Dakota County Herald DAKOTA. CTTT, RSB, John H. Ream, - Publisher The dog Mat h.ts thi bone I In tavor tf pea re. The President may load tho people to the trough, but he can't make them spell It t-ro-f-f. And when a man bumps tip against hard lurk he always hi anion some oth er fellow for shoving him. A woinnn Is always ready to ndmit a' nan's superior intelligence If boil ad mit that she know 'more than ho does. Tom Watson thinks it Is not likely 3iat ho will ho n Presidential candidate In 190.H. Hasn't Tom found It to lie a paying profession? An East Tennesseenn has hr-on set free aftor ton trials for murder. Who will say there are no arguments lu fa Vor of lynch law? It If comforting to. note that once In m while a hold-up man tackle the wrong customer and retired perma nently from the business. A woman wants n divorce because. Ler husband wouldn't allow her to talk. She ought to be able to pet It on the round of extreme cruelty. Corncobs have become so valuable in Oklahoma that the people can no long er afford to burn thorn. Perhaps thoy have been cornered by the coal trust. A New Tork woman has Ix-on adjudg ed Insane because she smashed a piano, rerhaps she was driven Insane by some one who tried to play the piano. A St Louis girl who was married on New Year's eve waa kissed by 400 peo ple. It will be a shame If she never ias any grandchildren to whom to tell the thrilling story. The Adamless Eden which Is to be founded In Texas will have only one torjr houses. This Is a wise provision. It will not be necessary to climb lad ders In ease of fire. Harry Thaw gave his wife a Hoose Telt bear for a Christmas present. Har ry probably la one of the people who think they lack the true Christmas spir it who give only useful things. When It waa reported that Anthony Oomstoc-k had lost his job as a postof flee Inspector some malicious person al luded to the matter by saying that "An thony has been stripped of his credentials." If Secretary Shaw can afford to de cline a Job with a salary AT fNXl.OOO a year there need be no ontgushlngs of sympathy over the fact that It costs falm twice his present stipend to resiJa la Washington. . , , In a play that has recently made n bit lu Mew York capital and labor are represented us settling their differ ences by the application of the .Golden jlole. The author makes no claim to Laving founded the piece on fact. Says the Baltimore American; "The best way to defeat aud conquer danger la to inarch right up to It aud biff it between the eyes." That ought to be tried by the man who finds himself held up by a rude gentlemnn with a amall-slsed bit of artillery In his hand. Comparatively speaking, what an af fluent and Independent gentleman the farmer la. The city man Is the vic tim of the butcher, tho baker and the poor gas maker. He pays for every thing he gets except air and would be glad to pay for that If ho could got the country kind. Not ao the farmer. Though his field are broad and his fence high and strong, he has a neigh borly feeling for everyone who lives within ten miles of him. Ills pastures and poultry yard supply his meat and eggs, his garden fills his vegetable col lar every fall and bis fruit liouse hi stocked with fresh canned and cured fruits In abuudunce. He works leisure ly through tho spring and early sum mer, rushes a little during harvest and then spends the winter doing tho c hores and cutting his year' fuel. What ha prosperity done for us? Orievoua'to say, with all our flue t schools as largo a ioroentage of the pop ulation as ever doesu't know how to crease Its trousers, eschew hair po mades and "scent" and avoid carrying Its handkerchief In Its hip pocket. It Is safe to say that In our rush for mere material comforts and life problems we have sadly neglected the essentials. The realization of our flue dream to be tho greatest nation on earth will never come until the dissemination Is com plete of the knowledge that while you may call your maid by her first name the must not reciprocate, that you must not eat things with jour spoon that you can eat more awkwardly with your fork, that you must not wear spats with your overalls and that a reversible cuff Is in contravention of tho seventeenth intendment. DarouoM Hurdctt-Coutts, who died In London recently at the ago of 1)2 years, was one of the most remarkable women of tho last century. Her grand father, Thomas CoutU, founded a noted Loudon banking-house, aud hU granddaughter Inherited a largo part of his fortune. She was the daughter of Sir Frauds Hurdett. but added tho name of her maternal grandfather to ber own lu J8."7. She used her vast wealth lu building schools, churches aud model tenement)!, in endowing bish oprics lit Cui Town, Adelaide and British Columbia, In restoring waning Industries and In isolating deserving Immigrants. It U estimated that dur ing her lire she gave away fully five million dollars. lu ISSI, when she was 67 years tdd, she married Mr. William Jit'hmau Ashuiead-ltartlett, born an American, but naturalized as an En glishman, who hud at)Ut-d her la re lieving the sufferings of tho Bulgari ans and Turl.s afler The war of 187T.' Mr. Ashniend-ilartli tt Mutinied the name of his wife. She was already a baroness, to which rank Queen vie torla elevated lror In IS71 in recogni tion of her (treat philanthropies. King Edward Is reported as h iving charac terized her as the Ao-.- remarkable woman of her time, after Victoria, lo wlwtn ho assigned tlrst place. As there U no royal road to learning so there Is no cor.aln formula for ma terial success lu life. All the success ful men give out prescriptions for the attainment of wealth or other things to be desired, but these prescriptions are obviously faulty, since thoy do not succeed save in a few cases. Most men remain poor In spile of them. Tho ad vice of successful :nen Is usually as use less as It Is platitudinous. This Is be cause It lumps nil men together, where as every limn Is a case by lilmof. Hero Is E. H. Hnrrlman, for Instance, mak ing public the secret of Ills success. "I Just attend to business." he says; "that Is how I succeed. Anybody can do the same." Vet all of us know hundred of men who. though they attend to business ns faithfully as they can, are not successful oven In a modest way. They toll early ami late, they neglect no honest effort, yet thoy live lied i!e failures so far as material success Is concerned. Mr. llnrrlmau's syste.n Is thus Ineffectual with respect to a large proportion of men, and ho seems to realize It, for ho goes on to amplify and qualify his advice very materially. "I keep In touch with '.natters in which I am concerned," ho says, "and meet the turn In events at tho proper time. Any man of reasonable Intelligence with ability to appreciate the golden opportunity and seize It will suooeed In his endeavors." This puts a very dif ferent complexion upon It. Attention to business alone will not sumce. The aspirant for groat things must also meet the turn of events at the proper time; he must seize the golden oppor tunity and know when to seize It Assiduity must be supplemented by qualities which are not common to all men. And It Is In those qualities that success resides. Successful men who, like Harrlman, give advice to those who wish to emulate them would do bettor If thoy put the matter another way. They should say that men can not succeed without energy and Indus try, but thoy should not assort that those qualities alone will command success. For tho truth Is that success lu material things la often the result of qualities which are not entirely ad mirable, even though thoy are rare. As for success In matters not material It can be attained by every one. A man may live all his life In poverty to die rich at last In those things which can not bo bought for money. This Is suc cess which can not only lto deserved, but which can be commanded. I WILD LIFE IN JAMAICA. f lu Kingston, Jamaica, tho vultures art' greatly valued as scavengers hnd n heavy fine Is tho penalty for kllilns; ono of them. Thoy are to bo seen every where ond, as they are never molested, they regard mankind with Indifference. Another bird which Is protected Is tho pelican, which may lie soon grubbing about In tho shallow waters of King ston harbor at almost any time. The natives' nnme for the vulture Is "John Crow" and tho pelican thoy call "Old Joe." Jamaica has many song birds, tho chief of thorn being a variety of mock ing bird, larger than that found in tho southern stutes of this country and somewhat dlffcntly marked. As a song ster It Is very sweet, but It seems scarcely as animated In Its singing as la the delirious warbler of the gulf states. It Is called a nightingale by the Jamaicans, with their English tra ditions to direct them, but It resem bles that songster even less than does the American mocking bird. Poisonous snakes and destructive su gar rots caused tho Importation of tho mongoose from India Into Jamaica years Hgo, This lively little animal killed oft the snakes and thinned out the sugar rats, but It esis-olnlly en joyed destroying tho chickens. Now It Is n costly nuisance. All the Island poultry has to bo kept within wire net ting and usually alsve the grouud und the price of eggs is high. v There aro few flies or mosquito- In the Island, but there are swarms of the most villainous ticks, which bt'.'.e to be guarded against continually. To walk across a pasturo or, In fact, to step off a beaten path or roadway is re garded as a very foolish performance by a Jamaican. Strangers usually be gin by running headlong Into danger and thou repenting lu haste. F'rlrntUliItt with Wild I.lfp. If a fairy had ever offered to grant mo three wishes, "tho full confidence of wild animals" would surely have liecu ono of them, and probably the first. If we sock opportunities to Is friend wild creatures and take advan tage of them we shall often Had, as 1 have done, that there Is no lack of re sitonse on the part of the animals. I once walked up to a pine siskin ns ho was feeding on the ground and picked him up in my hand. Ho did not seem a bit alarmed, aud when, a few minutes later, I set hlui down, he continued his search for ftssl within a few inches of my feet. On another occasion a yellow throated vlroo allowed me to lift u.f from her nest when I wished to muut her eggs, and nestled down comfortably on her treasures the moment I put her back. With a forefinger I once stroked the back of a red breasted nuthatch as ho was busy feeding on a tree. St. Nicholas. Valuable Juat lliv Bum v. "Mlsa Uustlu Rox writes the most childish kind of a scrawl!" "Surprising, though, how much she can get on It at the bank, Isn't It?" Detroit Free Press. ONE OF COLORADO'S WONDERS. l - . . .fV:..-r'?V:;: rlf f'V-- -l. . : - ' i'V. ': - '. V 1 t'v f - . :V v v : ' : ''' fc ; ' : ? . -...,..:-.,. . , : - 4i' S'v i - ' f in . I t i , i..i.......K. .3. '----i-Viiii'iiiiii-Trfiliiat sHiiii'iu'i "i 'n .Mount of the holy cross. Justh-e hns only recently been done to ono of the most majestic moun tains of Colorado. For some years a jM-rslstent rumor has been afloat that the famous Mount of tho Holy Cross had suffered nil accident In the shape of a rock slide which had destroyed one of the arms of the cross, or rather had filled up one of the transverse canons and excluded the snow therefrom, thu obliterating a portion of the cross. Photographs showing this defect have actually been mude, but a short time ago the Denver aud Rio Grande Rail road sent Its photographers, W. II. Jackson, the noted landscnpe artist of Detroit, and C-oorgo L. Ileum of Denver, on a trip to the wonderful Holy Cross region, for tho purpose of proving or disproving the statement as to the partial destruction of tho cross. Leaving tle town of Rod Cliff, after nn Immense amount of hard trav eling through an almost unbroken wilderness, the summit of Notch Mountain, a long and Jagged eminence directly opposite the Mount of tho Holy Cross, was reached, and from the first point of view ono of the arms of the cross did nppoar to be missing. However, on bearing to the right and rising higher a flue thread of snow became visible on that portion of the summit, and after continuing In this direction for some distance tho entire left arm appeared and It was found that the cross was as complete aud beautiful as ever. A comparison of the new photographs with the first one ever made, which Mr. Jackson took thirty-throe years ago, shows practically io change even In the sjHits of snow on the mountain, to say nothing or any alterations In the masses of rock of which It Is composed. Evidently the Mory of the demolition was started by persons Who hud not ascended to tho proper height or at the proper point to obtain the full view of the cross. Doubtless this magnificent mountain will retain lis shape and remain ono of tho wonders of America for many generations to come. Toledo Wade. MEMORIES OP THE FARM. When I was n boy we had ono unfail ing Job husking corn. Wo husked all winter. We husked from crop to crop. It was like a curse on my life. It waa the unfailing remedy for tho least appearance of laziness, "(io down to tho north field and husk a few bushels o.f com." That was the order and It hud to-bo obeyed. Aud with a corn crop running into tho billions of bush els they still husk It by hand. Why doesn't somebody who Is sorry for farmer boys, Invent something? Hush no:!, In Cincinnati Post. WHY GIRL HELP IS SCARCE. On lb rruiuriintlr. He tboujfbt his style would turn (he hcaJ Of every girl tlnit day. And every out, hclicd, 'iU said, Was turned the other i. PUUdfli'his Led.er. A llurrmruK of I lie Choru Prove Mure Attractive than Sturo Jolm. A New York paper recently contained on article ujkui tho growing dllllculty of securing help for the largo depart ment stores, aud tho writer of this ar ticle wondered whore all the men aud girls who only a couple of years ago stood In lino to apply for work at these very stores from which the complaints are now coming have gone, says Harriet Qulmby In Leslie's Weekly. Hotels nro complaining uliout tho scarcity of nii'iils and of waiters, and there Is tho everlasting wall alsmt the lack of household servers. Do they vanish Into thin air? Not at all. The secret of their mysterious and steadily Increas ing disappearance Is solved. Thoy go on tho stage. The hundreds of musical comedies playing In Now York and throughout the country swallow up these girls and men by the thousands. There are at present being produced In New York alone twelve musical plays, in which from luo to 200 girls are em ployed In the chorus, and at tho hippo drome 400 or 500 girls aud several hun dred men find constant employment. Ono reason of this stampede to the footlights Is that It means more money. Few girls in shops earn more than $10 a week, and tho groat majority earn considerably Ie.s, while tho homeliest kind, f a chorus girl commands ut least $15 a week, with costumes fur nished. If she happens to be pretty and Is a good dancer, she earns at least $20 or $2.", and often more. From the writer's point of view the shop work, even with Its low wages. Is preferable to tho life of the choru girl, which Is anything but beer and skittles; but to those who only see the glare of tho foot lights and hear tho music of stage life, tho chorus ois'iis up n sort of perpetual fairyland to their mental vision. De spite the hard work and tho hardships which form a part of the chorus girl's1 life, there Is undoubtedly a fascination In It and few that have once entered upon It care lo desert It for other work. The man who tackles farming be cause he thinks it is an "independent life" never plows a great deal of corn. ENGLAND'S APOSTLE OF "THE NEW THEOLOGY. REV. It. J. CAM litKI.l. WIT 1 1 A FAVORITE COW. Hev. R. J. Cainiibeli of l-oiid.n declari-s himself openly In Tavor of tho new theology and admits that the Mory of the fall Is not to be taken as history but as a Kyiubollcal story, lie also declares that he rjnuot accept the doctrines of vicarious atonement and tho belief that Christ wliile on earth was coequal with Cod. Since thU declaration Mr. Campion's servlct-s at Hie City Temple have bcu more crowded than eer and huiidreils are turuod away every Sunday. In bis home life Mr. Campbell Is very fond of agricul. tural pursuits and spend much time lu the Uclda nud lu hi gardeu. Hi 'f - .7 v.ia 9 " 7. F1 M i DON'T BE A SLAVE TO ETIQUETTE. By Juliet V. StrMu$. Certain things have been invent- tul fnp thA nun if iiin'd whit arp tiit I V 2 '1 ,K,rn nobIe p'"8h to do without them, two or which are law anu eti rpietto. Neither Is requisite for na ture's nohlcmun, but unfortunately such individuals are scarce, so tho above named institutions flourish. Uy law wo do not mean those natural laws of chastity and honor, which Institute themselves, but those other statutes und limlta- JLIKT v. BTBAiisa. tlons, on tb hither side of which our most jiopular citizens keep with difficulty. Ity eti quette wo do not mean tho eouiiiion do.-encies and kind nesses of life, but those little quirks of conduct by which people of fashion demonstrate to the unthinking masses that they are very superior, but convince tho resp. viable minority of thinking jienple that they nro fools. If either of these things lmras you, bo sure you aro not to tho manor-born, anil have numberless incarnations before you in which to learn what those who do not fret nalnst such barriers know Instinctively. To do tho naturally kind and polite, thing Is the first Impulse of a real lady or gentleman. To do the sho.vy and smart thing Is the ambition of a perverse and for ward generation, new to richer and to tho elegancies and refinements of life. (Jood horse sense is a tolerably fair guide to etiquette, and when this Is supplemented by a kind heart, he who jiossesses both Is not likely to make a serious blunler, even lu the most critical society. There are a number of tilings done In the 'name of eti quette which are, to say tho least of It, silly, If not positively rude. The truth Is, formal politeness Is one of the most worthless things in tho world, unless accompanied by a genuine feeling of kindness and good -will. There Is a kindly and human bearing that must go with It, else mere mechanical etiquette Is In Itself Insulting. SILENT GIRL IS ATTRACTIVE. By Helen OldReld. There arc few negative virtues which con duce more to the comfort of the possessor, and those associated with him or her, than a tal ent for holding one's tongue. To know when to fipe.ik, und equally when to be silent, Is no small part of the necessary equipment for life. Many a man passes for wise simply by means of saying nothing and looking intel ligent when others speak; while those who talk least make fewest enemies. "A man who cannot hold his peace," says Carlyle, "is no right man." Tho strong man keeps his own counsel ; the foolish babble. It is a weakness Into which most peo ple fall without reflection, and those who wish to please, being wise, endeavor to loud others to talk about them selves, to reveal their emotions, their thoughts, their hopes, and their feelings. Some wise man has said that such confidences are "the Insanity of conceit and tho feebletst species of self-display," which, while severe, Is frequently true. A woman, especially, to be attractive must preserve a sense of reserve; she must, so to speak, keep up a cer tain amount of mystery about herself. To many persons this reserve Is In Itself a compelling charm. In a popu lar modern novel the Imaginative hero wearies of his bride because he discovers that she Is "too transparent, too easily understood." Which, however unreasonable. Is not an Impossible state of affairs. There is an Ara bian proverb, one of the seven sayings of Suleyman the Sage, "Never tell nil you may know, since he who lolls all he may know often tells more than Is wise." The precept Is one well worth keeping. DANGER OF OVERPOPULATION. By Dr. Charles A. L. Reed. The overpoopllng of our laud Is destined to be a very practical. Indeed a very perplexing problem in tho not remote future. The rato of Increase in the density of the pnpulati n lu Croat ISlitain for the seventy years from IV-'O to 1,S!(0 was 11.10 per cent, aud In I'r.inco, Itclglum and Italy It was less than , loo per cent. In the I'nltod States for the same period it was ',."( per cent, and for the suc ceeding fifteen years the rate of Increase in this country has greatly accelerated. Take thee facts iu association with tho additional fact that much of our great area cannot contribute to the siistentatioii of tho people, and it requires no vivid imagination, no prophetic vision, to foresee the time not many generations hence when the family institution hero will bo subjected to the disintegratng Socialistic influ ences that are to-day assailing It under pressure of over crowding In the countries of Europe. In India and in China tho jHipuIutlon Is too largo as It Is. The result is perodlc famines. aud plagues ami unduly low wages In towns. A dense population Is no evidence of a nation's proserlt.v, but often the reverse. TIME TO CALL A HALT. By Rabbi T. Scnanferber. W hen certaiu men must starve while oth ers live in luxury and extravagance, little mindful of tho struggling sons of toll to whom life has become a burden und a curse; when employers treat employes' as tools anil machines aud fall to see in them their broth ers; when fraud, corruption, dishonesty, grub and graft and loot take place In the city, the State and the Federal legislative halls; when Senators are entrapped in luud-grubblng schemes and unholy family relationships; when deacons of tho church rent out their hotels for low and Immoral purposes because this nets them a large Income on their invest ment; when devotees of the church und synagogue rent out their tumbledown, ramshackle, uninhabitable tene ment houses to the poor, becuuse they bring them usuri ous returns; when the youth of this country aro stunted and blunted nnd dwarfed through inhuman child labor; when factories and railroad crossings and tho murderous railroads send thousands to an untimely grave, flu; time has come for every lover of humanity to cry a halt and to use every influence to have such legislation passed as will make these things an impossibility in the coming years. , THE JAMAICAN EARTHQUAKE. f " Scene Picturing the Awful Panic Which Ensued When the City of Kingston Was So Mercilessly Destroyed. SILENCE CLUB OF PARIS. aleuiltrra l)i Sut Tulk l ulraa Tliey Have Some! Iiliiic to Nay. "It Is not sin-prising that tho first year of the Silence Club of Furls has closed with such gratifying results that the club may be said to have achieved success iu Its decidedly unique sphere of usefulness," remarked a psycholo gist to a Washington Star num. "I look for similar clubs to be es tablished In this eou i try among tho cult, as their found;lon and purpose Ik anything but a joke or of n freakish nature. The Idea is new iu this coun try, however, though tho success of tho Paris Institution will give It an Im-IH-tus among the advanced thinkers among us and those vho have made the Interesting problem of mental phil osophy a critical or a pastime study. "The rules of the society do not cull for absolute silence, but the members are supposed not to talk unless they have something to say. Chatter Is ab solutely tabooed. Each member pledges himself to avoid noisy places and par ticipation In public dcinoiistiatioiis. At a recent meeting the members divlarod that since thoy had joined tho club their nervous systems were 4 1 i much lietter condition than before they be came members. "Of course such a club could not lie ooiiiHsod of the fair o. even though they were all devout teliovers hi and followers of psychological teachings. A congregation oomimsed of silent women would be iuiMSKlble of conception, aud while our fair sisters may experience chagrin that they are to be shut out of participating in any form of club life among themselves that is also indulged lu by their brothprs, this Is one form of assembly that Mrs them out. Neith er would politicians be eligible for meiiilMrshlp, unless a a disciplinary men sure. "The club Is based upon tho Bound psychological principle of not doing unnecessary thing or calling tho brain cell Into play by unnecessary thought In practical everyday life this princi ple Is exemplified la the establishment of retreats among certain of the relig ious creeds to which members may re pair for meditation and rest, and in medical circles It is Ehown in another form In the so-called rest cure. If ono wishes to enter Into a study of a mild form of this particular principle let him consider the amount of wasted en ergy, physical and mental, that the av erage person each day exends In need less talk and need less action; It will bo found to be prodigious. All rules of mechanics converge to the concent rut Ion of force and tho elimination of waste energy. In hu man affairs generally every Individual endeavors to expend as much energy as ho can in the simplest as lu the greatest of ills endeavors, seeming to think that the more force he puts Into on act. a thought or a speech the bet ter it is." WOMEN OF ZANZIBAR. Thr I uiill) l llf In lh- ;reiit. Sfclaalon In lli- Pitylimi-. The Arab women of Zanzibar live lu great seclusion lu the largo white licuscs, never going out In tho daytime from one year's end to another, says tho Manchester (iuardian. A little cook ing and sweetmeat making Is their only recognized employment, though some few of them can do beautiful silk cm broidery. To lie on their beds and Is' fanned by their slave girls Is the usual occupation of the richer women. If they want to visit their friends, or, as is more often the case, to jht ambulate the town, they wait until 8 o'clock In the evening, when a gun Is fired warning all Mohammedans that It Is the fifth und last hour of prayer; then they may go out. They aro en tirely enveloped In a largo mantle, and their faces are completely hidden by very ugly gilt masks, with oblong slits for tho eyes, and ninny of them wear these even In the privacy of their own homes. Their other garments are trou sers and a tunic reaching below the knees, which Is often embroidered and trimmed with gold braid. They have a number of gold and silver ornaments, nose rings aud earrings, bracelets, anklets and so on. They are very light in color, many of them cream colored; their features are regular and good, and they have dark eyes and stain their hand and nails a reddish color with henna. It they want to go any distance from home they ride through the narrow streets on large white asses stained n! brick red, their slaves running by their sides, but you generally meet' then! stalking solemnly along, surrounded by their slaves, who curry enormous Iao terns as big as a London street lamp.' Very often they do not return homo till 4 lu the morning, w hen another guaj Is fired, proclaiming the first hour of prayer. It Is very awkward at times, when you meet In tho streets Home of those women whom you ought to know, and are greet.sl by them. You cannot si-e their fai vs. it is not always caw j to recognize a vohv. and nothing would oueiui tiiein more than to their ua'-iies. ask thenj A tiurrr ihlima In Kan .a,. Kansas City man has losf 1211 X. coedod lu getting a patent ou un elec. trie motor fastened on a .cow's back, the electricity being generated by a dynamo attached to her tall. It strains the milk and hangs up the pull ami tho strainer. A small phonograph ac, companies the outfit and yells "So; wneu tne cow moves. If sho kicks hinged arm cat hes the milk stool on nuns nor over the back. Osawatonihl (lobe. ; First Ilia X or ma I tine. Nurse The doctor sava mm must observe old Mr. .Skinflint's mean teanierature. Second Nurse lie hasn't any kind. Italtlmore American. othejr1 nrartlrd ulture LaritrM lllrd. The largest bird of prey m the world is the bearded vulture, which measure from wing tip to wing flu as much ai ulue or tea feet