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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS FREEDOM Or THE PRESS. F all the dearly Knight liberties of the Anglo-Saxon rscc, none Is guarded more Jeal ously than the freedom of the press. It I largely because of thin fuet that so nnu'h comment was excited by the President's In quiry of Postmaster-General Cortelyovt as to 'Whether or not the law Justified tb ex clusion from the malls of such newspapers ns were print lug In full the testimony In a certain notorious murder trial. The history of the untrainmeled press Is virtually the tame In all civilized countries. Previous to the Inven tion of printing, the right to censor everything published or Intended for publication was chimed and practiced by the church ; but after the Reformation this right was gradually assumed by the crown. From that time to the present the growth of the free dom of the press has been almost synchronous with the growth of popular liberties and the ascendency of the people. No conceivable combination of events Is likely to cause the loss of what has been gained. To-day In all civilized countries the press Is virtually free. Even In Russia the censorship Is so much less rigid than It was that the publication of political opin ions, so long as they do not constitute nu attack on the sovereign, Is not Interdicted. So thoroughly Is the freedom of the press taken for granted In the United States that It has become u ques tion whether liberty has not degenerated Into license. The printing of such revolting matter as that to which the President objected and the elaborate exposition of crime are familiar Indictments of American newspniicrs. In the absence of a government or State censorship of the press and such a thing Is inconceivable in Amer ica It Is the duty of every man to be his own censor; to refuse to read whatever experience and common sense tell him Is pernicious, and to exclude from his family circle such papers ns habitually offend good morals or good taste. Youth's Companion. NEXT TO GODLINESS. I1Y did you hire that A T Jones, and let Stafford go?" asked a dopart ff I ment manager of an employer In a great I itinfirnJltnn Im a I nnoa Aornrilluritnant t'Ctnf ford is doubly Jones' equal in ability." "Be cause," said the employer, and there was a world of wisdom In his words, "Jones looks the gentleman, even though he Isn't Stafford looks the tramp." It was only a little lesson In cleanliness. Jones has a brain like a mess of scrambled eggs. Jones was weak. OVAX TABLE FOR BILLIARDS. believed New Idea Would Introduce g More Scientific Piny. 1 . Will the shape of the present billiard table be altered as the outcome of the farcical results which have followed the Invention and nerfocttnn nf the now famous "unchor" stroke? This Is a question which Is being se riously discussed. The present table, It is contended, lends Itself to freak bil liards and no sooner Is one stroke barred than some player Invents an other which serves the same purpose, reducing the game to an automatic ex hibition of skill on the part of the player who succeeds lu getting "going" first A more drastic reform than a mere "tinkering" with the rules Is evidently needed and a suggestion has been made and has already found many support ers that the present two-square table should be changed for an elliptical oval table. Many advantages are claimed for the Idea. Here are some of them : 1. A mre advanced field for the ex position of the possibilities of modern skill, 2. The Introduction of more scien tific play. a. a iresn extraction to tno specta- i vul uif iiua uitru vi luu Ullie-woru atrol:oa . .1... I . I . i a . i . . i 4. The Impossibility of such strokes s the "anchor" and "spot." 5. Although the same length and Width, the table can be placed in a much smaller space. With such a table no stroke need be barred. The billiard spot at the top would be so placed that It would be practically Impossible for the striker to perform the spot stroke and, of course, with the circular cushion the cradle carom would be wiped out en tirely. ' The series of angles which have be come the veriest A, B, C to the expert player would be things of the past New and wonderfully interesting varie ties would be Introduced with tho pe culiar effects which arise from a curved cushion. London Express. Mot to Be Fooled. A resident of Newton, Mass., who Uras noted for his great kindness to animals, viewed the first horse cars with dismay. "It's sheer cruelty, that's what It Is," he Insisted, and tho plea of convenience or necessity had no In fluence upon him. "I'd wnlk to Boston and back before I'd add a pound's weight to what those poor creatures hove to drag," he de clared, and no persuasion could In duce him to ride In a stret car dragged by overworked, tired horses. When electricity was applied and the cars went smoothly along without the bors 's, his son said : '.ow, father, you can ride on the' street cars without worrying about hor.a-s. You eau go to Boston at your ease now." ".lames," said the obi man. "you al ways rn-!i at i-oiic lu- ions ; voti do:i rtu ly into things ;ts I io. Don't I read In t';i papers about every ear having to hive so much 'horse' power? And don't 1 know wcO enough what that Dieaii.s?" and the old 'gentleman s:ghed. "It simply means, n;y son, that the poor ho-.-.e. are being worked Just as hard and Ji,s( as many hours, only we Cija t See 'em. "Those poer hor.vs eould tell tales, I re.:. on! No, I've mo more use for srr.et cars now than I ever had, and !or tho same reason." 'I' lie lleuliliy l.lnill, "Do yo-t think lie is In condition?" Condition? Why, condition doesn't express it. He Is lu flue flunk." Chaparral vaccllatlng, unstable. Stafford was clever, able, stronj cs an executive and keen of nieutallty. Hut Stafford bd s'oe-edgod flngar nails. Jones' were cnrofuly manicured. Stafford wore bis hair like a maddened nodgchog. Jones' locks were barbered and always In part Stafford's teeth resembled grave stones la an old churchyard. Jones didn't merely keep a toothbrush, be used It. Stafford wore an extensive collection of table dripping on his vest. Jones used a napkin. Stafford's neckwear was edgd with black. Jones spent 21 cents a week for collar laundry. The employer knew that customers arc forced to ac cept first impressions. The employer realized that the man with a front can wend his way where beggars may not even look. The $1 or more a week that Stafford might have expended on his personal appearance would have doubled his value In the eyes of the empolyer. Hut Stafford, In his egotism, told himself: MAbe Lincoln was a success, yet he didn't dress: Why should I?" Per haps Abe Lincoln did not r dress, but he was clean. Clothes may not make the man, but they" go a long way toward making the (successful man. Les Moines News. SPEED dents speed further trains is perilous to the safety of passengers, and It warns the railroads that the ''reckless demand of the public shall not be longer acceded to by the railroad companies. It Is obvlcus to any thinking person that If popular wishes are the only guidance for railroad managers speed will be constantly increased rather than diminished. Mankind Is always In a rush and the germs of hurry and the delights of going fast have singular power and fascination. People were quick to take advantage of the early steam transportation which superseded the lum bering stage couch. They were enraptured when the expresses running forty miles an hour were Introduced. And not content with- what would have seemed an Im possibility a few years before, they applauded the Intro duction of still faster trains that saved fc few hours' Journey between the great cities of the United States. At the present time electrical experts are talklug of travel that wlU reach a speed of 125 miles an liour, and the public Is dazzled by the temptatlou of dashing along at a rate of ieod twice as great ns the flight of the swiftest bird. Chicago Tribune. , offensive little cad. "I'm Just about worn out, I declare!" exclaimed the visiting woman, as she dropped Into a chair. "I don't know how I've lived through the last two weeks, I'm sure." "So much work getting settled?' In quired her hostess. "Work! It's been simply frightful. I'll never move again as long as I live. I've maclo up my mind to that" "It's an awful task, I know," said the hostess, sympathetically. "My dear, said the visitor, "you re ally and truly haven't any idea of the task It has been. I've moved before and I know what moving Is, but such a time I never had. To begin with, we couldn't get out before the 3d. Mr. Woosey put off seeing the moving men, as he always does, though I reminded him of It again and again. "'Henry,' I said, if you don't see them to-day we won't be able to get a wagon on the 1st " 'Oh, don't you worry about that,' he said. They've got plenty of wagons. Weil get out all right' "Well, he didn't see them, of course, and the result was that we couldu't get moved before the 3d. And there we were all packed. I had to have Mr. Woosey unpack half tha things again, but he had himself to blame for It, us I told him. The girl didn't like it a bit cither, because I had got her bed taken down and she had to sleep on a mattress, and she said the floors were damp. I made her scrub them, you know ; for to go away nnd leave a dirty house Is something that I will not do. "You ought to hnve seen our new house when we went Into It. I meant to have had It all cleaned out and ready for us to go into, but In all the distraction It went out of my head ami of course Mr. Woosey didn't remind m. of It. Such a sight us It was! I would never have believed those people would have been capable of leaving a place like that. It was an actual pig pen. I said to Mr. Woosey that be might stay there if he wanted to, but he would have to take me to a hotel until It got cleaned up. I was Just discouraged. Ami the girl was so disagreeable and sulky about it, too." "They don't like the work of mov ing, I know," Bald the hostess. "I'm sure I don't know, why they should object to It," said the visitor. "But then, they'll object to anything. Well, I had one of my regular in rvons spells come on and I had to keep In my room for two days. Mr. Woosey had a cot put up in one of the rooms ut the house and stayed there to oveiloi.k the cleaning. We had to get in a man to help. too. The girl sin ply wouldn't uu deiiuko to do the thing alone. And When I got around they had everything wrong nil the furniture in the wrong places, so that I had to bete them n.ov everything Irick. I had four or live en gagements, too, that week social en gagements, joii know and I had to be out late, and then Mr. Woosey got one of his ot tacks of indigestion and blamed it onto the cooking. Men are so un reasonable! When you arc settling lu a new house, of course, something has to be slighted, and Millie couldn't swoop and scrub and clean windows and give as much time and attention to the cook ing us she ordinarily could. Still, Mr. Woouey helped a great deal with the cleaning, so she might b-ve doae a lit cm fi AND PUBLIC SAFETY. isiiiiiibI commenting on the two railroad accidents il Tf 1 tuut nuve recently stirred up sentiment In III the State, the Indiana Railroad Commission rfjaaaanj reports that ut least In one of these acci the plain cause was the excessive maintained by the train. It reports that the high speed of the fast tle better, perhaps ; but he needn't have been cross and unreasonable. As I told him. Just looking at It all, made me quite sick." "Well, It must be nice to feel that you are settled now," observed the host ess. "Yes," sighed the visitor, "but I'm completely worn out and my nerves are in a horrid state. It was an awful task." "How Is Mr. Woosey?" inquired the hostess. "He's pretty well, thank you," replied the visitor. Chicago Dally News. Alaska, Suld Mexico. "Say, Canada," said Senor Mex. (With mind upon the ouse of Tex. And all tho land that northward La. For which Napoleon got Pa.) "O. Wyo. why not let U. S. Join with the States? What say you. yes?" "I Kan. not think of it," said she. "N. Y. not?" with surprise asked be: "Minn, to you like a Bister Is, And brothers are Wash, and Mont, I Wis. Why should you squint N. C. so 111.? It's no Conn, game, conic, gay yo wjiJ7" "Ah, Nev. It. I. shall Col. it good To Join so mixed a sisterhood. If you Teun. times persuaded Me. I'd sit N. B. unmoved I). C.? My cool aloofness la. dore ; I'd sell It for no Mass. of Ore. To join such creatures in their Ark. Iud. eed I'm no such easy mark." "Ala. now, girl, don't get too Ga The States don't want us any Va. The fault in U. S. plain to see, You want to be the whole I. T. But I will tell you what it is, If you and I got wise, Ariz. And asked to be let in, I know We'd be fourth-raters Neb.er Mo. But Join a nation N. A. other Would know lots better than toother." "No use," said she. In termination. On me you've Miss.d your Cal.Ky.lation." With this the colloquy was ended, And home, with nose in air. each wended. George Fay In Success Magazine, Flrat Air Ilrake Trial, The air brake wus ushered Into ac tual use In most dramatic fashion. The trial trip occurred In April, lsi!!. The train selected was the SteulienvUlo ac commodation running between Pitts burg and Steulienvllle, Ohio. When the train was going at full speed, sudden ly, as ho came around a sharp curve, the engineer saw a stalled wagon In the middle of the track dead ahead. With handbrakes only, nothing could have prevented a terrible Miiiashup. The formal time for the trial of the airbrake had not come, but the brake was there, nnd In desperation, not be lieving for a moment that the thing ould p i--sibly work, the engineer i brew on tic- air. But It did avail. Tin- ob servers lu the rear were almost cata pulted out of their seats by the shock of the Midden stop. But when they saw the engine fairly poking Its nose Into tho wagoiibed, no narrow bad been the margin between safety nnd disas ter, they forgot all about their slunk, and stood In awed silence, 'j ho air brake had come Into Its own. In accepting nil Invitation to a pic nic, a woman nearly always says, "I hope the weather will be nice." When authority spoils a man, It is also apt to be hard on thosu over whom It extends. PASSING OF THE DEACOIT. Title Sntd to Have I. oat Some of Ita Oltl-Tline Itevrrenre. It Is a pity, if true us reported, that the ofiiee of deacon has ceased to be regarded with favor by members of the Protestant churches In New KugUiul, says the North American Review. Time was when the title conferred dlstlno tlon and honor, and was sought with as great diligence as could be consid ered seemly by good nud pious men. Once acquired, 'tiH, It wrought a mar kill, though unconscious, change In the demeanor of the possessor, who forthwith became graver and more chary of speech, except In saying grace at table and, in the really old days, at the beautifully simple home service known as "family prayers." But, as the spirit of Irreverence gradually per meated uuregenerated days, stories of uncouth humor' were spun about tho deacon as a central figure, comic pa pers depicted III m chiefly as Indulging on the sly a liking for a horse race, and, all in all, the title continued to lose Its former dignity and slgnllWnce until now, ns we are told. It Is uot only no longer Sought, but rather generally avoided. Although perhaps sometimes forgot ten. It Is a fact, scarcely surprising to those given to Investigating the ori gins of customs, that widows are di rectly responsible for the earliest ap pointment, of church odlclals of the class we have In mind. When the nims tles realized tho necessity of providing b-J'Jlly sustenance for those who were 5n attendance on tholr ministrations they made the requisite arrange ments; but apparently tho distribution was unsysteinatlcal, and presently tho Grecians were egeri ou by their widow folk to complain that the Hebrews were obtaining more than their fair share of the provender. Whereupon the twelve took counsel and decided that, since It ill became them as spiritual teachers to serve the tables, the appointment of certain brethren of good repute to superintend the business was in every way desir able. Seven wcro chosen Stephen, i.o subsequntly was-famed for his faith and good works; Philip, another admirable man; Prochorus; Nlcanor. Tliuon, Parmenas and AUe proselyte Nicolas and they were designated fit tingly from the nature of their task as deacons from the Greek dlakonos or Its Latin derivative diaconus, meaning attendant, or one who serves. That these first members of the order per formed well their work Is evidenced by the fact that the widows ceased to murmur and by their own rapid ad vancement la authority, until soma were permitted to preach and even to do miraculous deeds. To this day In the Methodist Episco pal Church, deacons are ordained by the bishop and may serve as traveling preachers, solemnize marriage and ad minister the rite of baptism. In the Congregational bodies, they seldom preach, but often read a sermon In the absence of tho pastor, and Invariably distribute the elements 'of the com munion. They are also supposed to net as almoners after the fashion of Ste phen and Philip, and In some States are empowered to hold as trustees the property of the church. In the Tery early days there were deaconesses also; but, as the widows generally selected apparently did not enjoy being classi fied as "of mature age," the practice fell Into disuse, although the order is still maintained In Germany, and to a limited degree by various sects In this country. BAKBER'S BEGISTER. Inlque Method of Automatically Itearlaterlna- the Dny'a Work. An exceedingly unique device for use In barber shops as a check on the bar bers Is the recent Invention of n Texas man. In all modern, up-to-date barber shops It Is customary to give each cus tomer procuring a shave an application of bay rum. witch hazel or other facial REGISTERS NUUUKB OF SHAVES. tonic. Such being the casts tho Inven tor has arranged the mechanism of bis device whereby, each time a bottle Is removed and un application Is given the fact Is automatically registered on a dial. Obviously tho register Indicates the number of customers procuring a shave, etc. In using this Invention three bottles for containing different tonics are employed one for bay rum, ne for hair tonic and probably one for i shampoo tonic used, respectively, af ter shaving, hair-cutting ami shampoo ing. A separate register is provided for ach Initlle, In order that an accurate iiilii-atioii will be made of tho day's .ork. ii wner of the barber shop nu tbus r ailily ascertain the number f eii-c.ni, ers a m:iiodaie 1 during hij ih. once and the aiuoimt e. Ii spent. I Kllli I ure. "Toiii! iy," .-.lid hb; Sunday school eiiehe", "y ur cold Is mm Ii belter than vhen I s i a' , nil Iat." "Vestn," nuswi-ivd Tommy. "I cured t by pra in'." "By pitiii gV I'm glad to hear you ay tlia!." "Yis'iu. I as!;ed the .ord to take It i way from inn am! give It to Diet iingo, and Dick's got It, all right." Probably one reason a dog is such a althtul friend of ina.i Is that man has ner succeeded lu working u dog iiuch. Most people were baptized and vau .-lusted wbeu they were very Utile. lW!IJ!!llllJIJ!!ffi;iW! A college of foreign languages has been opened In Canton, China, the port from which most emigrants sail to dis tant parts of the globe. New York City boasts the largest and finest public school building In the world. It Is of fireproof construction I throughout and ist f ,(MK,(HH). It has accommodations for 4,!)0 pupils. Many Klk lodges In the West buv adopted President ltooscvelt's sugges tion and decided to abandon the elk's tooth emblem. Many Montana men have been collecting tiks' teeth for years and holding them for a rise. One man at Billings, Mont., has thousands. tn Gohlfield the other day a depu ty sheriff's pistol was Jerked out of his pocket by the restlveness of the horse he was riding and fell In the road The horse stepped on It and so discharged a cartridge, the bullet from which killed a girl who was passing on the sidewalk. It cut her Jugular -vein. Wasps prey on Hies a fact which Is well known In Italy. On any summer or early autumn day In the Tuscan country parts, when the luncheon table Is blackened by files, one may see ft wasp sail In at the open window, select a lly, roll It over, curl It up and carry It out Into the sunshine and soon re turn for another. Is tobacco lu the form of cigars and cigarettes an effective germ killer? Smallpox was prevalent In Canton, Chlua, during the recent visit of th9 Duke and Duchess of Connaught and the Princess Patricia, and the visitors say they were comiolled to smoke ciga rettes lueessantly ns a preventive of the disease. The Duko never ventured out without a cigar. The Japanese spaniel, or sleeve-dog of Japan, Is one of the long-coated va rieties which nre much admired. They have been hard to acclimatize, nnd many discouragements have been luet with In their Introduction. They have large heads, with big, dark eyes, set wide apart and very full. Their little tails curl up over their backs like feath er dusters. One pound Is the true sleeve, dog weight. ' HUMOR OF LONDON CABBIES. Some of Tbelr Kemarka When thi Tla la Not Forthcoming. One of the strongest objections to the Introduction of tho taximeter In Lon don was that the cabman would be Ue piived of any opportunity to display ids choice selection of language and skill In humorous repartee. Some of the hansom fraternity, of course, have no sense of humor, but the majority nre decidedly facetious. Here are some examples of witty and sarcastic "cabbylsms." To appreciate them proierly It must be understood that tho fare has offered a single shilling In payment for a rlJo Just within the two-mile limit "Are you quite sure you can spare this?" remarks tho cabby with a bump of humor. "D'ye think you'll be able to rub along on the other nineteen till next Friday? It's goln' tho pace, y know." "If you'll take my tin, guv'nor," runs another form of gentle reproach, "you'll go nnd see a hocultst. You 'ailed this bus by mistake. You wants a red or ' green or yellow bus black ain't in your line at all." "Thank yer, guv'nor," says another cabby, with apparent emotion ; "thank; yer kindly. Yer offer Is well meant, but I couldn't go for to do It" Saying which he makes a pretense of handing the shilling back to the astonished fare. ''But I enn't sell him, guv'nor, au' that's n fact. Yer 'andsonie hoffer'd make me rich for life, but I tell yer, I can't sell Mm." One cabby, who was an excellent actor, on receiving his shilling, burst Into tears, and between loud sobs, jerked out: "I'm sorry you force It ou me, guv'nor, I am really. The hln conie tax peopleil be down on me now." An excellent "cnbhylsm" was perpe trated In the suburbs ono night As the fare let himself Into the house he was regaled somewhat as follows: "Go lu quietly, sir, lu case the old woman wakes up and 'ears me drlvln' away. She might stop the rest of yer pocket money for tills extravagance." Tlt Bits. I'oatal Tuoea In Ilerlln. The Berlin jnistal authorities nre re volutionlzing the conveyance of letters and parcels. The Idea on which they are experimenting Is to have an under-' ground tube with a largo enough cir cumf.'reiice to admit a man lu a stoop ing piwture. These tubes are to con nect the cetitrul postofllce with the principal stations ami with the dis trict olllees. Two sets of rails are built In this tube or tunnel, ono over the other, not side by side. The upper set of rails Is supported on the sides of the tube thus practically dividing It la two. Small carriages, running on two wheels, are automatically driven by electricity along these rails. No lociv n:i live is used., nor Is there any attend ant with the carriage. As many as six ef r'ic.-e carriages can lie run together for c,,'iviyihg biters and parcels from f! arrival ut ion to the central post- iT'c :r:l I'.ieae to the Various ilis :i i-t-. vice versa. By this means l-i.e-s ici " delivered lu any part !' ' ii.' ii. :! ic-- t Viii a fourth of the :! required. So far the " ' :iot beyond the evpcrhnental : . bet :t promlsi to be n success col ''i ii .n'l-h Irom the streets the mall : i. v. :;h all Its poetry and romance, 'niK'l .. I AiiiIam, No w-M'ir.: belts for ldiaV 'J I e i" .. ii ran ichisi k. T: aeii !;it .lieiitcil il abroad Aid .j.rea, it niji anil tui, "Tl'e Bride's Amiss:" they cried. V.ii it can Mi.- matter be ! There's no evitemciit after ail. She's a Mrs. now, you wc. Harvard Lampoon. Why Nolf If Adam w.ts tin; llrst man, why wa-n't Madam the Brut wouiau? Wl cousin Sphinx. MANY OLD AH MY OFFICERS. Hard Service 'Would Appear to Be Conducive to l.nniirvllr. Ono reads occasionally In tho news papers of citizens who have nearly completed the century mark in years, but that there nre several retired army officers who aro approaching that age tew persons are nwaro of. Army life on the plains seventy years sgo was apparently not detrimental to the health of Brigadier General Daniel II. Ruckcr. A week from to-morrow he will be f5 years old. Chaplain Dudley Chase, S)l years old, comes next lu age. Bat Chaplain Chase was over 50 years old when he entered the regular army In LSOO. There nre forty others who are SO years or over. One Is SO, eight are 81, ten are $2, seveu are 83, four are S4, sLt are 85, one Is 80 and another Is ST. Lleuteuant Colonel Frank Brldgman Is the officer who Is third In point of age on the retired list, being 87, and he Is followed by Brigadier General John F. Head, now 80. Then conies flrlgndler Generals John E, Summers, Robert Murray, Luther P. Bradley. Horatio G. Gibson, Colonel Jacob Burhank and Captain David Wills, each being 83. Brigadier Generals Or lando U. Wilcox and Peter J. Oster haus and Colonel Henry L. Chapman nnd Major Joseph L. Tldball are 84, Brigadier Generals Henry B. Carrlng ton, Marcus D. L. Simpson, Rufus Sax ton, Bllsha I. Bally. Edwin Kent Icy, David Rchooley and Daniel Kendig. 83; Brigadier Generals David L. Magru der, Richard C Drum, Nathan A. M. Dudley, Colonels Benjamin C. Card, Leslie Smith, John Green, Majors Charles C. Churchill, George II. Mc Loughlln, Eugene A. Bancroft and Captain Thomas B. Brlggs, 82. Brigadier Generals William B. Rochester, Alfred L. Hough, Samuel B. Holnblrd, Benjamin II. Grlerson, John Moore, Colonel James Oakes, Captain Andrew W. Cherbonnler and Chaplain Stephen G. Dodd are 81. Brigadier GcHierals James Van Honst and Henry R. Mlsner nnd Major Jacob W. Keller are now 80 years of age. Eleven States aro represented In the above list of officers, five being native sons of this State, three of Connecti cut, three of New Jersey, five of Massa chusetts, one of Virginia, , three of Maryland, one of Michigan, ten of Pennsylvania, one of Indiana, two of Rhode Island and one of .Louisiana. Ireland nnd Prussia are represented by two ench and Germany by one. New York Evening Post ' Monument to Shelter. A colossal monument to Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, is shortly to be erect ed near San Terenso, Italy, where he passed the last days of his life. Tho entire design Is to bo about forty-five feet high, and It Is to be attached to n cliff facing the Casn Magnl, In which he and Inter Byron lived, says the New York Sun. The work Is being executed by the Italian sculptor Fontana. The keynote Is taken from Shelley's tragedy "Pro metheus Unbound" It displays the figure of the Titan writing on tho rock with the lightning which, like Jupiter, he grasps tn his hand, this inscription: "To Shelley from the World Unbound." Shelley's heart snatched from his funeral pyre by Trelnwny, Is burled In tho Protestant cemetery at Rome, of which he wrote: "It might make one In love with denth to think that It would make one in love with so sweet a place." But the character of the place and the surroundings made It undeslrnblo to locate any great monu ment there. At Vlaregglo, where his body came ashore on July IS, 1822 teu days after ho was drowned on his way from Leghorn fo San Terenzo and where it was burned while Leigh Hunt poured wine and Incense on it nnd Lord Byron rend poetry there Is already n Shelley monument and be sides, the flat const affords no opportu nity for' Fontana's design. The shore of the gulf of Spezxln nnd tho neigh borhood of his last abiding place were therefore chosen for this greatest trib ute to his memory. Labor's Oldeat Implement. The hammer, besides being a tool of universal use, Is probably tho oldest representative of a mechanic's tool kit. It was originally a stone fastened to a handle with thongs, and was equally useful as weapon or tool. Hammers are represented on the monuments of Egypt 20 centuries be fore our era. They greatly resemble the hammer now in use, save that there were no claws on the back for the ex traction of nails. Claw hammers were Invented some time during the Middle Ages. Illuminated manuscripts of the 11th century represent carpenters with claw hammers. Hammers are of all sizes, from the dainty Instruments used by the Jewel ers, which weigh less than half an ounce, to the gigantic 50-ton hammer of shipbuilding establishments, some of which have a falling force of from 00 to 100 tons. Every trade has Its own hammer and Its own way of using It. Ureenwleh Kornl Olmrrvnlorr. In tho year 1075 King Charles II. of England founded the Royal Ohserva tory at Greenwich, In order that as tronomical observations might be madi for the assistance of sailors. The hi. tory of the observatory li:.s I i th history of chronology and nf the prac tical side of nstrouoaiy. Its w ri; and its standards have lieeo-ni- - ! i?-t i h'-j International. Tile m"t i!ia'i of I ; rei wbii now- determines the loivjltudo o' tbv world. Itetlai-tl Illifuri, John Smith was nl out to be stive I bv the dusky Injun dii;:o-e; ,uf "Walt!" he hissed through Iik i-".-.- Tooth. WoMst: la t us tran ce; this little Scene to nunc ether h !. YhU will lie no sor: of a place fi.f an e.y sitlon." Yale Record. MiMlenl lloitit I'.f'i Due, Clerk Your bill Isn't ready yet. sir Sloplelgh Oh, I Peg you w on't hurry on my account Harvard Lampoon, A newcomer lu a town can never make much of a hit by Uillnj how to improve IL (?)& 4 Old Time, Old Friends, Old tore. Thpre re no days like the good old days, Tho dnys when we were youthful I When humankind were pure of mind. And speech and deeds were truthful; Before a love of sordid gold Became man's ruling pnsMon. And before ench dame and inn Id became Slavo to the tyrant Fashion ! There are no girls like the gool old girls Against the world I'd stake 'e.-nf As buxom and smart and clean of heart As the Lord knew how to moke 'em ! They were rich in spirit and common sense. And piety nil supporting . They could hake and brew, and bad taught school, too. And they ninde such likely courtln'. There nre no boys like the good old boys When we were boys together I When the grass wus sweet to the brown, bare feet That dimpled the laughing heather; When the pewee sang to the stimmef dawn Of the bee In the billowy clover. Or down by the mill the whip-poor-will Echoed its night soug over. There Is no love like the good old love Tb love that mother gave us I We are old, old men, yet we pine again For that precious grace God save us ! So we dream and dream of the good old times, And our hearts grow tenderer, foder. As those dear old dreams bring soothing gleams Of heaven away off yonder. Eugene Field. ) When I Stirrer tba Wondrona Croas." When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prtnee of Glory died. My richest giiJ I count but loes. And, pour contempt' nil my pride. Forbid it. Lord, that I should boast, Savt In the death of Christ my Godi All the vain things that charm me most. I sacrifice them to Ills blood. i See, from His head. His hands. His feet. Sorrow and love flow mingled down ; Did e'er such love and sorrow meet. Or thorns compose so rich a crown? Were the whole realm of Nature mine. That were a present far too small ; Love so amaiing, so divine. Demands my soul, my life, my all. Isaac Watts.. FAIRY TALE OF FINANCE. Investment of Fortr-fonr Cents Broua;ht a Fortune. None of the five organizers of the Wireless Telegraph Compnny of Amer ica was rich, and so they set about to find a man with capital. Firth found the man. This man was Abraham White, a young man who had come to New York from Texas a few years be fore, and had risen to fame over night by clearing up $100,000 on an Invest ment of 44 cents. From the day be fl-st set foot In New York, White's one i.mbltlon was to make a fortune. He had the money-making instinct In bis first years In New York he speculated In real estate. When the Cleveland popular bond Is sue was made, In 1SIXI, to replenish the Treasury gold reserve, White, who. had lost In the panic years of 1803 and 1804 most of the money he bad mado In real estate, conceived the bold scheme of bidding for a big block of bonds, on the chance that they would sell at a premium as soon as the awards were made. Tho Government's call for ' bids did not ask for any money with tho bids. White made several bids, amouutlng In all to $7,000,000, and sent them on to Washington by registered mall. His total outlay was 44 cents. When the allotments were made, $1, 500,000 bonds were set down to Abra ham White, New York. The bonds were Immediately quoted at a premium in open market, and young White scur- rled around to find the money to pay tho Government for his bonds. He went to Russell Sage, who was always ready to put his money Into a sure ' thing, and had no trouble In'gettlDg the money lender to finance his bid. Sago paid the Government for the bonds, resold them In the market and turned over to White $100,000 "profit Ever since then Whlto has thought in millions, and hns been a gambler for big stakes. Frank Fnyont, In Success Magazine. Greater than the Nation. There Is a certain Congressman who, whatever authority be may hold In the councils of state, is of comparatively tntnor Importance In his own house hold. Indissi, It has been unkindly In timated that his wife Is "the whole thing" In their establishment Representative and Mrs. Blank had been to Baltimore one afternoon. Wheu they left the train nt Washington, on their return, Mrs. Blank discovered that her umbrella, which had been In trusted to the care of her husband, was missing. "Where's my umbrella?" tilie de manded. "I'm afraid I've forgotten It. my dear," meekly niis-vcivd the Cunsrress inaa. "It must still be in the train." in the train!" shorted the lady. "And to think that the affairs of tho nation are intrustid to a man who doesn't know i'inu;g'i t take care of a woman's umbrella !"-- Sua ess Kagu tino. , Cnriuslly, All Itishniiu saw an anchor lying on the gratiud lu a ship jard. lie bung about the pine nil day, ami when night came a watchman at the yard usked 111 i it what he was there for. "Begorry. 1'fu waitln' to see th" man what can uso that pick." answered Put. Our tiiuui-tuuliie. - III every avenue of llfu great oppor tunities are constantly confronting us. Who are ready for them? Who will fill the positions? It Is the I n;,' pa red iiien, these who tiro e ;u:il to the plait-, T ho gcueruMy get them. -Success Mag-azlu