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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1905)
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Ml Woman and tlio Homo. UCH Ih hoard of tlio widening of woman's ne- llvlly mid "sphere," of her emancipation, of the broadening of hor Interests it ml horizon. Lot n.q ho thniikfnl for It In moderation. The grow ling capacity of woman to nuiko her way In I tlio World In spite of the distressful strokes or adverse fortune, her Independence, her business ability, are all admirable; the elegance of life, the Interest In urt, Hoclety, sports and games are cattite for thanks; but If they permit the obscuration of that other greater Interest, the training of human beings to a sound family life, the gains are overborne by (ho losses. There Is something wrong In our perspective If we get to the point of paying tremendous attention to tlio choice of tho tailor, dress maker and caterer, while we permit our children to be trained and nurtured by tho Ilrst vulgar and Ignorant crea ture who comes to hand; and wo are cultivating an oblique and distorted vision when we fall to see that ono of the greatest of deliberate alms In life should be the rearing of strong and conscientious human beings and the building of that sane, moral and Inspiring homestead which Is alono tho proper nursery for sound, beautiful character. Phila delphia Ledger. friends and ndVlsora- do- not seem to- have been familiar wlfclL tlio mode of "skinning," and. failed to realize that It la dUIlcult to buy & tWpenny cako with two farthings. Under the be wildering glare of tha fascinating de sign they yielded to the: glib assur ances of tho man who Had already de ceived them. Tho stated' amount was $40,000, vory possibly more than that, In excess of what tliey could afford to pay, but tho edifice would be such Katherlno Cecil Thurston's' "TlicM a granu anair, wane uie portions sun- mates that six years after tho Panama Canal is completed Mnsquerndor" i to- bo translated Into Jected' to the "skinning!' process would - St&0i m Era of Fait Rai'rond Travel. llAT the efforts made to reduce the running time between New York and CJdengo will cause a general agitation of the question of railway speed seems certain. Ten years ago an elghteen-hour schedule between these cities would have been considered hopelessly imprac ticable. The Pennsylvania train which left Chicago Sunday afternoon made tho trip with ap parent ease In 17 hours and 57 minutes. Tho west-bound sister train leaving Now York the same day made It In 17 hours and fi8 minutes. In the course of tho 005-mile run several speed records woro broken. At one point three miles were covered In 85 seconds, or at tho rate of a mile in 28 1-J1 seconds, or luore than 125 miles an hour. With these "llyers" in successful operation on the Penn sylvania and Luko Shore railroads a new era in passenger travel may bo considered fo bo opened. If tho new sched ule Is found practicable the effect of tho Innovation will ho to raise tho standard of speed requirements every where. By comparison tho twenty-four-hour trains, once thought very fast, will seem slow. While other railways .covering equally long distances In other parts of tho coun try will not have tho Incentive to high sliced which tho ;well-patronlzeil Eastern lines have, they, too, will feel the .Influence of the now schedule. Chicago Dally News. Will tho Pcnama Canal Pay? klLL tho Panama Canal, when completed, earn HI A J las much as tho Suez Canal Is earning? Will jtho waterway across the American Isthmus across tho Asiatic Isthmus? Mr. Frederick (Courtland Pcnlleld discusses these two ques tions In tho North American Uovlow. While his figures are disquieting, his conclusion arc encouraging. The. Suez Canal shortens, tho distance between England nnd Bombay by 0,240 miles, or more than one-half; the dls tanco between St. Petersburg and Hombay by 4,840 miles; between New York and Hombay by tt.OOO miles. Naturally, England uses tho canal more than any other nation, two thirds of tho .'1,700 ships passing through tho canal carry ing the Hrltlsh flag. Hy way of Panama the distance between New York nnd San Francisco and betweon Now York and all Asiatic ports will bo shortoned 8,000 miles. Now Orleans and every town on tho Mississippi Ulver below St. Louis wil save 8,012 mites by using tho canal. Tho conclusion Is that the canal will be given largely to American business, tho United States standing to tho Panama Canal as England stands to tho Suez Canal.- Tho Suoz Canal was oporated for thirty years before Its buslnoss aggregated 10,000,000 tons. Mr. Poutlold estl It will command a business of T.nfiO.OOO tons, and brine to the government a revenuo of $12,750,000, or a little less than the operating and other expenses. If the business can be Increased to 10.000,000 tons a year the Panama Canal will bo as profitable as tho Suez Canal Is now. While Mr. Ponfleld reaches the conclusion that for many years the canal will not pay directly, he contends that It may bo made to pay Indirectly by Americans entering as ship owners Into competition with Europe's trading na tions. He predicts that any effort on our part to create a great merchant marine will arouse the opposition of Eng. Hsh, German and French. But he estimates that by tho time the Pannnm Canal Is opened the United States will have 100,000,000 Inhabitants, and can make our commodi ties dictators of supply and price. The commercial fleet at present under the American flag, it Is estimated, would not pay a tenth of the canal's operating expenses. Hut If this is Increased In tho next ten years to what It ought to bo, It is believed tho canal will bo a success from its opening. Chicago Inter Ocean. Love in a Flat. AS any thinker before us found- tho majostic thought that love is moro powerful and more jolf-sacrlflclng now than ever? Under tho greenwood tree, notably In cottages, love was easy. "A girl marries for n home' nnd sho used to get It; but now home Is homo no longer. People live In hotels, apartment houses, flats, tenement houses one rose of many petals. The Individual cell Is gone. Tho beehive remains. Well, to accustom oneself to this conglomerate and noisy existence; 'to con sent meekly and duly to bo cabined, cribbed, confined; to hear the banging of many pianos, the sound of many solos, the Ineffable toot of the mnn who plays the lluto, the irri tating murmur of many voices; at mom the clatter of dumb-waiters, tho yells of grocery boys and milkman, at night tho loud laughter of the hired girl, puollao rlsus ab angulo; to smell a hundred cookings; to battle with the agent and the. plumbers; to bear tho bellboy's Insolence she who does this for a More Man loves Indeed. New York Sun. Luxuries of Rural Life. HE rural town is fast becoming n city In Its general appointments, accommodations, man ners and style, and it Is tho means of dissem inating the latest Ideas and conveniences among 6rv3lKSBiTO"dlng farms. Through Investments ami improvements, tno country is getting near- or to the city, nearer to the myriad advantages of comfort which human ingenuity Is devising. The present is an era of luxury. Every urban homo has the Investiture of a palaco In a fpnner period; in fact, it Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. The public which objected to the- taking off of Sherlock. Holmes In Dr. Doyle's first series of tiles, objects also to his retirement on a bee farm In Kent. The author Is said to receive many letters. petitioning for "more.' A. reviewer of "Miss IJollard's In spiration," W. D. Howell's latest, "per petuates-" a singular slmilo: "Mr. Ilowells walks delicately, llko a cat over a breakfast table, along tlio lit tle bursts and turns of women's moods and fancies." Mrs. Kate Douglas Wlggln, whose "Penelope" books paved the way for "Itebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" and whoso "Hose o' the Hlvor" recently came out, has bought Qulllcote, the summer home on tho- banks of the Sn- co, near Ilollls, Mo:, 'that sho has so long occupied. "There goes a man with n very in teresting history," remarked the book seller reminiscently, as ho watched a picturesque-looking old bookworm leave the shop. "Indeed," put In a casual customer. "How do you know tnat ins History is so interesting?" "i Just sold It to him 'Macaulay's.' " Mrs. Alice Hogan Itlco, nutlior of "Mrs. Wiggs bf the Cabbage Patch," lias organized in Louisville, Ky., a new national bank with a capital stock of $250,000. Associated with her is her husband, Cale Young Itlco, W. O. Head and L. M. Itlco. What position Mrs. Itlco will hold In the new financial concern has not been de cided, though it Is said that sho will have some responsible post. Who wouldn't like to bo the owner of such a productive "Cabbage Patch?" James Lane Allen, criticising E. U. Valentine's "Ilecla Sandwlth," says: "The story in tho novel is a great story. It is an American story of tlio llrst magnitude. Thomas Hardy, had he been an American, might have been glad to come upon it. George Eliot, had she been an American, could have built upon it ono of her masterpieces. A careful reading of the book ma ices it piuin uie autnor tooic a bo hidden from view. Tho architect wlto was able to combine elegancies with- economy and architectural sqL feet's with perfect safety and ending ance, rose greatly lh their estimation, and they marveled how ordinary and unrosourceful architects could do business at all. American Contractor... ARIZONA PRISON IS NOVEL. Mmlb by Ulowlnir Hole In "Wall of Hock with Dyiinutltc. Out in Arizona they don't stop to put up a big pile of brick or stone and mortar when they want to build a prison, but Just take a lot of dyna mite and blow a holo In ono of tlio mountains which may be handy to tho town whore the lock-up is needed, says tho New York Tribune. The people nro so accustomed to using dynamite In getting out the gold nnd other min erals in this part of the west that they can calculate to an ounce how much is needed to blow out a cell or a corridor. After the interior Is excavated two or tiirco men witn crowuars and sledges make the few windows and the passageway through which tlio prisoners are taken. Just a foot or so Is sufficient for a window and It costs more to set the Iron bars in tho wail than It does to cut the holo through. So the windows, if they can bo. called such, are not much more than peep-holes. Tills is the sort of lock-up -which tho sheriff at Clifton, Ariz., provides for the guests whom ho may have from time to time. It Is just a hole In tho mountain, which at this place is sev eral thousand fee.t high. When tho railroad was built through Clifton It was necessary to make a deep cut nnd the rocky wall Is almost perpendicular. ftcr tunneling into it the prison makers blasted out two colls, ono of which Is used for the desperate charac ters men sentenced to death or for long terms. Tho other, nearest the en trance, Is for the cowboys, miners nnd others who may got on a little spreo offers, with the common exception of size and yard area, nnl view of the elem ents "d try to "shoot up" tho town. .mrU "M..L ! " Lrn0,if?: : "f ?:iCT'l7 -American and hZat ZSi they generally come to their sensT -'fly homo is comparatively as well furnished. Almost all the comfort which is found in the city homo can bo installed and enjoyed in tho most Isolated farm houses lying in an out-of-the-way locality. St. Louis Republic. T Punishing the Rich Criminal. HE way of the high-bred transgressor contin ues easy in tlio Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. A visitor reports that HIgelow, tho Milwaukee bank embezzler, Is having a more comfortable time than the majority of men who are at lib erty and working for a living. He wears no prison garb, does not consort with the vulgar, "common" criminals of the place, enjoys his meals at a special mess table, In company with the other aristocrats of "bankers' row," and what work ho is required to do Is at light and agreeable tasks. And yet learned counsel are soberly arguing that the penalty of live years' Imprisonment at hard labor for bank embezzlement Is a cruel and unusual punishment for soft-handed bank men. uoston Herald. Into lio greatness of the theme." ".Mrs. I'jssington," the story ot a house-party in which a little live drama is played between a widow and a man some years younger whoso career sho lias practically made, is having a deserved success. It is tho work of two sisters, Esther and Lucia Chamberlain, natives ' ot California. Their first work together was "The Hluo Moon," a novelette published In AInslee's. Miss Esther was one of the llrst women in New York to make a profession of supplying Illustrative ad vertising matter. Miss Lucia took to authorship, and wrote short stories and poems for tho magazines. They began to collaborate in tlio spring of 1004. "SKINNING" IN BUILDING. VIOLIN TUNER. i i nn 1 1 AIho for Uuo oil Outturn, Mimilo hit nnd Other Btrlnjr JiiHtriitiicutH. Very fow Inventions relating to nin nies I Instruments aro patonted, Invent ors In nil probability finding it very dltUcult to make Improvements I n this line. A device very much In need Is a satisfactory tuning tfork for string instruments. It is almost impos sible for an ama teur to tune up a violin or guitar, TUNRl) HY Tllti UYK. oVOll With tllO llld of u piano. A Kentucky man has In pouted a tuning apparatus which can lie usod by anyone. It .is made in thQ nliapo of a square plate, which Is placed over tho strings of tho Instru ment close to tho brldgo. Pins extend lug downward project from the cor ners of Ui!b plato, these pins resting on tho sounding board of the Instru inont nnd forming a clamp, holding the dovlco In proper position. Heeds or tongues aro attached on tho for ward end of the plate, these reeds hav ing elongated slots for tho reception of HcrowH' for adjusting them. Tlio roods nre made vory thin and deli cate, In order to render thorn exceed ingly sensitive, so that they will readi ly vlbr.ilo In sympathy with tho sound of tho strings of the, Instrument to mult an oxtcnt thnt their vibration will bo onslly perceptible. Tho do vlco Is not Intended to appeal to the ar, but to tlio eye. The reeds extend In close proximity nnd lengthwise over iho wtrlngs, it being understood that for violins, for Instance, tho reeds aro THE WA1ER-SAW ON THE ZAMBESI. The picture shows tho water-worn gorge crossed by the new great bridge on the Cape to Cairo Hallway. Below tho Victoria Falls the Zambesi Winds with endless twlstlngs through tho gorges here depleted. Through tills passage the waters pour with a terrible deafening rush. One of tho most singular features of the Falls Is the spray, which rises continually In huge steant-llko columns. It was Cecil Hliodes' picturesque desire that the win dows of the railway carriages as they crossed tlio bridge should bo dashed with the spray of the Falls. adjusted to sound tho tones which correspond with tlio open strings of tlio Instrument. In order to bring n string to the proper pitch tho oper ator sounds tlio string by bow or by hand, and when tlio corresponding reed over tills string vibratos sympathet ically with tho string, then tho lat ter is in propor tune, and If tho rood does not vibrato It Is necessary for the operator to either stretch the string moro tightly or to loosen tho samo, so that whan next sounded tha eorro Ightlj I Crafty Practice of Some Architects to Catch IlualtiCHH. A certain church organization do emeu to erect a new church edifice. After carefully studying the resources and canvassing the question general ly, the parties authorized to act de cided to invest $100,000 in tho new church and advertised for competitive architectural plans on that basis. Of those submitted, one set of plans threw the others altogether Into tho shade, easily surpassing them in many regards and presenting a most alluring bait. Having seen exactly tho "right thing," it was hard for the committee, the congregation, and, above all, the rector, to. accept any thing that fell short of the Ideal that had been presented to their minds. Hut ono result was probable the alluring plans were accepted, and that although thero must have been some doubt, notwithstanding tlio reassuring protests of tho architect:. that tiie hundred thousand dollar limit would not bo exceeded. The illusion vanished when bids for erecting the church were asked for. Some of tho bids received woro as high as $2no,000, while the lowest was $223,000. This ought to have put a quietus on those particular plans, but the drawings had produced a pro found and lasting effect, that could Consulta when they aro sober, they nre kept-fly themselves, nnd It is not necessary to mix them up with the worst prison ers. When they made the prison nt Clif ton the town fathers decided that some sort of n portico ought to bo provided, so the town mason got a con tract to build a lean-to of adobe. This is roofed with corrugated Iron, and is entered by a licavy wooden door. It Is not considered a part of the prison, however, merely being used for tlio sheriff's ofllce. It Is not necessary to maintain a guard, and the sheriff cango out and "round up" cattle or perform his other duties without worrying himself over a possible jail break. It is only nec essary to feed the prisoners, and this can be done by shoving the food under tlio door at the entrance, as It is raised about four inches from tlio ground. Then the prisoners help-themselves. A Wooden Wodclinjj. Several friends called on a New York clergyman one evening, says tho Now York Sun, and were kept waiting for him for some time: , "I'm sorry to have kept you wait ing," tho minister remarked, as ho entered his library, "but 1 have just had to perform a wooden wedding in the church." "What!" said one of his visitors., 'I never heard of such a thing. What kind of a ceremony was It?" "Oil," answered the clergyman, with a twinkle in his eyej "it was the mar- i-lflim nt a nnimln, nf Pnlna " Tlio Kent Thing. Mrs. Ikki I wish you wouldn't bo- such a tlght-wad5 I haven't a tiling to wear. Mr. Ikki BUnklu' Horealls! Why woman, you nave tho finest seal co.it In two degrees of latitude. Mrs. Held And what of it? Thero goes airs, wunoorton swaggering around in a real sealette coat wttlL , ... T...-,. v plush trimmings. ruck. spondlng reed vibrates in sympathy witli tlio souuded string. When this not be easily shaken off takes placo tho string Is properly tions with the architect, followed, in of the fashionable church. . ..." I . r I Suggesting n Now Plan. "How can I get the ladles of my congregation moro Interested In heav en?" sighed the earnest young rector tuned. Tins operation is repeated which he succeeded in convincing the with each of tho strings of the Instru- church authorities that, while his es- mcnt, nnd then the tuning device Is removed. It will bo seen Unit when the oporator brings a string to the proper pitch tho corresponding reed vibrates with it, and consequently the operator can sea nt a glance thnt tlio timates had been a littlo faulty, ho could make certnln reductions and al terations on tlio constructive parts of tho church, thnt, without detracting from the grand effects thnt had con stituted the catching bait, would "You might Intimate that things will be very exclusive there," replied tho old preacher sadly. "By such means you may be able to arouse a mild In terest." Pittsburg Tost. string is properly tuned without de- bring tho total cost within tho limits pending on hearing the sound Itself. of $140,000. Tlio good rector and his There is ono thing about a man with a gloomy disposition; ho docs not boro his friends to death with his ever lasting jokea. JO. ut i f'U"4 f -'"-