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Dakota County Herald Dakota crrr, ircn. JOHN It. REAM, PaMIsher When n i. mi a won't she won't find the rens.iu she won't Is ticcnuse. Aeronautics Is not In Its Infancy, by ny moans, but "aviation" Is Just get ting Its eyes ojx-n. Before going out In a small boat se lect the neat which you Intend ti oc cupy until you gt bark to the shore. After a United Rtntes warship Is six or seven years old It mnkes one of the best targets Imaginable; but not for any gunners except our own. . Evelyn Thaw Is to get nn allowance of $1,000 a mouth for sticking to Harry, which Is more than she could make behind a rltlon counter. Inasmuch ns there lire to be no more Caleb Towers trials, Kentucky might concentrate Its energies now upon the. Work of eliminating the night riders. A Boston man hns been accepted by a girl to whom he proposed 208 times. We're willing to lief, however, that l.e didn't get down on his knees every fxe. Many a sweet girl graduate who Is thinking now only of a "career" niny be more or less surprised to find her sel In the June bride class next year. According to n Tex"ns paper, "some peoplo marry because they want a com rade In arms." Many other marry be cause they want a reliable commissary department An Indian woman named Mrs. Co-ABtCbo-Nah-To-Yor-Vltty was recently granted a divorce In St Louis. We bope she also received permission to resume her maiden name. Financial persons who object to the term "flying machine" are at perfect liberty to call the thing an aerodrome, an aeroplane, an areobat an aeromo blle, or an airship. This la a free coun try. The old square pianos have lost caste to such an extent that dealers no longer take them In part payment for new pianos. And they are too heavy and cumbersome to put In the attic. Tbelr pomo Is Ichabod. An Anglo-Indian, says nn English newspaper, gave the following "char acter" to his native cook, who exhib ited It with much complacency: "This servant has been with me for six months, it seems much longer. He leaves on account of 111 health. My HI health." A few years hence,' according to Dr. Jackson, every man who has not had flit AnrUtn1l tnmnwnA " 1 t . 1 . i , , I rt in utj BUUJ11I. to appendicitis. But Dr. Woods Hutch inson says that when the average man baa passed the ago of 50 he has no np pendla It has disappeared. Still, this does not tend to reassure the except ional man. The Ameer of Afghanistan, some of whose subjects have been attacking the British on the frontier of India, has Issued a decree that, anyone who preaches a war against the English will have his tonguo cut off, and that any one who leaves Kabul for the purpose of fighting tho British will have his feet cut off. That seemswhatever else may be said of It to be an apt application of the principle of making the punishment fit the crime. There was no opposition In Congress, and there will be none anywhere, to tho pension which hns been voted to tho widows of the late MaJ. James Carroll, Burgeon, U. a A., and the late acting Assistant Burgeon Jesse W. Lnzear, II. 8. A. Both of these men made great contributions to the knowl edge of the relation of the mos quito to yellow fever, and both of them demonstrated their confidence in the theory by voluntarily submit ting to Inoculation with yellow fever, and forfeited their lives by so doing. The annuity of one hundred and tweuty-flve dollars a month which the widows will receive Is certainly not an excessively generous recognition iiy tho nation of tho eourugo, and public spirit of theso army surgeons. The Into King Carlos of Portugal was the only monarch of his time who d. otcd himself to scientific research for the good of Ills people. Becoming dec ly Impressed with the Importance of fisheries to a large number of his sub Joels, he determined to study the dis tribution mid hublts of thu different kinds of fish 111 the Port agnize seas. Beginning in 1SIH5, be spent a part of each succeeding year until his death on bU yacht, named Amelia, after his Queen, iorsonnlly superintending tho work of sounding, dredging, the collec tion uud preservation of specimens. Hut bis services were not confined to the ocean, for be took an active interest In the welfare and pursuits of thu ag ricultural people. "Dressed like (im of themselves," says Sir C. U. . ir. bam In the Geographical Journal, "the king was well known on the hillsides and lu the farmstead." He planned to prepare a complete manual of thu birds of Portugal, and published two sections on the thrushes and warblers. containing notes on each bird, with bis observations on Its first appearance and departure, locality and bnhlts, and thlrtyulne largo colored plates. The ' results of his oeoiinor.iphic campaigns are given In six volumes, the title pnires having the simple statement, "par . Carlos de Brasanra" "by Dom Carlos of Briigunza." Emigration from this country con tinues nt an astonishing rate. Depar tures -of tlit month of May numbered 75,31."j. Tho total emigration f,,r the first five months of the calendar year amounted to .".is,.",it, and for th Hrst eleven days of June there was an addi tion of 20.2S3. Immigration was very much mailer, the total for the live months being but 100,513, and this strange condition of affairs comes soon after the fiscal year that gave us the largest Immigration In our history. In the one month of May, 1007. the Immi gration was considerably greater than the returns for the five months of this year. The Immigration for May, 1000, was l.V),907. There Is always emigra tion as well as Immigration, but for the first five months of 1007 It was only 114,137, or 204,2.11 less than tfie fig ures for this year. In contrast with this year's Increase there Is a decrease In Immigration for the same period ot more than 400,000. The cause of tbt change is, of course, the depression 10 brslness. following upon a time of ex traordinary prosperity, but this general explanation loaves much to be desired. While we agree with those who say Unit what has hapicnod Is a remark able exhibition of automatic regulation, It would Is? interesting to know the rea sons that are effective In many Individ ual cnRrs. Manifestly the emigrant! can hardly be the jsiorest of tbelr kind, since tin? poorest are not likely to hav the means to travel. Furthermore, the prospects are not so bright In Eurrtpe ns to be altogether alluring. The emi grants should carry considerable cnpl tnl with them to support them after1 they return home. But even If thd poorest remain It would seem that thoj effect of this outflow must bit to rasa the comiK'tltlon In the labor market. hnd there Is no expectation that then will lie any reversal of tho present tendencies for some time to come. I Is said that tho steamship companlei believe that tho emigration will coni tlnue In a largo stream, and also thad owing to the changed conditions the Imj migration officials have found It necest sary to reduce the number of their em ployea. Injustice to Consumptives. In tho past fow years the public knowledge of the nature of tubercu losis, and of the means by which It la spread, has been greatly Increased. It Is universally recognized now that this la an Infectious disease, capable of being communicated from the sick to the well, and that an unlustructed or a careless consumptive Is a menace to tho community In which ho lives. It Is known that his expectoration contains the germs of the disease, and that Tf It Is recklessly deposited on the floors of public buildings or In the street It dries, and the bacilli which It contains are carried by the dust to the throats and lungs of others. So much has been said of this dan ger,. In the effort to suppress tho dirty habit of expectoration, that the pendu lum has begun to swing too far the other way, and tho belief is gaining ground that the consumptive, not mat ter what bis habits or mode of life, is a person to be shunned. This la cruel, and adds unnecessary weight to the load of suffering tho con sumptive has to bear. It has led to the barring of health resorts against the subjects of tuberculosis, to tho dis charge from their positions 6f wage earners who nro- affected In tho slight est degree, and even to attempts to Iso late tho tuberculous as If they were lepers and pariahs. It Is time In tho name of humanity that something was said on the oilier side, and thnt the public should be told that a consumptive who Is cleanly In his habits, and Is careful to destroy the expectorated matter by using paper napkins or specially dovised cups Which can bo burned, Is In no sense dangerous to his fellows. A properly conducted sanatorium, filled with tuberculous patients, Is In deed one of tho safest places for a per son with a supposed tendency to the disease to reside. A consumptive should not sleep In tho sumo bed with a well person, cs jieclally a child, should refrain from kissing others, should not use towels or eating utensils In common, should not talk while directly fuclng his compan ion In close proximity, should hold a handkerchief before his mouth when coughing, and should observe the well known rules regarding exploration. That Is all. If -ho Is careful to ob serve these simple precautions for tho sake of his fellows, tho public has no reason to shun him. lie can llvo at homo, can mingle with his family, and go Into the society of others without tho slightest fear of do ing them harm. Ills lot, llko that of any sick person, Is u hard mm. hut It should not be made harder by the Igno rant and unreasoning fear of those who have misinterpreted tho well-lntcntlonod warnings of plo-wlelans. According to lloj le. Bev. Joseph Gravely (giving his views of thu evils of curd playing dur ing a pastoral call) As I was saying, 1 inn in doubt Parrot (Interrupting engerly) When you aro In doubt play truuii. And no member of that family has been able to neiMunt for tho parrot's utteranco to the satisfaction of the pastor. reunion inim-h. Ills SunVrtnif . "Your debts don't sem to worry yixi much." "That's where you wrong me," an swered the genial but Impecunious ht son. "I have a highly sympathetic na ture, ami I can't lsglu to tell you how it disturbs me to see my cerdltors so worried.- Sometimes I almost wish they'd keep away.'" Washington Star. frank About It. Slum Store Salesman What slse would you like, madam? Miss Larjun I'd like a No. but there's no use talking about that. You may us well show wo your No. 3's. Loudon Tele- j grnp'i. MAJ. OEJI. WILSON. On of tha Nine Onrvlvlns; Geaerals nl the lit II War. Of tho 253 major generals and those of superior rank, upon whom fell tho military rcsjionslbilitlcs of the field during' the course of the Civil War, there are only nine survivors. Of these Major General James Harrison Wilson, famous cavalry leader and en gineer officer, Is president of the Cav alry Society of the Armies of the Unit ed States. General Wilson was lorn In Shaw nectown, III., In 1S37. Ills grandfather was one of tho founders of Illinois and his father was an ensign In the war of 1812 and a captain In the Black Hawk War. General Wilson was edu cated at McKendree College and at the United States Military Academy, fronl which be graduated In 1800. He wag assigned to the corps of topographical engineers and was the chief engineer of the Port Royal expedition. He then served In the Department of the South, and acted as aide-de-camp to General George B. McClcllan, being present at the battles of South Mountain and An- tletam. Appointed lieutenant colonel ; In the volunteer staff of the army, ha November. 1802. ho served as rhlef en- : guimr and Inspector general of the Army of tho Tennessee, and was active In the operations around VIcksburg. He became captain of engineers in May, 1S03, and brigadier general of volun teers In October of that year and waa ngagpd In the operations near Chat tanooga, the battle of Missionary Ridge 1 - IIUA MA JOB GENERAL WILSON. and tho relief of Kuoxvllle. Placed la command of the third division of the Cavalry Corps In tho Army of tho Potomac, he bore a conspicuous part In the operations under General Philip II. Sheridan, Including the Richmond raid and the combats near Petersburg. He led his division through the Shenan doah campaign, Including the battle of Opequan, until October, 1804, when he was assigned to tho command of tho Cavalry Corps of tho military division of tho Mississippi. Organizing a mount ed body of 15,000 men, he contributed largely to the success won In the west by the armies of General Thomas and General Sherman, particularly by hla capture of Sol in a and Montgomery, Ala., and Columbus and Macon, Ga. In 28 days he captured five fortified cities, 23 stands of colors, 2SS guns and 0,820 prisoners, among them Jef ferson Dnvls. April, 1805, he was pro moted major general of volunteers. In January. 18C0. ho was mustered out of tl)e volunteer service and In July 1 was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-fifth Infantry and brevetted There's th' devilish thing iu n toombler major general In tho U. S. A. for gal-! av warrutn wather at thl3 blissld mln lant and meritorious services during ' nut. Judge. tho WOT. I Mnnmvi (Inrul irrneloiis. Georclo! In 1870 he was honorably discharged and engaged lu largo railroad and en-1 glneering operations at home and Goorgie No, mamma. You know Fred abroad. In May, 1S08, he was com- ,n0 stutters, nod we bet he couldn't say missioned major general In the volun- "nitltiiillnoiislv" before Bobbie ran tcer service for the Spanish war and commanded the First and Sixth Army Corps In Georgia nnd Cubu and took part In tho Porto Rico campaign. He waa with the China Relief Expedition nnd commanded the co-operating force of American and British troops In the capture of eight Chinese temples. He also commanded the American forces in Teklng. When King Edward of En gland was crowned General Wilson rep resented the United States Army, He was placed on the retired list In 1001 by Bpeclal act of Congress as brigadier tencral of the U. S. A. Too Hard to I'rononnc. A well-dressed man entered a flor ist's shop In a certain city recently, threw down a dollar and said hi wuuted some flowers to take home. He was quite unsteady, evidently taper ing off a spree, and tho flowers wers apparently. Intended as a domestic peuee. offering. The florist picked out a collection of caller started to hvaelnths, and tin ' lllano rr,1" "", hnUM' without usslst le'ave, but at the dool anceV"-Tbe Throne. hesitated. "I say," he said, thickly, "what's those tlowers called?" "Hya cinths," suhl the florist The customer slkook Ills head,' aud, as bo wulked buck to the counter, said : have something easier. Gimme -ottos. "Gottet a doeea Tradition. The trawler entered the woods oi Georgia with the traditions of the lo cality strong uiHin hliu. "A close shave!" he exclaimed, when some hogs had cbuKed him up a con venient sycamore, for he thought o them as ramr-bucks. Imagine bis astonishment when he saw none of the Itoust stropping t!eia-! selves against the trees. "We are modrrn safcty-razor-backa," explained tlu swluc, divining hit thought, "and require no stropping ot laming." It was wttn a sannenititf sense of the condition. Just as one tulgtit pick mi mutability of things that he at length wild flower In the owtry. so the So came from those regions of Bong and mail native picks bis toothbrush. They ktorv. Puck. Art und Trura. "1 supiK! jou sometimes shed real tears at the theater?" said the ad mirer. "I inn tcmi'ted tx" answered Mr Stormlngton Barnes, "when I look over the box ollkv statement." Washington t't.ir. When a woman tin t'cs anotlier to ba In r guest, aud funis Unit sht- has a pre- ions engagement, j lie feels that so far us shu is coucermd tho slote has btxw washed olf. . - '--,,"'l-t?r O- m W . i "I did not e ycu In church last Sunday." "I do not doubt It. I tok up the collection." Bohemian. Caller (to child) Is this papVs little boy or mamma's little boy' Child Dunno; the Jud;e hasn't d.-cided yet. Life. Hyker Brot s n: tells me lie Is taking mud baths now. l'.viie: Why. 1 thought he was out of polite s. Chicago Daily News. She It's funny you should' ho so tall. Tour brother, the urilst. Is short. Isn't he? Ho (alwnt !;,) Ye, usually.- Town and Country. "Has the patient a generous reserve force, nurse?" "'o. dictor; be has nothing but a mo:: n temperature." Baltimore Aiiicrb'i'.n Grace So yen have :it last made up your mind to marry .J.i;7 I.ola Yes, m tired of h.ivLig .ilui hang around Ihe house every evening Chicago Daily ews. "Don't you ever get homesick, cap tain?" asked the piiFsenger on the ocean liner. "No; I'm never home long enough," replied the captain. Ex change. Bronson My next-d ior neighbor Is always looking ii'iead for trouble. Woodson 1'or example. Bronson Well, this morning I saw him sharp ening his lawn mower. Miss De.MuIr I wish I could think of some new aril unusual birthday pres ent to surprise m."tnm.i with this year. Mr. Spoonmore II. r,v do you think she'd like a son-ln-l a.vV Cleverton (who h :s hired a taxn meter cab to prop-is'. In) Say "yes," darling? Miss Calumet Give me time to think. Cleverton Heavens! But not In here! Consider the expense! Life. Tho Lady (to tvistlly-retruntlng bur glar) Pardon me. I. ut won't you please wait till my liitshand sees you? I told him there was some t ne In the hous. nnd he said "Rubbish!" Harper's Ba zar. Dick You look worried, old fellow. Wick I have cnii'e for worry. Dick What's the tr-mhle? Wick My wife says If I don't accompany her to the seashore this summer she'll stay at home. Boy (who litis been naughty and sent out into the garden to tliid a switch to punish him with) Oh. mummy. I couldn't t!ud a Rwlteh anywhere, but here's a stone you can throw at me. Punch. Physician Well, what do you com plain of? Policeman Sleeplessness, dixrtor. Physician At What time do you go to bed? Policeman Oh. I don't mean at night. I mean In daytime, wlille I'm on my beat She (on her bridal tour) Oh. Dan, I'm so uuhappy. Dan Why. what Is the matter, darling? She If I nm as much to yon as you say, you can't be sorry your first wife died, and that makes you too brutal for me to love. Life. Doctor The room seems cold, Mrs. Hooligan. Have you kept the thermom eter at seventy, as I told you? Mrs. Hooligan Shure, an Oi hov. docthor. wimt is the matter .with "Freddie Jones? Is the child having n tit? lously' twice around the block. Puck. Townc Do you believe in- dreams? Browne I used to, but 1 don't any more. Towne Not as superstitious ns you were, eli? Browne Oh, it wasn't a question of superstition. I was lu love with one once, mid she Jilted me. The Catholic Standard and Times. . Cyrus Reuben got bunkoed. Silas How so? Cyrus Why, he read the ad vertisement of a firm that stated if he would send n dollar they'd send him some light reading. Silas And did they send it? Cyrus Yes, they sent him two books entitled "The Age of tho Arc Lamp" nnd "How to .Make Can lies." ' "John," she whispered, "tltere's a burglar In the parlor. lie has Just knocked against thu piano and bit sev eral keys at once. "I'll go down," said he. "Ob, don't do anything rash!" "Rash ! Why. I'm going to help him. You don't suppose he can remove the "I tell you, said one man to an other as they, emerged from the corri dor of a concert hull, "I envy that fel low who was singing." "Envy him!" echoed tin other. "Well, If I were go ing to envy a singer I'd select sonns body with a better voice. Ills was about the poorest I ever heard." "It's Hot his voice I envy, mini," was the reply; "it's his tremendous courage," Philadelphia Inquirer. . It (lira I Tool hhrtixlif. Natives of Soma! Hand have the whit est and best teeth of any peoplo In tho world, and the reason tt not far to seek. Whenever they are Idle they may be found rubbing their teeth with small piece of wood little twigs which are covered with a soft bark aud which ravels cut Into bristles. ThU practice prevents the tevth decaying and of coursu ktviw them In excetleo are never without their tunall twigs. Toothbrushes ns we know them are unknown In SomaJUai'tl. Their own methods are ui.donhtcr.ly the healthi est and certainly the eh. s.pest, and It Is a matter for wonder tin t we do not tnke a Uaf 0,,t "f ,!l":r ,n tl1'8 ro" DumW Advertiser. A-utii.ti). The Professor Sum,' or von gentle- wen are not giving me y..ur !m, st at- tentlon. Mr p.i.gs. wh.u l y);l tim) under the kidneys': i Future M. D - To::. sir. - Puck 1 !-fc J V7EST WAKTS HOKE CAELXET There are certain big things to which I be lieve the great traus-MlssisslppI sectiou 1s Justly entitled, regardless of party or partisan politics. It should have either tho President or the Ylce President of the United States. The Secretary of the Interior whose pur peso Is to deal with the States lying almost wholly west of the Mississippi river, should be a resident there, nnd thus be practically and personally fandllur with the conditions of that sec tion. The Secretary of Agriculture, now a resident of Iowa, who has most to do with the country west of the Mis sissippi river, should continue to be a resident thrreof. Then the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Treasury or the Postmaster General should also be a resident of the traus-Mlss'.sslppl country. One cabinet officer should be tuken from a Southern State. This, Instead of making the President's cabinet large ly a group of gentlemen whose homes have been siuco youth along the Atlantic corfst and whose deepest In terests sre there, would give 0s In that cabinet practical men with a thorough knowledge of the conditions and necessities of the West and South. Such a caUuet would cany with It the very Influence that we need before the national Congress, and would enable ns to stand on a level with the rich and isnvorful East In obtaining these things that make for real prosperity and advancement FEDERAL REGTJLATION HOT HEEDED. By Cx-AUornjy General Harmon. Two excuses are advanced for federal Intru sion into State affairs. One Is that the States do too little aud the other la that some of them do too much in tho way of railroad and cor porate regulation nnd other corrective meas ures. These are not contradictory, as they might af first appear, because there may be both too little and too much public interfer ence with the condui t of business, and both are harmful, though my Inhcrired and acquired Ideas both lead mo to feur the too much more tluui I fear the too little. It Is often hard to draw th Hue between useful regu lation and harmful meddling, and harder still to huve that lino respected wheu politics unfortunately becomes Juvolved with questions relating to business, and public feeling Is aroused. A great many things ore none the less home affairs because they may be or become re motely related to coinuuwe among the States, the regu lation Of which Is granted exclusively to Cougress. If the federal authority should be extended over all of these the. States would soon become mere regions. The pretext for such extension of power is that rail roads, telegraphs, etc., have "nronht about the commer cial unity of t'.ie States. But this is no reason at all, because such commercial unity was, the very object In CHICAGO'S COLISEUM. Unlncky Ilulltliiiir In Which Taft Was Nominated. Chicago's Coliseum, at Wubash ave nue and 15th street, the building in which the Republican national con vention was held, has been an ill fated structure. On Aug. 28, ISO!), two days after the last of the enormous arched gird ers of Iron had been put Into place, all of them, 12 In number,- fell like a row of 10 plus, crushing out the lives of nine workmen and causing property damage of $30,000. The girders, which reach from one side of tho build ing to the other and which constitute the sole support of the vaulted roof, had been placed, but not securely fas- CHICAGO'S GHEAT tened." Whllo the entire foisx- of men were at work at 4 o'clock In tho after noon tho most northerly girder fell to ward the south. It curried the next one, and all 12 went down wiih a crash that whs heard throughout the is:itml business section of the eity. No adequate reason for the full of the girders anil Its consequent loss of life was given further tlun the the ory that a traveling crime used for lifting iron beams had lxvome loosen ed and allowed to 'pull against the first girder. After the accident the girders were replaced and the build! ug was completed as rapidly as possible. After the Iroquois Theater disaster, that cost !0O lives. In January, 1:K4. had aroused the Chlei'.go building ojh clals to unwonted activity. Bulld!:;g Commissioner William ordered the Coliseum closed on th,-- theory that It was, at least technically, unsafe. It did not have frontage on three streets or alleys, as provided for hiilli!lrp of that class. This objection wits over come and the building reopened, t'liuv that time It has Uvu used us the Mudl son Square Garden of Chlcugii. Throe years before the collapse of tho preweut Coliseum a high wind blew down the framework of one that wns being built in 03d tr-t M serve the same purpose When this first Coli seum was demollslicd there was u loss of life. BIO VICE PEESEDESTS. NtXhlntr la the OKlr ti Warruut Its lleinv Tossed Aside. In the first days of the republic the vice presidency was the consolation prise for the candidate for the presi dency who revolved the second highest vote. This system, however, Insured the election of a strong man, under or dinary circumstances, since lie was pre sumably the best moiiavf the opposite party. Souio of the uist illustrious BY By J. D. Case. PROBLEM FOR EX-QOV. 0DEIJ. names In the surly history of the coun try graced the roster of Vice Presi dents, and even after tho old plan was abandoned and the successrul party won all, while the losing party lost all, there have been enough "big" men elected to the second highest office In the government to relieve it from the opprobrium of what Mr. Cleveland so felicitously culled "Innocuous des uetude." i The murder of threo Presldentsjwlth- kln the comparatively short space of forty years has called dramatic atten tion to the Importance of filling this office with men of ability. Certainly there is nothing In the history of the vice presidency which would warrant anybody, no matter how "big" In his COLISEUM. own State or In his own estimation, of tossing it aside as beneath his dig nity. Of the twenty-six men who have been elected Vice Presidents, eight, or al most oue In every three, have succeeded to the presidency, either by'electlon or through the death or assassination of the President. Adams. Jefferson nnd Yun Burvn were elected In the regular course of affairs; Tyler and Fillmore succeeded through the death of the President from natural causes, while Johnson, Arthur and Rooeve4t came Into the highest office through the assassination of the President Mr. Roosevelt having the added distinction of having bven also elected lu regular course. .Not Unlltr. It Is not ulways a guilty conscience that is taken by surprise, for some time the most Innocent of meu will sUit at a suspicious word. TUe fol lowing Incident, which occurred In a lurdwiire shop. Is Illuminating: An elderly lady, dressed severely In gri:y, niul carrying what looked very much like a bundle of tracts, ap proached the counter. A clerk hastened to serve her. ' "What can I do for you, madam?" PLij (oanod toward him. -Have you r any little vises?" she Inquired. Auibitlun. I'lteU? Horace (who is something of a sage nnd philosopher) My boy, It ln tins for you to think seriously of the kind of future you intend to nuip out for yourself. To sum It up In a word, what epitaph are you anxious to have engraved upon your tombstone? Sephew (Just beginning his career) --"lie Got Ills Share." Plck-Me-lTp. - Some men make both ends meet by OU.Ing ou oxtail soup aud beef tongue. view In framing the clause which gives to Congress tha exclusive power to regulate commerce among the States; and as the clause accomplishes the purpose intended, why should anybody seek to twist it out of shape by forced construction? THE BOY'S FATHER. By John A. Rowland. That father who. at the present time looks about the prospective fields of specialization In behalf of hla young eon confronts a situa tion which Is perplexing. Long ago the world began to prepare for specializing In human occupations. As the sum of human knowledge grew the fact obtruded that for one man to learn and execute a one man's work to the best advantage be should master a specialty which would bo a liaklnj part In a whole structure in which many specialists each had a builder's place. Whaterer that arbitrary subdividing may be, how ever, It will be accepted as economic law. To-day no farmer within reach of markets would depend upon the old general farming for profit, no matter bow bis father may have scorned the Introduction of the sgrlcultural school twenty years ago. In the same manner the doctor who to-day specializes In diseases of the "eye, ear and throat" may live to see the Impossibility of his young son's embracing half so much as a profession. Nor can this same specialist say with certainty that in the next twenty-five years such disease groups may not disappear altogether. These are suggestions only. They have a rightful bearing upon the family and communlly life as subjects for thought AMERICA NEVER BETTER OFF THAN NOW. By Former Gov. Oiell ot Saw York. Our government which has ex isted for over a century and a quar ter, Is Just as good tonlay as It was In the beginning. Our people are as patriotic and as capable of government as ever In our history, but we have a germ which Induces men not to commit murder exactly, but to wallow In a trough of blasted reputations. Too much credence is given rumors and too little to facts. It required great courage to build railroads through an unpeopled country; It required all Hamilton's genius to devise laws for the encouragement of Industries; It re quired liberal interpretations of our constitution to make our country great, and nothing has been accomplished without abuse and criticism; and yet, as history makes heroes of our forefathers, so will the future give to our capable captains of Industry other titles than "robber barons." 1 0UB SOLDIERS CAN SHOOT. Unci Sam's Doj-s Hit an Enemy They Caa Scarcely See. Almost unbelievable are some of the target shooting records of Uncle Sam'a riflemen stationed in the Philippines. Most of the practice by the crack companies In the Philippines has been under the Australian skirmish system, which provides a severe test on accu racy. To understand what shooting under the skirmish system means imagine a man dressed In kahkl whose color melts into the) background of dirt or burned grass so that at COO yards he Is almost Invisible. In target practice this man is' represented by a life-sized dummy. The riflemen stand on a line GOO yards away from a dirt embankment when the head aud shoulders of the dummy are exposed above the embank ment three seconds. 'The dummy is supposed to be the enemy, and three seconds is figured the length of tlmo It would require the enemy to take aim, fire and dodge out of sight. As soon as the enemy appears the soldiers fire, and continue to fire as long as the enemy is in sight As soon ns the head and shoulders disap pear the men start toward the em bankment behind which the enemv la concealed as fast as they can run, re loading their guns ns they go. When the enemy appears again the men fall to tho ground, nnd fire throughout the three seconds the head nnd shoulder la exposed ns fast as possible. When the enemy disappears tho men again leap to their feet nnd run toward tho enemy until he reap pears, when they again throw them selves to the ground and fire. In prac tice the enciny appears every ten sec onds. This advancing nnd firing Is repent ed until five halts hnve been made, tho figure having been exposed four times for three seconds each, nnd the soldier ate- YIELD FIBlJtG." having advanced until he Is within 200 yards of the entrenchment. The "enemy" Is then examined nnd It Is found that he bus been pierced twenty-five times, the soldier having used thirty or more rounds of ammu nition. This is "field firing" under approxi mate war conditions, and is what they are doing in the Philippines and con template dolrg In the United States. 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