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
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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.
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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."
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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.
A woman's Idea of a good town to
live lu is one where the demand foi
furnished rooms Is greater than the
supply.
The man who overestimates Lis great- -ness
makes a great mistake.
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