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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1904)
4 5? t ITORIAL Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. 4 4$ 4 - J I ovc-Vfiikiny by Utile. NIC '.111 hn'dl; J.!. !, il; 1 l;'1 " 'i ;n I or lliii gl zinc wltlimit finding advi on the atlbjc't of I love making, nnd the mlnnt'-st idloKynomsles of Ionian and of mini n- mi described unit It would seem Mint the waj raring man and the fool could nol err therein. This abundance of advice leads to tlir query whether It would not iW quite as well to leave a little Mincthing to the iudlvid nni. What fun Ih there point: to be In courting a girl, when tier step In the way Ih marked out with (lie precision C the proper move in a fame of chess? It may bo true that If a man wants to please a woman le will protend that bo does not care too much for her, and JVitvt If ft woman Is particularly desirous of winning some particular man for her husband she will protend that she Awn not. care much for blm; but If Uiey Inttb do thK either Ury "will got the Impression that there I no use In going x'Uh the alfalr. or they will begin to understand (hat Ilia all In the game, and we have Scripture authority for It t&ftt in rain In the net spread in the sight of any bird For 11 ibis multifarious advice, however, there Is vry ftfctlr danger that tiie good old game of courting will lose u&tcrtnt for tin? majority of people. Human nature la so raTd that It will take any person more than one lifetime 'Kr TcArn all about. 1t. and the more a man may think he Vomwh anon! women In general, the more likely h ho to And 'flwrt the one particular woman in whom be la interested haB AOEBio individual traits different from the rout; and they rill ? enough to keep him wondering for some time. The. most dangerous thing which one can do In n love affair to generalize. The safest way Ih to study the irpcclincn In hand, and try to find out, Its habits, fancies tnH tendencies, without much reference to those of other trratnreg. The ways of an oriole cannot be learned by watching a blue Jay or a domestic duck. New York Dnlly Ktrwa. I IS 8 Si Man Should Not bo Ruled by His Moods. 1S0PLE, as a rule, allow their happiness to de- Ipend too much on mood; and these moods may be attributed In most cases to the condition of the body. If a man works too much and Biceps too little one day, he is very likely to wake up next morning In a snrly humor and keep him- wlf and every one about him uncomfortable for the day. In such a case a man deliberately . and with savage per Terseness cultivates his Irascibility. Instead of lighting .against the mood and beating It off. he yields to It and flakes a gloomy satisfaction in his condition. He willfully ftwists every incident into a cause of offense, goes out of its iray to find slights, and discharges his ill-feeling on is wife or children or employes or nnybody else whom he ran bully without fear of being knocked down. On the fjer baud, when a man Is healthy and refreshed, and null fed, he beams upon tho world. Things must go very badly before they make any Impression on his buoyancy of -spirit. "Jilfe," Emerson wrote, "Is a train of moods, like a itring of beads, and us we pass through them they prove tube many colored lenses which paint the world their own Sines, and each shows only whnt Ilos in ltn focus." It does .r.ttt become a rational man, however, to be ruled by his dally humors. The Intellect nnd will should be masters of tins temper. Sau Francisco Bulletin. Back to the form. NIG of the most serious problems that con fronts the economic world to-day Is to keep the young men on the farms. For many years (here has been a tendency to congregate in the 'lties, and to such an extent has (his been car Irled that all the vocations of city life have been so over-crowded that to-day It Is well- .srf&h Impossible for a stranger to get a foodhold. For very situation there are a score of applicant, and tho joita mnn who has no influential friends to render blm ran aid Is indeed unfortunate. We have long hekhjTert tbat tkl condition of affairs would correct Itself. One of tfte reason that otir young men have been so willing to icave the old country home has been the lack of country aftwitioiu. This can hardly be said to hold good to-day. T&o trolley car, telephone and frer rural mail delivery have -rrettriilgh wiped out the distinctions between city and suburban life. Another powerful factor now working tor the upbuilding of the country life is the ngrl Miltural eollegn. Our young men re font learning that fanning is no longer tfr hap hazard business of a former day, but la on of the mot exacting and scientific of pnrsnltn. Wdth this fcnowledga conjos a higher respect for the vocation and a stronger desire to enter the Industry. The tide in thus gradually but snrely turning, and the time is near at hand irion farming will be held In the same high lregajrd hwe ttavt it has long been in England. Hi that country whoa a man nehieves fijianolal auccass he at once seeks a eowrtry estate for home. Her the reverse has long held true, and the cHy Horn has been held up as the Ideal. This false system of etMc 1b rapidly going to the wall and a more ezalteA lea oi country life is tailing Its place. Itlca and popr alifce are beginning to take to the farm. It in the idesrt spot for a homo. Lewlston Journal. Bachelors Are Spoiled. . . a m , , k . 1. t 1 KTUMJ a uomit. society spoits .nvuvr ua-.neif Rl or, by making too much of them. To pun I pose of society is to bring the man anA th But society frustrates its own purpose by pet- dug and pampering unmarried men. ft puti n premium on the single state, nt leant for men. Bachelors are made so contented with their oomlltlon thai it Is no wonder they are loath to alter It Thay nbtnd, as it were, on a pedestal. In heroic pose, like demlgodjs. In cense is burned before them. Then the girls romplafai bo cause the mou don't marry. If the young women of thU generation are left old maldu they may bhttne Ibemsclvoa and the way of society. Society, for Us own sake, ought to make things unpleas ant for bacholors. Unmarried men should bo forced to feel that they have a duty yet unperformed, and that tbey nr received only on KUffornnen. They should be Kept In th background In all events and below tho saM at table. Tho married man, on the contrary, should be rcceired so ona who has done his duty faithfully and wall, and has merited reward. He should be favored in every possible way In order to point the difference between bis honorable stata and tho unworthy condition of the alngle. Bachelorhood should be a Umbo or even a purgatory; a state of patnful preparation, Instead of n heaven. If things wetfi as they ought) to be, If society were alive to its own inteivst, tUere would be fewer self-satistied, egotistic, dlegunttnjrly con tented single men. -San Francisco Bulletin. 3 The Handicap of Wealth. RBKIDHNT KLIOT. of Harvawl, In a recent nddress told a baud of struggling newsboys that the children of the rich were tcrrttdy handicapped and they are. In a majority of Instances tbt ir lives have no purpose. They are reared in an environment whh'h maken them mere show animals. They know notliiug of the tooth and-nall existence which makes men. It has not been brought home to them, as to those that are early thrust into tho vortex of life?, how much of struggle nnd fight and endeavor Is st.ll! needed to preserve the ground civilization and culture have gained for humanity. They merely grow. They see people about them gratifying sensual desires and seeking pleasure, and In too many cases that becomes th sum total of their life's aim. It is a tremendous handicap for any one to overcome; and In the struggle for success, for the place of honor and esteem among the best elements of mauklnd, they will tlnd that somehow or other they do not possess helpful characteristics. Vim. Ipai jibes Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota, who Ik a Norwegian by birth, speaks .Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, German atwd .Kngllsh. and lias a good under--itnudltig of French. He Is one- of the wist accomplished linguists In the A'UUtC. Cats in .Inpan almost universally lave short talis, and If a cat dooa como 5ntu the world with a lengthy caudal appendage It Is usually chopped off, for I ho .laps detect a likeness to snakes In th long tail and cannot endure It The Japane.se .nil has the usual number of laties in its tali, but they arc not do-wsfaped. Jk startling fact which has recently fifiMt demonstrated is that tho equator . w ivot a perfect circle. If you could riiopa plumhlluc from Ireland through iniaw .oalaud, it would bo soinuwhnt kingur than another which cut tho -r&rth at right angles to It. Tho differ vuiret bus not yet been ascertained with 3Miuttf accuracy. Tftsta "lioiinoninlds" are the most re-v.-sc vi.trll.utlon to tho solving of tho sxvati' problem In (Jreat Britain, it Aw tus. 8o: nl thousands of foreign jMUig men have recently been trans ported to Loudon to engage In general domesiti' work In British housoholds. .'.Sa far nothipg but. commendation Is Amwl on the subject. These men ser aK&. say their employers, do the work tksc !t:in generally boon allotted to 'KWJtcn in a cleauor, quicker and more bL..i iiu;b fashion than tuu se.- they CLAIMS HE CAN MAKE DIAMONDS. PltOFESSOH MOISSON. The sclentlllc world Is greatly Interested in the claims of Professor Mols son, tho learned Frouchman who asserts that he Is able to manufacture dia monds in nn electric furnaco of his Invention. The process, according to if. Molsson, Who Is shown at work at: his diamond making furnace, takes from s.v to eight weeks, tremendous pressure being applied to tho raw material, which Is withdrawn at white boat from the crucible. It is then found that tho glass, which has assumed a grayish color, contains a particle said to be a diamond. Charles Combes, the well known French mining engineer, is foremost among thoso who ridicule the professor's claims. The small circles lu tho pleturo contain figures of the so-called diamond crystals. havo displaced. Tlioy waBto less time, have no grievances, no "visitors," ask no higher wages, and do not bother about "evonlngs out' Altogether, If th f uture carries out ttx- 9ophWy of the present it will not be long befor the reign of women workera in tin "essentially womanly Held of house wifery" will he quite eclipsed by tin masculine mpwioilty therein ihowTL TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER ESTING ITEMS. Cam meats d Crltlclama Bnad UpM tb JIaspntnca of tb Iay Illatorl cat al New NoUa. He Hglits no lives vrtio makctf light of bve. Wo need to look forward, for wo niMt somv day look bock. A man Ls KQUiejUrncR lenowu hy tiie things tie nrigiit have dona, but didn't. President f'nima'e ideas mi stAto lot teries are both morally and economic ally sound. The growing demand is not so much for tlrejroof building a for build ings (hat will not burn. Physicians are look tug for a cure for tho cigarete habit Ono way h to teach tho victims to smoke tobacco. Uniperor Menojlk is coming to tho World'-s Fair. Has he considcrod all that one continuous round of banqnets means? When tho ttusalan bnttletmlp Qidl abLa meets tiio Japajjesc .Shiklshima In deadly combat it will be a trmfble teome day for the proofreaders. Tho Kaiser may have adopted tho "American Idea" In military uniforms, but surely not until he had persuaded himself that it waa originally his own. Alfred Austin is going to write for an English magazine a aeries of pa pers entitled "A Poofs Diary." It will, 'of course, be purely n work of fiction. A Journal of health gives overheat ing as a proline cause of taking cold. To Uils we may add that a starved diet is fully as responsible. An empty stom ach is exposed to Innumerable 111m. London has a fad of hnnd-painted stockings. We had a hole handpainted on the heel of ono of our socks last week so deceptive in Its rare natural ness that grandma tried to darn it. One-lialf the world' crop of rubber comes to the TTnited States. The de mand for It may bo due to muddy roads, which poor people traverse In rubber boots and rich people in auto mobiles -with rubber tires. In Korea the ofllcial class consti tutes oue-tlfth of the men. This will almost answer to the description which ; n Irish humorist gave of tho perfect countryone where every man should have a town of his own to govern. "No one can contemplate hostilities between two great civilized count lies without feelings of misgiving and prcsslon," says Premier Balfour, c.-m we call countries truly great or civil I'ed when they have to settle their (differences by murderous warfare A Spanish cardinal, who died lately, left fifty thousand pesetas about ten thousand dollars "to the llrst Spanish general who lands in the United States territory with nn army sutliclently strong to avonge the defeats of the Spaniards in Cuba and tho Philip jilnes." The sum seems small for the task, but the chances are that It will havo increased considerably by the time a claimant appears. In all international affairs, and espo ciojly in treaties, care is taken to guard tiie rights and Interest of both parties. To the lay mind, however, the precau tions seem to be so numerous as to bring about the condition which Punch thus satirizes: "It Is reported that Italy, following tho example of France, is about to enter Into an Important treaty with Great Britain whereby the two countries shall be at liberty not to go to war with one another should Hhey bo'th be unwilling." When men do not like the way the world is made they make It over to suit themselves. As naturo did not connect tho Bed Sea with tho Mediterranean, the Suez canal was dug. Because tt takes too long to go by water from tho Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, u "ditch" is to be cut across the Isthmus of Panama. The Husslan government has had plans prepared for a dam across the Kertch strait, tho outlet of the Sea bf Azof, to raise tho level of water In 'the sea so that ocean-going ships may bo nble to call at ports along Its shores. Tho sea is so shallow Its depth vu rles from three to fifty-two feet that only small boats can navigate it now. It Is notorious that in its criminal Jurisprudence this country Is rather nearer to nn awful example than to a model. In no other civilized country on earth is there so much unpunished crtmo as lu this boastful republic. Between- our criminal record and the stn tlstlcs of our educational, religious, charitable and benevolent expenditures and activities there In a contrast more striking nnd amazing than can be found in the statistics of any other na tion. If our relative potdtion in the family of nation depe44 on ur ree- 1 11 ' -'''' 1 11 1 " rd an to crime a-nd its puntrtixttcnt W ahoiild be at thn rear rather than t tho van. That we hold the latter plac is due U tho abundance of our good work ia other directions than the pre vention, detection or punishment ot crimes. Statistics, it has been said, may bo used to prove anything. There are two ways at least in which statistics may bo nxUnised by means of averages and o percentages. Here Is a good exam ple of nn error reached by the method of an average. Some one has discov ered, he thinks, that astronomers art long-lived because the averago nge4l! death of sixteen hundred astronomor was sixty-four years, which 1k said to be about twice the averago age of mankind In general. Tho tatistlcian in tills caae overlooked tho fact that each of his aatrouoiner had probably passed the average age of mankind be fore he attained sufficient prominence to be classed as an astronomer. An optimistic minister of Maine do votes ten minutes before beginning his Sunday sermon to a lrif review, of the good deeds dono daring rh week as reported by the newspapers. Excellent, There Is too much empha sis of evil. Tt Is dwelt upon, exploit ed, exaggerated, deplored. The good la often overlooked, or unseen, or neg lected, or inluhniwid. l'ot tiie good deeds exceed the evil oues over whelmingly so. Note the editorials of a newspaper tliat pay attention to tiie real life of the people. How much tho! editor And to commend! FJe finds it everywhere in the iiows columns. Every day ttnjla "some work of lova begun, some Heed of kJudnesa done." It Is simply a question of choice t to wliich bewt points u moral or adorns a tale. Tho editor lhids the good be cause ho Is looking for It. That's il. One finds what one seeks. If he look for ovil to condemn he fiuds that al. And for the same reason. He ia look ing for it. If you ore a pessltnlHt you will find plenty of material for your harsh philosophy in tho weaknesses of humankind. Your search will be an easy one. For evil obtrudes Itself more than does the good. There's tho daily news: Evil Is nows because it it of is the exception to the general rule goodness. What is the universal rule is not news. And yet despite tf lis fact, the good nnd the true and the noble, crop out ovcrywhuro in the news. If you see only the evil, you are sure Inj mnnlty Is going to the dogs. If you see the good ns well, you are sure hu manity is on the upward trend. If you look for tho good deeds of men. If it pleases you to discover tho good, if you have an ntlinity for tho good, you will find It. And when you hav found the good, emphasize It. Hold Jt up to tho world. Cherish it. If you want to discover mud you will sc mud. If you want to look for tho im its brightness will cheer you. The associated tcachori!! adopted a resolution favoring reform in spelling by the dropping of some of the absurd twists, the superfluous letters, that bur den the langupage, add to the labor of writing and printing it, nnd servo uo more useful purpose than does the ver miform appendix In the huuinn system. There is merit In the proposition. Tho most dillicult study to master is the spelling book. The rigors of mathe matics are play compared with that No person ever becomes a nerfect nina- tor in It. No porson In writing but runs against some words the snelltnu- of which are uncertain; not rare words but those of comparatively common use. .Most persons solve the doubt by writing tiie words in two or mnr spellings and selecting the ono that iooks right." The German Is happily exempt from this burden of education. ine silent letter Is almost unknown. Ho spells the word as he pronounces it. it spells itself, as do our simpler words. Wore our words spelled pho netically, If every letter represented some sound in them, an immense .intouni or wasted tirao now spent in trying to memorize the quips and twists of letters would be saved to bo given to the acquisition of other knowl edge. No one can estimate the effect on other branches, of the labor absurd ly Imposed upon students by our spell' ing. or what tho etTect would be If they were relieved from It. May it not bo that the real source of most of these complaints so generally vented ngnlnst tiie Inelllcleney ,f Instruction is the confusion caused in the minds of chil dren, the Headless labor involved, trying to master tho spelling lessonsf And are not the "poor spellers" of our schools, those who make tho speUlng of words conform to their sound when spoken, really our best spellers? If not that, are they not the strongest protest against It and their "poor" spelling the strongest argument for tho reform thoso experienced teachers propose? Why Ha Took No Stout". "1 don't tuko any stock In thesie trusts, nnywny," "Don't you believe there are such things?" "Oh, yes; but I haven't the monev to buy the stock." ' The more a man haS to say' about" himself the less he likes to-liear others n't f theraevo.