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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-12

of the siege. Twenty-seven years of
age, she accompanied her husband, a
private in the Thirteenth Rife Regi-
ment, to Port Arthur and got per-
mission TO don private's uniform
and to fight with the others. With
such gallantry and conspicuous brav-
cry did she take her part that she
received the complete set (four) of
the St. Georges Cross. Toward the
end of the siege she was with her
husband in the first fighting line de-
Tending one of the forts when a Ja-
panese shell literally blew her to
pieces. Her husband was badly
wounded in the same engagement
and is now in the Red Cross Hospital
at Matsuyama. The grief among the
soldiers when the news went around
that Private" Haritina was dead was
intanse.
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the nonsense Knocked out OF him. and in
order that the lessons may prove more
effectual Is generally called upon 10 servo
as 'fag' throughout his first year.
Fnggfng same ns Hazing.
Tagging consists Of the performance Of
all sorts Of duties that are often account
ed as menial. the fag being required not
only 20 run errands and 10 devote his
leisure time 10 fielding for his master
while the latter is engaged at cricket
practice but also very often to wash up
his teacups. 20 brush his clothes. 20 heat
his shaving water. 10 al his bathtub-aye
even TO black his boots
l speak from personal experience. The
fag may be a young marquis. or an earl
OF ancient lineage. and master OF estates
embracing a whole county. while the boy
for whom he is called upon to slave IN
this fashion may be the son OF some i'm
poverished country parson. or OF some IN
significant half-pay major or colonel Of
the army who has had the utmost diff
Guilty In scraping together the money nee
essary 10 send his boy 20 a good school
II the fag fails 20 fulfill HIS duties in a
satisfactory manner. his master IS free 10
administer corporal chastisement. In the
form OF Gaming. for which his victim has
no redress. But. on the other hand, there
are some c0mpensations. as the master,
who is always one OF the older boys "a
the head Of the school. Is apt TO take his
fag. or his two Tags under his special
protection. thus saving them from much
bullying and persecution in the shape or
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UNIVERSITIES SHOULD BE SCHOOLS OF HONOR AS WELL AS LEARNING

hazing that would otherwise fall 70 their
share
Another thing which il calculated 20 ex-
ercise a leveling influence upon the boys
Of Eton. Harrow. and the other great
English public schools Is the Rogg ne.
1T leaves no trace of contamination re-
marked the late Lord Salisbury. when
premier. during a discussion OF the So
called youthful offenders bill IN the HOUSE
OF Lords year or two prior 10 his death
Believed I'm Uss OF Birch.
The bill was one which had in view the
substitution Of birching for Imprisonment
IN the case Of boys convicted OF Offenses
against the laws OF the land, and ie
urged. IN supporting the measure, that
there should be no difference made in thc
punishment OF the rich and OF the poc-
and that you should fog the young evil
doer as freely and with as little scruple
among the classes OF the poor as YOU
have for several centuries among ne
classes OF the rich" Lord Salisbury add
ed that II the past record OF the members
Of the House OF Lords were Investigated
IL would be found that they had nearly
all OF them been repeatedly subjected as
boys. 20 corporal punishment. and that
he was IN a position 10 speak with both
feeling and experience. for when he
left Eton he enjoyed the reputation OF
having been birched more frequently than
any Of the 700 or 500 lads OF that ancient
and historic school.
Flogging in England has been abolished
in the educational establishments fire.
quented by the middle and lower classes,
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Office was jammed with anxious creditors.
When the door was opened there was a
college rush for the cashiers wicket.
Payments were made for "a time-with ex-
ceeding deiberation; then they stopped.
The door was shut in the face Of the
crowd. and when an excited creditor tried
10 kick the door down a squad Of police
was required to convince the crowd thlt
money could not be gotten out OF Sage
by violence. His obligations were sold on
the street for 30 cents on the dollar. To
redeem them meant to face a present loss
Of N,OJ0,oO0. Sage buckled down and
found the money. When he died this
failure left S70.0Oo000 and a reputation
for thrift and good judgment second to
none.
Ones judgment may be right. and vet
some inscrutable cause may turn things
over disastrously. Yet the correct iudg-
ment will count How else can one ex-
plain the case Of Theodore H. Price? In
1900 he said cotton was too low. But il
persisted low, and his firm failed with
liabilities Of $13.000.0O0 The failure. how
ever. did not disturb him. nor did Il
change his opinion that cotton was too
low. He raised some more money-partly.
II Is said, by writing life insurance-and
tried again. Soon after the failure cot
ton was up TO II cents, instead OF sb
cents, and Mr.. Price was rich again.
II anybody ever looked more broke than
Charles T. Yerkes when he went into
Chicago some twenty-five years ago, the
pieces must have been too small TO see
He had had some money. but not more
than a fare was left of II. But he had
inestimable capital in pure nerve. and
that was sufficient. He soon dominated
Chicago, and Chicago watched him
breathlessly for fifteen years. Yerkes in
duced some rich /Phlladelphians to help
him to the money 20 buy control Of sew
eral street railways, and vhen he Sc
cured the roads he came out OF the big
end Of the horn by having spare money
and the control Of the roads both. Later
he went TO London and addressed himself
TO the task Of consolidating and extend
Ing London's underground system. which
he largely completed before his death.
Cyrus II. Mccormick. inventor OF the
reaper and founder Of a great fortune.
and admittedly a tip-top business man
failed early in his career He had already
taken out the patent for the reaper. a
document that was subsequently 10 be
worth many millions Of dollars. Yet he
failed for sum SO small as to be laugh
able.
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here as birth and titles Of nobility count
among the boys Of an English public
school
In America the sons OF multi-million-
aire parents, especially II the latter's
wealth Is OF recent origin. are apt 20
believe. until they get 10 Yales Harvard.
Princeton. or some OF these other great
universities OF the United States, that
money is aIl-powerful and a means 10
everything including honors. popularity.
and consideration. They are quickly dis
ulusioned, and leave after graduation
with a considerably chastened spirit. hav-
ing been taught 20 realize that their
dollars are Incapable OF purchasing them
admission 20 the various college societies
and college teams In the various branches
OF sport, and that the vast possessions Of
their parents weigh for nothing in the
award of scholastic honors.
Time and again they find a youth with
neither money nor al position pre-
ferred 10 themselves and they learn 10
Judge men by their merit rather than by
their birth and their bank account.
In England leveling lessons OF this kind
are even still more necessary than here.
by reason Of the class distinctions which
prevail there. A boy who, owing 10 his
being a peer Of the realm. the son OF a
duke or marquis or the flrst-born OF an
earl. has always been addressed by serv-
ants, tradespeople. tenantry. and peas
antry as my lord is apt 20 have very
exaggerated notions about his own i'm
portance, and his superiority 70 those
who have no handles 10 their names. un-
til he gets to a public school. such as
Eton and Harrow. There he soon has
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man can do his best work with a cigar
in his mouth. Besides. Il is waste of
good tobacco.
Arriving at the hotel you have CORE
sponded with. take the clerk aside conf
dentially and tell him your secret He
VIII appear surprised and embarrassed.
bus do not let this disconcert you. Ask
him frankly for the bridal suite When
he informs you that this has already been
arranged for. do not reproach him with
deceit Remember that he has only done
this 10 spare your feelings.
Adopt a frank. hearty blufT manner to-
ward your bride in the presence of others.
Always bear in mind that you did not
originate the honeymoon idea. and that
no blame for your actions should be at
tached 20 you. This thought should sus-
tain YOU at all times Hold her hand
freely, call her the usual names and in
general act as II you didn't realize that
you couldn't get away from her in life
time.
No matter where you go, always buy
your return tickets. This will insure
your getting back home without cabling
your father-in-law
To cable your father-in-law on your
honeymoon is extremely bad form. II
may handicap you later when you really
need the money.
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but. this not being satisfactory to Con-
gress, on the 18th OF June the whole mat
ter was referred 20 Charles Thomson, its
secretary.
Like the American Flag.
He in turn procured several devices,
among which was one by William Bar
ton. Of Philadelphia. consisting Of an
escutcheon with a blue border, spangled
with thirteen stars. and divided in the
center. perpendicularly. by a gold bar.
on each side OF this division, within the
blue border. thirteen bars or stripes. al
ternate red and white. like the American
flag adopted on the 18th OF June. l77.
over the gold bar an eye surrounded with
a glory. and in the gold bar a Doric col
umn resting on the base Of the escut-
cheon having a displayed eagle on it's
summit. The crest. a helmet of burnish-
ed gold. damasked grated with six bars.
and surrounded by "A red cap of dignity.
such as dukes wear. with a black lining
and cock armed with gafrs
Supporters. on ono side the Genius
OF America, with loose auburn tresses,
having on her head a radiant crown OF
gold, encircled with n sky-blue fllet,
spdngled Win silver stars. ana clotne0
in a long, loose white garment, bordered
with green. From the right shoulder tc
the left side. blue scarf with stars. the
cinctures being the same as in the bor-
der Around her waist, "A purple girdle
fringed with gold. and the word Virtue
embroidered in white. Her interior hand
rested on the escutcheon. and the othel
held the American standard, on the TOT
OF which a white dove was perched.
The supporter on the other side was 2
man in complete armor; his sword bell
blue. fringed with gold; his helmet en-
circled with wreath OF laurel. and crest
ed with one white and two blue plumes
his left hand supporting the escutcheon
and his right holding a lance with
bloody point.
with Gods Favor"
Upon an unfurled green banner was Z
golden harp with silver strings bril-
nant star. and two lily-1owers, with two
crossed swords below. The two figures
stood upon a scroll on which was HI
motto. Dec Favente-"With Gods Favor
in allusion 10 the eye OF Providence II
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SOME RULES FOR THE HONEYMOON

It seems strange, considering all the
honeymoon experts there are. that no
one has yet volunteered 20 give a few
simple directions as to the manner in
which a honeymoon should be conducted.
Let us do this at once, in order that all
those going on honeymoons may reap the
benefit. says Life.
After securing what, in your opinion.
is a desirable person to take on a honey
moon. go at once TO your bank and make
as large a loan as possible. Remember.
there are two kinds Of loans-call and
time.
A call loan is one which Is likely to be
called when you least expect It. Avoid.
therefore. any appearance Of call loan
on your honeymoon. When you are sit
ting with your loved one under Niagara
Falls. holding hands under your rubber
coats and having your throats sprayed
while you gaze through the fog at trusty
eyes upturned to your own, 1t is ex
tremely annoying to have a bank messen-
ger tap you on the shoulder and tell you
that all is over. Make a time loan. there
fore, ara make II as long as possible
Have It cover not only the period OF your
honeymoon. but the rest Of your married
life as we'll This will save you the trouble
OF renewing IL from time 20 time.
The next point 10 consider is the place.
or places you will visit on your honey
moon. and should be arranged in the fol-
lowing manner: Make out a list OF all
the possible places TO visit. Do this alone
unai6ed. and In secret. For this is an
important matter, and your judgment
needs TO be clear. When you have nearly
selected the exact spot 10 visit, break the
news TO your companion and arrange at
once TO go To the place selected by her
family and herself. at the same time
doubling the amount OF your loan.
Rapidly. but unostentatiously. leaving
the hired hack at the railroad station
and shaking the rice out OF your clothes,
you should at once conduct your bride
20 her seat in the parlor car in full view
OF all the passengers.
You will then begin at once to pass her
water from the tank In front.
Every bridegroom passes his loved one
glass OF water from the tank at least
every fifteen minutes during the first
round.
DO not smoke for the first week. No
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STORY OF THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES

be certain 70 break and the cords be-
come detached. metal bOx-usually gold
or silver-is used 10 contain the wax i'm
preston The seal Of the United States
was thus attached TO treaties up TO 1863,
when the practice was finally abandoned,
and the impression upon the paper itself.
with a thin white wafer. is used upon
treaties as well as upon all other dOcu-
ments 10 which the seal is affixed. The
seal now in use was cut in 1855. Fred
erick T. Frelinghuysen being the Secre-
tary OF State
The Presidents Seal.
The Presidents seal resembles the
great seal closely in design. 1t is used
in sealing envelopes containing COM
munications from the President TO Con-
gress. In addition to the Senate and
House Of Representatives. each depart
ment OF the government has its individ-
ual seal The Department Of State has a
seal much like that Of the United States.
with thirteen stars placed on the chief
Of the shield The seal Of the Treasury
Department shows n scale and key
above and below respectively above a
square In a shield with the following
circumscTiption: ''Thesaur Amer Sep
tent Sigl IhiS seal is quite heraldic
in character and apears on all paper
currency.
The War Department seal bears a group
Of military flags and cap of liberty be-
tween a spear and a musket and above
these a serpent. The eagle appears on
the seals OF the departments OF the In
terror and Justice. and II Is combined
with an anchor and a ship on that Of
the Navy Department. The Post-office
Department has as its device a mounted
mail carrier or post rider" a design
used BY BENJAMIN Franklin
The seal Of the Agricultural Depart
ment has a sheaf OF wheat and corn on
field and a plcw. The shield bearing
these insignia is surrounded by stars. and
bears the following circumscriptiOn:
United States Department Of Agricul
ture. IS62-lSs9 Agriculture and Commerce
the Foundation OF Manufacture.
Most every division and branch OF tho
government departments has it's own dis
tinctive seal. and placing the insignia and
seals OF the government side by side they
make an interesting collection Of Amer
1 lean heraldry and symbolism.
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high up In the school. and on the point Of
taking UP his residence at the University
OF oxford The captain Of the school as
sembled all the boys. some COO or 700 OF
them. in the great hail, and, having sum
mOned the culprit 10 stand forth. inquired
whether he would prefer 10 be sent up 10
the headmaster for logging and subse-
Quent expulsion or II he would sooner
take his punishment at the hands Of his
schoolmates. He chose the latter.
Took the FIOgging.
-Four stout hazel sticks were then
brought in. and the captain a powerful
and athletic young fellow. broke three OF
them across the shoulders Of the offender.
who stood up alone in the center Of the
hall. with 500 pairs Of scornful eyes upon
him. and took his twenty-four strokes
without finching. Then we ranged our
selves IN two lines, reaching from one
end Of the great hall 10 the other. armed
ourselves with straps, knotted towels. and
whatever, In fact. we could lay our hands
upon, and forced him to run up and down
the entire line.
The punishment thus inflicted was so
severe that he was confined to the in
flrmary for fortnight afterward. At the
end OF that time he left for home Of his
own accord. in compliance with the prom
ise eXacted from him on the evening OF
his castigation. He was thus saved the
disgrace OF public expulsion, which would
not only have affected the fair name and
prestige OF the school, but would also
have proved his bane throughout life.
barring him from admission TO universi-
ties. 10 clubs, 10 government service. and
10 the legal profession. in one word blast
ing his whole career. OF course. the mas
ters must nave known Of the whole pro-
ceeding; but. rs Is customary in such
cases, they closed their eyes. being per-
fectly content 20 allow the lads TO attend
to the maintenance Of the honor Of the
college.
II would be difficult to give here a code
Of college ethics. The latter differ in al
most every university and school in mat
ters OF minor detail. which are often.
nevertheless. interesting. quaint, and pic
tUresQue. But in questions OF individual
and collective honor they all maintain
very much the same high principles and
standards. Every infraction entails its
penalty. generally az the hands OF the
lads themselves; and as the average col
lege boy, being hard 10 himself. is dis
posed 10 be hard 10 his schoolmate the
punishment is usually severe. and, there
fore. effective. 1t instllls principles which
last throughout ones existence. and ex-
ercises a beneficial influence upon ones
entire life
Copyright. le9s. by the Brentwood Company
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Nv EN-ATTACHE.

Without entering into the much-dis-
cussed question as to whether or not the
faculty OF Harvard has been unduly Sc
we're in disciplIning a couple OF members
Of the university crew in such n manner
as 90 debar them from taking part In the
great boat race with Yale at New London
on Thursday last. It must be confessed
that there is one sentence in President
Eliots telegram 10 the Chief Magistrate
OF the United States which will appeal
10 every man who has had the advantage
Of an education at one Of the more repu-
table universities in the United States.
and in England at oxford and Cambridge.
as well as al those famous colleges. such
as Eton. Harrow. Winchester, &c. which
are known here in America by the some
what misleading name OF public schools"
1t is where President Eliot remarks: "A
keen and sure sense Of honor is the finest
result of college life" That is. indeed.
the most important benefit which the
younger generation receives at college
the benefit which is destined TO play the
principal role in all his subsequent ca
reer.
1t is no exaggeration 70 assert that only
a relatively small percentage Of the men
who pass through college, whether il be
the university or the English so-cared
public school. take any serious advantage
OF the science and learning placed within
their reach. The vast majority Of them
are quite content 70 get through with just
enough knowledge 20 enable them to pass
the examinations which are indispensable
20 graduation at the universities. or that
at Harrow. EtOn. &c. will land them into
the highest forms before leaving the
school for good
Many Condemn Colleges.
In fact. so scanty is the amount OF edu-
cation thus acquired that many are tempt
cd TO condemn the. colleges as superfuous
and useless luxuries. and the years spent
there as so much time wasted. Now. this
is a grievous mistake. The boy at the
public school in England. and the uni
versity student in the Engllsh-speaking
world on both sides Of the Atlantic. re-
ccives while at college a training which
II would be impossible for him 70 secure
by any other means.
AS President Eliot asserts IN his tele-
gram, he acquires there. perhaps for the
first time "a keen and sure sense OF
honor. and not only a sense Of individual
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Gratuitous Insult.

From Bnadstrect'G
There are many whose votes swelled the
majorities OF the present administration
and Of its predecessor who will regard as
uncalled for the statement On the Chicago
platfOrm) in reference TO the recent safe
Passage Of the American people through
a financial disturbance which. II appear
ing in the midst Of Democratic rule. or
the menace OF It. might have equaled the
familiar Democratic panics Of the past"
Language like this may be INDUCED N
by those who do not want or think they
do not need votes. People differently cir
cumstanced, who recognize how deeply
the financial disturbance has effected the
well-being OF many people will be oare-
ful 20 avoid t.
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as well as those Of a national municipal
and charitable character. The aristocracy
and the upper classes in Great Britain
however, have always refused to take ad-
vantage OF this legal emancipation Of
their sons from the rod Their attitude
on the subject Is mainly attributable TO
the conservative instincts which are in
grained in every Englishman OF good
birth, whether Whig or Tory. and which
render him averse TO new forms or
changes Of a nonpoliticaI character.
II is due, also. 10 the attitude Of the
lads themselves. who are. OF course, the
principal parties concerned. and who are
keenly alive 10 the excellent results
achieved by the use Of the birch IN fact.
they would be the first 10 rebel against
its abolition. and. like the late Lord Sails
bury, seem to regard the scars which il
leaves as a sort Of Retrospective evidence
Of their 'gentilhommerie."
whip Used at school.
Some Of the great public schools use the
birch and others the cane: and while in
most colleges the culprit takes his pun
ishment kneeling. there are some where
the offender is 'horsed" by being mount
ed on the back OF a big boy. In that posi-
tion the victim Is more helpless than in
any other. At Eton the whipping block
IS one Of the famous institutions Of the
place.
II resembles the kind OF block which
we see portrayed in old prints as having
been used in medieval times for decapl-
tating prisoners. The number Of famous
men who have knelt before II is very
great. The late Lord Salisbury was
flogged while kneellng against IL no less
than eighteen times. And Rev. DR.. Haw-
trey on one occasion. through an error,
fiogged the whole party Of thirty candi-
dates for confirmation. the paper with
their names on IL having been mistaken
by him for the punishment list which was
sent up 10 him every day
While flogGing is common IN these great
English public schools. the masters en-
deavor. as far as possible. 70 encourage
the boys 10 take the law into their own
hands. 10 govern themselves. and TO avoid
the Intervention OF the faculty in matters
Of discipline, and especially Of honor
Occasionally. when some lad has been
guilty OF a disgraceful ofTense he is given
the choice by his schoolmates Of taking
punishment at their hands or OF having
the matter dealt with by the headmaster
He usually chooses the former Of the two
alternatives.
can recall one such instance during
my schOolbOy days. A particularly gross
piece Of dishonesty In money matters had
been traced 10 a youth Of about eighteen,