Tjpr THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER iV. W. HANUIIU-, l'tillllnlirr. NEMAHA, NKllItASKA. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Iln Ik Worth n lllllli.n. Tlio only man In tli world reported to bo worth ov;r 51,000.000,000 is tho Anglicized German, Alfred licit Hu is not yet fit), 1h well educated and tnnriu IiIh fortune In diamonds during tlio pant Sit yours. Onu-Tlilril for Uniform. When u mini enters thu United Slates iscrvleo fiH n second liiiututiiint of 'mil rinos ho nitiHt expend more thnu"one tlilnl of IiIh four-year's suTur for-mil-forniH. A second lieutenant gets Sl,r00 ft.year and tlio regulation wardrobe re quired COStH S(500. A Pointer for tlio V. (J. T. l). ' The .utmost that the most active tem perance worker has ever dreamed of the enormous sums of money yearly squandered In thu beer trjwlo has prob ably never equaled tho following state- ' incut of cold, actual facts: Tho quan tity of bcerconsumod annually through out tlio world would form a lake itjf miles long, ono mile wide, and six fecit deep, and would have a commercial valuation of 81,080,000,000. No Holiday I.nlior for Tlirin. Two clergymen of Heaver county, Pa., who were serving on n jury and wore out balloting for a verdict refused when Sunday arrived to engage in fur ther consideration of thu case until Sit hours of the Lord's day had passed. They based their privilege to withdraw on tho statue of 170 1, which forbids worldly employment on Sunday. Iloru toforo such Infractions of thu law by Juries have passed unchallenged. Now Tr'iiury Not in. The treasury department is prepar ing to issno soveral mllllousof notcs.Sl, C'J and $5 in denomination, and all of a now and more, artistic pattern than thu present Issues. About K pur cent, of tho Hiirfaeo of tho new bills on both sides will bo left blank firstly, in order to show tho fibers of tho paper better, and secondly, because this ar rangement brings out tho engraved designs nioro vividly and clearly. l'oroo of tlio (Inuring Vino. A London paper tells of a paving Htonu In that city which Weighed 500 pounds and which, whllu wedged in on all sides by other stones, was lifted up by a mushroom. Tho United States department of agriculture has, by ex periments, found that tlio force of a growing pumpkin was sutllcicnt to lift 3tj tons, provided tho weight Is so placed as not to interfere with thu growth or natural development of tho vegetable. Ami-rlciins n OolToo IrliiUrH. The latest bulletin of tho treasury bureau of statistics shows that wo cou Atuno nenrly twico as much ooll'oo as does all F.uropo, with nearly llvo times our population. Wo consume about one-half of all tho cotl'co that Is raised In tho whole world. Wo annually send abroad 800,000,000 to pay for our raw coffee. Leaving out tho children our grown and half-grown population consumes on the average S10 pounds of cofl'oo per capita a year. I'rolmlily Uutrile. It Is reported, and is probably un true, that tho wife of tho president of tho Transvaal republlu not only docs her own cooking, makes, her own beds and waits on tho table, passing tho dishes even at state dinners, but that she often takes a hand at the fnipUy washing. Although her famous hus band has a capital of S .'ft, 000, 000, sho boasts that they liavu never lived be yond "coll'ou money," S'J.OOO a year, al lowed thoin by tho government. Tluy Are it Succohh. Tho latest reports as lo tho condition of tho school penny savings banks in Chicago show that considerable money was drawn out from them during and just preceding tho last summer vaca tion, but the total left is moro than double the amount in hand a year ago. Much of the money was spent to buy graduation suits. Many of tho ehil tjrod wild thu whole cost of now clothes Cor tho closing oxerolsus out of tho rruioy they had laid by a penny at a Staie. Moro still went for vacations. (ilcuntlo Capital In (,'olloi.-o. Tho -ISJ0 colleges and universities that have reopened their doors to t,ho 175, 000 American college students repre sent an Invested capital of SU50.000,OOU and give employment to s!.p,000 persons as teachers and ollieers. If all tho prtj: fessors, students and buildings of all tho American colleges were brought to gether in one locality they would form a city of tlio llrst mngnitudo,'und It Is estimated that the total sum paid out for college education In thi.s country annually cannot fall short of 8l'00,0U0, 000. . , Tho I'ron Sueil Distribution, Out of tho SltU, 000 appropriated for congressional freo seed distribution Seerutary Wilson has reserved $511,000 this year to Vio employed In tho Intro duction and distribution of useful seed and plants. For Instance, a musk melon Is grown in tho valleys of Af ghanistan which Is said to bo superior oven to tho famous Koeky Ford melons of Colorado, so an agent of tlio depart ment has been to Afghanistan, obtained some of this seed and it is being care fully "placed among Alio expert molou Crowcrg.of tho west. SOUTH AFHHXN WAR Apprchcnsioh. Felt In London Over the Situation. THE VICTORY AT KLAXDSLAAGTE. It Win I'roAiictlvnuf'No ISffmtfor llio Kn . llo'f of (lloileoo Kluilierley Siirrouiiile.il (Jlencon Attn!li(l--Kr'iii;ir. !) . . rlilim to fVurriiniliir. ' Lonilon, Oct; lib No. nevVs yet re ceived tends to dispel thu apprehension caused by Lord Wolsoloy's brief sum mary of the situation. A Fiotormnrltz burg dispatch says that tin; censor now' permits no message to bo sent from tho front. Other dispatches represent tho Hoofs as boasting that Dundee is abso lutely cut olf and assert that dcspltu tho British victories tho situation is. still uncertain. It apjHMirs certain that tho brilliant victory at Klandslaagtu was productive of no eirect for tho relief 'of tftoncou and tho very reticence ami brevity of Lord Wolsdley's communication arc only too ominous. It sceilis to bo worded lo prepare tho public for bad news and it is only too likely that (Jen. Yule has been compelled to abandon thu wounded and the prisoners at Dun dee because his force Is too weak to hold thu tK miles separating Dundee from (llencoe. It Is expected that Connnandant Erasmus has by this time joined Com mandant General .loubert and that their combined columns amounts to homo 10,000 or 11,000 men, whllu thu Frcu State Itocrs, now threatening Lady-smith from thu cast, and a column reported to be coming through Zulu land must also bo reckoned with. In short, (Jen. Sir (Icorge Stewart White lias been unable to follow up Ills suc cesses and is obliged to remain at Ladysmith without being ablo to re store railway communication, which Is probably broken at other points be sides Klandslnngto.. A dispatch to tho Times from Coles burg, Cape Colony, say.s: "Tho situa tion to-day (Monday) Is grave. Tho Hours aru !I50 strong and will be rein forced from Drlckop. No defense Is possible. Tho town guard will re tire on Naauwpoorbou the appearance of the enemy. The Driekop force Ls estimated at 1,500 men. Tho report of the lighting at lilcncoc has been pla carded at llolhulle, thu frontier town on tho cast London lines, as a brilliant lloer victory." KiMiiKiu.KV Huunotixnr.l) iiy nouns. London, Oct, Sit. Tim Daily Mail says it understands a message was re ceived in Loudon yesterday from Ccell Rhodes dated at lCinibcrley, October 10, declaring in substancu that tho inhab itants of Klmberley desired to draw the attention of tho government to tho need of speedily sending reinforce ments there, as the town was being surrounded by increasing numbers of Transvaal anil Freo State Hours. THIS HOKUM ATTACKING (U.KNCOi:. London, Oct. 5)1. The Daily Tele graph has received thu following from Ladysmith, datetl Sunday at 8:10 p. in.: 'The Itoers, reported to lie 0.000 strong and under the command of Command ant (leneral .loubert and President Ivruger in person, aiu to-day again at tacking Gloncoe. (Ion. Yule, command ing iinr troops, has moved his camp back into a butter dufonslvo position." OI'.N. CHON.1U CAVL'UHIIl). Loudon, Oct. SJt. The correspondent of tho Dally Mail at Durban, Natal, says: "An otllclal of tho Jlonnnza iMlne, who has just arrived from Pre toria, declares that while there ho heard that Col. Kudun-Powell, tho British commander at Mafoking, had captured (Jen. Cronjc nndilOolhcr Itoers and had killed 500." 1'A.MINi: AI.MOsT CISHTAIN. Koopinansfontoin, Oct. titParties of ICulllrs returning homo from Jugers fontelu to Klmberley aro liunblu to ob tain food. Already there Is a scarcity of supplies throughout Hechualaud and Oriqualand West, owing to tho total stoppage of the transport service. Pamlno is almost certain. THK IIOUUS 8TA0(li:ilK. Capo Town, Oct. Si I, News has been received from Dundee to the effect that the Hour disaster at lOlandslaagte stag gered tho liners completely, rendering the attack upon Dundee feeble. There .fore thero Is no causu for anxiety. Kni'oj:n dkcidks to himuu:.n m:n. Ottawa Out., Oct. si I. Tlio governor general, Lord Minto, has received a cablegram from .South Africa, dated yesterday afternoon, to. the-effect that President Kruger hu decided to sur render. ' . I'lfty-SetiMi Dentils from rover." .laeksonville, Fla., Oct. 2 1. Key West reported nine now cases of yellow' fever last night, makinga total of l,j):!D to date; .total deaths, f,7 Dr. Porter wives that Miami has eight eases and that tho infection Is general, though the disease Is very mild. Ho recom mends the depopulation of 'the town. Promotion for l'iiiiton mid Mntculf. Washington, Out. 21. ltrig. Gen. runston Is to bo breveted -in ijor gen eral and Col. Wilder . Metonlf, of tho Twentieth Kansas, Is to bo breveted brigadier general by thu president shortly on account of gallant and mer itorious services of thu two Kansas' sol diers In tho Phlllrmlnes. FUJKSTON BACK TO MANILA. Tim Wr Ieiiir.ttiinjit Offers HIiii a Hrljc- itiln'M Coiiiiiinnd to Itiitiirn to tho riililpptnn IfllitihlN. Ran FranclscO, Oct. SS!. Gen. Fun felon received tho fqllowing telegram at noon Saturday: In view of tlio reeoni Increase of tlfo volun teer form it Is now possible for the depart ment to tivult Itself" of your furthpr services us a brigadier eenoral, of which tlio secretary of war thirds- tno to in fortn yotrt '.Should If bo wrifytiblo . to tyou orders will Ishiki for yottr ruturn,- to ' th'o I'lilllpiflnc's s sjloii us your fqnpcr rotfltnuuC )ars bliun uiustutud rtut'anil rorglvcil by tho poo- pooplo of Kuiimih. I'lo.lsi) Hiiriilfy.y'our.plcftsuro Jn Hio'proiul.scs ut Hio uurllMt posslbln conven ience. II. C. Corliln. . It is chrtractcrlstlo. of Oeji. Kilnston that ho ex(ilbltedno hesitation In this important; Vmd, perhaps critical, incl- ticiit of his li.fe. In. less than an hoar after thu receipt of tjio tcK'graiu from the war department lie had conversed with Ids wifo by telephone, had talked with a few intiinato friends, add had made his decision. Oen, and Mrs. Futi ston will go tp Kansas with, thu old regiment, leaving San Francisco Octo ber SiO, nfiil will remain in tho statu about it week. -Before tho clamor of tho Twentieth's reception will havo died away ho wijl bu rettirning to San Francisco to sail immediately for Manila. Mrs. Funston will not go to tho Philippines with the general. After their visit to Kansas she will return to Oakland and llvo with her parents un til her husband's return from thu Phil ippines. funst6nlectures. Tint (Iiitmriil SuyH Tlutt If tint I'rlurs Were Drlvmi Out tlio liottoin Would Drop Out of thu IiiNiirri'Vtlon. Chicago, Oct. 2!5. A special from Lc land Stanford university, Cal says: Oon. I''rcdorlck Itinston, of Kansas, lectured to Hie student body hero last ulKlitoit tho l'lill Ipplncs. IIo blames the frl;irs as belli;,' at tho bottom of tho Insurrection. Thoijeneral unmercifully attacked tho church, not, its he Insisted, bccauM It was tho Catholic denomination, but for tho Influence it main tained upon that class of people. "If eom;ross would drive out tho friars," ho said, "anil confiscate everv Inch of chlirch prop erty, tho bottom would drop out of the Insur rection within a Weo.t. "Some peoplo returnlm? have spoken of the brutality of our soldiers tu Hi Philippines. I say to them that they aro unmitigated liars. Our soldiers never touched the wounded enemy except lo dniK them out of the tiro Into tho shelter." DEWEY'S HOME. IIoiiMo rurithiioi'il for tlio Admiral on IChodo i Inland Avenue, Washington, by thu .Money 1'opuliirly Sulxerlbed. Washington, Oct. :):!. Thu Dewey house committee, which has in charge thu purchase of a home for tho ad miral from the money received by pop ular subscriptions, have selected thu house at No. 1747 Kliodc Island avenue, Northwest, known as tho Fitch house. Tho house is one door removed from the corner of Connecticut avenue in what is regarded as tho most desirable ' section of tho city. It is understood I that the amount of tho popular sub- i scriptlon was sulllcieut to cover the cost of the house, its furniture and all incidental expenditures. DiiHiiy Ciineelrt ills Trip. Washington, Oct. SS!). Hy advice of his physician, Admiral Dewey has ean- ceiiett urn proposed trips to rittlailol phia and Atlanta and will accept no more invitations. llemliiuiirterH .Moved to Kviiiixton. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 21J. In consider ation of three important amendments to the constitution of tho organization and in celebrating tho silver jubilee of thu society, the delegatus to the W. C. T. U. eon vent ion passed the second day of tho session. Two of tho three uuiendinent.s were adopted. Ono of these removes the headquarters of the national organization from Chicago to Evanston, 111., at Kest Cottage, the lato homo of Miss Frances Willard. The adoption of tho amendment was had after a long debate, in which much feeling was manifested. Vomit; I.udy Pound Drovvneil. Dcs Moines, la., Oct. 2:i.The body of a young lady was found in thu Des Moines river yesterday evening and identified as that of Mabel Kcholield, of Maeksburg, la. Sho was 21 years old and eamo hero a few days ago to visit at the homo of J. W. Thomas. Sho was missed yesterday but no anxloty was felt. The coroner and physicians declare sho was not drowned as thero Is no discoloration or swelling. Thero were no marks of violence, however, and no poison could be detected. Kxerclhos ut Princeton. Princeton, N. ,!., Out. s!!J. Commem oration day exercises of the lfiHrd an niversary of the founding of Princeton university were held in Alexander hall Saturday. President Pat ton tin behalf of the faculty and trustees, conferred 'the degree of 1,LJ). upon ' Whitclnw livid and made, nn' introduo.tor.y ad dress iii'whieh ho announced that the Stall'ord-Little 'leoUm-shlp would' be jllled by Grover t lekelaiid, ox-presideirt of thu Unfte'd State.s. ' Mr. lleitl spoke on expansion. ' . Scparntit Conferi'iieft for OUIiilioniii. Ktnporia, Ivan., Oct. 251. Tho" Ivan sas and Oklahoma conference of the Free Methodist church ended with the organization of the Oklahoma confer ence as ii distinct body, and Its election of ollieers and the appoint'tie of the various working committees. Ilov. 11. 11, .lones-wus chosen president of the Oklahoma conference and C. K. liar .roun, .Jr., district cHlcr; - THE PHILIPPINE WAR.. The Insurgents Driven from Thefr Trenches' Near. Calamba. THE HOSPITAL CORPS AT MANILA, Col. Woodllull, tlio Clilof Sorgoon, Mutton a , . Itoporf. toSurKoon (IiMiVritt .SU'riibiiric Tho nilplno IVhiio Overture ... Hpjiotril by (Inn. J)tln., '.Manila, OcV. . SJ. Tho 'insurgents jirouird C;ilambannd Angeles have both ercd tho Americans lately with Choir repeated attacks, consisting .of shoot ing a lot of ammunition into, their op-. .poiicMtH camp fromlong range. Maj. Cheatham's battalion of tho Thlrty" fcventli infantry, three companies of thoTwcnty-llrst infantry, a battery of. tho Fifth artllery and a Catling gun sallied out yesterday morning from Calamba, drove tliu Fillphfos from their trenches and pursued them for threu miles, Indicting heavy losses on them. One American was killed and three were wounded of- the Twcnty ilrst Infantry. Lieut. Ferguson, with 20 scouts pf tho Thirty-si.xtli regiment, reennnoi tcring near Labno, encountered a party of mounted Filipinos. He killed six of them and captured eight, with ten riilcs. Four men from tho gunboat Marlvc los were lured ashore, IS miles from lloilo, by a Hag of truce and the In surgents killed ono of them, wounded ono and captured a third. Tho gun boat was unable to lire for fear of wounding tho Americans. Till: HOSPITAL COUPS AT MANILA. Washington, Oct. "Jl. Surgeon Gen eral Stern berg yesterday received word from Col. Woodhall, chief surgeon at Manila, that lie has at present '.53 hos pital stewards, 00 acting hospital stewards and 1,011 privates of the hos pital corps, and that ho requires 12 moro stewards, 'M acting hospital (stewards and 700 privates, in view of the increase of tho army. Thero aro now en route to tho Philippines four hospital stewards, ten assistants and SSCS privates; there aro with the volun teer regiments now under orders to thu Philippines 12 stewards, 11 assistants and 108 privates; thero aru at Washing ton barracks and Fort Columbus 120 privates awaiting transportation. This almost fills thu quota called for by Ma nila to meet the in urease of thu serv ice. Till'. KIMPIXO I'KACP. OVISUTUHK. Washington, Oct. 24. Gen. Otis' ac count of the last Filipino peace over ture is as follows: On October 2 a hicssiko was received nt An rjeles under a llnr of truce expressing tho dslro or the honorable President Auulnaldo to send a commission to Manila to arrange tho difficulties connected with the delivery of Spanish prison ers and to discuss matters of particular charac ter. Reply was returned that tli commission accredited In any ono other than (Jen. Aitul tialilo, jjoaeral-lu-ehlof 0f tho Insurgent forces, could not bo reeutftilzed or received. No later correspondence. A RAILROAD WRECK. Thirteen Cur I5re;ilc Loose from 11 IVnl;ltt Train and Strllio Another Train with Tarrlhln I'urci). Wabash, Tnd., Oct. 21. A frightful wreck occurred on tho Wabash road about four miles from here yesterday evening by which two men wuru killed, and seven box cars and a new euginu were completely wrecked. Thirteen loaded ears broke loose from freight train No. 7U and ran down a grade to a point where there Is a sharp curve in tho track. Train No. 01 coming west at n lively rate of spued struck the oars with terrible force. The engine was thrown 20 feut from thu track and thu cars were smashed into splinters. En gineer JMoshur, a now engineer who was learning the road, was instantly killed. Engineer ltiuklo jumped and escaped with a sprained ankle. Fire man ltloomtleld sustained probably fatal injuries. Head Hrnketnan Rey nolds was also badly hurt. Thn .'Money Order Synteni. Washington, Oct. 21. Tho annual report of the money order system of the post otllco department shows a total issue during tho year amounting to S22I,."iS,S(W, an increase of S20,:illl,4U'J over last year. The total earnings of tho system, aggregating 81,591,(138, show an increase of S:W3,00t. On these orders a war revenue tax of S.171,S80 was collected. There were t,:i0( new money order otlleos added, and 2t),u07,b70 domestic and UflS.fiOl international money orders issued. Convention of IIiilverHitlUtri. Itostnn, Oct. 21. Tho biennial con vention Of tho Universallst church was opened here yesterday after near ly" "a yeek of. "preliminary meetings. Tho most important feature of the pro eeVdingH, a.sldo" from .tlio adoption of the n'ew "articles" of faith, Was the 'ad .mission of a delegation, headed by Uev. Kdwifrd Hverotf Hale.'froin tho Unl-i Marian general, body for couf,e,rencd on the subject of a union of till) 'two do nominations, - Andrew Curni-Kle's fjeneroilty. Dulttth, Minn.. Oct. 21. Through the .efforts of tho Kvenlng Herald Andrew Carnegie has offered tu donate $50,000 to t)ie city of Dliluth to erect a build ing for thu free public library, condi tioned upon a satisfactory site beiug .provided by the city. I "It is an III Wind That Blows Nobody Good, ' p That smalt ache or pain or weakness tsihe "illnulnd" that directs your At- i tention to the necessity of purifying ' your blood by taking Hood's Sarsapa-' rilla. Then our whole bodv receives good for the, purified blood goes ting- ling to every organ. It Is the remedy ! for an ages ana com sexes. $owC& SaUabwiii -'-.. BOUND TO FAIL. The Iions . of lodllutll -vinyer. Seni;il the GolluKc'ii ... Doom. . ' This-promising young Dctroitcr, six-feet-in the clear and trim m a racing inar, went jtito1 Ins father's ollice' the other day and . gave In til a hliuck. "What is thprc for me about the establishment to do?" he 'began, without prologue "We'll find a place for you, my boy, -when', the tune monies. "Hut now? What is thcrc-nowr' "See here, my. -son, if you've been getting into trouble, and need Inoaey, c.ny sp. Don't approach uie in this, roundabout' way. I'm no spring chicken, and I've been over tho course. Out with it." "I don't, owe a dollar and there's nothing, to conceal from yon. I can sec that there will he no more eolleRc for me, mid I'm not goinij to stay around home as a deadhead." "jSo moro college? Soihe one must havo misled you. The business was never more properous, and I havo plenty. Of course you'll go back and complete yottr course. I'll swell the allowance if you think best." "No, I've concluded to cut it all and go to work. I'm not so fickle ns to take up with another alma mater. Hesiilcs, the other fel lows would all bo new. I would havo no class memories, nnd I'd simply be n cat in a strange garret." "Certainly you'd not change. No ono thought of Jtieh a thing. Go back and finish with the hoys you started in with." "Father, you don't understand. That in Rtitution won't last three months. Four of the beat football players have sent word that they must drop out. It is all up, and I want a job." Detroit Free Press. A Thrifty Inmel. A spirit of thrift was ihown by a young . woman who entered a car with sundry boxes nnd bundles. Another young person camo in at the next station nnd recognized her. 'Oh, my, who is to be married?" "Nobody; and me last of all." 'Then what are the flowers for?" "A funeral; our teacher died, nnd tt girls put together to get this wreath." , I.0?,!'. tnig; did she know she was goinjr to die.' "I don't think so;" then, after a pause, sh added, cheerfully: "but she does by this time, all being said in the most uncon ecious way. "How much was the wreath?" "Two dollars and sixty cents. I only tnd two-twentv-five." "Did you pay the difference?" Dear. no. I made him give it tomefoT two dollars, so I saved my own quarter X nut in, but I'm going to make the girls think 1 paid two-Mxty." 'Well, that's right; the wear nnd tear is worth a quarter, surely." Detroit Free Press. "You shall pay dearly for this!" ho hissed, and the person addressed did, for it was the coal man, who had just deposited a ton in the cellar, who made the remark. Philadelphia North American. An ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. Chicago Daily News. MAGNIFICENT WOMAN . Holds Up Peruna as the Ideal Rem edy For Female Catarrh. ei . Mrs, Clara Makemer. Mrs. Clara Makctuer, housekeeper fov thcFloroncet'rittcnden Anchorage Mis sion, of Chicago, writes the following lettei-from302Cht'stnut street, Chicago: "Peruna is the best tonic I have ever known for general debility, a sure euro for liver complaint, nnd n never failing; adjuster in cases of dyspepsin. "1 have used It in cases of fonmle ir regularities and wenk nones common to the sex, and have found it most satis factory." From enrly girlhood to the end of tho child-bearing period few women are en tirely free from some degree of cntnrxh of the pehio organs. With Penina the thousand nnd ono hlm'ents dependent upon'eauirrlfof the pelvic organs nan be wholly averted. "Health, and PenAity" bent fcee. .1'" .woipcti oirtv, by The Peruiia Medicine ' Co,, Coluhibvib, Ohio. Cures Croup and Whooping-Cougli Uuoxcollpil for Consumptives. Givca ("Hck, svre tlsults. KefuseMitstltutrs. Dr. Bulft Ihtlscttte fiiliousncis, T tal, juere. - a-pa-'aa9a y COUQH SYRUP V ir Y r o i l,,,t,.