Dakota County HoraW
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
JOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
No matter how small n man's world
taajr bo, It Is big enough for lilm.
If wo are not inl.stakeu, Mr. Walter
Wellman now holds the record for con-
, tlnuous starting for the north pole.
In time the Crar may get Into the
btblt of dissolving dumas before
breakfast, as a means of working up
an apatite.
In contemplating the coming apple
famine It Is small consolation to learn
that Florida Is ready to hand us any
quantity of leufon.
"And now," remarks the Kansas City
Journal, "It Is said the government will
Investigate the shoe trust. Is this the
lest" .Yes, this Is awl.
Probably It hnsu't occurred to the
prophet who Is going to "endow women
with the gift of tongues" that be is
several centuries too late.
The Atlantic liner of the future
doubtless will have a spacious deck ar
ranged as a golfing ground, with club
bouse and all the conventional belong
ings: A contemporary suggests that tbe
band wagons In tbe 1908'campalgn will
be automobiles. Some of them will
Very likely make a finish like a sub
marine. A burglar opened an Ice dealer's aafe
the Notber night and found only 05
cents In It Possibly tbe Ice man bad
Just bought another ten-story ofllee
building for rash that day.
Tbe young women who have resolved
not to marry any man who has less
than $4,000 may lower the limit as
years roll by. The woman of 28 or SO
Is not so exacting In such matter as
ne of 22.
Mark Twain should not wonder thut
bis English friends seem more Im
pressed by bis "Jumping Frog," pub
lished forty years ago, than by bis
later writings. They have Just discov
ered Its rare bumor.
Tbe Anaconda Standard rises to ask
wnai Aguinaiao is doing nowaaaya
According to our latest advices be Is
1 doing what a good many Americans
ought to do: Keeping still and inlnd-
A New York man recently command
ed bis wife to choose between him and
ber dog. She chose the dog, probably
feeling that a man who would permit
bis wife to make a fool ot herself over
dog was not worth clinging to.
Mr. Sbonts' advice to bis daughters
as to a life partner who is earnest and
bas force, and determination would be
better if It Included a suggestion as to
tbe nature of the ends sought by such
earnestness, force and determination.
Tbeer Is a lot of misdirected force and
determination In America to-day. It
keeps the courts busy.
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Peace can b secured In more ways
J&JQoi&l jrtio method adopted by the
American army hijubnls yortlj tbliik
Ing about The soldiers, who huvo Lad
no fighting to do, hove been engaged rn
making a topograph ten 1 map of the
i'1BSlJIp$.n- " ds and
;wis ar indicated plainly. The ob
ject TsTo jTye to theJWaj; jpvPnrtoent
in Washington Isuoh T knowledge "of
the country that In the event of an
other war the guerrillas cannot hide
In any mountain fastnesses, the key
to which none but Cubans possessed.
News from. Europe Is that we shall
jjcelyt more Immigrants this year
thalTTver. Forty thousand are said
to be now on the seas or at ports
awaiting departure. We received fit
the last two years considerably more
than two millions of Europeansj and
It Is no less than Vmailng "that they
have been In some way absorbed In
this broad land, and that there Is still
a greater demand for labor tlwn can
be supplied. The most Important part
of the announcement Is that the bulk
, f the forty thousand on the way are
cheduled for the West ,and for the
farming regions, where labor Is at a
high premium.
. There Is no question that the quan
tity of sleep required steadily dimin
ishes from Infancy to old age. This is
rather Interesting exception to the
general rule Unit, as In so many mat
ters, old age returns to the needs of
Infancy. As regards sleep, old age
is more remote in Its needs from In
fancy than is any other period of life.
If elderly people obtalu good sleep dur
ing the first few hours, and If they
have not lost that delight In reading
which we all hud in youth, but which
so many of us curiously lose, their
case Lg not to bo grieved over. The
eieclal value of the earliest hours of
sleep, by the way, has been proved by
psychological experiment The popu
lar phrase "beauty sleep" is well war
ranted. It is the early (the deepest)
hours of sleep that make for health
aud beauty.
To Judge by the railroad, patronage
at tlio present tune, the "see your own
couufry first" movement Is meeting
with a fair degree of success, despite
the attractions of foreign truvel, and
there is certainly great educatl'iual
Tallin In a tour of the United Mates.
Though onr cities lack the historic In
terest that attaches to those of the old
world, they prcnt the most striking
evidence of a wonderful progress In
widt h titt whole country shares. When
they are TWftoied sfter an Interval of
ten or even of Rff years the changes
tell not only of a is! growth but of
very mlwtantlal gains. This Is Hje
clally notable lu tin cities of the wild
V.'tt which have nothing about them
to suggest wlldness. They abound In
costly aud handsome residences that
would excite admiration anywhore,
1 and have great office buildings and do
partment stores that would do credit
to C'htcngo, New York or the capitals
of Europe. The supply of fine busi
ness blocks seems. Indeed, at flr.-it
glance to be out of proportion V the
needs of the Inhabitant, but the build
ing keeps going on to prove that the
demand Is steadily Increasing. It Is
not In the cities alone, however, th.it
the American loams a lewon from see
ing his own country, whether lie sees it
before or after traveling abroad. If he
takes a transcontinental trip be real
izes as ho can from no other, experi
ence the Immensity of Its resource'
from farm and field and mine. He Is
Impressed by the enormous extent of
fertile land which makes the greatest
agricultural empire In the world, lie
Is Impressed also by the variety of the
products, and through his Impression
be comes nearer the truth than be pos
sibly could with the aid of pages 'of
accurate Statistics. At the same lime
he discovers that besides the varlvty
of products there Is variety of climato
nnd scenery to suit all people and that
nature has done her Itest to make
America a formidable rival to Eurojm
In apiieals to the tourist. There are
mountains to match against the lps,
and seaside resorts and lakes nnd riv
ers of unsurpassed beauty. But the
most Impressive .thing amid all this
variety is that unity of the people to
which the President referred in a re
cent speech. The problem of asslinl-i
latlon of which we hear so much when
the Immigration question Is under d1s-i
cusslon seems to be solving Itself with,
little difficulty. And If we still make
distinctions between a more or less
Imaginary Boston man and a more or!
less Imaginary cowboy whom we nc-!
cept as types, the national Imprint Is
stamped deep everywhere, and one
feels the sense of close union with the
crowds whether one Is In Boston or
Raleigh, N. C, or Chicago or Denver
or San Francisco.
For removing rust from polished
steel, an effective mixture Is made by
taking 10 parts of tin putty, 8 parts oft
prepared buckborn and 250 parts spir
its or wine. These ingredients ore
mixed to a soft paste and rubbed In on,
the surface until the rust disappears.
Practically all the California and
Texas fuel oils contain more or less
water, sand, asbestos, fiber and marsh
gas, says the Paint OH and Drug Re
view. Some grades of oil flow freely,
while others are more viscous, even
though they have a lower specific gra-
?The Inferior Bohemian graphite,
which Is too Impure or compact for use
In pencils, la ground fine and freed
from sulphides and other heavy mln
erala. The refined material doesTot
coutalu more than CO or GO per cent
of graphite, and Is used In the nianu-j
racture of Inferior crucibles and fori
stove polish.
According to the English Mechanic.
articles of brass or copper boiled In a
solutlou of stauuate of potassium mix
ed with turnings or scraps of tin In 0i
few moments become covered with a
firmly attached layer of fine tin. A!
similar effect Is produced by bolllugi
the articles with tin turnings or scraps
aud caustic alkali or cream of tartar.
The number of carriages and vehi
cles 4 every description crowding the
streets of Paris augments continually,
and the danger, not only to pedestrl-
ntlfl Tint A th AnrvliinA, tliamoriltfaa
augurous
lags, of a circular "island of refuge")
in tho center, and the regulation ot all
tralllc In such a manner that every ve-;
hlclo traversing the croaslng-polut, no
matter what its ultimate direction may
be, shall pass round the central plateau,
In the same direction. Thus the dan-,
gur of collision and tho peril to foot
pttssengers would, be reduced to a mini
mum. The cut Illustrates tiie opera
tion of this proposed whirlpool of traf-
The Interest of astronomers In the
strange red spot, about UO.0OO miles In
length, which bas beeu visible ou the
1878, la intensified by the receut obser-1
rations of Mr. W. F. Denning, and J
others, on a remarkable change in Its
rate of motion, lu a period of about
three mouths last year it was dis
placed some 10 degrees of longitude
from tbe position calculuted as the ba
sis of its former motion. This is the
greatest change that has ever been ob
served in Its rate of motion. On Ju
piter the risible surfuce of the planet
docs not revolve,, llko the surface of
the earth, everywhere with tho same
angular velocity, but h general, the
parts nearest the equator move with
the greatest rapidity. Thus the hue
planet resembles a rotating ball of con
Miiutly cbuuglng clouds, and In the
nildat of these the grout red spot seoius
to float
Soiu I.tiast AVoriU.
The comic papers frequently poke
fun nt the long words of the German
language, yet the English language can
furnish some pretty long words, too.
Here are some of ,the longest English
words: Subconstitutionnllst, lucoinpro
hcnslblllty. lionoiiailbllitmllnlty (It
will bo noticed that this word contains
seven 1's), anthropopliageuarlan, dls-
proHrtloiuibk'ness, vcloplpcdostrianlstl-
cal, trnnKBubstaiitlatloiiaiileiiess. jn-oan
tltratiKHUbstaiitlatloulstlcnl. This last
word Is no doubt the longest In the En
glish language; It contains tblit) -three
letters. N
A lellet Hint.
"They' say Miss Hharpe can conve
a hint with such tact that It Is impos
sible to take offense."
"Yes, she has quite a gift that wuy,
The lust tlmelr. Ktayluto called there
she asked hliu to have some slight re
freshment aud then brought lu a plate
of breakfast food." Baltimore Ameri
can. The boy who Is fond of yood Liter
ature Is never very popular with any
one but his aunt
jpopuli'ence I
bus becomeso groat that an engineer,
HonWjIer
Iishuicut at the niOet dangerous cross-, ,
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7..r, rD--0AKEM BUCKET SJIC. frT' ''"W-j;,. -Jrjui-r',;.. jt.a.s,..,.,.) . .--Ji- . -u-j.it-'.,- i "vl- .ajjj ... ,. . ... i. us-n
. . . . biir?rf TrafiE!
vf:,l..!ii:.'.iV
'How dear to my heart are the bucket
shop earnings,
When fond recollection presents them
to view;
The clerk, the mechnnlc, for wealth vain
ly yearning.
And every one else I was able to do.
No longer they'll coine with the bulk of
their wages,
And hand thonj to me, when for mar
gins I call ;
No longer they'll find In tbe newspaper
pages
Tbe news that a bucket shop's gone to
the wall ;
The well-furnished bucket shop, swell
looking bucket shop,
Tbe bucket shop ready to go to the
wall.
How oft have they stood by the ticker
and waited
To learn what their profits were going
to be I
IIow oft to their sorrow they've found
they were fated
To leave all their profits forever with
me.
Their coin I IIow I seized it with bands
that were glowing,
"MILKMEN" 07 BELGIUM.
titer
RlM-s of Milk Peddlers
Who
Are Moatlr GlrU.
There Is a land across tbe sea, sand
wiched In between Holland, Prussia
and France, that Is more densely popu
lated than any other country In the
world,
d. U Is the kingdom of Belgium,
e there are aTlttle mori) thBOO
where
inhabitants for every square mile of
territory. The InhabttahU ore of
French nud German origin of about
'equal proportions, ore quite numerous
enough to cngago in great manufactur
ing Industries, but who are, uevertho
less, pastoral In their pursuits and de
pend on tbe soil for a livelihood. Many
Jcanals and a network of railroads
through the country enable the farmers
to transport their products to the mar
kets, and the climate In general la de
Hghtfully temperate. Cattle Is one of
the chief products, nnd the corn and
fruit crops come next Many engage In
fishing, and In recent years tho coal
nnd Iron ore mining has grown to great
proportions. Lumbering Is also carried
on to a considerable exteut.
But cattle raising and fruit farming
appear to be tho national occupations.
Tbe Inhabitants seem naturally adapt
ed to such tasks, and they are surely
more picturesquely interesting to the
traveler when thus engaged. Dairy
products cut no small figure la a coun
try where cattle raising Is an Import
ant Industry, and the milk peddlers of
Belgium are without a doubt the most
Interesting characters the traveler will
meet lu any country In Europe. All
through Belgium you will meet the
milk peddler, "Whether on the city
streets, the Vllluges and towns or tho
country highways. And as a general
thing they are the robust red cheeked
girls from tho farnJn, with their milk
cans and Jars loaded on carts In which
dogs are the motive power. Tbe pic
ture with this article shows a milkmaid
with her oart and dog.
Milk and butter are ridiculously low
priced In Belgium, and the ihmUUw has
Kot to make a lot of sales before a fiol
lar Is earned. However, the purchas
Ing power of a dollar Is a lot greater lu
lUMgium tuau it is in tula country, so
things alsnit even up. Next lu import
mice to stock and fruit raising Is arl
i culture, aud, although Belgium Is not
"arge, It excels most of Europe.
Ilellrr I ha a They Know.
A congregation In a hilly district lu
Ohio bought a smalltract of land and
erected a church building upon It Then
tbe question of Insurance cum a up,
Mr. Kljies, the wealthiest member, who
had contributed more than half the
money needed for the new structure,
declared thut be did not believe In lu
surauce. "This Is tbe lord's building,
He'll take care of It," be said.
ills view prevailed, ana there wrni
no insurance. In a few weeks tbe
building was struck by lightning and
almost totally consumed by lira. An
wbtmAX tort?
r TYPlCt 6EL0UM MILKilAID.
' "
li'MW t.L
i !c.yi j.rry
And safe in my pockets it speedily
fell ;
Alas 1 now my business they've been
overthrowing,
The bucket shop business that did 'em
up well.
The lucrative business, the get-rlch-qulck
business.
The bucket shop business that did 'em
up well.
Alone In my sorrow, I scarce can be
lieve it,
I'll profit no more as a bear or a bull ;
My business is gone, and I ne'er can
retrieve It,
I find they have broken my wonderful
pull.
No longer I'll rke in their money and
spend it,
No longer be out when my customer
call;
The Legislature bas passed a bill that
will end It
Forever the bucket shop's gone to the
wall. .
The old soaketn bucket shop, cash-getting
bucket shop, t
The bucket shop new that has gone to
the wall.
Detroit Free Press.
other one was erected! Mr. Slpes contributing-
the greater portion of the
fund, as before. This time the de
mand was almost unanimous that it be
Insured, trtit Mr. Slpes again objected,
on the same ground.
"If it burns down again, brethren,"
he said, "I'll agree to rebuild It my-
.guln he carried his point In less
than a month the new church was
struck by lightning again, and although
strenuous efforts were made to save
It. the loss was almost total.
"There must be some reason for this,
brethren," said Brother Slpes. "I am
going to find out what It Is."
Thereupon he employed a force of
men to sink n shaft on the site of the
twice-destroyed church. Within a few
days a rich vein of Iron ore was found,
and the church property was sold for
many times the amount needed to buy
land In another locality and build
again.
"I tell you, brethren," said Brother
Slpes. ."It pays to trust the Lord. He's
a great deal better business manager
man anybody in this congregation."
UP-TO-DATE LIVING.
"Electrical Hoa Evorrthlna- Rnna
by torrent.
One of the delegates to the electric
llglit .convention at Washington, who
Is builder and owneF of the famous
electrical house" at Schenectady, N.
Y., described his wonderful house to
the members. "To start with," he said,'
I had plans drawn for two houses,
ono with and one without a kitchen
chimney. The cost of the chlmneylcBS
house was enough loss than the Other
to pay for tho wiring and equipment,
and after a couple of years' experience,
can say- with my wife's authority
that nothing would Induce us to . go
back to conl and gas, lu the kitchen
there nre an electric oven, grlddle-cake
cooker, meat broiler, cereal cooker,
water heater, egg boiler, potato steam
er, frying pan, coffee icrcolutor and a
stovo for ordinary cooking utensils.
The whole, outfit can be purchased for
about $.", But this Is not the only
way we can uso electricity. In the din
lug room there Is a small electric table
for a dialing dish ani percolator. On
the veranda ami in the smoking room
electric cigar lighters make matches
un unknown quantity. In the sewing
loom the machine Is run and the flat
iron heated by t-lcctrlclty. In tho
bathroom an electric shaving mug fur
nishes hot water In less than a minute.
An electric radiator takes the chill
off the rcju ami nn electric heater
warms the water. I am not sure that
I have glvon j-ou a complete list of a:i
our devices. To 'build a IhV III our
house uieaua 'simply to turn a switch
or to turn a plug, and the required de
gree of hfHt, mild or extreme, is thiv
lu a few seconds. The possibility of
rtvuluMug the degree of li,at exactly
us wanted results lu com',Mcr:ildi econ
omy of fuel. As to com, I have kept
careful records, mid the average ino.it'.i
ly bill for electricity for two years Is
$tU;! a month, or about 10 per cent
more than we p.'.ld for iviil or icn. And
there are no aslies to carry away, no
llrcs t build, no du.-t no,- dirt. Tim
electric klt 'lieii Is ns n.'at, clean ami
healthy as t!K si. ting room. There Is
no doubt that the elect he home will be
commonplace lu a little while. The Im
mense Increase hi tlu sah of all sails
of domestic flectrlci.l npp'imtiii proves
thut."
Tho l.ojrU-ul Kv.-iult.
"What division did his heirs mako
of obi Moneybag's estate when bis will
ci m test was decided"
"There wasn't any division."
"No division"
"No; the lawyers got tho whole of
It" -Baltimore American.
HONORABLE FUNCTION OF THE POLITICIAN.
By Llihu Root, Secretary of State.
We often hear remarks made
which Indicate an impression that
politicians are rather a low set of
fellows, with selfish alms and cor
rupt procUcrs, who manipulate
party politics for their own ad
vantage, and that the less self-resiKH-ting
gentlemen have to do
with them the better.
If that 1 ever the case, and it
undoubtedly Is the case at some
I5
ELI II U BOOT.
times and In some places, It Is always because at such
times and In such places political control Is allowed to
go by default.
Another renson or exense for not taking part In polit
ical-affairs is the direct reverse of
mentioned; it Is that the party management Is satis
factory ; that matters go along very well, and that a man
does his duty to his party if he supports Its ticket with
bis vote, and perhaps contributes his fair share toward
tho payment of Its expenses. This position can never
be maintained.
None of these reasons for not taking part In party
politics Is ordinarily the real reason. The real reason
Is that men are unwilling to spend the time and the
money and the labor necessary for the due perform
ance of their duties as cltlsens; that they prefer to
attend to their professions, their business, their pleas
ures, and allow others to govern them, rather than to
take part In governing themselves.
They are willing to pursue a course which, if shared
In by the. rest of their countrymen, would bring our
constitutional government to an Immediate end, wreck
our prosperity and stop our progress.
HOW WOMEN MAY RETAIN MEN'S RESPECT.
By Carmen Sytva, Queen ot Roumanta.
Women should never forget that tliey stand
on a superior level, and when they place
themselves on nn equality with man they do
but descend from those heights. It Is the
nntural instinct of man to venerate woman,
first In the person of the mother ; who bore
him, next in that of his wife, then again of
his daughter, or it may be of the sister or
sisterly friend who watches over his children.
A
It Is not too much to say that, In all times and places,
and under all circumstances soever, a truly womanly
woman will hardly fall to obtain proper deference from
men. In the hour of trouble, in sickness and fatigue, our
husbands and our sons seem to us Just such dear spoilt
children, whom we must do our best to help and comfort,
however Inordinate the claims may be which they make
en our sympathy and Indulgence.
Young girls cannot too soon begin to prepare them
selves for the hours of loneliness life must Inevitably
HOW HORSES ARE TORTURED.
If you will stop to notice tbe cliar
actfr of the bits used on the hors
you will get another view of the cruel
ty done to onr faithful servants. And
if you could make an examination of
theso bits and hc-adgen, ycu would be
more astonished than ever.
It would be Impossible to estimate
tho suffering th.it horses undergo from
hlsh checking r.nd from the weight of
metal brought to bear on their frail
underjaws.
The modern fashionable bit weighs
two and a half pounds. The weight of
that bit tests on the lower Jaw, wlure
the bone is the frailest In the whole
anatomy of the horse. ' There nre no
teeti to prevent the big, heavy bit from
bruising the tender Jawbone. At that
point there Is only a tusk. I have seen
that lo:ie tooth so sore and tender from
where tbe heavy bits hit It that the
horse could hardly be bridled at all.
Besides this two-nnd-a-half-pound
bit, there Is another bit In the horse's
mouth, one to which the cbeckreln Is
fasteued. The latest rashlonable eiieck
works on a pulley. Then, with a mar
tingale fastened to the noseband and
bellybnnd. the horse can't even toss his
head higher. If It was n physical possi
bility, to get the temporary rest that
that would afford him.
But we seem to be getting worse In
stead of better. Tho latest Invention
is a bit with a tremendous paw run
ning back anil squeezing the horses
tongue down so that he cannot move
It
This last effort of fashion, of course.
Is to keep the horse's tongue from loll
ing from his mouth when he U cheeked
so high that in his agony be lets the
tongue out to try some change to re
lieve the pain. Though the bulldog in
the seat of the carriage may have his
tongue hanging cut without showing
bad form, still for the hot, prancing
horse to do It Is simply Intolerable!
If you waut to imagine something of
the agony of the modern fashionable
carriage horse, go to any swell harness
store and lift the bead stall with tbe
bits In place. And auy horse will go
better with a plain snaffle bit Its
weight is one-tenth that of the other,
and tbe horse obeys tbe rein quicker.
But the objection to the snaffle bit Is
that a horse will act naturally ; he will
look around and enjoy his work. If be
worked, and whilst
those that I have -J
RAILROADS AND
SEN ATOB DEPEW.
I
ft
ways for their living.
The demand uixju
greater than thej
ago have cfcangHl,
ing in prosperity
fruits of their labor.
can. The bit doesn t hurt him, and be
docs not appear excited.
But the trouble with drivers of "sty
lish" horses Is that they do not under
stand how these things decreed by
fashion torture the horses. I believe
I know human beings as well as I
know horses, though men and women
are the harder to understand. I have
no doubt If this matter could be seen
in Its proper light we would not be
content to ride behind horses with
maimed talis nnd half broken Jaws to
attract attention without hiring .1 man
with a megnpboue. Mankind Is vain,
but not Intentionally cruel. limner
Davenport In the Chlcagj American.
A Slight Gap.
A genealogist, like a jxiet, must be
born, not made. Tbe naive statements
offered by persons wliose one desire is
to show a lineage which will secure
them admittance to some exclusive or
gamzatlou drive the real genealogist
to ra;;e or tears.
"I don't see why I can't I Join the
Daughters of the Early Founders.' "
said an indignant young woman to a
friend. "My line Is perfectly clear ex
cejTT In one place. It's so absurd!"
"What Is the troublesome" place?"
asked the genealogist
"Oil. It's In the eighteenth century,"
said the young woman, with much Irri
tation. "They Just failed to keep the
record, of course. Of all foolish
things! Why, I ona remember back to
grand fat luir. you Fee. and mother re
members two more generations, and
we're perfectly sure our ancestors came
over from England In this seventeenth
century. The name I spelled a little
different, but of course It's they, be
cause they must have come. And Just
because I haven't been able to connect
them with great great-great-grandfather
in tbe eighteenth century, they won't
let nie In. It's so so paltry!"
(on tent nit-nt.
"Dey say contentment la better dun
riches," said Uncle Eben ; "'but I inus'
own up dufl'd kind o' like to try lsth
an decide fob myself." Washington
Star.
To a man with a little sense, prob
ably the greatest annoyance la tbe
world Is a fooL
bring, and they should resolve from the first that when
ever left thus they will spend the time profitably la
acquiring nserul knowledge, In enlarging tlielr mental
horizon so ns to be able to share their husbands' pur
suits and understand their alms, to become their worthy
companions In every enterprise. For this no tremendous,
.display of learning Is requisite, that would often rather
weary n man than not, instead of giving him the sensa
tion of reiKise he seeks. One of the friends of my youth
an unmarried woman, whose skill with her lu-odle was
unrivaled, always had a book onen before her while she.
executing some lovely piece of emf
nrouicry or sueii graccrul design iind In such delicate)
colors that It looked like a water color sketch, she would
learn all the finest pasaages from her author by heart
Thanks to this system, she was able to relate stories
without end to young people without ever having to
refer to a book.
THEIR EMPLOYES.
By Chnuncey M. Dcpew
While the railroad employes form
eu hut n rv,nlt tiMiru.it t it tliA nlnA.
torate at tbe time I became associated
with the railroads forty years ago,,
when you add to the one and a halt
millions directly upon tbe pay rolls
the men who dig out the ore from the V
mines and those who turn the ore
Into rails, fishplates, and spikes, and
those wliose finished product comes.
In tbe form of the cars upon the
tracks, there are at least one-fifth of
tbe voters dependent upon the ralK
tbe railroads of the country is now
can answer. Conditions of ten years.
irs. .
euy-
and tbe farmers who are now rev
need more railroads to transport the-
The railroad plant is insnffiolent to meet the demands
of the country, and the country Is growing more rapidly
than railway mileage or equipment construction. I am
not one of those who fear that socialism, or advanced
radicalism, or untried theories put Into unwise prao .
tlce rc to be carried Into effect to such an extent as to.
produce financial or Industrial paralysis. I believe that
these great corporations should be uuder the rigid super
vision of tho States and of the general government
Because of the present marvelous development the
American people want railways built, and they believe
that those who take the risks should have a fair return
upon their money. The millions of people who make
direct Investments or Indirect ones through their depos
its in savings banks and other institutions, and that vast 4 ,
army of labor, comprising one-fifth of our electorate, aI A
who are dependent upon railway prosperity for their Uv- K
ing, are the substantial basis of tho safety of the present
and the growth of the future.
WHY FOOD FADDISTS THRIVE. '; .
fit
Enthnalaatle Belief Adda Taato,
that Inanrfi Dlfeatlon.
Much light has been thrown on the
process of digestion In the last few
years by the Investigations of Pavlov,
a Russian physiologist, nnd -others.
These Investigations have changed
very materially our views of this proc
ess and have served to explain many
things relating to food, especially why
It Is that every food faddist thrives
uiwn his particular diet, although it,'
may differ In toto from that of his;
neighbor who thrives eonallv on tilaL
own regimen. Stories are told of dys-
Ieptics, living for years on carefully
CU,t.,,l f 1 - I . . . . i
..ticu j uuu oi me innnopRr iin.i
"most easily dleestlble" sort, nnri nf.i
ferlng misery, who suddenly conceived'
u i.Mifciug ior cornea beer and cabbago
and surreptitiously devonre.i n mMi
of It. To their delight as much as to
their surprise, there was nothing to
pay for this yielding to tbe promptings
of nature; digestion was perfectly per-
louueu ior me nrst time In years.
Such stories aro not nlwavs mmcrr-
phal; they may be founded on fact.
aim uieir explanation is the same a
that of the success of the food faddist.
Pavlov found in experimenting on J
dogs that an abundance of triiRtrle.'X
Juice was secreted when they bad food,
mat mey iikwi. even though this food
was mechanically prevented from en
tering the stomach; whereas, when.!
lutrj hi leu on miners inev o n unt k
care for, but could eat only when half ,
starved, tbe secretions of gastric Juices
was very scanty. This he called the; 11
"appetite Juice." tbe process in tho.
stomach being analogous to the famil-i
iar phenomenon of "watering In tho.
mouth," or Incrcnsed salivary seere-l
tlou caused by tho sieht or Kmolt tf
savory food or even by the thought of;
it. ue rouna also that the composi
tion of the digestive fluids varle.1 with
the kind of food, each article swallow
ed calling forth, through some mysterl-;
ous signals transmitted to the stomach
rroiu tbe tongue and palate as soon as
they had tasted the morsel nlnerwi In:
the mouth, Just the sort of fluid best
auapted to its digestion. The enthusi
astic appreciation by the . dietetic
crank of the unsavory food which be
Is persuaded will ussuro hlin Rtremrth:
and long life gives him a taste for it.
aim so the motherly stomach provide
nn abundance of castrlc Inlce of the-
propr composition and thereby saves-
nun rroni ine ntuerwi.se inevitable con
sequences of his folly.
Couraire.
Three tired citizens a lawyer, a.
doctor and a newspaper man sat In a
back room recently lu the gray light
of the early dawn. On the table were
many empty bottles and a couple of
packs of cards. As they ;at In silence,
a rat scurried across the hearth Into
tlw darkness beyond. The three men
.''.lifted their feet aud looked ut f;acb
other uneasily. Alter a latig pause th
lawyer spoke :
"I know what you fellows are thlnk-i
linr," he said ; "you think 1 thought I
saw a rat, but I. didn't."
Six ot One, Etc.
"Look at poor Mrs. Smith worklng
tbat heavy lawn mower. Isn't It a
shame?"
"Yes. perhaps It Is; but listen to
poor Mr. Smith putting the baby to.
sleep."
Tho New York Pre department has,
two bund fire engines still lu use. They!
arc stationed with engine company 4
ou Blackwell'a Island.