Nebraska Newspapers

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.'jxota Cotmty Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
IOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
. '.-m
Rppa1.iT Cni'i 'M s:v-, .-. egress wlii
to slow. And ho know., if anybody
flees.
Generally 11 Is t!n Minn who iIim nut
Own btit hil t s nil aUti.illoMlo V. ill ic.nls
tlie fastest 1 i : o.
Some iiji'ii r.ro welched In tho bal
ance nnd r mini wanting, while ollics
are wanting something nil 1he time.
A steer from Oiiinlii h.ts taken first
honors nt tho ('hie.igi livsiook s')w.
Wo limy have to nimo. hat presump
tuous country jot.
. . . .
A Ixi- in jdwayi; tin acceptable
Christmas gift. 1r.it a !!:; leaf I'mvi
a .check lxiok generally brings more
happiness In its tniln.
Some of tin- men who this season
were mistaken for deer mill shot, pruii
ably loft families wlni nre now tryin;;
ts keep the wolf from tho door.
A California limn named Pitcher h:is
boon awarded, u divorce because IiIh
wife drunk to excess. Pitcher mast
have grown tired of suolng her rusli
the can.'
Two nttsbnrg nion have been sen
tenced to the penitentiary for stealing
S cents. lA-t ooplo who nre niMieteil
t the hHhlt of robbing their babies'
bnnks liewiro.
A faint Idea of the destitution pre
vailing la nvtnln portions of India
may hi gathered from the fact that
seme of the naliolm have only thirty
automobiles apiece.
A Brooklyn magistrate has divided
that no woman has tlie right to compel
her- hnsband to scrub the Door. How
can there be equality f the koxcs
while such decisions are handed down?
It Is. alleged that the eagle on the
new ,20 jold piece looks like a goose.
We have been so busy keeping our $'.)
Bold piece la circulation that we have
had no time to notice the contour of
the bird..
It seems like the most natural thing
In the world to hear a Uusslnn prais
ing our. navy. Indeed. It Is one of the
distinctive ehnrnoteiiHtios of the Bus
elnns( tht they have , always kind
words for the United Ktntes.
Please emit n sigh Tor the woman
who mini a New Yorker to rei-over
$ln,000 a damages for two kisses he
hod taken without permission. She
Rot nothing. The jury at least might
hare been yinpathetlc enough to ren
der a verdict that ho return the kisses.
As usual after a financial crisis,
banker. uro the need of establishing
1 this country something like the
Bank of England to manage the nn-
, tlonal currency. Tho present system
is antiquated and bad, and. any su
Bertlon fsr Improvement deserve re-
vspoetftfl examination. ,
SurgeoaOenoraT Blxoy ha, r'tvom.
mende In his annual report that an
order be issued forbidding the use of
cigarette to all persons In the navy
under 21 year old. If the order were
made and enforced. Dr. Wxey says, the
nick-records would be Hmaller and the
general chVleuoy of the service would
be Improved.
' That wt a wise word which Ambas
sador llryco uttered at the oponlug if
the. international Young Men's Chris
tian Association convention In Wash
ington tho oUier day, when he aald that
very upright life counts fur good gov
ernment Tho source of reform n gov
ernment baa always been In the pur
poses of an awakened voter.
In the very American stnto of Okla
homa is a little group of fifteen indi
viduals of as. puro American blood as
can b found In -tho oolmtry! They
. own property to the extout of twelve
square miles, .and are reported to be
In a flourishing condition. TUey are
fifteen buffaloes which were formerly
part of the herd lu the New York Zoo
logical Park. Their Dew home la like
that to which fbelr ancestors were ac-
. customed, and it Is boied they will
thrive better than they could In n city,
and that they will have thousands of
descendants..
."A man." says a newspaper story,
, "made millions In his ninety years of
life by never'" doing the . usual thing."
These are nmuc uf the things he never
did: 'He never traveled;, he never
Joined anything;' he never paid for a
ticket of admission j he never ate In a
tint el or restaurant; his total expendi
ture for csr fare was less than ,no dol
lar; for forty years he had not voted;
he wouldn't smoke, not because 'it was
.harmful, but because It cost him twelve
cents a week. And when he died he
bad amassed f I.fKKVriX). Poor, lone
some old man: The world was no let
ter off for this man. lie took all It
would give, hut he gave nothing In re
turn, either of money or sympathy or
life. So, when he died, Jhoy told about
blin In tho newspapers, und uow'oihers
will upend the money that 'he gave up
everything to gut her. Thvbt, can't 'be
many who care whether he is gone or
not. -Probably !u hn l a few who loved
lilm, because the moat unlovable us
are nearly nlweys loved l y o;ue, '.ly
I!ut there Isn't any nre. t full of fri."i,V.
who feel tlint snii'.r!.l -g leu goiie i,::;
of their live'. IK ha.-irt left an empty
phHv; for he i:eviv cired ii'i.mt -otlr
H?op!e cr other thiivji, or to nee nrf
know and li:i(t; r:'!iMnl r,.d f el. linj fn
put out his hind g,.i 1-...M toe
hiind of the -fir. Volmr. Ilvlir: w.ir!d
nroirid h!''.i. I'e.iple . :y "'"Init's a
ijueer'sN'ry !" It's ino-v i!:ii( a i)i'. 'er
H.iry.' It l a tr;-g-.:y, Iicmus:- i
U till- s'ncy ' a i in.i y.-.'io .1! -.1 j,ihj
be h.:d hr.i:i ;.- i!ve,
Ry a happy dh: M r e. i n unveil
ing of ii ii'.iinir;i:l il.itiii to (J' icon vic
toria at I.eiiii.- K'.-o'IaiiiJ, fcl ou the
day of the publication of tbs first vol
umes of her , letters. Lsrd Btusbory
mrile the address at tho un. tilling,
nnd although he did not allude to the
letters, his oration was. precisely In
the spirit of them. They rsvoal a
simple, oaruoHt, womanly' nature, with
V.o hint of the Intrlgno and Jealousy
mid self-seeKlug which so commonly
hedg.. a throne. The queen's devotion
to tlm dtitles of every day, as her lot
tees reveal It, her rigid Impartiality
when she wns called upon to deal with
men some of whom she disliked as
much as she HkM others, her gentle
tlrniiN'ss when her ministers tried to
igi;o'e her, and her Insistence that she
would not delegate her actual rospon
MMIity to any other hand these ara
Cie trails of a good mother quite as
iiuiHi ns those of n groat qneon. Txird
llosebory dwelt upon her womanliness
m il its utiroekoned powers for good.
Speaking of the tlsy when, ns a mere
girl, s'le came to the throne, he snld,
"'Jiieen Vletorln was then, as It were,
th. child, the darling of tlie peojile,
and she lived to become their venerat
ed mother." "Mothering" her subjects
wns n noble work for a lifetime. To
this Ixird Itosobery bad the courage
to add one other ground for natlonnl
obligation to her. "Not tho least of
Ihe service that she reidered to us,"
he boldly dnelnrod, "Is the effect of her
Ir.ilulng and example iiihiu the present
King." It was a fitting time and place
for n grave tribute to tho royal moth-j
-i n lojiii will. in uuriwnr, wme lll)l(-
matist, peueemakor, he Is doing honor
to her training, nnd showing the world
how the mother be sho high or lowly
-rwlelds s power beyond tho queen's.
Nothing In the development of Amer
ican taste Is more hopeful than the!
waning of tho spread-eagle oratory'
and of turgid rhetoric In writing. The,
passing of tho pompons and artificial;
In public discourse may be witnessed!
throughout tho Kiigllsli-fqieaklng world.i
for the faults of tho old style, like
many American fallings, were not po-l
miliar to this country. In a recentl
address at Edinburgh University Mr.,
lialfour said that.. good public speak
In:? Is merely heightened conversation.!
That Is. It Is nntural. sincere, but pol-i
Ished and correct; Just as In fiction
the conversation sounds like peoplai
talking, but Is easier nnd mors firmly'
constructed than the spokpw sentences;
of real life. In the old ,day the law-'
ery: manner, employed by a master,;
could convey groat matter and achlevej
poetic lieauty. Webster could talk ln
periods 'and " not "sound like play-
acting." But much which pa.sned with!
our forefathers for eloquence would
seom to us prolix and falxe. The mas
ters of the old style were splendid,
but their imitators were dull and hys
terical. The lieghinlng of the change
came when men, like Lincoln and
Ileecher and the cool headed politi
cians of moderij England and America
turnnd flielr thoughts, not to the
sounding-board nor to a select audi
ence, but to millions of people. Their
words had to stand the test of print,
and be road by a growing multitude,
which wished above all things to un
derstand what was meant. Tna Speak
er of the Urltlsb. House of Commons,
'in a recent address, gave a hint which
explains tho change. He said thnt the
most elToettve orator at the present
time is he who best understands and
has mastered his subject In former
times the punos of the crator was
to stir up his hearers to lead them
to act, although they might not know
why they were to act To-day the ob
Jict Is .to coavince, and thorough
preparation and simple, direct dis
course are mora effective for that thaa
ornate sentences and the abundant
gesticulation of the earlier method.
CLOTHES SHOW NATIONALITY.
Chararterlatls Fmtmrrm mt Ilea's
nraaa Hers u4 Abroad.
A man's dresw Invariably proclaims
whonud what ho U; it la an Index to
his character, his tastes and his na
tionality; and without maklag a too
nbtnwe stuily It Is posalMa to Indlcato
those feature which proclaim tha na
tionality of the wearer, says the Tailor
ami Outter. Of course there la an aris
tocracy of the nations who ars difficult
to distinguish except by some, peculiar
ity of face or figure. Tlia4r clothing is
rotlnad and tasteful and leads one to
bellevo that their garments are Londoa
made, us they are free from those glar
ing peculiarities which characteri the
products of other countries.
Tlw American's garmssts are gener
ally quite two sizes too largo for him,
the collar of his cost is ssooedlngly
narrow awl tlie Blsmhlers and back ex
cessively wide. Ills Jackets are often
extremely long ami hU 1 rowers peg
tops finished with raised seams. Ills
favorite (jsnnenta are the lounge and
Chesterfield, and these are often fin
ished with as much ornamentation as
possible. Bilk facing, braided edgss
and fantastic flaps are all characteris
tic of his dress, while he also pays a
good deal of attention to his hat, tie
and cuffs.
The Cerman Is In many Instances n
modified American. He likes plenty of
room, especially about his chest, which
part, of .his anatomy he delights to
make much of; consequently there Is
often n seam up the front of his coat
from the waist. In cut his garments
are angular and In style he favors the
(nornlng coat and lounge. There Is a
lack of personality alnit tho attire, and
one can invariably detect the result of
his military training In tlie uniformity
of his garments.
The Spaniard Is a imxIinVd form of
the Frenchman. Ills g-irnients are
tast.'ful nnd neat. If t!i. weather Is
nultalile 'he dUinrili n vest, mil bis
; '.! are ilo-e titling and U'iU'1,',1
with a low roll. Ceuer.illy speaking
there Is l.'s pjvulliuit.v to note alhuit
the Spaniard's dress t tin u whli many
others:
A I n a )- it t II.
, Mi!. Prase My husband and I nev
er diiipu'e liefore the children. W
nlva (.end them out wlien n quarrel
Keeii!.s IniJiilnejit. Mis Sharp Ah, I'va
ofnu wondered why they're so much
ill the snvet 1
! you know a man who docs his
work with greater case than you do
jours? Why'not leuru from hliu?
tTNCLE SAM'S
Chicago Tribune.
NEW ARMY BXTLLET.'
Bellavad to n Improvement Over
On Son In Vnr.
The new army bullet has a sharp
point It will Increase the effectiveness
of long-range infantry and cavalry fire
in battle, because the de
crease fn the trajectory
enlarges the danger ssone.
Tho new bullet re
quires an elevation of
the rear sight of the gun
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S I J juma less lor
9 Q 1,0()0 yaixls fire than the
100(1 standard govern
ment bullet It requires
half the wind allowance,
has a trajectory of about
33 per cent less than the
oj
old bullet, and Its muzzle
velocity Is 2,700 feet per second, as
against 2,200 feet per second of the
loot! model. It has a sharp Instead of
a round point, and Is slightly longer
than the one now In use.
The philosophy of the new bullet Is
thnt the sharp point cuts the air as
the prow of a boat cuts the water, and
sends It off from the sides at an angle
of about 30 degrees. The round point
of the old bullet causes the air to hug
Its sides, and the resistance to be over
come Is on the sides ns well as at the
poiut, and Is, therefore, greater than
that which the new bullet has to en
counter. Thl9 tends to Increase tlie ve
locity nnd flattcu the trajectory nnd so
not only renders the fire more accurate
but considerably enlarges the danger
zone of long-range fire. With the pres
ent style bullet In nse, at 800, 1)00 or
1,000 yards, an opposing force of Infan
try Is absolutely wife at any point
within the range up to 230 yards in
front of the firing line, and a cavalry
force Is absolutely safe at some polU(
within the range. This Is due to the
height of the arc descrllied by the pro
jectile In Its flixht through the air,
and Is frequently taken advantage of
In time of war by scouts who wish to
get nearer the enemy than the main
body of troops can approach. In tho
recent rifle contests at Kansas City
team captains and others who were In
terested In the work of the men shoot
ing spent much time between the firlm:
jHiInt and the targets In order to ob
' tain a better view of tho targets, nnd
'their position, apparently dangerous.
' was perfectly safe. With the flatten
ing of the trajectory, or arc, this safe
ty tone Is greatly decreased and the
effectiveness of the fire, therefore, In
creased In tlm same proportion.
From a humanitarian standpoint, the
new bullet Is said to be suiHTlor to
tho old one becauso It cuts a cleaner
hole, with less tearing and mutilation
of the tissues, thau did tlie round
pointed bullet, nnd. paradoxical as It
may sound, is really less hurtful.
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STRENGTH OF LEADING NAVAL POWERS
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Itrltunnln .tlll rules the seas, as the above picture hos. wi''!o l'ncl
8iuu Is now second in lighting tonnage, having passed France' rcvrtly Ii
number of enlisted nieii tlreat ltritaln's lead is even more htriklng. as de
plctinl In black figures. England has !is.l7:i men. tho L'niteil Stute OI.'J-HJ.
Urance 42,40i., tienusuy 41,070, Januu 31,002.
PIPE . OP PEAC.
though more deadly, than . the bullet
now In use.
The new bullet Is superior to the
old for long-range fire only, and has
not yet been adopted by the army for
rupid-ilre or skirmish work or for any
work at less than (MM) yards.
The pointed bullet Is uot a new Idea.
Various types of It have been In usu
In other countries for more than ten
years. Thu United States is the last
nation u to adopt it, but by delaying
has been able to produce the most ef
fective bullet yet manufactured. This
wns proven In the recent International
mnteh for the Palnm trophy, when the
American team, using the new bullet,
not only won the match over six teams
from other nations, but. broke the
world's record for Individual and team
rifle fire.
Liked the Test.
Spejiklng of the letter "h," a writer
snys: "Curiously enough, the 'h' Is not
dropiied north of Yorkshire, nnd Scot
land, with characteristic thriftiness.
takes the utmost care of It Ireland
Is prodigal In emphasizing It, and si
far ns I know tho colonies are also
sound on this point Only England re
fuses to aspirate. Sometimes her con
istent inaccuracy In this niattcr, Is
Amusing enough.
"For example, there Is n village In
the custom counties which rejoices in
tho name of Haw. A parishioner wns
nskod what he thought of n stransu
preacher who hnd been holding a serv
ice in tlm village.
"'Well,' he snld, 'I liked the gent Io
nian. 'Is tex' was Just suited to u:i
folk.'
"'Why, what wns his text?'
" 'It wore n tex' from the Psalms,
"Stand In hawe and sin not" it sound
ed so 'onioly lolko. "
It IMdu't Work.
"I can't keep the visitors from com-
lng up," said the office boy, dejectedly.
"When 1 iy you're out they don't be
lieve inc. TJuy suy they must so
you." , ,
, "Well," said' tho editor, "just tell
them that's what they all sny. I don'l
care if you cheek them, but I mus!
have quietness."
That afternoon there called at th
office a lady with hard features and an
neiil expression. She wanted to see tlu
editor, and the boy assured her thnt it
was Impossible.
"Hut I numt see hliu!" sho protested.
''I'm his wife!"
-That's what they all say," replied
the Imy.
That Is why he found hlmseif on tlm
floor, with the lady sitting on his neck
and smacking his head with a ruler,
and thnt Is why there Is a i.ew boy
wanted there.
Don't be like the hen; When It lays
nn egg It does nothing else all day but
call attention to It.
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THE CHILD AS A C0i:i. ...
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Iron, or . so they struggle to g';t
hold of ihildren to make money out
of them. The annual report from
the Southern co'.tou mills tells u
Unit tiO.t'OO children under 14 yours
of age out of 200,000 taxtilo work
ers are In the mills. More appalling
still Is the story of child labor In
the glass industry.
KXV. It. D. HI I.MS.
Carry the atmosphere of overflowing kindness and sym
pathy toward all children. Make friends with bootblacks
and newsboys on the streets. P.eioiig to nt least one
boys' club, class, Sunday school or settlement. Become a
friend of some poor family. Give thoni good counsel and
advice, and In the time of crisis tide them over their
emergency. Keep In touch with those noble physicians
who always will step in, and, without any charge what
oever, help carry your oor family or poor child through
their trouble. Make friends with tlie schisil teacher re
lated to the workiugman's household. Sjieak for chil
dren's playgrounds and tho park. Help see to it that u9
man In store or factory hns degraded childhood or coined
children Into business ns a commercial assot, lest you full
under condemnation.
DON'T TAKE LOVE FOR GRANTED.
By Helen Oldficld.
i
There Is an old story of a man who wroto to
the editor of a famous newspaper asking for
simple and certain directions how to distin
guish toadstools from edible mushrooms, lie
complained that he was uunble to undurstand
the difference as explained lu the book, and
said that he wanted something plain and defi
nite. Tho answer given was: "Eat thoiu.
If they kill you, they are toadstools. If you
nrvlve, without the aid' of a stomach pump, you may
conclude they are mushrooms."
In like manner, when a man In In low with a woman
DAWN IN THE COUNTRY.
The sun is lifting up its bend .
And nodding to tlie world ;
Ths morning glory's left its bed.
Its petals psdc unfurlud.
I)awn chased away tho will-o'-wisp ;
The owls no longer soe ;
Tht bird-notes float out clear ami crisp
From yonder willow tree.
The brook is rippling fresh and bright
Along ths deep ravino.
Past violets blue and violets white,
i Past ferns and grasses green ;
The dew has left the clover sweet
Where bei begin to hum;
And to the poppies in tbs wheat
i The butterfllm have come.
So waken, ere the scene is gone:
' Refresh your weary eyes
Upon the beauties of the dawn
'Neath summer's country skies. '
Ladies' Horns Journal. 1
5n
Everybody in Three Pine,- said It wu
a good thing whou at' ttio close of tha
Bpring term of court Legale lilnglu
a divorce from Tod Iliuglc.
People said they were surprised that
she showed enough sense to take back
her maiden nume. For over since she
had run away at the age of 1(5 with
Ted lliugle, who was not so very much"
older, and married him with a future
assured by nothing further tiian Ted's
contagious laugh and ability to see a
Joke, Lesste had been regarded by the
populace as beyond hope.
They did net relent even when all
their prophecies of wim to follow were
fulfilled. They said they did not sec
what else she could have expected and
It was ouly a proper judgment upon
her. To some people It Is one of the
chief joys of life to witness retribu
tion descending where they think it is
most needed. .
It certainly descended on Iessle. The
four years of her married life had gono
stendlly from, bad to worse ana ut
last even the two-room cottage, with
the leaky roof and broken window
panes, was no longer possible, because
tho cold weather was coining ou and
there was uo fuel, even If there had
been a decent stove in which to burn It
The lack of proRT food she was used
to one can get used to many things
in four years but the cold was diffpr
ent, especially as sho had tho baby to
consider.
After she had taken the fat and pla
cid 0-uionth-old youngster aud herself
back to her own people In sheer des
peration the maledictions which her
relatives poured out on Ted Uingle en
couraged her to the point of socking a
divorce. The current of bitterness In
I.eshle's owu heart had only required
accelerating. If Ted had boon consis
tently brutal toward her sht could
hne hated him with bettor grace, but
she could not forget the brief Intervals
when he could stay at home, laughing
and careless and attractive as ever,
with the few dollars he had earned
trapping up the river or working by
the day.
Then would come long spells of ab
sence or drunkenness, followed by re
pentance. Meanwhile the family ex
chequer was absolutely empty.
Those had Ik-oii years of hard tin! for
Lessle over washlub aud In other wom
en's homes at Iiousccleaiilng time, 'i'lie
town.-people gave her credit nt least
for IxNirlng her lot uncomplainingly.
P.ut the Imliy had changed all this.
What s!'o had s'o.h! she refused to en
dure for I lie child.
After the decree I.essie left tk; baby
at h.iuse with her mother and sister
nnd went to work for the Grahams.
TV Grahams had the nicest house lu
town. lassie's room, which was gor
goousncss itself compared with what
she had always h-id, was uot the least
of her good luck. Them actually una a
servants' bathroom at the Grahams
4ou lu white enamel. Likewise she
I Her Faith i
u, m.
- ASSET.
D wight HllUs.
struggle over oil, or
CAUiOIX d. whig n r.
had a gas stove and Mrs. Graham
rarely came Into the kitchen to Inter
fere. Three Pines, looking over all these
items of good fortune, sighed In satis
faction and said It hopsd.LessIe ap
preciated what luck she was in. Sho
wns more comfortably housed than
nlne-tentlis of the population and actu-.
ally earned money, though she did not
work ns hard as she had done previous
ly. Since sho had seen tlie .4f: of
her ways there still might be hope for
her. Ted Hingle was eliminated from
her life and perhaps now she could
gain a little ieaee and happiness.
Three Pines was disposed to mitigate
Its opinion of Lcssie's Intellect nnd to
think that perhaps she had some sense
after all. '
Whenever she could take time from
her work Lesaie always hurried home
to see the baby.
"Of course he's getting along all
right !" her mother would say. "Better'n
when you were with him ! Oh, he cries
some, but thou 1 have to do my work
and can't hold him all the time. That's
foollshneiis!"
Lessio had been working for the Gra
ham's four months and was thinner
and paler than ever when Mrs. Grn-
I ham came into the kitchen doubtfully
one day.
"Lcssle," she said, "Tod P.ingle Is
In town. Mr. Graham saw him lu the
.street yesterday. I thought you might
like to know "
I.ossle tightened her lips and the
cake spoou bent In her hand. "I don't
rtli PUT OUT A DETA1NIN0 HAND.
care," she said lu a hard littla voice.
"What difference does Ted ISiugle make
to me ?"
"I.essie lias got all over her Infatua
tion for that worthless fellow," Mrs.
Graham explained to' her husband with
a satisfied sigh that evuu'.ng.
Lessie was iroliiL' In nt tlie Lit. !,...,
door at dusk a few days later when
iwi put out a detaining naml and
stopped hor. "I I 'want to talk to you,
Lesaie," stiinmii'ivd he. "An" I want
to hear about the the baby."
When Mrs. Graham handed Lessle
her wages Saturday night tlie girl
raised her head defiantly. "I'm going
to leave," sbe said. "Ted and I were
married Hgnlti this afternoon. We
the baby an' I nre going back to him.
He says he's hud his lesson, Mrs. Gra
ham. He snys he'll work steady:"
Throo Pines hnd no words to express
Its disgust with Lessle F.iwtle. People
siy that the next time she has to leave
Ted find strike out for iKMstOf she mav
Ii l i work, but she c.iu never ho;.e for
a white enameled bathroom nnd a gas
range su 'h as sho had before und de
liberately threw away. Moreover l'iv
say, It w ill only serve her right. 1 ul
cago I "ally New s.
Ihe liurrh Fair.
"None but the brave deserve the fair."
Aye! None but the brave a fair would
dare ;
For when the "fair" ladies begin their
advances
Sure, every man present has got to
take cliniuvs.
Tho Catholic Standard and Times.
ml ' Hfe
and desires to know whether sho n-clprocatcs his attach
ment, the inot certain and quickest way of finding out Is
to ak her. True, women nre "kltlle cattle," and do not
always know their own minds, nor menti what they say;
still, generally, the presumption Is thnt when a woman
promises to marry a man she Intends to do so, und Is In
lovo with him.
Of course it must be remembered that (here Is a great
deal in knowing when and how to ask. Many a uiUn,
who otherwise niiht havo won, has failed because he had
no discernment of the' proper psychological moment, nnd
has proposed Inopjiortuuely, when his Inamorata was not'
4u the humor to be pleased with him, or, fur that hiatter,
with anything else in the world.
WOMAN IN INDUSTRIAL UPBUILDING.
By Carroll D. Wright
The rich nnd. powerful employer,
with the adjuncts of education and
great bushiest training, holds in his
I ii 11 nonce something more than tho
meuns of subsistence for those he
employs; he holds J heir moral' well
being In his keeping. In so far as
it is in Ills Hwor.-to hold their
morals. He Is something more than
a producer; he Is an Instrument of
God for the upbuilding of the race.
Woman shares In this upbuilding,
for the new Industrial order has
opened u field of Independent em
ployment for her. From tho opportunity to enter Indus
trial pursuits she has fought her way up in the ranks
of labor until she can stand on the plane of the highest,
whether in the professions or In the nrts.
She Is au economic factor now, nnd her Importance Is
recognized. To-day, both for men nnd for women, the
whole matter of the consideration of their condition be
comes Intellectual. They nre curried onward nnd up
ward by the power of mental activity, and cannot be
treated separately, as of a class, ns they could In the
oldoii time, because lu the olden time they were neither a
social uor a political factor.
jf. .tin
Invention
The liunimlug bird In Australia, na
less fliiin man, protects Its habitation
with a lightning rod. The humming
bird, before a devastating thunder,
storm bursts, prudently covers the out
skk of its little nost with cobweb.
Silk Is a non-conductor of electricity,
and since cobweb is silk tho humming
bird's nest Is thereby rendered light-ulng-proof.
In a recent article in the Street Hail,
way Journal on "Transportation Fa
cilities In South America" it is stated
thut transportation Is so difficult over
the mountains that the coal imported
Into Eollviu for the railway's own use
costs about $'!() jht ton. At La Paz
abundant timber grows within lifty
miles from the mountains, but trans
portation Is so diilicult that trolley
poles and lumber for building opera
tions are brought from Oregon, a dis
tance of thousands of miles.
A- sanitary garbage wagon used In
Berlin, says Popular Mechanics, is com
pletely covered by a large hood of sheet
metal, with a rt or chute or funnel,
which elongated upon the roof of the
hood curves downwnrd at the back end,
where It Is open to receive the refuse.
The garbage is placed upon a movable
platform under the mouth of the chute
and raised by chains into the luteiior.
A trap ihKir opens by tho turning of a
lever und tho box diverts its contents
into the body of the wagon, odor and
all.
The British Admiralty has Instruct
ed tlie commanders of nil ships of war
furnished with wireless telegraph up-,
pa rat us to telegraph to meteorological
stations with which they may be in
communication full details concerning
the weather at sea. This. now brunch'
of the English meteorological service
has already proved valuable, and-it is
.believed that Its importapce will con
tinually increase. Weather information
from the sea Is of special value In the
British Isles, been urn the great storms
generally approach across tlie ocean,
and not, ns In the eastern half of
the I'uited-States, across a broad con
tinent nutted with telegraphs.
By crossing and selection, a now va
riety of cattle, known us the Bordolalse
race, bus been developed in Southwest
ern France. Tlie two parent varieties
nre the Holland and the Breton cattle,
the one famous for the abundance
of
their milk, the other for their
vision of butler. The I'.ordelnlse
pro
race. whoso tlrst herd book appeared lu issn.
vSl,
of
Is said to combine the excellences
Us two progenitors. Its most charac
teristic pxtoiv.itl mark s tho black-and-white
tiger pattern covering tlie body.
In tlie pure breed the head is entirely
black. Tb;- mine, conies from the city
of Bordeaux, the metropolis of tlie re
gion where the new race Is bred.
It Is a matter of i o;:;:nim observation
that grass dues in t grow ro well cioso
to trees as in the open. Tho same Is
true of graiv:x. Experiments in Eng
land and In ihis country hive shown
that the deletcr;i its etVi.:-;s of the near
niig'ilx'irhood t-f grass and trees 'are
mutual. The live- suTcr lis well as
the grass and gnin. This is especially
true of fruit trees. Ti'.ii cause Is us
crltuil to tin- eeie!i n by the trees,
on the one hand, of substances prison
ous to the grass, and by the grass, on
the other h.ml. of s;ibs;ai:oos poison
ous to the ire s. it ,1 s e.:rs that
the iaihire '1'.; -ass I . . . well near 'V
trees should nul ' ' to torn
much sb i le.
the tree Vool
id by the :;
r o , ii. ion by -J
f t ';e ii i 0 .'.' need-
Tour. in 'i ii
"Some men," i
close wif in-.:. i.
much I'uiii a I
would f'ui.i a br
ton Star.
'r llt-uriihtrlutfa.
1.1 t'l: -i." Klicn, "Is so
ii;.( ('. y s. lifers ns
''.I'll !?-'! bill as (ley
;'u iic.iri." Washing-
It Is mi oas matter to accomplish
some great things, otherwise the av
erage uiuu wouldn't e. en have a look-lnw