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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1910)
Wliat Shall It Dc,? PRINTER? Not the country town, "one horse" kind, but the kind that run the big printing shops of the country, and sometimes be comes a member of the firm. How your boy may go about realizing such an ambition. The start and the various steps up wards described, together with the remuneration that each new position brings. By C. W. JENNINGS. ENERAL1.Y speaking, there Isn't much known about $i tliV t'ic Pr,n,'n& business out- 1!W side of the Immediate fol- M lUffiTM ui mu l rail ui iiiubu closely connected with It, and the nverage father, particularly in a country town, would probably not consider It with high favor as an oc cupation for Ms son, believing, per hapH, that about nil there is to it Is fettlng type and laboriously running an old-fashioned preHS at not very high pay. However, there Is not a finer line of work, nor one with better opportuni ties for acquiring a competence and for advancement among all the lines of human endeavor. The fact that printing is one of the most important departments of modern industry adds to the opportunities that are open to the earnest young man. I.Ike all occupations, to acquire pro ficiency in printing the applicant must begin at the bottom and devote sev eral years to learning It. He has to start as apprentice. To get a job in the first place, let your boy (or yourself) apply to the foreman of the particular printing es tablishment yon may select; for the foreman ia the boss of the workroom. It Is well, If you have any choice, to choose an Institution of some standing which does a large and varied class of work, as the opportunities for learn ing will be far better there than in a little job office of the 'one horse" variety. Except in some country towns, so called, the boy has to be registered with the union as an apprentlco right frftm the start; but this will not entail any expense, as the typographical union does not charge dues or other fees until the neophyte has become a Journeyman. Your boy muBt be about sixteen years old, but he need have no further education than the merest or dinary one. Ills pay for the first year will be about four dollars a week, and the work eight hours a day, as obtains generally in printing offices. Ills duties for this period will be to get ac quainted with the cases (the flat boxes divided into compartments containing tr? type) and sorting leads, and to run errands for workmen, etc. During the second year his pay will he two dollars a week higher, and in this period he will get his first direct work at the cases, learning to set Im prints (the insertion of names, ad dresses or other matter into type al ready set) and small reprint (short printed matter). In the third year the pay jumps to eight dollars weekly, and the duties show a corresponding growth. By this time he will have a pretty good rudimentary knowledge of the busi ness, and will be able to acquire pro ficiency In setting longer reprints, and locking up small forms of type, 1. e., getting them ready for press and foundry. Fourth year his pay Is now $10 a week, and he is almost a printer; for your boy is now setting plain jobs.r from manuscript and doing the ordi nary regular work of the Journeyman. The fifth year he is a senior stu dent, known colloquially as a "two Ihirder" (th'a term refers to the pay, which Is $14 a week, or two-thirds that paid to Journeymen), doing practically everything the regular workmen do and putting polish on his practical education. Then he is a full journeyman and drawing $21 a week, and goes Into the union as a regular member. The cost of belonging to the union is, roughly, $10 to $15 a year, part of which goes to the maintenance of the printers' home at Colorado Springs. Any mem-he- is admitted to this home when, through age or disability, he is unable to earn his living, and even Is allowed ihre during convalescence after sick ness, and all necessities furnished him without charge. There Is no such thing as a member ever having to go to the poorhoiise. , M'rrr your bov becomes a journey man, the foreman tries him out on various phases of the work to find if he has executive ability or a special aptitudi. The first special "stunt" will probably he to give him the entire work of setting, making up. and pre paring for the foundry of a slxtecn p'.ijre form, with, of course, such hip us he may require, and if he does this well he will find himself before long handling the niot Important work of the Fhop, and will then be eligible for the assistant fori manshlp. If an opening should occur, he would bi rompetent to take this position by the time he Is twenty-three, or seven years after be started out as appren tice: and a couple of years or so later would be able ;o take tl foreman ship The foreman is the actual boss of (he composing room, employing all the men and laying out the work, etc.. of the Journeymen and apprentices. Foremen are pah! from $:ir. to $iu a week, according to the size of the es tablishment and the city they may be In. Their assistants receive from $'Jj to $40 weekly. The next step In advance is to ho cotuo assistant superintendent at $.)0 to $75 a week, and then supeKntend ni, when your boy's pay a 111 bi from $3,500 a year up to any figure thi business can afford. The superintend ent is the highest direct authority ovei the composing room, Job room, presi room, and bindery, and, of course must be a man of largo attainments and experience, as It is to him that the firm looks to fix the factory cost of its work, which really means the most responsible position directly in the institution. Notwithstanding this, your boy may reach superintendency by the time he Is thirty-five. The advance from here is to the gen eral managership of the company, and then, of course, the presidency. It is likely, however, that your boy, unless he should get some such po litical position as that of public print er, who has charge of all officers and employes of the government printing office, or state printer, would be taken into partnership by his own or some other firm, and thereby build up an in dependent printing or publishing busi ness. All the foregoing figures ate based on the assumption that your boy has gone into a job printing office to get his training, as these have a greater variety of work than a newspaper of fice. Indeed, most printers in newspa per offices have served their term at Job work. These are paid more than Job printers, journeymen on newspa pers getting $28 a week when working days and $3:: at night; assistant fore men $33 to $38; and foremen anywhere from $40 a week up. Foremen in some of the large New York offices are paid as high as $80 a week. Apprentices generally get two dollars a week more than when in job offices. At this time early in his career, either when he 13 a two-thirder, or Boon after becoming a Journeyman, your boy should take the course of study that will fit him to handle a typesetting machine. These courses may be taken at night, last sixteen weeks, and ftcncrilly cost $60. One cannot be a thoroughly equipped printer without having this training. Machine operators generally get about two dollars a week more than floor men. Proofreading will probably be ac quired during the course of the print er's training, as, when he is appren tice, he will have to hold copy for the regular proofreader. If he has a good general education and knowledge of affairs, he can develop himself suf ficiently to fill this position. The future In it is not particularly attrac tive, however, for a proofreader that, gets $35 a week is quite rare, and there is no direct step of advance ment from that position. The prices and regulations referred to in this article are based on condi tions as at present existing in New York city, which are not essentially different from those in other large cities. In small cities the pay runs generally lower, of course. (Copyright, 110. ly tho Associated I.tt erary Press.) BENEFACTOR OF THE CATS New York Man Who Goes About , Spreading Catnip for Their Delectation. A black cat lay sleeping on a Sun day afternoon downtown behind n grating protecting the steps leading to an office building. Along the street came a man, who spied the cat and stopped with a glistening eye. He drew from his coat pocket a small pasteboard box and from it he sprinkled some stuff on the lower step. He hissed and called to the cat, which lazily opened one eye, but went back to sleep again. "A cat itolsoner," thought one on looker. Then he asked: "What Is that stuff?" "Catnip," replied the man with the pasteboard box, in accents that made It unmistakable that he was German. "I always carry It around and when ever I see a cat I sprinkle some on It. The cats like it and I like cuts, so I give them what enjoyment I can." He went on his way and the other stayed to see what would happen. Of a sudden tho sleeping cat started up, its nose twitching like a rabbit's, and began to crawl slowly toward the cat nip. Then it made a jump for the stuft and fairly rolled In it. It came prettv near being a catnip jag fur pussy. New York Sun. Great Feat. "Come on, pa," Insisted litle Ostend at the summer park, "and see I he man 'hump the humps.' " "You mean 'bump the bumps,' don't you, son?" inquired his father. "No, 'hump the bumps.' A man Is L'ohig to Jump over tlx c:imels." The Boy's Idea of It. A few days ago little John, Hirer years old. who is very fu.ii of his pets, no'hvil thill his yoitt.g rooster had a comb. In a very distress. id t.iu of voice he exclaimed: "O, papa, son;.' body has made nicks in my rooster head." Not Strictly Orthodox. J'olkv Justice Yoitti;? man, whet Is your religion, if you have any? Chauffeur i arrested for ovcrsp"e, ingt Something like Jim Mu.lno's, your honor never l passed on tlio highw ay. Its Nature. ' I don't think there was much good iu the first-ald-to-lh.. '-injured thai nurs- buiiv,'' d so." ' It struck tne, too. It was rathor a lemon al l." Inadequate. Canary--You've quit Mudylng Es peranto? What for? Icenoggle I've Just learned that there are r.o run words la the dad dinged language. WHEN NAPOLEON DICTATED Words Came Fast and He Remem bered All of Them Serious for Amanuensis. Bonaparte dictated with wrcat ease He never wrote anything with bis own hand. His handwriting was had and as illegible to himself as to others, and his spelling was very defective, lie ut terly lacked patience to do anything whatever wiih bin own hands. The ex treme activity nf his mind and the habllual prompt n'eedlence rendered to him prevented him from practicing any occupaMon In which tho mind must necessarily wait for the action of the body. Those who wrote from his dictation- first Mens. Pourrlenne, then Mons. Marat, and Meneval, his pri vate secretary hud made a short hand for themselves. In order that their pens might travel as fast as his thoughts. lie (lit tatcd w hile walking to and fro in his cabinet. When he grew angry he would use violent impreca tions, which were suppressed in writ ing, and which had, at. least, the ad vantage of giving he writer time to catch up with him. Ho never repeat ed nnything he had once said, even If it had not been heard, and this was very bad on the poor secretary, for Uonaparte remembered accurately what he had said and detected every omission. One day he read a tragedy in manu script .ind it interested him sufficient ly to Inspire him with a fancy to make some alterations in it, "Take pen and paper," said he to Mons. de ltcimiF.it, "and write for me." Hardly giving my husband time to seat him self at a table, he began to dictate sc quickly that Mons. de Hemusat, al though accustomed to write with great rapidity, was bathed with a yrspira Hon while trying to lollow him. liona parte perceived his difficulty and would slop now and then to say: "Come, try to understand me, for 1 w ill not re peat what I say. Fortunately he forgot to ask for the sheet of observation he had die tatcd. Mons. de Reruusat and I have often tried to read it since, hut wt have npver been ahlo to make out o word of it. Memoirs of Mmc. de He inusant. KINDNESS TO DUMB ANIMALS Execution of Criminals Never Re ceived Thought Execution of Ani mals Is Receiving. Canon Kawnsley was reading It Croswaithe church one Sunday tht psalm in which occur the words, "Oh, all ye fowls of the air, praise him and magnify him forever" when be stopped as If the words were a mock ery. He surveyed the befeathered women before him, saw in his imagi nation tho weltering bodies of thou sands of plumed birds and heard the cries of thousands of starved young ones. "It is a travesty on religion and a mockery for women decked with algrets to sing these words in the ben edicite," he said, and he closed the book. We are getting a conscience with regard to animals. The very matter of butcheriug them for food is being taken up by learned and humane so cieties. The matter of tho execution of criminals never took up half the thought that the matter of tho execu tion of animals is receiving. Wo are getting that conscience with which Theodore Parker was born you re member how, when a child, ho tried to kill a tortoise and something spoke as if aloud, "It Is wrong!" Running frightened to bla mother, he Inquired what the voice was and she, wise wom an, wiped his tears away and Raid: "Some call It conscience, but I prefer to call it the voice of God in the soul of man." Detroit News. Plant a Tree. Many years ago it was a custom when a child was born to commemo rate the event by planting a tree. To day there are many trees sacredly guarded because they were planted by or for some one whose memory it was desired to perpetuate. Every reader of this article no doubt recalls one or more trees with which are associated pleasant recollections. It may be the one In the yard under which you were accustomed to play. It may be the one that sheltered you when over taken by a storm on your way to and from school. It may be the one on the river bank under which you sat with fishing pole In hand. It may be the one under which you and your lover exchanged vows, or it may bo made dear to yon by any one of the many incidents of life. When your child is grown, give it an opportunity to pos sess a living tree which it. can call its own. Mary's and John's trees will always be cared for with tender hands, and when their namesake has forsa ken the old homestead there will al ways lie a yearning to see "my tree" it;nin. The Compliment. Armstrong Drcxel, the well known aviator, was dining with some fam ily friends at the Philadelphia club In his ancestral city. A rather doubt ful compliment W'us paid Mr. hrexc on his Hying, and the young man neatly replied: You i".:!':e me tint.', of Valuta, the Toed r.t r ct beauty doe'or. A ! idy fir ,ii ( iro .vet, or squaio visited Vaiuia, i'tld the man said lo her: ""After three months of my treat tv.ftit, madam, nobti ly will dream you're over t T, . ' 1 : 1 1 1 doctor.' faltrcd the lady, 'I'm o:i!v 32 '.' " The Averse. Man. Lillian Russell, l,i a witty In teriiew in Pittsburg - .VI.:: Itttssi 11 is always witty - ndvoi a'cd votes for wo men and the aboiliion of Ice male ote. "Let woman," r.ho t-.ii'l, "relieve overworked man cf hi:; voting duties. Let man light for woman In business and on ihe battlefield. That is quite enough for him to do." Miss Uu.sfcU smiled and added In consequently but forcibly: "The average man. anyway, cant take home a beefsteak without be lieving that be is waking his wife a present." English Women Smoke Pipe. The latest fancy of tho woman moker Is a pipe not the flujr affair that BufTlceB for the J.tpanonn, but a good-sized brier or a neat mcer schaum. The pipe is boldly carrlrd along with a gold card rase and chain purse. For some time new the cig arette has given place to a cigar, small In sizo and mild In quality. Women said they were tire of the cigarette, and wanted a bijgi-r smoke. Ixmdon Mail. Cripple Rides Bicycle. George Anstcy, aged 12, a cripple, of Ixdcester, Knglnnd, is one of the most remarkable cyclists In ttie coun try. Both his legs are wltberod and useless, but the Icicester Cripples' Guild has provided Him with a Uro wheeled pedalloss nincUlne, vUh a padded tube covering the ate bar. Across this he lies face feremest, and with wooden clogs Rtropped to his hands he propels hlniseir aloag tire streets and roads In a marvoJeusly rapid manner. He has complete con trol of the machine, Ids hands aotlng as pedals, steering gear, aaj brake combined. Too Ardent a Lover. Oeorgotto Fontano, an embroiderer who lives In tho Hue Sevres la Tarts, has found herself condemned to a month's Imprisonment for what seems to her a harmless act. She was going homo from a concert a few evenings ago when sha decided he would like to see her fiance. As lie happens to be a fireman whose station is in her own neighborhood It occurred to her it would be very easy to summon him to her side by break Ins the glass of the Ore alarm and Bounding a call. She did so anr In a few momenta fire engines came from seweml dhreo tlons, all laden with firemen, of eourso, but alasl her fiance was not among; them, and more than that all the fire men were angry, and before she know what had happened she waa taken to a magistrate, who proceeded to make the course of true love run ufitnaeetiily by sending her to prison for a month In eplte of hor tears and pretests that she thought It would be a simple way of brVnglng her fiance to hor ride. NEW SAWS BADLY NEEDED The Old-Fashioned Ones Somehow Don't Seem to Fit Into Mod ern Situations. "You know all the copybook, Me Gnffey's reader line of talk about ta king tho advice of one's elders?" be gan the sad-eyed, undersiaed little man on the car. "Sure you do. Now let nie tell you something. See that big apartment house over there on the right? And that little business block right next to It? "Well, there weren't any apartment houses or business blocks en It when I first clapped eyes on It. It was a howling wilderness. In fact, and you could almost chase rabbits up here. That was about eighteen years ago. 1 had a hunch then and I was only eighteen years old ai that time tftat this laud would some day Jomp In value by leaps and bounds. When I was twenty years old I came Into a bunch of $15,000. 1 went to my guar dian, an old man, pretty prominent In estate management and wisdom at that time, and I told him I wanted to soak the whole $15,000 in this block of ground I pointed out to you. The block was then on tho market for exactly $13,000. Tho old gentleman pooh-poohed me. " 'Go away, boy,' he said to me, with a patronizing smile. 'You don't know what you want. It's my duty to save you from such wild notions as this one you've got Into your head. They'll be shooting rabbits and squirrels out there on that plot 50 years from now. G'way.' "I argued It with him, and he sat down on me. Then he went and in vested my $15,000 at three per cent. "Three years ago the man who bought that same block of ground for $18,000 sold It for about $M9,00 cash, and he's now cruising over la tho Mediterranean or some place or other, while I'm taking my wffe out for nickel car rides and woadering where my $15,000 went. "There's got to be a new set of wise saws Invented for twentieth cen tury consumption. The McGuffey's reader kind are moth eaten." Against the Postum A disagreement about advertising arose with a "weekly" Journal. Following it, an attack on us appeared in their editorial columns; sneering at tho claims we made particularly regarding Appendicitis. We replied through tho regular papers and tho "weekly" thought we hit back rather too hard and thereupon sued for libel. The advertisement the "weekly" attacked us about claimed that In many cat:es of appen dicitis an operation could be avoided by dis continuing Indigestible food, washing out the bowels and taking a predlgestwd food Grape Nuts. Observe wo said MANY enses not all. Wouldn't ttiat knowledge be a comfort to those who f.ar a surgeon's knife as they fear death? Tho "weekly" writer suid that was a lie. We replio.l thai he was Ignorant of tho facts. Ho v,as put on (lie t-Uiud and compelled to admit he w.i'i not a Ir. and hud no medical knowledge of appendicitis and never Investi gated to find out If tho tesdinonul letters to our Co. wero genuine. A famous un;eon testified that when an operation was required GrapcS'iit would not obviate it. TT" Wo never dilned that when un operation was required (Inipc-Nutu v.inild prevent It. The surgeon to. tlf'rd hue tcrl.i r en us 117(1 p ed to bring on an otwuk and bacteria was grown by undigcftrd food frequently. Wo claltmd and proved by other famous experts that undigested food w;is largely responsible for appendicitis. We f!:owci1 by oxpert testimony Unit many cares are healed v.ithor.t a knife, but by stop ping tho use of food which did not digest, and when food was required again It waa helpful to use a predlgested food which did not over tax the weakened orgma of dlgeiitlon. When a pain in tbo right side appears It Is not always necessary to bo rushed off to a LlglitnJng Change. The Manager f:rn you make- quick changes aad double fa a few parts? The Arbor Can I? Say, you know tho scene in "Ijove and rxibsters," wrrre tho hero and the villain are fighting, nnd a frb-ntl rushes in and separates 'em? WVU, I played all tfireo parts one night when tho otber two fellows were 111. Holidays In the States. Washington.' birthday is a holiday In all tr.tes. Iccoratlon day in all states but PWIdn. Georgia, Ixiulslana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Smith Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Habor day is observed everywhere. Virtu ally every stnti has legal holidays having t do with its awn special af fair -bntnle of Nw Orleans In LouiV tana. T-oKa-n Ind-rpendenco and battlo f San Jnrinto In Tetas, Adrotfrlon day in California, and so on. Mlssis Btppl Is like tho federal government hi lack of statutory holidays, but by cerumen consent Independence day, ThantomrlTlng nnd ("hrLstmas are ob served. A new one Is Columbus day In a few of the states. Planting Wedding Oaks. Princess August Wllhelm, wife of tho knitter's fourth son, has set herself tho task of reviving one of Germany'a oldest ctw4.oms, that according to which newly weddrd couples Immediately af ter tho marriage ceremony plant a cou ple of oak saplings Bila by sldo in a park or by the roadblde of their na tive town. The town of Mulchauscn, In Thurtn Irta, Is the first to respond to the prin cess' appeal. A municipal official ap pear at tho church door aftr every wedcWflg and invito tho bride and bridegroom to drivo with hliu In a car rlngo to a new road near tho town and there plant onk saplings. Tho tree planting Idea was started by a former elector of Brandenburg with the object of repairing the rav ages caused by tho 30 years' war. Tho elector forbade young persons to mar ry until they had plautcd a number of fruit trues. Two Very Old Ladlao. We haro heard a great deal lately about long-Ilrod people, but It fs prob able that the oldest two people In tbo world todny are Frau Dutklevlts and another old lady named Dabavasllka. The former lives at Posem, In Prus sian Poland, and was born on Febru ary 21, 1785. She is therefore ono hundred and twenty-flvo years old. Tho latter, however, Is nine months her senior, having been born In May, 1784. She Is still a fairly bale old woman, and for nearly ono hundred years worked In the fields. Her descendants number close on 100, and these now make her a Joint allowance. She lives at the village of Bavelsko, whose neighborhood she has never quitted dwtng tho whole of her long life. She remembers events which happened at the beginning of last century much more clearly than those of tho last 40 years. Dundee Advertiser. An Alaskan Luncheon. Runners of woven Indian basketry, with white drawnwork dollies at each of the 12 covers, were used on an oval mahogany table. Tho dollies were mado at Sitka. In the middle of the table a mirror held a tall central vase of frosted glass, surrounded by four smaller vases, all filled with whlto spring blossoms. Tho edge of tho mirror was banked with the same flowers. Four totem poles wero placed on dollies In the angles made by the runners. Place cards wero water colors of Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held salted nuts, and tiny Indian baskets held bonbons. The soup spoons were of horn, several of the dishes used were made by Alaskan Indians, and the cakes were served on baskets. The menu was as follows: Polsson a la Bering Sea (halibut chowder), Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po tatoes Julienne), snowbirds aveo auroraborealls (roast duck with Jelly), Sbungnak river turnips, Tanana beets, Skagway hash (salad), Fair banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar ranged on Individual dishes around a central mound of powdered sugar), arctic sllceB (brick Ice cream). Circle City delights (small cakes), Klondike nuggets (yellow cheese In round balls on crackers), Nome firewater (coffee). Woman's Homo Companion. That Suiit Cereal Co., to Bring hospital and at the risk of death be cut. Plain common sense shows tho better way Is to stop food that evidently has not been digested. Then, when food Is required, use an easily digested food. Grape-Nuts or any other If you know It to be predlgcsted (partly digested before taking). We brought to Court analytical chemists from New York, Chicago and Mlshawaka, Ind., who swore to the analysis of Grape-Nuts and that part of the starchy part of the wheat and barley had been transformed Into sugar, the kind of sugar produced In the human body by digesting starch (the large part of food). Komo of the State chemists brought on by the "weekly" said Gmpe-Nuts could not be called a "predlgested" food because not all of It was digested outside the body. The other chemists said any food which had been partly or half digested outside the body was commonly known as "predlgesled." Splitting hairs about the meaning of a word. It Is sultlclent that If only one half of tho food Is "predlgested," it is easier on weakened stomach anil bowels than food In which no part is predlgested. To show tho facts wo Introduce Dr. Thos. Darllngtou, former chief of tho N. Y. noard of Health, Dr. Italph W. Webster, chief of the Chicago l aboratories, and Dr. B. Suchs, N. Y. If wo were a little revero In our denuncia tion of a writer. Felf-confissed Ignorant about api ciidlcltlH and Its c:ium, It Is possible the public will oxcuau us, In view of the fact that our held, Mr. C. W. Post, has made a lifetime' study of food, food digestion and effects, and tlio conclusion:! ure indorsed by many of the best medical authorities of the day. Is It possible that we , are at fault Tor 6tiggrt1ng.. hs a Father and Mother might, to one of the family who announced, a puln in the ride? "Stap- using the food,' griaay meats, travies, mince pie, cheese, too much starchy largest of Whatea. Tho largest whale of IU typo of which there Is sclentiflo record waa captured recently off Port ' Afthwt Tex. lie measured slxty-threft foot In length, and was estimated to bo about three hundred years old. Gap tain Cob Hummer, mat of a TJdto4 RTmtes pilot boat, sighted tho monster In the shoals off the Jetties, aad tho crew of his vessel captured tho mam mal. The huge body was towed aahorO,. exhibited and much photographed bo fore being; cut up. Bankers and Bank Notes. FVuir men, three of whom wero con nected with brokerage concerns In tho Wall street dlHtrlct, were discussing United Slates paper currency and tho disappearance of counter fait. "Wo are so sure nowadays," saM ono of the panty, "as to the genutaenesa of bills that little attention Is paid to them In handling, except aa to de nomination." To provo bis assertion he took a $10 yellowback frnta his pocket, and, holding It up, asked who could tell whose portrait It bore. No ono knew, and by way of coaching tho broker said It was tho first treas urer of tho United States. Again no ono know the name. "Why, It's Michael IJUlegas," said tho man proudly. "But In conftdoaco, IT1 tell you, I didn't know It five minutes ago." New York Trlbuno. An Unnecessary Confession. A hearty laugh, was occasioned at tho Birmingham police court by a pris oner who gaa himself awy In a Try delightful manner. Tho man waa tho first on the list, and the cfcarge trains t bfan was merely one of being drank and disorderly. He etepped Into the dock, however, Just at tho moment when the dock officer was reading out a few of tho cases which wero to cevae before the court that morning, and a guilty conscience appareatry led him to mistake thene ltema icr a list of his previous convictions. He stood passive enough while the officer read out about a dozen drank and disorderlies, but when he cane to one "shopbreaking" the prisoner ex claimed excitedly, "That waa eight years ago, your honor," Everyone be gan to laugh, and tho prisoner, realiz ing the blunder he had made, at first i looked very black Indeed, but Anally saw the humorous sldo of the matter, and a broad smile spread over his face. His blunder did not cost anything. Birmingham Mall. DIFFERENCE IN THE RACES Mexicans In the Main Unjust tn Blaming Americano for Lack of Politeness. All the Mexican correspondents who have written on the subject of why Americans are not better liked by Mexicans agree that It Is largely ft question ot a lark of politeness on tho part of tho foreigner here, and In some cases an Ul-conccalcd contempt The latter Is Inexcusable, and certain ly must emanate only from Inconsid erate or poorly educated persons, from which no nation Is free. Politeness, however. Is largely a matter of form and training. It Is undeniable ttat the Anglo-Saxon salutations, methods of expressing thanks and apprecia tion, etc., are simpler and shorter than the Latin forms. To many who have all their lives been accustomed to the briefer Saxon ways, an attempt of the more elaborate Latin politeness seems, for them, nothing short of af fectation, and they simply cannot do It. There are exceptions among Amer icans and Englishmen who readily adopt tho courteous phrases of the Mexicans and use them naturally, but they are the exceptions. And It Is difficult to see how this can readily be changed. Our Mexican friends should understand, on tho other hand, that If Anglo-Saxons do not, as a rule, go through as many social formalities as tho usages of the land prescribe, they mean no offense thereby. They are accustomed to taking a good many things for granted that their Latin cousins give verbal assurance of. Naturally, it Is the duty of the outlandar to conform as nearly as be can to the ways of his adopted conn try, but h'ltnan nature and settled habits are pretty hard to make over, particularly unless you catch them while they're young. Mexican Herald. for Libel Ltd., Gave Out Facts Takea Himself Seriously. KTcola Tenia, dining by himself tn a hotel's great dining room, takes a table where he pan be seen. Through out hla meal he wears a deeply stu dious, a completely absorbed, altitude. IIo may bring to the table a portfolio filled With papers. These he may scan with prolonged solemnity. In any event, be sits an eloquent tableau of profundity. New York Press. Rat Bounty Excites Merriment. Seattle, fearing the Introduction of bubonic plague by rats, haa offered a bounty of ten cents a rat. This move Taconm, safe from Infection from the sea, to raucous laughter, and the Led ger says that the bounty, "though not Intended for rodenta of Tacoma, Everett, Belllnghara and other popu lous and busy centers, has been find ing Its way Into the pockets of .non residents of Seattle for non-resident rats. But the Joke -would be on ns If ft wero found that our rat popula tion had found Its way Into the Seat tle census." Pretty Good Definition. We hear some funny thing In Fleet street sometimes, and the ''following; definition of tho height .ot'yiggravatlon, by a gentleman In rather shaky boots, whom wo encountered In a well-known hostelry the other day, struck us as being 'particularly choice. "The 'eight of haggravatlon, gentle men," said this pothouse humprlat, set ting his pewter on tho counter and looking round proudly, w"ltb. ihe air ot one about to let off a good thing, "tho 'eight of haggravatlon hy, trying to ketch a flea out o' yer ear with C pair of boxin' gloves." London Tltr Bits. Before Days of Free Press. Many of the restrictions that hamp ered tho influence of the press re mained In force until the close of the eighteenth century In England. It was not till that period that newspaper obtained the right to criticise the poV toy of ministers and of the king. MrV Walter, the first editor of the London Times, was prosecuted for censuring the duke of York. He was sentenced! to pay a fine of $250, stand in. the) pillory for an hour, be imprisoned) for a year and give security for his good! behavior for seven, years. The order with regard to the pillory was can celed, but he had to serve Ms term b Jail. French Official Etlquet. The wives of tho new..Frehcb, mini , ters share In tho honors conferred. on t their husbands, the degree of defer rm-B uue 10 uiem Doing iniuuioiy-established by the "protocolei" When the wife of a minister enters a room. If any deputies' or senators' wives are) present, they are supposed to rise and remain standing until sho Is. seab ed. Other .ministers' wives may. rest In their chairs, but should the prime minister's wife arise they also. must stand to attention. And even Mm. Brland (If there were such a person), would have to show similar deference to the wife of the president of the chamber. With her, according to th protocole, 'Vest la. representation na ttanale qui entre, le suffrage unlver sel la France." London Chronicle. Vivid at Least. . Dr. Hiram C. Cortlandt, tho well known theologian of Dea Moines, said In a recent address: "Thomas A. Edison tells us that he thinks the soul is not Immortal; but, after all, what does this great wizard know about souls? His forte Is elec tricity and macnlnery, and when ha talks of souls he remlndsme Irresist ibly of the young lady who visited the Baldwin locomotive works and then told how a locomotive Is made. " 'You pour.' she said, 'a lot of sand into a lot of boxes, and you throw old stove lids nnd things Into a furnace, and they you empty the molten stream Into a hole in the sand, and everybody yolls and swears. Then you pour It out and let It cool and pound It, and then you put It In a thing that bores holes In It. Then you screw It to gether, and paint It, and put steam In It, and It goes splendidly; and they take It to a drafting room and maka a bluep rlnt of It. But ono thing I for got they have to make a boiler. One man gets Inside and one gets outsldo. and they pound frtghtfuiry; and then they tie it to tho other thing, and you ought to see It go!'" a Splendid Chance food, etc, etc., which has not been digested, then when again ready for food use Grape Nuts because It la easy of digestion?" Or should the child be at once carted off to a hospital and cut? We have known of many cases wherein the approaching signs of appendicitis have dis appeared by the suggestion being follbwed. No one better appreciates the value of a skilful physician when a person Is In the awful throes of acute appendicitis, but "an ounce of prevention Is worth a pound ot cure." Just plain old common sense Is helpful even nowadays. This trial demonstrated Grape-Nuts food Is pure beyond question! It Is partly preiflgesfed. Appendicitis generally has rise from undl getdwd food. It Is noT always necessary to operate. It U best to atop all food. Wheu ready to lx;gln feeding use a predl gfbtej food. It la palatable and strong In Nourishment. . It will pay fine 'returns In health to quit the heavy breakfasts and lunches and use less food but select food certainly known to con tain the elements nature requires to sustain tho body. May wo be permitted to suggest a breakfast of fruit, Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toast and cocoa, milk or Fostum? Tho question of whether Crape-Nuts doos or does not contain the elements which nature requires for the nourishment of the brain, also of Its purity, will be treated In later news paper articles. Good food Is Important and it effect on the body Is also Important. "Thors'i a Reason" Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd., Ml Creek, Mlcfe.