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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
Vf. W. BANDKUS, PublUlior.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Mctliucii'a Double llulo.
Lord Mothucn Ih wins of funic in
i two respect h. He whs tlic first 15rit
iflli general to get licked and tliu laut
to get captured.
A ml tlio (uvcrninviit Liven.
Secretaries Hoot and Knox liavo
gone abroad, liny and Hitchcock to
Hummer homes, l'aync and Wilson
"out west," and tliu presidenet plenlca
t Oyster Way. Yet tliu government
till livcu.
Unth or .StiiKKi'rl"?.
The Moor wnr sent down British
consols from 113 to 1)1, but they have
risen to 00 since peace was assured.
Nevertheless, the experience wau
rather staggering to tliu British
financial world.
Now They iVccil MurKii".
Perhnps if the Boers will send for
Plcrpont Morgan he will organize
their $15,000,000 of hard cash into
something lifted at $91)8,000,000. Mr.
Morgan has a great gift for duvclop
lug occult figures.
.SniiillcNt WnuM In tlio "World.
Less than one-sixth of u penny per
hour represents the earnings of the
cottage weavers of Boehmerwald,
Bohemia, who are reduced almost to
tarvatlou by the depression in the
continental linen industry.
Unalo Snm' Kxunt I'oiinlntluii.
The total population of the United
Btatcs on June 1, 1900, as given by
the final results of the twelfth cen
sus, Is 84,233,069. The Chinese, Brit
ish and Russian empires are thu only
countries which have a greater num
ber of inhabitants. They also have
a greater area.
The hutucimlty of Siberia.
Few persons rcnlize the immensity
of Siberia, which extends through
120 degrees of longitude and pos
sesses one-ninth of all the land sur
face of the globe. The United States,
Grent Britain nml all Europe, except
Russia, could be put into Siberia,
with land to spare.
Four Quiir of Ileer Xot KiioiikIi.
Milwaukee brewers are having
trouble with their employes over the
quantity of beer each man may be
allowed to drink. The brewers are
willing that each man should have
two qunrts at noon and two more
at quitting time, but the men declare
that they do" not see how any man
can get along with but four quarts
of beer a day.'
SiMTct of I.oiik: I.IvIiijc.
The venerable- Senator l'cttus. of
Alabama, says: "The secret of liv
ing long is to work. I am 81, and
happy and healthy as a boy. I no
tice that all my neighbors who got
rich and retired art dead. I never
got rich, and 1 never retired." And
ho never died. Long may he be
pared. A man who is 81 years
"young" and still happy and healthy
Is a mighty good example to hold
up before this ago of hustle, and
jet rich, and retire.
Kxirimlv AiuiiHiMiiiMit.
Revolutionary warfnre is tin ex
pensive form of government. Five
years ago the United States spent
$1,000,000 in building and placing
pneumatic guns designed to throw
tons of dynamite and blow the navies
of tlio world out of water. The mar
velous engines of destruction never
have had a chance to show what they
can do, but they have just been con
demned as useless and sold for less
than their value as scrap iron to
make room "for the next experiment.
KiIInoii St' ThtiiKN.
Inventor Edison ostimotes thnt
with his new storage battery the
cost of an automobile can be re
duced to about $150. "The man that
cannot quite afford to keep a horse
und carriage is tlio mun that 1 am
trying to provide for," ho says.
"The antomobilo will be the thing
for him. Its first cost will not bo
any greater, it will not require the
care, and the cost of maintenance
will, come far below the cost of keep
ing a horse." May his prophetic vi
rion bo realized!
GIVEN A ROYAL RECEPTION.
(tan. Smith Mot ill lilt Homo Town by
Flvn TtioQftnnil l'mipln with
n llimil.
Portsmouth, 0., Aug. 12. den.
Jacob 11. Smith was given a royal re
ception at his home here last night,
fully 5,000 people being at the depot
to meet him, Accompanied by a
band and drum corps. The mother
of (Jell. Smith was among those at
the station. A crowd Including sev
eral companies of (lie Ohio national
guard, esscorted the general to his
residence. Gen. Smith absolutely
refused to discus" the order relieving
him. lie. said he was still a soldier
and amenable to army regulations.
When the time comes to make n
statement it would be made and not
until then. His report of the cam
paign in Sanmr, lie said, would be
made out soon and. forwarded to the
war department.
THE MOB HANGED TWO.
At l.pxlnutnn. Mo.. 11 Wliltu Mnn nnl Ne
gro Wore HivntiK from tint Mnmn
Trao for M ardor.
Lexington, Mo., Aug. 12. At 1:3C
o'clock this morning a mob number
ing about 150 masked men battered
down the doors of the jail, located in
the crturt yard here, and secured
therefrom CharTcs Salyers, white,
and Harry Gates, colored, who on
week ago murdered (ieorg V. John
son, and hung them to u tree a short
distance south of town. It took the.
mob some 30 minutes to cut through
the steel doors of the jail. Snlyers
was taken first, then Gates. Salyers
made a statement to the mob, in
which he said Gtcs had done the
shooting, he having tired three shots,
and when the Inst one wns fired
Gates had hold of Johnson.
WILL LAND NAVAL FORCE.
U n I tort Ntiiton mid lorininiy Will l'rotcol
IntoriiMtN of Tbolr Countries If ItnbuU
Attack l'orto Cnbollo, Vonoziiolit.
Washington, Aug. 12. Minister
Bowen, at Caracas has advised the
state department that the Germans
Intend to land a naval force at Porto
Cabello, Venezuela, to protect Ger
man interests there which are threat
ened by the uprising now in progress.
The minister advised that we follow
suit. After a conference between the
olllclals of the state and navy de
partments Instructions were cabled
to Commander Nichols, of the To
peka, to proceed from La Guairu to
Porto Cabello and to land a naval
force in ease of attack. The Topeka
has already left for Porto Cabello.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
Eight 1'roinlnont Cnttlamoii of Won torn
Oklabomii Trtort to Do foil I the ICIghM
of IlomoHtonilorM.
Guthrie, Ok., Aug. 12. Warrants
were issued yesterday by the United
States attorney for the arrest of
eight prominent cattlemen of west
ern Oklahoma, charged with con
spiracy in attempting to defeat the
rights of homesteaders in the wn
waged against the farmers by the
cattlemen for the possession of
the extensive government pasture
ranges. The cattlemen are charged
with driving away and killing stock,
waylaying and shooting their own
ers, burning houses and destroying
crops.
Dotormlnoil to Cut. Out of tlio Horvlro.
Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 12. Wal
ter S. Cross, u private in company
B, engineer corps, U. S. A., died at
Port Leavenworth early yesterday
morning from a self-indicted gun
shot wound. Cross desired to get
out of the service and, all his efforts
falling, placed a Krag-.lorgensen rifle
,to his throat and pulled the trigger.
I'ythluiiH lit tlio (lolilou (Into.
Han Francisco, Aug. 12. San Fran
elhco was turned over to the Knights
of Pythias yesterday and gold lace
and uniforms have taken possession
of tho city. Fully 0,000 visitors ar
rived Sunday and yesterday 1,000
knights of the uniformed rank
reached the Golden Gate, many of
them having traveled over 3,000 miles.
Conilltliui of Corn.
Washington, Aug. 12. The month
ly report of the statistician of the
department of agriculture shows
the condition of corn on August 1
to have been 80.5 as compared with
87.5 on July 1, 1002; 51 on August 1,
1001; S7, tit the corresponding date
in 1000 and a ten year average of 84.
Kx-ConicroHHinoii form it Cniiiptiuy.
Guthrie, Ok. Aug. 12.-.I. Y. Calla
han, former congressman from Okla
homa, and Jerry Simpson, a former
Kansas congressman, have formed a
wholesale lumber company In south
western Oklahoma. In which they
have Interested men of yroinliieuue
lu portions of Oklahoma and Kansas.
A Stuirn Couch Ootx llovnntl Control.
Georgetown, Col., Aug. 12. The
Grand Lakes stage was wrecked
near Coulter, live miles north of this
city, and five persons were hurt, one
fatally. The horses became fright
ened and got beyond control of the
driver.
A NEW SUPREME JUDGE.
Oliver WriKloll Holme", Son of tbn Pont,
Appointed ljr the I'rcftldont to Sue
coed Juntlce Unir.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 12. Presi
dent Roosevelt into yesterday after
noon announced that lie had appoint
ed Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, chief
justice of the supreme court of
Massachusetts, to be an associate
justice of tlie supreme court of the
United States, vlcii Mr. Justice Gray,
resigned. The resignation of Justice
Gray was due to III health. Several
months ago he suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, which some time later was
followed by another. He has not
appeared on the bench since he was
stricken the first time. His ad
vanced age 74 years told against
his recovery with serious force.
Judge Holmes, whom the presi
dent has selected as Mr. Justice
Gray's successor, is one of the most
distinguished lawyers and jurists of
Massachusetts. His career on the
bench, particularly as chief justice
of the Massachusetts supreme court,
has attrnqtcd wide attention. Like
Justice Gray he Is a native of Mas
sachusetts, lie is a son and name
sake of Dr. Hohnes, the po and
essayist.
INCENDIARISM AT PEORIA.
A Hold Attempt to Fire tbo llnslnon Por
tion of the City Several K4itbUh
montn llurned.
Peoria, 111., Aug. 12. The police
and fire departments of Peoria were
kept on the jump yesterday by tho
operations of an incendiary. The
torch was applied to five buildings
during the day and though the actual
fire loss will no exceed $25,000, with
an insurance of about $12,000, the
llames at one time threatened to
sweep n large business section.
The police department arrested Ed
ward Flanagan, 20 years of age, on
a charge of arson. They claim to
have direct evidence against him.
Shortly after his arrest the mutter
ings of the crowd made it necessary,
as a precautionary measure, to re
move the prisoner to the county
jail for safe keeping. Since then
Flanagan has refused to say a
word.
FREAK OF LIGHTNING.
It Melted Mm. Nuller'n Wntob Chain and
Finger lllnc; nnd Did Not Hurt
the Woinnn Much.
Coffeen, HI., Aug. 12. During a
thunderstorm hero1 lightning struck
Mrs. Frank Nellcr, of St. Louis,
melted a gold watch chain, which
she had about her neck, and also
four rings in her left hand. The
rings ran together into one piece.
In her hand was an umbrella, with n
steel rod nnd the rod wns twisted out
of shape. Her shoe was torn off.
She wns rendered unconscious for
an hour, but hns fully recovered. Mr.
and Mrs. Neller had stepped Into a
church doorway during the storm.
The spire was struck and, running
down, the bolt stunned Mrs. Nellcr.
Ncller wns also severely shocked.
TOWN OF BATTLE ATTACKED.
It Waft Done by Mnxlcun Sheep Herder In
Hotiilliitlim for tlio Nluuf-liter of Sheep
by People of the I'lnee.
Battle, Wyo Aug. 12. Mexican
sheep herders rYied to take the town
of Battle with the result that two of
the herders were killed. Several
made their escape into the woods.
One- man was shot in the leg. One
citizen wns wounded on the heel and
Miss Kslell Sanders, a resident, was
cut in the face ly n window pane
broken by a stray shot. Every man
in town is armed, fearing the Mexi
cans will again attack, as there arc
hundreds of them in this vicinity.
The attack was in retaliation for tho
slaughter of 5,000 sheep by the peo
ple of the town, who had ordered tho
sheepmen to keep away.
To lie ii Pormuiiiiiit Home.
Washington, Aug. 12. Washington
will be made the permanent hend
quarters of the Grand Army of the
Republic if the present plans of some
of the most prominent members of
that organization do not miscarry.
Furthermore, it is believed that all
spectacular features that have here
tofore marked the gatherings will be
abandoned, and that from now on
Washington will be the regular en
campment city.
New Size for lliillstoncH.
Uoxie, Kan., Aug. 12. A destruc
tive wind, hail and rainstorm visited
this section Sunday night, doing
great damage to corn, cane and
rough feed. The third crop of al
folfa is almost totally destroyed.
Not a single north window is left
in town. Hail stoues picked up
after the storm were the size of tea
cups.
Ill Mother Kiiw Hlln Killed.
Joplin, Mo., Aug. 12. Hurry Breed
love, six years old, was run over and
injured by a Missouri Pacific switch
engine here yesterday evening, from
the effects of which he died. His
mother and three brothers wera
nearby when the accident occurred.
HER VIEW OF WESTERNERS.
Splnnter TUotiRlit They- Were Toe
Korvraril, Hut the Men Didn't
llotbcr Her Much.
"I think that the people of the west ar
exceedingly interesting, but I do not lik
their ways." eaid tc spinster landlady, as
ho began her nightly attack with the carv
ing knite on a leg of cold mutton, relates the
New York Tribune.
"What don't you like about them?" asked
her nephew, who Eat next to her and often
embarrassed the boarders by saying theie
was too much water in the soup.
"Why, 1 think they arc too forward,"
said the woman with the knife, aa she peeled
off a thin slice for a hard working politician
and officeholder, who often entertained the
rest of the boarders by telling them of hit
campaign experiences.
"Have you met many westerners?" asked
the politician, as he saw his almost empty
plate set before him.
"Yes," was the prompt reply. "I was out
in California and the people out there en
tertained me almost to death. The women
1 met at noon acted as if they had known
tne their whole lives by two o'clock, l'liey
were altogether too forward. 1 didn't like
it."
"But the men didn't bother you, aunty,
did they?" piped up the nephew.
11 rut tin' I, little .Tolcei
"Brutus," Niid Cafius, when Marc An
tony had mobilized two or three corps of
legions and eot his eight-inch rapid-fire guns
into play, I have no Jongor any stomach
for var."
"Well," replied Brutus, after lri custom
ary five minutes for thought, "having no
more casus belli, we might as well lay down
our arms."
And it took Caear another five minute.")
to figure out the deadly entendre that lay
in the words of the noblest Roman of them
all. Portland Oregonian.
Don't Get Footsore! Get Foot-Kime,
A wonderful powder that cures tired, hot,
aching feet and makes new or tight shoes
easy. Ask to-day for Allen's Foot-Ease.
Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, Lc Roy, N. Y.
Anntomlenl DetnH.
One Sunday afternoon some one was tell
ing a pitiful tale of a canary that had its
leg broken in such a way that amputation
was necessary. The ladies of the party
were lamenting over the ad affair, when
one young woman, wishing to relieve the
pressure, remarked: "0, well, the little
thing can get along nicely on three legs."
As the other members of the partv Parted
to laugh, she said, hurriedly: "0, sure
enough, it hns only two I;p. I wn think
ing it vras like a chicken." Toledo Times.
To Cure a Cold in One Uity
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
drUBgIstBrefundmonoylfItfuilstocuro.25c.
"Our chances for honor," said the large
waisted philosopher, "are greater as an
cestors than as posterity.' Indianapolis
News.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
ble medicine for coughs and colds. N. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1000.
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Any man can make his wife do anything
he wants to. Chicaco Daily News.
THE GENERAL MARKETS.
Knnsas City, Aug. 12.
CATTLE-Beef steers $5 55 H 7 CO
Native stockers 300 450
Western steers 3 40 5 10
HOGS 703 732V4
SHKI2P 2 75 dp 3 DO
WHEAT No 2 hard GP,A C5
No. 2 red C3 C3
CORN-No. 2 mixed G3fli 54
OATS No. 2 mixed 21) 30
RYE-No. 2 41 45
FLOUR-Hard wh't patents. 3 55 4 05
Soft wheat pulonts 3 00 3 S5
HAY Timothy 5 00 1100
Pralrlo 3 50 G 50
BRAN CO
nUTTER-Cholce to fancy.. 17 10
EGGS 14
CHEESE Full cream ..:... 10
POTATOES 20 23
ST. LOUIS.
CATTLE Roof steers 4 CO 7 70
Texas steers 2 75 5 CO
HOGS Butchers 7 25 7 55
SHEEP Natives 3 45 4 20
FLOUR Rod winter patents 3 10 3 20
WHEAT No. 2 red Cl Cl
CORN No. 2 55 50
OATS No. 2 2G 28
RYE 43 49
BUTTER-Creamory 17 21
DRY S.ALT MEATS 10 23 10 87
BACON 11 1211 87
CHICAGO.
CATTLE-Stecrs 4 23 8 00
HOGS Mixed and butchers. C 50 7 40
SHEEP Western 3 00 125
FLOUR Sprlnp pnUnts ....3 50 3 75
WHEAT No. 2 red CO
CORN-No. 2 51 55
OATS-No. 2 2S 29
RYE-Scptcmber 47
LARD-September 10 53 10 82
PORK September 10 00 1G 50
NEW YORK
CATTLE-Stecrs 4 75 8 15
HOGS Mixed western 7 25 7 33
SHEEP 2 50 4 25
WHEAT-No. 2 73' 73
CORN No. 2 Gl
OATS-No. 2 02
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MISS VIRGINIA GRANES
Tells How Hospital physicians
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pound.
' Deaii Mub. Pink ham : Twclvft
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tals, aa well as at private homes, has
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diseases of women. I have nursed somo.
MIS8 VntaiNIA GRANTS,
Prosldcnt of Nurses' AasoclatlonATatortown.N.Y.
most distressing cases of inflammation
and ulceration of the ovaries and womb.
I have known that doctors used Liydia.
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pound when everything' else failed
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Mrs. Pinkhnm advises sick wo
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