Nebraska Advertiser
W. W. SANDIiRS, Prop.
NEMAHA,
NEBR.
HUNDRBO YEARS F PKAGC.
Secretary Root Moralizes on Our Ha
lations with Canada.
"Within u fow ytitTK eight years
from now,' says Socrotary Root in his
recent speech ut Ottawn, "wo shall
bo ablo tocelebrate tho centennial an
niversary of 100 yoa7a"of peaceful fel
lowship betweon tho United States
und Canada 100 yoara during which
no part of tho fruits of Industry and
onterprlso linn been diverted from the
building up of peaceful ami happy
homes, from tho exercise and promo
tion of religion, from the education of
children, and tho succor of tho din
tressed and unfortunato to bo expend
ed In wnrllko attack by ono people
upon tho othor."
This Is au lmprosslvo fact of mod
ern history. If It ho (sought to min
imize its Importance toward demoo
strating tho possibility of avoiding
war by pointing out that tho two na
tions aro of one blood and stock in
origin und allko In political training,
it can bo arguod quICo as strongly on
tho other side that this might bo con
sidered to increoso tho probabilities
of conflict. Our own great Civil war
is a caso in point. So aro tho so
cullcd Latin races and Teutonic races
of Europe, akin in blood and allko In
tho dovolopmenl of their political in
Btltutlons; yot this has not provontod
an almost constant succession of arm
ad conflict for centuries.
Secretary Root did not fail to tako
Into account tho charactor of tho
men who settle now continents and
build now countrloH as tho American
Hnd Canadians havo done. Such plon
oors ar.o necessarily vigorous and In
touae. Such men ure prono, In tho
pursuit of their objects, to bo un
yielding In their confidence that their
own interests should give the law;
they become so engrossed lu mooting
the difficulties und dangers of their
enterprise as not to stick at trifles,
"sometimes oven to tho exclusion of
thoughtfulness for tho interests and
feelings of others," as tho astute
Root, with his worldly experlonco In
plenty, vory delicately put it. How
ovor, against all lireorlzlngs of what
might havo been, there looms up this
great fact of tho 100 years of unbrok
en peace.
It looks llko a sign of tho millennial
nations, where no forts heotlo from
cliffs across tho border, no bayonets
or cannon threaten, and great ports
aro through with Hoots without a
gun. Hero they stand this pair of
peaceful powers, proud of their 100
years of unshaken rellanco on peace
ful arbitrament In difficulties, which
havo not been small nor fow Boston
Transcript.
Too Late for Details.
Tho reporter, a young lady, who us
ually "did" tho weddings of a certain
j)rovln,clnl newspaper, was unfortun
Utoly ill on ono of thoso festlvo occas
ions. So sho had to call on tho fol
lowing day to obtain as much informa-.
(Lion as possible
On arriving at tho home of tho
bride's parents, she remarked to tho
lervant who opened tho door:
"I havo como to get somo of tho de
tails of the wedding which took plaoe
yosterday."
An expression of intonso rogret
came to tho countenance of tho sor
rant. "I'm awfully sorry, miss," sho ex
claimed, "but ovorythlng la finished.
You ought to havo como last night
Tho company ato up ovory scrap!"
Illustrated Bits.
Telephone Statistics.
Figures of tho amount of business
connectod with telephones mado pub
lic today, indicate that there wero
5,071, B00.000 oxchango tolephono talks
and 133,000,000 long dlstanco or toll
communications in tho year 1900 in
this country. On December 31 there
wero 7,107,835 instruments In use.
1.43C.32C miles to toll wire, 2,385,74f
miles of underground wire, 11,378
miles of submnrlno wire ,and an ag
gregate of G,080,282 mllos of wire de
voted- to tolephono sorvico. Tho sta
tions numbor '2,715,307, tho total clr
cults 1,407,900 and thtr employees
90,000. These figures show a growth
1b six years of 117 per "cent la aum
ber ef eeasloyoeB, of 2M per oeat la
the mmsec of stations, aaa of 348 per
cent to the total number of sallea of
i A i.i-i. rc. K nD; -
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Tho Rube Hey?
riio Kid I sez don't you want to hire
guide, philosopher and friend?
ftfta aft. .4.
A WINDWAQON HIS PROJECT.
Death of Dr. James W. Parker
Long a Kansas Cltyan.
Dr. James W. Parker, who camo to '
Kansas City sixty years ngo, died at
the ago of 85, at his homo, 308 Union
street, In Westport. In tho civil war,
Dr. Parker wan for a period tho only
physician lert In tho city. He was
prossod Into the Union sorvico, and
for two years attended tho Federal
troops stationed thero, beBfdes attend-
ng to a practice that took him some
times seventy miles from home. Sol
diers from both sides forced his fam
ily to feed them, until, In despair, the
doctor fled in 1864 to Nebraska, where I
so lived for twenty-three years in Ne
braska City. Prior to tho war he had
icon an extensive traveler, going tho
length of tho Santa Fe trail and on
down to the Isthmus of Panama. His
kuowledgo of the trail has caused his
advice often to be Bought by thoso In
terested In perpetuatlag the trail by
markings.
Dr. Parker was a medioal graduate
of Transylvania university In Ken-
tucky, and Ave years aftr coming to
Kansas City lie returned to his native
city, Lexington Ky., and was married.
Tho widow survives him, and three
children, Dr. Payton B. Parker, John
W. Parker and Mrs. Wilbur Davis.
Also there is an adopted son, Paul D.
Parker. All reside in this city. Re
turning here from Nebraska In 188(5,
Dr. Parker had lived here continuous
ly since, not practicing, however, as
his sight and hearing were both al
most entirely goho.
Prior to war times the doctor was
one of the three projectors of a wind
wagon for freighting, which old set
tlors still toll ubout, but tho experi
ment proved a failure. The servlcos of
Dr. Parker rendered the government
Boldlers was later paid for In the sum
of ?1,500.
For fifty years Dr. Parker had been
an older In the Cumberland Presby-
torian church.
Kansas City Journal.
Johnny Papa, papa, come quick!
Mamma has fainted. Papa Here put
this ten-dollar bill In her hand. John
nie (a moment later) Sho says she
wants ten more. Fllegende Blatter.
Roast Chicken With Oyster Dressing
Wash nnd drain tho oysters und lay tlicm
In a soft cloth that as much moisture may
ho absorbed na possible. Molt ono table
spoonful of hotter; add ono tnblespoonful
of chopped parsley; ono tocnspoonful of
Kround sweet murjoram, salt and peppnr
to taste, und mix with ono quart of Htnle
hroad crumbs and twenty-five oysters.
Do not chop tins oysters; mix woll and
stun" the chicken. This Is tho proper pro
portion for ono turkoy or two chickens.
Eqo Salad Sllco four hard boiled eggs,
arrange them on tender lettuco leaves in
the salad bowl; sprlnklo with minced
French capers nnd pour over a French
drossing or mayonnaise, ub preferred.
Sour Milk Biscuits Sift ono quart of
fiour nnd add ono tenspoonful of salt; ono
teaspoon of soda; mix ono cup of sour
cream and ono teacup sour milk togeth
er; pour Into tho Hour and knead It quick
ly and lightly Into a dough. Holl one-half
Inch thick, cut Into small biscuits and
bake In quick oven.
Meringue for Lemon Ple-.Whlp very
stiff, tho whites or threo orbs; ndd a little
powdered sugar as you do so. Heap on
the rooked plo; sot In tho oven until
lightly browned, then reinovo and allow
to cool very gradually. Sudden cooling Is
often tho causo of a llat unsightly mer
lnguo. fr
Dolly Varden Cake For this, uso white
cako recipe. Into half tho battor, put
one teacup of currants; ono teacup of
ehopptd English walnut meats; bake la
ymc - : i v
mo wnllo vou'ip in
no city for
Dreyfus's Heroic Wife.
Oh, that poor dream of tho wlfo
who should mceL him with outstretch
ed arms. Sho was there, Indeed, in
that somber old city, Rennes, but of all
I tho personages of tlrts tragic drama.
,f ono was worthy of all reBpect, that
0,10 wtl8 Lucilo Dreyfus. During flvo
'car8 had borne her suffering
with noble dignity; her faith had
never wavered; she had hidden from
her children all knowledge of the aw
ful tragedy; you had thought there.
could go oiit to her only pity and ad
miration. Ah, you do not know how
flerco a hatred burned In Franco In
thoso days. Madame Dreyfus was
turned away from every hotel In Ren
nes. Not ono would taRo this poor
wlfo In her name was Dreyfus. Tho
old woman who Anally gave her
ihousenroom was stoned and hooted
in tho streets. And all this night of
tho "traitor's" return a mob hung
round her door or drank In a tavern
ovor tho way, shouting tho while a
song of "Death to tho Jews!" Suc
cess Magazine.
Pawnshop Profits.
Henry McAleenan lias a pawnshop, a
modest little one, on Sixth avenue, In
n building he owns. Tho site is
small, 18 feet wide and 52 feet deep.
Tho man who owns the rest of tho
Sixth avenue front wanted the pawn
broker's little corner. He made sev
eral tempting offers In vain. Finally
he said:
"I'll give you $550,000 for that llttlo
plot."
"Not enough,' Bald tho modest pawn
broker. "Why, man, that is $4G4 a square
foot."
"I can't help it," said Mr. McAleen
an. "My business there cleared mo
$250,000 last year, and I can't dupli
cate tho slte."PhiladelphIa Ledger.
Very Decollette.
"Poor chap! ovorythlng ho earns
goes on his wife's back."
"Well, If you'd seen her at tho
opera you would't think he earned
much." Bohemian.
Inexhaustible as tho widow's cruse
of oil in tho scripture Is the happiness
of the man who makes happiness for
othors.
fit
layers. Mako a filling thus: One pint of
swcot milk; two tablespoonfuls of Hour;
ono teacup of sugar and ono tablospoon
ful of butter; flavor to tasto and cook un
til thick nnd smooth. Heat hard until
cold and put between tho layers.
Fruit Punch Mix together ono teacup
of strawberries or rod raspberries;; minc
ed pineapple; minced peaches or apricots
nnd malnga grapes, nnd add four oranges,
cut Into pieces threo lemons and 1-2 tea
cup of Moraschlno cherries. Holl together
ono pint of water und ono teacup of su
gar and when these havo cooked steadily
for live minutes rcmovo from tho llro and
set aside to oool whllo you proparo the
fruit. When tho syrup Is cold, stir lit tho
mixed .fruits, add two quarts of earbonlz
d water nnd pour upon a largo lump of
Ico In n punch bowl. Sorve very cold.
This will be onough for ono dozen and a
half persons,
Sr
Washington Pudding 13oil 1-3 teacup
of butter nnd one teacup of sugar togeth
er until light, add 1 1-2 teacups of Hour
sifted with 2 1-2 teaspoons of baking
powder, ttnko In two largo layer tins nnd
spread wlillo warm with jelly or Jam and
sorve with a hot liquid pudding sauce.
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Orange Sherbet. Grato the rind of four
nranrrcs and put to ijoak for ten minutes
In bolllnr water. Strain half of this over
one pound of sugar and when dissolved
ndd ono pint of ornngo Julco. Freezo near
ly stiff; then bent In the whites of two
ggs, pack, not In ico and salt to harden.
He Had It
"Do you know, sir,' ho began as ho
entered the grocery soon attar the now
year, "that the pure foed law is now
la oporatlon,"
"I do,' replied tho grocer.
"No more sorghum mixed with su
gar." "No more."
"No more apple peelings put up for
raspberry jam."
'No, sir."
"No more canned goods preserved
with ncids."
"Not a can."
"All goods havo got to be straight
and square."
"They have, sir."
"Well, now as wo have come to a
mutual understanding, have you got
anything In stock that you can recom
ment mo as on the square?"
"I have," replied tho grocer; and,
going to the buck of the store he lug
ged forwurd a bushel of turnips and
said:
"There it is, sir. Real old-fashioned
turnips with the tap roots on, and
I give you ray solemn word that none
of the tops have been glued on or
painted In water colors to deceive!"
Joe Kerr.
STORYETTES.
Tho man who fears God foars not
man.
An English vegetarian proposed to u
woman, whereupon sho delivered her
self of the following scathing words.
"Go along with you! What? Be flesh
of your flesh, and you a-llvln' on cab
bage. Go und marry a grass widow!"
Senator Thomas J. Allison, a mem
ber of tho Missouri legislature, is an
acknowledged wag In that more or
less dignified body. Ho was ap
proached tho other day by an en
thusiastic motorist, who asked If ho
was not In favor of -some legislation
for the benefit of those who own au
tomobiles. T am,' replied tho Senator.
"I am in favor of a bill placing the
owners of automobiles under tho pro
tection of the- State game laws and
providing that it shall be unlawful
duriug certain months of tho year for
farmers to shoot chauffeurs and oc
cupants of automobiles."
CharleB H. Hoyt once visited a
small town in Pennsylvania, where
there is a Hotel they say George
Washington, the father of his country,
usedTo stop at when ho 'passed
through. One of the company was
given tho Washington room, and
Hoyt received a poor room on the top
floor, tho proprietor not knowing who
ho was. When he came downstairs
later the gentleman who had the good
room said: "Mr. Hoyt, they have
given me the room that they used to
give George Washington when ho
came here.' "Well," said Hoyt, "tho
one they havo given mo must be the
ono they gave Benedict Arnold when
ho camo."
Somo time ago there was a political
campaign in Illinois in which a cer
tain candidate was so certain of his
election as sheriff that ho actually ar
ranged for tho distribution of tho sub
ordinate offices that were to come un
der him. Somo one was telling "Undo
Joe" Cannon of this. The grim old
veteran of many a political battle
smiled and observed: "I trust that our
friend's caso will not be like that of
a man I know in Indiana. This fellow
went on a hunting trip, accompanied
by his faithful retriever. Things went
on finely up to a certain point; then
tho expedition suddenly ended In dis
aster. The dog undertook to jump
over a deep well In two jumps.
During a critical time In the Civil
War, when tho Senate had been par-
tlcularly obstructive, one of President
Lincoln's ardent sympathizers burst
In upon him nnd hotly denounced tho
Senate and finished his tirade by
asking: "What's tho uso of tho Sen
ate, anyway?" Mr. Lincoln was drink
ing a cup of tea. In his homely fash-
Ion ho poured tho tea from tho cup to
tho saucer and back again to cool It
off, undisturbed by the caller's ve-
hemenco. "Well,' said tho man, Impa
tlontly, 'what's tho uso of the senate?"
"I have just shown you," was Lincoln's
answer, nnd once more tho tea was
poured. Tho. man looked puzzled.
Then a great light broke upon him
"You mean it onables public passion
to cool off?" Tho greatest of Amerl
can Presidents nodded and drank his
tea.
'PHONC NUMBER SEtRtT.
Why Magistrate Scott Wouldn't Cal,
Up His Own Horge,
Maglstrato Scott recently had at
unlisted telephone put in his house
but forgot the numbor on his waj
downtown, and then, to his chagrin
he discovered that tho tolephono com
puny keeps faith with Its unlisted sub
scribors. Tho company tolls the num
ber of the unlisted subscribers to no
body not oven to themselves.
"Say, 400, will you please give m
tho number of Maglstrato Scott'j
house?" asked the magistrate, when
he wanted to UU his wlfo not to wail
for him with supper, as he was detain
ed on business.
"No, sir,' was the curt reply.
"What, can't you give mo my num
ber? I am Magistrate Scott," thun
dered the amazed member of the mln
or judlclnry. "It is me, myself; I wan'
my house. I must sponir to my wife
I want that number, nnd I must hav
it. If you don't give it to mo you wili
have to take the blamed 'phone out ol
the house to-morrow morning. I an
tho man who pays for that 'phone, an
I have a right to know "tho number.
"But I can't Tell you," came tho re
ply again.
"Why can't you?"
"Because you pay to have tho num
ber kept Becret, your pTfono 1b unllst
ed, and nobody has a right to tell you
tho number; good-by."
Magistrate Scott was angry, but af
ter he thought tho matter over h4
considered that, after all, tho com!
pany was only keeping Its contract.
Now tho judge carrfes lis teIephon
number with him, engraved on a plat
safely kept in a leather wallet In hia
hip pocket.
At the Symphony.
Tho great orchestrawas playing it&
moBr compelling number. She sat as
one enwrapped In an ecstatic dream.
lie sat beside her. It was he who
had bought the tickets.
"Perfectly grand!" ho whispered in
her ear.
Sho remained silent, drinking In the
divine melody.
"Don't you think so?" he added a
moment later.
A faint sign of distress passed ovei
hor beautiful features. "Yes," she
breathed, so faintly that she hoped it
would not disturb her blissful en-
chantment.
A moment of heavenly hush, and
then: "What marvelous phrasing!"
She said nothing. Sho was far
away In a realm of delight bo delt
clous, so delicate, the faintest breath
of discord would alarm and destroy it,
She sought to deaden her organ ol
hearing to his rasping words and to
make herself believe ho had not spok
en. But ho had, and he followed his pre
vious remark with, "Did you ever heai
it done better."
She very nearly succeeded in giving
him a mere mechanical Hp-formed
no" without vBxfng her transported
consciousness.
For a full moment he remained
speechless, forgetting to bruise the
tender blossoms of melody with hla
harsh bludgeon of words. His oyes
were closed. How heavenly it all
seemed! She was drifting in an,
ethereal sea of harmonic "bliss, whetl
there carae crashing Into the charmed
audience chamber of her dreams tnq
question: "Have you ever tried lis
tening- to music with your eyes clos
ed?"
The crisis had come. She uttered a
faint gasp of starless despair, like on
bidding farewell to a Hear dlvln?
hope. Looking her devilish tormentoi
full In the eyes She said sweetly, ai
only tliTice embittered wothan can:
"Oh, yes; and I think it heightens th
pleasuroable effoct; but did you evw
try listening to music with the moutl
shut?"
And the flutes and the oboes and thfl
violins played on.
Likewise the tuba, the triangle and
tho kettle-drums Nixon Waterman, In
Life.
Tells Which One She is.
Jack Loudon, tho well-known novel.
iBt, has a great affection for children,
In San Francisco thore are two twin
Bistere, little girls of 6 years, of whoa
Mr. London is very fond.
On the way to his boat oae saoralni
Mr. London met one of the twins. H
stopped and shook her haad.
"Good morniap;, my dear," he said
"Aaa waieh of the twins are you?"
"I am. the one. that's out walUsj'."
Exchange.
