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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-04-19

The genial Richard Reilly has given
up his position at Passaic, n. j., and
is now working in the Locomobile es-
adjustment in Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-04-19

Dea William Fairchild, who is in
quite poor health, was in the Street.
Saturday, the guest of Mr. and Mrs
George F. DuncOmha
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-15

than usual, and with one tremendous
smash all three masts, no longer sup
ported by the stays, broke OFF like car
rots and went whirling down over the
side. Then hauled Mr.. Diego Ramirez
inboard, and battered him senseless.
The Daisy lay total wreck in mid
ocean, her masts and spars. tanglea
mass of wreckage to leeward, were
charging into her like a battering ram
with every roll, and, worst of all. the
whole of the standing rigging was OF
steel. which no ak could cut for oui
release.
At once l had all hands at work to
deal with the disaster. One watcl
rugged a sea anchor, with cask Of oil
bored with an auger. which we put
overheard to windward and so broke
the seas. Meanwhile l got the other
watch to work cutting the wreckage
adrift as best they,could.
Only when daylight came had l time
to go forward; time to deal with Diego
Ramirez, Esq, my bo's'n, caught red
handed wrecking my ship. Even then
could appreciate the fiendish cunning
of the man, his mastery knowledge OF
seamanship. The chance had been a
thousand to one against his being
caught. so simple was his plan, SO Ger
tain its success. No masts ever bull
could have borne so sudden and st
fierce a wrench. 1t was a comfort tC
me shat / had marked Diego Ramirez
for life. But / had not killed him, moi
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81 MASTER has the right to be
IN proud of his ship, and mine is
go clipper-a wind jammer;" but
I've left many a first-class tramp astern
of me, yes, and liners, too. l haven't
broken any records; l can't claim to
have sailed 1894 statute miles in day,
as did the Flying Cloud. or even 419
miles, the record of the Sovereign of the
Seas. Records like those were made
when ships carried a big crew. regard
less of expense, and spread out their
stu'ns'ls and moon-scrapers until the
hull was no more compared with their
canvas than the basket is to a balloon.
But my bark Daisy does all that can be
expected with her crew of twenty-one
men, and my owners gave me gold
watch and chain when l beat the giant
France on clear run across the West
ern ocean.
l was loading timber in Burrard in
let, just up the harbor from Vancouver,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-15
Ret Denrecated Currency.

Several gentlemen in the lobby Of
p he Arlington the other evening were
discussing the different phases Of the
urrency question during the last half
century and the effect thereon of the
ecent election.
Col. J. G. Berret. formerly postmaster
md Mayor of Washington, told Of an
interesting and extraordinary disprO-
lorsiolate bet as TO odds made by gen
lemen in this city in 1889 TO illustrate
he comparative value of money cur
'ent at that time. says the Washington
Star.
In 1882" said Col. Berret. there
was a nile track situated near what is
low Isrightwood. though it was before
he day of houses in that vicinity. Pres.
dent Andrew Jackson was then in Of
ice. He was a patron of the turf and
vas very fond of horses. He kept a
table of thoroughbreds. but it was. of
curse, run under the name of another
,ersOn, his stepson. The races were
unn.ng races in heats Of four miles
md repeat. as was then the custom.
nd recall that once witnessed four
uccessive heats, with a short interval
f rest between heats, run to decide a
ace.
AT one of the events a gentleman
landing near me offered to bet 500 in
ank bills to % cents in silver coin that
/ horse he favored should win. A friend
II mine took him up. He then 'epeat
d the offer six times at the same odds
which were accepted. and. his horse
osing. he handed my friend 800 ID
.urrent bank bills. as against $1.75 in
| silver coin. This shows the relative
,alue of the currency of the period"
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years old he left home and went to
work for a Boston banker at SO q week.
He, worked just one day when his par
ents put him back to school. Five days
later he returned TO the bank. only to
be recovered again after one day by his
parents. In ten days he was back at
the bank and this time the banker per
suaded the parents to let the boy work.
Three hours every day he devoted to
study, and in time became a well-edu-
Gated man. While still in his teens he
began to write for the newspapers. be
came a financial writer and achieved
marked success IN this field. Mr.. Law
son before he was 20 years old was
worth 100000. but lost it. Before he
was 80 he had made and lost several
fortunes, and it is commonly reported
on the street that ten years ago he
couldn't have raised 500. To-day he
can ''buy and SELF most of the broker
in Boston.
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MISS HELEN KELLER.
HER INTELLECTUAL DEVELOP
MENT is MARVELLOUS.
Blind. Deaf and Dumb, She LAS Been
Taught TO Speak aud Il Now Ac-
curing a Fine Collegiate Edu-
cation.

Another marvellous achievement by
Helen Keller has again brought her
name prominently before the public
and reawakens interest in the career Of
this remarkable girl, who is undoubt-
edly the greatest intellectual phenone-
non the Nworld has ever known. AT
Radcliffe College, Cambridge, where
she is now a student, this girl, who Ia
childhood was deaf, dumb and blind,
made speech to her fellow students
upon being elected an officer Of her
class. Every word size uttered was
clear and distinct and was heard in
every part of the room.
Helen Keller was born in Alabama
on June n, 1880. Her father as 4
former Confederate officer and later a
United States marshal. When she was
10 months old, as the result Of sickness,
she was deprived of all her senses ex-
cept that Of feeling. Until she was
years old no attempt was made to leach
the child anything. Her mind at that
time was entirely blank and the life to
come hopeless. Then the attention OF
the parents was directed to the case OF
Laura Bridgeman, who, similarly
afflicted, was taught to read, sew, play
on musical instruments and do many
other seemingly impossible things, a
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-15
A RACE AROUND
X THE HORN * X

~~r>r-c~r-r~~-0~~-T~~-~-
should round Cape Flattery ahead of
him. The betting there was five to three
on me. Jones did all he knew, and as
far as speed went there wasn't actually
much to choose between our two ships
but for seamanship, well, I'd be sorry
for Jones chance. OF course, we put
him astern the very first day, nor did
we see him again for many long day
after.
There's no need to describe the voy-
age. 1 had all the winds 1 tried for,
and not too much; l rounded the Horn
without a reef in my tops'ls, then reach
ed away to catch the trades for home.
We were bowling along towards the
Line-running down our ATTITUDES in
fine style, and on Oct. 3, at noon,
made it 100 80 Z S. We were under
close reefed top gallant sails, wind
about Sc blowing about tops1
breeze, about as much as we cared for
Indeed, the mate wanted to snug home
the top gallant sails. knew what the
Daisy could stand, and when l went
below at 10 o'clock l told the second
not to call me for less than light gale.
But | could not sleep, and that's
queer thing at sea how ones body stays
awake, expecting danger, while, so far
as mortal mind can tell, there Is moth
ing to fear Everything was what the
doctor ordered up to eight bells l
heard the watch changed; then one bell,
two bells. three bells. four bells. At
last got sick of hearing the half-hour
strokes, and went up on deck in socks
and pyjamas to take look at the night.
All seemed well. The mate was at the
gallery door. slipping his coffee, and
small blame to him for getting 1t good
and hot. His face was turned towards
me, his back to the fOrecastle, where
something stirred in the shadow
man coming up out of the scuttle-
Diego Ramirez, who ought to have
been in his bunk, sneaking quietly up
the ladder to the torecastle head.
felt half inclined to hail him, but why
should my bo's'n steal about like cat,
sink in the shadows instead of going
about like a man? l thought l saw the
CLEAN of a knife in his hands. Then
ran full pelt along the lee side Of the
deck, for if the man meant mischief II
was time l knew. l took the steps al
three jumps.
When l gained the forecastle head
saw nothing at first. Yes, there he wa'
over the bows, his head just showing
moving from side to side as though he
were at work.
bent down over him, and found hin
r quite unconscious of my presence
e slashing with a long knife. cuttin'
away the most vital gear in the ship
, the gammonings Of the bowsprit!
l flew at his throat, half strangled him
= and dragged him from his perch, unit
d l had him hanging over blue water
e But was too late, for. with an awfu
e crash, the gammonings parted, tn
a bowsprit flew into the air, rearin
d straight on end A yell from me sen
Il the mate to the wheel.
o "Luffr'I shouted. "Luffw
II But before he could bring her hea
% to the wind. she gave one heavier TO
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thing for the vocal organs. When she
had learned her letters the rest was
easy. From saying her letters so that
one could recognize them to saying
whole words was only a step.
Learning 10 Listen.
But now she must learn to listen"
This was another hard task, depending
more on the child than her teacher
Placing Helen's forefnger across her
Miss Sullivan's) lips and the thumb
under the chin, the little girl learned TO
interpret first simple sounds and then
whole words, by noting the movements
Of the lips and chin only. Practice made
perfect, and to-day Helen Keller can
carry on an intelligent conversation
with anyone by placing her finger and
thumb on the speakers lips and chin,
her own speech being entirely plain
and in an ordinary tone.
After learning to speak and to
listen" Helen's educational advance
ment was phenomenally rapid. 1t was
now possible to converse with her with
as much ease as with a person fully de
veloped. She has an entirely normal
and very active brain, a very retentive
memory and is of a very inquiring dis
position. Anything she does not I'M
derstand she inquiries about, and Miss
Sullivan has become so skillful in ex-
plainlog that she seldom fails to make
the girl Comprehend
For instance, the word mercury oc-
CURED in one Of her books-she reads
books for the blind with the greatest
ease. She did not know what mercury
was. Miss Sullivau tooS her into the
school laboratory and poured some
mercury into her hand. explaining at
the same time that the metal IS some
times called quicksilver. This was clear
to Helen, for she knew what silver was.
After feeling of the mercury and try
ing to pick it up in her fingers the girl
perfectly understood the nature Of the
substance.
In all their reading and conversat ton
Miss Sullivan carefully makes clear
every new word or term they come
across. with actual illustrations when
possible, and in this way the girl has
come to know quite as much as others
Of her age.
Her Higher Education.
AS she learned more and more Eng
fish Helen was taught German. French
and Latin. and in 1896 she had so far
advanced that her parents and teacher
decided she should have a full college
education. That fall she entered the
Cambridge school for girls as candi
date for entrance to Radcliffe College
She passed the entrance examinations
of the school so highly and did so vel
that first year that, as a test, she tool
the entrance examinations for Harvard
in the summer Of 1897. After two year
!, in the Cambridge school Helen went t.
a school in New York for a time, ant
. in September last entered Radcliffe a
: a freshman, where she is taking tn
; regular course, Miss Sullivan, like
4 fellow student, going through with hel
These two are lnseparable. The
y live together in Cambridge like an
r other students. work. sleep and eat tC
gether. and enjoy their little recreG
O tons together.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-15
The NEW CUP DEFENDER.

Thomas W. Lawson, One of Boston's
Remarkable Men.
Thomas W. Lawson, BOston's cop
per king" and turfman and owner OF
the $4,000 Mrs. Lawson carnation, has
declared his intention of building a
yacht the cost of which viii be between
$4,000 and 100000. which Is to de-
fend Americas reputation in boating
circles. Lawson is Al years old and is
a Cambridge man by birth, with a re-
markable record. When he was u
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-15
Conquering Dumbness.

Miss Sullivan went to Miss Fuller. in
Newton Lower Falls, near Boston,
from whom she learned the method of
lip reading and speaking for the dumb.
Then the training of Miss Keller began
First she was taught the entire anat-
omy of the mouth and vocal parts of
the throat She comprehended these
things by putting her fingers in Miss
Sullivan's mouth and feeling of the
condition and position Of the tongue,
teeth and lips when certain sounds
were made. The vocal organs in the
throat were carefully explained to her,
with their location and operation. Next
she was told to put her fingers in her
own mouth and note the position Of her
tongue, teeth and lips when she made
certain sounds. as, for instance. IT"
. ID" and 90" Very strange were her
first attempts to make definite sou.ds
with her own vocal organs. but a sur
geOn had said there was no physical
reason why she could not speak, and
again Miss Sullivan's patience and per-
severance conquered. aided this time
by the child's own anxiety to learn.
Slowly she was taught to make definite
sounds, until she had acquired some
facility in doing so. No attempt was
yet made to teach her to speak. for first
of all the vocal organs must be brought
into full use and control.
When Helen could make sounds re-
sembling "R." "S' and "P" and many
others. Miss Sullivan started at the be-
ginning of the English alphabet and
taught her TO say her letters. Doing
this was somewhat slow. hut it gave
+ her. excellent practice and was a fine
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-15

OF course women are rot babyish.
but a sealskin coat win square almost
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-15

Every head of family should attend
4 medical college long enough to gain
4 knowledge that will aid him in cary
ing a chicken.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-15

A boy smoking a cigar is sue a
shocking sight that even men feel I'M
pleasant in witnessing it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-15

the Perkins school in Boston. The KeI-
Ter girl was thereupOn taken TO this
school and placed in the hands of Miss
Sullivan, one of the teachers, who Was
to see what she could do with the little
one. From that day to this Miss Sulli-
van has devoted her whole time to the
education of the girl and her success
stamps her as a prodigy of patience, as
that of Miss Keller makes her a marvel
in mental development Miss Keller is
now as highly accomplished as any
other young woman of 20, in spite OF
her early impediments.
When Miss Sullivan undertook the
task of teaching Helen, the child had
only the sense of touch. 1t took many.
many weary days to teach the child,
first that certain signs with her teach
er's fingers meant certain things and
then that the same signs with her own
I fingers meant the same thing In time
/ the child could make her wants known
/ in an intelligent sign language, crude
and without much scope, but Il start
had been made and the little mind had
begun to store up knowledge. In three
years she could talk in the sign Ian
guage very inteIligently. One day in
1890 she said to Miss sullivan spelling
the words out with her fingers in her
teachers hand. "Why cannot l speak
l would like to learn to speak"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-29
A WOMAN'S TALE OF WOE
SHE SUES STEPHEN ID. CRANE FOR
DIVORCE AND $4,000 ALIMONY.
Allegations Set Out i'm the Complaint
Damages Demanded for a Hot
Water Dath-Court Cases.

Emma w. Crane yesterday brought suit
against her husband, Stephen d. Crane,
for divorce and $1,000 alimony. They
were married May l6. 1915. The plant
if alleged that at the time of their
marriage she had property and money
to the value of $4,000 and that by
Misrepresentation and deceit her husband
has defrauded her out of her property. She
also charges that he entered into collision
with other parties for the purpose of de-
frauding her. and that it was only recently
that she learned of his alleged scheming.
IL is charged that her husband circu-
lated the report in Greene county and
other adjoining counties that she was in
sane and caused her to be ignored and
ridiculed by her neighbors and those liv-
ing in that vicinity. She also says that
while they lived on her farm in Greene
county her husband would not speak to
her. and criticisedssher for approaching
him.
The plaintiff charges that in December,
1899. Crane forced her by threats of bodily
injury to deed her farms in Greene and
Monroe counties to Ellis Crane, his brother.
and that it was only a scheme to cheat her
out of her property and get it for himself.
She says that i'm February 1899. Crane took
81, 300 of her money to stock their farm.
but 1t was not used for that purpose,
and she asserts ii is her belief that he has
all or a part of it in one of the Blooming
ton banks. She says all the property deed
ed away belongs to her as well as all of the
personal property, and asks that the court
issue a restraining order TO prevent MIN
from disposing of any of il and leaving
the State They separated May T. 1900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-29
Numerous. omcial Changes.

In accordance with the requirements
made necessary on account of the pension
plan going into operation, the following
changes in the freight and passenger rep
resentatives of the Pennsylvania lines
West are announced: e. M. Pomeroy has
been appointed soliciting agent in connce-
ton with the Pacific coast agency at San
Francisco. George T. Hull. district agent.
departments with headquarters in Denver,
Col; Mr.. Leon Engstrom, soliciting agent
in connection with the Denver agency;
Maldrum Gay, travelling agent In connec-
ton with the Columbus (O.) agency; w.
Nj. Buckham, agent at Omaha, Neb., vice
Jules G. Hubbard, retired; Mr.. Vincent A.
Lagen, travelling agent in connection with
the Omaha agency; u. I. Scott, agent at
Sioux City, Ia, in place of w. NJ. Buck
mum, transferred: Il. II. Daily, agent at
Milwaukee, Wis, vice J. A. Perkins, re-
tired; John T. Riley travelling agent in
connection with the Milwaukee agency in
place of b. III. Daily, promoted and Otto
Sickert, soliciting agent at Milwaukee, in
place of u. ID. Scott, transferred and pro-
Rapids, Ia; E. NJ. Wentworth. agent at
transferred; M. T. Moody has been APP
pointed soliciting agent in connection with
the Davenport agency; A. Freeman, agent
a. Burlington, Ia, retired. The agency at
that point will be discontinued and the
work consolidated with that of the Daven-
port agency. The agency at Marshalltown,
| Ia, will be discontinued
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-29
ALLEGED RAILWAY POOL
THE REPORT OF ITS EXISTENCE
DENIED BY GOOD AUTHORITY.
Deal to Secure Control of the Wabash
On-Numerous Official Changes on
the Pennsylvania Lines West.

The fact that there has been no rate
cutting on freight shipments from Chica-
go, Peoria and ST. Louis east bound Is cited
as proof that for several months close
traffic pool has existed for a systematic
division of profits. High officials of the
railroads concerned deny that any pool ex-
lists. and it is as positively denied that an
other pool has been formed by the West
ern lines covering the territory westward
from the points named. Investigation has
shown that there are no such pools, ac-
cording 10 the strict Interpretation of the
law. II is not denied that there are agree
ments of various kinds and organizations
that regulate passenger and freight affairs
to a certain extent, but in every case it Is
stated that the document will BE found to
be so carefully worded that IL is improba-
bic that any ilegality could be proven,
and IL is further declared that the estab-
lishment of a statistical bureau since Jan.
has no other significance than desire on
the part of the roads to obtain as accurate
a record as possible of the amount of
business handled. Such knowledge, it is
claimed. will conduce to the maintenance
of uniform rates and give no one shipper
any advantage in rates over competitor
in the same line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-29

Captain Halls. of the United States secret
service, received letter yesterday that
for awhile contained the peculiar interest
OF a Chinese puzzle. 1t was sent to him
by brother officer, with the statement
that IL he succeeded in deciphering the
hyeroglyphics, he would be doing as neat
81 piece of work as he had ever accom-
plished during his career I'm the secret serv.
ice. The captain pored over the envelope
all afternoon, turning ii over and over
giancing at ii sidewise. and finally, in des-
peration, he used a microscope but all in
vain. AT length a reporter walked into
the room, and found the captain in the
midst of his difficulties. The reporters
services were Immediately pressed into use
but he was as much In the dark as ore
could possibly be, when suddenly Captain
Halls grabbed the letter, with the ex.
elamation: i've got 1t. It's Wright.
That first letter is a w. and that las
mark which / took for the tail of a e. i.
only comma" Whereat he seemed great.
ly elated, but when questioned as to why
he was in possession of the letter he be-
came silent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-29
CoIonist Rates sIashed.

President Charles NJ. Hays, Of the
Southern Pacific, made his first great Of
fetal movement when he ordered the rates
for colonists from the East TO California
slashed to minimum of SIS from all points
west of the Missouri river. President Hays
says: IF the upbuilding of California can
be accomplished in this manner, ! will
fetch people here" The new rates are
record-breakers in the history of the
Southern Pacific. The colonist rate from
Chicago is fixed at $50: from st. Louis,
Memphis and New Orleans. $3.50: from
Omaha, Kansas City, Minneola and Hous-
ton. SIS. The rates will apply TO a series
of excursions and the tickets for these ex-
cursions will be sold at the points named
every Tuesday morning, beginning Feb. r.
and including April 30. The rate from all
points west of the Missouri river is prac-
tically a minimum of s25. Previously it
has been about double that figure. The
trains will start from each of the points
mentioned on Tuesday OF each week. and
the experiment will extend over period
of two months and a half