NEMAHA ADVERTISER.
W. W. SANDOHS, Publish
NEMAHA, NEBRASKA
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Women know as nnicli about politics
ui inon know about war tnups.
Some men lire eagerly sought nftcr
accause they don't pay Uiolr debts.
A man's Idea of hnrd work Is any
tlnd at which he can't sit down mid
imoko.
"lie was a follower of the golden
rule." should be a soul-satlfyhig opl
siph for any man.
Never smoke a gift, olgnr in the
presence of the donor unless you have
vonderful self-control.
Olvll service Is said t( work well Ui
ilio Philippines. Walt til the Filipinos
ret on to the way of civilization.
For a a toady, consistent casualty ree
ml, however, the gasoline can has the
lusio-Jiipani' Avar beaten a mile.
Paulino Aslor Is not the only Amer
ican, heiress who has becomed allied
villi the Spender family of England.
Men Hhould be elected to otllco be-
iatiso of their qtiallllenflons for the Job
mil not for the purpose of keeping
them out of Jail.
We've Been ho many sales of "mill
suds" advertised lately, Unit only the
.entral portions of all the factories
wist be loft by now.
After walking homo from the race
track a man Is In tho humor to sneer
it Ills wife for mklng chances on the
prlzo cako at a church fair.
A Kansas woman Is said to have
eft Jier husband because ho persisted
3i refusing to argue with her. Gould
mythlng be more aggravating?
Professor Mason, of tho Smlthson
nn Institute declares that "tho blondes
ire u disappearing human type." Not
ivhllo the peroxide supply holds out,
rofessor.
A California surgeon operated on a
pt.lont wlille the house in whloli they
ivoro was burning. It's simply impos
liblo to stop some surgeons when they
tot their patients down.
Newspaper wits do not iilwnys treat
nitlqultles with proper respect. One
f them remarked, upon reading about
the discovery of a capstan two thou
mnd years old in the Forum of Koine,
that it must have been tho one used
Iji winding up the affairs of Uie Roman
Cmplro.
Russell Sago Is not the only man
rvhOjdoes not lake a vacation. The
Klltbr of tho prison paper at Sing Sing
id in Its that lie has jiqt i taken a vaca
tion for live years, and says that his
engagements are such that he docs
not see how he can take one for at
wist seven nioro years.
A Southern clergyman is trying to
,-onvlnee a convention of his church
Unit Santa Olaus Is a myth and an
ibominatlou and that to allow little
thlidren to believe in him was to train
5iem to bo deceitful. Let us hope that
lie good, foolish man has no children
tt his own who are never allowed to
play that a doll is nllvo or a chair is
i Jior.se or that ttiere are Indians and
frizzly bears lurking behind the rose
Hushes in tho garden.
Oae thing must be said for John
Lloxandor Dowlo ho never steals
epon his victim from behind. For ln
rtance, lie lias made public announce
nent of bis intention tt) dethrone Ed
rard VII. with an added warning that
the kaiser Is to be the next victim;
Ihe c.ar and Emperor Frauds Joseph
10 be spared until further notice. "I
nay be assassinated for saying these
urords," exclaimed the lntorpld Elijah
01. "but I fear nothing." Wltii such
. dare-devil adversary his majesty
voulri better look out.
When should a girl marry? Govern
ir Warilold, of Maryland, thinks not
ofore she Is twenty-six, and lie bases
llils ago on the fact that his wife
nin twenty-six when she blessed him
vith her presence. A certain Dr.
Imlth regards eighteen as a good age,
tnd Dorothy DIx sends a long screed
jo iha Sabbath press giving various
itiggostlons. Meanwhile tho person
uost vitally interested makes her ar
rangements to accord with her oppor
tunities, and wo incline to the opin
ion that from now on to the end of
jho chapter the girl will marry Just
when she Is satlslled that he cannot;
Ifford to throw away tiie golden
thujice. Girls are very much alike In
Oils respect; so are parents.'
One of the distinct features of the
ige is the tendency to return to agrl
juUui'o, Where a few years m;o the
fanner bojs ore rushing to the cities
I to crowd the professions, there Is now
La decided move in tho other direction
'Tho natural reaction that must always
follow a movement so radical In soma
measure, accounts for the disposition
I to return to the soli for a livelihood
I but there Is more. Tho agriculturist
' has become a professional man. Tho
college and tho university have added
I a special course for his benefit, an
gives Jilm a degree, lie Is a botanist
and a chemist, and science ban taught
him to take In the Jaded and worn
out farm, and with Intelligence cause-
It to blossom like the rose. Tho dls
plritlng labor which bent tho forms of
the elders and sent tho lads scurrying
cityward has been lightened by de
vices that better accomplish the end
sought. Tlie long bourse are shori
ended, and the farmer finds time to in
dulgc in Uie enjoyments of life. This
new condition, added to tho faclnatlon
ol independence, has turned many
men from other professions toward tho
country, carrying with them the man
nerlsin of their class until the ex tor
initiation of the chin whisker is
threatened by the Prince Albert coat.
Recommendations for a change from
the vertical system of penmanship
have been made before the Chicago
Hoard of Education. One of the trus
tees, Mr. Cameron, Is quoted as say
lug of vertical writing: "It may bo
good to write love letters, but it is not
good for keeping books. I do not know
of a set of books In Chicago where the
up and down writing is allowed. If t
boy can write only In the vertical stylo
business houses have little use for
him." If that is the case It is a sulll-
dent reason why pupils should not
be required to learn vertical writing.
If business bouses have no use for
boys who write only the vertical style
surely no boy ought to be required to
learn that style against his natural
Inclination. It does not follow, how
ever, that those to whom it is natural
to write the vertical should be forced
to learn the Inclined style. The ob
viously common sense rule Is not to
attempt to force the pupil out of his
natural bent. That involves something
worse than a waste of time. It results
either In total failure or the acquire
ment by the pupil of an Irregular,
nondescript style not suited to book
keeping or anything else in which uni
formity and neatness are desirable.
Very few pupils left to tliemselves
would write the vertical style. Per
haps as many would write with a
backward Inclination. There is no
danger that there will be any lack of
penmen writing -with the forward in
clination if pupils are taught to make
the best of the stylo which comes
natural to them. There Is no obvious
reason why nooks should not no writ
ten in the vertical style, other things
being equal. Indeed, that style has
the advantage In point of legibility.
When Thomas A. Edison was a tele
graph operator he had few equals in
speed and anybody who could read
coarse print" could read -what he
wrote at top speed and his page was
almost as even and handsome as print.
There Is no valid objection to a set of
books kept by such a writer so far as
the penmanship Is concerned. Hut If
business houses will not have that
style very well. Those who can wrlto
It like Edison can flnu enough writing
to do if they wish. They should not
force themselves to write another
style which they can never master
merely to please the business houses,
TOM'S CLEVER TRICK.
Thin Jllir Klcpliiiiit Could Really Muko
a Month Oi'Kiiu Sound.
Many New York girls and boys, as
well as out-of-town young visitors to
the city, will recall Tom, the big per
forming elephant who furnished daily
amusement for ills young audiences
with tricks and other marvelous per
fortiiiiuees In the Central Park menag
erie. That Is to say, his performances
seemed marvelous for a heavy elephant
whost natural position was on all
lours, and who did not speak English,
even though it almost seemed as If ho
understood It. Old Tom llually became
so dangerous that about two years ago
he had to be quietly put away by a
dose of poison.
Perhaps the most remarkable of
Tom's tricks was one of which his
trainer was very proud, not only be
cause It was dllHcult, but because it
was novel as well. Tom would stand
uiion bis hind legs on strong box,
take from his keeper's hand a boy's
mouth organ, gracefully curl his trunk
back until It rested on his forehead
and then alternately blow and draw
his breath through the musical reeds
of the toy.
Rears liavo been trained to beat a
drum and to wrestle, seals havo been
taught to play ball and ponies to play
see-saw, but Tom's proud keeper
thought his pet overtopped all other
performing large animals In this novel
musical solo. St. Nicholas.
Not Four.
"Yes, she's swell enough," said tho
CI i lea go girl.
"Rut her forefathers?" suggested the
Roston girl.
"Oh. grndous, don't mako it any
avoinc than It really is! She's only had
three." Philadelphia Press.
GOOD i
Short Qtories
Captain Cuttle's famous watch,
vhleh would keep "correct" time only
y various shakings and shlftlnga of
be hands during tho day, is matched
y a Yorkshlreinan'H clock. IIo re
lented the Imputation Unit there was
iiiylhing wrong with It. "It goes root
inou for thlin that kmui how t' read
t,' he said; "when Its hands are at
twelve, it strikes two, and then aw
miii u Its halfiNist seven."
Do Wolf Hopper ways bhat his small
lephew was given a diary, and one of
lis first entries in It was "got up at
loveii." lie showed it lo ins motiier,
ind slie corrected his sentence. ' Got
ip!" she exclaimed In horror; "does the
tun get up? It rises: The youngster
arcfully erased the offending words,
ind wrote, "Rose at. seven." And on
etlring for the night he carefully In-
erfbed in Ills diary. "Set at eight."
An ordinary edio Is a curious tiling;
nit according to the statements of a
frenchman at a watering place in the
i'yrcnees, one echo on the Franco-Prus-
i.in frontier is far from ordinary. "As
oou as you have spoken," said the
rcnchinan. who had secured an sitidl-
Mieo of wild-eyed tourists, "you hear
listlnct.ly the voice leap from rock to
ook, from precipice to precipice, and
is soon as it lias pushed the frontier it
issuines 'the Spanish tongue!"
The story Is told of a meeting of
creditors who were trying to settle tho
iffalrs of a merchant who had failed
or a large amount. .He insisted Hint
lis assets were absolutely nothing
hat bis wife owned the house In which
ic lived; that the family farm was the
iroperty of his daughter; that the store
iclongcd to his son. "I have nothing,"
e said, "except my body, which you
an divide among you." "Weil, shentle-
men," spoke up a Jewish creditor, "if
ion no uoi, i spcaus rignt now lor ins
all."
A Loudon playgoer, who had drunk
iceply at his dinner, appeared at the
ox otllco of one of the principal thea
crs. and put down a sovereign, asking
or the best scut in the house. His
onditloii was so evident that the man
the bo.vL oflici politely declined to
fM lilui ivK'-ifcet. "What's matter?"
Icmanded IfMnmlicant. "what's mat
er with inc?" "Well, if you really
ivaut to know," responded the ticket
seller, "you're drunk.' The frankness
this reply had rather a sobering in-
lluence upon the playgoer. He gather-
il up tho sovereign with dignity. "Of
ourse Pin drunk," he said, cheerfully.
is he turned lo go; "I wouldn't conic
to sec this play If I were sober, would
"t
At the Democratic convention, Will-
u in .L Rryan was held up by a lot
of camera fiends, for whom lie ohlig
.ngly posed. A stranger, accompanied
by his ,"-yir-oId daughter, came up,
liiuouiiced that he had voted for Rryan
twice, and asked the privilege of sliak
.ng hands with him. The privilege was
sxanted, and Rryan also took the little
girl's hand. As he did so, a camera
'ield shouted: "Hold her hand, Mr.
(tr.van." Mr. Rryan compiled. More
Photographers appeared on the scene,
i nd desired the pose to continue. It
lid continue for over live minutes.
'I'm glad my wife isn't here." said Mr.
(h'.van, when lie was at last released
'mm bis captivity: "holding a girl's
.land tills way for live minutes in a
Hiblic street:"
ORIGIN OF SUPERSTITION.
Natural HiirrouiidiiiKH of People Kc
H)i)iill)lc for Relief in Omens.
The first dawn of imagination re
sults in superstition. Tho lowest type
jf African savage is devoid of either.
The moment he develops into a crea
ture rather more removed from the
brute creation lie begins to feel the
fascination of the unseen. Tho. tribes
that Inhabit the forest land and moun
tain regions are the most superstitious.
The trees shake, and moan in tho
winds. They aro credited with spirit
life. The caves of the mountains,
wltii their hollow echoes, are tiie
homes of the gnomes that guard tho
earth treasures, the gold and silver
mines; the rivers are full of mock
ing water spirits uncertain In temper
i the capricious element in which
they dwell. Theism comes from the
desert, with Its vast spaces, its intense
loneliness. Rut oven the desert wor
shipers of one great spirit had their
superstitions. At night, as they
watched the stars that shine with un
equaled brilliancy In those burning re-
rlons, they not unnaturally conceived
lie Idea that many of them were the
pntward expression of one of the great
tplriLs that minister to the Most High,
ind were permitted by Him to oxer
:lso a special liitluence over the des
fl nl os of tills pin not and the lives of
(ho humans that Inhabit It. Out of
cheso beliefs grew up the so-called
fcl(iueo of astrology, with Its casting
of horoscopes and Innumerable pre
dictions. Wo aro tho children of our ances
tors, and even In this twentieth cen
tury aro not yet delivered from tlio
hereditary Influences of their super
stitions. The number seven, for in
stance, has always been rogarded as
a mystic number. Seven angels stand
; before tho throne; a seven-branched
, candlestick was commanded to bo
used in the temple; tho seventh day of
tho week was ordered to be kept holy
and nowadays the seventh son of a
seventh son Is credited in rural dis
tricts, and especially In various parts
of America, with almost supernal lira
powers. Witchcraft, that curious mix
ture of hypnotism and charlatanism
has been pructlced from time iintno-
morlal. Tho Witch of Endor was ev
ldently possessed of great hypnotic
power, and worked her wonders by
means of mesmerism and suggestion
us Is evident from her terror when
tiie spirit of the prophet really np
poured to the Jewish monarch at her
summons. Why is the number tbii
teen unlucky? This superstition is ap
parently derived from the fact that
there were thirteen at that Last Sup
per which terminated in the great
tragedy. To tills same least does the
superstition nlout upsetting salt be
long. In stretching out to dip ills
hand In the dish Judas is said to have
upset the salt, and the ancient paint
ers of that sacred repast often do
plot an overturned salt cellar.
Why Friday, a day sacred to Venus,
should be considered unlucky It is dif
ficult to say, unless we refer the idea
lo that Italian proverb which declares
that Racchus, Tobacco and Venus are
tiie cause of all the misfortunes of
men. The mysterious influence of
horseshoes Is still believed by an in
credible number of people. This su
perstition owes Its origin to the cres
cent moon, to the horned head-dress
of Isls, and of Diana, who wore tho
crescent above her brow. Many cu
rious superstitious are attached to por
traits, which are derived from tho
mythology of tiie Egyptians. Certain
persons gravely assure one that tho
wrath of the departed lias power to
materialize now and then, and to
watch over the living members of ills
race so long as his portrait exists. It
was to keep for the departed some
portion of their earth life that the
Egyptians devoted such attention to
the preservation of the mummy. Su
perftitions are dlllicult to shake off.
it is consoling if a trayful of glasses
falls down to remember that broken
glass is lucky; and if one is annoyed
by a spider that persists In holding
high revel on one's pillow, one likes
to say to one's self that a spider seen
at night is an excellent omen, and so
on. Howver, like the belief in fairies,
our superstitions will, no doubt, slow
ly disappear and only be remembered
as subjects for jeering by the matter-of-fact
mortals of the twenty-fifth cen
tury. London Doctor.
SUBSTITUTES fOll WIT.
Chinese school teachers do not
strengthen the brains of children with
algebra and calculus, but stuff them
with Confucian morals, says a writer
In the Chicago Record-Herald. Ho
further declares that in China he found
no wit or imagination, but tells the
following incidents, which prove that
the Chinaman has good unconscious
substitutes for one or tho other:
One day in Shanghai, when I was
feeling sick, I called a Chinaman lo
me and said, "John, do you have good
doctors in China?"
"Good doctors!" ho exclaimed
"China have best doctors In wo'ld."
"Eudon, over there." I said, point
ing to a house covered with a doctor's
signs, "do you call him a good doc
tor?" "Eudon good doctor!" ho exclaimed.
"Ho great! Ho best doctor in China,
lie save my life once!"
"You don't say so!" I said. "How
wns it?"
"Me velly sick," lie said, confiden
tially. "Me calico Doctor Han Kou.
Glvee, some medicine. Get velly velly
sick! Me call Doctor Sam Sing. Glvea
more medicine. Me grow worse. Go
ing lo die! Rlimoby call Doctor Eu
don. Ho no got time, no come. He
snvee my life!"
In Cbefoo my wife engaged a Chi
nose cook. AVhen he eamo she asked
his name. Shaking hands with him
self and smiling, lie said. "My nauuo
Yong Hang Ho."
"Oh, Unit's too long!" said my wife.
"I can't remember all that. I call you
John."
"All light," ho said, smiling. "What
your namee?"
"My name," said my wife, slowly.
"Is Mrs. Melvtllo D. Landon."
"Hi!" cried John. "Too long naniool
Can't 'member all lot. Calico you Char
ley." I'rlendly HiiujKCHtiou.
"My heart Is still untenanted," sigh
ed tho slender summer girl.
"Why don't you wrlto on your can'
'Flat to let?' asked her plump cousin
who was wearing a broad smllo-and i
now engagement ring.
What the average man doesn't knoi.
Is that lie doesn't, knov half as much
as he thinks he knows.
HUNTS UK ETIQUETTE
Ceromonlous calls ure uofc madt
between women In the morning,
evening, or on Sunday afternoons.
A gentleman, owing to tho exactnesi
of business, may cull In tho evening
mid on Sunday afternoon.
When Invited to a church wcddlnp
and not to the receptllon iollowlrig,
It is not necessary to send a prescnl
to the bride: but call is made on tin
brine on her at home day a month
or iwu nitor tne woucimg.
Mrs. C. K. IliiniKiirdiicr, a Kcbccen
Lender, Writett to Thank Doiiu'h Kid
tic PIIIh for It.
Mrs. C. E. Ihinigardner, a local ofll
cor of the Rebeccas of Topeka. Kan.,
Room 10, Xt'j Kansas
avenue, writes:
uierl Doan's Kidney
Pills during the past
year for kidney trou
ble and kindred ail
ments. I was suffer
ing from pains in tho
back and headaches,
but found after tho
use of one box of tho
remedy that the trou
bles irradnally disap
peared so that beforo
I had finished a sec
ond package I was
well. I therefore
heartily endorse your
remedy."
(Signed i
A Fit El! TIM At.
Address Foster-Mlllitit-n (n ni,rr..i
N V. For Sale lV nil rlnnl
."0 cents.
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THE LATEST WORD ON AUT
UMN COLORS AND SHADES
Tho Havana cinnamon and seal
shades are good, and tho mixed
browns showing a touch of red or
black, or perhaps both, are oxnoefced
to have a fashionable followimr for
the latest season. Greens, perhaps,
come next: then several new tints in
blue, from tho sapphire to the nlum.
the deeper and ilcber violet tones,
many of which show a distinct red
dish purpic, and the Rurgundv tints:
all ate made use of in unobtrusive
mixture
In bio;i(tcl(.ths and in thesatui-
fnced chll'lon cloths, with their
uede-llke surface, there are some
novel c 'loiings that are arisbic In
the extreme.
All of the geranium, Jiiocmiemlnot.
and automobile reds are considered
extieinely goud in these, the richer
wine eludes, from the old-time
grenat to the deepest Rurgundy,
dull-linlshed Ijnf greens in medium
tints some of the mine sober giays
that, lean to the drab, clove and
Quaker colerrlnus; fawn, a dull pink
ipproaehtng the lose cendree and
iliuost everything in brown from
tho palest cafe an lull to the richest
seal, ate In high favor.
Tharo are skores ov people who
would think less ov breaking most of
'lie 10 commandments than lliev
would one ov the fashionable core-
manys ov life.
CHANGE FOOD
Sonic Very Fine KcHiiltH Follow.
The wrong kind of food will put the
body in such a diseased condition
that no medicines will cure it. There
is no way bat to change food. A man
in Missouri says:
"For two years I was troubled so
with my nerves that sometimes I was
prostrated and could hardly ever get
In a full month at my work.
"My stomach, back and bead would
throb so I could get no rest at night
pxcopt by tits and starts, and always
hud distressing pains.
"1 was quite certain the troublo
came from my stomach, hut two physi
cians could not help me and all the
tonics failed, and so finally i turned to
food.
"When 1 had studied up on food and
learned what might be expected from
leaving off meat and the regular food
I had been living on. I felt that a
change to Grape-Nuts would be Just
what was required, so I went to eat
ing it.
"From the start I got stronger and
better until I was well again, and
from that time I haven't used a bit
of medicine for I haven't needed any.
"I am so much better in every way,
sleep soundly nowadays, and am free
from the bad dreams. Indeed this
food has made such a great change In
me that my wife and daughter have
taken it up and we aro never without
Grape-Nuts on our table nowadays,
it is a wonderful sustalner. and we
frequently have nothing clso at ail but
a saucer of Grape-Nuts and cream for
breakfast or supper." Name given by
Postum Co., Rattle Creek. Mich.
Good food and good rest. These are
Hie tonics that succeed where all the
hot tied tonics and drugs fail. Ton
ilays' trial of Grape-Nuts will show
tne the road to health, strength and
vigor. "There's a roason."
Look in each pkg. for the famous
ittle book, "Tin Road to Wel!ilit."
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