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Ncbr aska Advertiser W. W. SANDERS, Prop. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA You can hire Iiouho builders, but must marry homo builders. Anybody could match up bou mates if neither nldo was particular. 1 If In addition to enacting now laws wo wcro to enforce thouo wo havo al ready It might help jnalorlally. It has bcciTdiBcovorod that Pharaoh lifid toothacho and the gout. No won; der tho Israelites Hod from him. It Jh ptopoHcd In Denmark to send an oxpodltlon to toaoh tho Eskimos to fish. Aro thoy no hopeless ns that? Ab .t hazardous occupation, sitting on a hog or powder wlillo smoking n plpo Isn't to bo compared with ralBlng tobacco In Kentucky. Tho discovery of an angle worm In n Klass of milk might havo boon a com forting reminder to that Detroit man that It will soon be time to go Ilshlng. Welloslcy" college's" professor of rhetoric says playing bridge whist Ib a mental chewing gum for girls. This Involves some stretch of tho imagina tion, By tho time China litiB armed and drilled a fow hundred thousand moro men perhaps it will bo able to talk tho langnago of modern diplomacy fluently. Why does tho avcrago person put tho stocking on tho loft foot flrsL7 Probably for tho samo reason that moBt pooplo romovo tho right boot first. Habit. A Now York man wandered away from homo and forgot whero ho lived. Not overy Now Yorkor, howovor, snya tho Chicago Dally Nowb, bus such a pleasant oxjiorlonce. After all tho encomiums) handed to "tho man behind tho gun" it 1b a shock to learn that our naval mnrksmanshlp lit Santiago was bad. Still, it an Bworod every purpose. Tho action of tho Now York man who asked to bo chloroformed, admit ting that ho has outlived his useful ness, seems an admission that ho la too lazy to do tho job himself. Porsons who do tho loudest com plaining agninst tho length of tho win ter and tho cold wonthor in general aro usually those who had hay fovor last fall and prnyed for an early frost. Mltzel Morok, tho loop-the-loop girl, heroine ot a thousand thrilling whirls, has boon killed whilo In the domestic act of pouring a cup of tea, thus again proving how dangerous it Ib to bo allvo. ' That Is, ArchblBhop Irclund does not believe In wnr, but If there must bo war he thinks it wlso and proper to be prepared to knock the tar out of the othor fellow. Any fallacy in tho doctrine? I Philadelphia is beginning to talk about celebrating the two hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of her found ing next Octobor, and Mayor Royburn recommonds that the old homo week Idea be adopted. The question "Shall army officers wear corseta?" will not down, and fat ones aro becoming alarmod at the prospect. Possibly somo of them wouldn't bo so corpulent had thoy been "straight laced" early In llfo. 1 The heiresses who married titles and went abroad to livo In the splen dor of old world aristocracy aro com ing home. They seem to have lost nil their desiro for the aristocracy, and, Incidentally, a good many of their dol lars. In a recent bulletin from the Uni versity of California is glvon a sum mary of tho evidence prepared by Prof. J. D. Whitney to show that tho famous CalaveraB skull, found in n miner's shaft in Dnld Hill, near Altn ville, probably came from a cave used by the Indians for burial purposes. Tho mayor of Cincinnati wants wom en in that city debarred from operat ing automobiles. He says that tho only machines women Bhould run aro sowing machines. To this, remarks the Baltimore American, tho women will retort that It is Just llko a mean man to leavo them the work, whilo ho takes all tho fun. It has boon supposed that smoking makes such slaves of its victims that they rarely seek to lighton tho yoke. National figures in regard to the to bacco Industry indicato tho contrary. When the financial panio of last Octo ber appoarod, tho production of cigars decreased 140,000,000 in a single month, and in December dropped oft to tho extent of another 100,000,000. The manufacture of clgarottos wa3 also greatly lessoned. There was evi dently a desire to oconomlze, if not to break off tho habit. Or perhaps it was a turning to the seductive pipe. BLESSING QFHORSES 8T. ANTHONY'8 FEAST SHORN OF ITS POMP IN ROME. Beasts of Burden No Longer Gayly Caparisoned When Brought Before the Monk to Be 8prlnked with Holy Water. Home. Among tho feasts In Homo whoBo rjunlntness appeals especially to visitors Is that of St. Anthony, when at the little church at St. Huso blus horses, donkeys and mules are blcsncd. The ceremony was formerly performed In front of tho Church of St. Anthony, near the llaslllca of St. Alary Major, but after 1870 this build ing was confiscated by the government and converted into a barrack. Tho custom of blessing animals on the feast of St. Anthony Is practiced The Blessing of Horses on St. An thony's Day In Rome. all over Italy, and In every village, town and city It Is considered ono of tho great feast days of the year. Dur ing Papal times tho ceremony was more Interesting and picturesque than It Ib now, ub tho horses were adorned with gay trappings, wreaths of flow ers and bunches of bright feathers. and their drivers, decked out In their best livery or in their Sunday clothes, drovo up to tho church on the Hsquil Ino IIIH to havo their animals blessed. Every stable held a feast on that day, and tho humhlu mule from tho country might bo Boon as gayly decked with bright trappings as the prancing horses of a noble family. Tho cere mony had all tho characteristic fea tures of a horse show: as not ono of tho leading Homan families neglected to send its horses to bo blessed. Generally they were harnessed In couples nnd hitched to a drag, and it .was a picturesque sight to boo 12, 14 or even 20 horses driven up to tho piazza in front of tho church, where u monk In surplice and stole waited to bless tho horses by sprinkling holy water on them. Tho monks ot the Order of St. Francis always performed this service from dawn to the Avo Maria, receiving In return a small do nation for each horse blessed. This custom was so well known and followed that, it Is said an Austrian ambassador In 1702, wishing to have all his horses blessed without pay ing a fee for each one, had tho chap lain of tho embassy perform tho cere mony In privnto, an action which was greatly resented by the Holy See. Tho rito of the ceremony today is tho samo, but all its pomp is gone. Tho horses aro brought to bo blessed as of old, but instead of being richly ca parlBoned and harnessed to carriages they are led by hand and bare, and very often aro poor weak animals that can hardly amble up to tho waiting prlost. If, howovor, the show part ot tho feast has boon done away with in Romo tho ceremony still retains somo of its picturesqueness in tho country, as no Italian farmer who has tho wel fare of his beasts at heart would think of falling to bring all IiIb animals TO WED COUSIN OF A KING. Engagement of Miss Elkins to Duke of Abruzzl Made Public. Washington. Tho duke or Abruzzl nnd Miss Katherlne Elkins, daughter of Sonator Elkins, is reported hero. Sonator EUUns, according to a ro port from Home, is to bo ennobled by tho king. In order that tho duke's brldo may be a titled woman before she Is wedded to the duke. Tho duke is to bo promoted to tho rank of vice admiral and will havo his resideuco in tho royal paluco in Venice. Miss Kuthorino Elkins Is tho duugh tor of Senator and Mrs. Stophon U. Elkins of West Virginia. Her rather was secretary or war under President Harrison and is reputed ono of tho woalthlest men in tho upper national house. Almost since babyhood Miss Elkins Iiuh been closely nssoelntcd with society at tho national capital. Sho was tho "bud" who led tho rebel lion agaiust tho tedium of tho de butante teas nnd balls when tho time camo for her official introduction into the society of tho capital and she Is to bo blessed on St. Anthony's day. This Is especially tho caBc in southern Italy, near Naples, where St. Anthony Is still coiiBldcred tho patron not only of boasts of burden but also of pigs. Hesldes tho blessing of animals there Ib still another custom on St. Anthony's day which has survived from early Christian times at Naples. In somo of tho piazzas a bonfire Is lighted, preceded by a special cere mony. A woman of tho district, surrounded by young girls, goes about with a bottomless barrel and begs from her neighbors tho necessary firewood to start tho fire. A carpenter will give her somo sawlust, another will do nate an old fable, somo one else will throw In a broken chair, whilo from tho windows various bltB of wood will bo added to the collection. A suitable spot In tho piazza Is found, tho flro Ib started insido the barrel and the women and children find fuel to feed the flame. The ceremonies and rites on the feast of St. Anthony and his protector ship of anlmnls, especially horses and other beasts of burden, aro supposed to have originated, llko many othor Christian functions, from an nncleut Homan pagan feast known ns tho Consualla, when horses wore adorned with flowers in honor of tho god Con sus and paraded around tho streets of Homo. It Is difficult to ascertain whether really St. Anthony succeeded ConsitB and whether the religious cere mony of blessing horses has really re placed the pagan lustrations of tho Consualla, but in any case the cus tom of a feast day for animals still survives in Latin countries. ROSSITER AS PUBLIC PRINTER. President Decides to Name Him to Succeed Stillings. Washington. It Is understood that President Roosevelt has decided to appoint William S. Hosslter of New York to be public printer to succeed Charles A. Stillings of Massachusetts, whose conduct of tho ofllco was re cently investigated, and who resigned as a result. Mr. Hosslter has been hmJ William S. Rossiter. lor several years chief clerk of the census olllce, and was detailed by the president to make an examination into the conduct of business at the govern ment printery. Mr. Hosslter Is a newspaper man and was at one time connected with large printing houses. Ho was born in Massachusetts about 40 years ago, but his legal resideuco Is given as New York. Ho Is a graduate of tho class of '84 of Amherst college. After going to New York city he was em ployed on tho editorial staff of tho New York Tribune, and was one of the editors of that Journal when he resigned to engage in tho printing" business with a firm in New York. lie remained there until ho was called to Washington to take charge of tho me chanical preparation and publication of tho twelfth consiiB. one of the most enthusiastic horse women and outdoor exorclso followers In tho social lists of tho east. Miss Elkins' llanco, Lug! Amcdeo of Savoy Aosta, duko of Abruzzl, Is ono of the ranking dukes or Europe. He is tho son of a king and might have been a claimant to the throne of Italy save for his devotion to adventure and ex ploration, on account of which ho for sook any ambition to sit on a throne. Ho was born In "Madrid in 1S73, whilo his father, the duko of Aosta, was king of Spain. Aosta was the brother of King Humbert of Italy and tho pros out duko Is therefore the cousin of King Victor Unminnuol. Numbered among tho most brilliant exploits of the duko aro his scaling or Mount Saint Kilns in Alaska, his dash for tho north pole, which ended at 8G degrees, ',V, minutes, or about 239 stat ute miles south of tho polo, an attempt which broke Nnnson's record, and his ascent of the famous" Mountains of tho Moon in Africa. Somo women chooso a quiet wed ding because they know it will make talk. The General Demand of tho Well-informed of tho World has olwaya been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for family u6c becauso its com ponent parts are known to thorn to bo wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its ex cellent combination of Syrup of Frga and Elixir of Senna, tho California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical linos nnd relics on the merits of the laxative for its remark able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given tho preference by the AVcll-Informed. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuino manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Trice fifty cents per bottle. That Held Her. "The most eloquent speech I over hoard contained only four words," said Sociologist Snodgrass. "Ginger Ma gonniglo had brought his best guyl to tho grand civic ball of tho East SIdo Gentlomen's Sons Terpsichorenn Co terlo, ticket admitting lady and gent, Including hat check, GO cents. Tho guyl, fascinated by a bettor wnltzer, abandoned her escort nnd danced three times with the stranger. As they were beginning their fourth waltz thoy were stopped by tho hand of Ginger Mngonnigle, which clutched tho arm of the guyl. Gazing deep Into hor eyes, and with a voice In which were mingled surprise, self-pity, re proach, resentment and menace, he ox- claimed: " 'Sa-a-ay, who brung yer?' " Hnr. per's Weekly. SKIN TROUBLES CURED. First Had Itching Rash Threatened Later With Blood-Poison in Leg Relied on Cuticura Remedies. "About twelve or fifteen years ago I had a breaking-out, and It itched, and stung so badly that I could not have any peace because of It. Threo doctors did not help me. Then I used some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint ment, and Cuticura Resolvent and began to get better right away. They cured me and I havo not been bothered with the itching since, to .amount to anything. About two years ago I had la grippe and pneumonia which left me with a pain in my side. Treat ment ran it into my leg, which then swelled and began to break out. The doctor was afraid It would turn to blood-po'ison. I used his medicine but It did no good, then I used the Cuticura Remedies three times and cured the breaking-out on my leg. J. F, Hennon, Milan, Mo., May 13, 1907," His Idea of One. The teacher in the Darktown school Wns hearing the class In geography. "What Is known as the Great Di vide?" she asked. "Cuttln a big watermelon!" an swered little 'Rastus with a grin that showed all his ivories. Statb op Ouio. Cur op Toledo, I Lucas Gouty. i SB. Frank J. Giibney tntkei oath that ha It isntor Etrtoer of the Arm of F. J. Cuxnrt 4s Co., doing uilncti In tbe City of Toledo. County md State aforetald, and that tatd firm will pay the mm of ONE HUNDHED DOLLAUS for each and every cue of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the uie of Hall's Catabru Cubs. FRANK J. CHENEY. Gworn to before me and subscribed In my preaenco, tblt oth day of December, A. D., 1886. A. W.OLEASON, "Afcf Notary 1'udlio. Hail'e Catarrh Cure It taken Internally and acti dlrccUy on tho blood and mucous aurfacas of tin yitem. Send for tetlraotilala, free. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. Bold by ell DrugKUti, TSc. Take Uall't Family I'llli for constipation. Heard at the Seance. Medium And now you can hear your husband knocking. Do you really believe It is he? Widow I do, Indeed. John was the biggest knocker In Beven states. Lewis' Single Hinder the fainoas straight 0c cignr, always best quality. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111, He who lives but for hlmsolf leads tut a little life. Damlen. Our Complexion Brushes fvaViffl mboutherhkln.Bmplol)ruth60c. WlllnotlnJurotWIn. Ynmtb Mftf.Co,, O CuuitHTluut) St., Urooklyn, N. Y. The British Breed. British-bred animals, whether thoy be horses, cattle, sheep, or oven pigs, aro superior to all others In qunllty and stamina. There is some straugH and admirable power In our soil and cllmato which puts a stronger fiber and a more enduring stamp of excel lence Into the livo stock brod in our islands than aro found In tho same breed or species In any other part of tho world. London Times. Overcame Rarefied Atmosphere. While Prof. David Todd, tho astron omer, was on tho top of the Andes, nearly threo mllos nbove tho level of tho Bea, ho workod for a tlmo in a great Iron tank about six foot square, Into which ho had air forced until the atmosphere within was about the samo as that at tho lovol of the sea. Tho compartment was lighted by elec tricity and was connected with the outer world by telephone Youthful Smoker. Henry Twelo, three and a half years old, of Greenock, near McKoosport, Is probably tho most youthful smoker in Allegheny county and probably In PoniiBylvnnla. Tho boy has been using tobacco for moro than a year. His father Is miner. The boy cries unless given a plpo or a stoglo onco or twice u day, and nothing else will pacify him. Milk and medlclno aro spurned, and he falls asleep soon after smoking. Conventional and Natural. Many people are puzzled by tho terms conventional and natural de signs. Tho fornior means a design which does not profess to copy nature, nnd only by dorlce. or form suggest the flower, leaf or fruit found in tho pattern. It may bo worked in any colors. A natural design endeavors to follow tho colorln- of the natural leaves, blossoms and stems It pictures. Killed in Queer Accident. A somewhat remarkable death took place recently In ono of tho largo ovens at Tunstall, Staffordshire, Eng land, used for firing pottery, tho de ceased being Albert Cotton, aged 24. A man named Enoch Goodwin went up a ladder to the top of tho oven, when he fell and allghtod on Cotton, killing him on the spot TO HOME SEEKERS. 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