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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1906)
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. t AJ DON'T FISH IN THESE WATERS I CHICAGO clmp lost 55,000 Ills pile on the stock market. "I'm not kicking," lie says. "Now I can settle down to work again. I've served my conscription time that's all. It's Just like Europe. There every man has to serve his time In the army; here every man has to give u part of his life to the finan cial sharks." No man Is ever boa ten so long as his pluck is left. And thero may be no real misfortune In the loss of even all a man's money If It leaves him wiser than before. The young man who imagines ho can beat the "llnanclul shurks" at their own game cannot be disillusioned too young. The older he Is when he gets the lesson, the more he will lose and the harder he will mid It to recover. If his sa'd experience Impresses upon his mind effectually tho vital fact that success depends upon hustle, not chance, ho Is getting the best possible return for his money. It Is true that all of us must contribute to the "finan cial sharks." The trusts levy lifelong tribute. And up to tho present time there has been no way discovered for avoiding It. But we need not voluntarily contribute. They tako enough from us through prices of commodities and watered stocks without our bodily plunging into ahark-ltifested waters. St. Louis Chronicle. I G 1 A WIFE WHO CAN WORK. UOVHlt CLKVFLAND WIIITK, a MasFochu setts boy of 18, has Jilted his sweetheart. 17, and married her mother, a woman of A'2, with two Eons older than himself. Silly boy eh 7 Maybe not. Marriage Is not alto gether a question of ages. This young man, though tickle in his af fections, has an Idoa or two of his own not half bad. "Although 42 years old, my wife," he says, "doesn't look to be over 2"." This Is a point worth considering. A woman, we know, Is no older than she looks certainly she Is no older than sta looks to her husband. So long as she is young in his eyes sho is safely within the limits. "She knows how to cook," says the young husband, coming to more prosaic defense. "She knows how to wash, iron, mend clothes and keep house, and that's more than a majority of the young girls of the present day know." Youth fades. Love very often cools In a little while and frequently even congeals In the divorce court But iblllty to cook, wash and keep house abides always; and the young man who at 38 has secured to himself such a treasure as this need have no concern for his future. A wife old enough to be his mother and not averse to hard work must be able to support him ; and is not that infinitely better for a young man of 18 than a giddy young thing who can do nothing but love him through j a brief honeymoon that dismally ends when the larder 1JJ runs empty? It would seem that Grover Cleveland Whlto Is a wise young man. Kansas City World. DECLINE OF NEIGHBORLINESS. T has been asserted that one of the regret able characteristics of our age is the decline of nelghborllness. There Is n plausible rea son for this view to be found lu the Increas ing tendency of the population to flock In cities. There Is an old proverb of tho Ro mans, "A great town Is a great solitude," which still holds good, and Is Impressively true of the vast modern municipalities. Long ago, when the English cities were villages compared with tho overgrown mod era municipalities, a British writer observed that there was not In them that "fellowship" which was In small communities. In patriarchal times there was little dif ference between a neighbor and a friend, and In dis tricts where the old simplicity of life exists the "neigh bors" are usually, lu a very accurate sense, friends and brethren. The loss of this association, so much In evi dence lu every large town, finds no compensation In any of the advantages of urban life. "A crowd Is not com pany; faces are but a gallery of pictures and talk hut a tinkling cymbal, where there Is no friendship." The commandment, "Thou slialt love thy neighbor as thyself," Is hard to obey when tho neighbors are multi tudinous. We must leave It to the Interpretation of the wise whether It Is applicable In a great city, save lu the general sense that we should love all mankind. Obe dience to the Injunction seems to be more faithful In the small communities of the countryside, where life Is close. We can Imagine that the great commandment which Im plies the brotherhood of mankind found Its first response where there were no cities. Philadelphia Public Ledger. THE PREACHER AND THE NEWSPAPER. EVI2UAL good points were made Uy Bishop Fallows in an nddress before the Uencnil Council of tho Reformed Episcopal Church in a meeting at Philadelphia upon the atti tude of the modern pulpit to tho press. The 'argument was that the minister should use the newspaper as one of tho most ef fective agents for assisting him In his chosen work. In the first place, Its style should be followed by the preach er. The Ideal newspaper article, the bishop said, Is sharp, short and to the point. It Is designed to catch the eye and hold the attention. There was a tlmo when the minister was much more Influential relatively than he Is to-day. This does not Imply nny diminution In the regard paid to the cloth or less Interest In the theme which should be at the foundation of every sermon. It simply recognizes that modern society, with fast malls, telegraph, telephone, and Improved mechanical devices has developed the news paper into a dally encyclopedia of Information, Illustra tion, and Inspiration, which materially lessens the labors of the minister and at the same time proves one of his greatest aids In the general Improvement -of moral and social conditions toward which he ever strives. The individual minister makes his voice heard only by a limited number. The newspaper, with Its association with agencies for the transmission of Important Hems to all other Journals of its class, makes Its Influence felt round the world. Chicago Tribune. T TWO-CENT RAILWAY FARES. HE Ohio legislature this winter passed a two cent per mile passenger fare bill covering all railways In tho State. Two cent faro has been operated on tho many roads In New York State for a number of years. The Lowa legislature killed the two cent a mllo railway fare bill for that State. Of courso conditions are different In Iowa, the population Is not so dense us In Ohio or New York, but the sentiment for cheaper rail way fares 1b growing and probably within another year some way out of the difficulty may be found. No one wishes to hamper the railway companies In their efforts to operate their lines at profit. Because of crooked work In certuln directions the railways of tho country havo come In for a great deal of unfavorable criticism of late, some of which has been deserved, but a good fair survey of the situation In a general way shows that the railways have been Instrumental In building up the buslucss of the country and have done more than uny other one In stitution In making this the foremost nation so far as do mestic trade and Intercourse Is concerned. Whero tho population Is thick enough, reduced railway fares pay the companies because cheaper fares Induce more travel, hut this rule will not apply In every case. The railway men themselves usually are the best to Judgo and they havo been reducing fares for business purposes alone. The Inhabitants of Iowa have a right to demand the lowest possible passenger rate commensurate with the service given. The tendency Is for cheaper fares and we are sure to get them. Farm. Field and Fireside. A SOCIAL DILEMMA. J An old custom, now obsolete, In the commercial hotels of England Is de scribed In the "Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reld." Dinner was then served at 1 o'clock for the commercial travelers, and the youngest man present was ex pected to act as president and to per form the conventional duties. On one occasion Mr. Held, then a youug man, arrived In the town of Preston. He did not know a soul, hut was directed to an Inn, which he reached Just as the 1 o'clock dinner was being served. i no coffee-rooui, when I entered It, was tilled by commercial travelers, all hovering wth hungry looks round the table that had been laid for dinner. They seemed relieved when I, as shy a youth us could anywhere he found, en tered tho room. Instantly they seated themselves at tho table. 1 looked round for some cor ner In which I might hide myself from what seemed to me to be their almost l. i . . . ruciou gaze, anu was filled with ' aiarm wnen l found that the mlv sent left vacant was that at the head of the table. A Waitress atmroached mo. "You are president of tho day, sir," "e said, and motioned mo to the vu ent seat at the head of the board. I do not think 1 was ever more mis erable or more frightened In my life X than when, under her Iihperlous direc tion, I took my seat nnd met the gaze of a dozen hungry men. On tho side board stood the soup-tureens, the wult-lng-malds beside thorn, hut not a cover was lifted or a motion made, and dead silence filled the room. 1 sat in blush ing bewilderment, waiting for the din ner to he served. Suddenly, from tho other end of the table, a harsh voice issued from the Hps of a burly, red-faced man: "Mr. President, If you are a Chris tian you'll perhaps bo good enough to say grace, and let us get to our dinner, which we want very badly." I managed to stammer forth the for mula of my childhood. But I wus In capable of maintaining the deception In which I had been Innocently Involved, and taking my courage In lK)th hands, told tho company that I was not a commercial traveler, and as I knew nothing of tho usages of a commercial table, would beg tho gentleman at the other end of the tabje to take upon himself the duties or 'president There wus a burst of laughter, and good humor was Immediately restored, and I was allowed to look, a silent spectator. OVERSHOES IN GERMANY. I'nc of Thin Article In I nurenalnjr Knlner'ci Heulni. Consul Hurst, writing from Plauen, ik Ueves It will ho of Interest to Amer ican overshoe exporters to know that American rubbers nre scantily repre sented In that city, which possesses 105,000 progressive Inhabitants and has a climate resembling that of tho New England State.-, Whllo the people do not employ this footwear to the extent prevalent In the inited States, Its use Is Inereusistf. per haps more for women and children than "or men. It Is u habit further encour aged by the advertising of domestic pi mincers, and there Is no valid excuse I'hy American rubber overshoes should not havo an equal place with other iii.ikes. There are two manufacturing eon-ce-ns that now dominate the market, one near Hamburg, tho other at St. Petersburg, wliloh exjwrts widely. The overshoe In demand Is rather low and ht-avlly constructed, and nil on sale lu Plauen are pointed lu shape, following the style of tho shoe In vogue. Storm slippers aro not usually kept In stock, as there seems to be little demand for wiis variety. The buckle arctic of rub ber and waterproof cloth Is not used here. Although American shoes nre on sale, they are without exception of the largest Avldths made by American man ufacturers, shaped up -with rather nar row toes, so that they approximate the pievalllng fashion. The overshoe that must bo furnished to the trade should meet the local style of stioe, n style, however, that does not rapidly change. While from point of durability It may be grunted that tho foreign overshoes and tho American may be alike, the lat rei, especially those shown on this mar ket, while somewhat lighter In weight, qur.erally surpusses In elegance and lincnes'8 of quality European grades. What Is true of Pluueu may be as Mimed of other Gormun cities, and if there Is any disposition on tho part of an active wholesaler to explore this ter ritory the way Is open for his energy and skill. It seems astonishing In a largo city such as this that tho Ameri can rubber Is rarely mentioned, but the Imported Uusslan Is well known arid it flue seller. A LITTLE LESSON IN ADVERSITY. Leon Onmbotln, tho maker of the Inst republic of France, tho man who deposed Napoleon III., wus tho son of an almost destitute Italian who had wine to Cahors, France. The eld er Gumbctlu and his wife owned u little bazar and grocery, w h e r e Leon assisted them through his early childhood. When he wus still very young he was sent to the school of the .lesults ut Muufa- J.KON UAMIICTM. COU. He was a mere hoy when an unfor tunate accident occurred which was of such serious consequences that for u time the hoy's sight was despaired of. While ho was watching n cutter drill the handle of u knife, Oumbettu came too near. Tho foil broke and a piece of It entered the right eye, entirely destroying tho night of It. Tho left eye was sympathetically affected, and Gambetta was handicapped nil through his life by this fear of total blindness. Despite this ho studied to Bitch pur pose that he prepared himself to be ad mitted to tho Sorbonne In Purls. His father was opposed to the young man's purpose of becoming a lawyer, and re fused to give 11 in any assistance, flnin bettu struggled through the direst need at this period, hut attained the result he strove for. He hud to wait eight een months for his first brief, hut It was not long after that real fame camo to htm In a day by his defense of Dollsehu-es, lender of tho opposition to the empire. His bravery In tho nttnek won for 111 in the confidence of tho republicans and began for htm his splendid career of triumph. SPAIN'S QUEEN ON OUR STAMPS. IniiIicHu the Klrnt Woiunii'n Knee to Appenr on American Pout nice. Queen Isnbollu of Spain was tho first woman whose portrait was printed on United States postage stumps, says the Now York Post. When tho postofllco de partment decided lu 1002 to bring out an entire new series, It was suggested that It would be u graceful thing to plice the likeness of a woman upon one of tho new Issue. Tho ldeu mot with Jtistunt upproval. Tho depurtment In vited persons Interested to send In tho mimes of famous American women elig ible for tho honor of u pluee lu tho gallery of postal Issues. As might have been supposed, a number of mimes of I'lustrlous women were forwarded, but a lutgo plurality favored bestowing tho distinction upon Mnrtha Washington, wife of tho first President of the Uni ted States. It was decided that Mnrtha Washington's likeness should be sub stituted for that of Gen. Shcrurin on the S-cent stump. Tho next question was to discover a suitable portrait of Mrs. Washington and this occasioned no little difficulty. P'jrtrults of this "first lady of tho land" appeared to bo hard to find In fact, hut one or two pictures were at all suitable, though the entire country was ransacked by stamp collectors and oth ers In the effort to find some new por trait. The stump Is printed lu u dell ci'te lavender shade and has been do- lured to bo one of tho most artistic the I 'tilled States has ever Issued. Tho discussion to place the likeness of Martha Washington upon a postago stamp supplanting one of tho great generals of the civil war, wus duly ex ploited. It wus declared that to Mrs, Washington would belong the distinc tion of being tho first woman to be so honored, until a collector called atten tion to the fact that tho claim had been pre-empted ten years previously by Queen Isabella. Attention was directed to the $t stamp of tho Columbian se ries, Issued to commemorate the World's Fulr at Chicago In 181).. Upon this stamp appeared tho likenesses of Queen Isa holla and Christopher Colum bus, side by side In ovals, tho stamps being twice as largo as our current la sunt. In addition to tho large iortralt on the $4 stump, Isubollu Is depicted on the G-cent denomination, where she sits upou her throne and listens to Colum bus as ho appeals to her for aid In fitting out his ships. Tho 8-cent stamp depicts Isabella restoring Columbus to favor; tho 10-cont denomination repre sents Columbus Introducing to Ferdi nand and Isabella the Indians, who returned with him. Isabella sits upon her throne and hours the official an nouncement of Columbus of his dtscov err, according to tho sceno on tho 15 cent stamp, and upon tho $1 denomina tion Is ongraved the dramutle sceno whero the queen offers to pledge her Jewels to aid Columbus In his under taking. The picture on the $3 stump ehows Columbus describing to Isabella ttlfl third voyago to thu western liemlJ fphoro. Thus It nppcara that Queen isubollu has been exploited upon sevcnl United Stutes postage stumps. Tho stumps of Spain, Cuba, Porto Uleo and the Philippines, bearing tho Mkeness to Queen Isabella, II., hove nl u:iys been favorites with collectors, and th Columbian stamps, Issued by tho I n'ted States lu 181K1, upon which her ancestor Is depleted seven times, werq lerhnps tho most popular series of stumps ever Issued, although the two tvlnrod Pun-Amerlcnn, or "Buffalo Kx prslllon,'- stamps pressed thorn hard In popular favor. Tho pluclng of tha large portrait of Isubollu upon the Columbian stamp is tho only Instance where one government thus honored a lurson from another country. ESTABLISHED A PRECEDENT. Klrst to IIhv: Vermiform Aiipeu tlU Ilemoveil MvtiiK In Denver. Confined lu St. Luke's hospital, huv In.s recently undergone an operation on oho of her lingers, which had becotnu dCormed from a break and which was .trulghtened, Is Miss Mary II. Gartslde, who has tho distinction of being tin first person on record to linvo the verm Iform appendix removed. 7t was because of this operation, wnlch was purely experimental and which was resorted to In the last ex tieme, that the possibility of removing file appendix was discovered. Dr. W. W. Grant of this city was tho s;:rgeon In charge, says the Denvtf 'limes. The enso Is famous tho Avorld over. The (J rant home, In Pennsylvu nin u venue, Is one of tho places In tho city which the meguphono man on tho seeing Denver automobile always polntl out, commenting on tho fact that thor.' I.ves the doctor who performed rtto first operation for appendicitis and, ho was lu the habit of adding, the pntlonC died, until ono day lust minimer u tour,, 1st when told about the house boeuniu much Interested, and when the man udded thut the patient had died nroso In her seat and dented the statement In vigorous terms, declaring that It wat untrue, ns sho knew tho patient well. Tho subject of that first known op oration for appendicitis la Miss Gart slde, who lives In Minneapolis, and to' day, at tho age of 42, Is halo and hearty, with no sign of her formeo trouble. 'lMie cuso Is written up In alt medical books, and tho knowlcdgo that Miss Gartslde Is again In Denver Is a matter of Interest In the nicdleiO world, and she has been tho subject of much attention from the physicians In the city. A history of the case Is found In tho Colorado Medicine. Tho article Is pre faced by a note thut stutes that I lives t'atlons show that this cuso antodutes u'l others1 by more than two yours. hen tho operation was performed In January, 1883, thero was no antecedent or contemporary history of Hitch a case nnd Dr. Grant, after studying tho case, decided that It would be posslblo to re mcvo tho appendix, and without tho scratch of a pen to guldo him opened' tho abdomen nnd romoved tho appendix. The operation was performed ut tho Gartslde home, In Davenport, Iowa. ELEPHANTS GOING UP. Quoted nt SfiiHO Vertical Foot, Inittcud of U40 Tto Year Ago. "A 5-foot elephant costs this spring," said the anlmul expert, "$1,400, ua ag'ilnst ?1,'J00, for which such elo phunts could be bought two yours ugo. "JOlcphnnts, like all other wild uitl ninlf, are growing scarcer with the set tlement of the globe, and their price tend upward. More small elephants tl.-in big ones are Imported becuuso fiey cost less to begin with and be cause they are easier and safer to triiiispor: nnd showmen like them, too, because tho young clcphunts uro moro '.notable and easier to train. And .small elephants are attructlvo unywuy. "Thou tho elephant Is a hurdy ani mal In captivity, and It Is naturally 'ni'g-llved, and the young elephant lu creases In value with Its growth; and so, with their prices tending upwurd, young elephants aro good property." Undo Joo an Umpire. Uncle Joe Cannon and ubout half tha members of tho House went dowu tin river to a plunked-shnd party given by the local Board of Trude, says a Wash ington letter to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They organized a ball gumo and put Undo Joe lu as umpire. Ho was spry as it cat and made some murvel ous decisions. Ills star performance was when Gen. Georgo Hurries, having" inudo a homo ruu, started round tho buses a second time. "You're out I" shouted Undo Joe. "Why?" demanded Hurries. "I urn entitled to ruu until they find tho ball." "Not ut nil," the umpire suld firmly. "Your tlmo bus expired." Not 1'oiuilnr, "That man seems to bo successful enough, but nobody has any use foi trim. What's the matter?". "Ul only Implements of progress nr a hammer and a muck rake." Detroit Freo Press. Every farmer has dreums thut soma day tho spring ou his farm will at-' truct summer visitors.