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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

love ever made in a breach of promise
court. The story of the circumstances
out of which the case arose is an i'm
portant one.
John H. Germand has long been con-
sidered the wealthieSt man in Dan
vile, Ill. He was a real estate owner
for several years and his property
brought in large returns. He had
many tenants, among whom was Mrs.
Carrie Corbett. a beautiful widow of
30 years, who lived with her little j.
year-Old son. Germand visited her
once a month but claims his visits
were at tirst of q purely business ma
ture. One day he went to the house
to give some instructions TO some
painters who were at work when Mrs
Corbett asked him to come into her
apartment. This he did and the two
sat upon the sofa. This was the begin
ming of long cOurtship, in the course
of which Germand took her out for
carriage drives, and on several 0cca-
sions they jOurneyed to distant towns
together, and once both went to Chi
cagO on a vacation trip. or course
they were always properly chaperoned.
1t went along this way for long
time, and then came a trip that led to
a disruption. Mr.. Germand was going
to the convention of Christian Endeav-
orers in San Francisco. Mrs. Corbett
expressed her desire to go along, and
her sweetheart bought the ticket and
paid the other incidentals of the trip.
On I've way Nus. Corbett paid particu-
lar attentions to delegate on the
train. and carried on a Irritation with
him all the time Germand was jeal-
Gus, and so the trouble came on which
eliminated in the breach of promise
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18
A Model Hallway Stntion.

A model railway station was opened
last month in New York at the june
ton OF One Hundred and Twenty-tifth
street and Fourth avenue. The new
station is for the Harlem and Hudson
river trains. 1t has been constructed
level with the street under the metallic
viaduct, and runs from One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth to One Hundred and
Twenty sixth street, its dimensions be-
ing 200x40 feet.
The exterior is Of white terra Gotta
brick; The interior is finished in carved
oak. Among the features of the new
station are the following: An infornGa-
tion bureau, parcel room, bicycle rack
and telegraph and telephone office.
One difficulty long connected with the
Harlem station OF the Central has been
the inability of passengers to have their
baggage handled, but this cause of an
noyance is obviated III the new station,
for two elevators have been construct
ed to carry the baggage between the
station and the street. On either side
OF the station are -baggage-rooms, and
the station is lighted throughout by
electricity and heated by steam. A
portion of the cellar has been trans
formed into vault for the storage OF
books and other papers brought from
Grand Central station, where Other
similar Improvements on comprehen
siye scale are in progress.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18
A Great Authority on Evolution.

There is a sketch of "A Great Natu
ralist," the late Edward Drinker Cope.
in the Century. 1t is written by Henry
Fairfield Osborn. Prof. Osborn says:
His pioneer exploration came early in
the age of DarWinism, when missing
links, not only in the human ancestry.
but in the greater chain of backboned
animals, were al the highest premium
Thus he was fortunate in recording the
discovery in northwestern New Mexico
of by far the oldest quadrupeds known,
in finding among these the most ven
cradle monkey, in describing to the
world hundreds of links-in fact whole
chainS-of descent between the most
ancient quadrupeds and what we
please to call the higher types, especial
ly the horses, camels, tapirs, dogs and
cats. He labored successfully to con
meet the reptiles with the amphiblans,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

until this Is actually done the gold
seeker would do well not to intrust
himself to the uncertainties of those
| routes.
Undoubtedly the most comfortable
and easy way to reach the Yukon mines
is by steamer from one OF the Pacific
coast ports to the mouth of the Yukon,
at St. Miohaels, and thence by light
river steamers up the stream, the dis
lance up the river being | ,422 miles to
Circle City, and 1,772 to Dawson City.
The trouble with this route is that the
river is .nsyigable only three months in
the year. and then only by small river
steamers. because of frequent bars. The
ice breaks up about the goth OF June
and forms again about the same time
in September. There are now several
steamers ON the river belonging to the
Alaska Commercial Company and the
North American Transportation and
Trading Company, both of which have
trading posts on the river, with head
quarters at st. Michaels. Both COM
panies are building several new vessels
tor next years traffic.
The outlook for this route next sum-
mer is that the number OF steamers on
the riverswill be utterly inadequate to
accommodate the persons who will be
landed by thousands at st. Michaels by
steamers, and sailing vessels, though
there are numerous projects on foot for
building steamers on the river in the
spring or towing them thlther. AS
every vessel on the river will probably
run in connection with some regular
ocean line, and as the Probabilities are
that the ocean liners will carry more
passengers and freight than the river
steamers can handle, it would seem rs
though the only persons who will stand
any show OF getting through to Dawson
by this route will be those who pur-
chase through passage from the starting
point to their destination for them
selves and supplies. Those who pay
passage -pnlv to st. Michaels, or who
reach that point by independent steam
ers or vessels. will probably be unable
to proceed any further Notwithstand-
ing this promises to be the condition
of affairs next summer, there will
doubtless thousands of men take pass
age in all kinds of craft for st. Mich
aels, without providing means for get
ting beyond that point. Much disap
pointment is in store for many on tn is
score. Yet it may not be an unmixed
evil, as it may lead to an invasion of
the region of the lower Yukon and the
country around Kotzbue sound, where
rich plaoers are said to exist, and the
opening up of entirely new gold fields.
To sum UP all that has been said
briefly, is to say that from 0,000t te
2oO, 900 persons will rush to the Yukon
next year; that the only two routes the
majority of them should attempt are
the one by Dyea and Skaguay and the
lakes, and the ocean and river route.
and thatAo one should attempt either
withoptuakt making careful provision
forethe'eiNire journey to his destina-
tlOn.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

spinning along when the hearse driver
carelessly ran over boys bicycle and
ruined it.
The policeman, who gave chase, over
hauled the hearse, climbed up on the
box and arrested the driver for his
recklessness
"All you people follow mev the pO-
liceman shouted to the drivers of the
carriages IN the funeral cortege.
Thereupon he turned the horses
toward the police station and started
them at trot. The hearse driver was
dumb with establishment. All the car
riages dutifully trundled along behind.
Imagine the establishment OF the citi-
zens of Brooklyn upon seeing a whole
funeral procession trotting toward the
lookup The unhappy occupants of the
carriages, knowing nothing of the rea-
son for the change in their itinerary.
were full of Indignation.
The sergeant refused to entertain the
charge against the hearse driver, and
he advised the boy to get a warrant for
the driver If he wished to prosecute
him. Thereupon the funeral procession
resumed its journey toward the Gene
terry.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18
A PIONEERS NEGLECTED GRAVE
Beneath a Wild Cherry Tree Sleeps
Austin, the Founder of Texas.

Beneath a Wild Cherry Tree Sleeps
Austin, the Founder of Texas.
Among the foothills of the Ozark
mountains, in the cemetery at Potosi,
Mo-, lie the remains Of Moses Austin,
the founder of Texas, for whom the
cepital of that State Is named. His
grave is la neglected state.
Moses Austin was native Of Dur
ham, Conn, and emigrated to Mis-
souri, about the year 1875. In 1897 he
obtained from the Spanish Govern
ment a grant of land containing 6,085
acres, which is still known as the Aus
tin survey. and includes portion of
Potosi townsite. In the year 1898 Aus
tin built a costly mansion just opposite
the site Of the present court house, and
was at that time the finest structure
west of the Mississippi River. He was
engaged in mining on the
claim, and in his report to the Govern
ment in 1919 reported 200 miners at
work on the claim. He built the. tirst
furnace in the Southwest.
In the year 1921 he explored thu" I'M
known province of Texas, and after
ward secured a grant to enter and col
Onize. He returned to Missouri in 1923
for the purpose of organizing colony,
but was taken sick and died and his
remains were inferred i'll the Protest
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

and the latter with the fishes, and was
as quick as flash to detect in the pa
per of another author the oversight OF
some long-sought link which he had
been awaiting. Thus in losing him we
have lost ourablest and most discerning
critic. No one has made such profuse
and overwhelming demonstration Of
the actual historical working of the
laws of evolution, his popular reputa-
ton perhaps resting most widely upon
his practical and speculative studies
in evolution.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

ant cemetery. His plans were success
fully carried into effect by his son,
Stephen +. Austin, but as his father
was the originator of the exploration
he is rightly called the founder of the
Lone Star State.
A very large cherry tree has grown
over the grave The once famous man
sion was destroyed by fire in 1873.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18
A WIDOWS AFFECTIONS.
Adjudged by an Illinois Jury to Be
Worth Over $4,000.

In most breach of promise cases the
amount of damages asked for is ten
times as much as the damages sustain
ed or hoped to be received. But jury
recently gave verdict in case at
Danville, ILL.,, in which the affections
of the fair plaintiff were adjudged to
be worth over $4,000. This is prob
ably the largest award for sighted
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

ease as above indicated. Germand is
II years old and has been three times
a widower. The amount OF the dam
age allowed was surprise to all
even to Mrs. Corbett herself. But be-
fore the trial Germand had disposed
of most of his property, so that in all
probability the Judgment of the court
will stand unSatiStied
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18
ITEMS OF INTERESTS.

A stout gentleman in Holton, Kan,
who weighs 800 pounds, has for the
past six weeks been trying to reduce
his avoirdupois by long frequent rides
on horseback. Up to date, it is the
horse that has lost flesh.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

A grain OF fine sand would cover 100
of the minute scales of the human skin,
and yet each of these scales in turn
covers from 300 to 500 pores.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18
Arrested a, Whole Funeral.

1t has long been the custom of
funerals the world over to proceed
slowly; not so. however. with funerals
in the outskirts of Brooklyn. The
other day In that city funeral was
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

The wave-length OF the Roentgen
rays as determined by Herr l.. Fomm,
is 0.000,014 millimeter, which is about
one fifteenth OF that of the shortest
ultraviolent waves yet accurately
measured
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

Steel barrels are being made extern
sively 1t is reported that the Standard
Oil Company and other large CON
sumers soon will use them exclusively.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

Fine clothes do not make the woman,
but they sometimes break the husband.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

The oyster is one of the strongest
creatures on earth. The force re-
quired to open an oyster is more than
nine hundred times its weight.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

Horses may be cheap enough else
where, but on the Klondike trail even
the poorest cuts are worth 80 cents Il
pound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
WHY HER NAME CHANGES

IFrOm the COmmercial-Tribu
The practice of a woman changing
her name on marriage originated from
a Roman custom and came Into use
after the Roman occupation. Thus
Julia and Octavia, married to Pompey
and Cicero, were called by the Romans
Julia of POmpey, Octavia OF Cicero, and
in later times women in most European
countries signed their names in the
same way, but omitted the of" On
the other hand, at the beginning of the
seventeenth century, the usage seems
doubtful, since we find Catherine Barr
so signing herself after she had twice
married, and we always hear of Lady
Jane Grey mot Dudley, Arabella Stu
art mot Seymour, etc.
Some persons think that the custom
originated from the Scriptural tea ching
that husband and wife are one. This
was the rule of law so far back as
Bracton, and it was decided in the case
beth, that a woman by marriage loses
her former name and legally receives
the name of her husband. The Gus
tom, however, is not universal. In Spain
and Portugal married women do not
take the names of their husbands, but
continue to be known by their own In
many parts of the United States a
woman never FelinQuishes her maiden
name and is called by it as often as by
that of her husband. Even in the rural
parts of England one often finds a mar
ried woman called by her maiden name,
and in country districts of Scotland it
is sometimes found that both names are
used. In many parts of France and
Belgium the husbands and wife
names are used together when either
of them is mentioned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
THE WORD COMING I'M.

Under the heading "Be True to US"
the Louisburg Herald PopulisD echoes
the State Journals article of Wednes-
day as follows:
THE sooner this scramble for office
at Topeka ceases the better it will be
for the cause that triumphed last fall
We hope all these appointments will be
made as soon as possible, to that end.
The great mass of people who voted for
Governor Leedy and his assistants did
not do so simply that one set of pie
eaters should be turned out and another
in; that is but an incident. The COVER
nor and the Legislature must get down
to the business for which they were
elected. Lop off useless boards, cut
down expenses, reduce fees of the state
printer, do what they can towards just
laws that will make the pursuit of life
and happiness in Kansas an easier road
to travel
The editor of the Herald writes the
Journal: THE above reflects the senti-
ment of the folks down on the farm .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
CHILD GOVERNMENT.

1From Washington Home Magazine
Does the child appear so volatile that
it seems almost impossible TO hold MIN
to stability or soberneSs? Because of
the variety of his inheritance, let the
mother look for assistance in the rea-
soning faculty which surely IS 1etto4-.-
Exercising patience and tact, it can be
employed to control, not destroy, the
light nindedness so that it shall become
a cushion easing the burdens which
time lays upon every individual. IN
due seriousness or a tendency to de-
spondency may be relieved. may be
overcome by the cultivation of the hu-
rnorous element which exists in some
form in the child and which will help
to carry him over hard places or tighten
dark ones.
Obstinacy and fickleness are often
found together. and the former, if
worked with, not against the grain, ca
be transformed into perseverance ana
aid in converting fickleness into stead
fastness a tendency to moods, great
buoyancy and depression, call for the
exercise of the dormant power of self
control The child uncOnSciOuSly adj
rnires that quality and can thus be
stimulated to it's increasing exercise,
and we find an even nature produced.
A child of impulse, sympathetic, intense,
imaginative. generally possesses hard
factness: these qualities recognized and
wisely directed form awhOlesoms,S strong,
well balanced character. 1t is not nee
essary to multiply examples we know
the mower of love to change selfish
nature into a self sacrificing one, and
| there is hardly an attribute of character
that might not be greatly changed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
A LITTLE SLOW.

The New York Mail and Express is
about seven years behind the times.
1t has just made the discovery of John
J. Ingalls, sonnet, which was written
long ago. 1t says:
1.-The Hon. John James ingalls, of
ted States senator in 1900, has dropped
into poetry and it must be said that he
is turning out a first class article, as
this bit of verse entitled Opportunity
clearly shows:
Master of human destinies am I;
Fame love and fortune on my footsteps
wait.
Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and, passing
by
Howell and mart and palace, soon or
late,
I knock, unbidden, once at every gate.
If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise be
fore
I turn away; it is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire. and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or
hesitate,
Condemned to failure. perjury and woe,
Seek me in vain and useleSsly implore;
1 answer not, and I return no more.
Those lines contain strength and
tone. They vibrate with spirit and
feeling. Mr.. ingalls, has been squan-
dering his genius The thing for him to
do is to write more poetry and let poll
ties slide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
UTILIZING RoADsIDEs.



Land is not yet so rare in this country
the border of our highways. but the time
Is net Car distant when conditions here in
this respect Will more .nelrly approximate
those of older countries than they dc at
present, and we may then learn a lesson
from the thrift of some of these "effete
deSpotismS- In an article in La Ma
ture' Emmanuel Ratouin tells how the
roadsides in many parts of Germany
have been made to yield a rich return to
the state or municipalities by being
planted with fruit trees.
In foreign countries orchards of fruit
trees along the roads have given the best
results. In Wurtemburg SaxOny. BaVar-
ia, Hanover, the Grand Duchy of LuXem-
burg and in Austria the fruit tree roads
have brought in important sums to the
treasury In Saxony the fruit tree bud
get is especially satisfactory, and the
benefits realized by the state under this
head have been estimated at nearly g
100000 francs (S400, 000) for the last four
teen years.
In Wurtemburg the planting of forest
trees along the roads has been entirely
given up. A law has been passed apply
ing to all fruit orchards and systemizing
their working. The owner of the neigh
boring land takes charge of the orchard.
and the road officials see to their prOtec-
ton and care: This service is very wei
organized and does its work economical
ly. 1t has been established under almost
identical conditions in the Palatinatc and
in Bavaria In these localities each roads,
man has his corresponding 'Sylvicultor.'
Every facility is given these agents for
increasing their agricultural knowledge.
They are placed under the surveillance of
rural inspectors. who direct their labors.
competition. These road 'syIvicultors'
pass an examination and follow courses
of instruction They sometimes are given
the necessary funds to complete their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
ENGLISH SOCIETY.

lCeo. w Smalley in Harper's Magazine
Society.whether English or American,
is a word which means several different
things 1t has never been defined to
the satisfaction of every bOdy; nor is it
certain that any two men or women,
whether inside or outside its magic cir
Gle. would give exactly the same defini-
ton of 1.-THE nearest approach to such
an account of the matter as might please
everybody may be found in an epigram
by the late Mr.. Abraham Hayward-a
man not given to epigramS except in
quotation, and certainly one of the most
competent authorities on most social
questions. He was for 40 years an i'm
portant and sometimes dominant fig
ure in London drawing rooms 1 once
asked him to define society. He answer
ed, Society consists of the people we
know"
From Mr.. Hayward this was a suffi-
cient explanation. The merit of it lay.
in part, in its authorship. In the mouth
nothing, or would have been limited to
the company of his fellow outsiders Y ct
even in Mr.. HayWard'S mouth the
phrase lacks precision .or perhaps re-
QuireS. like a difficult classical text, a
good deal of comment and elucidation.
The subject is less simple there than
here, if only because London is so much
larger than New York, and because
London has undergone within a gener-
alton a social TRANSFORMED ton. Go back
a century, and the contrast is still more
striking In the days of Walpole and
Selwyn, society consisted of three or
four hundred people, and was perhaps
France, the most agreea BILE and brilliant
collection of human beings anywhere to
be met. on had, however. to take the
precaution to be born into this set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22

creased so did his regard for the person
who had given him the ambition. By
the time he had formally been put on
the ticket he had asked Miss English to
share his chances of residing in the ex-
ecutive mansion.
Mr.. Tanner is about So years of age
and has two married children, son and
a daughter. His bride elect is tall,
handsome blond who dresses with ex-
Quisite taste and takes a natural pride
in social leadership. The wedding cere-
mony will take place in St. Paul 8
church, Springfield, where Miss English
was christened and where she has al
ways worshiped. 1t will be noon
wedding, and after a wedding breakfast
the couple will take a ten days honey
moon trip through the south, returning
lust in time for Mr.. Tanners inaugura-
tion. Their friends will welcome them
back at the inaugural ball, which prom
Uses to be a most brilliant affair.
Tho gubernatorial mansion, large
red brick house which stands in the cen
ter of a square, is being reftted and
deliberately furnished for the reception
of the new governor and his bride, and
it is expected that they will entertain
on lavish scale during the season.
ANNETTE CRAWFORD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
oUrBURsr OF REFoRM-1s25.

(From the January Atlantic)
The second quarter of the century was
remarkable for the earnest efforts made
by men and by associations of men to bet.
ter the conditions of their fellows. Robert
Owen preaching communism and found
ing his communities in the western states.
in the tWentieS: Brisbane. the deciple of
Fourier. covering the free states with his
phalanxes in the early fortress the Ameri-
can Bible society sending the word of God
into million homes; the great temper
ance crusade rescuing 600, 900 drunkards,
and leading the way to prohibition. to
high license. to local option; the outburst
of humanitarianism which formed the
penal codes. which abolished imprison-
ment for debt. which turned the jaiS
from brothels and seminaries of crime to
refOrmatOries. and covered the land WifS
homes, asylums. lodging houses. houses
of correction, penitentiaries. and institu-
lions for the reform of juvenile. delin-
quents: the abolition societies battling
nObly in the cause of the slave: Sylves-
ter Graham preaching his reformed diet
of bran bread and water; Mrs. Bloomer
struggling for dress reform and illustrat-
ing it with the garment that still bears
her name.-these are but few of the in
Vulnerable manifestations of the efforts
for social betterment