Dakota County.. Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NEC.
IOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
a TmnraM 'fTt.V mrm Tm trtcccedcd'
In making nn apple tree bear roses. It
probably Is a thorn-apple tree.
Some scientist has declared Hint rlee
trie fans spread gonna. They also
spread fingers which happen to get
Into thorn.
Several million women would be glad
to know, you know, how Queen Alex
andra manages to retain her youth and
good looks.
It Is costing San Frniniseo $2,(100 a
tnontU to provide for Alio IJuef. Abe
has always been one of San Francisco's
most costly luxuries.
Richard Harding Itavls assaulted a
man recently for railing him an Imi
tation Englishman. Mr. Davis Insists
that he la the real thing.
The steeplejack in New Tork who
, as killed by a fall of only six feet
probably had missed hundreds of op
portunities of dying tbrllllugly ami
spectacularly.
A woman Is suing for a divorce be
cause she has discovered that she Is the
thirteenth In her husband's affections.
Superstition lends women to do some ri
diculous things.
The skeleton of a prehistoric animal
that was 31t feet long has been found
In Wyoming. There must have been n
time when Irrigation was not necessary
to make things grow In that State.
After she had saved the lives of three
young men a New York girl refused to
let her name be known to the reporters.
She must be the only girl In the land
who has no desire to go on the stage.
"Can a man who Is a Christian ac
tually be engaged In the production of
wealth under modern conditions?" asks
Trof. Shaller Mathews. Up to -this
writing the professor has received no
answers.
It cost the United States $2,554,070
to maintain order In Cuba during the
fiscal year recently ended. Well, we
may at last have the satisfaction of
knowing that It was a pretty good
brand of order.
James J. Hill astonished his friends
recently by appearing In a suit of white.
He even wore white shoes. Perhaps
Mr. Hill has decided that it will be
useless for him to go on trying to look
like a Methodlirt preacher.
Harrhnan Is quoted as saying that he
woukl rather own all tho railroads
than run the government. The report
er probably misunderstood him. He
must have said he would rather own
all the railroads and run the govern
ment It has been estimated by an American
In China that more than eight hundred
thousand lives havo been saved during
the famine by American contributions
to the relief funds. Since these contri
butions amounted to about eight hun
dred thousand dollars, every one who
gave a dollar can think that he was
the means of. saving ono life.
Two hundred and ten loaded freight
cars is the train which a locomotive,
lately built for the Erio railroad, will
haul upon a level tfack. The locomotle
weighs more than two hundred tons
and Is supported upon sixteen driving
wheels, eight on each side. A train
a mile and a half long, which Is the
length of two hundred and ten cars,
Would have BRtouudcd railroad men of
the last generation, but engineers to
day are looking forward to longer
trains, if they have not already made
them up.
The four recreation buildings for
workers on the Panama canal are to
nave each a library of six hundred vol
umes. The books are to be of all kinds,
and the tletlon In tlio several libraries
Is to be different, bo that It can be
exchanged from one to the other. In
choosing It, tho experience of a chap
lain In the Philippines might have been
useful to the commission. He had col
lected a few score books from friends
at home, and for fiction had selected
6turdy books of adventure, such as his
gentle heart told him would appeal to
brave soldiers. The books did not seem
to Interest the men, and tho chaplain
finally asked one of them about It. The
man shuffled and blushed, and said,
"Well, the fact Is, padre, away out hero
I like a good, soft love story, something
with plenty of mother and father and
Ctrl In It." ,
In connection with the terrible acci
dent on board the battleship Georgia,
ty which nearly a dozen men lost their
lives and half a score, of others were
Injured, no picture stands out more pa
thetically unforgetable than that of Ad
miral Goodrich and his wife at the
deathbed of their third and last son,
all given to the service of their coun
try. The first had lost his life at Sun
Juan, the second had died In the army.
Wl.cn, lu the war with Spain, tho word
cume to Captain Capron that his only
son lay dead In another part of the
fljd, he went, as soon an duty permit
ted, to the sjot where the body lay,
11; ted the ting which covered the face,
looked long upon It, and with the words,
Well done, my boy!" turned back to
tils battery. , Parents who enjoy the
Messing of a home In which all their
children are gathered, or to which they
return at frequent Intervals, arc hardly
capable of uii'leri-Inndii.g the anxiety
and heartache which en'cr so commonly
Into the lives of army uud navy par
ents, even lu i'.iw.t of p;-uv. Tli' ser
vice ronf.-rs lt i!!s;;n Coin mid offers
, Its compensations, but It ul.so exacts Its
sacrifices. Tin r U n.'ivays the experl
cm of varied and trying climates;
there re long absences nn. frequent
HcpfiratloiH ; and more often, perhaps,
tin: a is sun- id. then U sudden and
greats danger. The quiet dignity, th
uncomplaining fortitudo with which
these things are borne are not among
the least admirable qualities of thosn
who compose that service whose duty
Is not primarily to command, but really
to serve. '
Now and then when there Is a par
ticularly flagrant case of wlckednesi
called to public attention advocates of
the whipping iost come forward ami
urge a return to this old time form of
punishment. The growth of the hu
manitarian spirit In connection with
criminology has been marked by the
abolition of methods which once found
favor, and the whipping post long since
disappeared, except from a few places.
Delaware has been the conspicuous In
stance of a State which has retained It.
The experience of one of the officers of
n State Institution who ha j.;st given
up his place Is not favorable to the (
effectiveness of the whipping post, lie j
reports that since November, l!ul, ho
has whipped 2:;r men, giving them from
live W filxty lashes each, according to
the nature of the offense. Of this num- j
her sixty had been whipped before,
some of them as many as six times. II bj
Judgment Is that this record does not
sustain the contentions of the advocates
of the whipping post as to Its certain
effectiveness In lessening crime. He
himself has become tired of his Job,
which one can easily Imagine to be any
thing but u pleasant one. The tenden
cy among those who are studying crim
inals Is strong to do away with harsh
and cruel methods and to appeal to the
better Instincts of humanity In every
way possible. They have their faith
sorely tried on lu.".ny occasions. Their
efforts often appear to be futile. Those
whom they would help abuse tho kind
ness of their friends. Nevertheless there
Is a steady persistence In the belief In
the superiority of kindness to brutality.
The testimony of the Delaware whip
wlelder goes to show that Delaware
ought to give up tho whipping post. It
I strange that the State should take
pride In clinging to a brutal anachron
ism. TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN FOREST.
How Wood Carving la 'Inuirht In jtn
(rla LItc Model to Wnrk Prom.
To study a valuable technical and
art craftsmanship school one would
scarcely In England choose a little
town of 14,500 Inhabitants wherein to
make research, nut In Austria it Is In
all small towns wherever there are
special Industries that the educntlonal
ministry plant their school to develop
and advance tho scientific knowledge
of those Industries, says a Pall Mall Ga
zette correspondent at Vlllnch, Austria.
Here lu Vlllach we aro In the midst
of forests. Wood forms the staple
commodity, and so lu this Interesting,
historic and picturesque town Is a
school to develop wood Industries.
Tho school has three sections build
ing, art and cabinet work. In the di
rectors' room one at once saw all the
hidden beauty and worth of wood. Ar
ticles of everyday' utility were beside
objects of nrt full of expression. There
was a figure of Samson, full of pathetic
power; a portrait of the old master j
workman, such n figure as Llorkomer .
would glory In ; a statue of Dunte, and
a Christ, reminding one of tho work of
tho fourteenth century, when wood I
carving was In Its glory and this
Christ was carved by a lad of 13. Put
near wero quaint little tops of the
most simple form ; these were tho mod
els for tho village children to copy,
thus making tho Noah's ark tops of
commerce.
In tho drawing rooms I was sur- '
prised to see a monkey running about
and soino birds feeding, but I soon saw
that monkey and birds were worked
luto many a design; a hen with her
chicks wero also utilized. Flowers and
trees they had around them, and the
pupils had to create, not copy.
In the turners' room were 1 fifteen
lathes. In the sculptors' room nunlls
were at work. Quite a picturesque1 group
was formed as the workmnstor stood
over a lad who, with mallet and chisel, ,
was working out of n rough wood block
the figure of a laughing fnwm Tho
pupil had a fine faco, and his eyes went ,
Into his work n village lad turncd'luto
an artist by this school.
Tho number of pupils In all was 520.
Girls wero taught drawing and paint
ing. Here their system makes the
poorest soo with ah artistic eye, and
the value of this was evident In the
town. In the furniture and houses were
seen the Influence of this school, which
Is absolutely free to all without pay
meut even for material.
Damage nt Kate of DO C'enta a Poind
Miss Amanda Stutllet, who weighs
250 jiounds, got damages at Norrlstown,
l'n., at the rute of 50 cents a pound In
a breach of promtso suit which she
brought against Daniel Ktnsell.
Miss Stulllet Is 4.8 years old and has
had hard luck In her love affairs. She
testified on tho witness stand Monday
that two other men had "gone back on"
her, and that when Klusell gave her
tho slip she made up her mind that
she would not continue, to meet the
Insults of his He with tame endurance.
She said that Klusell wanted a
housekeeper, but when he saw her he
decided ho would rather havo her for
a wife. Miss Stulllet was willing, but
Klusell, who Is (iS years old and not
so poetic ns he once was, got tired of
his bargain nfter a few visits and said
the match was off.
The Jury gave Miss Stufllet a verdict
of 125.
Worship i, t Tt-rlh.
Teeth have been worshiped, and, 'In
fact, are venerated relics In some
religious shrines. Puddha's tooth Is
preserved In an ludlau temple. The
Cingalese worship the tooth of a mon
key, whilo an elephant's and a shirk's
tooth serve a similar purjaiso among
tho Malabar Islanders and the Tonga
Islanders, respectively. The Siamese
were formerly the jiossessors of the
tooth of n sacred monkey, whh'h they
valued highly. In a war with the
Portuguese they , lost the holy grinder,
i.lung with much gold and precious
stones.
What has become of tho old-fashioned
people who called a lunch a
snack T'
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WORLD'S OLDEST BAND.
It Wm
FMIr f notion's Old
Home I'nrnde. .
The oldest bras band In the world
the Military band of South Woymout!
was a feature lierd In the tivlc am
trades procession In 1'.o..'o:i"m old hoin.
parade, says the Boston Globe. Th
average of the members Is 7.1 years.
The base drum was played at th
dedication of Hunker hill monument
The double bass fiddle 'In the hi age?
thing of the kind In America. Tic
bass viol, the oldest made In this conn
try, daten from 17fS and was played 1:
the Old South meeting house 1,1 Wt
The clarinet Is 110 years old.
The leader of the band- Ker.'nadi'i'
Jenny LI ml nt the Bevcro Icuso c,:i Ik,
first appearance lu Boston, played at :
reception given Daniel Wc'ister -Mandiflold
In 1K,-,2 and nt the KmsiCi
reception in ponton in l.s.Vi.
C. luring Stetson, nge.l S2. th
leader began playing the cornet an.l
bugle In l$l."i. Ho has taken part In
more parades, concerts, firemen's mus
ters and dunces than any other musi
cian In New F.nglnnd.
Mr. SteU-on was for several years a
memlx-r of the ItoHfotiMlrlgndc bum!
which serenaded Jenny LI ml at the old
Itevere house, when he played the sol.)
"Wood Up" on his cornet to the delight
of the famous pongstress.
Two of the surviving members of the
famous Pond's band of I'.oston tu.ik
part They are George Itlmbach '
Itoxbury, ned nearly Mi. and William
W. Raymond of Fast Weymouth, aged
nearly 8.".
Mr. Raymond, after having been a
nieniler of the Weymouth band, joined
Pond's bnnd In 1SI5. Ho remained
with thnt bund for about five years
and made the acquaintance of P. S.
Ollmore when he first came to Postou.
Mr. Raymond returned to the Wey
mouth band In IMt and remained nn
active member until It was di:;lnnlcd
a few years ago. He took part In the
world's peace Jubilee In Itoston as a
member of the lib orchestra. He plays
tl trombone, saxhorn, ophlclelde, post
born, alto horn, oboe, French horn and
flute.
George Rlmbach, the other surviving
member of Pond's band, plays the
trumpet, ns he did In the days of the
aid band In Poston.
Daniel Vinlng, aged 84, played the
snare drum. He was n drummer in
the civil war and still keeps up his
practice.
S. Everett Cushlng played the bary
tone horn. He Is 73 yenrs old and be
gnn to play a violin when he was" 7.
Ho began to play with bands In 18.:'..
OWNERS OF LIBERTY BELL.
It la Not Public. Property,' Hut Ilc
lonjra to Poor Mlatcra.
Contrary to general belief the old lib
erty bell is not the proitcrty of the na
tion or of the city of Philadelphia, but
of four sisters who are the heirs of
John Wllbank, the man who made the
new bell shorlty after the old bell was
cracked, and who took the old bell as
part payment. According to tho Home
'Magazine, three of the sisters, ' Mrs.
James P. MeCloKkey, Mrs. G. 1). Kmer
son and Mrs. S. P. Coward, live In Phil
adelphia. The fourth, Mrs. S. W. p.
Dlehl, lives In Washington, D. C.
P.y nn order of the assembly of the
province of Pennsylvania, the liberty
bell was cast by nn English founder In
1751. Soon nfter arriving In this coun
try the bell broke, but wns recast from
the same metal In the same form and
with the original Inscription, "Proclaim
Liberty Throughout the Land."
The ownership passed from provin
cial authorities to the State, but in 1818
It was purchased by the city of Phila
delphia, togother with the old state
house and grounds. During the cele
bration over the arrival of Lafnyetle
In 1821 the bell was rung so vigorously
It became cracked, and n few months
later was ordered replaced by a new
bell cast by John Wllbank. The later
bell Is hanging In the steeple of Ger
mantown hall.
How to Set a Talile Ta.lefully.
See that the center of the tablo
stands directly uuder tho center of tho
chandelier or hanging lamp, whichever
light you use for the center of your
dining room, says Men and Women.
Place your csnton flannel, or felt, as It
Is called, even ou the table, smoothing
It down well, so that there are no
creases to upset the water glass or
vegetable saucer dining the course of
the meal. Next lay your white dam
ask cloth evenly mid smoothly, so af
to have ns few creases as possible, and
see that It hangs well over tho shies
of the table, without touching the floor.
Then place your linen centerpiece in
the center of the tablecloth, and If
you have two smaller linen pieces put
them at opposite corners, right at the
edge of tho table. Now place your
vnsu mien wiiu iron water ami gai
,,. , ,,. nm, nuijuii jfniNS
or ferus. In the e nter of tho middle
linen piece, and two smaller vases (If
you possess them) on the smaller cor
ner pieces. At the edgo of the opposite
corners place at one a small bowl
filled with any fruit you have in the
house. Apples, I, unarms, oranges and
grapes make u pretty showing.
pineapple may be placed hi the center
of the glass bowl and the mixed fruits
nicely arranged around It. The fruit
nnd the flowers jdvo a festive appear
ance to even the most simply laid
table. Our eyes should bo gratified as
much as our palates. At the edge of
the other corner place a china tile.
!on which set your glass water pitch
er filled with Ice water.
Tlie Trul li About Clonal),.
"Pr'er Jenkins, be say dat we ought
Dot to gossip uu' dat we ought not to
remark on each odder's frailties; but.
my bin', data what keeps de world
Straight. Hit's do fear of our neigh
bors' tongue dat keeps most of us In
tie stockade. Hit's gossip ilat's de real
perllea of de world." Dorothy Dix lu
New York American.
So Snl (or It.
He's kept a diary u 11 year 'round.
llo's fumy, you infer?
You will not think so when you've found
He's just a Ntationrr.
I'uiladeliihitt Prej.
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STEWART'S THIRD FORTUNE.
Once Again .Nevada's "Silver 'kIuk"
la on Pronperltr'a Hitch Tide.
To start out at the age of nearly
fourscore to make a third fortune, and
to have the attempt crowned with suc
'Jjr.-,i.','-'irt''Jr.n".-.t
cess. Is rather a
strenuous under
taking for anyone.
And yet that Is
what former I' lit
ed States Senator
William M. Stew
art, known as "tje
Silver King" of
Nevnda, has done,
writes a Carson
City correspond
ent. The other day
he celebrated his
wm m. stewabt. eightieth birthday.
Few men, even among tho money
kings of bonanza days, have had a
more varied and wonderful experience
than William M. Stewart. The accu
mulation and loss of two Immense for
tunes and the winning of a third nt an
age when tho great majority of men
are relegated to the retired list seem
but minor Incidents In his Wonderful
career. Among the roles he hns filled
In his time, and the most of them with
marked success, have been those of
senator, lawyer, editor, orator, Yale
College man, Indian fighter, prospector,
speculator and scientific farmer.
He was born in the State of New
York, lived a while In Ohio, then went
to Yale to study law. When the cry
of "Gold lu California" was raised In
4!) he came West, and, between the law
nnd ore mining,, grew so opulent that
ho became known as "the Silver King."
Rut when ho was elected Senator from
Nevada ho plunged too deeply Into tho
extravagances of capital life, and at
tho end of twelve years found himself
poor. Put ho did not despair. Again
he came back to tho West for a fortune,
dug It out of the earth In the form of
precious ore, nnd soon found himself
again n millionaire. Power returned
with fortune, and In 1S7 he was again
elected to the United States Senate.
For a time he Wns a greater power
In politics than before. He was at tho
head of that group of ItepuMiean dele
gates who withdrew from the St. Louis
convention In 1S!)U because the majori
ty refused to agree to a bimetallism
plank and declared for the irold staiul-
ard. Stewart was nn ardent silver man,
and the success of the gold standard
cause dealt him a hard blow. Unw ise
speculation nnd other unremnneratlve
enterprises In n few years reduced him
once more to tho lower financial level.
So, two years aeo last March, his
term ended, he bade good-by to his
friends In the Senate ami returned
once more to the scenes of his former
triumph to again wrest fortunes from
me rocks.
When he returned to Nevada the last
tlmo It was known among his friends
that ho was almost "down and out"
financially. Put ho went to work with
the old-time eouraze. and uirli his
knowledge of mines and mining, tilings
ero long began to come his away again.
He mado several lucky strikes nnd in
vestments, and almost before a year
had elapsed he had made a good start
toward retrieving his fortunes, it is
believed that he Is now worth at least
a quarter of a million, and possibly
much more. He lias shelved his social
and Killtlcal ambition, and dc.iatvi
that this fortune his third will mn
go like the others.
S.-lf-YVIndlnii V. tUKi,-,.
"Watchmaking la no longer what it
UseJ to be," said a collector. "Where
will you find to-day artists making and
selling readily watches worth V-.-ViO
apiece?
Proquet was the greatest watch
maker the world has ever seen, lie
was a Swiss, but he lived In France.
Th,e watch collector who hasn't a
Prequet timepiece has a sadly Incom
plete collection. ItrC'iuct watches were
the acme of beauty, of originality and
of accuracy. Ono played a tune every
hour, another had ou'lts dial little fig
ures that danced, a third was a soii'
wlnder. "They were very ingenious, those
self-winding watches. They worked on
the pedometer principle. The motion of
the body lu walking kept them wound."
A man Isn't necessarily bald because
lie has no heir.
THE WORLD'S G HEAT EST CAHTHEVER BRIDGE WHICH COLLAPSED
BALL TEAM OF NEGRO GIRLS.
Mltlitly Practice Realties the "Bias
Bellea" to Heat Nine of the Bora.
A man was strolling toward the base
ball field on the Parade at dusk re
cently, says the Kansns City Times.
A group of dark figures were playing
ball on the diamond.
"That's right, Fannie, put 'em over
the plate!"
"All right, May, look n this."
"Heaven.,:" exclaimed the man,
"what names for ball players."
He hastened around the field nnd
ctime within full view of the players.
Out In the field was o full team of
negro girls, ranging In age from 18 to
22 yenrs, clad In short blue skirts,
white shirt waists, black stockings, nnd
regulation bnsebalj shoes. They were
equipped with every modern device for
capturing the frisky baseball. Stoop
ing forward with hands upon knees,
they encouraged the pitcher to "put 'em
over," "strike 'em out," and do every
other things which are so easy to tell
the pitcher to do but so hard for the
twirler to perform herself especially
herself. The stranger nsked for expla
nations from one of the large crowd
which had gathered to witness the per
formance. "Tnose are the Kansns City Rlue
Pelles, organized by Claude East," was
the reply. "They come out here and
practice almost every night after C
o'clock. They have made several trips
to Kansas towns, including Atchison
and Topeka. Can they play ball? Look
nt thorn."
A little negro girl had Just gone to
bat. Tho pitcher "tied herself In a
knot" ns much ns her skirts permitted
and threw the ball with speed that
would do credit to Rube Waddoll. The
batter met It squarely "on tho nose"
and sent it to the embankment on the
opposite side of tho field. Then she
sprinted around for n home ru:i while
the crowd cheered.
Pefore the visitor left he saw some
other wimples of real tiall playing.
Ilam.iln Salea In Japan,
Even In placid Japan they have bar
gain sales, but they conduct them on
very different principles from the scrim
mages we have over here, says the Eng
lish Ladles Pictorial. An amusing
American woman has embodied her ex
periences of traveling alone In Japan
In a most entertaining volume Just pub
lished, whence may be gathered a de
scription of a sale at the greatest trad
ing house in Japan.
The goods are not flung nbout. They
are shown to advantage In locked cases
und tho heads of departments keep the
keys, ltemnnuts, however, are laid on
mats and though there Is keen anxiety
to secure bargains, perfect order and
quiet prevail. .
Pables toddle about quite comforta
bly; others sleep on their mothers'
backs. However orderly and quiet
though the Japanese bargain sale may
be, It Is not free from the shoplifter and
CAUGHT WIT
It Is Interesting to hear that the detec
tive is as necessary In the flowery land
as In England. The kimono sleeve Is a
useful receptacle for unconsidered
trifles.
HAND GRENADES OF WAR OF '12.
Old-Tlmo Ordnance Foonrt at Fort
Henry How They Were laed.
While examining the contents of the
ordnance storehouse at Fort Mcllenry
Lieut. J. L. Holcombe, of the 128ih
toast artillery, discovered several
boxes of old hand grenades which are
supposed to be more than 100 years
old. says the Baltimore American.
The missiles are of the earliest make
used by the United States government,
and were probably placed at the his
toric old fort when It was first erected
In 1S12. Owing to the way In which
they were packed the grenades had
only the slightest trace of rust upon
thAi.
Tho discovery of the weapon recalls
a bit of the ancient history of the
country. In explaining their use Lieut
Holcombe said that the grenades were
handled only by tho grenadiers of the
ship, who, walking out upon the yard
arms of the old fashioned fighting ves
sels, threw them Into the ranks of the
enemy. An explosion followed which
created havoc.
They weigh about four ounds and
are shaped after the fashion of the
bombs used by anarchists, and are
iron and loaded with guniiowder.
Several days after tho discovery one
of (he new recruits at .the fort was
found trying to dry the powder In one
of the missiles by roasting it on the
fire. A report was made to Lieut.
Watson; In command of the iost, who
said that he intended to write to the
authorities and ask permission to
dump them In the middle of Chesa
peake bay, as they wero so old fashion
ed that they would be of practically no
use whatever In modern warfare. ,
foully In Unman Live.
In ancient times the great engineer
ing works were costly In human lives.
The making of the Pod Pea canal is
said to have Involved the loss of no
fewer than 120,(HH) Egyptians. Buc
kle's examination iniuie him believe the
number to have ,l)ccn somewhat exag
gerated, but he gives It as still a guide
to the enormous waste of human life
in those days. The men who kept 2,000
slaves engaged for three years bring
ing a single stone .from Elephan
tine to tho pyramid... did not care a
great deal so long ns In the twenty
years In which one of the pyramids
was a building there were forthcoming
the SOO.OOO men required for the work.
When Father scolds, the this in.
stead of seeing any Justice in his com
plaints, blame Mother for ever bring
ing him into the family.
Some men get ns much satisfaction
out 'of a political campaign as some
women get out of a church revival.
H THE GOODS.
AT QTJEBEQL
These photographs show the mln
following the af palUng disaster to the
new cantilever bridge at Quebec,
which collapsed when the ends were
nearmg the center, carrying 88 work
men down over V,00 feet to death. The
bridge was to have been the largest
In the world. The upper picture shows
the wreck of the bridge around the pier.
The grent size of the collapsed girders
Is shown by contrast with the figure of
a man marked In white. The lower
picture, taken fronv tho bench, shows
where the first span broken loose
from the; pier. Thousands of tons of
steel fell In the collapse of the bridge.
The cut-in work was destroyed from
beyond the first abutment In the St.
Lawrence River clear to the bridge ap
proach on tho heights.
BAR LONG NAILS IN FOOTBALL.
Princeton Flrat I'niveruMy to Inalaf'
on Manicure for Playera.
Manicures will be as essential to the
new football as bonesotters were to the
old, for no match may now be enter
ed Into by any youth who has project
ing finger nails, says the New York
Herald. If it should nappen that he
finds himself on the gridiron without
having compiled with this provision ha
has Just two minuses In which t: avail
himself of the service? of a n.aidcure.
The Trlnceton eleven will be the first'
to feel the need of the attentions of an'
official polisher, nnd that without at
manicure establishment nearer than
Trenton, N. J. ' ,
Some of the candidates for gridiron
honors this fall who are getting ready
to discard their vacation tan say they
could not possibly submit to being
forced to sit nt a little table on the
side lines with one hand In rose water
nnd the other under tin orange-wood
stick.
It will be maddening, thev aver-
when the scrimmage Is at Its height to
have to say something polite to a fair
young thing with yellow hair, who will
Inquire, "Pleasant day, Isn't It? I hav
Just nn awful cold, haven't I? Do X
hurt you? Where do you usually get'
your manicuring done? What do you
think of George Cohan? Lovely weath
er, isn't It? Are you In a hurry?" ,
It stands none tho less written. No.
1, section E, Is ns follows: j
"No player having projecting nails
on his person will be permitted to play
In a match. Penalty, suspension unless
the fault Is corrected In two minutes."
No football player who Is particular
about how his finger nails look could
have them properly manicured In two
minutes, it is feared, but tho length of,
the appendages is left to the discretion
of the umpire.
Several of the youths from Lawrence
preparatory school who are candidates,
for the Princeton team this fall feel;
deeply concerned, for the prevailing:
stylo of football plnyer Is llkelv to ln-i
slst upon having his nails long and ta-i
perlng. 1
When men are left unconscious on'
the field, waiting Identification, It
sounds better In the newspaper dis
patches to say. "their hands were cnroJ
fully manicured and showed them to bo
persons or culture nnd refinement and.
evidently quite unaccustomed to manu
al labor."
It has been suggested that rrlncetoa
retain the services of an lingular ex
pert as a member of the faculty who
can diversify her duties on the aes
thetics of claw burnishing.
Autoirrapua and Holoa-rapha.
"Au autograph," said an antiquary,
"Is worth uotldng, while a holograph
may be worth $1,000 or more. An
autograph of a man Is his simple sig
nature. His holograph Is one of his
signed letters, and its value depends
on its Interest.
"Some men are such fools that they
think autographs valuable and holo
graphs worthless.
"I know a man who found In his
grandfather's chest a lot of Important
letters of Franklin, Washington, Aaron
Purr, Hamilton, Andre and Jefferson.
He read these letters; then he burnt
them, first cutting out the signatures.
"For the signatures he got r0 cents
apiece or thereabouts. For the letters
In their entirety he would have got
from $100 to $r.iK apiece.
"By this loss of about $21,000 the
man learned the difference between an
autograph and a holograph."
Sniiemtltlon and the Wedding Itlng.
When a wedding ring has worn so
thin as to break, the superstitious be
lieve that cither the husband or the
wife will vsoon die. Tills may be re
garded as au obvious superstition nnd
perhaps accounts for the fact that wed
ding rings aro now made so much
thicker and heavier than formerly.-.
Grand Magazine.
Blade Good.
He sld if she refused liim
He'd die and though a kid It
Turned out as lie said it would;
In fifty year he did it.
Houston Post.
Alas, for the lass, who is given to
lassitude!