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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1904)
Topics of the Times 2 Girls, don't seek husbands ffo after the bachelor. Tombstone epitaphs don't tool the recording angel. It the Japanese neither kiss nor cuss, iwhat are their pleasures! A woman without a streak of Jeal ousy In her make-up Is like an engine (without steam. If the wife Isn't bosa during the bone j moon she doesn't amount to much as a ruler. dam and Ere probably Tlslted the tree of knowledge for the purpose of studying the higher braachea. Anybody with an ambition to be smother John L. Sullivan should go and take a look at.the poor old fel low now. Andrew Carnegie says that the cap tain of Industry who seeks a board of dollars is of a low type. What a Massed thing Is reform! An average of fourteen railroad col Uslons a day Is a record In the United States last year. To use a classic i.Lrase, wouldn't that Jar yon? King Edward Is spending more mon ey on household expenses than bis mother did; still, everybody knows how the price of beefsteak baa gone P. . A Baltimore man and woman have been remarried after being divorced for ten days. The lawyers In that case appear to be about the only ones who got anything out of it Gold deposits have been discovered tn Thiht This belne the case, the Grand Llama may as well get ready tn more out England can't let . Thibet lie around unused any longer. Somebody who has counted them says there are SC9.720 grains In a bushel of wheat This Is Interesting, but It doesn't go fsr enough, llow many particle are there In a barrel f flour? Hibernlanlsm Is a flower that never fades. A New York paper accuses an Triah naaar of savlna. in an account f a burrlary. "After a fruitions search, all the money was recovered except eae pair of boots." Professor Charles A. Brlggs baa been promoted to a postgraduate pro fessorship of theological encyclopedia and symbolics. , Presumably the first three months of the course will be oc cupied by students In learning what all that menas. The Duke of Cambridge has been buried beside his wife, who could not bear his name because sbe wasn't of royal blood. It Is quite clever of the royal family to concede, In thus per mitting the duke to He In pease at last beside the woman be loved, that roy alty ceases at (he grave to figure in the proceedings. all that man doe and la and baa dif fer so widely from our own. And yet as this world shrinks year by year, ua- der man's expanding Intelligence, that sympathetic understanding of other race must be won. Without It con tact can mean only conflict .With It alone Is there hope for the solution of the many-aided problem of the races. Sir Edwin Arnold was a pioneer, a missionary of sympathy between dis tant lands, a builder of peace. Ills ser vices well deserve the remembrance of coming generations. Will the future historian be aware that the people who lived in the twen tieth century could write Yes; be wUl find a few letters which the tooth of time has not destroyed. There will be the court and probate record, tough and unfading, thanks to legal safe guards; and the archeologlst will un earth blocks of granite aud tablets of brass with letters cut upon thera. There will be no doubt that those Americans possessed the art of writ tJ, HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATt. --r a O 111 1 i ! TYw JJ v- ' Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. z s z : Heroe of Peace. TIB present war In the East, like all others which have preceded It will doubtless develop its Individual heroes. Deedi of special bravery n times of conflict such as that now raging between Rusla and Japan have a spectacular fleet and attract attention and admiration en tirely natural under the clrcumstaucea. But let us not forget the htroea of peace who are always with us. There have been sou notable casts ef heroism lately X antaMa af th wac jona. and tha PhlladalDhla Ledger au- tog; but the great libraries and the re- proprlate,y allud to iom. of ta.m. posltorles of newspapera and maga- cn.e up , tn eannQ., mouta wltn thousand! lines, to which the historian will look f comrtde, u t tmaU tnlng compared with going alon ror ine inumate ana accurate p.iur. ft BurElng chiding, groping through the einoke up of dally life, will contain little more U,rt ctnnot u MQ ,nd my u oa flr6 tnd mrcn, than pllea of dust, or volumes In which M upp.f n9m fof a ptrf0n tnrt4ltfne1 wita tB awful nothing la legible, and which crumble FT flrtmen ,tayed en tnt reot of a building la at a touch. This la the fear of the bis- Baltlmort m was about to fall In, and then hun torlan and the librarian of. to-day. to the .tTwrutter lwun( themselves to a telephone poll They know that books and magaalnts. Md .npped fl()wn t0 the ,rth as well as the dally papers, are now . . ... . . wlth . lti.Un nearly all printed on paper made from . n aaaw aa hBiu a wvaa 7 ' rT.::" Z .V.V,r impending; the fireman who crawl, .-w . W. anA aW. iff tha afaam th.t Fifteen years ! tbe life 0 " p,rboll. nlm, anVfrom which ht doe, not always esc.pe; LT.lt ZTJJnlTon. man who step, out nlto the ,tre.t In front of a run undXwmTues: 5rS Juj catches the bridle, Is dragged for a block, but ; " K . ii "tops the horses these and other heroes of everyday life any wood-pulp book or newspaper u- ' . . rarely look forward to promotion and still more rarely to monuments for their rewards; but the men who wear the Victoria Cross or the Iron Cross are not greater heroes. A beginning has been made In London of the erection of tablets not to the memory, of dead heroes of civil life, but to record their names and acts while they are alive, and while the respect and admiration of their fellow men may be of some comfort to them. Every city ought to com legible, If not too fragile to handle. It la useless to hope for a return -to rag paper. It la too expensive. No one can afford to use a material which costs 12 cents a pound when bis com-' petltors use one ior which they pay only 2 cents a pound. For this reason efforts have been made to Induce pub iisuers oi represeniauYv yaycia iv i ., - , - print a limited edition on a more dura- P" w - puouc ouuoing, me nero.c ble paper, for preservation; but there "n bln " J. are dimcultles hard to explain to the of et"n no more substantial recognition of their daring layman, yet 'evident to those who are nd ttlp of th 'w ,ine ln tn new' familiar with modern presses; and so P"1'!8, , tvi " . Wl 4V . , nothing has been done. The situation ' There Is nothing grander or nobler than doing one's has its compensationa. No one who flot7 r,skln ono llfe un,ler ucn conditions as these, ni.v- nn . mam n.wnin,r and The honor and applause- won by military heroes constitute up glances at the array of crimes, acci dent, and unsavory gossip which Is displayed under "sea reh tads' can fall to see ene of them. Another lies In the possibility ef being able still to purchase good linen psper for corre spondence or a Alary. Those who sym pathise deeply with the future histo rian must cultlvs the lost art of letter-writing, or walk In the footsteps of good old Pepys. their Just due, but save something ef approval for the quiet fellows who do equally daring dteds wholly because It la part of their calling to jeopardize their lives for others. Troy Times. JAPANESE CAVALRY DETRAINING THEIR MOUNTS. ; caajrv I B aw An editor is a millionaire without money, a Congressman without a Job, a king without a throne. He constructs without a hammer or saw, builds rail roads without rails or spikes and farms without a plow. He runs a butcher shop in the Journalistic world and deals out brains for cash or credit The editor is a teacher, a lawyer, a preacher; he sends truth out to save souls and gets lost himself. Few Americans believed the early reports that the commander of the gun boat Vicksburg had refused aid to the men on the Russian battleship crippled at Chemulpo. Such an act would have been at variance with all American traditions. The facts were Just what was expected. In this country, at least that the American commander not only offered assistance, but was the first to offer It; and the Russian government has formally expressed thanks for the act An Interesting fact in all great and riotous uprisings against law and prop erty Is that women so often figure in them. This quality of leadership has existed from the time of Joan of Arc to Mother Jones, and from Judith to Carrie Nation there has been no lack of women to assume the initiative and undertake what men were reluctant to do. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Julia Ward Howe had as large a part as that of many statesmen In beginning and continuing our Civil War. It Is the coupling of a highly emotional na ture with the deep sincerity of natures more steadfast that makes women so lovable and so dangerous. When Edwin Arnold gave the "Light of Asia" to the world a quarter of a century ago he rendered a ser vice, both great and unique, to the English-speaking world. Through bis combination of gifts, linguistic, poeti cal, religious, he brought the soul of the Orient into touch, superficial no doubt, but still Into touch, with the souls of myriads of men and women of the Occident His gifts he used again for the Hahommedan lands and for Japan as be bad used them for India and Buddhism. It Is difficult enough to enter Into the inner life of men of one's own race. It is vastly more dif ficult to comprehend the Inner life of otter races, whose scales of value for Horses are little used In Japan, their work being done by Jlnriklsha men and coolies. For this reason It has been said that, however well trained he may be as a fighter. the Japanese cavalry man never learns how to ride. The statesmen of the Flowery Kingdom have evidently recognized the weak ness of this arm of their service and are making heroic efforts to remedy the defect With this object In view, s very respectable body of cavalry has been organized and trained and is now being thrown Into the field in Korea and Manchuria. The horses used by the Japs are small, but wiry and mettlesome. The Cost of Living. HERE Is food for thought for all classes of society In the published results of an Invest! gatlon at nine of the leading cities of the coun try by the International Mercantile Agency Into the recent course and the tendeucy of in dustrlal wages, of rental values, of prices for many essential articles of food and of clothing. The showing Is made and that at all but one of the centers covered the average rate of wages remains practically sta tlonary, with a weakening tendencyjn some Instances, the significance of which Is driven In by statements that at almost all the cities reported rents have shown a tendency to advance, and that many of the more Important food products and staple fabrics are higher in price than a few months ago or than a year ago. A further increase in the cost of living seems to be fore shadowed by the results of the inquiry as to house rents. and food and clothing prices, when contrasted with what seems to be a sharp check to further Increases In wages. and in some Instances a tendency to moderate reaction. One may hardly infer that rents, food nd clothing are to cost more because of t! e average gain within a year of perhaps 10 per cent in wages In many lines. The argument for the latter was based upon an increased cost of living that had already taken place. That the existing wage level may not be long maintained In its entirety seems a natural Inference from late refusals of railways to heed further Beer I la the lJltndln ef tbe Dt faraat Variolic of Coco. - "A good many people often wonder what the dlflVrenc 1 between coco and chocolate, but It is simply that co coa la chocolate with the oil extract ed," I am told by the vice presideut ef a large cocoa and chocolate manufac turing concern, say, a writer la the Bt Louts Globe-Democrat "This amount to considerable, for one-halt of the cocoa bean Is composed of cocoa butter. The iwect chocolate used on candles and so forth la a mix ture of cocoa butter, chocolate and appeals for advances; from mny Industrial shut-down aUgiir, and It Is the cocoa butter that as a substitute for wage reductions; from the outcome of gjvei t s One gloss. There are lev the Ntw York building strikes; from the Erie Railway tn processes for manufacturing the Company' appeal to Its employes to refrain from asking for cocoa for drinking purposea, but that advances; from the murmuring which have beta beard mo g01u,riy followed 1, what Is call in big steel manufacturing districts, and last, but not leait, tlltt preaaure method.' In this It Is from the merit, of the rrgument of Western bituminous placed In stunt! canva, bags, and these coal miners vln their explanation of trade conditions and ara tucu placed In a machine, where why they were Impelled to ask for a lower wag rate they are subjected to a pressure of Consideration, such a, these, In a year which Is evident- about seveuty tout, which squeetea ly to bo one ef convalescence after the financial shock ot tvery vestige of oil from the cocoa 1003, founded upon an exhibit ef prevailing tendencies bear- anj leave, only a dry, extremely brlt Ing upon the coat of living, should be well calculated to tie cake, to be subsequently ground appeal to the conservatism ef employer and employ. fln and packed tn tin cans. Whan Newark News, chocolate for eating purpose la manu- i factured, the cocoa is mixed with the rearleuness, Courage, Bravery. v flavoring compounds and sugar in th t. ttsn that .h.i.vf BoalMve 'fixing machine' aud then rolled out la L,.r.r.raw. ib in M,.r.M come, not "beet, between bug rollers, making It WVim (VMWB a w mmm - ( - a - from th abi.net ef fear, but from its prea- w - A .... ,..a ...,t tn. .a "TU Secret Of f lU'f auu uiv icavui U4s-.uu v w isni-i la. .Iai Tk nAmal AAnBtfl Mlf aVl 2GSI ST exe'ept in momeuu .rirrwT P-fUcular kind of cocoa bean ..not mtnt Is frightened by any danger that con fronts him. This does not necessarily mean that no is making good choco late and cocoa Is In the blending. One apt to produce good chocolate or cocoa. It must be blended with other varie ties to secure the desired flavor, one times a half doxen or more different kinds of cocoa extract being mixed to gether for this purpose. Kvery manu facturer has his own method of blend- It In a cold room, while another will do tbe same thing with It In a hot room, and esch contends that the re sults he achieve, are, the beat, my naturally." INGUSH WOMAN WHO OPER ATES A SWITCH TOWER. Ordinarily. America claim the hon or of presenting to the public women who have succeeded In Strang vocations. But in one branch of work panic-stricken, but only that he Is conscious of tbe gravity of the situation tn which he finds himself. It is then the part of manhood for him to take himself In hand and re press any demonstration of hi, fear which might react Id a demorallx ing way upon him.e ine courageou. man (he , mates up bib miuu tuai, n waiter wim vuiuwi . z, . .... ..i-j.a.l tn. .i. v. .m w i a .. Different blends are also ,ubjected to 5? ; ' "-ft " ?- ? E1r,5, uia vuij uvyt rcsia iu utivr tcniug u vi u.u.av.., being constantly In such a state of mind that be can take advantage ot any opening that offers. The frequent ex ertion of this self-control resulu In gradual hardening or seasoning, so that although be never overcomes his fears. It Is progressively eaaler for him to avoid being overcome by them. ' . The actually fearless man. If we can Imagine one, is not likely to be very highly organized, for a fine organism means emotional susceptibility, aud substantially all lav ages are brave. He may be a worthy enough person, bnt more or less wooden. lie must be classified In sn exclu sive category, since be poaseases a trait of distinct, value to t.lM.l - A W I - V.. A.A a mnw lilcrK nlAfll filial. Ity. As th. ancient philosopher explained why the gods Englsnd lcd-rllrodlng. Mrs. Mer- wished for nothing, by noting th. fact that they had already everything that heart could desire, so we may say that the fearless man deserves no special credit for his good conduct In the face of peril, because be Is under no temptation to behave badly. Washington Post Seals In Lake Superior. TJMAN Ingenuity 1, tireless when a profit Is tn sight Now they propose to maintain tbe sup ply of seal coats by breeding seals In Lake Superior. As a matter of act seals have been bred in fresh water, so that this transportation from their natural babltat Is not Impossible. But there are other considerations which stand lu the way of Us profit and of Its desirability. One is the climate. The Ice In Lake Superior Is said to be heavier than salt water Ice, through which the Arctic seals And their blow holes, and incidentally enable tbe Eskimos to catch them and secure their own dinners. Then If the seals could live In lake Superior it Is a question whether any other form of life would long survive them. A colony of seals would be worse than a fleet ef fishermen that cov ered the whole surface of that Inland sea. They are glut tonous beasts, and they would respect no close senton. Tbe fish of Lake Superior are more valuable than the seals would be, even If seal culture there Is possible." The seal has tbe broad Pacific for bis own now. He Is dis appearing there, but bis disappearance, with his shiny and luxurious coat, would not be an unmitigated calamity. Brooklyn Eagle H ll L lilt tow - ' I I - y-T- una. Miawooo in men towxr. MAGAZINES OLD AND NEW. Case of Mild Self-Esteem. "You feel sure that books are com monly reviewed by people who have never read them?" "Yes," answered he author. "How can you tell?" "Easily enough. When a man says that my style is crude and my plot commonplace it proves conclusively that be hasn't read the book, doesn't it?Washington Star. Tbe Whole Thin. "Your majesty," began the court his torian, ''in my chronicles I have taken the liberty of speaking of you as a 'citizen of the world ' " ' "Impudence!" thundered the Kaiser. "But, sire, you are so cosmopolitan and -" "Hound I am 'the citizen of the world." Philadelphia Press. Tommy's Quick Answer. "Tommy," said an uncle to his pre cocious nephew, "your mother tells me she has to give you pennies to be good. Do you think that isas things should ber' "Of course it Is," replied Tommy. "You certainly don't want me to grow up and be good for nothing, do you, uncle?" Chums. Industrial Progress la Ecuador Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is to have a cotton mllL The machinery for it must be carried on the backs of mules to an altitude of 16,000 feet Jn the Andes in sight of Chlmborazo. Money doesn't always bring Lapp! ness, but the average man is willing to take chances along with the money, Contrast Between Thoae of Fifty Year Ago and Now. The contrast between the American magazines of fifty years ago and those of to-day is so marked that It will im press the most careless reader. Take a bound volume of Putnam's Magazine from the shelves of a public library, free it from its layers of dust, turning Its yellow pages, and, lot you are con fronted with some of the most famous names In the literature of the nine teenth century. Contrast this treasury of wit, humor, pathos and sentiment embodied In the clearest ot English prose, in the most musical English verse with the current number of a magazine of to-day, and the unfavora ble gulf between the two periods will at once be apparent. The great names of literature have given place to those of men and women who have gained a passing notoriety through good or bad fortune. A successful Wall street broker Is traveling for health and pleasure and in a mountainous country of Eastern Europe is captured by bandits. The bandits, in a businesslike manner, de mand 150,000 as a ransom; otherwise the American traveler will return to his sorrowing family and friends minus bis ears. Negotiations are en tered Into with the outlaws and after long delays, during which the bro ker's precious ears are- constantly threatened, the money Is paid, and he returns in an unmutilated condition to his office in Wall street But bis ad ventures have made him a famous man and, magazine editors are clamorous In their demands that he shall tell the story of his capture and retention by the bandits in his own way. . Their or dinary rates of payment shall not stand In the way of this much desired contri bution; the manuscript, if accompanied by photographs of his eminent ears, will be paid for at his own valuation. The Wail street broker, being a man of business, if not a man of letters, writes the desired article or series of articles, and receives in return a check that satisfies even his own conception of the value of his work. Ills eminent ears are photo-engraved for the public edification, and all that can possibly be made known of his perilous adven tures Is given to tbe waiting public. The result is double-dlstllled dullness, presented in the most unattractive form- and without the slightest natural or acquired literary aptitude. But the editor believes that be has satisfied the curiosity of the readers of the mag azine of which he has control; from bis point of view, the lasting value of the article for which he paid so high a price does not enter into the question. And when the eminent ears . of the Wall street broker have ceased to In terest a fickle public the frost-bitten nose of an arctic explorer may be used, as a substitute. There can be no doubt that a famous or notorious name adds a seeming Im portance and weight to a magazino article, however lacking it may be In Interest or attractiveness of treat ment; and a contribution which on Its intrinsic merits would be rejected is, published if It bears tbe name of some celebrity of the hour. Of course readers nre primarily to blame for this state of things. They yearn for namei with which they are familiar, and the editors of regular magazines endeavor to satisfy them as a 'mere matter of business. The question of literary culture is not considered either In the editorial rooms or by the purchasers of the periodicals of to-day. And it must be admitted that tbe voice of a foghorn carries farther than the most dulcet notes of Pan's pipes. INDIAN LEGEND. How tbe Chiefs Bqnaw Found a New Dish. "One morning the mighty shunter, Woksis, bade his wlfo cook for his din ner a choice bit of moose meat, and have it ready when the tall stick which ho stuck In the snowdrift should throw its shadow to a certain point Moqua was a meek wife, so she promised to obey, and well did she know her fate In case of failure. After her lord en parted she hewed off the meat with her sharpest stone knife, and filling aji earthen pot, or kokh, with snow for melting, she hung it over the fire. "Then she sat down to her em broidery. It was her pride that Woksis, her lordly husband, should sport the gayest moccasins In the tribe, and many hours did she spend every day In working with bright colored porcu pine quills. For no brave lu all that country was so warlike as Woksis, no squaw so skilled In embroidery as Moqua. A. she worked on tbe mocca sin, hours passed as minutes. Sh. took no note of time, so busy was sh. In her labor of love. Suddenly she beard a startling noise, the bark string that held tbe kokh suspended was burned off, and a quenching, scattering explo sion followed the overthrow of the pot. "What could she do? There was no water, tbe melted snow was gone, and she must boll the moose meat before her lord's return. It was growing late, there was no time to melt more snow, so seizing a birch bucket ' of maple water that was always tapped In tbe spring for its sweet flavor, she filled the kokh anew and bung It over the mended fire. Into It she popped the moose meat, and set a cake of pounded corn to bake on tbe slab before the fire. Then she resumed ber embrol dery, In which the quills were both needle and thread. She was working the totem of Tier race, tbe bear, so dif ferent from the wolves, eagles and tur tles of other tribes. "Dreaming of her husband's future success in bunt and battle, the hours passed by; the shadow crept past the mark; the fire burned low; the once Juicy meat was a shriveled morsel In a mixture of gummy dark liquid. When she saw this the frightened squaw ran Into the bushes and hid herself from the rage of ber coming lord. After a long and silent waiting she carefully drew near the camp once more, and what did she see? There was Woksis devouring the morsel of mooso meat, and ber wonder was great when be de liberately broke the earthen pot and carefully licked out the last vestige of her spoiled cooking. "She forgot her fears and cried out In surprise. When discovering her Woksis said: 'Ob, Moqua, my wise squaw, who taught thee such a marvel of cooking? Was the Great Spirit tby Instructor?' With great Joy he em braced ber, and in his sticky kiss she tasted the first maple sugar," Pitta burg Gazette. wood, of Wblpplnghain, bas operated a complicated switch tower and signal system for ten years and bas never' hud an accident Wblpplngbam Is on the Isle of Wight Railway, and In ad dition to the switch tower Mrs. Mer- wood looks after tbe duties of station and ticket agent, gatekeeper, and finds time to cultivate some beautiful flew- ' ers outside the depot Tbe Isle ef Wight was one of th. favorite country places of the late Queen Victoria, who took a fancy to and often befriended Mrs. Merwood. '. HORSE RIDES IN CAR. The only gravity car Una 1 -eh- world 1 located In Denver, Cola., and runs from the city proper lnte tbe mountains, a distance of several miles. One man acts as conductor, motorman. hostler, general manager; In short be does everything, Including th. fault finding. The grade up which tbe road run Is slight A horse, tired and always ready for breakfast and a ride, haul BEADY" FOB THE BZTUBIf TRIP. the car with Its load of .passengers from Denver to the mountains. Op the return trip he Is put onto the rear platform and carried back to the(itart ing point ' . So fond is the horse of riding and so glad is he that the end of the road is reached that be Jumps aboard tho car with as much alertness as a boy. All tbe way down hill be bumps against the corner of the Car unless a tree approaches, when be carefully, draws his bead back. ' The road ris supported chiefly by cu riosity seekers, who ride over It be cause of the novelty of the experience. . Peonllacltles of tbe Memory. It Is lnstanced'as one of the curiosi ties of the memory that people wh know long pieces of verse by heart fre quently cannot remember their tele phone number. 1 '