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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-09
STOCKSD'ECL|NED
IN DULL MARKET
Substantial Rally Late in Day
With Closing Tone Quite
Strong.
-- o at'
SENTIMENT WAS DEPRESSED
No Change in Rate for Time
Loans and Call Money
Rises.
SENTIMENT WAS DEPRESSED
tBy Associated press3

NEW YORK, February s.-Specuation
failed to SHOW any initiative to-day and
the trading fell at times into a condition
OF semi -stngnatlon, which Is rarely seen
In the market except at what Is called
the period of midsummer dullness. Prices
drifted aimlessy and soon reached the
limits OF nuctuaton. coming back over
the earlier course and backing and filling
under the varying operations OF the board
room traders. Movements In the United
States Steel stocks, usually very sluggish,
are OF marked effect on general senti-
rnent. The special weakness In those
stocks to-day therefore hurt the whole
market The postponemcnt Of action on.
the Union Pacific dividend until next
week was also disappointment. The
uncertainties OF the coal strike outlook
were underlying Influences towards de-
precision. The passage through the House
OF Representatives. of the railroad rate
regulation bill seemed to be accepted with
tranquility. There was no change In the
rate for time loans. but they are well
sustained and call money rose late In the
day.
There was a substantial rally late In
the day which seemed to be due to the
disinclination of traders to follow prices
far in any direction. The closing tone was
quite strong.
Bonds were heavy. Total sales, par
value, s3.445Oco United States bonds were
all unchanged on call
Total sales of stocks were $500 shares.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE: CLOSE
Money on call steady: highest. IL per
cent; lowest, 9 1-2: ruling rate. =; last
loan, 1-2: closing bid, 4; offered at
s. Time loans steady; sixty days. ninety
days and six months, 4 4 2 percent. Prime
mercantile paper, 4 1-2li5 ia per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at si.sI .25Gpi. 80
for demand and at sis3.go1is3e for sixty
day bills. Posted rates. si.A IL and a.sS.
Commercial bills. $.s3 5-s. Bar silver. 60 ga
cent?. Mexican dollars. 80 liz cents.
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NOTHING TO WIDOW.
Albert Z. johnson Leaves His
Fortune to His Daughter.
pecial to The Times-I

~ IopeCIHI tOl IIB = IIIeS-I1ISpHtCII.J 49,
Il LYNCHBURG. VA, February S.--The
holograph will OF Albert l.. Johnson,
money broker of New Orleans, who died
here Monday while visiting brother,
was probated here to-day Judge Hors-
ley qualifying as administrator. and
giving bond in penalty OF 100000, indl-
eating that Approximately s150oOO passes
under the will. S..
The widow and daughter. who are APP
pointed executors by the instrument,
waived their right to qualifying, The
entire estimate, excepting $1,000 for fun
eral expenses goes to Miss Cora C.
Johnson, tho daughter, the widow get.
ting nothing under the Will.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-09
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
Farmers Wagon Runs Over His
Head-Ice-Houses Filled.
Especial to The es-Dispatch.

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
TWYNIANN'S MILL, VA. February g.
Mr.. Temple Taylor was taking a load
OF ties to Rapidan to-day. On his return
the horses became frightened and ran
off. He was thrown from the wagon, tho
wheels passing over his head He Is in
a serious condition.
Sunday a little child living at DR.. ivy
mans was left alone in the room with an
open fire, with a fan, playing with IT..
The fan took fire. from which its clothes
caught. and it was burned nearly to
death. 1t is not expected to live.a
A number of people are getting ice to-
day. Mr.. j. c. Utz, Mr.. E. H. Benton
and others have filled their houses with
ice three and a half inches thick.
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S. S. INSTITUTE.
Young Peoples School Of Me thods
Will te Conducted Ten DAYS.

DR.. a. l.. Phillips will conduct Sunday
school and young peoples school OF methods in
the lecture room OF the Second Presbyterian
Church. beginning this evening. All ministers,
elders. Sunday school workers and those inter-
ested in religious work for the young are
cordially invited to attend the meetings. The
schedule is as follows:
Friday. 9th. P. M.-Young people over ls
years
SATURDAY. 10th. P. M.-Junior covenanters
elders
Monday. 18th. 10 A. M.-Pastors' conference.
Monday, 18th. 3 P. M-open parliament on
young peoples' work .
Monday. 18th. s p ACKNOWLEDGMENT con-
ference. 49,
:, Tuesday, 18th. P M-Molel Presbyterian
Tuesday'' 1ath, P. Reorganization.
Tuesday. 18th. s P. M.-Grading the schools.
Wednesday, 18th. 8 P. M-Equlpment.
Wednesday., l4th, ! P. M,--Worship in the
s Wssdnesd,ay,, l4th, P. Admissions in tho
Thursday, 18th, 8 P. M.-Prlmary work.
Thursday, 18th. p M.--Junfor work. d,
Thursday; 18th, p. M-IntermedIate and
Friday. 18th, 8 p. Meeting the lesson.
Friday, 18th. a P. iM-Buildlng ahlesson.
Friday, 10th. s F. M.-Teaching the lesson.
Saturday, l7th p. M.-Conference on
SUNDAY, 18th. 3 P. M,-soul saving in the
Sunday. 18th. 4 P. Conservation service.
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at the negro robbers. but as yet no one
has been captcred.
SENT HER TO JAIL
Justice crutchfield Thought That
Was Best for Layir1ia Loving.

I.ayinia Loving. mother OF the four children
that were sent to the Reforrnatory this week,
and wife OF tho man who was given two
months In jail for encouraging his children 10
steal, faced Justice crutchleld yesterday MORN
ming to answer the charge ofbeinge drunk Sho
had drunk a lot of wtiskey and gone to DR..
Buchanan. OF the Associaisd &C chaEises and in
Justice Crutchhed looked at the woman and
said that in mercy to her he would send her
TO jail along with her husband So y
The case OF THE Loving family Is d peculiar
one In the annals OF crime. The mother. who
was yesterday sent to jail. taught the children
to beg and assisted them to beg The father
taught them TO steal. f4iF tttAf f1ls ~ -tfsa
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FooTPADs AT WORK,
Farmers Held Up and Robbed in
One Of the Principal Streets.

Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatoh)
DANVlLLE. VA. February s,--J A.
Bowles, of Sandy River Plttsylvania,
county, and G. II. Roach, of Axiom.
Henry county, We're held up and robbed
on one Of tho principal streets here at
about 10o'clock last night. Three ne
groes. all armed with pistols, accosted
the two men, both OF whom are farmers
and demanded their money. The rob-
bers got about $40 from the pair. Two
police officers fred fus!llade Of bullets
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on favorable Liverpool, which closed 4 points
higher than expected. Before the noon call
the market turned weaker and reeedsd SCI.
up at 1911. declined to 1898 and finally I'm.
proved to 1903 May opened 3 points up at
li.T, declined TO 1892 and finally advanced to
1872 Tho market closed que. with net losses
of Gao points on active positions.
Z Cotton futures closed: February. l0.so;
March. 1919. April. 1870; May. 1899; June.
Ii %: ugusf. 1921 bid.
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DR.5M'GUIREFINED.
Noted Surgeon Exceeded the Au-
ton1obile Speed Limit.

Or. Stuart McGnre Tor running his automo-
bile faster than The speed limit I. was lined slo
II hate to. do II, but there ain't no other
"ii'm guilty ali right. but you can't provo
Why can't i" asked the One John.
BECAUSE am MT bound to ineEimina,s
guilty all right. THE only thing | did wrong
Was in getting caught ~,
ley took the saw-buck.
William Dickson, the negro who ATTEMPTED
to chop the head OF Susie Jones' VIII tell
about it later. He was in court yesterday. but
Susie couldn, rubber enough TO get there. :
the police that he had lost money in a social
club, The. pronrietors OF the place were charge1
W,s ess saa that Grimm a has los,
money at other places and complained OF I,
afterwards. n M II
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COTTON MARKETS,

NEW YORK. Feb. s.-The cotton naske,
was quiet anu fluctuations irregular WITHIN a
range Of about 10 points. Inc close WAS
steady al net advance OF leui points. Sales
were estimated at $1,000 bales.
The market opened steady at an advance OF
4ail points In response to higher cables ana
the early news generally was considered fay-
orahle to te market. including overnight meg
sages from the South commenting on The bet
ter demand for. spots iGie yesterday and ~
yate advices from Liverpool expressing a
favorable opinion OF the market owing TO big
trade demand. There was no sign OF aggressive
support. however. which WIS thought 70 mega
tive rumors OF u new Wall Street bull Clique.
The South seemed to be selling here by bal .;
local traders started selling shorty after the ~.
opening. Prices consequently ehsed on during
the middle session. and IN the afternoon de-
clined to lo6s for May and los for June, or
about points net lower: There was covering
by carly sellers around these figures, and The
market rallied In the late session With the
active months lg3 points net higher. New
crop positions We're relatively steady Private
advices from the South received later in the
day reported q falling off In spot demand. but
also reported light offerings, According TO OIL
fetal advices southern spot markets We're un-
changed.
against 1906 last week and ll.63l last year.
For the week (estlmated) l25.0vO bales against
ie4 s37 last week and 9l7i2 last year. To-day
receipts at New Orleans $3.50 bales against
1894 last year, and al Houston 4.lo0 bales,
against 1857 last year
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ourt. and Sergeant Tai
Negro Legally Hanged,
rRv Associated Press)

'I--T"- 49, Wy zfssUU1ttte6t = Iuss'J
NASHVILLE, TENN, February S.
Arthur PEARSON, a negro, was legally
hanged at Waynesbo Tenn, to-day
for criminal assault on thirteen year
old white girl The crime was n most
brutal one.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-09
Lyncnburg Tobacco Market.

Lynchburg. Va, Feb s. 1905.
Sales OF loose tobacco on the Lynchburg mar
ket for the two weeks ending February %, re-
ported by John L. Oglesby. of Lynch's Ware
house, was as follows
Sold week ending January 20. 1.2s5. 500 pounds;
sold week ending February 2 70l, 700 pounds:
decrease for the week ending February 9, 6S4 100
Sole Sold from September l.; 1905. to February 2,
1906, 9,0i6. 900 pounds: sold from September j,
1901, to February q 1905 7.lls.Soo pounds; In
crease for 1908. 1880, 800 pounds.
Tho receipts the past; week We're much lighter
than last. This was dueSt the very bad con.
dillon Of, the roads and decline IL pr!sss
and q consderable portion more or less dam.
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RAILRoAps
n - g ~ Richmond,
X. 0 fredericksburg a
nsss.suu.usssusy Potomac n. r.

nss.~.u.ussus.u..r..#- Potomac n. r.
Trains Leave RIehmond-No
4:5 A. M-paiy-Byfd 81. Through.
$40 A. M.--Dally--Main st. Through.
oo A. N. --Daily--Main ST Through. All
..,, Pullman cars. srT'I'Ts rs.
s'5A a M-i;Excep, Monday Byrd 81. Through.
1875 A. M.nWeek Days-Eiba. Ashland Ae-
$50 a M.l-Daiiy--Byrd ST. Through. LOCAL
i ~ noon--week Days-Byrd St. Through
Wv" (; ,! M..Week Days. Byrd sc. FredericSs.
s s.an +. M-Daily--Maln st. Through,
commod Meek Days-Elba- Ashland 40.
500 N. --Daiiy--Byrd St THROUGH
s.4o rama Arrive Observation-Disclosures.
o'p A. M.-Week Days-Eiba ahiara SAn
s.so compensation. sA'a'u
''Eo 4; M.aWeek Days-Byrd st. Fredericks
ayr peurg accommodation.
's0 4 MWsek Bas.s Il adnra 81. through
sa MMRRsIiy-M b,y. q; Through !,
go MpsliShyrs 81; &. raI ssusasa. IoeA,
'aa r + lMnp s.ls ST. Through. All
i ii:sS E 3 MM- -ndiIIyy 81; Through
Al Pullman cars - :
,,NIoTE--Puman Sleeping or Partor Car, on
n, osd II:so A. NJ week days. ana local aceora-
t,1 Thine e arrivals ana departures and conn.o-
N AZ .. u Dp IKE; c. v. CyLP. W. p. TAYLOR
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-09
Wholesale Cracker House.

Mr.. Hugh p, Powell Will In a short whlls
open a wholesale cake and cracked house at
been for several years with the National Blscult
Company 5l az manager, OF their Richmond
branch and his knowledge of the business and
we'll known business capacity insure The success
OF his new venture.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-09
DELINQUENT Taxes.

The last call for delinquent taxes for 1904
Is now being made upon the delinquents by
must be paid this MONTH or tho property npon
which they arc due Will be sold, AT the March
term of the Hastings Court the delinquent list
property will be ordered. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-09
TOBACCO MARKETS..

Richmond. Va, Feb. 5, 1896.
Tobscco-sun- Cured-Receipts continue heavy,
but the marke. "a fairly active at prices
ce!pts Dark Fired and stemmng-Receipts
heavy and market barely. steady at quotations.
NOTE-Much Of the tobacco arriving is in a
damaged condition. and such tobacco sells low.
Planters are cautioned to look after the order
of their tobacco before sending 1t to market.
yrt. o,,ot otIons gro as folloxrs
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Z MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. FEB. 5, 1895.

PORT OF RICHMOND. FEB. s. 1906
ARRIVED fts
Steamer Brandon. Harvey. Norfolk, n,erchan.
disc and passengers. Old Dominion line.
ianainKs and NortoIR merchandi.s ma Rives
eers. Virginia Navigation Co.
Tug Radiant Burk. Baltimore, two bargcs
oil, Standard Oil Company.
Steamer Brandon. Harvey. Norfolk. nerchan.
disc and passengers. Old Dominion line.
SAILED.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
pETERsRuRo pEANur MARxrr

SRsperted By Rodgers. MccaSe and Cos
PETERSBuRG. VA. Feb. S.APEANUTS-
spanishaIarket firm at sl.O2ts per busheI Re.
ceipts light Nirgtnias..Marketlq quiet at &c.
Smelling stock, 1IaQ2c.
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FOR NEW YORK.

Via Night Line Steamers Except Saturday
making connection in, Norfolk with Main Line
we Ry snd aSesa
peake s. Ohio Ry, Mt o A, NJ and 4 p. NJ,
making connection daily Except sunday AZ
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DRY GOODS MARKET

NEW YORK. Feb. s--Jobbers in the dry
goods market to-day complained that In spite
of the presence OF large number of retail
BUYERS operations We're not extensive. and that
CONTINUED Inquiry from China was reported.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-09
NAVAL srOREa

=, W1ILMISGToN. n, c.. Feb. s.-3PIRITs
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES doing: receipts IS
casks; RAosin--.Firm al. 80 IS Bid: receipts. ali
barrels TarmFirm at 81; 50; receipts. 50 bar
SAVANNAH, GA. Feb. 7.-TURPENTINE-
Firm at soc. sales. 1871 casks, receipts. III
sales. e,35 barrels; receipts I.653 barrels; ship
menIs. 5s5 barrels; stock, 1901 barrels.
TINE-Firm at siisc. Rosln-Firm.
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STEAM oATs.
NLD DOMINION
. STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
Night Line for Norfolk.

Leave Richmond every evening foot
Ash streeo at Z ?, NJ; stopping at Newport
trip. Including stateroom berth meals. Soc
each. Street Cars to Steamers Wharf.
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Richmond and Petersburg Electric Railway.

Cars leave corner OF seventh and Perry
Streets Manchester. every hour Ton the hourl
from 6 A. NJ to 10 p. n. Last car !? midnght-
cars leave Petersburg foot Of Sycamore
Street, every hour from ess A.; n, to 1895 F.
All cars from Petersburg connecting Rich
mond cars.
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cotton. FUTURES opened steady and closed quel

Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands'
1875; mddlins gulf 1885, sales 100 bales.
Cotton, quiet; mlddling 11.e5;. gross receipts,
aI0 bales sales, 100 bales: stock, 202, l3l bales;
export 10 Japan. ,lSS bales, !, o,s
Total to-day at all poEsaNet r reess , s ,S
france 1859 bales: to the Continent, 81, i9s
baies to Japan. ssl1 bales - ,.,s IA,
receipts g. S4S $50 bales export to Great Britain,
ss FrnnSe SSosSl bassi q IA
bales; to Mexico, 1864 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. S.;-coTToN-s!spot
IA bales, Including l.201 to arrive and sa7 {.
n +. Quotations unchanged. Middlins, 10 1l-lGc,.
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Md. Feb. s.-seaboard Air
Line common and fredericksburg doing.
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RICHMOND sToCK MARKET.
Richmond. va, Feb.

SALES Al BoAHD.
Virginia centuries-l.coo at ssis; loo a: Sb;
Richmond city is-l0C a, 1o5 and Interest.
GrAIE st.t.IfRrrIh.4 did Asked
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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

ss SSHk sss 81
ays' s.SssS Ss sss
!, s 50 sIss elevator Options Es.t
ssEgssssss ss Ssa5asss Rsss
.s5s s,P5';:a s@sassss 's$
n EIee ssssS svoss RS
9ns d Sa sea
li-s29a%c.; molasses sugar, CSC; refined
aaa
ern. frsts. Is.aalse sou.hsrns. 1s5is 49,,
tonsesd Firm and higher II sympa'9hy Xli i,
Willie Wit psis sa Prime Winter yesW sssas5s
CHICAGO. Feb. San official forecast OF
snow in Kansas and Nebraska was instrumental
@ MARIE here PrIces al te close we're ailnos,
at the lowest point of the day with the May
so Snd oas ese IN ga
PtHSss saslH WsT tu,sss e
s$ #$s$ 60: II ss' 81. ~ ~ sss
E!s| ::.:::: IL; i'll III III II f,
a HsE SSSS=;:; 81 ~ 81 s s. ~
H5$ :l5:ss i 1913 5 issS 4 4s5ss
NAV NAV 7 iss 7 7.s5 7.ssS rs
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs.
s Msy .:.S SIS ST. ST. SIS SIS ' s.is
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
Steady. No. 2 spring wheat. S31S6c; No. 8
MOI yellow, 4lhc: No. oats, 2o&s. No.
70 Alolce mailing, 4eds6e. No. ! aaxseed, sl.1G;
n9gthwesern slS prime timiothnly sssd
slas.s5. Whlskey, basis q high Wines, sl.E5:
Cl9yer CONTRACT grade Sls.so Evils nsntIIer-Stsauy;
Walker at mark, cases Included i6iil7c. iirs,s.
1888 prime firsts 1885,; extras zoe.
and unchanged Wheat-steady; spot, con-
sssSf ssgsSSNs se GsFi5Hass sps
No 2 mixed 35dlS6lsc, Rye--steady; M, q
western, 74W75c. Butter--Flrm and unchanged:
fssnsy a s9s Do sseaSrS sha a
unchanged Sugar ulet and unehanged,s
RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
a RHtsaasHs, sXs' Feb p' $ 1906
w /. & 1 ID
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Petersburg Tobacco Market.
reported by craddock-Jones. Virginia Ware

Petersburg, Va. Fec s, 1ens.
Receipts OF tobacco. here continued heavy the
past week. and we note some decline in prices
especially shipping leaf. Fine wrappers con.
tnue strong and active.
The mn aa
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Standard Bearers Meet.

The Alpha Chapter Of STANDARD Bearers Will
meet at the home Of Miss Rubie Price, No 70
East Ninth street. this evening,
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!. BALTIMORE, MD, Feb, s.--FLouR- Dull
tract ssgs9hc Corn, Easy; spot 4sc.i
soathsrn.White corn 4s,s a 4s!se. oats4-st steady;
western, 74Wl5c. Butter-Flrm and unchanged;
fancy, Imitation. 2lW22c, do, creamery, a7ll
unchanged. sug6r--Q ulct and unchanged.s
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-16
THE WORLDS GREAT BRIDGES.

There is a great hope for the future
development of bridges in that there
seems to be a tendency among finan-
cierS more closely to consider the
question of maintenance as related to
original cost in large construction en-
terprises, and this will unquestionably
induce them to build more largely of
stone and brick than has been the
case until this generation.
In the construction of stone bridges,
the Romans were the first great build
ers. Bridge building was in fact one
of the most interesting problems they
had to solve. In architecture and con-
struction, they were indeed a most or
iginal and artistic people; too little APP
preciated and studied by modern
Anglo-Saxons. They were the fore
runners of our present construction.
Until their time the Greeks had
reached that measure of perfection
now so much considered, and theirs
was the elimination of the slow artis-
tic development through the ages.
The Romans, however, had presented
to them untried problems to be solved
which called for new methods of con-
struction, and of these the bridge or
aqueduct was one of the most interest
ing. They were practically the first
people to use the principle of the arch
and voussoir construction. The use
of the arch principle, while sometimes
attributed to the Chinese, was practic-
ally unknown to the ancients of the
Western civilization until the Roman
conquest. 1t has been cOntended that
the idea of the arch principle was first
true, it is indeed coming near to Rome
Such wonderful bridges as the one
built by Caesar Augustus at Rimini
or the Pont du Gard, the great aque
duct situated about twenty miles from
Mines built across the river Gard and
attributed to Agrippa; the bridge of
ST. Augustus at Rome started by
Adrian, and many others too numerous
to mention have scarcely ever been
surpassed. There seems to have been
d pSIIOu USbWE0u ILLS JlllG anu OuS
twelfth century when few bridges of
Importance were built, and it was be-
tween the years 117S and 1888 that the
famous bridge of st. Benezet at
Avignon was built. Several other
beautiful bridges soon followed, SINH
lar to it in construction. Then came
the early Renaissance bridges, also to
numerous to mention-the old Pont
Neuf being, perhaps, the finest in
Paris, the famous bridge attributed to
Ammanati the architect in the six
teenth century at Florence, also the
largest stone bridge ever built in the
world, with span of one hundred and
eighty-three feet and rise of sixty
feet over the Allier at Veille Breonde,
France, or the bridge at Chester over
the Dee, forty feet high with two hun
dred feet span.-Thomas Hastings in
Metropolitan Magazine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-16
"sEcuLARlzING" SCHOOL BOOKS

London SpectatOr.-We recommend
those who prefer the secularization Of
our schools to the alternative of UNI
denominationalism to read the instruc'
tive article on Australian education
which DR.. w. H. Fitchett contributes
to the Tribune of Saturday last. Aus
tralia. as he reminds us, spends All
immense sum annually on primary ed
ucation. which is not only free and
compulsory. but secular. But here a
most important difference has to be
noted. In New South Wales the edu-
cation act defines secular" as I'm
sectarian, and expressly enacts that
secular instruction shall include gen
eral religious instruction" The scrip
ture lessons in the Irish national
school book are used, and though
everybody is not pleased, the system
secures the happiest results achieved
in any Australian state, while the in
spectors ''bear emphatic testimony to
the moral and educational value OF
the scripture lessons"
But while educational peace is thus
secured by this concordat in New
South Wales, very different state of
affairs prevails in Victoria. There
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-16
As 1t Looked to Him.

Oliver Herford, the writer, while
recently exploring a remote part of
New York, found himself beset by the
pangs of hunger. Entering a small
restaurant of somewhat doubtful as
pect, he ordered mutton chop. The
waiter, after long delay, returned,
bearing plate on which reposed a
dab of mashed potatoes and a much
over-done chop of microscopic proper
lions, and with a remarkably long
and slender rib attached Clapping
this down briskly before the famished
author, the waiter started off to at
tend to another customer without
further ceremony.
See here" called Herford, 81 or
dered chop"
yes, sir" answered the man.
There it is"
"Oh, beg pardon, that's true re-
turned Herford, peering at it closely.
4 thought it was a crack in the
plate"