Nebraska Newspapers

    Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NEB
JOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
New York detectives found $20,000
tn a mattress. It whs well feathered!
Incidentally, It will be noticed that
Alfonso XIII has put a decided crimp
In the thirteen hoodoo's record.
Now thnt the Corey-Oilman wedding
Is over the earth will resume Its nor
mal and regular rotation upon Its
axis.
Every man hopes some day to run
cross doughnuts as good as the ones
lie used to steal from the pantry shelf
when he was a boy.
Perhaps It will please you to hear
that England has erected a statute to
the memory of your old friend and
neighbor, John Smith.
When a man Is caught In the act of
picking a woman's pocket and arretted
It seems perfectly safe to speak of bliii
as an "alleged pleKpocket"
Berlin Is to have a world's fair In
1013. How does It happen that Japan
has not demonstrated her progressive
ness by having a world's fair?
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The way some of the doctors of the
country are talking about tbe Incom
petency of other doctors Is enough to
discourage one from getting sick.
That woman who married a burglar
she captured In her home bss probably
done more to frighten burglars away
from tbe city than all the courts have
been able to do.
A soldier of fortune who had fought
under eighteen different flags died a
few days sgo from overindulgence In
dumplings. Peace bath her dangers no
less terrible than war.
An Insane woman who bad $07 was
throwing It away on a street corner the
other night Why don't you ever get
around when something like this Is go
ing on, Instead of waiting to read about
It?
John L .Sullivan's definition of a
molly-coddle is "a feller who says "Oh,
fudge,' when he should land left or
right to jaw." Still, to men about tbe
alio and heft of John most of us would
prefer to say "Oh, fudge."
Algernon Charles Swinburne, the
Englls!) poet, who has recently cele
brated his 70th birthday, Is writing a
tragedy, with Cesare Borgia as the
central figure. Evidently Mr. Swin
burne's taste for cheerful subjects has
ot Increased with his years.
Whatever others may think, a small
boy of New Hampshire has the proper
opinion of his mother. He has sent a
photograph of her to the managers of
a New England beauty contest, with a
brief note declaring that she Is not
only tbe most beautiful woman, but tbe
best mother In tbe world. '
The conviction at Wllkesbarre of
eleven undoubted members of a society
known as the "Black Hand" should
serve a good purpose. Too long have
the members of such organisations
been assured of Immunity from punish
ment because of tbe suplneness of
American police departments as long
as the crimes of violence were commit
ted only upon the persons and proper
ty of fellow countrymen of the perpe
, tratorm,
It Is said of tbe late Dean Huffcutt,
Governor Hughes' legal adviser, who
committed suicide as a result of a ner
vous breakdown from overwork, that
be was one of the most brilliant men
ver graduated from Cornell Universi
ty. And In his comparatively brief
career since his graduation he has ful
filled the bright promise of his youth.
He seems to have had ono conspicuous
falling, however, and that was his In
ability to appreciate tho importance of
occasional rest and recreation from ex
acting Intellectual pursuit. It Is said
of him that he never took a vacation.
They reckon ill who count on Mother
Nature's carelessness us a bookkeeper.
Antiquities have to give way to the
Heeds of the preseut. The Egyptian
Council of ministers has approved the
plan for raising the Assouan dam across
tho Nile, a change that will lnereuse
by two and a hulf times the amount of
wafer that can be store! In the Irri
gation reservoir. The talslug 0f the
dam will result In tho submerging of
the Island of Phlla-a and tbe Hooding
of the ruins of tho temples. The lal
and Itself Is a Bmall granite rock about
a thousand feet long and 600 feet wide.
It was the scene of tho worship of the
goddess Isls. Many pilgrims from va
rious parts of the ancient world vis
ited the shrine when the religion of
Isls was most widely spread. The
worshipers of other gods built temples
near that of Isls, so thut there ap
peared on the small Inland a splendid
collection of examples of the best arch
itecture of the various periods lu which
they were erected. The enlarged dam
will make possible an uunual Increuse
of the cotton crop of Egypt amounting
to between eighteen and twenty million
dollars In value.
Four boys left their homes sudden
ly aud clandestinely, with the avowed
purpose of seeklug their fortunes In
Nevada. They did not let their par
ents know their destination until two
days after their disappearance, f? feur
they would be recalled. It la nresim,.
' ,ed that by this time they nro tasting
he first fruits of liberty. We wish
them well. It Is highly proiier for old
r and wiser heads to wag dolefully
and predict all sorts of "bud euds" for
boys who run away from bume, but
what man Is there of full stature who
ran blame them? We all know what
the boyish wanderlust Is and how It
' gets Into the blood at the springtime
f year. Many sUld old codgers even
to-day look about at the trees aud the
' meadows and feel tbe call of the wild,
tad long for the exultation of the open
places. And many nnd many more
Ktald old codgers remember In a mint
of sweet memories times when they
themselves started to "run away" aud
seek their fortunes In the big wide
world. A little more misty and a little
more sweet Is the memory of those fu
tile enterprises which loft the dirty
and penitent boy on his knees with
his head in his mother's lap sobbing
for the very Joy of being home again.
We all know the wanderlust of boy
hood. It is a very natural and n very
commendable emotion, for It Indicates
spirit nnd enterprise and ambition to
do great things alone and unafraid. We
hare all felt the wanderlust In ma
turer years that called us out Into life,
sometimes alone and sometimes In the
companionship of a loyal friend who
shared our timorous adventures. And
how many are there of gray-hnlred
old men In the world to-day who would
not feel that the price of the long strug
gle wns not too dear If they could ouly
return uguln along the weary years to
sob for Joy at being In the old home
and penitent at a mother's knee. Thone
lioys are ail right. They do not now
realize the aching hearts they have
left behind, but the heritage of liberty
Is theirs and they are oft to the fish
ing pools, the swimming holes, seeking
whatever adventures may He In their
paths. Mark Twain understood the
wanderlust when be told us about Tom
Sawyer and Huck Finn. It Is boyish
nature. If all goes well, those boys
will be back again not a bit the worse
for their premature contact with the
world of selfishness and hunger. But
under whatever skies they wander we
sigh for their opjiortunltles. We, old
er grown, still know the fascinations
of the wanderlust. .
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Hinging- la the Ear.
The buzzing, ringing or whistling In
the ears tinnitus, with the accent on
tbe second syllable, It Is called la
often a most distressing nnd nerve
racking condition.
The occasional temporary buzzing
that one often has as an accompani
ment of the latter stages of a cold In
tbe head Is disagreeable enough, but
not Intolerable; but when this noise
goes on hour after hour, day after
day, week after week, without a mo
ment's cessation, It grows maddening.
It is the last thing that is heard before
going to sleep, the first thing on wak
ing in the morning, and when a mo
ment's consciousness comes In the mid
dle of the night, there Is that same
sound a ringing of brazen bells. It
may be, or a tinkling, or the slow
breathing of a locomotive at rest, or
tbe Bbrlller lizzie of escaping steam,
or a continuous hum, now a buss, now
a treble, but always and forever a hum
without a second's intermission.
Tinnitus is probably always due to
some disturbance of the nervous
mechanism of tho ear, and in the ma
jority of Instances is associated with
deafness. It may be due to tbe action
of certain drugs, such as quinine, but
then of course It is ouly temporary.
Sometimes it occurs ouly wheu one Is
lying down; tbe cause of this may be
that a falut but constant ringing be
comes audible only when everything
Is still ; or It may be due to slight con
gestion, tbe blood flowing to the head
more readily and In greater voluiua
then tban when one sits or stands.
Tho most common form of head
noises Is that associated with chronic
catarrh. In these cases the disease
of the mucous membrane pusses from
tbe throat t hrougb the Eustachian
tube into the drum of the ear, causing
deafness aud tlnnltss. Tbe two go to
gether, but the noises, being more evi
dent to the sufferer, are usually com
plained of before tbe hearing falls.
The treatment of head noises Is often
most difficult, and not Infrequently
bullies the skill of the most experienc
ed aurlsts. The first and most Impor
tant thing U to determine what pro
duces the ringing In the. ears. If the
cause can be found aud removed, as
when It Is duo to an accumulation of
wax In the ear, well and good; but If
It occurs with deafness due to Incura
ble changes in the eur itself, the pros
pect of complete relief Is less encour
aging. But even lutsactable cases nre
sometimes cured by persistent and In
telligent treatment. Of course this
treatment must be carried out under
the care of a skillful physician, 'or
there Is nothing more foolish than
umateur treatment of ear diseases
Youth's Companion.
SI Ghuit II ant.
The attention of all persons cogni
zant of the whereubouts of reputable
aud well-connected spooks Is now di
rected to the Amerlcau Institute for
I'sychlcul Research, which la shortly
to embark on a grund ghost huut,
which will eclipse auy similar eiedl
tion ever attempted. For a loug time
the American Institute has viewed with
feeling akin to disgust the large sums
which are spent auuually In abortive
efforts to discover the North Pole, for
explorations lu Africa aud elsewhere,
for missionary work among the be
nighted of foreign lauds and for other
purposes which to the oflicluls of tbe
Icttttute seemed foolish. They yearn
ed mightily for opportunity to explore
the realm of the suiH-rnutural and to
secure genuine ghoxts. Wheuevcr a
yarn about some supernatural vision
has been given space In the newspapers.
these gentlemen have groaned lu spirit
to think that they had not the money
wltb which to proceed to the spot aud
trite the appuratlou. At last their
dream has been realized. Au endow
ment ot $25,01)0 bas bocu established,
which will provide aufllclent money, It
Is believed, to run to cover every au
thentic ghost now prowling about the
United States. St, Louis Pot Dispatch
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Ilonnle flunk o I.m'h l.omnnd.
By yon bonnio banks nnd yon bonnie
lira ps,
Where the mm shines invent on Loch
Ixrnion',
Where I and my true love spent mony
happy Any,
Ou tli bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loeh
Lomon'.
Chorus :
O, jc'II tak' the high road, and I'll Ink
the low road.
And I'll lie In Scotland before yt;
But I and my true love will never meet
nynin.
On the bonnie, bonnie hanks o' Loch
Lomon'.
'Twas there that wo parted in yonder
slmd.v glen.
On the xtccp, Kteej) side o' Ben Lo
mon', Where In the purple hue, the Hielnnd
Hills wc view.
An' the moon comin' out o' the glonm
in'. The wee birdies sing, and tho wild flow
ers spring.
An' lu sunshine the waters are sleep
In'; But the broken heart kens no second
spring again,
Tho' the woefu' may cease frne their
greet in'.
Unknown.
Ilrwarr.
I know a maiden fair to see,
Take care !
She can both false and friendly be,
Beware ! beware !
Trust her not, she is fooling thee!
She has two eyes, so soft and brown,
Take care t
She gives a side glance and looks down,
Beware I beware!
Trust her not, she is fooling thee!
And she has a hair of golden hue.
Take care 1
And what she says it Is not true,
Beware ! beware (
Trust her not, she is fooling thee '.
She has a bosom as white as snow,
Take care !
She knows how much it Is best to show,
Beware I beware !
Trust her not, she Is fooling thee!
She gives thee a garland woven fair.
Take care !
It is a fool's cap for thee to wear,
Beware ! beware !
Trust her not, she Is fooling thoe !
-Longfellow.
WIVES WHO ABE ATHLETIC.
Attributes that Enhance Their In
fluence with Their Husbands.
American women huvo always had
the reputation of excelling In devotion
us mothers, whllo English women have
been considered the more devoted
wives, says tlie North American Re
view. It u.ay lie owing to the better
condition of organized and trained do
mestic service lu England, and to the
possibility of leaving children safely lu
t'ue keeping of nurses and governesses,
thut English women have thrown them
selves so much more unreservedly Into
the Interests, business and amuscmeuts
of their husbands. In England, the
husband and wife usually tuke their
holiday trips together; lu America, the
mother and children make their holi
days together, and the father, when he
tuUes one, usually takes It alone or
with other men.
Tho rocc-nt development of athletics
for women lu this country Is trans
forming women's lives in ninny ways,
and lu nothing more beneficially than
lu making them more capable of being
companions for their husbands. They
are gaining in strength, lu hardihood,
lu cheerfulness and breadth of Interest
by their concern for sport. A wife
who can ride to hounds, tramp across
couutry, golf, play tenuis and suit a
boat combines the attractions of com
rade, friend nnd wlto, and triples her
power. To add to a capacity for out
door life an Intelligent Interest tn ioll
tlca aud municipal government, it habit
of culling the world politics from the
daily newspapers, and a well-bred ab
itentlon from domestic themes of con
versation would doubtless make the
American woman the most deslrahlo
wife In the world, aud perhaps the
nursery would tlud her just as delight
ful uud as Influential a power If she
came to It from time to time fresh from
a larger world. Instead of limiting her
vision to Its four walls.
There Is a great deal In teaching a
child to look upon Its mother's presence
as a gracious condescension aud more
lu making a man feel that his wife is
Vis most congenial friend.
Her I ndoMeme lit.
The stories of tho woman with the
check are innumerable, but the Phila
delphia I'ubllc Ledger seems to have
discovered a new one. It adds It to
the long list of business vagaries laid
to the door of the gentle sex. A bride's
mother bad presented her With a cheek
on Christmas day. With a feeling of
the utmost Importance she took It to
the hunk to get it dished.
The cnshler took tho check, then
handed It back slltely, saying:
"Will you please Indorse It, madam?"
"Indorse It?" repeated tha bride, puz
Kled. "Yes, across the back, you know,"
replied the man, Uo busy to notice her
liev ildcrmt'itt.
The bride carried the check to a desk,
laid It face downward, aud nibbled the
end of a pen thoughtfully. Then in
spiration came, and she wrote triumph
antly across the back:
"For Fanny, from mother; Christ
mas, 1!K HI."
If a red headed girl Is quilo satisfac
tory In every other wy. there are a
number of choice hues that ran lie us
crlbcd to her hair that sound better
than "red."
When a man observes conventional
hours In calling on a girl. It Indicates,
among other things, thut the affair Isn't
very serious.
Although a woiuau knows she Is not
an angel, she never fully forgives her
husband for uot being a hero.
WHERE GBAMPUS 13 PLENTY.
Mammal Ahnndant on Alaska
Share and II I ver Mouths,
This mnmuinl, commonly known a
the Isluga in Alaska. Is quite abundant
In the summer along tho Alaskan coast
north of the Aleutian chain, U-Uig par
ticularly numerous nlsiut the mouths
of the rivers aud frequently ascending
the larger streams far above tidewater.
It Is migratory and Its movements nre
I epu la ted by the lv.
Tbe numerous tidal creeks along the
low flat coast from St. Michr.cl to the
Kuskoqulin Illver, in which tomcod nrs
ohuudui.it, nro the chief resorts of tho
Is luga, which -oiuch In lo feed on the
fish. The Eskimos catch them with
strong. large nets, heavily weighted,
set off outlying silnts.
In rough weather, when the animals
ecu not see the nets, many nre taken,
but In clear weather the catch Is smnll.
Some are speared, some shot, but un
less the nhot goes through the- splnnl
column these generally escape. The
ft sh of n young beluga Is tender nnd
not impHlahlc, but Is rather coarso and
dry. The fnt, or blubber. Is clear and
white and Is highly valued by the nil
fives, who extract oil from It nnd use
it in barter with he Interior tribes.
The Intestines are made Into water
proof garments or floats nnd the sin
ews are very much prized. The small
Ivory teeth nre carved into toys or or
namental pendants, while the skin Is
iiiiidu into strong lines or very durable
IsK.t soles. The epidermis, which !s
i-early half un Inch thick, when well
cooked Is considered choice eating, hnv
ing n flavor soinewhut resembling
chestnuts.
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t APPLYING HIS LESSON. f
It sometimes happens that the les
sons which the best of teachers try to
impress upon their small charges are
misconstrued or willfully perverted.
The pupils In the second grade of a
public Bohool iu tbe most congested dis
trict of a large city dramatized and
acted a fable, lu which a witch, living
on a high mountain, was supposed to
hold tho secret of health aud happi
ness. An epidemic of sickness having
spread among the villagers at the foot
of tbe mountain, volunteers were call
ed for to climb the dangerous heights
to the witch's home, and there beseech
the enchantress to Impart the precious
secret.
As none who had ever set forth to
visit the witch had returned, it wns
considered very brave of little boy
Golden-Hair and little girl Blue-Eyes
to start on the perilous mission, aud
the prayers aud songs of the villagers
cheered them on their way.
Days of anxious waiting passed, but
tbe devoted children did not come
back, aud when at last all hope of
their return was lost, the villagers
woke one iiiorulti'' o find the grim,
sterile mountain le turned Into u
beautiful gardeu or blooming asters
and golden rod. In these flowers they
believed Golden-Halr and Blue-Eyes
lived again; and gathering great bou
quets, they carried them to the sick
as messages of love and chier. - Thus
was the custom of giving flowers to the
sick nud sorrowing Htipisiscd to be es
tablished. Jimmy Brooks, usually one of the
most troublesome charges of the tru
ant ofllcers, was surprisingly faithful In
attendance during the- rehearsals of the
drama, lie Impersonated Ciolden-IIalr
with fervor, and his teacher was touch
ed at his really uoble portrayal of the
part.
She noticed his absence from school
tlie next day after the entertalment
with esiHM-lul regret, nnd although well
aware of his fulling, she wondered If
there Was any trouble at home to keep
him away. When he explained, on
coming back to school, thnt his mother
had been sick, she was glad that she
had not Judged him severely.
"Did you stay nt home to take care
of her?" she asked.
"Yes'm."
"What did you do for her? Did you
make her a cup 'of tea and wait ou
her?"
"No'm."
"What did you do?"
"I went looking for golden rod and
asters for her," answered Jimmy, with
perfect gravity.
Nil eel to Count.
Mr. Jones, who has any amount oi
civic pride and plenty of courage, is
always burning to perform strenuous
deeds of good citizenship. In short, as
serts u New York Tribune writer, be
is so bent on "doing something" for
the benefit of his growing town that
he rushes In where wiser men keep out.
One evening he was passing a build
ing where a political rally was in pro
gress. There was a good deal of noise
much inure than was consistent with
Jones' Ideas of law and order.
"Boys," he said to his companions,
the light of battle lu his eyes, "this
won't do. As usual, there isn't a po
liceman to be seen. But I"ui going lu
there to throw those roisterers out. You
stay right here, and one of you count
them us they come out."
lu went Jones, the valorous. In a
few minutes out came a man through
the window. Sash, glass and all came
with him. One of Jones' co.upaulon.j
shouted :
"One:"
"Y'oti needn't count any more!" call
ed a voice from the gutter. "It's me
that came out!"
lief ore aud Aflrr.
"There Is a great difference between
the actions of a woman before aud
after marriage," remarked the sad-eyed
mail with the absent hair. '
"What's the uuswer?"' queried the
youth w ho was on,' he verge of gradu
ating from a correspondence school.
"(live a woman a 55 bunch of flow
ers before marriage," explained tls
IMirty of tbe sad part, "and she will
say: 'On. thank you, George 1 Hut,
really, I cannot allow you to spend so
much money on me.' After marriage
when George bunds her seven-eighths
of his weekly suhiry she looks at It
contemptuously aud suyt; 'Is that all
I etT"
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Opinions of
TBAQIC TEASING.
YOCNO woman drowned herself near Wil
mington, Del., the other day because she
could not endure the playful taunts of her
associates about a trivial personal matter.
She had begged them to stop, but they per
sisted. She then threatened to end her life
If the persecution continued, and stfll they
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teased her. Then she carried her threat Into execution,
and now the young people who engaged In their pas
time of annoyance are overwhelmed with regret.
This tragedy carries nn impressive lesson, applicable
to great numbers of people who do not realize the sen
sitiveness of others. Of nil subtle cruelties none Is more
abominable than the persistent reference to a subject
that Is painful to another. Yet this form of torment Is
Indulged In constantly. Barents tease their children
about things thnt may seem trifling to them, but are
serious and Important to the little folks. They cause
great suffering of mind by thus Incessantly "poking
fun" at tbe youngsters whom they are supposed to
cherish and guard from pain. Tho expression Is often
heard: "Oh, 4t is good for her. She is too sensitive.
She will have to get used to being criticised and teased
while she Is young." Yet this very treatment Is cal
culated to render the child more keenly susceptible to
mental torture than before. It may not be doubted
that many a child's nature Is warped by ' Injudicious
Jocularity on the part of its elders. Washington Star.
THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
ANY persons think of the New York Stock
Exchange as a seat of commercial iniquity,
and have been encouraged in this view by
magazine articles picturesque and expert in
phrasing, but not so accurate as they ought
to be.
When something unusual, like the recent
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decline of stocks, calls attention to "the market," we
realize how little thought most of us give to It dny by
day. It seems remote from the Interests of the man of
small means. But the central stock-market Is a solid
and Iinjiortnnt institution, and the conditions which it
Indicates at the end of each day's trading nre almost
sure signs of tho state of the country's production and
commerce.
It is true that a great many of the transactions on
the stock exchange are mere gambling, nnd represent
nothing more than the turning of money from one man's
pocket Into another's: It Is also true that even In legiti
mate trading therels a fever nnd hysteria which per
verts not only commercial values, but life values.
Nevertheless! most of the chicanery nnd madness of
stock transactions flourishes not in the central market,
nor in the offices of those who guide it, but in the
suburbs of the business. In offices not related to the
exchange or to any reputable bauklng bouse.
Real stock transactions bear a definite relation to
the business of the X)uutry, nnd after due allowance
Is made for the artliiclal manipulations, so difficult to
IP'TgleiuTs
It Is not always the great things
men do that keep their memory nllve.
Frequently It Is some small act of
kindliness, some pleasant speech or
mnnly courtesy, which remains In the
minds of thone who knew them. So In
Illinois there Is - a young man who
thinks of General Sherman not as "Old
Tecumseh," the soldier, victor in stren
uous campaigns, but as a kindly,
rough-bearded old geneiuan, who cur
ried him over miles of road on his lap
In order that at the end he might real
ly see his boyish hero, tho soldier.
lt was in the early eighties. The
county iu which tbe boy lived was to
dedicate a soldiers' monument ou Me
inoriul day. General Sherman aud
Governor Oglesby were to be tho two
siHakers of the occasion.
From where the boy lived It was six
miles to the county seat. He had fc
wulk tlte dlstuuce. But worst of all
misfortunes, it ruined all tho day be
fore, when he should have been work
ing lu the garden, and so ou Memorial
duy the boy had to get down on hands
and knees and pull weeds under a
broiling sun, across row after row of
young vegetables, so that he did not
get uwuy from homo until 1 o'clock.
Only an hour, and six ndles to go'
He knew it wus useless. It would
tuke him two hours, and when be got
there he would Uud everything over
and the general guno nnd there was
no use In nuything, anyway. Teurs
rolled down his checks now and then,
und lie felt like a much ubused boy.
Every little while a buggy or car
riage passed him going iu his direc
tion, but all of theni were full, aud
there was no one to give him n lift.
But at last, when lie was certain that
be could never get there, a buggy
which came up from behind did not
pass, but stopped beside him.
"Hello, bull!" said u kindly voice,
"Going far?"
The boy looked up through misty
eyes. Two gray aud quizxh-.il old faces
peered at him out o a muddy buggy.
Two pleasant old gentlemen were ou
the seat.
, "Y-y-yes sir I'm trying to," said
the boy.
"Climb In, then." said the man near
est him, and as the boy, not believing
his ears, put a foot ou j&lie step, the
man reached out nnd lifted him lu, uud
seated him on his lap.
"Where you going?" he asked.
"1 was a-going to the monument,"
said the lioy, "but I didn't think I
would get there. Do you suppose I
will? In time to see General Sher
man?" The old man who was driving cluck
ed to the horse, and the other, stroking
his beard, said :
"Why yes, 1 guess you will. Yes,
I reckou he'll get there. Eh, Dick?"
"Why why, yes, I reckon so," Bald
the other. For some reason they both
chuckled.
"Want to ee the general, eh?" said
the old man wlto held him. "Don't
care about the governor, eh?"
"No, air, not so much," said the boy,
truthfully. "You see, he lives right
here in this state, and he didn't march
through Georgia, or have songs about
him. or anything."
"Why, no, so he didn't! Did he.
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
work nt home or under tbe dlrectlui of the boy's parents
as well as work for hire. The lnlnt Is to keep off the
stretds the boys who are not In scbjgpl.
The street Is not the place for a loy under 10. llablta
of Idleness unfit tbe boy for serlotM work and give hhn
a distaste for It. No phase of the criminal history of the
city Is more disquieting than the lorrense In the number
of adolescent criminals during ljeut years. This In
crease Is due, more than anything tise, to the failure of
parents to see to It that their bop are kept under dis
cipline after they have reached tb age of 14. .The gang
that meets near the corner suloon Is not good company
for the boy who expects to make a aneeess of life.
Boys who will be men can be irude or ruined by tbe
habits Into which they fall before the age of 16. Idle
ness during two of the most Important of the formative
years Is likely to lead to Incompetence and failure. If
nothing more serious. It Is better for a boy to enter
upon life as fully equipped for tbw struggle as possible.
To some boys two years more of vhool would be an In
valuable help. To others an earlier start In business or
a trade would be more important But to no one in
average health can two years of ttf lessons of the street
be anything but hurtful. Chicago Tribune.
PLAY
Dick?" asked the boy's old gentleman
ngaln. This seemed to amuse them
very much. They chuckled about It
a while, and then the old gentleman
who held the boy began to tell him
stories about the campaigns General
Sherman had fought in, fyid about sol
dier life, stories some i which were
In the history book ; but jiost of them
were new to the boy. IT.en the other
man told some stories about Mr. Lin
coln. "Did you know him?" Cemanded the
boy; nnd to his delight iiiey both did,
and told more stories aUtvif him.
Sis miles was a long way to walk.
but It wns a short way t; ride, and it
seemed ns If they hnd Ljardly started
wheu ',the boy heard j tremendous
shouting and cheering, id there wns
the crowd, all lined up kiting the road,
cheering.
Cheering whom? Ho tfelt a motion
bnck of him, aud turned, and saw his
old gentleman take off his hat and
smile and bow ; nnd the other old gen
tleman did the same.
They drove up to the square and set
him down, and every one stared nt
him, and then he saw them mount the
plntform with the committee.
He had, indeed, arrived In time to
"see tbe general," for It wns General
Sherman and Governor Oglesby who
hnd brought him. ,
MOST EXPENSIVE OF HATS.
Sombrero Preseuted to Grant and
One Owned In I'lttabura;.
The most expensive hat In the world
Is a Mexican sombrero on exhibition
in the national museum, Washington.
It cost $1,500 in gold and was present
ed to Gen. Grant while In Mexico In
1882.
Samuel Sherard of rittsburg, Pa.,
probably h: the costliest hat owned by
any private Individual. It cost $1,100
and Is made of spu glass. It was
made by an old Alsatian at rittaburg.
He Invented a process for spinning and
weaving glass, and the hat has consid
erable elasticity, being as hard to break
as au ordinary l'anama.
Mr. Sherard has owned this unique
headpiece for ten years aud occasion
ally wears it because In a good-natured
moment he promised the Inventor to do
so.
While William II. Seward was Secre
tary of State In Lincoln's cabinet some
of his South American admirers Bent
him a l'anama bat which (Hist $1,0K).
It was exhibited Jn a New York show
window for n year or more.
l'anama huts used to be frequently
sold as high as $rsi0 apie-e, one New
York merchant selling three hats ut
that price in a single day In the sum
mer of lSt',7, but they are no Iqnger
ou the market
l'anama bats nre not made In Pan
ama, but this name wus given them
because that city was formerly the
greatest market for these goods.
The finest hats come from Paytn and
Guayaquil. Peru, aud ore made of the
filler of the pita or pineapple plant.
This fller Is soft and pliable as silk,
and some of the hats are made so flu
that they can tie foldtai up and put In
tbe vest !ocket
A Sol Theory.
"A shoemaker Is the most paradoxi
cal of human hrlngs."
"Why so?"
"Because hi first word Is his last"
Baltimore Auerleao.
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practice on the market as a whole, we find the exchange
a sound register of the state of the country. The same
things that all human beings fear, crop failure, war,
strikes, depress the market. That Is why men were
afraid, when the market "broke; not so much because
they care for the stocks, as that they feared the signs
of the end of prosperity. Fortunately the market recov
ered, and there was no pnulc. But for a few days nil
Intelligent persons watched the market with respect and
attention. Youth's Companion.
BOYS AND THE STREET.
II E Illinois Senate has nnsRod a bill which
I will have the effect, fcf It beetmes law, of
I I requiring boys between 14 and 'G to be hiw
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luiij' ruiiojeu uui iuk vuuvi iitiius ui 10 lib
In school. Some latitude will probably be
allowed to the Ihteryetatlon of the word
"employed," so that H mny cover useful
A NECESSITY OF LIFE.
HE gospel of play wll, we are confident, win
for Itself a hearing iw the gosin-l of whole
someness and a fulla life. It will go far
to create a better ra.w of manly beings, a
better social state ai,d throw a new Bfeht
on tbe piety of grimnc.ss and "other worldli
ness." What we huva said has been aiinliedi
mainly to city life, to the overrjickcd nni unnatural
crowd; but It is applicable In a modified form to country
life. The people who live among the trees and brooks
do t, in spite of themselves, a tcrtaln relaxation, yet
they need what they do not get the useless sport, the
utter relief for a irtlou of each day from "trying to
make endi meet." New York Independent.
SHAKSPEA RE QUOTES BIBLE.
Present Generation Knows Manp
Mare Things than Men of Old.
"Yes," said fcev. John Snyder, nnthot
of "As Ye Sow." "we know mauy things
better than our ancestors knew them.
We know mor about microbes aud sci
entific benevolence and expert sanita
tion. But they knew more about the
Bible. It was a part of their very In
tellectual and spiritual fiber.
"Do you realize," continued Mr. Sny-,
der, "how much of the Bible there I
in Shakspenre's plnys? A great En
glish bishop declares thnt these plays
contain nearly 000 biblical quotations
and references. Which do you think of
all the Shnkspenre characters quotes
the Bible most frequently? You would
probably never guess.
"Nobody but that delightful old rep
robate. Sir Johu Falstaff. When the
old sinner Is on his deathbed Dame
Quickly, you will remember, snys b
'babbled of green fields.' Mr. Richard
son, the celebrated Shakspeare reader,
says he was probably attempting to re
peat the twenty-third psulm.
"But how many people even people
of education and intellectual culture
understand the biblical allusions of
Shakspeare to-day? A few years ago a
college president presented to one of
his classes (young men from all the
different conditions of American life)
a collection of nlueteeu blblicul allu
sions taken from the works of Tenny
son. The young uieu were asked to ex
plain the allusions. The mistakes they
made were simply ridiculously astound
ing. They reminded you of the man
who thanked the preacher for telling
the congregation the facts concerning
Sodom and Gomorrah. He said lie bud
always seen the names associated, but
he supposed they were man and wife.
That scarcely seems an exaggeration.
U. Melville Baker says he was read
ing a play to un Intelligent actor ono
dny. One line contained a reference to
Ananias. 'Who's he 7" asked the actor.
Mr. Baker milled and aald : 'Don't
you know Tnanlus?" "Never heard of
him,' said the actor, 'aud I guess if
I never heard of lilm the audience
never did. I'd cut thnt line out."
Boston Globe.
I hanging- ms Colors.
Jacob A. nils tells of a little boy who
earned his living by blacking boots.
Every Sunday he attended n pilstdott
school, nils school, through its well
meaning teachers, dix'ided to have a
Christmas tree. Tho gifts for the pu
pils were provided for them by the
teachers und some patrons of the
school.
Jliuiny, the liootblack, was there
Christinas eve, but wjs much dlsap
IHiiuted when his, preseut proved to be
a copy of Browning's jioeins. He fold
ed It curefully In the paier lu which
he received It, and took it home.
The next Sunday the superintendent
of the mission school announced that
auy child who was disappointed with
his or her gift could exchange It.
Jimmy marched boldly to tho front
with hlui.
"What have you here, Jimmy M
"Browning, sir."
"Aud what do you want In ex-,
change?"
"Blacking, sir."
The little aide dishes at a restaurant
afford considerable aiuusvmeut to farm
rs.