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Opinions cf Great Papers on Important Subjects.
Ihe D.-wilier Is Botir.d to Fail
AWDLIXIJ is one of the chief sins of men and
women that fail. There are only twenty-four
hours in the day, and it is possible to dawdle
iway live or six of thein while hardly no
.loins it.
Tin; dawdler commences in the morning be
fore he gets nj). His alarm clock rings at (i
o'clock, and that is the hour at which ho ought to rise,
lint he lies abeil, stealing catnaps, for a quarter of an
hour, and then Jumps out in a hurry and proceeds to dress.
It was just ns hard to leave the bed at a quarter past
six 11s ii would have boon at six, and the result of the
loitering has been the loss of lifteen minutes out of the day.
Remembering that he is late, the dawdler pulls on his
first garments in a great hurry, but his pace s>on slack
ens. lie yawns and stretches himself and spends half or
three-quarters of an hour in his ablutions, shaving and
attiring. At breakfast lie reads the paper leisurely, and
the meal takes up another half hour. Then he leaves the
house to go to his otllce, where he arrives thirty minutes
later than lie ought.
Although late, lie does not plunge briskly Into his work.
There are several other papers to glance through, and
over these he wastes the major portion of an hour. And
when, at length, he lays aside the papers and turns to his
duites, lie does not keep at them assiduously. * * *
Thrift is not an Hgyptian mystery known only to a
few favored initiates, livery body sees In what thrift con
sists, but not everybody having the knowledge puts it into
practice.
liy dawdling two hours a day, one wastes a twelfth of
his entire life. One month out of the year, one year out
of twelve, goes for nothing. This waste, remember, is in
addition to all holidays and vacations. What man, having
his way to make in the world, can afford to drop a month
out of his year? What man can afford, at the end of
every eleven years, to cease all work for a twelve month?
Dawdling wastes times in small portions, but the total
loss is enormous and costly.—San Francisco Bulletin.
Navies of Today and of the Past.
HEN 011 c comes to think of It, nothing ho elo
quently emphasizes the meaning of evolution
to ii greater extent than the marked changes
in the complexion of the world to-day with that
existent a century ago. Naval warfare and
navyl construction has undergone ii most com
plete change. From sails to steam, from wood
en hulls to steel, from two, four anil eight-pounders, mere
popguns, to Hie terribly destructive twelve and thirteen
liich rilies, whose projectiles, weighing nearly pounds,
nothing can resist, save the great and massive belts of
steel, toughened by scientific process, which line the vitals
of the big warships of to-day. So destructive. Indeed, have
the big rifle guns of to-day been brought that a single
cruiser of moderate tonnage and of the latest model could
have, under steam, maneuvered about tlie fleet of the great
British admiral, Nelson, and destroyed every unit of It,
without ever coming into striking distance of its guns.
That tells the whole story of the revolution in constructing,
propelling and arming warships.
I.et us compare tlio navy oj' England at (lie commence
mont of the nineteenth century with that of (ire.it ISritaln
to-day. In 180:} England possessed 4"iO ships, with a ton
nage of 4(i 1,001); gun«, 'Jl.StiO: 111011, 180.000, and cost IL'.o:{~,-
000 pounds sterling. In 1004 Great Hritaiu has 47U ships,
of a total tonnage of 1 ,5(i7,2."(), arineil with 1,800 guns,
manned by 131,000 men, and the cost of the vessels footed
up to the big total of 3(>,85:),U00 pounds. The most remark
able difference here, it will be noticed, is in the number
of guns, and the cost of the vessels. The average number
of guns to each vessel has dropped from fifty-live in 1803 to
flfteen in 11)03, which goes to prove and accentuate the
enormous Increase In (he destructive power and range of
the modern gun. Comparing Nelson's flagship, Victory,
.PLAMS Til \T DEFEND AND ATIACX.
Any one who has seen a thorn on a ,
stalk knows that plants are armed
against their enemies, which they have
in common with all other living things.
But plants are not content with de
fending themselves witli spikes and
thorns; they have other weapons of
defense. Moreover, says John .1. Ward
in Harper's Magazine, many plants
have weapons of attack.
Some plants. like the poison oak or
Ivy, have poisonous acids, which nre
a warning to animals to keep their dis
tance. Others, like some species of
cactus, have disagreeable smells, that
punish the Intruder for bruising them.
Not only do growing tilings shield
their lives with suits of mail, but they
form alliances and pilitcct each other.
The gor.se, or furze, which is well
nrinel, selects the most exposed situa
tion it can lind, open heaths and stony
wastes, where it fearlessly holds up
lis yellow blossoms for the bees lo fer
tilize. Straightway less protected
plants seek its shelter, and so a mutu
ally protective plant army arises.
Self-defense Is abundantly exhibited
In vegetable life. Sometimes, although
less often, plants actually attack ani
mals. A very pretty, simple example
of attack is found in the Kuglish sun
dew. This insectivorous plant grows
In bogs and on wet ground. The leaves
are covered with glandular hairs,
which secret a sticky Iluid to entrap
various small, flying insects, which, on
alighting, get entangled in the gummy
slime. The hairs then bend over and
pour out still further quantities of this
digestive liquid, which dissolves out all
the nitrogenous matter from the in
sect lo serve as food for the plant.
Nitrogenous matter is hard to get in
boggy places, and so the plant is equip
ped with this mechanical means of
obtaining it.
The pitcher plant attracts animal life
by a sweet liquid. The Insect crawls
down the pitcher, but cannot return,
f >r the passage is barred by recurved
hooks. As wonderful as any is the
American Venus' fly-trap." The leaves
ure hinged at the center and close rap
idly enough to entrap an insect. They
remain closed while the iusect strug-
gies, but whqn it becomes exhausted
they open to entch other- unwary prey.
Occasionally plants make allies of
their enemies. A tropical nunc In,
known as the "biill's-horn thorn," ac
commodates and provides for an army
of anls, to check the depredations of
ferocious, leaf-cutting nuts. The
branches bear hollow thorns, where
the ant garrison lives nnd rears its
young. The plant supplies not only
lodgings, but board ns well, in the form
of a special honey, which makes the
garrison n good breakfast, nnd, more
wonderful still, solid food in the form
of little, yellow, fruitlike bodies, which
are developed on the leaflets and do for
dinner. When an enemy approaches
(lie hired mercenaries drive it away.
Thus the plant hires and supports an
army.
HOD CARRIERS JOIN THE DODO.
Wheel Jfricks to Klcvators Instead of
t'liiubiiitf f,mlik*r» with I.oad.
If tlii! hodcarrier who remarked that
ho had nothing to do but carry bricks
up a fourteen-story building and watch
a man up there do the work was satis
fied with conditions that existed in
his Hue when that joke was sprung
several years ago, the hodcarrier of to
day must be convinced that life with
liiin is one long drawn out dream of
uninterrupted bliss. For at the present
time tlie hodcarrier doesn't even have
to carry up the brick. So, in the spirit
of the Joker's argument, lie lyis nothing
at ail to do.
There are in Chicago at the present
time about 4,000 men who make a busi
ness of carrying tlie hod. That is, they
nre styled hodcarriers, and In a gen
eral way the classification Is correct,
but In a great number of instances the
hod Is a wheelbarrow. 'Modern inven
tion lias done away to a large extent
with the old time, trough-shaped bur
den loaded with bricks, which in days
gone by, and even now on smaller
buildings, was carted up and down lad
ders. Instead of tills slow process of
lifting building material above the
street level steam lifters are used.
These have been common in work on
tall structures for a long time, nnd are
now being used 011 smaller buildings.
The contrivance consists of two lifts,
operated 011 the same principle as an
elevator, and this invention performs
ABERDEEN HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1905
with the newest 1(1,000-ton battleship of the Kin:; Edward
VII. class, it will be found that while tile Victory's heaviest
shot was sixty-ciglit pounds, the twelve-inch nuns of the
King Edward VII. will fire a projectile weighing 8."i0
pounds.
Taking into consideration another and decidedly im
portant element of comparison, the relative cost of ancient
and modern vessels, It will 1 e found that a 100-gun warship
of Nelson's time co<t (excluding armament), hut 07,000
pounds, while the King Edward VII., without guns and
ammunition, cost the great sum of 1,.'!(!8,."i1'J puuuds (over
$0,000,000), or twenty times as much as Nelson's Victory.
Thus, if we have gained greater speed, projectile power
and resisting strength, we certainly have paid a largely
Increased price for it. —Itrooklyn Times.
The lleartlessness of a Gig City.
1110 It IC recently appeared in a New York news
paper tlie account of a man having committed
suicide in tiiat city because lie couldn't succeed
in getting employment. We do not question
the hardship. There can lie no more miserable
plight than that of a man, able and willing
to work for Ills livelihood, friendless, adrift in
a great, noisy city; knowing not where to turn for shelter,
food, or kindness. Indeed, It is quite possible to under
stand the ultimate surrender to despair under circum
stances so Intolerable. What we do not and cannot under
stand, however, Is the persistent refusal of these unhappy
waifs to leave the overcrowded town and look for oppor
tunity in the rural districts. No one capable of perform
ing useful service, even of the humblest kind, need ever
starve In any agricultural region. It Is safe to say, Indeed,
that no one willing to work, though temporarily unfit,
would be left to perish like a dog by the wayside In such
a community. There is nothing as callous and cruel as the
multitude of a metropolis. Humanity prevails in wider
spaces and among less concentrated populations. A starv
ing wretch would be overlooked on Broadway. Ue would
attract immediate attention In a country road. Men die
In cities and their fellow-creatures neither know nor care.
Groaning under a twenty miles away they would
at once command the sympathy and ministration of every
passer-by. We have never been able to understand the
fascination of the big, careless, thronging city for the
neglected castaway. Sometimes we are moved to think
that such poor creatures must be mad as well as friendless.
But suicide is an unusal remedy for these miseries. The
conditions geenrally breed thieves and tramps and mur
derers.—Washington I'ost.
Canadian Immigration.
AN ADA lias been seeking settlors from tills
-side of the line for a number of yours, but lias
ilrnwn most of those immigrants from the
West. Now, a Canadian commissioner lias been
stationed in Boston, to carry on an emigration
campaign among the farmers of New England.
The site is well chosen, slncg for many years
there has been a westward movement from New England.
Tlie settlors rounded up by this commissioner will do
something to offset the movement of French-Canadians
into New England. Cut what a testimony to the friendly
relations existing between the two countries is to lvo found
in this open appointment of a Canadian commissioner of
immigration to serve in Hoston!
It is said that within tlie last fifteen months, ,"0,000 peo
ple from this side of the lino have moved to the Dominion.
Canada is to be congratulated upon the character of this
element of its Immigrants. It draws from nowhere else a
class so well fitted to develop the Canadian public lands.
Hut it would bo interesting to know how many Canadians,
In tlie same time, have come to this country to live. There
is a continual movement to and fro across the border and
there lias boon a Canadian loss as well as Canadian gain.
—Buffalo Express.
the heavy work which formerly was
imposed upon the hodcarrior. One man
below carts the material to the lift in
a wheelbarrow, while another removes,
it when it has been raised to the floor
on which the work is being done. One
lift is going up while the other Is com
ing down, and the system is much
faster and much lighter on workmen
then the old plan of carrying the hod
up and down a ladder.
Thus it is that the old relic of early]
building days, with its long handle and
padded shoulder piece, has become i
practically extinct around tall struc
tures and has been relegated to smaller
buildings in residence "districts. The
hodcarrier has lost nothing, however, j
through this revolution In his line of |
business. Hundreds of them continue
to carry the hod and will as long as
contractors build flat, buildings and
structures of the sort where height
does not require speed and distances
do not prevent a laborer from bearing I
his burden with satisfactory results.
Many laborers who formerly carried
the hod now are employed as helpers
ou big contracts, receiving from 25 to
35 cents an hour. —Chicago Tribune.
I'rioos Killing Finn,
Old Joshua Martin was noted for his
ability to make a close bargain, but
once In a while he met his match.
"I say, mister," he began, as he
walked Into a barber shop one market
day, while waiting to dispose of his
load, "farming's mighty bad nowa
days. You ought to lemine have a
shave for , r > cents. Why, if I should
tell you the price 1 had to take for my
garden sass "
"Mebbe," returned the barber, "but
fact is, I ought to charge you double
price now by rights, for farmers' faces
are just about twice as long as they
used to be. You ought to be thankful
for being let off on one fare!"
Wouldn't Be Diverted.
Miss Kremey (In bookstore)— Have
you Moore's poems? Clerk—Yes, miss;
I'll get 'em for you. By the way,
here's a splendid story called "Just
One Kiss." Miss Kremey (coldly)—I
want Moore. —Philadelphia Lodger.
llow the world runs off and leaves
a man who does not care for Christ*
masl
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Men Will Marry u i.iiuclt.
Cliils spend considerable time try
ing to tind out how to be popular. It
is natural that a girl should seek ap
proval and admiration. Her popular
ity means a good time, boxes of candy,
theaters, dances, flowers, everything
that the hearts of the young delight in.
The girl that is popular is the girl
who, laughs. Not the girl that sim
pei's and puckers or giggles, but the
girl that laughs and means it. The
girl that laughs can have candy and
flowers and theaters every day in the
week.
• Men flock about her. They adore
her. She laughs herself straight into
the hearts of beaux and admirers and
straight into all the good times that
a girl can dream of.
She laughs, but she is careful when
she laughs. She laughs with her
beaux, but never at them. She laughs
at what they say when they say it,
but never afterward. She laughs at
their jokes, but never about them. She
never laughs at anyone's blunders or
misfortunes.
She laughs when the beaux give her
flowers, she laughs when they give
her candy, she laughs when they take
her to the theater. Why shouldn't
she? Her laugh is her fortune. Above
all. the girl who knows how to laugh
knows when to langli and never laughs
when she should be silent.
She merely goes through life with
her laugh ready and into many dark
corners does she flash its cheer.
Many a heart she makes glad just by
passing. Many a burden she lightens
by the music of her voice.
Women forget to worry when they
hear the cheerful girl's laugh. Old
men are warmed at the sound of it.
Young men listen and follow it, pay
court to it, marry it. For it is the
laugh that keeps the heart young, the
laugh that keeps the face bright.
What man wants a wife that can
not laugli? And the boy following
the laugh is looking for a wife, lie
may not know it, but lie is. And lie
will find her when he llnds that cheer
ful, wholesome, honest, wliolesouled,
healthy laugh.—Kansas City World.
lMeiisant 9lcal Times.
Slimy people must have been struck
by the utter absence of interestiuji
conversation that is so marked a fea
ture of modern meals. In the olden
days all the wit and brightness of the
day seemed to be foeussed into the
breakfast and dinner hours, and near
ly all the celebrated stories of brilliant
repartee that have come down to us
| were delivered (luring a meal. Hut
nowadays people talk over their wor
ries and bothers at the table, look out
trains and read papers during break
fast, and if they have got anything
disagreeable to say to another mem
ber of the family, very often choose a
meal time in which to say it.
Somebody once suggest(*(l that chil
dren should be trained to be bright
and cheerful during meals, just as
! much as they are trained to eat prop
erly. for the one habit, like the other,
would cling to them when they grow
up anil make them much sought after
companions.
Worry is very bad for the digestion,
anil so Is another fashion of seeing
Jiow fast you can get through your
breakfast or lunch; certainly both
things react upon one's neighbor's en
joyment of the hours that should
bring relaxation and good humor.—
i Home Monthly.
Sl.lrl of Checked Siiltiiie*
Here is a skirt of checked suiting
in green and blue with heavy embroid
ered dot. The skirt is full, finely plait
ed at the waist, with wide box
plait in front. A wide band of vel
vet simulates a tunic, and is joined
by shaped tabs to She front plait; an
other fold of the velvet of equal width
borders the skirt Suitable for mo
hair.
About Politeness.
The reason that the l-'rench people
enjoy the well-earned reputation of be
ing the politest people in the world is
because la polltesse, or good breeding,
is an accomplishment they always ac
quire at home and in childhood. A
Frenchman, his wife, and a couple of
children will observe ail the most ex
quisite social amenities in the privacy
of their own vine and flg tree, and the
family life presents all the social ad
vantages they require. A French boy
of oven the humblest parenta.ee does
not wait to go out in tlio world to
learn how to offer a woman a chair,
give an elderly gentleman his arm, in
vite you to <lhie, or discover the topics
of conversation that engage your in
terest. lie has lived from his baby
hood in an atmosphere of family defer
ence and cheerfully unselfish consider
ation, and he is charmingly polite by
precept and example wherever he may
tind himself.
'MteSsL
bracelets have returned 011 a wave
of popularity.
Itroadtail Is as popular as anything
so expensive can lie.
Flat, turndown collars finish most of
the fur cloaks and coats.
There are big fluffy muffs of mara
bout to match the pretty boas.
Persian trimming is largely used for
vests and gown decorations.
Kven tlie debutante indulges in satin,
so soft and light has that fabric be
come.
The smartest model of a tailored
coat is a tight-fitting affair. 30 to 50
1. Simple frock of white satin, trimmed with real lace and festoons
of chiffon rose's."
li. Debutante costume of white chiffon.
3. White net, spangled with gold and having as decoration ,an applied
design In black ostrich tips. Black Jet shoulder straps and golden tissue girdle.
4. Dinner gown of green silk, with diamond design in velvet and corded
silk.
inches long, perfect in adjustment and
finish.
Buttons cannot be too big and fancy,
even tlie fur coats fastening with most
ornate jeweled disks.
Plain rich velvet, ornamented with
lace, is the most attractive expression
of the winter modes yet heralded.
Turbans with entire crowns of silk
blossoms and brims of fur are a beau
teous anomaly of this riotous year.
Such a smart skating rig is made
of white corduroy, trimmed with sable
and worn with sable toque and muff.
When a woman must wear a stiff
collar one of embroidered linen turned
over a smartly tied black bow is the
best.
For the blue and green gown
are petticoats of blue mohair with ac
cordlon-pliiiUd flounce in the two
shades.
Some of the trlcorne hats whereof
the tops are beaver are simply smooth
black velvet on the under side of thu
rolling brim.
The new kid gloves for business
wear come lined with blight plaids in
silk and wool and afford an excellent
substitute for a muff.
Kcnnty'a Down Tall.
A warning note is struck by a lady,
who lias both medical and literary
skill, against the reckless disregard of
those laws which make for beauty.
We Americans are growing plainer,
she avers, simply because we allow
even our children to be affected by the
stress and strain of modern life. The
smartness, the ability to look after
themselves and the athleticism of the
women and children of the present
time spell physical ruin. Reauty Is
rarely seen nowadays in its unadorned
style. Lovely women are artificial
products, and really lovely children are
as scarce as auks' eggs. The reason
Is that our expressions have grown
anxious, eager, cold, our limbs and
members are strained out of shape by
over-exercise and our complexions and
hair arc starved for lack of nerve
force. The exquisite complexions, lux
uriant locks, delicate features and
dear, Innocent-looking eyes that ono
associates with beauty are so seldom
seen as to be quite remarkable when
they art', and we are threatened with
a still further decrease of these ele
ments of ;;ood looks unless we bring
back our sifts to the plain and primi
tive style of upbringing, which per
haps after all is the best for them.
The "larger life" certainly has its
drawbacks.
A Wcll-Hred Woman.
Itarely wears elaborate or startling
costumes 011 the street.
Never leaves her house before put
ting oil her gloves.
Never dress s too claltorat ly when
receiving guests in her own bouse.
If she wears a train practices hold
ing up her skirt in front of a glass
before going out.
Never attempts to be the most hand
somely gowned at an entertainment,
or if she does, takes care to be unos
tentatious both in manners and dress
Is always the same In her manner
toward other people and never by any
means allows herself to show oy
glance or speech her dislike of any onu
< lse.
What IMchhcs n Man.
Generally speaking, a man Hkes to
bo told lie is handsome, whether ho is
or not. lie likes to be told lie has
small feet. Tills Is a tip for wives.
There is more virtue in a pair of tight
shoes In keeping a man at home in
EVENING TOILETTES.
tlie evenings tlinn in nil the Ten Com
mandments. It pleases a man to be
askeil for advice. You don't need lo
take it. Most men have advice to givo
away, and they are always willing to
bestow it 011 woman gratis. It pleases
a man for a woman to depend on liim.
This is the reason why many foolish
girls could get two husbands apiece,
while strong-minded wonin remain old
maids.
At a small dinner or tea the con
versation should be general, it would
be bad form to devote on;'s self to
the next neighbor exclusively.
When a gentleman asks a mutual
friend to Introduce him to a lady it is
customary to ask her permission be
fore the request is granted.
When visiting you should ask per
mission of your hostess to have your
friends call. If strangers to her they
should invariably be Introduced.
At a dinner it is not necessary to
wait until all have been served, it
is perfectly proper to begin eating as
soon as two or three have been served.
A bride selects her bridesmaids
from among her most Intimate friends,
if the bridegroom has a sister she ia
usually asked to be maid of honor.
When giving a house party the pe
riod of the visit should be definitely
stated In the invitation, this will pre
vent any confusion or misunderstand
ing.
New J'ruit Mixture*.
Grapes divested of skins and stones
and hilxed with pineapple frappe is one
of the latest combinations. (July two
kinds of fruit are allowable in a salad,
according to certain cooks. Sliced or
anges and bananas, oranges and ap
ples and pears, without other accom
paniment than a dash of flavoring,
are among the favorite bienda.