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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1904)
KEMH& ADVERTISER. W. W. SAN DBMS, Plltllsti NHMAIIA, KI5MUA SKA You can not alwnya toll tho quality u mnn or cigar by the wrapper. t Wherever an unusual crowd Is na toinhled Is the placo to loolc out for in unusual accident. Tho Japanoso soldiers nro mostly rcgetarlans and there goes another nng chcrlHhed lllunlon. To call any university president 'Midas of the golden touch" la an un locessary bit of truth-tolling. A physician says that nearly nil poll Achats are allllcted with a cutaneous Unease known a .4 tho Itching palm. Sir Henry Irving aunouiicefi that he vlll make a farewell torn of America oxt yenr. May ho llvo to make many f Uiem. Why Is It that we never find a bank :aahlcr embezzling and going to Jail who has not always been a model to roung.nicn? An Ohio man ban attracted Home at cciiUon by asking to havo hla pension ranccled. Pooh! That'a nothing. Aji towa man once resigned an olllce. A. Federal Judgo han held that tho resn has a right to criticise a Judgo. Wow doth yo editor proceed to dip his tan In vitriol and say a few things. A. Missouri couple are tho proud pa rents of n 1-pound boy. How provok ing It must be to bo kept awake nights Sy a mere 10 ounces of squalling hu until ly. The Japs In Tokyo aro giving thanks so tho gods for tho .Tapanoso victories; ut from this distance It looks very much as If the men In the held have kud something to do with them. Judge Hrady of Kansas City fined a roung fellow for kissing hla best girl u tho front steps of her homo. The next time tho scoundrel will know niough to step Into the vestibule. A Now Jersey Judgo describes war is "lynch law on a largo scale." Gen. Sherman's four-letter definition, how vcr, Is likely to retain pre-eminence vlth those who appreciate brevity as jvo1J as emphasis. There Is a "penny In the slot" ntn :hluc that returns your coin If It falls to produce tho desired stick of gum or ilab of sweetened chocolate. Yet tho pessimists continue to say the world In growing more dishonest. Much has been written of tho Immi gration of farmers from the United States to Canada, but tho olllclal llg arcs of homestead entries do not make It quite so largo as has been ropro lontcd. Of tho 311,000 entries made In 1903 11,000 were from this side of the border, more than half of them by fam ilies from Minnesota and tho Dako las. A, woman lately received Into the oorhouso at Hudapcst understated hex ige. -Her papera exposed the deeep Hon. When rebuked, she declared that iho was ashamed to havo It known ow old she was. Tho feminine sensi tiveness of llonrlette Harsod dealt vllh largo figuros. Sho gave her age is 105, whereas tho authentic record Uiowed that she was 11(1 Wasto Is universal and Is peculiar to 10 class. The miser wastes as nriicli is the spendthrift and peihaps more, jecause his hoarding withdraws bene Its from others ami doos himself no lood. Those only do not wnato who in a sonsu give something for nothing. Dur great philanthropies, our educa tional Institutions, our public benolits it various ktnds aro the fruits of this Uglier philosophy of life. It Is not tho nan who knows how to save, who Ivolds waste, but the man who knows kow to spend. There Is more Joy In 10 latter and more wisdom la required tn Its exercise. Tho fact that this Is a leap year ca: rlos with It an effect apt to be over looked, which Is that tho annual ex penses of governing the nations will bo considerably Increased by the In clusion of the extra day. This conies home with the greatest force to those governments which have tho largest armies to feed and provide for. Tho French budget commission was mot by tho fact that one day will add to the expenses of tho war olllce for 1004 a sum of nearly 800.000 francs, which will be expended In rations for tho men and forage for the horses. When all the various state depart ments aro separately considered the total sum runs Into sovoral millions of francs. Pessimists who complain of the cor ruption of politics in the United States ihouiu consider Morocco, where kid- napping Is ono of tho arts practiced by u ward or state bo.ss to uao Ameri can terms- In forcing the Sultan to rmmt titu tlnmnmU. t.'nlftllll (llfi "lll'l. gaud," as ho Is called, who seized Mr. Pcrdiearls and hla stepson In Tangier last month and held them for ransom, sought more Hum money. He was dis pleased with lhi attitude of various government officers In his part of the country, lie desired that they should bo removed and that he should havo control of tho "patronage" In hh State. He knew that the SulUin was not anxious for international compli cations, therefore he took what snem ed to him tho shortest way of secur ing what ho was after, by kidnapping an American and nn Englishman. Ho knew, too, that the Hrltlsh and tho United States governments would In sist that tho Sultan secure the release of the captives, and was ready to re lease them when the Sultan would agree to his terms. It did not take tho Sultan long to consent to the removal of tho offending otllcers, and after that tho adjustment of tho ilnanclal end of tho controversy was easy. Political brigands In America has not yet re sorted to quite such extreme measures. Tho cheapest thing In the world is human life. You do not always appreciate- that fact, but tho logic that stamps tho statement as truth horri ble, naked truth Is all about you, and can be found In almost every disaster that crushes, burns or chokes tho Uvea out of human beings. The lesson of the Slocuni disaster, as shown by tho investigation, la thnt there waB somo cowardice and any amount of careless ness of tho criminal kind that might causo death at any time. Tho life pre servers were rotten. 'JLuo captain of tho Slocuni should havo known It Tho crow Unit handled them, tho olllcera who commanded the crew, the owners of tho boat, all should have known It. And on the Inspectors who failed to In spect rests tho heaviest responsibility of all. There had never been a tiro drill on the Slocuni, within the mem ory of one member of tho crow, who had been on tho boat for years. Gov ernment navigation rules provide for tiro drills, and the captain knew It, and his olllcers knew It, and the crew know It Tho hose was worthless and the pump couplings dld-not ftr, and all along the line, from owner to govern ment Inspector, there Is an astounding trail of negligence that .makes ono shudder. And yet, these men are not bloodthirsty. They havo wives and children, and would not have hesitat ed to take, them on board the lloating coflln, misnamed a pleasure craft. They did not hesitate to trust their own '.Ives to unsafe equipment Care lessness seems to bo an American characteristic. The sun Bhlnes, tho sky Is blue and there Is scarcely a ripple on the surface of the sea. Who cares about the future? I.ct to-nior-row tako care of Itself. Tho baud la playing and life Rooms pleasant There Is too much of that sort of fa talism mixed In American living. It may do for the Orient, but In America life should be sacred. It is going to ho ditllcult to punish any one man, or any set of men, for tho Slocuni dis aster. In a few days the busy world will have almost forgotten the horror. But there Bhould bo n lesson In tho tragedy for humanity, and every man who holds a position oven remotely connected with the safety of the pub lic should ask himself, "Am I Doing My Full Duty?" Perhaps some good may come from a terrible disaster. An l!rrnt iu Mumory, Mrs. Ransom's greatest trial was hor poor memory. She had tried all sorts of "systems," both original and reooni mendud, but nothing succeeded for more than'a little while. When she had been vainly trying to remember something for half an hour, all hei mental powers wero apt to be or less affected. "I'm almost wild," sho said, plain tively, to a niece who found hor with a wet compress bound about her head, "for my old school friend, Mrs. . There, I hoped perhaps It would como to me, but It hasn't! Well, she Is here In New York, and I met hor on the street and asked her to luncheon, and 1 wanted you and Hinma to meet her. Hut what can 1 do? How can I Intro duco her when I can't think of her name?" The niece looked properly sympa thetic, and murmured something about every one's having times of forgetful ness. "Itut there's no reason for this," moaned the sufferer, "for we havo ex changed gifts at Christmas for years' I've tried all my systems, tmf It's no use; her namo has gone so I doubt If I should know it If I heard It. Of course I shall Just havo to say, 'This Is my old school friend, Mary Lane.' It seems more natural, anyway, to call her that because that was her tin 1110 before she married George Hay. 1 sup pose 1 shall have to pass It off as best 1 canl" I ortrlo llnwtng to lite Lino. In franco they aro cutting down trees by electricity. Sometimes this happens: A mnn who has been sensible all his life leu 1 a fool make a fool out of him. wms&T " fWZPM Most. fnilt gr0wcis are familiar w Iliinilliiiu ltimH of Grain. In grain-growing sections more or ess grain in bags has to bo handled y man-power, and this becomes con ilderable of' a burden after a time. V device for luaistliig in this work nay bo easily conttn.cted by any jandy man. Sot a heavy post In tho round so that It will stand about two tnd one-half feet above the surface; .hen tako a heavy board, tho wider tho bettor, and about ten foot long. 3ut two pieces of board wedge-shape nd fasten to tho lower edge of tho Doard. Cut these pieces so that when ;hey rest on the ground with the other jnd of the board resting on the beveled top of the post the whole thing is irra. Thci have a hook formed with a short handle, such a hook as Is used ron HA.Nm.i.NU uaqs ov oka in. y truckmen In the cities. With the hook lift tho sack of grain on the lower edge of the board, haul It up tho smooth surface of tho board and when at tho end set on tho sloping post It may bo easily transferred to one's shoulders. In tho Illustration figure 1 shows how the wedge-shape pieces must bo cut, figure 2 how tho post should bo beveled, figure 3 tho Iron hook, and figure -1 the slope of tho board. If iiiKlMiiLr KowIh in Yarda. Where it is necessary to keep the fowls confined to lions s and yards dur ing t lie summer and not much ohauce to divide tho yards, tho best way to handle them is to havo tho yards of four-foot netting, the top covered over (is well, and every few weeks move these yards to a new location, where fowls havo not been the present year. This Is considerable trouble, but It must lie done If chicks and fowls arc kept on a small area. If It Is not pos slblo to lot the fowls have a range, thou green food must lie provided In some way. A good plan Is to glvo them some cut grass or weeds at night Just before they go to roost. A better plan Is to rake up the cut tings following the lawn mower, for they can consume these short blades better than grass cut with a scythe. All fowls In confinement ought to be allowed to run for nn hour or two each night, even though It is necessary for several people to keep them out of mis ?hlef. This run will do them a world of good, and the egg results will pay for the trouble of watching them. Don't forget tho necessity for an nbundanco of fresh water sovoral times dally. Bliitfle Wheel Truck. With this truck one can pick up a barrel or bag of grain, fruit or vegeta bles and wheel It away, even over a rough path, something almost inipossl- SINUI.K wnmu. Titnorc. Die with the small, double wheeled grocery and freight trucks. A black smith will mount a wheel beneath a 'frame, as shown In tho cut, and the frame ought to be within tho ability of any one handy with tools. A me dium sized Binglo wheel truck will do much work and do It easier than is possible with n small doublo .wheel truck. Orange Judd Farmer. Milk Shipped an Tec. Tho milk supply of Copenhagen, Denmark, is shipped to tho city In a frozen condition. It is filtered as it comes from the farmers, then pasteur lzed to ISo degrees, then cooled, and frozen by tho brine process. It shipped to tho city by train In Insulat ed chambers. On arrival it is stored In cases, houses,-and thawed out as needed. It Is declared, the taste, flavor and other qualities are unimpaired and that tho milk so treated can be kept sweet and fresh for any reason iblo time. -ft 1th offer ed by nurserymen for sotting In tho summer, says tho Indianapolis News. As a rule such plants aro too expen sive to set In any considerable num ber, but this Is an Ideal way to ob tain plants of new sorts for testing; though much more costly than tne lay er plants one will get from them a crop, next Hummer, of sufficient size to determine the desirability of the va riety. Then, too, It Is possible to in crease one's own plantation by taking from tho old beds tho new plants and setting them out In the new bods any time this month. To do this with tho best results, cut the runner which con nects the now plant with tho parent then a week later, just after a rain, dig up the young plant with a liberal amount of soil attached to the roots and set It with the soil on the roots In tho new bed. With care not a plant will be lost in the transplanting and these plants will give one crop of berries next Bum mer nearly equal to those from year-old-sot plants. The precaution to tako Is to hare the lump of soli auuerc to tho roots so that tho growtu of tho young plant will not bo materially disturbed by the transplanting. Whoro but a few hundred plants are to bo reset one can easily supply the water to the soil necessary to make tho soil stick to the roots. Tho Nevr Yenr Hook. The annual report of tho Secretary of Agriculture occupies ono hundred pnges of tho now Year Hook, after which the bulk of the book consists of thirty-two special articles; all but two of these have been prepared by officials of tho department. The sub jects dealt with include tho relation of cold storago to commercial applo culture, the preparation of land for Irrigation, the adulteration of drugs, promising new fruits, tho relation of fo.-ests to stream How, and the effect of preservatives in food on health and digestion. Free copies may bo had on application to members of Con gress. The White Wyandotte. The White Wyandotte is a typical all-around, useful fowl, that combines beauty and money-making qualities In a at 'li degree. Pure w h 1 1 e throughout, with rose comb, un f e a t h 0 r e d shanks, and full meaty breast all in all, tho ideal fowl for farmer or fan cier. Tho fo males are good winter layers of large, brown- WSANDOTTli shelled eggs, and tho young fowls grow rapidly and reach marketable size at an early age. They deservo all tho praise that has been bestowed upon them, and aro destined to be come popular with thoso who ralsi poultry for profit. Shade for the Swine. Shade for swino is quite na neces sary as for other animals, and when ono has a troo or two In the pnsturo tho question of shade 13 readily set tled. If thero are no trees plant thrco or four, and while they aro growing use portable houses for shade, making them with a sill sot on runners and with a ring set in tho front sill bo that a horso may bo attached and tho house moved when necessary. Theso houses may bo mado of any cheap material and the roof arranged so that a portion of It may consist of troo limbs laid over tho boards set fai apart. The cost need not be great and tho results will pay for the time nnd labor spent. General Farm Notca. Long and hard pulling makes wind broken horses. If a sow breeds well and Is n good mother, keep her until sho is old. Early and thorough training makes gentle, safe and tractable horses. Clean off the ground occupied by peas, early corn or potatoes and sow turnips. Always breed from a thoroughbred boar of good constitution and vigor His vigor should bo In excess of that of the sow. With poultry, as with nearly all other products from the farm, a saf rule Is to market tho surplus when ever a fair profit can bo realized when making the sale. Among thoroughbred poultry there Is little difference so far as their econ omical points nro concerned, but on a farm a solid, strong and coarse breed Is best. Thoso who mako tho most In keep Ing poultry are thoso who havo small farms and utilize every rod of them for tho production of food or pasture for their stock. . U .1 ...... I. .... . (........J DUE BUDGET OJF J?UN. HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO INGS HERE AND THERE. Jokes nnd JokclctH thnt Arc Supposed to Have H eon Recently Horn Saying and DoinuH that Are Old, Curious and Lauuhublc The Week'a 11 tun or. Hlggs Did you ever notice what a healthy-looking man Dr. Pellet Is? Digg Yob; ho looks so different! from his patients. I wonder who lila' physician is? Force of Habit. "I appreciate the fact that you have, honored me with a proposal," said tho dear girl, "but are you sure your lovo for me is the real thing?" "Perhaps not," frankly replied tho joung drug clerk, "but It is less expen sive and Just aB good." Kqunl to the KmcrRcncy. Mr. Lovelorn Oh. Miss Mntilda, mo heart is on fire for thee It is burning! .Miss Matilda Sake alive! Thot ought to put it out and cool ye, too! Kin Explanation. "Hut why," I asked the good wlfo, "are you so anxious to secure tho top Hat in that ten-story apartment house?" "Hecause," explained tho household freight payor, "the elevator would bo a great help to us In bringing up tho children." Such Dear Kricndn, Too. Clara I'll tell you a secret, dear, If you'll promise never to repeat la. Maude All tight Out with it Clara Fred proposed to 1110 laBt night Maude Oh, say, doesn't ho do it awkwardly, though? Feminine Charity. Mrs. Do Playne When 1 married my husband'' his eyesight was very poor. - Mrs. Dimples Yes, it must havo been. It Looked Unit Way. Mrs. Henpeck 1 don't think sho'll over marry him. Mr. Henpeck Why not? Mrs. Henpeck Oh, sho quarrels with him so and Is so domineering. Mr. Henpeck Indeed? I'll bet they have been secretly married already. Philadelphia Press. ltlllvlllc Literary Note. A Hlllville literary note reads as follows: "While ono of our leading authors was peacefully plowing In the field some miscreant stole his shirt, hla ihoes and six poems. Verily the way of the literary man Is not as smooth as 1 railroad." Atlanta Constitution. What Papa Paid. Willie Why! grandma, are you ,o ing homo? Papa Just said yesterday Unit he thought you wore going to stay forever. Not Un-to-Dute. "He has a promising future He's a very eloquent young preacher." "Oh, he's too old-fashioned, no will Insist upon taking his texts from the Hlble." Philadelphia Press. Advice. "Anybody kin glvo advice," said Un. cle Fbon, "but It takes a right smart man to pick out do right klud an' takq It" Washington Star. "' " ' """ " 1 Mi 1 him hi 4