T THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER IV. W. HANI)i:itS I'tilillilicr. NEMAHA, NEHIIASKA. TOPICS OF THE DAY. A V-tirii of Vul-rloo. John W. UMIon, who died recently at Wcyssiouth, Muhs., in IiIh ninety eighth your, was u veteran of the bat tle of Waterloo, and, ho f:ir an known, tho only one. in thin country. i:iitomlul IS I)y Without I'miil. 1'ossr niinerH ver entombed for 12 diiyn in the MntHiiyiiHU colliery in .Fa pan lately. They did without food nil the time, and for most of the time without light, and weru none the WMi'nu when slug out. Nclil.ty Not for Arbitration. Admiral Schley bcllcvcH in war. "Arbitration," he wild recently, "Is the fad of the moment, but war, though it cmlnngci'H buidncKH for the time, gives n utrong and hardy race moBt likely to endure." Appimr I'ltrilul to llm linltittlou. Oleomargarine, according to data rent to eongrcHH by Secretary (Inge, is III) per cent, lard, with less than one per cent, of genuine butter. Yet 6.'l,00(),000 pounds of tho compound wens Hold IiiBt year. Atiottntr I'muta Iimo Avry. ThomuH Muncey lived 00 yeans and never haw a railroad train, never Hinoked, chewed tobacco or drank liquor, lie died last week at his liome in Little Crrek, N. J. A widow, eight children, 25 grandchildren, 17 great-gi-andchlldren, and one great-great-grandchild Kurriro him. I'rntildont mill Mllltr Tltli. Twclrc of our presidents had mili tary titles won on battlefields. Wash ington and Grant vrcro commanding generals of th American army; .lacltKon, Willini 11. Harrison, Tay lor and Garfield, major generals; Pierce, Hayes nnd llenjamin Harrison, brigadier generals; Mourou and Me Kinley, majorn; Lincoln, a captain. rMrn Tw Vlctrlw Crnmi-. Nineteen yearn ago Lord Koberts iccelved the thanks of both houses of parliament for hl.i march from Cabul to ICnsiduhar. Hb I tho only man living entitled to wear two Vic toria crosses, His own he wears on Ills left brcat, but the cross earned by his son he in not only allowed but commanded to wear on tho opposite Hide. Fiivor Klctlon hy Dlrnot Voir. l'oUowing is n list of the. states which by action of thoir legislatures have approved election of senators hy the people: Nevada, Utuh, Washlsig ton, Wisconsin, Wyotniug, North Car olissa, Montana, Arkansas, Idaho, Cal ifornia, Colorado, IMoridn, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, LotsiHiann, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis sissippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania. ItociKoTrll nail Ylffi-llfiti-r. Gov. Hoosevelt being in favor of the whipping post for wife-beat ers. a movement is oss foot iss New York state for the passage of legislation authorizing such punishnsesst. Years ago Mr. Uoosuvelt, when a sssesnber of the legislature, introduced a bill with this object in view, but it was de feated. The feeling in favor of such n measure Is strossger ssow ussd with tho governor's aid a whlpplssg post bill might be passed. ISUIiop Tavlor' Kvantfat (Iitrror. Hishop William Taylor, who is now on the Kupcraunuated list of the Methodist Episcopal church, has had n snost eventful career. Previous to his retiressiont frosn active life foisr years ago he had preached continu ously for 511 years. He began sss a Btrcet preacher iss California assd then weut to work in foreign snisslosss. Ho has worked iss Africa, Australia, India, South Asnerica, Asia, assd in most of the islands of the south Pa clllc. "Tlio Hook of tlm Ontury" The. New York Observer makes Vol taire's prediction that the oisd of tho nineteenth century would see the Hiblo forgotten the text of an article tVVhow how, on the contrary, "it has never been remembered more care fully than it is to-day; it has never been circulated 'more widely, nor has it wielded so potent nn influence as in tho century ssbout to close, lssstead of being forgotten or osit of date, it has been and it is preeminently tho book of tho century." I.lvi'H to ITpHnt All ThnnrloH. Married snesi are said to live longer than bachelors, while it 1h generally admitted that mess who use tobacco nhd liquor have a greatly diminished chance of life. Now comes Noah Haby, 128 years old, of New .lei'sey, to upset and laugh at all tho theories. Ho lias smoked nnd chewed tobacco for considerably snore tlsass 100 years. Ho has been a regular, though moder ate, .drinker of whisky for nearly ns long a time, ho has never been mar ried, and ho has been a farm laborer nil his life. THE METHODIST CONFERENCE. Tlitrn ISuiliiFM Hnlon Held Vritnrdujr 'I lin Ti'iiipnntiici Uunitlon unci the Ititu on Ainuiaiiimit. Chicago, .May 20. -With three busb new sessions yesterday the quadren nial conference of the .Methodist Epis copal church, which for a month past has been Kitting here, considering great questions si flcaling tho welfare of that denomination, practically came to a close. The actual adjournment does not take place until to-day, but to-day's session was expected to be but Utile snore than a formality and mnssy of the delegates left for their homes last slight. Much Important business was transacted yesterday, In eluding the settlement of two of the most interesting (luestlons brought before the conference- tho reports of the committee on temperance and the committee 01s the state of the ehssrch In regard to the ban on cni'd-pluyisig, theater-going, dancing and other asntisements. A strong political color was given the discussion on the tem perance spies) ion by the. bitter ar rnigsiiuent of President MeKisiley be cause of his attitude :, the unti-enn-teen law, but after some decidedly warns debate, the conference refused to criticise the attitude of the chief mngints'sitc by strikisig out by an ovcr whelmlng vote all referessee to any action on his part or that of Attorney (icsicrnl Griggs. The minority report on amusements, accepted Saturday, was, to the surprise of nsasiy, laid oss the table, which action leaves tho paragraph iss the book of discipline ex actly as it was before, the question was considered. The afternoon and slight sessions were devoted to hearing reports from committees oss business heretofore crowded out. THE SUN'S ECLIPSE. Olxarvrr rnrtutiatn In .iittithorn HaatUn of Country Til l'liotogruplilu Dtw OutBluail by Ilia Slutl.. Washington, May 20. Advices re ceived at the naval observatory from its agents iss various points lis the south hIsow that favorable weather prevailed for observing the sun's eclipse yesterday, that the cosstact oc curred very close to schedule tissse and that the prognusime arrasiged was carried out without a hitch. Three parties were sesit out frosss the ob servatory, viz.: one to l'tnehurst, N. C, in charge of Prof. Aaross N. Skin ner; osie to Ilarnesvllle, Gn., in charge of Prof. Milton UpdcgralT, ussd one to Gritliu, Ga., In charge of Prof. Stini son .1. Brown. lis Washissgton the weather was slightly cloudy, which somewhat marred the opportunities for getting a satisfactory observation of the eclipse. The eclipse arrived just a few seconds ahead of schedule time, but tho irreguli .'ity was so slight that ass ordiisnry observer could not have discerned it. The trained star gazers clains that the coistae.t came from five to eight seconds before it was due, but the dilliculty of telling just when the actual cosstact began was so great because of a cloud which passed that evess they cannot quite agree among themselves. They do agree, however, that it was one of the snost resunrkablo predict iosss in the history of astronomy, it being doubtful if ever before the time of tho arrival of ass eclipse was so accurately announced Iss advance. Unotllelnl reports which have reached Washington indicate that Use eclipse was visible to a gs-eater or less degree iss its ontlre path of to tality. Particularly fortusiate were the observers in the southern section of the. country where the weather seemed to lie unusually favorable for securing the photographic data which the scientists were so anxious to ob tuiss. SAYS IT WILL BE LONG. Now KnglunU ltr,ulUnim Conllilont llm Secretary of llm Navy Will Sorura Sac- ouil l'luea on Ilia TlckL Washissgton, May 29. As a result of a canvass of the republican sia tioual sub-committee it appears rea jonably certain that tho vice presi dency Is not yet settled upon. It Is believed the elisninatlon of lloose volt and Woodruff has been nsado fissal tho governor because ho will not take it, assd the lieutenant gov srnor because lie will not bo permitted to take it. .loo Mauley and other New England men say it bus bceis set tled that Secretnry Long is to bo tho nominee for second place, and as wich Is to have a working nucleus of 7t) .lelegates frosss New Ksigland, with 73 frosn New York, 01 frosn Pennsylvania Hssd 20 frosst Now Jersey, or a total 3f 234 to start with. lludHon ltntlrnN from tlinlopnlcu Cnpltnl. Topeku, Kim., May 20. Gen. J. K. Hudson, who has been editor of the Capital for the mast year, and his soss-lis-law, Dell Kelser, who has been busi ness manager of the paper 1(5 years, retired yesterday, the stock held by Ms-. Keiser, beliig purchased by Messffl. Popenoe, llabi.o and Chase, tho other stockholders. It sk under stood that there has been some fric tion of late between Hudson and tho majority stockholders. NEAR JOHANNESBURG. Loril Kolinrtn Hitltl to lln Within I' Mnrult to tin, City 'llm Hour Am 1'hiiIii Strlrkuu. London, May 20. Lord Huberts Is now within a day's inarch of Jolsass sscsburg and Gen. French anil Gen. lass Hamilton fought the Hoers frosn noon until evening Monday, with what re sult Is ssot known here. II. .1. Whlghnsss, isi a dispatch to the Daily Mail, dated May 2S, says: "The demoralization of the Trasr.vnal is re sssarkable. Panic and confusion pre vails everywhere. Kvcryosiu Is weary of the war and full of fear as to the coming of the llritish. Operations were being carried on for encircling Pretoria with telegraphic communi cations. Fourteen points in the line of defenses were connected witls hcud- quurtei-s and witls the Staats artillery, but this apparently was the only de fensive sneasure adopted. 1'hero were sio other visible preps stations. l.xHt. DUpulrli from I oril lSolrt- Loudon, May 2!).- The war otllce, just before midnight, published the following dispatch from Lord ltob erts: "Klip Kiver, Trasssvaal, May 23. We snarched 20 sssiles to-day ussd are now 18 miles from .lohasuieHburg. The cnessiy had prepared several positions where they intended to oppose us, but they abandoned one after the other as we sictired tlscsss. We pressed them so hard that they had only just time to get their live gusss into train ami to leave as soon as sosssu of the in fantry dashed issto it. French's asid Inn Hamilton's forces are apparently engaged with the. enemy about ten miles to our left, as tiring lias been heard since noon. II. J. Whighnm has just returned to I.ourcno Mar ques from Pretoria, where he went disguised. He wires that Kruger has all the arrangements made for tlight, presusnnbly to llollusid. .A special train, provisioned, is always ready, with steam up. The train waits some distance frosss Pretoria. The farmers siear our line of advance, are surren derisig with their arms and horses." Itruuiir'p. Wiirnlnc London, May 20. The Morning Post has the following dispatch from Lou renzo Marques, dated Monday: "Pres ident Kruger has issued a public proc lamation warning all people to leave .Johannesburg or to rcsssain these at the peril of their lives, as it might become necessary to destroy the towss and the sssisics. TWENTY THOUSAND MEN. Slntn Sritlii Iimptn'tor Sitjn Kiuiftutl Will Tliln Y.Mir IIurvit H.'.ODO.OUO lSmhrln of WlH'tit buiunnr County's ItacoriL Topeku, Kan., May 29. State Grain Inspector McKess.ie, who has just re turned frosn the Kansas wheat belt, says the state will harvest Sii.OOO.OOO bushels of wheat, and that harvesting will begin in southern Kansas by June 12. Nothing can occur isow to injure the crop, except destructive storms, as the earth has been regularly soaked with timely rains. Inspector McKenzie and grain men say the greatest danger threatened is a dearth of laboring men to harvest the greut crop of wheat. Sumner county alone, which has an acreage of of 294,000, will have to import at least 1,000 men to assist in saving the crop. The same condition exists iss 20 other counties. Where the 20,000 extra men will come frosn necessary to save all the Kansas wheat the farmers do ssot know, but they dcclas-e such nusssber will be needed. It is stated that about 2,000 harvesters will cosne frosn Oklahoma, following the harvesting season north as it progresses. DENIALS FROM ST. LOUIS. Union r.nlnir It Uiuiiilnioitly In Fuvnr ol tlin Kulr lllll No MuntliiK of Krpre- Huntiitlvo Ttxpuyrrn ilnld. Washington. May 2S. Ex-Gov. Francis, of (Missouri, who is at the head of the St. Louis fair delegation in Washington, received the follow ing telegrassi betsrsssg isposi tho tele grams received by Speaker Heisdcrson on Thursday protestisig ugaissst the passage of tho fair bill: "No repre sentative meeting of taxpayers was hold to oppose world's fisir. On tho contrary, tho taxpayers have sub scribed upwards of $4,000,000. Thirty thousand union workingmen have sub scribed sspwards of $200,000. .Organ ized labor is unanimously in favor of tlio fair. Henry lllakcnsore, president building trades council.' Wontnn nn Knpulillciiii DolacitSrx Philadelphia, May 29. Ass interest" ing feature of the coming convention has been announced. Women are to got seats as delegates for tho first tssne isi tho history of tho party. The women who will be admitted are Mrs. W. H. .Tones, of Salt Lake City, and Mrs. .1. 11, West, of Lewiston, Ida They have been elected as alternates-nt-large and their credentials are in proper form. .Mii'lcun Dlvll (".oviTiimuiit Mill l'listi-d. Washington, .May 29. Yesterday was 11 dull day in the house consider ing the near approach of the Until ad journment. Tho Alaskan civil gov ernment bill was passed and sonic odds and ends of legislation weru clcusscd up. ROBBED BY ONE MAN. Hold Holdup of n I'ulliiinii Hlrrplug Cl Attached to it MURoiirl I'aolllo Train Nnr Vrrdon, Neb Omaha, Neb., Muy 29.- One Pullsuan cur oss the Mlssossrl Pacific express from St. Louis and Kansas City, due here at G: 15 o'clock Monday morning, was robbed between Version nnd Stel la by one masi about three o'clock Ihls morning. The robber forced tho conductor to go through the car ahead of him and to draw back the Lections of each berth. A traveling snass frosss Kunsas City, A. .7. Fred crick, resisted and the robber shot sit hlsss, tho bullet gra.isig Freder ick's head asid imbedding itself in tho window frame. Then Frederick gave up Ills money assd a gold watch. .lassies W. Orr, general attorney of the Missouri Pacific railway at Atchi rosi, gave the robber .$10 asid gently explained that his pass book was of no ssse to anyone except himself. Tho robber therefore allowed him to re tain it. In addition to the passes it ?ontained !?(() isi currency, a fact which Mr. Orr forgot to tell the highvvny ssstsss. A. S. Sprugue, traveling audi tor of tho Misouri Pacific, was not so fortunate, as tin robber took his pocketbook, containing passes and about $10 in cash. THE POSTAL SCANDAL. Oca. Wood Karrlvu4 11 Satisfactory Itnport from Ilia Auditors on tho Trrntuty utid Cu.Ioiik Dapurtitiant. Havana, May 29. Gen. Wood re ceived yesterduy a report from the auditors who have, been investigating the treasury and the customs depart ments. The auditors say that thev have not finished their work, but be lieve that everything so far as they have gone is satisfactory. At all events the method of keeping the books is perfect and docs siot present any diiuculty to the cxainiiscr. Tho auditors are not Havana employes, but have been brought especially frosn the Ussited States because of their rec ords as experts. Although the inves tigation has not been completed much gratification is felt by the otlicials at the provisional report. It is now believed that scandal docs not touch assy other branch of tho service thnss the postal. The postal department investiga tion is proceeding. Reeves, as soon as his services are no losiger respsired, will be removed to jail or placed issi der bail. This may take place alissost immediately. BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONS. Itcpnrt to tlia NiUlonul Convention ut De troit Show Wonderful l'roem Hut llt'en Mnili In lIvKtltem I.uikN. Detroit. Mich., May 20. Foreign missionaries arc having the floor dur ing the closing two days' session of the Haptist Missionas'y asinivcrsary. The twenty-eighth nnnual reports submitted by the American Ikiptist Missionary union showed that the isssiosi has to-day isi foreign countries 472 American missionaries, 3.4SO na tive preachers and other workers; f)9G self-supporting native churches, 1,507 out-stations, 12,021 baptisms last yeas, 20(i,7-10 church members, 1,130 mission schools, :t0,;tl7 pupils, 1..100 Sunday schools, 100,000 soholnrs; growth in results in the past decade: 390 native preachers, 240 native churches, 115 self-supporting native churches, 51, 101 net gain in church meisibers. fn the past decade there have been 130, 000 baptisms on heathun fields asid in Europe. The receipts of gifts for the past year were $543,000; the total ap propriations, i599,7()0. A CAR DYNAMITED. Two OIllcrrB Injured in tlm Strike nt St. l.oitU stnln Liilnir CominUnlonpr WunU Arbitration. St. Louis, May 29. A car on tho Hellfontssine line of the Transit com pany was partly wrecked by an ex plosion of dynamite placed on tho tracks by unknown parties at New house avenue and Twentieth street late yesterday afternoon. Oflieer uivceie sustained a fracture of the right leg above the knee aisd Oflieer Stellaine was badly bruised and shak en up. State Labor Commissioner Kixev lias sent letters to President Whituker, of the St. Louis Transit company, and Chnirman Hd wards of th strikers' grievance committee, requesting each to appoint two arbitrators to act with himself, as chairman of the board to bottle the present strike. NOT A SUPERIOR FORCE. Unit ml SlilSe Stiprrnit, Court Deuldro llounty culm of Admintl Iloirny and III .Mwu Adtmly. Washington, May 29: The United States supremo court in an opinion read by Justice Harlan decided tho bounty claim of Admiral Dewey. It held that the statutes must bn strict ly construed and that, exeludissg tho shore batteries and submarine mines, his force was not opposed by a su perior force. The bounty is there fore only $100 11 man. REPORTERS ADJOURN SENATE. Y Uovr a Coiiplo of llrcczy NetvHtiapcr 3Ieu Itnn (he Illinois Upper IIoiihc. "Well, that humpi mc," said Use colonel, its he began fanning himself with a Panama hat, relates tho Chicugo Inter Ocean. "I know that the check of these nuvvspapcr renortcrs is always iss full flower, hut I didn't know that they assumed to legislate for the state." "All 1 know i V asserted tlio judge, again, "that two newspaper reporters once ad journed a scusiou of the Illinois ncnnte." "llow'd they do it? Choke the speaker with copy paper?" "No; they were very civilized about it. It was 0110 day when everybody expected a dull seKiion, and only two of us senators put in nn appearance, counting Dave Littler, who was in the chair. " 'I want to get an interview with Littler when this thing'H over,' said one newspaper man. " 'So do I,' said the other. 'I move that we adjourn,' he shouted at Littler. " '1 second tho snotion,' said the, first rc portcr. "'It b snovedand seconded that we now ndjoursi,' paid Littler, (solemnly. 'Those ia. favor will signify it in the unnl manner. " 'Aye!' snouted both of tho reporters. "'Carried!' said Littler." The Vicious, lit llo.ston. "Yes," replied the Boston parent, "a boy .ooii acquires vicious habits if he is suf fered to mingle vvsth sticct hoys. Once I thought otherwise, and permitted our Kmer son to choose his playmates as chance should1 throw them in Ins way. It wasn't n week, sir, until that hoy, in spite of his hereditary, tendencies and the careful home training he had received, was asking mc hypothet ical questions that simply reeked with casuis try ! Puck. ISInrSrr Tvrlne fit Ijotv Price. If you want a special inside price on bind er twine, either bisal. Stan da id or Manila, cut this notice out ana mad it to Scars, Itoc buck& Co. (Hinder Twine Department), Chi cago, sUtsng about how much twine you will require and how soon you will want it, and they will Sive )ou money by quoting you a price that will oither secure your order or compel the party who supplies you to sell to you .it a lower price than lie otherwise Vould. The Proper Term. The Maid Marriage is promotion. The Hachelor You mean eonnnotion, don't you? Chicago Evening News. Do Yonr Feitt Ache it ml IJnrnr Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, 4 povrder for the feet. It snakes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sinaitmg. Sore and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoo Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FKKE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Hoy, N. Y. A ttlrl'A EHtlmiitc of Men. A girl may have ten brothers, hut her opinion of men h derived from reading of those in novels. Atchison Globe. 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