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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-31
HoW GOOD ROADS PAY.

An impressive illustration of what good roads mean comes from Kentucky. A machine weighing sixteen thousand pounds was drawn four miles on the Brock turnpike, macadamized road. It required four mules -four thousand pounds to mule), and one and one half hours of time at cost of fifteen cents per mule per hour, or total cost for four miles of ninety cents. After travelling four miles on macadamized turnpike the route lay little less than two thousand feet on dirt road. To travel this two thousand feet 1t was necessary to use ben of the best mules and seven men; and with this force it took nine hours to complete the jour- ney. The cost was s19.S0, at which rate four miles would have cost $209.O8; or, in other words, s2OS.1S absolutely thrown away for want of macadam road. A macadam road, such as would have prevented this enormous outlay, would cost about S10O per mile for every foot of width; that is, twelve foot road, $1,2oO per mile; sixteen foot road, $1,sOo per mile, etc.
 Good roads pay. Bad roads don't.
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4 NEw USE FoR WATER.

"Oh yes, we love social glass, but it
 must be filled with water" is part of a song that is favorite in Bands of Hope, but 1t is not greatly appreciated in Kentucky, where the social glass not filled with water is loved. So the an- nouncement made by Miss Christine Bradley has made stir there. She says she Is going to christen the battle ship Kentucky with water. She is the Governors daughter, and was selected for the christening over the protest of Miss Harriet Bainbridge Richardson of Lexington, who said that she had been invited to perform that office by Secre- tary Herbert. Miss Richardson an- nounced that when she christened the Kentucky she would break bottle of forty-year-old whiskey over the bow, and this brought down upon her the in- dignant protest of the Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union and various re-
 
 will substitute for wine or whiskey wa ter from a spring on the farm in Larue county, Kentucky, where Abraham Lin coin was born. Her plan is to have a committee go to the spring and fill sil- yer vessel with the water, this vessel to be emptied as the battleship glides in the waves.
 This departure from the usual custom of christening ship with something intoxicating will make lot of talk Those who think it best to refrain from looking on the wine when it is red will heartily applaud Miss Bradley for talk | ing her stand so conspicuously on the side of Temperance" Others will think l that her action is foolish and fanatical | Others will think that christening a | ship with water is just as appropriate as christening it with wine or Kentucky | whiskey. And the slick Japanese who christen vessels by letting birds loose | will continue to think that their way is | the prettiest.
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Arizona. He was twenty years in con- structing and perfecting his scheme. which included the forgery of records and archives in three countries. He Spanish family, and carried the descent through two centuries. He manufac- tured the most plausible records of his pretended ancestry, and even got to- gether a collection of pretended por- traits to fit the history of the mythical Peraltas. He discovered and married woman alleged to be the lost heiress to the "Barony of Arizonac." His chain of evidence was constructed with con- summate ingenuity, and the proofs of his claim were apparently unassailable. When he was arrested he put on front that brought him sympathy and admir- ation. He conducted his own defense with remarkable skill. And when he was sent to jail he invited the warden to dine with him. His conviction and incarceration saddened some of the foremost lawyers of the United States. whom he had employed on contingent contracts. and some of the smartest lob byists in Washington were also victim ized by him. He put on prison clothes
 with the air of a martyr, and of course some thought he was martyr.
 | It will be interesting to see what the | inventor of such stupendous fraud
 will do when he regains his freedom.
 He has written to Matthew G. Rev.
 nolds the man who took the chief part
 in convfcting him, that he looks upon
 MT. Reynolds as "an instrument in the
 hands of Providence to bring him to a
 realization of what he had done" He l also says that he intends to enter some
 worthy career. If he does, and if he
 rightly uses his ability, he may yet be
 distinguished again, but in another and
 a better way than that of decade ago.
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low. Whereas, it is the man who has never enjoyed the broadening effects of the study of the higher arts and sci ences, or culture-studies, who decries the advanced courses of the public school of to-day and says that readin'
 writin', 'rithmetic and little "jogra- phy'' is good enough for him. Poor man; he cannot help it that that was all the free schools of his boyhood could give, but he would be wiser, ie. like some men, he could realize that the world do move, brethren" and would learn to move with 1t, or at least to be glad that his children may be swept out on an ocean of learning through the full tides of the public school
 We would not rank the Herald's cor respondent with the "readin', writin' and 'rithmetic" apostle. His letter upon the subject, thoughtful and clear ly expressed, proves that he belongs In think we see in him thorough advo- cate of manual training, though he does not insist on that point at all. He evidently believes in very simple and practical curriculum for the public schools; but he does not make 1t quite plain to us whether he would entirely abolish the higher education given by the state or not. If the Herald's cor respondent advocates the abolition of | the New Haven High school, the finest | in the state, we would advise him to think better of it. If. however, as we | believe, and hope, he is not quite SC | radical as all that, but merely advises | trimming the "frills" off the grammar l school courses and taking water-colors away from the kindergarten (the latter | change might prevent some cases of in 1 fanticide, internal dyeing. which woulc 1 be a good thing) we would like to ask
 one question. It is part of our prem
 ises that all classes of children attend l the public schools; poor as well as rich
 and rich as well as poor. It Is also g
 known fact among educators that, IT
 all branches of learning, with merely
 enough exceptions to prove the rule
 the foundations are best laid, and lait with much less cost on the part c:
 both teacher and child if laid before tht
 child enters it's teens. In early years
 the child's mind is peculiarly impressi
 ble and original tastes may be eith developed or wiped off the slate entir5 1 ly, just in accordance with the trend C. l the teaching to which the piiable mint | of the child Is subjected. would ask then, if it is the intention of the writel
 of that letter to make trades-people ant mechanics of all our children. Is thu
 state to give up her privilege of train
 ing professional men? Are we to hea
 no more in the days to come that So
 and-so, the great naturalist. received
 his training in our public schools; tha
 A., the architect of rich mems palaces and stately cathedrals, made his frs plans in our primary department witt scissors and paste and careful creasint of wonderful designs cut from hi l /Cn-xs,,,n n,, Uqfth Do e,a
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Squandered.-Law too bad the way old Squirt's fortune has been squandered in litigation" I.ayman- Tt Is, indeed" Lawyer-"Why, fully nine-tenths of it has gone to his heirs in witness fees.'-Truth.
 Editor (of country weekly)-''Pm at loss to know whether this article IS intended to be humorous or otherwise" :" Assistant-"Well, why not run it in the puzzle column and the let the subscrih- CTS guess? Chicago News.
 Cruel.-Naomi-"He a mean, insult ing thing" Stella-"Why?" Naomi T told him didn't know whether to go to the opera or the play, and he said was old enough to choose for myself. "- Philadelphia North American.
 Talkative.-"Yo was in the minstrel business, wasn't you, Mr. Marigold?' Why, no, Johnnie; what makes you ask that?" "Pa said that if you could only be corked up you wouldn't be such bad sort of ellow."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Lost.-"Have you followed my argu- ment so far?" inquired the verbose gen. | tleman. "Yes," replied his impatient friend. But I tell you candidly, I'd quit its company right here if I thought | l could find my way back. ."-Washing- ton Star.
 | At the Initiation.-"M Mortal" said the guide, in sepulchral voice,to the blind folded candidate whom he was conduct ing in slow and solemn march around the darkened hall, you are now ap- preaching an ordeal that will test your l fortitude to the utmost!"
 "Go ahead" answered MT. Meeker alphabetically, T think I can stand it It isn't anything to what I'll catch when | I go home. Chicago Tribune.
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4 FAMOUS FRAUD.

James Addison Peralta- -Reavis, who was, about ten years ago, a very fa- nous man, has been almost forgotten. The reason his fame has been eclipsed is because he has been in the peniten- tiary at Santa Fe. He will emerge from his long seclusion if he lives until May, and he says he is going to come out "a changed man" It is to be hoped that he will, for the records of crime show few more daring, patient and able rascals than "the Baron" was. When he was at the height of his rascality he appeared as the claimant of a ficti- tious grant of 13,0OO,0OO acres of land, including the best of the territory of
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UlTORS.

His Distinction.-"Who Is that mili- tary-looking chap?'' That, sir, is the hero of rumored war"-Puck.
 Different Points of View.-'I don't like this sort of weather. It's bad for wheat" 'T don't either. It's bad for golf. .'-Chicago Tribune.
 A self-Denying Patriot-"Pop's goin' to give up his pension" What for?'' "So ma won't git it after he's dead"- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 How do you like that, you scav- enger of the seas?" said the cook plunging the lobster into boiling water The lobster made no reply But it got very hot and turned red-Chicago Tribune.
 Not a Confession.-"Did he confess his lover" T don't think so. From what know of the affair am inclined to believe that she drew it out of him by eross-examination." ."-Chicago Even ing Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-31
THE THREE R'SAND THE "FRTLLs." To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:

I'll THREE R'S AND TIT F "FRTLLS.0 To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 The great question which is agitating New Haven at present, according to a writer in the New York Herald, is whether the present elaborate curricu- lum of it's public schools shall be modi- fled to save expense-whether or no to trim off the "frills" in the form of the higher culture studies, leaving only the plain, bare gown of the practical com mon school studies as the public school course letting those who desire the higher education go to Yale or some other place for it.
 The writer referred to is evidently in sympathy with the proposed change and there is sense in what he says sense which will certainly appeal to victims of the hard times, as well as to those who believe the states duty to the young idea is very clearly limited to the Three R's'' with the possible addition of manual training in trades which shall fit them to earn their own living when they are through school. There is much to be said in favor oe this clipping off of 'frills" and much that might be said against it. If all these higher culture studies are merely 'frills,'' as the writer terms them, it would perhaps be wise to cut them off relentlessly. But peoples ideas of 'frills' in education, as in many other things, differ so much that it is hard to know where to commence to clip. Probably, if the writer of that article had a child who had particular taste | for music or painting, or the higher mathematics or literature, and he had not the wherewithal to improve that i taste outside of the public school, he would scarcely term that particular branch "frill' in connection with his own child's training in it. What one parent considers the legitimate finish ing and adornment of his child's intel 1ect-say in drawing, botany, philoso- phy or political economy, another pa rent considers mere ''frills;" useless or naments with no purpose and no worthy result. In this matter of high CT education in the public schools you will usually find that the man who had
 a few educational frills in his own
 school days is not at all averse to giv- ing his children the benefit of them, too, let the consequent school tax be high or
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FASHION NOTES.
A Distinction Hinged in Materials.

Distinction Hinged in Materials.
 It is a wise plan for a woman to all low herself generous change of dain- ty, inexpensive cotton dressing sacques, little affairs whose only beauty Is their freshness. Much better to have such and to make sure that the jacket you wear is perfectly fresh than to invest in an elaborate silken affair and then be obliged to wear 1t when its first sweet cleanliness is gone. Remember, the first command that must be respected in the matter of the neglige is sweet and-cleanness. If you can afford a change of dainty silken and lace negli- ges, we'll and good-nothing is prettier- but you will look very nice in something
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-31

less expensive if only it is just as spot lessly clean. Of course if the sacaue is as fine of materials and as elaborate of you'll call it matinee and rather look down upon the cotton garments. This was of pink surah, striped with valen- cennes insertion below the deep round yoke, which was made of tucked white
 batiste, and was edged with an em- broidered batste ruffle, ornamented prettily with large pink satin bows The batiste collar was ornamented with rib- bon and lace, and jabot of embroider- ed batiste fell from the bow in front
 Surah supplied the wrlnkled sleeves,
 which were finished at the wrists with
 batiste ruff1es. It would be almost a
 shame to call such daintiness a sacque
 when cotton garments have that name, too.
 While we go a-shopping in our furs- if we have 'em!-we are confronted in the stores by spring goods. Shirt waists for next season bid for attention, to, and if present indications count for anything, checks and plaids will be the wear. A favorite pattern is sure to be one that covers the chest with row on
 row of tiny tucks, while all fullness is allowed to go free to make blouse ef-
 feet between tucks and belt. The set
 of shirt waists at the belt is going to be
 a severer matter than ever We may
 not wear visible devices for making the | waist stay down and the skirt stay up, yet such must be their relative posi- tions. "It is really a great deal in the shape of the back" Mademoiselle ex- plains suavely, whereat his listener de-
 spairs, yet looks respectful, though she
 knows that no back, however shaped, l will make skirt stay up and a shirt | waist stay down.
 FIORETTE
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been steadily extended since. This is to be appreciated in view of the fact that the calculated velocity for hard cylin- der of this weight and size, to cut through an inch of wrought iron at an angle of forty-five degrees. would be over 1,S00 foot seconds.
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ADVERTISING RATES

ADN Ath IS.
 Situations. Wants, Rents, and other sInali si advertisements, One Cent a Word each m sertiou. Five Gents Word for full weeS (seven times). |,
 Display advertisements. per Inch, one in an Eertion, 1.20; each subsequent insertions: n 1o cents; one week, $3.20; one month' SAo' one year, $40. K
 Obituary Notices, In prose or verse; 10 to cents per line. Notices of Births, aach MS, Local Notices 15 cents per line. .ho;r
 Yearly advertisers are limited to shI,a ha own immediate business Gall matter do to pot O unobjectlonable). and their contracts uo A's include Wants, To Let. For Sale, etc.
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Typhoid fever continues to rage in Philadelphia, and from thirty to forty new cases a day are now being report ed And yet the city council refuses to appropriate dollar to purify the wa ter supply, whence all the trouble comes.
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Over 4,000, 0,00O frozen rabbits are an- nually exported to the London market from Victoria, Australia.
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It is said that Rip Van Wrinkle has brought Joseph Jefferson over $1oo,Ooo
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Colonel Waring, who has studied streets, said in Boston: 'T will merely give it out as my idea that, while as- phalt is the most difficult of all pave ments to keep clean, it is practically the only thoroughly scientific pavement we have"
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 10 CENTS WEEK, GENTS A MONTH. $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
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A bill for the extermination of rab- bit dogs introduced in the Florida leg islature was defeated by representa- tive from Polk county, who said that for his part he had the best rabbit dog in Florida, and any man-if it was the governor himself-who tried to kill his rabbit dog would find he had the big eest fight on his hands that he had ever got into. He sat down amid long and continuous applause.
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 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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Kenasha, Wisconsin, had an infidel, but he is dead His name was Lewis Knapp, and when he was alive he was queer. One of his cranky schemes was the erection in the city cemetery of five monuments, upon which he had in- scribed from time to time shocking and bIasphemous epitaphs in anticipation of his approaching death. Law was re- sorted to to compel him to remove the monuments, but he won the suits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-11-17
FIRST THANKSGIVING FEAST.
How the COIOnIsts Prepared for the
Event ana Hospitality Entertained
MRssnsOIt and His Warriors.

The first Thanksgiving was appoint
ed by Gov. Bradford, at Plymouth,
Mass, in 1921, the year following the
landing of the Pilgrims, in order that
the colonists in "a more special way
could rejoice together at having all
things in good and plenty, writes Cliff
ford Howard in Ladies' Home Jour.
hal. In preparation for the feast gun
ners were sent into the woods for wild
turkeys, which abounded there in
great numbers; Kitchens were made
ready for preparing the feast--espe-
cially the large one in Dame Drewster's
house, which was under the immediate
direction and charge of Priscilla Mo-
lines, she who arterward became the
wife, of John Aden-while a messen-
ger was dispatched to invite Massasoit,
the chief Of the friendly tribe, 10 at
tend the celebration.
early on the morning of the APP
pointed Thursday-about the first Of
November-Massasoit and ninety Of
his warriors arrived on the outskirts
CT TIE village, and, with wild yells, an.
nounced their readiness to enjoy the
hospitality of their white brethren.
The little settlement, which now con-
sisted of seven dwellings and four pub
lie buildings, was soon astir with men,
women and children, who gave the In
dams hearty welcome as they filed
into the large square in front of the
governors house. Soon the roll of
drum announced the hour of prayer,
for 10 day was begun without this re-
ligious service. Then followed a holi.
day of feasting and recreation. which
continued not only that day, but dur
ing the two succeeding days. The
usual routine Of duties was suspended;
the children romped about in merry
play; the young men INDUCED in ath.
Ietic sports and games in friendly rival
ry with the Indians; the little Amer
lean army Of 20 men. under the leader.
ship Of Miles Standish. went through
its drill and manual of arms, to ;he
great delight and establishment of the
natives, while the women busted them.
selves in the careful preparation of the
excellent meals, which were eaten in
the open air."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-11-17
BANDITS IN MINNESOTA.
Falls-Used Dynamite and Sc
cured Some Booty.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Now 1.-THE
Great Northern through train, which
passes through the city at 1880 p. M,
was held up and robbed about five
miles west of here last night. There
were eight robbers in the gang, all
we'll armed. They compelled the
express messenger to leave the
car, and while three or four
stood guard, the others proceeded
to blow the safes. The local safe was
destroyed and it is thought that they
succeeded in securing considerable
money, but the exact amount can
not be learned. The through safe
was drilled and dynamited, four
charges being used, but it was
found to be impossible to reach
the inner part and get at the
cash. They worked over it nearly two
hours, holding the train for that
length of time, but gaveup finally and
joining their companions on the out
side started south. The two men who
stood guard over the engineer COM
PEELED him to give up $50 which he had
upon his person.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-11-17

"You are, are your" snapped the
man, impatiently. well, why didn't
YOU say so? What am here for2
What have l been setting around all
the afternoon for? Andrew Jackson,
you and George Washington go out and
catch the critter."
The boys started out, and Mr.. Dassy
went on: "Melyira, when you want a
turkey killed you want to speak about
1t, not go around thinking ! can read
your pesky thoughts. I'm ready to
kill that turkey any time you want it
killed"
lie turned to the other boy and said:
"Thomas jefferson. you go out and
chop his head off when you get him
You'Il find the ak by the grindstone.
It's time you boys learned to do such
things"
Thomas Jefferson disappeared, and
Mr. Dassy peeped cautiously out of the
window. Mrs. Dassy said not word.
Andrew jackson and George Washing
ton were having a good deal of difli-
Guilty in capturing the turkey. They
had at first tried TO approach him and
pick him up as they had often done,
but something unusual in their man
ner alarmed him and he walked off.
After several attempts they gave up
and Andrew Jackson said: We've got
to run him down, George" and they
both started after him. They weCe
good runners; but Noah was also a
good runner.
Around and around the barn they
went twenty times, the boys two steps
behind the turkey, who had his head
lowered, his wings tight folded, and
was taking steps quite as long as they
were. AT last however, the boys
gained a little upon him.
Fall on him, fall on him!" shouted
Thomas Jefferson. from the grind