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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1904)
BATTLEFIELD ANGEL NOBLE LIFE WORK OF MISS CLARA BARTON. Her C.iw Kecalled by II. r Wlgn.. Uua ' I'rMlcirnry of the Amir Uma K Crma botl.tjr-bucc.Uc4 by Wra. Job a A. Lokmii. After nearly half a century of kvln mice to her suffering f.llow mortals during which sh has p.rwnal! oi' rected the relief work tu tlmee of war, fires, flood, fa mini, peatllence and ptdenilea, aii who la one of the wannest and wisest humanitarians of toe age, wboae tender nursing, loving ympathy and unfailing courage won for her among the soldior boys of 0O-05 the name of The Angel of the Battlefield," Mlaa Clara Ilarton, baa stepped down from the high place alio laa ao long occupied and baa been auc eeded by Mra. John A. Wan, aa Went of the American Ited Cross Asao lntlon. The realgnatlon of Mls Barton, aa the bead of the Ited Crosa Society In thla country, U the culailnaUon of aey. ral yeara of Internal atrtfe In that tKMly. A number of the members of the Hoard of Management have ben demanding an accounting of the fund of the society and auggeating that Mia liarton retire from the active presi dency. There baa been of late consid erable diatruat of the management of lied Croaa affairs because of Mlts Bar ton's age and ber Inability to manage tu peraon the bualneas of the great or ganlzatlon. He that aa It may, when one thinks of the good that Miss I Jar ton baa done for her country and hu manity, of ber noble life work and sweet character, It seema deplorable that In the evening of her splendid loa general, and wbo succeeds Mlaa Barton aa prealdeot of the Red Cross Society, Is no strsnger to work along those lines. She It was who Instituted the famous "atrlped hospital" of the Civil War. Immediately after the bat tle of Helinout. In MUaourl. &00 of Gen. lagan's men rntue down with the mea Ira. I lore waa a predicament There waa bo such thing as a hospital In which men could be sheltered. There wss no one to nurse the brave young fellows who had Juat gone ao gallant ly through their flrat battle, not even tcnta In which they could be quarter ed. Mrs. Logan was the woman of tbs hour and roes to the emergency with that atrength and declalon that bavs alwaya marked ber character. She marshaled a few of the officers' wives, and detailing them with a generalahlp' of which any veteran might be proud, made a complete and exhaustive can vaaa of the aurroundlng counties In the battle section. The men were sick st Cairo, III., and 24 hours after she bad started out Mrs. Igan was back with a carload of supplies, gathered from hundreds of farmbousca. The hospital waa In the City Hotel. The wives. mothers and sweethesrts in that part of the country opened out their stores of household gooda moat gener oualy. Not only were there delicacies ror the alck aoldlera. but line, soft homespun blankets, of brilliant strlDes snd hues, patchwork quilts of gorgeous design, family heirloom ungrudgingly yielded up. It was these coverlets that gave to the hoapltal the name bv which every veteran of the war re membera It to day. The "striped hos pital" will go down in history with the rosters or us old soldiers of the Civil War. In the work of nnrslng In those aw ful days of carnage Mrs. Loiran slaved a noble part Day after day she held tne chloroform sponges for the sur geons when there waa an arm or let to be amputated, or helped to dress ST TC)TT?AV)tii : TWO WOMEN WHO HAVE DONE MUCH FOR SUFFERING HUMANITY. rife she should be subjected to humili ation and misrepresentation. MIm llarton'e Career. A native of Massachusetts, where was born seventy-four years ago, Mlaa Barton's life work begnn with the Civil War, whon she gave up all thought of any other occupation and consecrated her life to the services of her fellow men. Her first expert ence In the field was at the battle of Hull Run. Undaunted by the sight of Mood, the cries and groans of tho "wounded, or tho shrieks of the dying, this "Angel of Mercy" continued In ber good works during the whole of that long and bitter struggle. Aside from her services in behalf of the sick and wounded soldiers, she was keenly alive to the necessity of a better sys tem of Identification for those of the dead who, for lack of time, were hur riedly burled. To this end she devoted nil of the time which could possibly be spared from her other duties. Miss Barton's labors In thla connec tion were so valuable as to claim recog. iiltlon from Secretary Stanton, who called upon her to go to Andersonvllle and assist in the Identification of the dead that suitable stones might be erected to mark their graves. Through her Instrumentality many thousands of buried soldiers were disinterred, iden tified and tenderly placed in marked graves. In the Franco-Prnaalan War. For a time after the dose of the war Miss Barton lectured upon her work and experiences among the boys In blue. Overwork brought on a severe Illness In 1SC9, from which she suffer ed a long time, afterward going to Switzerland for a much-needed rest But grim war seemed ever at hand to claim her attention. With the break ing out of the Franco-Prussian troublo she was asked to Join the Internation al Ited Cross Society in its labors on the battlefield. There she distinguished hersolf again by her remarkable ex ecutive ability, as well as by faithful work among the sick and wounded. At the surrender of Metz she gave practical assistance, and waa of Inesti mable service at the close of the siege of Paris. As a result of her labors Miss Barton was decorated with the Iron Cross by the Emperor and Em press of Germany. After her return to America Miss Barton worked for years before finally securing the adoption of the Red Cross treaty by the United States in 1881. Miss Barton distributed relief in the Russian famine of 1892, headed an ex pedition in the Armenian trouble of 1806, and at the request of President McKlnley carried relief to starring Cuba in 1898. She did personal field work In the Spanish-American war, and conducted relief work at Galveston after the great tidal wave. Mr. Logan's Noble Record. Mrs. John A. Logan, the widow of "Black Jack" Logan, the famous Un- the wounds of dying soldiers, while the air was heavy with the booming of the aiatani cannon. Thus. Ike Mlaa nnn ton, Mrs. Logan won a warm place In the hearts of the Civil War vetemn. and Is a worthy successor to the "An gel or the Battlefield." Mrs. Logan has been connected with the Ited fn. for a number of years and has served as Its vice president for a lonf; time. Havana'e Golgotha. When Americans visit Havana they are confronted with many peculiar customs. One of the most startling and revolting is that which prevails in regard to the dead. Colon cemetery, abeautifu! burial ground, laid out In romantic walks, arched with aunerh trees and adorned with costly monu ments ana classic cenotaphs, is the last home for all, grandee and peasant alike. The rainbow effects of the city's architecture are carried out here. a revealed In the various colors of th crosses which mark the graves; but suddenly, and without warning, the vision is astonished with a groteanun contrast, which Is truly a shocking commentary upon civilization. It appears that the ground in thla cemetery is leased, not sold, and If after a term of five years the renewal rent Is not paid the dead forfeit their resting places. The bodies are ruth- lessly dug up and cast Into a common heap, exposed to public view along with tnousands of other skulls and bones of men, women and children who can never be traced by posterity. Easy, Yet Hard. The merchant was booking an order for a customer whose name he had en tirely forgotten. He tried to get the name without betraying himself, and made a mess of it, as is usual in such cases. "Let me see," he said. "Yon snell your name the easy way, don't you?" "xes," replied the customer. "I sun- pose it seems easy to most people, but it's really Hard." This did not help the merchant any. "I beg your pardon," he confessed. "but I shall have to ask you how to spell it" "Oh, It's quite easy to spell." "But didn't you say a moment a?n that it was hardr "Yes; and so It is. But it's easy, too." "How do you make that outr "Because it's Hard H-a-r-d." lie May Be Good Now. "I never trouble myself about the future," he said. "No wonder," she replied. "It mnst keep you pretty busy thinking about your past" Typhoid In Pails. Iu 1882 the deaths from typhoid feer In Paris were 142 per 100,000 inhabitants; to -day the proportion la only 10 per 100,000. SEir-REGllATHN IN THE LIYIG ORGANISM. Br Dr. ft. ft. francm. Self-regulation means the tendency of living organisms to counteract, by biological or struc tural changes, influences of a destructive or de leterious nature. Some of the regulative phe nomena of the human organism are well known and recognized as such by science. It Is gen erslly known, for lnatance, that perspiration is a regulative phenomenon the object of which is to preserve the normal temperature of the body, Other luatances are the powerful development of the mus cles of the legs In professional dancers, bicyclists, and mountaineers, the development of abnormally strong bones In persons In the habit of carrying heavy loada, and the increased activity of the heart in cases of kidney disease. Several German and French biologists recently have made a careful study of the subject and gathered a great deal of Important material which throws an Interesting light upon tne problem of self-regulation. The regenerative faculty which the human body pos sesses, ss documented by the healing of wounds, the restor ation of destroyed tissue, and the knitting of broken bones. Is developed to a much higher degree in animals of a lower order. The planarla, a worm quite common In every swsmp. may be cut into several pieces, and each piece will develop Into a smaller but otherwise perfectly formed lndl- vldusl. Recent investigations have led to the discovery that plants also possess restorative faculties, though the latter are not so strongly developed as they are In animal organisms. Dr. HUdebrand observed that after the first leaf developing from a seed of cyclamen europaeum bad been cut off, two new leaves grew in Its place. In another case a young plant developed three new leaves In place of the original first leaf, which was stopped In its growth by the seed capsule, from which it could not free itself. vWhlle moat of the. phenomena of self regulation may be explained as purely mechanical manifestations of the self regulative faculty of organisms, there are some so compli cated and so clearly to the purpose that many scientists are Inclined to attribute them to a teleogical principle of cas ualty governing all living organisms. One of the most perplexing phenomena of that kind is the regrowth of the extirpated lenses in the eyes or the larva of trltan taenla tus, which was observed by Professor G. Wolff In over 100 cases. HOW TO BECOME INFLUENTIAL IN POLITICS. ftf Artuur D. Hailey. rVeirfenf Yale Vnhertltr. The quickest way Tor a man to secure influ ence in politics is to identify himself with some party, take Its nomination for office, and look for the promotion which Is about as certain to follow In politics as In auy other business where a man accepts the rules oi ile game and plays it skill fully. The disadvantage connected with this way of doing things is that such a man secures bis Influence at the sacrifice of his independence. He Is In large measure bound by the platform of the party which nominated blm to office. Seeing the evil which re sults from this loss of Independence some men are inclined to go to the other extreme to cut loose from party organi zations altogether, voting for the best measures and the best men without regard to the question which party sup ports them. Those who hold this view say that even a small minority of Independent voters could force the regu lar party organizations to compete for their approval and thus compel those organizations to do better things for the country than would otherwise be probable. I believe It is possible to take a middle ground between the theories of the extreme partisan on the one hand and those of the extreme independent on the other. In taking this middle ground I should advise a man not to go Into poli tics until he had some Independent means of support suffi cient to keep him and his family from starvation upon which he could fall back if he were defeated for office. 1 should advise him to connect himself with the party whose attitude on the whole most meets his view of what the country is going to need in the long run in the way of measures and men. When be Is in full sympathy wltl what that party Is doing he should identify himself with it as prominently as possible. When he thinks It is doing badly he should keep out of those offlcea where he will be forced to support measures which he disapproves. Wt attach ourselves to a party when we believe It is doing good; and as long as we hare sympathy with Its general alms and purposes, and believe that it U doing more good than harm, there is no obligation upon os to separate our selves) from it because there are men within its pale whose conduct we disapprove or articles la Its platform concern ing which we feel some doubt THE IDLE MAN A PITIABLE OBJECT. It is a sad reflection that present day civili sation U largely poisoned with the idea that an Idle Ufe is a desirable life, and that this delusion should enslave the American mind, or Indeed that it should find a dwelling place among us at alL Somehow, some way, some time we must grow out of this stupefaction, for all the deplorable things, of all the pitiable objects that incumber the earth to-dar. the moat to the teachings of all history, philosophy and religion, la the idle man or woman, I think every one will understand that my pity Is for all idlers. I make no exception. I cannot understand how either possession or position of any sort csn Justify a hu man being in leading an idle life. "Jn the sweat of thy brow thou sbalt eat thy bread" is the divine decree written In every atom of man's being. Our faculties must be quick ened, strengthened, perilled, perfected, by use, but the) must all be used. God never designed one being for brain work exclusively and another for hard work exclusively Neither has he ever Intended that a select few should hare no more trying occupation than to loll around, absolutely lost In a slough of sofa pillows, wondering what they shall buy next and. I may add, nature has wisely provided that this sort does not cumber the ground, for it is not of the kind that obeys the Scriptural Injunction to multiply and replenish the earth. Believing in unity, in democracy, in Christianity. I can not understand how I can be true to those ideals and hold any human being In a menial relation, t ni.o. on this as the most cancerous spot in our American drillza- uon. ve can never have social peace or political Justice so long as we burden our democracy with thi. Ki.n,. ... . " " iuwyiicuivui heritage of aristocracy. The highest title that can be conferred on me Is that of "man." Than that no man should seek a higher. Yet what do we see on every side of us in this "democracy r Out there on the street passes a man. "No! Nor some ens Is hasty and kind enough to inform me. That is the "imi. ernor," "senator." and So-and-so. or hi t-.i Prince So-and-so. Is there anything in our yaunted democ racy so utterly inconsistent and withal KO Anmrttattalw Aim gustlng? And yet it Is a habit that is apparently Ingrown ut mo KnuU oi me American people, this habit of worship ing place or position or money. THE MARRIAGE TIE SHOULD BE INDISSOLUBLE. Br ftv. Dr. nM m c I ji iwvSui uio uecessuy a i umes ror a sep 171 aration where, for anr of Tartan roa airi eK LI I home Is impossible. Nerer, however, should the I in I ,eParatlon carry the privilege of remarriage in I U I 016 UfetJme of 0010 Parties, because marriage is I w I an LnaiASOinniA r ntlnn to h k-v.. i II I - "f w us VIVKU JUiJ ujl JL I death. Even before separation be granted every 1 I means snouia nrst be exhausted, but If by J reason of brutality or other cause a aenaraHnn i. the only solution it should be granted, yet never severing the marriage bond or permitting remarriage. The separa tion, as the Latin phrasing goes, might be from hi an board, but from the chain no. It may be long before the views I have expressed nhtntn general practical acceptance. Yet if thev are trni. m convinced they are, the time Is bound to come. ' i CHINESE BANK CLERKS China has a way of getting hold of some of the first principles of things, even though she may not have devel oped them Into elaborate and scientific systems. The method of calculation used In the Chinese banks niy seem primitive to the foreigner; nevertheless it is carried on with rapidity and ac curacy. An English officer, staying in Hongkong, tells of his visit to one of the banks. As an Englishman he was received with great civility. "Schroff!" shouted the head clerk. This word Is not, as it sounds, German, but a corniDtion of the Hindu "sarraf," or banker's assist ant In response to the call a native cashier appeared, noiseless and defer- eutlal, with a smooth-shaven skull, a lour-root pigtail and spotless, flowing garments. He carried neither paper nor pencil about him. With great rapidity he mad the Ho. sired exchange of notes, doing his cal culating on an abacus a frame nf wire and beads, similar to those used In country schools years ago. His long, lithe fingers moved over the beads more quickly than the follow, but there was no mistake in the total. The officer wanted a larare money changed Into a small coin. In- stead or going through the wpnrtnM Involved in counting out the three him. dred pieces included in this transac tion, a simple, Ingenious device was employed. A flat wooden trnv wn produced containing one hundred re cesses, eacn just big enough to We one coin and Just shallow enough to prevent the possibility of two lurking together. The pile of small coins was noured out on this tray, and with one Jerk of the clerk's wrist the hundred re cesses were filled and the anmlua awept off. During the performance the cieric Kept me enormous sleeves tucked well up, In order to disarm anv nossl- ble suspicion of dexterous pilfering. The officers change was correct to the last penny, and was obtained In an increaiDiy short time. Benson Bought a sawmilL eh? what are you going to do with it? Jenson Bring out a new breakfast food. Town Topics. RUSSIANS LAUNCHING A SUBMARINE AT VLADIVOSTOK. The queer under water craft shown In this picture was launched" In the hope that it might prove efficacious In protecting the warships of the Czar or in bringing destruction to those of the Mikado. When this submarine was floated in the water It was found necessary on account of the icy surround ings to bring into requisition a novel method of procedure. The boat rested on the Ice, which was sawed all around it With a comparatively slight push the Ice block was then overturned, and the submarine took Its position in the water. GUAM'S SUPPLY OF DOGS. Neither They Nor the-Natives Ever Get Enough to Eat. An officer of the marine corps brings to Washington the interesting informa tion that a feature of one of our in sular possessions is an abnormal sup ply of dogs, says the Philadelphia Ledger. Guam, of which we know so little, save that it served as a prison for transported Filipinos; Is famous for Its dogs. ' Poverty-stricken and consti tutionally lazy, the natives naturally take to dogs. . Neither, the natives nor the dogs have enough to eat, and In the struggle for food the supremacy of the biped over the- quadruped la shown, and the dogs get the worst of it But even where things are equal the dogs show moire activity and roam about searching for . food, while the native wallows In the filth of his dugout The dogs are a great nuisance to the white people who are compelled to live In the Island. They prowl about the houses at night and seize anything that smells like food and make off with it They will even break through windows of the houses. The marine . officer, says that the dogs are thin and bony,, vicious on ac count of hunger, and generally a very disagreeable lot He tried to keep them from his' quarters with a shot gun, but the shooting at all times of night disturbed other officers, and he adopted the poison method. He sup plied the dogs with fresh meat thor oughly inoculated with quick-acting poison from the medical department, and each morning obtained a crop of Guam dogs. Not that he wanted them, but he did want sleep, and thla waa the only way he could obtain It ' ' Countless. ' Sara Just think of the number of American girls who go tuft-huntlng abroad I They who return as countesses are so fewl Jack And those who dont are countless, Princeton Tiger. . JUDICIAL DECISIONS, A woman is held. In Opit vs. Rare! (WTJ.) 62, I R. A. 962. to Lave an in surable interest la the Ufe of a man whom she la engaged tj marry. A tent oc-npled by a divorced man and his child as their only place of re!dence Is fce.d. In Hipp ?. Put (Tex. Crim. Acp.) 62 L. B. A. S73. to be a private residence occupied bv a. , family, within the meaning of a statute ; punishing gaming except when It oc curs at such residence. An ordinance requiring the Inspec tion of milk sold within the limits of the city, and providing for the licens ing of venders, Is held, in Norfolk vs. Flynn (Vs.), 62 L. R. A. 771, not to be void as affecting persons beyond the limits of the municipality, where It touches only those who bring or send their milk Into the city for sale. An electric railway company whose line traverse city Is held, in Cria man vs. Shreveport Belt Railway Com pany (La.) 62 L. R. A. 747, to be negli gent In placing one of Its cars In charge of a young man only IS years old. whose experience In the handling of an electric car dates only twenty day back. To impose upon a court the duty of receiving and acting on petitions for the submission to the voters of the question whether or not intoxicating liquors shall be sold is held. In Super visors of Elections vs. Todd (Md.), 63 I B. A. 809, to be beyond the power of the legislature, under a constitution separating the departments of govern ment The guarantors of a negotiable note are held. In Lemert vs. Guthrie (Neb.) 62 L. R. A. 954, to be discharged from liability where, upon failure of the makers, while solvent to pay the note at maturity, no notice Is given the guarantors, and demand ia not made upon them until eighteen months after maturity, when the makers have be come Insolvent The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Is held. In Overhol ser. vs. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Ohio), 62 L. R. A. )36, to be a corporation created by Con gress for the purpose of performing an appropriate and constitutional func tion of the federal government and as such to be part of the government of the United States and not to be liable to be sued In an action for tort Writing otherwise irrelevant and not admitted to be genuine la held. In Uni versity of Illinois vs. Spalding (N. H.). 62 L. R. A. 817. to be admissible In evidence for comparison with the dis puted writing In the case, If they have been found to be genuine by the pre siding Judge upon clear and undoubt ed evidence. An elaborate note to this case reviews all the other authorities upon comparison of handwriting. NOVELTY IN EYESHADES. WORN LIKE GLASSES.. Without doubt there has been much more complaint of trouble with the eyes during the last half century than ever before. While no small amount of this poor sight can be laid to overuse of the eyes in reading and work, a large pro portion Is caused by lack of knowl edge as to how to arrange the light to best advantage and prevent it from shining in the eyes, either dl- lectly or by reflection. A light placed at one side of the face, where the rays can shine obliquely into the eye, is . very tiring to the optic nerve, though the person may not notice it until a headache is discovered later on. Some people have discovered this cause of trouble with their eyes, and have made use of a shade to screen the light from the face, but many who have tried this remedy have been an noyed by the weight of the shade or, by the additional heat which it pro duced in the summer time, and have thrown the thing away in disgust It seems strange that the invention which we here present has not been thought of sooner than this, especially since it will overcome the objections which ob tained with the old shade. It con sists of a light frame, somewhat simi lar to that used for a pair of glasses, with two small shades shaped to fit closely to the eyebrows and extend downward over the eyes. The shape of each shield Is practically the same as that of the large shade, and should, therefore, serve Its purpose equally as well, while at the same time resting lightly on the bridge of the nose and the ears and causing no discomfort The inventor is Thomas Little, of De troit, Mich. Not So 8erlou8. ' I The conductor came rushing through the train in great excitement "Prepare for the worst!" he shouted. "What's up?" gasped the passenger. "The train robbers are going to give us a brush." "Thank goodness it is not so bad ; after all. I thought you were about to say the Pullman car porter was go ing to give us a brush." 8herloclc, the Sleuth. The modern Sherlock was again tri umphant "I knew I could tell if the prisoner was a woman," be related, "by the way she handled ber lead pencil." "But she had an automatic pencil,' said the friend. "She didn't have to' sharpen that" "No, but I caught her trying to but ton her shoes with it" When It comes to making lore to a widow no man Is capable of going the limit . ' .