The Athena press., May 28, 1907, Image 2

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Senators Piatt and Depew must LfeTt
poor opinion of Senator Spooner.
A politician In Stratbroy, Ont, was
stepped on by a fast trotter. That was
a horse on him.
One trouble with an Insanity plea Is
that it can't always be stopped at
(Convenient place.
Mr. Harrlman says everybody hates
ft successful man. Not If he keeps his
foot off everybody's neck.
If Mr. Rockefeller had given his un
divided attention to the accumulation
of money, however, he might easily
have been a rich man.
"Is It wise to let sleeping ancestors
ile?" asks a Philadelphia paper. The
trouble Is the wide-awake descendants
do all the lying nowadays.
There will be some real trouble In
this country If two of the panics pre
dicted by our great railroad men ever
come together in a head-on collision.
Americans are said to be the most
profane people in the world, but the
man or woman who makes tnai asser
tlon should be compelled to swear to it
Edgar Saltus thinks everything on
this earth will be properly aajustea Dy
the year 8000. That's about the time
Elijah Dowle Is due back here, Isn't
It?
Un Sikh.' JtO.000.000 elft to society
U to be handled systematically. A great
i ti
disappointment to persons wno nopeu h
would be a case of go early and avoid
the rush.
Persia has only one railroad, and it
Is but ten miles long. If Persia wisnes
t. secure the services of an able rail
road promoter we are willing to lend
Harrlman for an Indefinite perioa.
A London preacher says he Is "go
ing to get the devil down and out of
the Bible." The members of the Down
and Out Club may as well prepare to
receive another distinguished member.
Somebody recently paid $2,000 for
the original manuscript of a poem by
Robert Burns. It came a little too late,
however, to enable Bobby's pubishers
to make him one of the six best sellers.
A Colorado weather prophet who had
predicted a blizzard committed suicide
because sunshine came Instead. The
government would have trouble ,ln the
weather bureau all the time if this
sort of thing were to become epidemic.
An Austrian military officer has writ
ten a pamphlet in which he expresses
the opinion that it would be compara
tively easy for Japan to smash things
on our Pacific coast While It would
be foolish to Ignore the dangers to
which our Pacific coast might be ex
posed in case of war, we may as well
remember that the Austrlnns thought
Spain would be able to whip us with
out calling on any of her reserve forces.
It Is the atmosphere that makes the
sky look blue and the moon yellow. If
we could ascend to an elevation of fifty
tulles above the earth's surface we
should see that the moon Is a brilliant
white, while the sky would be black,
with the stars shining as brightly In
the daytime as at night Furthermore,
as ft most picturesque feature of the
spectacle, we should take notice that
some of the stars are red, others blue,
yet others violet, and still others green
In color. Of course all of the stars (If
we bar the planets of our own system)
are burning suns and the hues they
wear depend upon their temperature.
That we need a national song as an
expression of patriotism Is generally
agreed, and the time will come that
will produce one to answer all the re
quirements. What more fitting monu
ment to any American composer than
ft song that would serve such a splendid
purpose? Who can sit In an English
audience and not be stirred when, as
the strains of "God Save the King"
float out from the orchestra, every man,
woman and child rises In silent trib
ute T Or who can witness the demon
stration which "Hell dlr iin Sieger
krauz" creates in a gathering of Ger
mans without a thrill? Men hare gone
down to welcome death with the words
of "La Marseillaise" on their Hps. By
all means honor the memory of Francis
Scott Key, but let us hall with Joy the
advent of some genius who will give us
ft better national song than "The Star
Spangled Banner."
There are some stories about John D.
Rockefeller now going the rounds that
are fakes pure and simple. For In
stance, a Washington story says that
hs la planning to give $50,000,000 for
the purpose of lifting the Chinese In
their own country to the plane of civ
ilization of the American people. A
New York story says that be Is soon
to give $50,000,000 for educational and
charitable purposes In that city. An
other story from somewhere says that
he is to will $250,000,000 for education
al purposes, etc. These stories are to
be discounted considerably, If they are
to be believed at all. In the first place,
Mr. Rockefeller himself recently placed
his wealth at $300,000,000. If these
stories are to be believed he is going
to give It ail away. That U not ftt all
like John D. In the second place, when
Mr. Rockefeller gives away money he
place It in the hands of men whom he
knows and whom he can trust His ac
quaintance in China Is very limited. In
the third place John D. Rockefeller is
too hrewd a man for a moment to cal
culate that $50,000,000 will do very
much toward the uplifting of the heath
en Chinee. There are about 600,000,000
of them, which means ten cents apiece.
Ten cents will not do very much uplift
ing. Finally, If John D. Rockefeller
wills money for educational purposes,
be will have the care and dispensation
of it pretty definitely determined before
his death. So far as is known, no one
has been approached on the subject.
That Mr. Rockefeller may have some
plans In his mind Is barely possible.
Stories like the above, however, are cir
culated without authority, and un
doubtedly have very little basis In fact
Mr. Rockefeller has given away a large
sum of money already, and it might be
Just like him to conclude that he has
given away enough.
In the maxims of a modern British
satirist appears the epigram, "Those
who can, do ; those who cannot teach."
For "teach" might be substituted, In Jus
tice to the professional teacher, the
words "criticise," "censure," "object"
and "obstruct" President Roosevelt
developed this Idea in a recent address
to Harvard students. He made plain
reference to doctrinaire persons who
meet In parlors, discuss conditions with
no other evident purpose than to deter
mine that conditions are bad, and who
present to the men entrusted with pub
lic affairs no single workable idea. So
few plans are drawn with entire per
fection, so few men are completely and
continuously competent that almost
any one of mediocre intelligence can
find the faults In greater schemes than
the fault-finder could begin to conceive
or carry out, can point to the flaws In
useful public servants beside whom the
critic Is a pygmy. The kind of critic
that the President objects to is the
habitually destructive kind. Neither
the President nor any other man of
action objects to the sort of criticism
which presents a constructive idea, con
ceived in an honest desire to make
things better. Such criticism is helpful.
But when small groups of persons who
warmly agree with each other issue
manifestoes and resolutions which can
not guide the most open-minded man
In a single act they are unserviceable.
and offensive to those who are trying
to ao the work of the world. Since
Plato and Aristotle every critic of poli
tics and art who has gained lasting
authority has offered constructive ad
vice, plans for doing things rather than
strictures upon other men's plans. Lin
coln, one of the most violently and per
sistently criticised of men, knew this
simple test He used frequently to meet
unfair critics by asking them to come
right to Washington and see what they
could do. It Is a test the critic should
bo willing to abide.
SOM1 LONG-LIVED PROFESSIONS,
Musical Composers and Men of Let
ters Reach a Sound Old Age.
iue iBuiwiHiB -inree score years
ana ten' are not the average man's
life, but are named as the average
limit or tnose who arrived at a normal
old age. The average life of men in
various occupations appears in the ap
pended table :
Years. Von
Rural labs. .. .45.32S tone masons. .SS.ia
Carpenters ...45.28 Plumbers 88.18
Domestic 42.03MH1 ODerati ves.JW.OO
Bakers 41.02 Blacksmiths ..37.90
Weaver 41.92 Bricklayers . ..87.70
hhoemakers .. .40.87 Printers 80.68
Tailor 39.40Clerk 34.99
Hatters 38.91Av. Domilatlon an ss
The figures Just given cover most
classes of non-professional work. Mu
sical composers, however, are said to
live longer than persons engaged in oth
er occupations, In proof of which this
eminent list has been prepared :
Auber OSGluck 73
Monsingy SSPiccinl 72
Campra 84(3retry 72
Chernbinl 82Meyerpr 70
Ramonu 81S. Bach "rk
Haydn 77Solevy ........ 63
Spontina 77Boildieu ,...59
Rossini 70Reethoven . .. B7
Salter! "ODulayrac 53
Handel 74LulIi 54
Paisiollo 74Mehul ..54
Lesueur 74
With this rs a basis, the average nse
of the musical composer would be about
71 years approximately the biblical al
lowance.
When Blondln Was Afraid.
One of Blondln's favorite Jokes was
to offer to carry some distinguished
spectator across the rope with hlni on
his back. Everybody naturally refused,
nnd the great equilibrist, with a gen
ial smile, would say, "I am sorry you
are afraid I should drop you." But he
was hoist once with his own petard.
He was exhibiting In Taris and was
about to cross the Seine on his rope.
Cham, the great caricaturist had come
to make a sketch. Blondln, recognis
ing him, at once Invited him to cross
with him. '
"With pleasure," replied Cham, "but
on one condition."
"And that is" queried Blondln.
"That I shall carry you on my
back," answered Cham.
"Not it I know myself," answered
Blondln.
"Ah," triumphantly exclaimed Cham,
"this time, M. Blondln, it Is yon who
are afraid !"
Mothers care not who does the love
making If they are allowed to do the
matchmaking.
Wise men labor while waiting tot
something to torn on,
I Sratioritcs
Aa Indian Serenade.
I arise from dreams of thee
In the first sweet sleep of night,
When the winds are breathing low
And the stars are shining bright
I arise from dreams of thee.
And a spirit in my feet
Hath led me who knows how?
To thy chamber window, Sweet!
The wandering airs they faint
In the dark, the silent stream
And the Champak's odors pine
Like sweet thoughts in a dream;
The nightingale's complaint
It dies upon her heart.
As I must die on thine,
O, beloved as thou art!
O, lift me from the grass!
I diet I faint! I fail!
Let thy love in kisses rain
On my lips and eyelids pale.
My cheek Is cold and white, alas!
My heart beats loud and fast ;
O, press it to thine own again,
Where it will break at lastl
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Crossing the Bar.
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me,
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from ont the
boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell
And after that the dark,
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark.
For tho' from out our bourne of Time
and Place
The floods may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have orost the bar.
Alfred Tennyson.
CARAVANS OP THE DESERT.
Gold Hunters and Consumptives
Found Traveling- Side by Side.
Ever Journeying across the desert
sands and climbing the arid peaks and
foothills of the far Southwest are two
caravans one seemingly rugged and
healthy, though afflicted with a disease
called goldomania, the other emaciated
by the great white plague.
One Is scarcely more optimistic than
the other ; one procession seeks a glit
tering yellow dust that means riches,
the other a more precious thing
health. Though the trail may be long
and the water holes Infrequent ; though
the desert sun may be blistering and
tho tongue swollen with thirst ; though
the mountains may be steep and the
patu strewn with cacti, there is the
glittering substance in the sand a lit
tle farther on for the argonaut ; a lease
of life at the horizon, when the red
desert sun announces the dawn of an
other day, for the white plague's vic
tim.
To many seeking their wonted vigor
the hope that ever carries them on
ward Is sometimes as futile as the race
after the will-o'-the-wisp that lures the
argonaut
But the procession moves on and on ;
the pilgrims cannot leave the sands un
til the mountain air and sunshine have
healed the scars made by death's chief
ally.
The main trail of the weak-lunged
leads from Pecos to Yuma. For moro
than 1,000 miles prospector and plague-
ridden traverse Its tortuous course. In
the caravan seeking gold nearly all are
poor. In the caravan exiled and fight
ing for health there are rich and poor,
high and low, democratic and fraternal
In their Ills and expectancy.
To some this hope is as uncertain
of realization as the prospector's pot
of gold at the end of the rainbow. But
many who have early Joined the pil
grims, after years of travel by day
under the scorching sun and sleep by
night In the pure air of the mountain
top, end their allotted exile and return
to the old home 1,000 or more miles
distant
But the ranks are soon recruited.
And some there are who- must travel
along the great highway until the end.
Oftentimes the bones of prospector
nnd plngue-ridden are found bleaching
in tho canyon. The skeleton hand of
one is outstretched up tne ninsiae,
where others reach the goal and gold ;
the bony fingers of the other point
home. St Louis Republic.
Illustrious Shoemakers.
Shoemaklng Is a calling which has
given the world some very great men.
One authority asserts that the majority
of cobblers have exceptional brains;
that their attitude when stooping over
their work tends to a cranial develop
ment In the part where the intellectual
faculties are seated. Some one has
written a book of Illustrious shoemak
ers. In it are Sir Cloudesley Shovel,
Olfford the Terrible, Bloomfleld, author
of the well-known "Farmer's Boy;"
Carey, the orientalist ; Admiral Myngs,
George Fox, founder of the Society of
Friends; John Kltto, the biblical schol-'
tr, and Sturgeon, the electrician. The
list of Illustrious shoemakers runs into
cores.
How to Ebonlse.
Picture frames, chairs and other fur
niture may be ebonlsed by washing
them four times, thoroughly drying
between times, in a boiling mixture of
strong logwood and water. Then wash
the wood in a solution of acetate of
iron, which Is ft mixture of iron filings
and vlaegax.
S. F. Sharp
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