tDakota Comity Herald
, tJXrOTJL CTTT, NEB.
John H. Ream, - Publisher
It Is mu'i) easier to spend than It Is
to save.
Even an optimist Is apt to backslide
frben he has a botl oa the back of his
deck.
The PulaJanes have leen "almost
ubjugatod." Evidently a few of them
are at 111 a lire.
There recently tiled In Germany a
man wr knew fifty-two language. He
probably couldn't outtalk hio wife, at
that
Tim sugar trust hns paid Its fines of
1108,000. Tor a while now Its dlsjw
altlon wli' be welly In need of sweet
ening. In Riving the President the Noble
pent prize, credit must be allowed the
donors forsllpplng It In while there
Still wns jieuce.
According to n Iondon physician,
music will cure alcoholism. Fining It
to the tune of $50 and costs has been
known to help some.
That wonitm who says she will have
to go and find the North Pole talks ns
If ahe thought It had been left In the
back yard somewhere.
A forty-six-story building Is lclng
erected In New York'. The people who
bave offices on the top floor will have
to be good to the elevator man.
Land frauds have been discovered
In Western Kansas. There was n time
when a man would have been sent to
the Insane asylum for stealing Kansas
land.
Attempt by modern writers to
cheapen and belittle Shakespeare have
but one effect, and that Is to cheapen
the world's oplulon of the modern
writers.
An Alabama bank teller who sklpcd
out with $100,000 1ms been declared In
, aane. When It was found that he could
have taken twice that sum, no further
evidence wos needed.
Many a :nan, It may ns well be con
fessed,. baa achieved n fair degree of
Buocess In life by the simple process of
being born Into a rich family, Inherit
ing fortune, and holding on to It.
Even 'President Roosevelt has his lim
itations. He ran settle lights between
nations and do other things that aro
worth talking about, but ho can't make
Congress spell according to Andrew
Carnegie.
Japan has quit buying Ilrltlsh loco
motives and Is now nuiklng her pur
chase from Oeruiuny and the United
States. Some of the Joints In the
Anglo-Japa none alliance are likely to be
severely at ruined now.
"There are," says the Indianapolis
Star, "thousands of lmppy homes for
which tho trial man-Inge possesses no
charm. Turn the husband aud wife
loose, and they would marry twice as
quick as before." Still It would per
haps be best not to take nny needless
risk by turning them loose while gro
cerlea are high.
Every small boy In the country has
built a "scooter" by nailing nu upright
tick to n barrel stave, and then used It
for coasting. As a young lady who
tiscd to ride an one remarked, "They
go like a whlB-buttou." An cnterprls.
Ing manufuctnrer baa put on the mar
ket an elaborate scooter which he calls
a "snow-bike," but It Is not likely that
H will go any faster than the home
made article.
After all la said It must be conced
ed that the apparent disregard for hu
man life In the United States Is large
ly a tribute to progress aud to the In
dustries that constitute prosperity.
Even fatal railroad accldeuts, the
largest Item In the list, can not be
Wholly eliminated, though they can and
uight to be greatly reduced In num
ber. Kst-railroad accidents are only
one Item In tho list of annuul fatalities.
There aro fatal accidents In mining,
building, manufacturing aud agricul
ture. They all claim their victims as a
sort of tribute to progress, though a
very costly one. Carefully compiled
statistics show that in the five great
Industries of railroading, mining, )Ulld
lng. manufacturing and ugrlculture no
lens than MO, 1(15 persona are unnually
killed or Injured In the United States.
This Is at the rate of over tuie a min
ute, and It Includes only u few of the
largest InCHtrles,
A characteristic piece of evidence
which goes to sustain the contention
that tho average American, ut least, In
on honorable aud upright man conies
from San Francisco. The railroads,
nppre -latlng the dire distress of the
people In the city following tho dread
ful earthquake, sold tickets to points
outside of San Francisco to ull who
asked, simply requiring those who had
no money to give the ticket agent Home
Sort of acknowledgment that tho ticket
bud been furnished and containing a
promise to pay for tho same Just as
soon us holder's lluanclul condition
would penult. More than $00,(too worth
of this kind of traiiHjtortutlou was fur
nlslM'd by Jhe railroads, and over .VI,.
M worth of scrip containing the prom
ises to pay baa own redeemed. We
read a great? deal these days about the
Unfeeling robbery of "widows and or
phans" by the big corporations; we
read of railroads grabbed and unwar
ranted advances In tho necessities of
life, but of the plain, everyday, good
old American citizen, who sees his
name In print perbupa half a dozen
times lu bis life, and then lu nonpareil
tyte, we bear very little. , And yet ho
Is tho finest product of this great re
public. A retired field officer baa expressed
Ida belief that four fifths of the field
officers of th line would rrtlre to-day
If they could "because of the unrest
and unhnpplncsa In the army." Such
general unhuppliicsn and unrest would
seem to argue a variety of causes; no
special reason can be given why the
life of the otllcer In the army has lost
Its attractiveness to so great a ma
jority of those who lead It. In a time
of peace, w ith not a sis-ek of war cloud
anywhere In sight, when promotions
aro dow and advancement Is apparent
ly hopeless; In a time of great commer
cial prosperity when fortunes seem to
!e easily made and when millionaires
arc as abundant as the well to do men
of a few jenrs'ago, It Is erhnps not
surprising that the oflicer on small pay
la dissatisfied w ith bis lot and believes
that all he needs Is the opportunity to
Jump Into n fortune. It Is true also
that on oflicer with social qualities has
many friends among the civilians who
are ready to assist him In any busi
ness longings aud to encourage him to
change his life. More than this, there
ore not a few men In the army whose
training and qualifications attract the.
attention of corporations and business
men, and whose services are eagerly
su.ipied up whenever an opportunity to
prolit by this training presents Itself.
Such men seem, therefore, to bave an
incentive to leave the army. On the
other hand, there art; those who should
wisely let well enough alone. If there
nre hundreds or thousands of million
aires and men who are fipporently on
the sofe rond to wealth, there are also
thousands of those who have fallen
miserably by the wayside. Though a
man may serve faithfully and credit
ably In the nrmy, It docs not follow
that be may leave at any time and ac
quire millions. Indeed, th-i converse of
the prosisltlon Is more likely to be
the truer. The anny has Its advant
ages evvn in time of pence. The living
Is assured and the pay Is regular. Fur
ther than this, tho officer who conforma
to regulations knows that be has no
worry for the future, and that bis
reasonably grateful country will sup
port bim though he lives many years
after the period of retirement. If his
pay la not large It Is at least adequate
for his support, and an officer of the
army, who Is also a gentleman, has a
dignified standing In society that Is
not without Its compensatory value.
Doubtless the wave of commercial pros
perity and the continued assertion of so
many "business chances" have not a
little to do with such unrest and un
hiipptncss as hnve been specified. But
It is probable that the retired oflicer
quoted has overstated his case and that
no such general dissatisfaction pre
vails. Uncle Fain is not a grinding
taskmaster, and his servants are al
ways sure of their money.
t HER "OLD BOY."
A young student who passed his vaca
tion last summer in the little village
where his mother. In her charming
girlhood, had once taught school was
reminded In an unexpected fashion that
her pupils there had not forgotten her.
He was a careless correspondent, and
the one letter which he bad written
home during tho first fortnight of bis
stay, yet lay forgotten In bis pocket,
when one morning, on coming to the
lunllbox, be found tho letter-carrier
lingering beside It, holding a post-card
lu his hand. He looked up from an ob
vious perusal.
"Look hero, young feller," said he, de
livering It, "this won't do! Here's your
mother havlu' conniption fits for fear
that cold o' yourn has turned Into pneu
mony or bre,wnklters or consumption or
somethln' and no wonder, not hearln'
n word of ye in two weeks. Precious
young pup ye niust be, scarln' sech a
woman as Lucllly Vine Jest out o'
sheer laziness! Land, I'd take the Job
o' llckln' ye Into sense, and thanks for
the chsnce, If tuily Uncle Sam wa'n't so
hanged peaceable he wouldn't stand for
It A Job's a Job, and I'm, a married
man. I dnssn't give ye what-for this
time, but If there ain't a good, fat let
ter addressed to your ma In that box
to-morrow mornlu' I duunol I dun
no!" Uncle Sam'a peaceful prejudices were
not, however, disturbed; and the letter
In the Is: the next morning contained a
gleeful confession of bow tho boy of
Lucllhi tho mutrol had been recalled
to bis duty by the "old boy" of Lucllla
the girl.
Treat Turin u Children.
A New York police Justice has dis
covered a sure method of dealing with
big schoolboys nnd young college fel
lows who create trouble lu public
places nnd thou plead "fun" and the
baby act when apprehended. He take.
thcui at their word aud treats them as
babies. .
A lot of young fellows attending the
City College engaged In a series of an
noying stunts on u subway platform.
When arrested they tisik the usuul
stand of youthful Innocence, with tho
usual youthful plea.
"All right," said Justice Olmsted.
"If you are young children who know
no better I will treat you us such. You
a iv remanded in care of tho Children's
Society."
There was some lively kicking from
the husky young fellows, but an ollltvr
took them to the rooms of the society,
where for several days they wore ihui
ncd In with real children and fed on
childish diet. When again brought
Into court they were fined $11 each. At
the iid lege they are now known as "the
baby squad." Cleveland leader.
Hole lu the Air.
One of the strange experiences of a
ballMinlst Is that of failing Inio "a hole
In tho air," which Mr. Kolker rejiorts
as follows:
"So you continue sailing, enjoying
the present with little thought of the
start, Ing surprises that nmy be before
you. Ahead of you, unseen, may be
what the balloonist calls a 'hole In the
air,' resembling tho vortex of a mael
strom, and down this you may literally
fall at a rate which Is terrifying until,
by sacrificing two or threw bagfuls of
sand at ouiv, your pilot checks your
dowuward flight. But them. 'holes' are
scarce, and as a rule the atmosplwre la
of uniform carrying power." Ameri
can Magazine.
SALT AKD SUGAR, BAQ3.
Mr. Ilrowa l.rnrn SoinMhlns; A boat
Their Itrtiarhaltl I .
"Hay, mother," said Lctitln Brown,
"we won't bave any more sait bags;
will wcr
"'No more rzlt lags';'" s;;M Mr.
Brown to himself, having by chance
overheord Letltla'a remark. It took
but little questioning to bring out In
formation on these points, and inci
dentally there was elicited other bag
Information, which, to Mr. Brown, was
even more Interesting.
Salt bogs, it seems, are, In ninny
households, when empty, wnied out
and used ns dish cloths. But the
Brown family has given up housekeep
ing and gone to boarding; it retains
its apartment, Just the same, but takes
Its meals In a neighboring good boa-ding
house. So naturally, they wouldn't
be buying any more salt.
Then Mrs. Brown said that, any
how, they hadn't been using salt hugs
for some time, because lately, while
salt is still put up In bags, they had
liecn buying salt put up in wooden
or In pnstelHiard boxes. They'd been
making their dish cloths lately, she
wild, out of sugar bags. Sugar, it
npis-nrs, once never so put up, Is now
quite commonly sold in bags. '
Casually, Mrs. Brown mentioned an
other use of salt bags that was new
even to Letltln, who knew something
about salt hags. Mrs. Brown said that
once they had a servant who used to
take the salt bags when they were
emptied and oKn them out and wash
the marks out of them, and then for
economy's sake have them for hand
kerchiefs for her little brother.
And yet there renin inm the fact,
mildly bewailed by Letitla, that there
would lie "no more salt bags" for dish
cloths. Here Mr. Brown wanted to
say to I.tty, "Well, what of It? Njt
housekeeping nny more, we ahan't hnve
any dishes to wash and we shan't want
any dish cloths, wilt bag or sugar
bag." But he didn't say these things,
for he didn't want to hurt Lotitln'a
feelings by showing her how little sha
looked abend, nor did be want to make
her feel worse by showing her how
much more logical his mind. He said
nothing, but Just kept these things to
himself, but not without his usunl mod
est consciousness of stuerlority.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr. Millnls tells how rabbits swim
when compelled to: "They swim with
the head held ns high as possible, while
the hocks of the hind legs appear above
the element nt each stroke. The shoul
ders and front part of the Imdy are
burled beneath the water, while tho
rump and tail are high and dry."
Natural enemies e.f the nnlinal world
nre sometimes found living together In
extraordinary iinmunltles. The same
writer quotes this experience of nn ob
server: "On one occasion when ferret
ing I bolted n fox, n cat, a stoat anil
several rabbits and rats out of tho
same earth. Tho fox bolted first, after
giving the ferret a nip across the back,
rrom the effects of which It died nn
hour Inter. Next camo the stoat and
then the cat, lioth of which I shot. Then
followed the rabbits and rats promis
cuously. It was a large burrow on
the bank of a deep dry watercourse,
and often bold a fvx when I ferreted
It afterwird."
Interesting figures on the relative
a-giir.y of hares and 'rabbits are given
In a recent volume by J. G. Millnls.
"When running at ease," he says, "tin
length of the hnre'a stride la about
four feet; but under conditions of fear
lta leaps extend to ten and twelve feet,
while some authors claim that It can
Jump ten ditches twenty to twenty-five
feet In width. Perpendicularly a hare
can Jump on to a flve-fopt wall, but
Keeins to be uoiiplused hy one of about
six feet. The stride of the rabbit is
ubout two feet; when necessary.lt cnu
make leaps of six or seven fet hori
zontally. About three feet Is the high
est that a rabbit can attain to even
when helped by the asperities of a
stone wall."
I iiiiimtrrlal.
Aunt llepsy wns in ecstasies over th
young huly her nephew, Ike, was going
to many. "I never saw her till last
week." she said, "but I fell in love with
her nt first sight myself. She's, good,
sweet, amiable and as pretty ns a pic
ture." "What's her nunieV" asked the listen
er. ".Maria."
".uurlu what'?"
Aunt llepsy wrinkled her forehead,
pursed up her lips, looked nt the ceil
ing ami gave It up.
"I declare, 1 can't think of her other
name."
The general laugh that followed this
confession nettled Aunt llepsy.
"What's the difference alsiut her Inst
name anyway V" she said explosively.
"It's only teiiqiorary. Shu'g going to
change It!" Youth's Companion.
II f KllVtV.
Tlie pretty teacher was trying to ex
plain the difference between good eon
duct and bad. "(Sood actions," 'she ex
plained, "ale the lovely tlowers. Had
i lies ure the weeds. Now can any lit
tle boy oi girl tell me the difference be
tween tlowers ami weeds? What are
llowers? What ure weeds?"
"Weeds." said Walter, who had been
snuggling with the sorrel lu bis moth
e's garden, "are the plants that want
to grow, and flowers are the ones that
Jcn't."
I'rrl! I-ull.
"Mcl.ush bus been arrested for
drunkenness and wants you to ball hlo
out."
"Ball hlui out!" ejaculated Colonel
Pepper, who bad heard the remark In
distinctly, "(iisul gracious, Is be that
full?" Exchange.
At least two-thirds of the marrle4
meti yon meet are henjiocked, but the
duu't know It.
ANOTHER TYRANT GONE.
fount lannflrfT Una the Wont !!
nl Man In flnmalM.
Gen. Count Alexis P. IgnntlefT, who
wa recently shot to death by a revo
lutionist at Tver, Russia, was one of
the most reinarkii
able men In the
,mplre. He wns a
member of , the
.mincH of the em
pire, ex governor
of Kleff, Volnla
and Padollah and
.nit of the '.worst
;y..ZV inted of the irristo-
ti;-ff:S cratie class In liu
,kJ sla. It was main
ly through his pow-
iolst MJiATiEif. er that Witte wns
thrown out of the premiership. Igna
tie(T was the man selected to be dic
tator nine months ngo when Nicholas
tottered on bis throne, nnd the whole
edifice of absolutism seemed to be
crumbling to vs. The revolution
ists had t'.ielr most determined foes lu
Igiuitleff iiml Trepoff.
When the limitation fur civil lib'-riy
first was started Ignaticff sided with
the reformers. He took the stand that
the Itussbiu peasant was fitted for self
governtneiit, and that the empire never
would rise to its greatest strength and
glory until the reins of power had been
given Into the hando of this proletariat
Ig'uatlelT made no secret of his opin
ions to the Czar. But these opinions
soon underwent a change and Ignat'eff
beeauie the very soul of repression. He
bet-nun; the active coadjutor of flen.
Trejioff In supHrtlng the repressive
policy of Minister of the Interior Dur
novo nnd In the Intrigue which result
ed lu the downfall of Count Witte. It
was Haiti at the time the plan was to
proclaim Igiuitleff premier and dl.T'i-
tor, turn the guard regiments against
parliament and npply the Iron rule
which Treisiff, Igtiatleff aud their col
leagues considered to be necessary to
govern Uussla. After the death of
Trepoff by poison Ignaticff remained in
solitary power and now his assassina
tion makes the choice of a suci-essor
necessary.
The count wns the second son of the
private in the guards who rose to Ik
president of the Committee of Minis
ters, governor general of St. Peters
burg nnd founder' of one of the richest
families lu Russia. The first count at
tracted the attention of the Emperor
about .'l.'i years ago when standing
guard at u door of the Winter Pnbice.
Th? EmiK-ror tisik him Into his private
apartments, submitted him to n King
examination, and at the end of the- In
terview promoted the man to sergeant.
In a few years Ignutieff had risen to
great power, nnd in 1877 wus made a
count of the Bussian empire. His son,
whose end has been so tragic, com
bined a heart hard as Hint with an lu
Hntluble avarice. Although possessed
of tremendous wealth, and unable to
spend a small fraction of his Income,
IgnntlefT lived In a small rented flat, so
that he might draw rent from the six
residences he owned In St. Petersburg.
LAWS OF TRADING STAMPS.
Bome 8tMtta ItrKulate Their lmur or
I'rnlillilt Thrm A lionet hrr.
One quarter of the Stutes of tho
country adopted last year some new
legislation or amended some former
legislation lu reference to trading
stumps. But the States have approach
ed the trading stamp problem by dif
ferent methods.
New York regulates the Issuance and
redemption of trading stamps by pro
viding that the value of the stamp In
lawful money shall be printed on the
face of each, and that they shall he
redeemable in niei'cliamlise or money
tin demand. Maryland prohibits the
sale or l.-: u:iu. i f trailing stamps ex
cept for a stated value in money, such
value to be printed on the face of each.
Louisiana authorizes the use of trading
stamps under the license given to trad
ing stamp companies, the value of such
license ranging from $3,000 to $10,000
a year, according to the gross receipts.
Massachusetts Imposes a tax of 3 Hr
cent on the gross receipts of article
sold for which trading stamps ure
given.
California prohibits the 'giving of
trading stamps or coupons entirely.
Colorado makes it a misdemeanor either
to give or accept a trading stamp if
"representing an univrtaln bonus for
the purchase' of goods." Washington
prohibits trading stamps entirely. Ne
braska follows the New York law aud
fixes a graded penalty for Its violation
of fror.n $Uii to $1.(MM) for each offense.
New Hampshire prohibits the estab
lishment of trailing stump companies.
New Jers-ey foll.iws the New York law
nnd provides a penalty for the distribu
tor of trading stamps who violates It.
Connee.h-iit requires the person giving
trailing stamps to redeem them. They
can not he made redeemable by a third
party. New York Sun.
rwinin r of the t'ounlry,
III 177" there were only twenty-seven
newspapers in the United States, Ten
years later. In 17S.", there were seven
published in the English language In
Philadelphia alone, of which one was
u dally. The oldest newspaper publish
ed In Philadelphia at the time of the
Federal ncueiil inn was tile Pennsyl
vania riayeite. established by Samuel
Keliuer In 17--. The second newspaper
lu point of a'" was the Pennsylvania
Journal, est.iblis'ied in 1741' by William
Bradford, whose uncle. Andrew Brad
ford, established the first newspaper in
Pennsylvania, the American Weekly
y. .-Vi ury. In 17l'i.
TLe Ooii'm Keiinrl.
Damp in the greatest evil to which
the dog (onhiied outside tho house lu a
kennel Is liable. It will kill the strong
est tlog aud must he carefully guarded
iigalnst. If a ting U to keep lu health,
too, It Is Hccinsary that It should be
able to enj ,v plenty of sunlight, ami
the kennel should always ho placed
facing south, except lu the hottest part
of the day lu summer, when it should
lie moved Into the shude.
Secrets she can't tell worry a woman
as much as the money he can't sud
worries a man. ;
What you say of your neighbors may
be nothing to what they think of y
I
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E1SIN0 GENERATION GOING ASTRAY.
By Rev. Newell Dwlght Hlllls.
Society Is cursed with young men
and women who are driven by every
wind and tossed. I would as sojin
think of anchoring an ocean liner to
a fog bank Insteud 6f a rock as to
anchor a reform, a useful club, a
great movement or church to their
(W)
lives and leadership. You never
know what their tiolitlcs Is, because
you do not know what man called on
When you find out their view on nny
rev. Da. im.i.is
them last night.
public question you may know what newspaper they
have rend ten minutes before. There Is much foliage at
the top, but no roots at the bottom. They talk fair be
fore dinner oone side of the question, but after dinner
they talk fulr on the other side. They are the victims
of the Inst Issik they rend. Any faddist can come along
and get hold of their ear, and I'i one hour's time t hunge
their religion, their polities, their philosophy their any
thing! Not an adventurer In philosophy or religion but
can pick their pockets In five minutes of nil the convic
tions of their fathers.
Great were our father they were Puritans. We w ill
not betray their faith, their honor, their' consecration to
liberty and Justice. Our fathers also were scholars. They
loved literature, founded schools of learning, enrb-hed 11
braries; we will not desert the higher education or put
things before thoughts, wealih before manhood, posses
sions before life. O, all ye young hearts. t.wear fealty
to the faith of your fathers. Komeniber that the greatness
of the Victorian epoch In Kuglund and the golden era
of scholarship lu the republic were eras of seriousness of
purpose. It Is the serious note that 'lent beauty and
strength to the canvas of Watt, to the jioeins of Tenny
son, the essays of Kmersou, a nil the eloquence of our
statesmen. And whenever the serious note departs, the
glory will leave our colleges nnd our halls of learning.
The work of this generation must be one with the work
of our fathers.
WOMAN'S POWER OVER MAN
There are few things which more generally
nre overrated than the influence which wom
en exert upon men. That it Is great none can
deny. That in many cases It has changed the
destiny of men, the fate of nations, is matter
of history. Nevertheless It is not universal,
neither Is It all-powerful, nor yet can It be
depended upon us sure to exist, still less to
endure the vicissitudes of time and circum
stance. The woman who marries a man, fondly Imagin
ing thot by means of his love for her she will lie aide
to mold him according to her own Ideas, makes. In t!,ii!l!)
times out of 100,1X10, u great and often a disastrous mis
take. Comparatively few women nre possessed of hyp
notic power over even the men who are In love- with
them, and usually a man who not only can be subdued
but dominated by feminine Influence is of too unstable
a quality to retain the Injression lu Its strength when
the controlling presence iv r.nioved.
Tradition and custom since the beginning of time have
prescribed that the man shall he the head of the family.
It wns part of the doom pronounced upon Kve and her
AN OAK OF JCUitNALISM.
Col. Ilenrr Waltrnon, Killtor of the
Loulavllle C'onrler-Jonrnal.
Twenty-five years have wrought a
great change In Henry Watterson, ns
well ns In the occupation to which he
hns devoted his life. M.irse Henry was
a potent fnctor In that potential jour
nalism which did more to mold public
sentiment after the Civil War, during
the reconstruction icrlod and even in
the campaign of 1SS0, in w hich Garfield
was Baved from defeat by Conkling,
than the platforms of parties and the
utterances of orators. These latter
were but the echoes of the policies
Which the great editors outlined, and
of these molders of public thought none
was more Influential in Democratic pol
ities a quarter of a century ago than
Watterson. of the Ixiuisvillc Courier
Journal. He was a gh.ut of the era
of political editors. IP 'was aflame
with enthusiasm when the sanctum was
the heart aud vitals of the paper, when
the editorial eud of the publication re
tained an Influence In public affairs
which has largely descended to the
counting-room since the commercial
Ism of newspapers hns come uimn the
land, rroflt was not the primary con
sideration with editors of the Watter
son stamp.
To-day Watterson still writes. Now
and then some utterance of his rings
like a bugle blast across tho eounlry,
and tho populace sits up nnd hearkens.'
But the virility which once marked his
editorials has vanished and, ns a rule,
they sound like an echo out of the past!
Watterson Is still courageous, still pic
turesque, but the ago Is fust slipping
away from hlni nnd the Journalism of
our day Is not -of hi ow n. Would that
bis wit, his lmagliation, his emotion
might be perpetuutea!
Watterson has been n militant edi
tor. He was horn in politics and rear
ed In jwlities. His father, a Jefferson
Ian Democrat, occupied a seat lu Con
gress when Henry w us horn. The child
was frail, with one eye useless and the
other so weak that much of the time
he was kept In darkness. His curly ed
ucation was obtained by others reading
to hlui. But as he matured his phy
sique Improved aud his sight was
strengthened. When he wus able to
read be began to devour with avidity
all sorts of standard literature, and for
years he has been one of the best-read
men In the country In history, biog
raphy and poetry. He also studied pol
itics and as a boy knew every public
uiuu In Washington. At l.'i he was re
garded as a prodigy, nnd at 18 he be
came musical critic for a dally news
pajier. At -0 he was editing a news
puper in Tennessee w hlch defended the
Union cnuse, but when the maelstrom
of the Confederacy engulfed him he
rushed Into the Confederate army aud
became a scout. Even then the lust of
writing was In bis blood nnd be began
to Issue a paper called Tho Bebel,
which was a unique Institution. It was
peripatetic, moving about as the Union
armies came Into rnnge. Usually a
covered wagon wns the editorial sanc
tum, press and composing room. On
one occasion the forms were already
made uji, chronicling a Confederate
victor In the engagement which had
takeb pla that day, when the tide of
battle turned and before the forms
could go to press the Union army was
routing the Confederates. Watterson
abandoned bis "office," and when the
Federals rushed In and seized It the
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OVERRATED.
By Helen Oldf.eld.
artillery used the type which had been
uiployed to describe a Confederate vTc
tory by loading It Into their cannon
nnd firing It at the retreating nrmy.
Type was scarce lu those days and It
was not until several months later,
when a Confederate detachment raided
a Union town on the border that Wat
tersoli's stock was replenished.
At the end of the war Watterson
went to Louisville nnd was associated
with George D. Prentice on the Courier-Journal,
after he had forced that
biilliunt product of journalism Into
capitulation by establishing a rival pa
per. In those days papers like the
Courier-Journal, the Chicago Times,
the New York Sun nnd the New York
Tribune were synonymous with their
editors. Prentice. Watterson, Story,
Dunn, Greeley and others of their type
were always alluded to when the pa
pers were quoted. Prentice died and
Watterson became a greater force. For
thirty years he ran the composing room
as well us the editorial department of
his pnier, aud the politics of Kentucky
at the same time. He wns the nrch
purtisun, the fiery free-trader who
manufactured doctrine for the other
free-trade editors to reproduce in their
columns. He also made many public
speeches on the labor platform at the
dinner table and elsewhere, and al
ways was the sectacular, grandilo
quent performer. He served a term In
CougrcsH. wns influential In bringing
atmut reconstruction, fought the Ku
Klux Klan. suiiporteil Greeley and was
the nrst prominent Democrat to go to
Louisiana when hints of fraud against
TUdeii were set afloat. He counseled
peace nnd moderation during that per
ilous situation and wus Influential In
preserving jieaee. lie became the chum
of Cleveland, quarreled with him nnd
culled hlui some of the most memorable
names ever attached to this much
dubbed President, lie assailed Ilryan
In 1S!K1, organized the Gold lieniocrat
movement, and then turned around and
supported Bryan and Parker in IlXio
and P.MU.
In his general attitude toward life
Colonel Watterson Is an Eplcurlan. no
lives freely, and cares little for money,
which be siends when he has It and
when he hasu't. Ills Income has al
ways lcen large, but bis savings small.
He can make thousands every season
on the platform, where he Is lu con
stant demand, and Indeed Is one of the
most attn ctlve of speakers.
Occasionally a woman makes her
husband ridiculous by treating him in
public a woman treats nu only
child.
COI, 1IKNBY WATTERSON.
daughters that, ;'Thy desire shall Im to thy husband
and be shall rule over thee," nnd ever since In the vast
majority of cases, excepting during the ierlod of court
ship, and often then, It has been the woman who baa
striven hardest to please the man, who has sought to
mold herself according to bis Ideal, to conform to his
standard In all things. Budyard Kipling says: "Men
spenk the truth as they understand It, women ns they
think men would like to understand It; then they all
act lies which would deceive Solomon, nnd the result Is
a heartrending muddle which half a dozen plain, open
words would put straight." "As the husband Is the wife
Is." Of course, there nre exceptions, but In the main
there never was truer word spoken.
Among tho pungent aphorisms In a clever brochure re
cently published "About Men. Women nnd Fools," Is this:
"Never marry a man to reform him.
Beform him first, and then don't marry hlni."
IMITATORS SELDOM MAKE MONEY.
By John A. Holland.
Moneyuiakliig Is a keynote of the times
Any method of nny man showing inarkiMlly
successful results In nioneymnklng will cotu
innud a million Imitators In a day. In almost
any other world of endeavor Imitation Is
frowned upon. The artist and the profes
sional man are frowned upon In a moment be-
I I cause of Imitating. One woman may be hold
i I lug a lasting grudge against her friend for
attempting to wear bonnet or gown In Imitntlon of her
original. But In the field of nioneymaklng Imitation con
tinues to lie the "slncerest flattery," accepted with a
smile by the one whose methods are to be copied. In
general, however, the man Imitated in his money-making
methods can afford to smile. Already be has proved his
Judgment and has reaped the ready returns upon It. He
may have exhausted the possibilities of that particular
line. Or, nl! else favorable to the Imitator, this success
ful one has a wide margin of chnnce that in bis hurry to
fall Into line of imitation the Imitator has missed the
true principles at bottom of the Bjieculntlon.
Take any farming community where the simplest lines
are laid for the local business world. In a certain sec
tion perhaps no wheat has been sown for years ; no pota
toes planted, perhaps; any one of a dozen crops hns been
neglected In the planting until the neighborhood has for
gotten the staple. But suddenly some one sets nside a
field for one of these neglected crops and plants It. Only
an Idle interest is attracted, though the planter may have
expended his best Judgment upon crop reports, markets,
and the chances of a favorable season. Not till all of
these have been realized In a great harvest nt top prices,
however, does the spirit of Imitation spring up over the
neighborhood. It will he too Inte for that season's ven
ture, but in the following year the adventuring farmer
may count upon scores of followers In this line, whereas
he himself has dropcd the Idea for another.
In the same degree, with far greater complications, the
Imitator of financial methods In the cltleg Is led astray.
Not until some one has made some notably successful
venture In a certain line Is attention attracted. Yet In
all probability before he has made bis first move as an
imitator the man whose example he Is trying to follow
has switched to an altogether different field of operations!
The school life of their mothers
would be a matter of antiquity to the
schoolgirls of to-day. With that
thought Alice J. Jones has written her
recollection of her own girlhood, "Ini
Dover on the Charles." She denls in,
particular with the matter of dress,1
perhaps the leading Interest of the
child. When I first went to school I wrote
a dress almost to my ankles and whltej
pantalets of the same length, or longer.
Two older girls were considered the;
lenders of fashion In our school. Their'
pantale'.s were made of the same oia-
terlal us the dresses with which they!
were worn. Mother refused to let mej
fellow the fashion, which she said had
been discarded long ago by my older
sisters.
Those were not the days of isany
styles, nor the days when the prevail
ing style was modified to suit Individ
uals. I have distinct recollections of
a milliner's well-fitted show-room at
Ncrtu Natick. It held just two kinds
of largs bonnets nnd two shapes Ma
children's hats. The broad-brimmed,
low-crowned "leghorn-flats" must be
trimmed with wide white .ribbon and
long feathers. The hideous white straw
"vizor caps" must be trimmed with,
narrow, colored ribbon, a hand round
the crown ending In a rosette among
the artificial flowers clustered above
the izor.
My sister once brought from New
port pretty, expensive hats of the latest
New York style; small leghorn hats
with a fringe of straw "dangles" round
the edge of the brim. .
Such misery as my little sister and
I suffered that summer! All the glrla
ridiculed our queer hats, and no Idea
of latest fashion could be Impressed
upon them. This was before the days
of paper patterns, pattern sheets and
fashion books.
For many years our new dresses
were one year ahead of Dover fash
Ions, and because of that we had a bit
ter experience In being conspicuously
out of fashion.
Mi le Sentlrarnt Amon.tr Animal.
Animals experience no grief what
ever over the death of one of their
number, according to John Burroughs,
IKissibly the most astute student of
animal life in this country. He de
clares that when a bird seems to
mourn Its lost mate its act Is prob
ably the outcry of tho breeding Instinct
which has been thwarted. He says
thut all creatures understand the lan
guage of distress a..d he has observed
that birds bave often warned four
ftsitcd aulmuls of danger, hut, be says,
this, too. Is Instinct and not because
of sentiment. "Sympathy as we
know It." be says, "the keen appre
ciation of the suffering and misfor
tune of auother, which Implies power
In a measure to put ourselves In that
other's place, bardly exists, even la
Its rudlmentaiy form, among the lower
orders." Of all animals, Mr. Bur
roughs bus the best opinion of the
dog. There nre few of our ordinary
emotions, be thinks, that a dog doe
not share. Kansas City Star.
Every man sees an eurthly angel la,
the woman be loves.
