Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, July 28, 1904, Image 6
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS The Sensitive Temperament Belongs to All Great Men. R comfort it is better to have a thick skin , Jbut for accomplishment that is worthwhile [ power lies in the sensitive temperament The Sgensitive man suffers a good deal on his way I through life. He is jarred by discord and op- Iposition. His craving is for peace ; criticism stings him like a whip. Sensitive men. as a rule , endeavor to hide their sufferings from the public gaze. In this endeavor they assume an arrogance or a cynicism that is not genuine. Some of the boldest flouters of critics and opponents are really the most sensitive. Behind their outward show of contempt they suffer the keenest agonies of soul-torture. But the sensitive is the creative temperament A man that does not feel cannot perform. He is not creative , nor original. The sensitive man shuns polemics , the give and take of contest , but once in a fight he stays. All the great men have been sensitive. The sensitive man takes things seriously. The sensitive temperament is the temperament of the thoroughbred whose pride keeps him from ever giv- 'ing up. It is the sensitive men that battle for an ideal , for a principal. Sensitiveness is a symptom of brains. The dull wit is protected by a thick skin. But the thinker is sensitive because he thinks. He is self-analytical. He meditates on criticism and measures himself by it To the world he may appear to be as hare * as steel and as cold as ice , but ho feels deeply as very man of brains does. Intensity of feeling is a necessary element of genius and intensity of feeling is possible only to the sensitive temperament Genuine sensitiveness must not be mistaken for a spuri ous sensitiveness which is very common and which is noth ing but vanity and conceit One finds people proclaiming themselves "sensitive" because their vanity is easily of fended. These people are quick to imagine slights where none were intended They expect from the world a defer ence to which they are not entitled and they fret when this deference is denied. The true sensitive does not cry out his hurts. He suffers in silence as every great soul does. His feeling is not a shallow vanity , but a deep move ment of the souL San Francisco Bulletin. History of Japan's Commerce. APAN has a history antedating that of any of the nations of Europe now existing. Its pages have been shut to us on account of our ignor ance of the Japanese language and literature , but these obstacles to the acquisition of knowl edge are gradually being removed and many interesting and Important facts are coming to light The subjugation of Korea in 200 A. D. , is proof that Japan had made considerable advancement in maritime jpower at an early date. The use of packhorses and oxen , the spanning of rivers by bridges , and the establishment of Stations at the distance of a day's journey apart , as far ack as 313 A. D. , show that domestic trade and commerce knd interior means of communication at that time had reached a fair state of development Peddlers were known as early as 457 A. D. , while a systematized market was organized and a law of measurement and prices was en acted in 701 ; and in 760 the ratio of monetary metals was established at the rate of one to ten for gold and silver , and one to a hundred for silver and copper. By 1540 more than 2,000 Chinese merchant vessels , it is said , went yearly to Japan , mostly to buy silk. Prior to this , and about 12SO , the Japan Islands were made known to European nations by an Italian who had lived many years in China. The first navigation line from Europe to Japan was established in 1541 by three Portuguese mer chants. The Spanish secured a few trade privileges in 1549 , and In 1G01 the Dutch came and began to do a large busi- .ness under the name of the East India Company. ' But before or shortly after these events Japan had es- 'toblished herself as a sea power through her own efforts in 'the Pacific Ocean. The communication with the Philippine tslands , with Annan , with Slam and with India began be fore 1500 , and there were then more than 500 Japanese emigrants living at Manila , and thousands living in Slam. tTor a short while the Philippine Islands were under the control of Japan. In 1GOO William Adams , an English Shipwrecked mariner , landed in Japan , and was naturalized. Captain John Smith , sent by James IL , arrived in 1013. In ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND , The dangers of ballooning , writes 'Santos-Dumont in "My Air Ships , " are confined usually to the landing. But 'the sea of air presents many kinds of dangers , and sometimes the balloonist encounters more than one on the same "voyage. In Nice , in 1900 , he went up irom the Place Massena in a good- sized balloon , alone , Intending to drift a few hours amid the enchanting scenery of the mountains and the sea. I His experiences were enough to make most people content with solid earth. The weather was fine , but the bar ometer soon fell , which indicated a storm. For a time the wind took me In the direction of Cimiez ; but as it threatened to carry me out to sea , I threw out ballast , abandoned thei cur rent and mounted to the height of about a mile. Soon I noticed that I had ceased descending. As I had de termined to land soon , I pulled on the valve rope and let out more gas , and "here the terrible experience began. I could not go down ! I glanced at the barometer and found that I was going up. Yet I ought to be descend ing , and I felt , by the wind and every- xthing , that I must be descending. I discovered only too soon what was iwrong. In spite of my continuous ap parent descent , I was , nevertheless , Taeing lifted byan enormous column of air rushing upward. The barometer showed that I had reached a still gronter altitude , and I -could now take account of the fact by the way in which the land was disap pearing under me. The upward-rush ing column of air continued to take \ me to a height of almost two miles. After what seemed a long time the I "barometer showed that I had begun to -descend. When I began to see land , I threw out ballast , not to strike the earth too -quickly. Now I could perceive the trees and shrubbery. Up in the- storm ritself I had felt nothing. September , 1011 , a world atlas was first Introduced into the country and stimulated the study of geography and the desire for trade and discovery. So with the assistance of William Adams two schooners were built In them the Japanese crossed the Pacific and opened trade relations with Mexico , only eighty years after Columbus discovered America. So active was the commercial spirit that during this epoch over 1,000,000 Japanese emigrants had settled in the islands and mainland of Southern Asia , But in 1C30 the Japanese Government became afraid of foreign religious influence and alarmed on account of the enormous export of gold ; so it issued a law shutting up ports , confiscating all ships large enough to go to sea , and prohibiting shipbuilding. China and Holland alone were allowed to continue trade relations , but their operations were confined to one port As a result of this law , the growing power of Japan was crippled , and for over 200 years she led practically a hermit existence. Kansas City Journal. State Aid to Good Roads. EVERAL of the Eastern States are taking a practical part in road building. New Jersey , the first to make a State appropriation , passed a law in 1S91 by which the State pays one-third of the cost of improving the roads. The coun ties furnish the other two-thirds , with the priv ilege of charging a part of this proportion to the towns in which the roads are built At first the farm ers were opposed to the measure , but now co-operate with it gladly. A State Commissioner of Highways furnishes the plans. Nearly 1,000 miles of roads in New Jersey have been macadamized since the law went into effect In Massachusetts the State meets the entire cost , but requires the counties to pay back one-fourth. The State appropria tions of $500,000 a year have reached a total of § 5,000,000 , and , as a result , Massachusetts has constructed hundreds of 'miles of fine roads , Connecticut operates on much the same system , and its $1,500,000 in appropriations has pro duced 500 miles of excellent roads. On a smaller scale Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , Rhode Island and Del aware assist in the building of good roads. ' By the New York plan the State pays one-half the cost of buildiniTroads , the counlies 35 per cent , and. the town ships 15 per cent Appropriations have reached a total of over $2,000,000 , last year's installment being $600,000. Penn sylvania , at the last session of the Legislature , appropriated a lump sum of $0,500,000 for good roads , the State to pay two-thirds and the counties and townships one-sixth each. But there seems to be a loophole in the law in the matter of determining routes , and the rivalry , or jealousy , of neighborhoods has prevented much headway thus far. The principle of State aid to improved roads has been firmly established , on the ground that the whole people are in ' terested'in the best highways and that all citizens should bear a fair proportion of their cost Already the roads built on this basis In Massachusetts , New York , New Jer sey and Connecticut are an impressive lesson on the value of the good roads movement St. Louis Globe-Democrat The Morals of Americans. R , CHARLES ODTHBERT HALL thinks that the moral standard of the American people is degenerating. Dr. Hall is president of the Union Theological Seminary in New York. In the course of an address before the Religious Educational Association in Chicago he spoke of the "relatively good state of the common morality - , ality of the American people , " but a deeper examination of the social side of our American life reveals , he thinks , a sit uation that causes anything but satisfaction. Our activity has astonished the world , "but morally we are rapidly go ing astern so rapidly that one is clumfounded at the con trast after a visit to some of the countries of Europe. " Re ligion , he finds , has very little part in our civilization to day ; our home life might be better , and our people are generally apathetic about their spiritual interests. To much the same intent but more specific are the conclusions of Dr. Coyle , of Denver as disclosed by him May 19 at the openIng - Ing of the Presbyterian general assembly at Buffalo. He noted the drift of the people away from lofty ideals and from organized Christianity. It means something , he thought , when conservative observers called our time "the age of graft. " Harper's Weekly. Now , too , as I continued falling lower I could see how swiftly I was being carried laterally. By the time I perceived the coming danger I was in it Carried along at a terrific rate , knocking against the tops of trees and continually threatened with a painful death , I threw out my anchor. It caught in trees and shrubs and broke away. I was dragged through the small trees and yielding shrubbery , my face a mass of cuts and bruises , my clothes torn from my back , fear ing the worst and able to do nothing to save myself. Just as I had given myself up for lost the guide rope wound itself round a tree and held. I was precipitated from the basket and fell unconscious. When I camo. to I had to walk several miles until I found some peasants. They helped me back to Nice , where I went to bed and had the doctors sew me up. DIVORCE LAWS OF CANADA. They Are Far More Stringent Those Existing in the United Stotea. It will not be advisable for mis- mated couples in this country who may desire a legal separation to go to Canada to obtain it Recently publish ed statistics show that during one gen eration of thirty-four years those pre ceding the year 1901 the divorces granted in Canada numbered only six ty-nine. In the United States during the same period the number of di vorces was almost 700,000. The popu lation of the United States has aver aged twelve times that of the Domin ion , while its divorces were 10,000 times as many. If divorces in the United States dur ing the time mentioned od been the same per capita as in the Dominion there would have been lcs ; than 2,000 in this country reduced , in other words , by 663,000. Were these figures reversed if Ca nadians -had outnumbered our divorce decrees by 10,000 times , relatively would we not be looking upon our "lady of the snows" with something of the regard bestowed upon the biblical scarlet woman ? Yet no especial op probrium , nationally speaking , has been attached to our national laxity. Here a trivial excuse , spider-webby In its validity , may serve as a pretext for seperation. But in Canada it is a much more serious affair. Only one cause , the Scriptural , may be taken as ground for legal separation , and then the matter is not left to the indifferent , insignificant weighing ofa local justice of the peace , or even to the courts ; it is made the concern of Parliament both houses of which must pass the bill which is entered by counsel in behalf - half of his client. In addition , a published notice of in tention to apply for divorce , giving name of applicant and accused with ground of accusation , must be insert ed for six months in two newspapers published in the applicant's residential town as well as in the Canada Gazette , the official government organ. As a further bar the cost of securing ji divorce is so high that few people of the lower classes can afford it The fee varies according to the eminence of the counsel retained , but the aver age cost including traveling e jfenses for both applicant and accused must appear at Ottawa , the seat of govern ment , when the bill is heard government ment- fee , solicitor and counsel fees and so on , is not less than $500 , and of tenor reacheS'Sl.OOO or more. The Freshest Yet. "This order of poached eggs on toast doesn't look very nice , * ' said the cranky guest " Are you sure the eggs were fresh laid ? " "Sure , " replied the waiter ; "they were laid right on the toast" Philadelphia - adelphia Ledger. Not Doing It. "He left numerous relatives to mourn his death. ' ' "Well , he-might as well have taken them with him ; they're not carrying out instructions. " New Orleans Times-Democrat What is there that silly enthusiasm will not lead some people to del THE WONDER. Ho ! Clear the way ! There passes one Whose head is high ; who seems to say : "Behold the wonders I have done ! The riches that I have to-day Are but the fair rewards of all The wisdom and the worth I've-shown ; If I am great and ye are small TCis due to strength I have alone. " And people , gazing at him , sigh With envy , thinking all his gains Were due to wondrous cells that lie Within the compass of his brains Forgetting that if here or there Chance had delayed or turned away He might be humbly toiling where The luckless thousands are to-day. The artist , pale and ragged , stands Before his picture. Luck has ne'er Put colors in his slender hands , Chance drew no line or shadow there ! There talent and soul-strength are shown , But people , awed and wondering , glance At him who might he poor , unknown , Save for some lucky turn of chance. Chicago Record-Herald. OROTHY BENTON crept soft ly to the head of the stairway and listened to the vocal evi dences of slumber which reached her from the room below , proof that both Uncle Jacob and Aunt Jemima were sleeping soundly. So she secured a match and lighted a small tallow can dle , murmuring to herself the while , "What a wicked girl I am. " Next she loosened a cord which was fastened around her neck , then took in her cold little hand the object which the cord held in place a small pho tograph. To this she softly spoke : "It's so wicked , Reuben , for me to keep your plcter when Aunt Jemima Bald I shouldn't never see you again. She says I'd ought to be so thankful I got a good , kind aunt to keep me from the wiles of this sinful world , Reuben , . . , . . - - * - - - , - - - , - , recs = - - * -7 - f--t an she says men are all wicked , de- ceivin' critters , an' she says oh ! oh ! " Dorothy almost screamed aloud be fore she remembered the quick ear below. It seemed as if she had heard some one say "Dotty. " But no one ever called her "Dotty" except her fa ther and Reuben , and her father was Bleeping the sleep which knows no waking , in far-off Illinois ; while Reu ben was toiling on the old farm ad joining the one where she and her fa ther had spent so many happy days before she had seen Aunt Jemima or Kansas. Her blue eyes filled with tears , clouding her vision. Then these drops were cleared away , for she heard an other noise , a grating , as of some ob ject being dragged along the side of the house. Although- frightened , she could not decide to waken the sleep ers , and hastily extinguishing the can dle she knelt in front of the garret window , peering out into the night Nothing was there but the same bleak Kansas prairies , now white with the first winter's snow. How often , dur ing those sad , lonely two years , had she looked from this little window , wondering if there were any end to the prairie ; wondering how far it waste to dear old Illinois and Reuben's home ; wondering whether if she should die Aunt Jemima would insist upon laying her away under the sod of the dreary plains. She could count on her fingers all the persons she had seen since coming to Kansas , and with these she had hardly exchanged words , for her aunt's sharp voice was ever reminding her that she had better be about her work. And how she had worked ! Washing , ironing , mending , cooking , feeding pigs and chickens , and , until the snow , she had even helped to turn the windlass for Uncle Jason , who was digging a new well under the old syca more tree , a few yards in front of the kitchen. Before her passed the scene of that last stormy interview between Reuben and Aunt Jemima , which had been , as her aunt had said , "the last of it. She would take her niece to Kansas. She needed Dorothy herself , "an' he needn't think she was goin' to allow a young thing like that to have sech notions about gittin' married. The girl is an orphant , an' might be thank ful. " She recalled the last loving , resolute elute look which shone in Reuben's eyes as they parted and he slipped the tiny photograph into her hand. "I know it's all because I'm so wick ed. " Rap-tap-tap ! The sound appeared to come from under the window. "Aunt Jemima would say 'twas a ghost but I don't believe " Rap-tap-tap ! "Dotty ! " Dorothy could doubt no longer. She sprang to her feet and placed her lips to the broken pane. "Reuben ! Oh , Reuben ! is that you ? " "Yes , Dotty. " The answer was prompt and resolute. "Dress warm an' quick an' open the winder. I've got a ladder. Hurry , dear. " Her trembling fingers almost refused to obey , but in less than five minutes Bhe had donned her best dress , her cloak and hat , had reached the bottom tom of the rickety old ladder , and Reuben was holding her in his great strong arms and kissing lips that of fered no resistance. Then , before she had time to think , he grasped her hand and hurried her away to the old tree , whispering : "We can't talk here , Dotty. The old cat'll hear us and " Then Dorothy found her voice and began to cry. "Oh , Reuben , what am I doing ? Aunt Jemima said I shouldn't never see you again. I'm going right back if you call her sech " ' * names. "Now , Dotty , don't cry. " said Reu ben , soothingly. "I didn't mean no disrespect , but I'm tired tin' cold con found it , what's that ? " In his haste to get beyond the hear ing of Aunt Jemima , Reuben had col lided with a small chicken house con taining some of the good woman's fa vorite Leghorns. The Dang and clat ter , mingled with the frightened out cry of the fowls , had the dreaded ef fect The front door opened and Aunt ' " ' " distinctly Jemima's "Who's there ? was ly heard. The culprits had reached the big tree , and Reuben , who had concealed a , small bundle under his overcoat suddenly grasped the handle of the big windlass. "This thing ain't but a few feet deep. Get in the bucket Dotty , quick ! " Dorothy was too fright ened even to resist A few quick turns and she nestled securely beneath the surface. It was none too soon. Aunt Jemima appeared , enveloped in a comforter , lantern in one hand and a broom in the other. With great strides she ad vanced toward the chicken house , but when she had gained about half the distance she suddenly stopped , a blood curdling shriek rang out upon the night air , and she fled , leaving her weapon in the snow , and slamming the door behind her. Leisurely fol lowing her was a specter , with ghast ly face and long , swaying arms. All was again silent and in a few min utes Reuben was speaking to the shiv ering little girl in the well. "Dotty. " "Oh , Reuben , what have you done ? " "Don't worry. I jest scared her a little. I came prepared to , 'cause I know she's afeard o' ghosts. But , say , Dotty ? " "Well ? " "I've got a good boss an' sleigh out here. It's been a long , long two year" sence yer aunt took ye away , dear. It's been awful hard savin' money to find ye , Dotty , and I loved ye so well I done it" Reuben thought he heard an encour aging little sob from the bottom of the well , and he proceeded with more confidence. "Will ye marry me. Dotty , quick as we can git to town if I bring ye out of that hole ? 'Tain't very far to town , ye know , an' I spoke to the judge afore I come out He said he'd be ready. " "Oh , " sobbed Dorothy. "I I can't It's so wicked , an' Aunt Jemi ma's been tqp good to me. It's awful , Reuben ! " "I know day after toinorrer's Christ mas , Dotty , an' I planned it so's we'd just get home. Mother's expectin' us. But if ye won't come I'd better leave ye in the well. You can tell yer aunt ye went to see after the chickens an' fell in. Ye'll have to tell somethin' . " "It's so wicked to lie ! " wailed Doro thy. "Course 'tis , " Reuben grinned trium phantly. "Hadn't ye better hang on to the rope an' let me bring ye up to the earth agin ? " "I I guess I had , Reuben , " was the faint response. As the cutter sped away toward the pasture gate Aunt Jemima was say- m < - - "Jake Benton. yer a sneak an' a coward to lie thor' asleep while yer wife goes forth alone in this sinful world. I tell ye it's the devil hisself. " Valley Weekly. WOMEN IN THE COLLEGEa Twenty Thonsand Studying in Twelve of the Western States. There are ? ,0OCO young women re ceiving collegiate instruction in the United States , and of this number 20- 000 are in the group of twelve States making up what was until a few years ago known as the West. This group consists of the three middle West States of Ohio , Indiana and Illinois , of the five northwestern States of Michigan. Wisconsin , Minnesota , North and South Dakota , and of the four trans-Mississippi States of Iowa , Kan sas , Missouri and Nebraska. In Illinois alone there are 4,5CO wo man students pursuing the higher branches of university education , as against 1,700 in New York , 1CCO in Pennsylvania and only 700 in Massa chusetts. There are 2.300 woman students'in colleges or universities in Iowa and 3,400 in Ohio , a larger number than In > the whole South , with the single con spicuous exception of Tennessee , which takes a higher rank than any of the other Southern States in respect to higher education , the income of Ten nessee's schools and universities being larger in a year than those of Ken tucky , Alabama and Mississippi com bined. The universities and colleges of Tennessee have nearly 2,000 woman pupils , almost equaling , in thio partic ular , California , There is only one State in the country - try which has no woman students in colleges and universities , and that State is New Hampshire , which in other respects stands high in educa tional matters. Wyoming , in which women first obtained - tain-ed equal recognition with men in legal and political matters , had at the time of the last report only sixty-five woman students in institutions for higher education. North Dakota had eighty-six and Utah 232. New York Sun. Really Having a Good Time. "So you are looking forward to a good time this summer ? " "Yes , sir , " answered Mr. Cumroz. "Going out of town ? " "No. I'm going to send mother and the girls out of town. Then I'm goIng - Ing to sit in my shirtsleeves , smoke my pipe in the parlor and hire a street piano to play all the ragtime I want" Washington Star. Frosted Windows A source of constant annoyance and Injury to st jekcepcrs , especially re tailers , in extremely cold weather is the gathering of frost on their display windows. Various devices have been tried to remedy it , such as the applica tion of glycerin and other chemicals , but these are generally of little avail. In northern Russia , where zero weather is not an uncommon experi ence , the owners of display windows employ as an effective protection against frost a three-inch space be tween two panes of glass. The outer sash is rendered as nearly tight as pos sible by calking and pasting strips over the crevices. A second sash If then fitted and inserted about three inches within the first. This double snsh Is said to keep out moisture , and if the glass is kept clean and dry is said to be effective. At any rate , this plan is worth trying in these days , when window dressing has become so important an art The device involves sound scientific principles. Boston Herald. Proved Beyond a Doubt. Middlesex , N. Y. , July 25. ( Special. ) That Rheumatism can be cured has been proved beyond a doubt by Mrs. Betsey A. Clawson , well known here. That Mrs. Clawson , had Rheumatism and had it bad , all her acquaintances know. They also know she Is nov/ cured. Dodd's Kidney Pills did it. Mrs. Clawson tells the story of her cure as follows : "I was an invalid for most five years caused by Inflammatory Rheumatism , helpless two-thirds of the time. The , first year I could not do as much as a. baby could do ; then I rallied a little bit and then a relapse. Then a year ago \ the gout set in my hands and feet. I suffered untold agony and in August. 1003 , when my husband died I could not ride to the grave. "I only took two , boxes of Dodd'q Kidney Pills and in two weeks I could wait on myself and saw my own wood. I dug my own potatoes and gathered my own garden last fall. Dcdd's Kid ney Pills cured me. " Rheumatism is caused by uric acid in the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills put the Kidneys in shape to take all the uric acid out of the blood. . . No Time for Fools. " " " When George Westinghouse , as a young inventor , was trying to interest capitalists in his automatic brake , the device which now plays so important a part in the operation of railroad trains , he wrote a letter to Commo dore Cornelius Vanderbilt , President of the New York Central Railroad Com pany , carefully explaining the details of the invention. Very promptly his letter came back to him , indorsed in big , scrawling letters , in the hand of Commodore Vanderbilt "I have no time to waste on fools. " Afterward , when the Pennsylvania Railroad had taken up tl3 automatic brake and it was proving very success ful , Commodore Vanderbilt sent young Mr. Westinghouse a request to call on him. The inventor returned the letter , indorsed on the bottom as follows : "I have no time to waste on fools. " Suc cess. A Venice Industry. Venice owes the accumulation of great wealth from a new industry to one of her natives named Joquin. It was in the year 1G3G that he observed that the scales of a fish called the bleak fish possessed the property of giving a milky hue to the water. Af ter experimenting with it be discover ed that when beads were dipped into it and then dried they assumed the appearance of pearls. This covering , however , was easily worn away , and successive experiments led to the man ufacturer of hollow glass beads , all. blown separately/then polished in re volving cylinders and finally coated in side with the pearly liquid , the latter being protected with wax. This branch of industry is carried on in Venice to this d"v RACE DONE ? Not a Bit of It. A man who thought his race was run made a food find that brought him back to perfect health. "One year ago I was unable to per form any labor ; in fact I was told by my physicians that they could do noth ing further for me. I was fast sinking away , for an attack of grip had left my stomach so weak it could not digest any food sufficient to keep me alive. "There I was just wasting away , growing thinner every day and weaker , really being snuffed out simply because I could not get any nourishment from food. "Then my sister got after me to try Grape-Nuts food which had done much good for her and she finally persuaded me , and although no other food had done me the least bit of good my stomach ach handled the Grape-Nuts from the first and this food supplied the nourish ment I had needed. In three months I was so strong I moved from Albany to San Francisco and now on my three m4als of Grape-Nuts and cream every daj' I am strong and vigorous'and do fifteen hours work. "I believe the sickest person in the world could do as I do , eat three meals of nothing but Grape-Nuts and cream and soon be on their feet again in the flush of best health like me. "Not only am I in perfect physical health again , but my brain is stronger and clearer than it ever was on the old diet I hope you -will write to the names I send you about Grape-Nuts , for I want to see my friends well and strong. "Just think that a year ago I was dy ing , but to-day , although I am over 55 years of age , most people take me to be less than 40 , and I feel just as young as I look. " Name given by Postum Co Battle Creek , Mich. There's a reason. Look for the little book , "The Road to Wellville , " in each pkg.