Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, December 04, 1902, Image 4
. t f u- ;f rx ' I 1" r r - ,- - f '1 ' v r V. CHANOJNQ A RAILROAD'S NAME. 'XI IavolTe Tremendons Amount oi Labor, Painter and Printer. John itatteuburg, master painter of ' the Bock Inland system, Is la Denver for a novel purpose. He is entering Upon the work of changing the name of the "Great Bock Island Uoute" to "The Bock Island System," over the entire property of that company. At tirst glance such an undertaking would not aeem ao very great, but ouly a mo menta thought U necessary to see that It will take a long time to accomplish the object and that the cost will be ug In the thousands. When the railroad consisted of onlj 180 miles of Ill-laid track, all running U one State, the name of "The Ruck Island Route" wag adopted and for many years served Its purpose, bringing fame to the Utile terminal point which Is now only a station on the great sys tem. But when that road grew Into a powerful organization, with 7,000 miles of track, the name was not comprehen sive enough, and a few weeks ago the edict went forth that hen-after "Th Kock Island System" would replace the old trade-mark. That little order meant that every piece of stationery in hundreds of of fices, window signs, literature, adver tising matter, box car names, and doz ens of other accessories of the system would hare to undergo a change a soon as possible. The master paintet has only a part of the work to do. lit mast transform the name on the win dows and doors of the offices and on signs at stations and on the billboards. The corporate trade-mark Is made to embrace all the various lines which hare recently come under the dominion of the Rock Island, and the change was made much of a necessity by the man ifold names which could be so much more easily used under one title. Den ver Post There is a considerable trade in livt quails from Messina, Sicily, to England. The birds are caught in the neighbor hood of the port. They are kept from three to four days in Messina in cages before being shipped, are fed on hemp seed and ground corn and are watered freely every day. It is estimated that from 90,000 to 100,000 are caught an nually. The manner in which they are caught Is with running nooses and traps, and In Messina they fetch front 8 to 10 cents a head. The birds are shipped In cages from Messina to Ge aoa, whence they are sent by rail to aangiand. A recent writer, describing a pet par rot, says: "lie was, like all good par rots, a wonderful mimic, and among other diversions he used to imitate to perfection the voice and tone of my wife calling to the cook. This led one day to an unexpected result My wife, In the middle of writing a letter, sud denly remembered an order that she bad omitted to give, and since, as usual on a hot day, the communicating doori were open, she called, without moving from her chair, 'Elizabeth!' To which came the startling answer from the cook: 'Shut up, you old fool!' Where upon the parrot danced with joy." The ornlthorhynchus, or duck-billed platypus, combines the attributes of two of the great orders of the animal world those of the mammalia and area. Like the bird, it batches iti young from the egg. At the same time the female Is provided with teats, like other viviparous animals, whereby she la enabled to suckle her young when the latter have arrived at sufficient maturi ty, for which purpose the tongue of the Infant platypus Is pushed to the front of the beak. As it is an Inhabitant of Australasia, it Is not surprising that an examination of the skeleton reveals the presence of two short bones, which in the higher organized marsupials serve to sUhPrt the pouch. The duck-bill is purely nfecturnal in its habits and Is pro vided with cheek-pouches wherein ta store Its food for consumption at leis ure. Its general color Is dark brown, shading to light brown on the abdomen, and the fore feet are webbed beyond the claws, which web the animal foldi back when burrowing, at which it It oat expert The hind legs of the male are -armed with a spur, which is per forated and connected with a poisonous gland. The beak which, of course, li the most extraordinary feature of tbla creature Is after death like a piece of old leather, but In life is very sensitive and reddish at the tip. It is furnished, la lieu of teeth, with four transverse Kates, with which the animal crushes e small mollusks forming the main portion of its diet Physicians in Pern. Home of the young medicos of this dty who have Just graduated might get rich In a hurry by setting up ta btttlnew In Peru or some other of the Caarth American countries. United Ctata Consul Charles V. llerdllska, of CaUao, Pern, has Jui written a letter t th State Department in which be gMao that die people, both of that chantry and Bolivia, "bare great faith t American physician and surgeons O account of (be advanced state of r rTiaal science la this country.' rvtJsn states that the American asm In Uai and Oallao T2 fir better than they could C3el at beaM, sad that "be- --- en eater awes Che xi Kg rafsatlaa la Para bo a C2ta KatalaataM la . tka KING'S ODD BIGHTS. EDWARD VII. RETAINS IMPOR TANT PREROGATIVES. ;a Neither Die Nor Err Is Not Sub ject ta taw and In the Only Person in the Empire Who Cannot Arrest a Felon. The prerogatives of the king of Eug u ud, though considerably curtailed by t loug series of enactments, are still )f great extent and of vast importance. The theory of English law, as to the prerogatives of the monarch. Is entire ly iueotuilBteni," The law recognizes ulni as an irresponsible being, and yet ihe same law defines his powers. Ia consequence of this position, the courts bave from time to time interpreted what constitutes his prerogatives. For i clearer conception of these various "privileges," they have been divided Into four principal classes viz., per sonal, political, judicial and ecclesias tical. However ludicrous it may appear to the untutored American, It is neverthe less a fact (according to British stat utes that among the many rights which have been taken from the sov ereign are that he can neither die nor make mistakes ('!), but there may be a demise of the crown, and thereby a transfer of authority. Neither can he be under age, and if so, a protector Is appointed for administrative purposes, lie is personally irresponsible for crime or tort, and should Injury be Inflicted at the hands of the king it is attributed to the blunders of his advisers. A curious consequence of the entire exemption of the monarch Is that he Is the only person In the realm who can not, under any circumstances whatever, arrest a felon.- The reason for this Is that, If the prisoner were Innocent iio auuuu fur false imprisonment couid ba brought against the crowned head. The king Is also exempt from taxa tion, because, as the revenues Is one of his prerogatives, It would be useless for him to tax himself, yet the lands purchased from the privy purse are taxable. No matter what debts he may contract he can not be arrested or his goods restrained or taken In exe cution. This privilege of being exempt from taxation applies to the palaces and all public buildings of state. No Ju dicial process can be served In royal residences, but this immunity does hot extend to buildings when not used as a royal dwelling, such as Hampton Court House. Holyrood House is still a sanctuary from civil process. The king Is the supreme executive and co-ordinate authority, and Is par amount to parliament which body be can dissolve or prorogue at his pleas ure, but be can not prolong the sessions beyond seven years. In theory, parlia ment exists only at the will of the sov ereign, and a vote for a member Is merely a franchise granted through the graclousuess of the monarch, and Is an Inherent right of the subject The king can refuse to assent to a bill passed by parliament, though It can be said that this right has not been exercised since Queen Anne"s reign, when that sovereign refused to sign the Scottish militia bill. The ruler Is not bound by any act of parliament unless he Is named therein, and like wise, any proclamation issued by the king is only binding when founded upon and conforming to the common law; neither can he create any new offense. The right of the crown to grant let ters of denization has been preserved, as has also the valuable power to l,Tant peerages at will, when not re strained by act of parliament. Tbf ight of the king to have supreme com- Inaud of the rmy and navy was con tested by the long parliament Parlia ment has not, as yet sought to de prive the king of bis commercial rights. which consist of the coining of money, regulating weights and measures, es tablishing markets, fairs and seamarks. He is the sole power in constituting cor porations. Some of his prerogatives, such as being the "patent of infants, idiots and lunatics," are exercised through ministers and a board of trade. His judicial prerogatives proclaim blm to be the "Fountain of Justice." A learned commentator has said that In being the "fountain of Justice" it Is not considered that the king is the author, only the distributer "not the spring only the reservoir." As supreme Judge, the king can appoint all the judi cial officials (except in certain lower courts) wbo act as his deputies and, as "supreme conservator of the peace" through the lord lieutenant In coun ties and the lord chancellor In cities and boroughs. The king Is the head of the church. By virtue of this prerogative be con venes, dissolves convocation, nominates the bishoprics and other church pre ferments. He Is the supreme court in all ecclesiastical affairs, though this appellate court is now vested In a Jud icial committee of the privy council with archbishops and bishops as as sessors. The dean and chapter of the cathedral cannot proceed to the elec tion of a bishop without the king's per mission to elect When any ln"fl cence is vacant by the promotion of the Incumbent to a bishopric, other thtm s colonial bishopric, the king lias the privilege of appointing. Whenever a new bishopric Is created It Is under the power of nn act of parliament. It seems to be as bead of the church, ays a writer In the New York Times, that the king grants licenses to hold lu mortmain, though the right now ex tends to lay aa well as to ecclesiastical iffalra. Tenltals Knreloi Aa envelope baa been designed that al thieves cannot tamper wlth-un- ara two way la which ordinary envelopes may be opened one by forcing the flap open with a thin metal blade, and the other by stemm ing the envelope until the mucilage no longer holds the flap. In either case it is difficult for even the person to whom the letter is addressed to ascer tain whether the envelope has been opened unless something has been ex tracted. The Improved envelope dif fers from the ordinary kind only in having a sheet of tissue paper attached to the flap and extending down Inside the pocket. This sheet attaches itself to the surface of the envelope with the sealing of the letter, and it Is obvious that any attempt to force the flap would tear the tissue, lu spite of the utmost caution, the torn tissue being plainly seen when the envelope was opened lu the proper way. To detect any subjection to the steaming process the tissue is secured to Ihe flap by a colored mucilage, which liquifies in stantly when brought into the pres ence of the hot steam, daubing the In ner and outer surface of the letter until it plainly indicates the use of Improper methods to ascertain the contents. NEW PIPES FOR SMOKERS. Come from Philippines and Some L'ae ful for War Clubs. The increase In the number of tourlsU to the Philippine Islands has flooded New York with various styles of pipe that are new to local dealers. They arc In the main unique and are more valu able as ornaments and additions to col lections than for the actual satisfaction obtained from smoking them. Yet pipt smokers who always are on the lookout for something novel have grubbed them up and wouldn't trade an old reed stem and coblike 1kw1 for the finest nicer sehaum In town. The large Morro pipe, which is Intend ed to serve as a war club when not oth erwise In use, is by far the most novel of the recent Importations from the Philippines. It has an immense stem, covered with short barbs, and the bowl Is of sufficient weight to make It a dan gerous weapon when wielded by a na tive Filipino. There are several of these Morro pipes In this city, and smoker have taken to them with alacrity sim. ply because they are queer. One pipe smoker is the owner of a highly prized specimen that was carved out of a steer's horn. A bowl of briar was Inserted at the end and connected with a reed stem tipped with amber. He spends his evenings smoking his pipe and couldn't be Induced to try any other. It Is heavy and hard to handle, but he likes It, nevertheless. Some curious deshjajsare to be found In the collections of pipe Rmokers who appreciate carving. One roan who con sumes a pound of tobacco every week smokes from a snake's head Ingenious ! ly worked out of French briar. Anothei finds satisfaction In a bowl represent ing a dog's foot The human skull has also been counterfeited to meet the fan cy of the pipe smoker. Philadelphia Ledger. One of the best dog stories which has been told in a long time is related in the Nashville Banner. The narrator of the anecdote was driving lu a town in Mis sissippi with the owuer of the dog. To show the animal's cleverness he got out of the carriage, held his pocketbook to the dog's nose, and then taking there from a half-dollar, hid It under a large rock. The men drove on for a half mile, and then the dog was commanded to fetch the half-dollar. The animal, without the least hesita tion, started back on a run, and my friend explained that as the rock wai heavy the dog would be unable to turn it over, so would bave to scratch under It to reach the piece of money, and it would naturally take him some time. It did, for be had not appeared when we retired, about 10 o'clock. , Early the next morning we beard a sharp bark at the door. When the door was opened in rushed the dog, dragging with blm a pair of trousers which be dropped on the floor. Of course we were mystified, but the explanation soon came in the shape of a neighbor wbo lived several miles dis tant He rode up on a mule, and In quired if a dog with a pair of trousers in his mouth bad come into the house. Just then the pointer walked out on the porch, and the man exclaimed, "Why, there's the dog now." The caller said that late Id the after noon of the day before be found the dog scratching under a large rock near the road, and thinking be was after a rabbit, stopped and lifted the rock up, and to his surprise found a half-dollar underneath. He put the money in his pocket, and the dog followed blm home The dog appeared to be friendly, anil the man petted blm and gave blm his supper. At night when the family retired the i dog was put out of doors, but be kept up such a racket that no one on tin place could sleep, and when the man opened the door to drive the animal I away he rushed Into the bedroom and ' st once became quiet He lay down near the foot of tbe bed and slept there at! . night. Early In the morning, tbe man said. be got up and opened tbe window, and the Instant he did so the dog seined bis trousers, and Jumping out tbe window fled with them. The man followed a soon as be could get his mule. Of course my friend searched th, pockets of the trousers which the don bnd brought, and there found tbe half dollar A wife can read her husband's mind all right Tbe difficulty la la getting blm to acknowledge that she Nads HE GOT THE HAlf -DOLLAR, j , blm right OLL FAVORITES t Old Folks at Home. Way down upon de Suwauee rihber, Far, far away Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber Dere's wha de old folks stay. All up and down de whole creation Sadly I roam, Still longing for de old plantation. And for de old folks at home. All de world am sad and dreary Eb'rywhere I roam; Oh, darkies, how my heart grows wary. Fur from de old folks at home! All 'round de little farm I wander'd When I was young; Den many happy days I squander 'd Many de song I sung. When I wus playing wid my brudder, Happy was I; Oh, take me to my kind old inudder! IX-re let me live and die! All de world am sad and dreary Eb'rywhere I roam; Oh, darkies, how my heart grows weary, Far from de old folks at home! One little hut among de bushes One dat I love Still siidly to my mem'ry rushes, No matter where 1 rove. When will I see de bees a-bummin' All around de comb? When will I hear de banjo tummia' Down in my good old home? All de world am sad and dreary Eb'rywhere I roam; Oh. darkips, how iny heart grows weary, Far from de old folks at home! Stephen G. Foster. Antony and Cleopatra. I am dying, Egypt dying! Ebbs me crimson life-tide fast And the dark Plutonian shadows Gather on tbe evening blast Let thine arms. O queen, enfold me; Hush thy sobs and bow thine car. Listen to the great heart secrets Thou, and thou alone, must hear. Though my scarred and veteran legion Bear their eagles high no more. And my wrecked and scattered galleys Strew dark Actium'a fatal shore; Though no glittering guards surround me, Prompt to do their master's will, I must perish like a Roman Die the great Triumvir still! Let not Caesar's servile minions, Mock the lion thus laid low; Twaa Co foeman's arm that felled him, 'Twas bis own that struck the blow His who. pillowed on thy bosom. Turned aside from glory's ray His who, drunk with thy caresses, Madly threw a world away. As for thee, star-eyed Egyptian! Glorious sorceress of the Nile! Light the path to Stygian horrors With the splendors of tby smile. Give to Caesar crowns and arches, Let his brow the laurel twine; I can scorn the senate's triumphs, Triumphing la love like thine. Geo. William IL Lytle. INCREASING OF SWEETNESS. Remarkable Increase in the Consump tion of buaur. Medical men, if not psychologists, might find an interesting subject of study in the largely Increased consump tion of sugar in the last 1UU years. In the first quarters of the lust century the average per capita in the United States was eight pounds, and iu the last decade It rauged from sixty to sixty- eight pounds, lu Great Britain It rose to about ninety pounds per year before the century's end. Tbe cause of this advance was purely ecouomic. Time was when sugar was a costly luxury, iuduiged iu ouly by the rich or decidedly well-to-do, but that was because it was scarce, for all man kind bave a sweet tooth. The produc tion has increased so euormously that tbe saccharine product bus become cheap, and is consequently rated as a necessary of life. Moreover, tbe mass of people in civilized countries have become so much better off as the result of industrial progress that tbeir stand ard of living is much higher than 100 years ago, though tbey may be no more contented with It Tbe growing plenty caused cheapness and consumption kept steady pace with production. Appetite fur sweets grew with what It fed ou. Of course, it la not plain sugar alone in which tbe people now Indulge so freely, but all manner it confections and preserves; and wbat is set down as tbe consumption of a country includes what it puts up in one combination or another and sends abroad. But tbe question with which we be gan is, Wbat is the effect upon health, or upon mind and morals, of this vastly Increased consumption of material sweetness? Has It anything to do with the rise or fall of prevalent diseases, upou the death rate or Umn the genial Influences of civilization? Now that philosophy Is seeking a physical basis for everything lu human nature, it night Inquire whether tbe sugar bablt ins anything to do wltb tbe "sweetness ind light" of humanity. New York dull and Express. Ancient Manuscript. Tbe oldest piece of writing In tbe world Is on a fragment of a vase found at Nippur. It Is an Inscription n picture writing and dates 4."hi0 yeara oefore Christ The University of Pennsylvania has obMlm-d It KvHlriiee of Health. "America Is a country of rich au bora." says a literary exchange. To which tbe Blllvllle Banner replies: "Yea; we saw one going home wlib i whole bam the other darl" Atlanta institution. TOWN WHERE ONLY NEGROES LIVE. POME OF TUB YOUNGER ELEMENT OF LYLES. Lyles, Ind., is a town in which a white man does not dwell. Ljles came into existence lu the ante-bellum day. More thnu s half century ago. Joshua Lylea, a liberated slave, came to Iudiatm from Tennessee. He had leen given bis freedom by a kind master, and his liret thought was to seek a home in Indiana, where the oppression of slavery wus unknown. He journeyed to rrincetou, the county seat of Gibson County, and with money from his old master he pnr el.HKed a tract of land in the Wabash bottoms, four miles west of rrincetou. To day his old farm is tbe site of a prosperous village, the inhabitants of which are of his own race. The Civil War came on and passed into history. When the days of war and slavery were at an end Joshua Lyles returned to sunny Tennessee and told his kinsmen of the fertility of the Wabash bottom lands. Several of the Teunessee ans emigrated to Indiana and rented small farms along the Wabash. Coru and melons grew under their watchful tye and sunny skies. Then came another change. The Ioiiisville, Evansviile and St. Loul Railroad now the Southern wan built through the Wabash corn country. The grHin buyers from Ixmisville and St. Irfi-.iis made annunl invasions of the com country, and the negro fanners found a ready market for their crops. The railroad com pany built a side track on the farm of "Uncle Joshua" Lyles, and tbe siding was designated as "Lyles" ou the company's time tables. Next a small grocery appeared ucar the side track and the future town was founded. During the succeeding years there were additions to the population of Lyles, and to-day it ia a prosperous town of stores, churches, homes and corn crilm. It claims a large lumber yard anions; its infant commercial resources. Gieat cribs tilled with corn, the product of the lowland farms, line the tracks of the Southern Railroad's St. Louis division. Corn is not king at Lyles, however. During the melon season the Southern's trains carry car load after car load of luscioua cantaloupes and watermelons from Lyles to the Eastern markets. One of the largest fruit farms in southern Indiana is near Lyles, and is the property of Harrison Ashby, an ex-slave. Ashby's apples are far famed. Postmaster "Jim" Cantreil ia Lyles' leading spirit in all things, and many are the little disputes and difficulties that he settlea by arbitration and "boss sense." Lyles ia a Northern picture of Southern types and customs. When the fnn sends its good night rays along the rippling Wabash, one may wander through this quaint town and hear the folk sonjs of the sunny South. Lylca is a town of uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and cousins. Everybody is relatpd to every body else, because all are descendants ot "Uncle Joshua" Lyles and the emi grants that came after him. WYOMING STRIKES OIL. l'ctrolcum Found in Quantities All Over btate at Varying- Depths. It may be of Interest to those wbo are watching the development of the Wyoming oil fields to know just how, when and where petroleum was first discovered In the State. It is claimed the trace was discovered near tbe central part of the State about 1K32 by Captain Bonneville and was described by him and in the works of Washington Irving as "Tar Springs." Iu li3 petroleum was collected from a spring near tbe Poison Spider Creek and was sold along tbe Mormon trail as axle grease, also to the Uintah Coun ty coal mines as a lubricant but being taken from near the surface, it was CAUTEU OIL SPUING IN THE found to contain more or less grit and its use was soon discontinued by tbe in lues, who claimed It waa injuring the bearings. Few persons have any Idea of tbe large number of oil springs In Wyo ming or the vast area over which they are found. There are hundreds of tbein scattered over the State, although they are most common in Uintah County, where the most notable Is tbe famous Carter oil spring, located about ten miles east of Evanston. 1 bis spring was discovered in 18KJ by Judge Carter, from which it derives Its name. Judge Carter was a post trader at old Fort Brldgcr, wbo, upon making tbe discovery, reported it to General Con nor, commander of tbe Federal garri son at Fort Douglas, Utah, wbo sent John G. Flcre, an experienced well dig ger, to Fort Brldgcr, wbo dug a fifty foot well, from which was obtained in tbe neighborhood of 150 barrels of pe troleum, which was sold to tbe Union pacific ltnilwsy and the Black ButU-s Coal Company for $25 per barrel. It being used as a lubricant In tbe crude state as taken from the well. How ever, it had to be carted some distance by team and was not found to be a pay ing proposition. The old pole derrick nnd log house used by tbe operators remained for years and la shown In the illustration, together wltb the modern rig. which was placed there by Judge Carter's heirs shortly after his demise. They sunk a new shaft about 100 feet, at which point oil sand waa encoun tered which produced aa excellent grade of oil, which waa sold esclaalre T to the Union Paclnc Railway. This well was In operation several years, but was tlnully closed down 00 account of the railway company pur chasing a rctined lubricant at a lowei price from eastern concerns. The Car ter couipuuy, not kuowlug tbe real val ue of their oIL made no further at tempt to dispose of It. Tbe derrlckJ were removed and the bulbllugs flnallj destroyed by lire and the well, being uncased, caved in, and to-day there it nothing to mark the spot but a steady oozing of oil from a slight depression In the ground. Tbe oil sands are found at greatly varying depths. The Wyoming OU Company recently reported finding oil sands at a depth of only three feet, and again at seventeen, showing a flab terlng trace of oIL It Is, however, tb HILLS NEAtt EVANSTON, WYO. third sands from which tbe beat results are obtained, and this formation seemi to be generally 000 to 1,500 feet below tbe surface and Is Invariably just be low a great strata of coal. Hestlnic the Eye. On the desk of a bookkeciier lay t rubber ball, painted in gay stripes oi pink and gold and white. "Why d you ulways bave that ball before you, along with your pens and ink and other toois?" a broker said to tbe man "Ik-cause," was tbe reply, "it is a great help to mo, as It rests my eyes. Work ing at figures from nine till fire la t severe optical strain, you know, and H pretty nearly did me up a year ago. 1 thought I was going blind, But at on of the free dispensaries I visited thej told me to get one of these balls and keep it Ix-forc inc. and I would Ih uli rlgt-t They sold my eyes needed rest now and then, and a look at some thing bright and gMy was the best resi for them In the world. "I've found It so," the bookkeeper concluded. "On the first sign of optical fatigue I take a long look at the pink and gold ball Every symptom of weariness then van ishes aud I return to my work will eyes refreshed, as though from a Ions sleep." Duration of Lire In Germany. In Germany only 41.1 out of 1,0011 males reach tie age of 50 years, while more than CuO out of 1,000 females reach that age. We will admit that our memory Is s poor we can't remember In tbe morn ing why we decided the night before to get up early.