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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1907)
i Dakota County Herald DAKOTA CITY, NED. JOHN H. REAM. Publisher. The. Mansfield lucersslon Is mill For seasickness take turbine. Be fore long It will be on sale at all steatri bJp offices. Japan Las no objection to the opon loor policy In Korea as long as she way stand In the doorway. A mnn can run a store without ad vertising and lie onn wink nt a girl in Abe dark but what's the use? Washington, I). C, 1ms an I street, but no J street It can exhibit a few flistlngulshed Jay,, however, In Con gress. The new King of Korea has decided hot to wear a queue. Thus there will tw loss for his -pursuers to f,-rib at When be finds it necessary to un. Now that King Alfonso's nose has been operated on to enable him to breathe more freely, his friends may have to smoke a better brand of cigar ettes. U ban been found by scientists tlnt spider can live for ten months wltn but eating anything. The spider Isn't likely lo make much of a hie with the grocery man. It needs no official report from tho Department of Agriculture to establish the fact that tho English sparrow Is n nuisance and a pest and ought to be deported as an undesirable alien. A man who was tired of married life left home, saying that he was going to try to forget It If he discovers a way he can make a fortune by opening Correspondence school to teach the trick to othera Filipino students In this country have all graduated with high honors, they went right ahead and got an edu cation and didn't have to have the na tive white boys tell tliem what they were over here for. , An evangelist at York, Ta., claims to be gifted with tho power to speak In unknown tongue, and to prove It ho de livers sermons that nobody can under Itand. It will be bard to convince some people that sucn proof Is conclu llve. A Boston woman offered her land lord a kiss If he would give her a re ceipt for a month's rent. Owing to the fact thnt the age of chivalry is dead, he not only declined the Uis., but ttlcd to have the police put tLe lady's fundture out on the sidewalk. Peace advocates are trying to check the Importation of German war toys. They wish some one to Invent a popu lar "peace toy." How would pigeons do? Boys like to raise them os much ns they like to play with tin soldiers. Why not distribute doves of peace In pairs? Public school Instruction In first aid to the injured vindicated Itself the other day, when threo small Boston boys, none more than 8 years old, ad lusted a tourniquet to tho leg of a playmate who had cut his foot on some glass, and toolr him to a hospital to be treated by the surgeons. , Professor Wiley, chief of tho Bu reau of Chemistry In tho United States Department of Agriculture, has re turned from France with an exalted Idea of French cooking and some homely truths for his countrywomen. There are American women," he says, "who pass years trying to learn to play the piano, for which they have little talent, whllo they neglect cook ing as beneath their dignity." A noc turne, on the chafing-dish, Professor Wiley evidently thinks, Is harder to play, but better worth while. In the whole course of bis stay In France he did not find a single dyspeptic. The city of Erie, Ta., has done well to honor, by a statue, the memory of Eben Brewer, the heroic postnl clerk of the SpanlshyVmerlean Wur, who gave bis life for the soldiers at Slbo neys He had gone to Cuba to est.il ltsh a military postal service, and ho did It But the number of sick, wouiJ d and dying soldiers at Siboney, and the scarcity of doctors and nurses, made a demand upon his sympathies which he could not resist. Four days and four -nights, without a moment's rest, be devoted himself to this hu mane work, and then be collapsed. Dartmouth College, from which Brewer was graduutod In 1871, may well share with Erie, his homo city, the pride lu ttils bero of civil life. A year ago Pedro Alvnrado was anx ious to wipe out the Mexican national debt with the proceeds of his mines. Now he has been syndicated not by press agents but by capitalists because be could not satisfy creditors whom bo owed a paltry $000,000. If memory serves, Pedro Is the man who built a large house and put a piano In every . room. This was an original and dui Ing performance, which might of Itself have led to tragic results, but it gives only a glimpse of his various econo mies. It Is stated that building hotels near his mines was a favorite pastime, that be bought $20,000 rugs as a pam pered child might buy candy, und that when there was nothing left to buy he pnsscd purses around among the happy .peons from whom he sprung. Barring tho peons who needed the money, It ."fins a pity on the whole thut he wiis not allowed to turn over a few mill ions to the uatlonal government When mP3 has tonight up the year's crop of antlquo rugs be must experience considerable dbllctilty u using them to the best advuutugc. The string of mpty hotels wmil l lie it hollow iuocU ry. At best the pianos would 're;.r ent a waste: at worst, under simul taneous manipulation, they would ho axirs to produce a serious mental Co- rnngement Undoubtedly the govern ment should bnvo taken the money. But Is It too late now? The hotels are standing, the pianos are In storage, the antique rugs are at lc-t one year old now, and each day Is adding to their value. Pedro must have millions In these assets, and he should be able to realize millions upon them. That be has leased himself as a mining proposition because of the paltry ?."x,(XH) need not Interfere with his having an auction and paying the millions Into the public treasury. Within three days of each other th newspapers of Chicago and the newsi papers of Boston recorded two trage dies of a kind so common ns to be mentioned here only because they seem; to point nn obvious moral. The Inci dent recorded by the Chicago papers was that of n boy who, while on his va cation, was accidentally shot through the heart by a rifle on which he was leaning. The other case was that of n boy In the suburbs of BoHton, shot through tho bend and Instantly killed by a chum, who, after a boyish quar rel, threatened lilin with a rifle, prob ably In fun. How common such acci dents are cannot be realized by any one who sees the news of but one portion of the country; but from an ofllce to which come papers from every part of the United States, the view Is different, and It is jnissllile to get a morn com prehensive conception of the dreadful' toll which Is annually exacted from those who are careless, or crmlt care-' lessncss, with firearms. The plain, truth of the matter Is that n rifle or nj shotgun or a revel ver. although por-j fectly safe in the hands of one familbir; with It, Is nevertheless an Implement, which Is always dangerous when lu the possession of one who has been not carefully trained In Its use, and who! has not acquired sufficient maturity ofj Judgment to keep that training In mind: at all times and In all conditions. We' would not deny to any boy who can Ih; "usted with n gun the legitimate pleas .e of target -practice, or, In proper conditions, of hunting; but we do most earnestly urge uikiii parents that they consider the matter carefully, as ap plied to thelp own sons; and that, If they nee fit to grant the permission, they provide Instruction which shall proceed from tho very beginning on the ground that carelessness Is crime, and nothing short of crime. The earliest authoritative Instance of a windmill in Kngland was one which existed ut Bury St. Edmunds lu 1J91. Ixiw-grade Iron ores and Impure graphite, says the Engineering and Mining Journal, have been smelted by electricity with success in Norway, the resulting pig Iron being of very good quality. One authority recommends the use pf a tcaajtoonful of saltpeter to a pot Oi glue us u deodorizer, says Wood Craft. It Is further claimed that It helps the glue to dry faster and be come harder, nor is the strength and tenacity Impaired lu any way. Tht amount of money spent on tiio harbor of Manila and the Passlg Blver duilng the past year totaled at nearly frl.fiOO.OOO. It Is now tho best and safest harls.r In the Orient Break waters and largo covered docks have been constructed and cbunnels clear ed Tho Improvements are not yet completed. ' The Swiss Telegraph Department hns adopted a contrivance for making a telephone largely automatic and for greatly diminishing the work of the employes. For the future, bj a system of central butteries, the telephone will register Its own conversations, and nil the attendants will bin to do will be to press a button as conversation ceases. Tho French Navy Department !s en tering uimn a general overhaul of tho boilers on all warships fitted with ver tical tubes. Several accidents to boil es of this type have rendered the ntcp necessary. The Joining of the tubes I tho source of weakness, danger be ginning as soon as the temperature ex ceed tHH) or (ir.( degrees. Ileiioiifor ward the tube will have to proj ict lor 6 millimeters into thp collector. A new system of wireless telephony, Invented by Professor Majoranm of Koine, wus tried early In April be tween the central telegraphic Institute In Uomo and the radlotelegraphic ta t!ou of Moute Mario, n distance of about two and a half miles. The pe culiarity of the apparatus consists in the employment of Majorama's hy draulic microphone In the circuit. It was found that even the timber of the voice was perfectly reproduced, and when two persons sioke alternately be fore the microphone, their voices wcro clearly distinguishable at the receiver. Experiments with the same apparatus ovtr longer distances are to be made. A new form of thermometer, which may prove useful In laboratories and factories, has been Invented by Mon sieur Founder or tho Sot-bonne. Paris. It makes ue of the principle that the tension of a saturated vapor depends solely on the temperature, and Is In dependent of the volume, as long us the liquid from which It Is produced lias not Is'cu wholly vaporized. Tho apparatus coinlst simply of n roser volt to contain the vajwr, connected with a copper tube of any required length. A manometer at the end of the tube registers the tension, which varies with and so reveals the tern isniture. By means of this Instru ment an engineer In bis olllce may v.-iiteli the changes of temperature tak ing place at a distant point. lu lle&alf of Kcleurv. lllm 1 understand that you are very luii'-h interested l;i b!enti:lc experi ments? Iter Yes; for years I have been try uz to prove to my own satisfaction that germs e.uni.it be transmitted by hissing. Chicago News. -Mend your own faults uiul the faults of utbtrs will not be so apparent "I told him that ever since I'd known film he'd been doing some fool thing or another, but that tool; the cake." said tho mnn with the white lawn how neck tie. "He got mad about It and now be won't speak to me." "Then It worked all right?" said the man with the tennis shoes. "What do yon mean by 'worked all right?'" asked the man with the white lawn bow necktie. " "What I say," said the man with tho tennis shoes. "I mean that your plan was successful, that Its outcome ful filled your most sanguine expectations. You wanted to get rid of him, didn't you? Wasn't that why you told him bo didn't have ony sense?" "Certainly not," replied the man with the white necktie. "He's u good fellow all right, and I like him first rate. I guess he'll not be mad when he thinks It over and sees I'm right I'd feel bad If he didn't. No, I told him he was foolish because he wus foolish. Anybody would say the same thing. What did he want to buy on the other fellow's say-so for? That's what It amounted to, practically. You don't catch nie investing money in land until I know exactly what It Is and what the values of adjacent property are." "That's all right." said the man with the tennis shoes. "I don't dispute that. I suppose he wus n chump, but that doesn't seem to me to be n good reason for telling him so. I don't blame him for getting mad. He probably realizes bis mistake. When anybody gets a thousand dollars' worth of experience put all over him It's apt to soak Into his pores of Itself. There ain't nny need of rubbing It In." "Well, perhaps not; DUt It was so ob vious he needn't have taken offense." "Because It was obvious, would you go to Charlie Soule and tell him thnt It was a pity his nose had been knocked all out of plumb, and that there wns such a prolonged Interval between his knees? Charlie's ears always did seem JOHN BULL A3 WELL AS UNCLE The cost of living has advanced ill Great Brltnln 20 per cent within the past ten years, according to a London correspondent The rtse in prices has affected everything from bouses to candles. Thcro Is no limit in sight to the upward bound of prices. The Imposition of heavy new taxes is held to be largely responsible for the increased cost of living, everybody who is ablo to do so having raised prices to recover tho tax money. The average -Englishman is becom ing poorer all tho time, and the Brit ish government Is trying to arrange a scheme to grant pensions to the aged poor, in order to ward off an economic revolution. CHEESE CLOTH IS USEFUL. Iloaaekrrprra Kind It Kilrrnielr Yalnahl In IMnnr AVnya. Cheese cloth should be usa-d more commonly for household panoses tha'i it Is, says the Washington Post. The material hits the sieclul merit of 1k Ing firm, yet so lonely woven that grease comes out readily in washing; thus It Is more easily kept dean than lluen or crash, for which It may many times bo substituted. An unbleached quality that costs not more than 5 cents a yard Is quite as good for gen eral use ns more e.euslve fabrics. Tho test kind of dishcloths ore made of it Tho material should be doubled, raw edges turned In and stitched on the uuichlue. This will wear, and be cuuse It cleans so easily Is most sani tary for warm weather, In that It wilt not become saturated ami smell of grease. Rinsing In soap and v.ater will be nil that Is necessary for cleaning. For nice furniture It Is th. best kind of cloth for cleaning, and nil cab inetmakers keep three sets fir work. The first is used for applying the oil, the scevmd to rub It off and the third Is the polisher. Similar treatment ffr dining room tables will keep them lu the pink of condition. Chese cloth will save the dally usp of nn egg In iKillod coffic merely by liming small bags of the c ittun kept In the klti'hen. l'ut the grounds Into one and twist the top iii' .uu I tight with thread, n sool of wlii'-h should be haily for the purp'M TIi, same bag may be dised ninny times. There Is nothing In the cleaning lino for ' Willi! is Is not umd. Windows nn:l mirrors wIM never have n sis-i'k of lint on tlulr . ;.!ilug uur faco K" checs cloth is used, and lor all klndtt work It will be found luval fc'll A. iu n,ilci cf It should tilwa j CAM YOU REACH WVWl ( IT WITH THE -77 WM to me more prominent than candidates for the presidency, and when he gets his hair cut they rtlek out worse than ever, but I wouldn't dream of calling h!s attention to it." "Yes, but thnt Isn't n parallel case," objected the man with the vlilte lawn lxw tie. "Nobody can help being homely or bandy-legged. That's a per r:mal misfortune. Nitzcr didn't hnve to put his money Into thnt crazy scheme, though." "We're all apt to make mistakes," said the man with the tennis shoes. "Homer I'exler didn't have to marrj Mrs. Peren. I'm kind of curious my self to know why be did, but I wouldn't ask him why the dickens he did It. I might ask yon If you had any Informa tion on the subject, but I've a bunchy he'd resent It He must have Imagined It would be nil right, but It's dollars to doughnuts that he couldn't have em ployed his reasoning faculties. Would you nsk him .yourself?" "Of course I wouldn't," replied the man with the white lawn bow tie. "Well, take old Semp Baxter. Co up to him some time and sny, 'See here, Baxter, you've been telling those same old yarns ever since I can remember, and they don't Improve with age. I've heard 500 time about you and (Jen. (irant getting in n dispute at Shlioh and, to begin with, I think it's a He. If It's true it Isn't particularly Inter esting, but It's probably false, because you have a reputation of being a liar.' Would you?" , "It Isn't likely I would." said the man with the white lawn bow tie. "Think he'd feel Insulted?" "It Isn't u parallel case. And. nn other thing, you want to take Into con sideration I'm pretty well acquainted with Nitzcr." "Then, of course, you've got a right to insult him," said the niau with the tennis shoes. "If I'd known you "n few years longer I might tell you what I'll keep it to myself, though. Per haps you wouldn't think It wns a par allel case." Chicago Daily News. CAM FEELS THE HIGH PRICES. The following table shows bow prices have gone up: , 1807. Sl -l-poiiml loaves of broad.. .fi'J Keren quarts of milk KM Half pound of tea '.'( Th roe and a half pounds sugar .13 Half pound of cocoa 14 Pound of bacon IS Sfven pound of flour Id Three nud a half pounds rice. .13 One pound Cheddar cheoie .. .17 Two pound butter till Halt pound lard OS Seven pouiidx mmo One pound candles oil One pound currants OS Our pound retains lo Six pounds meat l.llil House rent (year) 175.O0 One suit clothes l.'.OO 1007. .75 .58 .1!) .is ,17 .110 .ltl .HI .nu! .os .:) .Kl .10 .12 1.23 2L'o.oo 17.00 Total .11!4.01 $242.38 be kept in the kitchen for strniulng soups. Tissue paper is another valuable household asset that all housekeepers do not appreciate. All of It that comes Into the house should bo saved. Mois tened with alcohol. It polishes to per fection, and even dry will nwike them shine. Silver, ulsj brai's if not badly tarnished, will respond Immediately to treatment with tissue paper, and for packing of all kinds It Is most useful. Iace, silk and till rlblsni should always 1k ironed between two layers of it, for the materials will not then be s'.iinv. I'oww of tb t'rocod lle'a Jawa. The power of tho Jaws of the croco dile Is terrific, says Sir Samuel Baker lu his IhmiI; on wild beasts. Once, lie continues, he had the metal of u large hook, the thickness of an or dinary telegruph wire, completely bent together, the barbed p.ilnt being pressed tightly against the shank and rendered useless. This compression was caused by tho snap of the Jaws when seizing a live duck which h; had used as n halt, the book being fastened be neath one win. On one occasion u0 found a tlsh welghll'i M vclity pounds bitten clean through as if divided by a knife. This, again, was the work of the snap of the Jaws of a crocodile. A Frenchman. M. Paul It.-rt. once made experiments ou the strvuv'th (,f a crocodile's Jaws by means of dyna mometer. He found tli it a cro.-odlio weighing 120 pounN cr.crt.'d a force of "W jHiuiuU In clos'ng bis Jaws. W'tirro llo Milnci, When ttiti beat tip a New York man Kind a policeman If yoa e.ui. ' lie only aeeir.s to khow liis ma" V. ! en ritl. iiK attack a lluiij. '.'.' .tshi:i;;t. -n Hernld. Society vWll "Mo tip" a woiuuu (julol. cr tauu housework. FmST STEAMSHIP 0 Cross The Atlantk B I vat- cftie Fect Lueritenia racafo nemon afia voyapo of tho tfuvatwah. ponoer As large and as powerful as Is the I.usltanla, the big liner's memorable trip across the Atlantic did not create half so much Interest as did the voyage of the little American steamship, the Savannah, which was the first steam vessel to bridge the great ocean. The Savannah's trip was made In the year 1811), and was only Intended as an ex periment, as she did not carry a passen ger or a pound of freight. From a financial viewpoint the trip was a fail ure, for, while there were several offers to purchase the new steam vessel, nor.e of them regarded as acceptable. The Savannah's trip Ms historic and was accomplished at greot risk. So fearful were mariners generally of the fate of tho experiment that the com mander found It Impossible to obtain sailors In New York, and was obliged to seek them In New IOndon, Conn., the home of the Bulling master, Stevens Rogers, who was well known to the sea faring men at that port Much of the data regarding the Sa vannah has been lost, but It Is certain that she was a full-rigged ship, with auxiliary steam power, and of 350 tons. Originally Intended as a sailing packet between New York and Havre. Whllo she lay on the stocks at the shipyard at Corlear's Hook, New York, she at tracted the attention of Captain Moses Rogers, wlio had been associated with Fulton and Stevens In commanding sev eral of the early steamboats. He In duced a wealthy shipping firm In Sa vannnh to purchase the vessel and fit her with steam engines, ith a view to giving that city the credit of being the first to inaugurate a transatlantic iteamshlp line. , Uiiecr I'afldlr-WIicrli. Scarborough & Isaacs, the linn refer red to, bought the ship and had her fit ted with nn Inclined, dlrcct-nctim? low. pressure engine of 00 horse jxnver, the : diameter of the cylinder bcins 40 Inches and the stroke five feet The en- flii&i yilMUl. Tr -XT it 't THE GIANT CUXAKDEIl LU SIT AN I A. glne was built by Stephen Vail, after ward connected with Morse In the In vention of the telegraph at the Speed Well Iron works, near Morrlstown, N. J. The boilers were built at Elizabeth by Daniel Dod. A peculiarity of the equipment was that the paddle wheels, which consisted of eight radial arms held In place by one uunge and t:r ranged to close together like a fan, were so constructed that they could be ' unshipped and taken on board if the ! weather proved to be very heavy. In those days such contrivances were only regarded as fair weather adjuncts and i not to be Intrusted to the buffetings of ' a rough sea. The vessel was designed ' to carry 75 tons of coal and 23 cords of wood. It cost $30,000. An account of the Savannafl, pub lished after the trial trip between New York and Savannah, says "her cabin is finished In elegant style ami Is fitted up In the most tasty manner. There re 32 berths, all of which are state rooms. The cabin for 'ladles Is entirely distinct from that Intended for gentle men, and Is admirably calculated to afford that retirement which Is so rare ly found on board of passenger ships." Captain and Salllnar Maatrr. The captain was Moses Uogers, rnd the sallng master was his brother-in-law, Stevens Uogers, who Was not re lated to him by ties of blood, although their surnames wcro the same. Captain Uogers. a native of Connecticut, who was responsible for the experiment, commanded the I'hoenix built for John Stevens aud bis son, Bobert Livingston Stevens, In 1S0S. He took the little I'hoenix on her memorable voyage from Sandy Hook to Cape May, the first time steam vessel hoi! braved the dangers of the ovan. lie also commanded the Eagle In lSKl, when that vessel made her first voyage from Now York to Bal timore, ond he was associated with the owners of the New Jersey, win u regu lar bl-wtvkly voyages were Inaugurated between those ports. Captain Uogers was regarded a a persou Uon fcjla- Ions on the subject of steam navigation were Important and valuable, and he frequently was consulted by steamboat owners and constructors. The first long voyage of the Savan nah was from New York to Savannah. The trip occupied 8 days lo hours, and during that time the engine hud been worked 414 hours. The vessel left New York at 10 o'clock on the morning of March 2S, IS10, and arrived at her des tination on April (J, ut 4 o'clock In the morning. Arrived at the southern port the ship attracted a great deal of at tention, for It was known that she was to try for the record across tlfe At lantic. The revenue cutter Dallas sa luted the ship as she entered the har bor, and the bank of the river was lined with patriotic citizens, whose en thusiasm found relief In shouts of ap proval. Oat far Liverpool. After showing her paces to the citi zens of Savannah, on the morning of Saturday, May 22, 1819. the Savannah set sail for Liverpool. The log of this historic trip Is still to be seen In the National Museum at Washington, where there are several other relics of the daring Captain Rogers. When the ship was off the coast of Ireland, a British cutter, the Kite, noticed her, and seeing the smoke belching from her funnel believed the strange craft was afire. When the cutter, after sending several shots across her bows brought her to, the British commander was much chagrined to find his mistake, ond ordered the captain to take down the pennant he was flying, hut Captain Rog ers answered that he would do nothing of the kind, as he was' entitled to fly the colors. . While he was off the Irish coast, Captain Rogers had another experience which sorely tried his pride. He found when alHiut fifteen miles from Cork t;hat be mid run out or coal. He was In a calm, but wns unable to get up steam, and while ho had hoped to steam - luto Liverpool, he was compelled to enter like any other sailing ship. On the voyage, which ended oil June 20, a't 0 o'clock In the evening, he came to an chor In the Blver Mersey, In front of Llvorjioo!. The voyage had lasted 29 days 11 hours, during which steam had heeu used 80 hours. ('rnlsrtl In ICuropean Water. Although the Savannah did not en ter Liverpool under steam, she shipped coal as soon as possible and gave tho people at that port a sample of her work under engine isiwer. Richard Bush, the American minister, sent a dispatch to tho State Department, not ing the arrival of the ship. In this note he refers to the vessel as being the first of her description "that has ever crossed the seas, and having ex cited equal admiration and astonish ment as she entered the pirt under the Iower of her steam." Others at the time make note tliat she entered under her steam, but jhe log shows thul this was not the case. For several months the Savannah cruised In Kuropeon waters. From Liv erpool she went to St. Petersburg, hav ing made a stop at Stockholm, where tho Swedish royal family visited the ahip and praised the captain's daring and enterprise. While the vessel lay t Stockholm, Captain 'Uogers was sev eral times In negotiation for the sale of his craft to the Swedish or UusSlan governments, but t'.ie terms were not satisfactory. A Trlumphiil Itrlurn. The return voyage wus begun tit Cronstndt ou Sept. 2r. Stops wore made at Cojicnliageii and at Arcu.lal, Norway. The latter place was the last port on the homeward Journey. Tho Suvaunau left there ou Oct. 21. Forty days later s!:o sicuifcd lino the harior of Savannah, alter an ubscin'c of six mouths and eigiit days, it was a tri umphal return; the Atlantic had lee:t crosMsvl and recrossed by a steam ves sel, but the orolectors bad nothing to show for their outlay. They tried t) sell the vessel to the United States gor ernment but falling, they removed th engines, which were sold separately tV an Iron company In New York, and ttvl ship placed on n packet line which ran v between New York and Savannah. In 1S22 she run ashore on Long Isiana and been me a total loss. Eight years elapsed after the remark able voyage of the Suvunnffh before an attempt to cross tho Atlantic by . a steam vessel was again made. In 1828 4 the ship Curacoa crossed from Antwerp to the Dutch West Indies, and while tho voyage was regarded as successful, it was found to be unprofitable. In 1831 the Uoyal William, built at Quebec, safely crossed the Atlantic from Mon treal to London, and there was sold to tho Spanish government to become the ,t first steam warship In the world. Ij The I.unltnnltl'a First Trip. ' ' It was a thrilling sight on the banks of the Mersey when the giant Ctinarder I.usltanla swung out Into the stream at Liverpool and began tho Journey over the Atlantic which was watched keenly by more people than ever gave concern to a nautical event before. England had at last produced a bout unequalcd In size, In grandeur and In appoint ments, and the only thing left to guess work was how fast she, could thread her way over the boisterous and befog ged ocean lying between England anil our shore. A great multitude lined the four miles between the pier and the Irish channel to bid her Godspeed on her first trans-Atlantic trip. From the throats of 150,000 English men and women came the words of "Rule Brlaut nla" as the great anthem was sung as never before. But this magnificent sendoff to the Lusltanla did not restore to England the supremncy of the sea now held by tho Germanic fleet, and1 the sturdy Anglo-Saxon hiust try once more before this eagerly sought dlstlnc-! tion comes to him. The big boat ber haved beautifully even If she did not lower the record. She was suerb In! everything save this. It may be that the Lusltanla later on, when her ma chinery Is free from friction and the. working parts are unusually well oiled, will shorten the Journey between the continents to less than five days. Her owners believe she will do this. THE SHORT NOSES. Something- to Be Said In Favor ofj Those Who Wear Them. "Physiognomists tell us that the biff, nosed people do the world's work," said a short nosed man the other day, "and they generally add a lot of ruN l.lsli about NflDolcon'n liltr nose nm1 " how he always selected big nosed men to carry out daring undertakings. "That Napoleon story was Invented by some one with a nose like Cyrano tie Bergerac, who wanted an excuse for his proboscis and therefore pre-, tended that his nose was but the In troduction to n massive. Imposing, character. It Is true that a big nose Is1 . sonletlmes Indicative of firmness and' determination, but only when It is as-1 socluted with a strong Jaw and long; chin. A big nose with a retiring chin) Is almost Idiotic In the expression It' gives to the countenance. Every car-l toonlst knows this. Whenever you seo a cartoon of a society dude It shows a; long nose and a small chin. "But there Is something to be said in favor of the short noses. The short nose shows wit, imagination, tact, Judg-i ment, discretion. Socrates had a snubi nose, and of the lively Imaginative, writers In almost any language a eon- siderable proportion was short nosodi people. Iing nosed men may do their, share of the world's work, but thei short noses write the clever books and', tho entertaining plays. If Shakespeare! had had u nose like the Duke of Wel-j lington, do you ever supiosc that he! would hnve written tho "Merry Wives! of Windsor?" He might have been a' successful theater manager, but would! never have become a literary artist.- i St. Louis Globe-Democrat Itelurtunt Confession. "Maybellc, hns Harry ever kissed! you?" "Just once, Gladdy; but he begged' so hard I couldn't refuse him." "When was It?" "Last Thursday night." "Where did he kiss you?" "In this town, of course." "That doesn't answer my question. Where did he kiss you?" "At home." "That Isn't what I want to know. Where did he kiss you?" "In the conservatory." "That Is another evasion. Where did he kiss you?" "Er In the dark." "You may Just as well tell me the' straight truth. Where did he kiss' you?" "On' the back of my band, If you'i think It's any of your business." From Malaria. One day a man, apparently white, came Into the best restaurant In At lanta. Tho head waiter looked him' over and thought he bad negro blood In him. In 'fact, he- was a very light quadroon. , "Here you," the heaj wuiter said, "you ure colored." "Oh, no, I ain't," the man replied.' "Not lu the sense you mean." "But you are mighty durk." "I know I am, but that is because I am a Malay." The head waiter was nonplussed. He looketl again, and then asked suspi ciously: "What is u.Malay? Where Is be from," "Why," said the man, easily. "Ma lays urerom Malaria." HluttinK the niufler. The talkative man In the smoking room was boring the company with his reminiscences of the great peoplo he had met. "Last week." he said, "I ieut a most delightful day with my friend Lord Broadacres." Indeed." said a gentkmr.n on a eor ner, who had not hitherto sp.ikeii; "and ho you don't reccgul.e me us Lord Broudacres?" The boastful one Instantly collapsed, end, muttering miw apology, left the room. "Aiel I'm not Lr.r.l Bro.idicres at nil." chuckled the gentleman us the door closet! tlpii.t the discomfited oU6. Loudon Tit Bits. I