Nebraska Newspapers

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Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
John H. Riam,
Publisher
Calveston has King Canute brat sev
eral city blocks.
Being an absolute monarch Is be
coming absolutely foolish.
The cigarette la the dead mouse In
the wall of the tobacco shop.
flnnd Tri.Trntncr TTova vml triad an
Investment by brightening somebody's
lire tnis morning?
As King Alfonso would say: "You
cannot make a Spanish omelet without
breaking a few eggs."
No, Anxious Inquirer, Mr. Llttauer
was not party to the fatal glove ron
t6t on the battleship Vermont.
The woman who thrashed her hus
band for getting drunk regarded It
doubtless merely as a case of tight
lacing.
Owing to the ndvent of tne aero
plane some one from Kansas might
make a fortune by Introducing the cy
tlone cellar In England.
Orvllle Wright earned a $.",000 bonus
In 14 minutes and 42 seconds. It had
taken him pome time, however, to get
ready to do the earning.
Philosophers, LIIX's, and others of
that character greet one another as
follows: "Good evening; have you
icade up a new religion yet?"
Edward faysoh Yc.ston, who hns
Walked across llio continent In hl3
Beventyfirst year, Is a living refuta
tion of the chloroform theory.
Speaking of midsummer bargains,
did. you notice that the $1,000,000
Rockefeller building 'was sold by the
elder to the younger John D. for $1?
In other words, according to the ac
commodating alienist, Thaw was In
sane Just long enough to furnish the
xcnse which was going to be neces
ary. Five feet of books will make some
men real scholars. And then, again,
there are other men upon whose na
tive Ignorance five cords of books
Wouldn't make an impression.
Evelyn Thaw emphatically denies
that she Is an angel child, and It Is
trobable that a largo percentage of
xne population will be inclined to take
ber word for it without any further
Votestatlons.
New York correspondent objects
that men's clothes have too many pock-
?ts. An evident attempt to keep up
he general average in compensation
for the complete absence of pockets In
women's clothing.
The Standard Oil Company, It is an
nounced,' will manufacture butter as a
by-product. The Standard a long time
ago manufactured axle grease, and
from axle grease to some kinds of but
ter Is only a Btep.
A California man has invented a fly
tuff machine which he calls an ornl
thopter and by means of which he ex
fleets to be able to fly like an ea-jl. In
ease his expectations are realized we
Buppose it will be permissible to speak
of his performance as "ornlthoplng."
Courts for children, like those of
blgher Jurisdiction, are sad reminders
Of neglect. deDravl
kind. They exist not from choice or
mrougn pnae in the machinery of law,
but as a result of dire necessity In
ome cases. The bar at which lncor
riglbles are arraigned should not be a
Judgment seat for nurslings accused of
trifling misdemeanors. Officialdom
guilty of wholesale arrests and prose
cutions of this description Is ltsel' In
need of discipline.
Interest in the project of damming
Niagara Ulver has been renewed by
the approaching report of the Inter
national Deep Waterways Commission
The members of the commission are
aid to be individually iii favor of the
dam. Shipping men favor it also as
the decline in level of Lake Erie every
utumn seriously interferes with their
business. It is estimated that a dam
which would maintain the lake at a
permanent and satisfactory level could
be built for $5,000,000.
The Department of Agriculture has
Issued a warning to the public concern
ing the growing use of phenacetin
acetanllid and antlpyrln. These drugs
are declared to be true poisons. The
danger lies In the powerfully depres
sing effect upon the heart, and In the
ease with which a habit of use is form
ed. Of a large number of physicians
who gave testimony to the department
a great majority stated that they were
prescribing these drugs less frem,..,,.!..
than was their former habit. In Hplt'o
of this, the sales are Increasing. The
explanation is that the drugs are used
In headache powders and other prep
arations which are taken at soda foun
tains or bought at drug stores for use
it home.
With as little unseemly boast fulness
as possible to permit us to attract the
attention of critical and unmet lines
captious Europe to the fact that this
Government of the free a id e mal in
Its latest money making experiments
lias aacrlflced utility to esthetics. Thu
new gold pieces would not stack and
the new pennies will not lit the tlot
machines. The Government Is not to
be commended for these failures in
utility, but certainly it is noteworthy
that this practical nailen o far far
got Itself In admiration of i.iedalllc art
that It never inquired wlr-ther I ho
coins could be used or not. Tiie plain
people natura l try iii ro concerned
aoout the pinnfio than they wero
about tbo gold plecea, the habit of
tacking double eagles not being prev
alent outside of banks, vbtrcasuries
and cannier' offices. The slot machine
lias become a favorite means by which
the people come into communication
with . chewing gum, chocolate drops
and other luxuries and diversions. It
was a serious matter when it was dis
covered that the new Lincoln penny
would not work In this capacity. The
fact that V. D. Brenner, the medalist,
had his Initials tucked away micro
scopically on the penny, although ob
jected to, was unimportant. The slot
machine defect was serious, and fur
thermore It was discovered tlint the
bank coin machines could not be
worked with Hie new coins. The Gov
ernment Is gettir:; too artistic, It
must have a care for the practical
things in life.
Already American and Canadian pa
pers are beginning to talk nbout cele
brating the one hundredth anniversary
of the war of 112. Except on the
principle that every event Important
enough to bo remembered must be
celebrated after one hundred years, we
seen no rreat call to make a fuss over
the war of 1812. Neither nation has
any reason to be proud of its begin
ning, end of Intervening history. We
were nagged into the quarrel by re
strictions put upon neutral commerce
by the contending forces In the Na
poleonic wars. The policy represented
by the British orders on council was
no more oppressive than that repre
sented by Napolleon's Milan decrees.
Rut we seem to suffer more from Brit- I
lsh restrictions because that power
had ft navy to enforce them. In our
Juvenile irritation and bumptiousness
we rushed without preparation Into
a war that would have been ruinous
had not England been exhausted In a
larger struggle. The trivial land bat
tles of that war wero neither honor
able to us nor very creditable to th'j
unvarying victors. We have always
boasted of our naval prowess In a
number of frigate duels, but these had
little effeet on the course of hostili
ties. After all the naval victories of
Perry and McDonough on the Interior
bikes, trifling 83 they were, did more
than anything else to bring the war
to an end. The treaty of peace Is no
great cause of pride either. Though It
contained a number of sensible pro
visions forced upon both, nations by
pressure of circumstances, it left open
ruses of dispute that vexed us for gen
erations, Bomo of which are yet un
settled. On the whole the war of 1815
was an Indiscreet adventure of our
youth, provoked by insolent British
contempt of our feebleness, which both
nations may well agree to ignore. The
most practical suggestion in connec
tion with this Is that the United States
and Canada Join In celebrating, not
the war of 3812, but the century of
peace between the two countries that i
followed It. First made nt the last I
Harvard commencement, this nuggcs
tlon has been officially approved In
Canada. It would naturally postpone
the celebration until 1014.
'I'rofeloiiI FhIIipm."
A curious industry has sprung u,
in France owing to the law which
permits any man to declare himsell
the legal father of a child, tbo Parli
correspondent of the London Express
Bays. A number of men of good fnm
ily and r.mall means have adopted pa
ternlty as a profession and are willing
for a small sum to declare themselvei
fathers of boys or girls who have n
names of their own. As long as thes
honest men alone profited by the law
there was no particular reason to In
terfere, but the authorities are taking
steps to abrogate It now owing to
curious circumstances which have
come under their notice.
Some time ago a woman proceeded
against a man for theft and black-
mall, llo was sentenced to two years'
imprisonment. The woman had a son
who had been registered ns "of par
entage unknown." When the black
mailer came out of prison he in due
form declared himself the young
man's father, and he Is his father
still. Uecontly in a lawsuit In which
an inheritance was at stake the evi
dence proved that the legal father
of ono of the parties was two years
younger than his daughter, and this
state of affairs Is too Gilbert lan to ro
main possible much longer.
Ilourat aa the Day la I.oiiic,
A somewhat elastic terra that U
used in speaking of our fellow men.
In June, when the days are sixteen
hours or thereabouts In length, It may
properly be regarded as comparatively
high praise. But In December, when
the days have shrunk to nine hours
and some minutes, It Is naturally con
siderably less flattering. In speaking
of some men, It Is safest to wait until
about the 21st of December to use the
honest-as-tho-duy-ls-long expression.
Judge.
(the Wasn't Sure.
A famous baseball player has i
younger slater who is Intensely proud
of him, although not very familiar
with the national game. Mentioning
his name one day to a visitor, the
latter asked her what position her
brother played.
"Why." she stammered, "I I'm not
sure, but I think he's a batter!" Lip-
plneott's.
Nut fr Htm.
"I don't think lions ought to be
caed."
"It Is the only way to keep thim
from becoming extinct."
"Oh, surely there Is another way."
"If you mean cigln' ltoosevelr. count
me out." Houston Post.
'Inl.lii'il iiii.i I ll.-il.
Mrs. Cnwford You must love youi
husband veiy dearly if you sine all
the letters he sends you while a Yre.
in the country.
Mrs. Crabslnw--I'm keeping them
for comparison, my dear. I'm suro to
catch him In a He. Judge.
The modern mother does t,o much
to spare her eh II, lien It U a wonder
she doesn't think up home plan of
taking their plili for them.
When tempted to talk about any
one, remember that right here is a
good time to p,, lice a UuU self,
denial.
Don't wear diamuuds unless
have a bank balance to match.
yoi
DV Me a epiern'B l r bnppy trend,
And like a qnei n s I. "I golden head!
Hut oh! nt hot, when nil Is said,
Her woman's b'-art for r.ie!
We wandereil where (lie river gleamed
'Neath o.i)-. (bat rnns d find pities that
circa inc.,
A wild thing oT the woods she seemed,
So proud ai.d pure and free!
All heaven grew niitb to bear her sing,
When from her lips her soul took
wing;
The oaks forcot their pondering,
The pines ilu Ir reverie.
And oh! her happy queenly tnud!
And oh! her qri'.enly grhlen head!
Hwt oh! her heart, when nil is sald
Her woman's le art for me!
William Watson.
I Gratidude and Love
When the big White Star liner Bal
tic, from Liverpool, reached her pier
recently an attractive Norwegian wcvn
an and her two little daughters stepped
from the gangplank Into the arms of
former Sergt. Jack Dempsey of Co.
II, Fourteenth United States cavalry,
and thereby hangs a talo of tragedy
and romance that began on the Pacific
Ocean and only culminates to-day.
In their little Norwegian homo the
two children nestled on their mother's
lap and listened to a mournful recital
of how their father, Olav N'assjo, a big,
bronzed Norseman, gave his life for
that of the man whom henceforth they
will call father.
On May 20, ISM, the United States
transport Logan east her lines from
the transport dock In San Francisco
and steamed out through tiie Golden
Gate, headed for the Philippines, with
the soldiers and officers of the Sixth
Infantry, regular army, on board.
They were bound on a mission which
was certain to mean that .many would
never live to see home ngnln.
Happy and most care free o? all was
tall, handsome Sergt. Jack Dempsey.
Always ready with story or song, but
never lacking In soldierly obedience,
Sergt. Jack was loved by his comrades
and respected by his superiors.
After the uneventful twenty-six-day
run to Manila, the strenuous days of
regular army life begun. Marched
from one point to another, at one time
serving with his regiment In the Is
land of Negros, fifty - miles farther
Kouth; transferred from one regiment
to another, and from lnfanty to cav
alry, Dempsey eventually found him
self back In Manila about tne time
that the news of the Boxer outbreak
reached there. Manila being the near
est available point, Instructions soon
ca.:ne from Washington to rush troops
from there to the scene of the disturb
ance. It was then that Sergt. Jack
Dempsey found his lot cast on the
United States transport Seward, bound
for the China coast.
It was when the transport was three
days out that a fierce storm was en
countered, which had all the attributes
of one ot the dreaded typhoons of that
uncertain locality. Sergt. Dempsey
had been chatting below with some of
his comrades, and when he reaches ..it)
deck was careless of the pitching and
rolling of the transport In the seething
water which surrounded her. Scurry
ing across the slanting deck In nn
effort to avoid a torrent of foaming
water from a wave which broke over
the vessel's bow, Dempsey was dashed
to tho lee rail. Fortunately the Sew
ard was almost hove to, having on
only sufficient headway to keep her
head on to tho battering seas. It
was a sea In which the lowering of a
small boat would have been most haz
ardous, but even before there was time
to give such an order nfter the cry,
"Man overboard!" had rang through
the ship, a rigid form, clad In blue,
shot from the bridge and parted the
waters within a few strokes of the
struggling sergeant.
Wheel Quartermaster Olav Nassjo,
stationed on the bridge, had seen
Dempsey swept frr.m the deck. He
stopped not an Instant, but hurled
himself to the rescue. It was the act
of a hero, but Nassjo never survived
to receive the Idolatry of his Bhlp
mates. He accomplished the work of
rescue but sacrificed his own life In
the performance of the task.
As the young sailor's powerful arms
cleft the water during a moment's
calm in the lee of the ship, and his
hands clutched the clothing of the
gurgling, exhausted man, a line shot
from the ship's rail and was quickly
passed around the body of the half
drowned Boldier by N'assjo, who, still
careless of his own safety, shouted
to those on deck to "haul away."
While the Inanimate form of I)p mo
sey was being dragged up the side of
tho ship, Nassjo struck out In his
wake. Ho was almost within reaching
distance or anotner line w hich was al
ready dangling over the side, when a
rolling sea broke over him and dashed
him with terrific force against the
steel hull of the transit. ms awe
struck .mates gathered at the rail
could hear the sickening crash as the
poor fellow's skull struck the metal,
and watched with horror the deep red
coloring of the surface as the gallant
hero sank. Following the inviolable
rule of the sea, the transport was hove
to tho locality, but the watch kept at
the rail by the entire ship's company
was of no aval! the cradling waves
had claimed their shipmate for Ills
lust, long sleep. Alter the ui. of the
dreary watch, during which Sergt.
Dempsey bad been resuscitated. It was
apparent to all that a life hid been
given for a life, and the ship headed
again In tho direction of Tientsin.
During the remainder of the passage
Sergt. Dempsey was kept to Irs berth
hi low. Illness followed his being
snatched from a watery grave and this
was accentuated by grief over the ca
tastrophe, so that when the coast was
reached the regimental surgi on or
dered that Dempsey be seel to the
Japanese general hospital at Nagasaki.
The days that Sergt. Jack was lying
oi his back on tho hospital cot were
spent In moody reflection, hut before
he again started for the frout, sound
enough physically, ho hud formed a
MWMmosijracffl
Y'"" N rebelling against the war which Spain has undertaken on
I f I the Illff coast of Morocco, some of the Spnnish people have per-
I Jul I Iiai's ln nilncl llle f:ict t,lat liul national glory or territorial
M expansion la likely to be obtained throueh a lorn?
HTCJJpl campaign against the wild tribesmen of that region. For tho
I Integrity of Morocco Is guaranteed bv the
the Sllltan Of that nlr1
taking no part in tho proceedings, and the government of Spain has an
nounced that the purpose of the war is limited to the protection of Spanish
possessions and frontiers covered by the treaty of Tetuan, being In no sense
directed against Morocco as a state. Few Spaniards, however, are given
to reading or thinking abstractly about questions of government or foreign
policy. Eighty per cent of them are unable to read or write. The antag
onism of the people to the Moroccan war probably springs almost wholly
from their knowledge of what the wars of the past have cost them Individ
ually. Spain's possessions in Morocco are small a few towns along the
coast used as convict stations and their greatest value seems to be to a
few mine owners who have been and are being protected by the Spanish
government nt a high cost to the nation.
One of the most picturesque chapters of European history Is the story
of the Invasion of Spain by the Moors, which left permanent monuments of
the greatness of tho Invaders in the Alharabra and other famous structures.
Ilcfore the Invention of gunpowder the Moors were a formidable enemy in
the field. They nre credited, Indeed, with having used gunpowder for the
first time in European warfare, at the siege of Algeciras, in 1342. aad with
having long been familiar with Its use before other nations put It to prac
tical purposes. Morocco received tho expelled Moors when those of them
that refused to accept Christianity were driven from Spain by the power
of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon In the fifteenth ceuturv
Their settlement on tho African coast gave them tho opportunity of becom
ing pirates for many centuries. Fundamentally opposed to each other
as Christians and Mohammedans, the Spaniards and Moroccoans have nn
enduring antagonism to each other, whether having specific causes for war
or not.
resolution which he did not communi
cate to even his most intimate com
rades.
Sergt. Dempsey followed his regi
ment to China ln another transport,
but found that It had gone to the front
already, so he fell In with the famous
lie lily's battery, and made the march
with them to Peking. Although
wounded ln tho first skirmish, Sergt.
Dempsey subsequently rejoined his
own regiment, but his comrades soon
found that the rollicking sergeant of
former days had been transformed to a
sober, serious, thoughtful soldier. The
canteen was forsaken and It was not
long before tho men learned that the
spendthrift of earlier days had become
a man scrupulously careful of his earn
ings, and every dollar went, down to
the credit of the paymaster.
At tho close of tho disturbance hU
regkment was again ordered to Manila,
and as soon a.s the troops were landed
Sergt. Dempsey walked up the Escolta
to the shipping commissioner's office
and wired the Norwegian consul. The
superintendent of army trasport wrote
Jack a letter giving him the home ad
dress of the unfortunate quartermas
ter, Olav Nassjo. Afterward a letter
from Norway arrived Informing him
that his savior had left a widow and
tub i'omii;seoxm;.N(:E co.sri.Mia.
two babies, who were without means
of support.
When the next pay day arrived
Sergt. Dempsey had a short confiden
tial talk with MaJ. Kllbourne. The
next mail out of Manila carried an en
velope addressed to the widow of
Quartermaster Nassjo. ln it was a
letter which read:
Dear Madam While bound for China
on a transport your husband like all
brave Norsemen leaped from the
bridge ln an effort to save mo fm:n
drowning after 1 had fallen overboard
during a storm. I was saved, but In
thu gallant act he lost his own life.
I learned through the Norwegian cou
sul that ho had yourself and two little
babies dependent upon hlni. I can
now only offer you my sympathy and
life, and both are freely nnd fully
given. Inclosed please find $200, which
is all I have earned since the acci
dent. Each month you will receive all
my pay except a trifle for necessities.
This, should you live, you shall have
so long as I am able to earn It. Your
husband did not hesitate that eventful
day ns he stood on the bridge of the
transport, and I. ns a United States
soldier, will not hesitate to make any
restitution In my power. My prayers
shall always be for you and the chil
dren. Your husband died a man to
be admired by all humanity, and God
will watch over nnd take care of you.
With all my heart's slncerest sorrow,
believe me. your frleud.
JACK DEMPSEY.
Co. II, Fourteenth U. S. Cavalry. Ma
nila, P. I.
Letters of thanks followed, and the
correspondence continued through the
cars that Sergt. Dempsey remained in
Manila fulfilling bis promise to the
Norwegian widow and her little one-;.
Five years after the Mayday sailing
the s.utne transport- tho Logan- which
bad carried Sergt. Dempsey away from
San Francisco steamed back through
the Golden (late with Sergt. Dempsey
on board. Letters of such a character
had been exchanged meanwhile that
Jack was not surprised to be up
preached on the pier by a llttlo Nor
wegian weman. who gazed first at a
photograph which she held In her hand
and then at the face of the stalwart
soldier, while the tears streamed down
her cheeks. The tall, handsome ser
geant took her In bis arms, but did
not upeak fur awhile. Then they
walked away together. Later a gen
eral order was Issued and three regl-
4rf
lirpnim .mil unnrnirroculvA .,,,. r.,, t
ments lined up while the bands of
their regiments played the weddinj
march.
Finally Sergt. Dempsey's regiment
was ordered to New York, and lt-was
while he was serving as Gen. Grant's
orderly at Governor's Island that he
received, on May 13, 190S. his honor
able discharge from the United States
army, In which he had served so faith
fully and- well.
Mr. Dempsey returned to civil life
as an employe of William Morris. Inc.,
and is now superintendent of the build
ing ln 42d street into which Mr. Mor
ris has recently .moved his offices.
Having created a comfortable home
In New York, Mrs. Dempsey returned
to Norway two months ago to get her
two daughters, who had been left In
the care of their late father'8 parents.
New York Herald.
NEW BURGLAR ALARM.
Cirrman Invention I tlllzen IniloTV
anil luortvn- Curtain.
Deputy Consul General Ulysses J.
Bywater reports, according to Daily
Consular Reports, on a simple ap
pliance for giving warning of attempt
ed burglary or forcible entry Into
premises, which Is thus described by
the consular officer:
This appliance has been thoroughly
tested by the police authorities of
Dresden and Berlin, and the most ex
perienced experts were unable to find
(laws In the apparatus, or to enter into
the protected premises without start
ing the alarm. The appliance itself
is very s!::;p'.e, consisting of a curtain
or portiere, wired with fine conductors.
At certain places on the curtain are
affixed small metal knobs, which are
connected with the wlro conductors.
The curtain is then drawn across the
window or door, or around the safe,
and the slightest disturbance of this
position breaks the circuit, as the .met
al knobs are thrown out of contact
with each other.
Should the burglar notice the wires
and cut one or several thereof the
breaking of the circuit would also
start the alarm. Any other attempt to
destroy the protecting curtain would
also be noticed. Any curtain, unless
made of fireproof material, would also
act as a fire alarm. The alarm itself
may consist of a series of bells, lights
or other electrical appliances. This In
vention can be used to protect doors,
windows, safes, etc., nnd naturally the
curtains, forming the most conspicu
ous part of the device, can be designed
and arranged to suit Individual taste.
Tbo inventor recently gave the writer
an exhibition of the working of the
apparatus, nnd the impression was that
this Invention is unique in simplicity
and reliance.
Phllndeluhlu'n Himal.
Chicago and New York doubtless
have their uses. We must have pork
and beef, and we must have a com
mercial metropolis, but It is hard to
believe that any one would willingly
live ln New York unless possessed of
an Income of a million or so a year.
Ia this city we live with comfort
and a due sense of proportion. There
are a few flats In the city, and there
are enough people who don't need
homes to fill them, but the average
Phlladelphlau Is wedded to pis hearth
stone. He owns his house and lives
lu it with pride and comfort, without
osteutatlon.
Ouradvlce to people ln Chicago and
New York is to come to Philadelphia
to live, where babies may be born
without tho fear of the landlord, and
where they may be nurtured ln com
fortable homes and brought up to be
respected citizens. Philadelphia In
quirer. No H't 'I lirre.
Uncle F.henlf ye ever visit New
York and git tired walkln' around th'
city, don't ye go into th' stock ex
change to rest!"
Aunt Martha Why not?
Undo Ehen Gracious sakes! There
they charge $ 1 0,000 for a seat! Judge.
Hum nllk J.-llv.
Melt In a saucepan a large table
spoonful of butter and half a glass of
entrant or other acid jelly. Shake in
a little pepper, and when hot lay ln
four or five small thin slices of boiled,
cold ham. Let It boil up once and
serve quickly on toast. Bost'in Post.
Aaretnlile.
Palmist Shall I tell your fortune,
sir?
Hrokely Yea. Tell it to hurry up.-
Puck.
DIGGERS OF BTG "DITCH'7
Required Houses, Hotels, Hospitals
and Many Other Buildings
Within Canal Zone.
OVER $9,000,000 IS EXPENDED
Atmospheric Conditions and the
Wood Ant Necessitated Brick
or Stone Construction.
In connection with the work on the
ranal It is probahie that the majority
of the Americans back home do not
comprehend all the details, most of
them viewing It as a .matter of digging
a ditch, hauling away the dirt and
building a few locks and dams, a Colon
letter to the New Orleans Times-Democrat
says. It is hardly likely that the
work done In sanitation and In erect
ing buildings and the cost of the same
are fully realized. When the French
Canal Company turned over to the
American army officers their posses
sions on the isthmus there were in
cluded ln the transfer close on to 1,800
houses. For Feveral years prior to
that tlm the French had been doing
scarcely anything except a little dig
ging at Culebra. and, as these houses
were strung all along the line 'and
were but little used, they were natur
ally ln bad condition. Since that time
the canal commission has erected
something like 1,500 buildings. These
have cost, more or less, 16,400,000,
American money, and the repab 8 nec
essary to make the French houses
Rgaln habitable cost neaiiy $2,700,000
SIR ORACLE
NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BEGIN PRACTISING ECONOMY"
James J. Hill.
additional of the same kind of curren
cy. This cnakes a total of over $9,
000,000 expended on buildings during
the past five years.
These buildings have been erected
for all kinds of purposes. Not only
were bouses built that employes might
have a place to live, but others were
also put up in order that the men
might find enjoyment and amusement
therein. The list includes quarters fqr
both gold and silver employes, offices,
hotels, kitchens, commissaries, hospi
tals, shops, storehouses, jails, court
houses, Y. M. C. A., clubhouses r.nd
lodge halls. Of the foregoing the most
money was spent for quarters, the
amount of $3,000,000, gold, being used
for that purpose. The next Important
item was the $.'..".0,000 expended for
hospitals. And in addition to all these
baths and closets were provided, cost
ing not quite $100,000, besides over
$400,000 for buildings for various uses
not mentioned In the above list.
The writer has seen houses con
structed of pine, less than three yeais
old, which evidently were held from
collapsing like eggshells only by a
miracle. On the other hand, buildings
In the Interior, constructed of native
lumber and varying from fifty to seventy-five
years old, have been absolute
ly untouched either by the climate or
by the ants. The canal commission,
however, cannot be blamed for Import
ing its lumber, since during the past
five years there has not been enough
native product to supply the market ln
the city of Panama alone, to say noth
ing of the millions of feet required by
the commission. During the last few
years there was an opportunity tor
uomeone to make a quick fortune sell
ing hardwood lumber to the canal com
mission, but that opportunity is now
past. The forests are still standing it
is true, but tne output will have to be
shipped for long distances, because
there Is no longer a ready buyer for
the same on the Isthmus. The expense
for repairs the coming year will
amount to about $37",000, including
pay for carpenters, screening, painting,
plumbing aad such small amounts of
lumber as vlll be necessary to replace
old boards.
WALL SPACE TO BUY AND SELL.
llutr the llurr Work nit (I IIimt the
I'malm-I l l)llH.f,l (if.
A concern dealing in wall sign ad
vertising will buy any space that can
be made available for that purpose pro
vided that it can be made to yield a
profit, the New York Star says. Tho
space buyer for such a concern has to
be a ."ian of Intelligence and adapta
bility, for lie may cover the city and
a certain area of the surroimdii.g ter
ritory, meet in.; all sorts of p. oplc, city
folks and farmers.
Some won't sell their space at any
price, Fi'iiic wan' too much, ami then
there are Mime who will sell for some
sorts of signs but not for cithers. Tho
buyer must know how to get along
with everybody with whom he does
business.
Incidentally the wall space buyer
keers track of all the changes along
the railways and the highways within
his outside territory and he keeps also
a constant eye on real estate transac
tions In iho city, to know whore new
buildings are going up and where old
buildings are to be torn down. He
may be able to buy tho side of a new
building or the top space on It where
It rises above the building adjoining,
or perhaps he can get the exposed side
of an old building on an adjoining va
cant lot.
On some city side walls there might
be room for a sign forty, fifty, sixty
feet high, while on the side and roof
of a country barn or shed the space
would be far less. Sometimes ln the
country you Fee an advertising sign
painted along on a number of sheds.
Some of the spaces bought cost a
high price, some are bought low. Many
of the spaces acquired in city or coun
try may be held more or less perma
nently. Some nre held for shorter
periods and of some the tenure may
be only temporary, as In the case of
side walls soon obscured again by
new buildings, but new spacc3 are con
stantly being leased and the aggregate
amount of space Is kept up or In
creased. One concern In the business In New
York has under its control for adver
tising signs about 730,000 square feet,
samewhere about twenty acres of ver
tical space scattered here and there In
large and small lots.
Of course some of these ppaces are
ln preferred positions and cost tho ad
vertiser corresponding r. Th ndvpr
tlser can buy whatever space he wants
wherever he wants it. He can take
space, as It runs, through a district
or territory or he can pick localities
where he'd like to be or where he
thinks it would be advantageous for
him to be. The advertiser desiring to
rent wall space for advertising pur
poses may come prepared with data
showing Just the amount of business
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he is doing in various localities. In
Cne locality his business may be fall
ing off and he wants to Jack it up a
little and here he may think ho will
take more space; ln another locality
his sales may be running along all
right and here he thinks what he has
got may do, and then It may be that
he thinks he would like to branch out
a little, in districts that he has not
yet covered.
Thus it may happen that the adver
tiser wants to look the territory over
and In such case the concern that buys
and tells wall space puts the custcmer
In an automobile and sends a man out
with him to show what It has to offer.
A Premium on Tolly.
Uncle Hiram, who wears whiskers
and llvvs in comic weeklies, will be
delighted with the latest news from
New York. A man In tbe metropolis
has Invented a device which enables
one to blow out the gas without fear
of th consequences. By a mechanism
too complicated to describe, the gas,
when blown out, automatically shuts
Itself off. So perfect is the contriv
ance, according to the inventor, that
even the gas bill ceases to run.
Hiram, the comics tells us, has never
been able to understand why meddle
some people should Interfere with his
simple, homely diversions. Blowing
out the gas, he has always maintained,
Is one of those personal privileges
guaranteed us under the Constitution.
A machine which will enable him to
blow out all the gas within reach,
without need for subsequent hospital
treatment, will do much to restore
Hiram's faith In popular government.
So much for the blowing out of gas;'
but why can not this beneficent genius
turn his attantlon to other needed in
ventions? Where Is the machine that
will make banana peels on the side
walk a delight to pedestrians? isn't
there some device that will make the
humorist who rocks boats and pulls
chairs from under fo!k a public bene
factor? Can't we have an antidote for
the revolver which no one supposed
was briiled? Success Magazine.
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Cleanliness and good appdr.. art
twins so are cheer;ul:ie,H ;,ad .-ood
l;;-etion. Avoid bh k. r:i.:rs a ill !, -at-e.i
discussions at the t ;.!,,,.. -;,,t ;ow.
ly, taking time to chev. ! !mro i-biy
our food. You will be caxed into
an appetite through i-o litt.le a ). 1S
the i,':;:nacula'.e cb aniiiii n. )U).
en aad the dishes, the lN, ju, uf
the meat with par.iey, wat.r r.ss or
latticed potatoes. A n!Nh olives,
onions, radishes, celery -oil. -n helps a
stalled appetite into a:, e : r course.
And tiie serving hot not lukewarm
ol the vegetables ami meats t.iat coma
from the oven is a wouderfud aid to
digestion.
A t.iiud Opporl unit ,
"Your pas coining down on Safur.
day. 1 onier if that would be a good
time to speak to him.
"Yes. When nia tells him .i.t
she's spent dow n here he'll be glad to
wJk
get rid or the lot of us!" Comic Cut.