Nebraska Advertiser
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W. W. 8ANDERS, Prop.
NEMAHA,
NEBRASKA
Influence of the Politician's Wife.
It linB often been aBked how much
Influonco the wlfo of a public man
bears on his political career. This Is
hard to cstlmato; but this much Is
cortaln: The mnn who comes to Wash
ington, cither as a member ot Con
gross or of somo other branch of the,
government whero his position Is one,
of prominence, Is very unfortunate If,
his wife Is not ono whom ho can trust
to making hor way socially. Not nec
essarily being a great social success
but capablo of mingling with tho aver
jigo woman at tho national capital.
For, in spite of tho fact that a small
pcrcenlago of society looks leniently
upon the married couple who aro sel
dom seen In public together, tho aver
age sound American bollovcs In tho
comradeship of man and wlfo. But
.when wo Bum up this question of tho
linfluonco of' women In statecraft wo
ipass the Judgment that, on tho whole,
Itho Influonco of woman In statecraft
lis for good, says a writer In Homo
(Magazine Doing Impulsive, alio Ib apt
jlo mako mlBlakcs now and then which
fenuso tho moro logical males to laugh
Sit hor, but ns a rule sho Is pretty suro
of hor footing boforo alio attempts to
mako tho jump across tho political
stream that divides womankind from
mankind.
Germs In Books.
Tho authorities o tho city libraries
In Berlin havo been making somo in
teresting experiments with tho pur
pose of determining tho hygienic con
ditions of books that havo been used a
great deal by tho people. With tho
dirt gathered from such books, somo
of which was known to Include tuber
culosis bacilli, experiments wero made
on gulncn pigs. In tho caso of books
used but two years, no result could bo
noticed, but tho rofuBO collected from
particularly soiled books, that had
been in circulation from threo to six
years, did produco nn effect.- Attempts
to destroy tho bacilli by sterilization
through formalin vnpoiB failed; but
tho books themsolvcs suffered to such
nn extent that many wero practically
spoiled. In viow of this fact, tho city
authorities havo decided to abstain
from further disinfecting experiments.
In conjunction with tho city modlcnl
society and tho polico department, it
has now been decided periodically to
oxamino tho public libraries and to de
stroy thoso books which havo been
used so much as to make them a dan
ger to public health. Such bookB
must bo destroyed, not sold for old
paper.
Alonzo. H. Evans, Boston's oldest
bank president, at 87, is robust and
hearty, and shows by his own examplo
the result of living tho kind of 11 fo
that he proscribes for tho youth of
to-day. Mr. Evans has tho greatest
confidence in the generation of tho
present and thinks if they follow his
advlco they will succeed. Ho Bays:
"Apply yourself, young man, if you
would succeed. Work hard, be hon
eat, be truthful, bo loyal to your em
ployer, save something out of each
week's pay, even if it is llttlo, but,
above all, apply yourself."
At Krupp's, in Essen, an army of
10,000, fed with coal and iron frqm
vast private mines, turn out engines of
destruction by tho thousand. There
are another 12,000 nion at Lord Arm
strong's works in the north of-Eng
land, besides an aggregate of 40,000
moro in the titanic government forges
of Great Britain, Prance, Oermany,
Austria, Italy, Japan and Russia, and
these thousands aro quite apart from
armor plato makers and builders of
battleships.
Twenty years ago the population of
Oklahoma could bo enumerated in In
dians and a few thousand squaw men,
cowboys and cattle kings. In 1890, one
iyear after the first opening ot Okla
hoina territory, there woro more than
'60,000 people living on 2,000,000 acres
of land. To-day tho white population
;may conservatively bo estimated nt
over 1, 600,000.
In the newly organized province of
'Alberta, westoru Canada, bordering
the f6othills of tho Rocky mountains,
la the latest stake of Zion. There
8,000 trekkers from Utah are farming
and ranching, and incidentally build
tag up a strong cause of Latter Day
. .Saints in the dominion, as an integral,
part of the army of 300,000 that con
Ututes the sect the world over.
TRADING AT HOME
MANY REASONS WHY IT 18 THE
BEST POLICY.
SELF-INTEREST A BIG FEATURE
That Which Benefits the Community
as a Whole Benefits Each Indi
vidual The "Why and
Wherefore."
As BelMntorcst Is tho law which gov
erns the transactions of trade, it Is tho
first light In which tho subject of
"Trading at Homo" must be treated.
Sentiment has llttlo Influence In trade.
The prosperity of any community
depends on tlj volume of business
transacted within its borders. 'The
facility with which business caii bo
transacted depends largely upon tho
amount of money In circulation and
any influence which takes money out
of a community Is detrimental to the
financial welfare of tho community.
It is in this respect that trading with
mail order houses cripples a com
munity. Money which should bo kept
In local circulation goes to swell the
volume of money In tho distant city
The catalogue man recognizes In tha
4Bm i house mkm
assistant. He realizes that it Is advertising which brings him his orders.
Let the local merchants awaken to the fact that the local papers can do for
them Just what the advertising agents
flow of money to the city mall ordfcr houses from this community will stop.
Instead of remaining at home to ,bo
turned ovor and over again as tho me
dium of transfer among local mer
chants and their customers.
Tho effect of this diversion of money
Is not confined to tho merchants who
loso sales thereby; It extends eventu
ally to every member of tho com
munity. It Is a curtailment of business
which affects tho valuo of all property
oven to tho labor of the man who is
dependant on a day's work for his liv
ing. It reacts upon the people who
purchase awny from home In a degree
which more than offsets any possible
saving in price that may bo effected in
the purchase.
Evory dollar sent out of any com
munity for goods which can be pur
chased at home represents a percent
age of injustice to the community it
self. In the first place, some merchant
loses the profit on a sale. Not only
that, but the price of tho article rep
resents so much of the merchant's cap
ital which Is tied up In the artlclo and
is not working. Having capital tied
up meanB that the operations of the
merchant are curtailed to that extent.
He lias that much less to spend; that
much less to pay in salaries to his
clerks; to pay in patronago of the
ON THE USE OF A $5 STAMP.
8everal Officials Didn't Know What
They Are Intended for.
If you camo Into possession of a flvo
dollar postage stamp what would you
do with it? Tho flvo dollar stamp is
tho highest denomination tho govern
ment manufactures. They aro on sale
at all first-class post offices, says tho
Kansas City Star.
Harry Harris, treasurer of tho post
office, was exhibiting a bundle of them
which had been received recently.
"Very pretty," said tho visitor. "But
what aro they used for?"
"Why, postage, of course no wait
a minute."
Mr. Harris pondered.
"Tho weight limit on flrst-claBS pos
tage, which is tho most costly, is four
pounds," ho said. "At tho establlsod
rato of two cents an ounco a four
pound packago would require only
1.28 in stamps. Couldn't uso tho flvo
dollar stamp there, could you?-
"It might tie used an third-class mat
ter whero the rate is ono cent for
butcher, tho baker and the other pur
veyors of tho necessities of llfo; to in
vest in property, In nowspaper adver
tising; to deposit in bank whero it
may bo used by other members of the
community, or to devoto to church or
charity. The money which goes to the
mall order house decreases the per
capita of circulation In tho community;
a factor which determines largely the
valuo of all goods or property on tho
market; tho scale of wages and the in
terest on loans.
It is not hard to trace tho effect of
the diversion of money from Its legiti
mate channels'. When money Is scarco
trade languishes because of tho lack
of circulating medium; merchants and
all others curtail expenses; tho volume
of trado decreases and nothing re
stores activity In trade but an increaso
from some quarter of tho circulating
medium. When tho volume of money
increases, trade moves and It moves
as fast as tho volume of money will
permit. Money that is working is con
stantly producing profit to all; money
that Is not working produces stagna
tion In trade.
Accordingly, It is to the interest of
overy member of a community to con
fine his expenditures as nearly as pos
siblo to tho community in which he
lives. Every dollar ho spends at homo
helps to make his own holdings moro
valuable because they are moro salable.
advertising agent his most powerful
do for the catalogue houses and the
When a community has money with
which to buy thero is little difficulty
to sell and if tho money is not divert
ed, It rovolvcs constantly in the finan
cial circle of tho community, earning
a profit for everyone who handles it
and turns It over.
Accordingly,, tho money spent at
home is bearing compound interest for
tho community. Its effect is apparent
even to the outsider. Spending money
at home is a speclos of loyalty which
makes materially for the progress of
the community. If the community is
composed of the sort of people who
spend their money at home it ad
vances rapidly. There is money for
public Improvements, money for new
enterprises. The money which tho
loyal man makes at home is invested
nt home; the city grows, the streets
are improved and the marks of pros
perity and progress are evident on
every side.
We aro wont to inveigh against the
wealthy man who makes his money in
ono town and invests it In anothor.
Wo criticize him for want of loyalty
to the commuuity which produced his
wealth and feel that wo are done an
injustice by his failure to put his
money in home enterprises which
each two ounces. Tho limit of weight
on this class Is four pounds except It
bo in tho case of a single book."
Mr. Harris did somo figuring and as
certained that tho book would have to
weigh something Hko 65 pounds in
order to uso tho llve-dollur stamp.
"But, of course, anybody would send
tho book by express for 50 cents," ho
roflected. "Darned if I know what
they uso 'em for. .Ask Reilly."
Mont. Rellly, assistant postmaster,
was puzzled and ho checked up the
question to Joseph Harris, tho post
master. Tho P. M. wouldn't even
hazard a gueBs, except that they were
used In tho post ofllco when tho regu
lations called for a largo cancellation
of postage to cover matter sent out
under tho second-class rates.
A five-dollar stamp, ho admitted,
couldn't bo exchanged for cash or for
stamps of smaller denomination. Then
Mr. Harris summoned A. F. Meador,
chief clerk of tho stamp division.
"Wo sell about 100 of thorn each
year for use as postage on first-class
matter, mailed to foreign countries,"
said Mr. Meador. "The foreign rato
would increase the business nnd pros-i
perity of our city. The criticism Is;
justified and it holds just as good in a,
lessor degree to tho man who trades
out of town. It is the same offense
on a smaller scale.
The effect of tho reverse policy Is
promptly seen. The writer has in
mind a notable instance. Two cities
of about 15,000 population each aro
situated on opposito sides of a river
which is a boundary between two
states. Each contains several million
aires who made their money in tho
lumber trado In the two towns. The.
millionaires of ono of tho cities nrej
putting their money Into other Indus-,
tries In the same town .ib tho lumber-,
Ing goes out. As a result, tho town is
rapidly forging to tho front; overy ono
is prosperous, the demand for houses
exceeds tho supply; property is valu
able and every ono Is working. The
millionaires of tho town across tlfo
river aro investing their money In
western and southern pine lands. Tho
town is languishing for lack of money;
new industries cannot start because of
lack of capital; merchants arc fall
ing; stores and houses are being va:
cated; people aro moving away and a
general air of poverty and decay per
vades tho place.
Few cities present such strong ex
amples of the value of money spent at
home but tho same principle holds
true In every, community. It is duo
overy community to reinvest tho
money it produces In the community
which produces it.
Tho chance of being swindled Is an
argument used against trading with
tho mall order houses. Goods adver
tised at cut prices often fail to meas
ure up to tho description of tho adver
tisement. Tho few contr? which is
saved on tho price of an article so
bought Is usually sacrificed in tho
quality of the article. Buying from tho
mall order house Is buying blind. A
purchaser never thinks of buying from
a homo merchant without examining
tho goods, but will often send his'
money to. a mall order houso with
blind faith that the article will provo
to bo as represented. How often this
faith is misplaced can bo proven only
by comparing the goods bought from
mail order houses with tho goods of
fered for sale at home. If tho mall
order buyer would follow this system
for a little while, ho would probably
find that the goods offered at home are
of better quality and as good bargains
as tho mall order goods, taking qual
ity into consideration. If this pre
sumption is true, tho buyer of mail or-,
der goods is a distinct loser, as ho has
secured' inferior goods and has robbed
tho community in which he lives, as
well as 'himself, of the use of tho
money. F. R. SINGLETON.
HAD TO BE ON TIME.
Dinner Giver Would Allow His Guests
No Latitude.
Closely parallel to tho fag end or
tho Euston road, and visible from it;
at various turnings is a street which
belongs to fow men's London. It is
a dingy, granite paved, populous street
of no attraction, tho sort of street in'
which you might expect to see on a
fine day a dancing bear.
Yet this street has known better
times and eager guests. In the house
ho knew as No. 43, now obliterated by
a big new warehouse, Dr. William
Kitchener entertained his fellow wits
and gourmets. Ho had ample means
to ride his three hobbies optics, cook
ery and music. His dinners were often
oluboratc experiments in cookery, and
the guests had to recognize this fact.
Five minutes past five was the min
ute, and if a guest -came late the jan
itor had irrevocable orders not to ad
mit hlra, for it was held by the myth
ical "Committee of Taste," of whom
Kitchener was "secretary," that the
perfection .of some of the dishes was
often so evanescent that the delay of
one minute after their arrival at the
medidlaut of concoction will render
them no longer worthy of men of
taste. T. P.'s Weekly.
Is double that applying to domestic
matter. The stamps are purchased
principally by corporations having
stockholders abroad. Reports printed,
in book form are mailed as first-class
matter to these stockholders."
Civilization in Abyssinia.
A sawmill is already at work at
A'diB Ababa, Abyssinia, and Greek ar
tisans are engaged in quarrying and
stono hewing. Machinery in connec
tion with house building generally is
likely to bo in demand as soon as the
means of transport are simplified. The
government Is already building in Eu
ropean stylo and stone houses may bo
seen, somo even of threo stories in
height In tho "capital.
You know the flno picture in Homer
of tho dead leaves which fall to mako
a place for tho young buds. It Is ns
true of men ns of trees; we' havo our
time and pass away. Behind our van
ished youth germinates tho youth of
others. Our children's destiny ought
not to be dulled by what there has
been in ours. Revue des Deu
Mondes. .
How's This?
Wo offer One Hundred Dollar Reward for nr.
CMC or Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall
Catarrh Cure . . .
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
We, the underlined, have known K. J. Cheney
for tbo lait 15 vesrs, and believe taliu perfectly hon
orable In all builneta transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations mode by 111" firm.
WaLDINO, KtNNAX & MAKVIN,
Wholesale DruRgliti, Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Ctiro li taken internally, n:iltiK
directly upon tho blood and mucous surface! of tho
aysteni. Testimonials sent free. 1'rlco 75 cccU per
bottle. Bold by all DriiRststa.
Take Hall's Fanilly Pills for constipation.
Volume on Alpfne Tunnels.
An Italian, G. B. Bladego, has writ
ten a book of over 1,200 pages on tho
Alpine tunnels.
Lewis' Single Binder Cigar lias a rich
taste. Your dealer or Levi3' Factory,
Peoria. 111.
The Ignorant are courageous,
em Greek.
-Mod-
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Womon and Havo Cured Many
Hundrcdo of Other Cases of
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Loss of appetito. coated toncue, bad
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aud a dull, sluggish feeling these aro
tho symptoms of stomach trouble. They
indicate that tho stomach is on a striko;
that it; is 110 longer furnishing to tho
blood tho full quota of nourishment that
tho body demands, heuco overy organ
suffers.
Thoroaro two methods of treatment,
tho old ono by which tho stomach ia
humorod by tho use of predigested foods
uud artificial ferments, and tho now ouo
by which the stomach is toned up to do
tho wort which natnro intended at it.
A recent euro bv tho touio treatment is
that of Mrs. Mary Stacknolo, of 81
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and was confined to my bed the greater
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had awful headaches, which lasted from
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I started to take tho pills at once and
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The great valuo of Dr. Williams' Pink
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and strength to every portion of tho
body. The' stomach is toned up, tho
nerves are strengthened, every organ is
stimulated to do its work.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills aro sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on receipt
of price, 60 cents per box, six boxes for
2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicino
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
FARMS THAT GROW
"NO. I HARD" WHEAT
(Sixty-three Pound r to
the Bushel). Are situ
ated in the Canadian
West where Home
steads of 160 acres can
be obtained fren by
every settler willing
aud able to complv
with the Homestead
Regulations. During
the present year a large portion of
New Wheat Growing Territory
HAS BEEN MADE ACCESSIBLE TO MAR
KETS BY THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
that has been pushed forward so rigorously by
the three greet railway companies.
Por literature aud particulars address SUPER
INTENDENT OP IMMIGRATION, Ottawa,
Canada, or the following authorized Canadian
Government A cent :
W. V. BENNETT, 801 New York Life Buildiox,
Osaka, Nebraska.
Mention this paper.
utsthayy
enlists for four years young men of irood character
17 and 25 as apprentice seamen; opportunities for
advancement! pay lie to 170 a monli; , Sec r I
machinists, blacksmiths, coppersmiths veomei
oo?SetCearTeltewrSS,fltler8' flrentn 'nnK
cooks, etc., between 31 and 35 years, enlisted In
UW. ISio sSVi'J. ' WB pay ' holtal appron
M andi?iJr.n' rlletlro8nlon threo-fourths
pay and allowances atter 80 years' service. Anntl
cants must be American cltliens. uerT,C0' a,'w
First clothing outfit free to recruits. Unon dls-
enllKV0'10W,VnCa 4 cont8 ,,or to Wof
enlistment. Bonus four months' pav and Increase
in pay upon re-onllstment within four months ot
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