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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1904)
t MOTHERHOOD, Dome t my arms, my darling : Oeuie, for the ulshtfall U near; Com, and thjr mother lull aeud the To dreamland with never t fear. Come, and thy mother shall elnj the A lullaby euftly ami Jw 8!bc thee to rent aud to dreamland Kr darker the day doth grow. And ae thou ilwpest, my dear one, Vlaliiui will rcuie to hrr free VUIoim of thee, stronir Id manhood, Noble auJ gentle aud wiie. Her heart will glow at the picture, 11 rilllnar with Joy ami with pride, let tlm (Hum andly fn a, ,lt Tliee clone, little one, to bar aide. And ahe koowa that alware at twilight, hcrerrr. wlnrt-viT tlinu art. The an me little lullaby, darling. She'll ilng in thee dowu iu ber heart lioaton Trauarrlpt. Jioet's GirWItstkk.. 6 6 N hvr iluy mind you, I Mid In ln r liny the old lady wui mmu'ililiiK of an crude. In fallible, air. that's tho word abso lutely infallible. In fact, to put It more plainly," said the colonel, "she was alwuya right" '1 have no doubt of It, sir," I aald, meekly. You see, I was lu love with tho colonel's daughter, and under those clrcuiiiNtHiicrM a father la not a being to bo coiitrndl.ted. Moro than that, the colonel wag speaking of matter of family history, and the col owl's family goes back to the tlmo a lltllo bi'foro William tlio Norman mailt) u bla in I ml to como over to England. "Her particular powers, my dear Itoy," went ou tlio colonel, "lay with tho ronrtiiitlc. l've beard It Maid that All tho lover from nil the country 'round used to como to her In their trouble nnd get good advice. That's what they any," ajjded the colonel, with a wink; "but. between ourselves, Aunt Janet wna probably a mischief making, Interfering old matchmaker. That la shown by tlio fact thnt sho till trouble this earth when she ahould ho reposing respectably some where olae. One hna to put up with tin aort of thing, you know" tho colonel frowued and coughed and set- tied tila neck Into hti ahlrt collar bone must put up with It when one belong to an ancient family. And, after all, tho old lady Is never really troublesome. Picturesque lu a sense, and always keeps to tho upper floors." "And 'this," I suld, pointing to a jiuiHNive oiu silver candlestick on a sideboard "this Is Great-aunt Janet's candlestick, chV" "Yes." said the colonel, frowning at It and shaking his head. "Perfectly ridiculous, of course; but It Is snld that whenever there Is any love affair on hand tho ghost of the old lady walks; that she carries the candle stick with which for some three- quarters of a century she lighted her self to bed. nnd that If one of the lovers meets her at that critical time she gives him such advice as lifts him, so to speak" the colonel made a movement with his hands as though candling a large-sized Infant awk wardly "lifts him Into the lady's af fections, or vice versa. But she Is always accompanied by the candle stick." "It might be worth trying," I snld, half to myself, nnd just at thnt mo ment tho door of the smoking room opened and she came In. "Not a bad notion,'! said the col onel, with a chuckle. "Here, Dora, our frlcud here thinks of trying to get a tip from -Great-aunt Janet to night, though what he wants to trou ble ber for I can't for the life of me Imagine." "I do assure you," I stuttered, as he gavo me her hand In Baying good night, "I don't see what Oreat-uunt Janet could hnve to tell me, and, of course, I shouldn't think of doing any thing " "Of course not," she replied with demure eyes looking into mine. "But If a pretty idea." She kissed her father oh! adorable lips pressed for a moment against the stern, white mustache and went out of the room; and I found, quite un expectedly, that I could not sleep. I discovered, too, that I had left my cigarette case In the smoking room, and I had a dim notion that a cigar ette might soothe me, and might drive out of my head certain vain dreams and fancies. For who was I that I ahould think that blue-eyed Dora ahould aver care twopence about me? I went down softly through the darkened house to the smoking room, and twitched on the light there and looked about for my cigarette case. I found it, and had Just slipped it Into my pocket, when the remem brance of what the colonel had said brought to my mind the heavy silver candlestick. I glanced toward the spot where it had stood, and I saw to my astonishment that it was no longer there. In a flash I glanced quickly around the small room and realized that the thing was gone. And I knew, of course, In a moment what that meant The ghost of Great-aunt Janet had chosen that night for walking Why? Was she such a sympathetic old creature that she had guessed my secret? And could she give me any help or .any advice? I remembered distinctly what the colonel had said; bow he bad suggested that; the old lady came only when she was able to help a lover. That was my des-; JAPAN'S GREATEST DISASTER. ; ..... i V,.' : U - rr av . . . a i ar - . m- - ,r : 1 jmf Ka. 'jX" V? . 4.M-ii,f Tr?Sw-' ak "' : J HOW.TllK llArrLBSHII' IIATSUM5 WAS LOST. Tho destruction of the HaUuse by a mine ten miles off Port Arthur Is tho only great dlHaster that has overtaken the Japanese, nnd at that it is an accident rather than a piece of uaval strategy. The HaUuse was a battle ship of i:.(KK) tons displacement She was launched (In 1SW) at Elswlck at tho cot of over a million. The destruction of the vessel hns been the occa slon of strong protests from naval authorltlea at the action of Russia in trowing tho Llgh seas with mines. The revised figures show that sixty-one noncommissioned offlcers and 378 bluejackets were killed or drowned on board the HaUuse, while twelve blueJnckeU were seriously, and fifty s!!"htly, Injured. Seven fflccra and thirteen non-commissioned officers were sllKhOv Injured. perate ense; and on an Impulse I de termined that I would seek her and take ghostly counsel from her. I re membered that she haunted the up per floors. I went up beyond the floor on which my room was situated and found my self In darkuvss. Then, suddenly, even as I tried to muflle my footsteps, I saw a dim light In the distance the light of a candle. Down the length of the corrlder there advanced toward me the stately small figure of Great-aunt Janet; so real that she might have stepped straight out of her frame downstairs. She held the candle high, and I thought looking at her as she advanced, what a presenta ble old lady she was. It took me a moment or two to find my tongue, and then, fearing that she might disappear before I had had time to state my errand, I clasped my bands and blurted out what I had to y. "Great-aunt Janet! Sweet Great aunt Janet! Have mercy upon me and help me! I love the dearest girl In all the world and her name Is Dora and I haven't dared to tell her so before. If you can show mo the way " . "Jack, denr, if you would hold the candlestick " I caught the candlestick and Dora After a breathless Interval, during wulch the lovely little face had been pressed close to mine again and again, and I had seen, even by that dim candle light a look in the blue eyes I had never hoped to see, she gave -er explanation. "I was In love myself, Jack, and I thought there mght be some other unhappy lover who wanted advice or or consolation. So I thought I would be Great-aunt Janet and I dressed In these things and I came out Just in case . Indianapolis Sun OUR SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. Always Wondering- What Onr Nelgh- d ra Are minking. Thoreau characteristically savs: "If you want to know a man's faults. ask his friends. They will not tell you, but they know." It Is because we believe bo thoroughly in America and Americans that we Interest our selves In trying to find out our faults. One such occurs to us to which it seems worth while to call attention. This Is our self-consciousness a thing which does a vast deal toward hin dering the freedom of the individual. It Is this ' continual consciousness of self that makes us Americans so fear ful of what our neighbors think of us, that hampers us In our thought and that makes us less able to act as our right reasoning would dictate. The Englishman, for Instance, sails alomr. calmly Ignoring the whole world. This attitude Is provocative of much hu mor at bis expense, but does he not do better by himself than the man who Is continually looking from right to left to see what people about think of him? The latter is so busy that he has no time to realize himself. Mind your own business and endeav or to be what you - are made," says the quotable Thoreau. That Is what we need to have drum med Into us from day to dav. How people take our Jokes, how they like the cut or our rrocks or our. coats, what they think of our slttinir in the second balcony instead of the orches tra of a theater, whether they think we are affected because we acknowl- edge a liking for Brownlngtbese are minor matters Indeed hut it i. Just such trifles that many of s waste ntn! 1 1 m h.m.in.. ... . I'.w.vuo uiuiucuia unu more precious brain matter. Let tho mm ami th woman shake himself or herself free from the colls of what "they say" or "bow it looks." Let them be big enough not to bother about such little things. Let them think less about their own persons and more how to enjoy and profit by and be good In the oig, interesting world of people and things which Is all about them. Home wmpanlon. SIZE OF OCEAN 8TEAMER3. Increased Orer Fifty Per Cent Daring uuancr oi a lntnry. The average length of sblDs has In creased some 50 to CO per cent during the last quarter of a centurv. Thn 455 feet of the Britannic of 1874 seem almost insignificant compared with the UK feet of the latest White Star Mnor Cedrlc and the 700 feet of the project- ea uunaruers. The 1,000-foot vessel will assuredly not be lone In Bertha are even now devised to accord with this standard, and entrance locks and graving docks are also beina lengthened. A few years back 500 feet were considered an extreme dimension, nowadays this Is deemed verr moder ate. The length of an entrance lock does not of course, absolutely limit me size or vessels. The beam of ships has increased more rapidly than - the length. The beam of the Brlttanic was 4S feet unit a ratio between length and breadth of aoout 10 to 1 was maintained fairly well until ten years airo. when tho Campania was built with a breadth of oo feet to a length of COO feet At present the dimensions exhihitvi in tho Cedrlc and Celtic, length C80 feet breadth, 75 feet; the Waimer Castle, length 570 feet breadth 64 feet n,i other recent vessels Indicate a decid ed tendency toward the establishment of a ratio of 9 to 1. The maximum beam does not yet exceed 78 feet which is amply covered hv Antra locks and passages 80 to ion foot in width, constructed fifty years ago un der the regime of paddle steamers. Consequently the increase la beam haa not had so perceptible ' an effect on dock construction as the Increase in length. Only in depth has the nrocros Af naval construction been less marked. The draught of the Oamnanbi. m foot In 1803 was no greater than that of some vessels twenty years before. The latest German trees hav a draught of only 29 feet, while the most modern British vessels attain ri feet but in neither case is th Increase proportional to that of the other dimen sions. This discrepancy hi dim tn tho difficulty of obtaining adequate depth or water in approachlnz channel nA over the sills of existing docks. Cas- sier s oiagazme. Why She la Happy. Bessie Kitty Is going to be married and she tells me she is the happiest woman in all the world. Aunt Jane Must be going to have a model husband. Bessie Don't know. She didn't say anything about him. But you should see what a daisy engagement ring she has. Boston Transcript Many a man goes broke because of the winning ways of women and gam blers. , JUDICIAL DECISION! A statute prohibiting employer from combining for the purpose f ln- wrrering with or preventing any per son, either by threats, promises, r black listing from procuring employ meet. Is Lfld la State ex re.'. ScheflVr Justus (Minn.) C6LB.A. 757, not to be unconstitutional. An engineer operating a blowoff cock designed to clean the boiler, for the purpose of frightening children, la held. In Alaever re. Mlnneapolla Sc U n. Co. (Iowa). SO I It A. 746, not to depart from hla employment so to relieve bis employer from lia bility for Injuries csosed by his act . An Injunction against a boycott of msnufacturer by Inducing mer chants not to deal with him pending trouble with his employes is held In Marx & Jeans Clothlug Compsny vs. Watson (Mo.), 55 L. It A. 051, to be in violation of a constitutional guarantee of free speech and of the right to pub lish whatever one may choose, being responsible for the abuse of that right The question whether or not a per son In pursuit of a cow which has es caped from his control acts as an or dinarily prudent man would act un der the circumstances, in not looking and listening before attempting to cross a railroad track so as not to be chargeable with contributory necli- gence In case he Is Injured by a train 1 held. In Lorenz vs. Kuril i held. In Lorenz vs. Hurllneton. C. It & N. It Co. (Iowa) 50, L. It A. 752, to be for the Jury. A Judgment of the courts of a state where a note la pnt tnr niiwin I holding it barred by the statute of limitations, is held, In Brand vs. urand (Ky.) 03 L. R. A. 200. not a - ' " ;ar a suit upon the note in another Mate, where the action Is not barred, by the laws of the State where the Judgment was rendered, the cause of action was not extinguished bv the Judgment, which operates exclusively upon we remedy. The rule that a drawee Is nresnmed to know his drawer's almnturo anil hence cannot recover back money paid lurougu a mistake of fact upon a bill to which the drawer's signature was forged, is held In Woods & Malone vs. Colony Bank of Ga., 50, L. R. A. 920, not to be available in favor of a holder who, by his own negligence, contrib uted to the success of the fraud prac- xiceu anu whose conduct had a ten tlency to mislead the drawee, who waa V. I I M m . ... , UUUBe't iree irom xauit. If a conveyance by a husband to his wife to secure the principal of money of her separate estate taken and used by him Is attacked by his creditors as voluntary or fraudulent it Is held in Adone vs. Spencer (X. J. Err. and App.). 50, L. R. A. 817, that the bur den is on the wife to establish that her husband took and used her separ ate estate, but that when that fact is established the burden shifts and those claiming that such taking and use were by gift of the wife are held to have the burden of establishing such gift Riches in Cotton Stalka. A new source of wealth for resi dents of the Southern States has been discovered. Some months ago M. W. Marsden, of Philadelphia, and Joseph Wile, of Kentucky, had a lot of cot ton stalks shipped to Philadelphia to have them analyzed, to find If there was something valuable in them. They returned to Gonzales, Texas, recently with samples of what was found In them and exhmited them to a meet ing of citizens. The stalks were found to contain from $2 to $4 worth of suzar to the ton, to make fine samples of paper superior to wood pulp, two pieces of material resembline celluloid, smoke less powder composition, alcohol and a valuable fertilizer. Mr. Marsden thought that an acre of average stalks would amount to about three tons and that in the South 70,000,000 tons of stalks were eoinir to waste that were capable of pro ducing that many hundred million dol lars. These gentlemen show their faith In their investigations by offering to erect a plant at Gonzales for the conver sion of the stalks into the various ar ticles shown at a cost of $75,000, with a Dosslble Increase to S250.000 if the citizens would take $25,000 preferred stock. There is no such plant or In dustry yet In operation. Railways In Japan. Y. Shlma. of Toklo. who was sent by his government to Inspect the roll ing stock or American and German railways, said to a Washington Post reporter: "Tha future of railway bulldlnir In onr empire Is bright Though we have now only five thousand miles of steam roads. It will be only a short while be fore the country is grldironed with them as- thickly as in the United States. Janan at this time has scarce ly any shops for turning out locomo tive engines. One small one In Asa ka is too insignificant to count The indications are that before long the present repair shops will be enlarged and the matter of. building engines, cars and other equipment taken up by the Imperial government" Eleven Feet of 'Km. Pike County, says a Kansas news paper, glories in the distinction of having the most luxurious crop of whiskers in the United States. The crop adorns the fertile chin of Vol. Tapley, a farmer, and Is more than eleven feet In length. When Tapley wants to exhibit his hirsute appen dage In all its glory he takes it from his vest 'where he commonly keeps it attaches the loose end of it to the hinge of a door, and then backs off until It becomes taut mi? mm - a is Preabytcrian Mlwilona. Tresbyterians are going to enter Panama. A political straw Is the fact that they select their home and not their foreign organization to lead, in dicating that they regard Panama as practically home territory. This same body decided, at Its assembly In Buf falo, to enlarge and continue Its evan- geliHtlc work. The enlargement decid ed upon was along the development of ! TT neiut. ti the pastor into an evangelist and the the professional evangelist The Rev, Dr. Chapman will continue bis work nnd wilL It is said, take tin various cities In the Middle West after a cam palgn on the Pacific coast An effort is to be made this year by the Pres byterians to raise $1,500,000 for foreign. J uiiwiuuB auu epuw.vw lur UU1IIO UJiif 8ons. These sums will be advances of f.mOOO and $100,000. respectively, Presbyterian church Itself, and are not merely the plans of missionary secre taries. .There are to be sent to the foreign field about eighty-five new workers, a number slightly below the number sent out last year. Praising God. The bird praises God by singing; the flower pays its tribute in fragrant in cense as its censer swings In the breeze; the tree shakes down fruit from its bending bows; the stars pour out their sliver beams to gladden the earth; the clouds give their blessings in gentle rain: vet alL with eonal faithfulness, fulfill their mission; So among Christ's redeemed servants, one serves bv incessant toll In tho home, caring for a large family; an other by silent example as a sufferer. patient and uncomplaining; another with tho pen, sending forth words that inspire, help, cheer and bless: another by the living voice, whose eloquence moves men and starts Impulses to bet ter, grander living; another by the ministry ' of sweet song; another by sitting In quiet peace at Jesus' feet drinking in his spirit and then shining as a sentle and silent lls-ht ' or tv-mr. Ing out the fragrance of love like a lowly and unconscious flower: vet each and all of these may be serving Christ acceptably, hearing at the close of each day the whispered word, 'Well done." Our Young Folks. Baptiata in Cuba. ' Efforts of Baptists in Western Cuba. and especially in Havana, have known troublous times for many years. Sup port has been had from Baptists of the South, and the trouble has been the double dealing of Spaniards who have professed Christian loyalty and are charged with being something quite different Assisted by the Baptists of the North, a general effort is now to be made, both in Cuba and Porto Rico. Fully a dozen new men will be sent out at once, and it is the purpose to erect at least four new churches on each Island during the year. Besides, two new schools will be established in Torto Rico and three In Cuba, and half a dozen new fields will be tentatively occupied. The Rev. H. L. Morehouse, who has Just passed his twenty-fifth year in the service of Baptist missions, and who received an ovation at the an niversaries in Cleveland, returned from Porto Rico and Cuba in April and re ports extraordinary progress through out both Islands of Protestant propa ganda of almost all kinds. Faith In God. Faith in God gives sight Into human life. . We cannot understand humanity until we have some real though of course exhaustive knowledge of the Deity. Faith has rare optical powers, and while it is not an allnseelng eye. It Is- a much-seeing and a far-seeing one. It not only looks off afar into heaven, but also reveals to the believ ing soul many fair beauties of earth. A believing heart gives a truly esthetic view of life, for since it finds God in everything It finds everything beauti ful in its time and way. Weakneaa la Wlckedneaa. . In such a world as this, with snch hearts as ours, weakness is wicked ness , in the long run. Whoever lets himself be shaped and guided bv. any thing lower than . an inflexible will, nxea m obedience to God. will in th end be shaped into a deformity and guided to wreck and ruin. Alexander McLaren. Methodist Consolidation. Methodists in the East are sumrlsed at the celerity with which their gen eral conference disposed of tha math. of consolidation of their benevolences. In place of the missionary aoeletv. which does home and foreign work. their educational societies and the rest there ar created three great boards for borne, foreign and educational work. The radical changes here or dered cannot it is said, be effected within two years, and .may not be In complete working order within fn years. Tha old secrets rlea, la their Id position, bar therefor been re tained until each tlnte as the new or ganisations can be put into working hap. Committees of transfer, to bava cbarye f the enormous lntereats, and the even more enormous detail, art th most that has been effected at thus time in the direction of aecompliiV tnent of the fundamental departure. Belpfal Ward a. , Joat a word to klndoene apokra. To a brother bowed with care; Coming like a heavenly token. Helping him hla load to share. - - Jnt a word! Who cannot give It Aa we pane along the way? Speak it out! Oar Lord would say It If He were on earta to-day. George D. Gelwicka. , -i A Help to Other. . It Is right to love and be kind to our friends when they are kind and loving 1 to ns; but It Is still better to love and be kind to them even when they ar cross and unkind to us. We can help others by learning to love one another and being very patient and klndJ. C. B. Stivers. . ; . DANGER IN TRADES. Calling of Farmer Found to Ce Moat . Healthful and Hafe. That very many trades and occupa tions have some specinc danger to health has been shown by the mor tality tables of various European coun tries. On this side of the water, un fortunately, the question has never been satisfactorily Investigated, though in the 1003 bulletin of th United States bureau of labor on may find figures . according to which . . th average life of the factory worker in Massachusetts is only SG.3 years, as compared with C5.3 years as the aver age life of a Massachusetts farmer. The cause of this startling -disparity lies altogether in the different occu pations; in other words, the farmer's life is the safest and most healthful, while all other 'nonprofessional occu pations are less so In varying do- grees. ' Trades in which there Is the great est liability to accident play the most obvious part In making these mortali ty tables; but there are many occupa tions in which, although there Is prac tically nothing to be feared from sud den accident there is, nevertheless, a serious and usually preventable tax 1 on the vitality of the worker. And this danger lies often in the excessive dust of the factory, laden with narti- cles of steel, stone, cloth, or miscella neous what not and constantly taken Into the lungs of operatives. : . In England, where the matter has been carefully investigated, over thir ty-eight varieties of Injurious dust have been cited, and It has been" shown that In nineteen different - 'dusty" Industries the t. death . rata from tuberculosis and other diseases. of .the .respiratory organs Is more than that of farmers. Snch investigations ' have practically compelled legislative action abroad that has greatly Im proved conditions and la, looking to ward even greater improvement . Dust In fact has' been ' found tho most assiduous foe of the workman's health, though, , of course; temperature .i and moisture , are , important and . again often remediable, factors Jn ' making certain employments 'unneces sarily unhealthfuL: Another series .of . Internal , disorders arises from th chemicals handled in making many commodities, lead poisoning and tner--1 enry poisoning being common . exam- pies of so-called "occupation,, dls-; eases. .' ' , Finally, there are the diseases, such as anthrax, that may be "taken" by a " workman handling some trade mate- rial that has not been thoroughly, dls- -Infected. ' -v"4 T ' J ' ' 1 WHEN WELLS . ARE POLLUTED. Argument of Parity of Deep Water WellaTeeta Suggested. "Tho PnllnHnn FIaa Tl.1ttf the subject of a paper before a' tcien- tmc society, in which waa described an Interesting experiment conducted by the United States geographical sur vey ana the geological survey of Geor gia, acting In co-operation to determine the liability of contamination of th deep wells and springs in the Tlcinlty of Quitman, Ga., by the proposed ac tion of that city in turninar the nnhllo sewage Into an underground stream through a bore hole. 'To test the mat ter, the surveys , mentioned Inserted two tons of salt into the well into, which It was proposed to turn thai sew age. Samples of water were taken be fore, the experiment to determine the normal chlorin of the waters, and at short- intervals ' during and' for 'some time after the experiment The renort concludes that "on analyzing the sam ples it was shown that the salt had, entered all of the deep wells' in town.' thereby demonstrating that the Inser tion of sewage would have con tarn-' Inated all of the wells,, and possibly led to a dangerous epidemic." Un doubtedly the water of wells "U "often polluted by drainage, and the experi ment verities the dancer, which should help health officers in their, work. , One. wonders, however, ' if ' there is' nor a slight fallacy in the conclusion Intro duced by the doubt if micro-organisms might not be prevented from passing by the earth filtration, while a solution of salt would be able to-permeate the medium. - Why not use pathogenic ba cilli themselves for a more convincing test? American Medlicne. ' , , v l. --r' Old poem,:,, "Mqto. rain falls on th just than on the, unjust fellows,, be cans the unjust ha v tha just's um brellas." I- " ! " - Conceit may be only exaggerated ha mliity. ; jr.-..-.. . f .'