Nebraska Newspapers

    Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA Cm, SX3B.
dOTTS XL REAM, - PubUidaer
" In the midst of life we nre In debt.
The more a mnn doesn't know the
leS8 IlO donbt.
Many n wlHe-'.oklng mnn Is tumble to
deliver the goods.
A pretty woman's smile often wrin
kles a man's purse.
The experience n limn buys Is nlwny
delivered a little too late.
. When n sailor falls crerbonrd he
feels as If he were nil In.
Go !i n tailor for n wedding suit and
to n lawyer for a divorce suit.
Home men get out of practice lieentisc
they spend nil (heir time preaching.
A woman never nsks a man If he
loves her unless she is sure of the an
wcr.
Did you ever meet a successful man
who told you whut he wns flolng to do
next?
Almost every day the ave'rnge man
wonders why he did such a foolish
thing.
This Is undoubtedly a dlrty-looklng
old world to the man who Is too lazy
to clean his s;ectaclcs.
Iter. Wily Sunday snys hell Is full of
fudge-en ting mollycoddles. What u
sticky place Jt must be.
If you would have n peaceful home,
all you have to do la to pay the freight
and let your wife run It.
Once in a grent while a woman actu
ally believes that ber hushnnd knows
as much os be think be knows. (
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Elinor Glyn thinks Mark Twain Is
our greatest man. Mark gallantly re
fralns from saying wbat he thinks of
Elinor.
A bitter contest over the will of Wil
liam B. Leeds is predicted. Fifteen
million dollars ought to keep the law
yers going a long time. '
A Michigan farmer has cured a snake
bite with coal oil. We hope he la prop
erly grateful (to Mr. Rockefeller for the
fact that ho could buy the necessary oil.
A Taterson (N. J.) woman who pre
dicted that she Would die on June 14
Is still nllve and In good health. Her
husband Is said to hare become one of
Peterson's worst pessimists.
i "Why shouldn't Trof. Bell succeed In
making monkeys talk Intelligently?"
sks the Atlanta Constitution. Don't
know, unless it Is because that Is more
than he or any one else can do with a
good many men.
A magazine has offered President
Roosevelt $1 a word for his literary ef
forts, but no farmer has tried to biro
him to work In the hay field for $1.75
a day. There are times when even a
President's versatility la not' appre
ciated. It is probable tbat In 1912 an entire
day will be set apart for the cheering,
and in 1016 it may be necessary for
each convention to devote a week at
least to the purpose of beating all pre
vious records. We are a great people
and we do some wonderful things.
Contracts for furnishing single and
double teams to the city of Boston were
recently awarded to a woman. Her
bldH, tendered in open competition with
men, were1 by far the lowest submit
ted, and she demonstrated her ability
to fulfill the obligations. The award
was popular, for the uniformity of the
figures submitted by the men gave sol or
to the charge that an agreement had
ibeen made among them to maintain a
certain price. The woman made her
own figures independently, and won.
It Is the title thnt apiienls to certain
women. To be called a prlnorss or a
countess, or even a baroness, thoy will
cast their all Into a forelga venture.
The prlnee may be a miserable rake,
the count not half so high aa a Ken
tucky colonel and the baron of abso
lutely no Importance, and yet the glam
our catches the title-seeking female and
she turns over her money to a person
w ho could not make $10 a week in hon
est work If his life depended upon It
But why bother? There will always bo
amen, women, and there will always be
euch men so long as there Is money to
be won In tho game of International
marriage.
The conference of Governors to con
alder tho preservation of the national
resources has already brought forth
fruit. The Governors suggested that
the President upiKitnt a uatlonul con
ervatlon committee to advise him and
to co-operate with slmtlur bodies in
tli (j States. Acting on this suggestion.
, Mr. Roosevelt has reupoiuted his com
mission ou Inland waterways, with
. some new members to fill vacancies.
Ho has also constituted commissions on
forests, on land and on minerals, and
an executive committee to hiinuonl.e
the work of nil four bodies. Now we
mny expect to see the growth of tho
sentiment that tfe minerals, lands, for
ests and waters of the country nre iui
tlonnl wealth. Iu the conservation of
which tho whole nation has an lu
tcrest. whether they belong to prlrnte
citizens or not. It Is that sort of sen-
tlincut which will Ik a guurnnteo
gainst want uud barrenness lu the dis
tant future.
Lending physician have declared a
International oougivHsea on consumption
that really effective, warfare tm the
great white plTisueinvolvcs compulsory
in. t!ll ut Ion and rcglxtrntlou laws or or
, dliiiinces. Much can be dot e, tot a lit
tle has' been dune iu the lust two or
thru years, by education uud "moral
suasion," but, after all, contend taew
experts, the world must come t the
use of the snmc degree of compulsion
n its fight on ttilerculosIs that has
been found tieccrwnry in the handling of
other dreaded infectious ond communi
cable diseases. In other words, the
health authorities and the medical pro
fession must have the courage of their
opinion and work for the adoption of
drastic measures of prevention. It Is
significant that the New York Legis
lature has passed a bill which Gov
ernor Hughes has signed emlnxlylng at
least the principle of compulsion. The
i-ew net marks a step forward. It pro
vides tbnt every physician In the State
shall report to the local authorities the
tin me, age, occupation, place of employ
ment nnd address of every person
known by him to have consumption. The
report must be made within twenty
four hours, and the record Is to be kept
secret. In case of the vacation of any
premises by' n person suffering from
consumption, or of the death of such
patient, the physician In charge or the
owner or occupant of the premises must
notify the health board of the fact, and
the premises pre not to be occupied
ngaln until they have been disinfected
nnd clennsed. In cane the orders of the
health board nre disobeyed that body
may post a placard on the premises con
taining the following notice: "Tuber
culosis Is a communicable disease.
These apartments have been occupied
by a consumptive nnd may be Infected.
They must not be occupied until the or
der of the health ofllcer directing their
disinfection or renovntlon has been com
piled with. This notice mnst not be
removed under the penalty mt the law
except by the health officer or others
duly authorized." There are other pro
visions In the act for the prevention of
Infection through cnreless habits, noti
fication of the recovery of jiersons, etc.
A certnln amount of discretion Is
lodged In the health officers, but none
iu those wbosc duty It Is made to re
port cases of tuberculosis In nny stage.
Considerable difficulty Is apprehended
In the enforcement of the act, and there
arc those who fear that. some sufferers
will hesitate to consult a physician and
bo "reported," lest the secrecy of the
records be violated In some wny. Ex
perience should throw light on such
questions as these. Meantime an edu
cational campaign will doubtless be
necessary to remove opposition to the
compulsory notification feature among
tbo more Ignorant elements of the popu
lation. MI
Advertising, says Lily Herald Frost
in the .St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Is
the lance with which the modern cru
sader, known as the business agent,
invades the world of commerce. And
an extraordinarily effective weapon It
la, as the breakfast food people and
the patent medicine houses well know.
The man won doesn't advertise Is
soon a derelict, as Idle and useless as
t painted ship upon a painted ocean.
When the advertiser ceases hla labor
It la then that the receiver gets busy.
It la when advertising dominates
literature that one feels like protest
ing. The commercial spirit rules the
reading world and thrusts Its volumes
.upon It with a wenlth of encomiums
and a persistency that usually win.
By such ludlcious exploitation books
are sola ty tne tuousanas. Tneir
names are seen everywhere, in shop
windows, on billboards.placarded nlorg
with brands of cigars or some superior
make of whisky. And they are accord
ed such high sounding pbroBes of mer
it, of cleverness, of dramatic possibili
ties, that, backed by the author's name
and the Illustrator's art, they present
such visions of delight that ever curi
ous mortals must buy them just to
satisfy their curiosity.
The Korrerrfal Tree.
There Is a tree. In Persia to which
the name "the sorrowful tree" Is given,
perhaps because it blossoms only in
the evening. When the first star ap
pears In the heavens the first bud of
the sorrowful tree opens, nnd aa the 1
shades of night advance and the stars -
thickly stud the sky the buds continue
gradually opening until the whole tree
looks like an Immense white flower.
On the approach of dawn, when the
brilliancy of tho stars gradually fades
In the light of day, the sorrowful tree
closes its flowers, and ere the sun Is ,
fully risen not a slnglo blossom Is vis
ible. A sheet of flower dust as white
as snow covers tho ground around tho
foot of the tree, which seenia blighted
nnd withered during the day, while,
however, it is actively preparing for
the next nocturnal festival. Tho fra
grance of the blossoms Is llko that of
tho evening primrose.
If tho tree Is cut down close to the
roots a new plant shoots up and at
tains maturity lu an incredibly short
time. ,
In the vicinity of this singular tree
there usually grows another which Is
almost an exact counterpart of the sor
rowful tree, but less beautiful, and,
strange to nay. It blooms only In the
daytime.
Not Natural.
To tho studio of nn artist wtio had
Just finished a portrait of a distin
guished resident of a neighboring city a
friend of the sitter ennio to look nt the
uewly painted canvas.
The visitor was nearsighted and not
particularly well acquainted with stu
dios. He wanted to see how good a
likeness had been made of his friend,
lie kept walking nearer nnd nearer to
the painting and finally put out his
finger as If to touch It.
Tho artist was getting nervous nt
t'.ie Approach of the finger to the paint
nnd ho asked the visitor not to touch
the pirtrnlt, as It was not dry. The
iicnr-slghtcd man put down his hand
and walked to the door, turning only to
say i "If It Isn't dry It Isn't my friend."
And he walked out.
Even tlio wise barber isn't always
able to put you next
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Tht Same Mfthnit,
The method by which n man w ins bis
Wife is the method by which be ought
to keep her. Iter. W. W. Bustard, Bap
tist, Boston.
Mnnhond.
Ill the most nlvnnced civilization each
must stand or fall according to his renl
manhood. Rev. John F. Goucher, Meth
odist, Baltimore.
o Sin.
The man who argues thnt there Is no
sin cither willfully lies or else he does
not know his own heart. Hev. Lr.
Broughloii, Congrcgntlonnlist, Atlanta.
Ylrn of I.lfe.
Life Is not to be looked ut as hideous.
Look at life lis God sees it. With sullies
nnd hard work, llfo bus great iKissiblll
tles. Rev. A. T. Horn, Methodist, Chi
cago. Snei-eaa.
Success In Christian work does not
nlwnys depend trpon sujierlor mental at
tainments, but uiMin the iowers of
adaptation. iter. George Adams, Meth
odist, Brooklyn.
A Clonk for Sin.
Be watchful of those who urge the
sanction of public opinion as n cloak
for conduct which you know to be
wrongful. Ilev. .1. Iicwls Barks, Epis
copalian, New York City.
Siioi-ef at Work.
The man who works with God Is sure
of success because his work Is perma
nent, nnd he builds feeling sure his
plans will go through. Hev. Thomas
Knox, Presbyterian, Aurora.
oprl ot Joy.
The gospel of Jesus was ushered In
to give men and women happiness and
Joy without iioiii.g to the world, the
flesh and the devil for it. Rev. F. W.
Cox, Presbyterian, lYovldence.
(.ambling.
The Scriptures teach us thnt the
child buried In the slum Is God's child,
that the drunkard loafing In a pothouse
mny return to His Father's house, and
the most debauched gambler wns once
nn Innocent child. Rev. Dr. Cadman,
Congregntionnllst, Brooklyn.
Touch by Ksnmple.
If you want your children to follow
Christ, follow Him yourself; If you"
want them to go to church, come with
them; If you wnnt them In the Sunday
school, do not send them, but bring
them hand n hand. Rev. Marlon I).
Shutter, Presbyterian, Minneapolis,
I'm In.
I'll In Is n great savior. Its warnings
keep from death, teach us how to pro
long life. It Is foolish to think we
shall ever conquer, overcome or learu
to live without pnln. It Is right to
avoid It. for that Is the day of life.
Rev. David Utter, Unitarian, Denver.
Small Acta Merit Ileward.
The slightest nnd most trlvlnl nnd
most Insignificant action performed In
n state of gnux and done from the love
of God with a pure Intention Is worthy
of n degree of merit which will one day
be transformed Into a decree of glory.
Rev. J. S. M. Lynch, Roman Catholic,
Utlcn, N. Y.
Kldlcnlr.
Many a genernl who has ridden into
battle with nil the apiearance of n
hero has not been brave enough to
stnnd up before his army nnd mnke the
sign of the cross. Ridicule is a more
powerful enemy than shot and powder.
Archbishop Farley, Roman Catholic,
Xcw York City.
The 'rw and the Old.
No mnn will get far unless he h
fearless to fight for the new when he
)s Bure thnt the new Is true; but neither
will ho' get far unless nlso he be rev
erent toward the old, unless he receives
with grntltude the truth which the old
brings; the man who would multiply
his newly-discovered nnd luscious fruit
must not Ignore the tree upon which ho
would grnft It. Rev. C, W. Collier,
Congregatlontdist, Bangor.
Frleudahly.
It often happens that n man's wenlth
siiolls his .possibilities of deep nnd di
versified friendships. For it Is among
workers nnd never among Idlers that
true friendships are formed. Men who
dawdle about their clubs can never
know the choice nnd enduring friend
ships which rise among men who labor
,nnd sacrifice .together for n common
cause. Friendships are for fighters and
not for loafers. Rev. Dr. Fenu, Epis
copalian, Ronton. .
l-Vllnxvahly of d.
Raphael In dying could not give bis
student Ills skill, his spirit nnd his wis
dom. But Christ, who died nnd rose
ngaln, breathes Ills spirit Into His dis
ciples and iiciiiiipaiilcM them forever
more. Those who do not jioshcss the
life of Christ within them may exist,
but they do not live. Life Is that
which is added to existence by, the dl-riM-t
vision of God nnd by direct fellow
ship with Him. Rev. Charles L. White,
Baptist, WalcnlMe, Me.
Old ihir-."
"Old Glory" stands for n grent his
tory; nnd not only docs It stand for
tradition 'mid actual historical events
but as a banner the fiag Is older tliuu
ulmiKit any of the Hags of modern na
tlii:. It a!s Mauds for glory, both
of tbo piiFt and of the present, and
iiIpo of the future. Duty it also sytn
hollies, and as a banner of freedom It
upholds liberty for all alike, religious
as well as pol li lea I. Rev. Dunne N.
Grlttlt:, Methodist, Hartford.
A rn'a Influence.
Little Dick Mamma, 1 think I'd bt
a better boy if 1 had a pony like Tom
Hunter's.
Mother Better In what way, my
boy?
Little Dick I think I'd be mor
charitable.
Mother (surprised) More charita
ble? Little Hick Yes. Because then I
wouldn't fed so glad when Tom'a pony
mns awny with him.
There tnk place many a slip aftaf
the cup bus bceu ta tho lip.
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Tired of I'lar.
"Tired of play 1 Tirpd of piny I"
What hunt thou done tins livelong dny?
The binl'i ar silent, and so Is the bee;
The sun Is criwjjing up steeple und lr e:
The dove l.avo flown to the Bliplter!ui
inns,
An! the tusts are dark with the drooping
leavft ;
Twilight gathers nnd dny Is dontr
How host thou spent it, restless one?
"Plnyimr?'' but what hast thou done be
. side
To tell thy mother at eventide?
What promise of morn i left unbroken?
What kind words to thy playmates
Whom hast thou pitied, and whom for;
given?
How with thy faults hns duty striven?
What hast thou learned by fiHd nnd hill,
By greenwood path, and by singing rill?
There will come an eve to a longer day
That will find thoe tired but not of
play !
And thou wilt leac, as thou leanest now,
With drooping limbs and aching brow,
And wish that the shadows would faster
cTrcp,
And long to go to thy quiet sleep.
Well were It then. If thine aching brow '
Were as free from t.n and slmme ns now 1
Well for thee, if try lip could tell
A tale like this, of a dny spent well.
If thine open hand hath ?elieved distress.
If thy pity hath sprung to wretchedness.
If thou bast forgiven the sore offense,
And humbled thy heart with penitence;
If nature's voices hnvc spoken to thee
With her holy memilngs eloquently ;
If every crenture hath won thy love.
From the creeping worm to the brooding
dove ;
If never a s'ad, low-spoken word
Hath plead with thy human heart un
heard; Then, when the night steals on, ns now.
It will bring relief to thine aching brow,
And with joy and pence nt the thought
of rest.
Thou wilt sink to sleep on thy mother'!
breast.
N. P. Willis.
COUGHS AND THE NOSE.
Jfanr Stubborn Caaea Due
to
Trouble In Nnaal Fosaae.
There ore people who hnve a stub
born cough which lasts for months nnd
rears and which the) more rational
treatment is tumble to cure. This wns
the case with a woman, of whom M.
Lermozey, of Paris, recently reported
pis observations to the Soclete Medl
tale des Hopltaux, nnd who coughed for
eleven years without ntiyone being able
lo cause this Jnflrntity to disapiwar,
nntll one dny, after an examination
pf her hose, the ablation of polypi cur
hl It suddenly and definitely.
A cough with a nasal origin, there-;
fore exists which mny be more fiequent
fchan one is led to believe. It Is, M.
(.ermozey snys, generally temed a
pervous cough. This term Is at the
lame time an error In diagnosis nnd
leads to an Insufficient treatment
The nasal cough occurs when two
piorbld conditions are realized simul
taneously ; these are an exaggerated
jenslblllty of the mucous membrane of
the nose and a local cause of irritation.
This local excitant mny be either hay
fever or a polypus in the nose.
Nasal coughs have pertain character
istics which may serve to render thein
recognizable. They are dry, convulsive,
progressive, irresistible.
What ofted deceives as to the cause
of these fits of coughing Is n banal
pubjectlve illusion. The sufferer from
nasal cough feels tliat It Is caused
by a pricking sensation In tho larynx,
and, on tho contrary, notices no tickling
In the nose. '
A systematic exnmlnntlon of the
pnsnl fossae of all people who cough is,
therefore, necessary. Sometimes a
large lesion is found In them, floating
polypi which Irritates the mucous mem
brane; sometimes tho latter seems nor
mal, but nt certain points cough-producing
atones are found which are revealed
by two complimentary signs: produc
tion of the coush by tho lrrltatlou of
the said zones, suppression of the
cough by the cocninlzatlon of the zones.
The diagnosis of the nasal origin of a
cough considerably attenuates Its prog
nosis. This cough when not recognized
continues nlmost indefinitely; when
recognized It gives way ulmost always
to a rational local treatment, nnd some
times dlsnppears with astonishing rap
idity. Thanks are due to M. Lermozey for
colling attention to the role, scarcely
suspected until now, by which the
mucous membrane of the nose plays In
the persistence of certain coughs; and
In case of need recourse will be had to
the theraiH'utlcal means which this
knowledge ludb-ntes. Paris IMitioa of
New York Herald.
Ilia Ilumlile laea.
She was versed iu Greek and Latin,
She was versed in German, too;
JSht was versed in ull the classics,
And the ets old nud new.
lie bad studied art nnd music,
And in culture she was graced;
But I note her wenry husband
Had to button up hir waist.
SUp could talk of bygone hcror,
She could tell oft'liniid their nuiucs;
Uho could tell wheu Rome w;is found;'
And the date it fell in Haines,
fbe could tell of style nud fashions
At a niile-n-minute rate;
But ahe hud to ask her husband
If her hat was pinned ou utraiglit.
-Dotroil Free Pruss.
Lark.
"I suppose you wouldn't part with
this dear old farm house for anything."
said tho enthusiastic girl.
"No," answered Fanner Corntossel,
"I don't expot to."
"You regard It ns a kind of mascot,
don't you?"
"Well, the fellow that managed to
sell It to my father was pretty lucky."
Washington Star.
Now i'ouiulrle.
"He had nn eye on the stnge."
"Well?"
"So he went there and got the book."
Baltimore American.
'iliroe Ifumlied years ng iSiunuel de Champlalu, tho
French explorer, founded the settlement of Quebec. In
commemoration of its tercentenary the city of Quebec
recently had the greatest celebration lu its history, nnd
one of the great st ever held In the New World. The
tlty gave itnclf up to teslivlil.M for ten day, and Ca
nadians of Imtli Rrltlsh hmI French ancestry Joined iu
making the event one to be reui 'initcrisl. The celebration
was attended by the Prince of Wales, by representatives
from nil the principal governments nnd by the greatest
collection of warships, coinprlMr.g Kn;;:is'.i, French nnd
American vcfsels that ever gathered In the St. Lawrence
river. The I'nlted States was represented -by Vice Pres
ident ralrhnnks and Rear Aiiuiral AV. S. Cowles," brother-n-w
of tin President.
Civil, religious, military and naval authorities par
ticipated In the various ceremonies nnd festivities. There
were huge nnd cosily pageants, fetes, military parades
and naval reviews to charm b;!!i eye nnd car. The cele
bration was attended ly nearly nil C'niada, and thou
sands of expatriated Canadians gathered from the va
Evolution of
the Street Car M
Three hundred yenrs ago an English
coal miner laid sunie wooden beams In
the muddy road leading from his col
liery, for, the wheels of his coal carts
to run on ; the other day u coal mine
owner from the same country boarded
an electric enr In New York and made
a tour of the subway. The boards In
the muddy road were the ancestors of
that street car. writes B. R. Wilson.
The little expedient of the Knglish
miner, which made heavy hauliiii; light,
marked the beginning of tho "tn-.u-way,"
the great-grandfather of the
railway, the thing which' made street
cars jKssiblo. These wooden beams
served .their purpose very well until
they began sto wear out. Inventive
genius was eipinl to the occasion ; the
j wooiicn beams were phi ted with iron.
I Thin iron bauds were fastened to tile
I top of tho beam to take the wear of the
cr.rt wheels. This was nil right us far
ns the top was concerned, but the wood-
. en beams rotted on the bottom ; so they
made them out of Iron entirely nnd laid
J them on short pieces of wood which
could be cheaply repined when they
rotted. To keep tho wheels of the coal
carts from running off the rails was
the next problem, and they solved It
by putting flanges on the outer sides of
the rail. Iu 178!t William Jessop, the
father of the street rnllwny, took the
' flanges off the rnll ond put them on
the curt wheels and the real evolution
f the street car began.
The Omnlbna Car.
A clumsy omnibus car drawn uy
horses made trips over this railway,
enrrying passengers. The car wns n
big stnge coach, or rather three stage
coaches in one, for there were three
compartments, each of which resem
bled a smnll stage conch, and It had
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the name "John Mason" painted above
the center door.
, About twenty years later the Sixth
avenue street railway was built and
the street cur craze began. It really
amounted to n craze, for thirty struct
car companies began business during
tho next live years. During the ten
years from IStW to 1S70 eigly-Uve
street railways were built. The census
twenty years later showed 7t;: street
railways in operation. In two years
this number Increased to !iS7.
The s'cet rullwuV was a success,
therefore it was the ohjevt of various
nttcmpts nt improvement, for in Amer
ica, whatever is a success n.usr be im
proved. People wanted to go faster
than the one poor horse could pull the
car, and so many were satisited to go
slow that the little car the oi-.u horse
pulled would not bold them nil. They
made larger cars and hitched two
horses to them, but two horses could
not go any faster than one horse simv
they had doubled the sl;:e of the car;
so Inventive genius kept the patent
office up nights examining their claims
for Improvements in street railways.
Tbo most, popular of these Improve
ments were the "dummies," rteani en
gines mounted on wheels and boxed up
to make them attractive. Their jwi Hi
larity was abort-lived In the cities,
however, but suburbanites consented to
ride behind them long after they had
disappeared from the city streets. But.
until Lieut. Frank O. Sprngue. L S N.
(resigned), built the first successful
electric railway In 1SSS, the "dummies"
were the only things the suburbanites
bad to ride behind.
The gap between the "dummies" and
IN THE OLD DAYS THE PASSENGER WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING
OFF,
BUT NOW HE CAN HARDLY
Sprague's electric railway, however,
was ubout twenty years wide, and it
was filled with numerous attempts to
help the eager passengers to hurry.
The first cable road was laid in San
Francisco in 1873 by Andrew S. Halll
die, Henry Root, Asa E. Hoevy aad
William Eppelshelmer. The originator
of the Idea, however, was E. S. Gar
diner, of Philadelphia, who suggested
the plan some time prior to the actual
building.
The cable served its useful purpose
for eighteen years, when It was electri
fied by the motor car promoters; that
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D "L" ROAD IN NEW YORK CITY.
Is, electric conductor rails were strung
In the cable conduit and tbo wire rope
hauled out. The dynamo had been per
fected and electricity was a commer
cial motive power; therefore, the elec
tric street railway of 1KSS was a suc
cess. Before that, attempts had been
made to Operate street cars by various
kinds of magnetic engines. In 1S35
Thomas Davenport, a blacksmith, built
a railway In Springfield, Mass., over
which he operated a car driven by an
electric magnet motor, and twelve
years biter Prof. Moses Farmer brought
out nnotlier electro-magnetic motor, but
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rious foreign countries In which they have made their
homes. Tbo landing of Champlain on the shore of the
St. Lawrence nnd his selection of the spot on which Que
bec, the oldest French settlement In Canada, Is built, wer
reproduced. A great historical pageant was given, Illumi
nated floats representing different events In the history
of Quebec. There were parades in which the various'
crack Canadian regiments took part. Prenlcr Lnurler
nnd other noted speakers made addresses. There was a
review of the English, French aad United States vessels
in the St. Lawrence river. Thanksgiving mass was held
on the Plains of Abraham by the Catholics of the city,
headed by the Canadian primate, aad thanksgiving serv
ices were held in the Episcopal cathedral. There was a
great shore parade and a scene enacted representing tho
landing of Wolfe's force, the ascent up the heights and
the battle of the Plains of Abraham. Then farewells
were exchanged and the British sauadron toek Its depar
ture. The next day tho French vessels followed suit, and
finally the New Hampshire heaved anchor and bade fare
well to Quebec.
GET OFF WHEN HE WANTS TO.
they never passed beyond the experi
mental stage.
The real beginning of the American
electric street railway system was the
Union Passenger Railway of Richmond,
Vs., equipped by Lieut Sprague and
opened for service on the first day of,
February, 1888. It was a "troller" line
"trolley" Is the word In use now. Qty
offlcals soon saw the danger of over-!
headwlres in the crowded city, and their;
precautions led to the underground sys
tem, a system that Is familiar to all,'
for examples good and bad are on con-;
stant exhibition In the streets of our,
cities and even in the towns that ar
just growing into cities.
Eccentrlo Stamp.
"The fascination of stamp collecting,'
said a postal olHclal, "lies in the rare
'finds' which are continually made and
the curious points which sometimes
make a stamp of the face value of a
few pence worth hundreds of pounds.
For Instance, the twopence blue Mau
ritius Btamp which the Prince of Wales
bought nt a public auction for 1,450
was unique In one respect the proper
wording on it, 'Post Paid Mauritius,'
had by a strauge error been altered to
'Post Office Maurltiua.'
"Another stamp which has been
priced at several hundred pounds Is
valuable for the mere misspelling of a
single word. It Is a British Guiana is
sue worth Just 1 cent, but It Is sought
after by all collectors because the wor4
'Patimusque' figures on it Instead or
Tetlmusque.
"Again, a one-penny Capo of Good
Hope stamp changed hnnds the other
day for nearly 200 simply because In
stead of being red, as are all the others
of this Issue, Its color was blue.
"Some years ago In Western Aus
tralia a few stamps were printed with
The figure of a swan upside down upon
them. When the mistake was detected
the Issue was hastily destroyed. Sev
eral specimens had escaped, and one of
them has been sold for 400." London
Tit-Bits.
People are never, content for the
same reason that a sheep never has
feathers.
Money Is the root of much evil when
it gives a man a fashionable wife.
DAYS IN CHICAGO.