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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1906)
0 TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER E3TINQ ITEMS. Comments nml Criticisms Ilaned Upon the Happening of the Day-Historical and News Notes. Tuo earthquake Is awful, but tho "flro fiend" really Is king. You will never be accused of cheating at cards as long as you lose. Pockets for tho dry dock Dewey have een provided In the Suez Canal. IIlp or side? Let this at least be said of Frank G. Blgclow: He hasn't tried to place tho blnmo on anybody else. If tho eaglo Is to bo retired as the natlonnl bird, why not substitute tho dove rather than the hen? Have you any Idea of the number of by-products of coal tar you are In the habit of eating with your dally food? Some of tho Senators nro hoping that next month they may bo able to read tho magazines without bursting a blood vessel. An English newspaper refers to the theater as "a refuge from thought." Tho editor must have gono to see a musical comedy. It has been dellnltely ascertained that Mrs. O'Leary's cow's hind foot was nowhere- near as powerful as tho San Francisco earthquake. The people of Russia are now crying "Bread or blood!" The grand dukes can't understand why tho peoplo are not more conservative. American are being subjected to a good deal of olllclal scolding Just now, but they are too busy getting things done to let It worry them overmuch. Instead of merely building the largest battle ship in the world we should build one larger than the one that will bo built larger than the one we are pre paring to build. Speed automoblllng and an appetite for strong drink are traced to the same cause by a British doctor. An appetite for strong language In the pedestrian Is a third effect. Tho woman who Invented tho modern corset Is dead at the age of 015. She lived long enough to prove that her In dention was not the deadly device some Meople would have us believe. The preacher who explains the win lng out of San Francisco as a visita tion ol Divine wrath Is probably wrong, jut no nas plenty or authority troin the Old Testament for his assumption. Since a London doctor has declared that bald-headed men are seldom found among lunatics and criminals, perhaps you will worry less about that little are spot that Is slowly but surely making ltfi appearance on top of your head. Sir Norman Lorkyer, an eminent Ku Bllsh sclentille man, nnd Professor Archenbold, equally eminent In Ger many, are reported to agree in the jplnlon that the cause of tho late erup tion of Vesuvius and also of the earth fluako at San Francisco was the much abused sun spots. Possibly sun spots, quake and eruption may all alike be referable to the same cause, but It does not seem any more likely that the spots raused the eruption and tho quake than that the enrptiun and tho quake caused the spots. Tho engineers who . recommended a ea level isthmian canal did not lay particular stress upon tho greater abil ity of that type to withstand an earth quako shock, but this undenlablo ad vantage, assumes fresh importance In tho light of the Sau Francisco calamity. One of tho strongest arguments against the Nicaragua routo was Its admitted liability to earthquakes, and while tho Panama routo is less open to this ob jection It can not bo safely predicted that It will not lie visited by shoeka se vere enough to damage a sea level canal and to wreck one with locks. Readers nro doubtless awaro that a majority of tho engineers engaged ou tho Panama canal have been taken from the Middle West. Tho prcsldont of an Eastern technical school recently called tho attention of his students to this cholco of Westerners, and told them that It was because tho Westerners hro not so much concerned as tho Eastern ers about their health and other mat ters of personal convenience. The young man who declines to undortako work that offers because, perchance, It may bo a little unpleasant will always be outstripped by tho man who over looks unpleasantness In his eagerness to accomplish results. That China can change ma'y best bo proved by establishing the fact that ho la changing. It would bo unnat ural if Bho wero not China has had many opportunities In tho last live and Blxty years of realizing that to bo se euro sho must bo strong. But the pun ishment thnt followed tho "boxer" out break of 1000 enforced that lesson In a way there was no escaping. It left China hating tho Occident with a fervor, n hundred times greater than any that gave tho Impulse to the passing fury of tho rising Itself. It convinced her that diplomacy without a reserve force In the background invited attack without affording protection, it taught her that western aggression could only be re sisted by Western methods and that Western methods could only be ac quired by the adoption of WttUem learning. Among the curious records of old colonial days Is an Inventory of tho goods of a certain Dutch burgher of New Amsterdam, who Included among his household possessions thirteen scrubbing brushes, thirty-one rubbing brushes, "seven other brushes," and twenty-four pounds of Spanish soap. U'ho picture presented to tho imagina tion by such a formidable array of Im plements may be supplemented by an other, drawn a century later, evidently by a not wholly unprejudiced eye wit ness of what ho describes. "Tho bus band gone, tho ceremony begins walls are stripped of their furniture, paint lugs, prints, looking glasses, He In hud' died lamps about Moors; curtains ard torn from testers, beds crammed Into windows; chairs and tables, bedstead;) and cradles, crowd tho yard ; and tho garden fence bends beneath the weight of carpets, blankets, cloth cloaks, old coats, under petticoats and ragged breeches. This ceremony complete and the houso thoroughly renovated, tho next operation is to smear tho walls and ceilings with brushes dropped into a solution of lime- called whitewash, to pour buckets of water over tho lloor, and scratch all tho partitions and wainscots with hard brushes charged with soft soap or stone-cutter's sand.". Small wonder that tho good man pru-' dently retires! Ladles looking forward to such a strenuous day arc hardly in the frame of mind for light and easy conversation. But wonder of theso wonderful days ! there Is now a queer machine that rattles and throbs In tho street while Its long black pipes, climb ing into upper windows of a bulldlug, proclaim the passing of the old-fash loned houset'leanlug. Tho vacuum cleaners, Joining tho long procession o labor savers sewing machines, cook ing and dishwashing machines, man gles, carpet sweepers, bread mixers, and countless others are banishing ono more drudgery. Certainly woman's work Is constantly growing physically easier. Whether tho more exacting de mands of an age which changes Its fat Jons every few months and Its fads every few hours counterbalances Its advantages may be an open question. But one thing Is certain tho woman wist enough and resolute enough to choose the best has In these days a freedom from drudgery and a conso quent opportunity never dreamed of by her sister of a hundred, or even llfty, years ago. PASSING OF YELLOW PERIL. Chlucst Popnlntloii lit A merlon I ltlllllillv mill il UK' ii .......... i .. ... In llfty years perhaps less than fif ty, if the present laws remain In effect aim nro rigidly executed tho Chinos population of the United States will become practically extinct. From 181)0 to 1!K)0 they fell away from V20.1SS to U!,."00, a decreaso of nearly S.OOO on more than 0 per cent. In the fiscal year ending June :50. BMW. more thai 1,U00 voluntarily left tho port of San D'rancisco for tho land of their birth the total deported and returning vol' untarlly being 5,020. A very large ma jority of these Chinamen were ml vanced In years nnd went home to die. A generation ago there were In San Francisco' from 80,000 to dO.OOO China. men. Tho Chinese consul general says. that, ('minting men, women and chil dren, there are now not 10.000. Tha same proportionate decreaso Is setm In other places, it should he borne In mind that the total number of Chlnosa now in tho United States includes 20,. 707 in Hawaii and 55,110 In Alaska, so tiiat at tho beginning of this decennial period there wore living in the United States proper only 80,000. A generation ago thero wore at least 1 ."0,000. According to tho most liberal estN mate there are not more than 150 logai Chinese wives In San Francisco. Bui tho number of Chinese women Is esth mated at between 1,000 and 2,000. Ol such female children as are born tc the lowest classes, a largo proportion are sold for immoral purjioses by theli parents, tlnm still further reducing tha possibilities of an Increased population Tho main adult population Is male, is unmarried, or, at least, wifeless, In America, and is rapldJy approaching old ago. Thus by 10.10 or 10-10 tho main ChlncsG life In America will have he- come extinct. World's Work. Appropriate "H'lckcilnei. "That operatic singer was arrested for uttering forged notes." "Yea, but you see, ho waa a thorouirb bass singer. "Baltimore American. FACE WEST FOR BEST WORK. Ilv tierlmcni.N by a French t'ltynlclnit Prove 1 ih-ii la Correct. To test the truth of the assertions of many persons that they sleep better with their beads pointing to the north, work better facing the oast and so on. Dr. Charles Fere, who Is well known in Franco Tor his studies In physiolog ical psychology, has constructed a deli cate machine which he calls an ergo' graph, with which lie has achieved1 some Interesting results. Tills muchlut' registers the number, rapidity am! quality of the movements of the Index linger when writing or performing any accustomed work. He announces that his experiments with It prove that work done by a per son facing the west or east Is better by i!3 per cent than similar work tlonu by a person facing the north or south, and that when working facing the west it Is about 2.' per cent better than when facing the east. il'hls matter of orientation seems to have an lnlluence upon the nervous sys tem, due largely, It is believed, to tho fact that the earth Is a gigantic mag net. .Many learned men have noticed that they sleep best with the head to the north and work better facing tho west, while at least one famous pianist ilnds he plays with the greatest easo when the piano faces the east. It may ho that the. great migrations of the hu man race, all of which have been from east to west, and the observed tendency of trees to develop in the same way re lated to these phenomena. r WHAT HE REMEMBERED. It is generally the unusual thing which Is the easiest to remember but it seldom happens that exactly tho same elements In any situation nra most unusual or most striking to any two onlookers. A man who lias trav "!ed many times up and down the Mis sissippi stood on the levee at Cane u'lrardeiHi, Missouri, one noontime, Waiting for tho arrival of a down bound packet. Another prospective, passenger stepped up and accosted him. "Pardon me, sub," he said. "You ami 1 have met befo', but you do not remembeh me." "Doubtless if you will recall the cir cumstances 1 shall do so," said the other. "Well, sub, It was at Balilleld, All kansas, ono evening, live yeahs ago." "t remember Barlleld and the even ing perfectly," said the man accosted, 'it was a frightfully stormy night. Tho mud at Barlleld was deeper than I had ever seen before. I had moored my boat at the bank in front of the town, but the bank was so soft I could not climb it. I shinned up a rope to tho top, waded over my shoes In mud to a slope, bought some groceries, and re turned to my cabin by sliding down a lumber chute. My wife cooked supper, and we spent an evening reading aloud from Mark Twain's 'Life on the Mis tlsslppi.' A raft of logs broke loose and went down-stream, and as l had no skiff to follow them with, 1 shouted an alarm, and others went. The riln turned to snow before niorniiur. and the next morning, which was Sunday, the steamer Fred lloroM came In from .Memphis at daybreak." "Yes, sub," said the man who re membered him. "Yes. sub, I reckon all those things ah so. 1 do not recall them, howeveh. Bahfleld Is tiJweys muddy when it rains, the Fred Ilerold conies In every week, lugs often break away, and none off those things Is fas toned into my memory. "But, sub, I was settln in the sto' that evenln when you catered. Wlieli you come l'om no one of us knew. You bought, sub, two pounds of rice uiul a can of tomatoes. Now, sub, I ieeli knew a gentleman to buy ju-t that combination of groceries at the snnio time befo', and not one of us could im agine, sub, Jos' what a man v!io. so fab as we could see, didn't lie tlieh ami didn't have any home full mln' them, was goin' to do with two p'nmds of rice and only one can of tninntt.e.-). "I have reuienibehed you evdi since, Mill, and have always wondered what you did with them," Youth's Compan ion. All Pri-lt-M" Batcheller I've come to the conclu sion that marriage Is Just a game of pretense. Jenks How do you mean? Batcheller Well, half tU married ,mon I meet pretend they're perfectly happy, and the other half pretend they're jierfoctly miserable." Philadel phia Ledger. A Sou ml Sloiiiui'li. "Ever troubled by InaigestionV" "I should say not. Why, 1 helleve I "mild eat those health foods and suf fer nothing worse than hunger."- Phil adelphia Ludger. When a man's wife suddenly puts her arms about his n"'lc Just before making a touch, it's n case of being close pressed for money. Itemember, ytjung num.. It is far easi er to iiuJ a wl'fo'tisih. it Is to lose her. TERRIBLE ITCHING SCALP. Eczema Brolco Out Also on Hands and Limbs -An Old Soldier Declares: "Cutlcurn Is a Blessing." "At n M times and to all peoplo I am willing to testify to the merits of Cutlcura. It saved me from worse than tho torture of hades, about the year 1000, with Itching on my scalp and temples, nnd afterwards it com menced to break out on my hands. Than It broke out on my limbs. I then went to a Surgeon, whose treatment did me no good, but rather aggravated the disease. I then told him I would go and see a physician in Krie. The reply was that I could go anywhere, but a case of eczema like mine could not lie cured; that I was too old (SO). 1 went to an eminent doctor In tho city of Frle and treated with him for six months, with like results. I had read of the Cutlcura lltliedles, and so I sent for the Cutlcura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, ami contlnurd taking the UoHolvout until 1 had taken six bot tles, stopping It to take the Pills. I was now getting hotter. I took two baths a day, and at night 1 let the lather of tho Soap dry on.. I used the Ointment with great effect after wash fug In warm water, to stop the Itching nt once. I am now cured. The CutI cura treatment Is a blesslug, and should be used by every one who has Itching of the skin. I can't say any more, and thank God that He has given the world such a curative. Win. II. Cray, JKHW ML Vernon St., Phlla dolphin, Pa., August 2, 1005." Tho Salvation Armv mtlilishoH Bixty-four periodicals in twenty-four languages. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollar rtemrd for ny ense of Catarrh than cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHKNEY &. CO., Toledo, O. Wo, t lit uiidiTHlKiicd. luire known P. J. 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I felt so dIcouruged that I hud little hojHj of recovery, and when 1 begun, to feel Iwtter, aftor tho second week, though, it only meant temporary relief; but to my1 great suniriso I found thnt I kopt gaining, while the tumor lessoned in sire. "Tho Com)toiuul continued to build up my general health and tho tumor noemed to Ixi nlMorlcd, until, in ooven monthw, tho tumor was untiruly gono and I a well woman. I am,' so thankful for my recovery that I ask you to publish my letter in nowopaponi, bo oilier women may know of tho wonderful cttratlvo nowcrs of Lydla If. i'fnkbam's Vegutublo Compound." When women nro troubled with Irreg ular or painful periods, wealtneKa, din placement or ulceration of tho fenuilo' organs, thnt bearing-down feeling, in-' flammntion, backache, flatulence, gen oral debility, Indigestion or ncrvoun prostration, they should remember Ihcro la ono tried and true remedy. Lydla E. 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