The Plattsmoutli Journal
C. H. MAN. W. K. FOX. I'oblUhers.
PLATTSMOUTlf.
NEBRASKA
Creat Quantities of firecrackers ar
now being received In this country
from China, the merchants considering
that there will be a big Fourth of July
1 en and for them.
Ceneral Miles has long, advocated a
standing army which should consist of
one man for every thousand of our to
tal population, and that is substantial
ly the size of the present establish
ment. The police farce of our largest
cities consists of one officer to a popu
lation of about four hundred and sixty.
Ilartford has adopted the automobile
patrol wagon, and the thief of police
finds that it has proved successful in
every way. resultirg in a saving of
time and money. An electric wagon
ette was used pending the delivery of
an electric patrol wagon, and the chief
says that it did the work of four horses
at the nominal expense of 18 cents a
Cay for power.
The Maoris, the aboriginal Inhabi
tants of New Zealand, have actually
increased in number during the last
tferade. and grea. wonderment is ex
pressed In European publications over
the fact that a "subject rtee" should
survive and grow. Here is opportunity
for somebody to suggest that the fate
of such a race depends a good deal
upon the nation to which it is "sub
ject." A man In North Carolina was sell
ing standing timber walnut trees.
The man who was buying came to one
very handsome tree. He told the own
ex he would pay a3 much as ?50 for
that tree. The owner did not sell, but
sent for experts. He got $1,500 for the
tree (curled walnut) as it stood. The
man who cut it down realized $3,000
for it on the cars. It was shipped to
New York and veneered one-sixth to
fcalf an inch The sales were watched.
The tree brought ?tJ0.000.
Queen Margaret of ItaV has com
missioned the architect Succonl. to
construct a memorial an the spot
where King Humbert was assa?sinat
cd. It will take the form of a votive
chare!. In front a cross in marble
wJlL be erected. End each side of the
entrance will be flanked by a marble
statue, one representing Sorrow, and
the other Death. The first stone of
I5e edifice will be laid on July 23. the
anniversary of the death of King
Humbert. SiKconi Is the designer of
the monument to Victor Emmanuel,
now in course of construction on the
bill of the capitol.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burr Hamilton, said
Ca be the last member of the seventh
generation of the Burr family, who
died at Bridgeport. Conn., last week,
ct the aee of ninety, was the fifth
cousin of Aaron Burr, third viee-presii-dent
of the United States, who killed
Alexander Hamilton, the lawyer and
fcdtesmsn. in a duel in 1S01. Her death
recalls the fart that, though the famil
ies of Burr and Hamilton were the
ir.oct bitter enemies at the begininng
trZ the last century, love found a way
thirty-two years after the famous duel
to bring the- families together again by
the marriage of Elizabeth Burr and
Alexander Hamilton in 1SHS.
America still has some things to
team from older eeuntries, particularly
iu the way of economy. New York
City pays about five hundred thousand
dollars a year for the disposition of its
garbage, whi! many English cities, by
burning their va;?e matter in special
furnaces, not only destroy it in the
mo-t effective way. but make a profit
from it. Being dried out, it becomes
fuel, and the heat which it generates
f3 used to furnish steam for pumping
water, operating city electric lighting
plants, and grinding up such portions
cl the refuse as ar capable of conver
sion into cement, tiles and paving
Mocks. This plan in u?e In seventy
cr eighty or the sniallr-r cities of Eng
and. and a million -dollar riant Is in
process of erection in I,or.c!on.
There is sometimes a wide Interval
between the conception of a mechani
cal contrivance anil its practical ac
complishment. The flying machine,
fresh experiments with which are con
stantly reported, is an example of de
lay in Invention. A few years after
the landing of the Pilgrims. Dr. John
Wilkins. who afterward married a sis
ter of Oliver Cromwell, published a
work in which he said it was possible
to make a "flying chariot, in which a
man may sit. and give such motion
cnto it as shall cmvey him through
the air. And this, perhaps, might be
made large enough to rarry divers men
at the same time, together with food
Tor their viaticum, and commodities
for traffic." The suggestion of a trade
aide to air travel points to the remote
possibility of a flying machine combi
nation which will control the "air
line" of the future. At present there Is
no reason to be alartied. The business
opportunities of the region overhead
ere still open to all.
Dr. Steyn reports the completion of
the excavation cf old Buddhist cities
In Chinese Turkestan, and states that
the results are satisfactory. The ex
cavators discovered a large number of
fine Eturco sculptures. c!o. ely resem
bling the Gracco Hud Ihlst relic3 of the
North-Western Punjab.
The army allows about C3.000 pounds
of food a year for f.ftfe:i men. but In
the Arctic regions peopl eat at least
fi quarter as much more. It cos's ?3 a
month more to feel a naan In Green
land than in New York.
Daumet of the French Institute,
and a r umber of o:hr French, archi
tects, have petitioned the senate
against any interference with religio.-s
orders, cn the ground that many of
their tuildinE3 are th? glory of
France, and that they ore likely to
continue furnishing employment to
the building trade.
Many French automobiles have a
large piece of plate glass In a steel
frame In front of the driving seat, to
protect the operator from dust and
wind during fast work.
w the world
Slighted in Funston "Report.
Lieutenant J. D. Taylor of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry, whose friends
are claiming for him some of the
, honor given General Funston for the
capture of Agulna'.do, Is 25 years o'.d,
and has been in the army since 1S9S,
when he was appointed Second Lieu
tenant cn the recommendations of
Senators Maliory and Fasco of Flor
ida. Lieutenant Taylor was assigned to
the Twentieth Infantry at Fort Leav
enworth and accompanied the regl-
ment to the Fhi'ipplnes. In April,
1S99. he was promoted to First Lieu
tenant and attached to the Twenty
fourth infantry. His father is a lead
ing citizen of Lake City, Fla.
Lieutenant Taylor's friends point
out that his name does not appear in
the official report of Aguinaldo's cap
ture. Although It was he who secured
the first Information as to the insur
gent leader's whereabouts. It was
while acting Captain at Pomtabangan
that he intercepted the four Filipino
messengers carrying orders that re
vealed their chief's hiding place. He
received a letter of thanks from Gen
eral Funston at the time, but hi3
friends are not satisfied with thi3 par
tial recognition, and believe he should
have received credit in the official re
port for his work in connection with
the capture.
A Charming XXoman.
The wife of Kentucky's young Gov
ernor is one of the most charming
women of a state noted for the at
tractlvenes3 of its fairer inhabitants.
Mrs. Beckham, who, since her mar
riage has become known throughout
the country, was Miss Jean Fuqua of
Owensboro, the eldest daughter of
Colonel Joseph Fuqua. She Is 22 years
old. and has all the charms that have
made her state's women famous. She
met Governor Beckham while he was
speaker of the house cf representa
tives. He was visiting his sister In
Owensboro. and at a reception given
In his honor was introduced to MiS3
1
MRS. BECKHAM.
Fuqua. They were married on Novem
ber 12 last, after the election of Mr.
Beckham as Governor.
SI Shorter Co'lege Course-.
Professor Norton of Harvard recent
ly expressed the opinion that college
men studying for the degree of A. B.
should be allowed a free choice to ob
tain It in three years If they eo desire.
He says many students can do the
work of the whole course in three
years as easily and as well as others
can in four, and he believes the ma
jority would be the gainers if they did
it In the shorter time. The growing
length of the courses In post-graduate
and professional schools makes this
saving of time increasingly desir
able. "Sacred" LocK ond Key.
A Washington
dispatch says that
the lock and key
of the front gate
of the Sacred City
of Peking have
been received at
the National Mu
seum and will be
; placed on exhibi
tion there within a
few davH. The
relics are a gift from Rev. W. T.
Hobart, a Methodist missionary in
China, and were presented to the
United States through Edwin II.
Conger, United States minister at
Peking. The gate which the lock and
key secured was directly before the
palace of the emperor. On the lock
are Inscribed a number or Chinese
characters, and the authorities of the
museum will soon seek to have these
deciphered and trans'ated. The lock
is an Iron cylinder three feet and ten
inches long. Extending from the cyl
inder Is an Iron rod bent back that It
might pass through the gate hasps
i and into the lock g-ilde.
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SAYINGS and DOINGS
EdUs "Lunatic Herald."
The only paper of its kind in the
world is the Lunatic Herald, which is
published at Jacksonville. 111. It is
owned, edited and ccr.trolled by Gen
eral A. B. Leeper. who freely admits
that he !2 a legal lunatic, but dec'ares
that for that rea
son he will be able
to do better work
for the large class
of peoyle to which
he belongs. In the
Lunatic Herald
General Leeper
will deal with the
abuses which pre
vail in some insane
asylums. He will
call for the repeal
state laws which
of certain
seem un-
fair to lunatics, whom they chiefly af
fect. Nothing will be printed which is
indeed to produce irritation or irra
tional excitement. It will not be tho
business of the paper to stir up dis
content among the inmates of insane
asylums, but to furnish them with food
for serious and healthful thought.
General Leeper says that the number
of legal lunatics in the United States
Is now so large that there is a great
field as well as a great demand for
his paper, while if every person who
is more or less crazy would subscribe
for it, he declares, it would have eas
ily the largest circulation In the world.
Head of Sbueden's Jfa-Cy.
Sir Adolf Arnold Louis Philander,
the new minister of marine for Sweden
and Norway, has had a distinguished
career as a naval officer. He won his
knighthood from King Oscar in 1SS3
on his return from the famous expedi
tion in the Vega, of which ship he
was commander and which bore the
celebrated scientist and explorer.
Baron Nordenskjold. on his voyage of
discovery to the northeast passage.
Owing to the name of the ship and in
MINISTER PHILANDER,
memory of his services the naval offi
cer was given the title of "Philander
of Vega." Since that time his promo
tion in the navy has been rapid, and
at the same time well deserved. He is
chief aid to the king and one of his
rayol patron's most intimate and cher
ished friends. The new minister i.s de
rived from an ancient family of Fin
land, noted In .history for upward of
three centuriC3. He entered the navy
as a boy and was early associated with
the great Nordenskjold, whom he also
accompanied in 1SCS on the famous
journey to Spitzbergen.
A Chundcr MaKer.
Even on the clearest, calmest day
thunder, artificial, it is true, yet
Etr angel y
like natural
thunder, can
be manufac
tured by any
one who will
try the fol
lowing sim
ple, newly
devissel ex
periment: Get a piece
ordinary
twine two
or three feet in length, and place it
around the back of your head, accord
ing to the manner shown in the oc
companying picture. Next bring the
two ends forward past the ears, or,
rather, past the auricles. The ears
must then be closed by keeping tho
fingers pressed firmly over them, and at
the same time the fingers or hand
must be pressed firmly over the twine
at the point where it lies directly out
side each auricle. Now ask some one
to pull the two ends, of the twine with
his thumb and index finger, and then,
a firm pressure being meanwhile main
tained, to let them slip slowly through
the fingers.
At once an illusion of thunder will
be produced. You will hear peal after
peal, and the firmer the pressure on
the twine the louder will be the sound.
If a few knots are tied in the twine
a still more startling inusion will be
produced.
j Star, ling 'Propositicn.
A startling proposition is made by
the author of a work called the "Boxer
Book," just published in Chicago. The
writer believes that there is a yellow
peril and a black peril and a red peril
and after showing that the dark races
Increase much more rapidly than the
white races, urges the gradual ex
tinction of the former by the whites.
He thinks the blacks should bo con
fined to certain zones placed under
white rule under international law and
then exterminated by gradual process
of humane laws applied by "the fittest
race," as the author puts it. A secret
organization having its origin in the
universities is said to be urging the
propaganda.
Alexander Cambell, the professional
golfer of the Country club of Brook
line, Mass.. has a driver of ancient pat
tern which is over 200 years old. It
was the property of the Earl of
Eglinton originally.
Hoke Smith, once In Mr. Cleveland's
cabinet, is on his second term as a
member of the Atlanta school board.
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Idealism and "Realism.
"What strikes me most about
your country is its realism, founded
as the nation is upon an Ideal. There
is no more realistic country than Am
erica, and there is no more idealist'c
one."--Professor Van 't Hoff of Hol
land. A Forgotten Chapter in History
"The sale of Texas to Spain: lis
Bearing on Our Present Problems." Is
the title of an article in the July
Forum by the Hon. Henry S. Boutell.
There are few who know that the
United States held title to Texas prior
to the admission of the Texas republic
to the union, but such was the case,
and the transfer of that tit'e to Spain
by the treaty of 1S19 in exchange for
Florida has a distinct bearing on th?
question recently passed on by the
Supreme Court. That question is:
"Have the President and the Sen
ate, by treaty, or Congress and the
President, by legislation, the consti
tutional power to control and d-al
with territory which is not a part of
one of the states of the union In a
manner different from that in which
they are bound by the constitution to
control and deal with the territory
embraced in the several states?"
At the time when Napoleon so'd the
Louisiana Territory to the Unit d
States the Rio Grande was he dividing
line between French and Snanish pos
sessions cn the Gulf of Mexico. There
fore that river was the western boun
dary of the Lou'siana purchase. But
Spain, secretly encouraged by Naro
'eon. insisted that Mexico extend d
farther east than the Rio Grande. In
the opinion of James Monroe, John
Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, the
right of the United States to all of
Texas was incontrovertible, but the
south, for natural and justifiable rea
sons, was anxious to get hold of east
and west Florida, which were not in
cluded in the Lou'siana purchase.
Hence that treaty whereby the Flori
das were ceded to the United States
and the Sabine River was made the
dividing line between American and
Spanish possesions. On this subject
the Chicago Tribune says:
"During the last two years it has
often been asserted that all terrifo-y
acquired by the United States becomes
at once 'an Integral part' thereof, and
Its Inhabitants become American cit
izens. There is nowhere In th con
stitution, says Mr. Boutell, au'hortty,
direct or implied, for the sale of 'an
integral part' of the United States
and the expatriation of American citi
zens. Therefore President Monroe ad
the statesmen of his day, when they
bartered off Texas to Spain, d:d not
consider that territory 'an integral
rarf of tho United S'ates. The view
they took of the matter was that 'ter
ritory onside the limits of the States
belonging to the United States could
be regulated and disposed of by the
federal government regirdles3 of the
limitations and restrict'ons of the
constitution.' These m-n. if living,
would hold that the United States can
lawfully sell the Philippines or
Alaska."
When Will the World b? Full.
Without asking counsel of Malthu
sian:sm, but merely by applying the
nineteenth cent'.'ry average of increase
to the future, Mr. J. Holt Schooling
announces in the July Cosmopolitan
tnat "the world will be full" in tha
year 2250, at which time it will be in
habited by 52.000 billions of persons,
averaging 1,000 to the square mile.
Tnis good-humored prediction, how
ever, based on the assumption that th
rate of 1 per cent per year of increaso
in the population of the earth, which
obtained during the last century, will
continue indefinitely, is only incidental
to several important and presumably
reliable deductions concerning the
movement of the earth's population
during the last century.
Volunteers Mustered Out.
Promptly on the last day of June, In
accordance with the emeigency act of
1S99, the last of the 35.C00 volunteers
enlisted for service in the Philippines
have been mustered out at aan Fran
cisco. Thus closes one of the most
creditable chapters in our military his
tory. A British V. to.
Mr- Andrew Carnegie speaking at
tho great Anglo-American banquet,
said: "There can b- no jealousy be
tween America and England, brause
it is not 'ost what a friend gets."
London Daily Expres.
An adjudicat'on in the estate of
Michnel Corr, who died sore time ago
in Philadelphia, awards $112,000 to va
rious Catholic charitable institutions
in that city.
The EneMsh railways crrt on an av
eroee of 0 000 a mil": th- tVrrnan.
20.000 and the American 11.000.
GREAT A TO
HENRY FOURNIER
Henri Fournier the winner of the
automobile race from Paris to Berlin,
has long been known on the continent
as the king of automobilists. He first
used a petroleum tricycle for his road
work. VTith a machine of 1 horse
power he made an average of more
The WhtsXy Famine in Guam.
There comes a tale of woe from dis
tant Guam. This is the remote island
In the Pacific where for some time
Captain Leary of the navy was a be
nevolent despot, forcing lazy Guam tes
to work and unmarried ones to wed.
He appealed to the department for a
brass band to aid in the civilizing of
the inhabitants, but was unable to get
it. It Is not a lack of music, however,
which causes unh3ppiness in Guam.
It is a scarcity of whisky. The last
barrel of "commissiry" has been
stolen and drunk up by bad marines
on duty in the island.
This sad news Is given in an order
issued by Commander Seaton Schroe
der, U. S. N.. Governor of Guam. In
it he calls the attention of the com
mand to the "hoodlum'sm and law
lessness which are rampant in it." Per
haps this language Is not too strong
when the dastardly character of the
crime which hag been committ'd is
taken into consideration. The Com
mander says excitedly:
"There Is reason for alluilln to the
thrft a few weiks ago of a hirrel of
whisky from the naval hospital that was
the lat and sole supply of the medical
department for medical purposes. An of
ficer on duty here has since then ben
bo reduced by clima'le fever that a cer
tain amount of whisky was considered
necessary to keep him from utter pros
tration. Fortunafly. a small supp'y wa
obtained from a passing vessel. Had that
accidental supply not been forthcoming,
and had that officer succumbed, his death
would have retod upon the hads of the
scoundrels who committed the theft."
The percentage of Ill'terat's among
army conscripts in Italy Is thirty-six.
Ordered Steel
PRESIDENT SHAFFER OF
Theodore J. Shaffer, who, in his ca
pacity as president of the Amalgamat
ed Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, gave out the sheet iron ma
chinists strike order, is himself one of
the most skillful sheet iron rollers in
the trade. He is unique among labor
leaders the world over. A college
Letter-Copying Machine.
Whi.e the copying of letters by
means of the dampened sheets and
handpress is a comparatively rapid
operation and allows copies of letters
to be filed away in book form for
future reference, yet the machine il
lustrated herewith
has advantages
over the former
method both in
speed and in the
convenience for
pr servation of the
copy in eonnection
with the letter to
which it replies.
Th copying paper is in the form of
a continuous roll, which is looseiy
amounted on a spindle inside the cab
inet, where is also located a tray of
water, through which the sheet pass
es on Its way to the pressure rollers.
A crank is used to turn the rollers,
and the original letter Is slipped be
tween the two pressure rolls, where it
comes in contact with the dampened
sheet and leaves Its copy, the letter
passing out at the opposite side of the
rollers and the copy ribbon falling
j v ff ieok
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WINNER OF THE AUTOMOBILE FACE
thai orty miles an hour at a time
wh mtomcbiles were the merest
novrnes. Thus it will be seen that he
was no new hand in the big race which
uas jum mm un ai fournier
is a veritable spectacle on his -ia-
chine. He flies along with bulgiri yea
Houston 'Philanthropists Plxnm
Edwin Ginn, a prominent real e3- j comfort, light, and :amiT compared
tate owner of Boston, will try an j with the old style aow in vogue, nd
original experi-
ment in tenement
houses next spring.
He proposes to
build several large
fireproof structures
in the West End,
which will replace
the dingy, unsafe,
and unhcslthful
habitations which
are now used by
the working
classes in that part
of the city. Mr.
Ginn made a care
ful investigation
of the facts before
he decided to make
his experiment. He
visited tho pc-ople
living in t'. e tene
ment d I s t r i c.ts,
counseled them as
to the kind of
houses they would
most desire for the
rents they could
afford to pay, and
then had his archi
tects arr ne plans
acco d ngly. Mr.
Ginn says that at the present time a
man with $16 a month to spend for
rent could not secure a place fit to live
in. His new houses will be marvels of
WorKcrs' Strife
THE SHEET IRON WORKERS.
graduate, a former clergyman and a
most earnest and eloquent pulpit or
ator, Mr. Shaffer may be considered
out of his sphere in a rolling mill, but
the theological iron worker prefers
that trade to the church. He Is a na
tive of Pittsburg, 45 years old. and be
gan his career as an iron worker when
through a slot into the bottoa of the
cabinet. In filing the copy away the
endless sheet is taken up and clipped
to separate letters, which are then
placed with the letter to which the
original is the reply, the two being
filed together and making it unneces
sary to look in both the letter file and
copying book when information is de
sired. The "Rcligiour F.ght in F ranee.
The French Associations bill i3 now
safely through the legislature, and tho
debate, which has occupied the greater
part of a year, is closed. During the
progress of the discussion several
amendments to the measure have been
introduced and passed, and the gov
ernment has receded on some points,
the most important of which was the
project to confiscate the property of
the religious congregations under cer
tain conditions for the benefit of a
superannuation fund.
A Hundred years Aflod.
Reviewing some famous ships that
fly the British flag, a London paper
tells anew the story of the fight in
mm
"RACE
FROM PARIS TO BERLIN.
cast groundward, hair streaming In
the wind, and his motor puffing like
mad under him. He is so accustomed
to these hazardous trips that he i3 per-
xectiy cool wciie traveling over a
country road at express train speed. A
, second r ice may be run.
the rents, if anything, will be lower
It is estimated that from 7 to 10 pel
cent interest will be cleared oa thes.1
improved tenements.
1 he was still under 20. He next went t5
eollfge. studied theology, took u
church and preached with great suc-
cess for several years. Oddly enou thj
his health was not so robust in th4
pulpit as in the mill, and he gave un
his charge to return to his trade, to!
which he has since devoted himself. IH
was first elected president of thi
Amalgamated Association at its con-
vention in Cincinnati.
Lincoln and John Uro'zun.
A Kan.-as paper says an old citizen,
of that state attended a meeting h Id
at Atchison In 1S."9 at which Mr. Lin
coln made a speech. Acco din1? to th's
old citizen, some one in the audience
asked. "How about John B o-vn," who
had been hang'd a few days before,
to which Mr. Lincoln repli d: "He
was hanged and he deserved it. I
don't know much about Brown's his
tory in Kansas, but John B-own vio
lated the laws of his country, aid
Governor Wise did right in hanging
him."
Whether Mr. Lincoln ac'ua'ly st'd
this, it is Impossible to d e'de. The
memories cf old men plsy them sad
tricks sometimes. They s ncere'y be
lieve often that they h a d at first
hand what they may have h-ard at
second hand, or may not have h-ard
nt all. But whatever Mr. Lin. oln may
have said or thought of th exeeiijon
of John Brown, he certainly di-ap-rroved
of what John Brown d'd at
Harper's Ferry. Chicago Tribune.
The Rev. Edward S. Tead, pastor
of Prospect Hill Congregation!
church, Sorr.erviile. Mass., has been
elected secretary of the Congregational
Educational society in Boston, to suc
ceed the Rev. Charles O. Day, the ne-v.
president of Andover Theological Sem
inary. General Lew Wallace is at work up
on his autobiography. He m-de a trip
to Kentucky recently to confer with
some veterans on certain features of
the battle of Shiloh which will be in
cluded In the work.
which four British vessels overcame
and captured the water-logged frigate
President, commanded by Captain
Stephen Decatur. The London paper
adds the Interesting information that
the President, after nearly a centurv
of service in war and peace. Is still
useful as a "drill ship of the fourth
class for the royal naval reserve in
the southwest India dock basin, where
1 ilD iw- - -
she Lejs lain for a cuarter of a century,
though very few Inndoners have seen
her" The illustration given herewith
shows the famous old fighting ship a
she appears in her last days.
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