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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1906)
1015 " JM k nrrm OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS A DO MORE THAN YOU ARE PAID FOR. NUMBER of girls In u trulnlng school in Bostou liuve adopted as their motto the sentiment expressed In the above lines. "If you never do more than yon are paid for, you will uever get paid for more than you do," Is the way they put it. These girls have, early In their career, discovered tho secret of business success. It Is a principle that hau worked itself out in life a thousand times, and al ways to the advantage and success of the follower of It It has been the foundation stone of many a notable cureer. Men right here In Pittsburg have accepted it as their motto and have risen to eminence through it. The streets are crowded with men and women who have failed In life because they wore looking for the soft snap aud the easy Job. Pull may get a man a po sition, only bard work and merit lead to his advance ment. Do more than you are paid for! It Is a motto that might well be expanded into a philosophy for life. It stands for fidelity, for honesty and for etllclency. It stands for courage, purpose and zeal. It recognizes the value of sincerity und abhors sham. It Is the true pathway of worth and merit leudlng upward to the serene heights of fame and business prosperity. Those who do more than they are pold for, will soon have stumped upon theui the seal of approval by their em ployer. When hard times come, as come they some times do, the man who gives more than value re ceived will be kept on the pay roll, while the man wiio scamps his work und shirks bis duty will be released. Look out for the young man who says: "I wasn't paid to do this, therefore, I won't do It." Very presently he will not be paid for what he does wunt to do. Shirkers und Jerkers are not wanted In any department of life and labor. The worker Is always sure of a steady and well-paying position. He exemplilies in Ills life the doctrl ue of the survival of the fittest. Tho man who gives less than h receives will be left behind in the rnco of life. Men who expect much and give little are doomed to dlsrMolntment. They may accumulate money, but their lives 'are destitute of the achievements which, mean success. The only path to an honest success Is found in giving more than value received. The servant, In order to retain the respect and consideration of his em ployer, must not alone be worthy of his hire, he must be more than worthy. Worth Is the stepping stone to better things. Pittsburg Press. WHAT WE EAT DOES DAMAGE. HEY suv that neonle cut too much nml Hint I I many common ills spring from overfeed I I lug. Professor Chittenden, of the Sheffield experiments to determine the hygienic modicum of food suitable for a healthy human being. Taking as subjects three classes of , men, a number of Yale professors, a num ber of students aud a squad of soldiers from the reg ular army, he put them on a diminishing diet. Ills experiments lasted from six mouths to a year. He compelled them to take physical exercises regularly. At the conclusion of the experiments the weight of the subjects was In some cases exactly what it had been before, and In some cases slightly lower, but all the subjects, he reports, gained in strength and bodily vigor during the experiment. The dally consumption of food toward the end of the period was only from one-half to one-third as much as that of the average healthy man, nlthough Professor Chittenden endeavored to satisfy the uppetlte of each subject. And Professor Chitten den's judgment Is (hut tho average man eats from two to three times as much as lie needs or ought. With all respect to Professor Chittenden, however, n good many people will still Insist that tho uverage mau does not eat too much. The great majority of people are compelled to live frugally and they cannot afford to eat a great deal more than they need. They consider themselves fortunate to bo able to satisfy their appe tite, and few of them are Inclined to cram food down their throats whou appetite proclaims Itself satisfied. Appetite Is nature's measure of what Is a sufllciency of food and there are very few of uh who would not go about hungrylf we lessened our dally consumption of food by one-half or two-thirds. Alimentary troubles come, It Is reasonably safe to say, from the quality rather than the quantity of food tiiken. Poor cooking and adulterated food doubtless damage the health of many people. It Is said that hy gienic cooking Is little known In this country, and ther Is very little foodstuff that Is not "doctored" In one wny or another. San Francisco Bulletin. SPELLING. HKRK is much omnnliilnt (hat tho rlulnr & I generation can't spell. True, there was I I complaint that some of tho forefather of I .1.,. iihumiui I- ..,,..1.1 ... L . II iiiu inuauiiL uciiui aiiwu uium mil ispuu. George Washington, Andrew Jackson and other men eminent In our history con ducted u spell-as-you-pleasu. Ancient men of letters were poor spellers, In many Instances. Still, the average has gone down-hill, it appears. Per haps the memory of the tingling cheeks, nud the ready birch in the teacher's hand, which accompanied a "spell down," makes us children of an older growth think that we loirncd to spell better than do these young sters, nowadays. Usually, with the old methods, It did not pay to miss the same word twice. "Why Is It," the question used to go, "that nil tho bad spellers become sign painters)" Is It because of the strict union rules, nowadays, that the bad spellers have deserted sign palnilng and overflowed Into nlj the other occupations) Have modern methods of teaching overlooked the desirability of teaching the hoys- and girls spelling and tho three It's, in order to cram their little heads with ornamental accomplishments? There has been n widespread belief thut the restor ation of the old fashioned spelling bees, "spell up and spell down," would be a good thing. The Brooklyn Eagle thinks so, to such an extent that It has offered prizes on condition that the public school principals will let their pupll3 take part In a series of spelling match es. The principals do not take kindly to the notion. Tho Engle saysj 'The nub of the matter Is Just this, the public school children cannot spell. The principals of the high schools know that they cannot spell, as does everybody else who has occasion to receive letters from them. If a series of competitions were held this most trouble some fuct of the school situation to those on the In side might be revealed to the gerat body of parents und taxpayers. Then there might arise such a hue and cry for common sense and the fundamentals of educa tion as would annoy the authorities who now make out our scientific ami philosophical course of study, which slights spelling for general Information about every body from Confucius and Buddha down to Admiral Togo, If the school should once begin to moke time enough for fundamentals, of which spelling is easily first, there Is no telling how many fads and frills would have to be cut out to Und tho time for essentials." Albany Argus. THE UNLUCKY CZAR. liOiiK I.lnt of MImIiiui Which liuve Attomletl IHn Cnrccr. It has been suggested that Nicholas II., Czar of all the Russians, is the unluckiest of living men. One would have no dltliculty In showing at least that the Czar has had more mischance than any other monarch on a throne. Ills first mishap was that which pro phetically came to him in Japan, lie wus touring Europe and Asia in 1S!)1 with Prince George of Greece. At Ussurl, Japan, although he had bad splendid' entertainment from the Mi kado, there was a feeling antagonistic to Russia, and a Japanese drew a sword to kill him, when Prince George thrust It aside. Afterward a Japanese maiden, in atonement, went to a lompkv placed a sword hilt down on the ground and fell upon it. You might call the event good or bad luck, ilnce the then Czarewltch was preserved. But what he was preserved for was to turn later the first sod of the Si berian Railway at the eastern end; and for the dignity which he In no meas ure desired, but shrank from of the crown which came to him soon after by reason of the death of his father, Alex ander III., at Llvndhi. This attack occurred in May a month eventful to Nicholas II. It was in May that he was born, thirty-seven year u?, and In May he was crowned, eieTen years ago. He did not want at lid to rule the des tiny of ItfO.OOO people. He had always detested ofllclal life and the homage of courtiers. But tho duties und respon sibilities of autocracy fell upon him. He began badly. On the occasion of Ids coronation thousands of his poorer subjects were crushed to death on Khudynskol Plain. On that plain came what many regarded ns the fatal evidence of the HI luck which pursues a'l makes his life woeful. Just before bis accession he had become betrothed to the Princess Alix of Hesse. This, too, was outside his reckoning. Gossip had It that lie didn't want to marry a German princess, and that the Princess Holene d'Orlonns, daughter of the Cotnte do Paris, was very much ad mired by him. However much a liberal at heart, the best accounts agree that the Czar took up his Inhorlted.authority first with distaste, and then with firm purpose of continuing bis fallier's policies. He kept his father's counselors, and lo- . ' :- r ' Ica '-' - , , dared he would uphold tho principle of autocracy. Ills ill luck Interfered hero, too. Po bledonotsert was obliged to retire. Muravlefl' was taken from him by sud den death. M. do Plehve, his baleful minister of the Interior, a Muscovite grand vizier, was destroyed by a bomb. His best beloved uncle, the Grand Duke Serglus, was blown to pieces by a bomb. His governor of finance was struck down. Death has threatened his own person many times. In Italy, in IDO.'i, a mau named Goertz was apprehended In time to spoil a plot of ussassinatlon. An anarchist obtained admission to a state reception at the palace at Tsarskoe-. Selo in the uniform of u superior olilcer of tho gendarmerie aud was discovered with bombs in his pockets, Just In time. A girl student, Mile. Merezhevsky, was frustrated in an attempt to kill him at the spring review in 1904. When, last January, with ids court the Czar was ending the ceremony of blessing tho water of the river Neva, a shrapnel from a buttery which was firing a salute exploded near the royal" pavilion, killing one man and wound ing others. Ho completed the Tmns-SIborlan Railway, as his father desired, In order to consolidate Russian power In Asia and extend Russian trade, industry and commerce. But this railway was one of the causes that la-ought about the unlucky war with Japan. Kxpliilneil, "Sny, paw." "Well, sou)" "What Is frenzied finance?" "Frenzied finance, my son, is the way your mother goes after my pay envelope every Saturday night. Now run and pluy." Milwaukee Sentinel. Gruiul I.iiroeny". He Suppose I steal a kiss? She Oh, that would he oidy petty larceny. He And suppose I steal a hundred? She Oh, that would be grand, of course. Judge. It may be called rudeness to enu-, merato after dining at a friend's house what you had to eat, but somo times the friend gets up such nn elaborate meal that It Is Ingratitude not to. Everyone thinks that everyone twenty years older than he Js uhoulU bo reconciled to dhx Tho manuscript of Swinburne's 'First Book of Ballads" has been sold for $1,000. A blessed companion Is a book a book that fitly chosen Is u lifelong friend. Douglas Jerrold. Mr. Bishop's experience In yellow Journalism Is no doubt what enabled him to make such a striking success in yellow cunallsm. Clarence S. Harrow, the Chicago author of "An Eye for nn Eye," has practiced law for a dozen years, but says that he has uever taken a case against labor. In his essay on "Heroes In Humble Life" In tho volume, "The Compan ionship of Books," published by tho Putnams, Dr. Frederick Rowland Marvin voices Andrew Carnegie's views which led to the hitter's "Fund for tho Reward of Heroism." Edward Atkinson, who died sud denly recently while on his way to his otllce, In Boston, was well known as a statistician and economist, and was the author of "Facts and Figures, the Basis of Economic Science," pub lished by Houghton, Mlllln & Co. It Is asserted by tho newspapers that women are writing tho best fic tion of to-luy. The head of a largo publishing house goes further and de clares that "nine-tenths of the good fiction of to-day Is written by wo men." The substantial profits many women receive toll loudly and convinc ingly that In this channel their work Is rated besides that of "mere man." A book the admirers of Thackeray will rejoice to possess has been published. It Is "Mrs. Brookfleld and Her Circle," and Is compiled by her son and daughter-in-law from family manuscripts never before used. It was to Mrs. Brooklleld that Thackeray ad dressed a series of letters, delightful In their charm and humor. Mrs. Brooklleld was the original of Lady Castlewood In "Henry Esmond," and her husband was tho Rev. Frank ' Whltestock of his touching little sketch, "The Curate's Walk." Charles Brooklleld, sou of this couple, Is a well-known actor aud an excellent story teller. One of his stories re ferred to his father, of whom, though very fond, he stood rather In awe aud did not come to know Intimately until about three years before ills death. V)ne evening, when the lad was about IT), he was hiding In a lumber room, surreptitiously smoking, when Brook lleld, Sr., suddenly discovered him. "I am astounded," gravely exclaimed the father, "that you, whom I always re garded as a straightforward and right-minded lad, should hide your self in this manner to indulge in the clandestine use of Unit, abominable weed, tobacco. But since you have contracted this odious, paltry, coward ly, indecorous, unsanitary, pestilential habit, and I suppose It's too lato to try and break yourself of it, why not come and-smoke socially with me In my study?" Every after that son and father smoked comfortably together every day and grew Into an affection ate intimacy. SOME CLERICAL BLUNDERS. lliimoroiiM .MlNtnk'fM .Mmlo liy I'nx tom lu (he Pulpit. Each profession has Its stock jokes, Its stories Innumerable, and to each belongs a flavor all Its own. That the point of a jest lies not. In the tongue of him who makes It, but lu t lie ear that hears, Is the testimony of the great dramatist. The doctor on his rounds and the Judge upon the bench have both an audience ready and will ing to accept ns the highest wit the boninots of tho speakers; and there Is no club or gathering of men that docs not acclaim one of its members as supreme lu this respect nnd Is not ready to yield due recognition of tho gift, says Chambers' Journal. There Is, however, a vast amount of uncon scious humor always Uoating about, and to those who perceive it the world Is ever very amusing. It must bo ad mitted that the blunders aud Jests clerical stand for some reason pro eminent both In number nud In mirth producing qualities. The reason, of course, Is not far to seek: tho very surroundings In which they occur, the very upsetting of one's preconceived notions of reverence, all tend to cause a reaction In the ordinary mental equilibrium, aud the simplest mistake or accident under such circumstances assumes tho proportions of a huge comedy. The divine who In drawing tho at tention of his congregation to a spe cial communion service on tho follow ing Sunday Informed them that "tho Lord Is with us In the forenoon una tho bishop In tho evening" Is chron icled with praying for the children of Ida parish, In those words: "Ana1 now, O Lord, bless tho lambs of tills fold and make them meet for tho kingdom of heaven." Whlio n Scotch minister Innocently, perhaps, hit tho mark by telling his peoples "Wool, friends, the kirk Is urgently lu need of siller; aud as we have failed to get money honestly, wo will have to boo what a bazaar can do for us." There Is a certain amount of excuse to bo-made Tor the young curate who, remarking that some people camo to church for no better reason than to show olT their best clothes, finished up as lie glanced over his audlencel "1 am thankful to see, dear friends, that none of you have come here foi that reason." An Irish clergyman Is credited with having concluded a powerful oration In this fashion: "My brethren, let nol th'ls world rob you of a peace which II can neither give nor take away.'1 Which la coupled with the remark of o fellow country colleague who lu roa Boning with a woman who had lost her faith In Christianity told her "Well, you will go to hell, you knowj and I shall be very sorry, Indeed, to see you there!" But what can be said of tho negro student who, conducting tho prayon at one of tho great missionary colleges, said: "Give us all pure hearts, give us all clean hearts, give us all sweol hearts," to which the entire congregtu tlon made response, "Amen." The giving out of church notices has often proved a pitfall for tho un wary. "During Lent," said a rectoi lately, "several preachers will preach on Wednesday evenings; but I need not give their names, as they will btf all found hanging up In the porch." It was a rector who gave out a hymn beginning "Awake, my soul stretch every nerve," before his sor mon, and a curate who read In thd lesson for the day, "He spake thd words, and en (hoppers camu ami grasalplllars Innumerable;" but It was at a young woman's Bible class that) when asked what hymn should N sung at tho close, they all with on accord chose "Where Is my wandorlnj boy to-night?" . -t A ROTARY FIDDLE BOW. nM-N Awny with Olil-Tlmo Hernpltia ami In IIIk" Improvement. A wonderful ndvunco has Just lately been made In violin- playing by turf Invention of the so-called "rotary d die bow," which Invention Is the prod net of the brain of TronJhem Qualm qulst, of Lesueur, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press. It Isn't u bow at all, but a wheel about eight Inches in diameter, con structed of rawhide aud made of ro-; volve by pedal and flexible shaft In! the same manner that a dentist runs his drills and other tooth-boring con trivances. Every one realizes that tho great drawback to violin music Is the con stant seesaw back and forth which the player is compelled to Indulge In in order to produce the music. Ho "fiddles" slowly when ho wants a slow tune and saws with lightning like rapidity when the exigencies of, the music make hlin hurry, and thlrf waving to and fro of his elbow some times detracts in a slight degree from the proper solemnity of the occasion. But with tills new contrivance no sec-sawing Is necessary. The violin Is held In tho usual position aud th wheel held lu the other hand, when' brought Into contact with tho violin strings, produces the musical vibra tions by whirling its prlnietet across (he chords. The wheel is so geared that It can be made to run ten times as fast as the man can draw a bow and ho regulated with a small brake, worked with the fingers, that tho speed can bo Instantly changed -from fast to slow or tho other way, as de sired. It can bo made to touch ono string only, or more than one, ex actly as a bow Is used, and by hold ing It erect or tipping It to ono sldo the full breadth of the edge of tho wheel Is brought In contact with tho strings or only the sharp edgo of tho perimeter. With a bow the same tono can be prolonged for only the length of time that the musician Is drawing' his hand one full length, but no such restriction Is necessary when tho wheel Is used und the musician may, dwell on one note us long as ho de sires and shade off Into other notes without tho stop or jerk necessary when he uses a bow. The improvement is marvelous and Is sure to como Into general use. lb Is not patented, and will not be, forj Mr. Qualmqulst says that he would, as sron think of making people pay for the air they breathe as to restrict them In any way regarding musical enjoyment. Content. "Is your son doing well at college?'" "Yes," answered Farmer Corntossel.' "He had his picture took after tho foot ball game, and It showed ho had bis regular share of urms, an' legs. I should sny ho was doln' right well." Wash ington Star. If you must huvu a confidant, audi have no mother, hunt up some ono who Is "deaf and dumb.