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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

foundation of a university. Its funds
are derived from the sale OF lands and
a tax of one-sixth of q mill on each dol
lar levied by the state. It's buildings
alone cost about $780, 900. it's instructors
number 233 and its students $500
Congress at different times granted
an aggregate OF 332, 900 acres Of land to
Wisconsin for the support of a univer-
sity, and Its income from this and other
sources is very large. The university
domain is about $50 acres in area, ex-
tending a mile along the south shore OF
Lake Mendoza, at Madison. Like its
sister universities. &: comprises colleges
of science and liberal arts, mechanics.
engineering and agriculture, law phar-
macy, economics, political science and
history, as well as a school OF music.
Ii has 10 instructors and 1900 students.
The University of Nebraska is enti-
tied to special prominence as typical of
the institutions having a state founda-
ton. IT was founded by an act of the
Nebraska legislature. which took effect
Feb. Is, 1869. and now has 220 instruct
ors and more than 1900 students The
university is a part Of the public school
system OF the state, crowning the work
begun in the lower and continued i'm the
high school grades. adding larger and
richer opportunities for mental culture.
1t has no preparatory department. but
maintains secondary schools in agri-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14
MAIN BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA.

enlarged their equipment by engrafting
professional and technical schools upon
the original stocks. the university prop
er was OF later growth. II was owing
TO the foresight OF public spirited Amer
leans that provision was made when
the great northwest was opened for the
founding of universities endowed by
and under the supervision of the state.
BY this wise provision was laid the
foundation Of what may be truly called
our national universities, practically
free as 10 tuition. literally provided
with funds, watched over by every citi-
zen Of the states in which they are sit
uated and regarded as the capstones OF
the state system OF education. 1t is
owing 10 the wisdom OF their founders
that so many OF these great state insti-
tutions have enlarged their scope of OPP
erations TO the extent of becoming ver-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14
THE LIBRARY. UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN.

broader sense to include women, for.
although our female colleges are a
product. OF the nineteenth century and
the mems colleges in this country ante
date them by nearly 200 years, they
have become important factors I'm the
educational system OF the United states.
IL Is not alone in the grammar and high
schools. In the seminaries and acad-
emies. that we now find the sweet girl
graduate" I'm this efflorescent month Of
June. but che pervades the halls of coll
leges devoted TO the higher education
and is often formidable rival OF the
young men i'm the coed" universities.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

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ried riches that the previous centuries
have accumulated.
Ii cannot be positively asserted that
the oldest or the largest and most rich
ly endowed colleges have produced the
greatest results, for sometimes the OBJ
scure and struggling institutions have
contributed most brilliant names to the
galaxy that has given luster TO the ma
tion's achievements Perhaps there is
no other body of men that collectively
so well illustrates this fact as that
which includes the presidents OF the
United States. OF our twenty-five ex-
ecutives there are nine, beginning with
Washington, ending with Mckinley,
and including Jackson, Van Buren,.
Taylor. Fillmore, Lincoln, Johnson and
Cleveland. who were not college grad
yates. Three-John Adams. j. @. Ad-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

struction free. Another free university
Is that of Colorado. with 900 students.
II is situated at Boulder and was found
ed in 1876. IL is literally supported by
legislative appropriation and direct tax
alton.
In order TO complete the chain across
the continent. but with no purpose in
view of presenting an exhaustive list of
even the state endowed universities,
mention may be made OF the universi-
ties of California. Oregon and Washing
ton. The University OF California was
instituted i'm 1868 and transferred in 1873
TO it's present beautiful site at Berkeley
comprising some $50 acres facing the
Golden Gate. II has grown rapidly
from small institution to an all en-
bracing university with ESQ instructors
and 1000 students. Finding the college
fettered 10y its lack OF endowments and
wishing TO see larger ana stronger in
stitution" says an authority. the
trustees transferred all tSssr property
TO the state. which had already accept
ed the congressional provisions for an
agricultural college, and a proposition
to unite all interests in a university
adequate TO the wants and worthy OF
the name OF tho state was readily
agreed to-"
Having of late years attracted the at
tention OF wealthy residents or Califor-
mia. notably OF Mrs. Phmbe Hearst. who
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

instructors and $50 students In attend
ance.
The charter of Princeton was granted
in 1746. and. having lived through the
colonial, Revolutionary and national pc
riods OF our countrys life ii is today a
full nedged university. enrolling more
than 1.3i0 students and with 100 i'm
structors. The University of Pennsyl-
vania. founded as a college I'm lii0.
claims the honor OF being the first uni
versity erected in the United States and
OF containing the oldest medical depart
ment. 1t is now one OF our largest. also
having an average attendance OF 2400
students. with PCS instructors.
OF the southern group Of universities
one Of the largest is the University OF
Georgia, chartered i'm 1855 and opened i'm
1901. II has buildings and grounds TO
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

liable universities and have long since
outgrown the ordinary colleges. For
the past forty years or more national
and state legislation have co-operated
toward the upbuilding OF the state uni
versities. the most vital constituent
part of the system being the laws pass
ed by congress, initiated by Hon. Justin
$. Morrill, I'm 1858. donating a portion OF
the public lands for the endowment Of
a college in each state ito teach such
branches OF learning as are related TO
agriculture and the mechanic arts"
The bill passed congress. but was vetoed
by President Buchanan, being finally
enacted July 2. 1862. and approved by
President Lincoln.
One Of the most noteworthy institu-
tions founded i'm accordance with this
law is the Ohio State university. locat-
ed at Columbus. about three miles from
the state capitol I'm the midst OF ample
and beautiful grounds. The governing
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

culture, mechanic arts and domestic
science. wherein special students may
be trained. Its revenues are derived
from tax Of one mill per dollar upon
the grand assessment roll of the state
and an income from land leases and
sales under the land grant Of congress
of 1862. etc.
No institution OF learning I'm the world
has probably such vast endowment I'm
lands as the University OF Texas, which
was founded in 1883 at Austin. Bryan
and Galveston. Its original land en-
dowment was 100000 acres subse-
auentlv reduced 20 1000 600 acres by the
diversion OF a portion for the support
OF the public schools. Nearly 100 teach
ers comprise the faculty OF this institu-
ton the average attendance at which
Is 1,iO0.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

cred for instruction at Cambridge, near
Boston, i'm 1856, but today Harvard col
lege alone can boast more students than
Oxford or Cambridge in England.
There arc thirty colleges in the Unit
ed States each with more than 1000
graduates TO its credit and ten with more
than 5000 Harvard university leads
with 24.375 graduates. Yale has 20.21S.
the University OF Pennsylvania 1880,
University OF Michigan 1879. Columbia
university. New York. II, no; New York
university 1880, Dartmouth. New
Hampshire, $500; Princeton. New Jer-
sey $3.50; Northwestern university,
Evanston, ILL.,. $500; Cornell university.
Ithaca. n. Y. 6,0S6, Georgia university,
5000. Brown university, Tulane. the
State University OF Iowa. Union college.
Schenectady, n. Y, and the University
of Alabama have more than 5000 grad
yates each. and Amherst, Bowdon.
Boston university. Central university,
Kentucky: Columbian university Wash
ington. ID. c.; Dickinson college, Penn
sylvania: Girard. Ohio Wesleyan, UNI
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

versity of California, University of
Wisconsin, United States Military
academy, and Williams college, Massa-
chusetts. have each more than 1000
graduates on their rolls
College and university graduates in
the United States may now be num-
bered by the hundred thousand, and ev-
cry year adds 10 the aggregate. for dur
ing the past thirty years the number
of college students has increased from
less than 600 TO "a little more than 1,l0O
in each million of our adult population.
IT is estimated that rather more than
25. 600 college men are turned out" each
year to battle with the world, and.
without reference to the question as to
whether college education pays" il
is very evident that the people OF the
United States have freely paid for the
privileges attendant upon their educa-
tional institutions.
In speaking OF men" in connection
with education Il is understood. of
course. that the term is used in its
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14


tric apparatus for turning on the gas
IN street lamps. lighting il and turn
ing IL or again. Next year he made
microscope, grinding the lens himself.
1t Is rather curious that Thomas A.
Edisons first invention of Importance
was caused by a longing to avoid te-
dious, monotonous work. When, as
boy Of fourteen, he was night telegraph
clerk, II was his duty TO report himself
every half hour 70 the head Office by
telegraphing the word six" This was
to prove that he was not asleep. Ed!-
son, however. had no idea of sleeping.
but preferred TO take a little exercise in
the open air at night. So he got over
the difficulty by cutting suitable notch
cs on a wheel and attaching this to the
works of a cheap clock. This primitive
apparatus would transmit the signal
automatically twelve times at intervals
OF half an hour.
All lamps up to near the end OF the
eighteenth century had solid wicks like
pieces of cord. and no chimneys 1t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

PUNE is pre-eminently the com
mencement" season, for out OF
the half thousand colleges and
~ universities in the United States
not less than 450 end their col
legiate year this month, less than forty
In May and but two or three I'm July
Although IL may seem misnomer TO
call this day commencement" the
word has a legitimate origin and the
sanction of long usage not only in Eu-
rope. but i'm this country.
IL is now 260 years since the first
actual commencement was celebrated
in this country-that Is, i'm an English
speaking community. 1t was I'm the
summer OF 1642, before the confedera-
ton of the colonies. that the first com
mencement OF Harvard was held" says
the historian, and from the small be-
ginnings at Cambridge may be traced
the development of collegiate education
I'm the United States. Ii was "a small
community OF scholars that first gath
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14
PREcocious INVENTORS.

John Ericsson. the famous Swede who
built the Monitor and the great iron
bridge at Sunderland. England. was re-
markably bright as a child, inventing
at the age of twelve a new form ot
sawmill and preparing working model
of it, The saw blade he made OF an old
watch spring. moved by crank con-
structed OF broken teaspoon, and his
only tools were knife. a file and gim-
let. 1t was this same wonderful invent
or who later on drove big ship across
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14
SCIENCE HALL. UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE.

The University of Kansas at Law
renee, which now boasts so instructors
and 1.150 students, originated in the act
OF congress of Jan. 80, 1866, granting a
liberal endowment of lands. and its an
nual income is about $780, 900.
The University OF Illinois at Urbana
was established under the acts OF 1862
and 1866. 1t has permanent productive
funds exceeding 100000. a campus of 40
acres. with farm land aggregating near
ly 500 acres, the value of its buildings
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14


by the light of which his elder brother
was working. In moment the flame
burned up white and brilliant. and the
secret OF the lamp chimney was made
clear.
Cast iron cement was a boys inven-
tion. though the name Of the boy who
invented IL is not known. One day VIII
liam Murdoch, the man who first ap-
piled coal gas to Illuminating purposes.
went into a workshop i'm which he "
employed and began TO hunt for a tool
ne wanted lie found everything IN.
confusion. and a workman told him he
had seen one of the boys at his tool
chest a few days before. Among other
upsets, some sal ammoniac had been
spilled on a quantity of iron filings. and
the resulting mixture had bitten into
the blade of his saw. This compound
was the first cast iron cement.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

was not until
the year lISS
that a fiat wick
was made. A
year later .
Swiss chemist
named Aime Ar
gand invented "A
circular form OF
b u rn er: but,
though a vast
Improvement on
the rope wick.
the light was
still flickerins
and uncertain.
one day Ar
game d's S IN all
brother wander
ed into his work
room and pick
ed up an empty
oil flask. with
which ne began
to play At last
he fitted IL over
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

view Of the Argentine army are report
ed TO have stated that the evolutions
and appearance of the troops were
worthy of the best organized armies Of
Europe.
A powerful fan forty-eiSht inches in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

Last year the superintendent received
sixty-eight applications for such un-
ions. OF these four free and thirty-two
convicts were sanctioned and the ball
ance tthirty-two) were refused.
Military spectators present at the re-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

the Atlantic by
a hot air engine,
n form of mech
anism safe, sure
and speedy. and
only barred from
practical use on
the score of ex-
pense.
T h e n a m e
Brush Is insep-
arably connect
ed w 1t h [ h e
Brush electric
! < n (, a n d
G.. Il. Brush, its
inventor. is an
other genius who
showed his in
ventive powers
at an early age.
Before he was
fourteen he had
con structed d a
new form OF
electric motor
and had also in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

he vowed he would not have HIS locks
cut until The Dutch had conquered in
South Africa.
4 new car coupling Is being tried on
n German railway. IL lessons the space
yctween the cars TO rs inches.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

diameter, dlsplacing 30 600 cubic inches
Of air minute and electrically driven.
has been placed I'm the "tuppenny tube"
tunnels i'm London 10 improve the ven-
tilation.
As a result of the mild winter in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

in dodgers or boarders without police
permission.
Marriages between convicts continue
to be permitted i'm the Andan.an islands.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

The total capital invested in railways
and canals In Canada is si,i00.OOO.00O.
An old statute has been revived In
Vienna prohibiting householders taking
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

southern Russia 9hrew mice have ap-
pcared in great numbers in the fields,
doing great damage go the crops.
Among the Boer prisoners at Bermu-
da is one whose hair now reaches his
shoulders At the h,@@snning OF the war
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-14

Canada represents 30 per cent of tho
entire British empire and one-fifteenth
of the land area of the world, yet It's
population is not over $500. 900.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-07
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice is gwen that hereafter the Irus
lee OF Madison township will De in Ire
land on the first Saturday OF each
month. and the remaining Saturdays at
my residence, five miles southwest OF
Ireland, for the pur pose OF attending &c
township business, and all persons hav-
ing business with the township are ex-
pected TO confne il 10 those days.
The township library is KEEP. at j. G..
Eyrard's in Ireland, where all NAV
obtain the books.
The Indiana School books will be
found at VIM. T. Young's store at ali
times. GEo. NJ. GREENE.
Nov. %, l9O0-y Trustee Madison TIP.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-07
HARRISON Trustees Notice.

06TDISOI IIuStCC -NOtIOO'
Notice is hereby gwen that the under
signed, Trustee of HARRISON township,
will att end to township business on each
Monday Of the year, at my Office, and
persons having township business to
transact are required to present it to him
on Mondays.
The township library will be kept at
my home in Haysville.
GEORGE NIX,
Nov, % 1907. Trustee
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-07

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-08
INTERESTING OLD PAPERS.

Mr.. G. C. Ormand left at The ENoU1-
RER office on Monday, some old papers
belonging to Mr.. G. r. Turner, which
are yellow with age and unique in char
acter, giving a curious reminder Of the
way some Of the old fellows used to do
business in this country in the long ago.
One of the papers reads as follows:
"Sir: Please to let my son, David.
have the money you stand indebted to
me, and you will oblige your friend and
-wisher. ROBERT TURNER.
ITO Mr.. Thomas Atkins.
September 80, 1895.
IN. B.-You know the sum Is G1, 9s,
0d-prock, or North count"
The foregoing note is written in quite
a legible hand and indicates that the
writer was possessed Of very good ed
ucation for a country farmer Of his day.
This document, however, Is more In
teresting:
May 29, 1887.
Settled accounts between John Will
son and Robert Turner. being clear OF
all accounts, debts and demands. from
the beginning Of the world to this day.
BY me JOHN WILSON,
ROBERT TURNER
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-08

to the price specified in the protocol as
payment to Nicaragua for the grant to
this country. It can be stated positive
ly, however, that this price is much less
than was expected when the negotia-
tions began, and that it is considered
by officials as reasonable. 1t Is un-
derstood that at the outset the view In
Nicaragua was that s2O,0OO,OOO would
be a proper figure for the grant to this
country, and about $6,0OO,O0O for Costa
Rica's grant. But while there Is no in
formation as to the final sum in the
protocol, it Is known to be far short Of
the above figures. AS the cession takes
the form of a perpetual lease, it Is
probable that the protocol includes the
feature Of an annual rent as part pay
ment. A protocol with Costa Rica,
identical in form with that with Mica
ragua, except in the matter of price and
territory lease, has been in course OF
negotiat ton, and it is understood that
satisfactory conclusion will be reached
with that government.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-08
f.oCAT. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

H. C. Strauss & Coon the fourth
page Of this issue announce Janua-
ry cost sale Of overcoats, clothing.
jackets and blankets, and give lot
Of prices that will prove Of interest
to prospective buyers.
c.. P. Lowrance & Co.-Tell you that
they will do their best during this
year to merit your patronage, and
promise to handle only the choicest
lines Of canned and bottled goods, as
we'll as fancy groceries.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Says the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance com3
pany begins the new year stronger
than ever before in the 81 years Of It's
career. and wants an opportunity to
prove it to your satisfaction.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Want to sell you
borax to protect your meat from the
skipper fly. They also talk about
cough medicine, window glass, putty,
drugs and medicines.
w. w. Lewis, Plaintiffs Attorney
Publishes a summons to the absent
defendant in the case Of Sarah II
Kunz as administrative, plaintiff, 0s.
H. W. Smith, defendant.
T. Baxter McClain-Has a number Of
different articles, including farming
implements, that ne wishes to dis
pose Of.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-08

Notwithstanding reports to the con-
frary, Miss Ellen NJ. Stone is still In
rhe hands Of Bulgarian brigands.......
The German charge d'a.ffairs has made
q formal demand on President Castro,
of Venezuela, and fixed time limit IN
which an answer is to be expected.....
Adiss Alice Roosevelt, eldest daughter
Of the president, Is to christen a new
yacht that is being built for the EN-
peror of Germany at Staten 1sland.....
A full grown female fur seal was cap
tured and killed in New York harbor
last Friday. It Is said to have been the
first fur seal ever seen in those waters.
.. Miss Alice Roosevelt was formally
preented to Washington society last
Friday at a ball given in her honor at
the White House. :. . Governor Aycock,
of North Carolina has fixed Wednesday
February 25 as the day on which SIX
white men are to be hanged In that
state. Four of the hangings take place
at Asheville, one at Wilson and one at
Lincolnton.. The Southern railroad
has fixed the minimum charge for
hauling private cars at Is frst-class
fares and one first-class fare for each
additional passenger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-08

THE war department has under con-
sideration a militia bill which con-
templates more definite power to the
general government in calling out state
militia. There is a prevalent idea to the
effect that the general government has
no authority over state militia; but
this is a mistake. An act adopted IN
1895 provides: "Whenver the United
States are invaded or are in imminent
danger of invasion from any foreign
nation or Indian tribe, or of rebellion
against the authority of the govern
ment of the United States, it shall be
lawful for the president of the United
States to call forth such number of the
militia of the state or states most con-
venient to the place Of danger or scene
of action, as he may deem necessary to
repel such invasion or to suppress such
rebellion, and to issue his orders for
that purpose to such officers of the mi
litia as he may think proper" But 1t
appears that this act is not satisfactory
in that it is considered to be ambigu-
Gus and obsolete. Under all the cir
it is to De expected that the
proposed new bill will meet with con-
siderable opposition in congress.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-08

notes he concluded that he held the
solution Of the money problem. Soon
afterward a complaint came from one
Of the banks that they had received a
great many Confederate one-hundred-
dollar notes from native and Chinese
merchants. According to a report just
received at the war department, the
complaints became more numerous and
suddenly it was realized that the city
had been flooded with these notes.
The detectives went to work, but for
time were unable to find the source of
supply. The secret service was called
upon and one day captured Blaza and
put an end to his dream Of wealth. He
protested that it was good money, but
failed to convince the Manila sleuths.
They declared their intention to search
his house. He was delighted. But
when three large packages, each con-
tanning hundreds of the notes, were
found, his countenance became impass-
i've and his mouth tightly sealed. The
flood Of Confederate money has subsid-
ed, but the secret service men are now
looking for a trace Of two volunteer
soldiers who had the money shipped to
them from the United States and used
Blaza as a Washington
dispatch.