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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1897)
?&?. -4Lfc ' i- r fi A M THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER ... W. TV. 3ANDKIIS, rublUlicr. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. ART IN THE HOME. Its Usefulness Demount ru ted by u lUush Inj Urlilo. He hud not felt the slightest doubt ns to tlie future when ho hud laid his heart nnd his vaguely prospective for tune at her feet. She could paint daisies and lilies of the valley on almost anything she happened to see, from a dinner plate lo a cushion for an easy chair, and he had no doubt of her ability 1o make home happy. She could also eing "Kathleen Mnvourncen" and play her own accompaniment, but it was bcr work with the brush that most tin -pealed to him. The idea of sinking to rest on hand-painted upholstery was beyond the wildest dreams of luxury which his early youth had known and nothing could bo more serenely hope ful than the impressions with which they started in to keep house. A cozy place, convenient to the ears, it wns still far enough away from the bustle of town to permit the night-chirpers to be heard when they join In concert. She had gone bravely to work to dis charge the duties of u housewifu and their first breakfast was a delight lo the eye. lint there was n shadow of dls nppointment over her fuce us she sat down to her coil'ee. "I'm not going to oiler you any bis cuit," she said. "Did you make any?" "Yes. Hut I urn Bure they arc not us lhcy should be." : "Have you tasted one of them?" ' 'No. It was not necessary. My eye for color was suillcient." "Hut you don't employ the same methods nnd the same criterions in making a pan of biscuit that you do in painting a landscape, you know." ".No; not exactly. Hut I've watched mother's baking enough to know that when biscuits are properly made they ought to bo a delicate Vandyke brown over the top and a pure white inside. And when mine coino out with spots of bone black over the crust and streaks cf chrome yellow through the middle, 1 feel that there must something .wrong." "Well," he answered, cheerfully and contentedly, "I am sorry for your sake that they did not prove more like the usual thing. Hut it was lucky that you detected the dissimilarity before we ato ihem, and it goes to show that there is no telling when a knowledge of art is going to come in handy, even in the most practical affairs of life." -Detroit .Tree Press. FHILLS OF FASHION. TVhut the. Ladles Aro TVcnrlng In tho 1. ulest Continues. The difference between last season's ekirts and those of the latest models is more noticeable in the trimming than in the shapes; yet there is much less fullness between the extreme of fashion then and now. Tucks, bands of velvet, braids, ribbon ruches and flounces decorate the new skirt in va rious ways, but the attempt to bring draped skirts into favor has not yetinot much success. Plaid velvets in light bright colors are used for vests, collars, revers and belts in wool costumes, and again for the entire bodice with cloth sleeves and bolero. All the new figured silks have a jnoire ground, with distinct patterns in satin, which have a raised brocaded ef fect almost like embroidery. Hroehe silks, too, are very fashionable for wraps of various kinds, and they arc cither all silk, or silk with velvet fig ures, or silk and wool mixed, the last being especially recommended for even ing cloaks. Silk waists of shot silk, fine velveteen, velvet and corduroy, with the broad turn-over linen collar, aro as much a feature of morning dress at present as the cotton variety in summer. Silk petticoats to match the gown, or in a lighter shade of the same color, are the latest fancy, and the usual Span ish flounce trimmed with two or more ruffles is set up on the skirt, which is cut quite full underneath and fitted like the dress skirt around the hips. Nar row ruffles are added to this and feather bones are set in across the back to make it stand out. Huge buckles of steel, jet or imi tation jewels are a pronounced feature of largo hats this season, and immense oval buckles appear on some of the French gowns directly in the back on a velvet belt. "Grannie" muffs as those of the largo round shape are called are con sidered the smartest styles by English women; but the pretty mnde-up muffs with the flaring ends nnd finish of tails in the center are much more attractive. Tarn o' Shanter hats trimmed with velvet roses and ostrich tips are among the stylish and becoming shapes. N. Y. Sun. Oulnro Itoll. Make a rich biscuit dough. Holl out a piece about one-quarter of an inch thick, spread tho surface with a rieh quince sauce or preserves mashed fine. Do not spread too near the edges. Put on a plate and steam one hour. Ladles' 'World. Tt is well for man to be alone, when .Inheriting a fortune. Up-to-Date. EVOLUTION Off SMOKING. King Nicotlno Began HIo Roign in a Modost Way. Uut Now Vussiils nnd Serfs In Hvcry Vurt of tho Civilized unci Hiirlmrlu World Arlcnowluilfto Ills Despotic Swuy. Special Now York Letter. It has been said that the tobacco habit Is a curse to humanity. On the other hand, thousands are blessing the plant whoso fumes afford them pleasure and consolation. Tobacco is held to be the friend of the rieh nnd poor alike, and the laboring man after a hard day's work finds just as much pleasure In his clay pipe ns the millionaire in his Ha vana. Some of the greatest men are warm advocates of the smoking habit, i-O.-M V SIXTEENTH CENTURY CIGAII. and ninny of them have produced their greatest works under tho beneficent influence of the narcotic leaves. Ten nyson and his pipe were inseparable friends. It was his steady companion from morning until evening, and tho thicker tho clouds of smoke would belch from It the faster tho inspiring thoughts came to the poet. And so it is with many other mental toilers. The first historical mention of to bacco was made by Columbus. When the great discoverer landed at the inlands of the West Indies he and his crew saw with great astonishment how the natives smoked dried herbs. In his ieport he says: "They are dried herbs, rolled in a broad, dried leaf; they look like the small muskets which Spanish children use on Pentecost. On one end they are lighted, and on the other end the people sucked and drank the smoke by inhalation. They get drunk from it. but it evidently prevents them from getting tired. They call these small muskets tabacos." Little did the in Miders think at the time that 400 years later tobacco would rule the world, au:i that tho production of the herb would amount to over 2,000,000,000 pounds yearly, at the value of hundreds of mil lions of dollars. For a long time after its discoery to bacco remained a stranger to the Eu ropean nations. The Spanish settlers and adventurers in the new world ac customed themselves soon to the use of tho herb, but the "barbarian custom" did not make any notable progress. In the middle of the sixteenth century smoking bailors could be seen occasion ally in European ports, but their ex ample was not followed by the people in irenernl. The cigars of that time were about tho shape and size of a candle. It was not the cigar, however, which was destined to conquer tho old world, but the pipe. Only with the advent of the latter began the victori ous march of the narcotic herb around the globe. In the course of time the Europeans in America became acquainted with various ways of smoking. The Aztecs in Mexico used peculiar pipes, about the manufacture of which the Franciscan monk, IJernnrdino do Sahagun reports tho following: "Those Indians who BAUHAU OF NEW GUINEA. ri11 nines for the inhalation of to- bacco smoke cut reeds and clean these of the leaves. Then they are coated with finely pulverized wet charcoal and painted with flowers nnd animals. They also have such pipes where the painting only shows afnr long use. Some ars finely gilded. The pipes are filled with the dry leaves of the tobacco and other aromatic herbs, vobo leaves, etc., and then they are lighted." When Ponce do Leon visited Florida for the first time he found the natives duvotcd to the tobacco habit, but their way of indulging in it was different from the Aztecs. The Floridans used hoi low vessels of burned clay into which they inserted reed pipes. The vessels were filled with the dry tobacco leaves, and the smoke drawn through the reed. This smoking utensil wns the ptutolype of the tobucey pipe ol to-day, but did 7 l hSilTKX!! first. Six Igh lauded with his expedition In Virginia, where the colonists came in close contact with tho native Indians. The latter used the came kind of tobacco pipes as the Floridans, and soon the colonists had accustomed themselves to the use of tho herb. The mathematician, Thoir.a.i Harlot, a former teacher of Sir Writer, wrole the first letters to Europe prais ing the qualities of tobacco. The Vir ginia colony wns no success, and Sir Francis Drake brought the men back to England, landing them in 158(1 In Plymouth harbor. Hero they created great astonishment, for tobacco smok ing was seen for the first time in Eng land. The Indian clay pipes found ad mirers and tho habit of the returning colonists wns contagious. Soon one could see everywhere in England men with tobacco pipes, and in lSQScmokiug In London theaters was common. The herb wns Imported from America, but the burned clay pipes were manufac tured by English potters, and as early as 1010 the guild of London plpcmnkcrs was incorporated. In 1500 English stu dents introduced the habit in Holland. The fact that tobacco smoking tempo rarily overcomes hunger and thirst made it soon popular in tho English and Dutch armies, and during the Thirty Years' war the soldiers of WalleiKStein and Tilly acquired the habit from them. During the Seventeenth century to bacco was smoked from pipes formed after the Virginia pattern, but with tho increasing popularity of the smoking habit efi'orts were made to improve and perfect the smoker's utensils, and many were the changes in style and material during the evolution of the rude Indian pipe to the perfect and artistic speci mens of our day. In tho civilized countries cigar and cigarette smoking has during the last few decades largely crowded out the tobacco pipe, but the by far larger ma jority of smoking humanity all over tho globe still adheres to the pipe, which in many cases has become a national char acteristic. The Turk loves the chibook, with Its red clay bowl, its long stem of weichsel and its mouthpiece of amber, and frequently adorns it with gold and precious stones. In the farther orient, in Arabia, Persia and India, the water pipe or nargileh Is In high favor. The Japanese smoke from metal pipes, which are frequently of the most exquisite workmanship, being inlaid with gold and silver. In the country of the mikado even young girls smoko dainty little pipes the size of a thimble, 1, Spoon Pipe of Now Zealand: 2, KIlco Pipe, of tho Makraka; 3. Slberlnn Pipe; A, Double Plpo of tho Nlum-Nlam. which have short brownish bamboo stems with metal mouthpieces. The Kirghese "bore a side hole Into a mutton bone, fill the narrow cavity with tobacco and Muoke through this primitive apparatus. Very simple is a Siberian pipe, which consists of the hollowed root of a tree. Next to this another pipe of the same country made of roughly-carved wood and adorned with tin mountings looks like a work of art. The latter pipe has nlso something which no other pipe possesses an ad justable wooden protector for tho bono mouthpiece. It has been asserted that not all of tho tobacco pipes of the Asiatic and African peoples have grown out of tho North American pattern, but that tho smoking habit was cultivated by some tribes before the discovery of Amer ica, mere aro no assured laets to una effect, but many circumstances point to the conclusion that the black race smoked long before the Caucasians. It was not tobacco, however, but tho common, intoxicating leaves of the hemp and "dacha," another specific African kind of hemp. Few tilings can be said about the na tive Australian smokers. They are not passionate biuokers, and excepting the wooden spoonpipo, with the slein of bird's bono of the Now Zealandcrs, the pipe of the Papuans of Koon island, nnd tho "baubau",of the New Guinea tribes, one does not find interesting varieties. The "baubau" is a niece of bamboo more than a yard long, open on one fiid and having a side hole, like a flute, in it. A cigarotto is put into the latter, the bamboo is filled with smoke by sucking at the open end, and the smok't inhaled through the side hole after removing the cigarette. This is the most tedious way of smoking in the world. The shall of Persia owns tho costli est and most magnificent pipe on earth. It is incrusted with rare and precious stones and said to be valued at $100,000, Capt. Crabbe, in Urussols, owns the most complete collection of pipes, con sisting of over 5,000 specimens, and in cluding pipes of all periods, countries nnd materials. a. KKAUH',. It is said by scientific men that tho hnir from the tail of the horse is tho otrougest single animal thread knowu. PllOMIBING YOUNG MAN. Ho Wins Distinction by His Relia bility and Integrity. How T.urny J. MeNooly, l Jlnro YounRstor, bueured Iterative Aetlou by tho Sec retary of tho NiiV3', Slnclu llitudod nnd Alone. Special Washington Lottor.l This is a story of commendable en deavor and noteworthy achievement. Very often in the newspapers and sometimes on signs in front of store doors we see the words: "Hoy wanted." Hut did it ever occur to you how few boys there are to be had, who are worth having, to merchants and othei busi ness men? Four years ago I wanted a boy; anhon est, industrious and educated boy. You may advertise day after day for weeks and possibly for months, and not get a good, well-bred, honorable, gentleman ly, capable boy. Hut when you also want a boy who can write shorthand and transcribe on a typewriter the dif ficulty becomes the more pronounced. A long-time persoual friend one Sun day afternoon came to my house and in troduced a slender, modest, unpreten tious youth, who had seen so little of the world that he blushed like n school girl when he was addressed and mado answer to inquiries He did not claim to be an expert stenographer or rapid typewriter. He simply wanted an op portunity to develop what talent lie might possess, nnd lie was willing ti learn. Gentlemen who had known him from the cradle spoke of him in th-J highest terms. Ho seemed to be just the boy wanted, and he went to work. Gradually, timidly, gingerly he began 1o learn the corridors, committee rooutn nnd offices in the big capitol building; Hie places where news items nro ch tallied lv the diligent correspondents cf metropolitan newspapers. Within a month he knew all of the routine work, and performed it like a veteran. Ho was, flrst of all, a reliable young num. Not one out of a thousand is always and sutler all circumstances reliable. Hut when this young man had learned the york he did it well, and, when evening came, his employer was satisfied that no news item had escaped the vigilance of the youthful worker. He was well assured that the young man had done his duty every day, just as well and as faithfully as his employer could have done it for himself. Then the young man had another les son to learn, and It was not fo easy. Diffident men may learn places, thing:! and dates without embarrassment, hut when it conies to making acquaintances with ninny men it is dilVercnt This joung man was obliged to become ac quainted with a number of senators and representatives In congress. He not only was obliged to become ucqunintcd with them, but to see them everyday, and ask them all sorts of questions. He wus taught to approach public men ns the fully accredited representa tive of his employer. Public men were told that the young man could be trust ed with private affairs, and they were re quested to talk freely with him. His modesty of demeanor proved to be captivating, nnd lie soon won his way into the regard and esteem of many men. He worked for a man who repre sented dally newspapers in Phila delphia, New York, Detroit, Milwau kee, St. Paul, Omaha and other cities. HE WAS WILLING TO LEAUN. Therefore he was obliged to become ac quainted with the senators and repre sentatives from Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and other western states. You may well imnglno that it was no easy task. Your young friends will un derstand very well that it must have been embarrassing to meet with popu lar political leaders from various sec tions of the country. It would embar rass any young man Hut it was a part cf the duty of the profession which this hid sought to learn and ho went about it systematically and diligently. The day before Lieut. Gen. Soholield retired from command of the army, this young reporter, then but little past his nineteenth birthday, called upon tne old commander in his office at the war department, nnd secured from him an interesting interview concerning his feelings and regrets at severng his con nection with the army after a lifetime of berviee. Older and more experi enced newspaper men tried to inter view thu lieutenant general, but he woulc not talk to any of them. When Gen. Miles was placed in com mand of the army this grow ing young man prepared all tho facts for a seven-column ur- ,i ft LM. tlclo in a prominent newspnper In tho east, giving historical facts concerning all the commanders of the American' army from George Washington to Nel son A. Miles. It was excellent work. Hut the boy was now getting to bo a. man, nnd he was nmbltiotis to work for himself. Ho ought and secured, employment from a dally paper in Wheeling, W. Va., and proceeded to ven der efficient service, albeit IiIh salary was meager. He still retained his con nection with the newspnper man under whoso tialning ho had grown, but ho readied out foi himself In a commend able manner. He became intensely interested In tho affairs of West Virginia. Having as certained at tho nnvy department that within n year a number of new cruisers would be named after principal cities of tho country, this young man filed an application for tho city of Wheeling, soliciting tho secretary of the navy to name ono of tho new cruisers of tho navy after tho principal city of West Virginia. His application was placed on tile, but nothing would have conic of It but for the energy nnd determina tion of character which the young man displayed. He wrote articles about tho application, incited action on tho part or tho citizens of Wheeling, an.l then urged Senators Faulkner nnd Elklns to LEUOY J. M'NEELY. go to the secretary of the navy and re quest that one of the cruisers bo named Wheeling. They did so, but had little hope of accomplishing nnythlug by their requests. Hut the young reporter was hope ful, earnest and audacious. Ho kept track of the proceedings in the navy de partment, and when the cruisers were about to be named he called upon Postmaster-General Wilson, who had beet a West Virginia congressman for 12 years, and urged him to see tho secretary ol the navy in behalf of his application that ono of the cruisers be nnmed Wheeling. In compliance with this re quest the postninstcr-gcnerni saw tluj secretary of tho navy and suggested the propriety of naming a cruiser after the city of Wheeling. And it was done. When you remember that few men of experience in public llfo have tho courage to approach a mem ber of tho cabinet with sugges tions, particularly concerning a pro posed important executive action, you will realize that this young man exhib ited considerable moral courage and displayed an unusual amount of self reliance. Ho was seeking nothing foi himself, asking no individual favor, but was pressing the claims of a prominent city to recognition in an important mat ter. He wisely and sagaciously dis cerned tho necessity of political influ ence to accomplish his object, and hence called upon statesmen who had been honored by the suffrage of tho people of West Virginia. Moreover, ho uiged them to go to tho front. Ills last, ag gressive movement deserves particular. praise. Ho know that Postmaster General Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Her bert had served together in tho na tional house of representatives for at least half a score of years; and that their personal and political relations were of tho most cordial nature. Ho knew that if tho postmaster general could be induced to make an earnest plea to the secretary of the navy, his request would most likely be granted. Therefore ho sought tho postmaster general at the most opportune time and solicited Ills interest in tho case. IJy so doing he clinched Ids arguments and appeals and achieved success in his un dertaking. You may well believe that he was a proud young man when he was able to telegraph his paper at Wheel ing that one of the new cruisers had been named Wheeling. On Wednesday evening, November 10, the city council of Wheeling passed resolutions of thanks to the secretary of the navy, to the senators, to the post master general, and also to Lcroy J. MoNeely, tho young newspaper man who originated tho idea and fostered it until success was won. It is believed that this is tho only instance in which any ono newspaper man has been in fluential or potential in securing execu tive action favorable to any city in the matter of tho naming of a cruiser for the new navy. Heretofore the honor has been conferred in compliance with, the action of municipal and state au thorities, petitioning through theircon gressional representatives. In Ihis in stance, the originator, promoter and guardian of the idea was one man, and. ho but barely attaining his mnjorlty. SMITH D. FRY. Comparison. A promtHo, like yon Byuhments. Should bo handled wlf Kre't euro. Ef yoh makes It in er hurry, Hit am likely not ter wear. Washington Star. 1 h TBI