w rjflrw- mimiifnuiwju RIVER. IMPROVEMENT 'P UNITED THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER women OF TE OTHTTp w XV. XV, HAXIWH.", rultlUliar. NEMAHA, NRWIASKA. CURRENT COMMENT. The wlff of I'rcHldcnt l.oubct, of Kriinci', celebniti'd bur New Yrtir'H by Ifivliif,' IfiO wltlowH i-iioiiyli nioiii'y to puy llioir .Inmiiiry rent. .Soutli Ctirollnn, it Ih I'stliiuilcd, riUlltH llOXt lo MllHHIIL'lltlHfttH 111 tllO uunibi'i of it h col (on mil Ik, and ux ncct.s lo IimhI MiiHKiichitHi'ttH by tho end of 1000. The C'onrcKadonnl ebureb has ojuMii'd (wo hcIiooIh in Puerto Itfi'o.onc lit. .San .hum and tho other at Utuado. Togolhcr they accommodate 100 chil li run, tbouirli'n Ih unlit (hat. 11,000 up pltcd for (kIiiiIhhIou In (wo wcokn. It hi observed by travelers In Siberia (hat (he cH'uct of constant cold Ih practically (he. kiiiuo as the effect of constant beat. The people develop a disinclination to work and becoinu RtraiiKCi'H to ambition of any descrip tion. Labor!, the famous lawyer who de fended Zola and DrcyfiiM, Ih lo visit (he United Stilton and deliver a series of lectures In I he chief cities, if am nesty Ih granted, as .seems now likely In those eases nrinini' out of the Drcy fiiH trial. No comet, so far hh known, has ever conic in contact with our atmosphere. The nearest approach ever observed was the comet of 1770, which ap proached to within a short distance, astronomically speaking that ia, 1, 400,000 miles. Our army losses In the Philippines covering the whole period back lo tho beginning of hostilities witli Spain are. 30 1 killed, lion died of wound!) and acci 'ilcnts, 7SI1 died of disease, and 1,802 wounded. The total is II.JJIU, or about one-third of the I'.ritish losses from bullets, disease and captures In South Africa. llonore Palmer, eldest son of Pot ter Palmer, and one of the. two pros pective heirs of $100,000,000 dollars, and a graduate of Harvard college, has gone to work as a manager for a loan and (rust company, at $120 a month. Wealth and a university education seem of little use to a young man in Chicago. An old rusty safe in the office of Kdward Klliott, near Atlanta, tin., un disturbed for half a century, wuh njionvil the other day and, to the aiiia.ement of his aged widow, found lo contain gold, silver and green backs in excess of $7,000. Klliott, who died last month, was a farm hand and of miserly disposition. ltcv. Dr. Iladelill'e. pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church I he church which claims to have more congressional members than any other in Washington has been called upon to deckle that progressive euchre in (he church parlors, at the church socials, is not quite (he proper thing from a Presbyterian viewpoint. Another blue law revival is on in South Norwalk, Conn., and the mayor, who appears to be the leader of the movement, has ruled that Sunday NliHYlng, Ice cream, soda water, shoe shines and Sunday newspapers are necessaries, while cigars, fruits, con fcctlonury and peanuts arelntirelyun necessary, as well as harmful lo diges tion, and, therefore, not to be allowed on sale on the Sabbath day. A resolution looking toward sepa rate schools for boys and girls from the fourth grade up through the high schools will be submitted to the CW cago board of education soon. 'Printer- Schwab, who Is at work on the matter, says: "The inherited traits and home training of many of the boys in our cosmopolitan schools are not such as to make them desirable companions for girls. The language you may hear on any of our streets from boys bears this out." According to the Wichita Kagle a western Kansas merchant was at bin dinner one day when some one en tered his store and stole $100 in cash. The merchant said nothing of his loss not even to his wife. Seven yean later a prominent merchant strolled into the store, and while gossiping from the top of a sugar barrel, re marked: "Jake, did you ever catch the man who stole that $100 from you?" And the merchant grabbed the prominent citizen and yelled for the police. Tho United States has always been a nation of peace, having on an iivim ago hardly one wai in a generation, njul England has always been a na tion of war, hardly a year in her bis. tory when tho smoke of her guns wii3 jiot somewhere ascending. And that is why it seems strange that tha United States should bo better pre pared for war than England. There Kceins no doubt at all that the :;pm jeut Hrltlsh reverses in Soutli Africa liave been due to the fact that the Unglisli artillery was interior to that of the lioers. Estimates Concerning the Missis sippi and Big Sandy Rivers. TUB PUBLIC LANDS OF HAWAII. llouflii Commit leo llrnrtiifrllvlilmu' About 'J'bitlr I)NmirIiIiiii lliiuril of OmIuiumm) JtoorgiuilfMl Chirk JimwtlKiitluii Dultll MllllllTX CuAlii'in. Washington, .Ian. !).'!.--den. Wilson, chief of engineers, yesterday scut to tiie lioiisc the report of the commis sion appointed to prepare a project for improving the southwest pass of the iMIsslflsippi river. Tho project will cost (5,000,000 and contemplates u chanel 1,000 feet wide and 153 feet deep throughout the. pas, the. con struction of two Jetties, with sills across the Cubit te gap, the jump and Paptlsto Collet's canal and the closing of the out lets below tho forts. The board reports that a ship channel can be open within three years and tho work completed in live years. Gen. Wilson also sent to congress a project for Improving 15ig Sandy river in Ken tucky and West Virginia, and an esti mate of $1,705,000 for the large num ber of locks and daiiiH which would be required. Tim Public I.iuhM or IIiiwhII. Washington, .Ian. 23. Tho house committee on territories yesterday gave a hearing upon the subject of disposition of the public lands of Ha waii. Mr. Hermann, commissioner of the public land ofllco, favored placing the kinds under tho public land otllce and his attitude was opposed by Wil liam Owen Smith, attorney general of ilawaii, and other Uawaiians. 11. W. Wilcox, a native Hawaiian, spoke in general approval of (he bill, but urged that the provision as (o the crown lands bo changed, as these lands, ho claimed, rightfully belonged to the heirs of (he old line of kings. Ciilbert R Lit Mr, a Hawaiian attor ney, presented the views of the small property owners and Americans in Hawaii and incidentally (oolc occa sion to sharply criticise the present administration. Ilimrd of Oi-rinani'n Kitnrciinl.t'il. Washington, Jan. 23. The secretary of war issued an order almoat en tirely reorganizing tho board of ord nance, (leu. Miles, who is ex officio chairman of the. board, is the only member of the former board retained, It is said that there lo no especial significance in the action of the sec retary oT the war in this matter, be yond a desire to recognize the su preme importance of the board, which is charged with tho duty of protecting our extensive sea coast from foreign attack, and to include in its member ship the best military talent possible under existing conditions of t lie ser vice. 'I ho liiMtlKiitloii of Seiuttor !!nrlf. Washington, Jan. '23. The senate committee on privileges and elections held but a brief session yesterday on account of tho non-appearance of wit nesses. President .Smith, of the Mon tana national bank, and Ueprcsenta tive Murray, of the Montana house of representatives, were the only wit nesses on the stand. Mr. Smith's tes timony was immaterial. Mr. Murray testified that, he wan offered $10,000 to vote for Senator. Clark by persons whom he considered representatives of that gentleman. D.-iul Molillxr from Niintlimo. Washington, Jan. 23. The remains of -10 soldiers recently brought to this country from Suuiinso will be buried at Arlington cemetery with full military honors Wednesday morn ing at 11 o'clock. Irntliimt for Uollft'lliic tlio Cmttoum. Washington, .Inn. 23. Secretary Gage has sent to congress an estimate of $7,S72,000 as the cost of collecting the customs during the next fiscal year. Unit Mill Mn Co on StrlUf. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 23. The rod mill workers at the plant of the Amer ican Steel and Wire company, at Kan kin, went on strike yesterday, closing that department of the big works ami throwing idle about 1,000 men. Only about SO skilled men are involved. Those men were organized Sunday night -into a lodge of the Hod Mill Workers' association of America. Tho demands at JJankiu are the same as those at tho other rod mills. I'n 11 of ik Mliir'ri Cui;t. Springfield, 111., Jan. 23. The cage at tho Spaulling Coal company's khaft at Spaulding, IS miles east of this city, fell 30 feet yesterday with eight miners, six of whom Harry Ducker, Charles Minney. William Wui ness, Edward Stringham and two men whoso unmet are unknown were injured. Ducker sustained a broken leg and other Injuries. An Orejrnti I.i'cbUiltor Suicide. Tortland, Ore, Jan. 23. Sidney G. Kawson, of Arlington, Ore, a meiuber of tho Oregon legislature, committed suicide yesterday afternoon in a room nt tho ICsmond hotel by shooting himself in ibis head. Drink and do mestic trouble are said to bo tlio cause of the suicide. ..j-i'm WHAT CONGRESS IS DOIKG. rroccoillriK' of Our A'lttHiinil !.iiivimilciri from l)nf to IJuy Iti LimhIi'IimhI J'orm ItimoliitloiM mill Hill. At tho conclusion of routine business In tho Bi-nato on tho 17th tho resolutions callhiB for Information regarding tho Phllipplno Insurrection wore debutuil ahd tho ono offered by Bonutur Itoar (Mush.) was tulopted. Tho resolution offprcd by Henntor JJnlo (Me.) ns to tho seizure of Hour by tho Uritlsh authorities was uiloptiri after a spirited debate. Tho res olution of Hcnator Pettlgrcw (S. D.) cull ing for Information from tho secretary of vnr aa to tho lineal operations In Cuba was also paused. Senator Teller (Col.) then made an address on tho llnanolal bill, It having been decided to take tho Until vote oa tho measure, on February 1G. ....Tho house had another Inning over tho .nlo of tho Now York custom Iiouhu by Secretary Gage, Mr. Sulzer (N. Y.) charging that his resolution to Investi gate tho transaction was to bo sup pressed. This precipitated a delmto lnst .ng for three hours. Tho urgent deficiency bill wan afterwards passed. In tho senato on tho lsth Senator Wel lington (Md.) continued his debate on tho Philippine question, declaring that tho United States, after subduing tho insurrection should confer upon tho Fil ipinos tho right to govern themselves, tif fotdlng them such protection as they might need. Senator Teller (Col.) after wards spoko on tho financial bill, criticis ing it because tho government surren dered Its power to make money nntt gavo banks tho opportunity to Issue paper mon ey. Ho also declared this was not a safe tlir.o to effect a change In our monetary system, thero having recently been u se rious money panic ui New York.... Tho house passed tho senato bill to extend tho powers of tho director of tho census after striking out tno commltteo amend ment to contract for extra printing with prlvato linns. Mr. DeArmond (Mo.) in troduced a bill to repeal tho bankruptcy law and Mr. Fitzgerald (Mass.) a resolu tion that soldiers nnd sailors should have chaplains ns far as practicable of their own faith. In tho senato on the 19th Senator Halo (Mo.) mndo an Impassioned speech In which ho declared that the American peo ple sympathized with tho lioers In their struggle for liberty against Great Drlt aln. The occasion of tho speech was caused by a resolution by Senator Allen (Neb.) calling for Information ns to whether a representative of tho Trans vaal had applied to tho United States government for recognition. Tho resolu tion was adopted. Senator Morgan (Ala.) then spoko on tho llnanclal bill nnd an adjournment was soon afterwards taken until tho 22nd.... The pension appropri ation bill carrying ;14j,2I.,2.'iO. wns passed by tho house. It was mado tho vehlclo for an attack upon the commissioner of pensions by Messrs. Curtis (Kan.), Lenta and Norton (O.), and several others. Tho commissioner was ucfended by a scoro of members from both sides of tho house. A rider was put on the bill empowering tho commissioner to withhold tho fees of attorneys where ho was satisfied they had not prepared tho cases under their personal supervision. The senate was not In session on tho 20th. ...Tho reports of tho special commit tee In the Uobcrts case wcro presented to tho house. A bill was passed to grant tho Hock Island railway a right of way through the Fort Sill and Fort Kono military reservations in Oklahoma. Mr. White (N. C.) presented a petition signed by 2.1J3 persons for national legislation ngalnst lynching and mob violence and eulogies wcro pronounced on tho Into Rep resentative Dnnford (O.). Tho 2Jd wns a day of oratory In tho senato and llttlo beyond routine business was transacted. Senator I'rltchard (N. C.) called up his resolution relating to tho proposed amendment of tho constitu tion of his statu and delivered a care fully prepared address upon tho race question In tho south. Ho wns followed by Senator Turner (Wash.) In a speech on tho 1'hlllpplno question In which ho arraigned tho administration's policy. Senator Piatt (N. Y.) offered a resolution authorizing tho president to Invito Great Iliitniu to Join In the nrnmntlon nf un International commission to report on tho diversion of waters that are boundaries of tho two countries. The resolution of Senator Rawlins (Utah) for an inquiry ns lo polygamous mairlnges was passed and tho bill granting tho abandoned Fort llnys military reservation to Kansas lor a branch agrlcultura. college was re ported favorably from tho committee ... Tho house was In session -10 minutes and nothing of public Interest was done, only a few District of Columbia bills of minor Importance being passed. Ili.iin Klrnt. Fussy Man (hurrying into a news paper olllee) I've lost my spectacles somewhere, and T wnnt to advertise for them, but can't see to write without them, you know. Advertising Clerk (likely to be gen ernl manager some day) I will write that ad. for you, sir. Any marks on them? "Yes, yes. Gold-rimmed, lenses dif ferent focus, and letters L. O. C. on inside Insert it three times." "Yes, sir. Eighteen shillings, if you please. "Here it is." "Thanks, It gives me, sir great pleasure to inform you, sir, that your spectacles are on the top of your head." "My stars! So they are. Why didn't you say so before?" "llusincss before pleasure, vou know." Tit-Pits. It'oken Coiiiiiiiiiullnunt'. The brilliant young preacher when he makes his parochial calls endeavors to cultivate an acquaintance with tho development of the younger minds, thus after a fashion keeping tab upon his Sunday school teachers. uille lie was waiting in the draw ing room of a Cass avenue residence for the appearance of Elsie's mamma, he was entertained by tho llttlo daughter herself. He began a review of the church lessons that had been given to a little maid of live. "Can you tci. me, Elsie, how many com mandments there are?" "Yes, sir; seven or eight." "Oh, no, dear; there are ten." "Yes, 1 know there used to be, but T heard papa tell mamma yesterday that you had broken two or three of them at least, and that would loivo only seven or eight, you know." Detroit Free. Press. tA Regard Peruna as Their Shield Against Catarrh, Coughs,. Colds, Grip and Catarrhal Diseases. MRS. BELVA A. LOCKWOOI), LATE Mrs. Itelva Lockwood, the eminent barrister, of Washington, D. C, is tho only woman who has ever been a candidate for the Presidency of tho United States. She is the best known woman in America. As the pioneer of her sex in the legal profession she has gathered fame and fortune. In a letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, bho says: " have used your Peruna both for myself and my mother, Mrs. Hannah J. Bennett, ncno in her 88th year, and I find it an invaluable remedy for cold, catarrh, hay fever and kindred diseases; also a good tonic for feeble and old people, or those run down, and ivilh nerves unstrung . " Yours truly, Bclva A. Lockivood. Catarrh may attack any organ of the body. Women arc especially liable to catarrh of the pelviu organs. Thero are one hundred cases of catarrh of tho pelvio organs to one of catarrh of the head. Most people think, because they iiavo no catarrh of tho head, they have no catarrh nt all. This is a great mis take, and is thu cause of many cases of sickness and dentil. " Health and Ucauty" bent free to women only, by Tho Peruna Medicine Co., Columbiib, Ohio. A New Method. The public hdiools of n certain Xew Enp 'and city have recently taken lo an exact ng form of art. The pupils arc placed be fore a model and told to sketch ns they see. One day a little girl was seated on a chair on the platform, and her classmates Merc given the usual older. The results varied. Some of the drawings looked like a human being in a state of repose, others like wouden dolls. Hut one little girl had drawn the chair and a tiny figure standing in front of it. "Mary," said the difccouragcd teacher, "didn't I say: 'Draw Amelia hb you saw her?' " "Ycs'm." "Well, is she standing in front of the chair?" "Xo'm. She's sitting in it." "Tlwn wliv didn't vou draw her sittinc?" Tears came into the child's ejes. She was misunderstood. "Hut I hadn't cot to it." she said. "I was just going tn head her down when you rani the bell." Youth's Companion. There is more Catarrh in this section ot the country than all other diseases put to gether, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a gieat many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, nnu prescribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, nnd therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. .1. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure oa the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a tcaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the svstem. Tliev olTer one hundred dollars for any cas-e it fails to cure Send for circulars and testi monials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., To ledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. If most men were as apt at starting hank accounts as they are at btarting niguinciits the world would be full of capitalists. Chi cago Dispatch. The Ill's t Pri-Norlplliiii for Chill and Fever is a bottle of Guovr.'s Tstiu.i:ss Unii.i.Toxic. ItiH simply iron and nuhiineiu ulastelcss form. JVocuro an pay. Pricc.OOc. A bachelor says that widows weep not be cause of the loss of a husband, hut because of the lack of one Chicago Daily News. To 'uro n (Inlil In Ono liny Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if ii falls to cure S!5c. - - The man who has nothing to do but clip coupons cuts quite a figure Chicago Daily News. Each package of PUTNAM: FADELESS Di hS colors more good than any other dye and colors them better too. Sold by all druggists. If men would cense trying to get some thing for nothing the bunko man Mould be out of a job. Chicago Dispatch. Dropsy treated free bv Dr, 11. II. Groan's Rons, of Atlanta, Ga. Tho greatest dropsy specialists hi tho world. 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