NHoughtaling attacked his
hereditary enemy and vanquished
him. The reptile was seven and a
half feet long.
Isaac Nappa, one Of the oldest and
best known employees Of the Quincy.
known perhaps better locally by the
name of Johnson. was killed SATURDAY.
afternoon in the north Quincy shaft.
the old Pewabic Mr.. Nappa was
the boss timbernan of that section
OF the mine and was working with
his gang repairing the shaft from
the result Of "a skip running off the
track the day before. The work had
been pretty well finished so that
skips were running again and one
was coming down when one of the
gang stepped back calling out a
warning. The head timberman,
however, mistook the track the skip
was on and stepped in front of the
car and was struck by it. He was so
badly cut about the middle of the
body and so many arteries were sew
cred that he bled to death within
twenty minutes. No medical aid
could be Of any avail. A very sad
feature of the accident was the pres.
ence in the timbeE gang of the
deceased's son, who thus saw his
fathers violent death. Deceased
leaves wife and five children. He
is brother Of Peter Nappa, of Calu-
met. He has worked for the Quincy
mining company for twenty-five
years or more.-Calumet News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-11

ful puller and burner. a process which
consumes time and involves great
labor and expense. The stumps OF
trees which were cut 20 10 % years
ago remain enduring and obdurate
distractions 10 the cultivation OF
the soil They are still sound IS
nut. and turn out excellent shingles
when 50 utilized. This shows the
lasting quality Of white pine. In the
early DAYS OF numbering in Michigan
the tree was cut high from the
ground and these old stumps which
the farmers are cutting into bolts.
represent the method % that period
In later wears, economy in material
which had become too valuable to
waste dictated the cutting Of stump
lga as near the ground a. possible.
In the old soft pine country, above
GreeGyil.c and especially in the yicl-
nity 81 Coleman. alarge number OF
farmers are engaged in converting
old pine ,tumps into shingle bolts.
How the logger OF the early days
would have laughed IL anyone had
y.ested that the tall stumps be
va. leaving would within ~ 70 %
years. be cut OF and made into shin
g!es In the section named the
stumps are thus being cut out 0!
fields which have been under cu!ti-
walton for 10 20 10 years, and they
arr u sound today a. when the trees
were FIRST teiled Ii j. said that the
ordinary ward man cannot tell the
difference between shingles made
from these old stumps and those cut
oal Of green timber. At any rate
they arc giving eminent satisfaction
Tie farmer has thus al last found.
that hi, dcte>ted stumps are crop
mach NOR profitable than have been
p0tatp., during the past year or
two The pc, ,ibi.j;y oi converting
them into marketable bolts afford,
him some revenue from his !and.apd
thus bel p4 u deiray the expense O.
getting out The roots aud preparing
She sol. for continuous cropping,
What was once stump 10 tie
FARMER, energy In a double sense
Ll, become plain shing!e bot t.m-
hlT. s4aa9.r t0r cash Or groceries.