LiPI THE AUTHOR IN
mm hiswork
' By CHARLES EUGENE BANKS,
CWW of the Sim," Etc.
HIS silent subtle force that lies
Between all worlds whereby the I
\j|§ Can traverse as the light that flies
H N j. y From star to star, who shall deny ?
'H ®y Ct ncver a S a can define
'//(I) I ' ie un ' on °f thy soul with mine.
The "Dickens revival" has revived the search
for the works in the character of the author. It
is no doubt true that the first vital element in any book is the au
thor s personality. Hie soul that understands, the mind that ad
justs, the eyes that see, the heart that feels, the inexplicable com
bination of all these that attains a result different from that of any
of the parts—these constitute a radiant morning, noon or evening
light which beautifies tlie commonest objects and makes us see the
world of nature as Adam and Eve saw it when the earth was young;
or the world of men and events as from a point of vantage above the
crowd a point whence is observed not only the individual but the
shape, mass and tendency of the throng, with vague glimpses of its
starting-point and destination. The second life element is, of course,
the subject of the book. It is the object on which the light falls, the
balcony from which the spectator leans at the never-ending stream
of humanity, the vast procession of the nights and days.
BOOKS LIVE BECAUSE THE AUTHOR HAD SUFFI
CIENT OF TIIF. MILK OF IIL'MAX KINDNESS IN HIS
COMPOSITION TO WIN FRIENDS FOR HIMSELF, for it is
certain that the personality of the author, discoverable in his works,
is his real character; the tiling which buys immortality; the palpi
tating, viewless essence which we see, feel, hear and understand when
the body is before our natural eyes. No circumstance can add any
thing to this personality except growth, or take anything away from
it except the opportunity for growth. This table at which i write
is simply a table. Decoration or extension may make it a better
table: damage may make it a worse one; but it remains a table, and
even if the world can be persuaded into believing it a harp, the illu
sion soon disappears and the old, indestructible fact resumes its nat
ural sway.
WHAT MAKES THE AUTHOR IS THE POWER TO EN
TER INTO, UNDERSTAND AND UTTER OTHER LIVES AS
WELL AS I IIS OWN. He may understand a group of people, a
class, a nation, a race; or the world, time, eternity and divinity; that
is according to the measure of his genius. But he must understand
more than his own Hfe. Actual experience is one part of knowledge
among several; but it is likely to be the least important because the
least beautiful. Nature is too wise to waste the time and strength ;
of her seers by causing them to pass through what they have bare
ly force to record. Milton originated and Kant embodied the nebu
lar theory, without astronomical appliances. Schiller described the
whirlpool he had never seen. Among all t^eccentric theories con
cerning Shakespeare, it has not yet been suggested that he plucked
a rose with either York or Lancaster. Yet he makes the story dis
tinct.
i
WHAT IS OBTAINED FROM LIFE IS WHAT PERSON
ALITY IS WORTH, with not a single instance to the contrary.
The value of success finally settles down to that with absolute pre
cision. The inner building is the only one that makes anv difference. I
Character is capital, energy, time, place and opportunity. A man's !
books are just as he is in character; 110 more, 110 less. He mav be
sure when he writes that he is laying his soul bare before the world.
THE LABOR PROBLEM
AND THE FARMER
By JOHN M. STAHL.
"TT'1 X l " of t!ie niost annoying, difficult and vital problems of j
j I farming is to get a sufficient supply of good labor.
gugj Farmers could hardly pay higher wages. But to a
very small degree is it a question of more wages. The
loneliness of farm life that h;.» Let n so powerful in taking
1 farmer boys from the farm and in keeping citv laborers
j|s| I from it, is fast passing away BEFORE RL'RAL FREE
MAIL DELIVERY, THE FARM TELEPHONE AND
LrcauJ THE CO ENTRY TROLLEY LINE.
If by education and a proper appreciation of our calling, the in
troduction of business methods, we put farming on the same plane
as other business enterprises, we can command fov it our rightful
share of the faithful, intelligent labor that now goes to railroading,
manufacturing and merchandising.
This will come to pass all the sooner, BECAUSE TIIF. FL*-
TURE WILL SEE MANY WOMEN FARMERS. It is already
fashionable for girls to be strong and muscular and athletic and
sunburned. In farm work so muah machinery is t»*ed nowadays that
the greater part of farm work 011 the up to-datc farm requires intelli
gence and dexterity and application rather than muscular strength.
Yen much of farm work is no more tiring on the muscles than oper
ating a typewriter; it i> much 1> ss wearing on the nervous system,
and it is certainly much more healthful. Woman has taken man's
place to a large extent in the schoolroom, the store, the office, even
the pulpit in«l the courts; why not. on the farm? The past harvest
quite a number of women worked 111 the fields and liked it. There
are now some very successful w<»men farmers. The farmer ma in
del. MlUl PREFER SEE IXC. HIS DAUGHTER HELPING!
111 M IN THE FIELD, OPERATING THE MoWER < >R THE
JIA R V ESTEK OR II\Y KALI <>K O>R X PLANTER, THAN
TEMPTING FATE AMID THE ARTIFICIAL. UN\\lloLE-i
SOME AND DANGER* >LS C< >NDITII>NS < >F THE CITV.
\ \ r_v j" •id wa> to « |tiali/e the lal ir suppi* of tin city and
countn would be to equalize ta-.ation, and also the expenditure of
taxes. The big public building and the tax dodger ure characteristic
of the cit\ and not of the farm.
In time, and perhaps not lone, cheap transportation between city
an ! fartii a by troll. \ lines, will briu i>> i tor on «>• tr 112 rtlis those
that imift have th» jjillei mid excite! ent > ■ in their live*
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1902.
PECULIAR CATASTROPHE.
i your .lieu Killed mid Three Otlier»
Serlou*ly Affected liy t.a* In a Sewer
nt Niagara Falls, N.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Nov. I.—liy a
sudden rush of pas, supposed to have
| been sulphurated hydrogen, four men
j w ere killed and three seriously af
fected near the Twenty-fourth street
heading of the big tunnel trunk
sewer last night. The dead are:
Lawrence Fisher, of .Niagara Falls,
(ieorge Ithodes, colored, Niagara
Falls.
Hugo Swanson, Niagara Falls.
William Bradish, of Tonawauda.
The seriously •affected: Itomano
Kovieli. Niagara Falls.
Sain Finch, colored, Niagara Falls.
Michael Mulroy, foreman, Niagara
Falls.
Kovich is not expected to live.
The accident was a peculiar one.
| Thirteen men, comprising the entire
second shift, were working on the
sewer. They had started a heading
at a new level and had loaded up a
hlast 'which was 'to be discharged.
After loading' they walked back about
j 22."> feet between the heading and the
| shaft at Twenty-fourth street, but
j before they could reach the shait four
jof the men fell to tlie floor of the
j tunnel, over which a considerable
! stream of water was flowing. The
other . becoming alarmed, pushed
ahead to the shaft.
I Foreman Mulroy was the first to
i reach the surface, a distance of .10
feet, and pave the alarm, (ieorge
! Rhodes was ascending in the bucket
| when he was overcome by the gas
and fell from the bucket to the bot
tom of tlie shaft. lie died from the
result of his injuries. Seven others
; succeeded in pet tin;* out. Four men
J lay in the tunnel. All were dead.
DUN'S REPORT.
Actlvltj' In .llniiiilai'tiirlns Coiillimca
mid (lie Outlook In Itrl^ht.
New York. Nov. I.—J{. G. Dun &
j Co.'s Weekly lleview says:
Speculation waits,upon politics, but
j legitimate business is not disturbed
>by the approaching elections. New
labor complications have been
1 promptly settled by advancing wages,
and the gradual improvement in sup
ply of coal has reduced prices and re
[ stored activity in manufacturing.
| Complaints are increasing as to the
j tardy movement of freight, miles of
cars being stalled by the lack of mo
; five power, and many roads refuse
j to accept further shipments until tha
I blockades are removed.
Lower temperature has stimulated
retail sales of seasonable merchan
dise. but frost conies too late to ser
iously injure agricultural products.
Liberal consumption sustains quota
| tions in most lines, domestic de
mands being supplemented by large
exports. Operating expenses of ihe
! railways have been increased in many
I cases to such a degree that net earn
; itigs are somewhat curtailed, but
! gross earnings for October thus far
! exceed last year's by 4.7 percent.
New Kng-land shoe manufacturers
| are receiving additional orders at
| fully sustained quotations and many
I shops are assured of full occupation
I well into January. Supplementary
orders for winter goods have de
creased.
Conditions at the cotton mills are
healthy, a scarcity of goods being
general, while there is no disposition
i to force transactions.
Failures for the week numbered 2:£ l
in the United States, against 191 last
year, and 22 in Canada, compared
with 21 a year ago.
EQUINE CHAMPION.
j <'re(n-?ii!t llfati tlie IVorM'i
by Trottlnir 'l'*vo >lile» In 1:17, on
the Weill pills, Ti-1111., Track.
Memphis, Tenn.. Nov. I.—(reseeus,
the great >nn of Hubert McGregor,
made good his claim to champion-
J ship honors Friday afternoon at the
: driving park in a remarkabl" exhibi
tion of .-.peed and stamina. The horse
was sent against the world's two-mile
; trotting record of 4:2*',, held by On
j ward Silver and completed the eir
, cuit twice without a break in 4:17
i flat, clippingll l sccomls oif the for
i mer record. Moth the horse anil Mr.
Ketcham, who drove him, received an
| ovation from the large crowd pres
ent.
Creseens appeared snortly after n
; o'clock and after coring i\\4ee
Ketcham nodded for 111 • word. Ac
companied b\ a runner t'resceus went
to the quarter in seconds. At the
half the timers hung out 1:001.,. and
j the 1 lit quarters pole was passed in
1 straightening on! for the wire
Ketcham sent him along at a lively
clip, the mile being reeled off in
; 2:1"' \t the mile and a quarter
| ( reseeus seemed to increase his
! speed and the p..-t was passed iu
! 2:41 and the mile ami a half was
; made in IThe last three-quarter
| pole was passed in 3:43 anil the two
I miles was covered iu 4:17. ( reseeus
1 trotted the Iftsf mile faster than the
I first, lie covered the t\\<» miles in 7 1 ',
seconds faster than the pacing rec
ord. made by Nervola.
Killed Her ■l!ikl>:iiiil.
.loplin. Mo.. Nov. 1. It. 0. Randall,
a real e tate d •aler of < arthage. was
I shot and I. lied J'rlday h,v his wife.
| Mr-. Randall hud Htied for divorce and
i when the\ met iu a lawyer's office ;
1 quarrel cnued. Itandall drew a knife j
1 and attempted to stab his wife, when
! she -hut hiin live times. \|r -. Kan- |
I da 11 W:i> i rre»t> I.
\ \% i-i-i k on lli- I rle Komi.
i
were sei >u-l\ jnjti ed, one f.i iIH
' reaehing \ddi oil, Ihe l'till ahead j
fr. fit .111 I • Ippl iae , n; . TMI I t
ITS GLORY ALL GONE
Melancholy Fate of a Famous Amer
ican Frigate.
Koruotten, the President Lli-» nt a
London l)(wk-ttin Due of lliel-'in
esl I'ltflit Intt Stilus That Ever
flew Our Flim.
Never again will there be a war be
tween England and America. This is
tlie very confident prediction of the
statesmen of the two great English
speaking nations. More than ordinary
interest attaches, therefore, to the
once famous Yankee frigate President,
whose guns were among the last to be
trained by Americans on the flag of
England. For nearly a century this
trophy of the final armed conflict be
tween the two countries has rested in
English waters. Few are the Ameri
cans who know that one of the most
renowned fighting ships of the early
days of the republic—a sister-ship of
the beloved Constitution, of which
Oliver Wendell llolmes wrote the stir
ring lines:
' Ay: Tear has battered ensisrn down'
1-ons? has it waved on hi(?h—"
lies, unhonored and forgotten, in a
London dock. .Just a century ago this
winter the President, newly launched
from a New York shipyard, was in the
Mediterranean as the American navy's
first flagship on the European station.
The contrast between lierand the pres
ent American flagship, the steel-clad
Illinois, is as great as that between the
young republic of those days and the
mighty America of to-day.
Little does the President look like
a fighting ship to-day as she lies in
the West India docks, denuded of
masts and spars and carrying a
house on her deck. But, says the
London (iraphic, in the early years of
the past century, when England was
embroiled in the Napoleonic conflict,
and had little desire for a dispute
with the states, the fleet-footed-Yan
kee frigate circled the liritish isles,
challenging every craft that flew the
liritish flag. Such a scourge was she
to British shipping that the admir
alty issued a special circular to the
navy that the President must be cap
tured at all hazards.
How America's first European flag
ship came to fly Britain's flag is a
STERN OF THE "PRESIDENT."
(Or.ce Upon a Timp She Was the Prid'e of
Our Navy.)
story of Anglo-Saxon courage and
daring. It was on the night of Jan
uary 14, 1815, that the* President,
l.aving just returned from '"bearding
the lion in his den," was chased into
Long Island sound, near New York
liarbor, by a British fleet. In com
mand of her was the adventurous
Decatur, whose capture ami burning
of the Philadelphia in the harbor of
Tripoli in ISU4 Nelson pronounced
the "most daring act of the age."'
At daybreak on the 15th, the Pres
ident. having grounded and strained
lu rself during the night, was again
under sail. Decatur then discovered
that four of the enemy's ships were
in pursuit, one on each quarter and
two astern. At noon the breeze fell.
The Yankee frigate was almost wa
terlogged.
A favoring breeze brought on the
Endymion, the most powerful of the
pursuing fleet. She opened fire with
her bow chasers, to which Decatur
replied with his stern battery. This
running light continued for two hours
nnd the Kndymion was so disabled
that she avoided Decatur's efforts to
come to close quarters. For hours
the two ships -ailed side by side, fir
ing occasional fjuiis. lint towards
midnight two fresh English ships,
the P'liv.one and the Teneilos. crawled
up and opened fire on the President
nt close range. Decatur was com
pelled to strike his colors. His loss
w.i- 24 killed and wounded.
The loss of the President was In
vestigated by a court-martial, but
Decutur was exonerated of blame.
"In this unequal contest the enemy
gained a ship, but tin" victory wo»
mil-," the court found. "We fear we
cannot express in a manner lliat will
lio justice to our feelings our udmira
tiou of the conduct <>f t itnmodore
Decatur and all under his command."
The President was sent to Ber
muda, and front there she vv a
brought tu Kniflitnd by the Kndy
mion. whose captnln was rewarded
|| I lie kklg, I""• • r JMfl I 1,,' I'lr
hient lay at Portsmouth, where be
vv a the model for several Hrlli-h
Irilfatt Later she wa fit <li ilham,
mul some time ill the 'tUl'n she be
came a drill ship at the West India
thick". There he 1111. rested 112. r 40
\
Mit th • n l pi. idem of ihv n
public on her prow
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[ LESSON IN AMERICAN HISTORY in PUZZLE
STI V VESA XT TEAHS THE I) KM AM) Foil SIIRRBXDEH TO I'llilES.
Fiml Gov. Wlntlirop.
It was in August. 1664, 1 lint an English land and naval force under Col.
Richard Nicholls anchored in the harbor of New Amsterdam and de
manded the surrender of the town, and at the same time sent a proclama
tion to 1 tie citizens promising perfect security of person and property to
those who would quietly submit to English rule. A second letter, brought
by (Jov. Winthrop of Connecticut, came, demanding surrender, and the
council suggested reading it to the people, but the governor, in a rage,
tore the letter into bits, but later had the pieces gathered up and u copy
made, which was submitted to the people.
HUMOROUS.
"She's not as pensive as slie was
before you married her." "No; she's
expensive now."—lndianapolis News.
His Pound of Flesh.—Financier
(tenant of our forest, after a week's
unsuccessful stalking)—" Now, look
here, my man.l bought and paid for
ten stags. If the brutes can't be
shot, you'll have to trap them! I've
promised the venison, and I mean to
have it!"— Punch.
Holdon—"I tell you what, Harry, I
wish 1 had enough money to relieve
all the distress amongst the poor
peopl" of this town." Somers —"A
generous wish." Holdon—"You see,
if I had all that money, I'd be able
to live like a fighting cock all the
rest of my life."—Boston Transcript.
Opportune Time..—She —"George, 1
think you'd better not speak to papa
to-night. I'm afraid he isn't in a
very humor." lie—"Why not?"
Clin oont him lior
bill to-day." lie—"llut, dear, I'll make
it clear to him that I want to pro
vide for you in the future." —Phila-
delphia Press.
A young man from Hanffshire was
spending .his holidays in Aberdeen.
While walking on"the green"in com
pany with his uncle he was sur
prised to see so many Kites flying.
Observing one far higher than the
rest he called his uncle's attention
and asked if ever he had seen a kite
flying as high before. "Did ever I
see ane as high afore? Man, Jamie,
that's naething. for I liae seen some
o* them clean out o* sight. —Scot
tish American.
GIANT MUSHROOMS.
Ya I?nkliiml Tliey Sometime* firow
llili Kno null tor * u nuliatle*
or l inlirellaii.
Mushrooms are specially abundant in
many districts this year, lhe state
ment that great quantities are being
found in the ruraldistrictsaround Col
chestcr lias brought in several letters
from other parts of the country. All
our Correspondentstate that they are
enjoying the delights of mushroom
picking, ami one of them adds that this
is the best tonic for the-season. Iv.'o
correspondents have found mushrooms
which they consider to be of unusual
ti/e. What is an unusual size for a
mushroom is a very much discussed
mat t er, but we give our correspondents
the credit of their finds, >ays the Lou
don Kxpress.
"Paterfamilias," writes from High
Wycombe to 111 i» effect:
"The other day I was out in the fields
with iny two children. it was the sort
of da \to which we have got accustomed
now when rain i.-> regarded as prob
able every other lninutu. i mention
this to explain what follows. My chil
dren had gone on ahead of incwheu 1
was struck by their attitude. I could
not see exactly win.l they were doing,
a» I am short-sighted, but they were
coining tow a rd me wit h some thing over
their hi-ails. It turned out to lie a verjr
late mushroom, and they were pre
tending that it was a fairy's umbrella,
i had no measure with me, and before
we n"i home the mushroom hail been
chipped a good <i< :iI. owing to the
children' letting it tall, but 1 feel -me
that it w.is at least ten or I:.' inches
in diameter. T'lis surely constitute*
u rword,"
1 tnt the >opposed record U noon beat
en. lln r other corn -ponociil has
found a liig«> i mushroom. Writing
from .North Keul, he a\»:
"I ww looking for mwslirriniin
tPtday moi l.i win , I came it n<
uti li»irr'lilt riu U li» !•!. '!!»«> all
hitiin 'i li» rim frii«» tin iiu lu « in u
I « lu io , mi ) uft* r linikiHif «Iniui
for • i i»4« i loi ii. i« i • ilii.l i i i|i-«
"• 1 • 1 ' " '
«• > tin !»• « i>»« It ii' Hifv
ttlui I UlU.v H tuvui I'll ll*
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
The fact that last year the Fiji
islands contributed $25,000 to foreign
missions is in itself an announcement
that the heathen countries of the
world are diminished by one.
There are between SO and 90 prin
cipal synagogues in the United King
dom, in which just under 100,000 Jews
worship. There are also 150 minor
synagogues, or bethels.
An extensive movement toward
Christianity is reported among the
low caste Lai Begis people near Mee
rut, in the northwest provinces, India,
in connection with the mission of the
Church Missionary society.
A movement has been started in Eng
land, under the lead of Lord Badstock,
to place a copy of the Scriptures in
the hands of every child in the schools
of India who is able to read a Gospel
in his or her own tongue.
lowa college, Grinuell, opened its
nrsi year uiiuer I'resßn-ni uaunj
with an attendance of 303, the largest
in the history of the institution. The
total of all the students on the ground,
including those studying in the acad
emy and the school of music, reaches
450.
A Bombay medical missionary last
year treated 3,110 patients in addi
tion to her regular work as teacher
in a boarding school. This mission
ary's industry is paralleled by that of a
doctor in India, an eye specialist, who
t rea ted 12.000 patients during one year,
besides visiting many in their homes.
A richly deserved retort was that
made by a Sioux girl at the Hampton
institute not longsince. A silly visitor
to the school went up to the magnifi
es lit red-skinned' belle and said: "Are
you civilized-?" The Sioux raised her
head slowly from her work—she was
fashioning a breadboard at the mo
ment and replied: "No; are you?"
Bradford (Mas*.) academy began its
one hundredth year with an entering
class of over 100 young women. This
turn in the fortunes of this institution
is deserved testimony to the beauty
of its situation and its excellent equip
ment. Several new teachers are em
ployed. the accommodation* of the
school are insufficient for it-- nepds
and there is a long waiting list.
11 «* l» ri* \v K solmivp i» !•*»)*■.
I- Jewish exelusiveness becoming a
legend rather than a reality? It.
would seem so, at least, in Australia.
The recently published matrimonial
statistics of New South Wales sluivr
that in I'.'ol 07 Jewesses selected hus
band* from the Church of Kngtaud, 17
mated with Catholics and 11 fount!
their affinities in the l're*byterian
fold. One hundred und fifty -one Jews
united to Anglican wives. 02 to < at ho
lie*, 13 to I'resb.yterians, 12 to .Metho
dists, four tn ggnostic*, and two to
I'ongregationallsts, while a solitary
son of l-rael is returned a* having
wedded a Bapti*t. Altogether, out of
7il Jewish marriages, 341 were more
or less "mixed."—London < hroiiicle.
I ulari* Venice mice.
"You' I l>e ">rry for tlii- .ti . day!**
howled the son and heir a» hi- father
re 11 a»ed li i ill from the p".*i: u|j he liaii
occupied acrns* the paternal knee,
"I'll be sorry? When?"
"When I get lo be a mail!"
"Vmi will take rcwitgc by whipping
your father when you are tig and
• tl'olig ami I alii old and feeble, will
you, Joh tiny
"No, sir," blubbered Johnny, rub
bing himself, "but I'll Kpunk your
grandchildren till they eau't re»t!"—
XV Timer
|l< * il« ill lltM'ltifc:
i Iml'y Vw I say, Pweiitly, lei'#do
k.ime'hii ►' • pv.nte and bm ,1. int<»
the hewoic cia»«.
la. iv \ wiflil.Ucuklf.t Wlil
•kail we d..?
"-ii»u> thi: 4 **t waordh .n, m ii»r
k i II <\s! I I an l I'; «. . hits
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