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Arizona republican., 1903-01-01

ends. Albert Rhodes started at scratch and would have won the prIZe only that for some reason he got an idea he was beaten, lost heart and dismounted five feet before reaching the wire The first prize therefore went to Roy Stark weather. time 13:5S. The other prizes were as follows: Morty Graham. zee oud. John Creech third, Ike Kinney fourth. Hatcher fifth Kelly sixth.
 By agreement the second race was also made a handicap in the matter O. time. There were five starters, but one contestant met with misfortune, his chain coming off, SO he had to drop out The finish was as follows Roy Mccarthy first, Ike Kinney second Leslie Mccarthy third and Hatcher fourth
 In the programme today the first race will be the unfinished tIot of yesterday and it will be called promptly at i o'clock. The next race will be the year ling stake for a purse of $fc0, the five starters tct ~. C~'yc " Y o---7cd by w. Flames of Mesa City; Lady Vesta owned by w. N. Tiffany of Phoenix; Tommy Lawson, owned by w. Barkley of Glendale; Iddie. owned by ". E, Cleary of Phoenix. and Miss Polly, owned by J. K. Wheat of Phoenix.
 Following will be mile run for a purse of $1OC, for which the entries are as follows: Little Joe, owned by Sam Passey; Bay Frank, owned by Frank Cavalieri; Artesia E., owned by Jack Gibson, and Craps. owned by Henry Wilbur.
 The next event will no doubt be one to remember in the racing annals or the territory. Cobre Grande the fam ous horse owned by Greene and Pack ard, and which George Klotzbach has been educating for year or so, will . start to beat 2:10. That is considerab bi 7 faster than anything that has yet been done on an Arizona track, and even if he fails to make that time he will surely do some travelling it will be a pleasure to witness. He will be paced by run ming horse and everything possible done to facilitate speed. There will be an amateur road race for which there ar, four starters as follows: pr. Hughes bay pacer Billie Baker with a record of 2:1S: Walter Bennett's black trotter Tom, w. D. Steele's bay pacer. and Charles Barkley's chestnut stallion Joe | Hal.
 | The great humorous event of the da> ' it is expected will be the burro race 7 of one mile, for wnIch there are seven 1 teen entries to date. The burros win ! be numbered. the odd numbers going | one way and the even numbers the { other way. all starting together. 4, ' the start heads and tails will alterna ;e and by the time the race is half over it is expected the horizon will be dark ened with burros in every direction There are four prizes and the race will be novel one. The entries are Ar:,- totle, Plutarch. Androneda, Narcissus John Doe cnd other famous steecs.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01
REMARKABLE TROTTING RACE
Yesterdays Events at the Phoenix
 Driving Park.

Yesterday was the first Cf the three days racing tournament at the Pnoe- nix track and the programme proved to be very entertaining one. The at tendance was scarcely equal to eE- pectatiO2s, but nearly everybody was busy preparing for today's festivities, and today will probably see big crowd at the track. Yesterdays events were sufficiently entertaining to act as an advertisement for today. for which a big programme has been prepared and one full of fine features.
 The principal event yesterday was O. course the three-miuute stake trotting race. Five heats were run and TO money pulled down. There were three starters, and no one of them could get three of five, so the unfinished race win be the first thing called this afternoon. All five of yesterdays heats were run between 2.34H and 2:36. It was close work and hard fighting from wire to wire and no one can predict the result today. The starters were:
 Oakwood, owned by J. A. Plattner and driven by George Richardson. oak wood drew the pole.
 Maydello, second position. owned and driven by Charles Eikle of the Indian school.
 Miss Boydello. owned byW. c. Greene and driven by George Klotzbach. The finish was as follows:
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01
WEDNESDAYS SESSION
Proceedings of the Territorial Teach
 CTS Institute.

An excellent programme was ren- dered on Tuesday evening. Mir. John son and Miss Thompson gave q vocal duet MT. Redwill rendered @ violin solo. He was applauded to play more and more. Miss Priest beautifully Gc- quilted herself at two solos. The last was given in Spanish. F. Yale Adams lectured on Education for Citizen ship" The lecture took well, at no time did the interest lag. He held before the view of the audience the ideals or eau cation at different stages of the worlds development. At one tire religion, az other art, another llrrIage and now commerciahsm. His view was that education must be so ordered as 70 de- yelOp the whole man.
 Miss Kathryn D " recited twice. First was "Out Wet" second MT. Dooley." The entire programme from beginning to finish was enjoyed by ali.
 The institute assembled at the usual hour with Superin tender Fulton il the chair. A recitation was given by Rev. Mowre's little girl The recitation was a criticism on denCminationalism and was well received.
 Professor Russell of the Flagstaff public schools read a parCr on "Pur- pose in Education" Mr. Alexander fo.- lowed with an appropriate discussion.
 Inasmuch as tEe -0rk on programme provides for work ol the joint counties
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01
TEMPE

Rev. George Robert Cairns, who is holding meetings in Phoenix, will preach in Tempe at the Baptist church Saturday next at 10:3O a. m. Every body is invited.
 Miss Grace Saylor is the guest of Miss Hackett this week.
 Harry Thompson has sufficiently inn proved to assist some in the Tempe Hardware store, with which he is iden. tified.
 Mrs. French and Mrs. Fridell of Phoenix spent yesterday, the guests of Mrs. A. C. Ozanne.
 w. H. Wilbur left for the south last evening to spend few days. There's a vacation at the Normal and Yuma be able to guess where.
 Miss Lockwood and the Misses Tuck ey of Peoria are stopping with Mrs. E. L. Thew during the institute.
 Mrs. Breen of Phoenix luncheoned with Mrs. J. J. HOdnett yesterday.
 The complete and interesting reports offthe Territorial institute furnished the readers of The Republican this week is through the kindness of Pro lessor Scudder of the Normal faculty.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Breese of Ra- cine, Wis, arrived yesterday morning and are the guests of Ii. B. Griffen and family. Mrs. Breese is a sister of MT Griffen.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01

CTS tenure of office. He advocated longer tenure. He wishes boards to hire for longer periods. He would pen sion the superannuated.
 Professor Irish of the Tempe norman gave a military drill. The drill showed to the teachers valuable points for physical exercise.
 Professor Forbes read a paper oi' Science for Humanity's Sake" he showed what science is doing for the human race. He pointed out now wo1 X by few experts on aIKali and other soils as to what they would produce would save the farme. much trouble.
 He advocated some nature study iA the public schools.
 Dr. H. A. Hughes gave a paper On "Bactcriology." He traced the history of the Investigations and showed now the theory of spontaneous f,crmiEation had been exploded. lie claims that Ge- leterious bacteria do not inhablt hcclthful bodies.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01

for one section and the whole territory in another section. Superintendent Mc- Donnold moved that the two sections remain as one and a part of the pro- Gramme of each section be selected. The motion carried end work was ta:en mp immediately.
 Miss Sheldon took up arithmetic and held out for accuracy, Teiterating the thought of yesterday. Miss Resor fol- lowed and showed the teachers by U-- ing problems in fractions and factoring how she does the work.
 w. w. McNeff of the Jerome public school read paper in which he LOOK an optimistic view of what the public schools are doing for society. He diff fered from the pessimism of President Eliot. President Hadley. etc. Mir. Mc Neff interspersed his paper with happy remarks.
 Emil Maeser of the Salt Lake Norma, school read a paper on The Teacher. He pointed out the qualities of good teacher. Scholarship and manhood in his mind are the main requirements.
 In the afternoon meeting the sessioA opened with an invitation by Principal Taylor extended to the teachers of the territory to visit Flagstaff next year. He pointed out the advantages to b. gained by such a visit. A trip to the Grand canyon and peculiarities of the mountains would afford scenery. Su- perinteudentMcDon followed by ex- tending an invitation to visit Phoenix. He said Phoenix would give three square meals and it's central location made it accessible to the great body of teachers.
 Principal Taylor spoke on the teach
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01
FOR SALE.

ONE LARGE SAFE. ONE GOOD DRIVING MARE. ONE FARM WAGON WITH HAY RACK.
 ONE FINE. LARGE SIDEBOARD. CALL OR ADDRESS
 w. A. BOLTON, Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01
MESA

MT. Powell Cosby and the Misses Allen were social visitors to Phoenix Tuesday. They went to the Ostrich farm and Indian school and other nota- ble sights in Phoenix and returned in the evening.
 MT. T. E. Pomeroy did not get off for Cananea Tuesday, but went yes terday. He will be absent for a week.
 A. C. Mcqueen went to Prescott this morning on business for the Santa Fe railroad company.
 George T. Wilson accompanied his son, Byron, as far as Phoenix yesrer- day afternoon, where the latter secured a ticl ct to Juarez, Mexico.
 J. s. Peterson yesterday shipped a carload of fat hogs purchased fror. Mesa farmers. MT. Peterson says that marketable hogs are getting scarce In this section. as there was a good de- mand for fat porkeTs during the fall.
 Buddy" Gilbert is still laid up from the effects of a falling brick which landed on his back while he was work ing in the Palace barber shop well.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01

The other race was a half-m.le rum ming race. the entries being: Little Joe. owned by Sam Passey; Craps. owned by Henry Wilbur; Sorrel Fox. owned by Jack Gibson, and Bay Frank owned by F. Cavalieri. They finished in the order given above. the time be- ing 59Jz. The purse was $75, divided on 60, 30 and TO per cent. This race was also a good one and created great en- thuGiasm.
 The bicycle races which alternatcd with the horse races claimed a grelt deal of attention. The first one u.:- nounced Gs a handicap was for five miles. In order to encourage speed t was decided that the man making the best time should win the first money regardless of when he finished, and all other prizes were to be awarded in the order of finishing The handicappins was in time ana not in distance, all running the full five miles. and the handicaps were from five to sixty sec
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01

he finish was as follows:
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01
Sifted Snow

Have you yet ordered sifted snow? Until you do you will never know How easy it is to make
 The finest bread, loveIiest cake. Order it to-day and stand pat" Accept none just as good as that" |" To know just "where you're att You must mix your dough
 From Highest Patent "Sifted Snow
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01

FOR SALE-A half section of land under the Tempe canal in a high stats of cultivation and with ample water right; would divide into 16O acre tracts if desired. Apply A. Nielsen, agent. Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01

Your attention is called to our fine stock of full cream cheese now in prime condition for the market Send us your mail orders. they will have prompt attention. Tempe-Mesa Pro duce, Tempe
Arizona republican., 1903-01-01

A large shipment of the latest styles in Selz shoes has just been received by The Hyder Bargain store
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02

government interposed and ordained
that at least three should be used.
Like all men whose work Brings them
constantly face to face with danger,
the LIZA grow careless of the risk, and
frequently content themselves with two
instead of the three cables ordered by
the law. .-.. 49,
The men working in gangs Of about
a dozen raise the lower end of the
block by means of crowbars and screw
jacks, and insert underneath al we'll
soaped wooden skid. Then, having
given the cables some turns round a
strong wooden post, driven deep and
firm into the close marble rubble.
enough rope is paid out to allow the
block to slide slowly forward on the
skid by the force of gravitation. with
out allowing it to acquire dangerous
momentum. AS the block, gltdes down.
ward, one man goes Immediately in
front of it to prepare its path by laying
a succession of freshly soaped skids.
Another follows closely behind to pick
up each skid as soon as it is cleared
by the block. These he hands to two
men seated on the block itself. whose
business it is to soap them afresh, ana
hand them to the man in front. OF
course, this man has by far the most
dangerous post, Through the parting
of a cable. or a mistake in paying out.
many a one has been instantly crushed
to death. The average annual
output of the Carrara quarries is,
roughly, about 100000 tons, about three
quarters of which is exported, and
though the duarries have been worked
for centuries, there need be no fear of
the supply running short for many CEN
turtles yet to. come.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02

ally. 1t is a remarkable remedy. I
can cheerfully recommend Peruna as a
good, substantial tonic and a very
good catarrh remedy."-John L. Bur-
nett.
Hon. Spencer Blackburn, member of
Congress from North Carolina, in a
recent letter to The Peruna Medicine
Co., saws:
81 cheerfuIly Join my friend Sena-
tor Pritchard in commencing Peru
as a very effective remedy for
coughs, colds and catarrhal trOu-
bles. Many of my friends have used
1t with excellent resuIts."-Spencer
Blackburn.
Congressman BrOOkshire, from In
diana.
Congressman E. V. Brookshire, from
Indiana, in recent letter from Wash
ington, D. c., says:
From what my friends say, Peruna
is good tonic and a safe catarrh
cure. e. V. Brookshire.
senator Mallory, from Florida.
United States Senator Stephen r.
Mallory, from Florida, in a recent let
ter written from Pensacola, Fla, says
the following:
Il have used your excellent remedy.
Peruna, and can recommend it both as
a tonic and a safe catarrh remedy -
Stephen r. Mallory.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02


so little valued that, the tract. upon
which the famous, Chapman quarry IN
Pennsylvania is situated. was sold for
pint of whisky. Its, subsequent own
ers have taken millions of, dollars from
the land.
The most valuable slate deposits in
the world are found in, the central and
eastern parts of Pennsylvania, In the
neighborhood of the Pennsylvania
quarries there are houses whose walls
are entirely of slate The blocks of
which they are made are smoothly
sawed, and are certainly most substan-
tial. When slate is blasted in the
quarries the rough slabs, are taken to
the shanties of the 'splitters.'' The
stone forms naturally the layers, and
the splitter" following the grain or
ribbon" with his large chisel, separates
the blocks into strips Then these
strips are passed through trimming
machine, where by the blows OF a
heavy knife they are cut into rectan-
gular Shingles" Then they are piled
up into squares ready to be used
for roofing purposes.
When slate is cut up for use in other
ways the procedure differs. The huge
horizontal saw, with its scores of dia-
monds, in the factory, is called into
play; it is lowered upon one of the
blocks of slate by a ratchet at the
rate of a quarter of an inch minute.
The saw would cut through iron or
steel at the same rate. The workmen
play a stream of water upon the slate
to keep it cool, and wash the dust
from the cut After the saving the
block is planned by being moved back
and forth by machinery under firm
ly fixed chisel. 1t is afterward polish
ed, much as marble and granite are.
The value of the slate quarries runs
into the millions
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02
MARBLE auARR1Es OF cARRARA.
The Various Processes of Moving
the stone Described.

The Various Processes of Moving
the stone Described.
T. Retlaw in the Magazine of Com
merce.
So close is the connection between
Carrara and marble, and for so many
centuries has it endured, that now the
words are almost interchangeab
Though the town is some miles dis
tant from the actual quarries, prac-
tically all the inhabitants are concern
ed in some way or other with the mar
BILE industry. Marble is all around
you, huge quantities awaiting ship
ment on the Marina: trucks loaded
with it at every siding of the rail-
way; clumsy, cumbrous wagons groan
and creak through the town and along
the roads, saving mills buzz. and
workmen chip and chisel and carve on
every side. From the town a narrow,
picturesque valley extends inland, ris-
ing all the way to the nights on which
are situate the actual quarries. OF
these there are between 300 and 400,
and they give employment to about
1000 men. The method employed for
detaching the blocks is that of face
blasting. When the holes have been
drilled and charged, one man blows
the warning horn, and the note is re-
peated by one horn after another;
and, as the echoes and reverberations
die away among the hills, the quarry
men all scramble into the shelters, and
then comes the boom of the explosion,
followed by the rattle and clatter Of
the falling blocks, echoed and re-
echoed again and again. So great are
the distances, and so large is the scale
of the whole scene that these blocks
look like mere rubble, though in fact
they may, and probably do. weigh
anything from thirty to fifty tons
apiece.
After the blocks have been detached
there arises the difficult task of trans
porting them from the places where
they fell and rested after blasting
down the steep, roadless sides of the
mountain to the wagon road at its
foot, or to the railhead of the Marmi-
fera Railway, and thenSe to Carrara
or to the Marina for shipment. 1t is
usual to contract for this difficult and
somewhat dangerous work with the
body of men known as the lizzatura,
who devote themselves entirely to this
special business. The feats they per-
form in handling huge blocks of fifty
tons weight practically without the
aid of modern scientific appliances are
really astonishing, for while it is a
mere commonplace in any modern
dockyard or engineering works to see
weights of this nature handled and
shifted with apparent ease by power
full cranes. it is quite another thing to
face the task on a steep mountain
side, with only hand lever a rope or
two, and a Soaped skid. When a
block detached by the blast has final
ly come to rest, it is roughly squared
as it lies before the LIZA commence
opera tons. Then two or sometimes
three strong cables are secured round
the block TO hold it back and check
the speed of its descent Formerly
only one restraining cable was EN-
ployed. but accidents were frequent
and many deaths occurred. and the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02
Hangman's Pay. ,
From an Exchange.

From an .EXchapge.- ..
In the East a hangmans trade is
very profitable. AS soon as a person
is CONDEMNED to be hanged notice is
sent to the eXecutioner,y who has the
privilege of of erecting the scaffold
wherever he pleases, and at sunrise
the next morning he begins his work
Accompanied by his assistants, who
guard the condemedr;m and. carry
material for the scaffold. he goes to
some prominent place in front of a
large dwelling, and there proceeds to
A few minutes later the owner OF
the large dwelling rHshes out and inn
plores him to go some where else
Il don't want to have a man hanged
in front of my house." he explains.
All right" says the fIangman, I'm
willing to go elsewhere provided YOU
pay me for my trouble in coming here
and for the time which nave spent
at the job" y s0r~ '-
Though the sum which he names Is
pretty large, the owner of the large
dwelling pays it without word where
upon the hangman gCes on to another
large dwelling. where a similar scene
is enacted. ff''f@2 H-0
In this way several Hours are spent
by the eXecutioner IN extorting money
from all the magnates in the neighbour
hood. When his purse IS at last well
filled he erects the scaffold in some
dark wood and soon the unfortunate
man. who has been tramping after him
all day is at rest
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02
COURSES OF STUDY
FOR FLORIDA SCHOOLS

| and special attention given to adVanc-
ed American history.
The study of Latin is required in the
ninth and tenth. with four books of
Caesar in the latter grade. This is
followed in the eleventh, or first senior
year, by four orations of Cicero and
three books of Virgil In the twelfth
with six books of Virgil completed,
and reading Ovid's Metamorphosis, and
advanced prose composition. from
Emanuel. The study Of prose compo-
sition is compulsory during the entire
High School course of four years The
committee recommended that no teach
err be permitted to teach any part of
this course who has not had a thor
ough college course in Latin of at least
four years.
The course in mathematics embraces
the following studies: Algebra, four
times a week during the first year,
and half of the junior term; elemen-
tary algebra is completed during this
time. One recitation per week in arith-
metic is required throughout the ninth
and tenth years. The last half of the
tenth year is devoted to the study of
plain geometry. The eleventh year fin
ishes geometry and plain trigonometry
The twelfth year is devoted to solid
geometry, with a. thorough review of
arithmetic in the 'idst Half land hStudies
I in elementary bookkeeping and COM
mercia1 laws. ~ VIE $50 FT'
I In science the course 95hsistsy fsphys-
zeal geography in. the ninth grade; 70
ology and botany in the tenth; physics
in the eleventh and chemistry in. the
twelfth y~Sz
thorough course in vocal music
is outlined for all the grades; also
courses in manual training, agricul-
ture and domestic science, optional
with the County Board of Education.
Latin is not absolutely required in
the eleventh and twelfth grades. 1t
is optional with the student whether
he takes Latin, Greek, French, Ger
man or Spanish but two years in
struction in some one of the above Ian
guages are required in the eleventh
and twelfth grades. n So sr ~.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02

Tallahassee, Fla, Aug. 1.-The COM
mite appointed by State Superintend-
ent Sheats to prepare the grades of
instruction which shall be taught in the
uniform system of public schools In
Florida, has completed it's labors. The
committee, which was composed of
some of the most eminent educators of
the state, has adopted course of
study which will place Florida schools
in the front rank among the Southern
states. The new law appropriated $780,
900 as starter, to encourage the
schools to make extra exertions in i'm
proving their curricula.
The committee outlined courses of
study for the primary, intermediate
and grammar departments, and prepar-
ed a complete curriculum for the
high school course. English language
is to be a special feature of the entire
four years. Advanced English gram
mar, composition and English classics,
which are taken up by the junior high
school department, will be carried on
during the senior term of two years.
Rhetoric is taken up in the eleventh
grade and continued by the twelfth
grade. Much time is devoted to theme
writing during the closing year of the
senior sterm General history, with
special reference to the history of the
United States, is taken up in the ninth
grade. This is followed in the tenth
by general history, with special refer
ence to the history of England.
Through the ninth and tenth grades
they will be advanced in the civil
government of the United States, with
special course in civil government of
Florida. This is followed in the elev-
enth grade by advanced history, with
special reference to the history of
Greece and Rome. General history is
continued during the twelfth grade,