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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1903)
Tb HuThea Prtss-Jsxrni the check. And what become of tb old belief that only authors with reput tat inn and Influence succeed in getting . Min, a bearing? I1IU8E1 As girla grow older they think less Of doll and more of dollar. That man who i always coniplaining net b awfully tiresome to himelf. It la possible to lead any man to the leant of knowledge, but lt'a impoaalble to sake him drink. It la a mean woman who will ask her alto-returning: husband to pronounce oae of thooo Servian name. What a happy world thle would be If every man epoke aa well of hia lire Beigfcbors aa be does of hia dead onea.' Usually in a fleeing party there U one man wbo persists In quoting Ixaak Walton aloud and often, aud thus scares the flab away. In the peaaant huta of Europe, is other are putting the babies to sleep ry telling them that unless they are good Homebody will make them kings. When laat heard from King Pete was till trying to think how the men wbo put him tbero might be punished in some way that would be satisfactorily all around. A Salem, Maaa., Judge recently sen tenced two umbrella purloiners to two months' lmprlaonment. This la the mum Salem that haa been so often accused of burning witches. Hawaii haa a pressing "labor prob lem" on ita hand. It ia the question how to make people work in a climate which produce food In such abun dance that they don't hare to. Every American politician must secretly thank hia atari that he was not born In England, where office holders are expected to resign when they are criticised by the public. With such sensitiveness to public opinion it would be difficult over-awe for the patriot who serve their country to amass even a moderate competence. A business woman wbo has a largo correspondence says that women are guilty of two epistolary sins. One is the omission to send a stamp when a reply is sought, the other the failure to indicate whether the writer is to be addressed as Miss or Mrs. Each of these sins generally brings its own punishment, and may. In time, work its wn cure. English bacteriologists have taken a mall piece from a woman's skirt which had been trailed through Lon don streets, and after washing It In dis tilled water, have examined tbe off scourings under a microscope. Ono .hundred and fifty drops of the water contained more than twenty-live thou sand germs of such diseases as con aumptlon, diphtheria and typhoid fever. A train of misfortunes seems to attend tbe woman with a dragging skirt. "Tb number of criminals Is on tbe Increase, and the number of heinous offenses grows less aa civilization ad vances," said a New York criminal lawyer the other day. ' This may seem paradoxical, but it I easily explained. Mow laws are continually being made constituting new crimes, and wblls the number of violations of tbe law grows target-, tbo number of atrocious crimes diminishes. If you will consult the criminal statistics yon will see that the increase is almost entirely in tbe new and lighter offenses." In the international egg laying corn petltfos !a A Q-? rail a the American hen laid all around tbe effete biddies of Australia, throwing a perfect ahower of egg, while tbe Australian bens were eptttlng on their wings and an Beuaclng that they were about to be gin. Not only in number, but In size and aturdineea of shell, the American egg carried off the palm, tbe Yankee bens winning flint, second and fourth prisea. When they saw what tbe ladies had done, the American roosters II went out and bad a little rye. People who seek to recover damages for Incapacitating accidents should keep away from tbe photographer. In case which came tip recently In New York the plaintiff asked for five thou sand dollars aa payment for Injuries Which, he asserted, h,d rendered him unable to do any bt,t the lightest kind f work. Tbe defendant offered as evi dence a set of photographs, tbe date of which was proved to be later than that of tb alleged accident, in which tbe BtatetuT was shown In the act of carry lag a levaga, a bureau and a dining tabae his back from a inovlng wagoa to mis) boose. The Judge divided that be bad no ease. Literary workers a well as mechan Ica asom to be enjoying tbe era of puspejltj. Ksosnt aucecsslve nnm fcart at" (aa LaadM Athenaeum contain tre tMMBSi advertisement. The first, ttZxM T Aathors," says that if O wriSer f historical novel, with- tC aaaara aaaa or addreaa, sent Ago ia a red box. will wis the pobilsbsr. be ) trt of WiC' lM t bla advas- til Oa advert tsemest la ad 1 T rmOT sad aaneaaee If ? Cy ftxa la waKlag for tst at rataa watch rt-z'rsx it wn b ta- !Oi ; t rar rsjr actlara wQ iv r ctM bo, .fcttf poat People may fltid it hard to bellev when surrounded with everv luzurv, that the money In the bank may mint day suddenly melt away like a snow drift in the spring sun. But It bap pens so soiutttmes. And poverty ii most unkind to those wbo have onc known opulence. Ten years ago Jas B Ledydon was one of the wealthy men of Boston. He was a broker, rated at least a balf million. But tbo panic of '88 cleaned him out and left bin) pen niless aud brckeu la spirit. His abili ties aeem to have been atrophied, for he never got up In finance again. The other day he was arrested In New York for permitting hia children to peddle on the streets. For two years he had been living In a small miserable room, supported wholly by bis two daughters, aged 11 and 5, wbo sold per fumery. A 13-year-oldboy Is In the Juvenile asylum. Now, broken hearted and disgraced, the once rich man lies in prison, separated from his children and charged with violating a city ordi nance. It U a pathetic but significant rebuke to the Ins lence of wealth. People are apt to entertain the Idea that if they can only get rich they are flied for this world, if not for the next. Usually, a man who loves money well enough to accumulate a big fortune loves It well enough to cling to it. But not always as this case and many an other testify. Money Is a nice thing to have, but It Is not a safe thing to fasten one's life ambition upon or to pin all of one's hopes to. While they are talking In Bostot about the length of the college course, consider one thing: Why is It that civilized man arrives at maturity so much later than tbe savage? An Atbka Aleut is an independent bunter. and perhaps a married man, at 10. A Tahi tian sets up a sort i t group life with other Tabltlans of his own age when he Is 8 or 9. A Khursur In the Caucasus begins a civic and military life In his ninth or tenth year. Meanwhile, what Is happening to the civilized child? He is still a child. He is slowly gathering up In himself the inherited experience of a long line of civilized ancestors. He cannot arrive at maturity so early as the savage because he has so much more to learn. The accumulated ex perlence of his race cannot be acquired by him in the first decade of his life. He Is fortunate if he has acquired It. or any appreciable part of It, at the end of three decades. It is this "pro longation of Infancy" that gave John Kiske so much material for study and discussion. Without such a prolongs tlon. aid Flake, the human race coiill never have reached Its present position. As the human heritage of civilization becomes greater and greater tbe period which the human child must spend in assimilating this heritage will become longer and longer, and human infancy will stretch farther and farther toward middle age. Listen, therefore, to Pres ident Harper at tbe convention of the National Educational association when be speaks about a two year college course. Listen to President Eliot when he speaks about a three year course. Listen to President Butler when he, speaks about a dovetailed liberal plus a professional course. These educator are not only exposing tbe tumultuous, weltering cbaos of modern educational thought; tbey are also drawing atten tion to one of tbe greatest problem of modern society. How shall tbe modern prolongation of Infancy, which keeps a man in college till he Is 23 and defers bis marriage till be Is 30, be prevented from becoming too great a burden and exasperation both to society and to tbe man himself. On the one side there ia the obvious fact that long course of study are necessary for tbe acquisition and assimilation of all tbe selsotlnc, political, socisl. and ethical elements of modern life. On tbe other side stand the equally obvious fact that a man may be kept so long at bis studies that before be baa begun really to live be la past hi physical anl psychical prime. How are these two fact to be recon ciled? The Novelty Had Worn OIT A good Indirect comment on tb American Idea that a Jive man is a live workman is contained In this from the Chicago News: "Your father must be getting along In years," said the city cousin. "Yes; he's night on to eighty-nine." "Is his health good?" "No; he hasn't been right pert for some time back." 'What seem to be the matter with hlru?" "I dunno. I guess farming don't agree with him any more." Giving Definite Information. Next door to Alderman King' office in tbe Ninth ward I an Italian shoe maker. A lawyer called at the alder man'a office the other day. The alder man was not in. Tbe lawyer went to tbe Italian. "IM you know," asked the attorney, "wbcre Alderman King Is?" "Yes," said the Italian. "Then where la her' asked the at torney. "He is oat," was tbe reply. Indian apolis News. Conditions Had Changed. He Remember, madam, that you wore only my typewriter when I mar ried you. he-Wil, what of it You will pleas remember at the same time that yea wore my boas when yon mar ried Baa, bat aaw I am yours-Com-fart. SC. Pstweaarg't aatbocttlss saw dia laT saaaU FHE FEVER OF I.IKK By Krr. ftrcv 0fea, 0. P. "And He came and took her by the land and lifted her up and immediate ly tbe fever left her and she minis tered unto them." St. Mark I., 31. There are few who will, deny the (act that life in the great centers of .ndustry Is for the majority ten times nore of a burden than anything else, ind this not from lack of the nei-es-laries of life, but from the strain and tension which in net tc undergone to lecure the means of subsistence. It I not that the number of hours of :he day's labor has increased, but that he amount of work per hour in great r. The facilities for lessening the Irudgery of work have made a great er demand uoii the attention and iklll in producing the work. Every faculty must be trained and ilert If the intricate and delicately ad lusted machine Is to be kept running imoothly; every nerve must be on ten ilon lest there be failure to supply ;us never-ceasing demands of the ra pacious monster tbat throbs aud pants ind files around In one ceaseless rhlrl. Work Is done at high pres sure. It Is compressed. It is Intense, .'t has been relieved of wearisome de tail, and only the essence of labor is ft. Thus it happens that, while labor is ot so exacting as regards time, it lemands far more concentration. The Dulk has been reduced, but the con tents have been Increased. This is true also of other departments of our uodern life. Education has become l test or the ability to store up the nost information in the least possible time. And so it is with the social life of the present age. The question of pleasure has become absorbing. The .bing Is no longer a means to an end; it has become the end itself. People live for pleasure. They exhaust ev try energy In tbe pursuit of pleasure. Society hag become more and more artificial. Simplicity and informality ire two words not to be found In the Sictionary of modern society. Tbe life of the present generation is more complex, more exacting, more intense than of any former age. Our civiliza tion has developed a malady hitherto unknown, and no better term can be found to describe It than to call it the fever of life. t Now, where shall we find tbe rem edy? Certainly not out of the condi tions tbat have produced the disease. There I no Indication from the state of thing tbat the remedy for the sick ness will be found in the life of which It bas become a part, and It is useless to expect that tbe trouble will dls- ippear of Itself. On the contrary, it seem to be taking firmer hoM. "Tb strenuous llf" I phrase witb which w are ill now familiar, tnd wbieb we all admit is a true de scription of tbe present wsy of exist ing. Tbe question of tb boor is, "What can be doo to euro this disease-this fever of life which threatens to con sume tbe vitality of tbe present gen eratioa? Christianity points to the jnly One wbo has tbe power to per- 'orm tbe mlrarle of healing, and that One ia the Oreat Physician, our Lord ind Savior, Jesus Christ Tbe Mas ter of Ufe I here to tell n tb secret f living. H lis com to show men bow to live. Ob, that those wbo call themselves Bis witnesses and messengers would ay stress on this truth that Jesus Christ has come to tescb men how to live. He has come to restore tbe world to health, to free it of the bond- ige of death, to cure it of all Its sins. Its spiritual sickness. The world to-day lies sick of a fe- rer. It will never enter Into full jter- fectlon of Its life until It looks to Je ms, who has come to give it life. He s waiting to put His cooling, life giv ing touch on the fever-tossed sufferer ind to give It strength to rise up and perform its task. Both by teaching ind example He ha given mankind the example of the perfect life. Just In proportion as the world acceuls this itandard will It receive the more abun dant life which is Its inheritance. Jesus I the Interpreter of life. He holds the secret of tbe life which In, is well as the life which Is to come. We don't know bow to live, and we will go on blundering and wearing ourselves out until we take Him as our exemplar. Tbe fever of life Is the result of our experiment with tbe things that ought to make for our happiness. Somehow we cannot get tbe right proportion, and Instead of receiving Joy and peace and a larger life from oar use of the mixture, we Sod ourselves weak and feverish and tick at heart. Let u go to Him and take III life for oar example. Let us note what things He counted preclons and what things Ha rejected aa harmful to tbe tool. Let as accept Him aa the way and the troth and the life, and Ha will eater tbe room In which we are aaw lying lck of tbe fever of life ad Ba will take na by the hand and ltft aa ap and fill n with new Ufa for sen-ice to His glory and salvatiou of our fellow men. PISOBI.KM OK PROPORTIONS. Sr Jemklm Liar 4 Jmt: Civilization has use for the money maker. The shop and tb ship and the railroad train ar all permanent aud lasting feature In the elevation ami development of man, but they ar only Instrument and not tb end. Th eye cleared of the fogs of selfishness that peuetrstes through tbe mints of pasing and transient force ha right to ssk of us, What do yo,u do If for and how do you do It? In tbd perspective of life the 'words "pro pertty and "success" are words of no tiignlricance. They condemn perhaps more often than they commend. A. ( ilaruswortb. the proprietor of the Lon don Dally Mail and thirty other pa Ien ant magazines, io reported to lmve said: "As to the word 'success, I detest it. The more I see of success the better I like failure. How many earnest, brave men one meets, men of splendid bend anil heart, who lack the small combination of fortune or wits that brings money and reputation. ti-i. .. . . , .. n iihi people can success s a rioor standard by which to Judge a man Taken as a whole. succesfal men are persons to keep clear of. Opportunity largely makes the man. aud the poor creature should remember tbat." It might be added tbat the oppor tunlty which lyings the so called sue cesse of life oftentimes contains as one factor a dull conscience, tbat Is ssed from nice discrimination of duty; a cold heart, not susceptible to the holy agonies snd divine sympa thles that most humanise tbe human) soul. The true perspective of tbe business man puts tb final test be yond the banker's footing, beyond b's bonds and his real estate. Sooner or later. In health or In sickness, In Joy o" In sorrow, in triumph or defeat. In time or eternity, the business man's money will b put into this longer per spective of (lod, and will be Judged, not only by the motive and the meth? od by which It was acquired, but by tb-s end to which It was devoted and the condition in which the fortune leaves the fortune-maker. the same delusion goes with the word "prosperity" as with tbe word "success." Is be prosperous who starves his heart In order to feed bis stomach? Is be prosperous who lose hi Ieep in order to find hi's business? Is he prosperous who Is Impaled upon the financial spit, suffering dally martyrdom like St. Lawrence on his gridiron? Is he prosperous who, grow ing weary of the ever-changing mira cle of dawn and darkness, of summer and winter In his own land, tries tdS hide himself from bis weariness In1 foreign lands, and there find that what was not beautiful at home can not lie lieetitifol long abroad? He I properous whose soul I forehanded. He i properou whose life I linked to lasting lntereat. whose heart 1 an chored In permanent Joy and grow Inp inspiration. He alon I prosper ous whose healthy body Is a cradle to a healthy mind, wboe diligent hand, is open to the beet cause, who never jbeltte between the lower and the; higher lue. who first pay for tbe thing that bav first claim upon his life, wbo live ber as In th constant atmosphere of besven. KKMGIOL'H IDEAL or TODAY. ar nr. ruMi m. ara V I 1 ii i ignorance gives way to knowledge and fear becomes love that, religion becomes expressed n higher terms until It reaches the highest point tbe educated men of to-day know which la faith in a moral government of tbe universe. The men who Is pon esseo or this ralth know no feor, be freely od boldly doe tbst which hi hand finds to do. never questioning but what It will be well with blm in the end. But this progress means a constant change in the element of belief, a shifting from lower to higher Idesls. Men have never laid aside th great problems of life. We preachers some times feel that because men have in a men sure deserted (be church that they ha vp also deserted their religion, but It Is because we do not un derstand. Men feel today that re ligion Is human helpfulness and be cause they have mistaken the effect for the cause It doe not Impugn tbeli honesty. The difference ns a religion between heathenism and Christianity Is tbe hu man element of Christianity. The words of John, "he w ho loveth not bis brother whom he hath seen, how can he love fJod. whom he hath not seen," have gradually won upon tbe Chris tlau conscience until to-day they nr I dominant. The result la that charity! and brotherly love prevail to a greatei' degree than ever before. It may in tbat in the aroce personal righteous ness baa becomo less, but tbe next step in progress la for men to see that any form of evil, even of the inot personal nature, la an offense againat human ity. It Is through new knowledge that new Ideals aia formed. Oat of pres ent anrest better things sbtll come. Until tbe imagination petiabes the vis ion of some higher good will form and reform In tha heart of every age. It is the inspiration of art, the aim of every noble employ, tb glowing hope of every soul and. above all, an evl dence of abiding Ufa tbat aha II folfilf Its purpose. An Aid ia t le.nlti Wells. Every fanner should hav bis well good aad t-ln for the wiaier month. iHere is design for a handy well der rick. The scantlings are i feet long 2x4 IdcIin thick, made of elm. Th three pieces at each end and the mid dle r 44 Inches, also of hardwood, picked to the scantling. A 1 inch hole is lKred at the top about It Inche fiim the end. Another hole, the an ms sine. U lwred at the bottom nhout 1 '-j feet from the end. The cut show the derrick set up for rise. The lepra are 11 feet long. 4 inche thick, and of muni solid tiinlter. A l'i DmsiC K ton I.SAXlxrj WK1X. Inch hoi is liored through tihe top for the bolt to go through. The Inside prt of the leg where the hole is bored hhould be made like a wedge, so ss to fit closely sgalnnt the scantlings. Th pulleys are 12 Inches in diameter, and are made of wood. The rooe should be put over the top pulley and under the 4xHtoni pulley. The legs should lie sunk in the ground so tbat they will not slide and let the derrick fail. A good strong hook should be aecurelv fastened on the rope. A steady horse can operate this all right, once it Is understood. Harry H. IVmtle In Ohio Farmer. A Cheap Kraar, While there are some drags on the market that are very desirable, it I possible to have a home made one that 1 quite as good and which will cost considerable lea than th boughten on. JMirh a drag Is shown In tbe il lustration, and Is made of two atrip of timber and three fence poets. These post may be of any tize desired to give tb needed weight; indeed, by A KOMI 1111)1 BUAU. making several of these drag of pnela of different weight, one may liar a drag for almost any use. The cross -piece ar spiked on o tht th posts ar about a foot apart snd. s will b noticed from th Illustration, tb post sr placed o that th rthr sharp edge ar forward, which pre vent clogging. A will b rsdily seen, the post f nu drag I very small, and there ia nothing In Hs con atroetloq but what may iw don on th farm wber Uit ordinary tool my b found. t. Paul 1 liana Ich. Ponltrr and Small Fralta. That there I good profit In ralalng poultry in connection with small fruits has been repeat dly proved; on th other hand, many failures have result ed solely bet-ante provlsiou has not been made to keep the fowls from the fruit plots. If this Ik ilune thre will be no trouble In working both Indus trie to advantage, for the time when he fruit needs the most attention Is lie pt-rlod when the fowls need hast. u working this combination u j, good plan lo rsice poultry largely fi r tie t-sie or ttie i'ri In the fail and Inter production of nn: then. If tbe young chicks sre hatched early In the prlng, the work of the poultry will Interfere but little with the nece.Bry attention which nniM le glvm the imall fruits. My proper nrrfluiceuieiit oi IHiuiiry yarns ami run ami the mall fruit plots (here t.hotihl be no! uoiime in Keeping t li. ni apart. Kit a man who IllliKt bHi.dle n kiuhI! fi,rn, lone there Is no better combination than that of poultry and small fruits. Indianapolis News. Navjr l'.ran. A crop which im prollliibly be grown to a much greater extent and aver a much larger area of i lie ,.,,. try than Is now done is the common navy or field bean. Piicr.. U not noiigh grown to u,;i:y home de mand, beans being hmtirieil r, although It is a i-ro;i f coiunars- tlvely easy cultivation and one that paye better tlmii mot field croti Clean land, of good iuilliy. should be elected, and the Imm pi, ni,i ,rin Immediately after the corn ! In. Culti vate aa soon as the pUtin re above the ground, and when jlrr I no dew ar rata an the leaves, th.u iil spot and poll the foliage. Cultivate thor engaly until the growth of foliage cov era the ground and top th,. growth of arasda. When two thirds of the pod fflt. v.. u ) are ripe pull by hand and lay in row until well dried. Thresh on a dry, clear day, otherwise the ben my not Mssily come out of tbe pod. Oiromarsarloe atlll riosrlakca. Inirlng the pat several months thf editor of this department bas received many communication from dairymen saving. In substance, that tbe oieo iaw. Is in force, did not seem to Improv matters uiueb. so far as dairy Interesti were concerned. Investigation showr that this is true and also dlaclose the ressons why. Tbe Isw as It now appears on the statutes provides tha If oleo I srtlficlslly colored so ss U represent butter tb msnufacturei shall pay a tax of 10 cents a pound on his output. If not colored artifi cially (note th word artificially!, then the tax shall ie of a cent a otiud. Manufacturers have shrewdly found a wsy around the law by using In gredients which give the product r cream color sufficiently like butter, ecclslly during the winter, to pasi read II v for the genuine article. It Ii an oen question whether or no tin ingredients used to obtain this color make the product more desirable at a food. The main fact Is that no arti ficial coloring Is used and hence tin spirit of the law Is nullified. The only apparent way out of th difhVultj would seem to be to amend the m so that it would be a misdemeanor for oleo to be colored In any way so that It approached the color of butter. It Is to be regretted that the amendment proposed when the bill wa under die cusslon. namely, that oleo be colored some shade that would absolutely Identify It, could not hav been passed The matter as It now stsnd Is a seri ous one for dslryme4 and tbey should get In communication with tbelr Con gressmen so that some way may b found of properly and thoroughly pro tecting dairy Interests. The Failiiu Aid. So much stress Is placed on sclencr In agriculture of late years, that young hi mi might almost suppose th books, bulletins and wle addresses tell the whole story about farming. Tb reason so much Is constantly being said and written about the how and why of the latest methods and newest Ideas lu farming Is because these ar all that can easily lie taught. Koniiness for hard work and a level head, full of business sense, csnnot It acquired from bulletins or gathered from expert sdvisers. Th new idei help the brain and spare the hands. but farming is still much more a busi ness than a science. .Now, as always, hustle and good Judgment are better than a head full of new notions mlth out these qualities. Kystem. order, promptness, honesty, shrewdness, econ omy, lf-control, tact to manage work men, all such sr strictly business, qualities, and ar likewise the four,, dation of any great success In farm ing. Only natur and experience can Impart most of these essentials, hence the experiment stations say nothing about them. But they ar ss import ant as ever. An engineer without a locomotive and steam will not get on very fast, neither will expert agricul tural knowledge succeed without busi ness qualltle. Qstek Ketarn frem rallr. A correspondent to on of our r ehnge ay: "On of tb advantages In poultry production Is tbat returns com quickly. With tb exception of trwhrri. tber Is practically no llo of small fruit which you can be gin to real Is Inside of three years; a milk cow does not approach her full power of production short of three and half years: apple treea do not begin to bear freely short of seven or eight yr. How I It with tb bn? Thr weeks from tb setting of tbe ben you hav a hatch of chickens ; from four to four and a half months from batch ing the cockerels are ready for tb market, and in five lo five and a balf months the pullet will begin to lay." Farm No tea. Where's the harvester or other val uable tool? There are now thought to be about 1K.u..(k. ,r. ,.at j(1 thu . , which allows one cow for about ever'v four persons. A writer on the subject of liogology, ill n-nkili: of the chief points of the' modem l.r. that ho has no poini. but Is round like a sausage. Let the middlemen understand that the fruit of your labor Is rour ... Il"ir- If they will not deal Justly ii,i you, cut liieni out, and go strslght to the consumer. 1 he farm Implement or machine which will earn per cent, on it cost yearly, n. very many will, I a far safer Investment than bank stocks on dei,Pts. We must learn to do bust ticss with the farm. The next lime you purchase bran l amlne it carefully to see whether It contains whole weed seeds. Thers wa sent lo Wisconsin list year a car of bran that contained 52,000 seeds to Ihe pound, says an exchange. Think of putting tbe manure from tea tana of that bran on a field! Tbe young man In the country of frugal habits can have a larger bank account at (be end of the year OB a wage of .T0, with board aad laondry thrown In, than can the city fallow who get a wage of fdot) per aaaam. Nor will It le necessary for tha ywang man In the country to deny Itteaalf ny of the genuine pleaauraa f tS In order ta do this.