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BORN WITH LEGAL MINOS. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Need of Leisure. ij.lili'.W.S need holidays, but A strenuous life, especially for the only for our physical welfare to labor for only a reasonable day. but for the Intellectual welfare of the whole, nation.-Leisure for cultivating the little" amenities of life is absolutely necessary. We must have time to study the rt of playing. We need to take time to read, to study, to reflect. The highest enjoyments of life come from Intel lectual associations and accomplishments, but if one has no time to attend to them he must miss their whole Import. The uplifting of the laboring classes and the Improvement of their physical conditions must come through this learen lug of the whole muss with culture. Without that time to read and observe what good will all the art museums and public libraries nnd cheap papers amount to? We have ail these to-day in abundance, and every year they are being placed more generally at the disposal of all, but men and women worn out with drudgery of toll cannot appre ciate them. Worked up to the full limit of strength and endurance, wluit cares a man or n woman for si lence, art, music or literature? There must tlrst be leisure and sur plus strength enough to make use of these great benefits conferred by modern civilization. - Ledger Monthly. Character of a Gentleman. DR. JOHNSON said that ji mail's real character ould appear from his pleasures, since no man Is a hypo crite In his amusements; so Hie character of "the gentleman will be disclosed by his admirations, and, and, therefore, a moral philosopher enjoined his hearers In his lectures to admire the good as a duty: "Love Innocence, love virtue, love purity of conduct, love that which If you me rich and great will sanctify the blind for tune which has made you so, and make men call It Justice; love that which. If yon are poor, will render your poverty respectable and make the proudest feel It unjust to laugh at the meanness of your fortunes; love that whlel will comfort and adorn you and never quit you; that which will make your motives habitually great and honorable, , and light up in an Instant a thousand noble disdains at the very thought of meanness and fraud." It Is said that "all honest men, whether counts or cob blers, are of the same rank, If classed by moral distinc tions," and as conduct, which Is the true lest of morals, Is the mark of the gentleman, the possession of money or place In the world cannot make a gentleman, nor the lack f them debar any one. however humble his station, from the ranks of the gentleman. There Is a grace, a beauty of eondiu t, depending on education, knowledge of the world, long training and self culture, and Cardinal Newman In depicting 11 gentleman of this kind, who has had all the advantages of life, yet dwells on the moral basis as the tndispi usable quality in lils characterization of the gentle man; the man who realizes his Ideals in practice and up piles the Golden Rule to conduct: "It Is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he Is esc v:):ft never Inflicts pain. Me ciirefuiiy avoids whatever may cause a Jar or a jolt in the minds of those with whom he Is cast all clashing of opinion or collision of feeling, all restraint or suspicion or gloom or resentment his great concern being to make every one at ease. He makes light of favors while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he Is conferring. He has no ears for slander or gos sip, la scrupulous In Imputing motives to those who Inter fere with him, and Interprets everything for the best." Philadelphia Public U-dger. Value of Human 1 ife. A WIFE got $li)0,iH) damages In a new York court for the death of her husband In the tunnel accident. The suit was for flit xt, too. It was based on the alle gation that the man's life hud a cash value to this amount from the fad that he earned $.'!u.hk) a year Already In suits caused by this accident damages of J.'Iu.immj and $:Uhmi had been awarded, but $)hi.(kxi Is said to be the largest on record. The fact Is well recognized that the lives of men have a cash value based on the earning capac- HAD A NOTABLE CAREER. Ahram H. Hewitt, Statesman, Poli tician kml Manufacturer. A nut able figure of the metropolis, w ho ha'! from an humble beginning at tained national prominence passed away in the di ath of AbiHin S. Hewitt. Mr. Hewitt died at his home In New York ofter a brief Illness and his de mise marks the cl ,sc of au Interesting ca reer. Abrani H t e v e n s j Hewitt was horn In j Haverstraw, N. Y Jul; 31, 1S22, audi abkam si h:witt. hi early education j wan acquired in the public schools of. New York City. At a special cxamlim-l tlou, be gained a scholarship at Colum-1 bin University and he was graduated In 1S42 at the head of his class. Ills life In College was a round of hard work, all his time, when he was not studying,, living , lukcu up with teach-, lug, by which means he supported lilm self. Aftur his graduation, he remained at Columbia for a year us an assist ant luor, acting as professor of uuilhe uiutlrs. In IM-i, wlille visiting Europe he studl.il law and was admitted to the bar the following year. Falling eyesight led him to relinquish his legal practice- soon after, and he then end red Into the business which brought hi 111 bis first prominence. Mr. Hewitt associated himself villi tils brother-in-law, Peter Cooper, In the Iron business and his great ability and faculty for a ready grasp of details soon placed the firm among the fore Must In America. The firm was the first to manufacture Iron girders and supports to be used In fireproof build ing slid bridges. At (be outbreak of the civil war, he went to Eiighiad to b urn the pnx ss of making gun barrel Iron, American processes not yielding satisfactory results, and on returning lie showed Ilia patriotism by furnishing the United States government with material, during the war at a heavy loss to his Arm. II Introduced many Ideas Into the manufacture of Iron which have greatly cbeapead tbt coal f production and placed American ftJ2 . DDHTdDMALS) they need also a less women. It Is not that we should seek length of time each directly to the Muuiuy. vuue as this; It Is not something to do r HE Industrial uy voluntary control or sales last about ? IO,00i,0)0 Known traveling principal cities of among consumers sumers and divide nous is in uieir they offer to the 10 ineir nice vaiue, and, as such, get buy shares at an In market value to the people. San The w i'j snouni In the of belief and menting be said that h11 our quest Ions of "applied pathy of the men trust a religion that from the practical Uncle T HE Postotfice considered Civil War. lfttEJ they Iron producers at the head In the world's markets. Mr. Hewitt took an active interest In politics in the metropolis. He was elected to Congress In 1ST t and served until IHsit. In October of the latter year, he was the Democratic candidate for .Mayor of New York, Henry George and Theodore Hoosevelt being his op ponents. He was elected after a memo riable strife and served his term most ecceptably. Mr. Hewitt was Chair man of the Democratic National Com mittee In 1.M7U. He visited the Paris I'pOHltiiiii fin oiie of the 10 United States Commissioners appointed for the purpose. Mr. Hewitt was a frequent speaker on subjects connected with finance, lubor and the development of national resources, and the United States geo logical survey owes Its existence prin cipally to an address delivered by hlui In Its favor. In 1K7J. he was elected president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. The plan of Cooper Union, the society for the advancement of science and art which bus become one of the leading organizations In New York, was devised by a Hoard of Trus tees of which Mr. Hewitt was the ac tive head and as Its secretury lie de voted for over a quarter of u century a vast amount of time and labor for Its success. FUN IN A JUSTICE'S COURT. Retort of .Nearo to .MaKlal rate Creates .Mirth, and KJrrtlnna Are Neceary. A case was being tried In a down town courtroom recently, In which an Italian and a number of negroes were witnesses. The negroes wire first called upon to give their evidence. With the exception of 11 childish In clination to wander from the main point at Issue, a tendency which In at tempting to curb, afforded the attor neys In the case nn opportunity for strenuous effort, their testimony win finally given to the entire satisfaction of ull concerned. Then came the Italian. His first move brought an expression of dis may aud perplexity to the faces of his legal luqusltors. Without prelude or provocation he began In the most ex cited manner to pour forth a perfect torrtut of Italian. Tbt perpleilty of lty or the individual. A great many men carry life Insur ance of $Imi,om) and more, but this fact perhaps rests on another basis, as presumably the Insurance company does not look at the earning capacity of the men as such, but considers only generally the question of credit and base trie insurance onhls pbyskml condition, age and willingness to undertake the policy. The court case seems to go more Individual's money-earning capacity as liseiy me jury a verdict was not so jgre Improbable that hostility to railroads had with It. At all events, It establishes the principle of assessment of a man's life on earning capacity auu opens, one would think, a very pretty question akin to the one that Is recognized In freight carriage.- Indianapol News. Two Kinds of Trusts. (rusts ore being fought in Cn-at P.. it i co-operative organizations under Uh consumers. There are now about 1.5m) retail co-operative societies In that country. Their year exceeded Jli.'.O.tMiO.lMX) In value, and were divided In profits. While some well retailers, who have their stores iii the the United Kingdom, have the benefit of extensive advertising, the retail stores tinder the direction of local organizations have made even greater progress. A combination of consumers may be called a trust, but theri is a (lirterence between trusts which divide their profits anti trusts which advance prices to con profits among a few stockholders. The defect In the organization of American industrial corpora excessive capitalization. Were iiie stock public represented by an Investment equal me people wotuu oeconie stockholders their share of the profits. But this pian would afford promoters no other profit, than' their Invest ment would entitle them to. There would be no $."i,Ox),(XK) or $10,000,b00 for the service of promoters. In the course of time It Is probable that the water will be squeezed out of these Industrial corporations. If the public refuse to Inflated valuation shares will depreciate a point which will attract the dollars of Francisco Bulletin. Pulpit and the Pew. iiko to pieau ror a little more courage pulpit, both In dealing with difficulties and In dealing with questions of duty practical conduct. We nre all la the disappearance of Sunday; em It congregations have had clear teaching about the principles on which Sunday observance should be based and the practical rules which must be kept In order to secure opportunities of rest and wo ship all round? Is there not great timidity In treating many other Christianity." such as the conditions under which manufactures arc carried on, the rt-spoiisibiii ties of Investors, and the stewardship of wealth? Thorny subjects all of them, no doubt, but the penalty for shirking them Is the Inevitable forfeiture of the respect and sym who are In earnest, the men who dis appears in any way to divorce Itself guidance of life. London Guardian. Sam's Business Methods. Department of the United States was a good deal of an Institution before the In 1852 its receipts were $0,900,000. In were $S.200,ooO. Last year they were $1lM,KiH),(XH). The receipts of the department have trebled since 1S.H2. They have increased $7)),IXX),0(K) In ten years, and In the same time the annual deficit has fulleu from WxxmxX) to J'J.Ooo.ooo. These are big figures on a big subject. If the abuses In the postal business can be re formed, no dllllcully will be experienced in making receipts and expenditures balance. Congress should deal promptly with postal affairs. They touch the welfare of the people at many Important points. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. the attorneys was clearly shared by the presiding magistrate, whose lin guistic attainments ended with a knowledge of his mother tongue. He was completely taken aback, tun I no plainly did his face express his feelings that one of the darkles. Immensely tickled by the oddity of the situation, bust Into a loud guffaw. Instantly the Judicial eye was bent upon the offender with threatening severity, and the mag isterial voice fairly boomed through the suddenly quiet room. "Stand up, sir! Stand up!" Trembling from the consequence probably attendant upon his want of respect, the culprit obeyed amid an Im pressive silence. "Mir," asked the Judge, with an omin ous frown, "can you designate anyone here who speaks Italian?" Half fright ened out of his wits by the terrible possibilities which he Imagined to be con incut upon his failure to point out such a person, the darky rolled his eyes fearfully In the direction of the Italian and designating the latter with a trembling forefinger stammered In tremulous tones: "Yals, hiiIi, Judge, youah honah, dat man do. Order was only restored after three of the spectators who could not, or would licit, control their mirth had been ejected from the crowded courtroom. An Homo Others lo. "They say," said Willie's mother, as they were watching the "Armless Wonder" wind his watch, write his name, and do other remarkable things with his toes, "that he can play the piano; but I don't see how." "That's easy, mamma," replied Wil lie. "He can play by ear."-Youth's Companion. , Trade In 4criiiany. Trade In Germany has never been at such a low ebb, and the large towns are filled with thousands of persons out of work. "I have so many things on my mind," complained a women to-day, "that my brain Is beginning to sag In the mid dle," It Is too bad that people who gossip a great deal do not occasionally abut down for lack of fuel. Americans a a Hula Make the Bast Lawyers in the World. At a recent celebration of Forefa thers' day at Brooklyn President Wood row Wilson of Princeton responded to It toast und took occasion to pay a trib We to the legal acumen of the aver ige American of intelligence. "The motive of the forefathers of our na tion," he said, "was that of religious faith and dependence. This motive has becomes national. I do not say Ihere is no other motive, but this dom inates and permeates the nation. Be cause of the motive is the achieve ment of the American vision of the Idealistic for public service. "i believe in the utmost fr lom of combination In a free country. There s no people so able to form combina tions as the American people. We are born lawyers. There Is no race that produces a people so capable of elf-government, because there is tin Inborn sense of the power of combina tion always under parliamentary rules. 'I have heard denunciations and the expression of fear ut the concentra tion of Interests. The doubts extend to a plan for u concentration of gov ernment with a one-iiian head. I should pity the man who undertook such a government. The inborn parliamen tarians and the independence of thought or the race would make his lot a hard one. He would need to place a policeman at the elbow of every man and 1lien he wouldn't be sure of the policeman. 'The American has no patience with inetliciency. We haven't time to put up with It. I know a great many un comfortable things are said about our city governments. It is even custom ary lor uh when asked about them to say that we haven't time to discuss them, but we ought to discuss them But we ought also to know what th trouble is and the time will come when we shall know." President Wilson then went on to sny that the broadening education given by the universities would go long way to help solve the problems, If great cold turned our atmosphere to liquid air it would make a sea thirty- five feet deep over the surface of the whole globe. It Is one of the privileges of Chi nese commanding otlicers that they may only be beaten by the hand of their generals. The Bushmen, or low-grade Hotten tots, on the plains of South Africa have a language which has been de ciurcu o.v 1 nil. uarmor in lie a Close approximation to that of the higher ipes. It consists of hissing, clicking und grunting sounds. A watch made entirely of ivory works, hands and case is the produc tion of M. Henri Hourlet of Chaux-de rouus, swiizcriuuu. j lie material em ployed was taken from a billiard ball. The watch keeps good time, vuryln only about a minute a month. w ii me .waiicriiorn an iron cross was set up nvently, It was dedicated by the celebration of mass at, probably, the highest altitude on record in Eu rope. The Abbe Carrel climbed to the top, taking with him the vestments. the necessary vessels ami an altar About live years ago a Maine woiiuti, taking 11 consumptive husband to the .mountains of Arizona, was shown nn old abandoned claim by her Indian scr- ant. She took it, with great dilliculty .secured .f.'iHl to work It, and before the ear was out sold It for $."iO.(XK) and a life Interest. While Kiver, Ark., is said to be tha rookedest stream In the United States. It travels one thousand miles In Ira v. rslng a distance of three hundred, zig agglng. winding, twisting, curving, bending Its mazy, tortuous way through the beautiful Ozark Mountains tlm Alps of America. This country Is not the only ona where unconsidered trifles arc; snapped up by manufacturers and put to prac tical use. In China the down of thci thistle Is gathered and mixed with raw silk so Ingeniously that even experts nre deceived when the fabric Is woven. Is also used to stuff cushions us a substitute for eiderdown, and a very good substitute it makes. Latest in Mini k mull. Paris has been the home of "black guard urts and Industries" ever since the days of Villon, and now, uccording to the Figaro, the subtle art of black mail bus been carried to a higher stage of refinement by the use of the carrier pigeon. Thus the Inventor: "It Is very simple; when you have got hold of some one by the threat of sonsatlonul revelations, of awkward documents, or, more simply, when you have stolen some deeds which you are ready to re store for a fair consideration, you are always pretty sure to get caught In go ing to the poste-ristante to get the re ply with the cash. With my plan there are simply no risks. You send the bird In a basket to your client with a little aiote to this effect: 'If within twenty lour hours you do not set the pigeon at liberty after having fastened under Its wing ten one thousand franc notes, you will catch it." " This Is pleasantly called le vol au vol. "Oh, that I had wings of 11 dove," will 110 longer be regarded as the sigh of Innocence, Women take more rapidly to kin; a bride Is calling ber husband's parents "mother" and "father" before ber wedding ring Is warm, but her hus band never quite gets around to ber relatives. Bunko Game. -Mrs. Newed "I would like a pound of your best cheese." Grocer "Yes, ma'am." Mrs. Newed (examining it) "Why, this cheese Is full of holes'" Grocer "Yes, ma'am. That's the way it comes." Mrs. Newed "Well, I don't want any of It. I'm not going to pay for a pound of cheese that contains a half pound of holes." Proof Positive. She Yes; Dolly loves Jack, and Jack Is In love with some other girl. He How do you know? She Why, I heard her say last night that he was an Idiot. Illustrated Bijs. Supply and Demand. "Say," exclaimed the haggard-looking man as he dashed into the drug store, "got any soothing sirup?" "Sure," answered the druggist. "What size bottle, please?" "Bottle be hanged!" rejoined he of the haggard look. "Gimme a two gal lon Jug full of the stuff. It's twins." Another Point of View, "Do you know," said the young M. D. who is inclined to talk shop, "that jiiiiiikhid is subject to more than 3.UOU diseases?" "Yes." replied Miss Caustlque, "and I am also aware of the fact that there were only three or four on the list when the doctors began to get their work In." Filing the Hlame. Police Judge "Jaggsby, this is the fifth time you have been up before me charged with being drunk and dis orderly." Jaggsby "That's right, but it ain't my fault." Police Judge "Whose then?" Jaggsby "The police's.' your honor; fault is It, Smoke? "I wish I could remember what It was my wife told me to bring home this evening." "Why didn't you make a memoran dum of It?" "Confound It, I did! I wrote it on my cuff when I started from home, but the cuff Is all one color now." Mixed as to Lees. 'Irst Old Soldier Yes, my left leg was iert nil right, but my right leg was left on the battlefield. Second Old Soldier Say, Comrade, what leg are you talking about? An Opportune Time. He - I've decided to speak to your father to-night. She- Oh, who told you so? He Told uie what? She -That he sprained his ankle to- day. Poor Oirll ' Poor Clara!" "Why pity Clara?" "She married a genius." More the Merrier. Nell -"There Is nothing more delight ful than the knowledge that a man Is In love with you." Bess "oh, 1 don't know. What's the matter with the knowledge that two or three men ore In love with you?" WlKlnm, lie-1 shall tell the world that you have rejected me. She What! And give me a reputa tion for so much wisdom? The lanae of It. "Your husband's face wears a ha bitual frown." "Well, lie's iu the theater orchestra and the man the soubrettea smile at." '54 J3o The Professor. " The doctor "A queer case of Inaan ity came under my notice the other day. The fellow is perfectly sane so long as anybody is looking at him, but raves violently when his friends quit watching him." The professor "IFmph ! Out 0 sight, out of mind." Facta in theCaae. "I believe in a man telling his wifa Just what he thinks." "Yes, of course. But they tell me) that since your marriage you have) been afraid to think." Love and Lovera. Love Is Indeed a paradox. Lovers? As to these. .Some think they an a pair of duck1. And some a pair of geese! Look ins in Wrong Place. "Is lie a young man of brains?" in quired an old gentleman respecting a swell youth. "Well, really," replied the daughter "I have had 110 opportunity of Judging. I never met him anywhere except la society." A Cad Munch. I could only share the sorrows of magazine "Ah! If mendous tre edl- tors!" 'Sorrows? Why, do they have any sorrows? "Do they? Don't they? Every let ter I get from any one of then breathes regret!" Baltimore News. Uncle Reuben Sara: "Dar am heaps of people who an alius lamentin' de wickedness of de world, but I am not one of 'em. When I sot down an' remember dat my hen roost has only bin robbed twice in twenty y'ars I am surprised dat man kind Is as good as it is." Breakinir It Gently. The Dootor-My poor boyl I'll tell you the worst! You'll be well Just at the time school opens again! Caustic. The Soubrette "Yes, the great trage diau says lie is going to play in the alms asylum for charity." The Comedian "Well, he Is used to playing before poor houses." One Consolation. Hewitt After all I've spent on that girl her father chased me out of the house. Jewelt Well, you had a run for your money. Where the Obligation Lay The Patient Of course, doctor, if my appendix has got to come out, that settles it. The Doctor No. Y'ou settle It. Flirt. "Your husband Is a great flirt." "Indeed; has lie been amusing him self with you?" What He Waa Doctor Of. Tommy Flggjam-What makes peo ple call Reverend Longwynde "doc tor?" What did he ever cure any body of? Paw Figgjam He's cured many m person of a supposedly hopeless caae of insomnia. Forearmed. She-Didn't I tell you yon couldn't hug me? He Forewarned is forearmed. More Practical. Cyrus I see yeotir darter la glrtln pretty spry aroiin' that thar artist who can draw landscape. Silas Yeas, but he ain't worth hla salt on a farm. I'd rather she'd marry some one who could draw water. Hon lit fill HwcetneM. She-Wnsn't It a lovely honeymoon darling? 1 He Oh, wasn't it, sweetlel She-My only regret is that It aiay never happen again. Ilia l.xperience. Wcderly- 'That old adage about mai rylng In haste and repenting at leis ure Is the rankest kind of nonsense." Singleton "Because why?" Wederly-"Becuuse a married man has no leisure." A Onod Illnatratloa. Teacher You say that heat expands and cold contracts most substaaecs. Give an Illustration, please. Smart Pupll-We bars tha leaurast days In summer and tb nhortsat la winter ...