Dakota County Hcralu
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
Jhn H. Ream,
Publish!
Llmhnrger cheese ns a cur for enn
f r looks feasible. It would drive any
thing out
SomefhlnR worse than A hookworm
la the mutter with Breathitt County,
Kentucky.
Nine feet of water In the Ohio would
tsars the effect of keeping that river
aret all summer.
Fewer marriages In Great HrlUln.
ays the statistician. Now will the
uffraRoMes be good?
What Is the man who puts his
tnoney In a stocking Instead of hank
ing It. pessimist or optimist?
Tt In a sweetly solemn thought that
the people who have started a crusade
against pie are not making muoh head
way. "Blest" may he reformed spelling,
but It was In the dloUonary long be
tore Mr. Carnegie and Mr. T. Roosevelt
tot on the job.
The death of one man Is credited to
sauerkraut. He may or he may not
bave died happy. That Is another
question of taste.
Before the millennium breaks any
fpeed laws getting here It will be nec
ewary for all reformers to think alike
and act In harmony.
English suffragettes have abandoned
hatchets and hatpins and are now us
ing corrosive acid. Later they may
get around to gatllng guns.
Suffragettes assert that there Is no
good reason why women should not
ote. None at all, except that In most
states the law provides that they shall
ot.
Some fellow Is going to start for
the Kle with a lot of polar boars as
companions, and the question Is, when
their food gives out will the man eat
Che bears or the bears eat the man?
If there were any way of Impound
ing the aurora borealls that cause so
much wire trouble pnd of selling it to
the consumer for light and heat, the
business would make a splendid public
Service corporation.
A Yale student has married a lady
tirho is 70 years old, and some of the
young man's friends suspect that it
was not a love match. Some people
"Will not be convinced that soul mating
inay result from intellectual attrac
tions.
A Denver scientist says llmburger
cheese will cure cancer. If cancer Re
sults from a specific microbe and that
microbe is a self-respecting bug, tho
introduction of a slug of llmburger
In the tbeater of his activities should
cause him to withdraw in high dud
geon. A pestiferous itch for something dlf
feient seems to have besot the artistic
souls responsible for the issue of our
luoney and stamps. Our gold piece
first felt the Innovator's touch, and
since then the artists of the treasury
and the postofflce have eagerly seized
upon every pretext to foist the unfa
miliar into our purses and upon our
letters. Presumably the end is afar.
A chemical analysis of the human
body results in soma Interesting dis
closures. We are told that the normal,
healthy man who weighs one hundred
end fifty pounds Is the exact equiva
lent, chemically speaking, of ono thou
sand hens' eggs. He consists of thirty
eight quarts of water, which makes up
over , half his weight, sixty lumps of
sugar, twenty spoonfuls of salt, Iron
enough for seven spikes, two pounds
of lime, thirty-five hundred cubic feet
of gas, oxygen, hydrogen and nitro
gen, over twonty pounds of carbon, or
enough for about ten thousand lead
pencils, phosphorus enough for eight
hundred thousand matches, and starch,
eulphur, chlorid of potash and hydro
chloric acid in lesser quantities.
Under the lately adopted amendment
of the constitution of Maine, provld
ing for a popular referendum on leg
islatlve enactments, three measures,
passed by the legislature of that Stat
Inst winter, will now be submitted to
the people. In each case there wer
the necessary ten thousand petitioners
within three months after the ad
Jourument of the legislature. Two o
tho matters upon which the whol
6tate will now vote are purely local
in character, one being the propose
division of the town of York and the
other the so-callod Portland bridge
bill, and the third is a bill which de
clares Intoxicating, within the mea'i
tng of the law, all drinks with 1 per
cent alcohol. As Maine Is the first
Eastern State to adopt a general ini
tiative and referendum scheme, this
test of its operation will be watched
with widespread Interest. Us friend
hold that it will prove a curb to t tie
imssafvs of Improper laws, but otho.-s
insist that it will become a ccneral
nuisance, and will result in careless
and Inefficient legislation. Thus fir
the initiative part of the plan lias not
been Invoked In Maine.
Governor Dentin of HIjhoIs said of
the lyuchluei ai Cairo that they grew
out oil atrocious crimes that thock.vi
tho community and that they Indicated
a lack of confidence lu the cut'onia of
crlminsl processes and a tent Inient
that In cases of Intolerable atrocity the
law's uncertainties and delays Justify
a recourso to titob violence. Put wild
this statement an assertion that wns
made by a New York paptr recently:
"More crimes of violence, venality and
corruption go unpunished In N.;w York
tian in the whole of Great Britain,
with ten tiroes the population." The
law whlih should mean protection for
society and for the innocent fails of
its object It has become a refuge or
wrongdoers, and so actually encour
ages crime. In oaylng this we should,
of course, take note of the fact that
many crimes ars committed without
thought of the consequences, but In the
long run a lax administration of tho
law must have Its effect on the crim
inally disposed, nnd It Is certain that
Its Influence Is felt when lynchlngs aro
advocated. They are often Justified
by the miss ration that the criminal Is
likely to escape with light punishment
or to go free altogether if he Is not
dealt with summarily. We are not In
terested In Justifying a plea to pre
vent lawbreaklng by lawbreaklng, but
the more horrible the acts of the mob
tho more Imperatively does civilization
demand that we should seek a per
manent preventive, something in addi
tion to the Immediate punishment of
niol violence. That permanent pre
ventive, as tho governor says, Is the
Improvement of our criminal Juris
prudence and greater certainty and
celerity in its administration. If mur
derers were brought Quickly to trial,
if the trials occupied a small fraction
of tho time that Is now given to them,
if there were fewer loopholes for the
accused, this would probably not be
such a notorious murder country, with
its homicides exceeding 10,000 a year,
against a comparatively Insignificant
number In England, and mobs would
not undertake so often to do what the
courts fail to do. While we aro dis
cussing politics let us not forget the
subject of law reform, with all that it
implies as to crime-end Injustice.
TWENTY YEARS AT LAW.
Srrli-Vml Ilaafraflon of l.eaal
Tnrdlneaa In the Court.
A grimly humorous Illustration of
one of the results to the litigant may
be found In another New York law
suit which reamed a nnai cnapicr re
cently In the Court of Appeals, says
George W. Alger In the Atlantic. It
was a complex case against an Insur
ance company on some policies of in
surance, and each time It was tried
It took from a week to two weeks' at
tention of court and Jury. Owing to
reversals and new trials ordered by
Appellate courts, It hnd to be tried
nine times. It was in the courts from
1882 to 1902. The plaintiff became at
last ho sick and disheartened with
bis interminable lawsuit that he
abandoned it, refused to go to his law
yers to consult with them about It or
to appear when the case was being
tried. The lawyers had themselves
spent over $43,000 in fighting the case,
and had worked on it for nearly
twenty years. Their client having
abandoned them, they settled the rase
for $30,000, and took the money them
selves for their foe. The last chap
ter of tho litigation was an unsuccess
ful attempt by the receiver in Insol
vency of the plaintiff to make the law
yers give ii ji some of their fee to
their client's creditors. How much
the twenty years' delay in the lawsuit
had to do with that insolvency it is im-
ossible to say; but such an outcome,
to the lay mind, Beeina hardly satisfac
tory ns a result of twenty years ol
litigation, of nine trials and seventy-
two days' time of over a hundred Ju
rors.
DRINK 4 O'CLOCK COFFEE.
More New Vorkrra Now CSo In fur
What Uaed to lie foreign Cuatoin,
When he first got back from a trlf
abroad, the young man felt strongly
the need of his afternoon coffee and
cake when 4 o'clock came around. The
New York Sun says this was not only
custom, but a bit of medical advieo,
because the doctor at Carlsbad hnd
told htm that Americans didn't eat
enough and that was a reason why
they were so nervous.
The young man expected when he
went into one of the small lunch
places downtown that his request for
coffee and cake might be looked upon
as something odd, as typically foreign.
It was to his surprise then that he
found that he was not by any means
the only person in the lunch place
who was there with such an object.
There was a fair crowd, each man
taking his coffee and cake. Some of
the men appeared to bo clerks and
others were Just office boys. So the
young man spoke to one of the men
behind the counter.
"Oh, yes," replied he, "there is al
ways u good crowd in here at this
hour. I think you will find the same
thing in other food places. People
seem to come in here Just naturally
for that in Id-afternoon food, nnd with
these fellows It Isn't a case of a de
ferred luncheon either. They do it
because they are hungry and they
don't want too much. The habit has
come up very strongly in the last few
years."
Cardboard Tukea Qnnllllea of Metal.
An eighth Inch disk of cardboard re
volved on the shaft of an electric mo
tor of highest speed gets stiff, owing
to the rotary teuslon, which makes it
behave like metal, and It can no long
er be bent. If struck with a hammer
a sound emits like that fro. brize.
It easily saws a cigar In two, similarly
as a disk of soft Iron, when rapidly
lotaU-d. cuts through heavy armor
plate. C.iitruugai rorre does many
other (i'.raiiKC thing. Among others,
u lu n a t.mall chain Is looped around
a hl:h-spewl rotary drum the eliaiu
can be shoved off the drum to the
giound, where it bounces up and when
struck acts like a ling of solid metal
The I mini lixloiii.
Contrltiuior- I i!u;ukl like to leave
tl:ese pot ins with j our editor. What
It, t'.e usin.l procedure? I haven't
Oono any i;iai.i;ic work before.
Office Buy- Well, tho iicual custom
l.i M leave 'u.i an' call back in a day
or io --nnd Kit 'em. Human I.lfe.
On lleucou Mreet.
"Why dues the eld frump.
Miss
Smith, always wear glasses?"
'Sim's afraid tcmebody would lee
her vith tho mkej iye." Harvard
Iampoi n.
A pretty girl Is eagerly listened to,
even thousli .he naya nothing wheu
she talks.
It's easy to have a good opinion of
people you don't know very welL
A.T
Opinions of
THE CENSUS.
BUSINESS man In the East who had r
ttrcd after amassing a fortune decided he
would employ his first leisure In looking
for a brother whom he had not beheld
or heard of in forty years. He traced him
to Nevada and finally came across him on
the edge of the desert, quartered In a
f.m a.
A
tumbledown cabin, bearded and unkempt and yoked to
a wife who looked like the offspring of a cyclone and
a weathered flagstaff. Her features suggested chaos.
Her eyes were like two bullet holes In a barrel.
The Nevada brother proceeded to brag about his help
mate. "It was nip and toss," he said, "whether I'd take her
r her sister."
"I never saw the sister," said the man frovn the East,
"and don't know anything about her, but I know this,
I'd a dern Bight rather have married her."
The new census is to be taken next year. It has
been divorced, or at least tentatively separated, from
politics. New methods, new machinery, nearly every
thing new nnd reformed, Is promised for It. This can
be taken with a liberal application of salt. But when
you think of the last enumeration, Its slowness In re
porting, its rank errors and statistics of which no little
was ridiculous, your preference for the new census, un
seen, untested, la fixed anil unalterable. Toledo Elude.
CONSERVATION OF LIFE.
S IT not time that the discussion of poli
cies and personalities In the controversy
over the conservation of the natural re
sources of the country give wny to a real
conservation movement, such as the con
serving of the lives of the tollers in the
mines?? A report from
Survey, entitled "The Production of Coal in 100S,"
makes the grim announcement. In the mo:;t casual man
ner, that 2,450 miners were killed in the coal mines
last year and 6,772 Injured. The chapter detailing the
accidents is t rented ns but an incident In the produc
tion of coal, several thousand words telling the condl
tlon of the coal business in the various States. Yet, to
the men who work in the underground pits there is a
terrible meaning in the figures. There is further sig
nificance in the statement that the death rate In tho
mines of the United States for the year was 3.6 fo
every 1,000 men employed. In Europe the death rati?
in the coal mines is one In 1,000 employed, and not
more than two under the most unfavorable circum
stances. Why is it that Americans are so much more care
less of this most valuable of all resources? Do we
value human life less than they do in European coun
tries? Are we ahead in industrial progress, scientific
achievement, and everything else that goes to make life
Mr. Kipling's forthcoming book will
contain not only short stories but
various pieces of verse. He has given
to It the not particularly happy title,
'Actions-and Reactions."
Another Englltb. novel which is on
the way is Douglas Bladen's "Tragedy
of the Pyramids." There Is much
warfare in 'the book, which has, by
the way, an American heroine.
The autobiography of Henry M.
Stanley, which has been edited by his
widow, Is to be brought out soon.
The volume is said to contain much
Inner history not niada public hereto
fore. The tlrst novel of a new American
author is on the press. It la written
by Miss Elizabeth II. Dewing and Its
title is "Other People's lluuoes." The
book is described as a study of wo
men, their motives and points of view.
From America and from Knropo the
author has derived her scenes.
ii t l)nnnilli l m..l..l ..
m. ..ruu.n, ..... uuk,... M
tliu luu.,1 r ip 1 .11 Yprn hnu ri' jlt r.
. ,,
ten a history of nrt In France and
abroad which covers the entire period
of the nlnetupnth century. He is also
producing a volume dealing with the
painting of that century a volume
which will contain numerous repro
ductions of the pictures of the
French, English, Dutch, Belgian, Ital
ian and Spanish schools.
Interest In Spanish lire and letters
is very keen at present and studeuts
of the language of Spain are contin
ually increasing. Modern Spanish
plays have not been available to those
who would read them because they
were not to be found lu American edi
tions. Prof. F. W. Morrison, of the
United States Naval Academy, has
dlted and will bring but tills month
"Trea Coined las Modernus," by some
of the best known of the modem
Spanish dramatists. It contains Car
rion's "Ln Murla del Julcio," "Cocat
y Crlados," "Ees Solteroniis" and
liarrnnco's "Ens, Pantalones."
Writing In an introduction to a
new edtilou of "Sulas Family Robin
son," attout to come from the Har
per's, Mr. HowelU thus expre ses his
appreciation of that famous classic of
adventure: "In tlic.-e happy pages
there Is never any want oi work or
play, tievtr any lack of sunt. Tho
lovely family life of the lloMnsuus is
never insipidly sweet, but Is full of
true affection and willing mbordina
tlon. The children, who aro different
rough lu other things, are alike in
lovine their father and mother, us the ' bonnet, and In the records of a fash
Good Hook bids them. The fathor ; tollable woman of the day are tho fol
leuds the toys in their adventures and i lowing details: A white straw bonnet
enterprises; the mother welcomes j trimmed with lavender ribbon and
them home and spreuds the table with
rich and wholesome abundance. For
the honest-hearted, home-lovlug boy.
it is like be! nu under his own roof,
with a boundlesi range of field, forest,
and tea, and every harmless delight of
them." Mr. HowelU also confesses
lost he never read Us book bvforr
J
Great Papers on Important
worth while, except regard for the life of the man
liini'telf?
Hero Is a fine opportunity for the leaders of the con
servation movement to do something real, something
tangible. The caving of a single human life means
more than all the talk of policies. It perhaps means
one less widow thrown, with her family, upon the char
ity of tho world. Multiply this saving by 1,200 or 1,600
(and this Is tho number of miners whose lives would
have been saved had we the same standards as Europe),
and there would be a conservation movement worth all
tha rest. Washington Post.
A
the soil properly und get from It the largest and best
crops with the least possible expenditure of toil and
money. A fair share of both capital and labor Is needed
In agriculture, of course, but Intelligence, a good meas
ure of en thus iasm, tho will to learn and the ability to
apply learning practically are more essential.
New York Slate needs farmers of the best sort as
badly as Georgia needs them, though perhaps not so
many; 14C.000 swooping down at once on the abandoned,
neglected or ill-managed farms of the Mohawk valley
and the upper and tower tier counties would scarcely
be able to find land enough to work on. 'There are
some Intelligent farmers In New York and New Eng
land, but not. many in comparison with the poor and
thriftless ones. The modern farmer must ndapt him
self to modern conditions. He should know how to
market crops as well as grow them. He should not be
content to do things the way his honorable, but be
nighted, forefathers did them. He need not, If he have
his wits about bun, be controlled by middlemen. His
market opportunities are enormou?. The development
of chemistry and mechanics has greatly Increased his
chances of making agriculture profitable. New York
Times.
the Geological
IN THE
mi
mm
In heaven the only way to be happy Is to forget that
there is any interest coming on It. Atlanta Constitution.
I the publishers asked him for a pre-
face to it.
HOW TREES WITHSTAND WIND.
It
r.;!er und Soft Mu)lrN Are
i:aily I pruoU'tl.
The big wind that pi.ssed over the
Twin cities recently taught much
about what trees to plant for perma
nent shado and other effects. One
might easily have expected tho softer
varieties of wood to break first, .says
a writer In the Western Architect,
but would hardly be prepared to see
the ease with which box ciders and
no ft maples are uprooted. When it Is
let alone the former likca to branch
near the ground and it can be seen on
tho prairie more like a gigantic bush
than like a tree. This habit of growth
would not call for any great spread
of roots except in capturing nourish
ment, un operation in which the tree
is supposed to excel. We have known
a tree of the kind to send its roots to
almo.it any length In the seams of a
quarry yet in well-sodded and water
ed lawns It is the first to give way at
tho root. It should be Ichs missed
than any other sort.
Among the Indigenous trees the
elms hold an Intermediate position.
fumi.--.hing not much more resistan. e
to the winds than the sorts mention
ed. This is a pity, they being such
universal favorites for shade tie
I .....
1 Coniferous tr.es ana tne larcnes seem
to hold up well agaim-.t winds as d
the ashes and white walnuts, although
so fow of the latter are used for shade,
that one cannot speak with confidence
of their peii'o nuance. Coming to ma
plea in the truck of the storm seemed
to suffer much more than their num
bers would warrant, but the oaks pre
served their reputation for sturdiuess.
while the humble hackberry held its
own as well as any.
I)y the way, oaks of some varieties
are by no means so slow of growth as
imagined by some, nor ure they so
averse to the ways of civilization as
has been taught.
COST OF WOMAN'S BONNETS.
Ilre.iH llllli of I'renrli Koyaltle Com
pared nllh To-lur'a I'rleea,
The Importance of feminine head
gear Is an old story In many lands,
but In none Is It more Interesting than
In France, where from the Immemo
rial the women of all classes set-m to
have given It their particular atten
tion, the Pall Mall Magazine says.
The Empress Eugenie and the Prin
cess M.'ithtlde, It Is well known, were
never women to waste money on frivol
ities sin h as poufs sentiinentalcs, al
though the de: ceii'lant of Worth, the
tlrst man dressmaker in Paris, ha,i
nuuiy souvenirs of the Empress Euge
nie's patronage of their house In its
early clays. At that timo 200 francs
was a very hl,h price to pay for a
rosebuds, 100 francs; a wreath of roses
for evening wear. 27 francs, and a
nightcap of fine lace and lawn, 25.
Compare any of these prices with
those of to-day and it will be seen that
the Increase of late years is consider
able. The feather bats of last season
r sold for enormous prices, some
Subjects.
7
83
THE NEED OF FARMERS.
GEORGIA newspaper, commenting on the
cry from one of the counties of that big
State for 1,000 more farmers, remarks that
there are 140 counties In the State which
need as many. All the Eastern nnd North
ern States sa:l!y need good farmers, com
petent, intelligent, up-to-date men to till
LOO CABIN COUNTRY.
HEN" we celebrate prosperity we Feldom
save anything for a rainy day. The man
who works tor the best generally gets It
while the other fellow is hoping for it.
The man who can make a pillow of his
conscience need not envy the millionaires
of this world. When you lay up treasure
i being as much 33 1,000 francs and none
lining under 300. the most simple of
morning nais run Between T0U am
l.V), and an evening coiffure can quite
easily mount lip to 200.
Yet it cannob be-that material
so very much dearer, for the same old
record tells us that broad satin ribbon
cos:t from S to lo francs a yard, white
crepe 20 and feathers varied between
4lj and 100. It must be, therefore, that
the work girls nre better paid than
they were, and In this case we can
have nothing to say. Unfortunately,
however, higher wages always create
new wants and there is the same story
of poverty to be told all over again.
POWER FROM DEAD LEAVES.
1 hey liiid Kindred Materials, He
IiicimI to tian, Will Hun Motor.
The u.'o of dead leaves, straw or hay
as a source of power Is the latest con
tribution to practical science made by
Fie:, eh experimenters. Henri de Par
ville, writing In the Journal des
Deb'its, iaris, vouches for the truth
cf this announcement. The experi
ments ari being carried on by M. S.
ItordenaHc, says Public Opinion, who
has found It possible to produce
e:n;iir;h g.'s by the combustion of veg
etable matter to run a small but ser
viceable motor. The different materi
als used were straw, leaves, hay, etc.,
compressed into bales.
M. de Parville says that the follow
ing results were obtained In practice:
"With hay it was found t'.iat one bursa
power could be obtained by using a
little over two pounds of combustible,
which, being valued at 10 francs per
ton, made the cost of each single horse
power .04 francs. With the labor and
other accessories the cost of the horse
power was raised to .CiG francs for
each horse power for one hour. If the
average quality of hay at a cost of 36
francs per ton he used the horse power
for one hour costs .076 francs.
"Wheat and oat straw may be used
to greater advantage. Here the power
Is obtained with a little over two
pounds of material. The value of the
straw being estimated at 25 franca
per ton, the cost of the horse power
Is .0B3 francs. W'th oat straw the
horse power costs .057 francs. The ex
periments with leaves gave a horse
power at a cost of .043 francs, while
the power was obtained with a mix
ture of sawdust nnd shavings at a
cost of .05 francs.
"With other material the result
were in every way satisfactory front
both nn Industrial and financial stand
point." It is claimed by the experi
menter that tho new process will be
particularly useful to farmers who are
In need of small motors and have
great quantities of refuse vegetable
matter from which to obtain th
power.
Made the I'arrot the Mi-apeKont.
Father What did the teacher say
when she heard you swear? Small
Hoy She asked me where I learned
it. Father What did you tell her?
Boy I didn't want to give you away,
pa, so I blamed it on the parrot. De
troit Free Press,
I'roof I'oaltlva.
"I believe I ouce had the pleasure
of meeting your wife."
"If you consider it a pleasure. It
was not shs." Simpliclsslmuav
CORNET. IN 3-CENT PIECES.
ftm the In voliinlurr Work ef
Dime Mft Machine Company
The disnppear.ince of the 3-cent
piece has for year been a matter of
mild speculation. The New York Sun
says persons are aware that a lares
iroportlon of the coins of this denom
natlon which yevnained In circulation
when the government stopped issuing
them are peaceably slumberlne In
undry large fat canvas bags In the
vaults of a certain electrical manufac
turing company of Chicago. They are
not for sale Just yet.
Each of the coins Is un evidence of
ietty larceny.
Years ago the company equipped
many telephone pay stations with dime
slot machine. It was suniiosed that
hey could be worked only with dimes.
The 3-cent plces were becoming rare
and no thought was taken of them.
Hardly six months passed before ono
of the telephone companies discovered
that the collectors were yielding a
harvest of 3-cent pieces. Then from
all over the country came similar com
plaints.
Each company forwarded the pieces
to the .niauufacturln company nnd
more or less politely asked that a cor
responding number of dimes or a
check for an equivalent amount be
sent back In exchange.
A council was held at the office of
the manufacturing company. The cost
of correcting the boxes was compared
with fairly trustworthy Information
of the number of 3-cent pieces In cir
culation. It was found that a balance
was in favor of the 3 cents and It was
decided to accept the pieces as dimes.
Gradually the inpour of 3-cent pieces
narrowed down to an intermittent
current. The company seemed to have
ibout all the pieces.
It Is said that if ever the premium
on 3-cent pieces goes high enough tho
coins will be offered to collectors at
prices based upon the original cost to
the company, plus 0 per cent a year,
plus cost of storage, plus cost of guard
ing, plus cost of carrying the fund
upon the books. Long ago the slot
machines that collected them were rel
egated to the scrap heap.
Prince Edward Island's annua,
catch of lobsters amounts to 20,000,000.
As many as 126,000 boxes of Tasma
nlan apples have arrived In a year In
England in perfect condition.
Receipts from Suez canal shipping
in the first nine months of the year
amounted to $17,768,000. against 16,
020,000 In 1S0S, and $17,268,000 in
1907.
Miss Ivy E. Woodward has been ad
mitted to full membership lu tho
Royal College of Physicians of Lon
don. This is the first time that tha
coveted M. R. C. P. has been conferred
upon a woman.
The high price of wheat has canned
the British fanner to alter greatly the
layout of bis yearly crops. In the last
year the acreage under wheat in Eng
land Increased no less than 12 per
cent, or nearly 200.000 acres.
The province of Hritlsh Columbia 18
now receiving the attention of inves
tors from eastern Canada, the United
State3 and England, and with the
further development of its rich re
sources of coal and other minerals,
timber, etc.. Its wealth and population
should steadily Increase.
No creature Is more apt to become
a hopeless dipsomaniac than the honey
bee. The flowers deliberately trado on
the weakness and make their honey
Intoxicating simply to give the bee an
irresistible taste for it and induce
the deluded insect to make continual
calls at their bar. london Globe.
The United States has been making
Increased purchases of lambs from
Canada, amounting to about $1,000,
000 annually for the three fiscal years
1006, 1907 and IPOS. For the fiscal
year ended June 30. 1909, however, the
amount was not quite $500,000. The
crhlef ports of entry have been in New
York state.
Out In Colorado an inventor got a
patent on a flashlight put on smaller
arms, even pocket pistols, so that
wherever the searchlight strikes there
the bullet hits, making the taking ol
aim unnecessary. This pistol method
was devised by the Inventor for police
men to use on burglars and othei
night felons.
I'tiur John:
A Philadelphian who was fornierlj
resident of a town In the north of
Pennsylvania, says n writer in Llppln
i:ott's, recently revisited his old 'home
town after nn absence of many years.
One day he was talking with an old
friend about various people lie used to
know.
"What became of the Hoover fam
ily?" he inquired.
"Oh," answered the latter, "Tom
Hoover did very well. Got to be an
actor out west. Hill, the other broth
er, is something of an artist In New
York, and Mary, the sister, Is doing
literary work. Hut John never amount
ed to much. It took nil he could lay
lis hands on to support the others."
Supply mid lleinitiid.
"We could all live cm 10 cents a day
II we would cut out high-priced meat
und eat beans and rice."
"Aw, come off. If KO.OoO.OOO people
each ordered a bushel of beans to-morrow,
leans would go to 20 cents
iplece." Kansas City Times.
HelieurMllia.
First Golfer-Who's the turf
rs-
mover?
Second Golfer He's nn actor plays
the gravedlgger in "Hamlet."
First Golfer Wish he'd find some
where else to rehearse Punch.
Wuiilile Woea.
I told them people 1 wua wl' Cook."
"And didn't it git youse a handout?"
"Naw; they're on the Peaxy side of
tha controversy. It's a hard world,"
LoulsrUlt Courlsr-JourtiaL
MAKIN3 A JOURNALIST.
Or. TVnrren Admit lt Illlllroll la
Mold Kan Material.
Up at the New York university t
department of Journalism was Initiat
ed this yiar.'wlth Dr. Frank J. War
ren in charge, says the New York cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Time
Star. Seventy-five pupils have been
enrolled and it is Dr. Warren's hope
to make regular newspaper men oui
of them in a short time. "Just th
same," he admits, "It Isn't any fun t
make a reporter out of a raw young
ster, who has not the slightest knowl
edge of the manner In which newspa
pers get or handle their news. II
makes me think of the experience ol
a confrere of mine in the Mis.ouii
College of JournalUr.i. He put hli
students through a course of theoret
ical sprouts," paid Dr. Warren, "and
after they had achieved a moderate de
gree of knowledge of the business il
was his custom to send them out to
report events for the daily newspaper
of the college. Tho paper handled th
news of the vicinity just as a real dal
ly would. On one occasion he sent
out a student reporter to report a big
railroad wreck near the city. In which
a number of cars were in flames and
several people were reported killed.
Time went on nnd nothing was heard
from the student reporter. Finally,
in desperation, the dean telegrajdied
him 'What is the matter?' ho de
manded briefly. 'No story yet; edi
tion soon go to press. Rush, rush,
rush!' liy and by he got a Jaunty
little message from the student re
porter. 'I have not written story yet,"
said he. 'Too much excitement here.
I am all of a tremble. Soon a3 thing
quiet down I will ask some ques
Hons.' "
Conducting the business of pool
selling and book-making in the StaU
of Kansas, except within the inclos
ure of a race track for not exceedino
two weeks in any year, was prohibit
ed by fine and imprisonment. Lise
quent to the pas.age of this law Kan
sas City, Kan., enacted an ordlnanct
entitling any "person to carry on such
business In that city for an annual
license fee of $5,000. Two days after
plaintiff had purchased a license he
was compelled by force and threat
and repeated "arrests to cease busi
ness. In Levy vs. Kansas City, 16
Federal Reporter, 524, plaintiff sues!
the city for the $5,000 paid to it foi
the license. The Circuit Court of Ap- 1
peals held that, as plaintiff was guiltj
of a violation of a general law enact
ed to effectuate the public policy o!
the State of Kansas, his action aris
ing from his own moral turpitude win
not maintainable.
In Biormann vs. Guaranty Mui
Life Ins. Co., 120 Northwestern Re
porter, 963, payment of Insurance wa
denied for the alleged reason that de
ceased, a drunkard, had represented
that he took a drink occasionally,
but not to excess. The Iowa Supreme
Court, allowing a recovery by tin
widow of the Insured, remarked thai
sufficient disclosure was shown to sug
gest to a discreet person the advisa
bility of further inquiry if the sub
Ject was of vital importance. What
constitutes "excess" in this respect u
largely a matter of opinion, and va
ries all the way between a "drink"
and a "drunk;" while an occasion
glass of 'beer may mean anything
from a glass once a month to one ev
ery 15 minutes, according to the ca.
pacity of the individual, or, perhaps,
according to the liberality of hit
views. Although testimony was elic.
ited showing deceased to have been a
drunkard when he applied for insur
ance, it is apparent that the company
had means of knowledge of this far.'
when it made the contract.
While a buggy in which were a mat
and a boy was being driven on a high
way, a heavy automobile tried to pass
it, but struck its rear wheel. The
boy was thrown beneath the feet ol
the frightened hor3e, and literally
kicked to death. The owner anil
driver of the machine were convicted
of manslaughter in the second degree.
In People vs. Scanlon, 117 New York
Supplement, 67, the defendants ap
pealed from an order denying a new
trial. The New York Supreme Court,
affirming the conviction of the chauf
feur, said that it was the reckless
driving which is the cause of many
accidents, and which should disquali
fy any one who practices it. With a
heavy machine, weighing 3,000 to
4,000 pounds, going at the rate of 26
miles an hour, it ts Indefensible neg
ligence to attempt to pass a buggy
within a few inches. The owner of
the machine, who was sitting next to
the driver, had given orders to give
full leeway to passing vehicles. He
was powerless to deflect its course in
time to avoid the catastrophe. The
whole thing was, as it were, instan
taneous, in the control or the chauf
feur, but In no way in the owner's
control. The conviction of the owner
as reversed, and a new trial granted.
The (iood lllnuer.
The successful housekeeper waj
planning a dinner for a few of her
husband's friends.
"I must have apple pie and cheese
for dessert," ehe remarked without a
flicker of Indecision.
"Hut 1 should think you would want
something more dainty this time of
year," suggested the woman who al
ways worried herself sick ovor a com
pany dinner, "an ice or a frozen pud
ding." "Oh, but apple pie is my husband's
favorite dish. When he has company
I always serve whut he likes best;
then he thinks his guests hate had
luch a good dinner, and everyixwly Is.
happy. At least my husband and I
are happy, and If the guests aren't no
one Is tho wiser." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
When a man marries a woman older
than himself the couple la never men
tioned wKhout some comment on tosii
Slfferencs In ages.
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