NEMAHA ADVERTISER.
W. W. SANDtiHS, Publisher
NEMAHA, - - - N1CHIIASKA
The cynic la a man who Boca IiIb own
iieart nd calls it Uio world.
Our naval gunners acorn to BUrtor
from nothing worse tlinn an excess of
teal.
Glrh, thcro uro find (lays ahead. Tho
ti-Uflt proposes to advanco tlio prlco of
showing gum.
A reniiHylvanlan lived on pork
chops for thirty days. In slang par
lanco "he was on to tho hog" proper.
There are now -10,11(51 Daughters of
tho Itovolutlon. Tho families of tho
old heroes of '70 must have run largely
lo girls.
If that Panama Canal could only bo
ting olHowhero and shipped where It Is
needed Its construction would not ho
delayed.
Sully announces that ho will nover
peculate again, nut what does It
avail to smash tho ticker after the
tape has run out?
Tho Patagonlans object to being pho
tographed. A glanco at tho plcturo of
ono explains why they should enter
tain these objections.
An esteemed New York oontcmpor
nry Is discussing the question, "Why
Iocs popcorn pop?" It will be follow
ed by a symposium on tho topic, "why
Is a gourd?"
Some progress has been inado In the
process of boiling down four large and
unwieldy territories Into tho compact
und more easily handled forms of
Okla. and Ariz.
There Is a Judgo In Pennsylvania
who holdft that a man needn't toll his
tvlfo how much he earns. Of course
no needn't. She'll find that out after
lie hangs his trousers up at night.
The Spanish premier's life was saved
the other day by the gold braid on his
uniform, which stopped an anarchist's
Dlado. This Is tho most powerful ar
gument that has ever been presented
In favor of gold braid.
Tho newest long word Is superun
coutradlstlngulshabllltlveness. It Is
thought to be the outgrowth of a de
mand for a name applicable to some
mental malady that shall bo ur expen
sive In Its way as appendicitis.
Forty years ago a boy was whipped,
as ho considered, unjustly, In a coun
try school In Now York State, llo
sworo vengeance, and when ho grow
to bo n rich man he bought tho school
house and demolished If. No further
proof Is needed that ho deserved the
whipping.
.lust think how much better off you
are now than you wero this time eight
or nine years ago. Then you were
worrying yourself Into brain fag Ugur
mg out how you could afford to buy a
now bicycle of tho current model. Now
nil you havo to do Is to look at the
automobile prlco list and sigh without
hope.
What wo need in this country Is a
movement that will reform tho way
ward mother tho woman who chases
tho fantastical conceptions of so-called
foformers and higher educators; who
drifts far away on the social sea; who
neglects her own homo In an endeavor
'.o save tho Inmates of others; who
gives vehement defense rather than
gentle and winning reproof and nld to
nor sinning offspring. Tho wayward
mother Is tho alder and abettor of the
saloon, prison and gallows, and she Is
tho only peyson or proposition that her
sisters have failed to reform.
A grand conference of disapproving
bishops and clergymen of various
Protestant denominations has decided
that divorce may bo prevented to
considerable degreo by tho passage of
church laws forbidding tho mariiogo
of any divorced person. It Is fair to
suppose that tho passago of such laws
will bo greatly encouraged by Justices
of tho peace and other civil function
nrles whoso lncomo will be consldera
bly swelled by this outburst of moral
ity. Tho proportion of church mem
bers, legally divorced, who win no re
strained from romarrlago by the stern
commands of tho church may, how
ovor unfortunately, not expected to bo
overwhelmingly large.
. Whllo wo aro happily exempt from
such classification as royalty, nobility
und a succession of lower grades such
s aro features of tho social condition
jf Btiropo, wo aro, unfortunately.
equipped with too many citizens whoso
souls hunger for titles and who as
"dearly lovo n lord" as any English
man over did. And iii no purt of tho
world nro magnlflcont titles plied so
high on officials of various fratorna
md bo'uovolcnt societies as among "tho
triumpliaut dotnoeracy" of thla repub
He. All this goes to show that tho at
mosphere of a republic Is not fatal to
tho deslro for tho baubles that havo
contributed to the pride and hnppinesn
of grown-up children In all lands and
all times.
Unto nil railroad engineers tho red
pottlcoat Is a sacred thing. Upon
scores of occasions red petticoats havo
been tho means of saving trains from
being wrecked. Invariably tho woman
who discovers a washout or n col
lapsed brldgo or an obstruction on tho
track wears a red petticoat. There
may bo a psychological explanation of
this remarkable fact, but whether
there Is or not, the brave woman al
ways manages during tho one minute
anil twenty-seven seconds that must
elapse beforo the arrival of tho light
ning express to get her red petticoat
off and wave It frantically, thus warn
ing the engineer and enabling him to
stop tho train on the very brink of de
struction. To all railroad men red Is a.
sign of danger. Perhaps this Is be
cause what might have been the first
railroad disaster was prevented by the
waving of a red petticoat. Now It Is
unfortunate that red petticoats have
been causing troublo for railroad men
at Wilmington Del. Italian women,
have been In the habit of picking tip
coal along tho tracks In that city, and
because the winds toyed with their
skirts, thereby exposing their red petti
coats, It has frequently happened that
engineers on through express trains,
seeing what they supposed to bo dan-
gor signals, havo thrown on their,
brakes, thereby Hinging passengers
nto Ignominious heaps and causing
wild panics In tho cars. Tho result
has been an order strictly prohibiting
women who wear red petticoats from
picking coal along tho tracks of tho
'ennsylvanla railroad. This order will
undoubtedly work many hardships, but
there seems to bo no help for tho Ital-
an ladles of Wilmington. Tho red
petticoat's standing as a danger signal
must not bo Impaired.
Many Influences aro at work to dis
courage among men the art of letter-
writing. The telegraph, tho telophono
and the stenographer vie with each
other to make communication with
friends easy, and at tho samo time to
deprive It of tho personal noto which
s the chief charm of tho letter. Tho
clover turn of phrase, the Jesting com
ment on some eccentricity, tho Inti
mate confidence, tho unconscious pa
thos of an appeal for sympathy theso
uivo a tendency to disappear from
the typewritten page. Nevertheless,
the friendly letter of the old-fashioned
sort has given a vast amount of pleas
ure to both writer and reader; and It
will be a serious loss to tho world It
It Is to bo superseded by talk over tho
long-distance telephone, or by the dic
tated letter, which Is scarcely mora
than an elongated telegram. If tho
epistolary art Is to be preserved, It
must bo by women. The club, tho
philanthropic movement and tho golf-
Inks must not crowd tho pen out of
tho woman's fingers. If she acquires
skill with tho piano or tho vio
lin at tho expense of skill
with the pen, sho sacrifices tho
greater to the less. The keenest stim
ulus to letter-writing Is to be fouiiTl In
the published letters of the various
men and women who have excelled in
the art. Next to the technicalities of
lucid expression, the most desirable
quality In a letter Is the color given It
by the personality of Its author. Tho
letter must be tho writer's own In
fact, it must bo tho writer. So the let
ters of such diverse persons as Dick
ens, Gray, Mrs. Browning, Edward
Fitzgerald and James Russell Lowell
are all delightful, because each writer
has spread on his page a portrait of
himself, more perfect than any he was
able to put Into poem or novel or es
say. This art is that which woman
should endeavor to acquire She may
write her friend gaily or gravely. Sho
may discuss tho weather, the English
tariff or tho latest novel. She must bo
herself If she would do her share to
ward saving from tho decay which
threatens it tho noble art of letter
writing. TnrtoUoH Taught Tricks.
Japanese and Korean showmen, In
addition to their skill as jugglers and
acrobats, display a truly marvelous
skill In teaching animals tricks. They
not only exhibit educated bears, span
lols, monkeys and goats, but also
trained birds and, what Is tho most as
tonishing of all, trick fish. Ono of tho
most curious examples of patient train
ing is an exhibit by an old Korean
boatman of n dozen drilled tortoises.
Directed by ills songs and a small
metal drum, they march In line, oxo
onto various evolutions and conclude
by climbing upon a low tablo, tho
larger ones forming, of their own ac
cord, a brldgo for tho smaller, to which
tho feat would otliorwiso bo impossi
ble. When thoy havo ail mounted tlioy
dlsposo themselves in threo or foui
piles, liko so many plates.
Oaso of Sour (rupoH.
Burglars, unablo to break through
tho iron door of .a cigar-shop in Ber
lin, avenged themselves by painting up
.a notlco: "Thcro is nothing here
worth stealing."
Jlooiiilntr lliinlucHih
"That lobbyist scorns to havo n good
leal of money to spend," remarked tho
hut councilman.
"Yes," replied tho other, "he's work
lug H'ov an ordinance to allow utito
nobllos unlimited speed."
"Ahl In the Interest of tho uuto
iltib?"
"Xo, the undertakers' trust." Phll-
idelphla Ledger.
Put Miiilc a 'Klllliitr."
"Did ylz Ivor make lny money
backln' horses, .Mulligan?"
"Sure, 01 made a hundred dollars
wance."
"How did ycz do tit?"
"01 backed him flown a cllhir awn
:hln sued th' mon for lavln' th' door
upon." New Yorker.
Dill'eiciit VIcwh.
X. Is a beautiful woman, Isn't
'Mrs.
"Oh, do you think po?"
"Why, yes; we ilvo across tho
street from each other, and I often s -e
her coming out of tins door. She Is al
ways so delightfully groomed."
"llm. Posslby at that end of tho
lat. Our back !ori meet, you know.
I have never seen her anywhere else."
Detroit Free Pres.
Kurt line.
Gillie -Fortune knocks once at
every man's door.
Splnks I don't know about that;
hut It not only knocks at somo men's
iloors, but hangs around afterward
With the persHlnncy of a book agent
Philadelphia bulletin.
Paradoxical Doc.
"Doctor, you are tne most Jovial,
even tempered man I ever met do
you never get out of temper?"
"One bus to get out of patience to
lose one's temper; and. as I am never
out of patients, 1 am never out of
patience." Houston Post.
Welcome Repetition.
Guest Sam, I suppose you like tin
men who always remember the wait
er
Sam No, sah; Ah laks dem
dat
don't remembah de waiter. Den
liable to tip de same one two or
(ley's
three
times en not know nuflln crbout it
Undoubtedly.
"If women ever break into politics,"
said the fussy old bachelor, "every
spinster will be a ring candidate."
"How's that?"
"Why er an engagement ring can
didate," ho explained.
Sorry She Spoke.
Mrs. C'alller Downo- Your table
manners are horrible. Who havo you
lieen associating with?
C'alller Downo Well, for tho past
few weeks I havo been eating lunch
vlth your father.
CaiiHe mid KU'eet.
"Four years ago," remarked tha
Dbese passenger, as he lit a fresh
slgar, "I was dead broke; but a friend,
'.taked mo to $."0, and I started a glua
,'aetory."
"Well?" queried the hardware drum
mer. "And now," continued the heavy
weight, "I am pretty well fixed."
An Uimeiitlo Reminder.
"Dis piece in de paper crbout a poe
feller wot was wrapped in thought
reminds me uv a little experience uv
me own," remarked Weary Walker.
"G'wan," exclaimed Tired Tatters,
"Youse wuz never wrapped In
thought."
.miw, answered u . w ., "out a
petileenuui-uict rapped me afore 1 had
time tor think."
TIiokc l.oviuu Girls.
Clare Congratulate mo,
dear,
George and I are engaged.
Maude Yes, I know it.
Clare Why, how did you know?
Maude Oh, I met him this morn
ng. and when I asked why he looked,
to blue he said he hadn't tho heart
;o refuse you when you proposed last
plght.
Victor ami Spoil.
"Put," protested tho beardless youth,
''I am capable of filling tho position."
"That has nothing to do with tin
case, my young trlend," replied tin
old politician. "Hy and by you wll
icarn mat tne sott jobs are not s
upt to fall to those who aro fit foi
them as to thoso who fought foi
thorn."
Horn Diplomat.
"Put," protested the fair maid afto
tho engagement had been duly rati
(led, "this is Uio same ring you gav
Kuym inree monins ago wncn yoq
wero ongaged to her."
"I know It Is, darling," replied th
wise youth, "but 1 had It cut dow
threo size In order to nmko it fit youi
shapely finger."
Ami nis explanation pleased her sc
much sho Immediately fell on his col
lar and giggled for Joy.
Woiiuin In the Middle Went.
The social picture of tho middle
West as a whole, however, presents
tho sexes occupying different Intellect
ual and moral planes. There tho wom
an is indisputably the mistress In all
that makes for cultuie eulturo In let
ters and In art; the man Is king In his
own active realm. Each Is most def
erential to tho other in that other's
sphere. The books on tho shelves, tho
pictures on the wall, are of the wom
an's choice or selection. The man
speaks of her literary or artistic tastes,
usually of both combined, with tho
reverence that Is due to her superior
intellectual and spiritual gifts and ac
quirements. She is tho hostess, and
the host stands appropriately behind
her. She is the Instructed and lends
tho - intellectual movements of her
town. The book club, tho Dante club,
tho entertainer of the lecturing or tho
traveling Hon, is the woman. Often
the clergyman assists; but she, through
her lnfliienco over the surrendered
man, has selected her clergyman, and
on her he must count for the success
of himself and of his work. She is,
indeed, generous and gracious, and
welcomes with Joy every man who
strays from business Into the company
of books and pictures, Into laomos
which sho has made. They call their
touses homos, oftener than tho East,
and Uieso homes bespeak the finer
aste of the woman. Her education is
likely to be more virile than that of
her Eastern sisters, because It Is ac
quired at schools and colleges where
co-education of tho sexes Is the rule.
Her domination In the home and her
rlniacy In the higher life, as we are
ncllned to call It, are seen not only in
the more obvious social affairs, but In
the element of seriousness which
marks most life In this midway of tho
country.
As tho man pays her high respect
y recognizing her superiority in tne
ilngdoin of taste, of fooling, of the
niaglnatlon, of the knowledge which
comes from books, sho returns his def
erence by venerating him as the active
tiler of the world of affairs. This atti
tude was well expressed by a young
woman student In one of the great edu
cation universities of the West. She
was asked to write her view of Thomas
Jefferson, and this was her response:
Thomas Jefferson was timid and sly,
but lovely In his family." She could
udge him as one of the "world of
men, ' because she was not or ins iaui-
ly; If she had been, the last part of
her description nlone would have suf
ficed. Henry Loomis Nelson In Har
per's Magazine.
Collar and Cull Set.
A pretty collar and cuff set, to be
worn with one's silk shirt waist suit,
or dainty blouses, Is made of illet net
similar to wash blond, or "footing."
The filet net comes by tho yard and
is Just the right width for turnovers.
Five-sixths of a yard Is sufficient for
set. The edges are bound with
COLL AH AM) CTFK BUT.
taffeta silk binding ribbon, of some
shade to harmonize with the suit.
About an eighth of an Inch above this
another row of tho binding ribbon is
placed (both rows are machine-stitched
to the net), tho two being connected by
fagoting in embroidery silk.
A Noble Woman,
An unusual ceremony took place in
Now Orleans, when many thousand
persons from every walk of life gath
ered to do honor to a woman. A loving-cup
was presented to Miss Sophie
Wright, whom her fellow townsmen
love to call "The First Citizen of New
Orleans," nnd the presentation was
made the occasion for a public demon
stration of affection.
Miss Wright Is a little, crippled
woman, white-haired and sweet-faced.
All her life she had been struggling
against poverty and against the never-
ceasing pain of a spinal trouble. Able
to go about only with tho aid of a stool
harness and a eano, sho still has tho
Btrength of a multitude In doing good
works.
1 1 i. i
rweiuy years ago sno was out a
girl of eighteen, yet sho had already
established a prosperous and growing
boarding school, and wns beglnnln
to seo ahead an end to poverty. Ono
day a young mechanic asked her tc
. teach him to read and write. Suddenly
brought face to face with tho fact
IBS
that thousands of boys were growing
up in Now Orleans untaught and with
out hope of advancement, she threw
her school open to them In tho even
ing, and called for volunteer teachers
from uuiaiwr her girl pupils. Thus wag
established a free nlirht school to
which thousands of men to-day owo
all their education. This vear It en
roJJed fifteen hundred pupils, and threo
hundred were turned away for lack
of room.
Fighting weakness and pain which
would render another a helpless bur
den, she spends her days earning mon
ey to support herself and her charity,
and her evenings teaching her "boys."
Yet with it all she finds time for tho
countless other demands on her. Thcro
Is scarcely a charity In the city but
feels the Inspiration of her aid. Last
winter she engineered the raising of
seventeen thousand dollars to build a
homo for crippled children. Her re
ward is in a love from the people of
Now Orleans such as few have earned.
Her life Is an example of what a noble
woman can accomplish. Youth's Com
panion. The domestic subjects sub-department
of the new London educational
authority docs not mean to do things
by halves. If they teach young folks
how to manage a baby the lessons aro
to bo thorough. No dolls aro going
to bo used, or picture illustrations,
but a good, honest Il-month-old infant,
warranted to scream at pin pricks,
kick at bathing, and be sick when im
properly fed. Attendance at these do
mestic instruction classes Is compuls
ory on all girls of school ago for one
half day per week. Results of the
most encouraging description havo
been noticed already from some of the
classes. A well-known doctor stated
the other day that a woman's' life had.
been saved by the skilled nursing of n,
li'J-year-old daughter, who had been n
regular attendant at one of the board
school sick nursing classes.
Taking lafc Too Seriously.
Taking life too seriously is said to
be an especially American failing. This
mny bo true, but Judging from appear
ances, It would seem to be world wide,
for, go where one may, ono will find
the proportion of serious, not to say
anxious, faces ten to one as compared
with tho merry or happy ones. If
"the outer Is always the form nnd
shadow of the Inner," and If "the pres
ent Is tho fullness of the past and tho
herald of the future" (and how can wo
doubt it?) how many sad histories may
"be read In the faces of those we meet
every day? The pity of it is, too, that
tho sadness is a self-woven garment,
even ns Is the joy with which it might
be replaced. Uuskln says, "Girls should
be sunbeams, not only to members of
their own circle, but to everybody with
whom they como In contact. Every
room they enter should bo brighter for
their presence." Why shouldn't all of
us be sunbeams, boys as well as girls,
all along the way from twentv-flvo
years and under to eighty-live years
and over?
Home T.ife.
The home life may chance, but It
will not be disrupted. Nothing can
destroy tho homo life. Tho more wo
men become tho equals of men mnl
tho more they are considered and treat
ed as equals the stronger will tho
home life become. Women In the homo
used to bo considered as dependents;
I might say as Incumbrances. Now,
with their Increased education, ability
and opportunities, they are better ablo
to make the home life what It should
be. It is not simply breadmaklng,
mending nnd dishwashing that mako
the home, women of to-day aro being
trained to preside in the homo with
skill and science, and naturally they
are better able to Improve tho homo
life, to raise its standard, to make it
ideal. Susan B. Anthony.
A Delicious Omelet.
Bent separately tho whites of six
eggs. Mix with tho yolks any llavor
that you deslro and two tablospoonfuls
of sugar. Add tho whites to tho yolks
and beat well. Mix In four or
fivo
tablespoonfuls of milk, with a
litt',0
salt. Cook llko an ordinary omelet.
Turn over In tho dish, spiinklo with
powdered sugar, pass the salamander
over, and serve. Woman's Homo
Companion.
Tho Japanoso in Hawaii now out
number tho natives two t6 one.
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