The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, July 07, 1909, Image 8

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(By apeeial request)
Selection Th Merry Widow Lehar
8ereBade Love's Sentinel. . . .Rathbnro
MarchLights Out , McCoy
America.
Advertised Letters.
Following is a list or' unclaimed mail
matter remaining in the post office at
Columbus, Nebraska, for the period end
ing July 7. 1909:
Letters F W Palmeo. L Wolf.
Parties calling for any of the above
will please aay advertised
Carl Kramkk, P. M.
HAS HAD ENOUGH OF WATER.
Pony's Experience Taught Prospector
in Yellowstone Park to Avoid
the Fluid.
"I had a little experience with ani
mals and water myself," spoke up an
other whose attire did not speak of
the traveling man, but rather of the
native Montanan.
"I used to be In the Yellowstone Na
tional park before there was ever a
road there or a forest guard or. sol
dier. In fact, I helped pick out the
routes by which the tenderfeet of the
present day see the wonders of nature
and occasionally the wonderful nerve
of the highwayman. Naturally the old
trails led along a different course from
the present roads, for we used to take
the shortest way across and where we
could not ride we would walk and lead
our ponies.
"One day I was riding between the
upper and the lower geyser basin and
my pony and I came to a creek which
looked as if it would be pleasant to
taste. I stopped the nag to taste the
water, but the pony beat me to it. He
had his muzzle burled up to his eyes
in an instant and in less than half that
time he had it back out with a roar
of pain that could be heard a mile
away. The water was boiling hot, but
the heat of the ground near the earth
kept the steam from rising. The pony
Jerked away from me and went buck
ing and bawling through the trees,
carrying my blankets and grub with
him.
"It was two days before I found him
and caught him again. Then all of the
hair was of his muzzle from his eyes
to his nostrils. I greased bis head
with bacon fat aad made the nag as
comfortable as possible. It was neces
sary that I should ride him, for I had
aa appointment on the banks of Yel
lowstone lake with the rest of the
party, and I turned his nose gently In
that direction.
"Next day we came to a stream
which came directly out of a snow
bank and the pony, depending upon
that sign of coolness, put his head
down and took another drink. The re
sult was that his mouth and nostrils
shrunk up so that he could no longer
whinny or breathe. Within two min
utes he was dead. Investigation
showed that he had drunk from an
alam spring; what we believed to be
snow was alum crystals. I stripped
the saddle frost the horse and packed
It ten miles to camp.
"From that day to. this I have never
tasted water on my occasional trips
to the Yellowstone park, and I do not
see how I can be blamed for my ac
tion either." Anaconda Standard.
Breathing Room.
The great atmospheric ocean
presses around us everywhere, but at
the bottom the currents are often slug
gisb, and in the area of great cities
where the life swarms In the gaseous
ocean are dense the mass of the life
luld may easily become poisoned with
gasses. Every open space In the
densely settled sections of great cities
adds to the breathing room and so tc
the general wholesomeness. Parke
and open squares are the lungs of a
big city. They are not only places
of resort that offer a gratifying change
but they actually assist the move
ment of air currents of the streets and
alleys. The multiplication of chil
dren's play grounds in large cities dur
Ing recent years has resulted in im
mensely promoting the open-air habit
of the growing generation. We are
at last getting away from the theories
handed down to us from our remote
ancestors the cave dwellers. We are
coming more and more to Imitate the
ancestry that antedated the cave men
we are learning the tonic power that
comes from living in the open air. In
the" summer time especially we need
plenty of breathing space and we
should not be too squeamish about let
ting the sunshine directly down on us
now and then.
And Never Will Be.
No woman has ever been quite sat
lsled with the training her husband
got from his mother.
True Man Shows His Worth.
Ford: Titles of honor add not to his
worth who is an honor to his title.
FOR SALE
Several good Residence
properties cheap. Small
cash payment down,
balance on easy pay
ments. Call at once.
A Texas Fruit 'Farm on
the Gulf coast of Texas
for $210. $10.00 down
and $10.00 per month.
No interest No taxes.
Get. H. Winslow
WIDOW" WHILE YET A CHILD
Marriage Customs of China That
teem Peculiar to the Mfnde
of Westerners.
' Mrs. Miriam Sinclair Headland, Jf.
D., writing in the Circle Magazine of
her experience as a physician among
the court ladies of China, relates this
interesting incident: s
"How many sisters are there in
your family eight, are there not?"
Mrs. Headland once asked am older
daughter of the household.
"Yes. You know, of 'course, that
No. 5 was engaged when a child of
six to the son of Li Hung Chang."
- "No; I was not aware of the fact;
and were they married?"
"No, they were never married. The
young man died before they were old
enough to wed. When word of his
death was brought to her, child that
she was, she went to her mother and
told her she must never engage her
to anyone else, as she meant to live
and die the widow of this boy."
"And did she go to Li Hung Chang's
home?"
"No, the old viceroy wanted to take
her to his home, build a suite of
rooms for her and treat her as his
daughter-in-law, but our parents ob
jected because she was so young. The
viceroy loved her very much, and his
eyes often filled with tears as he
spoke of her and the son who had'
passed away. When the viceroy died
she wanted to go and kow-tow at his
funeral, and all his family except the
eldest son were anxious to have her
do so, and thus be recognized as one
of the family. But his son objected,
and though Lady Li knocked her head
on the coffin until It bled he would not
yield, lest she might want her por
tion." "And what has become of your sis
ter?" "She withdrew to a small court,
where she has lived with her womea
servants."
"And what does she do?" I asked.
"How does she employ herself?"
"Studying, reading, painting and.
embroidery. When young Li refused
to allow her to attend his father's
funeral her sense of self-respect was
outraged and she cut off her hair and
threatened to commit suicide. She
often fasts for a week and has tried
on several occasions to take her own
life."
I asked them If they did not fear
that she might kill herself.
"Yes, we have constant apprehen
sions, but, then, what if she did? It
would only emphasize her virtue." .
Aesop Up to Date.
A hare one day ridiculed the short
feet and slow pace of the tortoise
The latter, laughing, said: "Though
you may be swift as the wind. I will
beat you In a race." The hare, seeing
that the assertion of the tortoise
seemed preposterous on the face of it,
did some lightning thinking. He then
assented to the proposal. They agreed
that the bare should choose the
course and fix the goal. On the day
appointed for the race they started off
together. The tortoise never for a
moment stopped, but went on with a
slow but steady pace straight to the
end of the course. The hare, how
ever, as soon as he had bounded' out
of sight of the starter, hid in a clump
of bushes and took a nap. Waking up
In time to make a grandstand finish,
he dashed for the goal, arriving there
just one second after the tortoise. "I
was out of condition," he panted. But
that night, when his agents -returned
to him with the winnings of the bets
he had made on the tortoise, he had
a quiet chuckle all by himself.
Moral The race is not always to
the swift, but the coin always Is.
Mexico as a Cattle Country.
"Mexico is fast becoming the great
cattle country of the American conti
nent, and northern Mexico is the ideal
cattle country of Mexico," said G. B.
McDermott of Nacozari, who was in
Houston recently. "As the fanners
and sheepmen have forced the cattle
men of the great southwest of the
United States to move their ranges,
they are naturally seeking the most
favorable localities, and northern
Mexico seems to appeal more forcibly
to them than any other section. Cattle
are being moved rapidly Into Mexico
from the United States, and the cattle
men of Mexico are now paying more
attention to their herds than formerly
with the result that an excellent
quality of beef is being built up tn the
republic." Houston Post
The Marriage Tie in Russia.
In these days of frequent divorce
the Russian peasants are an example
for the most nobly born of any land
as marriage with them is considered
dissoluble only by death. "The wife
is not a shoe that can be cast aside
at will." and "The knot Is tied; it will
not come undone for 100 years." arc
two well known proverbs there that
show in their homely wording the rev
erence in which the married state U
held. Nor Is intermarrying permitted
until after the fourth degree of kin
ship is reached; the deceased wife's
sister is also barred out When a sep
aration occurs the husband takes the
boys and the wife the girls.
Logical Argument
Chumleigh had just been fined $10
for exceeding the speed limit
'Now, your honor," he said. "I de
sire to make charges against this po
liceman who brought me here."
"What charge?" demanded the
judge.
"Same as mine, your honor," said
Chumplelgh. If I was going 40 mile
an hour In my car he must have goat
41 on his motorcycle, or he never
would have caught me." Harper't
Weekly.
:
Easy Enough to Reform.
Stop grumbling. Get up. two hours
earlier in the morning and do some
thing, out of your regular profession.
Mind your own business and with all
your might let other people's alone.
Live within your means. 3ive away
or sell your dog. Go to bed early.
Talk leas of your own peculiar gifts
and virtues and. more of those of your
friends and neighbors. Be cheerful.
Fulfill your promises. Pay your debts.
Be yourself all you would see "ia
others. Be a good man aad stop
grumbling. Shetteld (la.) Press.
EMOTIONS AMONG THE BIRDS.
Eminent Professor Ha Upset Berne
acllefs That Have Hitherto
v Been Strongly Held. -
Little red bird in the tree, sing a
song to. Clinton O. Abbott of your
fears,, your ' peacef ulneee, -your ob
stinacy, indignation, realisation, antici
pations and. other emotions. - Prof. Ab
bott, the ornithologist, believes that
with his - large collection of photo
graphs and incidental studies, he has
proved the possession of emotions by
the birds.
The raising or depressing of the
bird's feathers, the poise of her body,
the opening or closing .of her bill, and
the expression of her wonderful eyes
are emotional signiflcators to which
the professor attaches importance. He
enjoins any owner of a canary-bird to
test his ideas for himself by approach
ing the cage with whistled encourage
ment and sympathy.
"The little fellow will doubtless cock
his head on one side, raise his crest
and gaze in a quizzical and friendly
manner at his visitor," the investigator
says. "But utter some unaccustomed
sound or run the finger tip across the
bars, and he will dash from perch to
perch with a look of unmistakable ter
ror in his eye and feathers tightly de
pressed and-body slim." The goose
which in a tame state Is called the
stupidest of all poultry, Prof. Abbott
finds on Its nesting grounds in the far
north of Scotland to be possessed of
an intelligent and crafty nature such
as has seldom come under his obser
vation either by direct contact with
nature or from study of the work of
others.
WHISTLE HEARD MANY MILES
Notes of Steamboat Siren Carry Far,
Especially on Still Night in
the Country.
Have you ever wondered what
sounds travel the farthest? If you live
in a great city you are constantly en
veloped in such a multitude of noises
that It is very seldom that any partic
ular one attracts the attention unless
it be unusually sharp or strident, and
altthough piercing, such a sound la
not likely to carry any great distance.
The higher notes are exceedingly pen
etrating for a short radius, and un
questionably more startling .than the
lower ones, but the tatter are much
morefar-reacbing.
The ability of a sound to carry de
pends upon its vibrations, and any one
who has listened to the deep notes of
a pipe organ in a' church will admit
that ne could almost feel the air vi
brate. But probably a steamboat
whistle, such as are common on the
Ohio' and Mississippi packets, can be
heard as far as any sound that may
ordinarily be met with. The deep
resonance of its toaes, floating stead
ily but Into the air, seem to stretch
away Indefinitely into space, especial
ly in the stillness of a 'night in the
country. It is a sound that cannot be
mistaken for any other, and when
once its acquantance has been made
you will njever forget it Harper's
Weekly.
Learned How to Pack Trunk.
"I have the, man who came for my
trunk to thank' for one thing," said a
woman; "hereafter! think closing my
trunk will have less terror for me. You
see, I always seem to have it sc
crowded that it requires, the combined
weight of several members of the
household to close that, cover. Well,
the other day, when it was time tc
take my trunk to the station, there we
were', three of us, trying to get that
trunk closed aad locked. Finally, in
sheer despair, I looked at the man
who was patiently waiting, and in a
most appealing way, invited him to sit
down upon that trunk to see if
he could close it Did he do as I sug
gested? No something, better. He
calmly lifted up the top' of the trunk,
took out the top tray and fitted it in
the top of the cover; jresto, that
cover, with the top tray inside, went
down as nicely as could 'be. I am not
trying to explain' why it did, but 1
know that it did. And. like a mission
ary, I am passing the idea along."
Trees That Whistle and Weep.
' . In Nubia there is a curiosity in tree
life. It Is called the Sofar or Whis
tling tree. When the soft winds blow
through its branches it gives forth de
lightful melodies after the manner of
the old-time Aeolian harp. For hours
at a time this strange, weird muslf
stretches out across the wilderness,
thrilling, the listener with a mad
fantasy of pleasure. The Nubians
claim that it is the spirits of the dead
singing to those who are about to join
them. Scientists say that the music
is caused by millions of small holes
bored by an Insect in the spines of the
leaves. Another tree that interests
botanists is the Weeping tree of the
Canary islands. This tree, during the
driest weather, will rain down regular-
showers from its leaves. The natives
during a drought gather under the
branches and fill their buckets. The
water is clear and pure.
Telephone Deafness.
She waa telling how gruff aad ter
rible his voice sounded over the tele
phone. How different from his usual
speaking voice. How she was dis
tressed after every telephone message
to him, his voice was so gruff aad
unusual.
"It is because I am telephone deaf,"
he said. "No. I am not at all deaf ex
cept over the telephone; but, being
deaf. It affects my voice. You know
that deaf- people have. a very different
voice from other people! They don't
know just how they are talking, in
fct because they can't hear them
selves talk."
Balm for Fat Men.
Every picture of the devil in human
form represents him as very tall,
very slender and elegantly dressed.
The fat men need all the comfort they
can get aad may find some in this.
Atchison Globe.
Last Chance.
The ordinary man feel that if he
fails at everything else he can make
a good living raising chickens. The
average v woman feels that if worse
ever comes to worst she can take
roomers.
you. Going
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CHAUTAUQUA
The best talent that money and
experienced management can get, will
appear on this program.
Double afternoon and evening pro
grams. A season ticket -gives the owner a
program for six cenfajau
Go to" the' Chautauqua 'and enjoy a
real treat
Miss Agnes Kirksmith
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MISS AGNES KIRKSMITH
One of the cleverest accompanists
appearing anywhere .this summer is
Miss Agnes Kirksmith of the Kirk
smith Sisters .Company.
Mdss Kirksmith received her mu
sical education in one 'of the best
conservatories in the country, and is
sure to please Chautauqua audiences.
CHAUTAUQUA SCENE
The modern Chautauqua affords
more good instruction and entertain
ment than any other public institution.
Patronize one of the best things
in our community.
Go to the Chautauqua. Get your
friends interested in some of the
many big attractions; any four of
them are worth the price of' the
reason ticket
-Blue Hen's Chickens."
Capt. Caldwell, who commanded a
Delaware regiment in the revolution,
was notorious for his love of cock
fighting. He drilled his men admir
ably, and they were known in the
army as "Caldwell's game cocks." The
gallant captain held a peculiar theory
that no cock was really game unless
It came from a blue hen, and this led
to the substitution of "Blue Hen's
Chickens" as a nickname for his regi
ment. After the revolutionary war the
nickname was applied- Indiscriminate
ly to all Delawareans.
Lost Ring Found After 42 Years.
The gold band ring which Theodore
Geissel found while digging in his
garden recently has been claimed by
Mrs. Anna Wolf, widow of Joseph
Wolf of Woodbury, who is now 86
years old. She' says it was her wed
ding ring, which she lost 42 years
ago as she was milking a cow while
living on the place. At that time dili
gent search failed to reveal it
Mantua correspondence Philadelphia
Record.
Unable to Learn.
A remarkable report concerning a
Peckham schoolboy Jurho cannot learn
was presented by the education com
mittee of the London county council.
Though nearly 13, the boy has only
learned during his!-career two or
three letters, and these he has for
gotten. He cannot write, neither can
he calculate. It was decided to expel
the boy from school.
Element of Danger to Society.
The real danger to modern institu
tions is not in the difference in the
size of fortunes or that some live in
mansions and others In huts. The
real danger Is that the current of sym
pathy which should circulate freely
among the entire citizenship is ob
structed. On Her Calling List.
Mrs. Flynn had just moved into the
neighborhood and an old friend
dropped in for a visit. "And are yez
on callin' terms wid yer nixt-door
neighbor yet?" "Indade Oi am. Oi
called her a thafe, an' she called me
another."
In the Nature .of a Slur.
Sir Hubert von Herkomer says he
once saw the reproduction of a picture
called "The Coming Storm" adver
tised for sale In a shop window and
under the title there were the words
In large type: "Suitable for a wedding
present"
Tea Removes" Fruit Stains.
When the fingers are stained from
peeling fruits dip"lhem in strong tea,
rub with a nail brash, then wash in
warm water.
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WOULD GET HEAL ENJOYMENf
Zachary Mtlkk, with a Million Dellara,
- Has Plana t Scatter Little
Sunshine.
"I wouldn't care a rap for a mil
lion dollars," said Zachary Mellck, "if
I couldn't divide it among about 20
people I know. Aad I reckon they
wouldn't enjoy their little 950,000
apiece unless they divided it among
their friends, too.
"The charitable societies don't cover
the whole field, not by 'a good deal
Sometimes it seems to me the peo
ple that deserve kindness most are
the ones that ask for it last. I know
an old lady, past 80 she is, and her
crippled daughter, a woman of 60.
Those two live and keep house on a
pension of ten dollars a month. That
ten dollars is absolutely all they have
to spend; it has to pay for everything,
but they manage to keep Inside of it,
'though no one but the Lord knows how
they do it When the mother goea
the daughter won't have a cent yet
they're always happy, always glad to
see company, and to put up an extra
chair to the table. Their hearts are
warm enough, if they do have to keep
a rug at the crack of the door.
"There's thousands of good, gentle
people in just such a fix. If I was a
young man again, one of my main
reasons for wanting to succeed would
be so's I could equalize things a little
in this uneven old world, after I'd made
my pile. I reckon there would be at
least one millionaire who wouldn't
look careworn." Newark (N. J.)
News.
HORSE PARTIAL TO PEACHES
New York .Animal Passed Up Real
Fruit in Favor of Millinery
Ornamentation.
That horses prefer peaches to
oranges was demonstrated yesterday,
says the New York Sun. Two women
just through shopping emerged from
a store and stopped to talk near the
curb. A few feet away was a push
cart loaded with oranges. Two yards
away stood a delivery wagon.
One of the women wore a peach
basket hat set off with several bunch
es of flowers and two artificial peach
es. The conversation between the
two women evidently was of great In
terest to both, as neither noticed the
horse edge himself gradually to where
they were standing until he almost
touched the tail end of the push cart
with the oranges.
Then the conversation was brought
to an abrupt end by the woman with
the peach basket feeling a tug at he
hat which caused her to turn around
to find the cause. With a shriek she
made a hasty retreat for the store,
leaving the horse in possession of the
two peaches which he had nibbled at
in preference to the oranges on the
push cart
Bank of England Note.
The paper on which Bank of Eng
land notes are printed has been made
since 1719 by the same mill at Laver
stoke, In the valley of the Test, In
Hampshire, where about 60.000 notes
are made daily. This paper is distin
guished by its-whiteness. Its thinness
and transparency (preventing aay of
the printed part of the note being
washed out by turpentine, or removed
by the knife without making a bole) ;
its characteristic "feel," crisp and
tough, by the touch of which can he
distinguished true from false botes;
its wire mark, or water mark, pra
duced in the paper in a state of pulp
(the mark is stamped upon counter
felt paper after it is made); three
deckle edges made in pulp; the
strength of the paper, it being made
entirely from new linen and cotton
pieces; when unsized a bank note will
support 36 pounds; when sized it will
lift 56 pounds. San Francisco Chroo
icle.
Krakatoa.
Perhaps the most remarkable vol
canic eruption known was that which
took place in August 1883, at th Is
land of Krakatoa, in the Straits of
Sunda. Streams of volcanic dust were
thrown 17 miles high, and more than
a cubic mile of material was expelled
from the volcanic crater. The all
waves started by the eruption trav
eled around the earth seven times.
The noise was heard at Mascasa. 96s
miles away; at Borneo, 1,116 miles dis
tant; In West Australia, 1,700 miles
away, and even at Rodaguez, distant
more than 2,900 miles. The dust and
powdered pumice thrown out of the
crater made the entire circuit of the
earth before settling down, and waa
the cause of the strange sunsets that
were observed for many months.
Twenty-Two Caliber Short
The world has little use for the
primp; the dandy the fellow who
spends all his time pressing and put
tering. He ought to go to work. The
fellow who is above his job the mil
lionaire with the bootblack's Income
Is not only too lazy to work, but
too good as well; aad the man who
la too dignified to do dirty work dirty
physically, not morally Is too good
for any job. Cleanliness is to be de
sired, but prudlshness is to be con
demned. All work is honorable if it
be honest If it soils your hands,
there's the soap and towel; if it soils
your character, leave It alone. Book
keeper. Different
"Pa, were you always a good boy?"
"Yes, Tommy a much better boy
than you are."
"But gran'ma aaya she used to
spank you."
"Y yes. Your grandma never un
derstood me."
First Use of "Kerosene."
"Kerosene" seems to have been first
used In United States patent No.
12.612 of March 27. 1855, granted to
Abraham Gesner of Williamsburg, N.
Y., and assigned to the North Ameri
can Kerosene Gas Light Company. In
the preamble to his specification Ges
ner states that he has "invented and
discovered a new and useful manu
facture or composition of matter, be
ing a new liquid hydrocarbon which I
denominate 'kerosene. Coal oil"
was the term in general use before
"kerosene" waa Invented.
Dates for
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Delights of r:..c.:.y a Picture, with
Wifcy's At-j-.-iince, Reserved for
;ueJ Men.
"George. I wish you would hang that
rose picture to-night."
"All right, my dear. I'll do it now.
Get me the stepladder."
"I should think you might get the
stepladder yourself."
"Where is it?"
"Where it is always kept On the
top of the cellar stairs."
"That's where it is supposed to be.
Where is it now?"
"It is either there or up in the back
room, oir let me see I loaned it to
Mrs. Johnson yesterday. No, she
brought it back and I left it on the
back porch. O, yes. I know where it
is. You'll find It In the pantry off
the kitchen."
After 20 minutes' search the ladder
Is discovered. George locates the
spot for the picture and climbs up.
"Now hand me the picture, my
dear."
"Yes, here it Is."
"Where's the hammer?"
"I thought you had if
"You thought I had it! You knew
very well I didn't have it. Get it for
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"Where's the nail?'-
"Didn't you get a nail, either?"
"No. I didn't get a nail, either. I
supposed if you wanted me to hang a
picture you'd have the tools ready.
Where's the picture cord?"
"Well, lor heaven's sake! Why
didn't you look and see if there was
picture cord on it before you went up
there to hang it?"
"Get me the cord and don't stop
to argue. I'm getting dizzy up here."
"Well, here's the cord. What else
do you suppose you'll want?"
"Well, I don't want any more of
your lip. I can hang this picture
without that!"
Whereupon she left him to get
along as best he could. "Just like a
man." she remarked, as the hammer
fell to the floor.
"Just like a woman," he muttered,
as he descended. "Just like a woman.
They've got nothing to do and all the
time In the world to do it, and then,
by jingo, they leave it to a man." De
troit Free Press.
The Joy of Life.
Pray heaven that when your child is
born he may have the joy of life
There is not a gift to compare with it
Riches will not buy it, ill heatlh will
not rob its possessor of it. Brains lc
not insure its possesions nor lack of
wits prevent one from feeling the joy
of life.
It must now and then amuse the
gods when they see some long-faced
and heart-heavy philanthropist "up
lifting" some child of poverty whos6
delight in mere existence no noisome
tenement or the small amount of food
he eats can take away from him.
That poor lame newsboy, who basks
on the warm gratings along News
paper row and whose knees peep out
of his trousers and stimulate your
sympathies as you pass by, needs
neither your kind word nor your coin
to make him happy. He happens to
have the joy of life, and it will stay
by him to the end. whether that end
be the potter's field or a more fash
ionable burying ground. Smith's Mag
azine. The Spirit of Work.
The amount of work which each
man accomplishes during the day de
pends upon other factors than the
mere hours of labor, and the most im
portant of these factors Is the spirit
in which the work Is done. The spirit
of the day's work will depend unon the
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personal relation wmen exists oe
tween the office and the workshop. It
the employer is known to be inter
ested in the welfare of his men. they
will be. more truly than otherwise,
his retainers, more zealous for th.
prosperity of his business; but If hit
relation to them is that of a tashmas
ter, they will be his slaves, merely,
and quite capable of any treachery.
The effort of the employer who would
gain the loyal service of his men must
be to preserve in every possible waj
the individuality of the employe, tc'
emphasize his manhood, and thus to
increase his self-respect J. T. Lin
coin in the Atlantic.
The Impulse of Courage.
In many cases courage is merely in
stinctive. Many a man has distin
guished himself in the performance ot
some act of heroism the thought of
which caused him completely to col
lapse when the danger was over. The
same instinct which leads a man to
dodge when about to be struck will
lead him, without waiting to take
counsel of his Judgment, to risk his
life in the performance of some heroic
act. The impulse of courage is just
as natural as the impulse of fear, and.
however much cultivation may lead
individuals to dislike physical danger
so long as there are Carnegie medals
to distribute there will probably be no
lack of persons worthy to receive
them.
toquacious Britons.
As a nation and as indivduals we
are suffering from acute verbosity
Everybody talks too much, says far
more than is necessary, and a great
deal more than is wise. Lady's Pic
torial Magazine, London.
Analysis of Argument
"Dar is two kinds of arguments."
said Uncle Euen. "dem in which you
Is tryin' to enlighten somebody an'
dem in which you is tryin' to fool
somebody."
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