Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, UTED.
JOHN It. REAM, - . - rnbllahor
A mosquito not factory has failed. Its
net earnings were too small.
One thing that makes the way of
the transgressor hard In thnt there Is
to much publicity about It nowadays.
"X magnelne writer says that ev
try married woman should hare an
Income of $3,000 a year." That would
be uio.
Astrologers announce that Mr. Taft
hi going to have au evutful cartei.
It Is our impression that he bns al
ready had a career of that kind.
Every now and then we hoar the
announcement that "China Is awaken
ing." China must have the habit of
turning over -and going to sleep again.
Bnron Rothschild Is .going to build
home for aged theatrical writers.
The man who wrote, that "Merry
Widow" waits ought to be old enough
to get la.
It la reported from Siberia thnt
the natives fled to their houses when
the Nw York-to-rarls automobiles np
pared In a village. Teople are alike
the world over.
It Is estimated that the gold output
Of Alaska this year will amount to
2fl,000,000. This makes the $7,200,
000 paid for Alaska look Hko a bargain-day
affair.
If socio of the mpn who are bald
teaded, bow legged and otherwise
(lomely, were self-inade men, It's dol
ors to doughnuts they would have
chosen other plans and specifications.
A New Bedford, Mass., captain hns
gone on a whaling voyage, taking his
Wife along as first mate. The second
mate on that boat will have to be a
diplomat if he doesn't get Into trou
ble. A New York policeman was trtjd
for cowardice because he ran from a
woman with a revolver. Etad she gone
after him with a hatpin he wou'J
lmve been commended for bis discre
tion. The old-fashioned barn-dance has
been denounced by the convention of
dancing, masters. It Is easy to under
stand why. The barn-donee doesn't
bave to be leorned; It Is born in a
fellow and comes out naturally when
he feels good.
E. IJ. Harrlman Is optimistic. But
hy- shouldn't he be? Ho controls
roliroads which stretch from the At
lantic to the Pacific, and one of his
(laughters recently married an Amerl-
tan In spite of the fact that there were
plenty of titled foreigners left on the
market.
Japan, has been learning and teaching
t lesson In business. American and
European governments and private ex
hibitor! did not respond warmly to
lapan'a great exhibition, which la to
be held In Tokyo In 1912. On roason
Was that Japan has bad no proper
trade-mark and patent law, and Occi
dentals were not eagor to send over
fcew Inventions and manufactures, to
bave the Japanese copy them. So Japan
passed a patent law harmonious with
American and British practice, and en
tered Into negotiations for trade-mark
treaties. Thereupon Congresa appropri
ated a million and a half dollars for
the exhibition.
In a report to the Municipal Civil
Service Commission of New lork City
the assistant chief examiner says that,
M a rule, the biggest and strongest men
are mentally brightest and best in
formed, ud that very few of the can
didates for employment In the fire de
partment who are rejected for iminrel
llgence or ignorance stand well In the
physical examination. This la expert
videnee that the old saying, "Metis
pans In corpore sano," la a condition as
rell as on Ideal to live tip to. In our
time two not irreconcilable Ideals are
widespread. One Is a proper contempt
for the merely physical, a belief In
Iheer soul power. The other la an la
rrenslng respect for ta admirable, In
tricate functions of the body, a return
by way of modern physiological knowl
rdge to the Greek delight in a strong,
beautiful animal organism.
Many people will feel an Interest
In the recent annua) meeting of tlio
Cremation Society of England and the
report of its work. TIiIh society was
rganized In 1874 by Sir Henry
Thompson, and Its first cremation took
place in 18S5. According to John Kto-
fer Cobb's "Quarter Century of Cre
mation In North America," the num
ber of cremations In London in 1000
whs 801, and the number in Great
Britain was 451. The total number
in London tin to that time was l.S"4
nod in Great Biltalu 2.4S2. The num
ber la England in 1H07 was said at the
anniversary meeting to be 703. Cre
mation is much more popular in this
country than In Europe. Down to ami
Including 10(H) there had been In all
Eurcpe only 1 V84 cremations, the
largest numbers In single countries be
ing 4.201 iu Germany and 4,110 In
Italy, while in the lulled States there
bad been 27,'.M'5. lp to 1!XK there were
In this country twenty five crematories,
and the spread of tlio linage U Indi
cated by the years end cities In which
they originated, ns follows: 1870,
Washington, Pa.; 1HSI. Lancaster, Pu. ;
1885, liuffala and New York; 1S.SIJ,
Pittsburg! 1SS7, Ciuclmiatl, Detroit
and Los Angeles; 1SKS. Philadelphia
and St. Louis; lxS!i. a Baltimore and
Swinburne I, X. Y. ; 1S!M. Troy, N. Y.J
1891, Davenport. Ia.; IS'.Kt, Chicago,
Boston, Kan t'nnclseo and Waterville,
N. Y. ; 1S!)3. Prtnndeim ; lxixi, Milwau
kee ; 3S.'i7, Furt V.'ayue, St. Paul und
WukMi.gton, D. C, and 1.m, Cam
bridge, Mass. Only two considerable ob
jection ore urged to cri'tuutlou. One Is
that It lacerates the feelings of sur
ylvhjg friend und the other that It
sometimes obliterates ihe ridencei or
crime, as In the case of poisoning. Botli
of these objections might be obviated,,
perhaps, by the adoption of the Rla-j
mese practice, which Is to preserve the
bodies for a few months and then cre
mate them.
Some parents grieve because their
children do not get on rapidly ln
their school work. In most cases the,
parent Is wrong. The old Idea of
pushing children In their school stud-!
Ics is no longer held by the best edu
cators. Most teachers hold with Prca
Ident Q. Btanley Hall who says "to
day children need retarding In thlr
development more than they need
pushing forward." The utterance of,
such a seutlmcnt would have been ac
counted heresy a few years ago. Pres
ident Hall says: "Precocity Is the
great danger now. Our children rush
ahead and become adults before they
should. The best way to broaden Is
to retard to delay, ft? allow children
to linger In tbolr paradise and get the
full benefit of the rich and manifold
benefits of heredity." This age is a
fnster one than that In which the
child's parents were reared. There Is
danger lest the child learn too much,
mature too rapidly. Above all It must
bo remembered that education Is a
growth. Growth requires time. Edu
eotlon Is development. Development
comes by slow processes. It Is little
less than a crime to cheat a child out
of its childhood. And a child may ho
pushed out of the paradise it deserves
to occupy by cramming It with infor
mation It cannot digest, by trying to
force a culture that comes only with
years. The very first thing to be look
ed after in the education of the child
Is its physical health. First of all,
make It a good, strong nnlmol. Ton
can't got mental power without physi
cal power. ' Build up n good body.
The strain of after years will test it
to the utmost There's danger In fore-,
Ing the child mind. You are likely not
only to stunt the body, but also to
blunt the faculties and even lower the
moral strength of the child. After
good health, education consists In
making a good working organ of the
brain. A good brain, like a good body,
must be slowly matured. It Is buirt
up by processes that require time.
Mushrooms may be quickly grown, but
not brains. Flot house methods will
not produce gray matter. Do not try
to force your child's education. Give
the child time.
A college education never hurt any
body if he was willing to learn some
thing afterward.
An attractive thing about some of
the clothes women wear in summer la
they aren't
There Is no way you can insult a
man more than not to take odvlce from
him, except to give It to him.
One of the most delightful things
about a trip abroad ia the way you
can He when you get home about the
distinguished people you met
Domestic bliss depends most on tal
ent in the kitchen and a balance in the
bank.
There Is nothing more disappointing
to a woman than to find scandal isn't,
after ell.
A woman can figure out from the
way her child says Its prayers what a
smart man it is going to be. New York
Press.
Making It rial a.
Ilenrl was paying his first visit to
London and was already wlshhur him
self home In gay Paree, for he knew
not a word of English. He had been
very unfortunate and had lost all his
luggage, a toothbrush. So he deter
mined to buy another. But how was
ne to make his seeds uuuoi stood?
At last his neck turned, however,
and he espied a chemist's shop with a
notice outside, "let on Parle Francois."
In he went and told the assistant In
French what he wanted. But that as
sistant knew no languogo except Eng
lish, and another who came to help
him was Just as far at sea.
But the proprietor was an Intelligent
man, and he knew ot once from the
cut of the customer's clothes that he
was speaking French.
"Leave him to me," he said, with a
superior smile. '
Then, forming a megaphone with his
hands, he shouted In tho Frenchman's
ear:
"Our assistant who speaks French
Is out nt lunch. You'll have to wait !
Londou Scraps.
Stio Korn tho IMitre.
The elderly matron with tho bundles,
who wus Journeying to u point In Wis
consin, and occupied a seat near the
middle of tho car, had fallen aslivp.
On the seat in front of her sat a little
boy. Tho brakeman opened the door
of the ear und called out the name of
tho station tho train was approaching.
The elderly woman roused herself with
a Jerk.
"Where are we, Bobby?" she asked.
"1 don't know, grandma," answered
tho little boy,
"Didn't tho brakeman say something
Just now?"
"No. He Just stuck his bend lusldo
tho door and sneezed."
"Help me with these things, Bobby I"
she exclaimed, hurriedly. "This Is Osh
kosh. It's where we get off."
Killed I he 1)111.
Belle Jack said I looked so sweet la
my new gown ho couldn't hedp kissing
me.
Maud Well, the modiste guaranteed
the dress would give you satisfaction.
A girl who Is always fishing for com
pliments seldom hooks one worth
while.
Anger Is a composite picture of all
the btuwr patulous.
FACTS IN TABLOID F0EM.
At a riM-ent exposition In Lucerne
J2,(HiO dlCeri iit stamps of various coun
tries were on view.
Stiffening of the brain, a rare dis
ease, wr.8 given at the Inquest ns one
of the causes of death of a boy 17
months old, on whom an operation was
performed at St Thomas' Hospital,
Loud an.
Massachusetts has a town of 000 In
habitants which receive $2,7.r)0 annual
ly from a single hotel for license to
sell liquor. This la believed to lie
the highest license fee puld In tho Unit
ed Stat. The fee Is nearly double
the amount puld in Boston and other
large cities.
That great and prolific English paint
er, J. M. W. Turner, bequeathed to the
British nation when be died, in 1K5L
pictures of his own Oie value of whlcE
was In 1SKKJ estimated ot $5,000,000.
These phrturcs consisted of .2 oil
paintings, 13B finished water colors,
end over 20,000 studies and sketches.
In Great Britain city debts ore be
coming enormous, even when due al
lowance is made for the exteiudve in
vestments of public money in proper
ty of a kind nut owned by municipali
ties In America. Shefllekl hns a bond
ed debt of over $43,000,000 aliove Its
sinking fund, and Leeds owes $(!2,O0o,
000. The bonded debt of IJvcrjtool In
over $72,000,000, and Birmingham owes
$82,000,000. Glasgow's debt Is $SG,
000.000. Cleveland Leader.
Euormoue as It Is, the. t,000 paid
nt Christie's the other day for a pearl
necklace has been exceeded at least
once In a sale by auction. At the sale
of the jewel of the late Duchess of
Montrose the bidding for a necklace
of eight rows of 412 pearls opened nt I
5,000 and rose rapidly, by bids of 1,
000, 500 and smaller sums, until It i
reached 11,820, at which figure it waa
knocked down to J. Hill. Dundee Ad
vertiser. More than half of our drugs are con
pounded from coal tur ; nearly every
thing we wear In the way of dress
goods ia dyed by coal tar; artificial (
perfume, saccharine, which is 000
times sweeter than sugur; explosives,'
medicines, food preservatives and pho
tographic developers are all provided j
by coal tar. Clirmlsta have evolved .
from coal tar no les than seven tilth-
erto unknown adds, fourtiH-n alkaline ,
substances and ten neutrul oodles. Oil
City Derrick.
The Harrlman system hns com
menced construction Work on the Snake ,
river cut-off between Huntington and
Lewlston. This line down Siroke river !
canyon will give the Harrlmun system '
an uninterrupted stretch of water-level
grade reachlng'l'rora tidewater at Port
land to Poeatello, Idaho, a distance of
729 miles, practically one-third of the
distance between the Puclflc coast and
Chicago. No other transcontinental
line has anything approaching such an
economic advautage as this will give ;
tho Harrlman system. Portland Ore !
gonlan.
While the Republican and Its prede
cessor, tho Whig party, never named a
citizen of New York for the prcsldcn-'
cy until Theodore Roosevelt waa'
named, and' the Democracy named, only
three Martin Van Burcn, Samuel J. !
Tllden and Grover Cleveland yet New '
York. In the entire hundred years since j
Jefferson's second administration had .
been represented in the Vice Fresl- J
dent'a chair by George Clinton, El
drldge Gerry, Daniel D. Tompkins, I
Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, '
Chester A. Arthur, Levi P. Morton and
Theodore Roosevelt I
A French scientist, M. Berlin, In
dealing with the subject of coast ero- j
slon, mentions thnt the Island of Jets ,
Bey once formed part of the continent
of Europe. He has also brought to
light tho Interesting fact that there
still exists an ancient charter by which
a certain abbey was compelled to fur-'
nlsh the necessary plunk for communl- '
eating with tho IsTnnd from the main
land at low water. The extent to
which the sea bus encroached on the '
land is evident from the fact that the '
Journey from the mainland of France
to the island by steamer now takes '
an hour.
Trot A. Herschel, In the Quarterly (
Journal of the Uoyal Meteorological So
ciety, describes the extraordinary ef--
fects produced by lightning In the midst
of nn oji moor In Northumberland.
A hole four or five feet In diameter
wns made in tho flat peaty ground,
and from thlH half a dozen furrows ex-j
tended on all sides, pieces of turf ,
were thrown In various directions, one !
three feet in diameter andn foot thick i
having fallen seventy-eight feet from
the hole. Investigation showed that In
addition to the effect visible on the
surface small boles had been bored in
the earth radiating from the large ex
cavation.. Japan's share In tho sailing fleets of
tho world only amounted In 1NS5, when
its Uag first made Its appearance in
European registers, to O.2."! per cent of
tho whole; her place among all the
other nations was the seventeenth.
Now Japan owns 2."2 per cent of the
world's sailing tonnage, and her rank
among the other nations In this respect'
Is now tho tenth. A still more bril-j
Hunt result Is shown with reiVremn to
strain tonnage. Reckoned In not regis
ter tons, the share of Japan In Nh3
was O.SS per cent; In 1!MI7 It had
! grown to 3.;i3 per cent. In 1SS5 her
, rank In steam was fourteenth; now It
i is sixth.
j The finest songster among our Scot
tish warblers Is undoubtedly the black
(cap. I am ufrtild I cannot disi-ril Its
twuig. ii u,i to in- neurit to no truly
appreciated. Once heard. It Is never
forgotten the rare sweetness, the pure
quality of the song, i -aunot com
pare the bhukiup's sung with that of
the nightingale, for, unfortunately, I
have Hi-ver beard the song ( that bird.
I cor.ld never Ik- In Kngland at the '
pr-KT time. But I have often heard j
our lark, und lis soiig'U bolder, louder,!
more overwhelming In Its grand out-1
pouring of melody. But f,,r sweenies''
nothing has ever thrilled mo like the'
Bong of the blackcap. Tin? Scotsman.
I . 1 I r
Dr. W. J. S. Lockycr has collected
some Interesting iwcomits of the phe
nomenon known as beaded, or pearl,
lightning. Heverul engineers In Cali
fornia last year saw lightning dis
charges, which struck the earth, and
left beautiful strings of fire-beads In
their course, that remained visible for
perhaps a quarter of a second. "There
seemed (u be n bead of fire at every
angle In the course of the spark."
Other observe have noted beads which
remained visible for at least a second.
Doctor Iickycr regards this phenome
non as a sort of afterglow caused ty the
Incandescence of the air traversed by
the discharge.
Tho discovery of new chemical ele
ments goes on, although "some of them
are Interesting to the general public,
nt present, only on account of their sin
gular names. It seems that the stars
and constellations are to be called upon
to aid chemical nomenclature. Auer von
WcUutcli ha:i separated two elements,
of different atomic weight, from Marls
tmc's ytterbium, one of which he calls
nldobaratiluni. from the star Alde
buran, and the other cassiopeium, from
the constellation Cassiopeia. O. Urbaln
claims to have separated these same
elements earlier than Von Welsbaeh,
and he calls them respectively lutecium,
probably from the ancient name of
Paris, and neoyterbluni.
R. II. Chapman recently entertained
the Geological Society of Washington
with an account of some curious relics
of aucient ore-crushing operations found
near Gadttg, ''. miles southeast of
Bombay. A yurfaec of bed-rock, sloping
toward the channel of a stream, con
tains a Rhallow trench, running along
tho upper part, from which water was
fed to more than 100 saucer-shuped
holes In the rock. These holes served
the purpose of mortars, In which the
ore was crushed with stono pestles.
Similar primitive mortars, on n lurger
scale, ure known in which. Instead of
pestles wielded by hand, huge boulders,
some as much as a ton In weight, were
employed with the aid of a wooden
framework. These operations are be
lieved to have lieen conducted 2,000
years ago.
Sportsmen will probably be Interest
ed lii the movement which Is being
made In the West to replace tho wild
turkey with its first cousin, the Chi new;
plieasn:t. The imported pheasant, a
splendid bird of surpassing plumage,
und possessed of nil the gamencss to be
found In any wild fowl, has come to
take the turkey's place. All attempts
to propagate the wild turkey In captiv
ity have proved fruitless. Given a
chance, the pheasant, which to a cer
tain extent takes kindly to the ways of
man, will be in evidence by the thou
sand. Experiment made in Colorado,
datir back ten years, have proved that
the bird will thrive in all parts of the
State. At the present time the State
of Oregon Is the home of hundreds of
thousands of these birds; yet it was
only twenty-five years ugo when the
first lot of pheasants, eighteen In num
ber, were Imported into Oregon und 11b
rrutcd. The Illinois game warden has
sent out these birds to reliable fanners,
mid they will soon be numerous in thin
State. Brighton News.
EGG-SHAPED HEADS.
InNblonnklo in (be New Hebrides
lliv They Are Secured.
The egg-shaped heads of some of the
natives of Mulekula, In the New
Hebrides, were once thought to be nat
urally conical, says the National. Geo
graphical Magazine. For that reason
fceientlUe men decided that tho Male
kulans were In the lowest rung of the
human ladder.
Later it was found that the conical
heads were produced ns the Chinese
women distorted their feet, by bind
ing them in Infancy. The egg-shaped
head Is still fashionable In Mulekula.
whero some extraordinary results ure
achieved.
A conical head retreats from the fore
head In such a manner that one Is
amazed to know tho owner of this re
markable profile preserves his or her
proper senses, such as they are. I
could not hear, however, that the cus
tom was supposed to affect tho Intellect
In any way.
Tlio conical shape is produced by
winding strong slnnet cord spirally
nliout the heads of young babies and
tightening the coils from time to time.
A piece of plaited mat Is first put on
the head and the cord Is colled over
this, so as to give It a good purchase
The crown of the head Is left to de
velop In the, upward and backward
fashion that Is so much admired.
One fears the pour babies suffer verj
much from the process. The child I
saw was fretful aid crylnr;, and looked
as if It were constantly In pain; but
the mother, forgetting fur the moment
her fear of the strange white woman,
showed it t" me quite pi-' rally. Jiolntlns
out the cords with a smile.
She had n normally shaped head her
self, and it Hcomed tin t she had suf
fered by her parents' neglect of tills Im
portant mutter, for she was married
to a man who was of no particular ac
count. A yinv.ijj j.ii'1 who was stand
pig beside her had cvlde'itly bud n
more careful mother, for her head was
almost sU'.rnrh : " shaped. It Is Interest
ing to know that this well -brought-up
young woman has married a chief.
1 1 II 'Oil II -!! re.
"Good nn, ruing, p ars ci." v
"Ooi d morning, deacon. As I w.n
coming along J'.inf now I saw a fk'ht
between a brlndle ti.illV iir and a mas
tiff. Ami. upon my word, deacon,
siore than fifty men" were standing
round. How can people take an iu
tvrest In such things?'1
"I dunno, parson. Which dasvj
Ton VWashlngton Hcral 1.
An old bachelor and a poor house
keeper always strike their matches Ofl
the wall. .
If a man expects a wunian to lie rea
sonable she thinks he U uareasouabla.
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Cvj
THE DANGER OF AROUSING THE MOB.
By Ex-Governor Black ot New York.
Whoever arouses the mob or the mob spirit
plays with fire. He may not himself be
burned, but others will. It Is seldom that
an Inceudlury Is burund or loses anything la
the flames, but the Incendiary is In a das far
higher than the demagogue.
One destroys only projierty and occasionally
a human life, while the other undermines so
ciety Itself, arrays class ngalnst class, arouses.
stimulates and cheers the grosser passions, which in
full swing may bring the government itself to its knees.
TJ acts fire that he may gather booty, the ether
trouses popular distrust that he may retain or acquire
power.
No case has ever arisen In the world where a so
called reform was proposed which would Injure the man
who proposed It We seem now to have subjugated, or,
at least, to have set aside our old-time rules of law and
roason and justice, and to have summoned to our seats
of power the baser attributes more easily aroused, but
harder to subdue. The policeman never bad so little
authority In a crowd as he has to-day.
Our courts of law, the most complete development of
civilized society, a shield to tho lowly a chec to the
proud, are viewed with gradually diminishing respect and
fear by those who, without the courts, would be a menace
to the State. And this spirit is often fostered and en
couragM by those who are chosen and sworn to admin
ister the laws. . '
TO WE MUST HAVE COMBINATIONS.
By Scth Low, Ux-Alayor ot New York.
I ' 1
Common curriers, business
business men, labor organizations and labor
men, have all had it brought home to them,
ene after another, that under the terms of
the Sherman anti trust law a large part ef the
busluess done In the United States at the
present time Is being done contrary to law.
Co-operative associations and other associa
tions of farmers are subject to the same
tatuta. Common carriers should be permitted to com
bine and to make traffic agreements In proper caRes and
. under suitable governmental supervision ; for combina
tion and traffic agreements often mean 'more effective
orvlce to the public.
What Is wanted Is effective public supervision and not
en absolute prohibition of the very thing that moy se-
MEr
iOUE
Although of lute years the building
In Wushlngtou set apart by the gov
ernment us the residence of the Pres
ident of the United States bus been
dignified ns the executive mansion, It
Is much bettor known as the White
House, from one end of the country
to the other. It is a very old house
for a uew country like ours, and with
in its walls the drama of life has been
enacted as in millions of other homes
in the land.
It had been built, however, nearly
half a century before a President
brought his bride home there. John
Tyler, the 10th President of the Unit
ed States, was the first who brought n
I ride to the White House. lie had
been married in 1S13, and brought his
wife with him to the Presidential
mansion, when, In April, 1S11, he suc
ceeded President Harrison, but she
sickened and died nt the White House,
end In 1844 he brought Miss Julia Gar
diner, of New York, as his bride. Ho
had married lier at her homo on Sta
ten Island, New York.
President Cleveland was the only
President that was married nt the
White House. The 2d of June, 1SSG,
he was married there to Miss Fran
ces Folsom, of Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Washington never entered the
White House as its mistress. Mrs.
John Adams came first In the line of
eminent Indies who breathed the Wash
ington air within its precincts.
Mr. Jefferson, Gen. Jackson, Mr.
Van Buren, and Mr. Arthur were wid
owers; Mr. Buchanan nn old bachelor,
and Mr. Cleveland a young one.
Mr. Jefferson's daughters did the
tiik i:xi:cutivk
honors for hi in. Mrs. A. J, lKjuelsou
and Mrs. Andrew Jarkson, the young
er, were the leading liullis of lien.
Jackson's household. PnsMent Van
rurca's daughter and daughters-in-law
nuiilo the White House gay iu his
time, und Miss Harriet Lnue. who did
tho honors of tho White House for her
uncle, President Itmliannn. is still re
membered In Washington by hosts of
friends sho entertnlned.
Miss Elisabeth Cleveland presided
over her brother's household ot the
exerutlve mnnslon until Miss I'olsom
bernme the President's hrldo.
The wives of all tho other Presi
dents have enjoyed the triumphs and
troubles which attend what Is culled
"tho first lady of the luisd," nobody
bavlng discovered tho second lady.
It is said that Gen. Jackson's wife
died of excitement t his election to
ih Presidency, uud she never entered
mm : i
corporations and
MANNER OF DEATH OF
The dates and manner ef death of the ex-presidents of the
United States, all of whom have passed from thia world, are
shown in the following table:
President. Age.
Cause of Deutli.
Washington .
J. Adams....
.letTemon ....
Madison . . . .
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Fillmore ....
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liarlirld ....
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Clevuland ..
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the White House. On the other hand,
Mrs. Mlllnrd Fillmore, having spent
nearly throe years us the honored lady
of the White House, died a short time
after she left it
The first funeral that ever came
front the White House portals wns
tluit of flen. William Henry Harrison
who served his country one month as
President.
The President's mansion witnessed
the funerals of Abel P. Upshur, Secre
tary of State, and Thomas W. Gilmer,
Secretary of the Navy, both killed by
the explosion of a greur gun on the
Cnited States Htearuer Princeton, in
1844.
President Gen. Gachnry Taylor was
also burled from the White House;
so, too, was President Lincoln. Presi
dent Garfield was brought forth on
men's shoulders to die at Elberon by
mansion.
he seaside, and later the victims of
he burning of the mansion of Secre
tary Tracy were laid out in state In
:!ie cast room, and their funenils took
,lace from the President's house.
The Word "...
On the iletlvatlou of the word
"news," which has been a puzzle to
many learned philologists, theiv Is the
following :
The word explains itself without a muse,
Auil the foar letters ;xak from whence
comes "news ;
rrom north, ensi, went nnd south tho
solution's mada.
Hueh rnuirter gires account of war and
traiV.
Minneapolis Journal.
IVoplo often get this udvicei "En
Joy yourself while you way." But 1?
you set out to flud enjoyuiout, you do
not find much.
cure the best public service. Regulation, not prohibi
tion, should be our watchword in all such matters. The
trade agreement, which determines for a fixed period,
by mutual agreement of employer and employe, the rat
of wages to be paid and the condition! of employment
offers the most hopeful method which has yet been dls-1,
covered to promote and to make permanent Industrial
peace under modern Industrial conditions ; and to classify
such agreements as though they were contracts In re
straint of trade would be a public calamity.
The attempt of cotton growers to protect themselves
by combination ngalnst the combinations that deal In
their products Is just as certainly unlawfut under the
Sherman act as the business combinations of which they
complain ; but even a law of tho United States, powerful
as this country Is, cannot sot aside the universal law
that leads men In these days to combine, and that leads
men to do so precisely In proportion as they are intelli
gent and free.
EUROPE'S JEALOUSY OF AMERICA.
By Rev. A. B. Hepburn-
The one thing that most strongly impresses ;
Itself upon the mind of a careful observer In
Europe at tha present time Is tho fact that
the continent of Europe does not like the
United States. They regard us as a bumptious
people, that ought to be spanked into some
sort of decorum", and they would welcome and
rejoice In any International complications, not
Involving themselves, that would brlng us Into
difficulties. It Is our growing Importance ns a naval and
military power that most disturbs them. It disturb
the International balance of power as it heretofore ex
isted and upon which their diplomacy has heretofore
been based.
Neither does the continent ef Europe like Japan, and
for similar reasons. Her recently-achieved naval and
military prestige and her English alliance have brought
Japan to the front in the family of nations, on ag
gressive force that must be reckoned with in world poli
tics. It call a halt to territorial acquisition in the East
and from now on Is likely to mark a recession in Eu
ropeun influence In Asia.
It follows from this eenditlon of affairs that nothing
would be contemplated with greater complacency by the
continental powers than a war between the United States
and Japan. A taxing of the strength and a wasting of
the resources of these two powers, not Involving them
selves, would tend to restore their relative power oud
precedence in the council of nations.
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS.
Tima C Death.
l'lace of Death.
December 14, 17S9
Mount Vernon, Vs.
Qulncy, Mas.
Mnnticello, To.
Montpeller, Va.
New York Cltv.
Washington, D. C.
Hermitage, Tenn.
Undenwold, N. I.
VVashlnirton, D. C.
Ilichmond, Va,
Nashville, Tenn.
Washington, D. C.
Buffalo, N, Y.
Concord, N. H.
Wtieutisod, Pa,
YVaehlngton, D. C.
Carter's Dopot, Ten.
Mt. McOreeor, N. Y.
Fremont, Ohio.
Ixinj Branch, N. J.
New York City.
I'tlncelon, N. J.
tnVllsnapolta, lad.
Buffalo, N. Y.
July 4, 1620
July 4, lS'Jt
June 83. 1S33.,,.
July 4, J 9,11
Kaiiruary i!8, 1848.
Jun 8, 1S40. . , , ,.
July 24, 103.,,,.
April 4, 1S41
January 7, lfU. ..
June IS, 149
July B, 1874
March 9, 1S74. ...
October . 1889...
June 1, 18G
April IS, 1!3 !
July 31, 175
July 23, liISS
January 17, 1893. .
Beptemb.T IS, 11
November 17. loiia
June 24, 1001
March 13, 1001. . .
September 14, 1001
WIKE FENCES F0S TELEPHONES.
Used by the Signal Corps ia Direct-,
ina: -Military Maueavers.
"In the West and Southwest, where
there are long Ktretehcs of unbroken
wire fences, these wires are frequently
used to convey lelephoue messages from
one point to uuothcr," saldCapt. John
G. Soulier, of San Antonio," Tex., her
on business before tho departments, ac
cording to the Washington Tost.
"In some localities tho fence wire?
are converted into regular telephone
lines, with permanent equipment for
practical use. These lines are often
from ten to thirty miles long, and are
a great convenience to people of tho
ranches.
"Tho United States signal corpa Is
well trained in tho use of wire fences
for telephone purposes. In the mili
tary nieneuvers that take place in the
ranch region the slgnnl corps plays an
Important part in directing the move
ment of the troops by improvised tele
phones. "In some localities where the coun
try is rough or heavily wooded Jt is Im
possible to convey the signals from one
point to another by the usual method
of flags or other visual signals. It la
then the telcphono is brought into play.
"Each detachment of signal corps
men is equipped with a field telephone
attachment. It requires tho work of
hut a minute or two to conuopt this at
tachment with a fence wire and to get
luo direct communication with head
quarters. 'The use of the fenee. wire for tele
phone communication obviates the ne
cessity of constructing temporary field
telephone lines by the signal corps.
It sometimes happens that a little difll
culty ts encountered In using the wires
on aceotint of some poor connection or
break, but It usually does not take
long to discover mid remove the cause
of the trouble.
"On some of the hi innches straight
lines ot wire fence ility to seventy-flvo
miles long are frequently found. These
afford excellent opportunity for mili
tary field service.
"As a matter of necessity all ranch
fences must be kept In good repair. To
do this fence riders nre constantly em
ployed. 'I tin nk fu! urn.
"Anything to be grateful for?" re
plied the optimist. "I should sny so
Have you noticed the awful shrrtikaire"
of stocks?" b
"I guess everylv yowled tho
jx'sidmlst.
"Well, I don't own uny stocks." .
Philadelphia Ledger.
'Agricultural note: Only one thing
may be mid in favor of tho Cucumber i
It svaiids shipping well.
Learning from the mistake of ti
ers Is the only philosophical ray o
acquiring an education.