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4 . The Harrboa Press-Jjnroal C. C. BL KKK, PKOI'RIETOB HARBISON, - NEBRASKA If people were as wise as they think they are the unexpected would never happen. ft is suggested that : If Andrew-Carnegie really fears to die rich he might hold a world's fair. The physician who discovers the first case of perityphlitis la his patients is sure of free advertising. There Is no limit to the possibilities of a country that can have snowstorms In June and sunstrokes In January. It may be better to give than to re ceive, but the girl who is trying on ber engagement ring doesn't look at it that way. Many a man thinks the world has a spite against him, when the world doesn't know that there Is "any such a person." Koah probably was the first captain of industry. At least It Is only fair to suppose that he saw to the watering of th stock. Uncle Russell Sage says he has been working for nearly seventy years. He has also put In about the same amount of time in omitting to be worked by others. America is supposed to be the place where the Almighty Dollar is wor shiped, but Americans do not bet money on the life or death of a sick man who is official head of the nation. A statute representing a firecracker boy has been raised in one of the Chi cago parks. It shows him as he is on the glorious Fourth. Now let the old maids and old bachelors raise a fund for a statue showing the firecracker boy as he appears ou the Fifth. Another woman has shot the man who refused to marry her. Just why shooting a man should make him more willing to marry, provided he survives, is not easy to understand. The man who will not wed with a whole skin is hardly likely to yearn for the woman who perforates It Young Alfonso's matrimonial inten tions offer possibilities to our ambitious young women whose papas have made a pile in pork or sugar or steel. Consid ering the state of Alfonso's bank ac count, be should come as cheap as a French marquis and at a great deal lower figure than an English duke. Sealed bids should be sent in at once. Buffalo and Boston day nurseries an. training young girls to be nurse maids. The course in the Boston Insti tution, occupying six months, qualifies a girl to feed and wash the baby, cook and sew for him, amuse him in various ways, and teach him morals and man ners after the method of the kinder garten. The demand for these knowl edgeable maidens greatly exceeds the "supply, It Is said. Yet It can hardly lie maintained that the business of baby-tending is "a new profession for women." The only flag ever allowed to float above the Stars and Stripes on the ves sels of our navy Is the church flag, a broad white streamer with a blue cross. Its presence marks one of the most Impressive sights on shipboard the sacred service held every Sundaj morning, attended by all officers and men. Nearly all the denominations, in their national assemblies, have lately protested against the growing seculari zation of the Lord's day. In at least one branch of the government service, the navy, Sunday has gained rather than lost with the years in tokens of respect Most old saws are nutshells full of ancient and accepted errors and one ot the most ancient, the mont generally accepted and the most erroneous of all is the saying that a rolling stone gathers no moss. The saying has blocked many a young man's first step (o fortune and a career. Unless a man does a moderate amount of rolling he will settle in a rut and go on, forever, never rising and never Improving. Op portunity must be sought It may be that all things come to him who waits, out it comes much more quickly to him who goes out looking for It Oportu nlty, like a woman, yields more readily to an ardent wooer. Perhaps no missionary ever preached in more parts of the world than the late Bishop William Taylor of the Metho dist Church, whose death has been noted recently. He went to California to a missionary along with the "forty niners;" the be preached In Csnada. Thence be went to England and the continent, visiting Egypt and the Moly Land, bold lag evangelistic services wherever It was possible. Later he forte bi Australia, Tasmania, New ealaad, India, loath Africa, the Congo , Ow West Indies, mad la various hi Sooth and Central Amer- a, Cfcw tor si lag rrery continent and fca fcteaas of the as. He literally weat f 3 the worM, preaching the gospel. Cm leaasa why than Is apprehension O tr-Ua over the possible death of , r j Levari la that there is little con "n tl C hotr aiaarsnt. TheDvke Xt y toot khhj Umber la bin, 4 est bow It Bo to aa aa- vd km bJ resell to Use 7 Cn carta c seojat cry tcJ Ca4 to Ka wto age Brit'iher Hks his king to be dlg niiicd, all rlht. but he wants him to le democratic also. That Is one rea son why Edward Ik popular. As Prince of Wall's he was unconventional, so cial, hearty, democratic. Edward is not only democratic In his manners and tastes but in Lis views of things. In politics be is liberal and broadminded. He was an Intense admirer of our Blaine in the kilter's day and was a sympathetic follower ami friend of (ihtdntoiie even whea that great Eng lishman was unpopular at his mother's court. II is vote in the House of Lords was always ou the liberal side and there is uo doubt he greatly aided the Boer peace negotiations. The king has been considerable of a sport in his time, but that has not hurt him much in the estimation of the English. Much is for given to royalty where royalty is the fashion. England's king has not given to the royal house that veneration and deep respect which Victoria command ed. It was not in him to do that. His career as prince did not fit him for playing guch a part. But he has made the most of himself since he came to1 the throne and few kings have been more popular. Probably the recent train robbery will set some undoubtedly brave men to declaring what they would hav& done if they had been on the engine or in the express car. They think they would have made a fight of it. History shows that they would not. No matter how brave a man is. he succumbs to "the drop" when it is held on him by a man who has every reason to shoot at the slightest sign of resistance. The records of far Western stage robberies show that hundreds of the coolest; bravest men ou this continent or In the world, for that matter have ranged themselves at the side of a road while a single highwayman "wenf through" them. Given an even chance and any one of them would have made a battle of It. Given only a fighting chance, probably half of them would have accepted It. But to Invite practi cally certain death is a height of bra very that Is not reached in resisting highwaymen. It is attained only by soldiers in the performance of their duty, by life savers inspired by the grandest of motives and by enthusiasts religious, political or social who are willing to die that the cause which they advocate shall prosper. The man who is "held up" by a robber is not a coward by any means. He declines to stake his life against bis valuables, for that is really the issue. Shall I risk my life for a few dollars? is the ques tlon be has to answer. There Is no great principle at stake. He can achieve no great glory If he comes out of the conflict victorious; he loses his life If he suffers defeat In such a position most men will do what the trainmen did hold up their hands. A man can recoup his financial fortunes, but be can't rekindle the vital spark once It has been snuffed out. One of the strangest divorce cases on. record deals with Mrs. Margaret Hud son Thomas, of Brooklyn. She sued Frank L. Thomas. The meat In the case is that Frank "got mad" about Hotueihiug and stopped talking. They lived together, ate together, and not a word passed his lips. At table ho would pull out a little tab and write: "Pass the butter," or "The meat Is rare," or some other bit of Informa tion, and solemnly hand It to his wife, She stood two years of It and then left) him. A good woman will suffer muclf to avoid scandal. She will hide shamij and tears, and suffer mental and some times physical torture, sooner than spread her sorrow before the rude eye of a public that sometimes sin Men when it should be sympathetic. The man who punishes "his woman" bj refusing to speak to her is generally a petulant, spoiled child In man's clothes, and no more fit to le at the head of a household than a baby. He plans if train np his wife, to discipline her oc casionally, when the chances are that she has forgotten as much as he knows. Sometimes he punishes her by falling to give the good-by kiss at the door. It cuts her like a knife thrust, and bt consults his vanity and learns that "a woman should not be allowed her own way too much. Or he refuse to speak to her, for a day, or a week, or for a period calcu lated to bring her to an adequate un derstanding of her sins and his dig nity. Yes, these things really happen. Ion't think because love rules In your1 home, ami happiness is yours, that alt of the men are good and all of the women sweet. If a man can't rule without becoming a stubliorn ass and acting like a fool, If he can't maintain respect and affection by deserving It lie will never make his point by a sys tem of dumb torture, which is more to be dreaded than blows. Wearing Hats In Church., The wearing of hats In church was a sore point with the clergy of the six teenth and seventeenth centuries. Ham-t el Pepys went to church one Sunday iq the reign of Charles II., and duly noted the fact In his diary, adding J with reference to the sermon, that bo beard "a simple fellow on the praise; of church music and exclaiming against the men wearing their bats In the church." It seems, probable that men took off their bats throughout the service, bat pat them on again during the sermon. . Early In the seventeenth century many of the clergy began ta attack the custom and pleaded fori more refined and becoming behavior) in cnuren. lit. uonne, oesn ot an Paul's, spoke out sternly against this practice. Nearly every yoo met to, looking for Bat th hare foaad r aoe actvy to There are ZU establishments, em ploying D.SS'J glove makers, in the United Slates. A crew of Italians n ployed on rail road work north of- Marinette, Wis., struck recently cm aiount of the mos quitoes. Increases have been made by the Il linois Central railroad in the wages of telegraphers at cert a 1 stations and overtime granted um.er certain condi tions. Absolutely the newest thing in or ganized labor is the Greater New York Shoe Polishers' Union, No. 1, which has just been formed, with the object of regulating prhes and hours. It has a membership of WK). This is a remarkable story which j comes from Massachusetts of the man i who, In order to take his wife abroad to finish the training of her voice, has closed his factory and thrown 1,200 employes out of work. A report Issued by the Census Bu reau on the textile Industry of the United States shows that the capital Invested In cotton manufacturing In the Southern States increased from $20,413,414 in 1X.S0 to $tl2.(i'i'$.72 In 1800 and to $137,172,501 in 1000. There is trouble brewing between the Allied Metal Mechanics and the International Brotherhood of Black smiths. The former want to claim jurisdiction over the blacksmiths' help ers, but the brotherhood officials re fuse to look at the matter in that light. Secretary Brain wood of the Inter national Typographical Union, paid per capita, tax on 42.144 members to the American Federation of Labor for the month of May this year. This Is the largest number of members the or ganization lias had since Its foundation 50 years ago. A feature of the new scale signed by the Kepublic Iron and Steel company of Pittsburg, which has not as' yet gained prominence, is that the com-, pany agreed to establish an eight-hour dnv in Its mills wherever practicable. The officials of the Amalgamated asso ciation recognize this as a victory. R. H. Alley of Seattle, Wash., has re turned from Australia, where he says he secured $1,500,000 capital to erect and operate a woolen mill In Seattle. The wool growers of Australia and New Zealand are Interested in having a market for their product In the rap Idly developing northwest Plans in clude a regular line of steamships be tween Seattle and Australia. An agitation for a labor temple In Chicago was launched at the last meet ing of the Chicago Federation of La bor. Chicago has nearly 500 unions. Excepting the Bricklayers and Stone Masons' Union, all rent balls for their meetings and headquarters for the of ficials. It Is estimated that a quarter of a million dollars Is paid out an nually !n Chicago for hall rents and meeting places. The recent convention of the Inter national Brotherhood of Bookbinders decided to submit to referendum vote of the members a proposition for the payment of a death benefit It also appointed a committee on a book binders' "home," patterned after the Printers' home at Colorado Springs. Already $20,000 has been subscribed for the project. It is likely the insti tution will be situated at Colorado Springs. E. W. Tatum was re-elected international president. Binile that Saved a Life. Rome time ago a delicate though ar tistic girl of Naples, Ida llizzl by name. saw a photograph of Queen Helena In which ber majesty was represented In a thoughtful mood. Straightway she conceived the Idea of painting a r tralt of her sovereign and of beautify ing It with a smile, which was wholly lacking In the photograph. This she did, und when her work was finished she sent it to the queen, with these words: "May her majesty smile in this maimer all ber life." A few days later the child became se riously ill and the physicians decided to perform nn operation ou her. Mean while the queeu had learned who had sent the painting, and the result was that a few hours before the flxi-d time for the operation Ir. Qulrleo, the court physician, entered Ida Klzzl's home with Instructions from the Queen to take the best possible care of her. Soon after him came the Countess Gulceiar dlnl. one of the Queen's ladies In wait ing, with a large Ikjx full of Is-auflfiil presents, among them being boxes of choice paints, brushes, engravings, a Jeweled brooch and a fine portrait of lit tle Frlncess Yolaude, below which were written some kindly words by the queen herself. An Hfflclent Officer, A man who was "wanted" In Russia had been photographed In six different positions and the pictures were duly circulated among the police depart ments. The chief of one of these wrote to headquarters a few days after th Issue of the set of portraits and stated: "Sir. I have duly received the portrait of the six miscreants whose capture Is desired, I have arrested Ave of them and the sixth Is under observa tion and will be secured shortly." Ever remark bow people admire a polite, sensible, well-behaved, Indus trloas boy? Why not be that kind, boys? Boy never lack appreciation whoa they behave themselves. ' And II to oaotor to bohare than It to to act the "Don't you think she's 'a njede mother ?" "Why, her children are little ter rors!" "Yes; but she writes such pood pa pers for our motbty-s' meetings." His t-uii t.rtion. 'How can I make my boarding hous) more popular?" asked Mrs. Sawedge. "You might," replied the star board er, squaring up to a bit of steak, "yot might advertise It as furnishing all tin advantages of a gynrimsmm." Connected. "They claim to be collected wit) Some of the best families." "By telephone?" "Laved In the Shade." A Good Listener. Mr. Jumper You seem to like to tall to Whllks. Mr. Jimps Yes; he never reads thi papers, and everything you tell him 1 news. When Om Union I Success. Clara-Shall I write Cousin Elizs that we think we will come out to visli her? Clarence No; the last time wewrote you remember, she got away before w arrived there. Marriauc a Failure. Polly Men are so deceiving. Holly-Why? Polly Oh, Phil used to rave over mj angel cake; and now he doesn't like it because I can't make gingerbread. Pittf harmed. Judge Your wife has brought sull against you for desertion, sir. What have you to say for yourself. Accused It was this way, your Hon or; you see, my wife asked me to beat the carpet, and Judge Enough; you arc discharged Hearties. Soapless Sam It's a heartless world pnrd. Guess what a woman done the other day when I asked her t' glmnif soinethin' t' keep body and soul to gether. Ixmg Ike Dunno. Soapless Sam She gimme a safety pin. Correct. Teacher Johnnie Stokes, how many make a miiiion r Johnnie Very few on dis earth. Up Aeainwt It. Smith What's the trouble, old man? You look as If a squall had struck you. Jones Worse than that, my lsy. I've just been struck by two squalls. Smith Why, how's that? Jones Got twins at our house. Went One Better. Jlmson Scared Why, the poor, wom an was so badly frightened ,lia t !l turned her hair white In twenty-four hours. Jester Huh! I know several girl who have turned their hair yellow In ess time than that. Miaunderatood. He Do yon think your father will vbject to my suit? Slie-I don't see why he should; he's jjot one exactly like It. Pa II ail Purchased Some. Utile Willie Sny, jm, what arc sum nary measures? Pa-Early strawberry boxes, my son. Ilin-ranee la Illlas. Maria Our I.ucy says since she went lo college she has learned to be an ex pert chanffeuse. I wonder what that means, Hiram? Hiram )b. Just another name for Fench cook, I reckon. liiiC Head., "I see some one has Invented a hat that will stret'-h to any size." "H'ni! It must be Intended for col lege graduates." Painfully Practical. "I shall take as my motto," said the ambitious youlth, "the Immortal words, 'Be sure you're right and then go ihcsd.'" "That may do later In life," answered Senator Sorgiim, "but for the present I ihoiild advise you to be sure some other lellow Is lucky and then catch on be hind." Washington Star. Additional Light. "No," said Mr. Bickers to Mr. Ga am, who had resumed a subject dis missed the day before, "on that point roil are decidedly wrong." "But you thought I nas quite rlghl yesterday." protested Gazzam. "True, but I've talked the subject over with my wl." since." Detroit Free Press. The Tifw Arrival, "Have you seen Hie new baby?" ak ti enthusiastic Tommy, "No." replied Freddy. "Wen, he's a blrdr "A Mrd? I guess that 'a why tbf atork bresgbt him - - fl HUMOR OF THE WEEK 6TORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Odd, Cnriona and I.nuKhnble Phaaea of Human Nature Graphically Por trayed by Imminent Word Artiats of Our Own Day A Hudct of Fun. t;U;-,!; V.'asoiev w:;s going to ask old Bullion for his daughter's hand. wasn't he? liauks lie did ask him. Banks I low did he emno out ? Punks On the back of his neck, I be lieve. Judge. An Awful Jolt. "The face Is an Index to the mind," said the boarder who deals In quota tions. "I don't believe It," snapped the an gular female at the end of the table, who Is entitled to allowance for age. "One exception," replied the quota tion dispenser, "Is necessary in order to prove the rule. Therefore It stands to reason that when a woman's face Is made up her mind Is not necessarily in the same condition." Chicago News. Varying. Uncle How old are you, Jimmy? Jimmy I am 13 at home, 14 at school Bnd 11 In the train. He Liked It Hare. Mrs. Young Wife (on her first mar keting tour) I want two pounds of beefsteak, and have It rare, please. He Het It All RiKht. Bill Collector You say you Intend V pay this bill some time; can't you set a certain day? Lawyer Furst Yes; judgment day. Chicago American. Carrying It to Exceaa. "Frlsble Is au exceedingly polite man," said Cumso. "He carries politeness too far," re plied Cawker. "I did not think that was possible." "Well, I've known him to remove his hat when talking over the telephone to a lady." Her Preference. Clara Don't yon like to get out In the woods on your knees where you can examine the beauties of nature? Maud I'd rather get on some one else's knees. Needy Indeed. "Can't yer help a poor man dat Is wldout money?" whined the rusty Indl vldual on the sidewalk. "But how do I know that you art without money?" demanded the pros perous citizen. "Ho t jrr kr.os:? Why, csn't yer ee I don't wear a panania hat?" The Trouble. Itoan What's the matter with the mare? Sorrel She's mad because she think--her hat isn't on straight. A Good Imitation of Hucceaa. Frederick Poor Felix, he Is a sad denltig failure! Eugene Failure? He has got near ly through life without ever doing a day's work. If the Truata Continue. Jones Is beef stili rising? Brown Ys: soon a porterhouse wil' os I as much as a dwelling bouse. A Different Matter. The Beauty B-but you told papa yot could k-kecp nie In the style I was ac customed to. The Beast So I could, dear. It li the frequent changing of the slylei thnt breaks me. Terrible Rarer. Gunner They say that fatal autotno bile In New York was shaped like ilgsr. Gnyer Well. If It had been shapec likn a cigarette there would hav heen some excuse for It killing people Jnaf the Looba, "I wish you wouldn't seal your an iKMincement cards," said young Jones "Why notr asked the tailor. "Because my landlady thinks the) ire bills. It hurts my credit" Deliver tla from Oar Friends, "1 didn't know they were engaged.' "They wern't; but their friends do bled It would be a splendid match, at there was nothing else for them to do.' Canny Paupers Had Fat Bank Account Whether the town or State shall take action to recover nearly $l.'-'Ht said to be on deposit In a Ware, Mass., bant to the credit of a family that has beeu receiving pauper rations from the town for ten year Is bothering the authorN ties lu Puiiinr. A..r .s t'ie town Is concerned It has lost m tliU.g by the transaction and It is not likely to. unless it may b some expense Incliietital to au attempt that ill be made to recover the money for tlie commonwealth, which has re-i imbmscd the town for the charity doled nut. It has been learned that there i something over Jl.X) owned in Ware by tliis family, which has been get' ting week after week orders on busi ness men, so that annually the bill footed up to amounts between $50 and $so. The case first tame to the attention of the Palmer overseers as far back aa lXiJ and since then aid has been giv en regularly after It was found that th family was a State charge, and thai the town was merely acting as agent for the State In giving assistance. Humors that occasionally reached the ears of the officials ended with the Investigations and legal advice waa taken In the matter. The legal opinion was solicited in the question as to whether it is for the town or the State to take action; and the answer was that there being no action of contract between the State and the family it seems Incumbent on the town, to take It up with a clause specifying that the attempt to recover the money Is to be made In behalf of the State. It was suggested, says the New York Herald, that If the family got an idea of the Intention the money would bo withdrawn, but even if tills was done it Is believed there will remain Just as strong a case of obtaining money tinder false pretenses. CRANBERRY GROWING. Fruit Crop thnt Kertiire Capital for Its Culture. Cranberry growers of the United States had to their credit last year a crop of 1,W0,kki bushels. Of the va ried Industries that have shown unusu al results there are none with a more notable record, for the crop of 1IKK) was 5K),(JX) bushels. These facts mean that the owners of the cranberry bogs have received nearly $1,"00,XX). Cranberry, raising Is an Industry which, despite the popularity of the fruit, has com manded small attention from others than those directly Interested. Capital Is an absolute necessity to engage In It successfully, as a productive bog costs from $300 to $500 an acre to bring tot a state of profitable bearing. In September the cranberry harvest begins, although October may more properly be called the harvest month; When the section of the bog where the picking Is to sUirt Is selected It is di vided Into rows, the boundary lines be ing marked by stout twine running the entire !f!!ln "f He section. These rows vary in width from two to three feet. A row is assigned to a picker.who must strip the vines therein thoroughly lic fore he is allowed to change to atiothert row. The method ot removing the ber ries from the vines is simple and exJ pedltions. The picker places his fing ers slightly spread apart beneath thn vine, or bush, close to the ground, a! liilck upward movement, and his bandd have stripped the vine of its fruit. The cranberry bog blossoms In Juno and It is its appearance at this tag4 of growth that gives the berry It name. Just before expanding Into per fect flower the stem, calyx and petal resemble the neck, head and bill of aj crane. Hence the name "craueberry,'' Which usage has shortened to "cran berry." Overcrowding In london. A committee of the Ixuidon County Council has recently studied the ques tion of overcrowding, based on the cen-, sum of 1!K)1. Tell years previously, bf 1S!)J, K.'51,WS persons were living In 14.V 811 lodgings of less than five rooms, giving an average of 2.IHI persons pen room. In Wl, 7t!,o!ni persons werr living lu 124,77't dwellings of less than Ave pHiins, giving mi average of persons per room. In lS'.il there wern 'fOM.'.HK dwellings of five rooms or nmrJ to the population of l.K.S!i.475, or (l.lC M-rsons per dwelling. In l'JOl there were :W7,5I dwellings of five rooms or more to a population of 2.' iHii.T." er ons, or six persons per dwelling. On the whole, then, the figures show s slight Improvement In the situation. Will of an Kecentrio Man. A rich and eccentric man who died ihe other day lu Berlin left a will which was to Im ocned Immediately and a codicil to Ikj opened after the funeral. The will said: "Kvery iiiemlier of my family who shaft abstain from attend ing my funeral Is to receive 300 marks." As a result the funeral was attended by his housekeeKT, a distant cousin. On the codicil being ocned It whs found to enact that the residue of his fortune was to tie divided among those, who, notwithstanding the loss of the tOO marks, attended his funeral. Hence the housekeewr gets all; but the heir threaten to dispute the will. Piscatorial Trothrnlneaa. "Fish will do singular things," says a local conteniMirary. But nobody ever beard of a fish's lying about the slse of the man that caught It Detroit Free Press. You would never know bow Impor tant some men art If they didn't Inform yoa. ncati mew