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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1906)
ih h ih in urn mm mm mmm h . . v Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. KJ J-j LJ 1 LpaVoriteSi I 17' INTERFERING WITH FREEDOM OF TRADE. i EALING In grain Is supposed to bo a com petitive business, In which one man can en gage as well as another, irovhln(l he has tin necessary capital. Evidence brought out In recent hearings before tbe I literal ate Com merce Commission Indicates that this suppo- ' Kltlon Is contrary to the facts of tbe situa tion flue denier told bow lie bad been driven out of frmincs by railroad, discrimination In favor of a rival uern Perhaps the most significant testimony, however, was tfeat of V. H. Warren, former president of the Chicago Xnrd of Trade. Mr. Warren told the commission that fcw years ago from 1K0 to 200 grain merchants were WKtilnrly doing business on the board, whereas now there but twenty-three. When asked to what, be attrlb Mtcd tho change, Mr. Warren replied, "To the fact that wmuy men have been driven out of business by discrim inations which the railroads have practiced In favor of oartaln forgo eWvalor companleH." IK Is obvious that the law Increasing the powers of Urn Interstate C'onunerce Commission for the purpose f enabling It to put an end to Just, such abuses was 3s!mh1 none too soon. M should be equnly apparent that tl successful enforcement of that law and tbe actual termination of such gross outrages as are described to the commission by reputable witnesses can alone prevent, the adoption of more radical measures aimed at unfair railroads and their associate conspirators. Chicago N'ewn. t?," BANK FLUNDEKINQ. 1 1 M man who will deliberately abuse the A m I trust reiK'scd In lilin to the extent of diss! I I patlug the hard earned savings of trusting I rirwtiilii lc (I llltlitfllf ulltl tilftnt rrv i 11 11 1 tr h n irii if 11 'win' ' million i w ' iiiuiij lie must be utterly devoid of moral sense, possess a conscience so calloused that It can not distinguish between risht and wrong, be elflsh to a degree hardly to be appreciated, or have pecu liar Ideas In other directions bard to define. There Is ioitiethlng radically wrong with him, and pity It Is that the f.'rct U not discovered before his wrong (IoIiir Is found out. Tbe lootliiR of the Milwaukee svenuobnnk of Chicago juppllcs an Illustration of one or more of such charac ters or of all of them combined. The more the affairs of that bank are InvestlRated. the more apparent does It become that Its officers and directors were notbliiR more thau a private comblnatlotiof gamblerswho used thy mou y ot depositors for real estate speculation, market Myers, mid horse race Ih'UIur. Its papers contain fake notes, forgeries, records of plain stealing such as never before have been found In the vaults of a defunct Institution. These papers show that the panic was played with HUrewdness, Indeed, mo shrewdly as to .deceive tbe bank examiners. Vet theft could have been detected and should have been detected If tbe bank examiners were qualified for the performance of their duties. Bank plundering occurs more on this account than on any otber. It has been said that it Is no use to lock the barn after the horse ha" been stolen. This may !e true In some in stances, but locklriR the bnrn to prevent bank plunderlnR Is simply securlnp men as bank examiners who cannot be deceived nnd hoodwinked by rascally otllcers and directors. The barn can be locked In this case. Will lamsport (Pa.) Orlt. THE IMPROVING WORLD. mHOSK pessimistic Individuals who discern In the reiterated accounts of the- arrest of the boodlers, the arraignment of trusts and the nrriilenef nf prlm In tilifli nlncoft an oeea- QHBI sVn for declaiming upon tho IncreaslnR de iQSgjjljJ Reuerncy of tli urc, not only raise a false note, rui iney ran utieriy w imcrprev nrigut rlie sIriib of tbe time.. The world Is RettltiR bettor Instead of worse. The very fact that the entity are beluR detected and brought to Justice and tbe Rrnftcrs aud unlawful trusts forced to disgorge Is evidence of this. Tbe widespread interest In municipal reform and tho importance attached by th whole country to the overthrow of vice In our citlen i substantial testimony that conditions In every way, so far as public morals are concerned, are lmprovltiR. Tbe ruthless suppression of the social evil and efforts everywhere to compel adherence to the low on the part of saloon-keepers marks a Rreat advance over conditions as they existed tweuty-llvc years ago. So Rreat Is the public Interest In efforts of this kind that the fact that the en forced closing of saloons In Kansas City on Sunday, the purification of a portion of Pittsburg from the dcmornlix Iiir influences of places of evil resort, and similar reforms in other cities Is made the subject of more or less elab orate dispatches. A dozen years sro these things would have been considered purely local issues ; to-day so sensi tive Is the public conscience to this whole question of moral reform and civic regeneration that the greatest news service in the country regards them as of sufllcleut Importance to telegraph them broadcast. The world Is growing decidedly better.--Philadelphia Press. THE COST OF CUBA. V cost the United States heavily In men and money to wrest Cubii from Spain. More millions were expended In preparing tho Isl and for 'Independence and giving Its people a lesson In how to govern themselves. His tory does not afford a parallel to the self saerlflclng course of this country In behalf of Cuba. For this the Cubans have shown little grati tude. While they have here the best of markets for the larger part of what they produce, they have not recip rocated. In trade. Otber countries have been favored nearly or quite as much as thw United States In, supply ing the wants of the Cuban. European merchants and manufacturers have a larger trade with tbe islaud now than before it became Independent It Is true that American exports to Cuba have In creased In the last two or three years, but In no such degree as have tbe Imports from Cuba,, A vast amount of American capital has been Invested hi developing American Industries there, b.ut It has been of no very great benefit thus far to our trade. Chicago Journal. CORNISH COURAGE. 1 ftJJS.SKJSsJt t The man who handles sails must ttdnk for himself and net for himself. When the fisherman starts for his fish log grounds, or the pilot turns home ward again, there Is no coach road long which be can drive a straight ooorst'. lie must be tlde-dodglng nnd nU-trlmming, finding his own way cross shoals and currents. In "Mast and Sail" tho author gives an example f Cornish courage. c Tiiere was the skipper, Koger Sen aetr, and there was a crew of six men nd tbe boy. One of thejnen was 111. rod "Uncle Dick" went In 'bis place. Uncle Dick, by reason of his being sick with malaria, wfts wearing nil that a deep-sea llsherman wears In winter, Including vast sea lioots and a complete ct of oilskins. It. was thirty miles oft' the Iilzanl lights when everything was Tfiady In the St. Michael to shoot the nets fou the night, it was running jnvn-wlud with small ml.zen nnd fore null, aud the big westerly seas rolled up astern, backed by tbe tierce breeze, n'blch, wit It. a falling glass, threatened n stormy night. .Ak It was cautiously JJbed, prepara tory to brlngln.g It to, to owef sail, the y, against orders, got down to- lee iKtrd, and when tho foresail sheet gath ered Itself up ami with tjie crack1 of a ptstol went rigid u a bar of steel, It (tight tbe astonished boy lienonth tbe niiplts, hoisted' him Into the air, and nfiot him twenty yards away Into the Rooming seas. Undo Dick stood on the weather quarter and saw, and as be stood, plunged over the stern after the boy. Tbe cry of "Man overboard V does . ot avail to brim; a vessel into tbe wind 5??Mrtt running at ten knots before an Mlauiit. Mow, With helm hurd down ml all hands u.ir nlng In, tho sheets, . It -will be four hundred to 'let! rgrd In pie time Mm? you can say It. $e the Nwceps aud nil available floating tnflf sent overboard after the men were lwot !ot to sis-lit by the lime ttw HI. Michael bad brought Itself up to meet the seas. Another hand' had thrown off his lot lies, and with the end of a small line In bis teeth, sprang overboard. While the oy soon bad to act. as res- uer to the old man. spent, by sickness nnd encumbered with his vast weight of clothing, the new arrival collected all he could of tbe floating stuff and fought his way to his fast-drowning shipmates, "Cheer up, Uncle Dick! Hold on. un- i'Ie!" the boy kept saying. "Here she comes! 1 see Roger's face quite plain, I do." At last all wen alongside;, and the exhausted men were taken ou board. LIFE IN THE KLONDIKE. VVn- TVri; IIIrIi hut tlif I'rlcoH r in I'roixirt Ion. In Dawson City and other places. In the Klondike -" cents Is the smallest piece of money In circulation, and there are children who never saw anv- thing smaller, flays a writer In Leslie's Weekly. A man who had not been out of Dawsofl for five years exhibited a dime which he was keeping as a curi osity. Wages are high, but the necessaries r life are correspondingly expensive so after all It Is only the handling of larger sums of money. Canned goods are universally used, aud .as spoken of by tin housekeeper as "tinned goods.' Kvaporntod potatoes are eaten until mldsunmier, when tho Yukon boats bring In a fresh supply, and even tbest s'ell at 15 cents a pound. Crystallized eggs are useit ro,r cooking purposes and fresh (V) ones are choap, In mid summer at $1 a dozen. Three egg ti order In a restaurant will cost flu diner from 7." cents to SI, and In win ter ierhaps $1.W. Fowls do not thrive aud ciilckon rarely appears ou the menu card. Caribou steak Is common n! may be had for .$1. A !:Kut lunch, consisting of a plec u' te ami a small glass o.f milk, ,sts the business man no cents. C".is of condensed milk are f'r.u on all resteuraut tables. A small hide is punched In tho top and from this milk Is iwtired Into the colToo or ten, Tnhfo d'hote meals ar) served for II "easily within the roach of all." TUr Corn Souk. Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard! Heap high tho golden corn! No richer gift has uutttmn poured From out her lavish horn ! jti other hauls, exulting, glean The apple from the pine, The orange from its jrlosqy gr.en, The clustr from the vine. We better love tho hardy gift Our rugged vales bestow, To cheer us when the storm shall drift Our harvest fields with snow. Through vales of grass and mead of flow ers Our plows their furrows made, While on the hills the sun aud showers Of changeful April played. We dropped the send o'er hill and -plain Reneath the sun of May, And frightened from our sprouting grain The rohber crow away. All through the long, bright days of June Its leaves grew green and' fair, And waved in hot midsummer's noon Its soft and yellow hair. And now with autumn's moonlit eves Its hnrvest time has come. We pluck away the frosted leaves And bear the treasure home. There, when the snows about us drift, And winter winds are cold. Fair hands the broken grain shall sift, And knead its meal ot gold. Let earth withhold her goodly root, Let mildew blight, the rye, Give, to the worm the orchard's fruit, Tho wheat field to the fly. But let. the good old crop adorn The hills our fathers trod; Still let us, for his golden corn, Send up our thanks to Cod. -John G. Whitticr. white suit. At nine tho- buckbtmn? came, and mother at the back dooit watched her ride away. There wn3 not any girl so pretty ns Mollfe, The day was one triumph for Mob lie; she was quick and adaptable and added much to the fun, and her sand' wlc.hes and spice cakes wore voted un surpassable. That was In the morning; In the afternoon tho sky darkened sud denly, aud the horses were hurriedly put Into the backboard'; there was an clght-mlle ride before them, and but two umbrellas In tho crowd; And then Mollle bnd her Inspiration. "Drive fnto our barn," she Iwgged. "We enn nil have supper there. T won'tl promise you very much," -rdlnipllng! prettily "Just hot biscuits and bonesyj but it will be better than losing half? our day," and after a Utile hpsltaJ tlon, the others accepted her offer; At four Mrs. Bennett say tlio load of young jwiople drive into Uh ynriL FIvel jnlimtes later the house was overrun! wlflr Rlrls, whom Mollle was arraylngf n dry clothea, while Mrs. Bennett warf hurrying about the kitchen, making bis' mlt and salad. T knew you wouldn't mind," MolU whispered. That night In a dozen different homo the talk was of Mollis bow thoURhtfuf he was. nnd bow unselfish, and what a lovely hostess. In Mollle's own homd a tired woman, washing the last oi the supper dishes, was thinking wltH dismay of tho dresses that would b4 n next week's wash. "But Rlrls will be jcirls." she n.ldj tenderly. Youth's Companion. While almost everything eaten at this meal is of the "tinned" variety, the food Is very palatable. The dinner con sists of soup, fish, a roast of some sort, potatoes (usualjy the evaporated kind), a vegetable, pie or pudding, and tea or coffee. 1 Dawson boasts of several hot- ho.uses, and during the enrly summer for r0 cents extra a few leaves of let -tucv or half a dozen fratl-looklng spring onions will be added. The llsh are di IcIoim. and people often refuses the roast and take a large portion of llsh Instead. Clothing Is llkew?se expensive, and' a tnllor-made gown is n, luxury, and one which sells nnywhore In the States for S-ll) will bring !?S0 In Dawson. The eius of this Is not the xapaetty of the 'merchant, but. the cost of1 transporta tion. There is no place In the world which has a wider range of temperature than Dawson. In 'winter the mercury drops to (Id and 70 degrees lelow zero, aud the ordinary eherniomeler goes out of buslttess aud u spirit Instrument Is used to register the degrees of cold. In midsummer II. sometimes becomes so warm that the sluice lmxes at the mines are worked' at nlghf, which Is al ways (iol. Instead of during the day. This can easily be done, as throughout the summer the sun comes up before !l li? tbe morning and goes out of sight after 10 In the evening. The red glow .remains, all night, aud one may read n uewspajer by a window nt midnight. The "Cheeehuco" (the Indian w6rd for newcomer, and the popular term for tenderfoot) llnds it dilllcult to go to sleep ou account flf the light. Tills, Is reversed in winter, and during Decem ber and Jai'tunry there are only three hours of daylight each day. Thi' llrookalile. I wandered by the brookside, t wandered by the mill, 1 could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still ; There was no burr of grasshopper, No chirp of any bird, But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound 1 heard. I sat beside the elm tree, I watched the long, long .shade. And as it grew still longer, I did not feel afraid : For I listened for a footfall, l listened for a word, But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard. lie came not no, he came not The night came on alone The little stars sat. onp b.v one, Kach on his golden throne ; The evening air passed by my cheek, The leaves ahov were stirr'd, But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound T hoard. Fast silent tears were flowing, - When something stood behind A hand was on my shoulder. I knew its touch was kind ; It drew me nearer nearer We did not sppak oue word, For the beating of our own heart Was all the sound we heard Lord Houghton. TWO SIDES OF IT. , HniimrritnK, "Wlm' the. matter with your head':" Inquired be llrst bunco man. "A fanner i m to-day Just banged me there with bis carp, t bag," replied the other. "It must Have been a pretty hard cnrjK't bag." "Yen, It had a gold brick in It that I hail sold him 'yesterday,'' Phila delphia l'rei Mother Wnn Tired, lint She 1)1)1 It All for nnnKh(er' SaU. For the whole week before the Grantley's picnic Molly was on tiptoe with delight The Grantley were such lovely people, and she had longed to know them. Mollle's mother, watching tho girl's happy face, thought proudly that Stella Grnntley was not a bit sweeter or prettier than Mollle. Slw guessed folks would see It If they were not blind. Mollle, dancing Into the kitchen Tuesday afternoon, found her mother ,'ronlng a white shirt waist suit. "0 mother," she said, reproachfully, "I was going to do that!" "I thought uobbe you wouldn't get back hi, time," her mother answored. "It was over so good of you," Mol Ije returned, absently. "Motlior, I've Just thought don't you suppose I couk make some of those little splco cakes before breakfast? I know nobody else would have tiny thing like those." "Why, i' guess you could," her moth or answered. "And stuffed eggs nnd chicken sand wlchcs and olives." Mollle counted, off triumphantly. "I'm not expected to .carry so much, but I wanted people to know what, things my n.other could nmke. Besides, I do so want them to ask me again. "I sha'n't think much of them If they don't," her mother declared. "That's 'cause you're motlwjr." Mol lie laughed, kissing her. "Then I'll nalio the cake lieforo breakftut." i.rn she came down to breakfast however, cake.1 wore all ready, Mollle did not em greatly NurprlMd idle war, In fit'eL ahS'Wly drM4 in hr SMALLPOX IN PHILIPPINES. DUrnnt- A I moat Kntlrrly Kmrileatori hj- Vaccination. The reirords of the bureau of healtli at Manila show that within the lasti twelve months 218,000 people have been, vaccinated by otflcliils and many mow by private physlclnus. When Ik Is re membered that Manila's population W not more than 200,000, it can bo under stood why, in the year ended Dec. 31,1 1004. then were only twenty-seven! deaths from smallpox. Ten of thel twenty-seven were Europeans or Amer- eans who had neglected or nvolded' vaccination, says the New York Trib une. During the Spanish regime a law ex-i isted makiug vaccination compulsory,1 mt the chi,ef good which resulted from,' tbe law -was that the people became ac customed to its existence on the Rtatutel books and did not greatly object to It: or strenously resist its application ftti the hands of the Americans. In n fewi provinces difficulties were mer. Inl these cases vaccinators were at once) withdrawn and the pueblos left to themselves. Within six months the con trast between the vaccinated and ml vaccinated pueblos wns so marked thatJ the chief men of the objecting lnunlcw palltios requested the vaccinators W return. As smallpox Is epidemic nnd pan demic In tho Philippines, the necessity for a division of vncclnntion In tho board of health is very great. The or iginal plan was to organize a corps of 850 vaccinators. That number was con sidered necessary In order to vacclnnto the Inhabitants of the Islands within! three years. Owing to the depleted con-1 dltion of the Insular treasury, the conir1 mission Jias lieen unable to authorlzo tbe employment of so large a number, and with the small number of men available the question arises whether vaccination will not have to lie prac ticed continuously for ninny years In or der lo Immunize the 0,000,000 Inhabit ants who are now in those islands anU their offspring as It arrives. Smnllnox in the Philippines occupied,, prior to the advent, of the Americans, about the same iosition In regard to Its. frequency, Its mortality and Its preva lence that It did In Kurope prior to the discovery of vaccination, and as waaj the case In Europe, so In the Phtlrp-j pines, it seems to be almost a dlsoaso of childhood. Tbe explanation of this N that all natives who have reached adult agv wore exposed to smallpox Jul childhood, and those who did not eoa-l tract tho disease may bo considered Im mane. Smallpox In Manila is no longori to be feared, according to the annual port of the bureau of health for tho! Philippine Islands, and not so many oases occur In proportion to Its Inhab-' Hants as In the cities of Washington) and Baltimore. Philosophic. "I see that a colored man came oul victor In that great prize fight." "Yes," answered Col. Stlllwoll. "Amti perhaps it is Just as well. It pr&ventji another story from bolng started toj tbe effect, that t colored man has beert terrorized nnd coerced." Washington Star. ' . o Drill ir, "There's no bridge over th Helles- pout," mused Hero, "and where there' no bridge there's no aoclety In the truol sense, so I'll Just stay on thlfr aide." And that was why Leunder bad ttW swim for It. Pack. There la a lot of trouble In stare fon tlie woman who baa ao Uttlo to do that she finds tlmo to provw to herself thaS her hmtoand'a Jove Is Qtwtaf Oold, '