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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12
THE rRrEDoM OF TEACHING.
Views which supply = student with In
telIectual Tools.

NlaWa Mnltn supply - nNu0ehN WIN ~
teIIectuaI Tools.
Boards of trustees will be henceforth
inclined to place restrictions upon the
freedom of teaching, while, on the
other hand, they will be the more in
clined to exercise great care in the
selection Of the men to whom they ac-
cord discretion, says Review of Re-
views. Further than that, 1t Is now
admitted that the colleges and uniyer-
stiles are not in their nature well
suited 70 be centers of agitation or
propaganda, but rather that their
EpheA is disciplinary study and calm,
scientific research. The object of the
schools OF higher learning should be
not sd much TO give the student a set
of views as to supply him with intel
lectual tools and methods, so that he
may ia due time find his way to con-
illusions of his own. A college profess
Eor Is q citizen and a man. Even in
Germany. where one expects to find
restraint and regulation, the univer-
sity professors are seldom conscious OF
anT limitations under their perfect
freedom TO utter and to teach what
ever they believe. We cannot afford
in this country 10 muzzle any OF our
teachers. Their freedom viii be use
ful In ten thousand cases where II
might be harmful IN one. This, cf
course, applies to men whose function
is really that of teaching. Sometimes
men find themselves In college cnairs
who do not rightly belong there.
Some Socialists make excellent profess
sers OF political economy; others do
not. Thus some OF the foremost uni
versity economists of Germany are
socialists; but, on the other hand,
some OF the foremost socialists OF Ger
many would be wholly out OF place
in the universities This is an obvi-
ous distinction, yet II is sometimes lost
sight OF when men discuss this ques-
tion of the freedom of teaching. There
are cases where 1t is the teacher rath-
er rather than the teaching that is
at the bottom of the controversy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12
A WONDERFUL SPRING
Prof, Lepsius OF Darmstadt Dis
covers BubbIIng Fountain
Of Carbonate.

scripps- McRae League.
Frankfort-on- Main, March i2--Prof.
Richard Lepsius, who fills the chair Of
mineraIogy and geology In the Tech
nicnl high school OF Darmstadt, has
just supervised the boring Of q well
which German geologists consider a
marvel.
The we'll is at Nauheim. A depth of
200 meters (6i4 feet) with boring OF
90 inches diameter. be struck bub.
bling spring Of carbonate waters Of
unexampled strength.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12
JAMIE wHlTcoMn Riley.
Success Game In the Midst OF what He
Considered "A Misfortune.

Success Came In the Midst OF What He
Considered "A Misfortune.
James Whitcomb Riley's success be-
gan with what he considered a ter
rible misfortune. He tells his friends
that the day on which he was dis
charged from the stan Of the Indian
apolis Journal was one Of the darkest
OF his life. The future seemed to hold
nothing for him. II happened how
ever, that state political convention
was held in indianapolis at about that
time, and among the nominees was a
very portly gentleman, who had never
made a public speech. The convention
called for him after he had been nom
mated, and when he appeared upon
the platform a speech was demanded.
He cleared his throat, stood on one
foot and then the other, and said;
Gentlemen OF the Convention
thank you for the honor you have
given me- can't make a speech, but
/ can tell you one thing. The ticket
you've nominated here today is a-goin'
to win When the frost is on the
punkin and the corn Is in the
shock The uproar which followed
indicated that Riley's poem, first pub
lished only few days before, had
been read by everybody present, and
that IL had touched a tender spot
This circumstance more than anything
else induced the business manager Of
the Journal, whe was Rney's stsadfas;
/ friend 20 undertake in partnership
the poet 20 have a little book, 1.-The
Old swlmmin Hole and Leven More
/ Poems published Il made an imme.
diate hit, and gave Riley q national
reputation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12

Charles Stewart Parnells old home
stead in County Wicklow, Ireland
which Tammany viii save to the irish
people by lifting the $4,000 mortgage
that now threatens it's associated with
the late statesman's most happy hours
and most ambitious youth. The house
about which so much solicitude has
been exhibited in Ireland and America
is a fine old residence of a type that is
common in the Emerald Isle. II was
built on the estate at Avondale. Wick
low, which was bequeathed by friend
to John Parnell in the last century, de-
scending from him through his young
er son, William, to John Henry, the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12
MONEY IN OLD BOTTLES.
one Man In Philadelphia Has Made
eBOO,OOO out OF Them.

One Man In Philadelphia Has Made
ssoo,oOO out Of Them.
Very few people are aware OF the
immense profits to be accrued In the
gathering handling and selling OF old
glass bottles The traffic is a large
one and by following II closely sew
eral devotees OF the calling have
a31assed comfortable fortunes. This
Is particularly true of one old man.
who Is well known downtown, and
who has been gathering old bottles for
40 years, says a Philadelphia paper
He is easily worth over half a million
and today works just as hard as he
did when first building up his busi-
ness. The old fellow drives his own
wagon. and there is hardly club
steward IN town who has not done
business with him Bottles from this
source must he paid for. Of course. and
this takes away a good portion OF the
profit Tho real income is derived
from the bottles found IN back yards
and back alleys. and from those given
by housekeepers who do not know or
else do not care for their value. In
.he summer, when glass factories are
closed, there Is always a strong de-
mand for old bottles from all sources
and the person who owns them can
charge his own price In the clean
Ing aud sorting OK them a great many
persons are employed. and they all
make good wages
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12

From Funny Cuts; Ella--To think
that 1t is two years since we met, and
you knew me at once. Then | haven't
changed much after all? Bella-Oh.
knew you by your bonnet Who would
have thought there was SO much wear
In II?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12
PARNELL's OLD HOMESTEAD.

PARNELL'S OLD HOMESTEAD.
father of Charles Stewart. The patriots
mother became the mistress of the
house when her husband took her to
Avondale in 1884. She had been Miss
Della Tudor Stewart daughter Of Ad-
miral Charles Stewart of the United
States navy. Young Charles was sent
away from his ancestral walls when he
was boy, but il was within them that
his American mother gave the political
bent to his mind that distinguished
him ever after. The house is we'll built
and stately, aid might have been
deemed even lordIy in former days.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-12

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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21
THE BEAR TRAP DAM. DRAINAGE CANAL

ping port OF the nation. Until the rail-
roads entered into competition for the
carrying trade. all the vast products
Of the West found their way to mar
ket through this commercial artery.
and a considerable portion of 1t still
reaches the seaboard through that
channel. while the construction Of the
Welland ship canal from Lake Erie to
Lake Ontario. through Canadian terri
tory, IL divertlng enormous quantities
Of grain In that direction. Recognize
Ing that the capacity Of the Erie is no
longer adequate successfully to COM
pete with rival transportation facili-
ties. the state Of New York Is about to
expcnd $6O.OOO.OOO In widening and
deepening the channel. and In improv.
Ing the lockage by the construction Of
modern pneumatic balance locks Of
mammoth proportions. A few figures
will give an idea Of the proposed I'M.
provements. Ths Erie canal runs from
Buffalo ON Lake Erie to Cohoes. on the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21

Hudson River. above Albany. Its
length Is 1863 miles. 1t was finished In
1926, and enlarged thirty-five years
later. the total cost being $5O,0OO.OOo.
The proposed canal will be II feet
deep. 10 feet wide at the bottom and
100 feet wide ut the surface, as against
a depth Of 8 feet, a bottom width of 40
feet and surface width Of % feet. 1t
will accommodate boats $50 feet long
and o5 feet wide, capable of carrying
1000 tons cargo. 1t would have ca
pacity OF 2O,OOO,OOO tons per annum.
and on that tonnage the saving would
be upwards of $12,OOO,OOO annually
In the completion Of the Welland ship
canal the last link in the chain of i'm
provemcnts by locks and canals of the
st. Lawrence River has been COM
pleted. with the result that vessels 300
feet long and Of 2,2OO tons capacity can
now pass from the lakes to Mon
treal, since the completion Of fifteen
2,2m-ton barges, besides wharf and
elevator improvements costing $4,000
600. is now talked of. This would d.
vert about 35,OOO.OOO bushels Of grain
from the New York route annually. In
view of these facts, the people Of the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21
NO MORE THE GRAND MANNER.
There Are No Longer Gentlemen Of
Dignity and Breeding.


The "grand manner" has gone from
the world and the world seems little
put out at its departure. Time was
when it was a token at once of breed.
ing and education. Scholarship un-
adorned with it was held up to nakco
scorn as naked pedantry; manners with
no touch of the grand air could not
pass muster in polite circles; literature
saw in it the sum and substance of its
being. 1t did duty for Il whole lexicon
of qualities. hut its outward aspect
was unmistakablc. depending upon a
very simple theory of society and hui
man life. If men are to wear hOnors
and successes lightly. the background
of ease will come into prominence. and
they will study to amuse And SO came
that social fnessp which our great
randmothers adored. those bOwings
and smirkings which their grandchil-
dren scoffed at, and the whole pleasing
science of the beau monde.
The tear Of sensibilty may be drop.
ped over its tomb. but there can be 10
question of its revival. The most its
admirers can do Is to write the history
of its tloruit. 1t belonged to an aga
when wealth. leisure. culture and al
the good things of life were confined
to class. and 1t dropped and with
cred at the advent Of democracy. Our
modern seriousness and our modern
business-ike air killed it, and they
chose the cruelest of weapons. 1t might
have survived frank opposition: it
could not endure being made to look
Ridiculous
But with the rubbish went much that
was admirable. At its best this grand
manner meant an eXuberant vitality. Il
genuine Zest for life. It's opponents
might fail. hut they failed calamity.
1t all worked out to a kind of intense
self-respect, which might he ludcrous,
but was rarely ignohle.
Most great mon have been many-sih.
ed. but with the gentlemen of the
grand air it was ii social duty and all
traces of the process must be hidden
from sight.
Disraeli was almost the last of the
grand manner disciples. and the
abuse of him which was current for So
long shows how people had come to re-
gard the affectatiun. For an affecta-
ton 1t was though Il charming and
sometimes Il noble one. Versatility can
never he abolished. but q pretense Of
ease and n>ouciance and Il parade of
divers accomplishments may easily be
discredited. The splendid impassive-
ness of the great gentleman has sue
cumbed TO modern worry and haste.
and for the most part we frankly con-
fess that dignity is a nuisance and an
anchrOnism. But the other side of the
thing-the taste for liberal culture
shows signs Of revival and we may see
a return to the grand manner. brought
up to date and purged of its Stiffness
London Spectator.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21

Empire State-and indirectly the entire
West-colnprehend that the eXpendi-
ture of $1GG,O0O n mile for 3G' miles
will not be thrown away.
The third great scheme is that Of the
Nicaragua canal This has justly been
termed the most gigantic hydraulic
project Of any age. The preliminary
estimate OF cost Is $l40.OOO0OO. and the
physical obstacles seem almost insur-
mountable. For many years 1t has been
the dream of enterprise to unite the At
lantic and Pacific oceans by maritime
canal cut across either the Isthmus Of
Panama or Central America. The
Panama project, engineered by the late
Ferdinand De I.esseps, was abandoned
for lack Of funds after nearly 100000
600 had been expended Oh eighteen
miles Of the forty-siX miles Of survey.
A new company was organized. and
work is being done by some 1000 men.
The progress, however, Is slow, and
unless this government decides upon
the Panama route, 1t is probable that
the work will be abandoned and the
millions put into 1t will be wholly lost.
\ new company has formed to con-
troll the enterprise. 1t got into difficult
ties, and Congress was appealed to. 1t
appointed an Investigating commission,
with Rear Admiral Walker at the head.
This body reported feasible route. 40
miles long by way Of Lake Nicaragua
and the Rio Grnnde plain. The excava-
ton In part would be through rock.
Many difficulties present. One Is the
excessive rainfall Of the district, twen-
ty-One feet annually, or eighteen times
the average of the United States, which
means Mt times a river discharge of
100000 cubic feet of water second.
The second Walker commission report
asks for $14O.OOO.OOO. but expert engi-
neers say that the work will require
$3.50, 100000.
This canal would be great CONNER
cial highway, obviating the long voyage
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21
GygElR:. s;zSbs&

The chance of two finger prints being
alike Is not one in tifty-four billion.
There are nearly two thousand
stitches in pair OF hand-sewed boots.
San Diego, Cal. has lemon grove
covering one thousand acres. 1t is said
TO be the largest in the world. 1t was
begun in 1890, with 40 acres.
Eighteen thousand bills and joint res.
olutions were presented by members
in the last Congress-12,WS in the
House and $3.50 in the Senate.
Table Mountain, Cape Town. South
Africa, is magnificent natural curl
osity. 1t is nearly four thousand feet
In height and has a level top about
three square miles in area.
Wedding festivities in Cairo. Egypt.
usually continue for three days, during
which time there is constant feastinx
and jolllfcation. The guests are ex.
pccted to remain while the festivities
last.
In the western part of British Colum-
DIa ID mover IuilW"y, tWo Hi"cS ~
length. The rails are made of trees.
from which the bark has been stripped,
and these are bolted together. Upon
them runs a car, with grOOved wheels
ten inches wide.
At Bosco Reale, on the slopes Of
Vesuvius, near Pompeii, excavations
have brought up the most remarkable
pa ntings of the Roman period yet d's-
covered. In the grounds Of the Del
Frisco villa a great peristyle and four
large rooms have been unearthed. the
walls of which are covered by twenty
large frescOes of rich covering and care
full execution. The figures are life
size
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21

around Cape Horn, and opening up a
direct route from Europe and the At
lantic coast to Asia. The tonnage Is
variously estimated from 100000 to
S,OOOUDO. the toll averaging $1.55 per
ton. The cost Of operation and mainte-
nance would be $6OOO,OOO per annum
The rate Of progress through the canal
would be eight miles an hour, or forty
five hours for the trip. Two artificial
harbors would have to be constructed.
The labor and the sanitary problems
are the hardest to handle. Chinese.
Italians and Jamaica negroes have 80
far proven the best workers. but the
local conditions need not imperil even
white lives. II proper precautions are
taken. The strategic value Of the canal
Ia appreciated. and defensive works
would be constructed so that In case OF
war mines operated by electrical keys
would keep an enemy at bay. while
strong Notifications would guard eitkW
end Of the canal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21

are clear and fresh in mind. and there
are few who do not comprehend and
appreciate the great work accomplish
ed. 1t Is bewildering, however. to re-
alize what has been wrought through
engineering science from a stream Of
wide fluctuations, with no constant and
reliable fountain supply, now pouring
over an artificial spillway 100000 cubic
feet of water n minute. TO effect this
2S,5OO.OOO cubic yards of earth and
12.91O.OOO cubic yards Of solid rock
were excavated. The controlling works,
the metal sluice gates. the masonry.
the bulkheads. the bear trap dam, the
walled-in sections 100 feet wide, are
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21
THREE BIG CANALS.
PROJECTED AND ENGINEERED
81 AMERICANS
Vast Sums Expended and Enormous
Expenditures Cont err plated-Greatest
Artificial Waterway Is Sanitary
Canal-Plans for Erie Enlargement.

The past hundred years have often
been denOminated as comprising 1.-THE
railway age" quite us Importantly Is it
the great canal era. With the excep-
ton of some of those crude but mar
velous engineering feats in Egypt, in
Europe, in Mexico, in the way Of con-
Quits and the like, nothing in the way
OF watercOurse construction has APP
proximated the gigantic canal enter
der American auspices during recent
years.
With the foremost OF the list-the
Chicago drainage canal-the public is
entirely familiar. Facts and figures
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21
A Relliserent Archdeacon.

Canon Bellairs, of England, who died
recently, was an old enemy of the bel
ligerent Archdeacon Denison. He was
a school inspector before the act OF
1870, and East Brent was In his dis
trict. The archdeacon objected to gov.
eminent inspection Of his school, taught
the children to sing some lines OF ridi-
Guile when his brother clergyman ap-
peared, and at last wrote to Mr.. Bel
lairs, telling him that he would put him
In the village horse pond II he again
dared to show his face in that part Of
Somerset.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21
loAFlNc ON A SUMNER DAY.

The lazy boy sprawled on his back and
squnted at the sky,
Wishing he were the long-winged bird
that slantwise sailed on high;
For day was lapsing swiftly. half way
from dawn to noon,
And the breeze it sang, 20, lazy boy,
what makes you tired so soon!"
But the lazy boy was silent, and he
slowly chewed straw,
Vaguely mindful of the thrush that whis-
tied in the haw,
And half aware of the bleatng sheep and
of the browsing kline
Far scattered over slumbering hills to
the horizon line.
Happy. happy was the boy a-dreaming
sweet and long,
Famed by the breeze that tossed the
haw and RATED the thrush's song
For the whole glad day he had to loaf,
he and himself together,
While all the mouths of nature blew the
flutes OF fairy weather.
The years great trcadmill round was
done, its drudgery ended well.
And now the sunny holiday had caught
him in its spell,
80 that he longed. lazy lout, up-squint-
ing at the sky,
And wished he was the long-winged bird
that slantwise sailed ON high.
It's good to work and good to win the
wages OF the strong;
Sweet is the hum of labor's hire, and
sweet the workman's song:
But once year a lad must loaf. and
dream, and chew straw,
And wish he were a falcon. free, or a
catbird in the haw!
independent.