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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1904)
l. J. J"'...,-, L i -' 1 ii i i i ri CDl'CATCD WOMEN L'NFIT TOR YYIYtS. Sr Dr. We art affecting Uit homes or two nations. We are sapping the physical strength of two peo plot, and going at a headlong pace which tuuit aotut day bring ua to a realisation of tha mis takes Uiat ar being made. Higher education untlta glrla for motherhood. Ilia uiental atraln affaela tha nerves and make them dread matri mony mora tban did tha glrla of another gener ation, because thev realize ttmt their nhvalcal A j.w.. ura weaker and lew abla to audura tba atraln and responsibilities of motherhood. What plan Lava I to suggest to change thin? It la simple and I think would be effective. Cut out Greek, Latin, mythology and algebra, and turn them out of school at au arller age. Give tha glrla an opportunity to rest after a schooling that la practical and useful and let them build up their physical systems for tha trials of wifehood. Youth ful love found a stronger home and produce more healthy children. Young married rouplea who aro not overcdut-ated have the healthiest children. That la what ta needed. My observation I that the American nation la drifting to marrlagea at the age of 38 to 40 for men and 3D to 35 for women. Nature never Intended them to mate ao late In life, Happiness cannot be tha outcome of marriages of that kind. Then education, as has been pointed out often, sunken woman Independent and crowd men out of employment It reduces wage and inakea it more dlllJeult for men to take wlvea. lint thnt la the economical point of It, and lias no bearing on what I desire to convey. Overatudy In school, then more atudy In music, painting, and perhnpa aomethlng lse. atunta the girl phyaieally, although It may Improve her Intellect. It rulna her for motherhood. Earlier marriages, I have noticed, are leu liable to bring about divorce. 1 think a girl aliould have an ordinary education, audi aa our grandmother bad, and be satisfied to enter Into her homo and rear a family of aay eight or ten children. GIRLS, BtWARC Or PLAYHOUSE HYSTERIA. By Htbh Howard. TJ Hysteria of the playhouae malady. The old fashioned play going girl wa a healthy peraon, who regarded the theater a u place of entertainment. The modern itlrl scorns to be n in lined nt the theater. ua deeply a poalblo Into tho A ana wanti to bo depressed ratlier than charmed to teara; ahe wauts. In abort, to exnerlenca the bvaterlcdl ilUlr.a of Km mui.i.l If you don't believe me Jut run row of the parquet during the performance of a problem play. You will find the greater part of that row given up to pallid young women between Uie age of 20 and 80. Tbolr hair, you will observe. Is lank; their eipresslon trained and eager; their drea severe; their fingers Inclined to twitch; their Hps. compressed. The picture Is a pitiful one, but It Is atlll more pitiful when you contrast It with tho appearance presented by tho mothers of these girls when they, In their turn, went to play. That, you must remember, was forty or tlfty years years ago. when laugh ter wua considered Jolly, and tenra the essence of senti mental delight Rosy cheeked playgoers those, with dan gerously bright eyes and ensnnrlngly gay frocks. IJttle they troubled their lipad about ugly alns and nauseating problems. So long as the curtain was up they lived In a world of gallant deeda, courtly speeches, aly glances, merry coquetting, harmless Intrigues, cruel Injustice, righted Wrongs. Tha stage herolno beloved of our mothers was a Togulah. dimpled creature, who laughed at love until ahe cried, and exacted the utmost homage from the man of lier heart. Tho pla.vgolng girl, ao long as ahe aelecta with discre tion the plays to be visited, and regards the various theme therein act forth from a level headed point of view, la edu REALLY AND TRULY SICK. When I am really sick abed It isn't any fun. I feel all achy In my head An' hate to take my medlsnn. ' Th' sheets get stickylsh an' hot Hut I am not allowed to kick -'Ein off er read er talk a lot When I am sick. I hate for all the folks about To come ao' pat me on th' faca An' say, "Poor child, you'll soon be out," An' tiptoe all around th' place. They go when I pretend to be Asleep I do It for a trick; I don't like folks to pity me When I am sick. My mother's dlff runt I don't care If she alts by me ones er twice An' aays, "Poor boy," an' smooths my hair; She ain't Just tryln' to be nice. They bring warm squashy things to me For meals an' make me sat 'em quick. I'm mls'ruble as I can b When I am sick. -Harper's Magazine. 80 NEAR AND YET SO FAR. J4.4.4.4.4,4.4.44.4.4.4.4.4.4,4.4.44.4.4. Y congregation desire mo to mnrry again, and I thluk," said Mr. Starllne, "that I shall 'select Miss Withcrly." MIhs Wlthcrly-Cansnrd Wltherly, aplnBter, ns ahe was mentioned in her grandmother's will, was not yet an old woman by any means, and was not exceedingly plain; certainly she was young enough and good-looking enough to match Mr. Starllne, who was a wid owed clergyman of 45 years, and who was sensible enough to desire to choose his wife for good qualities thnt would endure rather than for. youth and beauty, both of which tlmo must dis sipate. "Yea," aald Mr. Starllne, who was talking to himself in his library, "yes, Miss Wltherly Is a most estimable lady. Devoted to the church, chari table, energetic, excellent In every way; and ahe admires ahem! that la, she appreciates me. "How she works among the or phans and the aged poor in the Ho"; how excellently she manages her Bi ble class, and how kind of her to bring up that little orphan, Ellen Moore; yes, I ahull gain a helpmeet Indeed If ehe will accept me, and," said Mr. Star- rrrrr Jffl i 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii s iiis A. latkrmma Smith. THE CHAPERON AT LThey accept no I unite a fimoVrn She want to itrobe myaterlea of life, THE VACATION UNNECESSARY. Br J?Uf mm ,l.......,n.. vnur cv iinmr line, regarding his clerical white tie lu the mantel glass complacently for a moment "and I have no doubt but she will." Then Mr. Starllne put on his best hat and his best gloves, took In his hand the gold-headed cane presented to him by hla congregation, and set out In the direction of Miss Wltherly's cottage, having quite resolved to waste no more time about It, but to propso at ouce. Ah! could CanRalda have known It, nothing would have delighted - her more. For two years she bad made the capture of Mr. 8tarllne, hla big parsonage, his snug little Income, and the honor of the title of minister's wife the object of her soul. With this hope she had devoted herself to church work, to the aged poor in the Home, to the little orphans and to the poor generally. She had given fiowera at Easter, and twined evergreens at Christmas, till her hands were full of briars, and oh! how she had listened to the sermons Mr. Starllne preached, and borrowed them for private perusal, and wept over the affecting parts, and bad striven not to smile, oh, so very hard, because It was In church you know, when he grew witty. Just at the time he took his evening walk It had often happened that she was hurrying up the rond with a Jar of Jelly for a sick person or a tract for a wicked one. No one could guess how hard she hnd worked to gain her point, and now Just ns Mr. Starllne hnd made up his mind poor Miss WltheVly began to despair. She hnd wasted two yenra upon a clergyman which she might hnve spent more profitably, for she hnd driven from her a very respectable farmer with serious Intensions, and he had married some one else. This morning a false report that Mr. Starllne was courting Rosa Rhubarb, the doctor's daughter, had read d her, and she was very cross. Moreover, her dear crony, the Widow Lane, had come to stay all day. Every woman has one crony In the world before whom she playa no part Over a late lunch, Miss Wltherly was talking to Mrs. Lane as she talked to no one else, whr me clergyman arrived, and a new eervant, who' was not acquainted with the gen tleman, thus announced him: "A man wants you, Miss Wltherly." "Old Hopper, I suppose." said MIrb Wltherly, "I promised to send his wife some clothes; put him anywhere. Jane, out of the way until I can eat my lunch, for I don't disturb myself for any op to-dny." cating berself In a aound achool. But when aha begins to develop a tendency for straggling balr, and when she feela the least bit Inclined to take a gloomy view of life, and when aha sits down to pen a gushing little not to an actor, than let tier beware! J 'or, deny it aa ahe may, these are tha first algna of that distressing malady known a play going hysteria. HOME AND ABROAD. By Mla Antrfa. The chaperon these days does not play an Important part In America, but ahe la an im portant factor In European social life. She la con stantly In demand at house affaire and theater parties, and considers herself a great authority ou all question concerning etiquette. , Narrowly clrcumscrlbedd aa the German meth od it It 1 broud lu comparison with liia limita tion that the Italian girl suffers, in Italy it la un usual for her to accept any attention from a man until ahe la married. The girl from the home of the rich go to few dunces, and when they do they go with their parents. If a young man wishes an Invitation to call be must get It from her father; not by asking her. Two young people often marry without having met a dozen times. A man will not court a girl by taking her to dances and theater even though he should Invite a chaperon to accompany them. He usually aerenaUc her at a balcony, and she shows him by a simple wave of the bund whether hi attentions meet with approval. However much we may Imagine that French women have-many liberties, these only come to them after they aro married. lu France girl are carefully guarded by their mothers. They are never allowed on the atreet alone. Invitations until they are Introduced to society. A French girl usually jnakes her debut at a grand bull, when her parents always act as an escort No niau ever looks for this privilege. Though a young man cannot escort a young woman to parties he can Invite her mother and lurself to the theater, and, If the mother refuses, the girl suggests some married friend as chaperon. In England the chaperon does not bold the same exalted place as In other European countries. Young women do not hesltato to accept Invitations to the theater and other amusements from their friends among men; but the par- tie usually consist of four or more. It Is seldom they call for a chaperon. She I only Bought when a coaching party Is given or If a country house purty la being planned. During the eighty-three years of my career I have not once taken a vacation. A young man said to me one day, "Mr. Sage, would you not have taken a vacation if you had worked for some one else?" I replied that I would not I never have been an advocate of what some per sona term the "vacatlou habit" When I waa a boy the practice was not In vogue. As a matter of fact I was so rini to get a chance to learn business that the Idea of asking my employer to make me a present of two weeks' time that belonged to hliu because he had paid me for It would have ueen preposterous. I thltik the "vacatlou habit" an outgrowth of abnormal and distorted business methods. 8uppose we were to restore the conventional order of things and, Instead of the clerk demanding two weeks' pay gratis, bis employer should demand two weeks' work with out pay. What a tremendoua howl would go up. It Is worry, not work that makes the hair gray. Doctors may recommend a change of air for a man when he la alck. But why be sick? Sickness Is an Irreparable loss of time. If I had a thousand tongues I'd preach "Save time" with them all. It Is Infinitely more valuable than money. And Jane, returning to Mr. Starllne. escorted him to the parlor, where every word that was spoken lu the dining room was plainly audible. The clergyman aeated himself In the largest arm-chair, which wae near the communicating door, and folded his hands and waited. He was composing an ornate proposition. He had got ns far as: "My dear and respected Miss Wltherly, you may have remarked," when suddenly a sharp voice smote his ear with these words, "Old Starllne." Old Starllne! He could acarcely be lieve hla ears. Involuntarily he leaned a little nearer the door and heard the worda repeated. "It must be some one else of the same name. I'm not old," said Mr. Starllne. "It's nobody's business, I'm sure," jald Miss Wltherly. "But they said bo," replied Mrs. Lahe. "I wonder what they aaid?" asked Mr. Starllne of nobody. "And you've, been ao active In church," Bald Mra. Lane. "I'm Blck of the church," said Miss Wltherly. "I never will again if I get out of it. I hate the vecy sight of old women with rheumatism, old men with wooden legs, and sickly, dirty little or phans with no pocket handkerchiefs. Just as I want to have a little com fort, I have to take a long tramp to read the Bible to some horrible sl- u person. I am going to move to Uice town and buy a home and get a dog land teach hhn to drive all beggars away and bite all the children that open the gate, I am." The clergyman groaned softly. "My," said Mrs. Lane, who knew the cause of her friend's disgust. "Why, I thought you v enthusiastic about Starllne and his church?" "Old Starllnp!" cried Miss Wltherly; "the old poke! Why, he is more and more stupid every day. Gracious, how I did laugh when I heard he was pay ing attention J to Rosa Rhubarb; uhe older they get the younger they want,' aald I, and it la true." "Well, perhapa It Is," aald Mrs. Lane, "though I don't eee what men want to marry schoolgirls for.. And you are not going to have old Starllne yourself after all? Some said bo." . "I don't want to hear what they sold!" cried Miss Wltherly, to whom the grapes would have been bo sweet, bad she known how near her lips they hung that very day. "I detest him! I wouldn't hav him if he went on hla knees In the mud to ma. I am going xo me Methodist church afler this, if I go to aoy, and I don't know that I ' shall It Is all poor box and children here. Money, money, money all the time; you are squeezed like a lemon, and as I said before, I am done with all this poor work and shall take my own comfort. If I'd done It before, I might have bad the largest farm In the country for my own to day." "Wei, I never expected to bear you talk that way," cried Mrs. Lane. "When I wa here at Christmas you called the minister 'that excellent man,' and made me tie cedar till my arms ached." "Well, I've changed my mind," said MUs Wltherly. "The less I see of old Starllne. his silly congregation and hi horrible poor people, tho better." Mr. Starllne groaned softly once again. He arose apd crept qulet'y out of the front door, and from the porch to the road, and then he tied. He ab solutely believed that evil spirits had taken possession of this lamb of his flock, and could have wept over her. He was a little angry, too that was but human nature. But his congre gation desired him to marry, and a few days afterward he offered himself to little Itosa Rhubarb, and was accept ed. And Mlfs Wltherly never knew wl.o was the "man" who disappeared so mysteriously from, her parlor, or how near she came to being the min ister's wife. Waverley Magazine. CURRENCY 18 INSURED Bender Now ' Protected Agra Inst Lost When He bhipm Money. Money I now sent everywhere In single packages containing flO.fXX) or less, under policies of Insurance pro tecting the owners against every pos flble hazard, at rates varying from 15 to So tents per f 1,000 of currency ln sured. Most of the notes are f.", $10 and fl'O denominations, besides sup plies of $1 and $2 for use as "hand-to-hand money" for crop movement pur poses. These transfers go to all sections of the Fnlted States. Canada, Great Brit ain and to continental points, says tho New York Post The business bus now grown to large proportions and Is writ ten by some of the strongest insurance companies In Europe and America. One very Interesting claim paid a few days ago was for the loss of a parcel containing $2,700 in bnnk notes ship ped through the malls by a Canndlau Institution. The destination was a small postofflee, where the business was so light that the postmaster, net having the use of a safe In which to store valuables, was forced to take home every night undelivered register ed mall that arrived during the day. The package of bank notes was taken out of the office In this way, and Just before the postmaster reached home he was attacked by footpads and relieved of the money. The loss was immedi ately reported and the Insurance com pany at once reimbursed the Institu tion, at the same time offering $o00 re ward for the detection of the thief. The case' has not been cleared up yet Packages containing $20,000 of in jured bank notes were on the train that went through a bridge In a South ern State last winter. New York un derwriters were much concerned over the Incident until they discovered that the car In which the Insured packages were stored remained safe on the rails. The largest single risk ever writ ten was taken in England some time ago, when one package containing $25, 000,000 was insured. Getting Over Ground. "How far will a man's feet carry him In twenty-four hours? That la rather an Interesting questlou," aald the man who dabbles in figures, says the New Orleans Times-Democrat "At the ordinary speed of walking, suppos ing one could keep It up for that length of time, a man weuld cover probably seventy miles. "My attention being called to the fact that some of the natives of the Far East make as much as fifty-seven ndles in a day drawing vehicles behind them, it was commented on that this seemed to be an extraordinary feat If one will take into consideration, however, the fact that these men are, as a rule, Inured to this sort of thing trained to the very pitch, as it were it will not seem so remarkable. In the Boer war there were some of Lord Roberta men who marched nearly for ty miles, and they were novices, com paratively speaking, at the game. "This was over a rough, rugged country with which they were barely familiar anil at a gait with all running eliminated. They carried arms, am munition and a blanket lh addition to rations. Make a comparison a soldier in uniform with a lightly clad native; the wild veldt with, a track or road well beaten and well known; the bur den of the man In khaki with a light Jinricksha and Its contents; the soldier almost unused, to anything but pave ments, with the rough, wiry and long winded natives; and, lastly, the re spective gaits observed the first plod ding steadily along, the latter walking and running in turn. When you have weighed these various conditions you will see that the less trained European does not suffer by placing the figures of his performance alongside those of two Jinricksha men working by spells." Retreat of Mrs. Hubbard. Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a bone. "Begobs," remarked the cook, "the last lady 01 wurrked fer nivcr came in the kitchen, an' if yes don't clear out. 0111 lave." Herein we see the true reason why the poor doggie got none. New York Sun, DONKEY WEARS tmm w ACTS AS A DEOOY AND LURES WILD ANIMALS TO DEATH. At the Government station of Berlngo It was possible to observe native life with considerable facility, for we were visited by numerous tribesmen. Among these waa a hunter of the Wanderobo, who Is the possessor of a most accomplished donkey, which, with an antelope'a horns atrapped' to 1U head Is body covered with the skin or painted to resemble the animal Its master Intended to stalk that day, waa the means of deluding many an unwary creature into falling a victim to the poisoned arrows of the hunter crouching behind his ass. Illustrated London News. Germany has ten trade Journals de moted to tobacco. Imports of cheese Into the Cnlted States now exceed the exports. Vessels of eighty-five steamship lines enter the harbor of Antwerp regu larly. To keep the whole German army In the field for one week would cost $30,- 000,000. It Is estimated that Guatemala's coffee crop this year will amount to cne million sacks. In the United State the sparrow has six broods a year; In Britain seldom more than three. The women of Salnt-Brleuc, Brit tany, are celebrated for the beauty and the fine texture of their caps. The corn crop of Argentina this year is officially estimated at 173,900,- JOO bushels, against 148,422,000 in 1903. In the Bahama Islands the flamin goes build their nest of mud so high that the rising tide will not flood the The longest railroad in this country Is the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy. which owns 7,794 miles and operates 7,971 miles. If the world's railroads were equally distributed over the earth's surface no one would be more than seven miles from some line. Nevada has a mile of railroad for each five citizens, but only eighty seven hundredths of a mile for each one hundred miles of area. According to Charles Booth of the Salvation Army, "the poverty of the poor Is mainly the result of tho com petition of the very poor." According to a recent Russian con sular report six years ago 9,000 chil dren attended the Russian schools in Syria. The number Is now 20,000. At Calvlnia, Cape Colony, a statue is to be erected over the grave of Esau, the loyal Kaffir, who was flogged and shot by the Boer invaders during the war. Imports of palm oil Into the United States increased from 8,081,252 pounds in 1901 to 37,822,800 pounds in 1903. The 1903 Imports were valued at 82,083,500. The average locomotive will draw three hundred tons of .goods a mile every three minutes. It would take a' man and his team ten times as long to haul a single ton for one mile. In an official report Just drawn up for the French parliament it Is de clared that the fleet is at the height of efficiency," but that the garrisoning and provisioning for several colonies are insufficient What is considered the largest body of cinnabar ore in the world has Just been uncovered near Apex, Gunnison County, Colorado. It Is about two hun dred feet wide, carries gold and is about SO per cent quicksilver. The new Hamburg steamers that are being built for the South American service will have some novel features, including a playroom for children, and on deck arbors like those used in Ger man gardens, which, it is expected, will be partlcularlynppreclated by the passengers in tropical regions. The International Typographical Union will build a library at the Print ers' Home, at Colorado Springs, Colo., to accommodate the large number of l)ooks presented to the home by the late Congressman Amos"J. Cummlngs. The library presented to the institu tion by Mr. Cummlngs has 20,000 vol umes. Few persons have any idea of the extraordinary manner in which the population of Europe has Increased during the last century. According to statisticians, this population has more than doubled itself from 1880 to 1900. To this Increase the Latin nations of the west and southwest contributed the least and the greatest growth was In the east where the people have not yet become thoroughly saturated with the Ideas of modern civilization. THE MANCHU WARRIOR. Hardy Coaraa; of Paat Has Dccencr a ted Into Laxr Parasitism. Manchuria, though a part of China, is considered distinct from the empire proper in much the same way that Americans regard Alaska, though there is no similarity in their respec tive positlona with regard , to admin istration. Three or four centuries ago FALSE HORN'S. the southern part of what is now known as Manchuria was occupied by Koreana and was a portion of their territory. It is not known how far north their rule extended, but there are traces of Korean architecture aa far as Llao-Yang, which Is 120 miles from the present Korean boundaries. At this early period the Manchu ele ment consisted of a few powerful tribes, who, though of the same gen eral Mongolian Btock, possessed many ethnological polnta sufficient to dis tinguish them from the great Chinese race which occupied China proper. The roving life In a wild country where young braves thought It no ex traordinary achievement to kill with bow and arrow, single handed, the fierce Northern tiger, developed the Manchu into a hardy, fearless warrior, with a love for courageous deeds. The history of the Manchus is one of continued and rapid growth. From a small tribe their Influence Bpread over the great plains of western Man churia until they became a force which even great China deemed it ad visable to conciliate. Their ambitions knew no limit and early In the aix teenth century they began an inva sion of China. A century later, by methods which at times gave evidence of the most crafty and skillful diplo macy, and again were those of a moat cruel tyrant the greatest empire that the world has known was acquired by a race of half savage nomads. As the home of the Manchu dynasty. Manchuria, hi the eyea of the emperor, deserves honored treatment, and the followers of the standard there was scarcely a Manchu who had not seen, service were specially cared for. It was declared by special' decree that all Manchus for time unending should belong to one of the eight banner corps and receive a small monthly stipend. The great home country should remain the exclusive property of all Manchus, and Chinese 'were for-" bidden to hold land In It 'The Ko reans had now been driven to the south, and Manchuria extended vir tually to the banks of the. Yalu on the south and to the sea on the east. The Manchu policy, which. In it conception, provided for the contln unce and development of a great race of pure Manchus, who would always be at the beck and call of the Manchu dynasty and would be a safeguard against the restoration of Chinese rule, brought on results quite the reverse of those desired. The Manchu found his small wage sufficient at first to provide food, and there was no longer the necessity to live the arduous life of a hunter or herdsman. In a gen eration or two the race had degener ated Into a lazy band of parasites who. In the absence of a strenuous life, had lost all the cunning and the warlike skill which had brought to them a great empire. They maintained a rep utation for fierceness, however, and at the time of the late war with Japan It was predicted that the Japanese would find a match in the Manchu cav alry. The first engagement between the two dispelled forever this Illu sion. Century. Slang Substitute Stumped Him. "If s pretty hard to avoid the nsa. of slang these days," remarked a well known professor of English literature, . "At any rate there are certain expres sions which aren't found In the diction ary that can't be duplicated well. The other day after I had Just given a lec ture to my class, advising them against the use of slang, a bright young fellow came to me with this query: "'What word would you substitute in place of "Jumped over" in the sen tence, 'He Jumped all over the um pire?'" , . "Well, I have to confess that that sentence was too much for me. I tried substituting various words, such aa criticise, complained about, etc., but they all failed to give the adequate meaning. 1 gave as an excuse to mv pupil that this was a baseball expres sion and couldn't be altered, but that didn't satisfy my own conscience as to the growing use of slang." Phila delphia Press. Spendthrift Young Lover. "When young fellers begins a-court-ln'," said Farmer Halcede of New Jer sey, "they Jest gits crazy, an' that thar boy Jim o' mine ain't no exception." "What's Jim bin a-dolng?" asked Farmer Soanreep. "Hanged if he didn't go inter town yeeterd'y an' spend a hull quarter fur teeth brush r New Yorker. Even the baby in the cradle finds this Is a pretty rocky sort of a world. A man has to use a magnifying glass to see his own faults.
