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If Mr. Carnegie Is to die poor It's
about time he got worried.
The Japnnose ambassador advises his
countrymen to woo rich American girls.
More of that eastern Idealism.
A $35,000,000 railroad has been start
ed In Bolivia and the bridges and re
bntes are to be designed In this cou:i-try.
This talk of war with Japan Is ab
surd. It has not been a year since
Secretary Taft ate a whale with the
Mikado.
years a million copies of the Hible have
been sold annually to the Chinese ; that
the Bible and the book of Confucius
are taught together In schools a'l over
the empire; and an Imperial decree re
quires the people to observe Sunday.
"There has been nothing like It," said
the bishop, "since Constantino aJopted
Christianity In Rome." He said also
that China to-da- Is where Japan was
fifteen or twenty years a so. and that
the Chinese are awakening ripldly.
lie called them the Anglo-Saxons of the
Orient, and declared that they are
tougher, ruggeder and more persistent
than the Japanese, and are able to
drive out the Japanese any time when
It conies to competition In commerce or
to the long struggle for the mastery.
That man who lost his fur-llned over
coat In the court house should cheer up.
Think of all the suits that have been
lost there.
The most remarkable thing about the
coal famine In the Northwest Is the fact
that It Is due to other causes than the
greed of the coal trust
Another Pittsburg heiress has been
married to an English lord. But why
should the rest of us worry? They are
the ones who will have to suffer.
If there Is such a thing as "swollen
wealth" John 1). Rockefeller Is con
vinced that It Isn't something that
hurts, like a felon or the toothache.
Tho Japanese ambassador says the
dream of war between his country and
the United States Is too ridiculous to be
considered. A regular rarebit frenzy,
a It were.
A man who had been supposed for
forty years to be dead came around the
other day to contest a will. Always
trust a will to bring theui to life If
anything can.
Tucson, Ariz., claims to be the oldest
town In the United States, its founding
antedating that of St. Augustine, Fin.,
by 15 years. It should have been
named Toosoon.
Tlease note that a Philadephla man
was asphyxiated by the gasoline fuuies
of his automobile, and congratulate
yourself on the poverty that makes you
Immune to such dangers.
The Czar of Russia has ordered a
new war fleet It Is understood the
Mikado will delay his activities in ship
building until he sees whether the Rus
sian vessels will suit him.
Mr. Rockefeller says the nation will
be In danger when the people cease to
respect the courts and the :aws ore ig-
nored. This teaches us that a man
never gets too old to learn.
The New York bank clerk who stole
$12.1)8 from the institution employing
him will, no doubt, be severely punish
ed. No self-respecting bank cares to be
treated like a department store bargain
counter.
It will have to be allowed that there
is point as well as pungency to I'resl
dent Ingalls' contention that the surest
and quickest way to distribute and dis
sipate big fortunes Is to bequeath them
to extravagant and silly heirs.
The Increased responsibilities of gov
ernment which will come when aerial
locomotion has been perfected have
been to an extent set forth by Captalu
Ferber of the French army, who ex
horts his country to diligence In pro
vision against the perils of the future.
Captain Ferber shows most conclusive
ly that with aerial flight an easy ac
complishment the energies of the gov
ernment must be redoubled to protect
society against the smuggler, the anar
chist, the criminal, whatever his pe
culiar sphere of action. He explains
most lucidly that an aerial patrol will
be necessary to guard the frontier
against those who would evade the cus
toms duties by skimming 07er the tops
of fortifications and other Impediments
along the frontier, and that the police
luust be piovldud v KU flying machines
duly equipped with weapons of offense
in order to Intercept and embarrass
the smugglers aforeRaid. Services of
an aerial police will be needed also
to regulate the speed limit of travelers
as well as to prevent anarchistic gen
tlemen In airships from sailing leisure
ly over a town and dropping bombs re
gardless of consequences. Patrols will
be employed likewise to check undesir
able Immigration and to, perforin other
duties heretofore connected with their
calling on the earth's surface. The
scene of operation will be shifted, but
the duties will be practically the same.
In view of these requirements It would
almost appear that the benefits to be
derived from mastery of the air are
fairly offset by the Inconveniences, for,
unhappily, the criminal as well as the
virtuous citizen profits by the advance
ment of science. And what would It
avail a citizen of Chicago If, returning
from the theater, he Is held up 500 feet
above the corner of North State and
Erie streets, with the absolute certainty
that the policeman Is at the other end
of his aerial beat or Is refreshing him
self elsewhere? An,d to patrolmen and
mounted police must be added a flying
constabulary, a provision which has
not been noted In the new charter, but
which Is a foregone necessity, regard
less of expense. In short, all forces of
protection must be doubled, whether
applied to a standing army, the cus
toms officers, or the municipal police
force. In view of Captain Ferber's
naming and the unmistakable justice
of his conclusions, the responsibilities
of the future are not likely to reassure
a timid human being. To Paul's fa
mous list of perils, of waters, robbers,
heathen, city, wilderness, etc., etc.,
must now be added perils of the air and
the accompanying horrors recounted.
Even Paul did not apparently realize
how comparatively fortunate he was.
J. J. HILL.
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NECESSITY AN ELEMENT OF SUCCESS.
By James J. Hill.
The time for a man to retire from
active business depends on condi
tions. Some men are young at 70,
others are old at 50. The method
of living, the occupation, habits, suc
cesses or failures nil have their In
fluences. There Is one thing that young men
feel Is a burden and hardship, and I
want to tell them they are wrong.
The spur of necessity of which many complain is a, rich
heritage and one that most young men miss who fall In
the race. The spur of necessity of doing '.that you have
to do and doing it well, because you feel you must do It
well or fall and be written down a failure, Is really of
more value to a man who has to meet the conditions that
present themselves In all varied business affairs than
anything else I know of. A man must make up his mind,
If he Is going to succeed, that If be takes the other man's
dollar he must give back to him an honest return.
There Is no better field for young men than In railroad
ing. Begin at the bottom, show that you are familiar
with your work, and keep pounding away at your Bpeclal
line of work, and the reward will come. Railroading Is
not like politics; the competent man wins. It Is neces
sary that he should, for railroad men are dropping out
cf harness every day. Those who stick to their work
and show capability are necessarily elevated. The office
boy of to-day may become president in a decade If he be
made of the right stuff and makes his services indispensable.
CONCENTRATION OF GREAT WEALTH.
By William Suiter, M. C.
The total population of the United States Is
about 80,000,000. The total aggregate wealth
is about $05,000,000,000, and It appears that
out of that population less than 25,000 per
sons own more than one-half the aggregate
wealth of the land. And this has all been
brought about in the last twenty-five years
by combinations and conspiracies called trusts
fostered by special legislation and nurtured
by political favoritism. If these conditions obtain In
the next century, I predict that less than 5.000 persons
will control more than three-quarters of the wealth of
this country.
To-day about 200 trusts control wholly or In part every
conceivable product and Industry of the country. These
gigantic coriorations control the supply, monopolize the
product and dictate the price of nearly every necessary
of life. They force out of employment every year thou
sands and thousands of honest tollers and limit produc
tion, enhance prices, reduce wages and arbitrarily write
the terms of their own contracts.
Twenty years ago John D. Rockefeller was worth only
a few hundred thousands of dollars. To-day his wealth
cannot be estimated under a billion. I have searched
the congressional library for statistics bearing upon the
wealth of the great Croesus, whose name has been
handed down through the ages, and find that he pos
sessed a paltry $10,000,000.
DON'T CULTIVATE YOUR NERVES,
By Ella K. Dearborn..
Most nervous people are so because they
cultivate nerves. It Is quite likely an unwise
mother began the undoing of her child's ner
vous system by saying, "Floyd Is so nervous
that he Just can't control himself; If he gets
to crying, he can't stop," and Floyd believes
this himself; and after he 1s so old be Is
ashamed to cry, he takes It out In growling..
Every little annoyance or disappointment ex
cites his wrath. Small obstacles look great to blm. Each,
little care Is a load of woe. The man Is wretched, and
he makes his family unhappy also.
A nervous woman Is bad enough, but a nervous man
Is worse. One may cultivate tranquility quite as suc
cessfully as he cultivates nerves, and the result Is well
worth the effort.
The culminative effects of efforts In self-control go
far In developing strength of character; self-dlsclpllue Is
good for one; get In and bulldoze yourself out of some
of your petty meannesses. Teach the growing child self
restraint and self-reliance. If you are too old (you only
think so) to work any reforms In yourself, at least be
fair to the children, and do not start tnem out In the
business world handicapped by fractious nerves. Length
en the outdoor play spell, and shorten the Indoor time
for study.
QUALITIES OF THE JAPANESE.
By Prof. Charles W. Eliot.
What shall we say of the yellow
race? All we want to know about
a race Is, Can we live with it? A
minister who had long lived in China
replied that that nation had pro
duced a high civilization when the
ancestors of every man In the room
were living In fur clothing In the
wilderness. We have had an excel
lent opportunity to ee what the Jap
anese are like, and I wonder If there
Is any one who will venture to assert
c. w. elmott. that they are Inferior to us mentally,
physically or morally.
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CALIFORNIA PUMPKIN VINE.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., thinks young
men ought to marry wives who know
how to handle money. Most young
women know how to do this. The
great trouble Is that so many of them
get very little to handle after they are
married.
President Roosevelt saluted the Por
to Rlcans as "fellow citizens." They
are not really that, nor under the Ju
dicial decisions are they aliens; yet
they must be naturalized to become
American citizens. But In spite of their
anomalous position among the peoples
of the earth, they are In a real sense
under the American flag. Meanwtlle
, they can take courage from the Presi
dent's expressed Intention to use his
efforts to secure to them actual citizenship.
We are In the Philippines. Are we
going to stay there? If yes, then It Is
time to fix for It It Is foolish always
to play the ostrich. There Is one way
to "fix" and that Is to make the sal
lent points of the Islands Impregnable
against any force an enemy can bring
against them or any one of them and
create a navy that can drive an enemy
from the archipelago. A very religious
general admonished his army: "Trust
in God, but keep your powder dry."
-Cromwell bad little doubt that as be
tween an army with dry powder and
-one with wet God would be on the side
of the former. There Is not much
piety In that reflection, but there is an
abundance of logic In It
New light on conditions in China was
hed by some recent remarks of Bishop
Bashford, a missionary to that coun
try, lie said that for the last three
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The picture Illustrates a not unfa
miliar sight In Southern California,
where vegetation of all kinds makes a
wonderful growth In a single season.
This particular pumpkin vine grew
along the roadside near Los Angeles
and completely covered the trunk and
remaining branches of a dead tree, ex
tending to a height of about twenty
feet It was a pretty sight during the
blossoming period, and later, when the
golden' fruit hung from the branches, It
was even mere beautiful.
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A LITTLE LESSOR IN PATRIOTISM.
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Upllftlns the Public.
Tim There goes a man who has
done much to arouse the people.
Blm Great labor agitator, I sup
pose? Tim Naw; alarm clock manufac
turer. New York Times.
The gun -power of the new battle
ships and cruisers of the Dreadnought
size now building Is shown vividly In
the diagram. These ships will have
broadside of eight twelve inch guns. If
one could Imagine chalus attached to
the projectiles, the force developed by a
broadside of eight guns would be suf
ficient to raise a ship of 17,000 tons
twenty feet In the air. From this the
blow which they are capable of deal
ing to a hostile ship can be under
stood, and also the shock and concus
sion caused in the ship which fires
them. Only the stoutest construction
will stand such a shock. On board a
fine ship when a heavy gun Is fired
the sensation Is like that of a train
suddenly shunted, provided the observ
er is well away from the line of the
blast of the guns. Anywhere near the
blast or in the line of It there may
be great 'danger. There are Instances
on record In war of men having been
killed by the mere rush of the air ac
companying the discharge of a heavy
gun and the passage of a weighty pro
jectile near them. At the battle of the
Yalu several officers on board one of
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the Chinese ships were thrown down &" Ulul " h ,CJ . V 7
pected discharge of a heavy gun near at hand. Over and above the shock,
the e Is the terrible noise, which is deafening and overpowering Eardrums
are apt to be split and bleeding from the mouth and nose caused when the
eUn!rrlL5;; a broadside of eight big twelve inch guns was fired
during the ship's trials. The shock was great, resembling a vigorous push
to the ship, but the concussion did not do the gun crews any serious injury.
Continued heavy firing, however, such as will take place in battle, will impose
a far severer strain upon the human nerves auu, Pu,Bu.tt. UiBin,a..1uu.
The Deer Fly.
A peculiar looking fly, with a long,
thin body and black dotted wings, buz
ed on one of the windows of a North
western elevated car the other day. No
body noticed it until a man, who got
on at Chicago avenue, suddenly left
his seat went across to the window,
and scooped up the fly in his hand. He
examined it closely for a minute, then
be explained to a man sitting near that
the Insect was a species of deer fly rarely
The average woman can get an ouna ouisiae oi i"
awfully big headache In having ttJ A deer fly on an elevated train in Chi
awfully little good time, waa a novelty, said the naturalist
who explained his knowledge by say
ing that he was once In the department
of natural history at Cornell. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Shifting the Borden.
"Doesn't your conscience sometimes
trouble you about things you have to
do In financial deals?"
"A little," answered Mr. Dustln Stax.
"What do you do In such a case?"
"I send for a lawyer.", Washington
Star.
Bow good deeds to-day If you would
reap happiness to-morrow.
It was in the midst of the attack
upon Fort Sumter that the flag fell to
the ground, Its staff shattered, Its folds
blazing with fire. As
it fell, Sergeant re
fer Hart sprang for
ward to catch it
Seizing the burning
bunting, he succeed
ed In extinguishing
the blaze.
While shot and
shell burst around
him be snatched a
hammer and rushed
up the flagstaff to
SERGEANT HART. the of tne at.
tack. With the speed and agility of
a wildcat he ran up the pole wavln?
the flag of the Union defiantly. With
the guns of the enemy directed upon
him, he nailed the flag to the top.
It was the first deed of heroism In
the Civil War. The next day the coun
try rang with the news of the firing
upon Fort Sumter and the heroism of
Peter Hart. There were thousands In
the conflict that followed who risked
their lives Just as he had done. But
who shall say that it was not In many
cases the result of his example?
The first man who ventures to do a
deed of notable bravery In a struggle
lacks the Incentive of precedent His
headlong, reckless daring may be
counted as naught by the developments
of the succeeding day. But there were
many who realized the symbolism of -Hart's
act
The knowledge that men were ready
to risk their lives In order that they
might raise their flag from the dust
inspired them to follow the example of
the man who nailed up the flag at Fort
Simter.
Farmer In Dire Dlatreaa.
There Is no question but what the
farmers are up against It without much
chance of relief. One poor devil over
in Barber County last week lost two
thorougrbred Hereford steers and one
fine milch cow from overeating and the
same week lost four valuable thorough
bred Poland China brood sows, caused
by the bursting of a granary, the, grain
from which smothered the animals.
Something has got to be done. Harper
(Kan.) Sentinel.
Obiolete Warships Bring; Little.
Some thirty obsolete British warshlpt
have been sold at Portsmouth for Just
over $400,000 less than the cost of
the smallest of them. The prices were
regarded as good.