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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1906)
3 n 3 , 1 Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects, 1 1 W "N T T-v UJ It mm AVERAGE VOCABULARIES. I?' 'AW old MpcllliiKH are to hi' tabooed In Hit! President's Ilrst order, how iiiimy will the strond order Include mid how much of the language will then' ho left In Its received form for old fashioned people to console themselves wllhV An uneducated man's vo cabulary contain altogether, according to 3tfc niliorltle. only Home IJOO or 400 word. Italian r8xs require not over 800 words, and the system of 'fltosMan hieroglyphics him hut K0O symbols. Well edu inrfkttl jersons of fair Intelligence use, It Is said, not over ZiVMt r -1,000 words. The Bible of 1011 commonly Imvhu a the King James or the Authorized Version--wfitbroJt the Apocryphal portion, has under (1,000 words, fltuifcty ilLMtlhifjT much under abstract Ioiih, employ a larger TBo-eUry. Milton found 8,000 words necessary for SW tcoojposltlou of his poems; Pope. 11,000, and Shalt MfHnrc, IG.OOO. These are lnrgc figures, compared with Blfejprosy talk of the "average man," who gets along coin SertftMy with r00 words. Xwybody knows or understands a great muny words arJAfth he never uses. "Dictionary words" Include a long IRmV irmr heard In sjK'ech and rarely wen In print. The oatuafer of words, Including sclt'titllle and art terms, vfttteb arc not obsolete, that are used by good authors, mm? ifxch 100,000. Dictionary makers score a point on ffliHir rivals by Introducing In large numbers rarely used (trductk-nl terms derived from Latin or Greek. Slang, oHi'UsmuInllsmn, hybrids, special coinages ami Hcnil-uuturul-HaHi fiords may be used to pad the list Indefinitely. Karly wftfUwti of Webster luid but 70,000 words, but Worcester's Hkc lTC;0eo,. Webster' rnabrldged, 118,000, and Web t&vrtt International Dictionary 110,000, while the Ency tStjpMlfc Dictionary contains 180,000 words, or, If com pwimtU be Inetuiled. 'J.'O.OOO. The Century Dictionary. In tsHadiuf: tliorewlth the Cyclopedia of Names and Atlas, isMiKto 4K0.000 words and names. It should be added, &ttUTCT, that of this large total 170,000 are to be cred iftwl 5b the Atlas, and a number, similarly large, to the tffcrotopttlla of Names. Haltlmoro Sun. 4 m THE FAMILY PEW. lO.MiJ of the most vivid of the emotions which thronged upon the summer pilgrim to the old home were those which awaited him in the family pew of the old meeting house. As he took his seat there, and heard the familiar note of the organ and the clear, thin voices of the choir, the years melted a-way, the faces changed, the new carpel faded into the Wkiill-rciiH'inbered colors of tlfty years ago - and he was tin Inith a child', again. fflts thought went back to the lime when he was nl Rmwd to sit on the footstool as a concession to his short, crA!e$s legs. He tasted again the luscious raisin which 3tiami: H. way from grandmother's jmcket to his mouth, aa&M sniffed' the pungent southernwood of the Sunday tamtgny In a neighbor's sllk-mlltcd hand. ' lit was In that pew that he Ilrst realized to the full latliedVgnfty of trousers. It was there that he was proudly mdous of the approving glances of his friends on his ifitvt college vacation. He recalled In a (lash (he Inloler mlu length of the sermon on that Thanksgiving day! The-pew has sad memories as well as sweet ones. Most 3H,rc.mt of them Is that of his mother's funeral and 3&r awful Sunday alter It, when no one could bear to Ontrt'br empty place and the emptiness of It seemed un toMfarHhle. Close upon that time followed the Sunday iKhnx he made solemn profession there of the fallli she iltnA loved so well. 'Then ciimo the days of the great war. when the meet ing house blazed with (lags und thrilled with the music of bugle and drifm. The blessing of the volunteers, the prayers for their safely, and the sad, sad series of sol diers' funerals -all these came up to the man's memory lu the old pew. Suddenly out of this dreamland he Is called by the stir of the congregation and Is conscious that he has missed the good pastor's sermon. Hut perhaps (iod Him self luis prenched (o him out of life's grim struggle In the vision of some of his own deep experiences and the discovery that they arc still potent to arouse (he will and confirm the faith with (heir rich and tender mem ories.- -Youth's Companion. MILE-A-MINDTE RAILROADING. I. D the signs point to an eventual eleetrUl I cation of the transportation business of the f'L I country, nt least except lu the case of very J long hauls through thinly HpuInted re- ilfiMflRf glons. Will this transformation bring with sgXggJyJ It the practical Impossibility of mllo-R-inln- me travel r mere seems eonsmeraoie justi fication for an afllrmatlve answer. It has bwn amply demonstrated that, the electric locomotive Is capable of at taining and maintaining far higher speed than this. On the 'oKsen experimental road In Germany speeds of over I2r miles jx-r hour were reached. The chief dllllculty lu the way of operating a com mercial Hue at such enormous velocities aside from the question of cost has to do with (he safety of passenger. The rails and oars can be built strongly enough to stand the wear and tear, motors competent to push them at this speed are available, and methods of transmitting current (o the motors from an overhead conductor have been per fected, lu fact, the realization of a ten-hour train be tween Now York and Chicago seems to require only the dcvlscmcut of a protective block system which would render practically Impossible the terrible fatalities liable (o result from collisions urn! derailments at these speeds. if the rolling stock could be made accident proof, and tlft" road bed sufficiently straight and solid to do away with the danger of derailment, there seems noth ing In the way of a tnlle-u-mlnute line, but Its cost. How much heavier this would be than In the case of a tlfty mile per hour service Is a question on which the early construction of such a Hue seems to depend.- New York Globe. HIPPLE'S HYPOCRISY. "UH damage effected by the late Mr. Hliude is & m "V I not routined to his dep(dtors. The ex I I positre of a hypocrite always endangers the I (! I i )i 111 ItltlllM II till tlll'ii itt' tllk 19 1 I 1 1 V I I 111 til BMpgVH lllllll 111 llllltlilll UIILil V WJ 1111 fl lllltltl ltlll lTEftSI tm? NV!!,'C- r 1 Ilpplo was able to deceive WLkWII bis creditors bv naradlmr his religion, bv practicing with convincing ostentation the qualities that usually Indicate character and prin ciple. Hut this proves nothing exeppt Mr. Hip pie's success at .simulation a sin-cess which is not unique, but which, on the other hand. It would be contemptible to consider universal. Speculations as to our neighbors', our rivals and our enemies' sincerity will always be one of the Interesting occupations of mankind. Yet It Is a courageous man who makes rigid rules, who Is prepared to condemn or afllrtu on general principles. Mr. Hippie refrained from the Sunday newspaper he now proves a hypocrite, but that makes the Sunday newspaper neither better nor worse. Cnfortunnte Indeed would it be to weaken tine's capacity for belief In one's kind because a kunve bad u measure of success. Chicago I'ost. UJUXURY OF OCEAN; TRAVEL. KE TtiHr Siilcnriltl 1Ciiilimciit the TCrait I.I nor Aim- KllMttliiur Pnliieex. H'tittv was a time: and not so long cq. "ttiieu crossing the ocean seemed TOulre an undertaking, and the person twlKi imd ventured twice or thrice was jbraxu' ill the eyes of his associates. Hut, jsJstiifie-.tnt of the wandering spirit do nulcirHxl In America within the last dec :tuli, a few days ago the writer was isiwrifc'iu: with a man, not a profes tldiidl traveler, who had made eighty trls. iicro.ss ; ami to the moneyed man rr-vvnuau of tills century a record of 'Screen ten to twenty trips across Is not VetsirourdiUnry as to eaiwo comment. JMre tght or ten days formerly spent xi ilic waves between here ami I'.umpe ."lum been reduced to a trlllo over six, ,tuiil I'.urlug these six days the vessel Is not only lu constant communication yvflh hind, but. every morning a paper aimsiuiuig- brief accounts of the news iBitaces of the world Is printed and r&ttaliutcd free of charge among tin auifiMugurH. IV.vause of their bulk and weight the 'jaws liners are comparatively steady, -in& .Tew storms of the summer are of isufiu-icut strength to roll or toss them 'VL'Im Imiad decks are like small streets, rami tie dining rooms and saloons an oiKiU' like tliose ol' a metropolitan bote fllKiK a. sldlY In place of the stuff.x ' ttitltc- cabfns of old-time ships, the tip Stu-dttte liners are equipped with rooms vm suite; witii baths, full-length mlr stirs and wardrobes, and even the small or caliins are provided wltJt all (lie oru3lrings of a well-appointed- boil dkfir. Leslie's Weekly. aim- Is a question that came up fMmottg some people who were talking Aawn towu to-day: Which la worse to Jtwre some one around who Is will OtK 3at dumb, or some one who In tin but wise? CZAR NICHOLAS IN AN AUTOMOBILE fm&fo 5tt? taHwig.j 5t$a ixt-s I'M V. (V.U MiAVIVO TlIM RACK COl'ItSK AT KUASNOY1C SliLO. The Czar has rarely been presented to Kngllsh renders as a motorist. A correspondent of London Sphere, however, has snapshotted htm at the mlltary horse raws at Ivrasnoye Srlo, which Is sixteen miles southwest of St. Peters burg, whereas Tsarakoye Selo U fifteen miles, south of the capital. This particular view shows the CV.ur motoring down the race courai after the raetai. 'I'lic lliiNUvrn. was late In mild October, and the long autiitiiua rain Had left the summer harvest liclds all green with grass again : 'J'he first sliarjt frosts had fallen, leaving all the woodlands gay With the hues of suiniiier's rainbow, or the meadow flowers of May. Through a thin, dry mist, thut morning, the sun rose bright and red, At first a ray less disk of fire, he lirisnt- ened as he sped ; Yet, even his noontide glory fell chast ened and subdued, On the corn fields and (lie orchards, and softly pictured wood. nd all that quiet afternoon, slow sloping to thi' night. He wove with golden shuttle the hnze with yellow light'; Slanting through the vanned Iweches, ne glorified the hill; And, hernial h It. pond and meadow lay brighter,, greener still. Aud shouting hoys in woodland haunts caught glimpses of that sky. Flecked by the ninny-tinted Ieavrs. nnu laughed, they knew not why: And school girls, guy with aster nowersr beside the meadow brooks. Mingled the glow of autumn with the sun shine ot sweet look-.. From spire and burn looked westerly the patient weathercocks: Hut even the birches on the hill stood motionless as rocks.. No sound was in the woodlands, save the squirrel's dropping shell,. And the yellow leaves among the boughs, low rustling as they fell. The summer grains were harvested; the stubble-fields lay dry, Where June winds rolled, in light and shade, the pale green waves of rye: Hut still, on gentle hill slopes, in. valleys fringed with wood, Ungathered, bleaching in the sun, the heavy corn crop stood. Hunt low, by autumn's wind and rain, through husks that, dry and sere. Cnfolded from their rijMMied chnrge, slionu out the yellow ear; Hcuenth. the turnip lay concealed, in many a verdant fold. And glistened in the slanting light the. pumpkin's sphere of gold. There wrought the busy harvesters: and many a civakiug wain Hon slowly to the long barn lloor its load of husk and grain ; Till broad and red. as when he rose, the sun sank down, at last. And lib a merrv guest's farewell, the day in brightness parsed. And lo! as through the western pines, on meadow, stream and pond, Flamed the red radiance of a sky, set all a lire beyond. Slowly o'er the eastern sea bluffs a milder glory shone. And the sunset aud the moonrUe were mingled into one ! As night the twilight moon the iml thus into the quiet lapsed away. And deencr in the brightenin tranquil shadows lay. From many a brown old farmhouse. hamlet without name. Their milking and their home tasks done, the merry huskors came. Swung o'er the heaped-up harvest, from pitchforks ia the mow, Shone dimly down the lanterns on the pleasant scene below: The growing pile of husks behind, the golden ears before, Aud laughing eyes and busy hands and brown cheeks glimmering o'er. Half hidden, in a quiet nook, sereno of look and heart, Talking their old times ovcuv th old men sat apart: While up aud down the unlmsked pile, or nestling in its shade. At hide-and-seek, with laugh and shout. the happy children played. John Grecnleat Whltrier. glaro- oC tht lamps wfiefe the witter drops over the low parapet. Tito brakes grind as the car descends lo the sandy roadbed. On all sides are tho black, empty troe-plllnred aisles of tliyV wood. 11 does not seem possible that" less than twenty miles away lies New York, with Its teeming millions, that prosperous townships surrounded us on every side. The chauffeur touches the high-speed lever, and (he motor, quiver ing, cuts Inlo the night. The wind rises from n inert! whistle to a deafening roar. A log lying In the middle of the way we skim as lightly is u bird and we swing Into Jerome nventte. The macadam gives splendid opportunity for speeding, and, bit by bit, our driver shaves tho seconds down, until the motor Is hurrying through the darkness at thirty tulles an hour. Far awny n huge, fiery glow Is spread over tho southern sky, wavy and blurred. It Is the reflection of the lights of Now York. Ah we near the city tralllc thickens. A lone trolley car Is passed as if It were standing still, ami delivery wag ons seem to be dropped a block at a Jump: fellow motors appear, and the hoarse "honk" of the auto horns Is deafening. This "leg" of the course Is eaten up as quickly as the preceding one. The silhouette of the city Is more distinct. Here ami there, some great r apartment hotel shoots Its light speckled bulk into tlve dusk, while, nearer at hand, the lamps on bridges aud shipping In the Harlem form ii dazzling network. Our speed decreaseH to a modest twelve miles an hour. Fur ther up the river, as we rumble over the bridge, u train the same fTiat. left the suburban stallou with us -whistles for the draw. We will beat. It to 4'Ad street by several minutes. Over Into Seventh avenue we roll, slowly threading our way out of tha ruck Into more open ground, where, at medium speed, we Hash past (lie ele vated pillars, A policeman holds up a warning hand as we rush past (0tb street, but before he can say u word we are past and two blocks away. Now we are at Central I'ark West. Tlw rough native rock of the park and tha dressed granite el Ill's opposite cast puz zling shadows across the asphalt. At 01st street a mounted otlicer dashes out from the curb, pulling bis horse to hbt haunches, and lifts, two warning lingers. "You can't pass here after 0 o'clock," he calls, and we slip down a side street Into the Circle, where stands the great discoverer on his pedestal. Swinging into Hroadway. we mutely obey the sig nals of numerous tall bluecoats and regulate our speed accordingly. A few blocks further on the lights of Long Acre square gleam warmly, ami a clock strikes the half bout- as the car whirrs to a. standstill beside the curb. Wo havedoue It in less than sixty minutes. HOSPITAL CAR FOR WRECKS. ONE HOUR IN A TOURING CAR. Motor Hurt ItiNMU-.lil tli Country lionise Very .Near to Totvu. Grandmother's diary Is full of the inorr sleigh rides of her days, but It Is doubtful If they had the excitement and charm of a modern motor dash at twenty tulles an hour through the spring 'night, says the New York I'ost. A half century ago the box sleighs swept over the white-covered roads from Manuaroneck and Uye to neigh boring townships, carrying loads of fun makers to husking bees, weddings, barn dances and other rural diversions, al most under the shadow of the rapidly growing metropolis ; seldom, however, venturing as far as the city. Hut now when It Is a matter of only an hour from flie lights of Hroadway, excur sions may be of greater length, and the country amusements have almost disap peared. The touring car shoots from the porte cochere, taking the road ulong the rldgo. Below Oin-rtitliiiv utiil Wonl Kihiiiin or WluM'ls l'rovlilfil Uy u Itatlrottri. In car No. 10!)!) the Krlo Railroad has added a complete hospital on wheels to Us equipment, says the New York Her ald. It Is provided for use when In case of accident passengers or employes are Injured and the nearest hospital Is so far away that, ojiorutlotis on tl... ..t become necessary. Divided into two coinpaivnien(s. ftio sixty-foot c.ir has an operating room fifteen feet ten inches in length, equip ped with .in Isaac operating table, with a movable head and foot extension, na instrument sterilizer on the right and a surgeon's basin on the left. The car also has two lookers equipped with sur gical instruments and slocked with ban dages, plaster,, sponges, amcstlietlcs, antiseptics, astringents and other medi cal and surgical necessities. lrbur-foot slide doors lu either side, with portable stops, penult of an easy entrance witlt a stretcher to the room, which litis- ten side windows and a largo window in the roof over the operat ing table. All are of ground glass and provided with white rubber roller cur tains. Two four-tlnine acetylene gas lights itttd two smaller ones furnish light at night. A gravity water system to furnish both hot and cold water can he regulated by a surgeon with a valvo operated by the foot. Two sliding doors, with ground glass windows, lead to the ward room, forty thtve feet fcttr inches In length, equip ped with eleven brass bedsteads and a lavatory and saloon. Boxes under tho car carry crutches, splints, army stretcliers, surgical Implements, wreck ing tools and other accessories. Tho ear rests on six-wheel trucks. Too .11 ncli ,lk Worli. "Say, Bllnky, 1 see It here In dla paper dut Booshee wans to borrow SsoiMKiiMMM). What do you fink o' datV" "Nothiir. If I had de stuff I wouldn't give It to 'tan." "Why not'.'" "Aw, say, don't you know take a feller 'most a half day out a heap like dat? 1 enough o' work to tackle laud IMaliidoaler. U would to count ain't fond It." Clove, The greatest thing lu the world Is nrc llteness. And no schooling Is necessary to Ins agreeable; .simply have a mn lies some lost tributary i consideration for others, and bo oulel of the Bronx, llluuilued, by the white I and modest t