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The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
LOSS PLACED At 100000.
Fire Destroys Four Big Elevators At
Milwaukee.

Milwaukee.
Milwaukee. June 29.-Fire destroyed
four big elevators owned by the Amer.
lean Mailing company. located at the
foot of South Water street, entailing
4 loss estimated at 100000.
The fire is supposed to have been
caused by an explosion Of dust in one
of the elevators.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
LAUDs SALVATION ARMY.

Work Accomplished.
Cleveland, June 30.-A fine new
citadel to be used as headquarters for
the Salvation Army in this city and
vicinity was dedicated Sunday. Sena-
tor Hanna was chairman of the occa.
sion and made an address Of half an
hours duration. He spoke almost en-.
tirely of the work done by the army
and praised it. He said that ii he had
time to preach he would help the Sal.
yatiOn Army with his voice.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04

.3uhe stomach, so
fnaturally " hen
theref is loss of
Hesh we look first
toMe stomach for
fheacause. And
Me:calIse is gen.
orally found to be
Afsease of the
stomach and di-
gestive and nutri-
tive tracts, result
ing in loss Of uu-
triton and conse-
quent physical
weakness.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
.iEiScovefV restores
the lost Aesh By!
curing diseases Of
the stomach and
|, other organs Of
| digestion and nu-
triton and ena-
bling the perfect
digestion and az
sinailation Of food
from which flesh
and strength are
made.
NMy wife was for
i've years troubled
With Indigestion Of
stomach and bowels,
bfoaHnE .and %SesfN
uiin at umka durinI
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04

Unger, Of Acconnellsburg. Pa. rHer heart was
affected, and she took purgative every few
days but only received temporary relief. She
81 Dr, feIcs's' Golden MedieiI Discovery sgH
our druggist and after taking it she said she felt
Hike a new woman. Has no more trouble with
Ing. Has gained fifteen pounds In weight"
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
After Graduation.

This is the season when the college
graduate looks afield and notes the fac,
that life is real. life is earnest" He has
spent four years in study and he has been
decorated with degree betokening some
measure of success as a deliver in facts
figures and theories. He feels that the
world is his own particular oyster and tie
question uppermost in his mind is by
what particular style Of knife he shall
open ii. For some time he has had his
eye upon knife which seems best suited
to his grip and has been bending himself
as earnestly as his nature Will allow to
make himself perfect practitioner with
that implement. But when the day of
gradua ton arrives and the oyster season
opens his gertrude is likely to wane and he
may wonder whether or not he has chosen
the right line of professional endeavor.
This matter of choosing an occupation
is the most serious crisis in the life of
the young man. When circumstances do
not take the case absolutely out OF his
own hands he is confronted with the great
question of individual responsibility. So
much depends upon what he wants to do
with his talents, whether 10 make money
or fame, to do good or TO set shining
example, or to work out some pet doctrine
or theory Aptitude plus chances of pc
cuniary profit constitute the dominating
factors in great majority of cases. But
not always aptitude Personal liking for a
line of work does not necessarily consi-
tute special qualification. The sands are
strewn with human wrecks that have
foundcred on the rock of unfitness. even
though propelled by an abundance Of the
power of interest and enthusiasm. On the
other hand many are the failures due to
an aptitude minus application. a talent for
doing Special thing without the power to
keep hard at work. Success comes to some
men too easily for their good.
Environment often determines the choice,
or a family tendency. in which case the
young man is scarcely himself q factor
N the matter. He obeys what seems the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Forestry.

Forest fire is an economic pity-a tragedy
of the trees But If the smoke and ash of
the late fires shall call popular attention
to the cause of the American tree the
pines and oaks just persisted in New Eng
land and the mountains of New York will
not have died in vain Forestry must gain
In dignity as Americas population expands
and her wooded area contracts Wastase
of the woods by fire and improvfdent lum-
bering goes on while the need for timber
and cleared land increases If the rights
of the tree are not needed the time must
soon come when the supply of wood will
not meet the demand. Prof. Fernow OF the
school of forestry of Cornell University has
said that at the present rate of forest de-
struction the lumber treasure of the United
States will be depleted in thirty years The
federal bureau of forestry has computed
that the average annual loss of timber by
forest fire is s25,Ooo,0o0. In this estimate
is not included the value of young growth
destroyed 1t is stiff penalty which the
people pay because of carelessness and lg-
norance of campers and brush burners.
Study and application of the science of
forestry have been forced on several coun-
tries of Europe and are being forced on the
United States Already forestry is being
taught In a number of American schools.
Some numbering companies, to conserve
their holdings, are cutting only mature
trees, nurturing the saplings and reforest-
ing logged-off lands. Railroad companies,
the Illinois Central, for example, are plant
ing fields with catalpa for supply or ties
The New York Central has under advise
ment the planting of a ''tfe farm In the
Adirondacks. Wood lots are springing up
on prairie and on desert. and tree senti-
ment is being helped along by Arbor day
observance. In some parts of the country,
notably in southern California mountain
regions denuded of timber by fire are being
reseeded with pine. We are waking up TO
the Importance of the tree.
There is a relation between trees and
rain which man knows, but cannot define
1t is the wooded mountain, with its floor of
vegetable mold. which soaks up snow and
rain. releasing water gently to the valley
1t is the treeless mountain off which the
rain and melted snow rush in floods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

summons of a fate against which 1t Is
useless or foolish or undutiful to contend.
This line of development, however. is
less in evidence of late years than former
ly. when there was a stronger pride in
the passing of a business or profession
from father to son and the perpetuation
of conspicuous firm name. The growth
of the corporate ton idea has had its in
fluence In accelerating this tendency
Furthermore the social phases of college
life seem to lead to a greater range of
individual choice
The character Of the college course, too,
is responsible for much of the change
which has occurred in this respect. Rather
than serving as a general finishing pro-
cess, fitting the graduate to adopt with
theoretically even chances of success any
line of work, the modern university is
becoming system Of preparing specialists.
developing the personal aptitude or in
clination. so that the young man in a
measure determines his probable line Of
development while at work In the institu-
ton and leaves with his mind bent in
one direction or another Thus 1t is prob
able that the graduates of Columbia Uni
versity of New York who seriously an.
swered as follows the question of intended
occupation have been at work for two or
three years, perhaps all four of their I'M
dergraduate career. with these special
lines distinctly in view: Lawyers, %; bust
ness, II; teaching, 0; civil engineers, 4;
chemists, 4; physicians. 4; mechanical en-
gineers, 3; architecture, 2; millionaires, 9;
journalist. 1: gentlemen of leisure, 1; pol
ftfcian, 1; electrical engineer, 1; philan-
thropist L. forester, 1; theatrical manager,
l. clergyman. 1; any old thing, 8.
Perhaps the university of the future at
tanning the apparent limit of specialization,
will maintain a department of assignments,
to give each student, upon matriculation.
his most suitable course and to keep him
in that line long as his percentage of
probable success remains high. In these
days of scientific precision such an i'm
portant matter as the distribution of the
talents of the new generation of workers
should not be left to chance, or even to
the dictates of individual predictions
alone. Certainly the drift Is toward such
an end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
The Strike-Fever Microbe.

The strike-fever microbe has been Il busy
germ this spring. He has outwriggled his
kinsman. the hook worm or germ of les
ure. While the commonplace microbe
comes to perfection In the dark, the strike
microbe courts the light Sunlight OF pub
licity is his food. Notoriety is his meat
The stronger the light the more nimbly
he capers-the more acrobatic his antics
While the strikeococcus has not worked as
devastating contagion this year as he
wrought last year in the coal lands, he has
infected a great many localities. Strikeitis
has broken out in more forms than Proteus
could put on. There were the coffin MAX
ers, who refused US the favor of driving a
few nails or primping us up with a little
walnut stain and varnish. There were the
hearse drivers. who declined to let get
in. Neither would the hackmens union let
us ride. Then the grave diggers laid down
the shovel and the hoe and refused to turn
a sod in our honor. The altar boys In
church in Canada walked out and declared
the services off till the bishop recognized
the altar boys assembly. Then, police
men have been striking in a way contrary
to their habit.
Laundry workers in Chicago have taken
off the sheets and forced tired man to
sleep on the tickling bed tick. They have
offered violence to any man caught with
a collar round his neck, and have kindly
volunteered to replace the band of linen
with a coil of hemp. They have made
socks and hanClxerchiefs positive luxuries.
BARRIERS and bath house attendants have
laid down their shears, towels and other
weapons and left so that tramps jeer
at us we pass by. Walters have COM
PEELED us to rustic for food. and the cooks
have refused to fry our fish. Then the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Doing Without the Telephone.

A religious denomination styled the Old
Order German Baptists recently met in
national conference at Goshen, Ind, and re-
affirmed the refusal of the previous confer
ence to sanction the use of the telephone
in the home by members of that church.
This is an extraordinary note of conserv-
atism in these days of progress and me-
chanical advancement but some observers
are disposed to applaud it as a wholesome
check upon the too-rapid annihilation of
time and space which is now evident on all
sides. The Chicago Inter-Ocean, comment
ing upon the action, declares that the tele-
phone is virtually nuisance provoking
profanity. fostering i'll manners, encourag-
ing the intrusions of social upstairs and
exposing the privacy of the home to the
scrutiny of the public. In short, the In
ter-Ocean declares:
Perhaps the Old Order German Baptists
observing the penalties of the telephone
weighed them against it's benefits. and de-
cided that, on the whole, they could get
along more comfortably in this world and
be surer of a pleasant climate in the next
by not admitting that modern invention to
their fireSideS.
But no newspaper will seriously advo-
cate following the example of these con-
sentative religionists. who have such a hor-
der to measure the calamity of a sudden
deprivation of all telephone communica-
ton it is necessary to stretch the gina
ton pretty severely. Even men whose
business careers extend back into the non
telephone days will find it difficult to re-
collect the circumstances of life then with
any degree of satisfaction. The telephone
is so intimate part of everyday life, so
convenient device for the saving of time
and steps. that it may be considered as in
dispensable. That is why any monopoly in
it's management which maintains rates at
unwarranted heights is intolerably burden
some.
To sweep the telephone out of use today
would seriously upset the mechanism of
daily intercourse. The phone is an ex-
ponent of the pace at which modern So
ciety is now running. Everything is in
adjustment. 1t does not suffice, therefore.
for the conservative to declare that he got
along very well without the device in his
younger days. and that therefore all men
ought to be as we'll off minus the telephone
now. If all our standards were correspond
ingly changed, If the general pace were
slackened if our expectations were curbed
our habit of crowding the day with hosts
of details were broken, then perhaps we
could abandon the telephone and revert to
old time conditions. But that Is clearly
an impossibility. Having once tasted the
sweets of instant communication over long
distances of conquering time and space
by a mere twist of the wrist. we are
spoiled for even the comforts of the slower
life. The Old Order German Baptists may
get along without the telephone. but they
will not proselyte many to their way Of
thinking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Banks That Speculate.
m the Baltimore American.

rom tHt I5aIt1mOfe Ampr1Can.
The erratic movements of stocks in which
weakness has predominated have brought
to the surface the unsafe banking practices
which have prevailed in some cities The
wild craving for profits has driven some
banks into various ventures which were
hazardous and at variance with strict bank
ing principles. In order to make dividends
certain banks have engaged directly in
speculation. They have gone into the open
with the view of selling out later at a
profit These purchases" in the market
have been covered up in the books under
the general heading of loans" Money
tied up in these speculative ventures have
been represented to stockholders as being
placed in loans the purchased securities
being the evidence or collateral of such
loans. Despite the whitewashing on the
books. however they were unadulterated
speculative plunges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
The Seasons Disasters.

While there is some danger that the pub
lie may become hardened to the news Of
REPEATED disasters In various parts of the
country there is small chance that there
will be any lack of willingness to respond
to calls for help should there be need Of
rescue work. The floods in the west and
the south and the forest fires in the north
eastern section have destroyed property
values ranging high up in the millions.
Thousands of people are homeless. Several
hundred, it is to be feared, have already
lost their lives. The crops have been
ruined in many places. and thus the seas
will be bitterly severe upon the farmers
in the food-swe areas. There is no pres
ent way to compute accurately the suffering
which these calamties will ultimately
cause. Thus it is impossible to organize
relief work upon a systematic basis. Yet
it is certain that when the time comes for
giving there will be plenty of money and
goods wherewith to alleviate present suf-
fering and to prevent future distress.
These disasters have come with unusual
frequency this year. The great Miss.s
sippi floods early in the spring did not
cause losses of life, but they We're never
theless vastly destructive. The later fresh
cts in the Observation-Disclosures valley are of
rapidly to permit escape. Levees have
broken without warning, and the people
have been drowned by the dozens. At To-
peka fire added to the horrors of the flood.
The cyclone in Georgia and the flood in
South Carolina have been even more de-
structive of life than the high waters in
the west
Last season seemed to be terrible one
in regard to the destruction of human life,
with the Pelee disaster establishing a new
world record for catacysmic horror. This
years calamities cannot of course, In the
aggregate compare with that single vista
ton, but so numerous the great acct
dents. and so costly that 1t would seem
as though the elements were in league to
shock humanity into a realization. keener
than ever before. of the uncertainty of life
and the power of nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
A Civic Heart.
From the New York World.

The projectors Of great peoples hall to
be in this city social political and educa-
tional center, are working on the right
lines. They propose an institution in which
the people can gather for healthful recrea-
ton, in which they can gain every kind of
instruction and exchange opinions about
public affairs and hear what their servants
have to say about their fulhllment of their
trusts The hall is to be at once a social
and athletic club a popular college and
civic forum Perhaps it is through such
institutions that the problems of city gov
eminent can best be solved. In any event
they can aid greatly in the solution. So
long as the citizens remain unrelated
atoms, each vibrating in his solitary home
it will be difficult to resist effectively the
forces of disorder and decay. To have a
healthy civic life there must be a civic or
ganiSm-not a government. but a social
fabric of living flesh and blood. And that
means that we must bring the people to-
gether in constant mutual activities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Summer Half HOLIDAYS,
From the Chicago Tribune.

I'VE close early prosaic words to
those people of leisure with whom the work
of each day stops in good season, but they
are full of enchantment to the ordinary
tOiler who knows that business closings
mean social openings. A few years ago
these announcements of half holidays
aroused some curiosity and wonder, and
the believers in all work and no play proph-
esied that no good would come of them and
that notwithstanding satan was waiting
around the corner for all these idle hands.
But good has come of it, and the signs
that used to be seen only on Saturdays are
now to be found on Thursdays in markets
and groceries announcing to the public that
there are midweek holidays when grocer
may forget he is grocer and a market
man may be a vegetarian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Try a Dark Smoke.


Scotch gardener born blind. who at
the age of thirty years has gained sight
by a successful operation for cataract,
finds his enjoyment of smoking doubled by
the change This agrees with the observa-
ton of most smokers that there Is but
little pleasure derived from it in the dark.
1t suggests what no one yet appears, to
have advised, that the man who smokes
to excess can use better means to
counterfeit the habit than to retreat to
dark room for it's Indulgence. He will
hardly saturate his system with nicotine
under such conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Home Training is Needed.
n the Charleston News and Courier.

There is a good deal of preaching nova
days about the irreverence of young people
and their impatience with religious life
The people who have children are more to
blame for this than anybody else. If they
would look after the training and educa-
ton of their own people instead of adopt
ing machine methods of kindergarten and
Sunday school instruction in piety prob
ably there would be very marked change
in public sentiment toward the things which
used to be regarded as sacred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Not to Be DISPUTED.

The graduation girl draws near:
She has a most bewitching way;
The public lends willing ear
To everything she has to say.
Since surprising grace has she
And smiling radiant as the skies,
If such her august wish shall be,
We do confess her wondrous wise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Domestic Discipline.

SO you are going to move to Chicago?
Yes. answered Mr.. Cumrox: Il have al
ways commended that wealth should not
prevent woman from understanding a
housewives duties. I'm going to Chicago.
where strike is liable to occur any minute
and compel the girls to depend on their
own efforts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

dishwashers have forced us to turn the
plate over on the other side when we
would eat.
Motormen and conductors have made US
trudge through mud or dust, and all kinds
of trips have been declared off because the
teamster, expressman or freight handler
would not touch a trunk.
Being lone of the people sounds heroic
during political campaign, but It's
mighty uncomfortable position In strike
time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Importance,

Does Josh seem to be much improved by
his schooling?''
well" answered Farmer Corntossel 'I
dunno as Josh is gettin' so much the best
of 1t. Judgin' from his talk about foot ball
an boat rowin', 1 don't know what the
college would do without Josh"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

Small wonders that the cynics laugh!
The book which in its recent prime
Sold at dollar and a half
Is vafnly offered at dime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

A London play which has failed may be
produced in this country by an American
manager. who thinks it killed by bad
acting. The American theater has develop
ed enormous self-confidence within the last
few seasons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

DE man dat wants to live without
workin'." said Uncle Eben, rs purity sho' to
declar' de foolishness OBJ his ambition by
playin' golf or drivin' a fo'-in- hand"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Pennypackersylvania.
go Record Herald.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Child labor conditions In Pennsylvania
are the worst in the world. But what
could be expected in a state that submits
to Quayism and Pennypackerism?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

1t is when Mr.. Bill Devery undertakes to
be serious that he is most amusing. He is
lucky in never having been tempted to con-
slider himself humorist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
Library Of Congress.

From the Duluth News-Tribune.
The Congressional Library is monument
to the American conception of fine art. 1t
was given unstinted admiration by visit
ing Minnesotans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

1t begins to look as If Mr.. Edison con-
tempIated becoming great capitalist
rather than a great inventor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

The floods have proved deplorable inter-
ruptions to st. Louis preparations for OK
pOSitiOn festivities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

In the midst of all this flood news 1t is
surprising to realize that the Long Bridge
is not threatened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

There is an impression among matter-of-
fact people that some of the so-called Gu
ban bandits are plain tramps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

The man who knows how to swim Is more
in demand in western society than the man
who knows how to dance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

Commencement day, like the opening day
of Congress, is all compliments and HOW
ers Then comes the stern reality of events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

The detectives have at least managed to
keep the dynamitard too busy to make any
more internal machines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

President Baer has great difficulty in say
ing the right thing. He would be the Mr..
Malaprop of finance if he were better ma
tured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

BY dropping the subject Gov. Penny
packer may avoid much of the ridicule
which causes him such acute annoyance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

When the Post Office Department gets
throughits present ordeal, it ought to be
model institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

MY dear SIR" said Senator Sorghum,
that is not the question. Prosperity is
attained by observing what people can do
for you; not what you can do for other
people"