I f'i OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
! " PROTEST AGAINST SIMPLIFIED SPELLING.
| ND then , as part of the vast conspiracy
which urges all men to Interfere in the
business of others , we find Mr. Carnegie
offering some thousands of dollars in order
to debauch the spelling of the English
tongue. How he intends to purchase bad
spelling as he might purchase pig iron Is
uncertain. But in any case it would be better for him
to stick to his ledger and leave the spelling book alone.
Nor Is It easy to discern his motive. Malice might sug
gest that being unable to spell himself , he wishes to
reduce all men to his own level of doubt But perhaps
lie does not entertain the same dislike for the English
tongue as he once professed for "college made men. "
Already he has made great sacrifices for the literature
which he patronizes , and for the learning which he is
said to despise. There are few towns' * In England upon
which he has not thrust a superfluous library , and he
must find it not a little humiliating that the contents of
these libraries bear the indelible mark of traditional or
thography. ' Happily a long purse does not make a dictator
tater of letters , and not all Mr. Carnegie's moneybags
will persuade the world to renounce its habit of correct
spelling. But his folly Is to have Interfered in what does
not concern him. He Is neither a philologist nor a man
of letters , and he would be wiser if he left alone an
Intricate subject which he clearly does not understand.
We believe that at Pittsburg iron or steel engrosses his
mind. Why is he not content to be an expert in them ?
And what would he think of us if without so much as
by his leave we undertook to explain the smelting of
Iron or the making of steel ? Blackwood's Magazine.
BEWABDS OF THE COUNTRY.
O those who have tried the harsh experiences
of the city , and in whose memories there
lingers , perhaps as faint * idealized pictures ,
some vision of the old home in the country ,
the cry of "Back to the farm ! " represents
a hope. The tendency to rush to the city
excites the amazement even of the one wheat
at an earlier day had answered the same call. The city
offers to a certain mentality a reward more glittering
than the country holds , a political and social power of
which the country had no knowledge. Nor does the
country need to regret this. It has its own rewards and
they are better than gold. Moreover , the personal failure
in tbe city is a tragedy. Beggary haunts the' crowded
t
street. Vice beckons into the shadows.
The city toiler , to rise above a dead level where his
feliows abide , has to be of extraordinary force of char
acter ; in application , untiring , in deals , perhaps un
scrupulous , and he must be attended by the goddess of
good fortune. The usual life of the city laborer or i\yige
earner is the barest. He cannot save money. There are
few innocent pleasures upon which he can expend the
little he may have to spare above the price of rent and
bread. Even fresh air and the clear light of the sun are
"
luxuries denied. He may look upon splendors , but have
no part in them ; be aware of wealth , with small chance
of attaining it
In the country there is no need to be rich in order
to be independent. There is no limit to the sunlight and
the pure air. There is no clanger of starving. The
smallest farmer , if he exercises thrift , may live on food
that the poor man in the city would dream about. The
funny men of the newspapers joke grimly concerning
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tjlljj [ Uiscavery of fhe Health ,
1 . Temple at Cos where touch
< af nakes'Healed the -Sick"
On the island of Cos , in the Aegean
Sea , there have recently been discov
ered the interesting remains of an Ask-
lepieion , or temple devoted to the wor
ship of Asklepios. ( Aesculapius ) , the
, god of healing of the ancient Greeks.
'The site of the temple , about two miles
jfroin the modern town of Cos , has been
: so changed by earthquakes , by the
growth of vegetation , by the destruc
tive work of the lime burner , and by
the erection in mediaeval times of
churches and mosques that all trace of
the magnificent sanctuary had disap
peared , and the association of the place
! i
the long hours the farmer must work , although they
themselves are drudges. It is only at certain seasons
that he needs to work longer than the creature of wages
sweating In the city , and he has the satisfaction , of
knowing that he is working for himself. No man , In
city or country , lives by himself alone. Each must main
tain relations toward the rest of the world. But there
is no other man , rich or poor , who is so nearly his own
master as the farmer. Philadelphia Ledger.
MAKING NEW STATES.
| T takes a long time to make a new State.
That Congress has already considered the
latest statehood propositions for four years
is not unprecedented. The first bill to make
Colorado a State was introduced in 1SG4.
When Congress passed the second or third
bill , in 1868 , President Johnson vetoed it ,
and Colorado was not finally admitted till 1870.
Missouri came into the Union after a shorter cam
paign ; but the House passed two bills , neither < jf which
the Senate approved , and the act as It was rinally passed ,
which admitted both Missouri and Maine , contained the
famous compromise which divided slave territory on the
south side from free territory on the north of an Imag
inary line.
The fight over Kansas lasted from the organization of
the territory in 1854 till its admission in 1SG1. Agitation
over Dakota began early In the seventies , and in 1876
one branch of Congress passed a bill dividing the terri
tory. In succeeding Congresses other bills were intro
duced , providing for the admission of the whole or part
of the territory as a State , but for years- nothing was
done. Political considerations In Congress and the ab
sence of agreement on the part of the people of Dakota
combined to prevent . .action. In 1887 , however , the divis
ion plan was adopted by a majority-vote of the people ,
and two years later Congress admitted the -two States
carved out of the territory.
How far the national idea has developed since the
Missouri compromise , when Influential statesmen insisted
that Congress had no power to fix conditions for the ad
mission of States , is shown by the fact that no one has
questioned the right of Congress to provide that no liquor
shall be. sold in that part of the proposed State of Okla
homa knoTrn as the Indian Territory , and by the further
fact that when Utah was admitted it was required , no
one objecting , that the State constitution must prohibit
polygamy. Youth's Companion.
PI3ES ABE NOT CHECKED SY DYNAMITE.
NE superstition which should be well cured
by the records of the San Francisco fire is
that dynamiting buildings will stop the prog
ress of a conflagration. Yet it is a super
stition that dies hard. In theory it is good ,
as it seems to parallel the practice of set
ting a fire a little ahead of a prairie or
forest fire to leave the fiaines nothing to feed on. But
in practice it doesn't work. Chicago , Boston and Balti
more all gave costly evidence to this fact , and San Fran
cisco has come now with the clincher.
Piles of ruins not only invite the progress of the
flames , but when live wires are twisted in them become
centers of conflagration themselves. The building makes
a better barrier when in its normal state. Yet it is
doubtful if anything could have checked such furious
onslaughts of flames as the four cities mentioned saw.
Chicago Examiner.
Health Temple a curious cist with a
heavy marble lid was discovered. This
is believed to have been the place where
the priests kept the sacred snakes of
Aesculapius. This Ophiseion , or place
of the snakes , was let into the floor of
a small sanctuary in which an altar of
incense is supposed to have stood.
There the priests brought their patients
to sacrifice , and to offer sacred cakes to
the serpents.
The temple precinct consists of three
terraces arranged in steps on the side
of a mountain. The lowest of the three ,
approached by a gateway , consists of
a three-sided stoa , or portico , about 130
yards long by 05 broad. The eastern
side of the portico had adjacent to it
an extensive series of baths , and a vast
number of earthenware pipes brought
water to the baths and fountains , prob
ably from the spring of Hippocrates.
Only the foundations of all these build
ings exist , but .architectural fragments
render It not difficult to reconstruct in
imagination the original structures. The
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RESTORATION OF THE HEALTH TEMPLE.
-with Aesculapius had remained un
known for many centuries. Professor
.Rudolf llerzog , a celebrated German
sirchaeologist , commenced three years
.ego to investigate the site , and has
fceen rewarded by the discovery of the
remains of the ancient temple and pre-
-cinct. To him ami to his fellow work
ers belongs the wuole credit of the ex
cavation. . ,
During the rectdt eraivatlous at flic
.
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from the Illustrated London News , give
an idea of what the celebrated temple
looked like.
Aesculapius , from whom the temple
takes its name , appears in Homer as
the "blameless physician" of human
origin ; in the later Greek legends he
has , however , heroine the god of the
healing arts. The most common ac
count makes him the son of Apollo and
Coronls. He was brought up by Chiron ,
and instructed in the healing art. In
which he soon surpassed his teacher ,
and succeeded so far as to restore the
dead to life. Pluto , afraid that his
realm would get no new inhabitants ,
therefore complained to Jupiter , who
slew the physician by a thunderbolt.
After this he was raised to the ranks
of the gods by the gratitude of man-
SACKED SNAKES.
kind , and was especially worshiped at
Epidaurus , on the coast of Laconla.
Here oriental elements , especially ser
pent-worship , seem to havrt fteen min
gled with the rites and ceremonies. The
temples of Aesculapius usually stood'
outside of the cities in healthy sltua-i
tions , on hillsides and near fountains.
Patients that were cured of their ail
ments offered a cock or a goat to the
god , and hung up a tablet in his temple -
plo , recording the name , the disease ,
and the manner of the cure. Many of
these tablets are still extant
The Temple of Aesculapius nt Cos ,
which it Is believed has now been un
earthed , was the scsne of the labors of
Hippocrates , who was one of the most
celebrated of the followers of Aescula
pius , and Is known as one of the most |
celebrated physicians of antiquity. Hej
was born at Cos , probably about 400
B. C.
First Insurance Company.
The' first insurance company was
/started in 170G. The name of the company - ,
pany was "Amicable , " and it was established - ,
lished in London.
Men should be very careful what
they write , but it doesn't make so much
difference about a woman : No one
can read her writing anyway.
Here is a funny sight you will see in
any large city : The wcmea'a clothes.
Over $1,503,000 was paid in sick and
death benefits last year by unions affil
iated with the American Federation o
Labor.
J. W. Smiley , international president
of'the Shirtwaist and Laundry Workers ,
is personally directing a Massachusetts
organizing and unionizing campaign.
Printers' unions in St. John , N. B. ,
Ste. Marie , Mich. , Jackson. , Miss. , Car-
linville , 111. , Princeton , Ind. , and El
Reno , Okla. , have just obtained tbe eight-
bour day.
Billposters have won the eight-hour
day and increase of wages in Omaha ,
Neb. ; also won tbe strike for tbe union
shop in Cincinnati and New York. An
organizing campaign is to be made ia the
Southern States.
A judgment for $2,500 against members
of tbe Rutland ( Vt. ) machinist union for
damages caused by a strike three years
ago , in favor of the Patch Manufacturing
Company , has been sustained by tbe Ver
mont Supreme Coint.
Tbe Executive Board of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists will meet
in Washington to discuss plans for an
eight-hour 9rganization and to fix a date
onwhich tbe campaign for the shorter
work day is to be instituted.
The question of the affiliation of the
Bricklayers and Masons' International
Union with the American Federation of
Labor , wbich was twice defeated by a
narrow margin , is to be again submitted
for referendum vote _ of the membership
of tbe former organization.
In consequence of the lockout in tbe
metal trades at Berlin and other German
cities , a general strike of all skilled work
men involving 350,000 union and 150,000
non-union men was announced. Tbe
strikers' chief demand is a miuimum wage
scale of 21 marks , or about $5 a week.
Tbe Frankfort ( Ky. ) Sboe Manufac
turing Company recently was awarded
the contract for the lease of labor of
350 men by the prison commissioner at
25 cents a day for each mau. Tbis is the
highest price ever paid for prison labor in
the State and said to be the second high
est price paid in tbe Union.
A fraternity of wage-earning girls has
recently been organized as a part of New
York's upper east side. Membership is i
open to any wage-earning girl over 15 j
years old , no matter what kind of work
she does. Unity and co-operation are tbe
watchwords. Once a mouth open meet
ings are held for addresses and discussions
on live topics.
Tbe trades most affected by contract
convict labor are tbe shoe workers , iron
molders , garment workers and broommak-
ers. Institutions recently visited employ
ed a total of 4.253 convicts in the manu
facture of boots aud shoes. These " 4.253
convict shoe workers are paid an average
wage of 43 cents a day , and they are
turning out 25,340 pairs of shoes every
day.
In most callings wheu a member hap
pens to meet with a fatal accident operations -
orations are suspended for the day. Local
Union No. 1,004 of tbe Uuited Mine
Workers , has passed a resolution which-
provides for tbe men to remain at v-'ork
and donate 25 per cent of the wages
earned at the mine on the day of the ac-
j cident. It further requests that rhe company - j
pany contribute an amount equal to tbap j
raised by tbe workers.
Tbe treasury of the International Typo
graphical Union at present contains
$15S122.50 ; , of which $109,858.40 is in
tbe general and $15,345.20 in the special
defense fund. Tbe strike roll coutains
4.7S2 journeymen , 401 apprentices and
001 members of allied trades , a total of
5,754. The expense of tbe printers' ssrike
since Aug.-24 , 1905 , was $012,277 by
April 21 , and tbat the receipts for the de
fence fund were $009,109.
The Chicago Federation of Labor is
said to have decided to boycott the relig
ious revival planned by Bisbop McCabe
of the Methodist church on account of his
recent utterance hostile organized labor.
A circular letter sent by the labor lead
ers to tbe Methodist preachers of Chicago
cage , expressed regret that organized la
bor could not join in th # revival meeting
and asserted tbat tbe book concern con
ducted by tbe Metbodist church refuses to
pay union wages for union hours. The
federation will attempt to make the boy
cott national and even international.
Buyers' unions are being organized in
different parts of the United States , the
chief purpose of which is to see that
union-earned money is not spent for
strike-breakiug purposes or to encourage
tbe employment of cheap labor and the
open shop. The organizers of the Buyers'
Union act upon the fact that the union
member who purchases non-union goods
is throwing away the greatest advantage
labor has in placing its purchasing power
where it can < lo the most good ; that the
complete solidarity of labor depends as
much upon tbe refusal of the union mem
ber to buy non-union goods as upon the
faithful adherence to any other union
principle. The Buyers' Union pledges its
members to buy none but union labeled
goods , and takes measures to secure the
introduction of such goods in all friendly
stores and by earnest work of education
and agitation for the union label.
W"oniaii Suffrage Program.
Leading woman suffragists in England
have adopted the policy of refusing to
pay their income tax on tbe ground tbat
taxation without representation is tyran
ny. Mrs. Montefiore barricaded the door
to her house , where she was besieged by
the tax collector. Her friends kept her
supplied witb provisions and delivered her
mail.
The Anglo-Russian Understanding
In what is believed to be its final
shape , the treaty between Great Britain
and Russia avoids anything that could
be construed as hostile to German inter
ests. Russia gives up her aspirations for
a Persian gulf port , but retains prepon
derance in northern Persia , while the in
tegrity of both Persia and Turkey are to
be respected and the status quo in Af
ghanistan and Tibet.
Dr. Thomas S. Latimer , prominent phy
sician , and ex-Confederate soldier , died in
Ba\timore , aged 67.
i
P4G Edmund I. , King of the Anglo-
Saxons , assassinated.
1315 Edward Bruce invaded Ireland
witb 0,000 men.
1498 Geronimo Savanarola burnt at the
stake for exposition tbe conduct of
Pope Alexander VI.
1533 Cranracr pronounced sentence of
divorce between. Henry VIII. and
Catherine of Arragon.
1570 First issue of Liverpool Times ,
England's first regular newspaper.
1600 Massacre of false Demetrius and
his adherents at Moscow.
1037 Massacre of Indians at Fort Mys
tic by Mason.
1059 Retirement of Richard Cromwell.
1734 Imperial forces defeated at the
battle of Bitouto.
1743 American Philosophical Society
founded by Benjamin Franklin.
1705 Patrick Henry's resolutions
against stamp act passed Virginia
Assembly.
1775 Howe , Clinton and Burgoyne ,
British generals , arrived at Boston.
17S3 James Otis , American patriot and
statesman , killed by lightning.
17SS South Carolina adopted tbe fed
eral constitution.
1794 Habeas corpus act suspended in
England.
179S Battle of Tarah and defeat of the
United Irishmen.
1S05 Napoleon crowned King of Italy.
1S10 Crown Prince of Sweden killedby
fall from bis horse.
ISIS First steamboat oa Lake Erie
launched.
1S45 Louis Napoleon made his escape
from tbe fortress of Ham Que
bec's first great fire Last Arctic
expedition under Sir Jolm Franklin
sailed.
1S4S Decree forever excluding Louis
Philippe and family from France.
1S53 French Legislature restored capi
tal punishment.
1S54 French army left Malta to occupj *
Athena Riot in Boston over ar
rest of Anthony Burns , a fugitive
slave.
1SG4 Ionian Islands ceded to Greece.
1S65 Surrender of Gen. E. Kirby Smith
aud his army.
1SGS Acquittal of President Johnson by
tbe U. S. Senate.
1S70 N. P. R. R. ( Land grab ) bill pass
ed by both houses of Congress.
1S74 National Civil Rights bill passed
by U. S. Senate.
1S75 Erie Railroad Company adjudged
bankrupt.
1S77 Holy war proclaimed against Rus
sia by Sheik-ul-Islam.
1SS1 Great Britain paid United States
$75,000 in settlement of Fortune
Bay fishery dispute.
1SS3 Michael Fagin , Phoenix Park mur
derer , banged in Dublin.
1SSS Boston Corbett , slayer of J.
Wilkes Bootb , escaped from asylum
at Topeka , Kan.
1S91 Commercial congress in session at
Denver resolved in favor of unlimited
coinage of silver.
1S92 Earthquake shock felt in southern
California.
1S95 Valkyrie III. , America Cup chal
lenger , launched at Glasgow.
1905 C. C. Magoon inaugurated Gov
ernor of Panama canal zone.
San Francisco Banlcs Open.
Secretary Sbaw said at New York
Tuesday that he had word from San
Francisco to the effect that the situation
there had become so well settled and con
fidence was so thoroughly restored that
the banks did not consider it necessary
to avail themselves of his offer to in
crease government deposits. A run , he
thought , was unlikely , but if it should
occur tbe government would lend immedi
ate aid. When the banks resumed busi
ness Wednesday they had in their vaults
$45.000,000 more tban at tbe time of the
earthquake , this being tbe amount trans
ferred from other financial centers.
Steel Rail Market Booming.
Largely owing to the extensive orders
for 'iron and steel for the reconstruction
of San Francisco , the iron and steel
trade in all lines is at tbe top notch ,
and prices are advancing. The demand
for steel rails is enormous and mills are
nnable to keep pace with the orders.
Total of the World's Commerce.
A statement issued by the Department
of Commerce and Labor estimates that
the world's international commerce in
1900 will amount to $25,000.000,000. By
this term is meant the imports plus the
exports from which reports were avail
able.
India Suiters from
India is being ravaged by a plague that
is assuming enormous proportions. In
Bengal alone , it is reported that there are
now about 5,000 deaths a week from it.
In Bombay 150 deaths occur every day ,
while about 500 is the daily average of
the central provinces.
The spread of the dreadful disease is
attributed by the local health authorities
to the facility of travel by railroads ,
which are much used by the natives , thus
causing a larger area to become infected ,
Advertise in this paper.
IV"
FAINTING SPELLS
Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills , th
Remedy Which Actually Makes
New Blood.
Aniemia makes the patient short of
breath so that there is often a souse of
suffocation , sometimes there is a congb
and the sufferer seems to bo going into
consumption , at others there is n mur
mur of the heart and heart disease is
feared. In the following case severe
fainting spells were an alarming symp
tom resulting from " too little blood. "
Mrs. George Forrester , of 7 Cnrti5
street , "Watertown , K.Y. , says : "Some
time ago I took a heavy cold and it lef I
me in a very weak condition. I became -
came worse and worse until finally I
had antenna. I lost flesh and appetite ,
had no color and was subject to fainting
spells. Sometimes they would attack
me suddenly and I would fall to the floor
with hardly any warning.
"I had one of our best physicians ,
but after he had been attending me
about a month without any improve
ment in my condition , I decided to see
what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills would do.
"The pills were well known to me
for , about two years before , members
of my family had taken them with tbo
best results. I soon found that the pills
were just what I needed for I soon be
gan to notice an improvement. After I
had taken them awhile longer I was en
tirely cured , and we all believe in Dr.
"Williams' Pink Pills and recommend
them highly. "
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually make
now blood. They do that one thing and
they do it well. Impoverished blood 13
deficient in red corpuscles. Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills increase the number of these
red corpuscles and in this \vay send
health and strength to every tissue ,
All druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills or they will bo sent by mail , post
paid , on receipt of price , 50 cents pet
box , six boxes for 62.50. by the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Co. , Sfiheuectady , N. Y.
icht Stay on Earth.
Speaker Joseph Cannon , in response
to a toast at a recent dinner , began
his remarks so as to create the initial
laugh which Is so much desired by
orators as a preparation for weighter
matter to follow. i
"Astronomers tell ns , " he began , "ac
*
cording to the gentleman who has just
gat down , that aa express train mov
ing a hundred miles a second would
consume several million years in reach
ing a certain star. "
He paused and looked toward the
guest to whom he had referred.
"That was the statement , " said tha
Speaker's neighbor , nodding.
"I was just thinking , " pursued Mr
Cannon , "what a predicament a man
would be in if he should miss the lasC
train and have to walk. " Success
Magazine.
Aroused Him.
The doctor bent over the dying man
and took his hand.
"I'm afraid the end is approaching , "
he said. "Your circulation is at a low
ebb. "
With a herculean effort the man sat
up in bed. "You're a liar ! " he shout
ed. "It went up to 80,000 last weelr
and I can show you the books to prove
it ! '
And the great editor fell dead.
Cleveland Leader. '
A T-csal Retort.
"The learned counsel for the de
fense , " said the plaintiff's attorney ,
"appears to be afraid of losing his
case. Otherwise , why isn't he ready
to go on ? "
"I've got a good excuse , " replied
counsel for the defense.
"Nonsense- ! Ignorance of the law
excuses no one. " Philadelphia Press-
Not a Doubter.
"Do yon believe , " queried the maid ,
"that suffering and severe trials purifj-
the characterV"
"Cortainly , " replied the old bachelor.
"I'vo heard of-several cases where men
o-ere reformed by getting married. "
KNIFED.
Coffee Ivnifeil an Old Soldier.
An old soldier , released from coffee
at 72 , recovered his health and tells
about it as follows :
"I stuck to coffee for years , although
it knifed me again and again.
"About eight years ago ( as a result
of coffee-drinking , which congested my
liver ) I was taken with a very severe
attack of malarial fever.
"I would apparently recover and start
about my usual work only to suffer a
relapse. After this had been repeated
several times during the year "l was
again taken violently 111.
"The Doctor said he had carefully
studied my case and it was either 'quit
coffee or die , ' advising me to take
Postum in its place. 1 had always
thought coffee one of my dearest
"riends , and especially when sick , and
I was very much taken back by the
Doctor's decision , for I hadn't suspect
ed the coffee I drank could possibly
cause my troubles.
"I thought it over for a few minutes
and finally told the Doctor I would
make the change. Postum was procured
.for me the same day and made accord
ing to directions ; well , I liked it and
stuck to it , and since then I have been
a new man. * The change in health be
gan in a few days and surprised me ,
and now , although I am seventy-two
years of age , I do lots of hard work ,
and for the past month have been
teaming , driving sixteen miles a day
besides loading and unloading the-
wagon. That's what Postum in the
place of coffee has done for ne. I now
like the Postum as well as I did coffee.
"I have known people who did not t
care for Pcstum at first , but after hav
ing learned to make it properly accordIng -
Ing to directions they have come to like
it as well as coffee. I never miss a
chance to praise it" Name given by
Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich.
Look for the little book , "The Road ! , ,
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