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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1903)
Tb Exrrisca Pre5-jirJ fL St MTIU, raorBiHNm ujutiaos, A ready made suit , of couyictiuns sever 11. well ou a public man. The architect cannot live by tbe in junction to make no plans for the fu ture. It looks as If the more boles are punched in a shirt waist, the bigger (he price. Washington supplies New York with Iwo-thirds of its pressed brick. The jrodoct, probably, of restless office leekers. Tbe success of the Vanderbilt-Neilaoo merger may suggest to the plutocratic dement the sort of combination it can lafely cultivate. Theodore Roosevelt says his favorite bird is the robin. His recent utter mces had created a widespread Im pression that it was the stork. There are 01,5;;S divorced persons In the I'nited States. This would Indi cate that divorces are not the exclusive property of the "four hundred." Every cow and then Uncle Sam picks up another island and adds it to the Philippine group. Did Spain know he was giving such good measure? The statute of Andrew Jackson In Washington is reported to be covered with verdigris. This Is another way of keeping Andrew Jackson's memory green. Some people would be willing to sit iwn and punish themselves by read Bg the worst tri;sh that ever was writ ten If Andrew Lang or somebody had sailed it literature. Josh Billing's advice, "To bring up a thild in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while," has not lost its pertinence in the quarter f a century since it was given.. William G. Rockefeller has given (ermlssion to the small boys to play imseball on Sunday near his grounds. This should give John D., Jr., a text for it least one sermon to bis Bible class. It appears that a large percentage of the American people are still Interest id in professional baseball. Tbe great beauty of baseball is that a lar.y man tan thoroughly enjoy it without exer lising a bit. Tbe Cbicago Inter-Ocean la trying o And out whether or not hydrophobia an Illusion. We are not certain as to hydrophobia, but we do entertain a ltrong opinion that tbe large, cross, pen-faced dog Is not. Tin! anthracite coal supply of the Cuffed States would last, at the present rate of consumption, for three hundred years. Allowing for the probable ln rrease, the supply will last two hun dred years, says the director of the t'nltcd States Geological Survey. Any way there is enough for next winter's stock. .A novelty In collections Is that of a New Hampshire man who gathers fashion-plates. The earlier specimens ire foreign. No fashion-plates were sailed in this country, he says, previous : th? yffir 1830. Andrew Jackson was President then. The two facts are re ated by contrast only. Fashion-platca ire frequently changed, whereas some political fashions set by President Jackson lasied a long time. Ocean cables e now so common Jiat the public forgets how much they lo to keep tbe countries of the world n touch with one another. In Iawall he cable is sufficiently new to make it stll a matter of rejoicing. Tbe sec Mid steamer which arrived after Pres ident McKlnley was shot brought such encouraging news of his condition that services of thanksgiving were planned. Tbe nest steamer brought tbe newt of his death and funeral. Now Hawaii baa the news at tbe tame lime as tbe rest of tbe nation. Sir William Richmond. R. A., lately lectured before tbe Inatitute of Brit lab Decorators on bis mosals decoration of St. Paul's Cathedral. Among other la .. icstrng things be said that whan be was a boy of about thirteen his mother .auk him to attend the service at St. Paul's, and they sat in tbe choir. He ooked up at tbe naked roof, and on go ing oat be said, "Mother, some day 1 will cover that with mosaic." That was before be bad been In Italy, or icen a piece-of mosaic. What soma xys are to do In the world la a qaea i.on which la settled early. That we shall eventually bare an American national school system wo have no daubt, bat It wDl be long to coming, sad meanwhile the "little red school booae" la apt to bt fearfully bv adequate, except la poetry. As long aa towns have tbe control of their own appointments of teachers, their own luatiPtls of what eonstltutsa aa edu cation, we shall find qoeer, dlaaowag lag acpnaaisw of the towns' ideas of "achaean," baaed largely upon falsa economy and the school cnrrlcnlam f a generation ago. for the apathy of Da American pontic toward the quality rf education Imparted to Its youth la floqmnQ starting. " ' A-CZlaw and Interest Inf Mt of naval f Srjr tf K the tale at dm old Ci-'.Jf Tont Mwsmry, on . a . , . v ' , CM Asiatic station. Tbe vessel, side- wheel "double-cuder," wa sent to Eastern waters In 1SB I it-cause of her light draft. With her four big sinootb- bores and two rifled muzzle-loaders she did great service In the war on Korean pirates in 18TL The next year she stuck fast In the mud of the Yangtae River, and remained there twenty-eight years. Then in J'duO, during the Boxer outbreak, she was hauled out and re fitted, and although an object of amuse ment to foreign naval officers, again proved her worth; fur her light draft enabled her to do work Impossible to the foreign fleet. Muuocacy is a title which should not be forgotten?" It ought to dewend to a sou, or rather, let us say, to a daughter, since the Salle lw does not apply in the navy. The author of a paper on the ques tion, "Are Women Witty 7" recently read before a woman's club, answered the question in the affirmative; but the examples of feminine wit which she quoted hardly Justified her con clusion. The relation of women to wit has been appreciative rattier than creative, and Is likely to continue so. Appreciation Is as necessary as crea tion, for no wit flourishes without an audience. Modem women are niar velously quick in seeing the point of even the subtlest wit. In an audi ence a shrewd observer may note that the laugh of the women at a clever joke precedes that of the men by an appreciable number of moments. Oc casionally a woman makes a brilliant mot, as when a Boston woman re cently said In a discussion of the qual ities of the sexes, "Oh, men get and forget, and women give and forg .'T' This power of epigram is rare, a fact that Is scarcely subject for regret Women need not bewail their failure to be witty so long as they have a keen feeling for the wit that is In others. For their own part, they may well be content to cultivate that gent ler grace called humor, which "be gets the smiles that have no cruelty." The ambition that every typical American feels, to do better than ev eryone else in everything, Is one of the most splendidly audacious nation al characteristics to be found in his tory. It Is grand to think that, one day or another, we must, by native right, excel the English In commerce, the French in taste, the Germans in scholarship, the Italians In art. the Greeks in wisdom, aud the Hebrews in the knowledge of God. With so much to accomplish, the American spirit cannot be like Goethe's star,' Ohne Hast aber ohne Rast it must be equally without leisure and without pause. Those In the front must leap into tbe trench and die, in order that those In the rear may pass over. Of this sort of sacrifice there has been no lack. It began wben the first ex plorers touched our shores; and It bag been ready at all times since for every emergency of commerce, reli gion or war. It has made tbe country. It has built up every State and city and bouse of busiuess and seat of learning. Those who have come after have profited by the unflagging spirit of those who have gotie before of those who have worked hard and often died too early. But it may be reason ably asked If the day has not now come for a quieter pace, and a less feverish sens; of duty, inquires a writer In Harper's Weekly. The country Is eolossally rich and pros perous. even if it In? not rich and pros perous enough. May not the Individ ual twg'n to put forth his claim? May he not ask time to breathe a little, to think a little, to live a little? .May he not be. permitted to remember that in the Pantheon there are other fcodi besides the great idol bustle? Wbilu doing his daily work aud treading his common round, has he at a right to some measure of that tranquillity which now h? can look f-r only In the tomb? or in flinging a change of raiment into a valise and sailing out Into that big, unsatisfactory void wbicb we call abroad? In the days of co-operating energies we tnigV venture to suggest A Society for Enabling America.v Who Want to do so, To Stay Quietly at Home, Without Beinjf Rushed to Death. HAS LEFT HIS HIGH POST. Grand Iake Alexia No Longer Heat at the Kusslaa Nave. Tbe Grand Duke Alexis, who b been compelled by a severe Illness to retire from bis position ss head of tbe Russian navy, if tbe unHe of tbe Gear and one of tbe three living broth ers of tbe late Em peror Alexandftl III. Tbe grans' duke Is 53 yean old and bas bad a t e in pes t u o u s career. Several years ago, during his brother's reign, nvaa AL is. ha was dismissed In disgrace from his post, bat more recently he wss re stored to fall favor. Several years ago be paid a visit to the United States. Ntrtctly Personal. "Have yoo ever made any effort U distinguish yourself In public debater "No, sir," answered Senator Son gaum, "when money talks Its argu ment Is usually most effective when II comes in the nature of a strictly per aonal communication." Washington Star. tar to Waste Up. RoMngstoM Nomosn Wot wools' yon do If you had il.OOO.W), Tatters r Tatterdon Torn It would be joat my lack to wake op. PblladotpbuJ Record. JUDICIAL DECISIONS To be .sealed for time and eternity by sealing ceremony in accordance with tbe law of tbe Mormon Church I held, in Hilton vs. Itoylan-e tl'tabi. 53 I.. It. A. 7-.j, 10,1)6 a good common-, law marring;. ' j The placing of telephone poles and wires in a city street is held. In Dono van vs. Alien (N. D., iiK L. K. A. 7",,. to be a new burden or servitude there- j on, requiring compensation to be paid; to abutting owners. A husband's common-law liability for bis wife's torts is held, in Heulej vs. Wilson (Cal.i. :M I.. II. A. ft I, not to be changed by statutes preserving to her her separate estate ami empow ering her to mature it. The placing by a private ligliling '.'ompanv of poles at the curb in a street, and the stringing thereon of i electric light cable lines aud wires fjt j th nilrliose of fitrnUtnre- lit'lvt nlni en. I ergy to private takers. Is held, in Cal leu vs. Columbus Kdison Flcetric Light Co. (Ohioi. .V L. It. A. Tvj, to .e a taking of the property of the abutting owners. A guardian of an Incompetent per sou is held, iu State ex ret, i;.iyiji.i:i) vs. Lawrence (Miuu.l. S L. It. A. 1KU, to have the right to remove his ward from one State to another, temporarily or permanently, subject, however, to the. power of tin court of chancery tc restrain an Improper removal. Tiir right to remove an Incompetent person or Infant from the State is considered in a note to this case. , A statute exempting to married men or heads of families their earnings for personal services rendered within sixty days next preceding ilie levy of execu tion, by garnishment or otherwise, be ing reasonable, and directed to tbe remedy, and not the right, is held, in Klrkman vs. Bird (Utah), 5S L. U. A. G!), not to be an unconstitutional Im pairment of the oblipition of contracts entered Into prior to its passage. The exaction of a premium consist Ing of a certain percentage upon the amount of a loan, payable monthly in the-same way Intercut is paid, which, together with the required Interest, ex ceeds the rate allowed by law, Is held. In Washington National Bauk:ng L. and I. Association vs. Stanly. I'lre.), 58 L. R. A. 81, not to be authorized by a provision in a statute governing building associations, that tbe provis ions as to bidding for loans shall not apply to an association which fixes the rate of premium in its by-laws and that no premium shall be consid ered or treated a interest. TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD MEETS MIDGET CCUSIN. Hugo and Major I 'Kit are lirsi cousins on tbeir mother's side; but they cannot wear each other's clothes. Koi Hugo, who Is over eight feet tall. It the biggest giant in tbe world, wbilt Major Petit only has 32 Inched to hit credit. The pair recently met in .New York, sod each thought hit rej.itlre thr most eatrsordlnary freak in the world avid Again. Peddlsr Ffease, mum, would yon like to buy a parrot? Mrs. Brlckrotr Now, what on earth do you suppose I want with parrot' "Weil, mum. It Just occurred to mt that yoa might save a good deal of time If you bad one. Ifs a pity tt see a Intellectual woman like yoit obliged to waste time makln' calls on such a lot of ignoramuses as there U In this neighborhood wben you might just as well be talk In' to a rrol " Til take one." Hasty Afterthought. "Policeman," ssld tbe stranger, ad dressing the officer that was guarding the muddy crossing, "can you direct me' Here he slipped snd fell, "to tbe nesrext plscp," he c,n tinned, gathering himself up and sur veying bis soiled garment, "win re they clean clothes?" Chicago Triu ne. , - Acrank is a man with a large bobby ad a small conscience. fir J?S IT-Ill l ' SOME ODD SLEEPING PLACCH Min Jrufa Ackermann Has OcrspUd 2,7K Bed Unrlaa Her Travels. Few women have met with so many ' yxtraordiuary adventures in all parts of the world as Miss Jessie Acker mann, the famous temperance worker, who has circled the globe a dozcD times. Iu the course of he' travels Miss Ackermann ias slept in :!.7nO different Is-ds and among bet re? ting places have been tbe tomb of In dian king, a Siberian convicts' (-amp. an Alaskan fisherman's but and a s;a ble In Iceland. Writing of the? strange dormitories in the Housekeep er, Miss Ackermann says: "The most refreshing rest of my life was obtained in a hammock swung high In the trees, lie,yf;id the reach of beast or uerpent,' In s Jungle of Java. In my opinion, the bed itself plays but a small part in the wooing of 'tired nature's sweet restorer." However, there was one -night when 1 thought I never would go asleep. ' It was up in Alaska. A young chief who had JiHt succeeded Ills father wrk to ! formally installed with a dance by his subjects and he Invited iik to be present. Tbe scene of the cere loony w.-!s several miles from the vil lage where I was slopping. I;.ri:ig the dance a terrific storm irfose. ren dering it impossible fur lue lo retu:-si to the vii!:igc. and a kind native in vited nnj in bis but fnr Ilie night. The family of eleven slept on a raised pbltform extending around three sides of the room. Here I was invited to share the common bed, but declined with thanks, and indicated i hat I would climb up Into ttc rafters, where lis.li and skins were drying, although I had not the slightest idea bow 1 would ever accomplish the feat. !:u less I could walk up the sidi tit the house. ' "One of the juvenile members of Ilie family sp'ri-Iily (limbed to the lofty rafters, and. having fiishion-d the (-kins Into t!ir; form of n bed, descend ed to help solve the problem of my ascent. Kvery available box. barrc! ami chest was plied one upon another, but even this makeshift of a tower fell short of reaching the desired haven of rest. I'inn'iiy a bright Idea seized th lad. Quickly mounting the pile and stooping over in the attitude of one playing at leap-frog, he politely mo tioned me to step upon his back. With out pausing to consider the probable fatnl consequences of my rash step (to the boy), 1 hastily scaled box and bar rel, stepped lightly upon the young brave's back and, without any prepa ration for the night, sprang info bed. high above the bends of the astonished natives. "Well, I confess that 1 did not 'go right to sleep." I gazed down from my insecure perch upon the entire family, gathered around the dying embers in the center of the floor, where they were engage! in drinking fish oil out of a whalebone ladle. Their glistening white teeth formed a striking contrast to their painted faces as they talked and talked and talked. The eissper ntliig part (for I am only a woman) was that I could not understand a word they wefe saying ami I was cer tain that they were talking about nie. However, sippp came at last, after the family bad retired to their universal couch." Two Very Stylish Waist. No. 1 shows a stylish elbow sleeve shirt waist of white brllliantine. The round yoke is made with a deep bits fold droplng like a tuck over tbe shoulders and gathered seam of the bodice. The deep bias folds run about the I nipt and about the belt and girt a chic, bouffant effect which la par ticularly becoming to slender figure. No. 2 shows s pretty snd simpls mode for figured lawns or batits. White cuffs and collsr sdd to tbs af fectivniees of tbe wslst. Only One Tsar. Impervious to erttlclam, although by no means oblivions of R, Thomas II. Ueed, If one msy believe his friends, hardly relished tbe title of "tsar" so generally conferred upon Wm in the days when, as Speaker, he coerced a fractious minority In the lower house of Congress. But a friend of Mr. Heed records, In the New Tork Times, one instance when the sppllratlon of the ti tle amused the Speaker. "It is an epithet, not a aobriguet," Mr. Reed remarked one dsy. We were walking along Pennsylvania avenue when a newspaper wagon dashed up to the curb near us, snd tbe driver called to several newsboys: "Hero y are, boys, new eitra! Homb thrown at tbe tsar!" "Aw, g'wan!" replied one of tbe urchins. 'That's a fake. Here's the tsar coming up the street." Mr. Reed shook with laughter nt the newsboy's Idea that there was only ne tsar, and that one a certain pou lerons man from Maine. Creat a you are, your friends w.'ll lanyti merrily' after your funeral. . H : I Grin or Ornin Cuttr. We present an illustration of a new lawn mover, which has severs! novel features to recommend it over the mowers already In the field. The man who ruts the grass will rememlier that every time he lets the work go too long It was necessary to run the mower over some parts of the lawn several times before all the lor.g blades were down, or else leave the lawn with a raggfd appearance. The prin cipal advantage of this new machine Is that, no matter how long the grass gets, the first cutting will biing it all down to the common level; In fact, the h nper the grass the belter tin- cutlers will work. As will b" seen, the cut lers are circular, toothed wheels, re volving In horizontal planes and actu ated by gear heels' set on tbe inner ends of the drive-wheel shafts. Theo cutters arc in rc:ili:y i.othiiig but a set of circular saws, and their action Is exactly , the same, sawing the grass blades off ns ilie mower is pushed over the lawn. The saw spindles are pro vided with ball beamings, thus re ducing the friction to a minimum, and by doing away with the necessity for running (he mower over high grass more than once the machine should save much labor for Its owner. The Inventor Thomas F. McDonald, of Cincinnati. Ohio also applies the same principle to a machine for cutting grain or hay. MarveW c.f Corn Csltnre. Corn breeding Is a modification of live stock breeding and follows the fame general laws and principles. It Is the application of principles of plant and nnlmal breeding to the corn plant. The per cent of sugar In the sugar beet has been Increased from 3 per cent to 10 per cent The ordinary beet was Improved by seed selection, so that an enormous Industry has been built up a lid a new source of sugar given to the world. This has been done with a plant which seeds once In two years. Corn produces a crop every year, a single sccrl producing a return of over a thousand fold. From this great num ber of offspring, varying In size, shape, color ami composition, a selection can he made which will develop any fea ture of the sped or plant. By contin ued selection ihese valuable attributes (mi be fixed in the characteristics of ; lio pinnt and the usefulness and lm jHirtance of the crop Increased. To II 'itslrate the point: We have tieen able, by selecting ears having long shanks, 'o increase the length of the shank :rw!y I wo feet i:i five years' selection, selecting ears with (all stalks we ,:ive been Able to ifirrea-o- the height ' the stalk almost three feet in five .nrs. By selecting ears from plants 'ir.virg wide lenves we have been able o increase Hie average, width of the Vnf, and by selecting cars from stalks ' .'iviiig narrow leaves we have been ible lo decrease the width of the leaf. I ovinopolitan. "Fancy r'srminir." Th;' commonest fault with the city Mil's funning Is tnc f.-n t that he puts !':rc capital into it than the business :l!rii:i;ely will bear. He goes Into :;r:,;ng with the city man's desire. rdinarlly he makes the mistake of ujiposlng that the mere physical acces orlcs of life are as important In the ou:itry as they are in the city, forget ing t hit the satisfaction in the frm ',fe Is largely of s different kind from b;it 'if the city llf. The result of sll .his Is "fancy farming," as the real nrmr dulm It.' As farming for diver sion is perfectly legitimate, bmt ss pst :trn farming it Is likely to be s fsl! ire. It Is another kind of freak fsrm ng. Any farming that is self-sup-mrtlng Is legitimate, whatever Hs nd: by this tt is to be Judged. Tbs oint ws wish to make is that reform nd progress In sgrlrulture sre to come 'row tbe Inside. Country Life in merles. Tbe Best Geaeral Psrpoae Apple. With ths desire to produce s good hipping red apple, tbe Rbode Island Ureerilng, that standard variety of most high esrelleneo In every point, Is living largely negleeted. As a cooking spple It has few superiors. As a dessert fruit it Is highly prised. As a free grower In tb orchard and as a regular and abund ant liesrer It ranks among the best. As i fruit universally In demand In our home snd foreign msrkets Is attended by the eirellent prices It steadily com mands. This grand old stsndnrd vsrle fy. carrying perbsps more good general ittaHUes than any other, should be n re extensively planted and to the xciwsion of other ard lower grade va ; ( A mcrlcan A grlcult urlst. Hiu Yields rTallllet. Ccnrl millet is attracting renewed at i.tldu as a forage nrop on account of enormous crops. The Msssacbu-,-,s station repaired thirty Ave tons ROTAKY K.N1V1S OS LAWS Mutffl.lt, ! greenthe Kentucky station forty tona, the California station over thirty tons. If rut wben three or four feet hlgh the plant sprouts snd gives anoiher cuttlng. Largest crops are growu on rich, moist loam. The seed la sown tho flrst of June In drills two feet apart, covering half an Inch deep. It can Ite sown broadcast Tbe crop Is a good one for late summer feeding in i the barn. VerlMv In Feed for Horses, (lata aud hay are the recognized feed for horses and, tindotttrfedly, if one is confined to but two kinds of feed three are better than any others. It should be remembered, however, that horses are tiite as partial to variety n cows, and If given more or lest change In their foods will do better work and without any more expense. An occasional feed of roots is benefi cial, as Is also a weekly feed of bran as a mash. In feeding a grain ration good results come from scattering It 'over rut hay after wetting the fodder. This Is better than to feed the hay uncut and the grain separately, and es pecially If clover bay. which in dusty, lis used. It Is a good plan to cut up about one-half of the hay ration to fi-e.i jwlth the grain iu the manner suggest-, j ed, leaving the balance uncut, to bo fed afterward, and give the animal isomt-thing to keep It busy. An occa sional feed of corn cither on the cob or shelled also adds to the variety, but should not take the place of oats, es pecially during the spring ami sum mer, in the regular ration. Diversified rrminttlon I'ujr. Many a fanner Is poor today after ten, twenty or th'rty yeirs of hard, work, beciui'rt he tins confined him self to a single line of production, and thnt line on overproduced and conse quently a profitless one. To this may i attributed much of (lie downright poverty that his befallen the older farmers who are still in the field. Thn dairy farmer should not depend upon milk alone, nor the hop, bean or to- bacco f.irtner upon hops, beans or to bacco alone. Each farmer, naturally and properly, should have a main line, determined by his location, bin soil and his markets, but with his main line he can have side lines that will srlve him something to sell every month in the year am) thus give him a hold ot several classes of consumers. Tim farms that pay are largely those de voted to diversified production, while the loudest complaints of unprofitable ness come largely from those who aro distinctively "single line" farmers. New -York Farmer. Patent Hen's Nest. Poultrymen who are looking for a means (o keep hens from breaking or eating their eggs will lie Interested la a Callfornlan's Invention. The ma chine he has devised consists of a lien's nest and a series of pockets or re ceptacles, with an automatic mechnn ish which presents each of the ock ets In turn beneath the opening Iu the errs Rnvot.VB t ttr p.n m st. bottom of the nest to receive the newly-laid eggs. !ti the passage through which the egg falls to the pocket is u trigger, which releases a rotary frnm carrying the pockets, so that, as ou ss the pgg reaches the bottom of Its receptacle, an empty poclj-t replace it licncnih the opening of the nest, lit addition lo preventing the hens from mias liinq; or citing (heir eggs, this ar rangement will afford a protection against r.its and other animals which have been known to break and eat th eggs. As the pockets and operating: mechanism of Ibis nest aro concealed from view by a wood or metal casing, there Is nothing to Indicate to the un uplclous hen that tbe nest differs from the ordinary kind. A Moilr In Fertilizer!. The fertilizer law of the Stale of New Tork lias operated to the great advantage of the farmer. Not only bas the quality of the goods on the market been held well up to the guar antees, but the number of brands has been greatly lessened, thus tending lo simplify tbe purchase of such goods. However, fanners have not yet learned to take full advantage of tbe Informa tion at tbelr disposal In the successive bulletin of analysis Issued by the sta tion at Geneva. Accordingly the sta tion has Just prepared a short bulletin calling attention lo some striking dif ferences In qualify snd relative value between brands of different classes. Every fertiliser user should avail him self of tbe chance to secure this bul letin snd take it as a guide In his se lection of goods. A postal csrd sent to the station, hearing your name and address, will bring Ibe bulletin to you by return mall. Massachusetts Plough man, f Whitewash for Old Woodwork. An old barn or shed not worth clap boards or paint can be given a new lease of Ufa with a coat of white wash. Slake a bushel or lime, strain, add bslf a bushel of salt dissolved In water, w pound of ground whiting and two pounds of dissolved glue, This Is a very close, durable whitewash, and a coat of It will make old hoards weather-proof for many ears. A Httla lampblack will make the color effect less glaring, giving a quiet, gray tona. Rica Is said to be the staple food of early one half of the human race. J . II IT- iv
