rjMwi twaiataxmatiiaMitm P: n i THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER v. w. NANIlttlt' NEMAHA I'lllllldlllT. - NKHUAKKA. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Acciirili'd Hid I'ltl in. The New York Herald accords to Hie new Lafayetty dollar tin pulin'iis a null. of elastic currency. I In Intrin sic Milne. la about fiO ccnls, Its faCq value $1, niul it sells for $'J. IIuimI vrllliii; CliiiML'i'N. A man's handwriting ehilngcH with IiIh vliitruuliM', and character changes with age. This fact induces soine ImnliH to require depositors to sign their imnii'H every- lime their puisa books are balanced. A rnrliiiin tn III" Tinunt. Something of a sensation whh ere ntcd at Khlorndo, hid., by the will left Ifj I'M ward Bunch, a wealthy young man. 1I1h will bequeaths t. Adam Pupaw, IiIh tenant, land and dial telH worth $l,000. Ilitlliiiiu'n Hplimclhl Hlioirlnir. (lov. Mount, of Indiana, 1 pepuin tilly supervising an elaborate- exhibit for IiIh Htale at tho Pnrls exposition. One of tin: features of this will lie a ncrlcH of large photographs to show the, progress of the "good roads" movement, in Indiana, where there are now fiO.UOU nilics of graded and grav eled highway. A Whim HfitiKfi rrii.y guilt. A nilllu for a white house crazy quilt has JiiHt. taken )laee at SO eentH a "throw." The pieces In the quilt are from this tapestry and other fur nishings of the maiiHloti, dating back to (he Lime of Mrs. Cleveland and rep resenting four administrations. This quilt is exquisitely arranged, and the valuation is put down at $110 (iiirlmi Htrin't Piiwinmit. The most eurious slieet imveme.nt in the world is that which has recent ly been put down in Lyons, Franco. It Is of glass, the blocks being about eight inches square, each made up of Hi.xlccn smaller blocks. The glass blocks are so tightly lit tod together that water cannot pass between I hem. Ah a pavement, glass, it is said t-i liue greater resistance than stone. .XiHCfttor (lilt thn (ilnry. In China when an honor is con ferred on a -family, it is the ancestors mid not the descendants who share the glory. If a Chinaman, for his merils, receives a title of nobility his Hon can never inherit it or have the right, to use any but an inferior title Tims the nobility in the family goes on diminishing from generation to generation till It llnally becomes ex tinct. V.IlHiiirlo In Inillii. The number of llaptist missionaries in India is -KI0, a decrease in the last year of 17; Congregationallsts, 1.19. an increase of 8; Church of Knglnnd, C28, an Increase of '18; Presbyterian, 107, a decrease of 2; Methodists, 2!)8, nn increase of 211; Lutherans, 2.1',), nn increase of 08. These, together with a number of smaller bodies, make a total of 2,707, being an increase, of 320. Not it Milium In Tlil County. Steuben county, Ind., now enjoyes the distinction of being the only county lu the state without it saloon within her borders, a recent scslon of the board of county eonunissioneni having ridden the county of the last wet goods place by refusing a reissu ance of license. The agitation to make Steuben a dry county began sev eral years ago, and the crusade con tinued without interruption until the Inst saloon was closed. Hpi-iiluir llriiiliir.nii'H Ouvnl. Speaker Henderson's gavel Is qulto n curiosity. The head is of rose wood from Montejo's flagship, and tlio handle of native usage grown In I'olr county, la. It is decorated by an ea gle's beak bearing a scroll inscribed "E I'ltiribus Uiiiun." Qn tho upper ferrule are dovcB and a garland, on the lower pictures of the. United States ships Iowa and Des Moines. The Iowa tiriuH and Mr. Henderson's monogram urc on the side of the head. Will Aeeopt No Hillary, liev. C. 1). lloyne, one of the best Icnowu divines in the Northwestern Indiana M. K. conference, has notiiled his congregation that hu has repudi ated the scripture text which says the laborer is worthy of his hire, and b nolvcd his membership from salary obligations. Hereafter he will accept whatever charitably inclined mem bers of hjs flock are disposed to give. lte.v.Mr. lloyne Is the third minister in the conference to take this radical depnrfure. Kilili-atlon In Ilttwitll, William T. Harris, commissioner of education! speak highly of tho cdu cntibnnrsyRtem of the Hawaiian is lands, which. is, ho contends, all that can bo derflred.. Of a total population df-100,020 in Ihoso Islands in 1890 the number of pupils, enr.oUVd In the schools was M522, and ivearly. 37 per t!eilt. Of t lllKI' Vln lllltlvil lliltt-.iilni.ci ' Mr. Ilarria says that-in ihe. public' schools of the Spanish colonies and protectorates' it would bo unwise" to try Jo substitute hew tjehoola in placu of the old' ones.. . ' ; EARTHQUAKE KILLS Sb'ViiUAL. Kim luoliito mill Ailjuijiiiit riiuii-ft III Oall- fornlit llrrnlie n Miwiro linrk--."Miiiy Two-Story Untitling WrroKucl. Kim .Iiielnto, (al., Dei:. 20. A dis astrous earthquake occurred ''lit l::.ri yesterday morning.- Nearly iicvy two-story building was wrecked, and It is estimated that tlm damage will aggregate over ."i(),000. The" main ti'h'oek was preceded by ii loud, roar iijg Koup'd and awakened many just in time to escape from the doomed buildings. The business street wiw) Ullch n wreck that tons of .debris had to be removed before buildings could lie entered. At Salioha r-idiuit reset1, vatlon six squaws were Killed by fall ing walls, two fatally in hired mid many .seriously injured The shock caused tlvy artesian wells to How larger streams than ever before. Con siderable damage was reported in nearby villages. Appi'iitMl iii Tluilr Nlclit ;iilln-.. Santa Ana, Oil., Dee. 2(5 The se verest earthqiiultc in years visited this section yesterday morning at :'Sf Third-story hotel guests were almost rolled out of bed. Clocks were stopped all over the elly and the walls of sev eral brick buildings were badly cracked. Hundreds of people were on the streets a few seconds after the hock, some appearing In night clothes and remaining up until day light. I.iiitclni; Ilium I'lnplli'il tit Aimlii'liii. Anaheim. Cal., Dee. 2(1. Tin: heavi est earthquake shock ever known here Occurred at -liii't yesterday morn ing. It hinted fully ten seconds and was violent from the beginning. Lodging houses were emptied and the streets were tilled with shivering peo ple. A number of buildings wore cracked but no serious damage was t'one. rloi-t. Slnii'il lit Von turn. Ventura, Cal., Dec. 20. A heavy prolonged earthquake shock was felt liere this morning at t:I.M. Houses were badly shaken and clocks stopped but no damage resulted. The vibra t.ons were followed by high wind and a heavy sea. (Html it '1 llitrxiitrlt Mmkllit: Up. Needles, Cal., Dee. 2(5 A terrific Klioek of earthquake was experienced here at l:2,"i yesterday morning, stop ping clocks, rattling wndows. break' lug glns. and giving the town 'i 1 borough shaking up. EARLY AFTER PENSIONS. Onn iilllnr Out of Evnry Twtilvn of the SjmiiMli-AiiiorlfHn Wur WuiiIh 1'ity from I'milii hum. Washington, Dee, 20. The .business zeal of the pension attorneys threat ens to bring the pension list of the Spanish-American and I'hilippinewars up to startling proportions. Already 2.1,000 applications for pensions grow ing out of these wars have been Hied wilh the pension bureau. The fact that from the Ninth Massachusetts regiment alone 0.10 applications hae been filed is evidence ol the pension attorney's activity. The total number of enlistments for the Spanish-Aim rican war and the Philippine war was about It 12,000, but nearly -10,000 of these were re-en llst incnts. II is estimated, therefore, that the total number of individuals en listed lor the two wars is nppioxi niutcly 'tOO.OOO. As there have, up to the. present time, been 2.1,00 applica tions for tiensions growing out of these, wars, it will be seen that one soldier in every twelve of thoe who served is a pension-seoker. And this startling ptopoithm is attained in less than two .venrs from the date upon which I lie. war with Spam was declared, and in the face of the fact Hint, the American losses In battle upon sea and upon land were, propor tionately to (lie forces engaged, the smallest sustained in any American war. (hir u 'I lum iiikI Mllltiiry 1MII. Washington, Dee. 20. TIutb are 1, 2S0 bills before the house loniinittetj on military alTnii', to correct recoids, res ore n.mies to "he rolls, remove el.'irges of desertion and perform similar acts of benetiience towaid the oil soldiers who llt'd trouble in get tiin' a pension. Chairman Hull will assign these bills numerically to thu members of tho committee, and each member will have 71 bills to work on. Not. over 11 'o per cent- of this gieat mass of bills will pass ."Mliur Chii l'nlll In Mm Nut v. Sim Francisco, Dee. 20. .Judge De Haven, in thu United States district court, has decided that minors over 18 do not retpiire the consent of their parents to enlist in the navy and when once enlisted they must serve their term. The decision was made in the ease of ICdward ii. Norton, aged Hi. 11 1 mother sought his veleaso o i i. writ ( habeas carpus, which was denied. Ili Muv Quit tlio Culiln.'t Washington, Dec. 20. Secretary Cage's presence in New York and the fact that he was In consultation h Uu- flimncle lu !'t,,;t"l7 "f financiers who constitute tho National' City .bank rcvfv.ed tl;e rumor tha't the sec retary .will shortly tender his resig nation to" Prcsideiit McKinley to bo uome president of a N,ew York bank. AWFUL MINE DISASTER. l'rolmlily I'lfty Mini Wr ICillnl ly an I'xplunluii In tint llruzni'll Mlnu'h'rur ISrowiifttllli-, I'ii. Brownsville, I'a., Dee. 20. The hor ror of the Brn.ncll mine disaster of .Saturday grows in intensity with ewry hour. The number of the dead is now estimated at 10, and may pass that ilgure. At the shine lime there Is a strong presumption that" Ihe laws regulating mining vvere carelessly and probably .criminally disregarded. Yes terday the first bodies of the victims were brought out of the mine and never in the. history of mine disasters wen' human .beings so horribly iliutl lated. The estimates, of the number of the dead are conflicting. A. i'. Bruznell,' president of the Stnckdnlo Coal com pany, ycslerd.-iy afternoon said he be lieved that but. 20 to .'." men had been killed. Men who were working around the mine yesterday morning give dif ferent figures. They say '!.". to 10 men wont down the mine shaft in the cages, while about 20 climbed down the steps in the elevator shaft. From fiTi to 00 men were in the mine, and ol this number 12 have been recovered alive. All the rest, whatever the num ber, are dead. "It was awful,' wild the fire boss. "The men were trapped there like rats and there is no hope that a single man is alive. The two shafts were both disabled and there was no other exit. I have never seen a more ter rilie mine explosion. Stone stoppings two feet thick and cemented together were utterly destroyed. Not een part hies of rock remained. The stone was blown into dust." A GALLANT IRISHMAN. dipt. O'.Sclll .Vlurphy I'ulN Out a l'r.'iich I'M 1 1 or for llli liiiiltlii; AMiii'Uh on Oiii'imi Victoria. Paris, Dec 20. dipt. O'Veill Mur phy, brother of the late Daniel Mur phy, the San l'rancisco millionaire, and uncle of Lady Wolscky, wife of Sir Charles Michael Wolseley, Hart no relation to Lord Wolseley has hhot in a duel and perhaps kil'cd M. Marcel, editor in chief of La Carica ture. It was some of La Caricature's ear toons insulting Queen Victoria that loused the ire of the Irish captain, who served for many years in the horse artillery, and is a crack shot. When the gallant captain saw his oueen attacked lie wrote to the of fending editor and called him a dog end a coward. The combat was of the briefest du ration, for Marcel was put hors de combat at once. As lie fell his re volver went off and a bullet grazed Murphy's arm. The editor lief in a precarious condition in Switzerland, while the Irishman in out skating in tin Itois. TWENTY-ONE" DROWNED. Ilrltl-.li SNmiimt Slriinilcil OtT I'lipn Iliit- turin mill Only V, ulit of 1 1 or Ortuv (!i to llio hlioro. Norfolk, Vs.. Dec. 20.-The Brit ink steamship Ariosto, Capt. Maines, bound Jroiu (lalvesloii to Ilainburg, J wan wrecked at fjur o'clock this niorning six miles south of llatteras, N. C, and jl of the crew were drowned. Capt. Baincs and eight of , the crew were saved by the heroic .efforts of the Oeracoke life saving 'crew undo Capt. .lames Howard. Those who lost their lives attempted to reach the shore in a small boat, ( which was swamped shortly after It put otr from the ship. Capt. Baines and the eigli men remained aboard and were lauded by the life savers in a breeches buoy, but not until after a struggle which lasted all day. Not In .Mrnllon Fr' Mlvnr New York, Dee. 2tJ. Ucprosontative William 1). Daly, who returned -from Washington to-day said: "Col. Bryan has arranged to meet the democratic leaders in Washington next month uud the itinerary will be mapped out. 1 have agreed to accompany Mr. Bry an on his trip throuuh New Jersey. I underiitand his topic will be impe- rulihin ami trusts, and ttiat lie is to ' speak in Camden, Trenton and Jersey City before going to New Yoru. lie 1 will reach New Jersey probably bo- five J'ebritary. Nothing s 1 he said about 10 to 1 ho far as 1 can learn." Illc I'lr.. lit lliiatlni;-), Ni. Bastings, Minn., Dee. 1G.--Nearly three blocks of building.1. In tho busi ness portion of this town, principally fronting on Vermillion street, were burned enrly yesterday with a loss of r.botit $200,1)01). The fire broke out in K. C. Liliby v Co.'s sawmill, evidently ihe work of an, incendiary, and the entire plant, with planing mill, store houses, lumber olllces, sheds, etc., were consumed. One million and a half feet of upper grade, lumber were also burned. Will Appoint Mr. I'lilmor. Chicago, Dee. 20. Mrs. Louisa L. Mann, secret iry of tlieWotlianV. Au--iliary to the 'lU'iiu, imil Gray legii n, has received, a'lctt'vf from Presidi-iit McKinley saying that '.Mrs. Potter 1'ulmer will be appointed direet-or of the American woman's department nf the liris exposition. HER ASPIRATIONS. A. Kntimn Girl Who 'rook u Vrnctlci VleVr of IMiienlloiutl AilvnnliiKci. There was little of th idealistic about the ctviy of n Kans.f girl at her lucent radiia tion. Her teacher hud iven her for a theme the phrase: "Beyond llie A.ps Lies, Italy." She ustonwlied her prcccpttewj and school mates by these eiapliatievvoi ds: "I do not care a tent whether Italy lies bevond the Ah or even m Mi(lim. I do not eSptet to M-t the river on foe v.itli my futiite career. 1 am -find I have a Roud, very .good education, but 1 nm not going U mis use. U by writing poetry or tw. nl;out the .future woman. It will enable mu to correct tlio grammar of "mi v lover I amy have, should, he speuk of 'doig.s' in my pieence, or fciy lie Went mjiiuwiwtci it will nko conic handy when I want to figure out how many pounds of soap a vvoiuau can Ket.for three ' dozen eggs at the grocery. So 1 do iio,t le grudge the time I have spent in ncmuririK it. Hut nry ambitions do not fly so high. 1 jiit want to many a man' who can lick nny body of ins wnisht in the towin-lnp, who can nil! ail wi-acre mini mm wm mi nu i.u- , niiilc relatives to coijic around and tiy to boss the much. And I vvili ngice to cook good dinnera for lam that w ou't -enil him to an early grave and lavish upon him n whole lot of wlioieaomo affection and sej-that his razor li.i'ii't been used to cut hiootn wire when lie vvani to shave, la view of all this 1 don't care if J do get a little nisty oil the rule of lliiee and kindred things as the years It Ih Card. A commercial traveler on his trip called upon a vvell-'iiiovva chemist. He was nerv ous as he put Inn hand in his pocket and handed out a caul. "I represent that concern, said the young man. "You nre fortunate, replied the chemist. The commercial traveler was encouraged and said; "I think so, sir, and the chemist who trades with ti is even more so. My firm ha the fmet hue of cosmetics in the country." "I shouldn't have thought it," slowly re Fpniulcd the man of medicine. "Her com plexion looks natural." And ho handed back tlio photograph winch the young man had given him by mistake. lie took it and left without waiting to make any farewell ictnarks. London Tit-15its. An IOxlttiKiilslicr. Thump, thump! ilattle, rattle, crash! Young Percy Stonebroko rolled dawn the steps ot the palatial residence of Mr. Cold bauds. Mr. Goldbonds returned to the house, roll ing down his sleeves. "Papa, O, papa, what have you been do ing?" This question came in anguished tones from the ruby lips of Arabella (Johlbonds. "Putting out the light of your life," an swered papa, who had done a little eaves dropping in the hall the night before. -Baltimore American. fJJO I'er Week. We pay $20 per week and expenses for man with rig to introduce our Poultry Mixtuie. Send stamp for teims. Excelsior Mfg. Co., Par.-ous, Ivans. Cora "Do you like to hear a girl whif tie?" Mcrritt "No. but I like the way her mouth looks when she gets ready to try." Town Topics. To Curo fNiliI In One liny Take Laxntivu Hroino Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money Hit fails to cure. 25c. After all, the question which disturbs men most, is how to earn more and work less. Atchison (J lobe. Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up children's Coughb and Co kin. Mrs. M. (J. Blunt, Sprague, Wash., ilaich 8, '01. Self-respect is the corner stone of all vir tue. Sir John Ilerschcl. Actors, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise Hale's Honey of llorchmmd and Tar. Pike's Toothache Dtops Cure in one minute. Childhood may do without a grand pur pose, but manhood cannot. Holland. Captain Gridley's Mother eaa: ratiff DEWKV'S FLAG SHIP OLYMPU-CAPTAIN GIUDLEY, CORIANDER. Mrs. Gridky, mother of Captain Gridtcy, ivho was in command of Dewey's flag ship, at the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Manilla, says of oar remedy, Peruna: 44 At ihe solicitation of a friend I used Peruna, andean truthfully say- it is a grand tonic and is a 'woman's friend, and should be used in every- household. After using it for a short period I feet like a new person. " Ann E. Gridlcy. Nearly all our Ills nro duo to catarrh. Wo are llublu to luivo catarrh of tho head, catarrh of tho throat, catarrh of tho lungs, stomach, kidneys, bladder and polvio organs. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Address Dr. Ilartnuin, Columbus, Ohio, for free hook. DDnDQV NKW I'lSCOVI'KY-, elves llr O I quick relief ami cum worst ram-ii. Hunk of trultninnlnlii nml 111 itii) ' tri'.itmcnt I'l'co llr II II OUI.hN'S bO.NS, lloi D, Atluiuu.Ua. m CUIUJS WHtKt All tlifc 1AIIS. " EST (Si Hoat UouKh tiyrup. Tasten Good. Ceo M C3 In time. Sold hy UrugglMs. 88 "Prosperity for 11)00. Indioatio as everywhere point to great the coming year. This lr a pros- nentv for an in- variable sien of a licaltliv nature. I'hc suc cess of a country, as well as the success of an individual, depends upon health. Thero can he no health if the stomach is weak. If you have any stomach trouble try Hostet tor's Stomach Bitters which cures dyspep sia, indigestion and biliousness. It luukei ilrong, vigorous men and women. The I-'nriner Scored. " A farmer drifted into a hardware store at Mullmll and Was asked by the manager: "Don't you' want to buy a bicycle to ride around jour farm on?. They're cheap now. Can give you one for $3o." . . . "Va sooner, put the $3a into a cow," said Hie fanner. !.(... .1 - ,. t, .1.1 fit I 1 mil inniK, saiu mo manager, now iooi ish you would look riding around town on a cow )V. "Oil, I don't know," said tlio farmer; "no more foolish, porhapi, than 1 would milking; a bicycle." Kansas City Journal. Ihnv'.i TliUr Wo .offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for nny case of Catarrli that cannot ho cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. 1 J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O, We, the undersigned, have known lC. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to catry out any obligations made bv their firm. Wtst & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo. 0. Walding, Kinnnn & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrli Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. t Price (Go. per bot tle. Sold by all Druggists. Te&timoniale free. Hall's Family Tills are the best. iCncw It AVns In LicIiIkIi. A rertain Pennsylvania Sunday school teacher was questioning her clai.s. "Where was Christ born?" she asked of Willie. Wil lie pondered awhile and finally announced: "Matich Chunk." "Mauch Chunk!" (creamed the teacher. "You ought to know better than that. Why, lilt'u Georgio knows where Christ wasnorn. Where was Christ born,. C'eorgicY" And the treble of the four-vear-ohl answered: "I'etli-Ie-hein."' "That's right," said tho teacher. "Well," said Willie, pouting: "I knew 'twas some where on the Lehigh Valley railway." Chi cago Chronicle. Try Gi-nln-O! Try friiIii-0! Ask your grocer to-day to show you a package of (JltAIN-O, the new food drink Unit takes the place ot collce. The children may drink it without iniurv as well as the adult. All who try it like it. GBAIN-0 lias that rich K'al brown of Mocha or .lava, but it is made from pure grains, and tho most delicate stomachs receive it without distress. 1-t the price of coffee. Ifi cts. and 'Jo cts. per package. Sold by nil gioccru. Her Modest Hint. He Were you ever caught beneath the mistletoe? She Perhaps you had better come around on Christmas and kc if I act like one who has had experience. Chicago Timcs-llcrald. The Florliln Air Line. Through Sleeping Car line St. Louis to Jacksonville. Fia. Double daily service via Louisville, Lexington, Chattanooga, Atlan ta & Mncou. Most attractive route. For information address It. A. Campbell, G. P. A., St. Lout.s, .Mo. It is only when she is poor and homely that a girlcan he sure the man who wooa her is really in love. Chicago Dispatch. The Hext PrPNorlplloii for CIiIHb and Fever Is a bottlo of C'uovr.'s Tvstclcss Ciiii.i. Tonic. It h simply irnnimduuiniucin u tasteless lorm. Nncufo uoimy. I'ricc,n0c. Bo your character what it Uill, it will bo known; and nobody will take it upon your word. Chestei field. Kadi package of PUTNAM FADKLKSS DYlvS colors cither Si.k, Wool or Cotton perfectly. Sold by all diuggists. Trust that man in nothing who lias not & conscience in everything. Sterne. Restored by Peruna. ARYERSlfiK Grow up with it. Send for "InTontor'ii 1'rlmor" nnd' I'roteci Your lilc.is, 'Irte, VVumilnk'IOl), U 0 l'.tnbUht&, ltfi. Iliunchcfc.. Clilrnt:o,l"lPTd. laiiJ,Uvtreit, UonuUutUnrn.. .ii no ii. oifvrlm .v to,. zTzsmzsj&:isim PATENTS T y r Y o o k M.j.