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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1904)
TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER. E8TINQ ITEMS. Coram eata and Crltlclama Dated Up6 tka Uapptnln t thm Daj Hitters' tal asd Newt Notta. Borne men find It easier to dodge an obligation than to meet It Fortune U the only knocker that a man Ukei to see at hit door. NIne-tentht of life's pleasure are denied the woman who Is dumb. ! . oner the self-made man boatts of a Job that other men would be ashamed of. Clothes makes the man. That's nhy .rhuan clothes makes a man feel that war. TM, ..nnn mnn In untitles ll not A tlC jvuiifc ...mm ... - comlng to the front He Is at tho front It teems that the Filipinos had been carrying tho openwork fad to an ex treme. It's a bum magazine these days thnt hasn't an article on bucaneerlng finance. Fewer marriages would be failures If the contracting parties would act after marriage as they did before. The young man who marries an heiress has a soft snap unless she's a Boston girl, then It's a cold snap. It Is easy to acquire a fortune. All you bare to do Is to quit spending your money In trying to get something for-nothing. The olive crop Is a failure, but tho cucumber pickle crop Is fully up to the average. The American girl will be happy yet, you bet Sve are informed that the Japs are natural-born politicians. The informa tion Is confirmed by the fact that they ore, taking passes on all the Russian roads., Pity the poor war correspondents. It Is much less wearing on the consti tution not to know what Is going on than to know all about It and not be able to tell. A clublady has discovered that woman has a keener sense of humor than man and goes on to establlsn the great fundamental truth that near ly all man's fallings are due to h.'s natural conceit Bishop Potter's wife has been robbed of $00,000 worth of Jewelss It is only fair to say for the benefit of young men who are thinking of enter ing the ministry that the Jewels were not purchased with money saved out or me gooa uisuop s iuij. Probably one reason why Sir. Rocke feller Is glad that he Is a loyal Amer ican Instead of a subject of King Ed ward Is because It he lived In England bis Income tax assessment annually, It Is said, would keep five of bis ma jesty's first-class battleships In com mission. It costs a sorry lot to be a multimillionaire In some countries. ' Belgium Is probably the most demo cratic of all the monarchical states. The King of the Belgians not only does not wear a crown, but has not even a crown to wearl No coronation cere mony Is known to the constitution, the sovereign Inaugurating his reign slm ply by taking an oath to govern ac cording to the laws. Moreoyer, the births of bis children. If be has any, must be registered In exactly the same phraseology and in the same set of books as the births of the humblest of bis subjects. Organized governments are rapidly deciding that it Is unwise to harbor enemies of organized government. A little more than a year ago the Ameri can Congress passed a law excluding anarchists, and It has been declared constitutional. The British House of Commons has recently passed an alien Immigration bill, which. If the House of Lords approves it, will make It pos sible to exclude not only alien anarch ists, but undesirable aliens of any other kind. One branch of the Swiss legislature has approved a bill mak ing the advocacy of anarchy a penal offense. Laws already In existence In France, Germany, Russia, Italy and other European countries forbid the teaching of anarchistic doctrines. It Is chnrged that while only train ed, high-grade men can operate trains that are not fully equipped with all the latest Improvements, the Installa - tlon of these Improvements Is often used as an excuse for employing Infe rior men, thus off-setting any measure of safety that might have been added by the Improved equipment The pub lic, after all. Is to blame. Every man, of course, regrets the loss of life In railway accidents and Is ready to cen sure the managers for running trains at too high a rate of speed, but when be starts on a trip he wants the speed limit removed. The nation Is In a hur ry and tho railroad company that pro posed to lessen the speed of trains for the express purpose of reducing the chances of accidents would promptly be ridiculed as an old fogy outfit and Its business would go to Its rival. Hetty Green, the richest woman In America, ate lunch the other day In a Boston restaurant which the gaping crowds say sho apparently enjoyed. When she presented her check to the cashier It called for eight cents. The stingy old thing! Had tho check called "for $8, Mrs. Green could have paid It as easily, though such extravagance would doubtless have made her quite III. If she wero to eat lunches that cost $8 every half hour of tlie twenty four and every day In the year she . would bo unablo to spend a twentieth part of her Income. One naturally asks why this rich old woman should prac tice stinting. She has moro money than she knows what to do with. One would thlnk she would desire nt least the comforts of life. Tho fact Is the woman has economized so long It is a part ot her life. Bho finds a certain sort ot pleasure In It To save a tow cents Is to her a triumph of manage ment But there Is a lesson In Hetty Green's eight-cent lunch a lesson tho American people need. We are likely to spend 80 cents rather than eight We are extravagant We have our thrifty people, but they are the exception. Wo are Inclined to diow ourselves, iue Droverblal "rainy day" has been ex punged from the average American cal endar. As a nation or spenuers we may well point a moral with Hetty Green's eight-cent lunch, as well as adorn a tale. Serious charges are those which the president of Brown University brought against college athletics during the conference of univcrilty presidents at St Louis, If they are substantiated the authorities of our educntloual In stitutions ought to unite In drastic ac tion designed to check the existing abuses, even though. In order to do so. It shall prove necessary to prohibit Intercollegiate athletics altogether. It has been matter of common belief for ti long tlmo past that tho football teams baseball nines and rowing crews of the colleges aro made up largely. If not wholly, from profession als matriculated solely for that pur rose, says the Chicago Journal. It has been more or les positively known that the intercollegiate exhibitions ot various athletic torts are largely. If not chiefly, money-making enterprises. President Faunce has turned theso suspicions Into certainties aud has dis covered In all college athletics a shock ing state ot affairs which would Jus tify their total abolition so far as Inter collegiate contests aic concerned. Ath letics Is a vitally necessary accompani ment of college training; the sound body Is equally essential with the sound mind within it But It Is a mat ter of health more than ot winning victories. The result of It should Ih health and Its preservation rather than the Joys of triumph. When It becomes a thing so Important that the students are willing to sacrlllce their honor as gentlemen by hiring professionals under a subterfuge !t Is time to- do away with It Too many young men go to college and devote most of their atetntlon and energy to sports and games, and this Is due to the promi nence allowed athletics in the cur ricula. But It Is the college authorl ties who are to blame for this. They have learned it Is good advertising, and not the least Important part of their duties Is to build up their col leges. But they really cannot much longer allow a condition of affairs which, as President Faunce says, will develop their students Into "leaders In evading taxes, corrupting politicians and bribing Juries." PORTABLE SUMMER HOMES. Cottages May Now Be Carried to the Country at Moderate Coat. A great advantage of the portable house for summer outings Is that It can be used every year In a different place. A family may have a change of scene every season. The cost of a portable house varies from $oO to ?ouu nnu is about one-third less than that ot a house of the same size built by a car penter. As summer cottages they meet the needs of those who want to spend tho i summer In the country, but who can- summer m " cuu??. . . ' the mountains, at a low cost and spend the summer In one of these houses. The cost of transportation by freight Is not great, for they can be packed Into a very small space, each part be ing flat They are not so plain as one might suppose, for many of them have nl.. or wines, which mar be added If desired. I know of such a house In which a family of four have spent their sum mers at the seashore for several years. The bouse Is divided Into Ave rooms one used as a living room, three ot the others as bedrooms and one as a kitchen. In the first place the house cost them about $200, the transportation about $20 and they pay the landowner $30 fa year for the privilege of putting up the house for the summer. They And It much cheaper than boarding and much more comfortable than camping In a tent. In the winter the bouse is either left standing or packed away In a neighboring barn. Two men can put up this portable bouse In a few hours with a screw driver, a monkey wrench aud a ham mer. Country Life In America. Guess Again. An old lawyer tells, In the Brooklyn Eagle, this story of one of his experi ences, years ago, In cross-examination. The witness seemed to be disposed to dodge bis questions. "Sir," said the lawyer, sternly, "you need not state your Impressions. Wo want the facts. We are competent to form our own Impressions. Now, sir, answer me categorically." From that time on be could get lit tle more than "yes" and "no" out of the witness. Presently the lawyer said: "You say you live next door to the defendant?" "Yes." "To tho north of blmi" "No." "To the south?" "No." "Well, to the. west, then?" "No." "Ah," said tho lawyer, sarcastically, "wo are likely at last to get down to the one real fact. You live to the east of hlra, do you?" "No." "How Is that, sir?" the astonished attorney asked. "You say you live next door to him. Yet he llvps neither to the north, south, cast nor west of you What do you mean by that, sir?" "I thought perhaps you were com petent to form tho Impression that we live In a flat," said the witness, calm ly; "but I see I must Inform you that he lives next door above mo." Don't ever grieve to death If you enn help It. Such a death, Is very unsatls- I factory to the doctors, as It affords them nothing to cut out. ' "You go ahead and do It," Is ouo way, but there Is a limit to that policy. ,r 1 . . - Vi-ia -7 . J. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Wato ol rorcsts Mean Ruin. HE people ot the United States can derive an object lesson from Braill as to the climatic effects produced by the destruction of forests. No more striking Illustration could be found of the fact that trees make the weather. In northern Bratll large states have been brought to the verge of ruin through the devas T tation ot the timber lands. United States Consul General Kipper at Rio dc Janeiro calls attention to the chronic drouths and torrefactlon in tho states Norte and Cenra, where the parched country nus urougiu such suffering that relief measure have been put In opera tion by the government. The consul gcenrai points om that the situation there cau be definitely traced to the wanton destruction ot the timber, once abundant In those regions. Now the slates aro Doing ucpopniaicu, uuu is olation rolgns where once nature offered every Inducement to tho settler. The United States In recent years has taken steps to ward the protection of Its forests, but the laws aro still far from stringent Tho government was slow to awake tn the iirireiipv of the matter. The waste of timber In this country during the past fifty years has belief. Tho continental rallroaus alone, uesiroyeu minimi" of acres ot forests. They slashed and burned recklessly In building their lines, and their engine set lire to and ruined vast areas. Settlers, with no thought of the future value of the timber, added heavily to the watte. In one way or ntiother, the ruthless baud of the destroyer has done damage that cau be repaired only at the cxpouso of many years. The forestry department of the government is one that should be built up and strengthened by laws designed not only to foster the growing of trees, but to protect the tim ber now standlug. Chicago Journal. Wo and Our Neighbors, MMIORATION is a subject of Infinite possl hiiltlcs. We had P30.S30 Immigrants last year; Canada had 12S.00O. Who Is the moro advan taged! Of ours 033.000 came from tho south ot Europe Latins and Slavs a class that all authorities on the subject say Is little to be desired. Of Canada's comparatively small mm amount SO per cent came from Great Britain, Uennany. France. Belgium, the Scandinavian countries and the United States the best material in the world to build up a country and make It richer materially and morally. Not the klud to people the slums of the cities, live from hand to mouth, Increase the drain on pauper care, and. In large part, to get out of the country when they have got all out of It that they can or want. Canada has millions of acres, and she Is setting about their disposal In a way to attract the good citizen. She offers, too, a stable government; peace, order and law. where, alas, we have and offer turbulence and n liberty that, becoming license, Infringes on rights llkon tyranny. Is the great republic losing Us charm? Is the glamor pass Ing off? Our Immigration total does not look like it But igaln comes the question of quality. What boots it that we get the offscourings of Southern Europo and part with some of our best blood to build up our neighbor to the north, where fruits of their industry arc os? Indianapolis News. The Cost and Tolly of Wor. IIF. war In the fur East, according to the com putation of a well-informed newspaper of Paris, is costing the Russian government at least $1,000,000 a day, and the expense Is In reaslng dally. If the war continues for years, as the experts say it Is pretty sure to do, Rus sia will accumulate a burden of debt that will . llMVv upon many future generations. iuau uui it " - - . was very strong. Russia, on the contrary, has been throw ing millions after millions since the new policy with re gard to the Asiatic portion of the empire was put Into operation. Nobody knows how much the Trans-Siberian railway has cost. But It Is an enormous amount; and the expenditures on Port Arthur, Dalny. Harbin. Vladivostok, and the other outposts nave run imo w. OBEYING ORDERS. During the war with Spain 47,000 soldiers were nt one time camped at Chlckamauga nwaltlng orders for the Invasion of Cuba. Some of the regi ments were made up of the finest and most earnest young men of the com-munltles-from which they came. Tho exigencies of camp life necessitated duties with which they bad been un familiar. From one cavalry regiment two young men, cultivated, wcc.iny, and graduates of colleges, were detail ed to assist In horseshoeing; and so faithfully did they do their work that within a month they were able to make as good a bo-seshoe, and shoe a borso as well, as men who had been trained to the trade from youth. "It was not exactly what we hnd In mind when wo enlisted," said one of them, "and It was as near the battle field us wo ever rot; but it was our way of serving our country then, and we tried to do our duty." A harder duty still was assigned to another man In the same regiment. The major detailed him to keep tho regimental canteen. Not only wns he a total abstainer, but ho was opposed to tho canteen on principle, and In his conversation with bis comrades bad made no secret of his tecllng In tho matter. He hotly resented his assignment to this hateful labor, aud could easily have risen In rebellion at what seemed a gratuitous Insult to his well-known principles. But he said to himself that the responsibility for his assignment to the task rested with the major, but the responsibility for tho war In which bo performed his duty was his own. So lie took up the unpleasant work amid not a little curiosity ou tho port of his comrades concerning the way In which he would obey tho major's or dirs. "I will give you the beer If you want It," he said to tho tlrct man who asked for a drink of beer, "but I have some thing better here In tho finest lemon ade to be found In camp." Removing the cover, ho-dlsclosed a generous ves sel fllled'to the brim with rich lemon ade, and n large lump of Ico In the middle. It wns too tempting to re , slst, and the lemonade was pr-chased Instead of tho beer. Beforo noon of the first day bs lemonade wub known throughout tho camp, and the run upon tho canteen wob such that be was kept busy making more, and ho took pains to keep tho quality up to tho mark. lions. Indeed, it was pretty well known to the Japanese as well as to the rest of the world that Russia's treasury was In an extremely bad way at the time war was declared. But the $1,000,000 a day Is, after all, only small part ot the bills Russia baa to face. Her losses of battleships have meant the destruction ot hundreds of millions ot dol lars' worth of property that must be replaced, and the prospective capture ot her great towns with their arma ments must make the Czar's heart sick. Considered as a plain business proposition, the war with Jap.iu does not seem to be a very good Investment. Even though Russia should win at last, she will have to defend her possessions more expensively than ever, and how many years of ownership ot Manchuria will bo required to make up her losses? Chicago Journal. of Rio (Srande do locn almost beyond absolutely lost to It Is not merely uunurm. oi m,. The major came by and saw bow he was conducting the place, but he rais ed no objection. The men of the regi ment understood the reason for sup plying the lemonade, and although at first there had been some disposition on the part of the rougher ones to make merry over the uncomfortable situation In which the young mnn had been placed, even these camo to ad mire the spirit In which he obeyed or ders, and they rallied to his support. When his duties nt the canteen were over, he was found it the camp Young Men's ChrlBtlan Association, helping In the religious work of the regiment. But tho popularity of bis lemonade proved so great as to de mand n steady supply of It, and In proportion as the lemonade was con sumed, the sale of other drinks dimin ished. The young soldier had obeyed his or ders, and performed a task which his soul despised, but ho did It In a way that helped to glvo uls regiment the reputation of being one of the soberest and most orderly In camp. HALL8AND8 IS OOOMED. Unnll.h Vllluge la Falling Bloly Into the Bea. Nestling under the cliffs about a mllo from Start point, on the east side. Is a cluster of white cottages, which forms tho village ot Hallsands, says the London Graphic, Far removed from a railway and separated from tho nearest point of tourist tralllc by sev eral miles of rough Devonshire lanes, Its main connection with modem life Is tho dally cart which carries crabs to the station. Tho village, which Is built closo to the tiea, faces Hist, and Is exposed to the fury of easterly galea. Walls and quays have from tlmo to tlmo been built to prevent the waves reaching tho houses and nntnro provided a safe guard from tho peril In the shape of fifty yards of pebble bench which tho gnlo rolled up against tho quays and so formed a natural embankment to preservo the walls and foundations, All would, no doubt, have continued to go well with tho prlmltlvo spot had not tho contractors for government works at Keybam cast their eyes on that bunk of shingle. They persuaded the governmrmt to let them uso this beach for their work, and for threo years every spell of flno weather brought tho dredger to tho spot and strings of lighters would, go away ludeu with the 'shingle. In time tho beach sank twelve feet for a mllo and a half, leaving the quays exposed. When bad weather Railroads In Darkest Africa. T seems only the other day that explorers were gaining fame by penetrating to regtona of Africa through which one may now ride In a drawing room car. Tho other day the first through trnln left Capo Town for Victoria falls, on the Zambesi River, near where Liv ingstone died, and on the edge ot that region tho exploration of which made Stanley famous. Willi the opening ot traffic of this southern section ot the Capo to Cairo road half the aplendld dream of Cecil Rhodes a dream which caused men of lesser minds to say that he was touched with madness becomes materialized Into a prosaic, working fact, a matter of freight rates, time tables and tips to the Pulnian porter. . From tho north one cau now travel more than a thou sand miles to where only a few years ago, "the fires of hell encircled In the desert lost Khartum" as easily as one can travel to Chicago, and south of Gordon's reclaimed capital the railroad Is creeping along the banks of the Upper Nile. From Capo Town to Victoria Falls Is another thousand miles, leaving something like 2,600 miles more ot road to be built, but much less than that It use Is made, as It will be at first, of the long stretches ot lake navigation available. A section of only 730 miles will carry the south ern stretch of the road to I -ike Tanganyika, from the northern end of which a short section will connect with Jhe head waters of the Nile. Before we fully realize what Is being accomplished, the scream of the locomotive whistle will scare the Infant Nllus in his cradle aud the realm of the Pharaohs find an outlet along the shores where Table Mountain looks out toward the Antartlc seas. All the schemes of ambition cherished tty the dead Egyptian kings had no vision of expansion so great as this. The dream of Cecil Rhodes was greater than the dreams of the Pharaohs. New York Press. A National Peril. HERE Is more In the toleration ot recent auto mobile performances on the highway than the mere Ignoring of the rights and the safety of other people, since the thing would not be pos sible unless we had forgotten part ot the spirit of our Institutions. For Instance, it la Impossible to avoid the conviction that the only reason some of the men who drive racing machines escape gaol Is that they are conspicuous In some way, generally the possession of a good deal of money. The average man would serve a term behind the bars It he caused the needless annoyance and danger and damage which these men do. But If this Is true, where Is the practical equality before the law of which we have boasted for years? And without that what becomes of the basis of our system of popular government? In the matter of sport that the change has come. It Is commonly observed that It Is almost im possible to punish Individuals or corporations of a certain prominence for some offenses. Between the complaint and the exaction ot the penalty thero Is almost always a way ot escape for these people, although there would not be for smaller fry. The exceptions are Just about enough to prove the rule. It Is a more or less clear perception ot the fact which causes much of the discontent which existing In Ignorant men, takes queer and unreasonable forms, but Is none the less founded In a certain degree of Justice, and which among wiser men leads to apprehension ot the future, un less we can bring about a more general regard for sound principles of Justice and for the authority of law against one exactly as against another. Hartford Times. came tho mischief dono was apparent Ground swells swept the beach bare, leaving little rocks. Soon the walla of the quays began to suffer, and then the sea began slowly but surely to en cronch on tho shore, until house after house had to be abandoned because of the damage done to thorn by the forco of the waves that beat against them unrestrainedly. Every storm docs furtbox damage and one of the last Inroads made by the sen cut through the one atrcet of tho village, tho two sides of which aro now connected by a wooden foot brldgo. A fund has been started to purchase land on the top of the cliff at tho back of tht tillage, as a site for a new village, for tho old Hallsands seems doomed. The destruction of the fishing village Is to be made tho subject of a lawsuit. An owner of property thero has Issued a writ against Sir John Jackson, Lim ited, tho contractors for Keyham dock yard extension works. Tho plaintiff al leges that the defendants, by dredging, removed thousands of tons of shingle, which formed a natural barrier against tho sea, The admiralty and Sir John Jackson subscribed $7,300 toward a sea wall to protect the village, but that has been partially washed away. He Gets Up Early. "If you want to get cool In these hot days," said a man who begins bis dally work nt 0 o'clock In the morning, "try rising early. "I get up at about a quarter past 3 In tho morning and get out Into the open air Just before 4 o'clock, which Is half an hour before sunrise. It Is pret ty nearly broad daylight then, and tho uspect of things Is cheerful, and the transition from Indoors to the bright cool outer air Is delightful, "The atmosphere is Just then at Its coolest, from Its longest freedom from the warmth of the sun, and It Is clear and bright and tonic. If you want a breath of cool, fresh nlr In the hottest season get up and get out at 4 o'clock In the morning," Chicago Inter 0cCB11' Too Much to ICipeot. Brookelelgh I don't know what time It Is. Ascum Isn't your watch running? Brokelelgh I don't think so, I could hardly expect the pawnbroker to keep It wound up. Philadelphia Press, Now up and up, when you take a good look at yourself In the glass, don't you think, "Well, I'm not such a bad-looking fellow?" Why Should the Placid Ilovln Inspire Terror In tut Feminine llrtast, "Coward one who Is afraid of a cowl" shouted a derisive small brother across a stout wall, moved to a sudden fury of definition unauthorized by Webster or Worcester. Ills sister, few years older than he, was clamber ing wildly over the wall, panic-stricken by the apparition ot a mild aud tnootug procession lumbering barnward from ruuud a corner of the lane. Why are women, not country bred, Instinctively afraid ot cows? What Is there terrible In a cow. except that It Is big? But then, what It thtrt ter rible In a mouse, txcrpt that It It small? Both forms of fear art put tllug; both aro amusing to the onlook er, but real and painful to tht sufferer. Both are a matttr of tht nerves; aud both, fortunately, are dlsnppcartng us au athletic outdoor llfo gives health and nerves and courage to women. Most women still dislike mice; but a inutist among an assembly of women no longer creates au uproar, and even she who shudders and tklpt to tafety on a sofa neither shrieks nor collapses In a faint upon her perch, as our fore mothers were not ashamed to do. There Is a Ilka Improvement In tho relation of women to cows. Moat wo men yet prefer cows at a distance; but they aro teaming fast to endure, to confront, to duty, to "shoo," yes, tveu at need to iiillk the monster beforo which they were wont to flee lu terror with outcries of dismay, or to appeal abjectly for help to the nearest freckle faced boy of but a fraction their ago and Inches. The tramping girl, the ramping girl, the camera girl, tht golfing girl, tho botantitug girl all find It alike Incon venient aud humiliating to pamper their fear of cowa If fear they have. It hat become a thing to conquer. Moreover, out who hat conquered It de clares there are few prouder momenta In tht life ot womau than that In which the Drat successfully "shoot" a cow. Parasol, stick, or even stalk of mullein or waving fern-froud lu hand anything to give the sense of being armed aha brarea her tnul for mar tyrdom and kcept tho middle of tht path, heroically Indicating to the ap proachlug cattlt that It It for them, nevermore for her. to take to the ditch when space It Insufficient. There Is a breathlrta, an awful In stantthen a great hoof splays spat tering Into the mud, tht dun bulk of the leader lumbers clumally aside with cow-btll clashing, the others, turning large ayes Inquiringly upon her at they past, follow suit, and victory It hersl Henceforth tht twilight hour, loveli est of all In country byways, hat lost Its terrors. Her cowardice overcome, tht can tvtn welcome as an added charm In tht tranquil tctut of unper turblug presenrt of tht ptcturtaque, placid, alow, sweet-breathing- cow. Youth't Companion. Curloua Card Hhowe Aft. Let any perton under 04 yeart of age point out all the columns In which his agtt Is found. Add togtthtr the num bcrt at tht bead of thett columns, and the sum will be bis age: A. II. C. D. E F. 1 2 4 8 10 82 3 8 0 0 IT 83 6 a o io is si 7 7 7 11 IB 83 0 10 12 12 0 80 11 11 13 13 21 87 13 14 14 14 22 33 10 15 13 IS 23 80 17 18 20 24 24 40 10 10 21 23 23 41 21 22 22 20 20 42 23 23 23 27 27 43 23 20 28 28 28 44 27 27 20 20 20 40 20 80 80 80 30 4(1 Bl 81 81 31 31 47 83 84 80 40 4 8 48 80 33 87 41 49 40 87 88 08 42 60 60 30 30 39 43 61 61 41 42 44 44 62 62 43 43 43 43 63 63 43 40 40 40 64 64 47 47 47 47 63 65 49 60 62 60 6') 6(1 61 61 63 o7 67 67 63 64 64 68 68 6H 63 63 63 69 60 6U 67 68 00 00 00 CO 60 69 01 01 01 01 01 62 02 02 02 02 03 63 03 03 03 03 First Oily Horn. Theodore Roosevelt Is a native of New, York City the first natlvo of that city, or of any large city of the coun try, to bold the office of President of the United States. Ueorgo Washington was born In a small town In Westmoreland County, Virginia; Jefferson at Bbuuwell, .Madi son at Port Conway, the first Harrison at Berkeley, Tyler at Charles City, and Monroo at a small settlement In West moreland County all In Virginia. Jackson's birthplace was at Waxbaw, an Isolated settlement on tho border line between North and South Caro lina, John Adams and John Qulncy Adams were bora In Qulncy, Mass. CJrant was a native ot Point Pleasant, Ohio; Oarfleld of Hlrain, Harrison of North Bend, Hayes of Delaware, and William McKIuley of Nlles all in Ohio. Polk was born at Plnevllle, a settlement In Mecklenburg County, N. C, a town of less than 600 Inhabitants. Abraham Lincoln was bom at a small settlement In Larue, then Hardin Coun ty, Kentucky; General Taylor at a small settlement In Virginia; Franklin Pierce at Hlllsboro, Mass.; James Bu chanan at Cope Gap, Pa,; Andrew Johnson at Raleigh, N. C. Of tho New York Presidents, Martin Vun Buren ,wot born at Ktndcrbook, N. Y.; Fill more at Summerhlll, N. Y.; Arthur at ,Falrfleld, Vt, and drover Cleveland at Caldwell, N, J. Chicago Inter Ocean. hlugle Nothingness. A numbtr of Philadelphia lawyors, saya tht .Philadelphia Public Ledger, were exchanging stories of their ex periences with witnesses under exam ination. One or the party told the fol lowing: He was questioning a wltucss, and said, "You have lived lu Philadelphia a number of years. How long?" "Just twenty-flvo years," "Wbero did you live before that time?" asked the lawyer, hoping to prove an Important point, "I didn't live," replied the witness. "I was tingle." You can say a whole lot In a minute. OLD' f FAVORITES ; 4--H--H-r4l-rr4--H-' Farmer John, Home from hit Jouruay Farmer Joliu AtrlrtJ thla morning, aaft tnd sound, III. I.I.M, iiff and lila old clotllta OU, "Now I'm myaelf," ts;t Farmer John; And he thinks, "I'll look, aruunu. - Up Ictpa the dogs "Gat down, you pup; Ara villi at Llni1 rnll would eat tilt IHY ' The horses prick up their ttra tt lilmi "Wall, well, out linyi II. ha nl.l fil-.vl Do you get good feed when I am awsy?" "You haven't a rlhl" ssya Farmer John: "The rattle are looking round and alcek; rue run is going io ne a roan, A...I ., I...... ,u , .... , I...... Iim liaa crown! nru nrim me ran urai . Haja Farmer John. "When Pt been on to csll yon again about the trough. Aim waien mm j'Pi yuii li a greater comfort Ihnn Jon cau think I Aim lie pata mil liny And lie tlnpa old (Irnjr. "Ah, thla Is the comfort of Klg away! "For, after all." said Fanner John. "The brat nf the Journey la geltlna home! I've aeen great tight hut would 1 Thla apot, and the peaceful life I For all their Parla and Rome? These hllla for tlie city's stilled air, And big hotels, all bilall and glare; Laud all houara, anil Mad all aloiira, That deafen )oiir eara and bltr your honra? Would yon, old Bay? Would ynu, old dray? That'a what on geta by golug away I" 'There, money la king," saya Fanner John; "And faahhin la queen; and It's mighty qilei-r To are how, aonirllmea, while the man It raking and scraping all he cau, The wife spends every year, thiough, you'd think, for aeora of wlrea. To keep I linn In lusiiry all tlirlr llirei, The town It a perfect Babylon To a quiet chap," aaa Fanner John. "You aee. old Hay, You are, old tlray I'm w Iter than when 1 went away." "Pre found out this," saya Farnirf John "That happlneaa la not bought ami sold, And clutched la a lift ot waile ami hurry, In nlghta of pleasure snd daya of worry; And wealth lau't all In gold. Mortgage and Blocks and tru per rent. But In almpla wa)a and awret content. Few wanta, pure hopes, ami uotiln ends. Some laud to till, and a few good friend). Like you. old Bay, And you, old dray I That's what I've learned by going away." J. T. Trowbridge. NEVER HAD A CANDIDATE. Ilawkeja Htale la Ntitr Iloubtfut, That'e the Keaaon, Iowa flrat took part In n national election In 1K48 and It has since grown to be out of the moat lniortnut Htnti-i of the country, with moro thnn 3(KI,00I voters, and, from Its geographical po sition, exercising great power In tho West Home of the moat Important po litical agitations which havo swnyed the action of other Western States have had their origin In lown, notably "the Granger movement," "tint null railroad fight," and "tho aealed puck age" agitation as applied to the prohi bition question, But, though Iowa has Iiwii abund antly recognised In all other Hues of political preferment (It haa now two representative In the President's I'nb Intt, tht Secretary of tho Treasury nod the Secretary of Agriculture, and had In the last Congress the Speakership). It has never been recognlied by either of the great political parties for a nom ination to tho Presidency or tho VU-o Presidency. Twice tho Democrats took their Presidential candidate from neighbor ing Nebraska, twlco their Vice Presi dential candidate from neighboring Missouri, twlco their Vlco Presidential candidate from neighboring Illinois, the States which make the western, south ern and chief eaatern boundary ot Iowa. But from the State of Iowa It self no candidate for President or Vlco President has come In u Democratic national convention. On tho Republican side the failure to nominate an lowan has been equally marked. Tho Hawkeye Htato has vo ted In turn for every Republican can didate for the Presidency sluco and In cluding Fremont, but though It has u long Hue ot Cabinet appointments Klrkwood, McCrary, Iliirlnn, Hnttnii, Belknap, Wilson, and Hhaw It hn never recotved a nomination for Pres ident or Vlco President. Tho most natural expiation Is that Iowa has nev er been considered n doubtful State. Chicago Inter Ocean. Waves of I'oaalmlam. Pessimism alwnya exists, but It comes In waves, ond a wnvo of this kind Is Just now sweeping over thu world. Anyone who will take llio trou ble to look over tho magazine mid newspaper flics will find bait n dozen times In tho last 20 years when wo wero treated to tho snmo pessimism nnd to much tho sanio stories of na tional, moral and political decay ns no are to-day. If all of theso were trim wo would bo sunk so low to-duy that It would bo Impossible to go any lower. It, however, wo compare long ranges of tlmo wo see unquestioned progress In every line, moral and political, us well as Industrial and financial. Wo hear complaints of bad municipal gov ernment, of gruft lu Kt. Louis, crook edness In Minneapolis nnd rntti'iincss In Philadelphia, but, ns a matter of fact, the conditions for tho country ns a whole aro greatly Improved, Tho apparent decline Is duo to tho fact that we know of ull tho corruption to-day, thanks to tho press, whereas of old It was hidden nwny In darkness nnd se crecy. In tho snmo way tho apparent Increaso In crime, which Is tho basis of the English plaint, tho greater number of arrests reported everywhere, tho larger number of prisoners In Jail, do not really mean more crime, but nio duu to tho fact that we havo n bet lor pollco system nnd that very few crimes go undetected and unpunished, as they did formerly, New Orleans Times-Democrat.