The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909, December 09, 1904, Image 3

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HEMAHA ADVERTISER.
WMUhUK NEBRASKA
Almost' any woman's faco trill atop
I car.
A lady Is a woman who doesn't have
o Insist that aha 1b a lady.
A girl may not bo ublo to keep
ocrct, but she cun keep a young man
tuesalng.
When It cotnon to tho root ef evil,
ho lovo of money Isn't in It with an
tchlng tooth.
Do we henr a second to George
Hcrcdlth's substitute for Qen. Cor
dn's original motion?
The automobile thief would never
te convicted by a Jury of farmer, but
to might be sent to tho insano asylum.
It is a good deal better to live in a
(lass house and take your chances
m atone than to havo no windows at
UL
A Judge has decided that snoring Is
ot good ground for a divorce. This
lepends upon which party dec tho
storing.
Short la die should avsld much
trimming on their skirts, say a fash
an writer. Yes, and so should long
adles If their husbands aro short.
People who got hurt owing te reck
h driving of their own automobiles
aunt be astonished at tho small sup-
tly of sympathy there Is in the world.
Tho Osar says It is too early for a
feace conference. It would seem to
m several montus too late, remem
bering Manchurlan developments in
bat period.
presiaont Elliot, or Harvard, says
tie gentleman will bo deferential to
ige, beauty and all worthy tilings. He
krobably classes tho homely girl as
toe of the worthy things.
Captain Richard Pearson Hobson
las declared that he is no longer a
candidate for the "glory of office."
tether great men have made similar
leclaratlons after the returns had all
tome in.
Expansion In the Salvntlon Army
to that It has to bo divided Into an
astern and western section must
make the evil ono and his cohorts feel
that they are a disappearing raco llko
tho Indians.
' There la something exceedingly sat
tactory In the statement of an emi
nent London physician that "criminal
tro always recruited from the early
vslng class." There Is usually, Borae-
hlnk dark and devious in the ways of
fee man who rises bofore sunup.
A young lndy of San Francisco dls-
ocated her shoulder by violently
browing her artns around the neck of
1 girl friend. If girls would put their
irms only whero they belong they
fcrould gain more sympathy In the
rrcnt of overdoing things and inel
lentally make men's Uvea happier.
War shortens life, but it broadens
reputations, to pharaphrnse Decatur's
Wmous saying. Field-Marshal Marquis
byama, who planned the Buccossful
Japanese campaign n gainst Llau-yang,
ras widely known amoug soldelrn be-
lore he drove the Russians out of tho
ttty; but now that one of the greatest
tattles of this generation has become
tlstory, the name and fame' of the
taarquis are known wherever news
papers are read. If ho should die to-
norrow he would be classed among
tie world'B great commanders.
One source of Japan's strength for
irolonglng a conflict of such magni
tude as tho present one is her ability
I
fight with ono hand and labor at
e pursuits of peace with the other.
Tor crops have been good, hor trade
Us increased and her bank deposits
knd clearances have grown Bteadlly.
the only advance In prices has been
n rice and barley which the govern
ment has bought In great quantltlos
lor the use of tho nrmies. as a re
sult there Is plenty of loney at home
tnd it is probable that tho empire can
fo through anothor year without flnnn
tlal embarrassment Such condltloni
kro worth more than tons of high ex
plosives or regiments and squadrons.
Girls should be careful how they
test the heat of Irons. A hew York
slrl was In the habit of Judging Its
beat by holding tho Iron close to hor
faco. While fixing up a white duck
ult she was to wear on a picnic with
tier sweetheart, she inadvertently
touched her cheok with tho Iron, and
burned her faco bo badly that a dis
figuring scar resulted. Then her sweet
hoart's visits grow less frequent, and
Anally he Btnyed away altogether.
(The girl, driven to despair, committed
suicide. The moral of UiIb true Btory
will bo, to some girl, that eno should
lot another parsoH d all the ironing;
otliors will think It teaches tho advis
ability of picking eut a bettor brand
of sweetheart
An amusing story of invention has
come tp light In connection with tho
coin-wrapping machine. Tho man
who invented it is the proprietor of
various nckel-ln-the-BloL devices, from
which he derives most of his Income
.11 In small coins. These he kept
In nnll kegs, and whenever he had to
pay a bill of any size ho and hlB wife
and children had to spend time count
lug and wrapping tho coin in rolls.
To Btivo tills labor ho attempted to
make a machine which would do it
automatically. lie succeeded so well
that the new dovlco is now in demand
in banks and largo business houses
and street railway ofllco3, and in tho
end may pay as largo dividends as tho
maehlnos It was built to circumvent
The troubles of the rich are never half
appreciated.
In view of the number and the grav
ity of American military accidents,
the question of legal or moral respon
sibility for them assumes a serious,
practical character. A point of law
raised the other day In a Philadelphia
court bears directly on this question.
Aa engineer In the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad was on trial
for manslaughter. The case Involved
the usual mixture f issues of fact
and of law, but It Anally resolved
Itself Into tho quastloa of the crim
inal -or excusable negligence f (fee en
gineer and conductor In charge of a
freight train which collided with n
passenger train. Tha testimony dla
closed that the freight trala had beea
ordered to wait on a siding until four
trains should pass. The crow ha
been on duty for twenty-four hours,
and while waiting for the other trains
to pass had fallen asleep from weari
ness and physical exhaustion. Before
the fourth trala had passed tho men
awoke and, thinking that the road was
clear, took their own train from tho
'siding. A wreck resulted from this
fatal mistake and several passengers
wero killed. On tills evidence coun
sel for the engineer askod tho court to
rule that when a railroad employy
falls asleep from weakness or weari
ness due directly to unreasonably long
hours of steady employment tho long
hours being exacted by the company
-and an accident occurs, the employu
Is uot Liable for tho unfortunate eon-
Boqucncei of tne unavoidable negli
gence. The court refused to mako this
ruling. No man, said tho Judge, had
the right to work on a railroad whon
not In good physical condition, niwi
when too weary or exhausted t do his
full duty he should discontinue work;
even at the risk of losing his position
through disobcdloaoe of orders. But
what about the moral aspect of the
question? Taking men and conditions
as they are, now many will violate
orders and diicuntlnue work, at the
risk of losing their livelihood. In tho
Interest of public safety? The moral
responsibility in cases like that tried
before the Philadelphia court is on the
railway companies, and it behooves
them to ponder the question with ear
nest and anxious solicitude.
TRAVELS OF PRAIRIE CHICKENS.
How tho Birds llave Adapted Thesa
solves to Cumlitloua.
An Bmporia man advances the the
ory that prairlo chickens are so scarce
about Emporia now becuuso they ml
grate west every spring to hatch their
young. This spertBiwin was out try
lng to find aoao tho other day and
failed, although he went clear to tho
Flint hills.
AH tho farmers along the way told
the same story. Bach said thero was
a Dig bunch or endekens oa nis farm
until spring and they then disappear
ed. Tho farmers theugiht it was some
thing strange that the chickens should
go wost to hatria their young, and are
looking for chiokeaa to conio back next
winter.
As a matter of fact, prairie oklck-
ens aro not among the migratory birds,
but tho chickens la this part of the
country seem to be adapting them
selves to conditio. This country is
bolng settled up closely and put su
dor the plough, md the birds want
wlldor territory where their young will
ho safer than In a woa settled locality,
Then in tho winter tho birds coma
buck to the cultivated country because
there la plenty of food in tho fields.
Last year the attention of sportsmen
was attractod by groat locks of chick-
caa that came in from tho northwest
in tho duck season. It was the lira!
time thy ever saw chickens migrat
ing. A flock was sees near Amcrlcui
which was said to have had 400 chick
ens in It Last winter thero wero o
number of flocks of chickens wlthla
four inilos of town, which was an an
usual thing. Tie birds wero supposed
to have come in from western Kan
sas to got tho benefit of tho plentiful
supply of kafilr corn, which tho chick
ons relish. Emporia Gazette.
If you want to hear tho story of
Ufo that might help you, go to tha
man In the poor farm. lie Is as full
of Dangor Signs as a dressmaker!
mouth Is full of plus.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTINQ ITEMS.
Comments and Criticism Based Upon
the HappotilnuH ot the Dy His
torical and News Note.
Most of the tilings you discover are
aecond-hund discoveries.
Tho girl who dresses to kill
fro-
quently ends by killing herself.
About the time a mnn gets a pair
of pntent leather shoes broken In tho
patent expires.
If tho world owss you a living nil
you have to do Is pull off your coat
und proceed to collect It
Now that W. J. Bryan is a grand
father hlB enomles will have to ceaso
calling him a "boy orator," anyhow.
How will the average man regard
the rapid growth of the movement to
Incrcnso the world's supply of milli
ners? Tho up-to-date young woman now
goes In for athletics, so sho may be
prepared to Jump at an offer of mar
riage. Mr. Rockofelior is a conspicuous ex
ample of what a man can achieve by
close attention to business after ho has
passed tho age of 215.
Hxporlence has shown thai when a
Japanese army "disappears" a Rus
sian army somowhere or other Is like
ly to And It unexpectedly.
A New York woman reseats her
husband's Insinuation that she can't
play a good game of poker. Tho only
game a woman can't play is "whlstl"
There is complaint that the spelling
of those Manchurlan names h dinnged
frequently, but It may be said In com
pensation that any change la (or tho
better.
In exempting representatives ef for
eign governments from tho provisions
of the law Its framors evidently be
lieved they would not voluntarily vio
late it.
Btlck close to your desk, young man,
and some day you may be tho presi
dent of a railway company with a
chuiico to resign and draw a salary of
$76,000 for several years after your
resignation.
William Waldorf Astor owns $31,-
000,000 worth of property in New
York. There Is bo reason to believe
that he hopes for tho immediate de
struction of this country, even If he
doesn't consider It lit to live in.
Without knowing what would be
the punishment upon conviction, It is
suggested that a fitting penalty to Ini-
poso upon a man who puts Iron In life
belts would be to equip him with one'
of his devices and toss him overboard
In mtdocean.
A man in Missouri who swaliewed
a S-cent piece back in the days when
sliver coin of that denomination were
somctlmoa seon has Just coughed it
up. We all of us have had experi
ence with Individuals who required a
very long time to cough up very small
amount.
Official approval hns been stamped
on the brow of that social tryant, tho
tip. According to a recent order of the
navy department, officers traveling on
department business are entitled to 50
conts a day for tips la the United
States, and a dollar a day outside the
United States. The allowance for food
and lodging is the same abroad as
within the country. Tho distinction In
tho tip allowance shows that this
ountry Is better off than others in
the vexed matter of "voluntary" fees
which aro obligatory.
The establishment of the Chinese
imperial post in tho province of Honan
aas been attended by some Incidents
ftf an Instructive nature. When they
first got tho post office at Kai-feng
thero was a flat tight between clerics
and buyers of stamps over tho ques
tion, Who is to lick the stamps?
Olerks, said tho purchasers: but the
desks refused to be the molstenors.
The police had to Interfero. WUe
was the official at Tai-kang. Tho first
customer at tho now offioo was greet
cd with the command, as he took the
stamp, "Now lick it nnd put It Just
there!" Tho precedent is fixed. Buy
ers must lick and Btlck, or go stamp-
loss.
Routine is a blessed thing when
something happons to reduce tha
moral driving power which keeps us
going tho courage, purposo and good
eheor that give life present Joy as
well as meaning. It is good in mo
ments of depression or weariness that
there is a path marked out ahead each
day which men follow because It in
there; that thero Is time which cus
tom has set for them to got up, to
eat, to work, to rest, to read, go to
bed acaln. They move along the
grooves of habit and get all tho benefi
of their Inheritance and their export
enco. Tho general may quit the flclj
for a time If he chooses; tho army hai
Its marching plan and knows what h
expected of it.
Now is a good time to rememboi
that there are rival nations as well ai
rival political parties. Few are inlsi
led by the statements made by poll,
tlclnns in the heat of a campaign; bu(
ono docs not always remember that:
tho rival nations are engaged all tiiq
time in n campaign for advantage, and
that their politicians are continually1,
socking to Influence public opinion in
the community of nations. If one weni
always well Informed nbout the nu
tlonul rivalries one would not be uile
lod by the foreign despatches la the
newspapers. Doubtless much of tho
present unpopularity of RuhsIu Is duo
to the fact that for years the greater
part of the "news" about the emplrd
has been written In countries or by!
men politically hostile. The Russian
government is ft ware of this, and last!
year expelled from St. Petersburg the
correspondent of a London paper on
the ground that he was doing his best
to stir up trouble. The charge was
well founded, even though the punish
ment was not one which would havo
been inflicted in America. The great
parties In world politics Just now are
British and Russian. The Japanese,
In attacking the Russians, have th
sympathy of the British, their allies.
France sympathlres with Russia, its
ally, and Germany, through Its em
peror, is anxious to bo on the winning
side. If the foreign news in the dally
papers Is read in tho light ef these
facts much ralsapprehenslea will be
avoided.
A great deal Is said nowadays about
tho education of the boy on the street
or la the scheeL Tha best thought of
educations is given to the boy. In the
day schools and in tho night schools the
boy receives more than his share ol
attention, in the belief that tho mak-
lng of the man depends largely upon
the school. Walter L, Ilervey In the
Chautauquan, dissents from thin view.
Ho says: "Iloine is par excellence a
unifying force in the Ufa of a boy.
Homo is his point of departure, his
point ef return, his headquarters."
He estimates that out of tho Urst fif
teen years of a boy's Ufo flvo are usu
ally spent wholly at homo. Out of
8,700 hours In a year 7,700 are, as a
rule, spent by children under tho care
and guidance of homo. That Is to say,
7,700 hours are spent at home and
1,000 hours in school. Therefore, he
contends, wo are In danger of belit
tling tho home as nn educatlonul In
stitution, it Is a common saying that
thousand ef homes exert bo educa
tional influence upon children, or that
If they do exert any lnfluenco, it is in
jurious rather than beneficial, and,
therefore, even more attention should
be given to the schools. To these
schools, It is assumed, the children of
ignorant parents will come and then
carry back an educational Influence to
the home. There Is undoubtedly a
measure of truth In this, und because
there is a measure of truth In the
theory, our public schools are of great
beneUt But there Is another side to
the question which Mr. Hervey pre
sents as a principle In our educational
system. The first duty of the parents,
however poor or Ignorant they may
be, is te make a home for the chil
dren, a home whero the boy will have
his own corner, if not his own home;
where he will grow up with a local
center necessary to his normal devel
opment as a boy. Mr. Hervey admits
that it may not be possible to provide
such a home among those who flit
from flat to flat or from cottage to
cottage, but he Insists that the ordi
nary home, be It ever so humble, "ac
complishes its ends educationally not
mainly by proachlng, still less by
studying lessons, but simply by giving
old and young a chanco to Uvo and
learn together." In other words, a
home fulfills its destiny us an educa
tional force when It is a home with
home life. Any ono can have such a
home, Mr. Hervey Is right in asauin
ing that home is receiving too llttlo
attention from educators, and that
home as a school is not sufficiently
considered by parents.
Usn of Dynnmito oa Oregon Farms.
At Pendleton, Ore., and on several
farms in the eastern part of the State
of Washington, dynamlto is used to
break up tho "hard pan" stratum Just
underneath tho surface. Good soil and
moisture are under tho "hard pan."
In tho sago brush and alkali regions
this stratum of "hard pan" will not
lot tho molsturo cojdo to tho surface,
nor can tree roots and alfalfa roots
reach tho molsturo. So tho surface la
dry alkali, tho mother of sago brush
and nothing else. Tho dynamiters be
lieve that by smashing this (barren and
rebellious stratum they can make tho
molsturo como up and tho roots go
down. Crops have been planted over a
considerable tract of dynamited
ground. In tho fall we shall know how
good a fanner dynamite la. Every
body's Magazine,
Some peoplo are too insistent on thi
right to be fools in their own way,
REMARKfiBLE TEST
IPPUED BY A TEACHER IS A
LEADING TJMVEEBI1T.
ttomnmtrntat th Power of Dr. VIUIms
I'lnk rilla to ntoro Vigor to Shat
tered Norv.
Mrs. Launder Lnno, wife of tho mlqj.
er of the Christian Church, of No. 201
I street, South Omaha, Nob., tolls how
i or daughter hns boon onabled to resoih
lor professional work as a teacher after
mfforing for nearly three ycarsfrom se- i
fore nervouB prostration : l
" Whon bIio was passing from glxiP
Jood to womanhood," says Mrs. Lnne,
'hIio Buffered greatly from difficulties
peculiar to her sex. Tho phyBiuiun ,did
lot help her, but a fow boxes of Ihv
Williams' Pink Pills brought about the
perfect regulation of hor system.
"While sho had escaped from one
jravo tronblo, she unfortunately bogaa
to overwork, first as a student and the
s a teacher in a large Iowa inetitutfosv
lor orphan boys. Sho enjoyed hor worst
ind was very enthusiastic, but the Btraia
inaUy told oa her. She bocamo pals,
iveak, nervous, unable to sleep; she bad
to appetite and she suffered from e
rere headaches. Then came a oonrplevs
breakdown and her work had to be ghisa
IB.
' ' la tali emergency we again tried Dai
Williams' Pink Pills. Improvement
aine at first slowly and we sometime
lunUvd whftHar she was gxiuiug, bait
it 1 l- - - ...T 1. ..... jl
akiMg the pills she fell back, and when'
ivorsBe resumed the nse of thm she
evivsd and so wo kept up the treatment
until she recovered her usaal health asd
,vas able to take a position in ono of ov
tuiversities where she is happily as
work. My mother, ray daughter aad
ayself have a well-ftrarided confidence
a the merits of Dr.Willhuns' Pink Pills
vud are always ready to reoominsai
diem."
This is simply one more proof that
these pills seek disease at its source
ind offoot fundamental euro. They
lore various diseases becasBO these haw
i common origin in impaired blood os
terves. They put the entire system in a
lealthy condition, because they intro
luce vigor that is distributed to ever
mux. xnoy arresc pnysical decay wnea
tseema iuovitnblo tuid Hud a road to
estorution when tho doctor misses it
rhey are sold by all druggists tlirough
at the world.
WOMAN'S WISDOM.
Sister If yon are so dreadfslly ia
ove wltb her wby don't jou propose
io ber?
Brother She gives mo bo en cost-
igement.
Sister Nonsense 1 Onlv yesterday.
' beard ber advise you to let yow
nustache grow because shaving It as
auch would snake It stiff.
I hav sees taoa wbosi I tbouRbt
vas fltrlktly honest, but honesty It
to rare a quality that I should want
x ktrqe odds, even if I waz ugoiug
o bet oa mtself.
HAPPY CHILDHOOD.
Right Food Makes Happy Children B
canitc The j Arm Ueultkjr.
Sometimes wilk does not agree with
children or adults. The same thing
is true of other articles of food. What
agrees with oae semetimes does not
agree with others.
But food can be so prepared that 11
will agree with the weakest stomach.
As an Illustration anyone, no matter
how weak the stomach, can eat relish
nnd digest a nice hot cup of Poatura
coffee with a spoonful or two of
Grape-Nuts poured in, and such a com
bination contains nourishment to carry
bne a number of hours, fer almost
every particle ef it will be digested
and takes up by the system and be
made use of.
A lady writes from the land of tne
Magnolia and the mockingbird way
down is Alabama, and says: "I was
led to drink Postum because coffee
gave me sour stomach and made me
nervous. Again Postum was reco ta
rn ended by two well-known physicians
for my ehlldren. and I feel especially
grateful .'or the benefit derived.
"Milk doss not ugrco with cither
child, so to the eldest, aged four and
one-half years, I give Postum wita
plenty of sweet cream. It agrees with
her splendidly, regulating her bowels
perfectly, although she is ef a consti
pated habit
"For the youngest agel two and
bnc-half years, I use one-half Pontma
nnd one-half skimmed mlllt. 1 have
hot given nay medicine since the chlU
ilren began using Postum, and thoy
'enjoy every drop of It
. "A neighbor of mine ia givinaj
Postum to her baby lately weaned,
with splendid results. The little fellow
Is thriving famously." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Postum agrees perfectly with chil
dren and Bupplles adults with tho hot
Invigorating beverage In place of cof
fee. Literally thousands of Americans
have been helped out of stomach and
nervous diseases by leaving off coffee
nnd using Postum Food Coffee. Look
In okg. for the little book, "The Road
M"'Pe."
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