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Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
10 HN H. REAM, Publisher.
mantiard Oil's affinity It Miss DIvIf
.lead.! '
"Make good or don't bluff" la a bit
langr, but It express the Idea In
compact form.
A omslcat lay entitled 'The White
lien" hna gone out of business. Too
tnany eggs, we suppose.
A crary man tied the rope of a church
kH around his waist and ranK a wild
alarm, lie fand rata In hla belfry.
It Iff to late to tax George Washing
Ion with lying. Mc'a dead, and taxa
tie without representation doesn't go.
De automoblllng hurt the face?"
asks one of our conteniorarles. We
have Been faces that It had changed to
an ere rulna.
Although tt baa been reported that
tlio chestnut crop U a failure, every
froolic nan seem to be getting a few
lah hla speeches. . ' , ( ' " ;
Now tknt a 8tateu Island minister la
reading hla vol front the pulpit we
anay expect a lot of atruggllng authors
to eater the sslatstry.
At Mi, distance, looka aa If, the
( vaaaa ark exchanged Artist Earle,
r ' hat fcamhatid, far !lOO,000 In real mon
ey, ataae aa exceptionally good trade.
Wit en everything else In'thla country
eema satisfactory, aome one can be
leaeMed on ta get up and rnock the
stlbatlea ar one of IU aaiendmenU.
Two cigar amies of bunible 'beea have
i scat ta ne Philippines. The coun-
ttf tmtAA afMire an equal number of
faiesUeaUal tees without experiencing
any lea.
The aaaaa who baa named hla' Infant
4aaurhtAr LoalUnia lll probably 'be
taw trac U complain If she trlea to
take record for apeed when aha
A fear ITIndua who were driven from
Oaarada. were driven1 back again by a
a thla aide of the border. Their
ot occidental civilization would
fc iutereattng."
Dr. HaeArthur aaya that Rockefeller
regarda ktetaelf aa a- mere trustee of
. Jate wealth. Why. then, not refer the
aaestia ef Standard Oil policy to the
anemone srhoae trustee be Is?
A Nebraska farmer has recently mar
ried a New York woman for -whom he
waited twenty-five year. ' Such 'con
stancy deserves a rich reward, but he
"will make a serloua mistake If he
thinks he can stay out lute Ht night
without shaking her fulth.
IPn r!cO. ifulhlnn ' I. - ,
' atonilCeA Hint nnoiilil rln w.f sn afiiLiiirh
B i - -".'- w ....,..
L TUIe hi danbtles true- of moat women ;
for when the man of tho house la away
they congratulate themselves on not
havtag tm get -regular iniculs, 'andj bo
r : r eeanp ricrveos "and flrritnbi j ! through,
n lack ef rrtjoper 'food. '' American hus
hoada and American physicians hare
long known thla. ( ii i i U 1 (
Arizona and New Mexico, having do
: elded by popular vote that they did not
j care to he nnlted lu one State, will re
J main territories for a while longer. Tho
'. President haa announced that he will
, :ot; urge their union upon Congress.
".He think the wishes of the: people
teuoirld he reapocted. ;if irrigation doea
:fr thee territories all that la expect
ed. It wm not be many. years before
, I the- will heceme ao populous and pros
perous that their demand to be made
tadepeadent Statea will be met -
I
iWlthht the pnat year there baa been
a decided exedua from the govorument
service.' ' The eld-time situation when
hrlght mind turned toward "a irovprn.
aient Joe" Is new a thing of tho past.
aao in some instances tho government
le forced te advertise to lin
Bed which la former years wore eager
ly Bought It la true that there la al
ways a geed list of eligible on i,n.i
who hare' passed examinations, but
many of these decllno appointments be
cause ef openings n business life that
ensure them of better pay and moro
j opportunity for advancement.
On Oct 1 two Important regulations
relating te foreign postage went Into
effect In place of the old rate for let
ter oent abroad, live cents for each
I half ounce and five cents for each addi
tional half ennce Or fraction thereof,
tho new rate la Ave centa for a whole
, ounce and three centa for each addition
al ounce or fraction. Tho other reguln
tlon paU Into use' the International
V reply cetreen. Hitherto an American
writing te England or Frunce and wish
ing te enclose reply iostngo had to go
t a special dealer and get foreign
stamp te enclose, our stumps being of
onre werthlese on a letter mailed lu
; another country. ' Now all the post
flli-es under the I'ostnl Union Ikhuo a
roupon which Is redeemable at a alight
dUnvifnt In any country. A New York
er writing te a correspondent lu Itorllu
and wishing t prepay the reply en-
. cloee a coupon which ttmta him six
( cents, and which can he exchanged at
eny German post' olllce for German
atampa amounting t live tuts. The
dlmwint goea to tho treasury of the ln
( ternatlona Pnatal Ilureau. The con-
poiia may of courxe be used. In place of
foreign money orders to send Hinall
auiounts, lust us stumps arJ often us.nl
fn domestic transact! . '
i Tho ovnn record held Ind'ermnny has
Im'Ii hcatt'ii by Hie l.iixitanla. The tur
; lili.e e:.ln i have como i:p to the ex-
IxvUitloii o;' their oitruet.ir. On the
'. rat iara.igi foV-i uu-1 reln-llions ntok-
ra. iotubliied with the natural stiffness
of new machinery, prevented the dia
' ft-y of the I.usltii!if:'s full powers. On
tni aoccnd westwurd paKwu'o tho eu
i gliM-a ran smoothly und ull purta of the
juochiucr f, being now vouiewhat ac
quainted, worked well together. Only
four daya after the coaat of Ireland
disappeared tho Nantucket lighthouse
was alghted, and tho whije run from
Dntint'a Kock to gnlidy ,1ooi was "well
under five daya. fHie ifrhotleablllty of
the turbine, tho oldest form of steam
engine, haa been established. The ex
perts who acoffed nt the Idea of using
anything but Reciprocating englnea for
honta larger than, torpedo deatroyera
and channel steamers must acknowl
edge themselvea I.I the wrong. Unless
ftermany wishes to remain In the back
ground It will be necessary to build stilt
larger boats with more turbln.ee. The
relation of apeed In the new style of
stenmers to the consumption of coal
Ita, not been calculated, and German
companies may conclude that the game
la not worth - the candle, but unless
aomo micxiocted development takes
place In the construction of marine gas
en nines or In the wireless transmission
of power the boat which beata the rec
ord of tho Lusitanla will have to have
tqrblno engines. America baa no
transatlantic steamer to compare for a
moment with the giants of the British
and German merchant navy. However,
the success of the turbine opens up new
possibilities In the development of the
coasting trade and the passenger busi
ness on the great lake. One of the fast
turbine' a tea mere used on the English
channel would 'make the pasaage from
Chlcngri to Milwaukee aa quickly aa an
Express, train, and would cut In two the
time between other lake porta. The
Aslatle possessions of the United Statea
could Ik? brought aertralj daya nearer
If turbine engines were In use on the
transpacific llnora. Tbe bnly question
la, la time money? 'The bwnera of the
Lusitanla are to be congratulated on
the success of their, new venture. When
the schievementa of Portugal, the an
cient Lusitanla, In the early daya of
exploration are recalled it aeema fitting
that this steamer, destined to work aa
much of A revolution In navigation aa
the vessels of Vaaco da Game and
Prince Henry, ahould bear the name of
that country.
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THE RE AS WINDOWS.
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tT'r"T'r'r1l3
The old Joke of the buildlag which
waa Queen ' Anne In front and Mary
Ann behind embracea a principle ap
plicable to mere architecture. 'Any law
of exlsteitce that reachea out In one
direction only argues a falao front The
Individual whose scheme of humanity
doea not Include all aorta and, con
ditions of mankind lacka a fight back
ing up of character. A little lesson of
thla kind waa quietly, perhapa uncon
sciously, taught one bright day laat
spring. '
Mrs. Ilrowa and her friend sat with
their work tod the front piazza.' tt wus
one of the first warm daya, and the
sunshine fell gratefully on the newly
awakened sod of the .little lawn! Up
the graveled walk came a man Wheel
ing a barrow-load of bright bloom.
"Oht" cried Mrs. Brown, Jumping up.
'There are the plants Brother Charles
promised for. my beds., 'Tuilpa, what
gorgeous ones, and Hyacinths, and daf
fodils, and thos d'ashlrig blue cillaa!
How lovely I I do hope they won't be
hurt by transplanting. Put them In
those round beds, in front, John and la
the Urn bed inth4 : south aide," ami
Mrs.j!rowu returned to her work and
her friend.
The next day she went out to see
how tho work waa progressing.
The front beds were full, and the
long atrip glowed with brilliant col
ors. John was spading on the grass
plot near the clothes reel.
"What are you digging there for?"
exclaimed Mrs. Brown. "It's a perfect
waste to put them there, where they
won't be seen."
"Sure," anld John,' thrusting In hla
spade, "It's In good view of the kitchen
windows. Bridget can aee them flue."
Aa Mra. Brown walked back to the
plaw.a there-was a light flush on her
cheeks. Itoro of a new thought
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.... la h , PlaBtlag; Svaaon.
8. F. Hood, of the Department of Ag
rleultnre, at a dinner where ,he was
the guest of honor, told a seasonable
agricultural story, a story thut ahould
appeal to all suburbanites.
' "Olio Itcauttful spring mornlug," he
began, "a suburbanite looked suspi
ciously over his hedge and said to his
uclghliorr
".if.,,." .i .
v miui ura ui-ucu hto you Dttry
Ing In that nolo 'there?' ' .
"Tho neighbor luughed a harsh, bit
ter laugh. ,,i , ;
"'Oh,' he said, 'I'm Just replanting
aome of my nasturtium seeds, that's
all. .... .
. '.''Nasturtium . seeds?' shouted tho
first man. angrily. 'It looks more like
one of my buff leghorn hens.
."'Oh, thntVall right,' the other re
torted. The seeds a ro Inside.' " New
York Tribune.' ,
A Clrneron Joker.
Could you have been with mo on top
of one of the old horso drawn busses
on a certain afternoon you would have
seen a middle uged gentleman, allghtly
the worse for wine, take a couple of
hnlf sovereign, from his purse. Be
fore him aat two little Kton boya in
short jackets and diminutive beaver
hats. With much chuckling, the gen
tleman, leaning forward, dropped his
half sovereigns down their backs, next
their shirts, and It would have done
your heart goinl to have seen tho ex
pressions on the countenances of those
boys alter from dismay as the cold
coins slipped down their spines to
wonder n ml delight as, after much
wrl.'slliig each lad extracted the .mon
ey from the rlclnlry of his Bock.y-Ai,
brey I.anslou In Bohemian. '
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UpkIiioIuk SI lliinir.
i'nU the millionaire one ilay, when h
For charity was ilunned, (
"Lots of my money very year j
i '" to a fiettli heir fund." ;
Ilotitttim l'os.. v
MUrortune liy f u(rnrlraH
"That fellow Is at a standstill."
"How did he come ao?" '
"iteenuse he's too fast." Baltimore
American.
Itevenge uiuy bo sweet, but klng
It la apt to sour one's disposition.
wnnorid
Natural Calamities. Christ did not
helleve that ' natural calamities were
Judgments of God for sin. Itevl J. W.
Lee, .Methodist, Atlanta.
Desires. Our desires are the roots
of our personality. As they are so are
we. They arc that which is Innermost
In man. Hev. Duvtd Gregg, Presbyte
rian, Allegheny City.
Iteilglon. Uellglon Is not n mode of
conduct, nor n set of opinions, but a
rest for life, the secret of lwrmnnent
Joy In living. Ilev. Frank Crane, Con
gregatlonallst, Worcester, Mass.
Crime In High Life. The most dan
gerous criminals we have are men In
high places, by whose example, young
men are led to sacrifice character for
gaid. Hev. P. Pinch, Congregatlonnl
Ist, Chicago.
The Gifts God Has Given. What
are we doing with the gifts God has
given us? Are we spending them on
self or using them to bless the world
wlth Iter. W. J. Held, Baptist, Koch
ester, N. Y. . .
Love. The things which cannot be
moved or destroyed henceforth love,
sympathy. Christian courage, the true
"real estate" and ."property" of hu
manity. Bev. J. Kinney Smith, Presby
terian, Pittsburg.
Sanctified Common Senae. ;Men for
get that when God elects an end His
election of that end Impllea the use of ,
the means appropriate to that end. Men '
ought to remember that religion Is
sanctified common sense. Itev. It. S.
MacArtlrur,. Baptist, New York City.
Something Lacking. We see many
men who, after living a long time, hnvo
not accomplished much. It may not lie
that they had not the capabilities, but
there was something lacking which pre
vented them from reallalng the full ben
efit of life. Kev. D. Sessums, Episco
palian, New Orleans, La.
Follies of To-Day. The Idols of
pleasure and money and selflsbneas
command multitudes of votaries. The
new-fangled follies of the day being of
man, must be overthrown. Only that
which la of God's abides. The gospel
a till meets the Imperative needs of
man. Rev. A. M. Lambert Methodist,
Chicago.
Recognition of God. One of the won
ders before God, a wonder on which
I have often meditated, la thlB that
where the gospel of Christianity Is not
recognized by the understanding, and
mote, where It Is even formally reject
ed, the heart receives and appreciates
It Rev. S. P. Cndman, Congregation
allst, Brooklyn. j
The Moderij Bible. Your life nod
mine constitute the world's Bible. 'Men 1
will not rend the Scriptures nor go
back almost 2.0(H) years to study the
life of Christ, but they will read your
life and mine. They will Judge all
things sacred and divine by what they
see written In our dally wolk. Itev. i
Ray Palmer, Baptist, Chlllleothe, Mo.
Spiritual Life. Spiritual life Is as
distant from vegetable life, and vegeta- j
bio life distant from Inorganic matter.
Evolution does not account for Its
origin, but does account for Its growth.
Its various forma, Itii persistent un- j
folding toward some higher type. Itev.
A. V. Raymond, Congregatlonallst,
Schenectady.. j
Peace and Justice.' There enn be no
true peace without Justice; and
bravery, truth and readiness to do and
endure are lndlaiienaable to the-maintenance
of Justice among men. Brave
men are needed In our own land to
expose wrong, to put down evil, to pro
mote, righteousness and to lead - the
-cause, of reform. Rev. J. C I-.ee, Epis
copalian, Philadelphia.. ;
.The Murk of Satan. Some people
wear the uuink of Satan. The sour
face of the aelflsh man, the drunkard
looks and motions, the slimy looks of
the sensual 1st, the evil rye of the pro
fessional thief, the lazy walk of .t'ie
tramp, the heavy faces of the murder-'
er, and the hungry eyes of tho miser
are marks of Satan. Itev. J. 8. Thomp
son, Disciple, Loa Angeles. j
Fraud. Fraud exists only ttccause
men believe It to be profitable.' The
moment they discover that there lo
nothing lu it for them', that moment
they will abandon' it as quickly as a .
robber abandons nn empty safe. The
men then who huve It within their
power to stop lawlessness and who fall
to stop it, are thereby made resonsl
ble for that lawlessness. Kev. G. B.
Vosburgh, Baptist, Deuver.
tendency of the nge threatens the fam
ily life also threatens the religious ob
Bervnnce of the Lord's day, und what
ever undermines the religious observ
ance of Sunday undermines tho Chris
tian home. These two Christian Insti
tutions stund or fall together and when
you observe tho growing materialism.
the mere commercialism of tho nge,
tho iumlly pew forsaken by the father
and sons for some form of more or lvsa
selfish bodily recreation, tho alarming
ly Increasing number of divorces, you
are surely face to face with the defin
ite and distinct cause which histori
ans in jears to com may give for tho
decline and fall of the American re
public, lou should worship tho Ixrd
your God und honor Him by religious
ly observing the day which murks Ilia
resurrection. Itev. C. S.addliig, Kpla
copallan, Chicago, III.
IIU NlnlaLr,
Gullyer What mlsmkos men &n
make! I wan just reading that CjIiiui
bus thought he bad IUc-overc,l the In
dies. .Upley There are worse mistaken
than that. When 1 'married tirst I
thought I had discovered p ir.ulUe!
.4-rc.
"By tho way, Jinks, ;in you pay that
hundred I lent you last week? I just
lost all my ready money -it bridge,"
"lA)ok here. Blnfcs, I hox you tfoa'i
think I'm going to pay your ga.ublln
debt," Brooklyn Llf-
VICTORIA A MIOHTT CATARACT.
African Waterfall Par Erllnsra Oar
Own Kldcirs In f)ranar.
Oox.lng out of n black, boggy depres
sion In the heart of southern Africa Is
n sluggish, muddy stream which wends
Its way southward, leisurely at first,
but it soon grows rapidly In size and
strength until It pours Into the Indian
Owin, l.tlftO miles, away, fourth In
rnnk among tho mighty rivers of Af
rica, says the Scientific American.
Alnmt 700 miles from its source, and
Just beyond the cataracts of Mololo,
the Zambezi, Joined by the waters of
the Kwando River, spreads out Into
what might be termed a lake about six
miles long nnd over a' mile In width.
This lake Is studded vylth Islands and
the surface Is very smooth, the vegeta
tion along tho banks being perfectly
mirrored In the placid water. Strange
to say, the lower end of tills lake If
marked not by a shore line nor by the
slightest narrowing of Its surface, but
by nn abrupt fall beside which our
much vaunted Niagara is a mere pyg
my. It Is an entire lake that takes the
plunge, and not merely a river.
A comparison of Nlagarn and Vic
toria falls shows at a glance how vast
ly greater Is the African falls. At
Niagara the river take a plunge of ICS
feet, but the Zambesi falls sheer 400
feet. The crest of Victoria falls la over
a mile long ,1,808 feet, to be exact
whereas the American fail at Niagara
measures only 1,000 feet and the Horse
shoe full is only 1,230 feet acrosa, or
3,010 feet as measured along the curve.
To illustrate the magnitude of the Af
rican waterfall we might depict against
It the skyline of New York from Bat
tery Pnrk to Worth street Not a build
ing would project above the crest of
the falls excepting only the tower of
the Singer building, which is now In
process fit erection. To be sure, In
comparing Niagara with Victoria, It
must be snld In favor of the former
that the Horseshoe fall presents an un
broken crest, while the . edge of the
Victoria Is divided by numerous Isl
ends into stretches which nowhere ex
ceeds 000 -t. 'At the center Is Liv
ingstone Island, and to the left, as
you look. up. stream. Is the main fail,
while ot the right of the island la the
Rainbow tail. Ituka Island separates
the main fall from the Cascade or Dev
ll'B Creek.
Purla possesses the largest public
garden and the largest hospital.
A square foot of a Persian rug means
twenty-three days' work for the weaver..
The herring catch off the shores of
England represents 115,000,000 annu
ally, '
Herrings ore being sold In the streets
of Sunderland, England, at twenty for
a penny.
Squares, triangles and shnlluar Im
plements used by draftsmen are now
mude of glass.
A German estimate of the capital In
rested In the construction of the world's
railroads Is $ 43,310,000,000.
The swiftest river In the world Is the
SutleJ. or British India, which In 180
miles has a descent of 12,000 feet.
The Actors' Church Union of England
has In the last year gained fifty mem
bers and has now 142 centers, with 171
chaplains.
The great cathedral at Cologne, al
though completed but a few years ago,
haa so deteriorated from factory smoke
that the body of the church will have to
be renovated throughout
Cremation makes great headway In
the Alps. Geneva takes the lead, both
lu point of number nnd equipment, but
Zurich, Aarau, Berne and Lausanne are
each building a second ' crematorium.
Five other towns are doing likewise.
He waa a Scotchman and somewhat
Bhy. At tea tho variety of cakes was
bewildering and the young lady whose
guest he was helpfully inquired, "Will
you have a cake or a meringue, Mr.
Johnstone?" "Hoots, no, ma lassie,"
quoth he, kindly, "you're no wrnng
I'll hue the cake!"
Monks nnd nuns exiled from France
by the recent laws are still seeking
refuge In Englaud In considerable num
bers. Fifty nuns recently left Brest
on board the Antelope, und 100 brothers
of Christian schools, who have been ex
pelled from their Institutions, are seek
ing a Jamie In Jersey and England.
The production of metallic cadmium,
which has hitherto been confined to
Belgium and Silesia, has been under
taken by a chemical company of Cleve
land, Ohio. Tho ore of the Joplln dis
trict Is stated to be richer In cadmium
than the ore of Silesia, but under tho
conditions of sine smelting lu the Unit
ed States It has mt been considered
worth while to attempt to save cad
mium as a by-product.
Mrnnl for Kneoaraa-rmrnt.
As a patroness of struggling nnd din-'
cournged artists and musicians Mrs.
Follen wus not murkedly successful,
although she Um plenty of money and
a warm heart, and was interested In
art and artists.
"I've brought some of my last win
ter's sketches to show you," said one
poor young lean whom she had asked
to call umiii her, "but I do not feci
satisfied with them. They are not as
giMHl In some ways as the work I did
a year ago."
, "Nonsense!" cried Mrs. Follen, with
loud I'hi'crl'tiliifss, putting him on the
shoulder. "You paint Just as well as
you did Inst year as well as you ever
have. Your taste's Improving that's
all !"
Ilurtl Work.
"What do you think U Mr. D'Auber's
great est work'"
"Selling the pi.-turcM he paints."
Cleveland Leader.
If you want to niaUe a man trouble
In a nleo, polite way, let him have the
distribution of I lie complimentary
ticket.
Here Is a chance for aome inuu to
make fifty million dollars In a few
lalnutea: murry Helen Gould.
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AMERICAN TATEIOTISM FEE VENT.
t Py Oov. Hughes.
The same patriotic ardor fills the.
breast of American youth as when
they rushed from field and factory
and college in obedience to their coun
try's summons. The wives and moth
ers of America are os loving, ds de
voted, ns ready to sacrifice and suf
fer, us were those of forty-odd years
ago. ' . ,
'Hie men of the United States are
as quick lo respond to the call of
duty, us keen, ns resourceful, as val
iant, us those of our heroic past. They
are blessed with the memory of their
fathers' labors; they are enriched
with lessons of their real; they arc
Inspired by the example of their pa-
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SO
. GOV. HUGHE.
trlotlsm,
We are engrossed In the
Mind and nerve are strained to the utmost In the varied
activities which promise opportunity for Individual
achievement
But the American heart thrills at the sight of the
flag, the American conscience points unwaveringly to the
path of honor, the American sense ot Justice waa never
more supreme tii Its away, and, united by a common' ap
preciation of the Ideals of a free government, by a com
mon perception of our natlonal destlny, by a common' rec-
egnltion of the riches of our Inheritance, the "American
people should, and we believe will, go eteadlly forward,
a happy, resourceful and triumphant people, enjoying In
ever greater degree the blessings of liberty and union.
CENTRALIZATION NECESSITY. NOT CHOICE.
, By Judge John Gibbons.
. The States no longer are capable of grap
pling with and solving the great Interstate
trust and transportation problems,, not to
mention the many grave International ques
tions which now confront us as a people. At
the present time and under present condi
tions it is untenable to maintain that the
States are anything more than members of
the national body. Nr does It detract any
thing from their local sovereignty or importance to say
that they are members of the ttntlotiul body. The States
must remain Indestructible forever, aud aof far as It
concerns their llsiml and prudential affairs and matters
pertaining to health, morals and police, the States aiust
continue lu the future us In the past to exercise sov
ereign powers so long as those power ,do nof conflict
'with the national constitution.
Our destiny as a nation U onward and upward, and It
would be dangerous aud unwise to permit the States to
Interfere In Interstate matters or International affairs.
Hence the apprehension f certain alarmists to the effect
"He has been workln' work In' I
hard," said the thin woman with the
wet apron, dusting u chair for her
visitor. "Won't you please sit down?
Certainly he ain't workln' now, but a
Job la hard to get, au' he's n man who
won't take everything that conies along.
It was too eonfinln' for hlni.. that last
Job aoiucthlii' fierce; au the man he
waa workln' for didn't treat him right.
My husband's a man that's got it sisr
rlt, an' he won't let nolssly run -.over
him. No, he's not workln now, but he
would be If be found a Job to suit
hlni."
"What Is his trade?" asked the vis
itor. .
"Well, ma'am. I cun't rightly suy'thut
he's got auy perttckler trade," replied
the thin woman! "He's what you might
call a handy man. There ain't iiothiu'
that he can't turn bis hand to If he's
a mind to, but as for workln' nt any
one trade regular It'a soniethln' thnt he
ain't never done. One tiling. If a man
haa a trade he 'most always has to
belong to one o' tlicui unions, nn' you
know an I know that; a union mnu
has got to do Just the way his union
says. My husbun's too imlcenUoiit to
let any union run him."
"How long did he work at this last
Job he had?" inquired the visitor.
"Three days.".
"Aud how long was he out of work
before he got that Job?"
"Well, It must ha been close on to
threii months, ma'am. Not but what
be tried. He'd go out In the morula'
un' sometimes he gone all day looklu'
for work. But it's hard to find, 'spe
cially any work 'at pays Ilvln' wages.
He might hove got some thin' at a dol
lar au' a quarter or a dollar nn' a half
a da', but he don't b'lieve In eneour
agln' low wages. He's tt 111.111 'ml sooner
suffer himself than do that. It's the
principle of It. If he can't get what his
work's wortli lie won't work nt all.
That's wliut he says, tin I say ha's
right "
"Ilow do you manage to get ulong.
then?" asked the visitor.
"Well," said the thin woman. "I
most ginernlly get about all I can do.
with the washln' an' the serubbln'. It
ain't much for pay, but it's belter than
liothln' at ull. Ah' then Hie boy U
a-workln' over In the tannery, an' he
brings 111 $3 U week ::u 'Ihey say It's
wholesome, work In (hem tanneries.
Then the society has been good to mo
an' helps me out nt u pinch. One wny
an' another we get along. tlru:gh we're
behind with the rent u.nv. l;i another
year the girl will be nMe to go out an'
bring In n Httle pomi-thln', though It's
the truth I don't know what 1 will bo
doing without l:cr lo take care of tho
smalt children.' I guess lhy will have
to kind of look iii'ler o::c another.'
"You say otir l::sb.t:id is a handy
man?" said the visitor.
'That he Is. Ah 1 siy. there iilu't
ttothiu' be can't turn hN !i unl to. I'll
show you the elegant msli bench he
made for me If .wm'll -l.p into the
kitchen."
"lo you think i'.e would like to do
t'u janitor work in a small building?
I think 1 can get Uim tlm position."
The thin woman looked a little doubt
ful, "I'll ask him," she ald. "I don't
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that the notion la usurping the powers of the States Is
without any real foundation, because the powers now as
sumed by the nation, hitherto supposed to be reserved to
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL TENDENCIES.
' ' By'E. E. Brown, Commlstloaee ot Eiucmtlon.
pursuits of peace.
meet the needs
above and below
know whether he would fancy that, to
tell you the honest truth, for there's
scrubbln' nn' window cleanin' an' such
about Janitor work, an' that's more of
a woman's Job. Mebbe I could help
him out on that part of It though,
while he did the rest of It 'When he
wakes up I'll ask him. and very much
obliged to you. ma'am."
"Is lie asleep?" asked the visitor.
The thin woman' blushed a little.
"Do you mean that he'a been drink
ing?" asked the visitor, severely.
.The thin woman bridled. "If be has
taken a drop or two I don't know but
It's his right," she said. "If be earns
the money lie's a right to spend It th
wny he wants to. He ain't a drmkln'
man. Not like some Is, anyway. If
once In a while he gets a ' bit off, I
don't- know that it'a anybody's busi
ness." Chicago Dally News.
EAGLE DROPS CIXD INTO TREE.
I (a Talon llrpam Flxrd la the
Itrraa of I.Ktle One.
One of the pair of giant bald eagles
that nest in a dead chestnut tree on
Waukhaw mountain, near Caldwell, N.
J., carried .1-year-old Gladys Vreeland
to the top of a tall hemlock tree Sat
urday morning, and dropped her Into
Its branches, according to the story told
by her father, John Milton Vreeland,
a farmer, says tho New York World.
The child weighs forty pounds and,
according to the futher's story, the
great bird was barely able to maintain
Its flight under the weight Its carry
ing off of the girl was more than half
Involuntury, lu talons having become
caught lu her clothing wheu she at
tempted to save a hen from the eagle.
Vreeland"sald the bird had been sonr
Ing over his chicken run for more than
aii hour. He saw It swoop downward
Jnto a clump of currant bushe. In the
bushes the eagle jouneod upon a hen,
but could not rise with Its prey be
cause of the thick foliage. The flapping
of the great wings attracted the child
to the spot and when she saw the hen
held by the eagle she seized u stick and
began to belabor tho marauder.
Cl'he eagle sprung on her, sinking its
talons Into her dress, the sharp claws
tearing her MesTi. Her cries bronght
her father running from a field near
by. At sight of the ninn the bird at
tempted to rise, dragging the child,
htniggllug. after it. Vreeland believes
that t'.ie bird's talons beeiine entangled
in the girl's dross and that It could not
fr.-e Itself. The two eagle have Imvii
familiar to the neighborhood since
r.K):i, but never had they been kuowu
to attack human beluss liefore.
The great bird rose slowly nnd labori
ously, its wings beating thi air wildly
anil the child sTcunlng with terror.
Vreelau'l sprang forward, but before he
got within reach the bird had lifted
Itself and lu previous burden above
hl:n and was slowly rising higher and
h!;!:er. The chiM continued to struggle
nn 1 the bird seemed trying to free It
:e!f. It had reached the top of 11 tall hem
lock tree when the struggle of the girl
rent her dress nt the left shoulder. For
several seconds she hung with her en
tire weight In the grasp of one talon
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the States,-simply are an ontgrowtb of conditions which
have arisen from circumstances beyond the contempla
tion of either the States or the nation. Duties have been
cast upon the nntlon arising from the exigencies of the
times, inis aoes noi mean usurpation or uie rignia en
Joyed by tie States. It simply means the mode of na
tional life, the progress of events, the trend of empire.
lofty statesmanship and fortuitous circumstances have U
plnccd us upon the crest of th6 flowing tide of expanaldn V
and national greatness. We must continue to drift en
ward and apward or Watt for the ebbing tide to float
backward and downward. We cannot remain Inactive
and stationary. There Is no stopping place, no station
In the life of the nation or Individual not marked by
progress or retrogression.
v While there Is much In American educa
tional history that adda of right to our na
tional prlie, we must not overlook the fact
that even now we are only at the beginning
of things, -with new problems before us and
difficulties' greater than those we have aur-i-mounted,
j Our secondary schools must be-
come better differentiated to meet the needs
of our people, and ' miire widely extended te
of (all.l Their adjustments te schools
muBt be made closer and more vita'.
Our universities have only begun to deal with the prob
lem of educating tast bodies of Immnture student In
alngl Institutions, ' and their problems; of . professional
and graduate study are BirmcroiiB and are pressing for
early solution. '
: Compulsory education lawa have been adopted and nnjT
are In force In thirty-six State. Such lawe now" are Bup-"
plemented with their natural And necessary accompanl-
mcnt that la, with lawB restricting the employment of
children In thirty-two of these thirty-sLx States, while
In eleven other States there are child labor laws unac
companied by laws for compulsory education. Vigorous
organized effort8 are making to Improve the operation
of these laws and secure their adoption In Statea In
which they are not In force. By truant schools and
truant officers and children's courts thla movement Is.
In various parts of the country, receiving added rein
forcement. In Bplte, however, of all these efforts, our
school attendance still falls below that which we ought
to have If we are to oe a thoroughly educated people.
.Modern education calla for schooling for those wbe
uu luiiKer iu auuuui. xiy means or evening classes
and correspondence courses and various other provision
the range of schooling Is Increased. Such Increase must ,
tw rppfi rried as pt f r.ml l out en Kin an,i . .1 . m . ,
.j auu nuiiujr ui ueiag
regarded as among the first things to be considered la ear
next educational advance.
of the eagle, which continued flapptna
the air wildly and trying to make headr-'"
way. '
Then the dress at the right shoulder;
gave way and Gladys fell through thej
branches of the tree to the ground,!
where fortunately a pile of hay broke!
her fall, bo that she was little InJurcdJ
As the child dropped the eagle ahoti
through the air toward the mountain1
at express train speed.
ADVANCED WOMEN OF BtTSKA.
Clever Shrewd and Industrious, All
of W hich Their Husband Are Not.
The Burmese woman la clever, witty,
well Informed, one of the shrewdest ol
business persons, usually an exceljent
housekeeper as well aa a good mer
chant, saya Charles E. Russell in Har
per's. Her two errors seem to be, first
In marrying John Burman, who Is gen
erally laxy and unworthy of her; and,
second, In . submitting to the medical
tomfoolery that the.' Burmese, for ni?
their Intelligence, still practice. i'
might add for a third, if one more be
needed, the smokng of the Burmese
cigarette, which tends to twist out of
shape her handsome mouth. This clirnr-
ette, by the way, Is a monstrous thing.
dih-u rifcintfu incoes in jengtn ana an
Inch and a-quartcr in diameter.
; The Burmese woman not Only man
ages all the material Interests of her
household but ahe keeps the Buddhist
faith-Intact. Without her influence It
may he doubted if John Burman woul
care very much, ne Is too Indolent
and too fond of his ease In smooth
water. But. the women are strict in
their performance -of religious duties;
you can see them at all hours praying
In the shrines where not often you see
the men. If this theory about the wonvj
en is correct, It Is wonderful testimony
to their strength of mind, for Bud-!
dhlsm In Burma Is rock-ribbed and ap-1
parently unassailable; and the, In thej
last analysis, it must bo to the women
that we owe the beautiful pagodas, the
excellent monasteries and the 'gemllkj
shrines that dot this pleasant couutryj
The Paper Told the Tale.
A certain Greek adventurer some
years ago undertook to palm off upon
the public some false copies of the gos
pel manuscripts. Many learned men
were deceived, but not Dr. Coxe, libra
rian of the Bodman library at Oxford.
How he detected the fraud was related
In his own words In the Spectator:
I never reully oiened the book, but
I held It In my hand and took one
page of It between my finger and thumb
whllo I listened to the rascal's account
of bow he found this most Interesting'
antiquity. At the end of three or four
minntea I handed It bock to him with.'
the short comment, "Nineteenth cenn
tury puper, my dear air," and he took
It awuy lu 11 hurry ,nnd did not com
again.' Ycb. I was pleased, .bat I huve
handled several ancient manuscripts in
my time, and I know the feel of old
paper.
To t'.rr la Human.
Hubert Browning oni-e found himself
nt a dinner, at a great Knglish house,
sitting next to a lady who wos con
nected with the highest aristocracy.!
She was very graciously Inclined, und
dM Lo- utmost to make conversation.
"Are you not u poet?" Bho finally
nsked.
"Well," snld Browning, "people are
sometimes kind enough to buy that I
am."
t)h. please don't mind piy having
mentioned It" tho duchess hastened tq
say, with the kindest of smiles. Too)
know Byron und Tcnnyvon und other
were poeta"