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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1907)
( 1 1 1 1 i Si 4 Nebraska Advertiser W. W. SANDHRS, I'KOi'. NEMAHA, NEBR. BEAUTY OR BRAINS. ( Louise Satterthwalte Discourses on Interesting Subject. 5 4 j j. 4. j. Apropos of tlto ini)osalbllIty of tilensttiK men, a feminine observer ru marks Unit ii clevor mnii likes Hllllne In n woman before ho marries her, lust ns lie 1b mildly tolerant of paint. Ho thinks them both feminine traltH. "When she Is his wife ho spends his time in requesting her, politely or for cibly, nccordlng to his temper, not (o bo a fool and not to make such a sight Df herself. Having married an idiot, he draws unprofitable comparisons be tween her and the clover wives of ids Trlonds; whlle,vlce versa, If ho mar ries a clover woman, ho flirts, for re laxation, with silly ones." Tho above clipping Keoni3 to bo a another rendition of tho oM stoiy, which sets forth that a married man gave the following opinion to one who had asked his advlco In regard to two different girls: "My boy, you aro like the Irishman who came to u fork in the road. Ho started off on one road, then camo hack and tried the other. Seen later In tho day, ho told a friend: "Bo gorra, whichever you choose, you wish you had taken the other.' " And so if a man marries a pretty wo man with no brains it Isn't many yours efore he bitterly regrets It. The beau ty which charmed him fudes, and on Mb hands ho has a creature with neither power to charm nor with in tellect with which to bo companion ing. On tho other hand, if ho chooses a brainy woman, with no beauty, her ug liness each year becomes intensified. And Intellectual women, as they grow older, aro apt to fall into pedantry, self-conceit, and a desire to rule. And once again tho man wishes he had chosen tho other. Some men aro inclined to think that tho pretty woman makes the best mother, being softer and mora foml nlne In her make-up. Others say that when all is said and done the brainy woman is tho best choice, being mora .apt to bo a good housekeeper and nl ways a good comrado to her husband. ''They also say that oven tho brightest women aro loving mothers, and display moro sense In tho rearing of children. Be that as It may, tho choosing of a wife Is seldom a matter of reaBon. The natural habit of tho ages has been to marry tho ono who Is loved, and so, whothor sho Is a beauty or not, Whether sho is nB clover as Hypatia or as wltlesa as Dora, tho child-wife, tho result is the samo. Each man believes his brldo-to-bo tho perfection of love liness, and no ono could persuado him. otherwise.- Ten years afterwardB he may think dlfforently, but that is neither here nor there. After All. Chauncey Olcott tolls the following Incident which fell undor his observa tion whilo traveling through the bitu minous coal regions of Pennsylvania. 'A largo, mothorly looking woman in a department storo said to a shop gtrl: "I want to get a pair of gloves for my Jim. He's going to a ball." "Yes, madam," said tho girl, produc ing white kid gloves. "This is tho kind, I suppose." "Them!" cried tho woman. "Good ness, no. They'd bo too good. My Jim's got a hand like a shoulder of , mutton. Besides, they're too dear. Haven't you got something like tho po licemen wear at about 15 cents?" Tho clerk smilingly regretted that they did not keep that kind. "Oh, vory well," the old party ro plied; "there's no help for it Jlm'll have to wash his hands, oftor all." The Fateful Letter. "George," sharply demanded Mrs. Ferguson, as they sat down at break fast a few mornings ago, "what did you do with that letter to Aunt Rqchcl T gave you to mail for me last Wed aesday?" Mr. Ferguson clapped his hand on the breast pocket of his coat. "Was it 0 Aunt Rachel?" ho askod, hastily extracting from his pocket a bundle of letters and miscellaneous documents and looking over'thani. ' "Of course it was. I wrote to ask ber to come and spend the next six weeks with us." "Laura," gasped Mr. Ferguson, "I I mailed It! "Chicago Tribune. No Purchaser. Ono caso of where well-watered s Without n roll call, tho U. S. Senate adopted tho conference report on tho Immigration bill, carrying this amend ment, calulated to settlo tho contro versy between tho president and tho San Francisco board of education on the "no coolie, no school" basis: That whonover the presldont shall bo satis fied that passports Issued by any for eign government to Ita citizens to go to any country other than the United States, or to any insular possession of tho United States, or to tho canal zone, arc being used for tho purpose of enab ling tho holder to come to tho conti nental territory of tho United States to tho detriment of labor conditions therein, the president may refuse to permit such citizens of the country is suing Buch passports to enter tho con tinental torritory of tho United States from Buch other country or from such insular possession, or from the canal zone. Dirctors of tho Standard Oil com pany havo declared a quarterly divi dend of $15 a share. The capital stock of tho Standard Oil company is 100 million dollars, of which John D. Rockefeller owns 40 per cent or 40 million dollars' worth. Of tho 15 mil lion dollars to bo distributed this quarter Mr. Rockefeller will receive 6 million dollars as his sharo of tho prof its. Since 1893 tho company has paid out 330 million dollars in dividends and by tho end of tho present year the total will reach 400 million dollars, or four times the total capital in nlno years. In thl ""-inri Rockefeller has received in all about 166 million dollars. Following are the amounts in dividends paid out in tho last nino years: 1898, 3 million dollars. 1890, 20 million dollars; 1900, 48 million dol lars; 1901, 48 million dollars; 1902 45 million dollars; 1903. 44 million dollars 1904, 36 million dollars; 1905, 40 mil lion dollars; 1906, 40 million dollars. Sixteen passengers were killed out right, four otherB had died of their in- MHO Wai EH Miss Opposition to Army Canteen Sir, your endorsements make no Im prcislon on me, and you. can't come i n here whilo my umbrella lasts. tock finds no buyers. Juries and at least fifty moro wen moro or lesB seriously injured is tho wreck of the White Plains and BrowBter express on the Harlem di vision of tho New York Central Si Hudson river railroad near Woodlawn road, in the Bronx borough of Greater New York. A sheet of electric flame that signaled the disaster, enveloped tho rear car and for a moment threat oned to roast the victims pinioned in the debris. The flames did not, how ever, spread and the horror of a hole caust was averted. As tho cars fell they smashed tho third rail, breaking the current and ending danger from this source. In the crash, however, there was death for many, while praoi tlcally everyone In the four coaches re celvod injuries of some sort. Manj wero ground to pieces and for hours identification was almost hopeless. As tho cars went over many of the pass ongers were thrown through Into of through the windows and cut and malned. According to a census bulletin tho 121 Amorican establishments engaged In making motor cars complete mado 22,830 cars In 1905, valued at $26,640, 064. The 1905 census of tho manufac ture of bicycles and tricycles dls closed great decrease since 1900. The number of factories declined from 312 to 101; tho capital invested from $29.' 783,659 to $5,883,458; the number of wage earners from 17,525 to 3,319, and tho value of products from $31,- 915,908 to $5,153,240. Many establish incuts that manufactured only bicycles In 1900, were at tho later census, en gaged principally or to some extent in tho manufacture of motor cars. Four boys led by Carl Davis, 13 years old, have confessed to wrecking a Southern railway train noar Talla poosa, Ga. The train ran Into an opoij switch. The engineer nnd flromart were slightly injured. The boys saiJ that their object was to rob tho ex press car. 7 - iKPI Notice has been servod on all em ployers of a ratao in the scale of tho Butte Workingmen's union, of Butte, Mont. This organization is the larg est In the city outsldo of tho mining trades, and its members havo been get ting $3 per day In Butte. Tholr new scale, which will take effect March 1, calls for $3.50 per day. Many employ ers will refuse tho demands. Two weeks ago fruit growers in Ok lahoma wero alarmed by tho blossom Ing of apricot and plum trees. Since that time warm weather has caused tho swelling of buds of both orchard and forest trees to such an extent that the fear has become general that freezing weather in March will causo a total loss of tho fruit crop. "This talk about the loss of the fruit crop in Oklahoma comes every year about this time," said C. A. McNaon, secretary of tho Oklahoma board of agriculture. "Tho truth Is tho season is no farther advanced than usual at this timo of year. Two weeks moro of the kind of weather we aro having, however, might bo disastrous." i5r Senator Reed Smoot retains his seat In tho United States Senate. This was decided by a vote of 42 " ,n Wihteen senators wero paired, making the act ual standing on tho resolution 51 for and 37 against. Senator Smoot did not vote, and Senator Wetmoro was ab sent and not paired. The Smoot reso lution was called up soon after the Senate convened. Every seat in the gallery was filled and during tho act ual voting the standing room on tho floor of the senate was crowded by members of the House and employees of the Senate. Seldom has there been a proceeding affecting tho standing of a senator that has attracted such marked attention. In tho audience were representatives of a number of prominent women's organizations which havo been active In circulating and having presented petitions of re monstrance against Mr. Smoot These women secured many thousands of signatures to their petitions. r A deputy sheriff from Travers coun ty, Texas, has presented to Governor Folk a requisition for Henry Clay Pierce, president of tho Waters Pierce Oil company. Pierce was in dicted for perjury by the grand Jury of Travers county two months ago, but the fact of tho indictment was per Blstontly denied. The indictment charges that on or about May 31, 1900, Pierce made oath that tho Waters Pierce Oil company, of which he was khon and is now president, was in no way connected with any pool, trust, agreement or conspiracy to control tho prico of oil or petroleum products. Tho Indictment of Pierco is closely con nected with the Missouri Standard Oil sases. Hadley developed tho fact that the Standard owned and still owns B2 1-2 per cent of tho capital of tho Waters-Plerco company. Pierce has a homo in St Louis, but occupies a suite of five rooms in the Waldorf-Astoria In New York for which ho pays $125 a day. He has a yacht and a private car bo if he is out of Missouri there Is no telling when he would come back. He owns a controlling Interest In the Mex ican Central railway, and his dividends from oil stock exceed 1 million dollars a year. r "I gave them a written opinion, In which I stated that if they attempted to do business in this stato they would be put in the penitentiary and their property liable to fines and penalties." This Is tho answer Senator J. W. Balloy says he gave tho Standard Oil officials when they asked him about the chances for re-cnterlne Texas. Sen. lator Bailey mado this statement be fore tho legislative committee in de tailing his relations with tho Standard and Waters-Pierce Oil companies. The request for an opinion came, Senator Balloy snld, immediately after tho Beaumont oil boom. The senator do niod conducting an oil business In Tex as In conjunction with tho Waters Plerco Oil company or the Standard. The concern which ho took over for a .debt wa3 known as tlio Southwestern Oil company, a subsidiary concern to tho Houston Oil company, ho said. "Did you over change "lothos nnd disguise yourself in Inspecting tho Tennosseo Contral railroad?" asked Mr. Odell of the committee "No. Dur ing my trip over tho Tennessoo Cen tral system I stopped at many places along tho line and my visits wero ro ported in St Louis and Nashville pa pers. Not a dollar's' worth of securi ties were turned over to me. My duty was to try to do something with th property If I could." How to Make Qreat Fudge. Fudge, which has survived several' generations of collego girls under va rious titles, such as "Baltimore car amels" and "January thaw," remains the standby among homo-made confec tions. ,And every woman nnd girl has her own recipe, unless, ns happens not in frequently, it lias been lost during a period of disuse. Tills one has stood the test of several college careers and is now tho stand ard at a certain college. Put a cupful of sugar and a half a cupful of milk Into a saucepan, nnd when It bolls stir In a square of un sweetened chocolate. Cook until the syrup spins a thread when dropped from a spoon or forms a soft ball In the lingers when dropped in cold water about 10 or 15 minutes. Then remove from the fire, add a teaspoonful of vanilla and beat with a spoon until it begins to thicken. Then turn into a buttered shallow pan and when it is hard enough mark into squares. This should be done before the candy is brittle. Broken nut meats may be added to the syrup when It comes from the Are or whole ones may cover tho bottom of the pan into which It is to bo turned. Some persons uso cocoa in stead of chocolate. It is treated in tho same way. For cream nut fudgo put three cupfuls (a pound and a half) of granulated su gar into a saucepan with a cupful of milk and a teaspoonful of butter and boll until It reaches tho softball stage described above. Then remove from the fire and stir in a cupful of broken nut meats and beat until It begins to thicken. Turn into a buttered pan and when it is coqlL enough mark into squares. i Melba Gives Advice. "Get married uso your ambition la domestic economy." That is the best: advice I can give to the girls with a mediocre voice in whom foolish friends foster the idea of a career, says Madam Melba in the New York Evening World. ! These mediocrities, in gaining the opportunity of a public appearance, form one of the greatest mistakes in musical development. ! Tho mediocre singer who succeeds in getting a public hearing not only does a great injustice to herself, but to those who have genuine talent. If their rendition of "The Suwanee River" has been pronounced an artis tic triumph by the Afternoon Sewing Circle and tho president of the school board, who may bo stone deaf, they think they can shine in Metropolitan opera. I have had girls ask for a hearing who could not even tell ono note from another. While it can never be said that I iliave ever discouraged young artists, I truly think that more harm can be jdone from too much encouragement than too much discouragement. A young woman should .be sure of her voice before she starts out to spend) time and money and consume time and public patience. The girl with the voice and the de termination will manage somehow or other to make herself heard. My own early experience might be a good illustration of what discour agement failed to do. Surely, no young singer ever had moro obstacles thrown In her way of becoming a public sing er than I did. My very first concert appearance was almost enough to dis courage any one, but I had confidence Jn my voice, and I did not lot the cold water thrown upon my aspirations af fect mo. I had planned a concert and had hired a hall. I went among my friends in Melbourne and sold enough tickets to fill tho placo. My parents, who wero greatly opposed to my ap pearing as a public singer, heard of the, affair, and my father went to each ticket holder they wero, of course, all friends of tho family and requested them to please stay away from the concent Tho night of my musical 3e' but as a concert singer came. Thero wero but two people In tho audience,' and they wore two peoplo my father had not reached. Well, I wen! through tho whole program Just tho same as though tho house was filled. That was only ono of many d'.ccour- ngomonts, but with each one I became more and moro determined. I toll thls'incldont in connection with tho ndvico to girls with mcdlocri voices, for tho simple reason that there may bo a fear of discouraging real ml- ont. Thoro will bo no great risk run, for real talent will assort Itsolf. nnd tho music-loving public needs protec tion from tho onslaught of mediocrity,. High Btrung Telegraph wires.