Dakota County Herald
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John K tteaua, - PwbMsher
tt UVh n fnt woman to sneer at
tf neighbor for padding.
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There Is a grester demand for sim
ilized thinking than for slmpllfieJ
tpelllng.
i John D. Rockefeller Is an advocate of
(he simple life. Ills rule la to simply
tot It and keep It,
A man of the name of Aa una th
trat place In New York's directory. He
i doubly entitled to It.
George Bernard Shaw siys Christians
should not make fortunes. We know
f some who are not doing so.
Some persons collect cigar bands.
Russell Sage collected money. Of the
two, Sage was the more sensible.
The Rev. Dr. Stuart would "consign
bolltlclana to an everlasting retire
bent." That la one way of putting It.
Truly, aa the Atlanta Constitution
Bays, "riches do not bring happiness,"
but they help to preserve It when the
bll! come in.
It Is presumed, however, If the mat
ter were put to a vote, the people who
can't spell correctly under any systvii
would win by a large majority.
" Oklahoma points to her record break
ing crops aa evidence that she expect
to become a self-sustaining member of
the grand sisterhood of States.
A number of people who were build
' Ing great hopes on their relationship
' With Russell Sage are now kicking be
cause ho was such a close relation.
The biggest Iceberg ever seen, 200
feef high, waa sighted near Newfound
land. Can It be that the North I'ole
baa broken loose from Us mooring?
The Czar recently risked his life by
attending the funeral of one of his
generals. But be would be a mean an
archist who threw bombs at a funeral.
The Baroness Burdette-Coutts re
cently celebrated her ninety-second
bWhdny. The young man who uinrrleJ
ber some years ago seem to be cheer
ful, too.
. John Lambert aaya Emperor William
la the ablest man In Europe, bar noue.
tt 1 In order for O. Bernard Shaw
to aay some sarcastic things about
Lambert.
A Kansas clergyman will advertise
lis church. Isn't that a legitimate mod
ern Interpretation of the Injunction to
,V out Into the highways and hedges
and compel them to come In?"
she bad been the wife of an equally
notable Amerlorru
Emperor William thinks Journalists
Ihould be compelled to pans examina
tions, the same as doctors and lawyers,
before being permitted to practice.
What Is William's Idea concerning
poets? '
Millionaire Huntington, of California,
recently gave his $12,000 automobilo
to bis chauffeur. It seems he bad been
able to go only seventy-five miles an
' Lour In this machine and wanted to
get o fas' one.
Of course, the Intention of the Stand
ard Oil Company, In Its attempt to
. corner the denatured alcohol business,
la to make the new fuel so cheap and
popular that persons will prefer It to
kerosene and gasoline.
-Paris green, the farmer's weapon
against potato bugs and other pests,
bas advanced In price nearly CO per
'cent In a year. The reason Is the
flooding of tho arsenic mines In Wales
last year. Paris green Is aceto-arseulte
of copper. Arsenic Is the best Inseetl
clde, and constitutes the destructive
, part of arsenate of lead, which bas be
come the most useful spray for fruit
and shade trees.
The Island of Junn Fernandez Is re
ported destroyed In tho earthquake
which devastated Valparaiso. If so,
It will be a loss that will be felt keen
ly by every boy, old or young, who bas
reveled In the story of Robinson Cru
aoe. Every admirer of that hero prob
ably bas bad at some time the secret
longing to some time visit the Island
made real to him by Defoe's great tale.
It Is tba Mecca of boyish fancy. All
lovers of Robinson Crusoe will hope the
Island still stands with Its magic at
Biosphere of romantic Interest.
Tiles are one of the greatest pests
that aflllct mankind and the lower anl
nuls. Long before the selcLce o I ae
te"io!"gy nroe and the inlr.roblc theory
of disea? was originated flies were
smposcd to propagate the plague and
many other diseases, and modern
se'euce has confirmed this theory. In
orocr to test it the putrid remains of
dead animals have been sprinkled
wltii a line white xwdcr and subse
quently tiles that lit on sick people and
on the dainty dishes of the tabic have
b.w found to have this powder on
tlivr feet Of course, when Uiere Is
an epidemic must convey the secre
tl'i'.a a:id excretions of the patients to
he.ilthy people. Possibly this may even
be done by Hie (lies lighting on food
which healthy people afterward eat
As tliis evil Is, so far ns known, only
ociasioiuil, tiles do Just as much harm
In the aggregate by torturing the do
mestic animals, as this goes on all the
time. The sufferings which horses and
cowi undergo In this way Is sometimes
Mill-Aleut to make them drip with
sweat. At the same tiuie their useful
ihmp to man Is greatly impaired. In
til- suinn.er time the horse could do
twice ns much work If he did not waste
hit strength lu kicking at the flies.
Cows also would probably give mor
m 11:. Here Is nil enormous economic
waste which has ottrneted surprisingly
little attention. If flies are to be ex
terminated the most curious and most
suiuiicniit tiling is that they are a
product of human nature. When trav
ebis visit a region unlnhnbltnted by
mail they find no lllcs there. If they
live there a short time there will ha
as many files there us anywhere else.
The right way Is, of course, to exter
minate them, but In the meanwhile is
there not some wuy by which the horse
and cow muy be protected ngulnst th9
pct? Several lotions and powders have
been Invented which repel the flics,
but they also Injure tho animal. What
Is reeded Is some application which
wi'l not hurt a horse's coat and yet
will repel or mislead the flies. The
reason that nothing of this kind bas
bo'sn discovered Is probably that the
Impression prevails that such a sub
stjnce must' be poisonous to the flies,
whereas the truth seems to be that It
only needs to deceive them. Insects
seem to be guided to their food by the
sense of smell. As soon as anything
they Ilko Is volatilized they swarm
to It from far and wide. Evidently It
Is tho odor of the horso or the cow
dlfused by animal heat that attracts
them and the way to drive them off
Is to dlsgulso that odor so that they
Will not be led aright. No doubt this
Is the way that flsh oil and kerosene
repel them. All that Is necessary Is
some lotion which kills the odor of
tin animal ns effectively as these oils
without Injuring their coat or Inflam
ing their skin. For all anybody known
this substance may bo something which.
Is bnndled every day and Is as cheap
as dirt.
While there can be no doubting the
tnteutlon of the British government to
ttenceforth dominate openly the po
litical control of Egypt as a part of
the British Empire, the proposals of
Lord Cromer clearly Indicate that there
Is to be equal opportunity for all na
tionalities and full respect for acquired
and vested rights. In other words, mod
era Egypt Is to be governed on the open
door principle so strongly advocated by
the United States In China and the far
East generally. While England will
rule, she does not propose to Insist
upon any monopoly of trade or fran
chises, but, on the contrary, extends
Vjual opportunity to all comers.
Marriages berween' wealthy Ameri
can women and titled foreigners do tint
ineet with approval from soino sternly
patriotic Americans. The common sus
picion Is that the money and the title
marry, and drag the man and the worn,
n Into a leveled alliance. Vet Interna
tional marriages frequently turn out
tiapplly. In some eases they afford
both parties opportunity for service of
which both countries may lie proud.
The union between Lord Curzou and
Wary Lelter was such n marriage, and
the recent deatlj of the wife Is mourned
on both sides of the ocean. That the
late Lady Curam did ber part lu the
work of an Englishman of power and
responsibility one of England's great
est roldnlal administrators Is as cred
tal to ber and to ber nation as If
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The money value of the conl mlneJ
In the world every year Is more than
four times that of the gold mined la
til 1 sumo time.
Canada Is called upon to subsldlz
forty-three new railroad lines, at a cost
of ?9,3L'0,000. They are to cover I
length of 2,885 miles.
Robert Jones, a surgeon of Liverpool,
advocates that In cases where tho
pntlent cannot take other anaesthetics
th spinal cord be treated with cocaln".
A report comes from the headquar
ters of the Pelly River, In the Stute cf
Washington, that an old crater ther
supposed to have been long extinct
is sending out smoke In largo quin
titles. The world's production of Portland
cement bas Increased from 2,500,001)
to. is to some 11,000,000 tons In tho hut
twenty years, and tho center of the
Industry has shifted from Europe to
th- United States.
Instead of tho long celluloid film, t
London photographer uses circular glass
plates for tho cinematograph. The
pictures .are taken lu a spiral, and &
plate fifteen Inches In diameter holds
several hundred, recording a story last
ing about four minutes.
Aluminum, cadmium, clue, mngns
lu'.u, etc., affect the photographic plate,
though not classed as radioactive. A
late remarkable observation Is that the
electric spark sometimes Incronses the
effect, sometimes lessens It while this
Influence though so superficial per
sist for months.
In the latest fight against the rabbit
pest lu Australia, the attempt Is mads
to destroy the animals In their bur
rows. A specially constructed boiler
Is used with a length of flexible metal
lie hose, aud steam ut blgb pressure
Is forced Into the burrow, after first
closing all openings except that for the
hose. The early results have been very
encouraging.
For Ave days after the completion of
the great Slmplon Tunnel it was prac
tically given over to tho Swiss UeoMu
tie Survey, lu order that a most care
ful measurement of a new geodetic
base-line, running through the axis of
the tunnel, from Brlgue to Iselle, a
tutance of about 20 kilometers, might
be made This measurement was so
successfully carried out that u differ
erne of only three millimeters was
found between the two measures tint
wore made -ouo from llrigue to I sell n,
and tho other back agalu In the op
posite direction. This Is the longest
gxiilcili: base jet measured, and tha
ou'y one whose two ends ure on op
posite hides of a great mountain mnK.
It Is ulso believed to possess certain
ndi'uiitngcs lu iiccuracy over prevloui
base lines. It U the only case in which
a railway following the line has been
used for the dlrin-t carriage of the ap
paratus, and the only one In which tbi
work has been done lu artificial light
ITt.NBLAND AND HIS I'l.At'B Or CAPTLKE.
Paul Stensland's arrest at Tangier
will serve a useful purpose In dispell
ing the popular Impression which seems
to prevail that criminals ore safe from
capture If they can only manage to
reach some country which Is not bound
by any extradition trenty with the one
from which they have fled. Anything
that can bring home to men Inclined to
olTend against the laws of the land
that nowhere lu the world can they
find safetv from the avemrlnir hand of
Justice Is calculated to net as a deter
rent or crime, and Is therefore nn ad
vantage to the commonwealth. Under
the circumstances the capture of the
defaulting president of the Milwaukee
Avenue State Rank, of Clilcn on. In
Morocco and his surrender to the Unit
ed States authorities by the Moorish
authorities cannot be made too wldelv
known.
The fact of the matter Is that the
principle of extradition exists among
on civilized powers, even when for one
reason or another It Is not cvirprl hr
any hard and fast International con
vention, and requests for the surrender
or criminals addressed by one govern
ment to another nre granted on the
ground of International courtesy and
comity, even In the absence of treaty
stipulations. This practice not only
prevails among the Christian countries
of Europe and of this western hemi
sphere, but has likewise been to nil In
tents and purposes adopted by Asiatic
and north African States, such as, for
Instance, Morocco. Thus the United
States bas on a number of occasions
arrested and surrendered foreign fugi
tive criminals here In response to ap
plications from governments with
which no extradition arrangements ex
isted nt the tlmei President Lincoln
In 1803 caused the arrest and tli hup.
render to the Spanish authorities of a
man of the nnme of Arguelles In the
absence of any extradition treaty with
ppnin. Arguelles, who had been the
lieutenant governor of a timvinna in
Cuba, was charged with a number of
atrocious crimes against the common
law, among the minor nccimntinnu .
Ing one to the effect that ho
Into slavery several hundred negroes
Illegally broutht from
nlhorlty of Secretary Sewnrd h wna
arrested by a United States mnrshnl
nd turned over to the Snnnlsh rmlle
officers, who took him back to Havnn
na for trial. A motion WHS nt nnrA
made In the United States Senate call
ing the President to account for the
matter, arguing that, In the absence of
a treaty of extradition and of con
gressional legislation touching the sur
render of fugitive criminals to the
Spanish government, he had exceeded
ins iowers as cnier magistrate. To
this Secretary Seward replied to the
effect that the President had given up
Arguelles under the rules of interna
tional comity, which prescribe as a
matter of courtesy the compliance with
demands of this kind nddressed by one
civilized power to another, and he ndd
ed that Mr. Lincoln had likewise nct
ed In the affair In accordance with the
spirit of the constitution of the United
States, which Is not In favor of the
principle of offering nsylum to fugi
tive criminals from abroad, but dis
tinctly averse thereto. A number of
years luter the Spanish government re
turned the compliment by surrender
ing to the United States "Ross" Tweed,
although It was only some time nfter
ward thnt nn extradition treaty be
tween this country and Spain was con
cluded. Morocco I'ltnafe.
Stenslnnd's case Is an Instance of
what may be done where no extradi
tion trenty exists. At the present time
there are In force extradition treaties
between the United States and thirty
two countries. With other countries,
notably China, Egypt, Greece, Persia,
Portugal and Slain, the United States
has not negotiated treaties o this
character. This Is why the globe trot
ter finds a collection of adventurers In
Shanghai, Cairo, Athens and Llslxin,
although It must be admitted that
these adventurers usually are of a class
who do this country a kindness by quit
ting It While many of them are
"wanted" by the police, they nre not
"wanted badly," for their offenses usu
ally have been against Individuals who
do not feel disposed to hunt them down
all over the globe.
A study of the various extradition
trentles In force between this and oth
er countries gives a fair Indication of
how foreign peoples regard some
crimes. For Instance, a man who com
mits a burglary lu the United States
cannot be extradited from Austria, Ba
varia, Baden, Haiti or Prussia, yet
even Luxemburg, of which, doubtless,
the burglar never heard, would give
hlin up for this offense. All countries
with whjch these treaties are In force
will give up counterfeiters, yet only
two out of thirty -two countries Guate
mala and Mexico will hana over a
person charged with having counter
feiters' tools In his possession. All are
content to give up n forger, but a per
son charged with fraud cannot be eas
ily extradited If the property Involved
Is less than $200. Bigamy, apparently,
Is not considered a very serious crime
by some nations. Naturally Turkey
would not permit the extradition of a
bigamist, and In only eight countries
out of thirty-two Is It unsafe for n
much-married fugitive to be found.
Even (Jreat Brltnln will not give up a
bigamist who is trying to escape the
laws of another country.
THE AUTO RACER.
Is ths gams worth ths candleP
St. Iuls Republic.
It is a great art to know when jot
must grant a UUagreeubla request
Hpllltliiw Hock nllk Air.
The expansive force of comprise;!
sir Is employed In a very- Interesting
way by a North Carolina granite com
pany. Oil a sloping hillside, composed
of granite which shows no red planes,
but splits readily lu any direction
when started, a thrcc-lm-h bore Is sunk
about eight feet, aud the bottom Is en
larged by exploding half a stick of
dynamite.
A small charge of powder Is fired In
this hole, which starts a horizontal
crack of cleaveage. Charges Increasing
In slxe are exploded until the cleaveage
lias extended over a radius of 75 or HH)
feet. Then a pipe is cemented Into the
bore, and air Is forced in, under a
pressure of from 80 to ltK) pounds.
The expansion of the air extends
the cleaveage until It comes out at the
urfaee of the slope of ths bill. A
sheet of granite several acre In extent
may thus be separated. Youth's Com
i' in ion.
iold.
The firt mention which we have of
gold Is In the eleventh Verne of the sec
ond chapter f tlenexls, or In other
words four thousand and four years
before Christ.
(Jold wus used as money by the an
cI'Mit Egyptians at a very early date.
nrodotu tells that the invention of
Ihe-'folnage of gold belongs to I.jdlu
about "."ill 11. (.'. Authorities couiliet
about the first coinage of gold. Some
say It was Miletus, and muiio the Per
sians, but there are no records to show
Jvist when.
When a man tells you au Important
secret, blid ydu are thinking what a
good time you will have telling It be
says: "Now promise ma you won't Bay
aay thing."
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
nEAVY COST OF FUNERALS.
WELL-KNOWN nhvslclan of Chlcaco says It
I costs fieople more to die than It does to live
I and the poorer you are the more It costs you
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lo uie. r uneruis lire expeusne in vinculo.
If a poor man does and his widow has four
or five hundred dollars the undertaker gets
all of it and the woman then Is turned
drift Life Insurance Is a great thing because It enables
the widow to have ready money. She can sustain herself
until she gets her bearings and becomes confident of ber
own ability to make a living. But If a man dies, leaving
his widow a thousand dollars, It Is more likely that five
bundred dollars of thnt money will go for the funeral.
A coffin that costs $25 to make Is sold for $125 and the
embalming process entailing a cost of $1 or $2 Is charged
up at $15 or $20. The exenses for hear' and carriages
are also doubled. People are sensitive about the dead
and they feel thnt a protest to the undertaker Is to show
lack of respect for the piece of clay that is about to be
put back in the ground.
It should not cost any man In good circumstances over
$100 to be burled. A poor man should be bur'.ed for $50.
Now you who are too sensitive and poor will immediately
say your people are entitled to as good a funeral as your
rich neighbor. That Is true. But because your rich
neighbor's people are foolish is no reason why you should
be foolish. There Is a reverence for the dead that one
does not have for the living. It is lery beautiful, but It
sometimes causes great hardships. -Chicago Examiner.
DREYFUS.
REAT as Is the satisfaction all honest men
G must feel that a shameful judicial wrong has
I been set right at hist, the decision of the
Dreyfus Is even more gratifying ns showing
the return to sanity of the French authori
ties and the French people. The Court of
Cassation does not merely declare the Innocence of the
unfortunate officer and direct that nniends be made; It
declares that the crime of which he was accused never
existed, a conclusion that was reached long ago by most
disinterested foreign observers of the ense.
That the decision cuts off the opportunity for another
spectacular trial, with Its recriminations, digressions Into
Irrelevant matters and general hysteria. Is something to
be thankful for. France has quieted down, and Is likely
to accept the decision without disturbance, though the
believers In the guilt of Dreyfus will be unconvinced, as
that Is a matter of faith and not of evidence or reasoning.
Like the Salem witchcraft or the Popish plot the Drey
fus case passes to the alienists of the future as a curiosity
In popular delusions.
It has taken courage on the part of the French Govern
ment to bring the case to a final settlement, and courage
In the Judges to render the decision they have. For this
they deserve all honor. New York Sun.
"WOMEN AS EMPLOYES.
ikNE Philadelphia corporation recently sn-
Ol nounced its purpose to dismiss nil the wom
I en In Its employ and engage no one of the
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Interviewed declare that they understand
and sympathize with the motives of this
action, and one Eastern paper remarks that
something of a "reaction" against the employment of
women in Industry Is undoubtedly observable.
We are told thnt women are not ambitious ; thnt they
think more of marriage as a "way out" of Industry than
of bard work and emulation ns a means of promotion,
and that employers waut employes who expect to "grow
up with the establishment." Some teense Rlrla In offices
and factories of flirting, of carelessness, of declining to
take their duties seriously. Recorder Davis of tills county
referring to the latter charges, says that "segregation
has happily solved the problem. Where women work by
themselves, he explains, there Is nothing to distract them,
and there's little marrying or flirting.
We do rot think the "reaction" Is or Is likely to be
come serious. Women are In Industry to stay, and while
their position In it Is fundamentally different from that
of nieu, owing to their hope to leave the "wage-earning"
class by marrying, that difference Is only reflected In pay
nnd in the matter of promotions. It tlocs not threaten
now, any more than It did when women first "invaded"
the office and factory to compete with men. any general,
tacit agreement among employers to dispense with their
services. Chicago Record Herald.
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MAN'S MANIA FOR SPEED.
PEED madness Is nothing new, but It shows
novel development. The automoblllst goes
at a frightful rate In the hope of getting
to some place where he does not partlcu-
SJPtol time of which he has abundance to spare.
()n u)9 wny ne jjjug one( maims another and
at the finish regards bis own survival as a triumph.
Years ago the Mississippi steamboats used to race, not
because anybody was in a legitimate hurry, and never
gave up until the bursting boiler hurled passengers and
crew to drown lu the river. If they did not perish of
scalds on the way. This particular form of folly died out
when stenniboating ceased to be a method of transporta
tion for anything but freight.
On an English railroad old, conservative, safeguarded
a train essays to beat the record of n rival mere
speed madness. The train Is dashed to fragments and
lu the wreckage more than a score of lives go out miser
ably. There Is Investigation, of course, but the record of
the competitor still stands and that will never do.
Now ocean lines nre racing. To the average man with
leisure to cross the Atlantic a few hours difference can be
of no moment. When Is this perilous contest to end?
There Is a limit to the endurance even of machinery. The
pressure enn be made too great for any Integrity of
equipment The ship with hundreds aboard would seem
to be an excellent thing to protect against this Insidious
mania, which already must be charged with countless
lives and property value beyond all estimate. Philadel
phia Ledger.
DECREASE IN LYNCHINGS.
T is a hopeful sign of the ultimate suppres
sion of lynching in the South, or at least
of Its virtual suppression, that many of the
Southern executives are manifesting extraor
dinary activity ln the prosecution of lynch
ers. In Virginia, West Vlrglnln, North and
South Carolina, ly.iching has been almost
entirely suppressed, owing to the strenuous efforts of
the Governors nnd lnw authorities, the absence of delays
ln the courts, the convening of special grand Juries, speedy
trinls following Indictments and speedy penalties follow
ing convictions. In the five States Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louislnnn and Texas which In the past hava
been the worst offenders, largely owing to the congested
black population in those States, which ln some counties
outnumber the white population, the number of lynchlngs
steadily decreases, and the courts are more and more
culled upon to administer Justice ln all cases of crime,
whether committed by blacks or whites. The activity
of the authorities ln securing indictments of lynchers has
been notable. Chicago Tribune.
w -hmM til
"You don't mean young onions, Eve
lina?" said the grocery man reproachful
ly to the pretty cook, ns he turned over
a leaf In his order book.
"Well, maybe I don't," said the cook.
"Probably I mean coconnuts or bath
sponges, but you'd better put It down
'young onions' on the chance that I
know what I'm talkln about"
"It's for the boss, then?" pleaded the
groceryman. "You wouldn't think of
orderln' 'em because you liked 'em?
Don't tell me that."
"I won't tell you nothln', one way or
another," said the cook. "If it's going
to hurt your feelin's I won't explain
about what I'm goln' to do with the
groceries I order. Peek o' new pota
toes, an' see that they nre bigger than
marbles this time, because I'm goln' to
peel 'em."
"Suthlu' atween a golf ball an' a base
ball," commented the groceryman, "All
right I know the kind you mean. Not
that I mind onions siiecially," be ob
served. "Au onion Is all right In Its
place. So's some other things I could
mention. I'd Just as soon you'd eat
onions as not on the days I don't call.
Don't you mind what I say."
"If you say 'onion' to me again I'll
show you the door, and I'll see to It
that you don't come back," said the
cook.
The groceryman whistled. "What
you been cook In', Evelina " be asked.
"None o' your business. Put me
down five bars of laundry soap."
"Laundry soap it is," said the gro
ceryman. "Wouldu't you like some
Cheese to go with them vegetables we
was talkln' about? You might as well
bsve the cheese with It while you're
about it I knew a girl ouce that was
awful fond of these little greeu things
that you eat when you don't care a
continental anyway. She used to eat
em green or sliced up lu vinegar, with
cucumber, till you couldn't rest, but she
shut right off on 'em one day an' didn't
eat one for six months. Then she went
for 'em harder thau ever to make up
for lost time. I seen her ln a restau
rant with her husband a few days after
they was married an' she had a big
dish of 'em U'fore her an about a
dozen ends on the table. I knew anoth
er girl "
"There's somethlu' I want" said the
cook, musingly.
"I'll bet I know what It Is." said the
froceryintin, "You Just wait till It gets
Its wages raised an' you'll get It unless
It changes Its mind."
"I can't think of It now, so I guess
HI let It go," said the cook.
"Ifs going," said the grocerymao.
cheerfully. "Do you want It to bring
up nil this truck tills mornln'?"
"I'd try to have a little sense if I
was you. I want everything over by 11
o'clock."
"You shall have em If I bust n collar
button, onions an' nil. Excuse me men
tioning 'era. You're goln' out right away
after lunch, ain't you? Well, that's the
way It Is with me. I want to meet you,
too."
"You don't say!" said the cook.
"I've got some money lu my clothes
right now that ain't goln' to stay there
after to-day. I thought you an' me
could have a good time this afternoon
an' this evenin'."
"We can," agreed the cook.
"That's fine an' dandy," said the gro
ceryman, happily.
"Sure," said the cook. "You can go
an' Jiavo a good time all you want to,
an' I'll have a good time, too. I'm go
In' shoppln' this afternoon an' then I'm
goln' to see my sister In Austin."
"You ain't honest are you?"
"I am."
"There's a picnic at Bunderbaugh's
Park."
"That ain't uncommon."
"Say, won't you come? You ain't go
In' to turn me down thnt way?"
"It's too bad," said the cook, "but
when you make an appointment with
me you've got to make It a little ahead
of time. If you want to ask me for this
day next year, on' I feel more like It
than I do now, which ain't likely, I'll go
with you with pleasure."
The groceryman put his order book
In bis pocket. "I don't care whether
you eat any of them onions or not,"
he said. Chicago Dally News.
COLD AIR ON TAP.
Xatoral Syatem of Cooling; Vmri hy
Montanit Town.
The town of Thompson Falls, ln
Missoula county, has a strange system
of cold storage, Kays the New York Sun.
In the hottest days In summer It Is ls
sllile to keep living rooms at a temper
ature of 55 degrees, ami butter, eggs,
and meat are kept cool ami fresh with
out the least trouble. The best part of
the cold-storage system Is that It costs
absolutely nothing after the plant has
been Installed.
Thompson Falls has n large number
of wells that furnish cold, fresh air,
which rushes upward all summer long.
The wells are dug for water, but the
supply of cold air I as fully Important
The wells of Thompson Fulls are a
little more than tiO feet In depth. The
water veins are found In a gravel for
mation,, and are doubtless fed by the
mountain snows at some distant place.
The gravel is porous enough to admit
of a freely-moving current of air, which
during the summer time rushes upward
In currents strong enough to snufl out
a match held over tho wells.
The utility of the cold-air currents
was first observed In 1884, when the
Thompson Falls Mercantile company
used the cool air to keep butter, eggs
and meat In large quantities. The air
can be piped ln summer to rooms of
houses. The wells nre covered over
tightly at the top, and large pipes tap
the current a few feet below the sur
face of the ground. These pipes con
duct the nlr to different rooms in near
by buildings.
For cold-storage plants, a house Is
built above the well and the air rushes
upward continuously, keeping the tem
perature at an unvarying point
PROTECT IT IN TIME.
I.nvr to Stop Alteration of "Star
Sniiirlrtl lluu ii -r" .eeileil.
The continued carping nt "The Star
Spangled Banner," words nnd music,
as n national hymn, has evidently Im
pressed some minds with the idea that
the text of the anthem Is entitled to no
rtspect whatever, nnd that any one who
can write rhyme is at liberty to gar
ble It to suit himself.
Recently one of the lending music
publishers of the country issued an edi
tion of "The Star Spangled Banner,"
ln which the author's orlglnnl third
stanza has been radlcnlly nnd consider
ably "ameuded" by some unknown bard.
The amendment, though plainly ana
chronistic, will probably be accepted by
the public and In the course of time
supersede the correct version. If this
sort of thing keeps on there will soon
be nothing left of the original poem.
There Is no law to prevent any one
who pleases from rewriting the words
of "The Star Spangled Banner" to oult
himself, but no one has the right to pre
sent his own alterations as If they were
the original words written by Francis
Scott Key and first published in the
Baltimore American In September,
1814. Laws to protect the national flag
have been found necessary. There
seems to be need, too, of a law to pro
tect the national hyum. Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle.
Ills Fatal rrealdrntlal Vote.
Owlug to the fact that the only pres
idents he ever had uu opportunity of
voting for met with tragic deaths, .Ma
jor J. N. Morgan, n retired ollicer of
the United States army, and at present
military supervisor tt t the Western Mil
itary Academy, has decided that he will
cast no more votes for president for
fear the fate of the three he did vote
for might overtake the fourth. He
voted for Lincoln, Garfield aud Me
Klnley, his duties in the army pre
venting him voting for other presl.
denU.
Lasting- Carpets.
Carpeta mnde from elephant bid art
said never to wear out
