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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-12

When James Russell Lowell was
our ambassador to England, his visit
ing cOuntry-folk subjected him to no
end of annoyance. "Persons whom !
don't know" he said, Introduce to me
persons whom they don't know" A
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-12
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We are glad to see In n New Eng.
land newspaper-the Springfield Re.
publlcan-a serious protest against the
injection into the business of school
teaching of the various pseudo.sclcn.
tlilc schemes that are constantly
emerging from the restless minds of
takers ana expcrimcnters who are
constantly appearing before the public
with their so.called scientific"
schemes. This sort of thing Is getting
To be as common as the various brands
of patent medicine, all of which, In
their turn, are the result of scientific
formulas conscientious teachers
should have no trouble in d!sposlng Of
these fads. True science never goes
about with brass bands and circus
tent The real scientists are never
heard proclaimlng that they are sell
entlsts.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-12

hoDves our government tn scrutinize
with great care all proposals for chang
ing the line or for swapping" conces.
sions. Wa,chfulness Is the word.
~e6A
1t 1. true that higher education has
Injured a very considerable class of
the American youths. but II Is not 50
much the fault of education as the
fault of those who m.sapply their ablli.
ties and their opportunities. The root
Of the evil In our educational system Is
N the very widely accepted theory that
an educated man or woman should
make n living In some other way than
by manual labor. ana young men and
young women will struggle and make
every sacrifice to obtain an academic
or collegiate education chiefly because
they believe that thereby they can es.
cape u life of drudgcry. This Is the
fundamental error that underlies every
defect of our educational system. In
no country In the world are such oppor.
tunltics pres as are offered here
for thoroughly educated men In all our
leading Industrial pursuits. II mechan.
lcnl life Is not respected It must be be.
cause mechanics themselves teach their
children and others to desplse II. and
80 general has been the tendency of
educated young men to avoid indus
trial. mechanical and scientific pursuits
CONNECTED with Industries that thou.
sands of foreigners. who have complete
mechanical and scientific education re.
hitting to their pursuits. I'LL the best
positions In this country solely because
Americans do not tit themselves for
them.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
ROADS, WATER, TIRES,
RUTS AND MUD.

The proposed automobile race be-
tween an American and a French ma
chine has brought the attention of the
public to the wretched condition of
American roads. The French automo-
bile has shown an average speed of 80
miles an hour for long distance, while
the best the American machine has
been capable of is little over 16 miles.
This difference is ascribed solely to the
bad roads over which the American ma
chine was compelled to travel. Re-
ferring to this, Chairman Otto Dorner.
OF the L. A. w. Highway Improvement
Committee, speaks of one of the causes
for the miserable highways. He says:
Next to water the greatest enemy
of good roads-yes, of all roads-is the
narrow-tired wagon. Narrow tires ana
water, acting to gether, have given our
country roads a third dimension. They
are not only so many miles long and so
many rods wide. but they are deep
so deep, alas, at times that travel over.
or rather, through them, is next to i'm
possible.
"a heavily loaded wagon always
leaves its tracks on the highway, and
the depth of these tracks depends up
on the material of which the road is
built, the weight of the load and the
width of the tires. The rut formed by
the passing wagon forms a trough for
the rain, which, instead of running off
to the side, as it should do, remains to
sink into the roadway and soften it.
The next wagon, finding the ground
softer, digs its wheels deeper into the
surface, and so the work of demoraliza-
ton and destruction continues.
A wide tire, on the other hand, in
stead of forming a rut, will roll and
harden the road surface. BY the use
of wide tires, every loaded wagon can
be turned into an effective road roller
and made to improve the roadway in
stead of helping to destroy it. All
that is necessary to make the best road
In the world is to make it solid and
to give it a hard. smooth surface.
Nothing so much tends to accomplish
this as the frequent use of road roll
ers. Wide tires are road rollers, and
therefore road makers Narrow tires
DYe road destroyers. II wide tires
VI he adopted for general use,
" 1855 xhseA <araey helps
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

would be Democrat. We have to stand
together in order to keep the negroes
from dominating the city. county and
State. Perhaps we do treat them rough
~ at times but that is necessary to main
tain our supremacy. Otherwise things in
the South would go 10 rack and ruin.
BY the way" continued the judge,
turning to his son, William, 'how has
Sam been doing this afternoon? Sam, !"
he explained, lis the worst negro on the
plantation. He has caused more, rows
than any other man, He told me. this
morning that he was no longer a slave,
and | ordered him whipped"
Sam replied the son, didn't take his
licking kindly. Hes been creating trou-
bic ever since. / don't know what we can
do with him"
Il know" replied the judge They were
seated in the library and smoking room
Of the house. the walls of which were
adorned with shotguns, Winchester rifles
and revoivers. As the Judge spoke he
glanced up at the weapons
You don't mean it. father" said the
son in apparent surprise.
Yes / do. Go get him. He's nc longer
a slave. We won't lose anything"
Il guess that's right said William as
he took shotgun from the rack and put
in two big cartridges
That's the way we have to deal with
EN-, Mr.. Lawrence" continued the fudge.
We've got to keep EN- under"
But, great heavens said The Chicago
lawyer as he sank back in his chair
aghast, you don't mean that your son
is going to murder that negro?'s
we don't call it murder down here:
we call it killing. Just take another
mint juiep and wait and see what hap
pens
Mr.. Lawrence was too much astound-
ed to do anything. though he jumped to
his feet when the report of a gun was
heard few minutes later
Then William came in and put his gun
in the rack
Did you get him?" asked the Judge.
Yes replied the son as he put more
sugar in his juieo.
Did you bury himg'
NO ] thought we'd wait tsll morning
for that"
That's wrong He ought to be buried
tonight. Wen DO it ourselves"
Mr.. Lawrence sceCmpa MED the wootens
into the yard and there 100 yards from the
door. Ley the body OF a big negro with a
vicious hole IN the breast A grave was
hurrieaiy dug and the body was buried
Lawrence could not sleep that night ard
/ the next morning announced that he must
return at once 10 Chicago
But. wait" said he IN MS office in the
Tacoma building. as he was telling the
| story. walt till Judge Wooten comes to
Chicago. II I don't pay him back III
jump into the lake You see the negro
was killed by another negro in a fight
about a quadroon girl half an hour before
came. They knew / was an ardent Re
publican and put UP game or me but III
ger even .''-Chscago Times-HeraId.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
"AND I FOUND THIS"

AND I FOUND THIS.
81 found this old carpet-bag on the
street as l came along"
And 1 found this" said the manager.
And found this 1 added.
''There was an interval of painful silence,
and then we all walked out together The
outside Waterman came up as we did SO,
and the president observed:
Special meeting, you see, James. You'd
better go inside for the rest of the night"
yes. inside" said the manager.
Eyes, inside, James," I added.
James was locked into the bank" con-
tinued the ex-cashier, "and we bade each
other goodnight and separated. 1t was
an even-up thing as far as it had gone,
and it ought to have been so to the end,
but the honest man is always the one to
suffer. Next day 1 got the bounce. The
president said that he and the manager
had been thinking things over, and had
come to the conclusion that l had been
tempted to rob the bank. and would doubt
less have got away with every dollar if
they hadn't happened to show up / was
honest in acknowledging it and had to go,
and believe they had their salaries raised
for t9ir zeal and solicitude.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

to cut up and destroy country roads,
would become an active factor in their
improvement.
Experience has repeatedly proven
that hauling on wide tires requires
less tractive force than is needed for
the narrow-tired wagon under the
same conditions. Director Waters, OF
the Missouri Agricultural Experiment
Station, who has made very extensive
tests on the subject, characterized espe-
cially by their scientific accuracy, de-
clares that six inches is the best width
of tire for a combination farm and road
wagon and that large number of tests
show, without a single exception, a
difference in draft in favor of the
broad tires ranging all the way from
II to 100 per cent.
'The principle of wide tires is so gen.
orally acknowledged IN Europe that
laws have been pas in each country
prescribing their use. Austria requires
tires OF at least 1-3 inches wide, in
creasing as the load to be carried ex-
ceeds 31a tons. In France all freight
ing and market wagons are turned into
road rollers by being required to have
tires from to 10 inches wide. Ger
many requires 4-inch tires for all wag-
ons used for heavy leads, and Switzer-
land requires that they shall be pro-
vided with tires of six inches. These
regulations have been adopted for the
protection of the high-class European
roads built during the present century.
Now that the adoption of State aid
has solved the financial problem con-
nected with road improvement in the
United States, care should be taken
that the roads we build are not de-
stroyed by narrow tires. Country dis
tricts receiving financial aid for road
purposes out of the State treasury
should do all in their power to encour-
age the use of wide tires. This has
been accomplished in some places by
exempting all wide-tired vehicles from
taxation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

NOT EXACTLY GROWING.

as your town growing2" asked the
Pittsburg man of fellow-traveler On
the cars.
Well, no; I can't say it's growing"
was the reply-"not growing to speak
of, but it's improving in it's tastes
right along"
You mean the people are assuming
higher Standard"
Il do. sir. Yes. sir. We now get
bananas every lay from Cincinnati,
and five out Of kix groceries keep
shredded cod 1pbereer cheese.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
HONEST IN HIS DISHONESTY.

II was cashier of a bank in Pennsyl-
vania good many years ago." said the
man who was travelling on deadhead
pass. and after couple of years l made
up my mind that things were too slow for
me. In other words, / decided to gobble
up what money / could and skip for Eu-
rope, and go into business on my own
hook l bided my time, and one night
when I knew / could lay my hands on
about 10000, I prepared to bid the town
goodbye. I had a key to the bank and
another to the vault, and as we had no
Waterman inside I had no trouble in get
ting in 1t was about midnight when
made my raid, and / hadn't opened the
vault yet when the bank door was I'M
locked and the president entered. He had
an empty carpet bag under his arm, and
got weak in the knees as he saw me- We
hadn't passed question when another
key clicked and the manager entered. He
also had an empty carpet-bag, and he also
got weak in the knees. The three of us
sat down, each with an empty bag at his
feet and looked at each other for long
time. 1t was the president who spoke
first, and he said:
81 was worried about the funds in the
vault
so was l." said the manager.
80 was t. added
"And hadn't We better see If they are
safe?'
Il think we had"
$50 do L"
"Then the president unlocked the vault
and the three of us stepped inside and as
sured ourselves that the funds were all
right AS we came out and the doors
were locked behind us. he said:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
SOMETHING JUST AS GOOD.

did you ever have any personal ex-
perience with a cyclone?' he asked of the
man who had been detailing some very
thrilling incidents.
well. can't exactly say It was cy-
clone" was the answer. mot such a cy-
clone as devastates miles Of country"
WAS 1t a hurricane?'
Hardly a hurricane"
Just a strong gale, eh?'
Scarcely a gale-not as you understand
the term
"Well, what would you call III"
at was a woman. sir. II was a woman
whom / had asked TO wed me and then
concluded / could never love her as she
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

ceedlne3 Tor BRIEF periods Inesday
evening. having been erroneousl Horned
that we had forgotten our guns, .derman
Hooper introduced resolutto1sJ hitch was
clearly out Of order. We SO ruled He In
sisted. He had assumed a very defiant at
titude. when we covered him with gun
ana wilted him into his seat. There was
only one gun drawn, with no shooting and
no particular excitement. There was no
quarrel after adjournment. The whole
affair. as dished up by our esteemed con-
temporary, is tissue of falsehoods. and
among people who know the sheet, it will
receive no attention beyond contempt
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
A SALON STATUE.

The piece of statuary that is attract
ing more attention, perhaps, than other
figures at the Paris Scion of the pres
ent season is that by Barrias known as
The dwelling of Nature AS the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

We don't look for any building boom or
influx Of strangers, but we'll hold our
own and gradually work up to electric
doorbells and oysters on the half
SHE'LL
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

C. H. Lawrence. a strong Republican
lawyer. who was al one tine a csndi-
date for judge has just returhed from
trip to Texas, where he visIted Judge
Wooten on his ranch z few miles from
San Antonio.
II you lived in the. South. i said Judge
Wooten the night of his ARRIVAL. syou
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
RASH ASS

Il tell you. he ism
thing that talks" J
Tut, tut There |
beside men that talk. "
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
HARSH NEAsIREs

@They had 70 handcun the manager Of
the deaf and dumb ball club"
WHY
( $50 he couldn't sass the umpire
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25


III Wednesday night last shortly after mid
III ht some one threw brick through a
window of the postoffice because we would
mot get up in answer to rap on the
door. We turned out quick enough to
send q bullet after a flying figure almost
a block away, and from the way the un-
known yelled out we think we hit him.
Don't fool with the postoffice after mid
night.
Ex-Judge Truefoot says that in coming
back from Hope Hollow the other day, he
was held up by road agent and robbed
of s17 and gun. There is one thing the
Judge can never be lrobbed of in this sin
full world, and that Us his reputation as a
liar. He never carried a gun and he
hasn't had SIT all at once in the last five
years.
Old Uncle Billy White, who gave the
name of Giyedam Gulcn to this town SO
years ago, was up town the other day
with four guns strapped around him. He
had heard that the name was to be
changed to Paradise Hollow, and he was
prepared to shed his last drop of blood in
opposition. He discovered that the report
was q canard and went away happy. 1t
would be a reckless man. indeed, who
would seek to wipe out the time-honored
name of this fair young city.
James Blokely Coroner, returned home
yesterday, after an absence of two weeks
at Tucson, and was warmly welcomed by
his many friends. While in Tucson he at
tended two inquests, and he says that he
could have held six and buried the VIC
tins besides during the time taken up by
the two. Mr.. Blakely further announces
that no saloon in Tucson knows the rudi-
ments of mixing a cocktail or shooting
fly off a bartender's ear.
We have received several letters during
the past week making inquiries as to what
stand The Kicker will take in the next
Presidential campaign. Nobody need be
worried over that question. We shall con-
tinue to be independent of all parties
praising whatever lis worthy and hitting
whatever is the opposite, and at the same
time putting in our best ticks for Jim
Hellso, which is us. We are not in it for
the fun of the thing, and if we can pick
up few more good things we are bound
to do it.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

The editor of the North Branch Journal
sent US word the other day that if We
would meet him at Jackson's Ford at 2
o'clock in the afternoon he would rid the
earth of our presence. He had forwarded
suchSa message on several previous occa-
sions but this time he seemed so earnest
about it that we mounted our mule and
covered the eight miles in an hour. We
waited on the spot for two hours, but the
Journal man failed to show up. It's no
use TO stigmatize him as a blowhard and
a coward. Some day when it comes handy,
we will add his left ear to our stock of
souvenirs. but we have no time to hunt
down such coyotes.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
AS THEY DO DOWN SOUTH.

Mr.. Lawrence Was Shocked al the Judges
Cruelty TO His Negroes.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

A report reached town the other day
that Captain Harker, former citizen of
the Gulch. had been hung in New Mexico
AS he hadn't the sand to even beat a
parkeeper out of a cheap drink we cannot
imagine why they should pull him up to a
limb out there and give him an honorable
send-off. There was some talk of hanging
MIN here, but when the vigilance COM
mttee came to look him over it was de-
cided that he wasn't worth the bother
lie might have been used as a bait to set
a bear-trap, but that would have been
the limit of his usefulness
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

Another electric-light man has come and
gone making about IA different agents
who have shown up here this year with a
hope of securing contract for lighting
the town. There is no doubt that the
town should be better lighted, and that
electricity would be the thing, but until
the population changes it would be foolish
to invest capital. The minute a light ap-
peared it would be shot at, and with $50
guns banging away electricity would stand
poor show.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
at WAS WONDERFUL IN IT'S WORK."

"My wife has used three bottles of Dr. Perces medicine
and such results writes A. B. Haynes Esq.,
Aurora, Lawrence Co.. Mo- ut was wonderful in its work
We had used lots of medicine, also had The best yi-
clans in Aa,0,a, 6m ujts got better heard one
ptul groan after another day and night friend handed
copy of DIR. Pierce's book The Common Sense Medical
Adviser and after reading the testimonials of Dr. Pierces
successful treatment and seeing that the described
similar to my wife's bought for her bottle of Dr.
Pierces Favorte Prescription. Before she had taken all Of
the medicine she up and helping to do the work. She
has taken three bottles and is about we'll Has better
health than she has had for years So perfectly did the
medicine do its work have great confidence in it."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25
"A WONDERFUL MEDICINE FOR WOMEN"

IN WUVUEKFUL WEDHCN1E FUN WONiIas.
II wish to tell you of the benefit have received from
using your remedies writes Mrs. Alice Soncran of 2oI
W. Harrison Street. Chicago Ills. 1.-TWO years ago
taken with pain in left ovary and side Tried
eral different remedies but nothing helped me- got bad
could scarcely walk the floor do work of any kind
One day old neghbor lady me- and told
to try DR. Perces Favoe Prescription She said she knew
would help me- had saved her life When the doctors
had given her up and said they could do nothing for her.
she said she began take Dr. Perces Favoe Prescription
and it cured her. got bottle of the Favorte Prescp-
ton and of Golden Medical Discovery and began
taking them Before had taken bottle Of each was
much better that could do all my work, and that
is good deal, the mother of four small children.
Three bottles of the Favorite Prescription and one of
Golden Medical Discovery cured me- I have not been
sick since then. think your Favorite Prescription is
wonderful medicine for women"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-03
THEY BOTH FARED ALIKE.

Wednesday two small boys got into
n fight. a brother OF one OF them at
tempted to separate them when boy
number two picked up 4 brick and hit
the man who tried to separate them.
for WHICH he received 4 smack. The
boy thef ran home and told his mother.
who came out with n horse whip TO
chastise the party who had smacked
her son. Some words followed and the
lady drew the whip and cut The larger
boy across the face. The boy then
struck the lady n blow between the
eyes and Knocked her down, and would
have thraShed her decently but for in
reference. 1t was thought that the
matter was ended. but when night
came the father OF the lady went after
the boy and demanded satisfaction. He
too. struck the boy and. It IS said. pull
cd a knife on him. The boy knocked
him down and BACKED both his eyes.
and he, too. left. Thus the matter
stands until some further developments
take place.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-03
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED.

During the month OF May City Sur
veyor Sykes has given lines for the
following new buildings:
j. Edward johnson. one two-story
frame. single, northwest corner Ening
ham and Clifford.
w. l.. Williams, two story frame, sin
gle, southwest corner OF Dinwiddic and
Clifford.
VIM. II. Edmunds, two story frame,
single. on Ann street, near Webster
avenue.
Walter L. Bilisoly. two story frame,
single, on Park avenue, near Bay
street.
Ed. D. NIcGrath, two story brick, sim
gle, on First street, near Henry street.
Mrs. l.. 1G. Morris. two story frame,
single. on A street near Hatton street.
Il. l.. Lash, two story frame. double
on Queen street. near Crawford street
IL. y. Balm. one story frame, double,
on North street, near cemetery.
Mrs. Z. c. Johns. two story frame,
single, on North street. near Hatton
street.
G. o. Grimes. one story frame, single
store. on Chestnut street, near High
street.
Alexander Gordon, two story frame
single. on North street. near Green
street.
Mrs. James Etheridge. two story
frame. single. on County street. near
Washington street
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-03
A THREE-FoLD THEME.

Tomorrow afternoon ut o'clock n
special service for all members OF the
Y. Nj. C. a. and Christian men not
members will be held at the y. NJ. C..
a. The theme selected is service and it
will be subdivided as follows: Copper
tunity, Necessity and Reward" Rev.
u. S. Farland, pastor OF st. Johns
Episcopal Church. will make the prin-
cipal address on the first subject
named. President +. l. Crockcr and
Secretary Stubs will speak on the
other two respectfully. The service OF
song. conducted by Prof Dunbar. will
be an interesting feature.
The Boys Gospel Army will meet at
3 o'clock. About one hundred and
thirty were present at the service last
Sunday. The meetings are short,
bright and enjoyable.