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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1903)
THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. W. BANDERS & SON, Publlhora. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. NEW IDEAS IN DRES. Moillxli TrlrtcH Thitt Ave Meeting with Fuvor Ainoiitf HevotccH at Fa mIi I it ii. Ermlno Is also Imitated in silk rind la used for trimmings. Yokes and sleeves of evening gowns are made of gold net. Jet chnlns nre relieved horoand thero with a BtiifiU bead of gold. Fringes of other sorts, like chenille, wool and silk, are In for a distinct re vival. Insects In Jewels and In Jeweled gun metal are worn as coraago and hair orna ments. Moleskin and chinchilla aro very suc cessfully Imitated In a flno quality of plush. A new stylo of hand mirror shows ono side ordinary glass and tho other mag nifying. Somo of tho largo collars are hemmed with chenille nnd trimmed with laco of the same hue. Panno do chine Is a now stuff, which lends Itself to trimmings of tea gowns nnd to many other uses. An extreme modo of Parisian origin Is tho trimming of gowns and mantles with fringes made of fur. A bolt novolty 1b one of crushed leather with metal medallions united by chains in Imitation of motnl girdles. Ermlno Ib employed as a trimming for all descriptions of garments and Ib fre quently mingled with mink and chin chllla. Tho Ilonrl DeUx hat, with pointed peak, high crown, and sharply turned up brim at tho back, Is greatly In favot Just now, Spangled robes appear In brilliant col orlngs such ns red, blue ana gold, the BcquInB being closely massed In Van Dyko effect. Becomingness Is the first rule with re gard to a veil, and for general wear the most becoming Ib a find dlamond-nieshcd not, without spots. Navy blue is a leading color and a re lieving note ia introduced In pipings, fac ings, strappings and mnchlno stitching in fawn, ivory nnd white. TO CONTROL NERVOUSNESS. Salvation of Thoxe Affected Men Al uioNt AVbolly with ' TIlClllNI'lVC. Nervousness Is a disease as deeply rooted as many other diseases, nnd it is ono that places a woman at a great er personal disadvantage than almost any othor disease, says American" Queen. Thero aro various stages of norvous ncss from irritability to hysteria and nervous prostration, nnd all aro duo in a great degree to a lack of self-control, to tho habit of giving way to ovory disturbing occurronco nnd eventually becoming a victim to potty inconven ience of fear. Tho salvation of tho nervous woman lies almost entirely within horsolf. She should first realize how sho must ap pear to well-poised people nnd If tho realization would not bo an incontlve to reform, sho la a hopeless caso. Much1 nervousness is caused by a tendoncy to dwell on unpleasant things. Ono should control one's thoughts and not allow tho mind to get into a nega tive, fearful state. Tho mind responds promptly to sug gestions by tho will, nnd it la In this way only that a permanent euro enn bo effected. Turn your thoughts into n moro positive, cheerful channel and note tho result to your nerves, Tnko things coolly and do not lmaglno that tho universe has conspired to torment you. Itcnlizo that othor people Imvo tho samo conditions, and perhaps much worse things to contend with, and "got out of yourself." By such a moans you will gain mental and physicnl polso and you will create a pleasant rather than a dis cordant atmosphere. llnblt of XentncMfl, Comparatively fow men aro dis tinguished for habits of neatness, yet none can forglvo a lnck of it in thoir -wives. Yet neatness is ono of the Tarest of femlnino qualities. Early and persistent must bo the training which cnrrlos tho .girl Into womanhood with her "bump of neatness" well dovoloped. Unless inhorontly fastidious during school duys sho is Hablo to drift into careless habits which sho never out grows. Ono girl may havo a trick of leaving shoes about her. room. As a mere" tot sho was permitted to do this, and 'as sho grow older the untidy cus tom was never qbandonod, for tho sim ple reason that sho herself did not no tice anything unusual auout a, am 1 probably nobody olso took tho trouble to correct her. Without thinking any- j thing about it, somo girls, otherwlso 1 above reproach in their personal habits, leave bunches of combings on their dressing tables, while tho combs thora Eolves are permitted to retain for days at a time their harvest of dead hairs, 1 This is one of the hnbits which, when I carried into tho matrimonial state, sends , young husbands back to their clubs.- I Chicago American. THE OZABK FOREST Railroad Tie Cutting Is the Lead ing Industry There. WORK OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLE Hnril I.nbor with lint Ijlttlo Pay for tho Ilarily MoiintiihieorM The HuiMily ' Tie Timber Im ItiUiMly UiviiiKT Out. In tho great hardwood region of tho Ozarks tho tleman will soon bo a thing of tho paRt. Llko his predecessors, tho Indian and tho lumberman, ho will bo only a memory. After- 183G, at tho forced migration of the Osagcs, tho noblest of tho red tribes, tho white pioneers who entered these primitive forests found a wealth A TIE CUTrt-R'S HOME, tor tlio gathering. Then camo tho era of lumbering. Great rafts of oak, wnl 'nut, elm and hickory filled tho creeks and rivers tributary to tho greater streams emptying into the Mississippi. Thoso wero tho palrny days of tho big timber. Ruthlessly tho vandal axes hewed at tho monarchs of the forest, whoso sap ling dnyB wero centuries before. But even In theso extcnslvo forests, in time tho big logs became a scarcity. Then at tho extension of railroads was created tho demand for railroad ties, Timber too small for lumber could be worked up for tho purpose, and tho oak tics of tho Ozarks wero In demand. That was the beginning of tho tic em. Tlomaklng is still an important indus try, though by no means what it used to be. Except in lnncccssiblo places the tie timber is growing Bcarcer. i no man wno noes not cuuivnto a "patch" in tho Ozarks Is in nil probabil Ity a tioman. "Patch" is tho vernacular for farm, and tho vernacular Is as rug ged as tho Ozark patch usually Is. Tie man 13 a generic title, for tho tleman may bo a tlo maker, tio marker, tie Eauger, tio putter out, tie rafter or tlo agent. Tho tioman, any way, has some thing or qthor to do with the making or handling ot railroad ties. After farming and fruit raising, tho most important industry in tho hard wood regions of tho Ozarks Is tlo mak ing. Thus it follows that If you do not possess tho desirable "patch" you must either mako ties, gaugo them mark them, put them out, raft them, ped dlo them or starve. Tho tlo makers, tho men who actually fell tho trees and how out the ties with adso and broadax, have tho big end of the hard work. But tho follows who mako up the rafts on the rivers and pilot them down to some collecting point could not bo said to enjoy a snap. Tho tlo agent, who buys tho ties from tho A TIE RAFTER. makers for delivery to a contractor for some railroad company, nas tho best of It. It is generally allowed he makes about all thero Is In tho business. Tho "tlo Jugglers," who do tho work, got n bare living. Tho tlo agent is usually a man with money who conducts a general store in tho tie country, and the maker, ratter, or putter-out Is Invariably dependent on tho storokebping agent for the neces saries of Ufo. Tho luxuries he is una ware of. It may be said tho tleman is the dependent of tho tic agent, for out of M r tho Industry has arisen a system of vaa- sakige. The tie man, however, is a happy-go-lucky being, who is careless of his social condition. Tho trndo with tho tleman is a species of barter in which tho tics represent n primitlvo currency. Tho agent makes doublo profit, ono on tho goods ho barters for ties and ono on tho transfer of tho ties to tho railroad company. In this way ho waxes rich, while tho stren uous tlcmen pursue tho even tenor of a way that Is Invariably behind. It is an Ozark axiom that no ono has over Been a dead mulo or a rich tlo maker. The tio Juggler who has laid by monoy in his occupation is yet to bo found. Indeed, it Ib Generally conceded that followers of this species of wood- cralt exporienco financial retrogression. Many have begun tic making with a stake In tho shape of a patch, wagon and team and other accessories of fortune and wound un a career of tlo maklnc patchloss, teamless, wagonlesn and pen niless. For tho most part, tho tleman has no permanent homo, but lives in ono of thoso architectural makeshifts, a shack of rough logs, In which glazed windows nre not considered an actual necessity. In theso shacks thero is rarely more than ono room, and with this scant ac commodation tho patriotic tleman raises a largo family. It is not necessary to publish President. Roosevelt's wani ng against race suicide In this region. Tho girls are strong-limbed nnd for the most part comely, and tho boys sturdy, sinewy and totally disregard hardships. For tho tieman's boy tho woods havo no mysteries. His eye for a fro3h track is keen, and it is all over with tho "var mint" ho trees or can draw a bead on. At an ago when the city darling has his curls cut, tho heir to the tleman has at tained n mastery of the ax and can keep tho woodpilo heaped up. At ten he is an adept in woodcraft. At 1C ho is a man in muscle and ability to perform a man's work. He Is then a tio maker and can lew out his eight or maybo ten ties a day. An expert can average 15 ties a day where tho timber Is choice. Where it has already boon picked over tho output 8 less. In poor ground, that Is where considorablo cutting has been dono, a tioman may cut down half a dozen trees or more and find only two or three per fect ties, the result of a day's work. The most experienced tleman never becomes strictly accurate In his Judgment of the TYPES IN THE TIE WOODS. quality of a tree. When he cuts It down perhaps ho finds a flaw at tho heart 01 the grain so twisted it Is impossible tc work It out. All over the Ozark country consider able poaching for tlo timber has beer dorio on government land. It Is being done to-day. This is-out and out steal ing of timber from the many quarter sec tions not yet entered or homosteaded Onco in awhile Uncle Sam finds oul about U. and tho thieving tieman's dayj aro filled with woe. Besides this bare faced stealing, there is another method ot procuring cheap material, equally 11 legal, and In which tho federal govern ment Is hoodwinked. Unscrupulous tl agents are generally tho guilty ones ir. this, thoir Instruments being tho hum blo tlo Juggler. It Is tho custom for these agents to borrow names with which tc homestead lands. From tho home steader only a nominal entry fee Is ox' acted. Tho land Is then denudod of the timber, which Is converted into ties For thoir lands a title is never perfected J. V, O'RYAN. Jfot Clinru-eil ti Cent. A group of representatives wero in tho cloakroom tolling stories of their exporienco In court when Delegate Smith contributed this incident from Arizona. Out In ono of tho border towns a cast was In progress, one of tho lawyers be ing nn eastern man who was uov to the country, "Will you chargo tho jury, youi honor?" ho asked, when tho evidence had been submitted. "Oh, no, I .guess r.ot," replied the judge. "I never chargo them anything They don't know much, anyway, and 1 lot 'em have all they can make." Washington Post. All at the Koot. She I suppose you began at the fool in your profession? He Why, ttiey are all at tho foo.t, k my profession, "Indeed! Might I ask what your pro fession is?" "Certainly; I'm a chiropodist." -"ionk era Statesman. - " HER TARIFFPROBLEM Legislation in That Direction Al ways Unpopular in England. A GLANCE 'AT THE PAST Brilliant Men Have Fnllen Over Thia Political StumbliiiK mock Tho "Com Iitiwa" nml Their Hc Niilt Itltn of IIlMtor'r. Somo ono has well said that tho pres ent criBis in England regard.ng a pro tective tariff Is not a government cri sis, but a national ono, that if tho changes advocated by Mr. Chamberlain are effected "they will revereo tradi tions and discard principles of politi cal economy that aro inborn in tho British people." It Is prophesied that next spring a parliament will bo elected that will upset tho nation's freo trado policy, but It goes without saying that In the meanwhile three different factions or tho public will be toiling strenuously in tho cause individually espoused. Tho factions aro as follows those who stand boldly for freo trado; those who stand for a protective tariff, and mid way between these a conservative cle ment with Mr. Balfour at tho head, a body that believes reforms nro needed to relievo tho Industrial situation, but la averse to hasty, radical action. A protective tariff Is bound at first to bo immensely unpopular with tho mass of tho English people, who for so 'ong has held as gospel "buying In tho cheapest market and selling in tho dearest." A little review of English history gives us some Idea of the Brit ish temper on the delicate question 'of taxation of food stuffs. Though per haps a little vague about It, still all have heard something of tho excite ment caused on the enactment of tho orn laws, and the state of feeling that rorced their repeal a few years later. In tho light of impending events, it. may bo of Interest to go Into detail concerning pa3t legislation on the mat ter of abolition of freo trade. Tho corn laws of English history were a series of laws enacted at differ ent times through various centuries (from 143G to 1S42) and until their re- 1 peal tho home and foreign grain trade ontlnued a subject of elaborate leglsla- : tion. Tho laws, during thl3 long period dealt with tho levying of protective duties, in Imposing restrictions imountlng to prohibition, and In grant ing bounties for tho encouragement of exportation. Space permits considera tion only of tho corn laws of the last. century, those in existence from 1S15 to 1846. ' Immediately after the Napoleonic ' war in Europe, thero was almost a , famine in Great Britain, thero being poor harvests at home and supplies from abroad being cut off by Napo leon's "Continental System," devised to destroy English power and com merce. Tho laboring classes and trades men suffered severely, the agricultural folk, landlords and farmers, alono en- Joying prosperity. But when presently tho war was over and ports open, for- RICHARD COB DSN. eign grain camo pouring In and prices fell rapidly. Tho landlords became alarmed and craftily spoke, In their appeals for reforms, of the distrc33 of the English fnrmer. They asked par liament to resist tho Importation of for eign grain, and Insisted that, a3 the cost of cultivation was higher in Eng land than in tho foreign lands from which tho grain was arriving, the Eng lish farmer bo protected. In 1815, a parliament, consisting almost wholly of landlords, enacted tho corn laws,, ex cluding foreign wheat except at high rates of duty, until tho market prlco should reach 80s per quarter; and put ting a llko restriction on tho Importa tion of other grains. Though considerable sympathy was aroused by oratorical (lights In behalf of tho agriculturist, tho law was looked upon by many of tho people as atro cious. Students avorred that tho indus trial situation might havo been other wise relieved than by such a radical measure as raising tho price of common food stuffs; that rents might have been lowered, improved methods of culti vation adopted; that tho corn laws were passed by tho landlords In order to maintain high rents and keep out foreign grain. The masses, as was to bo expected, did not confine their ex pressions of displeasure to verbal crit icism, riots and lawlessness followed the enactment of tho laws. On Londtfh walls wero written tho words i"Brcad ' or Blood;" bread steeped In blood was sot In Carlton houso (occupied by tho prlnco regent) and tho mob attacked tho houses of somo of tho unpopular advocates of the now bill. Tho mili tary was called out, tho houso of parlia ment kept guarded by soldiers, and tho whole of London was In a state of re volt , In tho provisional towns, too, upris ings wore numerous, and throughout tho land thero were evidences of dls-' affection. But tho government insist ed on strict obsorvanco of tho laws up to 1828, when an amended law adjust ed tho duties by a sliding scale, where after tho duties wero to bo govcrne'd by tho average price of tho English market: "When tho average prlco ot wheat was 3G Bhllllnss tho duty was . . SIR ROBERT PEEL. 50s. eight pence per quarter: when 4Gs. the duty was 40s., 8d; per quarter; when GGs., it was 30s., 8d. per quarter; when G2s., It was 24s., 8d. per quarter; when 72s., It was 2s., 8d. per quarter; and when 73s., it was Is. per quarter." As can readily be seen, tho amended law did not favor tho importation of cheap grain to much more extent than tho original measure. The suffering amongst the poor con tinued and tho provision laws also bora heavily upon them. These laws com pleted tho agricultural protection af 1'urded by the corn laws,, strictly pro hibiting the Importation of foreign cattle and foreign moats. Butter and lard could bo Imported, but they wore not to bo used as food, tho custom houso men being ordered to spoil them by smearing with a tarred stick, to de stroy their value as a food and molce them fit only as grease for wheels or to bo used for smearing sheep. "With bread purposely made dear, the Import of cattlo and of flesh meat prohibited, and with lard and butter wilfully re duced from articles of food to grease for wheels, there Is no difficulty in ac counting for tho frequent murmurs of discontent, and for tho starvation among tho poorer classes in ovory part of tho kingdom." Now aroso in earnestannntl-corn-law agitation. In 1838, a small company of men met at Manchester and formed a .now anti-corn association. Others joined with theso men, Cobden among them, and from tho moment of Joining Cobden took a leader's part in tho work. Ho presented to his associates a petition asking for tho repeal of all ' tho laws relating to tho importation of grain; active work was carried on-by him and other supporters of free trndo, and ere long tho anti-corn leaguo be came a rower to be considered. And not a few landlords began to rank themselves with thoso standing for a repeal of tho oppressive laws. It bo camo more and more a question of tho good of the many. In 1841, vhen Sir Robert Peel re turned to power it was as a protec tionist, but tho groat statesman soon saw fit to change his mind in regard to high tariff; and, though bitterly op posed by members of his party, brought about modifications of tho corn laws, and tariff reduction tho ' first great stop toward freo trade. From , 1845 to 184G. the nowspaper writers and orators labored strenuously for tho ro- peal of tho laws, and Sir Robert be camo less and less of a protectionist It was under his leadership that a mcasuro was at last put through that proved practically tho repeal of tho corn laws. A biographer thus speaks of tho statesman's, change of views: "Peel had returned to power tho cham pion of protection. His first 1 great achievement was tho extension of tho freedom of trade." KATHERINE POPE. Queer TilHte, Farmer Wayback Wall, of all durii fools, that artist feller takes tho cako.:- Mrs. Wayback What's ho doln'? Farmer Wayback Ho's down yonder' palijtln' a picture of that old tumble-. down barn, and there's a brand newi bari right behind him. N. Y. Weekly. I A Gentle Hint.' Hp (sadly) There's many 'a- good thing lost by not asking for it. She Well, thank Heaven! next year is leap year, Judge.