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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1905)
V ODD COLONY IN PARAGUAY. IK Ill 4 V 1 i , , , ii m ''" j " j i 5 OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Lows to Protect the F'coptc. ORMERLY one who round himself unable lo continue to pay tlio premiums on IiIh life In surance policy forroltod nil Unit In luid pnld In. In Uioho (lnyH It was to tho Interest or the companies Unit policies should Iii)ho. The nn- rnlrnoss or tlio system led to u movement ror reronn, nnd one urter nnotlier ol' tlio State Legislatures amended tlio InHurnnco laws bo as to require tlio companleH to give a "paid-up" policy or a ralr amount whenever tlio Insured chose to stop paying further pre miums. That Is now the law In nearly all, perhaps In all, the Stales, nnd widows and orphans or the Insured got the benefit of the money which the husband and father paid to the companies, whether he continued to pay the premiums till his death or not. These paternal statutes have been Justified, on the ground that they are necessary to protect the Individual In his dealings with great corporations. They are something lil:e the laws regulating national bunks and banks for sav ings, as they are Intended lo prevent the misuse or waste or tlio money or tlio people. 10 very man who Is Insured Is Interested In the Insurance laws and In the efforts or the law olllcers to enforce them when (hero has been careless If not criminal use of the funds or the companies. In the same way every man with a banlc-account Is Interested In the adoption or such a sys tem or Inspection or the national and .State banks that the threatened Insolvency or an Institution may be discov ered In time to prevent misuse or the money of the de positors. Youth's Companion. ilan Science railed when appealed to. Tired or the suc cessive failures, he repaired to a meadow and sent a (unlet Into his brain, dying Instantly. With his millions Turnoy found life Insupportable nt 41. Rather young for such a dreadful act. With all his money he could not command what the poor man generally has a sound body. This goes to show that the gifts lavished upon Homo do not bring tho pleasure supposed to go with their bestowal. John D. Hockcfeller, a few years ago, when he had a rebellious stomach to bring under submis sion, said his pain was so acute at times that he would huvo been willing to give every dollar of his colossal fortune to have a sound stomach, certain that ir this boon was granted dm he could make another fortune In short order. Don't be envious of tho rich man, ye of modest means, for ho Is frequently tho most discontented of men. The nan who has health and wealth is thrice blessed. The man who has abundance of this world's goods and who Is racked with pain would gladly exchange his riches for poverty If It carried with It bodily vigor. Utlca Globe. rnn Making tho Country Alluring. iF the open country Is to be made attractive to tho best minds, It must have an attractive liter ature. There must bo a technical literature of the farm, and also a general artistic literature Iportraying tin) life and the Ideals of the persons In the country. The farm literature of a gen eration ago was largely wooden and spiritless, or else untrue to actual rural conditions. Tho now liter ature Is vital and alive. The new, however, Is yet mostly special and technical, with the exception of 'tho growing nature literature. Artistic literature or the rami and rural affairs Is yet scarcely known. Where Is tho high class fiction that portrays the runner as ho Is, without caricaturing him? Where Is the collection of really good farm poems? Who has developed the story Interest in the farm? Who has adequately pictured rural Institutions? "Who has carefully studied the history or the special farm literature that we already have? Who has written the "biological evolution progress that attaches to every domes tic animal and every cultivated plant? We need short and sharp pictures or the man at his work and the woman In her home such quick and vivid pictures in word? as an artist would throw on his canvas. There Is nobility, genu ineness, and majesty In a man at useful work much more than there Is In a prince or a general or a society leader, whoso role It Is to pose ror the multitude. The man hold lug tho plow, digging a ditch, picking fruit, the woman sweeping or making bread what, stronger pictures of hu man Interest can there be than these? .Scientific American. rr Bo Content With Your Lot. HOSE disposed to grumble over their condl lion when they liken themselves fy the rich slioulil remember that appearances are de ceptive and that the envied mortals do not get that happiness out of life with which they are credited by those lean or purse. Generally the rich man has troubles or his own. It Is a constant battle to keep his riches after ho has won them Frequently his health breaks down In amassing the dol lurs; and quite often the luxuries which wealth commands and which he readily partakes or deprive him or his very best possession a sound body and a contented mind. The suicide of Wlnthrop Turney, In Colebrook. Conn, the other day, furnishes a signal Illustration of tho mis erie.s sometimes attendant upon great riches. Ilo had amassed a respectable fortune, $112,000,000, In Mexican gold and copper mines. A college-bred man, he turned to study r.s tlio nest means or enjoying bis leisure, lie did not drink, he did not smoke, he did not consort with undo rim bin characters. Ills habits were of the best. Finally his health gavo way. In the effort to regain it he tried quacks as well as the most celebrated physicians. Olui Over the Hill to the Poor House. Over tho hill to the pool-house, I'm trudgln' my weary way I, n woman of seventy, nnd only a trllle gray I, who inn smart niul chipper, for nil th rears I've told. As many another woman that's only hall as old. Over the hill to the poorhouse I can t dultc mako It elear: Over the hill to the poorhouse It seems so horrid iinecrl Many a step I've taken n-tollln' to and fro, nut tins is n sort or journey i never thought to go. What Is the use of heapln' on me a pau pers slinine Am I lazv or crnzv? Am I lillnd or lame? True, I am not so supple, nor yet so awful stout ; Hut charity ain't no favor, If one can live without. Tho World's History in tho Next Ton Ycnrs. l)U nnd I who may live through the next ten roars will witness a remarkable transition in the affairs of the world. The map of Asia Is going to bo changed and maybe the mny of Eu rope. Germany is reaching for world power. The Kaiser wants to close the Baltic Sea as Rus sia and Turkey have closed the Hlack. Uussla, Sweden, Germany and Denmark are on tho llaltlc. Tho foot of Norway also touches that sea. England does not look on this scheme with favor. England's navy Is power ful, Russia's navy Is us nothing. Germany's navy Is grow ng. England may seize on this scheme of the Kaiser's to sink his ships and put the naval development of Germany back twenty-live years. At the beginning or this century England won a great sea fight off Copenhagen. With this sen closed and Russia driven back from the Asiatic Sea coast the naval power of England would avail nothing if Russia suddenly con cluded to come over the mountains and Invade British India. The Kaiser Is eager for a light. lie has a big army and ho wants to utilize It either In killing Frenchmen or annexing Austria when Uie Emperor of Austria dies. The Frenchman himself Is In for trouble. He has largo pos sessions In South China. Japan may conclude that France has no business there. The French navy Is large second to that of England but a naval campaign in the China Sea will give Japan all the advantage. Germany also has possessions In China which she secured by robbery nnd Japan will urge C.dnu to get brave and order Germany out. And Germany will get out If England cots out of Wel-IIal-Wel. England being Japan's ally will not oblect. And Russia will bo reborn in the next ten years. Either the Empire will sink Into n wild and Impotent nation or the present form of government will be overthrown and the Interior development of the country will begin. And Aus tria and Hungary will divide. Austria will probably enter the German confederacy and Hungary will take her placo as an Independent nation. England since the Napoleonic wars has held her sway by pitting one nation against the other, but tho time Is hero for England to do some real lighting with her own ships and men. If Belgium, Holland and Denmark main tain their Integrity It will bo a remarkable thing. In the United States tho great Industrial questions will be settled. The people will In the coming ten years either control the trusts and tho so-called privileged rich or these forces will control the government. Chicago Examiner. vnomagan Cheerfulness On ring: HIhohh. There Is n great restorative force In cheerfulness. It Is a sovereign rem edy. The physician who can Inspire expectancy of something better to come, who can give you eontldonco In your power to overcome disease, and can mako you feol that It Is a shame ror a ma n made to do a great work In the world to be ailing, has very little use for drugs. Sick people do not. realize how much their faith ami eontldonco In the pity fdcliui have to do with their cure. If he Is cheerful, happy, hopeful, they feol buoyed up, sustained by his very prcionce. They feel tho thrill of his splendid vitality, and gather strength from hla courage. They catch the coutagion of his cheerfulness nnd re flect his moods and condition. Invalids who have dragged along In misery for years have been suddenly, as If by magic, lifted out of their bond age by the cheer and encouragement which havu come from some unexpect ed good fortune. This shows us how dependent the body is upon the nilml, how It sympathizes with It and takes on Its colorings, which are represented Jn the different functions. Success Magazine. There are all sorts of dlsagreoable people; but wo believe the fool who Insists on being a fool, In spite of all tho Information going around, la the most dlsugreeablo of all. JUDGSNG T8ME AT THE FAIR. and anxious an' an ready any pay my am wlllla' day To work for a decent llvln' honest way: For I can earn my victuals, an' more, too, I'll UO DOI1IHI, If anybody Is wlllla to have me round. handsome 1 w.i3, my eyes ns Railroad Sunday Observance. HE entire St. Paul Railroad system 1ms made n new regulation mat annuity slum be a dav of rest as far as possible without Interfering with tlio absolute necessities of tho tralllc. Sunday excursions will be discontinued as well as all JB'Xtra trains on that day, and freight crews will Do instructed to make headquarters by Sat urday nignt. uenerai passenger Agent Miller says the road Is doing this because he thinks Its men are entitled to rest, ami neeause me uuuay inline is a risk lor which the returns are not adequate. This sort of thing seems to us to be a great sign of the times. The sign is that we are coining to tho age of wisdom, the time when wo learn that there are limits to human nature, so that the "level best " the greatest average, Is to bo had by reversion to moder ation. Indianapolis News. Once I wac young an upon my soul Once my cheeks was roses, Muck as cd.i 1: And I can't remember, in them days, of henrln neonle say. For any kind of a reason, that I was In tncir wny. Taln't no use of boustln', or talkln' over free. Hut many a house an' home was open then to me; Many a han'some offer I had from likely men. And nobody ever hinted that I was tt bur den then. And when to John I wns married, sure he was good anil smart. Hut he and all the neighbors would own I done my nart: For life was all before me, nn I was young an' strong, And I worked the best that I could In tryln' to get nlong. And so we worked together; and life was hnrd. but gay. With now anil then a baby for to cheer us on our wnj ; Till we bad half a dozen, nn' all growed clean nn neat. An' went to school, like others, an' had enough to eat. So we worked for the chlldr'n, nnd raised 'em every one: Worked for 'em summer an' winter, Just as we ought to've done: Only perhaps we humored 'em, which some gooii folks condemn. Hut every couple's chlld'rns n heap the best to them. Strange how much we think of our blessed litt Its ones! I'd have died for my daughters, I'd have died for my sons; And God He made that rule of love; but when we re old and gray. I've noticed It sometimes somehow falls to work the other way. Strange, another thing; when our boys an girls was crown. And when, exeeptln' Charley, they'd left us tnere alone: When John he nearer an' nearer come, nn dearer seemed to be. The Lord of Hosts lie come one day, an' took him away from me. Still I was hound to struggle, an' never to erlnce or fall Still 1 worked for Charley, for Charley was now my an: And Charley wns pretty good to me, with Hcureo a wortl or frown. Till at last he went a-courtln', and brought a wife from town. i She was somewhat dressy, nn' hadn't a nleasant smile She was tpilte eoncelty, nnd carried a heap of style; Hut If ever I tried to be friends, I did with her. I know: Hut she wns hard and proud, an' I couldn't make It go. She hnd nn edlcatlon, an' that was good for her: Hut when she twitted me on mine, 't wns earrvln' things too fur: An' I told her once, 'fore company (an' It almost made net- sick). That I never swallowed a grammar, or et a 'rlthmetlc. So 'twas only a few days before the thing was done They wns n family of themselves, and I nn otlier one; And n very little cottage one family will do, Hut I never nave seen a nouse mat was big enough for two. An' I never could speak to suit her, never could please Her eye, An' It made mo Independent, an' then I didn't trv: Hut 1 was terribly staggered, an' felt It like a blow, When Charley turned ng'ln me, an' told mo I could go. I went to live with Susan, nut Susans hnuHn was small. And she wns always u-hlntln' how snug It was for us an: And what with her husband's sisters, and what with ehlld'rn three, Twas easy to discover that there wasn't room ror me. An' then I went to Thomns, tho oldest sou I ve got. For Thomas's bulldlngs'd cover the half of an acre lot: Hut all tho ehlld'rn wns on me I couldn't stand their sauce And Thomns snld I needn't think I was comln' there to boss. And then I wrote to Hehecca, my girl who Ives out est, And to Isaac, not far from her some twen tv miles at best: And one of 'oin said 'twas too warm there for anyone so olil, And t'other had tin opinion the cllmnte was too com. Community Modeled After Jvtlwnrtl JJclhuiiy's ".Looking linclcwnrd. A community which closely approxi mates Hellamy(s "Looking Backward" Is Cosmo, a little settlement near Asuu don, Paraguay, described by Wllllain T.ntninnn In the Lclnslc Gronzboten. Eiiualtt.v. democracy and community of wealth mid work nre the principles on which It was founded In 1891 by n split In a colony of Australian emi grants to Paraguay. "The houses or the settlers He together and form a small village and are small, pretty and"-. clean. They have only one story una . ..I.I.. i .1 are built or uoarns aim sainuiw ur 1 Ir-oof roorcd with mazega grass. Th halms rar over the side walls ihul Is supported by posts, a detail which al lows ror a wide veranda most wel come adjunct In hot weather. On one side of the house Is a small outbuild ing which contains tho kitchen, and every House lias us garden, jjiiuo plantations of sugar cane lie between the houses and tho gardens. "Up to the present the dwelling ...... . . . . ,, s,lr,. 1.1 -I. 1 !..... iin A-tfiffjM SpaCU WUieil IUI uui-li luauum uiu village, and when Ilerr Lacinann visit ed the placo there were some twenty houses occupd and 108 In course of erection. In time the buildings will1 form a great square, which will Ho about a large open square. In addition a number of smaller public places have been provided for, which will lie, as those already In existence, between the houses. There Is an absolute commu- nlty of goods In Cosine, the only excep tion being that objects or household or ' personal use furniture, cooking uteiw slls, clothing and food remain the property of their users. When one ou ters the colony ho must bring his cnJ tire property In with these exceptions Wlioit. liownver. one wishes to wlth-J draw he does not receive back tho amount of his contribution, but only the amount which corresponds to his' shnro for the last working period." Every one must go through a proba tionary period of one year, nnd before' this period is completed no member ship Is obtained nor any contribution of goods made. Every applicant upon . entering must pay Into the treasury $125 for each adult member of the fam ily and half of this amount for each child. If then the probationers decide not to remain in the colony their ex penses to Buenos Ayros are paid, but this Is not done unless the applicant remains In the colony three months. The only requirements are thatjktho applicant be strong nnd healthy. 'Hin der no circumstances are colored per sons admitted." I've borno up pretty well, an' n't much put down, Detroit Free Press. Evury man should do something for his unfortunate kin, nftor he gets through providing for tho unfortunate kin of his wife. So they have shirked and slighted me, an snirteti me aooui So they hnvo well-nigh soured me, nn' wore my oiu neart out; Hut still wasn Till Charley went to tho poormaster, nn pill uiu uu uiu mmi. Over the hill to tho poorhouse my chll dr'n dear, good-by; Many a night I've watched you when only (Jod wns nigh: And God'll Judge between us, but I will lU'nys pray That you shall never suffer the half I do today, Will M. Curleton. Of n peculiarity of the stock dove Mr. Selous writes: "When these birds light they constantly Interrupt the tlow of the combat by bowing in the most absurd way', not to one nnother but generally, so to speak, for no objee or purpose whatever, apparently, but only because they must do so. The fact is, the bow has become a formula of courtship and as courting and light ing nre intimately connected the one suggests tho other In the mind of tho bird, who bows, all at once, under it misconception." ! Certain birds get their names fronr' St. Peter. According to a writer: "The petrel (in German 'Petersvogel,' Pe ter's bird), a bird that skims the waves, Is named after the apostle who walked upon the waves of Galileo. But the parrot's is a less simple case. In Spain and In Portugal, as In France, the word corresponding to 'parrot' nl--, most certainly represents 'little Peter' a familiar name playfully npplled because Peter was so common a Chris tian name. Similarly a house sparrow; is nicknamed 'plerrot' In Franco." An Englishman, Edmond Selous, 1ms been watching doves nt play and In combat. Of the habit of "billing," In which so many birds engage when they are nesting, he says: ".Where birds now merely 'bill,' they once, In my opinion, fed each other or the male red the female but pleasure came to bo experienced In contact nlone and the nassasio of food, which was never necessary, gradually bo-tf came obsolete. 1 think It by no meilnss unprobnblo that our own kissing may nave originated in mucii tlie saino ? way; and that birds, when thus 'bill- jt lug, experience the same sork oC j pleasure that we do when wfcuij& must bo quite obvious to uny ono has watched them." vIp Finding Out His Mistake t Mother You've been lighting ngairtt Haven't 1 told you that good llttloL boys never tight? Johnnie Yes, nnd I thought ho wns a good little boy, but as soon aa I bit him I found he wasn't. 1 n'l.f.w full nltAtif tlifi nlilllfv "young blood." Our experience hinq) been thnt It requires n 'good deal o t training.