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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1905)
CALLING IN THE TREETOPS. Sf. V , if: 4 inions of Great Papers on important Subjects n,n f.itv Mnn in the Country. oi us wno Know in u--; ' . - who lmvc no souse wnatover ol wnui oiuuusinuii unu - . , . , . ..,. L mr t furni In nrtW Tim Utllt UHU Ult'lim i . . ,. t .. 1. ,,,.,.,l,.,a vtimu ii ii P"iv.u ""'"t v...0 - -v HOomnnd. of people who begin to realize that the ?"ea r the thick growth, was a severed bam- close to the shore of Eastern rive, city docs riot Sd all of life that la worth having. al boo of great height, with notches cut , West Dresden, Me., there Is an .p. frl TV L ,Mrs aeo all the talk and tendency tcats-as noa.lays . abo JJ ln lt. Recognizing It as a Mansaka ,e treo which has few equals. II "... t mail We BllOUlU lllll. UUl umt i u nwv." u... . ,. w t,. ,..l,f ,.nu ::...., ..... .nn..u,i,uia (All was of and to the city. Every city uoy was eu will-power as because wo are lacking ln courage, - - - sumua u j it b, ii.. .rftr rtimtiv imv of ononrv and " " ... nf tin funninlt. fret mid three Inches around ana stay in uie cny, u 'u v"" . i nntv nr Idunllsm. wltli suiucient motive torce irom iuc win, - - - - ,, ability had made up his mind to go to the city in search lrU, . All the virtues which To his amazement, there lay on the 8nrcad8 fifty feet. Its owner, Mr, r flmn W0U ,ca!Z ..J" , ... i.,in nft. top of Uio vegoUitlon two long, horizon- IIanli i,aa gnthored In somo years thli nTtr bovs olnn to live In the country, and thousands U1! :T u, 7nToZnne tnl baiuboos on which muddy feet had ty bushels of apples from this tree, and thousands nnrrnwnpss nit" and planning for the day when they may leave the smoke and grime and Imprisoning walls of the city behind and ofk tho. oonntrv. with Its onen spaces, Its pure air and its freedom. Of course, the city will always draw rrom uie rountrv. It must If lt Is to succeed. But lt is essential tlmt thern shall be something ln the country for lt to draw from, which there will not be If the current is always to Rot- In nnn dlrneUon. It would be well for the nation If every generation could spend Its youth or a large part of lt-ln the country. In the Interior of the Island of Min danao ln tho Philippines, there are many natives who live ln houses ln the treetops. Where the forests arc thick the entrances to villages are often at considerable distance, and by way of suspended bridges from treo to tree. Thus ono may walk directly beneath a cluster of houses, says tho author of "The Gems of tho Hast," without suspecting Its presence. On ono occasion, by mere luck, whllo struggling through a bamboo forest, ho London paid $150,000,000 on Juno 24 to take over her waterworks from pri vate corporations. Tho water Is held: ln 122 reservoirs, and tho filtration works cover l-lll acres. The smallest Island Inhabited ln Urn world Is that on which the Eddystona llghthouso stands, for at low water It Is only thirty foot In diameter. At high water tho base of tho llghthouso, which has a diameter of only a llttla over twenty-eight feet, Is completely of men and women, grown weary of Uie - 7, X 'rm or trodden, and beyond these other bam- v v life means to the less fortunate, are hoping r"""""' ' i,.lMHh,.M r ,, nil u im boos, forming a path or bridge, lie WOriH Ol I'liuiuutuii ouuauiuiva iui v..... o--- ... ... , 4 i by a man whoso will-power Spectator. Is high enough. London Future Railway Development. HE next great railway development following that of tho railway development of Mexico and the con current development of the railway systems of Can ada, will bo the development of a railway system ln South America. A number of Influences are now at won: Of course there arc bound to be many disappointments pointing to this result. Among them are tho opening of fnr thnso whn lonvp the citv for the farm. Some of them the Tanauia Canal, the necessity for an additional ounce have a sentimental liking for the country, but are not able for the peasantry of Europe, and tho needs of Europe for T signaled his men to be .quiet and fol low, and then preceded to cross tho lirst length of the rickety way, somo twenty feet above tho ground. When ho had gone about thirty yards, he came suddenly out Into a clearing where wore four large elevated houses. Tho path he was on led to tho nearest of tn0 transparent envelope out ol one, and they were all connected by WUCU tuo 8ntti0 slips. Ills glassyNoy bridges. sclu0 j8 B0 tough that It cffcctuallj To cross tho shaky bamboo over the nrotocts tho true eyo from tho twlga open was u problem for ono less bird- snurp grass and other obstruction like than the tree dwellers; but taking wnicn ho snake encounters In Its tram ,'hlch Is said to bo more timn on hundred years old. Snakes may almost bo said to havi glass eyes, Inasmuch as their eyoi never close. They aro without lld and each is covered with a transpar out scale, much resembling glas When tho reptile casts Its outer skln the eyo scales como off with tho resf - - . ... i - ..... . , . ... it. i i " ' i wiiitTii uiu ni to adapt themselves to the conditions of life and business the products of South American countries, to saj noumib off ,,ls BhoU3 tho traveler went ahead. els yot lt ls transparent enough to at in Uie country. They wish to be in but not of the country. 0f Uie gradual expansion of population and the trend of tho Uo ,md Bcnrcoiy reached the middle lo ' tho moat porfect vIbIoh. Thu OUiers carry tbclr city notions of money-making to the farm and expect to get rich quick. These are generally disappointed early in tho game. An agricultural paper tells of a city man who buried $30,000 on a 250-acre farm ln flftnon vrnrft trvinir to breed fancy stock. Another city world's progress. South America has been a neglected re gion and yet lt possesses numerous elements of develop ment which railway construction can bring about, mat country is far removed from lines of ordinary travel. Tho dominant civilization ls Latin as against Saxon ln North man, who could easily earn $2,400 a year ln an office, lost America. No broad policies are pursued though they aro $10,000 ln Kentucky experimenting with a bee farm. A travellnc man who has been making $5,000 a year tried Angora goat farming in Missouri and lost $7,000 ln three years. Yet Uie editor who narrates these hard luck stories does not discourage Uie city man who would turn to the farm; he only advises him to begin humbly, learn well and pro ceed cautiously. Instead of going Into speclalUcs at first, th hoclnnor would better try diversified farming. "It ls the small farm,' the editor says, "some poultry, a few hogs, longer than many navigated North American rivers. j.ueso conceived of, and feeble efforts are occasionally made to launch out and realize Uie ambitions of some of the leading men. South America possesses mineral wealth ln abundance. It is a .matter of common knowledge that there aro many great rivers ln South America, but lt Is not so well under stood that there are hundreds, perhaps even thousands of other streams not marked on the maps and not now used for purposes of navIgaUng by canoes, that are larger and two or three cows, some fruits, berries and a few acres of common crops that must satisfy the man who makes the abrupt change from city to country." Minneapolis Journal. rivers of the South pour out of mountains and drain large districts of uninhabited, almost unexplored country. Still other rivers flow from more populated regions, but are as and most tickliBh part when Uio Man- salens ln Uie houses detected his pres ence, With n chorus of yells they sent stones nnd arrows at him, and one old woman crawled out on the bridge nnd shook lt so that only by using boUi hands could ho cling to lt At last ho was able to stand up and make Uio sign of peace. Tho old woman stopped and stared at him, while his men crowded up on tho bamboo, and pre pared to discharge their guns Into Uie houses, if necessary, to protect him. The traveler called his interpreter. "Tell her she must not be angry wIUi mo," he said. "Tell her sho looks if tho snake has not a glass eye, H may, at any rate, be said to wear ey glasses. A Havre fisherman's wlfo drying codfish caught by her husband on thi coast of Franco noUccd that ono flsli had a hard substanco Inside On ln vestlgaUou sho found In Uie flsb a golden bracelet How tho ornament camo Into its strange receptacle In, of course, not known; but lt is conjec tured that It must havo slipped from the wrist of somo fair passongcr lean ing over the bulwarks of a trnns-Atn lanUc Unor, and been seized by th nnd on reaching tho water. As th ugly when sho ls nngry. Tell her I am Hhon,8 Qf codflah havo 0nly reconUy a menu, aim carry no ooio, nor oven . f . tl Newfoundland Banks, and ar The Physical Basis of Character. 1 1 OW much of character is constitutional 'I That ls a I I question often in the mind of every man who desires I I to Judge JusUy of himself and his neighbors. Foi I i ourselves, wo are inclined to reply that lt is but a non-essential part which can be so considered. All the same, certain admirable and Important qualities appear to .have a close connection with the physlquo; for instance, courage, energy and good temper. Many forms of illness cap the courage of the most courageous. otaer rivers now rrom more popuiuicu rugiuim, uui ui uo Tf f, lnv dnwn mCir nrms - yet little known, the more interior courses as they are J L, y Ju9t to ? nSShTE Lnn wn,iff wiffr nnrt windinir. nnd flowlntr in nu- 1 . 11 k"! no ono' . , nnco In French waters, lt is probable it.uv.u,u, p. " - . - . rnin nui wotnnn. wno snn uau boiiiu raerous channels over many cataracts and rapids. Inter national Railway Journal. thn hrneelot has traversed tho stones clutched ln her hands, hesitated At,nnHp ,n tho fish's interior. Par- I Marriage for Ten Years. T is not the first lime that, George Meredith tried to make a painful situation worse. Both in Richard Feverll and In Rhoda Fleming he brought his characters to the point where lt seemed that they could not suffer more, and Low health re- then, with Infernal Ingenuity, gave the thumb-screw a last duces energy, and hunger or Indigestion tries the sweetest apparently Impossible, turn, and left both characters and teniner. On the other hand, such qualities as sincerity, readers Insensible with horror. sympathy and honesty have apparently no relaUon to the Now he proposes to deprive marriage or its greatest physical constitution which can be traced. No one ls in- alleviation. When a thing ls known to be permanent It Is sincere because he feels "seedy," or cruel because he has a accented. A man and a woman marry, and, If they have cold ln his head, or a swindler because his temperature is hcen properly Instructed, look forward to nothing hut mar above or below normal. The truth we believe to be this: rlage ahead of Uicm all the way to Uie grave. Marriage that only Uie secondary virtues those virtues, we mean, therefore enters Into all Uioir calculations, it is iu:e ine which can be renlaced bv a Judicious blend of other quail- weather. It may bring storms and, worse than storms, dull ties aro dependent upon the physical constitution, while days. But it is there nnd what people know they can't tho real essential of character, the primary colors of virtue avoid they don't think of trying to escape from. as we may call them, have no physical connection what- But let people once fall into Uie habit of marrying ror ever. But, lt may be said, surely courage is a primary ten years. A marriage for ten years would last about three. for a whllo, and then regretfully dropped the missiles. The traveler went toward her, and caressed her scarred face. She seized his hand ln hers, which wore trembling, and Uio men and women ln Uio houses stilled their racket. Tho old woman was tho chief's wife, and bore Uie scars of many fights. Sho said they had mistaken the party for slave-traders. Being reassured, she turned and led Uio party Into tho vil lage, and Uioro they were entertained at a feast. Sho oven offered to adopt the traveler and make him chief, if ho would stny, but ho declined Uio offer firmly and wlUiout regrot lrtu? In one sense no doubt lt ls, but not in the sense that red ls a primary color. Many men without natural courage have been able to make something else do as well; Indeed, they have been able to produce in themselves a quality which to all intents and purposes is courage. The sense of duty and tho habit of self-discipline have carried There would be a termination in sight, and tho prospect of termination means Uie possibility of anticipation. Peo ple do the things that they think about. Tho centuries have been right about It Tho way to make a man aud n woman happy together ls to convince them that they can never get apart. If they know Unit ... . i. t. 1 X 11. 1 I 11 . n,..l fist nnml 4-1r.n Tlflll (nl?A tfl nmilSlriP' tllOlll. men Willi Honor tnrougii uungurs ub lurriuiu ua uvur were wvy urc ouui ii uit-j "i - --"- mot hv the natural cift of nluck. Of course, we selves as best Uiey may within the lnclosure. not monii thnt trond Intentions will make a hero of Schemes like Meredith's for making marriage worse ,,Mr mnn Thnt would be an absurd contention. Many than ls it ought to be quarantined. Chicago Tribune. AVoiiinn and Her Hat. "A woman's wild anxiety not to be separated from her hat," commented n masculine Uieatergocr, n'ccordlng to tho Philadelphia Press, "is beyond me. Last night 1 took my wlfo to see a certain show nnd directly before her sat a woman with n lint of decidedly ample dimensions. She turned around ns the curtain went up, looked my wife nppenllngly ln the eye and asked: 'Will FRIDAY NOT UNLUCKY. On the Contrary, Stutlntlc Show that It Ib u Day of Good Fortune. Friday, lt has been discovered by a painstaking and laborious statistician, Is not Uie unlucklest but actually tho luckiest day of the week. Taking nil the great calamlUes which befall humanity, the painstak ing gatherer of facts hns discovered that the general average gives Uie title of "luckiest day" to Friday, and that of unlucklest to Monday. The moral is plnln. Bcwnre of Mon day. In ono line alone it has been found that Friday deserves its present title. In railroad accidents Friday bends the list So lt ls wise, If you bo super stitious, to nvold beginning a Journey on Friday. Tho "thirteen superstition" wns knocked in the head long ago, nnd it wns to be supposed Uint nn iconoclns- tlc ngo would "tuko u punch" nt the Friday dread before long. Sir William Churchill was ono of the llrst to discard tho superstition. "Friday ls my lucky day," ho wrote. "1 Avas born, christened, married, and knighted on that day, and nil my best nccldents have befallen me on n Friday." It has not been necessary for a per son to admit being superstitious to acknowledge n preference for begin ning certain things on any other day than Friday. This feeling is inborn in nearly nil nationalities oxcept tho Scandinavian. Sir William Churchill's experiences might not be accepted as disproving the general rule ngalnst Friday un dertakings, but the conclusions of Uio staUsUclan may havo more weight. First ho takes the record of assas sinations. In these he discovers that Sunday is pre-eminently the conspic uous day. Wednesday comes next, counting attempts which did not suc ceed as well as attempts which did. Saturday is third, and Monday fourth. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday aro equal. There ls n possibility that Uie per son having ln mind such an attack chooses any other day than Friday, In the belief that the day will provo unlucky for him. An examination of tho records of such attacks ln the Inst ISO yenrs hns disclosed tho fnct Unit tho would-be murderer looks on Fri day as an unlucky day for his ut tempt That might bo construed to prove eiUier sldo of the argument, but It is fair to ncccpt the stnUstlcInns conclusion ln favor of Friday as tho lucky day. As a side issue, ho has discovered something which might bo used to bolster up tho "thirteen supertstition." Of nil the nssnsslnatlons attempted or accomplished, during tho last century nnd n hnlf, 9 1-3 per cent havo fallen on Uio 33th of tho month. A proper rtronorUon would havo been about 3 1-3 per cent Three famous men, among others, ho finds were assassinated on Friday Abraham Lincoln, William McKin- ley and Nasr-ed Dcen, Shah of Per sin. Three attempts were made to kill Aloxander II of Russia on Mon days, two to kill Bismarck on Mon days, and three to kill Louis Philippe on Tuesdays. The sailor has tho right to consider Friday his luckiest day if exempUon from shipwreck be considered. It has been a pot superstition of Uie sea that Friday ls the unlucky day for sailing. This ls found to be extraordinary, as Uie number of shipwrecks occurring on that day of the week is tho small. sot To secure this conclusion, the stntis. tlcinn examined the records of the dls. asters to British vessels from lSOo to Uio present day. ne found tnat per cent happened on Thursday, au per cent on Saturdny and Sunday, 14 per cent on Monday and Wednesday, 12 per cent on Tuesday, and only 4. per cent on Friday. By examining tho record of railroad disasters from 1803 up to date It wns discovered thnt the nervous person who fears to begin a Journey on Fri day can point to some substnntlaUon for the fears. It was In tills Item alone that tho day kept up Its repu tation. Chicago Tribune. Very Often. Teacher Now, then, what do we mean by composition? Little Girl (eagerly) Please, miss, composition Is the art of bringing simple ldens into complication. Manila Times. There Is a mistaken impression that every Umo an old maid ls Introduced to an unmarried man, sho sees Hope Ahead. haps its owner will como forward to claim lt. i t' F. V. Covillo, ln the Nntlonal Geo graphic Magazine, gives nn interesting account of how tho Indians of tha desert obtain drinking wntor from tha barrel cactus. It wns among Uie do ert hills west of Torres, Mexico. Th Indian cut the top from a plant aboul five feet high, and with a blunt staka of palo verdo pounded to n pulp th upper six or eight Inches of white fles. In tho standing trunk. From this,' hnndful by handful, ho squeezed Uiq water Into tho bowl ho had mado in tho top of tho trunk, throwing Uio dln carded pulp on tho ground. By thli process he secured two or three quarti of clear water, slightly Baity and slightly bitter to tho taste, but of fai better quality than some of the watei a desert traveler ls occasionally com pelled to use. Tho Papago, dipping tills wuter up in his hands, drank lt with evident pleasuro and Bald thai his people were accustomed, not only to secure their drinking water ln thil way in times of extreme drought, but . . . . rr... ti.f imed it. also to mix their meal my nat ue in your way, umimuu xiur aaA speaking at all took my other half off preparatory to cooking lt Into bread. her guard and, affected by timt be seeching look, she murmured some thing inaudibly. Tho Same Old World, if t wpi n millionaire J i 1 liinwvi.rtj A. m. --" - ii'w, imf a,ivwi nn nmi mv wife And lived in a mansion and drove a pan X 1IU 1IU1 MlJV " ' ' - - w I ----- m bobbed first to ono side and then lo And you were tne common uu AnU livcu in u uuvsi Uio other, putting two and two to gether, as it were, and making up ln her mind Just what Uio complete stage picture was llko. Tho woman must havo been conscious of her victim's tactics, for presently sho looked around again and, with misery all over her face, asked: 'Does lt annoy you very much?' "My wlfo hadn't tho heart to say it did, so sho viewed that hat all the evening. What puzzled me was tho horror even agony of tho woman nt the Idea of taking off her hat I won dered if her hair hud not been done up or if sho were bald and her hut woro nttached to her wig." ROltj third And I had money And you had none And you had trouble And I had fun Romothiiig Wrong. "You say you don't understand what 'cold cash' ls." "No. I don't." "Why, man, any Bort of money is Why, I'd be a millionaire cold cash." If I were as rich bb Sage, Or Morgan, or Drcxel, and you weri poor If you were all bent with age And I were young, at my fair prime'a door; If I were hnppy And you were sad If I had dollars For cents you had If I woro loaded With yellow wealth, Got, mayhap, boldly, Or won by stealth And you had a paltry gift Of getting along (If you had a Hit) And llvo In a mansion and drive a pah?! ... ii.. t i "Well, if that's so, how is it that lt Ana you-a do .... always nums a uuiu m uj uv.u.n Philadelphia Press. A rtuthlOHfl Critic. "Mr. Dobbins says he is wedded to his art" "Yes," said Miss Cayenne, "wedded but wiUi nraplo ground for divorce." Washington Star. No man can do anything against Uio grain. Woman can do It, but man, can't L'ENVOI. Tills world moves along In its settled way It'B the samo world to-morrow As yesterday. Baltimore News. Lost a Good Snapshot. lie Look, look! I think that man out in tho breakers is drowning! She Oh, heavons! and I havo loft my camera at homo! Judgo.