Nebraska Newspapers

    91
4
3
3
3
i
w
5
I
4
-"5
it
E
I
Pi
hi
rc
16
DAKOTA CITY HERALD
JOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
PAKOTA CITY,
NEBRASKA,
AN AMERICAN HADIT.
A Chicago doctor counts speed In
eating ns tbo cause of many ot tho
todlly disorders from which peoplo
suffer, particularly in tho business
world, Quick lunches, tho hasty bolt
ing of food chosen because it is In
Eight and tho rushing back to work
without thought for tho abused di
gestive orgnns, can only result, he de
clares, in a physical condition that in
vites diseases in variety. Ho is un
questionably right, says the Indtannp
oils Star. Amorican people really
caro little about what thoy eat this
In spito of tho fact that thoy pobsoss
tiotols and restaurants in which all
ftho luxuries of the world nro sorved
nnd markets which Bupply n wonder
ful variety of products. Notwithstand
ing what is open to them, as a class
they are not fastidious as to quality
They havo ticlr preferences in foods,
of course, but If what they especially
caro for Is not immediately available
they accept what Is at hand, gulp It
down, dash off and forgot within ten
toinutea what It was Uiey ate. "Quick
lunch" places aro an Institution of the
tlmo in the business district in all
cities and havo nn enormous patron
age. Thoy came In response to a do
Jnand. Tho managers aro not to
blcmo because their patrons Insist
upon eating In tbo shortest possible
Ume, nor is tho food thoy sorvo nec
essarily at fault.
Simple eating Is urged oy a Horlln
newspaper as a reform that shculd bo
aimed at In Germany for thj salvation
nt society. Tho presont extravaganco
in dining, It is assorted, threatens fi
nancial Impoverishment as woll as di
gestive ruin. Why la it that Germany
has such famous spas? Tho intima
tion Is mado that the reason lies In
the clrcumstanco that Germany has
so many gluttons, who go to tho wa-
tering places, penitent In tho spring nfl strong as death; Jealousy Is cruol
and summer, to mnko amends for tho as tho gravo; tho coals thereof aro
over-oatlng and over-drinking of which coals of llro, which hath a most voho
they havo boon guilty during tho win- . ment flame."
ter. Tho Dorlin papor Bays: It would That's tho verso fraught with a dou
be a gcnulno public service on tho bl meaninB for each sorority coed
part of the leading society porsonages
If they would begin by practical ex
amples to wage war on tho sonsual
luxurlousness of modorn entertaining,
pa far as thn culinary end of It Is con-
eerned. Only by a return to elmplo
stnd senslblo dinners can wo avert
Bcnulno economic and physical perils.
(Circumspection In the samo direction
would not go amiss In tho United
Btates. Thoro has been a growth ot
tatravaganco In tho outlay for luxu- .
ries of the table. Many men ot means
kavo eaten themsolves Into evil phys
ical condition.
Louisville Is tho nickel town of tho
country. No case is on record of a
jimn or woman buying something cost
ing less than $1 and giving a larger (
fcmount than the cost of the purchaso
that the shopkeepor didn't lncludo sev
eral nickels in tho change It you
trip around town shopping you'll And
your pockets full of C-cent pieces un
til you think you aro the victim ot a
conspiracy until a nntlvo tolls you
It's a habit tho town caa't shako.
Chicago authorities aro asked to
prohibit tho rear Boat on motorcycles
on the ground that "It encourages
elopments." What gifted press agent
for manufacturers of tandem motor
cycles invented that glorious adver
tisement? A SL LuUls woman testified In a
divorce suit that hor husband pelted
tier with money, compelled hor to
spend $1,000 a month In clothes alone,
end that Bho could not count all tho
money he gave hor. And yt sho was
not satisfied. It may bo remombered
that some time ago another woman
wanted a dlvorco because hor hua
tsand vaa too perfect. Tho unrest
emonz woman of which one hears so
tnuch must havo a qSor twist In 1L
Ono of Brooklyn's young men
Ktudied all tho detoctUo stories avail
cblo to learn how to avoid arrest and
then turned to burglary. But tho po
licemen got him. Betoctlve stories nro
Bt their worst when they are taken
seriously.
A New York woman has bequoathed
cor buBband J5, to bo given him at
tho rato of G conts a day. Wo hope
be will refrain from spending It In
riotous living.
One of the wondora of nature Is that
a trout weighing half a pound today
will Bcalo four pounds when tho angler
tells about It next week.
At a marriage in Now York a sugar
jrlnoesB married a p!ne"applo king.
Such a marriage- . ,ht bo called a
sweet fruition of romance.
Of course tho bunny hug is highly
demoralizing for the poor, working
tirl, but high Jinks in a gilded ball
room is quite another matter.
It Is conceit when the other roan
fcaa it; when we havo It ourselves it
Is merely a proper appreciation of
our own abilities.
Authors ot best sellers do not trou
ble tbo calm of tho 0,C10,C93 personj
la the United States who can neither
lead nor write.
The complete records of tho life of
the deposed Sultan of Turkey are to
ie published. They will probably be
bound In asbestos.
1MP
UTO OMB8?
Swordfish and Sharks Fight to Death
a
fcLTfel
r
yv
ss
NEW YORK. That hardiest of
hardy ship news annals, the story
of the deop sea quarrel between sword
fish and whale It was a shark this tlmo
reached port in good order tho other
day on board tho stanch ship Cale
donia. It was a calm and beautiful Sabbath
morn at sea. Tho Caledonia plowing
her way through a bottlo-grcen ocean,
was CO mllos duo cast of Montnuk
Point. Captain F. H, Wadsworth was
on tho bridge. Passengers and crow
lazed Idly on deck. All waB peaco and
tranquility. Suddenly some one with
keen eyesight osplod tho perennial
commotion In tho water Just off tho
ship's bows. All eyes at onco peered
seaward, expecting to bo rewarded
with a view of the usual death strug
gles between shark and uworflsh.
To their utter amazement and de
light, what should meet their wonder
ing eyes but scores nyo, scores of
swordfish and sharks frolicking in
friendly play nbout tho ship!
It was easy to see that thoy wore
making a splendid Sunday dinner of
bltiefisti, mackerel, porgles, floundera.
Sorority Girls Read Their Bibles
DETROIT, Mich. Sorority girls havo
taken to reading their Hlblcs. Tho
Blxth verso of Solomon's eighth Bong Is
that part of tho Holy Scripturo, hold
ing for them tho greatest meaning.
"Set mo ns a oeal upon thlno heart,
aa a seal upon thin arm, for love Is
WIIU wuum iwjr 1ULU lUV luiuiu, uuu
line tho namo of her husband to bo.
How do thoy do It?
Listen.
First you get a small DIWo. Thon
you get a door key and one-half yard
of rod twine. You open the Bible at
tho eighth chapter of Solomon's songs
and lay tho key within tho Bible so
that the round part of tho koy comes
out over tho sldo of tho Holy book,
and tho other end Just touches tho
tTvA hAni " flm vnlt nlnan 4tlA Yinrtlr
and wrap twlno Th(jn
two girls support tho book suspended
by placing the tip of tho third finger
of tho left hand under tho round part
of tho key, never touching the book. A
third person repeats the alphabet. A,
B, C, and so on, and tho koy twists the
Bible around whenever tho letter Is
reached which spells tho name of tho
"husband who is to be.'
Tho while
ono must bo repeating tho veree quot
ed above.
M
Boys Bat Revenge
ST. LOUIS. Eight young womon of
tho Hawthorne school In East SL
Louis, who havo boon teaching tho
young Idea how to shoot, attempted
the other day to show how to play
baseball.
Thuie Is a dispute fB to whether
thoy succeeded, tho touchers main
taining they woro victorious by a "per
fectly awful score," and tho unabash
ed boy pupils doclarlng, "aw, dnm
blddica don't know nuttln about d
game." Tho fanB gave tho decision
to tho boys.
Miss Agnca Hlchoo, who ployed Ami
bnBO, wiih tho first to suffer by the
game's strenuoslty, spraining her
ankle in making a spirited dash for
tho first sack on a nlcoly placed hit
A quiet Uttlo rumor to tho effect the
teachers would appear In bloomors
brought out hundredn of fans. After
tho women appeared In skirts tho
crowd showed a seemingly unJuBtlilod
desire to kill the umplr tho rest of
tho same.
MAMMmmAaAAMmmamwvvvVW
How a "Dock" Waiter Served the Soup
BALTIMORE, MD. Charles F. Mur
phy, during tho recent conven
tion, deigned to breakfast In tho main
dining room of the Emerson hotel. It
wns usually moro comfortable for
convention guosts (If thoy had pull
enough to got tho service) to dine In
their room. But It was tho quaint
mood of Mr. Murphy to mingle with
tho musses,
Mr. Murphy Is ono of tho most
scholarly looking persons In political
life theso days, Ho looks moro llko
a college profesaor than Woodrow
Wilson or Ooorgo Harvoy of the bar-re'-hooped
spectacles over did In tholr
lives.
'l hua, then, ho snt at ono ot tho
tablcB In tbo main dining room of tho
Emerson.
Walters wero senrco in Unltlmore.
A number of energetic, though unro
flncd, porsona from the water fiont
(moro used to hand trucks and tho
bale hooks than tho napkin and tho
menu card) had been hired to fill the
emergency, nnd had beon disguised In
dress clothes).
Ono of thoso, bearing a silver tureen
of beautifully red tomato Foup, boro
through tho atslo of tho tables along
whlfh pat Mr Murphy,
Tho waUor'a solar plexus and the
Mlail
ft 0 tJTrTTTT 1 1 .1 T-tr-
M ff rf? r
young halibut and other well-known
varieties. Tho Caledonia's passengers
said the Bwordflsh averaged 20 feet
in length, and that, while tho sharks
wero not qulto as largo na that they
wero Just as numorous.
Having feasted on the fat of tho sea,
tho monsters of tho deop frolicked
oin more, darting hither and yon
through tho salt sea wavos. Playfully,
tho swordfish ran their swords be
neath the bodlos of tho Bharks and
tosBcd them high In tho air, then deft
ly caught them and repeated the per
formance. Tho sharks, In turn, took
playful swipes at tho nwordfish and
chased them all around the ship. This
continued for an hour, when one of
tho Bwordflsh erred In hla Judgment
of dlstanco and caught a shark on tho
point of his bony nose, piercing tho
shark and ending his careor thon and
there.
With tho death of their schoolmate,
tho sharks, becoming infuriated, turn
ed upon tho swordfish, and tho battle
which followod from nil accounts
was Indescribably horrible.
Ono particular pair of fighters wore
watched by Purser Johnston, who said
that tho sword of tho great Ash broke
off In rnmmlng tho sldo of tho Calc
donla after missing a vicious thrust at
hla enemy. Before tho swordsman of
tho deep could savo himself by flight
tho shnrk had killed and begun to de
vour him.
-IDOM'T
THirikiwia
?LKi AMY
V!
ti("
Last Sunday In th Eta Blta Plo so
rority, three maids perched on tho dav
enport In the living room. One was
grave as an owl, for It was "hor" for
tuno that was to be told.
"A, B, C, D, E. F. G," tolled off the
maid slowly, and tho book hung sus
pended, motionless. "H" droned tho
maid, and, whiz, the koy fairly turned
,tso1 out of tho girl's hands
"Ho-hoho" giggled tho maids and
triod it again. In turn enmo tho rest
of tho name "arry," and as each letter
was told off, thoro wore moro "hes,
lies, hes, hes." Then began the last
name, nnd lottor after letter It spelled
It out, but by that tlmo It had grown
too aerlouB a thing to bo giggled oyer i
n.m wuoo uio iiuuio waa bo mr speneu .
that one know for suro whothor It was
to be "Sherman or Sherwood," Miss
Sorority coyly decided Bho would not
play any moro. "It was all bo foolish
anyway, don't you know," said Miss
Sorority.
Any way, It's great fun, and each
sorority group Is paying particular at
tentlon to Bible study theso days.
On Girl Teachers
Boss Crenshaw, pitcher for the
boys, shocked and pained tho womon
by throwing tho ball ovor tho plate
Just as hard as ever ho could. The
outfield lay down nnd rolled over
when one ot tho women Indignantly
asked "How In tho world could nny
body hit n Uttlo old round ball when
you throw It real hard?"
Tho gamo lasted threo innings.
When ono of tho young women was
called "out" at second base, her
teammates were a unit In declaring
tho decision faulty, prejudiced, out of
order, ungentlomanly and reversible.
When tho umpire gently Inquired
why thoy took that view ot It, they
answered "because."
He was up against It and allowed
tho runner to return to Bocon'd. The
gamo wub called off at tho end of tho
fourth Inning because tho women
woro afraid they would got hit with
tho ball bocauso tholr clothes woro
KtUi)K dusty bocauso thoy woro
tlrc.l, and because.
The gamo waB ono of the features
of tho annual school picnic. All the
boy playors woro members of tho
eighth grado. Tho kids wero a Uttlo
"soro" becaUMO tho game broko up so
soon, for It spoiled tho year's boat
chance to got ovon with Uio tenchors,
and they had hnd tho plonsuro of see
ing only ono of thora carried on the
field.
shoulder of Mr. Murphy met in a
head-on collision, The boautlful red
tomuto soup was spilled across Mr.
Murphy's coat Just south of and a
fow Inches below his right ear. It
was poured out with all tho accuracy
of a steam dredgo discharging a
bucket load of mud Into a dump car.
Mr Murphy is first of all a gentle
man. Ho restrained tho Impulse
which a commoner person might hafo
had, to strike tho offending waiter on
tho pin feathered Jaw, Ho meroly
switched himself nround In his seat
and glared Into tho servitor's card
eye.
Hut tho dock front man met the cri
sis llko a hero. Ho grabbed tho nay.
kin from Mr. Murphy'B lap and
scrubbed tho Tammany leader's ahoul.
dor with It.
"It's all right, old pal," he safd
soothingly. "It's all right Thare't
no harm dono ut all. I'll fix it, 'h
I'll fix It."
hmr-. ly- m
tTf' Sv 1 ilf.il IflBu OKWu.
t
yviMj$h
.
?$"$
tit-; f. Xlfcfiify'
7" ".." iV.J' .'&
A
z. m
'xz4rvn . .r '"" t
I
THE Olympic games aro now In progress at Stockholm and will contlnuo until July 22. Our Illustration
shows, in thn center, tbo Swedish eight on tho water; at tho left, Colonel Iilack, president of the Olympic
eames, and J. Farrell, tho English coach of tbo Swedish oarsmen; at the right, the diving contests.
TO RECLAIM LAND
Madcro Government Will Redeem
Promises to People.
Some of the Intended Reforms
Mexico Delayed Because of Dif
ficulties Encountered In a
Technical Way.
In
Mexico City. One of tho plans
evolved by the government through
Jta department of public welfare, col
onization and Industry, to provide
arablo lands for division among the
people ono of tho chief planks of Ma
dero's revolutionary platform Is un
der way. It contemplates the drain
age nnd filling in of the great bed ot
Lake Texcoco, some two and a halt
miles east of tho capital. The work
"will requlro five years, It Is estimated,
and an expenditure of 4,000,000 pesos
(?2,000,000 gold).
Thousands of acres of waste land,
now partly covorod with water to tho
depth of two feet, and tho remainder
either useless swamps or dry, sandy
Btrotchos, tho latter giving rise to tho
frequent dust-storms which sweep tho
capital In tho dry Beason; aro to be
,roclalmod. This land, according to
plana which aro being worked out, Is
to be placed on sale to Individual Mexi
cans at the lowest possible figure and
on long-term payments.
Lake Texcoco is tho last remnant ot
the once mighty body of water which
covered th plateau and completely
surrounded tho ancient city of Neno
chltlan, now tho capital ot the re
public. Legend has It that somewhere
In Its depths tho treasure of Monte
suma was sunk to prevent Its falling
,nt0 th hnndg of Hcmando Cortofc
It hn, h-n Rnnrht,H fnr. , ,,,
lng tho hundreds of years slnoo the
conquest, and It Is regarded as pos
sible, thoueh hardly probable, that It
will come to light In tho conversion of
this lake bed.
Throe bills, Intended to put Into ef
fect some of the reforms which wero
promised to the people by President
Madoro, were not presented to tho na
tional assembly because a great deal
of difficulty was met In the legal tech
nicalities of tho measures. Two of tho
bills dealt with the land question and
tho third was an employers' liability
act. The drafting of the bills also
havo been In tho handB of Carlos Tre
Joy Lerdo do Tejada, attorney gen
eral of the federal district
President Madero's cabinet has de
cided to cancel n fishing concession on
the east and west coasts of Lower
California and tho western part ot tho
mainland granted to the Mexican Ex
ploratlon company by tho Diaz govern'
piuruuon company ny mo uiaz govern-
ment. The company is British, and
will receive $150,000 Indemnity. It
is stated that th canceling of tho con
cession has nothing to do with the
late Japanese talk, hut Is aimed aim
ply to return to the peoplo on tho
coast the Ashing rights of which they
hid Boen deprived and which In many
Instances constituted their only means
of livelihood.
Tho Inherent politeness of a Mexi
can referee neirly annulled tho effect
of a clnnn knockout during u recent
boxing match In the capital. Incident
ally tbo row which follownd tho urn
plro's decision In favor of tho Mexican
pugilist, who waB pitted against Jim
Smith, a negro, has resulted In an of
ficial ban on the sport within the fed
eral district.
Cuauhtemoc Agullar, the Mexican,
(went through the ropes in the fourth
'round. Tho umpire, carried away by
the calamity which had befallen tho
pcoplo'a Idol, rushed to hla aid and
was about to try to put him on his
foot.
"Tho countl Tho countl" yelled
half a hundred Americans In the audi
ence Several seconds later tho umpire re
membered his olllco nnd to nil appear
ances Agullar was down and out. The
Young Girl
Deliberately Undresses on the Bank
of a Canal and Jumps In
Sister 8ees Act.
London. A remarkable account of
tho suleldo ot Louie Popo, a school
girl of twolvo, was given nt an Inquest
ut Daisy Bany, near Wolverhampton.
Tho Juny, found that Bho committed
self-murder.
Tho girl's mother Bald that eho
had some words with her daughter
recently and afterwards the girl re
fused to go to school. When her
fathor camo home at dinner time sho
said: "I am not going to school for
you or mother."
8ho went nway, and not long after
wards anothor Uttlo daughter brought
homo tho clothing of her Bister
The girl had a most ungovomnblo
temper, If sho did not got what she
wanted she always said: "I will
drown myself or stop a motor,"
Anno Popo, aged nine years, said
OLYMPIC GAMES AT STOCKHOLM
umpire then declared tho blow a foul
because It had bcon struck after the
gong sounded. It was pointed out that
tho gong was broken and could not be
heard, but the decision stood. Tho
meeting broke up In a fuss that threat
ened to result In further fisticuffs.
ODD WEAPONS USED IN DUEL
Men Misinterpret Judge's Advice to
Settle Family Dispute Out
of Court.
New York. "You look llko two
sensible men. Suppose you take this
family dispute outside. Go to your
homes and settle It between yourselves.
I'm sure you can arrango things be
tween you privately better than with
mo. Try to settle it, anyway, and
then como back and tell me how you
feel."
This benevolent advice was given
by Mnglstrato Fitch In Long Island
city court to Louis Cltryn of 172 Nott
avenue and his brother-in-law, Louis
Rosenberg of 168 Nott avenuo, Long
Island City. They had como to court
after a dispute between their wives.
Tho court's suggestion seemed to
meet with Instant approval, and they
left tho room.
An hour later they returned, and if
it hadn't been for their clothes tho
magistrate wouldn't havo recognized
thorn. They were battered and blood
stalnod. Their lips were so cut and
swollen they could hardly speak and
an ambulance surgoon had to bo
called to patch them up before they
could tell their story. As they stood
before tho magistrate wrapped In
bandages he looked at them sorrow
fully. "You ah, havo settled this mat
tor?" asked tho magistrate, hesitat
ingly. Thero was an affirmative nod from
ono of them and a glanco of doubt
from the other.
Then both men began to talk at
onco to a choniB of lamentations from
their wives and children. At least
On the Training of Girls
English 8chool Teachers Do Not
Agree on the Subject of Educating
Young Women.
London. "No man, however good
he may be, understands girls, neither
does he understand women."
This pearl of wisdom fell from tho
linn of Miss Cox of Birmingham at
-- . , ,, T..i,.,. .
the conference c rf Head Teacher- o
lng that mlxod schools and combined
departments under tho charge of a
headmaster aro not conducive to tne
best training of girls.
"The decreasing proportion of wom
en teachers who can becomo mistress
es of glrla' schools 1b," she said, "very
discouraging to the large body of wom
en, who, by sex, ability, training and
qualifications, aro best fitted to take
charge of girls. Something should be
done whereby women teachers Bhould
havo Justice I think tho time has
como when the womon should stand
up for their rights In this matter of
tho training ot girls. I firmly believe
that men should havo tho training of
boys and women the training of girls."
Miss Cooper of Birmingham said
thoy all knew that boys and girls de
veloped their montal capacities at dif
ferent ages, and It was impossible for
thm to be taugut togctner in a
group.
"It has been asserted," sho said,
"that whero boys and lrls are taught
together discipline Is better. I deny
that. It Is Infinitely worse. Discipline
cannot be administered to both sexes
at the same time In the classroom. I
do not wish to boo tho effeminate boys
Kills Herself
that when Loulo went to the canal
she followod, and her sister said: "It
I could catch you I would hit you."
Not long afterwards tho witness saw
her sister undress and slldo Into tho
wator, Tho witness picked up tho
clothes nnd ran homo Bcrcaming. No
ono was near.
Jealous Wife Hard on Patients.
Denver, Colo. Dr. Samuel O. Phil
lips, a prominent physician, has ap
plied for a dlvorco, alleging that the
Jealousy of his wlfo has driven hun
dreds of women patients from his door,
with tho consequent loss of many big
fees.
Kissed and Mado Up Ten Times.
Ix)s Angeles, Cal. After kissing nnd
making up ten times, John Johnson
has been granted his eleventh divorce.
Ho declares his wlfo feels sho cannot
llvo without her mother in the bouse
with her and ho cannot llvo with her
In tho house.
tr. zv' f
' i ii in ,.
i? Si I. ' "
the maglstrato was able to learn,
much to his regret, that his advice
to settle the dispute outside court
had been misinterpreted.
It came out that In settling tho
dispute one man used a brass candle
stick and tho other an Iron coffee mill.
The men mado counter charges of as
sault and were held In $500 b&ll each
for examination. As they wero led
away Vie magistrate said something
about tho folly of trying to bo a peace
maker and advisor sometimes.
AT 80 MAN BUILDS SHIPS
Captain Johnson Goes Dally From His
Baltimore Home to the Plant at
Sparrow's Point.
Wilmington, Del. Capt. Thomas
Johnson, now In his eighty-fourth
year, is superintending tho construc
tion of two Bteol steamers for the Bal
timore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Rail
way company at Sparrow's Point, Md.
On Juno 17 ho and his wife will cele
brate the sixty-fifth anniversary of
their marriage. Tho anniversary will
be observed here for the reason that
they were married In this city. Mrs.
Johnson is In her eightieth year.
The captain goes to and from Spar
row's Point dally from his home In
Baltimore. He Is the railroad's su
perintendent of construction.
Everybody in Delaware knows "Cap
tain Tom." Born in "Brandywine Vil
lage," now within the limits of this
city, he was 45 years superintendent
of the shipyard ot the old Harlan &
Holllngsworth company, now controll
ed by Charles M. Schwab. Ho enter
ed the employ of the concern In 1849
as a laborer at $4.50 a week. Twenty
years ago ho retired as superintend
ent because of Ill-health and bought
two farms In Northampton county,
Virginia. His health having been re
gained "without taking a drop of med
icine," he last winter re-entered tho
shipbuilding industry.
Voice Returns After Fifteen Years.
Pana, 111. Fifteen yearB ago Miss
Alice Hedges lost her voice, and slnco
that time could not speak above a
whisper. Recently her voice suddenly
returned to her.
-
we see In some of tho mixed schools.
You will also see much moro forward
ness In girls In the mixed school than
where tho sexes are separated. Boys
should be manly, bold, and strong, and
the girls tactful and kind."
Mr. Harwood of Halifax declared
that when boys and glrlB were tuught
together the boys learnt a great deal
from the girls, and the girls learnt
much from the boys that was good.
"And something that is bad," retort
ed a lady delegate.
"Comradeship of tho boy and girl In
school," continued Mr. Harwood, Ig
noring the interruption, "Is an excel
lent thing. There Is nothing which
fits a girl to a better understanding
of a boy than sitting boslde ono an
other at a desk. For my part, I al
ways find the girls love the men teach
ers, and I find the boys get on better
with tho women teachers."
Socialist Ritual Used at Marriage.
Cambridge, Mass. Tho Socialist rit
ual has been used for tho first time
on record as a part of a marriage cere
mony to unite Miss Jesslo Holllday,
daughter of Henry Holllday, and ed
mund T. Dana, a grandson of Henry
W. Longfellow. Each expressed a do
siro to live with tho other and Justlco
Edmund M. Parker declared them man
and wife.
Circus Elephant Kills Third Man.
Toronto, Ont. Frank Johnson, a cir
cus performer, was killed by an ele
phant. Tho elephant stepped on his
head while In tho ring. This Is his
third victim claimed this season.
SWISS GUIDES FOR ROCKIES
Europeans Offered Jobs In Canadian
Northwest by Railway
Agents.
Paris. The allurement ot better
wages and all-the-year-round employ
ment Is causing tho emigration of
ninny of the best Swiss mountain
guides to tho Rocky mountains, ac
cording to dispatches from tho Swiss
mountain resorts.
In Switzerland the majority of the
guides havo a precarious existence,
as dtfrlng tho winter months they
havo practically nothing to do, nnd
earn no money.
AgeutB of the Canadian Pacific rail
road havo offered many of them em
ployment twolve months In the year.
Sovornl families of Swiss guides re
cently have left Grlndolwnld aud In
terlakon for the Rocky mountain
states.
Never fear to bring the subliraest
motive to tho smallest duty, and tho
most Infinite comfort to tho smallest
trouble. Phillips Brook.
mTwh
54
AS A MATTER OF BUSINESS
The Beauty and Orderly Keeping of
One'o Home Town Should Appeal
to Every Resident.
"Tho cities of Europe," declares an
expert, "consider civic beauty an ab
solute asset In cash. Paris, for exam
ple, Invariably has an eyo to tho beau
tiful in whatever It does. Paris would
never daro to lose Its prestige as tho
most beautiful city In the world. That
would bo bad business.
"We ought to consider it a ruinous
business policy for one of our cities
not to protect its beauty. Take the
railroad problem in our cities. At
present onrao railroads aro beginning
to brace in nnd do splendid things, but
for a lor1; tlmo wherever we hnd a
rallrptu' in a city It was death and
despp ation so far as beauty was con
corned. "Wo ought to do the samo in other
things. Hero each fellow has gone
ahead for himself, without regard to
others. A city ought to bo a unity.
Each cltltzon should bo allowed to do
what ho pleases only In so far as he
does not hurt tho city aB a whole. As
soon as he does that ho should bo
stopped."
In conclusion he said:
"No one man Is competent to plan a
city. Such a task needs a combina
tion of men. Tho problems of city
planning today aro not L'Enfnnt's nor
Sir Christopher Wren's. What wo now
havo to faco Is far moro complicated.
"City planning should bo undertaken
by architects, landscaplsts, traffic ex
perts, and tho various types of engi
neers working together. All these men,
beforo making plans for tho rebuilding
of cities, should glvo special study to
tho various difficulties of civic Im
provement." DATE PALMS IN CALIFORNIA
County Supervisors Are Planting
Them Along Roade and the
Work is Applauded.
Tho board of supervisors of Los
Angeles county have authorized the
county forestry commission to pur
chaso 500 date palms at a cost of a
dollar apiece to be planted nlong tbo
San Fernando road. There Is a great
deal of work of this kind to be dono
In southern California. It waa nat
urally a treeless section until tho
horticulturist camo In and adorned It
with millions of revenue-producing
fruit trees. Tho highways aro still,
neglected to a large extent, a thing
that should bo remedied with all pos
slblo dispatch. Every lino of country
road should have Its ornamental trees,
and tho main thoroughfares should
bo parked with grass plots and
parterres of flowers well cared for.
Wo must not forget that this Is tho
playground of tho continent, nnd that
tourists seeking enjoyment desire to
have the sense of sight delighted
above all things. Los Angeles Times.
Never Need of Ugliness.
No town Is so small that It need bo
ugly. A little railroad "whistling post"
could bo attractive with trees. Some
tlmo the railroads of the west will
send out their "arbor specials" aB
thoy send tholr good roads trains.
Thero Is little excuse for tho habita
tions of men along tho track to be
usually the slnglo unlovely thing In
the Kansas railroad Journey.
Have you noticed that where flno
trees form a park In the air tho peo
ple below havo holiday manners? Tho
people under tho trees seem to bo
enjoying life. Thoy aro not satisfied
with slovenliness. Tho accompani
ment of nice lawns and protty, well
kept houses and clean streets Is a trib
ute to the example of the trees. Even
to be lazy under arching branches Is
the nicest sort of laziness. When you
loaf in tho shaded streets of towns
like Lawrence and Manhattan you In
vito your soul. Tho "good, pray poet"
would have liked these Kansas towns.
Heat City With Electricity.
It is planned to electrically heat the
dwelling and .business houses of Slav
anger, Norway, and the board of di
rectors of the electric light plant at
that placo has asked permission from
tho city council to make contracts up
to a consumption of 100 house power.
It haB been suggested that tho price
for tho current thus used shall bo
$6.75 per horse power (741 watts) per
year. It Is also planned to heat tho
government nnd city buildings in that
manner. Tho population of Stavan
ger is 38,000, and the city has water
power facilities to furnish 25,000
horso power for electrical purposes.
Hypocrisy of Cities.
Tho hypocrisy of cities lies In the
fact that their front yards are clean
and their back yards aro dirty. Tho
front yards are spread ovor with emer
ald grass shaved smooth by a lawn
mower, and aro often attractive with
flowers, rich markets for tho bees. Tho
back yards aro slatternly with ash
heaps and refuse and many of them
are never cleaned up. The front yards
with their pleasant grass and tholr
daffodils daffodllllng and their cro
cuses croaking, are a pretense. They
pretend that the viholo premises aro
equally clean. Vancouver Sun.
SI Wouldn't Have It.
Miss Pearl McGufnn wanted to read
an essay on "Tho Boredom of Great
Riches" beforo the Punklntown Lit
erary eociety. SI Slmmlns, chairman
of tho lecture committee, wouldn't
havo It. Ho says there ain't any auch
thing.
Kisses and Kisses,
In Wollesley slang, a kiss adminis
tered by a man is a "dowdab." If tho
mixed kiss Is bo short, perky and in
consequential a thing as dowdab
sounds, what foolish word havo they,
ffor tho all-feminine osculation?
'ttt'tt
,
M