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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1896)
. tMiiMw.,)Krw'rMiy ''- 3 I H 1 THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. IV. SANUUllS, l'ubllihor. NEMAHA, - NEBRASKA. HATPIN USED ON A DONKEY. JIow a Soft-Hourtciil YV'oinnu'rt l'aticnco Cum 11 to mi i:nl. Tor the purpose of aiding in the amusement of his numerous guests, the host of a handsome summer hou.e not far from Chicago purchased a donkey. The idea was that the ladies would be able to extract any amount of fun out of trying to ride the patient animal. He was as nice a flttlc donkey as could "be found anywhere, but he had 1 lie pe culiar traits of his race. When he made up his mind to stand still theru was no earthly power that could persuade him to change it. There were horses and ponies and everything on the place th nt one could wish to drive, but when there is a donkey it would seem that there could be no reason why he should 7iot lie used occasionally. So the other night the host harnessed the long-cared steed into a donkey cart and started to drive him out into the road. He wenr all right until he arrived opposite the piazza, where he stopped, and, beyond pensively wining one ear, refused to move. The driver was tender-hearted, but at the end of a series of gentle, per suasive requests to move, the walloping began. There was a chorus from the piazza, where there was a charming usomblage of ladies. "Oh, don't," "Poor little fellow," "You'll hurt him," "Try n little coaxing." Then the driver, -with contracted brows, jumped to the ground, and remarked that if there was anyone on that piazza who understood coaxing a donkey, he would like lo see him or her try. The challenge was ac cepted. A young woman who might have been a Hebe or a Venus, or any thing which signifies everything lova l)le, tender and womanly, arose. She drove more firmly into her fluffy locks the jeweled dagger which held in pl'ice "the mass of chiffon and feathers she called a hat. She gathered up the laces 4ind ribbons of her skirts, and descended to the ground. Then began a solo: "Poor old boy," "Good fellow," "Nioe old sweetheart," "Come along," "That's it," "Comc-m-m- along," "Come-along," "Come, I say!" "You wretch-ed old l)east!" The last part of it en mo out in jerks, because with each word there was a tug at the bridle. Then thcr was a flash of a white hand in the masses of chiffon-feathery millinery; another ilash of a jeweled dagger, and a great uproar of laughter from the piazza. That lovely, tender, sympathetic wom an was stabbing that tender donkey with her hatpin. There isn't any don "key in that establishment now.---Chicago Chronicle. TO WASH A WOOLEN SWEATER. Slnco Tlie.no Giiriiinntfi Artt I'uvorlto Jt In IVell to Umlurrttitiiil Tlittlr Cleaning'. Fill a pail two-thirds or three-quarters full of cold water. In extremely cold weather the water may be tem pered u little, but let it be cold and not warm. Take a eake of good laundry .soap any good soap that hasn't an excess of alkali will answer the pur pose and rub between the .hands in the water for a moment. Put in i tea spoonful of ammonia "and stir well. Soak the garment in this liquid for 15 minutes or half an hour, and then squeeze out the dirt, but not vigorously enough to impair the garment's shape. Turn inside out and repeat the process. Pour oh" the water, which now contains all the dirt that was in the garment, and rinse very thoroughly in several waters cold water, of course using the same motions as before. Lift the garment from the rinsing water and lay it over a line or wooden fuuuu to drip and dry. When dry turn right side out and the job is done. Observe the following cautions: If the garment is one you care anything about wash it yourself. You cannot trust Tom, Dick and Harry, Bridget and Jane. It will take but n few minutes and you will be amply repaid for tin trouble. Put the soap in the water, not in the garment. Use good soap and not n very great deal of it. Use cold' water. Don't wring or squeeze or pull. Dry wrong side out. Don't dry in the sun or wind or by the lire. A shed or basement with tub to catch the water is usually better than out doors. Don't leave whre it is cold enough to freeze. Don't iron. In case the garment is extremely dirty use more ammonia and eoak longer. Jf there arc grease spots, after snaking re move the spots with ammonia, benzine, or some cleansing compound, and then proceed as before. Chicago Tribune. Itiilcnil Aiilo t'ulcn. Mix together two cupfuls of Hour, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Heat one t" and mix it with one scant cup ful of milk. Hub one-fourth cupful of butter into the dry materials, add the milk and eyr. Spread it one-half inch thick over a buttered biscuit tin. Have leady four sour apples, pared, cored and cut into eighths. Lay them in rows on fop of the dough, with the sharp edge down, press them in lightly. Sprinkle 1wo tnblespoonfuls of sugar and a lit tle cinnamon over the apples, Ivike 20 or 30 minutes and serve with cream. Boston Globe. The value of gold as compared 10 silver in the time of Herodotus, 11. C. 430, is said to have been ten to one. BATTLE OF FINE WORDS. Now Bolng Waged Botwoon Salis bury unci Olnoy. At Present tlio Aniorlciitt Socrotnry In Alioml rulluro of tho Coinervntlve i'nrty In llrltUli Volition Tho Cuban War for l'rcodoiu. Special Letter. After reading the Venezuela cor respondence between Great Britain and the United States u European diplomat pronounced it the "most important in ternational collection of letters pub lished in ten years." When Secretary Olney addressed his first, communica tion to Lord Salisbury, protesting ngalnst the seizure of Venezuelan ter ritory in violation Of the Monroe doc- SECRETARY OF STATIC OLNEY. trine, his lordship replied in a super cilious tone and attempted to read a les son in manners to Uncle Sam. Even uftor President Cleveland's message had been sent to congress, the British states man sneered at American lack of dig nity and essayed to ridicule the appoint ment, by the president, of a commis sion to fix the lawful boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana. The gov ernment at Washington, however, paid not tlio least attention to English in solence. President Cleveland appointed the boundary commissioners and con gress instructed them to pioceed with their labors, entirely independent of trans-Atlantic influences. When the dull-witted English bureaucrats saw that the American press and people did not care for their sneers or threats, they changed their line of action and be came excessively polite and accommo dating. They admitted that there might be something to arbitrate, after all, and that perchance the London for eign office might not be in the exclusive possession of all the geographical and diplomatic wisdom of the world. And they furthermore admitted that Mr. Olney, our secretary of state, although not trained in the little niceties of diplomacy, was shrewd enough to take advantage of every weak point in the Salisbury letters. And then John Dull began to hedge. Olnoy AInkoi u Strong Cusp. Of course, so experienced a states man as Lord Salisbury would not be guilty of openly conceding any point. Hence, when circumstances and the justice of the American demands com pelled him to make overtures, he aimed to minimize the importance of the Ven ezuelan nffair and substituted a propo sition for the creation of a permanent arbitration commission for the settle ment of all disputes which might now exist or hereafter arise between Great Britain and the United States. He knew Uiat such a proposition would receive a hearty response from Englishmen and had reason to suppose that it would please the American public. Secretary Olney was in sympathy with the plan iiik' invited the submission of n scheme which would be acceptable to both countries. The answer came in the form of a treaty consisting of six arti cles, three of which provide for the ap pointment of arbitration tribunals and specify the charaetei of disputes that shall be referred to them, and which were perfectly satisfactory to Mr. Ol ney. But to the fourth and fifth articles our secretary of state objected, because "under them the parties enter into ar bitration and deteimlne afterward, when they know the result, whether they will be bound or not." Under tlio proposal made by the United States th parties enter into arbitration, having determined beforehand that they will be bound. "The latter," says Mr. Ol ney, "is a genuine arbitration, the for mer is a mere imitation. The plan of Lord Salisbury is that all the forms and cerenioi.irs of arbitration shall begone through with, but with liberty for either party to reject the award if not to its liking. It is respectfully sub knitted that a proceeding of that sort inust have a tendency to bring all arbi tration into contempt; that each party to a dispute should decide to abide by an award before entering into an arbi tration or should decide not to enter Into it at all, mid, once entering into it, should be irrevocably bound." Arbitration Wilt Supplant War. The logic of the American position is unassailable, and is admitted even by the tory press of London. It has been hinted that Lord Salisbury framed the proposition in ambiguous terms for the sole purpose of obscuring the Yene xuelan issue, but in view of the fact thul in other documents he speaks favor ably of the Monroe doctrine and its ap plication it may be taken for granted that he is sincere in his desire to per petuate irieiiilly relations between the grent English-speaking nations. He does not hesitate to admit that the Venezuela misunderstanding is not im portant enough to risk a war, and lr tually admits that it Is not a question materially affecting the honor or the Integrity of British territory. England feels confident that the present negotia tions for a complete system of interna' tloi.al arbitration will terminate in (he conclusion of a treaty; and although Secretary Olney has at present the bet ter of the diplomatic argument It is reasonable to predict that Lord Salis bury will revise his opinions in con formity witli tho American secretary's argument. From now on the subject of general arbitration will take the place of wearisome correspondence about a number of minor disagreements; and before long the Venezuela dispute .uid the Alaska boundary squabble will be submitted to tribunals appointed by the two governments. Never has the pros peel of war between England and the United States seemed so distant as now; and just because honorable reasoning has supplanted jingoism and brag, Salisbury' (luvormiiniit u l'nllurc. But, leaving aside this arbitration proposition, Lord Salisbury has not added any laurels to his reputation dur ing ids present administration. The parliament will close its session on the 14lh of August without having accom plished much of anything. Witli a ma jority of over 100 in the house of com mons, the conservathes have made a failure of everything they touched ns a party measure. Bidicule lias been heaped upon the ministry, whose mem ber:? failed to work together harmoni ously; and it is not surprising to heat that A. J. Balfour will retire from the government leadership of the house and take a seat among the lords, before the next session opens. In this case Joseph Chamberlain would become the real head of the conservative party, and such leadership would be equivalent to disin tegration and dissolution. Chamber lain's failure in South Africa, the Boer episode and his silly threats in the Vene zuela matter will not be forgiven by I he English public in case it should be given a chance to record its opinion at tlio polls. A change in administrations would not interfere with the negotia tions for international arbitration, how ever, and consequently the little tem pest which is now brcwii g in the Brit ish political teapot is of but insignifi cant interest to the American people. Tho Cuban Stnif;j;Io f" Mlwrly. The renewed activity of the Cuban patriots who. under Gen. Antonio Maceo, recently defeated the Spaniards in tho province of Pinar del Bio in a pitched battle, inilictiug a loss of 300 killed and severely wounded, is declared to be the beginning of the end of the great strug gle for liberty and freedom. American sympathy, which has always gone out lo the "relxjls," is aroused to such a pitch that, before long, the government at Washington must take some official action. Tho rebellion has now readied its maximum strength. In all parts of the island the patriots are winning vic tories, while the Spaniards waste their menus, time and strength in perfecting the "troe.hn" or line of fortifications which is supposed to protect the city of Havana from all rebel attacks. The in- nTTTrr. Ai??,rz, "fiis$i?3 GEN. ANTONIO MACEO. surgent army is numerous enough to defy tho Spanish troops, but an insttf fieney of arms and ammunition would render a general attack foolhardy. In a conversation with an American cor respondent Gen. Maceo expressed him self as able to capture Havana provided he could secure 20.001) cheap Ueniington rifles; 1, .100,000 cartridges, 10 cannons and 100.000 rounds of artillery ammuni tion. At present the republican army consists of OO.ono men, stationed in tho eastern, centra' and western parts of the island. Ten thousand of these are armed with infantry and cmalry Mau ser rifles; 20,000 with infnntry rifles of the Jteinington pattern; 15,000 with short Bemington carbines, and 15,001) with miscellaneous arms of every con ceivable pattern and make, from Ameri can repeating rifles down to oldtime flint-lock guns. With 20.000 additional men and plenty of ammunition, Gen. Maceo could sweep a path through Weyler's ridiculous "troeha" and join the armies of Gomez and Garcia; and the united forces could lake Havana in s-pitc of the entire Spanish army, l.ut quite as effective more so perhnps than 20,000 rifles would be the recogni tion of the revolutionists by the govern ment of the United States; and to secure this Thomas Estrada Palma, minister plenipotentiary of the Itepublicof Culm to the United States, is straining every nene. Spain is about to send 10,000 additional troops to the island, and these, the Cubans think should be met not only by armed patriots but also by the official disapproval of the greatest nation on earth. O. .WVWEII'PrERT. Dried beef, mioked and otherwise, was sent abroad to the amount of 611,07:) pounds, valued at 73,500. If O S- ft aI MAJ. CAIUtOLL'S SCOOP. Croat Font Porformod by a War Oorrospoudont. Ho Knit No ivt of the. Ituttlo nt Htts- burgh Lauding Tliroo Day lit Ailvauco of tlio Oillnliil ItopnrU. Sp'.'clnl Washington Lottcr. Begular readers of newspapers are familiar with the fact that modern en terprise is nowhere, better exhibited than by daily newspapers in their ef forts to gather all of the news of tho world. Each newspaper tries to gee more news and better news, and in bet ter form, than any of Its rivals. When an important item of news is secured by one newspaper only, none of tho others having lecelved it, that success ful enterprise is called a "scoop" on all of the other newspapers. There aie two great press associa tions in this country, and their agents tire gathering news in every village, as well iif. In all of the great cities. Full reports of the conventions of the great political parties are sent to nil of th newspapers in the country by the press associations. And yet, in addition to those full reports, the leading news papers print special reports from their own snccinl cnrrc.mMimlcntst. When President Garfield was nt k1- beron, X. ,1., slowly dying from tlfe ef fect of the bullet of the assassin Gujt eau about 200 special correspondents were there on the sencoiist, daily and hourly making inquiry concerning the condition of the distinguished sufferer and sending telegrams to their news papers, because all eyes were turned towards Elberon and our entire peo ple were anxiously reading every item of news from that point. Tom Blvins, a splendid newspaper man, was almost sleepless for nearly a week because he learned from the surgeon in charge, Dr. Bliss, that the president could not sur vive and that his death was but a ques tion of days or hours. Blvins was a stenographer and telegraph operator as well ns a nuwsguthcicr. and he often sent telegrams by the liuiu for the regular telegraph operators at that place. Thus it happened that when Blvins rushed into the telegraph office one night and grasped the key of the instrument he was allowed to send his messages to his newsxiprs conveying to the world tho first information of the fact that President Garfield hud breathed his last, shortly after ten o'clock that, night. Naturally, the newsjxipers rcprnsont cd by Bivins were el.itcd with his achievement, and his reputation as a faithful and successful newsgnthere: ws soon known throughout the entire country. The war correspondents have always endured hardships and many of them have been actually under Are, together wilh the soldiers, in order that they might furnish late and reliable infor mation for their papers. During the war between China and Japan, during the Franco-Prussian war, and during tla' war of the rebellion in this country the newspaper workers were diligent and faithful; and particular interest was taken by the people in the dis patches marked "special." Previous to our civil war the greatest special work ever done was by the correspondent of the London Times, who sent to his pajier and had published an account of the battle of Waterloo and the downfall of Napoleon, oh the very day that the ofli- TOM BIVINS AT THE KEY. citil reports were received in London from Lord Wellington. In those days, when there were no facilities for the rapid transmission of news, that was a remarkable feat in journalism. Tor half a century the London Times claimed credit for that work, and no other newspuper approximated the achievement. But during the civil war in this coun try the Loudon Times' famous report was excelled by the New York Her ald, when that paper printed the first account of the battle of Pittsburg Land ing, the battle which almost caused the star of Grant to set forever. That re port was put on the wires and trans mitted by Maj. William C. Carroll, for many years recently a clerk in the pen sion oillce in this city. Maj. Carroll'R story of the grat battle was printed 4 hours in advance of all other reports, and that achievement stands to-day without parallel as the greatest "scoop" In the history of war correspondence. The Carroll report was printed in the Herald, transmitted to Washington, and sent, to congress by President Lincoln in uu oilleiul message three days before ' w the wnr department received official re ports concerning the decisive and san guinary engagement. . Maj. Carroll had been nt Island No. 10 on the Mississippi river, where Urn federal forces under Mnj. Gen. Joint Pope had been slowly but successfully driving the enemy from his strong hold. Grant had fought the successful battle afcFort Donelson, and gained ills first national reputation by sending his famous message demanding "uncondi tional surrender," ns a result of which tho newspapers used his initials in laudation, calling him "Unconditional Surrender Grant." Col. John A. Logan had been wounded in that engagement, and received a commission as brigadier general; and, on his way to tho renr, had met with Maj. Carroll at Island No. 10, and attached him to his stall', order ing him to report to Gen. Grant, nb Savannah, Tcnn. Grant's army was lo cated there, and he was preparing for an aggressive campaign, when the ene my surprised him on Sunday, April Gf 1802, mid almost drove him into tlid river before nightfall came, and with it thu reinforcements which were so sadly needed. It. is matter of history that, with the aid of Buell'snrinyof tho Ohio, Grant retrieved himself on Mon day, and won a vietory.over his power ful foe. On that Sunday mornliigGrant was nt his headquarters at Savannah when the battle began, and he at once. embarked on his boat to go to thescenu AN INTERVIEW WITH LINCOLN. of battle, and find out what caused tho firing which was growing constantly in volume. Maj. Carrod had arrived that morning, had reported to Adjt. Gen. Bnwlin.s, and he received permis sion to accompany Gen. Grant and stuff. Thus it happened that ho wus early on the scene of action. Maj. Carroll has s.iid upon numeroiM occasions that Gen. Buell was not in ac cord with Gen. Grant. He had conver sations with Buell and with hi.i vUiit olllcers, and they claimed all credit for the victory. Maj. Carroll reported what he had learned to Gen. Ilavvllns, Gen. Hilyer and Gen. Logan, nnd told them that if Buell's war correspondents should send rejiorts of the battle they would undoubtedly give Buell all credit for tho victory. Commodore Graham gave Maj. Carroll one of his transport steamers, and the major steamed away to Fort Henry for the purpose of send ing his dispatches. Telegraphic com munication with the north was estab lished at Fort Henry, and Maj. Cnrroll was thu only newspaper man in thu army who knew that fact. He still held his commission as the. Herald corre spondent, and wrote his account of tho battle while the boat steamed down thu river. He paid the telegraph operator ten dollars for his immediate atten tion, and immediately the. news began to go over the wiic. All newspaper matter was subject to censorship, ami very soon the operator told Carroll that the commanding officer at Fort Donel son wanted to know wdio was sending that long dispatch. It happened that the commanding officer was Gen. Lo gan, nnd when the operator sent word that it was Carroll he authorized tho report to go ahead. Thus It happened that Maj. Carroll sent the first news of the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and by doing so he not only accomplished the greatest feat ever performed in war correspondence, but at tho wim time gave the world a report which fairly represented Gen. Grant, thereby fore stalling the reports which were sent Inter In the interest of Gen. Buell. Con sequently, during his entire lifctiino Gen. Grant was a warm friend of Maj. Carroll, and took occasion to demon strate his appreciation. Muj. Carroll then secured leave of ab sence, went to New York, and after wards to Washington where lie saw Sen ator Washburn, and personally gavo him u correct account of the battle, giving credit to Grant for 'his splendid efforts, and correcting many misappre hensions which existed. It will be re membered that Gen. Halleck gave cre dence to Gen. Buell's report, and re lieved Grant of his command, humiliat ing the great soldier to such a degree, that, but for the warm friendship nnd urgent advice of Gen. Sherman and Gen. Bawlins, Grant might have resigned from thu army. Senator Washburn took Maj. Carroll to the white house, where he had an extended interview with President Lincoln, to whom ho gavo valuable information concerning the Illinois soldier who was at that time- being roundly abused and villifled from mnny sources. PMITII I). FRY. There are -17 Chinese temples ill .Uuer-i i KU. "illHll llfl t bt