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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1905)
4 rrsn; 0LD opaVorit rv $5 n it Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. Tho Power of Imagination. fMHHbpnxsiOIAN who has boon bitten by a dog I k 1 which was declarod to be rabid, but which waa I I killed before "the trutli could be ascertained, i j 1 ban reffuted to undergo the Taateur treatment BRfttl n believes hydrophobia to be a rare if not a IfCoHCrl purely Imaginary malady, and as ho ban too uiuoJi strength of mind to bo frightened into a, ncrvoue condition ho oonfldently expects to suffer no Hi nsequcnocs from the Wt. If, however, hydrophobia shall Cevelop he .will retain his wits as long as poedble and Bacord Ula sensations for the benefit of science. It la dlffloult to reallw bow great may be the control a the toodlly organs by the mind. A New Orleans doctor 'Imports the results of an experiment to determlno the IMoence of the imagination on the stomach. To one hun dred patients ne gave a simple mixture of sugar and water, ailing each to take the dose at once. Returning to tho nick Hsom In apparent haste and alarm ho would ask if tho Wedlclne 'had been administered. Then ho would display treat agitation, saying he had given by mlwtako a powerful' .sn,tlc Mlghty-flve of the patients lmmodiately suffered, Isjlstinct emoals, sua though they had, in fact, taken the Jdlcged medicine. In several instances of death from alleged hydrophobia J IK has been clear that imagination had produced tho nervous rendition which resulted fatally, and while most physicians jrfmlt that iihere la such a disease, tho best Informed doubt Whether It has been tho cause of more than ono In every 4ozen "hydrophobia" deaths. Philadelphia Record. making a hit are very remote. In the various engagements, torpedoes appeared to havo been fired by the scoro without finding the mark (oxcept in the night surprise of Feb. 8), notable case being that of the battleship Czarovltch, which, after being terribly crippled by the concentrated fire of four .Tapancso battleships, and with her cpecd cut down to tour knots an hour, was subjected to a night attack by tlie Japanese destroyers, and yet seems to have been able to beat them off and to make port the next morniikg without bolng once struck by a torpedo. By all tho laws of torpedo-boat warfare, she whould have been sent to the bottom in short order. On the other hand, the de Btroyers have developed unexpected ability for doing duties which were supposed to belong to the cruiser of 2,000 to 6,000 tons displacement They have kept the sea, and hayo done Bplondid scouting work In all weathers. Scien tific American. i mm Worry Wrecks. HOUSANDS of people every year actually worry themselves to ucata by allowing uieir minds to dwell on morbid subjects. Many thousands moro, whilo not actually worrying them&olvos Into their gravos, ma i"Willy impair their health, moral, mental and and weaken their power by the . i uiu Is unfortunately placed in lire or s .;.. luclplont disease, the thought of financial unsatisfactory progress any of tho thousand uuu worries that ought to act ns a tonic and a spur to effort nro by thousands nccepted as ground for soul leadening worry and discourageemnt. The llttlo magazine called Suggestion says that a molan holy thought which fixes Itself upon ono's mind needs as Much doctoring as physical disease. It needs to be oradi Mated from tho mind or it will have juat tho sarao result ts a neglectod disease would havo. Iflvcry melancholy (bought and ovory morbid notion and every nagging worry sjbould bo resisted" to tho utmost, and the patient should be Ejteoted by cheerful thoughts, of which there is a bonn ul storo In oyery one's possession. Bright companions Isre cheaper than drugs and plasters. The morbid condition of mind produces a morbid condl- Kon of body, and if tho disease does happen to bo In tho sjrstem it receives every encouragement to develop. Wo steod more mental therapy. Des Moines News. Tho Inefficiency of tfeo Torpedo. I IT tho naval lessons of tho war, surely the most valuable, and certainly tho most surprising, is the comparative inclllcloncy of tho torpedo boat In not a slnglo case has the torpedo boat beon able to send a war ship to tho bottom. In the first attack at Port Arthur, although the Itus slan ships wore at anchor and totally unprc Barod, tho two battleships and tho crulsor that wore square 'far tornodood ronialned afloat, and wero nblo, next mornlnc, W ctcom In and beach themselves for Investigation and Repair of tho damage. Tho only possible excoptlon was tho 'rrulsor Boyanin, and In her case It is possible that It was m flouting mlno and not a torpedo from a destroyer tha 'auk her. It seems to bo Impossible for a torpedo boat to (get within range, either by day or by night, of a warship hat Is on tho alert: and when sho does, the chances of Must Wives Bo Self-Supporting? ME3RIOAN women are ceasing to find men to marry them unless they are self-supporting. This is the ertartllng deduction mado by the United Btates Bureau of Labor in its last re port The marriage rate among women who work and among women with money is much higher than among women who are neither workers nor rich, and tho disproportion Is annually in creasing. All rich women, according to the statisticians, havo op portunities to marry, and generally Bpeaklng, all working women have equal opportunities, but the women who must husbands to supply all tho household incomo are bolng driven from the matrimonial field. Fowor than ono-half of thorn marry now, and tho percentage is oteadily dimin ishing. Nino per cent of tho married women of the United States work for wages apart from tho performance of tholr household duties. Twenty-thrco per cent add to the house hold income ty taking boarders. More than ono family In five has its children at work. More than 20 per cent of tho earnings of tno average American family comos from tho labor of the wife and th children. The old typo of American who supported by tils own earnings his wlfo and his children, whose homo was his own and who occupied an independent place in the com munlty, is disappearing. Marriago is becoming moro and more a commercial partnership whero tho man and the wife pool their earnings, or a fashionable festivity where tho fortune of the wifo added to the Incomo of the hus band maintains a social establishment until divorce doth thorn part Now York World. The Fool's Prayer. The royal feast was done; tho King Sought out soino new sport to banish cure, And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer!" The jester doffed his cap and balls, And stood the mocking court before; They could not see the bitter smllo Behind the painted grin he wore. IIo bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's Bilken stool; nis pleading voice arose: "O Lord, Bo merciful to me, a fool I From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the sin; but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fooll 1 Of truth and right O Lord, we stay; 'Tis by our follies that so long Wo hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still In the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end; These hard, well-meaning hands .we 'thrust Among tho heartstrings of a friend. Th ill-Umed truth we might havs kopt Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung? The word wo had not sense to say Who knows how grandly It had rung? "Our faults no tenderness should ask, Tho chastening stripes must cleanse them all; But for our blunders oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we falL i "Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge tho tool That did hlB will; but Thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fooll" The room was hushed; In Bllcnco rose Tho King, and sought his gardens cool, Ami wolked apart, and murmured low. "i?u merciful to mo, a fooll" Ijilward Rowland SilL "Gracious, I don't mean tktl R moan writing stories!" "Tho man you marry will write $tm a living, if that'n what you mean. X will bo very happy and your huabaai famous. Now, look at tho" "Excuso me," haughtily said tho girl, as she swept her hand away. "I've aj) appointment that I entirely forgot, How much? Fifty cents? Thank yoaj good day." "Horrid old thing!" she murmured when who reached the street; thon la surprlso eho exclaimed, "Why, Harrys whoro did you come from? You look particularly happy." "I am," ho returned. "I havo beef offered the editorship of one of tho bssf magazines in Now York. Congratulate me, won't you. dear? And say. No. I Is not due until to-night hut I must catch tho 0 o'clock express. Say yeq and como with me, won't you, HttW girl? Ah, do, dear?" "But, Harry, the answer to my stow hasn't come, and, besides, who couU got ready to go by that train?" She was weakening, says tho Nen York Times. You eco, he really waj going, and oh, well, what was the usf of denying it she did lovo him an Now York was a lovely place. "Yes, I'll do it Harry. Only giw mo time to do my hair and pnt my hat on straight" "And tho story " "Never mind; they'll probably rajeod It" And thoy did. fssm Casualties in War. N round figures tho casualties on the Federal side during tne whole, four years of tno re bellion amounted to 50,000 killed and 850,000 wounded. This was undoubtedly the bloodiest war of modern times, although, If credence could bo glvuii to tho dubious reports emanat ing from Russian and Japanese sources, tho war in the Orient, only ono year old, would seem to equal It already In losses suffered and Inflicted. But it is highly probablo that when tho truth has beon sifted out of the wild and extravagant estimates, tho num ber of doad and wouuded in tho Manchurian armies will bo materially reduced. A newspaper story Is usually less conservative than a historic account. The war in the Orlont has In fact beon fought iu a comparatively humane way. Except In raro instances, tho greatest of caro and consideration have boon paid to cnptlvos and tho wounded. Tho medical departments of both contending armies are organised, equipped and run according to modern ideas as to such tilings. Tho Red Cross corps and hospitals havo boon respectod and tho rules of civilized war carefully lived up to. Only on ono or two occasions during tho assaults upon Port Arthur has there beon any rumor that quarter was denied or refused. Kansas City Journal. The Old, Old Bong. Whon all tho world Is young, lad. And all tho trees are green; And every gooso a swan, lad, And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round tho world away; Young blood must have Its coarse, And every dog his day. lad, When all the world is old, lad, And all tho trees aro brown; And all tho sport is stale, lad, . nd all tho wheels run down: Creep home, and take your place there, Tho spont and maimed among; God grant you find ono face thero, You loved when all was young. Charles Kingoley. PALMIST KNEW HER BUSINESS. ':: PARTNERS INDEED. t J..J..J.-..J.J.J.J...JwJ..J..J.J..J...J..J..Jm5..J...J. ' .Tho'harmony In which Mr. aud Mrs. Jabea Qroon had 'lived for nearly forty, yours was alightly rJfllod when, at Lho close of a louturo in tho first courso ever given lu Wrayhhan, Mr. Grocn stated that ho should like to know 'moro ubout Eastern religions. "Jnbez," said his wlfo, firmly, "jou ,fcnow what you bollove, and what oth er folks bollove different needn't be anything to you, excepting as you're sorry for 'om, being blinded." Afr. Green looked unconvinced, and a Blight coolnosa arose, but In time it passed away. Mrs. Groon redoubled hor attentions In tho way of griddle calces and hot soapstonoa, and hor hus l)and kopt tho wood box filled to tho prim. Ho had a reason for so doing, Inasmuch as certain half-hours In the barn wero passed In absorbed reading of an old brown-covered book which Juboz had bought second hand in Nashua, and of which ho had never spoken. "Moro I road, tho moro thankful I feel I'm uot one o' those heathen folks," Mr, Greon muttered ono. duy, ns ho ljung up hta old cout In tho shod, ,-jvlth the brown book Bafely hidden iu Its deopoat pocket "When I got all through maybe I'll tell hor how strengthened I am In tho faith maybo I will," Ho went off for hLs afternoon nap, but later on, at dusk, foeling in the pocket for tho brown book as he start ed for th barn to do the milking, he found that it was gone. As ho passed 1 his hand helplessly up and down, Mrs. Green opened tho door that led out from the kitchen to the ivhod. "Lost anything?" tshe asked, briskly. "N-no, not exactly," said Mr. Green, fooling like a criminal, "I was just looking " "if you wero looking for that book on Rollglons of tho Orlont,' you can't havo It till after supper," said Mrs.. Groan, (with decision. "I sco by where your slip was whon 1 took tho book out of tho pocket tills afternoon that you'd got ahoad of mo ono full ohaptor. You Bhortcnwl up your nap to-day, or I should havo caught up. You can't havo It again till to-morrow." "Why, how did you know " began Mr. Greon, feebly; but his wife gave him a gentle shove. "Do you know wo'vo been married over forty years!" sho said, gaily. "You'd bettor button that collar up dose, for It's cold in tho burn, oven when you avon't stopping to sit down and read. I knocked against tlmt groat bulgo in your coat the llrst day 'twas thero, as I wont aftor sorao old tin to stop a mt-holo. Now you go right aloug." Youth's Companion. TRIAL OF FEROCIOUS WARDEN. Muu Nnmod Von Charted with Unr bnrltles While on Duty. A Router's dispatch from St. Peters burg nays; "Tho court of Justice at ISkatorlnburg recently tried a man named Foss, who wus charged with committing horrible barbarities while i n f i.. . n l eiupioyea as uuccior oi a iiuuso oi uo tontlon and .correction of that town, and also witn embezzling money In trusted to his enro. He exploited tho prison labor for Ida own profit, and ho had -the prisoners beaten with rods dipped in salt He troatod his subor dinates with such severity that not only tho warders but also tho prison doctor and tho chaplain wore afraid to resist his orders. In tho course of tho ovidenco It appeared that Foss re- prossod a revolt on the part of the pris oners with such ferocity that the room in which tho punishments took plnco resembled a slaughter house. His cruelties extended over Boveral years, thanks to his enjoying the favor of tho local administrative inspector. An other instance of his methods stated at the trial was to tho effect that n prisoner who attempted to cscapo was terribly beaten by tho warders and by Foss, and beforo his wounds healed they began to boat him again. Others of tho prisoners were subjoctcd to' brutal punlsbmonts for tho slightest offense, nnd some or tue prison em ployes who refused to carry out their diroctor's cruelties wero dismissed by him. Foss was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, together with tho loss of civil rights, privileges, dec orations and medals, aud with the ad dition of four years' pollco super vision." Merit's IjowI Voloo. Do not waste a minute, not a sec ond, in trying to domonstrats to others tho merit of your own performance. If your work does not Yindlcato Itself, you cannot vindicate it. Thomas WentworUi lllgginson. it Is as oasy to please an enemy as it is to please a frloud. .; Would-Bo Authprcas' Fate Was Open Hook to Uor. Tho girl In black hesitated. Tho sign was a very Inviting ono and thon sho wanted to know -oh. severa thiilgs. For she wan a girl who wrote and wrote and wrote. Mostly she got llt tlo prln.tcd slips, "Tho editors regret,' etc. '.mis ume snc was almost suro and hero was th sljjn, "Mine. Blank, scientific palmist Futures foretold." Besides, there was Harry and he well, ho had sworn that proposal No, o was xo uo uio limit, in nor own mind sho had qulto decided that If this last this bright pet atory failed, she would give up all hope of tho literary career tht sho had planned for her self, though, to tell tho truth, it was a case of "I like candy, but candy doogn't llko me," Famo absolutely re fused to respond to her wooing nnd then there was Harry. Ho was so very nlco and someway ho always sold his stuff. Then, too proposal No. C was duo to-night and be her story enthusiastically received or cruelly roturnod sho could not know until to-morrow. "I'll do It," sho said. "I'll go in and listen to tho woman and abido by what sho says." So sho rang the bell nnd waited. Tho door was opened by sweet-fttcod woman. "Your palm read? Certainly; stop right In." "All I you havo a very fortunate hand Indeed. You will marry very shortly, icxcuso tno question, nut nave you your wedding day sot?" "Oh, no, lndeod," said tho girl; may never marry at all." "It's very funny," murmured tho palmist; who by somo strnngo fortune appeared to really know her business "I could havo sworn that they were to be marrlod this very day. Whon th lino of " "Dear mo," romonstratod tho glr "can't you see someuung else in my hand? Do you seo anything about, o! about writing, you know?" "Oh, yea," said Madame Blank, look lng at tho hand conlomplativoly. "Yes I Bhould say that you wroto a very fair hand indeed." ( MIRACLE PROVES EASY. One Caro at a Shrine nt Itcast II aa Prae tlcal Illustration. Btorles of tho miraculous perfornn ancee In which Father Ignatius, ai Llantliouy, Wales, has raised tho dea to life recall tho sensation of a few years ago at Nock, iu Ireland, whor In a certain church a shrine was supt posed to have restored the halt the lame, and even the blind. At tho time Dr. Oscar A. King ol tho faculty of tho Oollogo of Physfc clans and Surgeons was travollng 1 Ireland, and he made it a point to looX into somo of the Btorles of marvelous cures. "Ono of these cases waB of a boy. about 17 years old, who had been cured! of a tumor In the trachea, or wind pipe," said tho doctor, recalling tho ex perience. "According to the storlee current tho boy had been affected sine birth and tho tumor had been declare Inoperable. Yet ho had gono to ths church and had been cured in an isJ stunt "Well, I wont down to the place anXt found tho young man, who repeated.' tho story in detail. Then I wont i tho surgeons who had examined him and who had given up his caso as hope- less. Tho report of tho surgeons was that since Infancy the child had bees troubled by a tuberclo In tho wlndplpo,1 the tiling being about the size of a pe ana attacuea to tne wan or tno tracnea by a threadlike fiber. The parents of tho child wero indifferent about the op. eratlon at best, while in tho ono trial of the physicians to remove tho obi structlon tho boy had fought them all off. "The miracles of Nock hod aroused; tho Interest of tho parents, howovcr, and tho boy had beon sent down there to tho shrlno. At that tlmo tho faith ful wore going In hundreds to tho church, nnd It was being torn to pieces by relic hunters, who desired souvenirs of their visit That afternoon tho plas tering on tho walls was Buffering, nnd at the moment of tho boy's entering tho building was full of llmo dust and, f?and. As ho stepped insldo ho stran gled on tho dust, was seized with a violent fit of coughing, and In tho par oxysm tho tubercle was coughed up and out and away. "Yet seriously enough, the boy had been cured at tho shrlno!" How to Korp Young. Sho Is ono of tho most interesting women In tho world. Over 05 yeai's old, slight built sensitive and nervous and though sho haB seon more suffer ing than falls to tho lot of most women she Is still young. Her proscription for youthfulness In Interesting and woll worth trying. "now do I stand all this wear and tear? Economy. That's It, economy. I savo my strongth. Whon I'm not work ing nt tho. business which Is my verj life, I elthor rest or play. I don'J putter. That'B what ngos women pub torlng. When I see a teacher breaking down or a trained nurso giving up with nervous prostration, I wonder whoa women will learn to stop puttering, i "It Isn't work that wears out; lt' f rotting and puttering. The way t keep young? Stop worrying and go t work. Throw yourself, heart and soul, brain aud nerve, Into some ono thing! make a fetish of It; throw overy bit oj energy you've got into It housekoep lng, taking euro of children, teaching, writing, nursing it doesn't inako a hit of difference what you do; It's tho waj you do It that counts. Copy the first young-looking man you see; do tbo waj he doos; work when you are working, but when you are not working cultl vate the art .of being amused." Whon a man calls his wife "she" and "her," it's a Bij;n they.jilon't get along very well,