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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-04
FRENcHriAn SAW ONE TRAIT.
Biggest Things In America Are the
Smallest Ones, He Says.

Smallest Ones, Ue Says.
From Invention: A French engineet
who has been on a tour OF inspection In
the state. was not impressed by the big
things Of the country. II shall report
to my government" says he. that the
biggest things in America are the little
things. The French people are experts
in domestic economy, and live comfort
ably by saving what average families
In the states throw away. But Amer
leans are, on the other hand. experts in
Industrial economy. They make money
by saving wastagc in the business and
lose some OF 1t by wastage In domestic
economy. The attention paid to small
details In big works is amazing to me;
| have visited some establishments
where | believe that the profits are
made not in the manufacture proper,
but in the saving Of materials and labor
by close attention 10 details that are
with us unconsidered trifles. For ex-
ample. | saw a grindstone in operation
ut a big works automatically sharpen
ing lathe and planer tools. This ma
chine costs probably as much as 100 OF
our ordinary grindstones cost, but I see
that II automatically grinds all tho
tools for 300 high-priced mechanics.
and II only works a few hours each
day. The skilled mechanics in our
country frequently stop their regular
work to grind their own tools. and then
do IT imperfectly. In the states tools
are all accurately ground to the best
shape by the machine, so that they do
more and better work on this account
In n given time. ] believe that that ma
chine has brains-the brains OF the in
ventor- and IL has no doubt revolution
lied work of this kind in American ma
chine shops. This Is but II case out
OF many that ! have noted" The WIS.,
itor correctly defined a peculiar charac-
~teristic of American inventive genius.
The great engineering undertakings,
the immense manufacturing establish
ments and the leviathan machinery are.
OF course, most conspicuous and i'm
pressive, but these big things a. COM
paratively few in number. while the
novel improvements In little things
usually classed as yankee notions
are legion, and each one contributes Its
mite toward the general sum OF pros.
pcrity OF the business OF the country.
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character which have occurred there
are due to Il pathological condition of Il
morbid type. But it should be noted.
too, that while now and again men OF
position kill themselves, the suicide of
a girl of position is so unusual that
when II I'M to a succession of them,
six. one right after the other. the cir
Cumstance ceases to be unusual. it be-
comes unexampled. In the history of
affiliated cities, in the social chronicles
Of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
found. Washington, however, is an
other kettle of fish. New Workers, Bos-
tonians. Baltimoreans, Philadelphians
particularly Philadelphians-speak OF
their good old families. A good old
Washington family is a thing which
~genealogy has to hear Of yet. Society
there Is heterogeneous and conglom-
crate. Composed of INT from all
over the globe, there is none as varie-
gated. There is none as unstable. 1t
Is in process not of constant evolution,
but OF constant transformation. The
origin of the members is elsewhere. Ii
is not a home, it is an inn-onc, par
enthetically, which, conducted on the
European plan, lacks European re-
straints. The young girls whom the
various administrations gather there
bring their beauty and sometimes lose
their heads. That is natural. In the
diplomatic set they encounter men who
differ entirely from those of their race.
The girls, too, differ from any whom
these men have met.
1t is the rehashing of p%latitudcs to
state that society as it is constituted
on the other side differs radically from
society as constituted here, but the re-
hashing is necessary for the convent
ence Of the point which is sought. Over
there the young girl is a neglectable
and neglected quantity. Practically.
until she marries. she cant he said to
exist. Her parents, guardians and
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spiritual masters interfere. The du-
emma is forever at her side. Even with
her brother she may not walk alone.
She might be seen by third parties,
who, knowing him, but not knowing
her. would take her for what she is
not. At the entertainments severally
known as the five o'clock" and the
white ball." she may firt II she likes,
or, rather, IL she knows how, but she
does so under the nose OF all. There
is no getting her away, talking in her
tar and examining the lines in her
hand. 1t Is the married women who
enjoy such attentions. The young girl
passes from the schoolroom to the al
tar, delayed at most but by a surrep-
titious squeeze. The passage is made
as opPortunely as her people can man
age. She is lowered and married in
season.
The custom Is not admired here, but
1t has its advantages. BE that as 1t
may, the foreigner who lands In Wash
ington finds a collection of demoiselles
who are not only prettier far than any
he has seen, but who possess all the
liberty, sometimes much mor liberty,
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FOR ARCHITECTS TO LEARN.
Designing and Good Taste Caunot He
taught.

Sound and ready knowledge OF build.
ing, dextrous readiness and some APP
proach to excellence as n free-hand
d~raughtsman and some skill as a mod
eler-these are the three thing which
tho students should be taught. says the
Atlantic. All else is a part Il his high
er education, OF his training as a man
rather than as an architect. Time was
when there existed no such distinction;
when there were living traditions
which the young architect had to learn.
which he would learn naturally as an
apprentice-eXactly as the apprentice
painter picked up his ant of painting
naturally and ground his masters coll
ors and swept out his masters work.
shop the while. Those days are gone.
There Is no tradition now which ought
to be learned. because there Is no ira
dition which Is not that of some school
or %coterie, none which binds the world
Of building men. There is no tradition
now which should not be avoided, be-
cause there is no tradition which IL
not telling against q healthy growth
Of the fine art of building. The ira
ditions now are OF the most mischiev-
Gus character, and nothing can como
OF a familiarity with them but pro-
%longation OF the sterile years. the years
OF the lean kline. through which the
European world goes starving In spirit
for food Of the solid and wholesome
sort known to men OF odd. Designing
cannot be taught; good taste cannot
be taught, and yet 1t Is well for the ar
fist in any department to learn what
other artists have done, and to learn
how they designed and to see what
they accounted good taste.
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than Is enjoyed by the married at
home. The fact surprises, and no Won
der. Then, presently. before the sur
without effort, almost without knock
ing, he finds himself admitted into the
intimacy of q young girls heart.
Before him are candors such as he
has never presumed to approach, OPP
%portunities for investigating them such
as he has never known. Before her Is
the easy glitter of suggested scenes,
evocations of sumptuous courts; the ro-
nance Of the remote, the spangle or a
title, perhaps, and, with 1t, the reso-
nance OF a sonorous name.
Such things affect a girl. In their
absence there are the terrible chaps
from the departments OF the Navy n
the War. The sword Is yet to be
forged that can work swifter havoc
than the CLEAN of brass buttons, the
sheen Of gold braid and shimmering
blue. Such things affect a girl also.
But not infrequently the foreigner Is
preferred. In addition to other attrac-
lions. Washington provides him with
a background of political thimblerlg-
gers and provincial scum. 1t sets him
off.
There, too. a title can be divided. A
count makes II countess. There is Il
magic in that. 1t has happened, how
ever, that the title has already been
divided. 1t has occurred that the own
CT Is not dividing just then. The In
evitable does not necessarily ensuc.
There is an effect that does. That It
should lead to suicide Is pathetic.
II is worse. There is nothing as dis
nal as a young girls death. She has
lived so little. In her heart Is the
longing and the dream of beautiful
to-morrows. wait for me-" she cri IS
Il am coming" When a malady
pounces and carries her off what Is /,
but one Of Deaths assassinations? Yet.
when, instead Of the unexpected. the
unnatural supervenes. when the dream
OF the morrow retreats, and the long
ing subsidies. when the future narrows
into q blind alley, when some form
less thing she knows not what comes ia
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must be something wrong. The
individual cases recited belong to
the domain fllof private life, and
as such exempt themselves from
examination. 1t Is the society that
produced them which is serviceable to
consider. Apart from the conglomer-
ate and the foreign. there must be a
screw louise somewhere. II 1t is not
the heterogeneous that is at fault, il
ms be the climate, unless, indeed,
1t be possible to regard Washington as
one regards Monaco-a resort to which
curious passions converge, and to
which the suicide g%ravitates. The sup
position would be tenable were the
other sex concerned. 1t would be even
satisfactory. The elimination OF a few
political thimble-riggers, the eyapora-
ton OF a little OF that scum and the
country would not deteriorate. Wash
ington would even improve. But il Is
young girls that are concerned. In
view OF which, the only conclusion de.
ducible from the premises Is that a so.
ciety conducted on the European plan
but without European restraints. must
in certain natures produce a Patio.
logical condition Of which suicide is ths
climax. EDGAR SALTUS.
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Misery manifestly Is immedicable. Life
is a vale OF tears. We respire, aspire,
perspire and expire. Solomon told us
that; other things. too. But he was un-
acquainted with modern society. There
Is the reverse of the medal.
Society is an elixir OF bon-bons, 1t
represents the Joy Of being alive, the
presence. of beauty, usually Of birth.
occasionally of brains, but always
wealth, and with 1t every opportunity
for %fastidious delight. Breathed
through the newspapers, the atmosphere
seems a trile heady. One fancies 1t to
be the real air Of the heights, a COM
pound OF the exhilarant and the seda-
tive, the mixture Of oscillant suavities,
ambient harmonies and eXalting refine
ments fused into one. When 1t does
not happen to be otherwise such Is the
case. Society Is the happy hunting
ground of the elect.
Society in New York, in Boston, In
Philadelphia, and in Baltimore Is rela-
lively the same. 1t constitutes a free
masonry of which the lodges vary but
in location and importance. They diff
fer in degrees. The object OF each Is
identical. That object Is the enjoy
ment OF life.
These premises admitted, 1t becomes
important to determine what there Is
In the Washington chapter which can
SO defeat that object as to induce one
young woman after another to kill her
self. Without entering into PERSONAL
ties, and putting aside the cases recited.
Il may be noticed that suicides Of the
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MAKING RATS WORK.
st. Louis Firm Gets Its Drain Pipe
Cleaned Gratis.

Cleaned Gratis.
There are $50 men In North st. Louis
who defy any one TO dispute the fact
that Tom Mcguire Is a genius, says the
st. Louis Post Dispatch. Mr.. Mcguire
Is a yard foreman at a gas company's
plant. The enthusiastic proclaimers Of
his genius are his feilow-workers in The
big yard. A sewer pipe leading from
one OF the buildings to the river bank,
100 feet away, became clogged. The
pipe is sixteen feet below the surface.
1t was not known just where the OBJ
struction was, SO arrangements were
made to open the trench. Then Ma
guire brought into play what proved
to be the trump card-viz.: rats. He
had been thinking about the plan for
several days. One night, by the aid Of
generous hunks Of fresh cheese. he
managed to entrap two big gray ro-
dents and these he determined to put
into the sewer. They were taken TO
the mouth at the river bank and re-
leased. The opening was then closed
securely behind them, leaving the ami
mails with only n chance OF life. That
was to go straight ahead. And they
did. Several more rats were caught
each succeeding day and turned into
the sewer, until a dozen fine specimens
were gnawing away in the pipe. The
morning after the last detachment
Joined the main rodent army water
commenced to trickle from the pipe,
Iron rods and steam were applied. In
ten minutes the sewer was clear.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-04
ODDS AND ENDS OF FASHION,

A striking visiting gown Is OF red
silk checked with alternate squares Of
black-and- white satin and trimmed
around the hips with a scroll design
in black satin ribbon. this trimming
being repeated on the bodice, where
1t outlines a white satin vest tucked.
A black cloth dress has a skirt made
with a flounce at the back. a plain
front seam, and bands of cloth, elab-
orately hemstitched. extending their
influence from the front round to tho
back. There Is scarcely any fullness
In the lounce at the back. but 1t gives
Just that sweep which makes for grace.
A beautiful yet simple evening gown
has a skirt OF shot gray and white silk.
with a surface like Terry velvet. and
the bodice OF ivory lisse set into many
tucks. striped with p~ale-yellow lace
and edged with chinchilla. Round the
waist OF this is a belt Of pale-blue
MORE. fastened with diamond buttons.
In regard to underskirts red In q
very popular shade In which these. for
day wear, are shown. while pink and
yellow hold the field for evening skirts.
Red is. indeed. becoming almost at
popular as 1t was last season, ID n
beginning to supersede the beautiful
violet shades. OF which, however, We
cannot but be rather tired now. seeing
how much they have been overdone.
Every garment. more or less, 10 a.
sisted to Its effects by chiffon. Even
ing capes OF the short order. which
are still in favor. by reason, no doubt
OF their usefulness. have second short,
er capes, or panels. or .vandykes, all O,
which are profusely founced with tn,
ever-decorative chiffon; while tn,
aprons OF party-going gowns are out
lined again with frills and ruchins,
OF the same. which. brought up owe
the hips. are continued in wide sashe
to the end OF the skirt at back.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-04
Minors In the British Army.

More than half the infantry recruits
OF the British army for the past year
have been under Is years old.
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Definition.

Tommy-Paw, what sort OF q fighter
is a Cyclone fghter?'
Mir. Figg-I don't know much about
fighters. but | suppose he Is one who
goes blowing around. indianapolis
Journal. u"r.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-04

Does your wife jump at scccnncro.
sions'" mo. she Jumps At bargainAs
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
High Bridge.

The Lancaster band received a cor
dial invitation to play at the Palisades
next Sunday, but owing to the bands
crippled condition it was impossible to
accept. The Palisades will be manag-
ed this year by Mrs. Emma Buford
Bristow, who has many relatives and
warm friends in Garrard. The place is
now one of the most popular in the
south, an l we know of no resort where
one could go AMI enjoy a vacation bet
ter than the Palisades. The camp
grounds are enclosed by high fence
and no one is admitted to the grounds
who does not bear a reputable name.
If rough characters go there they are
compelled to stay outside the camp
grounds. A number of special attrac-
tons will be at the Palisades during
the season, and THE RECORD will an
nounce them, as they come, in ample
time for you to make preparations to
attend. Mrs. Bristow once resided in
Lancaster, and our people should lend
helping hand to her enterprise.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
Decoration Monday.

Rain compelled the Knights of Ply tn
las to postpone their decoration exer-
srcises from Sunday It'll Monday af-
ternoon. The usual ceremonies were
held in the Court House, concluded at
the Cemetery. The graves of the fol-
lowing brethren were decorated with
designs: Jas Belts, w. F. Henry, Jas
l. Duncan, DIR. JOS Rogers, c. M.
Boulden and Sherman Haselden. The
annual address was delivered by Rev.
Henry Faulconer. 1t was a masterly
effort and those present compliment
highly the fitting words spoken by
this able and bright young minister.
The old soldiers, both gray and blue.
attended in a body. 1t was the inten-
ton of those in charge to have Judge
Breckenridge and Judge Morrow to
address the soldiers. but they could
not come. Capt. Herndon was called
upon and made a speech which de-
lighted the "boys" on both sides
The soldiers marched to the Cemetery
and placed flowers on the graves of all
old soldiers resting there.
A good crowd of people were in
town, but not near rs many as usually
come in.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
Getting Water.

Messrs. Ward & Miller, proprietors
O.. the Lancaster Mills, are having a
pipe laid from their engine room to
the big spring on Battle Row, oppo-
site the Old Ark. They bought this
spring year or two ago, but were
compelled to haul the water. In Or
der to get the pipe near level it was
necessary to 60 down into the ground
a distance of ten to twelve feet in
some places. The water will be pump
ed from the spring to the large pool
at the mill, and, by constant pumping,
no water will be lost. This enterprise
will be a great advantage to the town.
as the electric light plant is run from
the same engine, and in dry weather
sc .rcity of water has several times
caused much trouble.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
Death of Price Myers

DIR. Grant has just received Rich
mond Mo-, paper giving an account of
the death of Price Myers, a native of
this county, son of Thom2s Myers. 1t
occurred on the Goth ult. from the kick
of a horse. He had just returned home
about dusk, was embarrassing his
horse at the stable, near the house.
The paper speaks of him as one of the
best citizens, young man of grea,
worth, having the universal friendship
and esteem o: all who knew him. that
he was leading member of the Chris
tian church, superintendent of the
sunday school and was doing an ex-
cellent work in training the young.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
A Needed Change.

If the members of the City Council
lived near the Public Square, where
they would be compelled to listen to
pistol shots, vile oaths and Comman-
chez yells all night, we believe they
would make hot haste to order the
marshal to do night duty instead OF
having him stand about the streets all
day. Saturday night crowd of fell
lows simply elevated hades all night
As the marshal is on duty all day it's
out Of the question to expect him to
stay up all night We need no mar
shall during the day. Several deputy
sheriffs are always about the Court
House who would Immediately arrest
offenders B.side there are many 9TH
err officials who could make an arrest
in case of necessity. The jailer, sew
eral constable and other officers, who
are vested with power to make arrests,
are about town all the time and it j.
their duty to make an arrest whenev-
er and wherever they see an offense
committed. The Council should either
change the present order of things or
put on a regular night man. After
ten o'clock at night the town is wholly
without protection, there being no one
to look out for fire, thieves or the fell
lows who shoot and kick up the devil
in GO neral.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
Class Picnic

The Graded School pupils under Prof.
Postal were taken to Kentucky River
Tuesday and enjoyed pic mic. Tn l..
party was chaperoned by Mrs. j. E..
Stormes. During the a ternoon Col.
w. j. Wiimore, the gentlemanly man
ager of Curley's distilleries, met up
with the party and suggested a boat
ride. The steamer Mary Lacy was at
the bridge and Capt. DOrherty kindly
consented to take them about four
miles down the river. Never did a par
ty enjoy trip more, and they will
always haye a warm spot in their
hearts for Col. Wilmore and the ac-
commodating Caot. Doherty.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
The Musical.

The entertainment given by the mu-
sic class at the G. AIDED School Thurs
day afternoon was greatly enjoyed by
largs-crowd of patrons of the school
and other, friends. The patrons OF
this department are greatly pleased
with the success of their children.
Mrs. Gowen is a teacher of rare abili-
ty. and those who understand music
say there was never a better teacher
in the town. We regret that we were
unable to attend the recital and give
detailed account of it Those who
have been sending pupils to Mrs. Cow
en- regret that she will not be here
next year, as the students have made
such nice progress under her. Miss
Lille D. Grant, who completed the
course in music, was given handsome
gold medal by Mrs. Gowen. Miss
Grant was highly complimented by
her teacher on the excellent progress
she had made.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
Put on u Wagon.

The express has not been changed to
the night trains yet The putting on
of a wagon to connect at Danville and
make daily trips would be of great
benefit to sh' ppers, and, if the Adams
Express company does not take steps
to remedy the present unnecessary
delay our people ought to establish
the wagon line and patronize it alto
gether. There is absolutely no good
reason why a man should not meet
the night trains. The railroad COM
pany has done its part in giving us a
good passenger service, and if the eX-
press people do not care to accommo-
date us, we have good chance to get
first-class service by means Of the
wagon to Danville.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
Fourth Annual Contest.

Great preparations are being made
for the Contest in Elocution, which
will be held at the opera house in
Stanford Friday, June nth. Messrs
Beazley, Waters and Menefee have ar
ranged a program which cannot be
surpassed. 1t contains, in addition to
the noted speakers, the names of good
musicians who will assist in making
the evening one of great enjoyment.
Reserved seats are on sale at McRot-
er:s drug store in Stanford, and those
intending to go over had better secure
seats in advance. or they may have to
stand.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-06-03
PROGRAM.
Prof. Gowen Leaves.

Patrons of the Graded School and
our citizens generally will regret to
see Prof. Gowen leave the local institu-
ton. Prof. Gowen to ok charge of the
school when it was established three
year ago. He had a difficult task in
organizing and getting things in run
ming order, as no school of the kind
had ever been conducted in Lancaster
b.fore. He went at the work in a bus
iness-like way and succeeded in estab-
fishing one Of the best schools in the
state. He weeded out the class of boys
and girls who attend simply to say
they were "going to school," and dur
ing his last year had only pupils who
meant business and attended to work
and learn something During his stay
in Lancaster he has conducted him
self as gentleman sh ould, and has
surely worked hard for the advance
ment of the schools interest
Prof. Gowen has accepted post
ion with DR.. Ashley S. johnson, Pres
dent of 1.-The School of Evangslists,"
at K;mberlin Heights, Tenn. DIR.
johnson paid very high compliment
to Prof Gowen, when he said to sew
eral in Lancaster that he was the only
man he had ever met, whom he would
be willing to take into permanent as
ISOLATION with-him-self. A graduate
of Bethany College offered to put two
thou sand dollars into tee school, If he
could secure the position to teach; but
after investigating Prof. Governs work
in Lancaster, he decided in favor ol
Prof Gowen.