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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1907)
(Dakota Comity Herald DAXOTJk. CITT, NEB. : John H. Ream, - Publisher Xaturullv a fimn would rather part Ala hair thnn part with It. , After hearing some men talk you are surprised at the small hats tbejr wear. Russia has had an earthquake, hut It ailed to ahake any of the grand dukes loose. Aiwa he polite to everybody. But don't let lhat Interfere with your get ting your fair share. Reports from Cuba say the treasury la full to bursting. It will be well to keep a sharp eye the revolutionists. The blood-ls-thleker-than-woter senti ment doesn't seem to apisal very strongly to Englishmen of the Swollen-ham-Sir Alfred Jones type. Dr. Wiley says cold meat isn't good after three months. Koine e.f the cold meat served nt bonrdlng-houscs doesn't taste good after three days. The man who says blondes will dis appear In 600 years has perhaps over looked the fact that the drug stores ex pect to be working right along. h.ir i. nna- Issnln J25 bills, but as they will be Just as scarce as nil other kinds, the change does not apical to the average bread-winner. A western political club la said to havs adopted the strawberry as Its em blem. Then the members ought to know each other by their strawberry marks. It may be true, as scientists allege, I that the man of the future will be tall- r. But the man of tho present who dabbles la futures usually finds himself shorter. ' Germany la becoming aroused to the necessity of putting a stop to robberies on railway trains. Is the train boy equally piratical and unconscionable over there? Some of tho people of Torto Rico are talking of "winning liberty with sword and gun from the servitude Imposed by the United States." It may be neces sary for Taft to pack his grip again. The secret of Senator Beverldge's great Interest in children has been dis covered. Somebody who has been dig ging Into his record has found that Mr. Beverldge was cuice a child himself. The Chicago university Is said to bare received from Mr. Rockefeller, In round numbers, about $19,000,000. The least It can do to show its grati tude Is to discover an efficient hair re storer. The circus freaks ore reported to be forming a union. The word "circus" will, of course, bar from membership a good many people who ere going up and , down this country posing as re formers. British merchants propose to demand Indemnities for the losses they expect to sustain through the suppression of t,be p,luni traffic In China. The British mercunm continues to regara u as nn outrage when an uplift of any kind In terferes with his profits. A committee of English and Ameri can admirers of the poeU Keats and Shelley have purchased the house In Rome In. which Keats died, In 1821. Shelley, who occupied a house oppo site, was drowned In 3822. It Is plan ned to make the Keats house a memo rial of the two poets, and to gather In it a collection of books, manuscripts and portraits relating to them and their works. The memorla' association also purposes assuming tho care of the grave of the poets at the Protestant cemetery In Rome. The proposition of President McCrea to Increase the age at which men may enter the employment of the Pennsylva nia railroad to 45 years Is recognized as the result of the scarcity of labor. It would be correct to recognize that the scarcity is In Us ratio to the demand. There are more laborers, skilled and unskilled, In the country than ever be fore, but the demand for their service has increased In greater proportion than the supply. We need not claim that there Is not much Improvement yet to be sought But It U certainly the historical tact that the competitive era bss, as one of Its chief results, wrought an Immense Improvement in the com pensation of labor and Its Industrial liberty. Someone, discussing the ways of women In business recently, says a partial explanation of their success lu many callings Is due to their thinking they are still on trial, which leads them to take a great deal more pains to please their patrons than do men en gaged In the same klud of work. To a certain extent this may be true; that Is, women do feel that they are still serv ing an apprenticeship In undertaking work that has been the exclusive Held of men for generation. But m wom en have been Iiuusekeejiers since the world began and as they are as faith ful and steadfust in this profession In the present tlmo as they were centuries ago it seems safe to argue that u similar thing may he said of them years benctt In commenting mi their siilvcs ta business. Alfred Mosely, the English philan thropist. Is a warm friend of America. He has shown his appreciation of this country In a number o.' convincing , ways. He has sent several special commissions across the water In order thut England might be Improved by i reason of the advance made In Amer . lea. He has given added ImiK-tUM to V9 schools of England by sending many tttacbers to the I'nllel States to ob serve and leirn. He himself has studied this country from many points of view, end studied It not from the Standpoint of a hcttilo critic but from that of one who seeks to know In or- der to Improve himself. For these rea sons the opinions of Mr. Mosely arc entitled to great respect, and when lie expresses his tel!ef that the high stand ard of living Is a real jieril to Amer ica It Is worth while to consider tho subject. This high living often ap proaches ruthless extravagance, he says, the luxuries of yesterday being counted the necessities of to-day. A re action Is bound to come, and when It does It will be attendeu by disaster. No one can doubt that Americans, as a rule, live well. Hut they can afford to. Some of them ore spending all they make, some more thnn they make, but others have accounts In tho savings banks to show that they are not un mindful of tho possible "rainy day" ahead of them. There are some fea tures of present American soclnl con ditions which are distinctly gratifying and which are working directly against the dangers which nppear on the sur face when a foreigner looks at some particular phase of life. The danger from the high living does not scein so Important as the other suggestion that American prosperity Is leading to In efficiency and corruption. "In bygone years, Sir. Mosely notes, "one was Im pressed with the thorough way In which everything was done and every detail thought out, but the same Is not true to-day. On the contrary, there are signs that everything Is becoming slip shod. Work Is Inetllelently done and badly finished." Thnt Is a common chargo brought by foreigners against American incllio.ls. It Is snia that we o not build for all time but for a few years only. It Is said thnt our prod ucts are not compurable for nicety and precision with the output of the manu facturing establishments of the old world. We have been fairly content with the results when American made goods have come into competition with those of other nations, and yet even this good record should not blind us If there Is such a marked deterioration In workmanship that It Is noticed by a careful observer. Mr. Mosely thmks everything overdone and overcrowded, Everybody appears to be In too great a hurry, so that In tho race for success and WMun many of the former good characteristics of the country ore dls- appearing. But the same things hnve been noted by travelers for n hundred years. Americans nave always iiccn in a hurry. Diphtheria A few years ago this was one of the most fatal of the diseases of childhood, and was frequently 'kho cause of death In adults as well, but to-day, thanks to tho discovery of antitoxin, It has been tdiorn e.f ninny of Its terrors, although It Is Htlll n disease to be dreaded. In the early days from one-quarter to one- thlrd of those attacked died, but now the mortality has fallen to one In ten. The first sign of the disease Is usual ly a sore throat, although this symptom mny De preceded or a short time by a Ml,ut fover. headache and eenernl las sltude. The muco'is membrane of the thrcjit Is first reddish and swollen, or It may be paler than usual, but In a few hours, or sometimes a day or two, whitish siecks appear on the tonsils or the palate. These specks booh Increase In extent, and form a membrane cover' ing a greater or lesser area. Tho throat alone may Be affected This constitutes the mildest form Again, the inflammation with the for motion of membrane may extend U the nostrils or to the larynx. The parts beneath the membrane are swollen sometimes enormously, and an abuud ant discharge covers all tho surface. Any of the mucous membranes of the body may be affected, but the parts mentioned are those which are most commonly attacked. At the same time with the formation o.f membrane general symptoms occus, showing that the poison absorbed Into the blood stream has caused serious chauges In the blood aud nervous sys tem. A special danger In diphtheria Is heart failure. The poloon of the dis ease seems t have a social affinity toe the heart. A common sequel of diphtheria Is a temporary yj!'ysls. Involving first the suft palate, 0 oner ally it goes no fur ther, but W may attack the arms or legs, or any of the muscles In the body. The usual treatment of diphtheria Is by the Injectbm f antitoxin. In addi tion to this, measures hnve to be taken to prevent failure of the heart and to keep up the general strength. When the disease Involves the larynx, death may threaten through choking, and lu this case It Is necessary to Insert a tulte between the vocal cords to allw the patient to breathe. Youth's Compan ion. Muaeuiu of Mualc. Vienna will shortly kssvsh a muse um exclusively devoted to music. In the iiMdcrn world, at least, no city itiuld be more appropriately chosen for Its municipal associations. Instru ments, nwi'iuscrlpls, portraits, sculp tures, ur.d, lu fact, everything ussix-lu-ted with great musicians, will k repre sented. The collect lou will be especial ly rich In Its historical side, it will in clude orlirlnul scores hv Bach, llauilcl, Meui'.t issohn, Sisihr, Wels-r, Mozart, Bocihuvcn, mid lira hum. There will also be u cuuplete collection ,f phnoj Illustrating the development of tho in strument from Its lM-gluuliig. Beware of the man who never miss es uu opportunity to say that there isn't money enough lu circulation to buy him. Sooner or later you will find liiui on tho hargaln counter. An old bachelor uai:t to Li.aw what life without love U II it Isn't married life. , A pleasing (conversationalist Is a per son who tultls to ytu about yourself. THE BAJiriVAIlD HEN HEARS Chicago Tribune. SAHARA DESERT. Inn-Ilikril Kegrlon of Ileaolatlon and Ever Shifting; Sand. In the event that It becomes neces sary for France to Intervene In the affairs of Morocco, In the Interests of International order, the scene of her first operations will be In the desert region where the French colony of Algiers and the country of the Moors Join. French troops are now posted In thnt region anil a more dismal set ting for military operations It would be difficult to find. Under the name of the Algerian Sahara the great desert of Subara extends Into Algeria, along the southern base of the Atlas mountains end closely approaches the Mediterra nean west of the Gulf of Cabes. The Immensity of this great barren region can scarcely 1ms realized. The Sahara desert embraces some 3,200,000 square miles and presents an alternation of ! SAND WAVES OF immense burning wastes of loose and moving sand, with tracts of barren rock, stony plains of gravel and elevat ed and rocky plateaus rising Into mountains, with extensive valleys and expanses of sand between. Some of the valleys aro depressed below the level of tho ocean. Under tho Influences of meteorological conditions operating for centuries the particles composing the sandstone end other rocks are dlstute grated and these particles curried away by the mighty wlud that sweeps the soli, wander afar until they come to a standstill in the hollows. Such Is the orlicln of the extensive saudy tracts of which the accompanying Illustration gives a good Idea. In these belts or strips the sand haltlug against the smallest obstacles accumulates around them and generally the downs thus cre ated assume the form of the waves of the sea, their fall and motion being with the direction of the prevailing wind. Rain Is utterly unknown except lu the oases and on the mountains, where It sometimes falls with such violence as to produce torrents that suddenly ttt w?s j&9o&es& I wWSjaM( mm iujuiiiii A CONTRAST OF TWO CIVILIZATIONS IN THE HESEKT. pour down into the valleys aud almost as suddenly disapisar beneath the Hands. These rains full at long inter vals, 9, 12 and even 20 years Inter veiling between them. Notwithstanding tho oltaleg of tho desert, It Is con stantly crossed on various routes by caravans of traders and muny nomadic Arabs inuke It their home. The camel Is the chief beast of burden and were it not for this "ship of the desert" the burning wastes would be Impassable for man. Along these onravan routes oases are found lu placet where underground sources of wntei exist. Vegetation flourishes In these restricted areas und date palms, affording a grateful shade, thrive. Of lute strange sights to the natives have been seen along some of these caravan routes. Modernism has luvudcd them. I taring tourists have run their automobiles, to the consterna tion of the Arabs, into the oasva which OF THE "EGO TRTJ3T." never before witnessed other means of locomotion except that furnished by the camels. A strange contrast Indeed it must le to see the motor enr of civiliza tion whirling along routes where for centuries the four-legged "ship of the desert" stood without a compeer. But so It is. Civilization Is forcing Its way into every nook of the world. But while It may thus lend n picturesque as- jiect to desert locomotion. It will never change the essentials of the great waste, whose shifting sands are forever in motion like the billows of the troii bled sea; Odd Halilta of I'heaaanta. There Is some curiosity as to how muny English pheasants will be raised In Kansas this year. The average num ber of birds raised by each pair of par ent birds Is sixty. With 2,000 In the State this would nienn about 7.000,000 birds in two years. The woods and A DESERT SEA. fields would be overrun with them at this rate. However, there are many foes of the birds and they are killed every year In great numbers. The sleet storms are particularly hard on them, as the water freezes on their long plu mage and they are unable either to tly or run fast. When In this condition they are ensy prey to dogs and wolves. One of the queerest. habits the birds have Is to in Ignite In the late winter thirty-live miles. It is claimed that the birds always migrate exactly thirty five miles nnd always to the south. The young never stay where they were hatched, but make this move as soon as they are large enough. Naturalists have never been able to explain this. The only theory advanced Is that the birds know if they stuy where they were hatched the country would soon be overstocked with them. Kansas City Journal. The llraalana I'layed. It is a matter of re-ord that upon the first official celebration of Iude IH'tidence day by the Continental Con gress music was secured for the o-a- '. nS slon by forcing the Hessian band. which had been captured by tieorct Washington at Trenton lu the previous iH-ceiiiiH'r, to piay in tue punne square ail day, to the great delight and amuse ment' of the people. It Is also stated that I ls luvoluutaiy celebrants were obliged to practice appropriate ulrs for three weeks previously lu order that they could not plead .Ignorance as nu excuse. Jncllelnl Wit. "Her Christian name Is Handel," ex plained a witness at West Main, "but klie didn't like it ami tool; up Annie Instead." ".Most people," oliM-rved the magis trate, "prefer a handle to their names." Which, considered Judicially, would itpiM'ar u brlUi.iut t-ally.- -London Tr bum;. A frenzied inlander h the opcu seusou for sucker Is novt-f closed. JUSTICE THE NEED OF THE HOTJB. By Rev. Newell Among tho dark problems of llfo we must make a place for the Injus tice that noble men sometimes suf fer. Long ago Jerusalem crucified Its Saviour, Athens poisoned its mas ter, Florence burned Its hero, but to day every town and village holds at least one martyr to cruel and unjust judgments. REV. DR. HUMS. Ours Is a world Jn w hich the clerk cial failure of bis employer; where the officeholder Is ruined by the political mistakes of the party leader; Where the child Is destroyed by the sins of the father. Employers sometimes surfer grievously by reason of economic events over which they have no control; some times the citizen suffers through the sensational press; sometimes the author or editor suffers through cruel criticism over events for whose evil eonsuences he Is in no wise responsible. This problem of unjust judg ment and this bearing of injustice in silence Is one of the hardest problems that mini experiences. Injustice public men have to endure In silence. The need of the hour Is for Justice and truth in judg ment The full facts are perhaps never before any of us. But In general men are far better than they are believed to be. The good In the world outweighs the 111. The prophet saw man ns part gold and part clay, but the proportion of gold Is mole and more and the clay Is less and less. The world lins bad too mnuy teachers pois oned' unjustly. Too many reformers martyred without cause. Too ninny heroes who are victims of malignity, Jealousy and hute. There Is too much good In the worst men and too much bad In the best men to leave any place for Injustice, harshness or cruelty. THE MATTER OF FIRE INSURANCE. By P. W. Fltzpatrlck. Since 1800 e have paid in insurance pre miums $3,G22.OO0,O0, or Just In the last teu years, ?1,G10,S.S.",(HI0. In 11K)." we carried into the Insurance companies, over $1!)(!,(X)0,000 In premiums and got bnckin pnld losses the sum of $05,000,000, which was supiwsed to console us for the loss of about $180,000,000 In wnoke and fully that much more for fire departments und other alleged "protection." San Fran cisco offers the latest Illustration of how really does protect. Property to the value of fully $3.'0,000,000 was destroyed; the city and country suf fered a business loss by the tire in that city of nearly a billion dollars; It will take at least $12,000,000 to clean Tip the city, and undoubtedly $400,000,000 and twenty years' time to rebuild it. ' For all and cost the citizens will receive GOLD MINING - Ng T. TWA 7? SIBERIAN PEASANTS WORKING THEIR OWN MINE. Siberia Is phenomenally rich lu tho precious metals and has developed a system of mining peculiarly Its own. A curious feature Is the wny the ground is prospected aud opened up by the peasant "trlbutors," as they are called. Termlsslou Is readily granted to sink shafts wherever they like, subject to the conditions that they can only go down as far as water-level, usually about sixty feet, and that all the quartz extracted must be treated at the mill of the ground landlord, and all gold extracted sold to him at a rate previously de cided upon, leaving a fair profit for the peasant nnd an extra good one for the landlord. There Is no philanthropy about the transaction, and the peasant Is lu no wny bound to accept the terms. 'o charge whatever Is made for the use of mill. The field Is thus practically developed for nothing rich reefs which would probably remain undiscovered are opened by up "trlbu-' tors," who frequently make fortunes out of rich strikes. The mine owner Is thus continually in touch with all that Is going on, and duly records the results of the operations for his own benefit In the mining operations women as well as men do their share of the work. NOVEL CURES FOR SNORING. t'aae of Offradlnar Policeman Sag- areata Heuirdlra for lllaraae. Very many of our readers will be Interested In the ultimate fate of the unfortunate snoring policeman who has been banished from his fellow sleepers and caged ut night in sound-proof quar tern. Perhaps the dreadful Infirmity, now that It has the olllclal recognition of his superiors, may call for some suitable scientific treatment. If so the great army of snorers can covertly watch the outcome with nil the cunning and complacency of undiscovered trans gressors. ' We are glad we can make the start with a perfectly fair cast;, for convic tion of the nuisance Is always most dif ficult to obtain. The culprit must be caught with the snore on him and in the presence of reliable ear witnesses. No one hns ever been known to ac knowledge his fault coluntarlly. On the contrary, one of the surest signs of the con tinned malady Is his persistent denial of its existence, rie is not satis fied to plead luck of premeditation and absence of accountability, but openly Impugns the motives of his clamorous accusers. Tho worst of it is that on all other matters he Is perfectly reason able. This makes It extremely dilll cult to obtain bis consent for treatment of any suit. We speak now of snorers as a class. Tho only tusy way Is to tackle them when they cannot resist There ure various approved methods not only In genious but cfftvtlve for temporarily arresting the sonorous, rasping and vi brating rcnplrutory spasms. The most popular, perhaps, is the elbow thrust In the ribs. Next comes the gentle p'uch of tho nose, whereny part of the wind current Is shut off. Some huve ad vised thut the uose be clasped by a clothespin even before retiring, but un fortunately the subject of the experi ment almost invariably demurs. Others have recommended Kitting on the chest. hut this Is rather s hazardous proeede lng for both parties, and so also Is n temporary twist of the windpipe, uu Dwlght Hill I a. companies $132,000,000, a goodly portion of which sum they themselves contributed. It Is late In the day, but at last people are beginning to learn thnt of all "Insurance" the best Is to build prop erly In the first place, to construct so that Internal fire or conflagrations can Inflict but the minimum of damage. And It can be done so easily and at such slight additional cost above thnt of the most flimsy construction. Why,, take for Instance, the Board of Underwriters' laboratory In Chicago, the most iK-rfectly fireproof building In the country, with all the "frills" and accessories that we have been clamoring for for years to make buildings more thoroughly proof against fire, and, In spite of all that. It has cost but a trifle over 10 ier cent more than if It had been built in the usual shoddy way. Consid ering Its longevity, freedom from repairs, Htnl the elim ination of Insurance, or, nt least, the payment of heavy premiums, and thut building within a few years of Its erection means nn actual and grbat economy to the Indi vidual, and from the day of Its completion a godsend to the community. suffers In the finan PURE FOOD IS GREAT TRIUMPH. By P. M. Hanney and outraged of organs, with the result that we have almost become a nation of dyspeptics. It has been the victim of legalized wholesale poisoners before whoni the Borglas of Italy and nil oMier Infamous toxlcologlsts of history fade Into utter Insignificance. There is no more ominous and appalling sight in the world than the In numerable red lights that flash from the drug stores of American cities ; they ore the danger signals thiit tell -every citizen of the continual menace to health and life that lurks In his daily food. The world keeps moving, nnd the march of science unit cfvlllzatlon goes on over shams, frauds, and humbugs of every kind. Without reviving the days when every man smoked his own bacon nnd grew his own cabbage, we are getting so that every man may obtain genuine and wholesome diet, be he carnivorous or vegetarian, that . every man inny know what he is eating, even If he be newly niorrled and his wife does the cooking. Tho era of the wooden nutmeg Is gone, the era of the painted strawberry Is going. The clouds of gastronomic doubt and danger drift away behind; the sun of health and digestion glows In front; and soon, according to the signs, we may reach the happy period when the food color artists cense from troubling and the adulterators are at rest. much Insurance of that terrific loss from the insurance IN SIBERIA. less performed by skilled manlnnlator. uut no matter what ts done the dis ease. Is well known to recur Indsflnlte- ly. In most Instances death appears to be the only common relief for the peace disturber and his surviving relatives. But the end should never be hastened The poor policeman for the present can lie safe In his cupola, but how long re mains to be seen. Twice last summer the place was struck by lightning. The main hope now Is that man nnd cuiwla may both alter their habits Is-fore It bo too late. Meanwhile the neighborhood must plug Its ears and wait. New York Herald. NEW STAR ON THE FLAG. The War Department has ordered the alteration of the flag made uec essury by the admission of Oklahoma Into the Union, now an aggregation of forty-six States. The department has also fixed on the spot for the new star aud now flagmukers are bard at work preparing new banners with an addl tional star In the lower right band cor ner. It Is now in oriler for every patri otic American either to provide himself with a new flag or to add a star to the old oue. Kara Willing (a Wrd. Maiden lady (rescued from drown ing, to her rescuer) How run I eve thank you, noble young man? Aro you married? "No; hive you a pretty daughter?" Megseiplorfer Blaetter mMml Well nnd properly administered, the pure food law cannot fall to work an Immense Im provement In the condition of the general peo ple, to elevate nnd dignify the tone of the nation. It Is indeed high time for It to come, i for serious and pressing Is the need of it. If! there Is one thing In the world that needs , looking after and repairing it Is the American stomach. It hns long been the most abused HOME FROM ADAM TILL NOW. lace Where Painter and number Meet at Intervals. The home is supposed to be a place where children can congregate, pro tected from the allurements of the world nnd the advice of the neighbors. mil where parents enn quarrel judi ciously without too much Interruption, rays Life. Iu reality, however, the home Is a place where decorators, puint- ers, furniture men and plumbers meet at Intervals In order that they may re vel In luxury of their own. Homes huve been In vogue for some little time. Adam and Eve started the first one, and it would have been well with them had It not been necessary to send out the washing. Thus the ser vant question was started aud the ruin. of man followed, A home Is what Is left after you have pald.the taxes, the Interest on the mort gage and the Installment man. To owiv more than one home is not to have any. Homes were nt one time popular In this country. When, by going out In the back yard to milk the cow, one wa In danger of being scalped, tho home was at the height of Its popularity. Owing, however, to the decreasing de mand for babies and the increasing demand for alimony, homes are being: locked upon with disfavor. Iu tho suburbs the home still flick ers on. Kept nnve ny certain insuucis handed down from a past age. It Is Impossible at present to say Just how long the home will coutlnue to exist It is hard to raise children and mortgages at the same time. It is quite evident that cooks and children are gradually disappearing. This greatly simplifies the problem. In all probability the race of the fu ture wdll be divided Into two, classes those who, having become worn out Ijoklng for servants, are now In sani tariums being taken care of by the government, and those who still con tinue to work for the trusts, unincum bered by babies or bank accounts. Ylrtuea in Varlona Getua. There Is hardly n precious stone that has not some, superstition connected with it. The Neapolitans will wear amuleti of coral to avert the evil eye, and perhaps souic will reuie.uher wear- lug a string of amber beads about their, necks during their childhood to ward off sore throats. A piece of agate worn, on the person Is supposed to be an lu-' fullible guard against lightning and some persons have asserted that It was a cure for thirst what kind they did not mention. The beryl was by the ancients sup posed to bo a sure cure for leprosy and to promote happiness betwoeu man and wife. Turquoise is said to be a protec tion against fulls nnd sudden injuries. The topaz was highly prized by the an cients, who believed that it had magi cal powers of dispelling enchantments and culmlng frenzy. The sapphire was believed by the an cients to be emblematic of chastity. The pagans dedicated It to Apollo. The green emerald Is held in highest es teem by the Peruvians and the wor ships of Mantu still believe that the mines whence are extracted all emer alds ure guarded by terrible genii uud dragons. perhaps more superstition attaches itself to the opal nowadays than to anyi other stone. On the contrary, tho an cients considered that this fiery gonj had the power of tendering its owner' lovable and also of bestowing on hln the gift of Invisjblllty. You can live wuy off on a lonly farm, but trouble will come to yon ect there. A critic Is a mau who couldu't havsj done It himself.