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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1906)
Nemaha Advertiser W. W. 8AND'nS, PuausHEn Nemaha, - Nebraska GOOD, NOT PALACE, HOTELS Atv I'M ml ii ii (I 1 !( i I Wnii uf TiMirleit In 'I'll I n t'oimlry. If the "see America llr.st" boomers, 1 convention assembled, would do hojiio Ijmtotlcnl work 'n tho wny of oneour uglng hotels of reasonable' price and inui.'ortablo inaii'igoniont Iji. this conn 1ry they would confer a boon upon n itoiig suffering people. In England, Prance, Germany uuil Switzerland the travelers can always find, In second and third class hotels, in small inns and taverns, comfort, consideration and personal. Fcrvloo such as are to he ob tained nowhere on this side of the .Atlantic and often at a .small price. "Khali I not take mine cane In mine Inn?" could never have lieen written In the United St'itcs. In the great ho tola, it Is true, there are "all modern ttmvenlcnccH," baths, electric lights, atcain heat, and a tahlc upon which all Iho things that can lie printed upon long menu arc; daily assembled. The conking may or may not he good. The 2frenohinau's excited comment, "What at people! What a country! Forty ro 3igions and only one gravy!" comes to nuind when one is Koatod at one of these overcrowded tables. Hut this relates wdvv to the high priced places. And, Ttctv In America one can go to no other, tor our cheap hotels are simply Impos sible Why can we not have the delightful. kuuiII homelike Inns of England here In this land of English speech and tra ditions V A place where the traveler Is actually tact at the door hy a kindly landlady, ytv shows the rooms anxiously and ;n.nweds to make her guest comfortahle vrltli all her good, shrewd, motherly .heart. A little supper, served In your own cozy parlor, hy a blazing lire. Your shoes and outer garments taken away, carefully hrushed and brought itetcfc without noise or hustle. Your bed carefully spread with sweet smelling Xlnen, aird, and your sleeping room amde ready for you with all the 'daintiness of home. Perfect protection Ijou receive, too, from noise and the (curious stares of si rangers. All this jott can get from one end of England So the other, In hundreds of Inns, in city and country. Traveling becomes n jiJ'mmtro when there Is such entertain aucnt to bus had and without too nnvh 'luniage to one's purse. Lu Switzerland, for years the play ground of Europe, the art of caring ior travelers has become a flue art, 2satel keeping along with the rest. One vau be entertained In comfort at the wiaRer and cheaper places and never Bve tilts "bird bath" dishes which greet 8Ik American lu his own country, wher ever he may roam, unless he keeps strictly to tho great, hotels and restau rants In the cities. We need a special wave In the sea of reform wo aro now slushing around In inform In our methods, manners and eastoius of hotel keeping. Let the "see ing America first" enthusiasts labor with tho hotel people and, above all, Bet them encourage a few reully hu tnane men and women to set tip small ' Jims and old-time taverns In this West rni country. That will keep American travelers In their own country more ef fectively than any other measure that tould be Inaugurated. Denver Post. All Uphill Work. A postmaster general or some one In Tito olllce In Ottawa once wrote to the jKwtmnster of some little station on tho Kettle River: "You will please In form this department hmv far the Kettle lllvcr runs up," to which the 'postmaster answered: "I have the loner to inform the department that the Kettle River don't run up at all; 3t runs down." lu due course of ni.ul uinr another communication : "On re ttelpt of this letter your appointment as jwstniaster will cease. Mr. has lMrt itppolntcd your successor." To irulcl'r went the following reply : "The xeecTpts of this office during the last jcurhave been $l.:i7, and the olllce rent auore than double that sum; please to Undly instruct my successor to pay jne tho balance, and oblige." Toronto Star. A' DiiHUi-rini Kxiicrlmcnt. These reformers make one ho tired," lRtltt the distinguished statesman, "that U makes one feel like running amuck ttirough them and their theories." "Hotter not," advised the prudent secretary, "fop If you do they'll give jxm n raking oveiv"-Raltlmoro Ameri (wtru A (Jooil Slock. "That man used to be very crabbed sail dlsagreeahlo In his manner beforo a? nm for olllce, Wliero tlo you sup pone he got all the honey he Is putting 3wiiv In ids speeches i" Ml guess he's getting It from the bee 2u his bonnet," Raltlniore American. J.tnotyiM-M for Him It of Kituliuiil. 7Iiiotypo machines are being put In mi the Hank of England and in future Ibp addresses on the dividend noticed LET US ALL LAUGH. JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA. RIOU3 HUMORISTS. IMviiHuiit Tnclilcntn Occurring the World Ovcr-Hiiylnun Unit Aro Cliecr fill to Old or Voiiiiu Fnnuy Selection Unit Vou Will Knjoy. A colored clergyman In Georgia was performing the service of baptism re cently when he paused In the midst of the service to Inipilre the name of the Intant. With a pleased smile the proud mother replied : "We Is goln' to call de chile Shady." "Shady!" repealed the minister. "Oh, I sec. It's a boy and his name' Is to bo Shadrach." "No, Hah; It ain't no boy: It's a girl.' "Why give such a name to a girl?" "It's dls way. sail. Our name's How cr, an' mah husband thought It would be a line thing to call her Shady. 'Sha dy Rower' sounds kinder pretty." Suc cess Magazine. 'I'll i- A pjircclnl Ion of I'll nciitloii. Miss Capltolhlll -Were you at the commencement last night V Mr. Denver- I was. Wasn't Miss Champa's essay on "In Life's Rattles Aim High," a wonderfully line produc tion' Miss Capltolhlll It was Indeed; but I was more deeply Interested In Miss Arvnda's essay on "I low to Make a Chicken Rot I'ie." 1 heard that she re ceived live proposals of marriage beforo she got out of the hall. .liiMtlllaltli. The editor was looking over a poem that had been submitted by the local bard. I see you bring In an old figure of speech," he said, "when you describe tile mattlen as listening to the lover's avowal with 'eyes of llanie.' Think of the absurdity of It. How can anybody's eyes be 'llaine'?" "Hers seem to have been, all right," contended the poet. "If you will read a little further you will see that she tired him." Chicago Tribune. Ilciilly Oh.NorvInu'. "Where yeoti going. Illrani?" asked the old lady on the train. "Up in the 'observation car,'" replied her husband, with a grin. "Why, the observation car Is on be hind." "No, It ain't; It's up front. Thar's four honeymoon couples up thar." Chicago News. Too Much for Mini. Jack Too bud about young Nay, Isn't It V Tom What about him? Jack Mm was sent to the Insane asylum last week. Tom You don't say ! What was the cause of It? Jack Me undertook to study Creek and shorthand at the same time and got the characters mixed. Columbus Dispatch. Dltconrnu'cil. Captain of Liner (gooil naturetlly) Waiting for the moon to come up, eh? Sufferer O, dear me! Mas that got to come up, too? The Taller. Xcoilctl a llout. "Who got up the folder you sent me advertising these lots?" growled t ho Huburhanlto lu tho hip boots. "Why, I think he was a reporter," replied the suuvo land agent. "U'ml Must have been n marine re porter. "Why flo?" 'Because thero Is moro water oui hero than there la land." E til mm The Lord Ch incellor of Ireland re vives a salary of $10,000 a year. The Eton College Chronicle ex tresses the opinion that lawn tennis Is It for "tamo curates" only. Chicago's population now exceeds hat of Vienna. The figures are: Chi ago, 1,700,000; Vienna, J.UTo.OOO. Tin; Welsh National Eisteddfod Is the ilggest open-til r concert lu the world. U least 'J0.000 people attend It every 'ear. Servla lias been suffering from a Ohigue of butterflies. The Ileitis are vhlte with them and tint government iris offered a reward for some way of i.vternilnatlng them. The greater part of the almost 100,000 worth of firecrackers annually xported by China comes to New York. Vnd the United States stands next to 11 i 1 ii ii lu its use of them. An American chemist In the City of Utwlco says that sugar of the very fin !.'t grade can be made from the Juice ( t)e maguey plant. A company has icon formed to try the experiment. Hurst lug Into song as they climbed a Swiss mountain, a party of tourists Itarted an avalanche which overwhelm Ml a Mock of sheep. The tourists are now being sued by the owner of the llieep. Warren Helcher, for llfly-threo years postmaster at Wlnthrop. Mass., has re Signed to be succeeded by Ids koii, Da- rid Helcher. in time of service he was Hie oldest postmaster In the United States. new plant called "malva" has been discovered i'1 the State of Slnaloa, Mexico, that produces llrst-class liber. It cultivation requires little or no la bor. It is much drier than the famous maguey plant. A wealthy company of Mexicans Is Jt-veloplng coal mines near Sablnas. A jive-foot vein of coal has been struck, md three shafts have been sunk. The lompany has built 2."() houses for Its ?mployes and Is constructing 100 coke )vcns. The Hon. William Pluckney Whyte, )f Maryland, who recently became Unt ied States Senator for the third time, s the only man living who was a nieni ur of that body and voted against tie ;ro suffrage when tho fifteenth amend iient to the constitution was passed y It. A London woman had a painting vhloh she believed to be by Turner and flered It to several dealers, who said .t was nothing like Turner's work and refused to buy It. Later she found doc uments which proved It to be a genuine Turner and within a week she sold it Tor SlS.'J.-.O. A prize of 920,000 is orfercd by the beet-sugar manufacturers of France to anyone who shall first discover and ap ply In Franco a new method of utiliz ing sugar In the arts. It is required that the method shall lneroa.se the con sumption of French sugar 100,000 pounds per annum. Prof. Lombroso, the Italian criminolo gist, when asked to put on evening clothes, dons a lounge suit. Ills In difference to money Is proverbial. When he goes out he puts ibank notes In the sauio pocket with his handkerchiefs, and when he draws out the hitter the bank notes are lost. Even as a child Emperor William was fond of the pomp of militarism. It Is said that It was a source of great pleasure to the little prince that sent! nels had to present arms to hint, so much so that he sometimes did not w-alt till he was fully dressed, but hastened down Into court to receive the military honors which he loved so well. A woman Indicted In Loudon the oth er day for attempting to commit sui cide, refdsed to plead. The Jury there upon was asked to find whether her refusal to plead was "due to malice or to the visitation of Cod." The jury found that she refused to plead out of malice and convicted her. and she was sentenced to twelve months' imprlso incut. OLD-TIME FARMER AND NEW. (.rent Ailvunco .llnilc in Anicllorn Uoii of CoitilllioiiN on Flint. Let us cast a parting glance at the :yplcal old-time fanner, says a writer in the Review of Reviews. Two or llirei months In each year there being prac tically nothing to tlo on the farm he f-ont his children to the little one-room school house. There the pupils recited mechanically from text-books saturated tvlth city Ideas and city Ideals hooks In which the beauties and wonders of ngrlculturo and nature study found no place. The city allured the more ambitious pupils; the others turned blindly and stolidly to tasks whoso deeper inclining was never to he revealed to them. An "lent and costly farming methods re mained unchanged, for the "man with the hoc" was content with the ways of tho fathSra. Four or five dayit In each year thf farmer helped to fill up tho larger ruts In the roads, hut t'hece wa. no permanent highway Improvement, Season after reason bad roads kept him from profitable trips to market, times Innumerable they kept his Isolated fam ily from needed visits to friends und relatives. Once a week, posslblytwlce, pome one went to the little crossroads postolllce to get the letters and papers If per chance there should be any, these trips were not regular or frequent, because each one meant the loss of half a day from work. With such a slow ami cost ly system, that the farmer wrote few letters and took few papers Is not sur prising. Then, too, If he wished u .summon a doctor, speak to a neighbor, or ortlet from his merchant, a slow horseback trip over bad roads was the only available means of communica tion; the rural telephone was not dTeamed of. Hut the tragedy of this man's life mis that he was a drudge, a mechani cal "slave to the wheel of labor." Ie was blind to the beauty of rural life ami Ignorant of the wonderful natural forces with which lit had to ileal. How different, the progressive farmer of to-day. Five months In each year his children go to school, and the teach 'ng has given them a new interest la their environment and In their dally work. The old one-room cluoihous' has given way to an attracMve modern structure. Inscatl of an occasional b.jok boujht from the Itinerant agent or bor rowed from a neighbor, the school I! biaiyputs the choicest of literary trcis ures at the disposal of the whole fam ily The old gullied highway is g'jiie and a well-graxled road sweeps by the I armor s house. Instead of the occasional letter brought from the old postolllce, the ru ral mail carrier brings a dally paper each morning and letters and maga zines In refreshing abundance. To con fer with a neighbor no longer means a ride of an hour or two; one or two minutes at the telephone suffices. Other I'dvantagos have followed. With bet ter school methods have come more reg ular attendance and more enthusiastic pupllsi bettor roads and Increased trav el have developed a new pride In the appearance of grounds ami buildings; Villi better mall facilities there Is more thought as to the quality of the peri odical literature. And on this man's farm there is no drudgery. Knowledge has ennobled every task, and to li tin "every common bush Is afire with Cod." Ills are tho advantages of both town and country. Pan still pipes by the riverside, while the ring of the telephone and the dis tant shriek of the locomotive mingle with the music of his flute. Do not understand me to say that the new farmer here portrayed Is as yet the typical rurallsr. Me Is not, by any means. The old-time farmer Is yet many times as numerous. But the fu ture Is with the new farmer. The mod- rn leaven will yet leaven the whole lump. Hail llccomc Sccontl Nature. When "Uncle Dave" Harker had rounded out his half-century In the em ploy of a great dry goods house he was summoned to the private olllce of the chief proprietor. "Uncle Dave," said the head of the house, "you have work ed for this linn fifty years, haven't you?" "Yes, sir," faltered the old man, won dering If he was going to be turned off we having outgrown his usefulness. "Well, you needn't work any more, hut you can come round every Satur day afternoon as long as you live, and draw your pay. The little envelope will always be waiting for you." Tears stood In Uncle lave's old eyes as the head of the house, after shaking him cordially by the baud and wishing him many more years of life, bowed him out. A few days afterward, however, ho c'liue round again. "Mr. Stevenson." he said, "I've put In three of the hardest days' work of my lite doing nothing. If you don't mind, I'll go back to my old place, and kind o' hang around as If I was oimj of the men. Maybe I can help a little once In a while, and I'll promise not to get lu anybody's way." Uncle Dave was allowed to have his way, and he went back to his old place, supremely happy. Selling .Mother Hit; lit . "I'm sure, Ethel." said tho girl's mother, sternly, "that 1 saw him kiss ing you last evening. "Nonsense, mother! He's entirely too bashful " "Don't contradict mo, child! I saw the performance with my own " "Pardon nio, mother. You merely saw me kissing him." Philadelphia Ledger. A Ku ill Dii.ii-, "I wonder," said the young wife, a. she mixed the dough, "why thoy call this angel cake'?" "Probably," replied her husband, "hi: cause any on who eats the cake Is lu Immediate danger of becoming quo." Philadelphia Ledger. Profits of "tho old mau" alwayss look easy to tho fellows who are working for him. So many tklygii look easy that tire uot .Some people reverse the maxim, "Duty beforo pleasure" and remain in poverty. Tho Oxford Bible Tress of England payB tho women and children em ployed by It the munificent sum of a penny a hundred tlieets for folding. As the average speed in 3,000 sheets a day, tho experts make as much aa 39 cents. Many linger forever in poverty be cause they are naturally lazy and act under the belief that the world owes them a living. Some people have risked a com petence in trying to get rich quickly and fail altogether. BACKACHE IS KIDNEYACHE. (Set nt the C'nase Curo tho IClducyn. Don't neglect bneknehe. It warna rou of trouble in the kidneys. Avert the danger by curing the kidneys with Doun's Kidney Pills. J. A. Haywood, a well known resident of Luf kin, Texas, says: "I wrenched my back working In a sawmill, was laid up six weeks, and from tlait time hud pain In my l k when ever I stooped or lifted. The urine was badly disordered ami for a long time I had at I III ! II I tacks of gravel. After 1 began uslnj; Doan's Kidney Pills the gravel passei? out, and my back got well. I haven't had bnekaebe or bladder trouble since." Sold by all dealers. HO cents a box. Foster-MIlburu Co., Buffalo, N. Y. German is nowadays spoken by about seventy-five million people. It thus ranks third in number among the four leading languages of Europe, the first being English, tho second Russian, and the fourth French. Mrs. "VVInsIow'a SOOTHING SYRUP for chil dren teetliltur. sol tens the Kiun.s. reduces Infla mutlon, alluyb imln.curt-s colic. Price 25c bottlo To call the bee "busy" is a mis nomer, lie works but half the time and loafs all winter. Ony one love ie there greater than that of a pure wife for a good hus band tho love of a mosquito for a fat man's ankles. When a man beomes engaged to a young Jady he quits postering tho other girls to marry him anyhow ometimes. Mildew on leather will disappear when rubbed a few minutos with a piece of flannel moistened witn vaseline. """ A potato is a "spud" in Ireland, a "katofel" in Germany, a "papa" in Spain, but in a potato stow it ia more or less guoas work. A deep yellow, with a shot of llamo red in its lights and shadcH, is the latest fashionable color. It is known as "Vesuvius." Cane chair-bottoms may not be only cleansed, but mado more Bpringy and elastic by washing with soap and hot water. The chair should bo turned upside down, and well soaked. Dry out in tho wind and sunshine; and in a few hours it will be as firm as when new. To clean a Panama hat use a weak solution of oxalic acid, applied with a cloth, or dip a cut lomon in sulfur, and rub, and then place the hat in the 4un. In either case wash after ward with clear water. GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. No Medicine So llcncllclnl to Drain uiitl Xai-vcm. Lying awake nights makes It hard to keep awake and tlo things In daytime. To take "tonics and stimulants" under such circumstances is like setting the house on fire to see If you can put it out. Tho right kind of food promotes re freshing sleep at night and a wide awake Individual during the tiny. A lady changed from her old way of eating to Grape-Nuts, and says: "For alwut three years I had been a great sufferer from Indigestion. After trying several kinds of medicine, the doctor would ask me to drop off pota toes, then meat, and so on, but in a few days that craving, gnawing feeling would start up, and I would vomit ev erything I ate and draid;. "When I started on Grape-Nuts, vom iting stopped, and the bloating feeling which was so distressing disappeared entirely. "My mother was very much bothered with diarrhea beforo eommenclug the Grape-Nubs, becaufp her stomach was so weak she could 'not digest her food Since using Grape-Nuts Bhe Is well, and says sho dou't think she could live with out It "It Is a great brain restorer and nerve builder, for I can sleep as sound and undisturbed after a supper of Grapei Nuts as In the old days when I could not realize what they meant by a 'bad stomach.' There Is no medlclno so ben eficial to nerves and brain as a good night's sleep, such as you can enjc after oatlng Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Oo,, Battle i3reok, Mich. "There's a reason." i . it out will 1m printed Instead of