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.EiiDmrdPMALs OPINIONS OF G7EAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Will the Panama Canal Pay? AN stteuipt has been made by Colonel George Earl Church. In tbe Journal of the Royal Geographical Society In London, to show that the Panama Canal wI!lBot4Mijr.HoJtsfflnahjr.awwrtla ihat- tbe pro jected waterway could not hope to gain any of the commerce now panning between Europe, on the one band, sad Asia and Africa on the other. Tbe figures seem cone-lustre on thin point. The dlstauce from the English sea port Plymouth to Yokohama in Japan Is 1,7:25 miles less by Rues than by Panama. Even by the way of the (.'ape of Good Hope, Plymouth Is nearer to Shanghai by 745 miles than It would be by a Panama canal. As regards the trade between Europe aud Australia, there is a slight difference In favor of Panama on some of the routes, but this, accord ing to Colonel Church, would be more than counterbalanced by the csuiil tolls. With reference to the went const of South America, we are reminded that the most valuable part of Its freight traffic comes from the nitrate deposits f Chile. It la, In tbe first place, uncertain how long the nitrate traffic will last, owing to the doubt concerning tbe depth of the deposits; and, even as things are now, It is questionable whether the nirrnte trade, more than three fourths of which goes on sailing vessels, would tuke the Panama route, owing to the fact that an extensive region of calms adjoins the western terminus. trade of our own Pacific slope is not Church, but he believes that the greater tlnue to be conveyed across the'eontinent no doubt that our transcontinental seded the Cape Horn route, which used fleet of clipper-ships, and they have practically absorbed "the trade which used to cross the Isthmus by the Tanama Railroad. In the traffic between New York and San Francisco via the Panama. Hallway 000,000, but ten years later It had $5,000,00.-. Harper's Weekly. New Names for Old to action reality one for which we should try flrcuniHtftnces;" to persuade ourselves. seldom anything more than at worst In lotno cases It Is white to all Intents HE tendency of the age Is I suade ourselves that an I looks detestably bad Is In 1 community ought to punii financier organizes a gigantic swindle, or a clever woman ruins a hundred men, no vindictive punishment follows; It Is decided to bo Inconvenient to prosecute, or men find themselves laughing that there are still so many fools in the world. If a woman kills her paramour, or a man In a passion stabs a nagging wife, the first thought may be of the rope, but the second Is of a petition to the Home Secre tary. Ijist, If the marriage tie Is broken especially in high places there Is an Immediate tendency to Invest with a mist of romance and pretext finding what Is nothing better than weakness and vulgarity. Is the tendency good or bad? If the people decide that they are only going- to hang men and old or ugly women, you come perilously near the floctrino that before a woman commits a murder she must took In the glass. Murder and swindling are ugly words, but no nation has ever been, or ever will be, the better for using plensnnter synonyms for crime. London Spectator. Railroad Accidents and Their Causes. DURING the past year on all the railroads of the Untied Slates, 107 persons were killed in railroad accidents (collisions, derailments, boiler explosions, etc.! and 3,5W1 passengers were injured. During the same- period on British roads nut a single passenger ivsh killed sind only -jfi were injured In railroad accident. If It be argued that we have nearly jmyMMj miles of track !ti this country as against '2.iHt In (ireut Britain, it must be answered that the liability to railroad accidents In creases with the density of traffic. Thnt Is to say, the risks of collision, etc., are greater the greater the tmnilier of ESCAPED A SPY'S FATE. Georgia Conitrmnman Mad a ( loe Call for Hia Life In War Time. One of the most popular members of Congress Is Representative Livingston, of Georgia, a former Confederate sol dier who was thor o u g h I y "recon structed" soon aft er the last gun of the conflict had been fired, writes a Washington cor respondent. II e was telling, In the A pproprlstlous Committee ro o in at the Capitol, the story of his nar MR. LIVINGSTON. row escape from Yankee soldiers during operations at Atlauta. He and a Texas scout were Kent on a perilous mission In citizens clothes. "1 knew verj path leading to the city and the streets as well as I did the bog paths around my own farm, and General Hardee directed me to ascertain Information about the en emy, which I believed I could do from a woman living In the city," suud Mr. Livingston. "We rode up to the back gate, but to our astonishment the Yankees were In her bouse. I sprang back Into my addle aud we galloped away, the Yan kees hot after us. Years afterward, tbe late General Cogswell, of Massa chusetts and I met here In this com mittee room, and I happened to learn that lie was the military commander at Atlanta at that time. Then I told ti I tn tny story. "When I finished tailing It General Coggswell put hi arm on my shoul der and said: ' " 'Let us bo frlenda through life. I aiii mighty glad the boys did not catch you. . Ah n soldier, yoo know what would have been your fata under the circumstances, and we never wonld have met under inch delightful condi tions.' "From that day until hia death Gen eral Coggswell and myself were at fast friends ai any two men who aver wore the bine and the fray. I waa one af bia pallbearers and aaw him laid to rest among tka people he earred so well." Congressman Livingsta somes of -7 trains that pass time. Now, here traffic over English own, so that when we .find that tbe marked than the. ber of persons killed density of traffic It Is obvious to railroads that, worth very little ference In results me fact that In ployes generally, at one particular of service, and. accuracy. Traffic The value of the disputed by Colonel rush attendant on part of it will con by rail. There Is porary employes railways have super rush season Is over. to eroploya huge c ORN Is tbe worlds king was valued at $70, believing that shrunk to less than Vices. find excuses; to per Europe had little which at first sight ing It freely. There not one which the the world that last h severely and swiftly, but to find "extenuating In fact, that black Is dark gray, and that and purposes. If a farming can add T HE removal breaking was good lighting stock, his grandfather, who was born In Ireland, having served under Washington In the revo lutionary war. Before entering public life he followed the pursuits of a farm er and was vice president and presi dent respectively for eleven and four years of the Georgia State Alliance Por many years he has been a power In tbe Democratic politics of Georgia. He was elected to the Fifty second Congress and has sat In that body ever since. THE OLD WOOD FIRE. How It Was Built and Kept Alive by an KsperU After "the evening chores were done my father would appear In the door way with the big black log coated with anow, often of ampler girth than himself, and fully breast-high to him as he held It upright, canting In one way and another, and walking it be fore him on Its wedge-shaped end. Ho would perhaps stand It against the chlmuey while be took a breathing spell and planned his campaign. Then, the audlrous hauled forward on the hearth, and the bed of half-burnt brands and live coals raked open, the Icy log was walked Into the chimney, where a skillful turn would lay it over, hissing and steaming, In Its lair of hot embers, says a writer In the Atlantic Monthly. It seemed a thing alive, and Its vehement sputtering and protesting mado a dramatic moment for at least one small spectator. The tout shovel and tongs, or, -rliaps, a piece of firewood used as a lever, would force It against the 'chlu'iney backj then a good sized stick, called a "back-stick," was laid on top of It, and tbe andirons were set In place. Across tho andirons another good sized stick was laid, called a "fore-stick," and In Die Interspace smaller sticks were crossed and thrust, and piled, all quickly kindled by the live coals and brands. In very cold weather a fire was kept burning all night, our father getting up once or twice to replenish It, Even In summer the coals rarely became extinct. A good heap of them, covered with ember at bed time, would be found alive when raked pea In tbe morning. We don't bellave we ever knaw aay one who waa mat all right la User. over a given stretch of line In a glvei again statistics prove that the density ol roads Is far greater than that over oui we have taken this Into consideration, difference in --:i'ifv-f travel is even more mere statement of the relative total num and Injured would suggest. Two of the most prolific causes of accident are the nw of single track for trains traveling In opposite directions (It was on single track that the recent collision occurred) and that most unreliable system of safeguarding a stopping train by sending back a rear flagman. The first condition we can only hope to remove gradually as the Increase In warrants the laying of double track; but the most unobservant passenger upon our half the time, rear-flag safeguarding - Is in protection against rear collisions. If American railroad men arc asked to explain tbe dif between the two countries, they point to Great Britain signalmen, and railroad em remain In the service of the company and class of work for many consecutive years consequently, attain remarkable skill and conditions in Great Britain, moreover, are less variable, whereas In this country the volume of traffic varies greatly with the season of the year, and during the the moving of Western crops, for In stance, It Is necessary to take on a large number of tern whose services are discontinued when the Scientific American. Great future of Corn. great American crop, Is it to become th of cereals? There Is some reason for corn has entered upon n career unci ampled heretofore In the history of grain production and consumption. A recent report based on the latest developments in this direction notes the significant change that has come about. Until within a few years use for corn, but now is buying and eat Is so great a demand from all parts of year s crop, enormous as It was, Is likely to bo pretty thoroughly consumed. Of course this sustains prices, and the corn grower profits accordingly. The belief Is now expressed that the American farmer can never again raise corn enough to congest the market, and that prices are likely to be sustained at a high level. This must stimulate corn production, and there Is plenty of ground where It may spread. The "corn belt" Is a wide one, extending across tho continent, and new methods of cultivation, the utilizing through Irrigation of millions of acres now un tllled and the increased yield coming from more skillful enormously to the output. Troy Times. More Indians than Ever. of 3,000 Choctaws from Mississippi an4 Louisiana to the Indian Territory, which Is now In progress, need Inspire no eloquence about red tuen's wrongs and "palefaces' broken treaties." The treaty on the other aide; these members of the tribe are descended from those who failed to move West in 18.10 as they agreed, and they are exchanging a precarious aud hard existence for comparative affluence. Our Indians do not now fare badly. Far from dying out, they are Increasing in number. The census of 1890 reported 249,000 of them; Secretary Hitchcock's recent re port shows an Increase to 2!9,0O0. Allowing for Indian ad mixture In men reckoned as whites, there is more Indian blood In the country to-day than when the Pilgrims landed. Then tbe tribes were decimated by disease and wasted by wars; greut tracts of uninhabited forests lay between them, and they could not hold lauds so much wider than they used. Now their descendants mainly dwell In compact communities, usually civilized and prosperous. The rise In value of their lands has made most of the Indians well-to-do, the richest tribes being three or four times as wealthy as the same number of average whites. New York World. SAGE DROVE BARGAIN. Then Made .Neighbor Pay for Hide In Work of Hired Man. Russell Sage has not squandered very much on clothes and personal lux uries during bis long life, still he has spent some pretty large sums on horses, his love of which has amount ed to almost u passion. Some time ago he paid $10,000 for a team of trot ters for use at bis country, place on Long Islund, and the first time he was to drive them he asked Frank Til ford, who was a neighbor of his, to go with him. How LVtcle Russell made the ro tund Til ford pay for his outing Is still told with greut glee throughout tho countryside. After driving a little . way a team was seen approaching drawing a load of salt hay out from the meadows along the shore. Immediately said Sage: "I am paying too much money for bedding for my horses. Now we'll see what this man wants for his load of hay." So the stranger was stopped and tho aged financier began negotiations. "What do you want for that load of hay?" "Five dollars," was the reply. "Five dollars?" said Sage. "Why, It Is not worth a ceut more than three. It does not cost you anything; all you have to do Is to cut It." "Well," replied tho farmer, "It takes a good half day's work, and the use of my horse and wagon." Hut Sage would not pay $5, so a com promise was made for $4 for the load delivered. "Where shall I leave it?" said the farmer. "At Frank Tllford's," said Undo Russell, and, turning to Tllford, as they drove on, he said: "You see,, Frank, If he knew that bay was for Russell Sage he would not let It go for less than $7. And, by tho way, when he leaves It at your place, Just let your man bring It over to my burn." Mall nnd Express. The School for ftcandal. "Look at the crowd of women go ing late airs. Gabble's house. Wbat'a the attraction r "Detraction. The sawing circle meets than ta-sajr." Philadelphia Press. HUMOR OF THE WEEK TORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Odd, Cnriooa and Laughable Phaaea of Human Nature Graphically Por trayed by Eminent Word Art lata of Our Own Day A Budget of Fun. Tom (who has been away) Did you and that girl you were engaged to get married? Jack Yes; but we are not living to gether. Tom Why? What's the trouble? Jack Oh, no trouble at all. She married another man and I married another girl. Faat, All Bight. "Did yon sell Mrs. Stuckumgood that piece of goods and guarantee the col ors to be fast?" "Why, ye-ye-yes, sir. Wh-wha what's th' matter?" "Nothing, only she's developed palpi tation of the heart trying to catch 'em since they started to ruu." Baltimore News. The Hoy Giienited Right. "Now, Johnny, can you tell me who built the ark?" "No." "That's right, Johnny It was Noah. Ella, give Johnny the prize picture card." Baltimore News. Prime and i'octry. "What is more welcome than a full moon?" whispered the poetic young man. "Why, a full coal scuttle," replied the practical girl, and then he said no more. Pop Knew, Tommy Say, pop, what's the differ ence between a pessimist and an op timist? His Pop One's married and the oth er Is single. Wasn't Unite Snre. Mrs. Nextdoor Your daughter has Improved wonderfully In her piano playing. Mrs. Homer I'm glad to hear you ay so if you are really sincere. Mrs. Nextdoor Why, what do yon mean? Mrs. Homer Well, you see, we didn't know whether she was Improv ing or whether we were merely getting used to It. , Frequent Occurrence. "A woman has been arrested for dis figuring her children." "Why, thousands do that and are never molested." "Disfigure their children?" "Yes cut their hair." After the Heceptlon. Krnie Her costume that night cap tivated him. The papers described It as a "fetching gown." Kdith - -Probably because It "fetch d" her a husband. The New Conductor. "This rustic youth wants me to get him on bis feet," said tho street rail way ollicial. "Make him conductor," replied the brother ollicial, "and he will get on other people's feet." dimmed Con it itlnnn. Green I understand you live In very quiet part of the town. Brown We did until recently. Green Then you have moved? Brown No. Twins. All he Needed. "I need some money to go shopping with," announced the fond wife. "It would be better for your health If you walked back and forth,'1 suggest ed the Indulgent husband, handing her the 10 cents for car fare. Hia Very Flrat Appearance. The Villain Were you troubled with Htago fright when you made your first appearance? The Comedian I guess so. Mother says I set up a howl and refused to ut ter a word. Fully P.qulpped. lie Are you sure that you are fit ted to be a poor man's wife? Sim Sure! Why, my love, I know every bargain counter In town. New York Week I v. When the Ho Peases. Roderick Tho good and bad go to church. Van Albert I don't understand. Roderick Why, good .peoplu and bad money. Land of Midnight Bun. ! Rodrick Yos, that lust polar expe dition almost starved. Vnn Albert And yet you say the li ill three meals per day? , Itiidrick Yei, but tbe days up thors are tlx uioulbe leag. . Mot Bare of Him. "Why are you to sure that he lovea you?" "Because be stays away from me in hopes he can overcome the fascina tion of my presence. And there la only one thing that bothers me I fear be will succeed." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Beat Way. Wlfey This flat doesn't exactly suit me. There are some things very nice about It, and others I don't like. Hubby Well, my dear; you must learn to take the bitter with the suite Philadelphia Bulletin. Not a Whole One. She Ain't your little sister verj small for her age? He She's jlst er half sister. From Kxperience. O.stend Paw, what is "nelghborlj congeniality?" Paw Lending out your scythe and shovel and getting a saucer of prunes over the fence in return. Philadelphia Bulletin. Matter of Sex. .Man wants but little here below, Hut women folk lire oncer! They want the big, round earth, becaust lhey think it s woman sphere. Quite Appropriate. He I wonder why Sirs. Splugg dresses so loud? She Oh, her husband Is quite deaf, Appropriate, She Thinks. "She says she's got tired of making cake for church sociables." "Yes, I noticed that she always promises the committee a 'spongs cake.' "Philadelphia Bulletin. Between Frlenda. "I'm getting tired of boarding houses," said the young, man who parti his hair in the middle. "I've half mind to get married!" "Of course," growled the old bach elor. "It takes Just about that amouui of mind to think of such a fool thing.' Knew Her Business. Softleigh Are you quite sure MIsj Banks Is not In? The Maid Of course I am. She gav me one of your photographs In ordei to make me doubly sure. Mixed In the Order. First Fellow Very poor servl here. Second Fellow Yaas; the other day I ordered fried eggs and when the waiter got back he brought me sprlns chicken. The Perversity of Politics. "They say he hag run through a for tune trying to get elected to ofllce." "Yes; aud now his money's gone ht can't even get a job as walking delo gate." Philadelphia Bulletin. His Only Chance. Weeks I called my wife down thli morning. Meoks What for? Weeks Because she was upstairs. An Artful Dodger. Miss Elderlelgh I never yet the man I would marry. sat Miss Younguu Indeed! But then 1 suppose he saw you first. Two Pointa of View. He Did you ever notice how higl Miss Neurlch carries her head? She Yes, poor girl; she has a neel tike a giraffe. A Rurrler. . "What have you In the way of beet steak to-day?" asked the cheerful cus tomer who hadn't paid his bill. "Well," replied the frank butcher, "1 reckon about the only thing In the waj Is Its price." Baltimore News. Patience Rewarded. Smith I hear Short, the coal man has come Into a large fortune. Jones Well, he's entitled to It Smith Oh, he Is, eh? Jones Yes. He's been lying weight for it a good many years.' On the Link. First Caddie 1'vo got a snap. Second Caddie What doln'? First Caddlt Chaperotiln', De old man give me a $1 to tell him every tlim de dude kissed bis daughter, on' di dude give me f 1 not lo tell. Pnrodoxical. The Humorist I can't think of single joke. The Puragrnpher That's funny. Friendly Comment. Myer Meeker's wife buys all hh ties for him. What do you think el her taste? Oyer Not much; bat I admin Meeker's nerve in wearing them. ORGAN GRINDER3 BETTER OFF. Helped by Concentration of Papain tlon, an Old Gentleman Finda. In these days of flats and tall tene ments, with families living on floor Jbove floor towering In fhe air, tbe money for the hand-organ man is thrown , down to hini wrapped up in paper. - "I should think," said a benevolent appearing old gentleman woo was walking along a South Side street the other day, to an Italian organ grinder who could speak English enough to be understood: "I should think that the money coining dawn, that way, all done up so, would add greatly to the Inter est of the business. You never know just what you are going to get until you actually open the papers. You might find $5. There's a mystery la every package." "Notta much mystery," said the or gan grinder, smilingly. He was willing to admit that there was a certain enjoyment in opening the package it might contain large money; but he had never come across any gold there yet; people give the or gan grinder now just what they used to give, namely, cents. "Well, then," said the benevolent old gentleman, who appeared to be a man who had time to stand around and talk, "if they don't give any more thean they used to, how can you afford to double up on your plant like this? A big ex pensive organ, and two men to ruu it, Instead of one." "More people," was the substance of the organ mnu's 'answer; and, without! undertaking to reproduce his dialect, what he told the old gentleman was; that in no end of blocks where there used to be houses with one family apiece there would now be found, in flats or apartments, five or ten fami lies; and that, while people might not give Individually more than they did years ago, there were ten times aS many of them to give. So that even on small puoflts the greater volume of business nowadays made it possible td do even tbe hand-organ business oil the grander modern scale. "Ye es," said the benevolent old gentleman, turning as he spoke, and wrapping up a coin In a piece of paper, which, turning again, he handed to ths suave organist, who smiled again as he opened it. It was not a great mystery that this package contained, but it was greatci than a cent. Chicago Inter Ocean. AN ACCOMMODATING NEIGHBOR Following: Conversation Between Two Yonnc Women Overhe ird. The following conversation of two young ladies was overheard a few! nights ago on a Sixth avenue clectrid car: "Do you know, I think she Is absot lutely the meanest woman I evel knew?" "Why, what is the matter with her?" "Matter? Why, everything. She does nothing but borrow from morning to night. You know. She has the apartment just across the hall from us, and the day she moved In she started by borrowing an egg from mother. The next day she borrowed a cup of sugar, and since that time she has borrowed everything from a piece of butter to tho baby carriage, anil has never mado any attempt to return a single thing. I have often tolcl mother that I was ' going to borrow some of the things back, but she has always forbidden me. Last night, however, 1 had to write some letters, and I had no Ink. It was raining very hard, and mother was out, so I resolved that, rather than go out in the rain I would disobey or ders and ask our neighbor to let me have her ink. . I asked her, and what do you think she said? 'I haven't any Ink, but I'll let you take my shoe pol ish. It Is just as good. It dries quick-) ly, but you can write Just as well with it' Oh, I never met a meaner woman in my life." New York Times. Paul's Smallest Audience. Mme. Parti, whose one appearand on the concert platform during a Lon don season does not nearly satftrfy the wishes of ber many admirers, tell a story of the occasion when her andt- ence was the smallest on record, con slstlng as It did of only one person. The lucky ludlvdual was a child. Dur ing a tour some years ago In Aaserica Mme. Patti was unable to sing at ens of the concerts; the bad weather kept her Indoors. While she w as quietly resting hi hei hotel, she heard a child crying, and going Into the room where the cfcild was, Mme. Patti found that the little one was In trouble because her moth er had gone to bear Mme. Parti atng. She had wanted to go, but was not well enough to be allowed out of doors. Mme. Patti tried to console tbe child, and at last she said she would atng to ber. Tho child did not accept the of fer very readily; she said she wanted to hear Mme. Pattt slngl However, before the first song was finished the child bad recognized tbe great sinner, and when the little Impromptn eon cert was over, the audience waa su premely happy. Golden Penny. ' Bcheme that Failed. "I have a question for you," aald tht bashful young man. "Turn It loose," replied the fair ene. "If," said the b. y. m., "you thought of another fellow what you think of me, would you 'marry him?" "When the other fellow asks me," answered the fair gum chewer, "III let you know by postal card." No Amatenr. Illll That man Is a horrible Mar. Jill O, I don't know; I think he's good at it Yonkers Statesman. Moths mnit be . cold-blooded am hires; the free, neatly appear ha ever- -coats ta August.