Nebraska Newspapers

    Dakota County Iler.ild
DAKOTA OTT, NKIV.
JOHN U. REAM, ... pu Wisher ,
We agree with the tailor's adver
tisement: "Spring suits. " It does.
, 'AuRtralla, with a total population of
4.275,(oo, Is now almnnt. as big as New
Kork City.
' How would It do to have a law pro
dding for tin? postponement of inau
guration day on account of the weath
er? An Alnbimwi man si.vs that be
worn off kissing la-cause lie Is afraid
f germs. That may do to tell his
Wife.
It In alleged tiiat somebody has In
Tented n machine 1li.it will cniililo a
man to darn his own sock". No poetry
In Hint.
An Ohio minister has denounced
church suppers. Perhaps lie had Jusi
attended one where he had nn oyster
leas stew.
The trouble Is that if the women
are forced to pay no much for their
Stocking there will lie nothing left to
cache In them.
One boy out of every thirty was ar
rested last year. This Is an experi
ence usually postponed to the Kiddy
days of the twenties.
Good country roads are almost In
tight. Every prosperous fanner either
owns an automobile or Is making In
quiries as to the price of one.
Another universal language, called
Ho, lias been invented. The name
'looks a If it might have been fur
nished by the spelling reformers.
Eggs were thrown at Aunt Carrie
itlon while ahe was making n speech
in a London music hall. And the pity
of the story is one of them hit bor"
If the women are ever supplied with
those new machines for the detection
of liars, the safest plan will he for the
married nieu to remain at home
eights.
A tax on chewing gum seems feas
ible. Probably the only risible effect
would bo that you would get. a smaller
Blab when you dropped your penny in
the slot.
A 12-year-old boy has succeeded In
getting the Paris salon to accept a
painting by him. Isn't tho salon lay
ing itself open to the charge of encour
aging child labor?
Mrs. Hetty Green declares that she
doesn't need any help in minding her
iown business. People- whose chief Joy
(ln life Is giving advice to others will
Regard Mrs. Oreen as a very rude pcr
poa. New York automoblli.sts have fortn-
i club for the purpoKo of prevent
ing reckless driving. The automobile
as come to remain, and the sooner peo
ple get over the huhlt of handling It as
J. man a plaything tho better it will be
or everybody.
If you want to makean all-around,
good for-no1h!jg tough oHt of your boy
Just butt In and take his sile on every
question which comes up between him
(nfl the teacher, and if you want him
o have a good start to the jienlton
tlary be sure and let hltn know that
fee can always depend upon your asalst
nce Id whatever trouble, he may get
Into In school, right or wrong.
Japan is a nation of poets. The em
peror gave out last year, as a Riibject
or poetic competition, "The Pine In the
now." Twenty-five thousand manu
scripts were submitted. The commit
tee had not sorted the rood from the
tad at last accounts. The best pieces
were to be submitted to the emperor,
who Is himself a poet. The hard head
d English-speaking race has always
keen wont to regard poets as queer
freaks unfit for practical affairs, ou
(his point we have something to learn
from the efficient ruler of Japan and
tils very practical, businesslike sub
ject. Some English tourists who are in
the habit of traveling with a good
many trunks have a way of marking
their baggage for identification pur
gtoaea which looks strangn to American
yes. It Is not at all unusual now to
ee landed ou the steamship piers a
Big pile of trunks and bags a sound
each of which will he a stripe of some
Mvld color. A bright red stripe around
sole leather trunk may look oueer.
but its usefulness is apparent In the
case with which the baggage la picked
Out by the owner. An Englishman who
came over recently had his trunks not
enly decorated with a white stripe, but
on the top of each was his coat of arum
In colors. Ills baggage was handled
with much dispatch.
The KotUKii Catholic policy, as devel
oped in clt'es. seems to lie to erect
large churches, whereas Protestants
build smaller edllW and more of
them. The Protestant Idea has been
carried u step farther by a proportion
recently made in New iork. to set up
In . new territory "neighborhood
churches," one on every block, perhaps.
the lower floor to b used for religious
purpose, the upper part to lie fitted
for housekeeping. and ' rented. One
clergyman might serve a doen or
twenty such enterprises, the rented
rooms would help to pay the bills, and
although In some instance a uelglitxir
bood church might narrow Into a sort
of family affair, one has no trouble to
find precedents of growth from smaller
beginnings. AqulU and prlsellU still
alnte Christians, by (be bund of Paul,
"vX the church that Is In their
house," i.id we cannot afford to forget
that Christ's "cathedral" on one occa
Ion was a fishing io it.
A woman who had Jut 'returned
from H residence of leu years In Eu
rope was asked a short time ago to
ghe a travel talk to a mothers' club
In a city mission. "They Co o love,
our women, to hear about new places!"
the plea ran. "You see, they haven't
very many pleasnnt thlnrs to look at
themselves." The traveler accepted
with pleasure. She talked for nearly
an hour, after which simple refresh
ments were served, and the meeting
changed Into an Informal social. As
the traveler spoke with mm and an
other, she became more and more In
terested. Finally, after th" last one
had left, fjlm turned to (be friend who
had Invited her. "I can't realize it!"
she exclaimed. "All the world's a trav
ellng! They were telling ine one
woman had been spending tho summer
In ItufTalo with her ulster, and bad
been to Niagara twice; another has a
son In Harvard, and Is going there
when he graduates; another had been
on a three-day excursion to New York,
and another on trolley trips that touch
od three States. It wasn't bo when I
left America. Itcally, women are be
ginning to inherit the world -not the
summer boarder nor the glohc-trottrr,
but working women. It Is glorious!"
It Is merely another phase of the great
widening of life In this twentieth cen
tury. The world lias always been
"Inherited" by Ihoxe who have held tbo
secret. Many a blithe young appren
tice In the middle ages, with no for
tune save the clothes on his back, the
skill In his fingertips, and the stout
heart under his Jacket, made his own
a thousand gay and happy scenes. Hut
the apprentice's slater! There was no
wnnderjahr for maids; rarely, indeed,
did she know the world's face beyond
a few narrow streets or a handful of
grrwn fields. The world the grat
world, with Its marvels an. I Its beau
tywas all about her but never for
her. Today how this Is changed! The
constantly cheapening modes of travel.
the great social awakening, changes In
labor conditions, a hundred forces, rec
ognized and unrecognized, are opening
the doors everywhere.
IN THE MANAGER'S OFFICE.
The lrrltalrit I ailvmrr Found I hiik
to Modify Her Jndamrnt.
Rosamond had gone to tho office of
ono of tho ma lingers of a big depart
ment atore, seeking redress in the mat
ter of nn unsatisfactory purchase.
The manager quietly took notes as
Rosamond rather Indignantly stated
her grievance. Then ho asked a few
questions, and when she had answered,
he said, courteously:
"I uiust ask you to wait while the
matter Is looked into. I shall have
to send a statement of the case down
to the head of tho department, and
have him tike It up with the clerk
who wailed upon you."
Ho touched a button as be spoke and
gave the notes ho had made, with a
few directions, to the youth who an
swered the summons.
Itoaiiiuond tapped the floor with an
Impatient foot. She felt that, consid
ering the fault was entirely with the
store, It was unfair not to styttle the
matter at once in her favor without
so much unnecessary red tape.
Afrer fifteen minutes' waiting ahe
was about to express her feelings to
the manager, who was apparently en
grossed with the papers ou hla desk,
and demand more spwuiy action, when
a young saleswoman entered the office
In a hesitating manner. Thero was
a sweet but shy eagerness In her face
as she approached the desk that at
tracted Kosamond at once.
"What is It. Miss Snell?" aaked the
manager, looking up for the merest In
stant.
"I wanted to to ask you. If to-mor
row I should come down an hour ear
lier and not take any nooning If you
could lirt me go home at 4 o'clock?"
"Why do you wish to leave work at
auch an unusual hour? la there any
spvclal reason?"
"Well, my best friend Is going to be
married to-morrow night at 7 o'clock,
and I wanted to be home early to have
plenty of time to get ready for tho
wedding, for I'm going to be the brides
maid." "Have you ever been a bridesmaid?"
aaked tho manager, turning over the
papers which he was examining.
"No, sir, I never have before, but
Mabel la my best friend, and I "
"And you'd like to be her brides
maid and see what It's like." The man
ager raised hla head and smiled at
tho girl. "Well, If you come down an
hour earlier in tho morning, we'll try
to get along without you In tho after
noon. You may go home at 12."
"Oh, the whole afternoon! Thank
you so much. I'll be hero at half-past
7 mire."
ltostimond smiled at tho tightness of
the feet that ran out of the olllce back
to work.
"I was so afraid you wouldn't let her
go home early, 1 could hardly keep
still," ahe said, Impulsively; and the
manager gave her a swift, pleasant
smile, the like of which he had be
stowed upon tho little saleswoman.
"Even In tho dally grind of the shop
there should be room for some pleas
ures for the young," he said. "Are you
getting tired of waiting?"
"I won't wait longer. I'll leave the
matter to you. Whatever you do will
be all right. I know. Hut please don't
let tho head of the department be hard
ou the clerk who sold me the goods.
I've Just thought that maybe I was
careless In making my selection."
Youth's Companion.
Tter I Dm Way Arouml.
I.lttle Willie Father, how far Is It
from lndon to Brighton?
Father About fifty miles.
I.lttle Willie And how far Is it
from Brighton to I-ondon?
Father Of course, it's the same dis
tance, at upld !
Uttle. Willie Well, it Isn't far from
Christmas to the new year, but It's a
long way from the new year to Christ-mar-!
Comic Cuts.
Natural.
"She's a very natural girl."
"So?"
"Ye, whenever she's Invited out to
dine she never thinks of taking the
smallest piece of meat In sight, but
helps herself to as much as she would
eat If she were at home." Petrolt
Free Press.
A boy likes pie so well he never
knows when it Is poor.
OURS A NATION OF MOVERS.
Amfrlmni t'hmii;e Their finer of
Ilrnlilrnrr for M.iny llraaon.
Until a dozen yea r n-'i the reason
why so many families moved was thai
they might ti 1 1 I a plan- In which to
Make a living or a ! tcr living, says
the liellneatc-r. K;it l:i the great and
general pros pi rlty of the period that
began to draw to a close n year or two
ago, another reason became Important
to find a place in which to spend fo
the bent advantage the Income from
considerable property.
Any cuniigo In the dollars and cents
of life means usually that the family
will move. When we get rich we move.
When poverty threatens we move.
When tin; land on which our houso
at amis rises considerably in value we
move In order to Invest the profits;
and when It falis we move because
"tho tono of the neighborhood Is no
longer what It wns."
We move for many other reasons.
When we marry, of course wo move.
Sometimes we marry In order to have
a plausible? reason for moving; and
sometimes, when our children marry
ami go away from home we move "be
cause die old home seem lonely."
Nearly every divorce means that two
must move. When the parents die the
children nioe. As the family grows in
number we move Into a larger house in
order to have more room; and, when
we can, we move into a better neigh
borhood In order to give the children
social advantages. When unwelcome
faces appear upon our street we move;
ami when our friends move away wo
luoe. When the landlord raises the
rent or refuses to make repairs we
move.
Almost nuy evfnt Is a good enough
reason for any American family to
move. Some of us own two or threo
different homes, In city, In country and
by the sort ; and thereby have an as
surance of the delight of moving sev
eral times a year. And some of us
live In hotels or In boarding houses
In order to be "foot frH'" to come aud
go as we will.
SHORT METER SERMONS.
Thr t'rnlrr of hnreh Lite.
The child Is the center of th
church's lire. Rev. Rurus W. Miller,
Reformed. Philadelphia.
The fr'litht at Knllh.
light the good fight of faith; ther
Is nothing like it. Rev. Charles F,
Aked, Baptist. New York City.
SV!f- oiltrol.
-olf-eoiiti'o! In lower things will leai
to self-control in thnt which la higher,
Rev. S. N. Watson, Episcopalian. Ak
ron.
Truth.
Truth begins its work In the soul
also at (he center of humanity. Rev,
W. W. Willard, Congregntioniiliat, Au
rora, III.
Cnnllnuoiia Plngor.
Child labor ii a plaguo that smites
Its victims twelve months of the year,
Rev. Stephen S. Wise, Hebrew, New
Y'ork City.
Commit ling Sin.
To deny God Is usually to disobey
His laws, and that Is to commit sin
Rev. Cyrus Townseinl Brady, Prot
estant Episcopalian, Toledo.
Mrlniicholy,
Melancholy hns given to the worhj
Fome of tho greatest poes, dramatist)
and philoHopheis. Rev. S. P. ('adman,
Congregat ioiia 1 1st . Brooklyn.
Kvll ItCHdltlK.
Evil reading bus made men skep.
tical and Indifferent to any form of
Immorality. Rev. .T. Wesley Hill, Met
ropolltan Temple, New York City.
Nrprlret of iod.
What la the reason for the spread of
tho plausible fanaticism called meutal
or psychic healing? The neglect of GoH
Rev. George A. Gordon, Cougrega
tlonallst. ltoston.
The Ideal Woman.
The ideal woman docs not consider
work unwomanly. She believes that
whatever concerns her hiiMbaiHl con
rerns her. Rev. l.ynian Abbott, Con
gregational 1st, Brooklyn.
The Voire of th Future.
Let us listen not so much to the
voice that Is behind us as to the voica
that comes out from the great future
that stretches before us. Res-. E. L
rowell, Christian, lMilsvllle.
I'rmrnl-Ka Father.
Present-day fathers ure too often
merely their children's pocket books 'am
bogy men, Instead of lclng their law
book, monitor, teacher, guide and clos
est friend. Rev. Joseph Krauskopf
Hebrew, Philadelphia.
Tha (ircat Peril.
Man Is ever placed between two great
perils, the rli of the dreamer whg
lacks common sense, and the peril oi
the materialist who never seen the vt
alon. Rev. K. N. Hardy, Congregation.
nllst, Qulncy, Mass.
VllalUrd Trala.
New truth does not need the anni
hilation of old truth. Better one trntl)
vitalized lu your Christian cscrlcnc
than whole systems of truths lying fal
low In your brain. Rev. Allyn K. Ftx
ter, Baptist, Brooklyn.
Nrrlons-Mlntlrdnra.
The serious mind never forgets tla
hard side nf things ; it does not live ti
fear, for It la prepared for whatevei
may come, nor does It yield to any de
lirium of pleasure. Rev. Howard N,
Brown. I'nlfarlaii, Boston.
Many trior.
MaulnsKt Is no' fully grown until 1
measures up to t ie religious life of
Christ. All manly virtues should N
Illumined y religion; and rellgloi
should be Interpreted lu the languagl
of nmiily virtues. - Rev. Coruellm
Brett, Reformed. Jersey City.
Ml lu.
The Hostess--I hope you will Uk
this punch. My husband worked ovei
It all the afieruiMiu, making it with hit
own hand.
The Guest- it's grand! Where ll
your husband? We must congratulate
him.
The Hostess Sorry, but he can't b
seen. I jmr him to bed. Puck.
Probably the easiest way to aoqulrf
wealth ia to Inherit it.
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(Vmpl.-te com.mi.il.-ation with the land at I V;i ' J J'Wt
.11 times while on akle trips will shortly be 1
an accompi!si,cd fa.-t. The att-nt.on of the 1 .Mtf
world was directed to wireless telegraphy .7. I 'U i ' c,wf ' ' .iQ J
nt.d Its surpassing benefits t . mankind most- I 1 v li ikW
forelblv n ml conviiKiigiy wncn i no uppannm g- :.j."v.f JBj.ikv i'k 1 '! i
losa of life which v.i old have otherwise ei
Fuod when the 111 fated pi-publlc was strick
en far from help b-iiinie nppareul. The dis
ester scrvel to demoiislrate that vessels voy
aging tho pathless wastes of tleis-can sliould
be well tsjulppetl with this means of suni
inoning help In the hour of dire distress, and
wireless telegraphy is the only known means
of eoniiiuiiil' nlloii w hen hur.driils of mlhvi
fiiay Intervene. The United , States govern
ment requires liners nn the high seas to carry
the fullest ami most complete installation
of the wireless system of telegraphy, hut no
provision Is tnnde as to lake vessels. It Is
probable that, the comparatively short distnn
Of our inland waters go does net Impress th
Kg an element or .longer suir.cieni ly great to make this legal requirement
necessary. The system can be maintained and operated only at great ex
pense, but no complaint from the companies operating the leviathans of the
ea has ever been made, kecrgnizlng In this modern triumph of man's Bklll
and inventive genius the i.e-st efficient piotector against loss of both llfo
and property so far known, the vessel owmrs willingly assumed the burden
of the large expense Incurred .y the iiiKtallal Ion and operation of the sya-
" J '- k"'-ioiim-im uuu'Miuns u,u
nomine SRiiieo opeiMmrs ever are
key. Work already Is under way f.,r
of telegraphy on a number ,' ships
Inter Ocean.
The advantages accruii
from lmving
nave neen ahnmLuil.y prr.ven. The big
ttV Tina tnil ioiid rl'ri.. I ...
I' ' ' """"i' "I'lou o;n):iny.
"1 "" "me H'K me on:y lioal up to
THICAGO'S RICHEST POLICEMAN.
Being a gentleman of leisure, as some
peTRons understand the term, is not to
be llklns of Michael Ilnssett. who re
Bred from the Chicii'-'o police force re-r-nt1y,
"the richest policeman in Chl
sago." H.issett has traveled a beat
in the atoi-k yards district for twenty
!Rre years, and. although not an old
Bian by any ineiiis. he thought he nced
nl a rest. Now that be has the op
portunity to remain in bed until K
o'clock lu tho nionilrg and have hU
breakfast brought to him. he finds that
hfc cannot break away from the habits
rhlch have been formed by a life of
wkiiah. lusstrr.
rigid routine. In splto of his desire
to snooze in the morning he finds him
self rising at ti o'clock and he is at
Ibe police station when the "rest of
tho boys" resirt. When tbo squad
tarts out to begin the day's work
Michael hecomes restless, ami by the
time the last of the men has Hied from
the building the "millionaire" has "fal
len In" aud steps as lightly and as
proudly as ho did twenty years ago.
He passes the greater, part of the day
en his old bet with bis successor. "It's
great to be rich," says the former
latrolnian, "but wlnit good do I get
out of retiring If 1 can't quit the beat?
My heart I !n the work ami my feet
won't let me stay away."
CONQUERING THE TARPON.
aaaattoaa of On Who tla lluokrd
a Flab, of That Kind.
The boat stops still; yonder Is a
swirl on a wave and a great, dirk
body, with a greenish back and large
protecting fin apH'iirs above It; It is
a breathless moment, says a writer In
Outing. "I Aok out dar." yells "Tony ";
there Is a splash about thirty yards
away, your line becomes taut jnd
is gliding out like lightning before you
can apply the brake. When you do It
is almost Jerked from your grasp ami
simultaneously Ilia tarMiii leaps and
writhes above the water again. Thero
is no sight more beautiful to the an
gler than the graceful, silvery form of
the tarpon, like a gleam of light from
d.il'kne, leaping forth from the green
aea.
That moment whenthe tarpon has the
bait ami you strike Is the one of all
other uiost fraught with lutetise ax-
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s from inml which the ships
government olliiialp as ofl'.'r-
snore stations and with the
u linos t
aicrt for the llrat- ,.1
of the signal
the Installation of the wireless system
s - ailing to and from Chicago, says the
tlR wireless system on lake vessels
sl,,,nisl,ip Theodore Roosevelt, owned
....
mis Had the system in
operation
date to b
so eipilppcl.
On one oc
citenient. It is the first crisis In tho
battle. He is down again and your
hook holds, lie darts back and forth,
ever going dccx-r in his wild rushes.
If Is an earnest fight. The first ten
minutes seem like an hour. "Rush im
feel up, don't let rest"; following the
advice, your arms tire, your hands be
come numb. It may be, bleeding and
blistered, but you save your fish. Thus
you are towed out toward the sea, al
ways fighting.
In his first mad rushes the huge fish
gained on you, taking out nearly UK)
yards of your line. Iuring the first
half hour ho has decidedly the better
of the fight and keeps most of the
line. During the second half hour you
gain the lost line foot by foot and the
honors are about equally divided. Now
the long rushes-find leaps begin to tell
and he loses wind. If bo did not help
to kill himself by these wild rushes
nud leaps, you could never laud him.
By some kind of Intuition an angler
can tell when ho has gained the mas
tery over a fish. You feel Instinctive
ly that the second crisis has been
passed and the boat turns back toward
the bench ; and as the beach is neared
you reel In and fight at close range.
Once he dashes almost up to the
bout and suddenly turns about; you
nearly lost him that time. You soon
lead hltn back, however. Now he lies
near the boat; you see his gleaming
side glisten in the light. "Stlddy now,"
Bays your man, as the boat touches tlie
beach; you climb out and. resisting
bis last waning strength, as he lashes
spray upon you, pull him out upon the
sand and the fight Is won.
WOMEN ACCOUNTANTS.
There Are Said to He Tweiit--FlT
In the United State.
One line of work which women have
recently taken up is accounting. There
are said to be about twenty-five wom
en engaged In this work in the United
State. They have come Into this Held
within the last two or three years aud
have met wlih unexpected success.
It Is hard work, but It is far more
remunerative, according to a writer in
the Bookkeeper, than any other of the
professions in which women have here
tofore engaged. A director in a lead
ing commercial school, ef New York
says :
"I know or two women in well
known concerns who have mapped out
and put into operation a complete new
system of financial methods for their
employers and who have ever been In
trusted with big funds for profitable
investment ami whose advice has been
followed in many other important busi
ness undertakings. The number of
such women who have proved their
ability and liking for this responsible
and remunerative work Is steadily
growing. It offers a splendid field for
the woman who is not loath to accept
responsibilities and who baa a liking
for the hard work It entails and who
Is a-mhltlmis."
Nearly all the commercial schools
show a steady increase In the number
of woman students over previous years.
One of them reports that four-fifths of
Its srndents in the regular business
course this year, which Includes sten
ography, commercial law, banking,
Fiigllsh and kindred subjects, are wom
en. In the bookkeeping classes there are
about as many women as men. A
very large proportion of these women,
who Hp'!tr to have marked out a busl
lu-Heareer. are college bred and many
other are high school graduates. One
reason given for this tendency is the
overcrowding of such professions as
teaching.'
F.aralnn II,
"My wife kisses me whenever
she
wants money."
"Gee! if she was like iny wife shad
have your face kissed off by this time."
Houston Post.
Mr. Hen perk.
"He dictates to his stenographer all
day long."
"That's more than he can do tu his
wife." -Birmingham Age-lleruld.
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casion the Roosevelt encountered u small bteamer far from shore, the rud?CT
of which had become unshipped. She was consequently helpless and was
rolling heavily In the trough of the sea when found by the Roosevelt. A
wirelesa was sent to Chicago informing n tug company of the accident. A
tug Immediately was dispatched and the ship towed Into port in safety. On
another occasion u dead body of a man was found and taken aboard tho
Roosevelt. This ship was met at the wharf by a wagon from the morgue
and the body Immediately removed, when much delay otherwise would have
ensued.
As to wireless telegraphy overland, little progress has been made In
bringing it luto practical working condition. Signals were at one time passed
between Chicago and St. Louis, but the effort to use tho same commercially
was pronounced futile by reasons of Interferences In mauy directions. Chi
cago had at one time communication with Milwaukee by wireless, but it wa
abandoned as a business enterprise. The demand for n wireless telegraph
overland Is Insistent in the business world, but the scientists do not seem to
have overcome the numerous dllHt-iiltlcs lu the way of successful operation.
'MEMBER WHEN YOU HAD TO
Pour one-half pound of powdered sulphur and one pint of mo
lasses into a thick, yellow bowl, and mix thoroughly. Dosei Two
teaspoonsful every morning before breakfast for nine days. Look
pleasant. Cleveland Leader.
"CLASS" IN ENGLAND.
Equality I Hardl Known and So
cial Line Are Shnrplr Drawn.
The classes ure as distinctly marked
as though they wore uniforms. At
the base of the social pyramid are the
agricultural laborers earning from
$2.50 to $3.25 a week ; 50 iter cent of
the laborers in England earn 25 shill
ings a week or less, A fact worth re
membering when we revise our tariff,
says a writer In Scrlbner's. Then the
farm servants and house servants of
the small gentry, earning, the men
from $!K) to $250 a year, the women
from $00 to $125 a year; then the
shopkeepers and their assistants aud
employe; then the richer merchants,
and mill or factory owners, and rank
ing with them the local professional
men, lawyers, doctors, dissenting min
isters, land agents and the like; neit
come the gentleman farmers aad land
ed proprietors, and the clergy of the
church of England; and finally the
country gentlemen and the neighboring
nobility, with the lord lieutenant of
the count', often a great noble, as the
olllelal and political apex.
The manufacturer, mill owner and
the like receives of course both social
and official recognition according to hl
success and his wealth.
In the New England town I have In
mind and very proud I am to keep
it in my memory of about the same
size and relative importance as the
English town I am describing, the gov
ernor of the state, who happens to live
there, and the cashier of the local
bank, and the shopkeeper, if he be of
Intelligent proportions, would meet at
one another's houses, if their com
mon tastes made it agreeable. But it
would be considered the height of so
cial glory in this English town should
a shopkeeper, no matter how big the
shop, or a bank cashier, no matter
what his erudition, or even a physician
or small solicitor, or rnall factory
proprietor, find himself on equal trims
at the table of one of the county no
bility, much more at the table of the
lord lieutenant of the county, except
on some occasion of a formal function.
Waealaou In I'rtwa.
The tresdwheel Is still in vogue at
many English prUons. Within the
walls Is a little building built of blue
gray stone, standing somewhat apart
from the main structure in a corner
of the exercise ground and prison gar
den. On the chocolate-colored door is
painted In white letter the two words,
"Wheel House." As the door opens
the dull, grinding sound that, was heard
TAKE SULPHUR AND 'LASSES?
outside grows a little louder and clear
er. The door closes behind the visitor
with the inevitable clash and click of
the returnlpg bolt.
The house Is an apartment some
thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.
On the left-hand side are the wheels,
four, of them. In two tiers, divided by
a gallery running the whole length of
the house and communicating with tha
floor by a staircase at the opposite end.
On the light-hand side there is an
other, lower and shorter, gallery on
which stands the warder in charge.
The wheels are separated by a section
of brick wall.
Each wheel is divide,! Into compart
ments, cutting ofT each prisoner from
the others. Tho object of this is to
prevent the prisoners from seeing and
hearing ono another, although conver
sation in a low voice, pitched in a dif
ferent key to that of "the music of tha
wheel," Is perfectly easy and Intelll
glide.
One of Tho.e Kooll.h Question.
A certain man, of rather a waggish
disposition, contends that his wlfo has
no imagination. A writer Jn the Phila
delphia Public Ledger tells why he
"""" At dinner one night hi
chanced to mention a traci.. .irm
stance which he had read in the even
lug paper on the way home.
It eeemed that a passenger on a
transatlantic steamer had fallen over
board In mld ooeun, ami had never
been seen again.
"Was she drowned?" asked his wife.
..k"?' U'" answer the husband,
but he sprained his ankle, I believe."
I'nre Iron at l.at.
Chemically pure Iron has never been
obtained until very recently. It hat
been faund almost impossible to re
move the last traces of Impurities, es
pecially of sulnhur. ltur
chemist, Ir. II. Kreuslei- flu
by a long series of Ingenious processes,
partly chemical and partly electrical,
succeeded In Isolating the "pure metal,
the properties of which he expects fJ
differ greatly from those of the Im
pure Iron that we know. Iron prepar
ed by Kreusler's process resemble
platinum. New York Herald.
A Worse 1'ruphet.
A prominent member of Him ifmlm-
chlld famllv sava then, .,-m i,.. .... nur
,0m 0
In the Balkans. Am a war prophet, too, v
we believe we have more confidence in
a IllMhschtld thiin u 1i,.i.u.... ... .,. N
..'.i.pwju, ,19 U ,i -i.
rrai proposition. Washington Herald.
When men are drunk, they uauall
call each other "boys."