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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14
THE GOOD RO4DS MATTER.

The good roads matter has taken a queer turn. The report of the commit tee had scant courtesy In the house As the bill stands now it provides that one commissioner, who shall be prac- tical engineer, shall be appointed by the governor to hold office for two years, from July 1, 1897 at a salary of $2000. He shall be allowed $500 for travelling expenses and 1,500 for office expenses. The bill appro- priates $75,0O0 to be used in road build- ing annually, and provides that two- thirds of the expenses of such road building shall be borne by the State and one-third by the town in which the road is made. The selectmen are to have supervision of the building of the roads, which must be approved by the highway commissioner. The bill also provides that only $3,OOO per annum shall be expended in any town.
 What will happen in the senate re- mains to be seen. We hope that when the matter is considered in the senate it will be considered in a different spirit from that which stuck out so promi- nently and disagreeably in the discus sion in the house. And we think the bill as reported by the committee should be allowed to stand. The Hart ford Post puts the matter about right when it says: Legislation ought never to be effected in a splenetic mood. Good laws rarely get on the statute book when the impelling motive is political or other revenge. The selectmen of the towns We know feel the responsibility
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14
roo MUCH FOR WEYLER,

General Weyler, who is managing for
 his way. He certainly has great deal of power. But he has discovered that
 he hasn't power enough to make fiat money as good as gold. The Spanish government has decreed that paper In
 Cuba is as good as gold, makes all it's
 payments in paper money, forces it's creditors to accept it at par and insists that it must circulate at par. Weyler
 has issued an order declaring that any one who refuses to accept this rag mon-
 ey at it's face value, as the equivalent
 of gold, shall be regarded and treated
 as an enemy of the country. If such
 an order could be effective anywhere in
 holding fiat money at par 1t should be
 effective in Havana now. Weyler is in a position to summarily enforce his or
 der. The man who refuses to accept
 the fiat money as the equivalent of gold
 or even protests against so receiving 1t
 does so at the imminent risk of his life.
 He can be instantly -martialed
 and shot. But even under these excep- tional circumstances the fiat money
 cannot be kept up. Gold is at 215 in
 Havana, and all prices are fixed on a
 gold basis. Weyler explains this phe- nomenon by saying that the currency is really worth it's face value, but that lit is quoted at a low price by specula- tors in the market who are doing an un- patriotic work and are enemies of the country.
 Weyler has his hands full with his fiat money problem. They would still be full if he should shoot everybody in Cuba in his efforts to keep gold at par with the fiat money standard.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14
EYTR4V1GINT.

Brown-"My son has very extrava- gant ideas" Stone-"He doesn't look as if he had many of them. .''--Yonkers Statesman.
 Did you hear Senator Simpson yes- terday? He made fine speech against it." Against what?" Time. e."-Cleve- land Leader.
 She-"A woman marres a man to keep him indoors" He-"And a man marries woman to keep her in hats" --Yonkers Statesman.
 Madam, your husband has been ar rested for arson"
 Impossible! Why, he never started a fire in his life."-Columbus (Ohio) State Journal.
 What did you mean by calling me successful highwayman?" growled the capitalist to the editor. T meant, sir, that you own an elevated railroad"- Detroit Free Press.
 "I have here neat and pretty little letter opener" began the agent
 "So have I at home" said the busi- ness man, sadly. I'm married. ."-Cin- cinnati Commercial Tribune.
 My good man, do you ever do any, thing to bring light and purity into the homes of your fellow men?'
 "Yuss, lots"
 You distribute tracts?"
 No; I cleans windows and beats car pets. ."-Illustrated Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

of their position, We believe they are doing good work in the main, But the building of good roads is a matter of scientific knowledge, and the towns for their own good ought to be willing to receive expert suggestion and not re- sent it, Certainly because perhaps one citizen wants an office and high ofli- cial of the State may be willing to give it to him is no reason why our whole good roads system should fail. There was much incorporate language used yesterday on the floor of the house against the present commission, but we noticed that the friends of the com mission did not respond in kind There might have been some very severe things said, but they were not uttered, and we are glad they were not. The good roads law as reported by the com mittee on roads, rivers and bridges can be defended on its merits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

who rose in rebellion. Travelling on to East Griqualand found a similar scare had occurred there also, and the farm CTS in several districts had collected to- gether into laager. Tn Basutoland l | found a crisis had only been averted by | the tact and decision of MT. Lagden, the resident.
 The tension just now is, therefore, on all sides so great that any display of temper by either party would set South Africa in a blaze. Each one is asking,
 When is this state of things to end?
 How is confidence again to be re- stored?"
 What, then, are the factors of the sit uation? Of the two white races Of South Africa one is backward and slow in movement, while the other is essen tially progressive. Over the greater part of South Africa the progressive section is in power; but the richest por-
 tion of the country is held by the un- progressive section. And the develop
 ment of the whole of South Africa de- pending so much as 1t does upon the de-
 velopment of the Transvaal, the push ing, energetic section are kept in a state of constant irritation at the deliberate ness of the more backward section,
 while these latter are ever in a nervous dread that the progressiveness may filch their portion from them. The feel ing of the British throughout South Af- rica towards the Dutch of the Trans
 vaal is Move along, or let us manage
 affairs" And the feeling of the Trans vaal Dutch towards the British is,
 Push ahead as much as you like in your own part of South Africa, but
 leave us alone in ours" If the Boers
 had Bechuanland instead of the Trans
 vaal, or if the Transvaal were as devoid of mineral wealth as is the Free State, there would be no more tension be- tween the Dutch and English than
 there was between the two in the Free State before the raid. The disturbing 1 factor in the situation is the wealth of
 the Transvaal.-Cape Town Letter to | London Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

During the first eleven days of this month there were twenty-seven cases of suicide in New York city. This startling record is thought by some of the doctors of that city to be due to the advent of summer on the theory that winter have a temporarily depressing effect, especially on those who are in poor health.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other smali advertisements, One Cent a Word each m sertion. Five Gents Word for full week (seven times).
 Display Advertisements per Inch, one m, to seition, $1.20; each subsequent inserti0n. 4o year, $40 ,r
 Obituary Notices, In prose or verse, ID cents per line. Notices of Births Marriages; Deaths and Funerals. 50 cents each. Loca' notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own Immediate business (all mattey to pc . un. obtectionable), and thelr contracts ao not include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14
FASHION NOTES.
Elaborateness Above the Belt.

The velvet waists that were so hand some two seasons ago and that were put on the market again last winter, became promptly too common to hold their place. Recently some stunning affairs on the same order have been imported in satin, the sort of satin that stands alone Shocking at the shoul- der allows for stunning fulness of fold in front, the sleeves are finished with cuff bands, and the neck with band for collar. Large white pearl buttons fasten down a pleat in front The waist may be worn either inside or out side of the belt. The shades that are being pushed are those that became common in the velvet with scarlet little brighter than ever, and green
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

Facts do not bear out the assertion that machinery is detrimental to labor, In no industry, perhaps, has machinery making of shoes. Yet according to the figures of the census, SS5,O00 people were employed in this industry In New England in 1890, against 319000 in 1860, while the average wages per capita have risen from $246 a year to s469.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

There is at least one sensible man in tI1e Kansas legislature. "A brief legis- Native experience has convinced me-" says Senator Young, that our method of making laws is a very poor one. Every other business except law mak ing Is understood to require some pre- vious preparation, experience and study to qualify one to pursue it. But every man is supposed to come into life fully equipped to undertake the most respon- sible duty in which it is possible to en- gage on moments notice"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

A Chicago bicycle journal contains the advertisement of firm which off, fers Ia first-class wheel for lady with a deep frame for $65."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14
A FORGOTTEN EMPIRE.
Gallant Frenchman Organized the

A UdIIdHI fTtHChmdn Organized the
 CherOkees in Georgia.
 Few persons of to-day are probably aware that up among the Georgia mountains a daring French adventurer once founded an empire, with a capital city, an emperor, court, grand officers of state, an army and thousands of sub jects; that the imperial design of the founder only came to grief through an accident that checked the further growth of power which, developed. might have changed the destinies of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

The Massachusetts Historical Society has held it's last meeting in it's old rooms in Boston, and will now store it's valuable library and collections for two years, when it is hoped its new build ing will be ready for occupancy. The first meeting of the society was held in t791 and for sixty-f1ve years it has oc- cupied the location now to be vacated. The society's fund amounts to $169,593, pamphlets in it's library.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

The bee is indeed busy The Agri- cultural departments Experiment Sta tfon Record states that colony of bees, of which there appeared to be at the beginning about 10000 bees, was watched from January to December 1891, and at the end of the season it had about 10000. For the whole time there were about S90 eggs laid per day; for the season of the honey flow (March 8 to August 3 the number of eggs per day averaged 1,76O The highest daily average was between March IS and April 10, and was 2600. The colony did not swarm. Over 30O000 bees were matched and passed away. The colony made 1S0 pounds of honey.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

The Australian newspapers publish accounts of the recent journey of the Hon. David Carnegie through the des- erts of western Australia. They seem to prove that most of the country is wholly unfitted for human habitation, although its character might be chang ed by the discovery of artesian water. But many years may be expected to elapse before inducement will be forth coming to push a settlement where the natural conditions are so forbidding. Without the discovery of precious met als, it may be centuries before anything is done to change the aspect of a vast tract over which the vegetation is of the scantiest and most useless descrip-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

The gentle Turk prays as follows when he feels like it: q seek refuge with Allah from Satan the accursed
 In the name of Allah the compassion ate, the merciful! o Lord of all creat- ures! o Allah! Destroy the infidels and poletheists, thine enemies, the ene- mics of the religion! o Allahl Make their children orDhans and defile their abodes! cause their feet to slip; give them and their families, their house. holds and their women, their children and their relations by marriage, their brothers and their friends, their pos sessions and their race, their wealth and their lands, as booty to the Mos lens, o Lord of all creatures!" The Koran, chapter ix., 5, has this frank ad
 vice: 'Kill the idolaters wheresoever ye shall find them and take them pris- oners and besiege them, and lay wait for them in every convenient place. But if they shall repent and observe the appointed times of prayers and pay the legal aims dismiss them freely"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 15 CENTS WEEK, ACCENTS A MONTH, s FOR EIx MONTHS. S6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS EMAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

THECARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
Evening star., 1897-05-29
escaped the attention of so astute man as

escaped the attention of so astute man as
Mt. Aldrich.
The public had been puzzling over this
matter fer three days when, yesterday,
Mr.. Aldrich took the floor in the Senate
again with another statement respecting
the Senate schedule. Replying to some in
quiries made by Mr.. Tillman, the Rhode
Island Senator, speaking for all the men,
bers of the Senate subcommittee, declared,
with emphasis, that no person connected
directly or indirectly with the American
Sugar Refining Company or any other re-
firing company, or any other person at any
time or in any manner suggested or dictated
aHy schedule or any rates upon sugar to
the Republican members of the Finance
Committee at any time in any place
This. instead of clearing up the matter.
aGds to the confusion. How did it come
about. then, that the sugar schedule in the
House bill was taken up and changed? Who
discovered its defects and demanded a
remedy? According to this explanation, the
Sugar Trust. during the time the Dinsley
bill was in the Senate subcommittee
bands, was Indifferent to its own interests.
1t was not satisfied with the House sched-
ule, and 1t had perfect right to appear be-
fore the subcommittee and ask for a
change. Ii was UNDERSTOOD that Otner IN
terests not satisfied with the rates of the
House bill were asking to be heard, and
were securing audiences. That was per-
fectly proper. But the Sugar Trust, ac-
cording to Mr. Aldrich, let the matter go by
default.
Well, blessed are those who expect moth
irg. Here was the Sugar Trust dissatisfied
with the House schedule, and the Senate
subcommittee engaged in preparing a sub
stitute cutting down even the Houses beg
carly allowance. and yet no word of sug-
gestion or protest from the unfortunate vic
tim. But the Good Fairy steps in and pro-
tects the Trust. The stars in their course
were fighting for the Trust. The Senate
subcommittee was foiled. The schedule
which was to deal fairly by the people, and
! reduce the protection granted by the Houst
| to the Trust was queered somehow in con
ton, and as it came out of the com.
| mittee room proved to be bigger boor
! than any previous boon ever granted to the
| Trust. In the language of the poet, slight,
| altered to meet a Board of Trade topic tbs
| Sugar Trust awoke and found itself in towr
| by large majority. Sugar stocks went VI
| with a whirl, and there was a great deal o.
| money made by various shrewd partie:
| who had their own opinion of the merits O
| the Aldrich contention that his sugar
! schedule was less favorable to the Trus
! than the House schedule
| Mr.. Aldroh's third explanation is awaite,
| with some interest. It's coming, and th
| third times the charm
Evening star., 1897-05-29
Mr. AIdrich'. second statement.

Mr.. Aldrich has made two statements re-
srecting the Senate subcommittee's sugar
schedule. but IL cannot be said that either
one helps his side of the contention.
In his speech on Tuesday. the Rhode
Island Senator declared that the sugar re-
fiEers would fare better under the House
than under the Senate schedule. But in the
same breath he pictured the growth Of the
business of the German refiners and inti-
mated that unless the American refiners
were properly protected. their interests
would-as had been the case with the in
tefests of the refiners In other countries
succumb TO the powerful German competi-
ton. There seemed to be room for explana-
tier here. Why. with full apprec iation of
this peril to the American refiners. did Mr..
Aldrich and his coadjutors reject the House
schedule for one Of their own. less favor
able to the refining interests? Nobody was
asking for the destruction of the American
refining interests. 1t was conceded that
tley, along with other American interests.
were entitled TO fair treatment. The House
lad remembered them. and the country had
TO; complained of the House schedule.
Strange to say. however, the Sugar Trust
was complaining and this should not nave
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Good. Roads.

Secretary Wilson has taken charge OF
the Department of Agriculture in manner
10 demonstrate that he is the right man
for the place. Since his induction into Of
flee he has made systematic survey or the
field has apparently located the corners
for particular cultivation and now he an
nounces that one of his chief efforts will
he to secure something tangible and prac-
tical from the good roads inquiry that has
been under way in the department for some
time past There is no more important mat
ter from the standpoint of the American
farmer than the improvement of the high
ways of the country. Many farmers real
ize this fact. while many more have yet
to be educated up to the knowledge tnat
the ordinary muddy. rough road. such as
they are accustomed to regard as inevitable
is a positive loss to them a hindrance to
the quick marketing of their crops and
constant drain on their stock. In some
parts of the country the roads are so bad
that travel is almost impracticable. save
in the best weather. rainstorm causes
complete isolation to those who must
travel by carriage or wagon. On the sue
ceeding days teaming is out of question.
On oti er roads so little attention is paid to
repairs that the tracks are normally bad
and cannot be brought to decent condition
without d prohibitory expense. Much has
been done of recent years by the wheelmen
of the country to arouse an interest in the
subject of good roads. and indeed the pres
ent movement is traceable directly to the
efforts of the League of American Wheel
rflerl which organization instituted the
first effort at Ial education on the sub
ject. 1t has been found however, that the
agricultural interests have so much al
stake that the matter is far too important
to be permitted TO remain unofficial and
the work that is now to be carried on b,
the Department of Agriculture with every
prospect of success has at last put the
case where it belongs. There is a gooc
deal vet to be learned in the way of de
tails of construction and repair. Very
much of the work is as yet experimental
There seem TO have been uncovered. how
ever. enough basic principles to enable the
farmers to go ahead in towns and coun
ties to put their roads on a proper foun
dation. The steel rail that is used in som,
portions of the far west with great success:
is coming into favor, reducing as it doe:
the hauling strain from forty pounds pei
ton to eight pounds. Cheap materials re
duce the initial cost and better methods o.
construction lower the expense of main
tenaLce so that this system it is thought
will soon come into general use in othe
localities Good macadam is favored b.
the scientific road builders for its so
lidity and its smoothness when wei
laid. TIL department. 1t appears. pro
poses to learn all possible about the who'll
subject and then to give the farmers prac
teal de monstrations of the folly of the oil
system and the advantages of improve
ments. In no surer way could the Secretar
of Agriculture work to the betterment Q
the great army of American agriculturists
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NIny so.

Memorial Day continues to cail out the
great affection and gratitude with which
the memory of the men who died for the
Union is cherished by the people The
ceremonies of the day, simple in their ma
ture and of snort duration, are yet per-
formed with every touch of genuine feeling,
and are never viewed by patriotic men but
with a profound sense of their Significance
1t Is not a day for long faces nor deep
bands of black, nor need it be. The recall
Ing of stirring events in which men in arms
strove for mastery on the field cf battle is
rot associated with either gloom or de-
spair- The parade is spirited. the poems
and addresses contain the note of triumph
and the music is patriotic rather than fu-
nereaI.
AT the capital here. and IN all the great
. eenters, the observance of the day is on a
scale commensurate with the SURROUNDINGS.
The large populations ard the thousands of
soldiers graves to be decorated are factors
for the full development of the spirit of the
occasion The professions are imposing
and the long rows of fiower-strewn graves
are sadly beautiful and suggestive But
probably the more beautiful and suggestive
sight IL that presented in some village
cemetery. where small flag waves at the
head OF single grave. and where some
single Individual, old man or a child.
comes with handful of flowers to lay upon
it. For, by the thoroughness of the organi-
zation of the Grand Army of the Republic
and the pains it has taken with this par
ticular feature of its work. no soldier s
grave. however solitary or remote Is Ne
elected Wherever lies buried a man who
died for the flag. his grave. If known, is re-
membered On this day.
And there is profit we'll as sacred
beauty in this service What Is better cal
culated to make men love the country than
this sincere and unaffected exhibition OF
reverence for the memory of those whc
have died for 1t? Men. II is true. do moi
stipulate for such things when they enlist
for war, or when they so into battle, bu
the country which cherishes in times o.
peace grateful recollectfons of its deat
heroes and provides for those they hav,
left behind. never lacks for defenders wheI
the hour of danger arrives. So that
throughout all the land on Memorial Day
there is a service which no man may con
slider unmoved. and which testifies no les
to gratitude for what has beer offered u
upon the country's altar. than to as nobI
sacrifices still to come II the country sial
at any time need them and demand them.