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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1900)
i! THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER r. XV. flANDKUH, lnlIU!ier. NEMAHA. NBHRASKA. I, ' - -1 "N TOPICS OF THE DAY. Ono of tho Country' Triumph. At the beginning of the, century English wiih Hpoken by SI ,000,000 poo. plo mid now It Ih iihc1 by 130,000,000. Among the trhimpliH of the nineteenth century thai i one of the first. tlilmlp(l ltlvcr In tho Future. The MiBHhwIppi river at Home future day will bo one of the world's most lainoiiK ship channels, and the time h nl hand to press on with its Improve ment steadily. Huh HikI Fight It Way. Tho Irish potato Ikih had to tight its way Into general favor. When they were brought into KiihkIh. first, in 17(VJ, they were called "Devil's Ap ples," and caused fearful riots. 'Jim Moat llciiiitlful Woiimti. The pictured face of .Miss Maud Woods, of Uharlottsvllle, Va., as that of tho most beautiful woman In the United Htntes, will appear on the medals of the JSulValo Pun-American exposition. Only it Kiiclul "I'rciillurlly." All but 12 of the 1,500 Indian girls trained at the Carlisle sehool rtcllb crately ehoso to go Into housework, nnd said they preferred it, which is a remarhablu instance of racial pe culiarity. AVIiy Amerlcii (IkIm tliti Contractu. Amerleans oirer locomotives for Kcrvi.cc in India at -$(5,!l()0 each, to be delivered in six mouths. The ltritliih bid Is $7,720; time required, nine mouths. As a matter of course the contract comes to this country. Kli;lity-Oiii Trip Ariiiinil Capo Horn, Capt. Holmes, 70 years old, has ar rived at San Francisco from New York, having completed his eighty, ilrst trip around Cape Horn. His first trip was made In 18.17, and his latest breaks all records In the number ol individual voyages around tho stormy point. Tint IlpNt KimirKonry Hiitloii, So far the best emergency ration is one devised by American army officers. It consists of one pound of raw lean beef and one pound of bread, seasoned with salf and red pepper, eaten dry without cooking. One pound of tho mixture sustains a sol dier lu good coudtlon for 21 hours. C'liimitu'n Itenmrkulilti Record. The annual report of criminal sta tistics of Canada shows that there were only 2."i Indictments for murder in the dominion during 1800. This It a remarkable record for a country o over 0,000,000 Inhabitants Q!!.-.vy! for this happy result is that Canadu lias not, like the Tnlted States, great cities whoso criminal population is nwelled by oll'cnders coming from other parts of tho world. Huproinii JmlgH mill Toluii-i-o. Of tho nine members of the United States supremo court, live are to bnceo chewers. Vhen the chief jus tice nd associate justices visited the house to attend the Washington cen tennial celebration, no cuspidors had been provided. The dignified justices, in their black gows, looked around them several times, but seeing none they took turns going out Into tho lobby and taking u chew. Morn Milieu Tlutii I'oinnlei. Taking tho Australian colonics in tho nggiegnte, there are only 75 un married females for every 100 unmar ried males. In New South Wales nlonu, according to the last census, there are nearly 100,000 more unmar ried males than unmarried females. In Victoria tho excess is upwardB of 73,000; In Queensland It Is almost. ft", 000; in southern Australia, over 17, O00; in western Australia, 0,000; in Tasmania, about the same and In Now Zealand, a llttlo less than 44,000. On lluVKouil to Stutt'liooil. The life of Porto llleo as a territory of tho United States has begun. h. doubtcdly the inhabitants of that is land have good cause to thank for tune for their luck in becoming part of the population of the great repub lic. Porto Pico now has its local leg islature on n plan which is familiar In tho evolution of embryo American commonwealths. Many years may pass before Porto llico becomes a state of the union, but it is on the road to statehood, and that rank will ultimately he reached. Flc (iciicrutlon AVoro l'lt-m-nt. Nearly !10 descendants were present to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Drown, of Belittle, Wash., on tho occasion of their diamond wedding anniversary, Fivo generations of the family wo.ro represented In tho group nbout the dining table at' tho annlver fiary dinner. "Don't, worry," is Mr. Drown's prescription for long life. Uo believes it is within tho power of every man and woman to control his mind so that needless worry, which ho distinguishes from wlso fore thought, may bo, banished. MINING EXPOSITION. nuftlncftft Men or Hpokiwm I'luri Omi tor Tlml C'llylii lUOK-CoiiKTi-nnWlll llo AhIihiI for 'J5(),()I)0. Spokane, Wash., Dec SI. At a meet ing presided over by Mayor Comstock and attended by 30 business and min ing men It was decided to hold an ex position in Spokane from June to No vember, J002. A committee was ap pointed to develop tho necessary de tails. An exposition of the mineral wealth of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Dritish Columbia will bo the fount ro of the show. Congress will be asked for an appropriation of $250,000 and each state and district represented will also contribute. Those Interested In the project arc tho wealthiest and most prominent min ing and business men of Spokane. Tho governors 'of each northwestern slate will be given dfllclal titles and bo made members of the executive stall of the fair. The name adopted was tho Northwest International Mining exposition. SMALLPOX IN THE EAST No Lewi Tlmn n,000 C'iihch of (.ligllrfiul DIniuko anil II In Hpmiilliijr litun" AliirmliiK lUlent. M ' Now York, Dee. !' I.- Smallpox ia epidemic throughout the eastern half of the I'nitod Slates to an extent that Is alarming, to say the least. There has been an effort to suppress the facts, and newspapers and physi cians in many cities, from a falso sense of duty, have deceived the pub lic. In (J renter New York to-day thoro are, according to a reputable physician, no less than 1,000 cases. The same au thority advanced the opinion that be tween the Atlantic ocean and tho Mississippi river, In a territory em bracing (he eastern half of the na tion, probably 25,000 persons are suf faring from the disease. It is no secret that many eases hue been concealed, and to this fact is attrib uted the spread of smallpox wherever it has appeared. HIGH OFFICIAL KILLED. T. II. 'Morris, Auditor of Vnr Depiirtiiwut, Shot V.y ii IIhUiikuIhIiI CI.tI.-, Who In Turn Killed Himself. Washington, Dec. 21. F. 11. Morris, of Ohio, auditor for the war depart ment, was shot at 2:l.i Saturday af ternoon in his office by Samuel Mc Donald, formerly a disbursing clerk In the office. Morris was shot through the heart, and died almost instantly. McDonald, who did the shooting, then cut his own throat, and shot himself. Deforo doing so he had a desperate affray with tho watchman of tho building who tried to arrest him. Tho watchman was badly beaten about the head with the murderer's pistol. McDonald, who did the killing, had been the second disbur.sor's clerk hi Morris' of lice, but had been reduced. It is said that the brooding over this led to the tragedy. WILL AWAIT DECISION. No Attempt lit Legislation for 1'orto Itlco mill VlilllpplneH Until .Supreme Court rixen .Statu of Islands. Washington, Dec. 21. "No attempt at general legislation for Porto llico and tho Philippines," said Representa tive Cooper, chairman of tho Insular affairs committee, "will be made until the constitutional question as to tho powers of congress has been passed upon by the supreme court. Porto llico is doing well. There are now 800 schools lu the island and 10.000 schol ars, an increase of 150 schools over last year, with a large Increase in scholars. In the Philippines the Tuft commission is proceeding with tho work. It is an exceptionally strong body of men and will provide well for the people until congress begins legislating for the Philippine archi pelago," NOT GOOEL INDIANA LAW. Appellute Court of the lloosler Stiite Owr- turr.H tint Old KiikIInIi Utile. Thut Mini mill Wife Am One." Indianapolis, lnd Dec. 21.- The ap pellate court of Indiana decided that a man and his wife are not one. Tho decision was rendered in a suit brought by Alvlra Dalley against her husband, lie had made her a verbal promise that if she would join with him in a deed conveying his farm, valued at $5,000, he would give her his note for $1,000. The deed was signed, but he refused to make good tho note, insisting that he and his wife were one, and that, therefore, tho contract could not be valid. The ap pellate court held that, while this was tho old Knglish rule, it does not hold good in Indiana. Amerleuiis A (tuck llllplim Itehels. Manila, Dee, 21. -Advices brought yesterday by stunner from southern Luzon say that a lieutenant and 130 men of tho Ninth United States cav alry attacked u large body of insur gents near (itilnobatnn, province of Albay. After the battle -15 dead In surgents wero counted, together with many wounded. The only American cqsualty was tho wounding of a ser geant, who was cornered by several rebels nnd etruck in-the leg by a bolo." "ROOT GIVES WARNING. Secretary of War Telia Why tlm Army Ito- iirfriinlntlon Hill Should He I'limtvil hy Coiifjrcsn. Washington, Dec. 21. At the last meeting of the senate committee on military affairs, tho proceedings of which have just been made public, Secretary Hoot made a strong pre sentation of tho necessity for Immedi ate legislation for the relief of the army. He stated broadly that if con gress did not at once increase the army In substantial accordance with the recommendations of the war de partment the United States would be obliged to abandon a largo portion of the Philippine islands, where civil gov ernment is established. If the pres ent garrisons are withdrawn from cer tain portions of the islands tho mu nicipal officers, mostly Filipinos, will bo loft defenseless, with every pros pect of being deprived of their lives and property, and at the same time tho United States will bo disgraced, tho secretary said, for having proved faithless to its solemn obligations. LABOR LEADER'S VIEW. Siiyn Htrlki-N Will Never Solve tho Social l'rohlem Ailxlsen WorklliKUieii to Have .Something to Suy About Milking I.tuvH. Chicago, Dee. 21. "You can never solve the social problem by strikes; that is my opinion after 20 years' ex perience in the movement," snid Peter Currnn, chairman of the tlcn erul Federation of Trades' unions of Great Hrltnin, in speaking to the workingmen of Chiengo yesterday at a meeting held under tho auspices of the Diiilding Trades' council. Con tinuing, .Mr. Cumin said: "After spending more money in Kngjnnd dur ing the hist 2.1 years on the industrial battlefield than would keep 700 men legislating for our interests in the houses of parliament, we have come to the conclusion that we must havo something to say about the making of the laws under which we have to work." Moro .Mules mill Horses Wuuteil. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 2 1. Capt. Heygate, of the Dritish army, has re turned to Kansas City to purchase 50, 000 more mules nnd cavalry horses for use in South Africa. He came here more than a year ago to buy horses and mules for the Dritish arm-, but he was ordered home a short time ago because it was thought that the Doer war was over. Two Costly .Steel Hrldges. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 2.1. The Kan sas City, Fort Scott & Memphis rail road will build eostlvvstecl bridges across the Dlnck rivcraTIihickrook, Ark., and the Tyronza river at Marked Tree, Ark. F.aeh bridge will he three spans in length, nd as the streams are navigable for small craft, one span will be constructed as a draw. Improvements! to Vrmt IS 1 .500,000. Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 21. During the year 1001 the Kansas City, Fort Scott fc Memphis road will spend the enormous sum of $1,500,000 in im provements, including new locomo tives and car equipment, new and heavier steel rails on many miles of track and wooden bridges will be re placed by permanent structures. Arehhlshop Ireliuid Denies it Story. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 24. Archbishop Ireland returned to St. Paul yester day and took occasion to deny the statements telegraphed from Duluth that'he-was to visit Cuba and Porto llico as a special commission ap pointed by the president to settle the disputes In regnrd to church property. ltrymi Hehlnd In Tevu. Austin, Tex., Dee. 24. The state canvassing board Saturday finished counting the vote cast at the recent election for state officers. The results show that. . J. Dryan ran .15,141 votes behind tho democratic state ticket. Dryan's plurality was 140,250. hi 181)0 his plurality was 202,011. Monument to it (Jettyshurg Heroine. (Jettysbuig, Pa., Dec. 24. The Women's llelief corps of Towa has de cided to erect a monument in this place to honor the memory of .Iconic Wade, the heroine of the battle of Gettysburg For the past .'17 years this little grave has been unmnrked, save for a small stone. A Tornado Down South. Macon, Miss., Dec. 24. News was re ceived here yesterday that a tornado passed through the eastern edge of Noxubee county nnd tho western part of Pickens and Sumpter counties, Ala., Saturday night, doing great damage. Telephone news Is meager. Dr. I'lirker'H Christian Dully ."ell Flut. London, Dec. 24. Ilev. Dr. Parker's experiment with the London Sun on the lines of Mr. Sheldon's Topeka ad venture concluded Snturday and Is felt, oven by his friends, not to have been by any means a success. F.xplorer llaldwln Fully Kqulppeil. Evelyn Daldwln, tho Arctic explorer will take with him 400 Polar dogs and 15 Siberian ponies, together with tho lnrgeki. transport; train in the' history"' of-Aretic exploration. " - - SISTERS OF GOOD SHEPHERD Use Pt-ru-na for Coughs, Colds, Grippe and Catarrh A Congressman's Letter. TN cxery county of the civilized world the Sisters of the Good Shepherd are known. ..'ot only do they milliliter toth'espiritual and intellectual needs of the charges committed to their enre, but thej alio minhtcr to their bodily needs. With so many children to take care of nnd toprotectfromcllmate and disease, these wise nnd prudent Sisters have found Peruna a never-fnlling safeguard. Columbus, O., July 10, 1900. The Peruna Medicine Co., City: Gentlemen "A number of years ago our attention was called to Dr. Hart man's Peruna, and since then we have used it with wonderful results for grip, coughs, colds, and catarrhal diseases of the head and stomach. "For grip and winter catarrh espe cially it has been of preatservice to the ininnte of this Institution." Sisters of the Good Shepherd. The following letter. Is from Con gressman Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio: The Commercial Inxtlnct. 31flnirna Tommy, do stop that, noie. If you'll only be good I'll give you a penny. Tommy No; I want a nickel. "Why. you little rascal, you were quite sat isfied to be jrood yesterday for a penny." "I know, but that was a bargain day." Philadelphia Press. There Ih ii CIiimm of I'eople Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re cently there has been placed in all the gro cery stores a new preparation called OHAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stom ach receives it without distress, nnd hut few can tell it from coffee. It does notcot over i a much. Children may drink it with great benefit, hi cts. and 2." cts. per pack age. Try it. AskforGKAIN-O. Ilor Pointed View. f Chappie (blase) Don't you think society is an empty thing? . iMiss butler I think there are lots of empty things in society. Cincinnati En quirer. lletter skin a carcase for pay in the public ttreets than be idly dependent on charity. Talmud. THE GENERAL MARKETS. Kansas City, Dec, 22. CATTL.E neef steers Jl 25 5 20 50 C5 om CO CG 70 33 23 40 35 CO 00 50 4CVj 23 12 15 40 CO 55 00 25 G5 71 35 23 50 20 87 12 00 95 25 S5 Natlvo stockurs 3 25 4 & 3 03 Texas and Indian steers 3 10 HOGS 325 3 23 B1IKI3P Wl 1 10 AT-No. 2 hard No. 2 red COIIN-No. 2 mixed OATS-No. 2 mixed UYE-No. 2 09 33 Vi KI.OUB Hard wh't patents. 3 25 Soft wheat patents .... 3 50 HAY Timothy c 00 Prairie c CO UriAN-Sackeil ff3 f('3 mi U HUTTER-Kxtrn. to fancy. CIIEESE-Ifull cream .... EGOS 1'OTATOES-I Iomo Brown 10 30 ST. LOUIS. CATTr.E-Natlvo steern ....3 25 ToxnH and Indian steers 3 10 HOGS-PackerH -i so SHEEP Natlvo muttons ...3 50 KI.OUR-Patents 3 50 WHEAT-No. 2 red 71 5 4 4 & 4 3 CCyiN No. 2 OATS-No. 2 RYE HUTTER-Ualry DRY SAIr MEATS RACON 31 23 15 6 GSVAi C 7 75 8 CHICAGO. CATTI.E-Steers 3 CO HOGS Mixed and butchers, i 70 SHEEP-Westcrn 3 65 l-n.OUR SprliiK patents ....3 40 C 4 4 3 WJlliAT No. 2 red CORN-No. 2 OATS-No. 2 RYE December LARD December rORK-Dccctnber NEW YORK, CATTLE-Stoers 71 71 39 23 22 40 20 IS DO 20 87 7SVi 4GV4 27 7 17 7 11 4 30 5 HOQS Mixed westerns 4 vo 5 stirjur WHHAT-Np, '.CORN-No: 2 OATS-No. 2 2 25 3 .,-iliP 45J The Peruna Medicine Co., City: Gentlemen I hnvc used several bot tles of Peruna rnd feel greatly bene fited thereby from my catarrh of the head, and fee, encouraged to believe that its conMi.ucd . use will full y eradicate a disease of thirty years' standing. David Meekison. Dr. Hart ma n, one of the best known physicians and surgeons in the United States, was the ilrst man to formulate Pe- Congressman Mceldson. ru-na. It was through his genius and perseverance that it was introduced to. the medical profession of this country. Send to the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufactur ing Company, Columbus. Ohio, for k free book written by Dr. Hartman. A I'lirtlnjir Stnli. "Sarah," Mid the lady of the house,: breaking the news gently to the new serv ant gul, "we fthall have to get along with out jour services after the first of the- " es, mum," replied Sarah: "I'm sorry the mauler'' uffniis are in Mich bad shape,, mum." Philadelphia North American. Too lU-iliieil. "'e," .-'lid Farmer Meddergrass, "that Isohton feher that come here to run the- Saper doeon't seem to get along verv well, ur folks ain't much for style, an' when, he referred to a skin game ah''an epidermal pastime' they thought he was bceomin' a lit tle too HightalutinV' Ualtimore American. The history of mankind is an immense volumne of errors. Chiengo Daily News. From Bryan's Own City. Comes a Startling Story. An Open Letter that will Cause a Sensation. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 2t, 1900 (Special). At No. 2115 O Street, this city, is the B. & M. Wall Paper House. "H. &-M." arethcinitial letters, of tlm proprietors, Mr. A. C, Uonsor, and Mr. 0. K. Myers.. The senior partner, Mr. Uonsor, is a well known and highly respected citi zen, and no ono has ever doubted his truthfulness. It is, therefore, the pro nounced opinion in Lincoln and the Statogenerally.thatthe significant and very strong statements made in Mr. Honsor's letter will go unchallenged. After explaining his willingness that the matter be given the fullest possible publicity in the public interest, Mr. Uonsor proceeds. 1 have suffered untold misery and pain for over ten years. My kidney were diseased. I tried many so-called, remedies, but they did me no good. I saw an advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and 1 bought some, and com menced to use them at once. 1 had not been taking them three days before I began to improve. For years I hnd not had one good night's, sleep, and be fore the first box of the Dodd's Kidney Pills were nil used, I could sleep all nlghti without pains. I am now com pletely cured, and have not n pain or ache left. I cannot recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills too highly, for they are unexcelled as a kidney remedy. Yours truly, A. C. HOXSOR, No. 2115 0 Street, Lincoln, Neb. Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure. 50c. a box. All dealers. Jb . bunts wntHt ALL tLSt (rAILS. uesi uukq byrup. Tastes Good. Ueol whuib. PO'u Dr QfUgglstS. i V t a 3 If m df v I -km "-inn,.