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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1904)
f K NEMAHA ADVERTISER. W. W. SANDER3, Publish -NEMAHA, NEBRASKA It is unlucky to loso ?ia on Friday. Many ft man retains his friends by refusing tlioin loans. Matrimony la tho destroyer of many pleasant engagements. Even If a woman Is sclf-mado sho wants peoplo to think sho Is tailor made, Many a man who prides himself on tils veracity thinks it no harm to llo to a Jury. The man who stops you on tho street to ask after your health doesn't necessarily care. A Boft answer turneth away wrath. But It doesn't have tho slightest effect on a book agent. A conceited woman dubs a man a woman-hater Just becauso ho doesn't happen to admire her. A now counterfeit $100 gold certifi cate has appeared. He careful to ox umlno your $100 bills as thoy como in. - It isn't a dlllleult matter for a doc tor to ascertain what alls a patient. All ho has to do Is to perform tho au topsy. When tliat $11,500,000,000 ore trust is formed it will bo something more than an airy Joko to say that Mr. Rockefel ler owns tho earth. It Is well enough to know Hint a Pennsylvania court has decided that life lnsuranco cannot be" collected on a man that Is hanged. Will the girls of tho present gonor- ation who would bo content with tho wlmtovor , dr01ined ln whother ,t bo .Hlueatlou o the r grandmothers kind- w0nU(J m. h ,Q nnl,8 And nter a ly hold up their hands? A girl may bo wlso, but If sho wants to marry sho is foolish to appear more Intelligent than the man she Is trying to Induce to pay her board for life. .1. 10 i .ami. nuinu VvuVxm J . f 1 if 1 I 1111 11 I I would rather have a tip on the market than Information on how to bo good. "Jig dancing," says a terpslchoroan professor, "should bo taught in tho schools." Hut this Is distinctly a con cession to tho uneducated taste. Tho Jig is the rag time of dancing. Secretary Hay says Unit if tho press of Uio world should rosolvo that war should be no more, Uiore would soon be universal peace. Hut Avar news makes Biich attractive reading! A Now York man wants a divorce because his wife bought nineteen hats in twolvo weeks. If tho Judge is mar ried it will not bo hard to guess how hls case Is going to bo decided. Wo may llnd that It is much easier to deal with the mob that lynches or tho mob that slugs than with tho fem inine mob that has on two or threo re cent occasions turned a wedding into a riot. An observing physician of New York who has recently traveled about tho country a good deal says he finds tho farmers aro standing and walking stralghter now than they wero twenty fivo or thirty years ago. He attributes this to the use of modern apparatus on tho fnrms. "The Man with tho Hoe" Is gotUng tho stoop out of his shoulders by reason of tho fact that ho doesn't uso a hoo any more, but a cultivator, on tho top of which ho rides under an umbrella. Something scarcely endurable in tho way of a mosquito plague Is needed to make the average man understand that much patient study, Investigation and experimentation have established tho fact that tho mosquito may bo con trolled and ultimately exterminated; that ho Is born and bred very near tho scene of his sanguinary activities: that his presence In it neighborhood is evidence of local negligence and Indlf- feronce; that ho Is tho most elilclent and perhaps the solo agont of so-culled malaria Inoculation, aud that tho cost of eliminating him is as nothing to tho value of the bonollts It would con- for upon suiTcrlng humanity aud de pressed real estate. Moral cowardlco is too familiar n fact of human naturo to requlro de scription as it is ordinarily exhibited, But thero aro somo forms of it which aro so subtle as actually to pu?s for vlr- tuoa. Thero is Uio, man who has Uio reputation of being nggresslvo and than on tho trout. This Is plain, bo forceful to a dogreo, but who has no cause trout nro swifter and honco hard- element of courtesy or consideration for his fellow mon. He knows that If ho allows other men to get closo onough to him thoy will seo Uiat be- hind his bluster is a dearth of ideas nncl ability. Ho knows, too, Unit It Iw permits tlioso who aro associated with iihn nnd nndor his control to manifest tholr own Individual worUi the com parison which tho world will institute Imfionnn -Minlr eromttnn nhlllHnn nnrl his (.pretended lmportanco wlJl bo not only! U JU JULlUi illft iAJ Jinn iivimw vi his ambitions. Tho policy of such n' man Is to browbeat wherever ho can; and to systematically disparage others at every opportunity. Perhaps, under somo hulcyou dlspon sation say, tho millennium, of which wo have heard so much Ihero may bo an arrangement whereby universal health, happiness and prosperity will follow on the heels of universal educa tion, apathy, and indolence. Hut, tak ing humanity as It is, and measuring; prospects by tho actual material at our present disposal, is It wlso to depopu Into tho ilelds, tho factories and thc; mines by preaching tho multitude Into a stato of scorn for slmplo toll? What' aro all theso millions to do whon they shall havo been exalted above tho spade, tho pitchfork and tho ax? Aj world composed of millionaires, bar bers, school teachers, orators and pawnbrokers would not be able to do-. fend itself for nny great length of tlmo from tho savage and tho an archist. Advice, It is said, Is cheap. But It' sometimes Is dear when accepted In cases of sickness. This docs not refer to the advice of physicians, which, of. course, Is dear, but to tho advice of well-meaning nnd sincerely sympa thetic friends, which often Is far dear-' er still. All know how prone peoplo, arc to advise ono who Is ill and to tell what they did and how they obtained relief under what they think were ex', actly similar circumstances. It stands' to reason that theso good people under-i stand neither the Ills with which they1 wero allllcted nor the inllueiices that brought about their cures. lint tho sick do not reason. In their pain and anxiety they are like young robins that alf with nniMi mnntlm niul Mwnllnw long experience with the pills and po- Hons of sympathetic friends, death, If, It Is not certain, Is at least welcome. It seems a sweet relief to sleep under the sod. According to Herodotus, this, human habit held good many ccntu-- n,, nf ll.n -l.uf r Itnhvlnnlun Inufl W 1 1 L W.V . lOLUL XL - J VJ... ...WW. tutlons: "They havo no physicians, but when a man Is 111 they lay him In tho public square, and the passersby come up to him, and If Uiey have over had his disease themselves or havo known any ono who has suffered from1 It, they give him advice, recommend-, lug him to do whatever they found good ln their own case or ln the caso known to them. And no ono Is allow ed to pass Uio sick man ln silence without asking him what his ailment Is." Excepting for our present thin! veneer of civilization and abundant supply of physicians, human nature seems to havo been about tho sumV. ln all ages. Hut what Is tho uso pro-' testing? Tho habit continues, in spito. of tho graveyards it has tilled. For wo like sympathy whon wo nro sick. And, maybe, after all, sympathy is better than nostrums in most of our little aliments. Anyway, the neighbor who drops her own household cares and comes in with sympathy and do votlon seems to have almost dlvino healing In hor loving touch. Sho may know nothing of pathology or thera peutics, but sho knows what Uio soro heart hungers for and supplies it as no other can. Sho may help us to die in many a case, but if on tho other hand, wo got well, sho has taught us thero aro things worth living for. If wo es cape going to Join Uio angels above, we at least havo learned that thero aro angels on earth. Friendly Birdn of Proy. Every farmer and gamekeeper should have a copy of tho biological survey's report on tho stomachs of birds of prey lk?sldes immense quan tltes of mlco hawks and owls kill snakes, rats, weasels, skunks, and squirrels, all of which species destroy more or loss young game birds and the eggs of gamo birds. Therefore it be comes necessary to know wheUicr tho bird of prey himself or all theso other enemies kill tho most gamo before Judging of his harmfulness. Tho kill. ing of hawk or owl in probably almosl always tho killing of ono of your gamo preservers, whether or not he takes some game ln pay. You might as well abolish policemen because they some, times offend. Sportsmen wago war against borons, kingfishers and llsh hawks. Now, slnco it is well known that tho main dovonr ors of trout spawn and fry, for in Btance, nro not nny kind of bird, but certain species of llsh, you nro proba bly helping thin your trout by removing theso birds, slnco tho latter doubtless prey moro on tho spawn dovourera or to catch and live commonly In deep or wutor Uian other species; so thai what tho heron and kingfisher got are no doubt generally tho onomlos of your 1 trout Forest and btream. "I told him that would bo about enough from him," said tho pallid youth in tho last summer's ouUng suit to his audience on tho street corner. "I says, 'You don't want to glvo mo nono o' your slack talk. I scon you mako tho Uirow an' it was a pair o fours. I had a full houso an' that beat you. That's all thero Is to it, an' I don't want you to tell mo no different You can't run no bluff on me,' I says, 'so don't you no. or think it' " "What did Rcddy say?" inquired ono of tho young men. "Say? Ho hadn't got nothln' to say. If he'd talked back I'd havo pasted him ono ln the eye. Ho seen I wasn't going to monkey with him, all right. I was sore dead sore. Why, Toddy Murphy seen tho throw. 'You'vo got bats If you think you'll get me to pay for them cigars, I says to him. " 'Is that soV' ho says. " 'Yes, that's so,' I says. Air you bet I didn't pay for 'em." "Why didn't you make him pay if ho lost?" "Well, if ho wanted to act the skate for 10 cents ho could. What I ought to havo done was to push his face ln. I'd a notion to do it. If he ever says anything to me about It again I'll do it yet." "Roddy's a scrapper." "Oh, I guess ho ain't such a much. I ain't afraid of him. I've got a punch that would put him to the bad, all right. See here, I'll show you. Put up your hands a minute. Sec, I feint -? -I -5 -I -i -5 -5- -5- -5"I- -X -J -S- 5 '11,S -JJ J-t-t--I ! X A MASTER OF DESTINY. A young man, evidently from tho country, Bat patiently at a table ln a down-town restaurant for many min utes, says the Chicago Nows. The waitroJses, busy with customers who looked more fruitful for tips, passed scornfully by. At last ho rose, and walking to tho cashier's desk, calmly took a poslUon near it, and thereby blocked the line of entrance. "Miss," he said, "I've been sotting at that table for half nn hour, an' I can't get waited on. Tho young ladles that's waiting on tnblo don't seem to notice mo." "Stand aside, please," said tho cashier, sharply. "You're right ln tho wny." The young man did not move. "I've been setting at that table half an hour, an' I can't get waited on," he repeated, calmly. "Maybe If you spoko llko that to the young ladles that's waiting on table they'd take my or der." "Will you please stand to ono side nnd lot tho customers through?" "Will you speak to ono of them young ladles that's waiting on table an ask hoi to git me something to eat?" The cashier beckoned to tho pro prietor, who camo bustling up. "Move out of the wny here, pleasel" ho said, peremptorily. "Let Uiese ladies and gentlemen through!" "I reckon it don't matter whether they get through or not," said tho young man, easily. "They won't got anything to eat unless thoy havo bet tor luck than I've had. I've been sot ting over at that table for half an hour, an' I ain't been waited on yet" "Give tho man something to eat!" called ono of tho men in tho waiting line. "Throw him a pie!" shouted an other. Tho young man smiled broadly at these suggestions, and then turned to tho proprietor. "Maybe you'll speak to ono of them young ladles that's waiting on table an' nsk her to tako my order," ho said. Tho proprietor eyed his muscular proportions ln nn undecided way for an instant, and then weakened. "If you'll sit down I'll seo that you aro waited on right away," ho said. The young man walked over to his table. -'If I'm not feeding insldo of live minutes I'll be back to llnd out what's tho trouble," ho remarked, genially. Hut four minutes later, witii his nap kin tucked under his chin and his elbows squared, ho was attacking a largo plato of corned beef hash. LOOK OUT FOR YOUR TEETH. Tliey Should Bo Examined Frequently by a Good Dentist. Keeping tho tooth In good condition Is a very slmplo matter, yot perhaps moro peoplo sin in tills particular point of cleanliness than ln nny other, sayB a writer ln Success. I know young men, and young women, too, who dress vory well and seem to tako considerable wlUi my right liko this and Jolt him ln tho ribs; then I swing around wiUi my right again, llko this, and catch him behind tho carl Stand sUU and lot mo show you." "Hero's Roddy now," said ono of tho young men. The pallid youUi grew a trlflo roor pallid as a young fellow about hit own size and general umvholesoinenest approached wiUi a swagger. "Do him up now, mil," suggested ono of tho group. "1 don't want to have no truck with him," said tho pallid youth, doggedly, "Don't say nothln' to him." Roddy camo up to tho group and stopped. "Say!" he said to the pallid youth, at tho same tlmo advancing hit left shoulder aggressively, "thero ain't no back door hero for you to do n sneak. Now 3011 dig up that dlmo foi them cigars an' don't you keep mo waiting more'n half a second." Tho pallid youth felt in his pockei and produced tho required sum. "1 thought you shook two pair," ho said, nervously. "I'd Jest as soon pay you; If you boat me." "That's all right, then," sold Reddy with a grin, pocketing tho money, "li you hadn't Just as soon I'd havo mada you a little sooner than not." Ho tilt ed Ids hat forward over his noso, stared at tho pallid youth for a mo ment or two and then turned on his heel and JaunUIy walked away. "Thoro's a cop on tho corner oppo site," explained tho pallid youth. "If it hadn't been for that I'd have pasted him." Chicago Dally News. pride ln their personal appearance, yet neglect their teeth. They do not real lze Uiat Uiero could hardly bo a worse blot on one's appearance than dirty 01 decaying teeth, or tho absence of ono or two in front Nothing can bo more offensive ln man or woman than a foul breath and no one can have decaying or dirty teeth without reaping tills con sequence. Wo all know how disagree ablo it is to bo anywhere near a per son whoso breath is foul. It is posl, Uvely nauseating. No employer wantal a clerk, a stenographor or other em-! ploye about him who taints the whole atmosphere of tho room ln which ho Is. Nor does lie, if ho Is at all partic ular, want one whoso appearance is marred by a lack of ono or two front teeth. Many an applicant has been denied tho position ho sought bocauso of bad tooth. How easy it is to preserve them when they are naturally goodl Any one can do It Brush tiiem after each meal with a brush stiff enough to ro--movo all particles of food, but not so stiff as to injure the gums. Warm or tepid water should be used, with a llt tlo powdered orris root, which helps to keep tho breath sweet Any other good tooth powder may be substituted, or the occasional uso of a little flnoi salt will bo found beneficial. If fibers. of meat, or particles of any other food1 that cannot bo removed with a brush, lodge between the tooth, thoy should be removed by a wooden toothpick. On1 no account uso a pin, or a penknife, or your fork. In pnsslng, lot mo add, do not uso a toothpick at tiie table, on the street, or anywhere else in public. Nothing can be more ill-bred or dis gusting. Do not try to crack nuts or to blto nny hard substance with your teeth. This causes tho enamel or outer pro- toctlvo covering to break, which Is tho samo as if you wero to break tho skin on any part of your body. When tho enamel is broken the tooth begins to decay, and severe pain and an unploas aut breath are tho results. Violent changes of temperature, such as from lco cream to hot coffee, also causo tho enamel to break. If, ln spite of prop-. or care, your teeth trouble you, you should immediately consult a good den tist Do not go to a poor one bocnuso. he happens to be a llttlo cheaper. You. will find Uiat a most pernicious sort of economy. Mako any reasonable sacrl- llco rather than go ribont with a front tooth or two missing, for, besldos sorl ously interfering with one's speoch, a grinning vacancy whero a tooth should bo lias a most injurious effect on one's appearance. It Is a wise tiling to havo your tooth oxnmlncd at least onco a yoar by a good dentist. Tired or tho Old Wrnp. Mrs. McCall Putting away your old sealskin coat, eh? Thcy'ro queer looking camphor balls you'ro stowing away with it Mrs. Kute Camphor balls? Not much! These aro live moths. I want them to get ln Uieir work on this old things so my husband will have to, buy mo a now one next winter. Phllv ndelphin Press. Unless a man la willing to confess! his iguoranco ho will never bo in a po sltlon to learn. DOWN THt MESA TO SCHOOL Curious Sight Presented by Child rcl of Mount Indian Tribe. If we stood about 7 o'clock In tin morning near the foot of the Oralbl mem ln Arizona we should seo a mosl Interesting sight. The lint-topped elevations calico mesas aro very common features, of the arid plains of Arizona. Somo ol them have for ages been the homes oi Indlnn tribes whose enemies could not easily reach tho tops of these big" rocks, nnd so those who lived on them wero comparatively safe. f This particular mesa Is the homo .offy the Oralbl branch of the Moqul trlbo. Perched high in the air on their llttlo plateau, tho elders still practice tho snako dance and other famous rites of their fathers. Only a few years ago they wero called hostile because thoy opposed more strenuously than tho othet Moquis the Introduction of whu in lluenccs among them. When it was proposed to erect a school houso near tho base of tho mesa, and to place till the children In tho school, tho parents stubbornly refused to penult It. Thoy yielded finally, however, to Jinn pressure, and every child ol school age was placed In the school. Tho enterprise has been a great suc cess, and whoever stands near tho school at 7 o'clock in tho morning and looks up at the plateau 500 feet above him suddenly sees children begin to spill over the edge of the mesa. Ono jL'hlld conies Into view behind another, and soon the face of the great rock la alive with them as they descend tho steep, zigzag path lending to the bob torn of the mesa and tho school. Tho sight interests visitors because It is so unusual. The little folk seem o bo hanging to tho wall of tho nighty rock as they slowly descend Its face. They keep pouring over tho edge and the head of tho lino has reached the school on the plain below beforo the last of it leaves the top of the liiesa. Whon the straggling lino comes fully Into view it is seen to be nearly half a mile long, and Its convolutions on the path bear somo resemblance lo the movements of a snako. There aro 175 children in this school, and in attendance it is said to head tho list of Indian day schools in the coun try. A fine new building costing over i.OOO has taken the place of the first Kchool. The children are very glad to bo In school, and It Is said that after nice being placed there, wearing tho ew clothes provided for every pupil, hey never miss a day. New York Sun. Huns Orivo Out Negroes. It Is enough to make all the old Mis sissippi River men who have passed liway and gone to Uielr reward stir in I he tomb could they know tiint Hun garians are to bo substituted for ne- :roes ns roustabouts on the river. Ids shatters the last tradition. Wo ;annot imagine these silent, taciturn little men of central Europe making Ike moonlight nights vocal with tholr ninstrelsy on the lower deck or scrum ding with each other for nickels thrown by sportive passengers. Nor shall we believe that the mate laro unwind Unit panorama of pictur esque profanity a Ills long, wavering Undulating lino of roustabouts as they move from deck to shore with tho argo. The darky roustabout hears hose objurgations with a joyous and ippreeiative ear and welcomes a burst tit originality in It by rolling tho whites of his eyes expressively at his fellows, or, If it is particularly moving- y a loud, "Yah, yah, yah," that Is re ward onough for the objurgator. What will the Hungarian care for tiie ex pletive Avlt that stirs .the responsive negro noarc so ueopiy r ne win not understand It, and if ho did his per ception of tho humor of swearing Is iot of the open ready naturo of that of tho sons of Ham. lie would get Inad about it. Everything is changing on the river. Tho passengers are not tho same, the boats are smallor, tablo laro Is sadly scant and luxury has long Mnoe departed. St Louis Globe-Democrat. An Ankwiml Kcportorlal Error. Rt. Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smiui, the witty coadjutor of tho Protestant (Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania, told a story recently at a dinner which was to the effect that a young Scotch min ister, having married tho daughter of the wealthiest member of his church, in a country town in Pennsylvania, was obliged to apologize publicly for an error in tho report of tho wedding, fi'ho reporter had asked whore the pas- I or and his bride intended -to llvo and unl been told "at the old manse." Aa his statement appeared ln print tho ro. oly was "at Uio old man's." Modorit Education. First Pnssengcr Well, thank good ness, my children have finished their education nnd aro ready to start out ln tho world. Thoy can swim, bike, golf and play lawn tennis; they aro well up ln bookkeeping, smart short band writers nnd good typists; they :an play a good hand at bridge, smoko modern toly and drink very llttlo. Second Passengor Ave they boys oc girls? New, Yoitker.