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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
APKIL 25, 1907.
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tem and cure
Poor Appetite,
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia.
Costiveness,
or Female Ills.
las; as the friends of the poor and at the
same time offering; to eell thef specpla
Ure stocks.
And what la the result? Led like sheep
to the slaughter, a lone procession of
the misguided poor are parting with the
savings which have been made possible
try the most magniflclent season of pros
perity the nation has even known. Many
a poor wretch, drawing his Havings
bank account now In the houe of getting
rich quick, will, in the coming years of
Industrial depression, wander the streets
f our cities without work and without
bread. God give us common-sense.
This Is a hard world In business. It
always has been, and always will be.
There are many good and generous men
In it. There are many who will lend a
helping hand to you in your adversity,
but In time of need you will not find
them among the men who tried to get
you to embark In speculation with your
little surplus and to sell you something
which would help you to "easy money."
Be self reliant. Make your own inves
tigation in investments. When you can
not, put your money In a good savings
bank. Distrust the financial demagogue.
Keep your hand on your pockelbook as
you travel through life first, to give al
ways in proportion to your means to
those who are poorer; seend, to hold lrom
those who would take through force or
fraud what you need for yourself and
yours. You will then have your hand
whore most of other fellows have only
their eyes. In this alone you will have
the advantage of, them.
WORLD'S HOP CROP
Four Countries Grow Most of
Prod action of World.
the
At an early date the United States
department of agriculture will issue
JbulleUn COof the bureau of statistics,
prepared' by' ftugene 'Meifitt, scientific
'"aMsiBtan-r'Mn 'the' division"' of foreign
markets. This bulletin is a report con
cerning the production of hops
throughout the world, the international
trade, the prices, the consumption of
hops in principal countries, and the
relationship of hops to beer hewing.
Four countries grow 8G per cent of
the hop crop of the world. England
Is preceptibiy in the lead with a pro
duction of 28.1 per cent of the totaf,
the crop of 1905 being adopted as the
r leading one . for which information is
available for all countries. Next in
order stand Germany with 23.3 per cent,
the United States with 20 per cent, and
Austria-Hungary with 14.4 per cent.
The relative present standing of these
four countries is fairly indicated by
the crop of 1905; but the report shows
that .notwithstanding the large crops
of 1905, the hop production of England
and Germany is declining, while that
of the United States Is distinctly gain-
.' ing.
A peculiarity of hop growing made
manifest in this report is that it Is ex
tremely localized, not only in the
United States, but in other countries.
According to the census of 1!)0, less
than 1 per cent of the crop of the
United States was grown outside of
New York, Washington. Oregon, and
California, and within these states the
crop is confined to certain very re
Hi rioted areas, Jn New York most of
the crop is grown in parts of the coun
ties of Otsego, Schoharie. Madison,
Oneida, and Franklin, mentioned in or
der of the size of .crop; most of the
crop f Washington is grown in three
counties of Yakima. Pierre, and King;
four counties in Oregon produeo mot
of (hu Htttte' crop, nann-ly, Marlon,
Polk, Yamhill, and Clackamas; and In
California the crop of the stat is
grown mostly in Sonoma, Sacramento.
" Mrndklno. and Yuba counties. The
foregoing xUti'itient holds good for the
crop f Vis'), but wiiN-4- tout year there
has been a mnrked extension of ureas
of production In tho Purine states.
Three i-nuntrli'H supply most of the
hopH that go into U... iur.r.i!.' or in
ternational trade. These countries nre
German) which In 154 contributed
37.3 per rent of the world's hop trade;
the United Kin tea. which lontrlbutid
22.U per cc-t; and Austrht-HuiiKary.
15.4 Kr rent. The export trade of
Kelgluni, which i of ratlur large
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IN.aTOMACHi
proportions, is party . based upon the
re-exported hops from Germany and
Austria-Hungary. .
In 1904 the hop-exporting countries
shipped 65,000,000 pounds of hops,
some degree of duplication being in
volved because of reshlpments. This
quantity came out of the world's crop
of about 170,000.000 pounds, so that in
ternational trade handles about three
eighths of the entire crop.
Half of the hops that go into Inter
national trade are shipped to the Uni
ted Kingdom, and these hops are
chiefly brought from the United
States, the fraction of British imports
contributed by this country often e
lng one-half or considerably more.
.The countries of secondary import
ance in the import trade in hops,
which received from 3,000,000 to 6,
000,000 pounds each in 1904, were Bel
gium, France, Germany, tho Nether
lands and the United States. -
The aparent anomaly of the United
States as an importing country, while
being second exporting in order of im
portance, is explained by the fact that
the brewers of the United States pre
fer Austrian and German hops on ac
count of their extremely high qual
ity for certain desired results in brew
ing. London, Nuremberg, and New York
are the world's three leading hop
markets. The price of hops is suo
Ject to very wide fluctuation. The
quantity wanted by the world varies
not greatly from one year to the fol
lowing, so that a shortage or abund
ance in the crop is reflected Mn the
prices in a greater degree than is in
dicated by the percentage of defici
ency or abundance. The prices of hops
in New York are affected more
by prices in Iondon than in
Nuremberg, the reason being that
American hops are largely the ae
pendence of British brewers and do
noe enter perciptlbly into continent
al trade.
As far bact as 1880 the United
States imported half a million pounds
of hops, and the amount grew to 2,
000,000 pounds in 1882, since which
lime the amount has ranged from that
quantity to 3,000,000 or 4,000,000
pounds annually, with the excepiron
of two or three years, until 1905, when
the imports rose to 10,000,000 pounds.
On the other hand, the domestic
exports of hops ranged from a quarter
of a million to a million pounds in
the period from 1851 to 1859. after
which period the exports continued
to be subject to great fluctuations, in
some years rising to as many as 10,
000,000 to 21,000,000 pounds. -In 1905,
which was. a -years of extra
ordinary '' imports the exports ex
ceeded them by Oi 'y 3,000.000
pounds, or about one-third of the us
ual excess in recent years.
S4I.T AS A II R A ITT I F I E R , .;
In the way of beauty cults there Is
always something new under the sun,
i.and there never lack women so pa
thetically eager to be pretty that they
hungrily seize on each new crumb of
advice, says the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. - 1
The latest edict, then, is that to pos
sess a fairly peachy skin, soap and
water must be eschewed, and salt and
milk substituted.
One woman has tried it declared
that if women who spend so much
time over their complexions and s
much money on facial beautifiers.
would simply wash their faces at night
with salt, or apqply a salt and milk
solution, they would not only have
better kins. but save their money be
sides. "
Her own rose-leaf complexion, she
says, Is duo to this method. At night
she washes her face in very hot water,
using salt as she would -so? p; 'then
rinses In cold water. Tier face feels
like ivory. The salt not only whitens
the skin, but renders the flesh firm and
solid. Then as a cosmetic she takes
a teaspoonful of salt and adds It to
two two tnblespnonfuls of milk. She
applies this to the face, leaving it on
over uirrLt.
PlnftK unit Moe k rein.
The Princes of Montgylon, whose col
lin were a feature nf the winter's ken
nel shows, was explaining to a young a
inan journalist her method of breeding
do.
"Hut you." thf prince said, "tire
siunewhnt. Ignorant of dog breeding, are
you not?"
"I Jim," th Interviewer confmwil.
"You are like." Raid the pr'neess, "that
amusing Mark Twain, who Iwmeht In th
wert a gitirn Mexican ohiu. tMnkbiic
the phmwu meant Mexican plug, thinking
something f Hist aort. Yoti are like a
von friend of ni'ne who said one even
luct t. h. t rtuwlk.mil:
" 'Oh, .Ink, I havp m iei a fttirnrlxe fur
vim! lAok at tills perfectly nwivt ltttl
riK I botmht Hit morning. Only anil
the m.tn Runrantertl bins ! he a jutr
wenirH l," "
(III 111 t.Kl,
Mr;, Lot la Ahw Mead f lUwion
aroiiMst rood tljl ef oowmrnl wlih
her r ent depuration' J hut tin iM.Mwr
had a bat! effect on children, bullion In
thi'ti a toy "f war.
Mr M'-d. rr rfr aether m, a
where fellow hu unit innr h
tht price at feet down to next to ncthiftt
Sure! AfUr wlatcr Wall vrr
noted lecturer, was well qualified to
speak on this matter, for she has for a
number 'Of years studied carefully and
intelligently the child mind. In the
course of her Investigations she has
come upon many quaint instances of the
peculiar reasoning of children. The other
l.y she said :
"I once told a little girl that some folks
claimed the moon was inhabited.
"The child sneered.
" 'Rubbish,' she said. 'It can't be
What would the people up there do when
there was only a little slit left?' "
SHORT STORIES.
VOTTNTf! rlprpvmfln in n. remote
13 country district wrote last Easter
time to Bishop Potter, saying that he
was about to take a wife and asking
If, to save some other clergyman a
long and weary journey, he could not
marry himself.
The bishop's reply was tnarvelously
concise. It said:
' "Could you ' buty. yourself?" - .
, ' ' ' - f t j ' , . , ,
Miss Corliss Babson. the champion
woman high jumper, Is very fond of
children, and at a tea at Vassar the
other day she repeated a quaint child
saying.
"I was walking In Gloucester one
morning with a little girl," she began,
"and looking over my shoulder, I saw
the moon large and round and pale,
as it Is often seen in the bright blue
sky. '
" 'Oh, look at the moon,
said I
'The moon in the morning!'
"Tho little girl looked at It and
frowned.
'Yes, that is the moon she said.
"Tain't lighted, thoueh.'
.COX CE It M X U V O M V. XV
Manila residents to the number of
1,000 are having telehones installed In
their houses. The "hello girls are
Filipino maidens.
The dowager marchioness of Butte
and her daughter. Lady Margaret
Crichton-Stuart, have gone on a pil
grimage to the holy land, where the
marquis' heart lies huried. Liady
Butte, who owns much real estate in
Pa-lestine, is a devout Catholic, and has
given large donations to the church m
Pngland. After her husband's death
she took his heart, inclosed in a golden
casket, to the holy land, and had It
buried on Mount Olivet at a lonely
spot. In accordance with Lord Butte's
wish no memorial marks the grave of
his heart, which is known only to two
or three persons.
The "spoiled" woman is never
youthful, She Is invariably seinsn, and
selfishness is ever aging. Sometimes
It is wondered why so many old per
sons become disagreeable. Folks for
get that It is ill nautre that, has made
them old, writes a beauty expert. They
have allowed certain things to domi
nate them. If you would keep young
uf heart, ami Unit mean young out
side, in spiU; of the years, banish petul
ant moods, combat Irltabillty. Culti
vate kindness and the habit of courtesy
and thoughtfuiness until It becomes a
part of your character, for this pnrt
will tend tu the f tmiaS youthful spirit
of the rarcs and the troubles of lire are
met In the right way.
It is to tho credit of Nortva-y
posies u remarkable woman composer,
Agathu It.U'ker-Gtorulahl. whose
merit urc. with tho g nr cohm nt
of her countrymen, plarnl upon a level
with tliotm of Grrlg, Kays a writer.
Without I ie In a In any way an imitator
she ha much th same quiet humor
and drollery as Grelg. Hut the hlgheat
prai that one can beatow upon
AKnllu lUekvr-Urondsihl lf. perhaps,
that her tootle undoubtedly written
lv h woman.
Th new oik by nirhnrd Htrau.
enr)wtifr (.f 1 1 1 - opera "S.ilorrw-, are
always sung in Germany by Mme. ye
Anna Strauss, who makes- very little
more impression iij them than she did
on her visit here several years ago.
She has a vinegary voice, little gift of
the art of song and no special genius
as an interpreter. But,' as she is the
composer's wife, she is first to ting
his new songs. Only a short lime' f.-go
the two had given a concert in a tVr
man city and were returning to Berlin.
Strauss sat reading the criticisms of
his music and grew more ana more
contented in expression as he read the
praises of his music. On the other
side of the coupe sat. Mrs. Strauss, also
reading the criticisms, but unable to
reconcile herself to the praise of Iter
husband's music, while she was harsh
ly dealt with for he way in which the
had performed it. Finally she could
stand it no longer, and, crumpling up
the paper, threw it across the coupe
at her husband. 'Richard.' she said, in
a tone that left no question or her
deep indigation, 'the next time you
give a concert you can sing vour own
trash!'
Two women spent the day with
each other yesterday and when they
parted said: "Well, the only reputa
tions in town that are not damaged
are our own."
SIXGI PARITIES.
Here is a modern fairy story from Ire
land: "One day about twenty years ago,"
writes . a correspondent, "I was fishing
from a boat on Lough Derg. I inquired
of my boatman if they had ever Keen
fairies. At first fearing, to be laughed at.
they scouted the idea, but one of them
told the following: On a Sunday he was
returning after mass, and stood with a
friend; named Sullivan, on the grldge of
Killaloe. Looking toward a potato f.eld
on the slope of the rising ground to the
east of the town, a held which he was
able to point out from the boat, he saw
issuing from the liss a troop of 'little
people,' one being distinctly taller than
the rest. At first they seemed rather
blurred, then took distinct shapes and
began to play th national game of hurley
among the bare potato rigs, lie-called'
Sullivan's attention to them, but for some
time his friend could not see them, .then
said he could, and they watched together
for a time.- Then the sun went in,' and
the fairies, moving toward the liss, as If
returning to it, vanished. Lisses are
rough pieces, sometimes hillocks, some
times depressions, often bushy, but never
cultivated. I have been told they have
been left as doorways for the fairies when
visiting the earth's surface."
Eleven men, members of the crew of
the Nerwegian antractic expedition ship
Catherine, have been rescued after hav
ing been cast away on one of the Corzet.
isles in the southern Indian ocean, far off
the track of commerce. They were round
in exceedingly good health, having sub
sided on penguins, sea elephants, albat
ross eggs and food from the depot placed
there in 1880. The later was not particul
arly wholesome, but the men got used to
it. One bottle of whisky which was wash
ed ashore was kept for Christmas. They
were short of matches, and used only one
dally, ' and made every effort to keep
alight a lamp, owing to the severe coid.
Don't
Neglect It
It is a serious mistake
to neglect a "weak heart. It
is such a short step to
chronic heart disease.
When you notice irregu
larity; of action, occasion
ing short breath, palpita
tion, Muttering, pain in
chest or difficulty in lying
on left side, your heart
needs help a strengthen
ing tonic. There is no bet
ter remedy than Dr. .Miles'
Heart Cure. Its strength
ening influence is felt al
most at once.
"I hnv iranl it) botMes of T J.fiJ.'s
Heart Cure und can nhfullv ,JV n
ha done me more good man iliivui:r-,
1 liav ever ued. Hint I tuve Iri .t
nearly everything that ( know i,". J i.i
doctor who ntleiul-tl mi- -fc-"t trs,)
what I wan takins and I 1 1 hwi
l)r. Milea Heart Cure, lit miM H ;
not guiixg to do m juiy eiH, tvjt t
did. I hare not taken anv fur u (cur
now. and whit tbr ta rfMi-m ii., .i
aUieht ivmrtm erf th eld tmulaV' it
Im nut noush for me to mi uno. th
U9 of the niMlirina. if l i.!hhi!4 i
wen I wuutd know what to d.. 'i, ki
pr. MtW Heart Our an I UIJ ) f.,-. .
I entr tnyretr pr-tiulty cirf.l vt
nf haart trrrtitila."
, a H. Id'NNAM. LIvlnshtt.ii. 1
Of. MHa' Hlrt Cur it ok! by
rar Urwqot, wha wilt ..ra"e that
ha 1lrt Vmta wUI btnefn. if it (41,
ha will refund vour monr.
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