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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
XT. XV, HANDKltH, VublUher.
NEMAHA. NEHRASKA.
THE BABY'S WELFARE.
To lli Ifcnltliy Two-Third of IIn l.lfo
.Should lie .Spent In .SIiM-it.
Moro thun two-tliirdB of the life of a
Jioalthy buby Hlionltl be jiaHnoil in sleep.
Therefore n wise molliur is exceedingly
careful tn uolecsting tho iimterlal of
her baby's bed. Probably the most un
wholesome bed the wee, dainty bit of
humanity can have is tlio little swing
ing bassinet of down, laco and ribbons,
which French milliners prepare under
the apparent impression that baby is
a sort of toy to bo dressed up for dis
play and laid away when asleep like a
French doll.
The best crib for n baby is not a
Kwinglng bassinet, or any swinging or
rocking cradle, but a crib of liberal
tdze, which stands firmly on its legs,
and is large enough for the child until
Jt is old enough to sleep in a regular
bed. The pillow of the baby's bed
idiould bo a Hat one. of hair, not over two
inches thick. " This Is not the conven
tional baby pillow of the shops. That
is a doll-like affair of down, covered
willi linen cambric and edged with lace,
and Is a very dangerous pillow to use
for two icasons. First, the brain of an
infant is very sensitive and liable to
congestion from over-excitement, In
digestion or some slight cause, and the
head should be kept cool, and should
not bo heated by a down pillow; sec
ondly, the down used in the shops un
less the work is made to order is al
ways Arctic down. This Is composed
of the soft feathers stripped from the
.quills of the Herman goose. It is so
penetrating that the fine particles will
force themselves through the seams
and the interstices in the muslin, which
is usually used to cover the pillow, or
even through bed ticking. These un
wholesome particles floating in the air
are then liable to be breathed by the
sleeping infant.
Tlio best bed coverings for a baby
4ire sheets of cambric or linen in sum
mer and soft blanket of pure Cali
fornia wool, which arc as warm and
light as down and much more whole
some, In winter. A silken comfortable
of down is allowable if the mother can
lUiTord that stlken-liko down which the
eider duck plucks from her breast to
'line the nest which she builds for her
,own ducklings in the Arctic snows.
'.L'lils soft, dun-colored down does not
llloat about, but clings together, so
that it Is safe to use It. The coverlet of
itho baby's bed may be of any dninty
luied wash silk. This coverlet will pro
ject the blankets as well as a heavier
counterpane of cotton. St. Louis he
public. Kliiimt'l in Mummer.
It Is a mistake to abandon the wear
ing of llaunels in summer, considering
'the sudden changes of our climate the
erratic conditions of the atmosphere
which sometimes gives us a July day
.colder and more bleak than one in .Ian
luary. A good way to wash ordinary
flannel is to pour strong, boiling soap
suds over it in a tub. When cool
enough to allow the hand to bear it,
ipour oil! the suds and add boiling hot
clean water; let this stand as before,
itheu pour oil' and add more boiling
.clean water. When cool enough, squeeze
the garments, but do not wring or rub.
Btrcteh immediately on a line in the
Hiot sun or by a hot lire, pressing out the
water with the hand, as it settles in the
dependent parts of tho garments.
Stretch the flannel as soon as the water
is pressed out, keeping it hot until dry,
as much as possible. This treatment
will keep woolen garments soft and
.pliable till worn out. Housewife.
Dully Occupation.
It is not unusual to banish from this
portion of life any Idea or hope of peace.
'That is kept for the evening, when labor
,is over, and the comforts of home and
rest take Its place; or It is reserved for
the evening of life, when exertion ceases
and energy droops; or it is relegated to
koiiio time in the future, when sullicicnt
iineans have been secured to make work
"appear unnecessary. It stands for the
realization in some way of ease, coni
tfort, leisure, luxury, opportunity. On
the other hand, toil, effort, hardship,
Kt niggle are all put in opposition to it.
Thus men will often live lives of Jabor
and sacrifice, hoping by this means to
obtain peace and tranquility when the
toil is over. Hut, to unite the two, to
enjoy peace in toll, tranquility in effort,
seldom occurs to them. Yet no peace
worth having exists without power, and
.power must have its outlet in activity.
N. Y. Ledger.
I'"iihIiIoii'm FoiIh,
Blouao bodice of yellow and red
changeable silk.
Holts and chatelaine bags knitted of
ailk and beads.
Hlaek silk grenadine showing a scroll
design in white.
White satin belts and collars for wear
with gowns of foulard.
Fine alpacas and silk flannel, suitnble
for blouses or shirt waists:
Delightfully sununery lints, all hi
varying tones of green. Chicago Hee
ord. The loftiest inhabited place in tho
world is the HuddhUt monastery of
Haine, in Thibet. It is about. 17,000
feet above the sou.
MILLIONS AKE "WASTED.
How tho Pooplo'B Tronsury Is
Itobbod Right and Loft.
AIminom lii Olllolnl Life AVlileli Need
Correction Funoy Snlurlc-w I'll Id
to 1'crMoiiH Wlio Do Mot
Hum Them.
Special Washington Letter.'
This is a true story of tho greatest
highway robbery that ever occurred:
The singular point of the whole story
is that the robbers have never been ar
rested nor even suspected.
Tlio amount of booty secured in al
most fabulous and the number of peo
ple who suffered by the robbery is ap
palling. It seems very strange that
this story should have to bo written,
when so many people of intelligence nro
interested and should havo discovered
the culprits long ago.
The people of the United States havo
been crying and whining about hard
times for tlio past three years, when
they should be the richest people in the
world. They arc intelligent nhd edu
cated and certainly ought to know the
cause of tho hard times of which they
have been complaining. They should
study current events and make note of
the fact that all men In public life arc
not honest, and that very few will have
their names plaoed upon the calendar of
saints. They ought also to note that
homo men in public life arc dishonest,
and that those who havo remained in
public life longest havo been most
often tempted to better their condi
tions, no matter how.
I think Jt is time for tho men who
run tho government of the United
States to come to judgment. It is time
to toll at least enough of the truth to
set the people to thinking on right lines.
They do no need a revision of the tariff
every four years. They do not need to
disturb a monetary system which has
been stable for more than n generation.
There was nothing the matter with tho
monetary system of this country until
men high in public life began deliber
ately to rob the treasury right before
the eyes of a patient, people.
If the people of the United States
had now in their possession the totnl
sum of $500,000,000 or more, of which
they havo been plundered, they would
not bo crying about hard times. No
one who studies tlio annual appropria
tion bills which are passed by both
houses of congress, and approved by
the president; no one who takes the
lilue Hook and studies the list of sal-
TH13 WIDOW'S PLI3A.
nrleB which are paid for clerical serv
ices; no one who can be suilicieutly non
partisan to make comparison between
tho appropriations and expenditures of
the government, and who will contrast
the olllcial salaries of men with tluue
of the business world, will fail to see
that tho extravagance of the govern
ment of the United States is simply ap
palling. lie will bo a very narrow-minded man
who will view these things from a
partisan standpoint, and seek to place
the blame upon the political party to
uhich ho does not belong. While the.
politicians are inducing the people to
"blame it on the other fellow," they
nre the most successful in plundering
their deluded hearers.
To be practical, let instances be cited.
Well, there are six auditors of the treas
ury, each of whom receives a salary of
$.',000. You have right in your own
town several bright young men who
are well educated, and perfectly cap
able of performing the functions of a
treasury auditorship as well as any
ward politician on earth; and any one
of those young men would be glad to
till the position of an auditor, am have
four years of residence in Washington,
even if tlje salary were only $2,000, in
stead of $5,000 per annum. Now that
being tho case, why should the govern
ment pay each of those auditors $5,000
per annum? Is it not a sheer waste of
18,000 per annum? Would any busi
ness man pay more for salaries than is
absolutely necessary?
Why then does the government pay
these excessive salaries to the auditors?
Simply because the senators and mem
bers of congress who make tho appro
priations want their political friends
rewarded for party services; and they
ghe them fancy salaries, but the over
taxed people havo to pay the money.
It is simply highway robbery, and noth
ing else. Hut these six auditors of the
treasury are Insignificant as compared
with the whole story.
hi this city alone there are over 2,000
clerks who draw salaries of $1,800 or
fy.OOO each; and there are about -1,000
clerks who draw salaries of $1,400 or
$1,000 each. There are plenty of intelli
gent young men and women through
out, the country who would be glad to
live in Washington, nnd work from nine
o'clock in tho morning until four
o'clock in the nfternoon, for $000 per
annum; and you know of several good
and competent men in your own neigh
borhood who would gladly accept such
a position for $000 per annum. Well,
there is nothing difficult in the worlc of
these clerks, and there are plenty of
good men and women who would be
glad to take the places at greatly re
duced salaries. I figure it thnt there are
about 3,000 clerks in Washington alone
who are receiving each $1,000 more than
should be paid them. Ho you realize
what that means? It means that the
over-taxed people of this country nro
annually paying at least $3,000,000 more
than ought tu be paid for clerical serr
ices in Washington city.
Look at the postal system. There are
postmasters in every town of 1,000 or
more inhabitants, who nro drawing
salaries ranging from $1,000 up to $0,
000 per annum; and in other business
lines those gentlemen would find it
dilllcult to earn more than $G00 per an
num. Just think of itl There nre 70,
000 post ofllces; nnd in at least -10,000
of those post ofllces wo are paying nn
average of $500 each year more than
we should pay. That shows a total
waste of about $20,000,000 each year.
Without going more into detail as to
figures, it may lie said that any man of
experience can sit down and demon
strate to Ills friends in the parlor, or
in the schoolhousc, that the people have
been robbed of not less than $50,000,-
000 each year, for at least ten years;
and in that period alone there has been
a waste of the enormous sum of $500,
000,000. Then there is our peculiarly-constructed
civil service law, which is
building up nn olllce-holding aris
tocracy, which will continue this state
of affairs, unless some apostle with
courage shall come along and tell the
truth, the whole truth, and awaken the
people.
"Great God, Air. Secretary, can you do
nothing for mo at all?"
The tears came despite her strong ef
fort to control her feelings as she stood
beside the desk of the cabinet minister
of the nation. Her whole frame trem
bled with emotion as site said:
"When the colonel died, he said to
me, nlmost with his last breath: 'Mollie,
1 believe that I have left you in comfort
able circumstances. Hut if you ever
become poor nnd needy, go to Gen.
Sherman or Gen. Sheridan, and tell
them that you arc my widow. You
will be well cared for, rest assured of
that. Teach the children to remember
that their father was a soldier, and that
he died of the wounds received at Cham
pion hills, in Cliickaniaugn, and at Five
Forks. The doctors say that the last
wound in the lungs is what has
brought me to this gasping close of life.
Hut the country will care for you,
Mollie, and you need never fear.'
"And so believing, Air. Secretary, he
died. And now you tell mo that the re
public lias no power to help mo? Gen.
Sheridan is dead, but I have Gen. Sher
man's letter telling about the colonel's
services before Vicksburg in December,
18(52, and later at Missionary Ilidge. Gen.
llosccrnns writes of his gnllantry at
Chickamauga. Hut Sheridan is dead
and cannot tell of Fio Forks. I wrote
to him about it, but the next day the
newspapers said that Sheridan was dy
ing. Mr. Secretary, I am In absolute
want. I must havo something to do;
please make a place for me in the de
partment." "My dear madam," replied the secre
tary, "tho civil service law is in the
way, and 1 can do nothing unless it is
to appoint you as n charwoman, at $20
per mouth. Will you accept that?"
"Yes, Mr. Secretary, 1 will ocecptnny
thing to keep away the pangs of hun
ger, to give me a roof to shelter me,
and to keep me from sin and shame."
Tho appointment was made. The
talented, beautiful girl-bride of the
soldier who had fought so well is a
gray-haired charwoman in the depart
ment. In the same building is the wid
ow of a confederate general. She got
into the department under the last ad
ministration, no matter how. She got
there, and her salary is $1,000 per an
num. She has $t33 per month. She gets
$33 per week, and works with a pen.
Tho widow of tlio union soldier gets
only $20 per month, and she works with
a broom, bcrubbing brush nnd feather
duster, after the other lady has gone tc
her elegant rooms to dress in silks and
satins, laces and ribbons for tho opera.
The soldier's widow wears calico, eats
crackers and cheese, nnd in winter
shivers in a flreless room with bare
lloors and hard bed; for $20 per month
docs not buy luxuries in the capital of
tho nation which was saved by tho
prowess and self-abnegation of men
like her noble husband.
SMITH D. FRY.
I'lllltM-NtOOll Moth.
Indignant Father My son, your edu
cation lias cost me $20,000. 1 have spent
all I have and you must now go right
to work and earn a living at something
you understand.
Finished Son (Harvard '9G) Well,
father which would you rather have me
be, a baseball pitcher or a billiard mark
er? N. Y. Weekly.
II Ih Anxiety,
Distinguished Artist he careful o!
tho picture; it's not dry.
Art Gallery Porter It's nil right, sir;
I've got my old eout ou. I'iok-Me-Up.
RACING SEASON OPENED.
Tho Bttld-Ooopor Controversy Sot
tied by Earl Kiaor.
Public In Glad to See Hint Wln-
y.lliiiiicrmnn JlcturiiN to the Track
Ills llloruiliy Other
.May Kollow.
(.Special Chicago Letter.
The prolonged dispute between Bald
I and Cooper over tho national racing
! championship is being settled nt last,
after all their futile talk of match
races, in a way that is satisfactory to
neither of them. Little curly-headed
! Earl Kiscr has already demonstrated,
! by his several defeats of both of them,
that there is likely to be another strong
EAIIL KISEIt.
(Tho Possible Blcyclo Champion of 1697.)
claimant for championship honors nt
the end of the present season. His de
feat of Halt! in the mile open and the
half-mile handicap races at the Quill
club meet in New York, in both of
which Kiscr took first and Bald fourth
prize, was a great surprise to the pub
lic, but was looked upon rather in the
light of an accident. All eyes were cen
tered upon Cooper and Bald on the oc
casion of their first meeting this season,
which occurred nt Walthani, Mass., and
Kiser was supposed to havo slight
chance of winning in competition
against the two heroes of last year.
Nevertheless he did win, running first
in the half-mile open, with Bald second
and Cooper fourth, and riding second
to Bald in the mile open event, with
Cooper fifth. Thus, in the first two
big meetings of the year Kiser has won
three firsts, Bald one, and Cooper none
nt all, and in the mile open ut Wnltham,
which was awarded to Bald, he and
Kiser were so nearly tied for first that
nil the judges hesitated to make the
decision, and several competent to
judge believe that Kiscr should have
been given first prize.
These performances nro insufficient
to base an estimntc of the relative abili
ties of the three riders upon, ns both
Bald nnd Cooper may not yet be in the
best of form, but Kiser has been touted
ns n winner this season by those who
are acquainted with his past perform
ances and know the unassuming lad's
determined character. Although Bald
and Cooper nre both great favorites
with tho cycling enthusiasts through
out the country, Kiser's victories seem
to havo been popular ones, and it is n
generally expressed sentiment among
tho racing men, who have been disap
pointed and disgusted by the unsports
manlike conduct of the two leaders in
connection with their match race farce,
that they would like to see both take
back seats this year, for a time, at
least.
Earl Kiser is 21 years of age nnd lives
in Dayton, O. He began racing when
he was 10, and for three or four yenrs
confined his riding to boys' races. He
rode as a Class A amateur in Ohio nnd
Indiana in 1804, during which year ho
won 20 races out of 32 in which he start
ed, and won a prize in every race in
which ho rode. Ho joined Class B the
following yenr and went out on the na
tional circuit, and during the season
broke the quarter, third, half and three-quarter-mile
competition records. In
1890 he went to Europe with Charley
Murphy and Harry Wheeler and there
defeated Jacquclin and Jnap Eden, re
spectively, the fastest sprinters of
France and Holland. Last year, nt
Philadelphia, he won the largest purse
ever offered at a nntional circuit meet,
defeating the best racing men of Amer
ica. This year he is under the efficient
care and management of the veteran
trainer Tom Eck, with A. C. Mortens,
of Minneapolis, as a team mate.
All the conflicting reports of Zim
merman's inteution to return to the
path have been settled in the affirmative
by his appearance nt Valesburg, N. J.,
May 31, where he rode an exhibition
half, paced by a quadruplet, In :5G 2-5.
lie rode easily in his old-time position
elbows stuck out and head drooping
over his front wheel. It is stated on
good authority that ho has joined a bi
cycle team with Bay Maedonald and J.
F. Starbuck ns team mates, nnd it is
also rumored that he is to become the
star of a new tire team forming. At
any rate, there is no doubt that he will
appear upon tho track in exhibition
rides this year, and if ho finds himself
rounding into improved form as rap
idly as he used to do he will assuredly
enter into competition. Ilis return is
liailed with delight by all old followers
of tho racing game, who nro hoping
that "good old Zhnmy" will be able to
go in and win races in his old invinclblo
manner. Enthusiasm would run high
indeed wcro this to occur. Zimmer
man is by far tho greatest bicycle rac
ing man tho world hits ever known,
nnd in tlio height of his success was
said to be several years ahead of his
time; his chances of success, therefore,
may bo greater than many are inclined
to believe.
The ranks of tho racing men and
those interested in racing has augment
ed so rapidly during the last two or
three years that the name of Zimmer
man means little to the majority of
cyclo enthusiasts and race goers. Su
periority over all competitors means
such a degree of speed and such per
fection of condition that the best of
men cannot maintain, their position at.
tho head for more than three or four
years, and then they are quickly for
gotten in the worship of new cham
pions. When Zimmerman attended tho
Quill club wheelmen meet, May 22, ho
passed in front of the grand stand to the
judges' stind, but not a voico cheered
the world's champion of two or three
years ago. llo was tho center of at
traction for a little coterie of old-time
racing men, but tho new ones pnid him
no attention. Such is the evanescent,
nature of fame. For tho benefit of
new recruits to cycling a brief biog--rophy
of Arthur A. Zimmormnn is hcro
given.
He wns born in July, 18G9, making
him just 28 years old at the present!
time. He won his first novice rnco in.
1889, at the Queens county meet on.
Long island, nnd wns fairly successful,
during his first year on tho track. Hoi
first became famous by his defeat of,"
W. W. Windle, then almost invincible,,
nt the Feoria (111.) meet in 1890. Dur
ing the, snjue season he won 45 first,
prizes, 18 second, three third, nnd ono
fourth on the well-remembered Star
machine. The following yenr he began .
riding the safety, but alternated occa--sionnlly
with his high wheel, winning
52 firsts, ten seconds nnd three thirds,,
and incidentally creating a number of
world's records. He went to England in.
1892 and was remarkably successful, be
ing defeated by only two riders in the
United Kingdom and returning to'
America with 75 firsts and ten seconds
to his credit. 'His final victory in Eng
lnnd wns the winning of the 60-mile-championship.
His best season was in.
1693, during which he won 101 races out.
of 111 in which he started, defeating
Walter Sanger, John S. Johnson, Harry
Tyler and others of their class in this
country. No other man has ever ap
proached this brilliant record.
At tho world's championships, held
in Chicago during the world's fair, ho
won every event in which he competed.
Again in the following yenr he went
abroad, with Harry Wheeler as a team
mate, and became the sensation in
France, German', Italy and other coun
tries in which he rode, only one man in
all Europe defeating him. Having re
turned to America, he went to Aus
tralia in 1S95, and met with very little
success, owing to poor management and
innbility to get into proper form. He
turning to his own country, he became.
ifMM
A. A. ZIMMERMAN.
(An 1S97 Picturo of tho Qrwit Sprinter.)-
associated with others in the manu
facture of bicycles, and has not riddem
in competition since.
Zimmerman's talk of returning to the
track has hod its influence on other-old-timers,
and there are rumors that
Harry Tyler, W. F. Murphy, George
Banker and others intend to race once
more. They will be welcome indeed,,
and few will begrudge them success.
Bhould they be so fortunate as to bo
victorious. It is doubtful, however, if
they still have the speed requisite to
win, and even if they should retnin
their sprinting abilities they will findt
that speed alone is not sufficient. Groat
changes have taken place in racing
methods during the lost two or three
years, and hendwork and team work
play important parts in the winning of
races to-day. In former days the bunch:
always divided without question to let
through a contestant coming up be
hind in n sprint. Ho was never pocketed
as ho is to-day. In '93, when Zimmer
man had worked his way to the center
of a bunch in a handicap race lie sim
ply yelled to those ahead of him, and
they opened the way for him to clear
for tho lope, There was no elbowing
then, and foul riding was not bought of.
Speed was all that was needed to win
races, but to-day the rider must ba
versed in oil the tricks of the track,
know how to avoid being pocketed.
II. W. PERRY.
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