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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1907)
a Nebraska Advertiser W. W. 8ANDER8, Prop. NEMAHA, - NEBRASKA , The Latest Panacea. Wo Americans hnvo a genius for tho mvontion of curc-nlls, and for faith In them aftor they nro Invontoil. Somo ono has now contrived on paper iho Ordor of Nobuchadnozznrites. Tho inothod of tho order la not to ho, as ono might expect, a diet of grass, hut r change from the upright position to ono on all fours. Members of tho so ciety must agreo to oat, drink, walk and run on their hands and knees. 'Thoy aro assured by tho founder of ;tho ordor that thoy will speedily ban 'Ish all tho 111b to which human flesh is holr. Witness tho vigorous hoalth enjoyed by tho dog, the ox, tho horao and tho necessary pig their freedom from dyspepsia, nourltls, rheumatism and consumption. Whether thoy bo .Immuno to measles, chhon-pox and mumps has not yot been announced. It is not disclosed whether this order is tho product of tho lively Imagina tion of a newspaper reporter or a se rious Bchemo of a sincoro roformer .who is unablo to master moro than ono idea. Tho very doubt on this point results from tho fact that oven such a society might And adhorcnts. An oriental legend relates that whon woman first discovered man ho was living on all fours. . Sho coaxed him to his feet, and Induced him to walk upright. Can it ho that tho twentloth century will undo tho work of tho prlmltivo woman? Surely, romarks Youth's Companion, tho adherents of tho now cult must all bo men; for fashion x has mado no provision for women's clothes in tho now attitude. "CreoporB" designed for tho purposo cannot yot be obtained, and tho mush rpoin hata would not adapt them solves to n poiso on tho back of tho heck. ThuB fashion may bo stronger than fad, and weary man may ho forced to stand up again to get with in speaking distance of woman. For a Change In the New Year. If an arrangement could be mado With tho almanac makers I would bo (In favor of having tho year begin with 'the 1st of May. ' On tho lBt of January I have no real jsensatlon of tho boglnnlng of a now 'period, tho starting of a "now doal." .IBotweon tho last day of December and tho first day of January thoro ox ;istB no substantial difference. My heart doos not signify by a single tthrob that It is awaro of tho change. . Nature doos not turn over In Its sloop -when tho whistles blow and tho bolls ring to announce tho artificial dawn jof tho artificial year, or dlBturb tho Bnow blanket under which It has lain Inanimate for a month or moro. On jthe other hand,, continues tho writer in American Magazlno, we spontane ously slgnalizo tho arrival of tho Spring by a revolution in our thoughts, pur manners, our physical relations ,to the world, our clothes, our houses and .our habits. Nature, contemptu ous of the astronomers, shakoB off its cold lethargy and gives us a happy New Year at the flowory threshold of tho month of May. Paul Doumor 1b an observant Frenchman who has returned to his 'own country after a long visit to the United StateB, during which he trav eled through every section of the union. That he kopt hiB eyes open with intelligent watchfulness and an s appreciative spirit is evident from his talks in private and public. Deliver ing a lecture before university stu dents, M. Doumor paid a notablo trib ute to Americans. Among other things he said the congressional library at Washington, which ho described In considerable detail, was by all odds the best organized, best managed and best regulated in tho world, which, coming from a ropresentatlvo of high literary culture, la a notablo compll ment. A writer in an exchange has dis covered that the greatest foe to beauty in man and woman is not or Vorsfin diet, lack of exorclso, over work or any of the things usually 'classed as enemies of good looks, but shad mental states "angor, fovor, Jeal .ousy, worry, Irritability, want of trust 1n one's self and in tho 'Great God.' " Tho young woman who wants to bo beautiful may eat what sho ploasos jand work long and hard, hut If sho (will cultivate good naturo, calmness, kindliness, gayety, she may dovelop the divine gift. Therefore cheor up, igirls, says Indianapolis Star, bo good and you will be lovely to behold and, of course, happy. HOME TRADE FABLE HOW THE TRANSFORMATION OF A TOWN WAS EFFECTED. A STORY WITH A MORAL One Public Spirited Citizen Who Realized the Big Possibilities and Cultivated the Field to Ad vantage. Onco upon a tlmo there was n Man, .who In IiIb youth was reared upon a farm located near a Small Town of Orcat Promise Two weoks in each year when ho was not Bawlng wood, feeding tho stock or picking potatoes, io was allowed to attend tho little red schoolhouso In tho town. 13y hard la bor during tho day, anil persistently raiding a fow old books which woro heirlooms In his family, and each wcok absorbing the intelligence contained In tho Weekly Mirror, ho, by tho tlmo ho could mark down his age at 18 years, had accumulated sufficient knowledgo to run away from home. Ho wandered to a large city and thoro Mi'ithitiititii: HI Mini mm ! ! mm . ! ill! i ?! 1111! Ml ill !! livit'l illii IHil" iggjfHiBliitit!.. !inii..n:ii!':' The advertising magnate will dra just as the advertising of the catalogu the home 6tore. The people are inter Will you not give It to them? his great muscular power assisted to gain for himself a position as Chief Scrubber In a largo store. He had not ncqulrod tho clgaretto habit, and his faithfulness to his scrubbing brush, and his unwillingness to know all about his employer's business, soon at tracted tho attention of tho Old Man, and at the end of a year ho was pro moted to Head Rustler in tho shipping department at tho largo salary of eight dollars a week. His dlsrogard for scooting when the closing tlmo enmo, and his total lack of swelled head so pleased the Old Man that from tlmo to time the ambi tious youth was advanced until at tho end of six years ho was drawing tho biggest salary paid by tho house, and oon ho was taken in as a member of tho firm. Ago and hard knocks and brushes with tho business world de veloped in him marked business acu men. Ho forged to tho front as a financier and a public-spirited citizen. As years passed ho prospered. Early and late ho was ever looking after his vast business interests. Thoro wero timos that ho longed to bo again in tho small homo town. Often in his youth ho dreamed of somo day being chairman of tho vlllago board. Only onco since parting from tho old homo had ho returned, and then to And the town juBt tho samo only a llttlo more delnpldatcd, and In tho weed-over grown klrkyard the neglected graves of his good parents. GOLD IS NOT GOOD IN CHINA'. What Money Is Depends Upon the Locality, Says a Traveler. "It Ib hard to define just what money Is," said Ropresentatlvo Julius Kahn, of San Francisco, recently: "At best, It sooms to bo n rolatlvo torm that is, what passes for money in ono part of tho world 1b regarded with sus picion nt some other place. "Gold 1b supposed to bo tho ono cir culating medium that passos current everywhere, but it i3 not true. In tho far east, for instnnco, tho natives posi tively rofuso to take anything but silvor. Gold Is not money to thorn and In Washington or Now York or any of tho cities along tho Atlantic const whon I hand a man a ten dollar or $20 gold pleco to change ho looks upon mo with suspicion. Ho almost says in so many words that ho would rathor not havo It. But lot mo hand out a worn arid dirty bill, and ho ac copts It without looking at It. "Out In California bills aro still moro or loss of a curiosity and conse Strenuous business Hfo and nssd Ions attention to tho accumulation of capital without vacation, caused him to suffer from what tho doctors pro nounced neurasthenia, and advised total rest from mental effort. Tho man had labored too diligently In amass ing money. Residence In a qulot place wiib recommended and rotlromont from all commercial worries. Tho Great Merchant sold his vast Interests to a combine, and after careful thought, concluded that ho would seek rest and a ronewal of health In tho town whero ho at one tlmo attended the llttlo red schoolhouso, and where in childish Im agination ho would bo powerful and famous by becoming chairman of tho village board. Accordingly ho retired from tho city, purchased the old home stead whore ho was reared and picked potntoes, and also built a residence nnd becamo a Great Factor In the town. TImp had mado few changes In tho landscape. Uulldlngs and streets wero tho same, only showing tho rav ages of decay. The old stores wero In possession of the descendants of tho owners who conducted them whon ho was a boy.' They wero not doing tho business that they should. Ono great Innovation was tho town had a rail road. All about was suggestlvo of pence. It was an ideal place for a man who desired to pass his declining Anni.n'-.rf,.!!,,,, !ii!li!imil!i!il? w trade to the stores of our community e houses Is now drawing it away from csted in the store news of this town. days In contemplation of tho here after. There, life was much like unto death. There was fresh air In abund ance. All of nature lavishly spent its beauty over the country and tho town, and oven the weeds on the streets wero allowed to spring up, bloom and reach maturity without interruption by tho scythe or the slcle. Within a year the Retired Business Man had regained much of his old tlmo spirit and health. Habits of ac tivity and love of business impelled him to onco again seek work that would keep his mind occupied. He loved the old town. He saw that It needed new life. He figured out that there were COO farmers In the neigh borhood. Each farmer surely spent $50 a month somewhere for supplies. This meant a total of $30,000 a month; ?3G0,000 a year. Then tho few hun dred peoplo in tho town would add other thousands to the volume of busi ness. Why not build a great store and supply the wants of the people? He would spend some money and build up the town. He bought half a block on which three of the stores stood. He erected a large brick building, and soon he had Installed In It great stocks of goods. Other merchants In the town shook their heads. Tho Public Spirited Man was certainly crazy. Farmers whon they came to town looked up tho big building with won der. The Weekly Mirror had to send away for type to set up tho page ad quently tho peoplo nro not accus tomed to them. Go into a bank in San Francisco and tender a $50 bill for change. Tho chances are that the president of tho bank and tho entlro staff of ofllclals would bo called into consultation as to its genuineness and I doubt if thoro is a storo in tho town whero a bill would bo accepted and changed offhand. Wo aro all creatures of habit and custom rules tho world after all. "Tho silvor coins In circulation in China," Mr. Kahn cpntinued, "aro ob jects of curiosity to forelgnors. In China tho colnngo of monoy Is lot to prlvato parties and tho amount of sil ver In a coin doponds largely on tho personal honesty of tho man in charge of tho particular mint. On this nc count each coin as it passes around In circulation 1ms to bo stamped with tho initials of tho merchant last having It in his possession. Tho last man stamping tho coin is held responsible for nny shortngo in weight in tho coin. Tho result Is that tho coins (ram repeated stampings, resomblo small saucers and each ono fits Into vertisement for tho new store, and to got a now press for tho printing of cir culars nnd posters. One month nftor tho opening of tho store tho graveyard quietness of tho town had passed away. Streets wero lined with tho teams and tho wagons of tho fnrmcrs. A new elevator for grain had been started. The railroad placed a now switch In tho yard to ac commodate tho Increased business. Tho son of tho old town blacksmith reopened tho old shop closed for years because of no trade. New life was rapidly being injected into the place. Thero was an election. A lot of nowcomors selected tho Public Spir ited Citizen for chairman of tho town board. He was elected. In six months tho streets wero paved, an electric lighting plant was in operation, along with a water works. Tho Great Store keeper had a way of doing things, and ho did them. News of tho nctlvlty of tho town reached near-by villages, and tho people came to sco the Big Storo and to buy goods. A cold storage plant In connection with a now com mission house operated by friends of tho Storepeeker, caused Farmers to bring in tons of butter and hundreds of thousands of eggs, and chickens and other produce. Tho transforma tion was quick from a Dead Town to a Lively Small City. A high school was established, new churches built, and some of the pious people wero shocked to seo an opera house erect ed. The Pan-Handle & Skedunk rail road, which for years had been run ning 20 miles from tho town so changed Its route as to havo It on tho main line, so the place had two rail roads. Enterprising men who wanted to locate In a Live Town turned their eyes toward the place. Soon thoro was smoke from a half dozen big fac tories, and In five years after tho Public-spirited Citizen had started his storo his old home town has increased its population 1,000 per cent. It was no longer printed in little typo on tho maps, but in capital letters. MORAL Do not underestimate tho possibilities of your community, or fall to develop them. No city was ever made great by Its peoplo buying goods elsewhere. D. M. CARR. PUZZLED OVER CAT FIGHT. Artist Couldn't Locate It Until He Happened to Think. Everybody who Is fond of pictures of tigers listening to birds sing and of cats sitting in the snow and look ing at the moon, and the like, knows tho artist of whom I am writ ing. Ho is tall and broad of chest that few, to look at him, would havo believed that ho could have contract ed such a cold. It was one of those colds which reached right down to tho intercostal spaces. He awoke the other night In his studio on the top of Carnegie hall, and ho was sure that ho heard far out on the roofs below tho cater wauling of felines In nocturnal fray. He had not seen a truly delectable cat fight in years, and in a moment he was at the window peering down upon the roofs for inspiration. Ho scanned the battleground up and down and there was not a cat in sight. Hardly had he crept back into bed than he heard a long-drawn-out purr, then a snarl and muffled meows. Tho conflict had been shifted to beneath his bed. He was sure of It, and so certain that he got up and peered beneath it. "It all came over mo like a flash," the artist said In telling of his ex perience later. "I was listening to d cat fight In my own bronchlals. I had forgotten that I had a cold." Somo of his friends say that he Is absent-minded. N. Y. Horald. Two Items Omitted. World's commerce Is now $26,000, 000,000. However, this does not in clude dukes Imported and heiresses exported. tho other when stacked up In a pile. I Imagine that thoy might bo useful for picnic purposes, but thoy aro cer tainly Inconvenient to carry around, as anyone can bear witness who has traveled through tho flowery king dom." World's Submarine Cables. Tho total length of submarine cables In tho world is about 450,000 klloms 279,622 miles, of which 60 per cent, aro British, ton per cent. Ameri can, a little moro than nine per cont. French, and about seven per cont. Gorman. A great advanco in this do main has been mado during tho last fow years by Germany, whoso efforts tend to constitute nn independent sys torn. Memorial Diplomatique. Only Road to Success. It you want to succeed In tho world you must mnko your own opportuni ties as you gp on. You cannot com mit greater folly than to sit by tho roadsldo until somo ono comes along aud Invites you to rldo with him to wnaltu or influence. John D. Gough. Nothing I Ati Agreed With Me. Wtm MBS. LENORA BODENHAMER. Mrs. Lonora Bodcnhnmer, R, F. D..1. Box 99, Kernersville, N. C, writes: " I suffered with stomach trouble and Indigestion for some time, and nothing that I ate agreed with mc. I was very nervous and experienced a continual feeling of uneasiness and fear. I look medicine from the doctor, but it did mo no pood. ' I found in one of your Peruna books a description of my symptoms. I then wrote to Dr. Hartmnn for advice. Ho said I had catarrh of the stomnch. I took Peruna and Manalin and followed his directions and can now say that I feel as well us I ever did. " I hope that all who aro afflicted with tho samo symptoms will take Peruna, as it has certainly cured me." The above is only one of hundreds who have written similar letters to Dr. Hartuian. Just one such enso as this entitles Peruna to the candid consider ation of everyone similarly afflicted. If this bo true of tho testimony of one per son what ought to bo the testimony of hundreds, yes thousands, of honest, sin cere people. Wo have in our files a great many other testimonials. Return of the Prodigal. "I do play in tough luck sometimes," declared the impecunious girl. "Last night, you remember how it rained. I happened to be in tho neighborhood of some friendB of mine whom I had not seen since the last hard rain. I concluded to call. Before they asked me in they grabbed tho umbrella I carried, hurried across the room with It, placed it in a closet thero and locked the door on It. "Thank heaven!" they cried. "At last! Our long lost umbrella!" Women lovo secrets because of the pleasure they derive from letting them escape. PULE, Wffl PEOPLE MADE STRONG AND ENERGETIC BY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. General Breakdown Caused by Defi cient Blood Quickly Corrected by This Tonlo Remedy. A feeling of general weakness, poor appetite, loss of breath after tho slight est exercise and broken sleep aro some of the symptoms of general debility. You may think that thoy havo no relation to each other and that you will worry along, hoping all tho time to feel better soon. This is a mistake, for every one of the symptoms is caused by bad blood, which must be mado puro and new before health will be restored again. A tonio treatment is necessary and for this purpose there is no bettor remedy than Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mr. J. G. Havey, of 05 Willow St., Chelsea, Mass. , Bays : "I was sick for a number of years from general debility and indigestion. I was never free from stomach trouble and my nerves wero so shattered that the loast excitement un fitted me for any serious work. My sleep was rostloss on account of terrible pains in the small of my back. Theso pains would sometimes last for a month or two. My sight grow weak, thoro seem ing to be a blur constantly before my eyes. I couldn't concentrato my mind on my work, and the attempt to do so completely exhausted mo. "I was finally forced to give up a position I luwl hold for twenty-eight years. After trying sovoral medicines without help, I read of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and gave them a trial. Thoy mado me feel so much better and so much stronger that I started in business for myself here iu Oholsca. I hava never had a return of my former sick ness aud cheerfully recommend Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills as an oxcollout nerve and blood tonio." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills havo long boon recognized ns an oxcolleut tonio remedy in cases of indigestion and gen eral dobility, wliori tho stomach ami other organs of tho body aro wcakoned and disordered simply through lack of E roper nourishment. Thoy havo also eon especially successful in curing1 nnoomin, rheumatism, af tor-offects of tho grip and fevers. A pamphlet on "Diseases of tho Blood " and a copy of our diet book will bo sent free on request to anyouo inter ested. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills aro sold by all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on rocoipb of price, 50 cents pQr box, six boxciv for 3.50, by tho Dr. Williams MctUcino Company, Schenectady, N. Y.