Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NEB
IOHN K. REAM,
Publisher.
Letters thnt mny hurt In later years
rt never burned or lout.
Jf you wish to use a higher priced
ibiedleal term for "brain storm" call It
jpsychoklnesla.
Graver Cleveland la 70 years old.
bow these boys do grow up, as Henry
Q. tavls of West Virginia would say.
Yellow Is a favorite color this year,
nd suicides who Insist upon taking
tfarls green will not be considered at
til fashionable.
That Philadelphia man who Is ac
cused of marrying ICO women must
have been upending a tidy mini for mar
riage licenses and ministers' fees.
A Michigan mother broke her arm
the other day while spanking her eon.
In her case It must have been true tlint
It hurt her more than It did the bo.
Trof. Brandcr Matthews thinks Rhak
pearo is out of date. -Undo Tom's
Cabin" and "East Lynno" coutlnne,
however, to go on In the even tenor of
their ways.
Henry James Insinuates , thnt Ameri
can women are poor talkers. The trou
ble with Henry is that he saw the la
dles only when he was on the platform
nd they had paid for the privilege of
listening.
Both houses of the Transvaal parlia
ment have passed an ordinance provid
ing for the exclusion of Japanese and
other Asiatics who are emigrating to
South Africa in Urge numbers. There
Are so many blacks there that the
whites evidently regard one race prob
lem at a time aa quite enough.
Mr. DeGraw, the fourth assistant
postmaster general, having examined
the records of all the rural carriers
In the country, awards the palm to a
Maine woman, who bus made her trips
'In the face of rain and snowstorms
which kept the entire community with
In doors."
Citizens of a New Hampshire town
which Is Infested with moths have
shown that they know wbnt patriotism
means and what the flag stands for.
One article in the warrant for the town
meeting called for an appropriation to
exterminate the moths, another for
money with which to buy a new flag.
The first was accepted, the second re
Jected. The people agreed that the old
flag could serve every purpose of
hard-working and able-bodied flag for
at least one more year; but they knew
that the moths would not wait
America now leads the world In the
manufacture, sale and use of automo
biles. This is the declaration of
French expert who has been keeping a
record of the automobile business. Five
years ago the United States built only
14 automobiles of all classes, while t
the same time France built 23.711 aia
chines. Last year the production In the
United States was 60,000, In France
65,000, In England 28,000, In Germany
22,000, In Italy 10,000 and Belgium 12,
000. In nine years In the countries
named there have been manufactured,
sold and used 650,000 automobiles, rep
resenting more than 11,000,000,000 of
money.
New York City Is making an expert
ment In the disposition of street refuse,
jMoat of this is always paper, which Is
unsightly, and when loaded on the
street-collecting carts, enslly blows
away to litter other streets. The gar
bage-gathering cans are moved about
on a pair of wheels to which Is attach
ed an Iron rack or frame for holding
the can. The experiment consists In
putting two sheet-Iron cans together,
one Inverted above the other. The low
er one contains a grate and perfora
tlons for draft; the upper one a door
. for the receipt of the refuse. A con
at u lit fire is maintained In this fur
nace, as It Is wheeled about, and the
refuse Is consumed as it is thrown In.
Besides Insuring more thorough work
this plan enables a cleaner to cover
much larger territory, for he bus to
make no trips to the dump.
i .. t
EngllBh grammar Is a subject whlc
teachers In common schools huve al
ways found dltllcult and for that rea
eon It Is neglected In a majority of
the schools. The public school pupil
of one generation are the teachers of
the next and because their owu educu
tlou In Ei:gllKh bus been neglected th
cannot teach the subject properly if th
would, roor instruction in gramma
In common schools U followed by
cant attention to the subject In high
school and college. Having received a
poor start In common schools, students
dislike the subject und avoid it If pos
sible, with the acquiescence, too often,
of college professors. What is needed
Is a revival of Interest In the teaching
of English grammar and composition
from the common school up through tho
high school and college. Not only Is
a knowledge of rules essential but there
Is need of that frequent practice lu
writing through which aloue can be
acquired the power to write clearly and
correctly.
Again a learned college professor has
been warning young men agnlnst the
Irreparable mistake" of falling In love
and marrying before becoming estab
lished upon a solid footing In life. It
Is not worth while to repeat his argu
ments. They are as old ns the hills
and as proeale. If there Is unybody In
the world absolutely unfitted by tem
perament and tralulug for sympathetic
opinion on the question of love. It Is
the typical college professor, owl-eyed,
at iff -Jointed, bald-heuded and emotion
ally dried up from poring .over musty
books. Flesh and blood fel thnt there
Is no time for fulling In love llku tha
first opportunity. If one' tlrst love
affair "takes" and lasts good! If the
first one falls, the sooner there Is a
second the better. There, Is no more
Inspiring spectacle thun that of an old
couple, with their children and grand
children gathered about them, celebrate
Ing their golden wedding. Tim to fad
the sunset of life with serene face and
henrt full of the cultivated and gar
nered emotions of years one inuBt be
gin hiving early and keep It up. DIs-
luslnn of love la tabooed by a good
many well-moaning people. They think
It n subject only for shallow "spoonles."
And yet It Is the subject that cornea
closest home to all of us, that we all
think about a great deal at some period
or other, and that we each have to
nettle. To love a worthy woman Is a
man's first duty. And he will be whw,
if he undertakes It early In life, when
he Is wide awake to woman's faults,
when be has ceased to look upon wom
an as a divinity and begun to regard
lipr as a loving and lovable human
creature a being neither too faultless
nor too full of faults, but one whom It
Is his duty to love and caress, to guide
and chide. It Is a man's first duty to
himself, to a woman and to their pos
terity to love and be loved while yet
both he and she may be molded to
each other's ways and feel that what
ever may bo the achievements of their
lives they are In common. A man's first
business In life Is to know that you
have assured yourself happiness In a
wife thnt the Ann friend, the sympa
thetic counselor Is yours that, like a
second Aniens, yon have secured one
who In your struggle with the nerculea,
this brawny world, will endow you
with new strength every time you are
thrown upon her bosom. For yen may
sport awhile with Fortune, and lose
money and recover It again; you may,
coquet with Fnpe, make a1 place and'
lose 11 ; you mny piay even witn reputa-'
tion, In spite of malicious and foolish
tongue, and outlive the ashes of a mis
take or a questionable name, but you
never can trltle with Eros, King Love,
eldest and most Jealous of the gods,
ready to wound even Aphrodite,
BIT OF SWITZERLAND IK IOWA.
Ratcrl Ttrmmtr of a Home on tha,
Bluff of the MlHlulspl,
One of the most picturesque spots In
tho vicinity of Burlington, and proba
bly In all Iowa and the Mississippi val
ley. Is the Rcholer home, says the Bur
lington Correspondent of the Des
Moines Register. It Is known far and'
wide as the "Swiss chalet," and Is Inj
fact a perfectly constructed Swiss,
dwelling pluce. In every detail Hie
Idea Is carried out In the unique dwell-.
Ing, not only on the exterior, but with
in, where those who have visited Swlt-I
cerland and been entertained In the
homes of that country may see that
same arrangement of rooms and conve
niences as In the original structures
among the Alps.
Mr. Scholer, who was born In Swit
zerland, and received n good education
In the Institutions of that country, came
to Burlington fifty-three years ago, and
bringing with blrn an Intense affection
for the rugged fatherland sought to
mnlntaln the Inspiration In bis sur
roundings. He selected one of the most
rugged portions of land Just south of
Burlington at that time, and on the
steep side, overlooking the broad ex
panse of the Mississippi Itlver, he erect
ed the Swiss home. He did not dis
turb the wild surroundings of the place
except to tidy It up In the good old
Swiss way, and to train some vines
around the house. 1
To-duy It presents the same ruggedi
and natural beauty that attracted tho
eye of the mountain climber fifty-three
years ago, and Is one of the plensantest
views to be .obtained from the brow of
Crupo Tark. Indeed, from the most
frequented spots In the park this beau
tiful old home apjiears like a picture
of Switzerland, with the sweep of the
river beyond appenrlng as one of tho
beautiful Swiss lakes. Mr. Scholer died
the other day full of years and good
works and possessing tho regard of all
those who knew him. He left his pic
turesque home to his sons, and It will
long remnln as one of the attractive
feutureg of this locality.
April Nineteenth.
It Is nn Interesting coincidence that
many events Important In the history
of the country have occurred on April
19th. On that day. Jn 1775, the first
blood of tho Revolution was shed at
Lexington, Massachusetts the first but
tle of the war for American Independ
ence. Just, eight years from the commence
ment of the war, or on April 19, 1783,
cessation of hostilities wua proclaimed
In tho American army.
John Jay was cou firmed by the Sen
ato at Philadelphia on April 19, 1784,
as special envoy to England.
On April 19, 1817, during the war
with Mexico, tho American troops en
tered Jain pa.
On April 10, IS.'O, tho famous Bul-wer-Ciayton
treaty wus signed, which
provided that neither Englund nor the
United States should obtain exclusive
control over the Central America luter
ocenn canal, or erect any fortification.
In the (until rone. ,
On April 19, 1S11, the first blood of
another war was shed, when tho Sixth
Regiment of Massachusetts, while en
route to Washington, was fired ujKn
by a mob lu Baltimore. Ou that same
day the Kirts of the seceding States
were proclaimed to be under blockade.
The battle of Coldwiter, Tennessee,
took place on April 19, 1803.
On April 19, 1805, the funeral ser
vices of Abraham Lincoln were held at
Washington lu the White House.
It wus April 19, 1SSI8, when Congress
passed the Joint resolutions demanding
the evuctnttlou of Cuba by Spain, and
empowering the President to upe the
army, navy and mllltla for the enforce
ment of the resolutions.
April 19th cou M properly be set aside
as a national holiday and rightly callod
"Patriots' day."
Hair Stullatlca.
Mr. Bucon I see some statistician
bus discovered that the average woman
carries forty to sixty miles of hair on
her head.
" Mrs. Bacon 'He -ought to have gone
a little further and stuted that about
a quarter of n mile of It Is her own.
Yonker Statesmun.
If a boy earns ten cents, he wants
It; he Isn't willing to trust tha beat
wan alive.
1I0W R0LLEK3 OF VERMONT.
Simple Device In t e for Keeplns
lllnhniix I'nv.nlilo All Wl.lff,
Snow rollers are usol extensively 'n
Vermont nud other States of the north
rrn border, says the Spriul'.i'ld llepub
Menu. The kiiow roller Is no new con
trivance, but has been in use In Ver
mont for many years. Nearly all of
the Vermont townships own several.
It lifts never been displaced by ft more
modern device for opening the winter
roads, and bus proved to be not only
the easiest and cheapest means of over
coining drifts, but also Is a producer of
better whiter roads.
One used In the town of East Hard
wick has been In service for twenty
years, it has rollers. Isith of which
are six feet In diameter, each nine feet
wide with a space of about nine Inches
botwoon. Thus It will Ix? seen thr.t the
whole roller presents n total width to
the roudwny of nearly twenty feet,
enough to ninke ample room for trattll
by going over n rondway once. The
rollers ure usually drawn by four heavy
horses and nre taken on circuits thnt
vary from six to nlno miles In length.
Of course the rollers cannot sur
mount all drifts, and the men who ac
company them arc? often obliged to get
down and shovel. But even then the
final results are wny and beyond those
obtained by the plow aicthod. The
rollers, heavy In themselves, nre often
ballasted, and they pack the snow down
into an even roadway thnt Is without
ruts and Is not cut up easily. As tho
winter progresses, with alternate thaws
and storms, and each succeeding snow
full Is packed down by the rollers, a
road of remarkable durability results.
These hard, frozen roadways resist the
raining of spring for a long time, pro
longing the "sledding" through the su
gar season, and obviating to a large
degree the usual bad going of spring.
The roads lust so I -ig thnt when they
finally do succumb It Is rapidly, owing
to the advuueed sun, and the mud and
slush Is soon gone.
LEGAL INFORMATION, j
Where A holds a mortgage on a farm
and assigns the same to B, and B as
signs the same to C, only C need to
give n satisfaction of tho mortgngo
when the same Is paid. By recording
the assignments of mortgage, the
records sliow that C Is the owner there
of, and that he Is the proper party to
satisfy the mortgage.
One has no right to shoot a strange
dog, that simply happens nliout his
premises, and Is liable to the owner
lu any damages for so doing. One,
however, has the right to shoot a dog
that Is a nuisance because of his kill
Ing sheep or other animals, or because
of the likelihood that he will otherwise
do Injury to a party either In person
or property.
The railway company Is not liable
for killing u calf uhhi a public cross
ing, unless It could huve avoided the
killing by duo diligence. The railway
company la bound to fence Its track
and Is liable for damages done to all
stock straying uin the tracks because
of a fniluro to build such fence, upon
tho theory that such killing Is through
the negligence of tho railway. But It
Is not bound to look out for stoek'upon
crossings.
"When a teacher in a public school
of a common school district In Minne
sota refuses to pay his board bill, can
the wuges of such teacher be gnr
nlshced In order to recover payment of
such bill?" Ana. Yes. Counties,
i towns, cities, villages and school dis
tricts ure liable to garnishment In Min
nesota, the same us Is an Individual,
since 1901. As a general rule public
corporations are not garnlshable, upon
the grounds that It Is .against public
policy, but the statutes In many States
have changed the rule, us It should be.
There Is no more reason why a mu
nicipality should not be garnlshable
than a railway company, a corporation,
or any Individual.
"Does a rallroud company have to
coustruct crossings for furms?" Ann.
"Any railroad coiniwny constructing a
railroad so as to leuve a part of a
farm on either side of tho railway,
shall construct a proper farm crossing
convenient for such farm." This pro
vision seems to apply to the road wha
It Is first put through. Another pro
vision of tho stututo provides that
"Krsuiis owulug laud abutting upon a
railroad may construct at their own
expeusc, crossings and drains In such
pluce and In such manner us not to
Impair the use of such railroad, which
crossings und drains shall be main
tained und kept lu repair by the com
puny." From this it would seem to
follow that the rallroud companies nre
not obliged to put in crossings for
farms that have been cut up after tho
railroad was put through.
Mune I.o.
Sand Bar Ferry, near Augusta, Geor
flu. Is n tlatbout affair, frail and rick-
ply. Two timid ladles, hesitating to
cross.' piled the negro boatman with
questions ultout It.
"And are you perfectly sure no one
has ever been lost hereV" they demand
ed.
"No. missus," replied the ferryman.
"No one ain't never boon los' here.
Marse Jnke Brlstow done got spilled
out and drowned lust week, but dey
found Mm aguln nex day. We ain't
never los' nobody, no, ma'aia."
Some Kaeoaraeinat at taat.
"So tho editor seut your poem back
to you," remarked the sympathetic
friend.
"Yes," replied Woodby Rhlinea,
"Any comment?"
"Er yes; ho said my 'handwriting
was quite promising.' " Philadelphia
Press.
On Man's Opinion.
"What's your opinion does the man
or the woiuau have the better time In
lifer
"That's as old as Adam and every
body knows he got the worst of It,"
Washington Star.
wrraotid
Home Fruit. The very hitt of tha
fruit called manhood can be grown to
richest ripeness only lu the garden
called home. Rev. M. E. Harlan, Dis
ciple, Brooklyn.
Faith and Love.One may have
fntth and ho;e without love, but one
cannot have love without faith and
hope. Kev. A. Ix-wls, Congregatlonnl
lut, Worcester, Mass.
Solomon. We are told that King
Solomon was the world's wealthiest
und wisest monarch, yet Solomon made
the most gigantic failure lu all the his
tory of humanity.- Hev. R. II. Sawyer,
Disciple, Missoula, Mont.
Energy. Energy Is the capacity for
doing work. Spiritual energy Is the
capacity for doing spiritual work ; that
Is the dlvlnest jMiwor Uod working in
and through man. Itev. K. A. Hatch,
Congregatloualh't, Stamford, Conn.
The -Devil Behind Them. The most
effective method to get people Into
church looking to the facts from the
point of member seems to be to drive
them In with the devil behind them.
Rev. C. J. Harris, Universalis!, Atlanta.
The Same Thing. Glory to God and
good will toward men ure one and the
same thing. There Is iu true sanctity
that la not loving, and no abiding altru
ism that is not worshipful. Rev.
Frank Crane, Unitarian, Worcester,
Mass.
Neglect Tin ieoplo of this day have
little time for thoughts of God. They
give Htm the go-by. It's business all
week with them, and on Sunduy the
great newspaiwr. They nocejrt all Ills
blessings and then forget Him. Rev,
II. C. Morrison, Metbodlxt, New Or
leans.
Infidelity. For years lngersoll lec
tured at $900 a night and won great
renown with his treatment of the sub
ject "Mistakes of Moses." He has
never had a successor. He died mid his
theories und sayings died with him.
Rev. W. H. Hopkins, Congrogationullst,
Denver.
Free Speech. A free government
necessarily Implies n free person and
free speech, and. while It may be true
that now und then there may have
been abuse of these privileges, yet we
believe It to be the exception nud not
the rule. Rev. G. A. Knerr, Evangel
ist, Pottsvllle.
Organization. We ure living In un
age of organization. New societies
are being funned al! the while and old
er organizations are constantly improv
ing their machinery. Methods of organ
ization are, therefore, reduced to a sci
ence. Rev. C. L. Palmer, Lutheruu,
Kingston, N. Y.
Pain. Christ teaches the race that
pain hua a ministry; thut men often
ooine through pain as a means of pro
motion to higher spiritual attainments,
even as Joseph passed through a prison
on the way to promotion. Pain teaches
men the evanescence of this world.
Rev. A. C. Snilther, Disciple, Los An
geles.
Unity of Nations. We are recogniz
ing to-day, as never lie fore perbaiw,
that we ure members one of another
and debtors one to another; that
neither languages nor nstoms, widely
as they mny vary, Interfere with the
strange oneness of the community of
nations. Rev. K. B. Tupior, Baptist,
Philadelphia.
Education. Education Is the corner
stone of all civil and social life. Why
Is this unless It 1m that the educated
man la seen to be sounder In his moral
Judgments, tmer to the Ideals he cher
ifches, and Bnfer in the leadership which
he offers than the inun without formal
education? Rev. E. II. Ciiiiea, Congre
kuiiouallst, Modford.
Riches. There ure other riches than
money. The mind has Its riches of
thought which always will command
friends. There nre riches of the heart
which attract followers and lovers, and
there are riches of genius which al
ways compel the admiration and ap-
plaudlts' of the world. Rev. C. B,
Mitchell. Methodist, Cleveland.
Three Great Forces. The church,
the home and the s-chool are the three
great moralizing and spiritualizing
forces of society, and these three shonld
bo essentially one. The -hunii hallows
ithe home and explains Its true slgulfl
ennce; the homo In turn fiods the
church; both sustain the schools. Itev.
D. Dorchester. Methodist. Pittsburg.
Sin and Salvation. - Rancor and re
bellion from God's right to control us
Is the gist of isln. There Is no other
Kin. Irritation Is the thread which Is
put to the vote of men's minds to kill.
The salvation which comes afterwards
conies only to those who obey His com
mmiils. U Is not given to the dis
obedient Kev. Dr. Strjker, Presby
terian, Clinton, X. Y.
t 'urluua EWeetn, of Fruat,
An
eirg expands when It Is frozen
so much that the Increased bulk breaks
the shell. Apples, on the contrary.
contract to such un extent that a full
barrel will shrink until the top layer
will le a foot below the chine. Wheu
the frost has been slowly and carefully
drawn out they again ussume their
normal size and apieurance. Apples
can Ik transported when the mercury ts
SO degrees Is-low xero. Pot u toes once
touched by frost ure ruined.
r HauUa l.nat War.
Four hundred aud sixty-two new na
tlonal banks were created In 19nt. For
the last seven years the average has
U-en within a fraction of forty
mouth. We now have ii.'U't national
bank, with $s77.ot9.-75 capital and
rm 1,340,0 circulation. Seven years
ago Wie banks numbered :i.(!17, with
SU16,308,003 cupitul und $-l,-Pt,7;!0
circulation.
If you like that word "gslly," yon
will find It as often HQ you could ask.
la a church paper.
THE WEATHER PROPHETS.
When they any a blirwird's blon'In,
An they're prophesyln' snowin'
Thnt the country will be freeziu', te
a man,
Jet git yerself torjfethpr
Prepare for summer weather-
Git a lengthy linen duster an' a fan!
Fer weather this weather
Is fickle as a fenther,
It's built upon a mighty curious plan;
An' when they talk o blizzards,
Look oat fer spring an' lizards
Git a lengthy linen duster an' a fan I
When you hear the watchman callln' :
"Thermometers air fnllin'.
An' they're freezin' up from Beersheba
ter Dan,
An' the pipes In which you trusted,
'Fore the morniu' will lie busted"
Jett buy a linen duster an' a fan t
Fer weather this weather
Is fickle as a feather,
It's built upon a mighty curious plan;
So, never min' the blizzards.
But look fer spring and lizards.
An' keep yer linen duster an' jer fan !
PINK CHIFFON
AND TEARS
"I love him I do, and I will love
him !"
Lady Peggy stood by her mirror,
thinking about a cabinet minister.
Then she brushed back the strands
of curly brown hair that never long
kept the decorous temple waves Into
which her maid trained them, and add
ed. In her thoughts:
"Other girls marry boya, or ordinary
menfolk, and are happy enough, I sup
pose; I've forfeited all that sort of
prospect by caring for Lord Montlel
thon; but I'm glad, and proud not
aorry 1"
The last two mental words were ac
companied by a stamp of a smull right
foot ; then Lady Peggy tripped down
stairs into the hall, a triumph of sweet
ness, complexion and pink chiffon.
She patted her mother's knee us they
sut In the hired motor-brougham.
"Aren't 1 nice, mummle? It's mar
velous how I found such a new un-
crushed bargain as this frock. Messrs.
Oakley & Lemercier have never before
offered nnythlng so good !"
There were hundreds of minute rueh-
tnga, with lace insertions, and the wild
rose shade was quite rapturous.
'I wish I could make a great success
to please you, mums, but If I can't,
AN ANGEL OF GOODNESS.
why I can't You know It mustn't be
for position only."
"Xo, little daughter."
"Though It Is hard to be so poor, es
pecially for the descendants of kings,
If, lu future years, I should take Jack
after all, because I don't love him, you
must not be unhappy about me. A
secondary sort of liking would please
him well enough, poor boy ; we should
Just be married cousins, not cousins
who wanted to marry. 1 don't think
I've the leastest, weenlest hope of auy
thing benutlfuler."
Lady Melrose sighed.
Directly they entered the ballroom
Peggy saw Lord Montlelthon ; he was
bending over cyulcal Mrs. Groombrldge
aud the expression ' ou his clear-cut
features was, ns usual, enigmatic.
The minister, looking up, saw the en
try of the girl in pink chiffon. For
second his gaze lingered well pleased
then he frowiid. Nevertheless, be came
to talk to her luter.
A frauk smile greeted him.
"You are wonderful. How can you
spare time for scvues of this sort?"
"I have a boy's liking for pretty pic
tures." Then the minute ruchlugs on her
sleeve puffs caught his eye, banishing
bis Indulgent smile.
"Sometimes my favorite crusade my
craze, us my colle-ugues call It oun be
furthered even lu u ballroom. Let me
ask you are you a sympathizer?"
"With poor working women?"
"Yes."
"I would be. if I knew what to do;
mere sentiments are not real sympathy.
I ouly play with children some Satur
day afternoons and make woolly ani
mals for hospitals. Oh. it's so difficult
to be philanthropic, when one Is poor,
Ird Moutleithon!"
lie placed her hand on his arm, and
led her out Into the dimly lighted cor
ridor. It was a lace-edged frill he touched,
"Xo. not ut nil; It wus a bargain."
"My afternoon has bien spent in get
ting up facts for the couiuilssioii down
In Lamls'th slums, face to face with the
results of bargains. Yet, hut for wom
an's carelessness, woman's luxury In
dress might be gloriously helpful."
Ills voice, thut could thrill Parlia
ment even in the calm npier vbumlier,
went deep Into the oul of Peggy.
"Teach me," she pleaded.
"I found a wouiuu ill, probably dy
ing, of low fever merely a nerve col
lapse, brought on by worry acting upuu
an emuclated body and brain ; Iter buby
girls were pluylng on her mattress with
old tins snatched from some gutter.
She told me she hud dropped dowu
suddenly, after finishing the last of
half a dozen chiffon robes. A message
bad come for them, but she could uot
go for payment"
Peggy gasied.
"The wage would represent not a
faxtblnf a acora of tucks, yet aoin of
GIRLS AND BOYS AT THE
It Is to
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JULIET V. 8TRAUBS
The young animal of cither sex, when arrived at tho "snmrt" age, Is Indeed
a trial to boholders In general and to parents In particular.
Patiently, nnd In n chastened mood, we must live through the pert
speeches, the heavy trneedles. the sickenlue affectation, the mouthing, tha
baby talk, the mincing walk, tho wagging head, that belongs to the fool age.
By turns we take courage, remembering our own Idiocy and how we cam
through It, and again we never were quite no bad, nnd thnt our child Is not
merely at the silly age, but that the fool goes all the way through and thera
Is absolutely no remedy. In moments of desperation we wonder if a cudgel
or a perforated shingle would do any good, and then parental affection gushea
forth aud we are appalled at the thought of so disgraceful a thing as corsraI
chastisement for a child supposed to be "grown."
Xo, there Is no help for it. We must let nature take its course, thanking
our lucky stars If the happy young fool comes off without ruining his prospect
In life.
In gazing upon the youthful subjects of tills sketch, I wonder which la
more painful to the beholder who has come to years of discretion, to sea,
them walk or to hear them talk. In walking there seems to be a sort of
spiral wiggle In the gait tbaft produces, at once, a strut and a wobble of the ,v
head deemed particularly pleasing. In talking there Is a disposition not to
iqieak plainly, to bite off the words about half articulated and to assume a
Iecullar quirk of the eyes or twist of the mouth, which, It Is to be hoped, Is
thoroughly enjoyable to the speaker as It Is so utterly exasperating to tha
hearer as almost to provoke to assault and battery.
I once knew a rather belligerent old lady, who, In a luckless moment,
fell afoul of one of these young women who was living through the fool1
oerlod. After listening to her queer Jargon a while, tho old lady Inquired:!
xo tunc nu; uiui urc uinvurL nuu
mumblin' meant for style?"
After all Is snld and done, however, we old foks must return to the!
only remedy for our rasped nerves patience. We must bear with our dear '
ones and love them through It all and stand ready to confront them wheni
the gayly-tlnted balloon of fatuous fancy and self-esteem bursts and they;
come down with a dull thud to life and Its actualities. Juliet V. Strauss, In'
the Chicago Journal. ,
this was to be deducted, since, her baby
having died, she hud let tears fall upon
a frill of chiffon."
Peggy caught his arm with both her
hands.
"Who were her employers?"
"Messrs. Oakley & Lemercier."
She gave a cry, and the minister un
derstood. Breaking away from blui she leaned
against a plllur, beneath a bust of Jus
tice, and there she sobbed. In schoolgirl-like
abandon. '
The minister did not forget the wear
er of the pink chiffon ; her sweet, tear
ful face came between his thoughts
and all statistics. Once, indeed, he con
temptuously thrust away the profound
figure proofs that were to convince his
colleagues of the necessity for legis
lation. "It Is womnu's soul that must win
this cause or crush it," was his re
flection. When he next visited the woman of
whose case be had spoken there was a
fire in the room, the baby girls played
with dolls, the mother sat up In bed,
supported by the strong, young arms
of a girl, the descendant of kings, who
had nursed her buck to life.
"Lady Peggy!"
"Oh, my lord, she be an nngel of
goodness !"
The girl and man came out of the
house together Into the squalid alley.
Ixrd Montlelthon had a cab waiting,
and helped her In without a word. In
deed, tho scene had changed to Bond
street before be asked:
"We spoke of tears and misery, but
you have created smiles within that
home Is there the remotest hope that
you will smile for me, In mine, Peggy?"
"Do you truly wish so?"
It did not seem to him so unnatural
a desire.
"I am an awful number of years
your elder a serious enthusiast but I
love you, dear." v
"How beautiful for I lost my heart
to you, oh, long ago!"
Peggy Malcolm's wedding gown cost
a big sum, but never before bad such
wondrous needlecraft been shown by
any frock. Gratitude had guided every
stitch, and blessings, not tears, had
been shed over the chiffon. Manches
ter Chronicle.
Unite I'oriats of lalanda.
There are many millions of cubic
feet In the forests of the Philippines
that should be cut lu order to properly
thin out the dense growth ; for instance,
where there ure three or four trees
growing on a space required for one,
thut one so freed would put on more
wood each year than the four together.
Tho question us to whether .'WO or 3,000
trees should remain on an acre Is
where tho real value of scientific for
estry Is shown. Then, too, there ore
many more millions of cubic feet which
reach maturity and pass off to decay,
never thrilling to the woodman's ax.
There are, however, very few coin
panics in the Philippines properly
equipped to handle large logs, and
without master mechanics, expert gang
bosses In fact, nil the skilled labor re
quiredand without a full stock of the
best supply material, It would be haz
ardous to move the lurge logs which
must be cut and brought to market If
the forests are to be properly exploited.
A gissl price Is paid In Hong Kong for
every stick of timber from the Philip
pines, and the American lumbermen
with modern methods can solve the
problem, nnd lu so doing they will not
only help to educate the adaptable Fili
pino as to practical things, but will In
sure him cash wages, something un
usual in Spanish days.
Recovered.
"Your wealthy patient entirely recov
ered, did she uot
"But I thought her llluesg bad be-
ivmiA chronic."
It- loul ! hut I eot laid nn with
the grippe aud couldn't keep watch of
her. IlouwoD foat
SMART "FOOL" AGE.
be presumed thnt there Is a time
when the being that sustains a pnrtle.
Is more or les a fool. It Is not
is net
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upotl JL
or ge
nit of "
that one can always remnln sensi
greatest genius hns his weak
are to lc congratulated If we eve
f.uil mllo riost and reach thh limit
rationality and mere common sense. It ha
been snld that there Is no fool like nn old foot,1
and I admit that an old fool In the bosom of
one's family Is trying, but I do not believe that
ho Is more so than the perverse, high-headed,
young fool who has Just waked up to the aeem
lngly Incontrovertible fact that he owns tha
in using tne masculine pronoun, i u" uo
mean to isdnt out merely the boy fool, for T
sometimes think his female contemporary can
give herself uway more completely than he can.
juui icuiwujs ii,,u, uiua, ui in iiiiif nt-tv - v.
Among the peculiar products of Man-i
churla, which are becoming better!
known to the outside world since thai
opening of that country, is "wild sllkVj
produced by an Insect named Anthenejc
paruyli, which lives upon the Mongo
lian oak leaves in southeastern Man-J
churla. The annual production for a!
few years past is estimated, at 15,000,-.'-
000 cocoons. In Shantung this silk 1'
manufactured Into pongee.
In human history a great river hat
sometimes formed a dividing line be-!
tween jjeoples possessing quite different
characteristics. Dr. W. M. Lyons, Jr.J
has discovered a similar phenomenon
affecting squirrels In Borneo. Ha
found eight different forms of squlr
rcls Inhabiting the northern and west
ern parts of the great Island, and ob
served that a large river proved an
effectual burrier lu separating two dis
tinct races.
Dip a thick piece of white absorbent
(blotting) paper Into a solution of 100
parts of oxulic acid in 400 parts of
ulcohol ; keep the paper in the liquid
until it is thoroughly saturated, and
then dry by suspending In the air. Ani
line Ink spots cuuuot be removed by
this purier. Since, however. Ink con-
tu'uing Iron Is much more commonly
used than aniline Ink, this paper will
be found Indispensable for the olllco
when once Introduced.
Kngtneers are harnessing many of
the waters of the world to the use of
man. A great project Is under way to
catch the floods which rush down the
Western Ghats, near Bombay, and to
use the water power In cotton mills and
other factories. The valleys are of
rocky formation, and, with dams at
the lower ends, can be made Into tight
reservoirs. Three valleys will be closedK
in by dams resiiectlvely half a m.ile, a
mile-aud a mile and a half long.
The automobile omnibus has brouglU
about a great change In lutervilluga
communication In western France. Un
til very recently there was no such
communication except by horse-drawn
vehicles, trolley lines existing only In
the larger cities. Xow a movement Is
rapidly spreading for the Introduction
of uutobusscs, running from town to
town, und these vehicles are proving
to be very jopulur, and a great exten
sion of the system Is anticipated, the
population being dense.
In the desert or islay, near La Joy a,
Peru, there are thousands of crescent
shaped sand dunes, formed by the
winds, and slowly udvuuchig across the
level surface. Professor Solou I.
Bailey, the ustronomer, measured on
dune, the points of whose cresients
were K',0 feet apart, while the length
round the convex side was 477 feet
Tho width at the widest part of the
crescent was more than 100 feet The
weight of the suud composing the dune
was estimated at 8,000 tons, yet It
moved 1-5 feet In a year. All the
dunes have the same form, and all have
their convex sido toward the prevail
ing south winds.
Qoerlea.
Who can deny that an aching tooth U
the lest thing out?
When a girl turns a fellow's head
does she have to marry him behind his
back?
How Is It that most of the things
folks are anxious to know are none of
their business?
Is It uecessary that an upright plan
to live up to its nume should play only
sacred music?
Wouldn't It curtail the present-day
sowing of wild oats if modorn fathers
were lu more for thrashing? Llppin
cotts. While worry may cause a womau to
turn to her Bible foe solace, Ita aaata
effect ou a in nu U to make him auiokf
I more than usual.
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