The Columbia register., January 27, 1905, Image 2

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The splee of married life consist In
(Missing what will happen next.
By the way, was It not asked man
years ago: "Who reads a I'aJnaa
book?"
Bertha Krupp' Income la $2,400,000
year. And ahe doesn't seem to bo
anxious to purchase a title.
By the way, couldnt that circus
truit be Induced to save money by do
ing away with the calliope r
Mr. Chadwlck huband la ald to
be "an nnaaaumlnfH person. She baa
assumed enough for the family.
The comic pa pert are right eome
Craea, A New York man had to sum
Dion the police to help hint discharge
the cook the other day.
King reter of Servla announces that
be Is In favor of arbitration. Almost
anybody would. In Teter'a place, be an
enthusiast on the subject
There Is a loud call for teachers In
the Philippines. One trouble with the
Philippines Is the scarcity of marrl ga
ble white men over there.
If Chicago baa any ambition to ret
to the front and outdo the St Louis
exposition record. Chicago is Tery suc
cessful In concealing the fact
No doubt the government officers
who are to Investigate the tobacco
trust suspected there was some fire
where there was so much smoke.
A Japanese young man has been
advertising In the Washington papers
for a situation. lie can probably get
one, without much trouble, by going
home.
The Ohio farmer who bid bis sav
ings in an old stocking instead of de
positing them witli a banker friend
f Mrs. Cbadwick la now baring bis
laugh.
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The man who can draw checks and
hare them honored can always draw
a circle of friends who will partake of
bis hospitality and tell aim what a
Jolly good fellow be la.
A Chicago man has sued for an In
junction to restrain his wife from talk
ing. Some people are Inclined to place
altogether too much faith In the possi
bilities of government by Injunction.
The birth rate In Germany Is falling
off. Let the Kaiser offer the same
encouragement to parents of twins
and triplets that President Roosevelt
has and see how quickly ail this will
change.
Experiments carried on at the Cali
fornia Medical College show that the
healthy human stomach la electrical
In its action. Perhaps the time Is com
ing when people may throw away
their pills and simply put in new bat
teries. Great Britain Is about to add twen-ty-alx
war ships to her navy. The
fact that the people of England are
able to bear up under the Increasing
weight of 'naval taxation Is a most
wonderful evidence of the staying
powers of the tight little Island and
its people.
All Indications favor a heavy move
ment of homeseekers next spring from
the older States east and south into
the sparsely settled districts of Minne
sota and the Dakota s. One of the sur
est signs of this is to be found In the
plans of the large land agencies, which
are preparing to grasp the opportunity
and direct the newcomers to suitable
homes.
A Chicago physician who on the
witness stand told a lawyer that he
was a "bulldozer" was promptly fined
$50 by the presiding Judge for con
tempt of court It 1 morally certain,
nevertheless, that many lawyers make
a practice of "bulldozing" both wit
nesses and courts. If Judges would
be more particular In the matter of
restraining them they would have less
occasion to complain of contempts
either actual or constructive.
It la often said that only the rich
take care of the peonies, the poor are
too busy dreaming of the 11,000 bills.
That Is one of the reasons why some
people are always poor. The substan
tial fortunes of the United States have
been made from pennies. A fraction
of a cent on a pound of sugar, a cent
or two on every gallon of petroleum, a
penny more a pound for nails, grow
into the aggregate millions of profits
which are the base for the billions of
stock capitalisation. A cent a pound
is more than most extreme fluctuation
In the wholesale price of Iron and steel,
more than the difference between rich
es and bankruptcy in a great Industry.
These savings are as possible, to the
average man as to the trust magnates.
- Eev. W. EL Head complains that "as
men grow wealthy their sympathies
decrease; that In proportion to their
wealth they tend to withdraw them
selves from personal work and substi
tute for It some endowed Institution or
hired missionary. In other word, Mr.
Head complains that the rich man ap
plies good business methods to his
philanthropies. The clergyman - does
Dot see how Impossible It would be
(or a man ha ring Immense business
l&tfrc&a to attrsi to his affairs and
at the same time give ear to the thou
sand and one demands made on hla
purse, look into Individual cases and
balance the comparative merits of
each. He sanely pasaes th-: over to
one in whose Judgment and ability he
baa entire confidence, Thla does not
mean that hla sympathise are lessened
or hla heart hardened. It means that
he does not scatter hla energy, but
knows how to direct It In a way that
will give tbebet result.
Now cornea a Chicago doctor with a
discovery which he believe will give
him millions and a place In the Hall
of Fame. The dope he has concocted
1s to be spread on the llpe aa a slayer
of genus that are supposed to be
transferred during the act of kissing.
He doesnt say whether the stuff Is to
be applied before or after, and It
doesn't make any difference. An Insti
tution that seem to hare become pop
ular at about the time of creation
does not need any patent appliances or
scientific study. It was as good In
the beginning aa It la now, and gtvea
no indication of becoming either un
fashionable or undesirable. But this
Is not a matter for logic Kissing Is a
custom, a pleasure, a habit It Is a
barometer of human affection. Kind
a man or woman who does not believe
In kissing and yon will find a human
being with heart enclosed In a shell
As balm for a wounded heart as an
accompaniment of lovers sighs and
protestations, as a mark of respect aa
well aa affection, the kiss la here to
stay. And it Is the language that la as
well understood In Russia as In Colo
rado; In Germany Just the same as In
Ohio. And the people want it plain,
tender, true, with no applications of
any foreign substance to make It sani
tary. Let's have one institution un
touched by human ambition.
The paradoxical definition of vice,
that it is virtue carried to excess. Is
true at least thus far: that any excess
la vicious. Men may work themselves
to death; they may drink themselves
Into nervous wrecks, using nothing
worse then tea or coffee; they may
loae all they possess by "gambling"
through taking too great chances In
business. A man may exercise him
self Into uselessnesa. So much has
been said in recent years of the Im
portance of exercise that every one ad
mits it aave now and then a wag.
like Senator Evarta of New Tort, who
once said that he owed his long life
and good health to the fact that he
never took any exercise. Many a
youth, in taking the exercise that
pleases him, discovers that he has
great skill at tennis or base-ball, bi
cycle racing or foot racing, hurdle
Jumping or handsprings, and the temp
tation la strong to neglect other mat
ters for the development of the par
ticular physical facility with which
he may be endowed. When he yields,
he usually degenerates Into a profes
sional athlete. Physical development
becomes the end of his endeavor, when
It should be merely a help In fitting
him to do his work In the world. The
professional athlete, that Is, the one
who makes a business of athletics, is
not usually allowed to engage In col
lege or other amateur contest, where
athletics are regarded as a means rath
er than as an end. This is right It
Is desirable that In all education its
object should not be obscured by the
allurement of any of the methods used
In bringing about the final result of a
well-develped man or woman.
PROPOSED DOWIE TEMPLE.
Great Eh 11 oh Tabernacle Under Con
templation at Zlon City.
The picture shows the exterior of
the great Shlloh tabernacle which John
Alexander Dowle Intends to build at
his famous Zlon City. He has had the
project In mind for several years, but
his recent pecuniary embarrassment
PROPOSED DOWIE TABEBJVACLZ.
delayed It commencement. Now, how
ever, he expects to begin the construc
tion of what he terms the "most mag
nificent temple of worship in the coun
try." It will be of oriental style and
will cost about $000,000. The Interior
will be In horseshoe form and will
seat 16,000 persons. It Is to be con
structed of limestone blocks supported
by steel frames.
To Be Beany Iteallstic.
"This, said the dramatist who was
elaborating the scenario of bis new
play to the manager, "is to be a real
istic society drama. The heroine make
a thrilling entrance In an auto."
"What does she do then?" asked
the manager.
"Why, of course ahe meets the hero
and the villain and the soubrette and
the rest and the play goes on to the
usual happy ending."
"Well, you start realistically enough,
bnt you weaken on your finish."
"How's that?" asked the puzzled
playwright
"If she's going to come In on an
atrto she and a few of the rest ought
to make their exit in an ambulance,
Judge.
Lots of men use their last dollar
backing the tiger Instead of using it
to keep the wolf from the Coot.
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Opinions of
AAA.
fho City Maa la the, Country.
B
ACK to the farm la now the
thousands of people who begin
city does not hold all of life that
Ten or fifteen years ago all the
was of and to the city. Every city boy was determined to
stay In the city, and every country boy of energy and
ability had made up hla mind to go to the city In search
of fortune. x
Now city boys plan to live In the country, and thousand
and thousauda of men aud women, grown weary of the
narrowness city life meana to the less fortunate, are hoping
and planning for the day when they may leave the smoke
and grime and Imprisoning walU of the city behind and
seek the country, with Its open apace. Its pure air and Ita
freedom. Of course, the city will always draw from the
country. It must If It la to succeed. Hut It Is essentlsl
that there shall be something In the count.? for It to draw
from, which there will not lie If the current la' always to
set In one direction. It would be well for the nation If
every generation could spend Its youth or a large part of
it In' the country.
Of course, there are bound to be many disappointments
for those who lee re the city for the f.irm. Some of them
have a sentimental liking for the country, but are not able
to adapt themselves to the conditions of life and buslnesi
In the country. They wish to be In but not of the country.
Others carry their city notions of money-making to the
farm and expect to get rich quick. These are generally
disappointed early In the game. An agricultural paper
telle of a city man who burled $30,000 on a ISO-acre farm In
fifteen years trying to breed fancy stock. Another city
man, who could easily earn (2.400 a year In an office, lost
110.000 In Kentucky experimenting with a bee farm. A
traveling man who haa been making $.',000 a year tried
Angora goat farming In .Missouri and lost $7,000 In three
years.
Yet the editor who narrates these hard luck stories does
not discourage the city man who would turn to the farm;
be only advisee him to begin humbly, learn well and pro
ceed cautiously. Instead of going Into pclaltlea at first,
the beginner would better try diversified farming. "It Is
the small farm, the editor says, "some poultry, a few hog,
two or three cows, some fruits, berries and a few acres of
common crops that must satisfy the man who makes the
abrupt change from city to country." Minneapolis Journal
The Physical Bai of Character.
0V much of character Is constitutional? That Is a
question often In the mind of every man who desires
to Judge Justly of himself and his neighbors. For
ourselves, we are Inclined to reply that It la but a
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non-essential part which can be so considered. All the
same, certain admirable and Important qualities appear to
bave a close connection with the phyalque; for Instanre,
counige, energy and good temper. Many forms of Illness
sap the courage of the most courageous. Low health re
duces energy, and hunger or Indication tries the sweetest
temper. On the other band, silcn qualities as sincerity,
sympathy and honesty have apparently no relation to the
physical constitution which enn be traced. No one Is In
sincere because be feels "seedy," or cruel because he has a
cold in his head, or a swindler because his temperature la
above or below normal. The truth we believe to be this:
that only the secondary virtue those tirtues, we mean,
which can be replaced by a Judicious blend of other quail
tie are dependent upon the physical constitution, while
the real essential of character, the primary colors of virtue
ss we nuy cull them, have no physlcnl connection what
ever. Jiut, It may be said, surely courage Is a primary
virtue? In one sense no doubt It Is, but not In the sense
that red Is a primary color. Many men without natural
courage bave been able to make something else do as well;
Indeed, they bave been able to produce In themselves a
quality which to all Intents and purposes Is courage. The
sense of duty and the habit of self discipline hare carried
men with honor through danger os terrible as ever were
met by the natural gift of pluck. Of course, we
do not mean that good Intentions will make a hero of
every man. That would be an absurd contention. Many
FRIDAY NOT UNLUCKY.
On the Contrary, Statistics Hhow that
It Is a liar at Goo! Fortune.
Friday, It has been discovered by a
painstaking and laborious statistician,
I not the nnlucklest but actually the
luckiest day of the week.
Taking all the great calamities
which befall humanity, the painstak
ing gatherer of facts has discovered
that the general average gives the
title of "luckiest day" to Friday, and
thnt of unluckiest to Monday.
The moral Is plain. Deware of Mon
day.
In one line alone it has been found
that Friday deserves IU present title,
in railroad accidents Friday heads the.
Hut So it Is wise, if you be super
stitious, to avoid beginning a Journey
011 Friday.
The "thirteen superstition" was
knocked In the head long ago, and it
was to be supposed that an iconoclas
tic age would "take a punch" at the
Friday dread before long.
Sir William Churchill was one of
the first to discord the superstition.
"Friday Is my lucky day," he wrote.
"1 was born, christened, married, and
knighted on that day, and all my
best accidents bare befallen me on a
Friday."
It has not been necessnry for n per
son to admit being superstitious to
acknowledge a preference for begin
ning certain things on any other day
than Friday. This feeling Is Inborn
in nearly all nationalities except the
Scandinavian. '
Sir William Churchill's experience
might not be- accepted as disproving
the general rule against Friday un
dertakings, but the conclusions of tho
statistician may hare more weight '
First he takes the record of assas
sination. In these he discovers that
Sunday Is pre-eminently the conspic
uous day, Wednesday comes next,
counting attempt which did not suc
ceed aa well as attempts which did.
Saturday Is third, and Monday fourth.
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday are
equal.
There la a possibility that the per
son having In Kind such an attack
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Great Papers on Important Subjects.
talk and dream of
to realise that the
la worth having.
talk and tendency
future
T;
UK next great
of the railway
ada, will be
chooses any other day than Fridoy,
In the belief that the day will provo
unlucky for him. An examination of
the records of such attacks In the last
1.r0 years has disclosed the fact that
the would-be murderer looks on Fri
day as an unlucky day for his at
tempt Thnt might tie construed to
prove either side of the argument, but
It Is fair to accept the statistician's
concIuHion In favor of Friday as tbo
lucky day.
As a side Issue, he has discovered
something which might be used to
bolster up the "thirteen supertstltlon."
Of all the assassinations attempted or
accomplished, during the hist century
and a half, 0 1-3 per cent hare fallen
on the 13tb of the month. A proper
proportion would bave been about
3 1-3 per cent ,
Three famous men, among others,
he finds were asfiasslnated on Friday
Abraham Lincoln, William McKln-
lcy and Nasr-ed Deen, Shah of I'er
kIu. Three attempts were made to
kill Alexander II of Russia on Mon
days, two to kill Rlsmarck on Mon
days, and three to kill Louis Philippe
on Tuesdays.
The sailor has the right to consider
Friday his luckiest day If exemption
from shipwreck be considered. It has
been a pet superstition of the sea that
Friday is the unlucky day for sailing.
This Is found to be extraordinary, as
the number of shipwrecks occurring
01: that day of the week Is the small
set
To secure this conclusion, the statis
tician examined the records of the dis
asters to British vessels from 1805 to
the present day. lie found that 24 per
cent happened on Thursday, 18 per
cent on Saturday and Sunday, 14 per
cent on Monday and Wednesday, 12
per cent on Tuesday, and only 4 per
cent on Friday. ,
By examining the record of railroad
disasters from 1803 tip to date It was
discovered that the nervous person
who fears to begin a Journey on Fri
day can point to some substantiation
for the fears. It was In this Item
alone that the day kept up It repu
tation. Chicago Tribune.
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of us who know In our hearts that we are decent people,
who have no sense whatever of what old fashioned divines
called our own depravity, can, alas! never bring ourselves
to doubt that If lestlny should drag us up to one of the
great testsas nowadays she seldom drags the average
man we should fall. Hut that Is as much because we are
lacking In willpower aa because we are lacking In courage,
Duty or Idealism, with sufficient motive force from the will,
would carry us through. All the virtues which
depend upon temperament are of Immense use. to their pos
sessors. They are labor-saving and happlnesa producing
endowments, bnt they are not necessary to the charm or
worth of character. Substitutes for them alt can be forged
by a imn whose willpower Is high enough. Ixntdoo
Spectator.
Railway Development.
railway development following that
development of Mexico and the con
current development of the railway systems of Can
the development of a railway system In
South America. A number of Influences are now at work
pointing to this result Among them are the opening of
the Panama Canal, the necessity for an additional outlet
for the peasantry of Europe, and the needs of Kurop for
the products of South American countries, to say nothing
of the gradual expansion of population and the trend of the
world'e progress. South America has been a neglected re
gion and yet It possesses numerous elements of develop
ment which railway construction can bring about. That
country la far removed from lines of ordinary travel. The
dominant civilisation Is Latin aa against Saxon In North
America. No broad policies are pursued though they are
conceived of, and feeble effort are occasionally made to
launch out and realise the ambitions of some of the leading
men.
South America possesses mineral wealth In abundance,
It la a matter of common knowledge that there are many
groat rivers In South America, but It Is not no well under
stood that there arc hundred, perhaps even thousand of
other stream not marked on the maps' and not now used
for purpose of navigating by canoe, that are larger and
longer than many navigated North American rivers. These
rivers of the South pour out of mountains and drain large
district of uninhabited, almost unexplored country. Still
other rivers flow from more populated region, but are as
yet little known, the more Interior courses as they are
reached, becoming swift and winding, and flowing In nu
merous channels over many cataracts and rapids. Inter
nation) Railway Journal.
Marriage for Ten Year.
T la not the first time that George Meredith tried to make
a painful situation worse. Roth In Richard Feverll end
In Rhoda Fleming he brought his characters to the point
where It seemed thst they could dot suffer more, and
then, with Infernal Ingenuity, gave the thumb acrew a lat
apparently impossible, turn, and left both characters and
readers Insensible with horror.
Now he proposes to deprive marriage of Its greatest
alleviation. When a thing Is known to be permanent It la
accepted. A man and a woman marry, and. If they hare
been properly Instructed, look forward to nothing but mar
rlage ahead of them all the way to the grave. Marriage
therefore enters Into all Uulr calculations. It Is like ilie
weather. It may bring storm and, worse than storms, dull
days. Rut It Is there and what people know they can't
avoid they don't think of trying to escape from.
Rut let people once fall Into the habit of marrying for
ten years. A marriage for ten years would last about three.
There would be a termination In sight and the prospect
of termination means the possibility of anticipation, l'to
ple do the things that tbey think about
The centuries have been right about It The way to
make a man and a woman happy together la to convince
them that they can never get apart. If they know thnt
they are abut up for good they will take to amusing them
selve as best they may within the Inclosure.
Scheme like Meredith's for uiHklng mnrrlage worse
than Is it ought to be quarantined. Chicago Tribune.
The Ha mo Old World.
If I were a millionaire
And lived In a mansion ami drove a pair
And you were the common herd
And lived In a howl or back suite,
third
And I hsd money
And you had nons
And you hsd trouble
And I had fun
If I were as rich as Sage,
Or Morgan, or Prcxcl, and you wcro
poor
If you were all bent with age
And I were young, at my fair prime's
door;
If I were happy
And you were aud
If 1 had dollar
For cents you bad
If I were loaded
With yellow wealth,
Got, mayhap, boldly,
Or won by stealth
And you had a paltry gift v
Of getting along (If you had a lift)
Why, I'd be a millionaire
And live In a mansion and drive a pair,
And you'd bo the common herd
Aud live In a hovel or back suite, third!
IENVOI.
This world move along
In Its settled way
It's the same world to-morrow
As yesterday.
Baltimore New.
Something Wrong.
"You say you don't understand what
'cold cash' Is."
"No, I don't."
"Why, roan, any sort of money It
cold cash." ,
"Well, If that's to, how It It that It
alwayt burnt a hole In my pocket?"
Philadelphia Press.
A Ruthless Orltio.
"Mr. Dobbin says he la wedded to
bit art"
"Yet," said Miss Cayenne, "wedded
but with ample ground for divorce."
Washington Star.
No man can do anything agalnet the
grain. Woman can do It, but mfta
can't
WORTH HER WElOHT IN QOLO.
Vaiasef Toao Wemsaof I DO I'oaad
Wo 4 lie UI,01.
The weight of money I very de
ceptive," says an employ of the sub
treasury to a writer lu the New York
Mall and Kxprosa. "For Instance, a
young man came In here on day with
a young woman. I was showing them
through the department and happened
to ask him Joklugly if he thought the
girl was worth her weight In gold.
He assured me that be certainty did
think so, and after learning that her
weight was 104 pound w figured that
site would be worth la gold coin SlV
647. The young man was fond enough
of her to think that was rather cheap.
"Another thing that deceives many
peoplo," be continued, "Is the weight
of paper money. Now, bow many $1
bill do you think It would take to
weigh aa much as a 1.1 gold piece?"
Ou a gues the writer said fifty, and
the clerk laughed.
"I have heard guesses on that" he
ld. "all the way from fifty to t
and from men who have handled
money for year. The fact of the mat
ter I that with a 1-1 gold piece on
on scale you would have to put only
six and one half bll)4 lu the other to
balance it"
The question afterward waa put to
several friend of the writer and
elicited answer ranging all the way
from twenty to l,rxn the majority
guessing from M0 to fKxi.
Taking the weights of gold coin
ami bills given at the aubtreasury, It
was figured that a $5 gold piece welxh
.7.H1 of an ounce of avolrdupol. The
employe of the treasury who bandied
the paper money said that Iu bill
weigh four and a half ounce. That
would make one bill weigh .(M.l of an
ounce, and between six and seven bill
would balance tbo gold piece.
On the proposition of bow much
money one can lift figure were ob
tained at the aubtreaaury, where cer
tain number of coin were placed
In bags and weighed as standard.
For example, the standard amount for;
gold coin I which weigh
eighteen and a half pound. Five hun
dred silver dollars weigh thirty-five
and a half pound, while I'JtM) In
halves, or 400 coins, weigh eleven
pounds.
Two hundred pound of coin money
of various kinds Is made up a fol
lows: Silver dollars, $2,017: half dol
lars, S.1.R3o; quarter dollars, 13,(1.17;
dimes, 13.013.ft0; nickels, $1)17; pennies,
1205.01.
In $1 Mils the same weight would
amount to $71,111.
SHE DIDN'T CHEW TOOACCO.
Olrt Who Coaldn'i Become a l-'Lhtr-asa
la All Things.
-At on of the Long Island resort
there I an old man who la something
of a character. lie spend larg
portion of his time fishing from the
dock, and It Is notice! by everyone
thst he hardly ever fall to catch some
thing, even though everyone elso In
the vicinity la having bad luck. Re
cently a young woman approached this,
man and said In a coaxing way:
"Mr. F., won't you show me how
you bait your, books, so I can do mine
that way, nnd theu perhaps I can catch
something?"
The old man paused In hi fishing
long enough to explain exactly bow he
pluced the bait on the book. The
girl went away and flahed and fished
and fished, occasionally retailing her
hooks In tho maimer shown. Hut she
didn't catch anything. So again she
went to the old man.
"Oh, Mr. F.," she said, "there must
bo some other reason why the flsti
won't bite on my bait. I wish you'd
tell me what it Is."
The old man looked up.
"Maybe," ho said, In a drawling
tone, "you didn't spit on your bait."
Tho girl looked a little bit disgusted.
"Is that what you do?" she asked.
"Sure," snswered the old fisherman.
. The girl went away aud the old man
bad ten minutes' peace. Then shu came
back again.
"Now, Mr. F.," she remonstrated,
"do tell me why I don't catch any
fish. I've baited my hooks Just the
way you bait your. I even spnt on
my bait and I've fished faithfully, Just
tho way you do. And I haven't caught
anything. Will you tell mo Just hove
It Is I don't?"
The old man looked at her reflect
ively. "I don't know, miss, I'm sure," be
observed, after considering the ques
tion for a few minutes. "If yon bait
your hooks Just so, nnd If you spit on
your bait I don't know why you don't
catch fish, lessen It' cuumo you don't
chaw tobaccor."
And then the girl gave It up.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Same Old Stories.
When Adam courted Eve, they say
With certain Jests tbey wlillod the
hours
Of blissful Indolence away
Amid the sephyr and the flower.
And Noah would those stories tell
Unto hi son when it grew dark,
The gloomy tedium to dispel
Which sometimes settled o'er the ark.
And 'round full many a enmpflre bright
Those yarns have sent a merry thrill;.
They were recited with dsllght
At Troy and likewise Bunker Hill.
And now the Congressman comes out
And cons them o'er with guileless glee.
And scatters them around about
And all Is bliths as blithe can be.
Washington Star.
There It a mistaken Impression that
every time an old maid is Introduced
to an unmarried man, tho sect Ilope
Ahead.