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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1906)
IT WILL BE A TERROR TO COUNTRY "SFELLnr MATCHES." !HJIJI'A. J, U V "I. V ; m - .- - a' ' " 11 . ''.. ! 7.'.--'; : ' y A safe Ix't Is the one yon were goh j -Rocky Mountain News. A SECOND SAN FRANCISCO. Strlrken Valparaiso and the Earth quake Which Devaluated It. Valparaiso, the South American city that has suffered a fate similar to that ot San Francisco, la built upon 19 hills or mountains belonging to the coast range and varying from 300 to 1,100 feet In height These hills are some times separated by deep ravines through which flow small streams of water. The level ground along the bay covers only a narrow strip, In some places wide enough for four parallel streets, In others barely wide enough for two. It Is nowhere more than one half mile In width. Much of this nar row strip was made by filling up the low ground along the bay and protect ing it from the sea by stone walls and Iron rails. Streets In the level part of the city are generally straight, but the hills are reached by winding roads, stairways and steam lifts Itelglan blocks form the principal material for street paving, A GEXEUAL Is while sidewalks are flagged. Calle Vic toria, the principal street. Is a wide thoroughfare, stretching along the bay from one end of the city to the other; it Is lined with handsome government buildings, hotels, banks., stores and of fices. The majority of these edifices are built of brick, three or four storl 'S In height ; carved facades are a prominent feature; stores are large and have plate glass windows. The city Is divided for MOKTU ATLANTIC OCCAM rteinc ociAjt tMun WUEK2 THE QUAKE OCCURRED. I administrative purposes Into four sec tions, wlilcli In a general way coincide iwlth the physical divisions. The city U the chief port of the re public of Chile. It Is situated on the edge of n lie.iuul'ul curMTig bay. the houses cllmblnts up tile hillsides which fonn the bin-k','r!iiul of the city. Its papulation was ei'lnmted at over 1.VI. 000. It had already suffered severely on three former oeenslotn In l.SJ'J, lS'JO and 1 -." 1 . Muring rec-ent years it tI-15?. 5iV?tf r it awn r. ft? J4. I ( I'M , AN DCS SECTIONAL VIEW AjCRuSS JsOL'TU AMERICA. had been Immune and had been grow ing In prosperity, Its Imposing build ings, tram cars, ana electric light sug gesting a busy European city. It has received, however, what will probably prove to be a disastrous setback. The extent of the shock Is reported to have covered an area of 2 degrees, or about 140 miles In length. The city Is backed by the enormous rango of trie Andes which Is famous for Its terrible gorges and towering peaks, recently success fully surmounted by the Transandean railway, which connects the west coast with Buenos Ayres on the east. . Hall ways, telegraphs, water and electric mains were all broken down as In San Francisco, but In many cases the soli darity of the ucuises preserved them from ruin. The tremors caused by the earthquake Rpread over the world and were recorded on numerous seismo graphs. The earthquake at Valparaiso occur red on the slopes of the great chain of the Andes, a district which has been VIEW OF VALPARAISO 15 E FORE THE shaken by such movements ever since the country has been known to history. The strata of the continent has been pushed up to heights of nearly 20,000 feet, all along the western side of South America. A large number of volcanoes exist In the chain of the Andes, but they are not continuously distributed. There Is one numerous group In Colom bia and Ecuador, and then a gap oc curs, Peru being almost free from vol canoes, the second group occurring near the southern boundary of the country In the Lake Tltlcaca district. Then an other break occurs, and the third series of volcanoes begins Just south of San tiago. The sectional view shows how the great range of the Audes rises on the western edge of the eonf.-ient and slopes away to a wide plain towards the east The ocean depths off Valparaiso are also severe, the ti,HK)-foot line coining closa in shore as indicated in the one-column map. The strata adjacent to these great Inequalities of height and depth are In a state of great strain. To Keep Yuan nr. Never retire from active life If you can possibly avoid it; keep "in tho swim"; keep the mind active; never refer to your advancing years or say "at my age." To preserve youth, you must have n variety of experience. The country woman at forty, ulthough breathing purer air and living on a more health ful diet than the city woman, often looks fifty, while the latter at the same ago does not look more than thirty, lint her mind Is more active than that of her country sister; that Is the secret of her more youthful appearance. Nothing else ages one more rapidly thin monotony a dead level existence without change of scene or exierleiice. Tiie mind must lie kept fresh or It will ne, and the body cannot be younger than the mind. Few mli'ds are strong enough to overcome the aging Influence of the monotonous life which rules In the average country home. City ieople have Infinitely greater variety of life. They enjoy themselves n great deal more than couutry people. They work hard when at work, but, when they are through, they drop everything and hive a good- time. There Is no doubt that the theater, In spite of Its many evils, has done a great deal toward erasing the marks of age. People who laugh much retain their youth longer. O. S. Marden In "Sueeoss Magazine." Who Would ne Our Klnarf If Washington had accepted tho American crown when It was offered to him during the revolution who would have been king to-day? If that dynasty had continued according to lineal descent the reigning monarch would be one of Louisville respected nd honored citizens Mr. George Washington Lewis. Only two reigns would have Intervened between that of George I. and the preseut day. Mr. Lewis is now 87 years old, and divides DISASTER. the evening of life between here aw. California, says the New York Exam Iner. lue bcir-appareut to this great inroue would have been Mr. John C. Lewis, who is one of Louisville's lead- in? merchants. Instead of belnir know throughout the South as a ereat nmr. chant prince, presiding over a great department store, he would b llvin leisurely in the royal palace, looking lorwaru to ins coming reign. FIRST M. E. CONFERENCE. Held Ita Flrat Medina- After Orcaa fsatlon In Thla Home. In this building the Methodist Eph copal conference held its first meeting, which is claimed to be the first of ita kind in America, after Its organization In 1(84. This house is one mile from HISTORIC HOUSE IJf LOUISUL'RO, N. 0 Loulsburg, N. C, and Is still in nn ex cellent condition: It Is built la the old stylo, of massive timbers, and has five rooms In the basement, four on the sec ond floor, and two in the attic. The up per room of this house, In which Bishop Coke says the first conference was held. Is about L'O feet square, and quite large enough to seat comfortably the 23 that were present. Just 110 years later ls:."i Bishop Wilson, while presiding over conference In Imisburg, by invita tion, went out to visit this house and held services, and by it singular colncl. deuce, the number present was 23. There is one tiling tho majority ot fathers can le thankful for: Then Is no possibility of their daughters full lug In love with tho chauffeur. If you hope to surecd, you can't giv credit to every man who asks It; you must ocensioualy epcuk up, aud plaliilj nay no. to make Mid dldu't. I'liilndclphla Record. Aiiothei motto for the packer! Ovinia possumus onines (We all ci everything). Punch. A Dry Dock. "What Is drydockV a lady at?ked of Mark Twain. "A th'rsty physician," replied the humorist Hypocrite. Teacher Johnny, what Is a hypocrite? Johnny A boy wot tiiiics f school wld a smile 04 his face. 'Did you run across anybody In that automobl.e tour?" "We ran 'em down first and then ran across Vm." Balti more Amei icau. 'Senator, a political Job Is pretty ha id to work, Isn't It:" "Not very," replied Senator Uadgcr, "but getting it Is. Milwaukee Sentinel. Relative Necessities. "Is It necessary to enclose stamps?" asked the poef. "More necessary, even, than to endow p.etry, lesiHdided the editor. The Happy Man. Pessimist To J haven't had all that you wanted in life, h ive you? Optimist No; but I haven t h id all that 1 didn't want, either. General I'ncle I will ninke you A monthly allowance, but, understand me, I will pay no debts! Nephew Ail rigid, uncle. Neither will I. Tales. Tommy Pit, what Is the Isthmus of Panama? Pa The Isthmus of Pan ama, Tommy, Is a narrow strip of land connecting Central America with th'J United Steles Treasury. Life. Where It Would lo Most Good. Tailor Well, my little man, will yoii have the shoulders padded? Bertie Niw. If you're going to put any pvl din' In the suit put it In the pants. What Indeed! Saraii (Jump (a.i- no'iucing the happy event) Please, si It's a little girl. Absent-minded Futh'r (l)okins up from his writing) Eh? O'l ah ask her what she wunls, wMl you ? 'But." protested Mrs. Newllwed, "I don t see why you ask '-." cents a ha'f peck for your beans. The other man oniy wanted 15 cents." "Ves'm," rj- piled the huckster; "but tlU'se luro beans o' mine Is all hand-picked." The Grocer. "Here! you, sir," cried the Irate old gentleman, "didn't I tell you never to enter this house again?" "No, sir,-' replied h's daughter's persistent sulto "You said not to 'cross your threshold,' so I clImlK'd in the window." Phlladel phi a Press. "Young Jolllem always says tho right thing, doesn't he? He never seems at a hss for the proper reply." "Well, I saw him nonplussed once." "How was that?" "Miss Keeue asked him If he thought she looked as old as she was." Cleveland Leader. Definition. May Girls, what do the papers mean when they talk of tin se-it of war? Ella 1 don't know any m ire than 1 do what a standing army is for! Belle Why, how Ignorant yoi ure, dears. The sent of war is for the standing army to sit down ou when It gots tired. Her Father But, sir, you are nit th. sort of man 1 should like for a son-in-law. Young Man Oh, that's al! right. You are not the sort of man I should like for a father-in-law, but I'm not tf'hig to make your daughter nil erable for life by refusing to marry her on tl'iit account. Chicago Dally News. "I suppose," said the old-time friend, "''iat your folks no longer feel thai anxiety about social matters that they once experienced.' "les. they do.' an swerod Mi. Cumrox ; "mother an' tuj girls are now as busy keepin' other women out of society as they once were gettln' In themselves." Wushlu toi Star. Old Hut I'emiatent Errors. Everywhere one hears, "I seen Jim yesterday aud he told me he done we'd at that Job." The people who may be broadly characterized as the "I seen I done." tribe pervade everything aud seem to include nearly everybody. When it conies to verbs like "lie, lay, lain." and "lay, laid, laid," or sit sat, sat," und "set, set, set," the best of us are liable to error, and mistakes are pardonable. But what excuse can anybody Hud for confusing "see, saw, seen," or "do, did, done?" It is the first verb which suffers the more for th.ixe who do not say "I seen hiin yesterday are likely to say "I see him yesterday." whereas even those who say "I done it yesterday" l.aver fail Into the absurdity of "I do it yesterday." Chicago Journal. Ilityn l)--ri the Farm. How to km lire farm help, Is one (t the most vital questions before the fanners of tills country to-day, says Fanning. Wherever one goes, lie finds that every fanner is deficient In the proper kind of help on tho farm, and that many fanners are hampered and prevented from doing the best work possible for lark of elliclent help. Twenty-live years ago this dlfllculty did not conl rout the farmers to any thing like the extent existing to-day, Tiien, the buys of the families remain ed on the farm and were not above aid ing their lathers In their farm work. The daughters were satlslied to help their mothers In the dairy and kitchen ami to Julii Willi the men mid boys on Hie farm in milking the cows und do lug the ,jio'". l-'lrtvirk. Fireworks originated In tho thlr tteiitli eei'tury, along with the evolu tion of p.tuder ami cannon. They were liit employed h.v the Florentines, and later the ii.nc oi fireworks became pop ular l:i 1! Hue at the creation of the Popes. The II; st fireworks which resemble those whicli we see nowadays were in inul'act in id by Torre, mi Italian al-ilst, and displayed In I'uris In ITDt. If u" the people were 'andldates wt could n't ailing easier with I hem. Are you so conceited that you bellert people never talk behind your buck? LITE STRENGTH MOVES THE WORLD. By F. Cater, M. D. The strength of life Is derivable from cv 'pral sources. Some men live by mind-force, jome by nerve-force, others ergy, and not a few exclusively by the grutlll CMtlon of their animal appetites. Life Is ca pable of being expressed In forms or trains of actions apparently widely differing In charac ter. Hence we speak of the forms and order of life as composing a successive series of grades, rising from the lowest conceivable spark of vi tality to the full blaze of Intellectual genius. Life In man energizes the whole of his compound being. The problem of Individual life when the task of living be comes difficult Is to discover In what particular direction lies the source of vital power meet readily accessible and productive, and so to live that the supply of life-strength through that channel is adequate to the needs of the whole body. Nerve-force is quite different from mind-force, for ob viously a mati may be nervous without In the least degree being Intellectual. A man of nerves lives by the energy of his favorite pursuits. Cut hlin off from these, and he will soon languish. The acta he performs ore not life giving or health-preserving In themselves, but they have become to him sources of Happiness. Fashion praises field sports and the chase fls healthful, but they can be so only to the extent to which they are sources of life strength to their devotees. There Is no better form of life Insurance than that represented by the policy of ac cumulative life-strength Issued by the beuevolcut corpo ration of Mind, Muscle and Nerve. WHEN POOR PEOPLE WED. By Marriage Is a partnership, and ns such every matter pertaining to the married state should lie frankly treat ed; there should be no subterfuges. Really, when I think of poor folks get ting married and starting out on the voyage of life my heart faints a little. It Is so dreadful to realize that they quarrel over 50 cents worth of sugar or twenty-five jiounds of flour. The bare details of daily living bring us down so closely to the level -.'.4 :Ss "WJ V '.- V' - ; A-1. ; C-7 'V, iiiifti m i Adh In Juliet v. siRALSM. 0f gavagcs we see ourselves so bereft of the Godlike qualities that love temporarily Invests us with It really looks scary to us old folks who see things as they are. I often marvel at the courage which we bring to lear upon our dally living. Where do we gt the heart and hope that carries us through long years of self-denial and sacrifice? So much the greater part of tho success of mnrrled life depends uptni the wife that It Is to her especially that one feels like addressing remarks upon the subject This Is particularly true of poor folks. When a couple starts with little In life almost the entire responsibility THE WITHERED ROSE. Your petals once, O withered rose. Had fragrance which diey claim no more, And she who wore you, I suppose, Iln lost the bloom she had of yore. How many years have pnssl since she Removed you from her gentle breast And, sighing, hnnded you to me To be coueenled beneath my vest I O willierod rose', to me you bring A thousand thoughts of bygone days ; Aroutnl your farted petnls cling Sweet memories of winding way ! But was it Isabel or Grace Or blushing Juliet or Marie Who trembling, took you from your place Upon her gentle breast for me? Chicago Record-IIerahl. I Their Fresh Start I HEAR the Clarion's got a new lease o' life," says SI Budloug to Elmer Harriott, as they met at the isist olllce. "Yuas," replied Elmer, reflectively, as he shifted Ills cud to the other cheek. "Know tho circumstances?" "Why, no; can't say's I do. Cnrt rlglit was tellln' me they was a woman In it" "Waal, as to that, It was yes and no. You see, that young editor, Ridley, Just out o' college, didn't calcerlate they was anything that was wuth knowiu In tho Journalistic line that he didn't hcv cornered. He begun by be In' Independent In politics. Now, Bow- din County's voters nln't got any yeller streak o' Independence la em It's straight DImmycrat or Republican for all males over 21, except them that's Id tho insane asylum or the cemetery. So the Clarion's subscription list didn't grow so everlastln swift an' the adver- tisln' patronage kinder dwindled. "Then thero was the country corrO' spondeiits. They sent In anything they wanted to write and Ridley printed It Do had to tako their stuff on faith, bellevin' It was all straight goods. 'Toper and Ink bills were put In an attorney's hands fur collection, an' the end was near. Ridley was feelln blue, Ho had about mado up his mind to quit the Independence racket Last Wednes day morula' lie was actually wrltln' up a leader showla the lnevltabul trend o' public sentiment, an' propositi' Judge llolcomh, of Cedarvllle, as a runlu' mate for Bryan, w hen in conies a black- eyed young woman to his ofllce, an' she was niadder'n a wet hen. She (lashes a copy of the previous week's Clarion in front o Ridley, an' sez. In a voice uuaverln' with emosliuii. 'Read that! "Ridley wus gettln' used to demon strations of tills sort, so ho didn't fellow no particular fcclin' us lie noted marked Item In the letter from Glover's Fiats: "Reported, thet hn. Harder am Fanny Brlce are agulu on siamkiu terms. That's right, youngsters; kiss, an' make up.' "'Did you write that?' asks the lady "'Personally, not guilty,' says Rid ley. "'It's scandalous,' says she, 'that you newspaper iiicu don't hold uothlu' sa cred. What do you mean by flauntiii tho prlvato affairs of the resptstabl citizens Of Glover's Flats before the whole world?' "'Your question Is extremely flatter ita',' says Ridley, smlllu', try In" to for the success of the venture rests with the wife. To be sure, there are certain tilings demanded of t lie bus liHiid. He must be built on reasonably strong lines a short, he must be a fairly decent fellow, and not actual ly lazy. But the wife must be more. She must odd to every quality required of the man a thousand and one little accomplishments and bits of cleverness and tact Only a woman can successfully cope with poverty. Any man will liecotne squalid, unkempt, pitiful, when the wolf be gins prowling. But a woman knows a thousand ways to baffle til in She knows how to lay a white cloth on the table and make a flower bloom in the window. She knows how to convert plain fare Into dainties, and serve It In attractive style; she knows how to he fine and dainty In cheap attire and to give the look of home to plain rooiiis utterly lacking In luxury. It Is hard to bring a woman to the point of unlove llness In daily life have you noticed how seldom It hap pens? When It does. It Is a dreadful thing, a tblng to bo spoken of with baited breath, and yet we know not what supreme genius we demand of a woman when we take It as a matter of course that she shall be good and clean and cheerful aud sweet under the terrible burden of life long poverty. by muscular en OUR PAST IS TOE . Juliet V. Strmuaa. we have endured, an anguish which we have experi enced, a love which has covered us with smiles and tears. Our past, It Is ourselves, that which we are and that which we shall become; our past, It Is our secret pro mulgated by the mouth of the years. It Is the most mys terious Image of our being, overtaken and guided by Time. To him who would see paraded before him the divers pasts of n human asembly, It would be most rtlflicult to designate which of those pasts he would wish to live. Perhaps he would deceive himself mortally In choosing on existence which overflows, as with enormous Joys, while ids glance would light with Indifference upon an other apparently deserted but peopled with serene emo tions and with redeeming, lofty thoughts. Because we know well that a thought sutllces to overturn, as pro foundly as would a grand victory or a grand defeat, that which destiny has given to us and that which it has re served for us. It makes no noise, It dashes no pebbles on the Illusory route which we see; but tranquilly It raises an indestructible pyramid at the turning of the road more real because It Is secret ; and suddenly ail that has happened to us, even to the phenomena, of the earth and of the heavens, takes a new direction. smooth her down. 'I'm sorry if the statement of our able correspondent has given offense. If you desire to make any correction for publication,' Buys he, tokln" up his pencil. ' 'No, no, no !' soys she, beginning to be frightened. 'Don't put our names to gether ogaln. It's false that item of yours. I haven't spoken to Ehenezer Harder for six months, aud unless he explains I shall never speak to him again. But how did you what will lie think V And with that sho burst right out eryln'.' "Ridley started to apologize, but she rushes out the door and shuns It after her. Then she conies back In an In stant, scared to death, on' she sort o' stage-whispvrs to htm, 'lie's comln' up here. Put me somewhere, quick.' "Ridley pointed to u closet an' she Jumps In an' pulls the door to. ' "In walks a young man and says: Is this Mr. Ridley?' " The same, says Ridley. 'Have a chair.' "'Mr. Ridley,' says he, slttln' down opposite an' asmunln' a confidential tone, 'my name's Harder, and I live at Glover's Flats. I ain't been hut two years out o Harvard, an' it may be I've got more money than brains, for my guv'ner left me enough to live on If I don't do a stroke o' work the rest "IT'S BCANI1ALOUS !" SAYS UK. o my days. But I won't farm it. Jour nallsm is my long suit, journalism. I worked two years on the Crimson aud I've reported for the city papers, au I've got the writla fever. I've been watching the Clarion right along, an' you're ull rigid, but you ain't gettlu' on. You've got to quit Independence. I kin see you've got Dlmiuycratlc lean ings, an' It's easy to flop. Do that, an' we'll win. I say we, beeuuso you're goln' to take me In us a worklu' part ner. I'll puy the bills to-morrow uu' we'll start her off on a new tack. I kin git Into the kind o' work I love, an' we'll have her up to 3,000 a week in a year's time. Is It a go?' "They was u haze In front o' Ridley's eyes, an' be didn't say uothlu' for a spell. Thiii they Just cius,.; hands across tiie table and looked at each other hard. "After u pause Ridley says. In a low tone: 'Harder, jou'ro an angel. How about the girl.' "The girl!" says Harder, surprised. 'What girl? OU, yes,' hit continues 'there's a girl. T'iI confide. Tills Is ail for her. Six months ago, after she had heeii uaggiu' me to go uu' do snuielliin and be somebody,' she says, "Have you tint makin' of a real man in yuu, any way?'' "Yes, I have," 1 says, "but If that's the way you feel about it tin1 less we see of each other the better for both of us." An' I've kept cut of he suhl from that day to thU. But she' tUfre yet. un' I know she's true blue au' If the Clarion wins IMAGE OF OUR BEING. By Maurice Maeterlinck. Above all, do not envy the past of any man. Our past -was created by ourselves for our selves alone. Good or evil, sparkling or grave, It Is like a museum which holds the unique masterpieces which speak only to us; be cause no stranger masterpiece would know how to equal n deed which we have accom plished, a kiss which we hove received, a beauty which we have felt, a suffering which "Ridley had his eye ou the closet door. " 'Six months without a word's ratheri rubbln' It In, don't you think?' says he., "'It Is,' says Harder. 'But on the; strength of our prospects, by George I' can break the ice when I get home. to-day. Eh? Why not?' Ridley points to a printed card over, his desk which read, 'Do It Now.' , , 'Eh?' says Harder, lookln' puzzled. But her arms was about, his neck. . " 'By the way,' says Harder, with a, mischievous smile, as five minutes later! the two rose to go, 'I've been kind o'i leadlu' up to this, as you may have noticed In last week's Clarion.' "'How's that?' nsks Ridley. '"Why, you ought to know,' says Harder, 'that for three months I've teen your correspondent from Glover'i lats.' " Chicago New s. DlHprlnilnatlns; Patriot lum. When Charles Dudley Warner was & newspaper editor in tho earlier sixties he was accustomed to write his edi torials tiiMin the war with fervid haste,, regardless of all consideration of hanl-J writing. i One day a typesetter left the com-i prising room and appeared at the edi-i tor's desk , "Mr. Warner," he said, "I've decided! to enlist lu the army." With mingled emotions of pride and responsibility Mr. Warner replied that It pleased him that the man felt the call to duty. "Oh, It Isn't that," said the truth ful compositor, "but I'd rather bo shot than set your copy." Pittsburg Press. A "Private' AUra Lorn. j "Private" Allen, of Mlssisnlppl, wh'.I n Congress was fond of telling about a flue old gentleman down In Tupe'o whose habit was to sit on a dry goods box and talk politics. Ills hobby wan that the ofllce should seek the ninu aud not tho man the ofllce, and be waxed eloquent Ui the discussion of. his chosen theme. Finally he deter-l uit.ied to become a candidate himself! a id went out upon an electioneering! tour. When his friends twitted h!uti about his change of front he repllel: "Oh, yes, the ofllce should seek tho mm, but the man should be around to that tho olllce may find him." A Geographical Freak, a OIII MKB. EL'KOPB Mt.NUI.NO A BOOT WAV KKAlHI Y UK SKK.N BY 6TANDI.N0 A MAP Or' tl'BOI'B OS EMI. Occasionally the wires get crossed) and u minister answers the cull of somebody else to preach. A por excuse is worse than no Xj run. 1 '. T4l"