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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1907)
s - - AS. 'i . 4 , it "fin. , t. A? 'I , l f . 1 SliA . if At 4 .ft' ..1. If I I I - Ill - I -- " 1 1 ' " Nebraska Advertiser W. V. OANDERG, Prop. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA Mny was nlmost ns pleasant no Do ccinbor. Hnppy Alfonso! Ills castles In Spain scorn to have materialised very fclIcltoiiBly. The czar soya ho would bo willing to die if ho could mako RusBla happy. Why doesn't ho try moving away? The- prlnco of tho Asturlas has nol yet arrived at tho stngo whero ho will grow strong by eating Spanish onions. That Berlin laborer who has boon jailed for making faces at tho kaiser should restrain his feelings till aftor dark. Census bureau figures Indlcato that Bomo women work until they got mar ried, then secure divorces and go back to work. Tho contaloupo will soon bo hero and then you will havo to gamblo whother It will be good or bod when you buy one. Tho man who referred to it as tho morry month of ,May Is generally sup posed to havo been a poet, but he was probably a satirist. "Tho American Indian never laughs," says tho London World. Go on wo know somo In this town that seldom do anything also. From a logal point of view Mothu rffeih has held tho ago so long that the statuto of limitations prevents any -successful attack on IiIb title. Stolypln, tho Russian premier, scorns to lead a charmed life, and, In splto of plots and counterplots, may live o write his romlnlsconces. An nrralgnmont in court of a young woman who has attempted sulcldo Is assuredly not calculated to mako nor tako a rosier view of existence. Prof. Jim Jeffries has turned down an offer of $40,000 and expenses to fight Prof. Bill Squires. It impairs a man's usefulness to society to b6 too rich. A Now JerBoy woman has recovored a verdict- of $2,500 against tho Erlo railroad for Injury to hor voice. Sho must have proved that the road cracked It, Finland is thinking sorlously of try ing woman suffrage and tho abolition of tho liquor traffic. Either would cre ate commotion enough In almost any part of Europe. With a contract in his pocket under which he will be entitled to draw $200,000 a year, for four years, Caruso might build htmsolf a whole "zoo" of monkey houses. , They are not saying much down on the Isthmus, just now, but the rec ords for digging are going up and up, month after month. The canal Is coming and coming fast. In England the manufacturers of bicycles are almost as prosperous as the automobile builders. Is this a revelation of British slowness or just proof of common sense? An effort is to be made to compel the Pullman company to charge less forXupper than for lower berths. If a change is made in the prices the old prejudice against uppers may be ex pected to vanish very suddenly. If everyone concerned would keep In mind the fact that an angry dog Is not a mad dog, 9,999 times out of every 10,000, says Cleveland Leader, it would contribute much to tho pub lic comfort in times of hydrophobia talk. The prompt arrest of a burglar who had been eating onions should bo fol lowed by condign punishment. It is bad enough to carry off the valuables of law-abiding citizens, but to lnvado a. happy' home and scent it up with onions 1b simply an alliaceous offense. The ' young heir to the Spanish throne has practically dropped out of public sight since his birth. He may as well be given to understand at the start that if he expects to continuo to be famous he will have to keep doing things with uninterrupted regularity. Of the 19 women just elected to tho parliament of Finland, Ave aro teach ers, two aro editors and a number aro well-known philanthropic workers. Several of the women led their tick ets. Baroness Alexandra Orlponberg, beloved for her sweet personality and her good works, got tho largest vote of any candidate nominated by the Old Finnish party. Another woman Who got a big vote and was elected .was Minna Slllanpaa, president of the Servants' union. It Is said that women of all parties voted for her because of her extensive knowledge of the conditions of working women. 8IQH3 FOR PAST SHOWS. Mark Twain Regrets Vanished Joya of Other Days. Where now Is Billy Rico? Ho was a Joy to me, and bo were the other Htars of tho nlgger-show Billy Birch, David Wambold, Backus and a de lightful dozen of their brethren who made life a pleasuro to mo 40 years ago and later. Birch, Wambold and Backus aro gone years ago; and with them departed to return no moro for ever, I suppose, tho real nlgger-show tho gonulno nlgger-show, tho ex travagant nlgger-show tho show which to mo had no peer and whose peer haB not yet arrived, In my ex perience. Wo havo the grand opera; and I hnve witnessed, and greatly on Joyed, the first act of everything which Wugnor created, but the effect on mo has always been so powerful that one act was qulto sufficient; whenover I have witnessed two acts I havo gono away physically exhaust ed, and whenover I havo ventured an entire opera tho result has been tho next thing to suicide. But If I could hnve tho nlgger-show back again, In its pristine purity nnd perfection, I should havo but little further use for opera. It seems to mo that to tho elevated mind and tho sensitive spirit tho hand-organ and tho nlggor-show aro a stondard nnd a summit to whose rarefied altltudo tho othor forms of musical art may not hope to reach. Mark Twain, In North American Re vlow. INSURANCE INVESTMENTS. How One Company's Assets Are Dls . trlbuted In the South and West. In connection with Its withdrawal from Texas, along with many other companies, rather than to submit to tho now law which requires that 75 of tho reserves on Texas policies shall bo Invested in securities of that state, which securities shall bo deposited in tho state and subjected to heavy taxa tion, in addition to tho largo tax now Imposed on life insuranco premiums, the Equitablo Life Assurance Society has mado public tho distribution of its ossetB, at tho end of tho second year of the new management. Tho Equit able now hns $10,958,000 invested in Texas, which Is twice as much as tho now law requires, but tho manage ment decided that to submit to the additional taxation would bo an injus tice to its policyholders in other states, which Impose no such penalty on the thrift of, their citizens. The Equltablo's report shows that more than 37 of Its total reserves are now Invested in the southern and western states, while only 35 of Its total insurance, is carried In these states. Its Investments aro distributed as follows: Ala., $3,099,000; Ariz., $974,000; Arte, $4,038,000; Cal., $5, 142,000; Col., $5,222,000; Fla., $4,924, 000; Ga., $4,048,000; Idaho, $5,197,000; 111., $12,617,000; Ind. Tor., $443,000: Ind., $0,830,000; Iowa, $3,690,000; Kan sas, $11,637,000; Ky., $2,631,000; La., $3,054,000; Md., $2,207,000; Mich., $6, 009,000; Minn., $2,065,000; Miss., $767, 000; Mo., $8,197,000; Mont., $1,890,000; Neb., $7,526,000; Nev., $640,000; New Mex., $1,376,000; N. C, $1,649,000; N. D $677,000; Ohio, $11,634,000; Okla., $1,006,000; Ore., $1,158,000; S. C, $975,000; S. D., $1,305,000; Tenn., $1,- 909,000; Utah, $2,134,000; Vu., $6,592, 000; WaBh., $1,202)00; W. Va., $5,523,- 000; Wis., $2,342,000; Wyo., $3,367,000, HAPPENED AT IAD TIME. Minister's Fall Significant In View of Previous Wards. la a small church in one of the min ing towns of Pennsylvania was a pul pit both antique and unique. It was about the size and shape of a flour barrel, was elevated from the floor about four feet and was fastened to the wall. The ascent was by narrow winding steps. A minister from a neighboring town, a man of great vigor and vehemence, preached thero ono Sunday. While preaching he bent forward and shout ed out with great force the words of his text: "The righteous shall stand, but the wicked shall fall." Just ub theBe words escaped from his lips, the pulpit broke from its fastening, and he fell out and rolled over on the floor beforo his congre gatlon. In an instant he was on his feet again and said: "Brethren, I am not hurt, and I don't mind the fall much, but I do hate the connection." For Hardening Drill. Hardening an ordinary drill In sul phurlc acid, states tho English Me chanic, makes an edgo that will cut tempered steel or facilitate cutting hard rock. The ncld should be poured Into a flat-bottomed vessel to a depth of about one-eighth of an Inch. The point of the drill is heated to a dull cherry red, and dipped In the acid to that depth. This makes the point extremely hard, while the remainder remains soft. It the point breaks, re harden, but with a little less acid In the vessel. HOLY LAND BELIEFS IMPLICIT FAITH IN POINTS ABOUT HORSES. . ' Lucky and Unlucky Signs Are Many White; Stockings Highly Valued Peculiar Marks That 8how ' Speed of Animal. The people of the Holy Land havo implicit faith in tho following points about horses: A white star In tho center of the forehead of a horso is considered a luckv slen. Small ears and a small riiouth in a horso denote uood breed. Two small black snots located JuBt nbovo tho hoof on the white-stock-inged left hind leg of a horso is an unlucky sign. In cortain parts of tho country n horse is valued by tho number of whito stockings ho mny have. If it havo one 'it Is said to bo worth 100 coins (any coins from paras upward, according to the breed, paces, etc., of the unlmai.) If It have two or three white stockings it is valued in tho same' way, but If It havo four then tho horso is said to bo worth nothing at nil. A horso that Is habitually pawing tho ground is suld to be digging its owner's grave. A horse's speed can bo reckoned by the position of tho small hair twist that Is usually found at tho end of the ribs close to tho body projection on the animal's flank behind the saddle. Tho higher from the ground the hair twists tho faster tho animal can go. Two hair twists placed one abovo tho other in tho center of tho fore head of a horso is called a Kabr Maftuh ("open grave"). It is con sidered very unlucky to rldo a horso with this mark, as tho person who rlocs so is destined to dlo within a short space of time thereafter. Tho hair twist on a horse's neck Is both a lucky and an unlucky sign. If It curl forward toward the horse's head, it is a lucky sign, for It signifies that the sword of tho rider conquers; If, on the other hand, It be reversed and curl backward, then the sword of tho enemy will conquer Tho bay colored horso is said to bo the swiftest of all tho horses. A story to Illustrate this is told of a certain Arab sheik who, having been engaged in a fight with another tribe, was taking his flight with 'his little son. They wore both mounted on a mng niflcent white mare, which belonged to the Bhelk, and which had always been highly valued on account of the great speed at which it could go. After having ridden some little distance, the sheik asked his son to look round and see if they were being followed. The boy replied that there was some one riding after them on a black horse. Tho sheik seemed satisfied on hearing this report, but presently re peated IiIb question. Tho boy an swerea mat they were still being pur- sued, but this time the horse was white. "Never mind." said his father. "mine Is better." - , In a few minutes he asked a further report, and the reply given waB the same, with the difference that tho horse was a chestnut The sheik, how- ever, put his question a fourth time; uut upon being told by his son that ing quality of the goods. This trou the pursuer was mounted on a bay, ble can be entirely overcome by using no cneu out: "Then we are lost, for tnere is no norse wnlch it cannot over- ,taKe. his words preyed to be. true,, ior in a snort time tney were caught up and captured. Civic Pride. "My town," said the first traveler is Greater New York." "Glad to know you," cried the other- "I'm from Chicago, too." "I say my town is Greater New York." "Oh! I thought you said greater than New York" Oiikmf Book TItlDB- "The. niH hnokB." Bnrt thn quary, as ho pointed to a dingy upper Hhnif. w n,.iniiB fm- tho!- titio. "Hero Is a volume of sermons print- n,i in Rninm in 17!15 Rnnn. Asses' Is its scornful name. n,. jo o hnir ,itn,i 170 m,o r.niin,i 'i nnb to u or T'li sfni, v . iV Is a treatise on polygamy. ' "This Is a pamphlet by a spinster lifrnhiRf ihn vmincr mon nf rhn oavAn. teenth century, Its title ls "A Dis sertation on the Pertncss of Our Youth iu General, Especially Such as Are Trfttaed Ut) at Tea Tables.' "A return blast to that dissertation is this other pamphlet of tho samo year 'Quippes for Upstart New-fan gled Gentlewomen; or, a Glass toViow tho Pride of Vainglorious Woman.1 " On the Links. Bunker Miss Woodby Is so eccen tric In her golf playing since her re turn from Paris. . Miss Nlblock Is she, really? Bunker Yes, Indeed. When she foozles now, she Invariably exclaims: "Hoot mon Dleu!" Reader. TWO TERRIBLE- YEARS. The Untold Agonies of Neglected Kid- ney Troubles. Mrs. James French, C5 Weir Street, Taunton, Mass., says: "When I began using Doan's Kid ney Pills I was so run down and mis erable that I could hardly endure It. Terrible pains In the back attacked me frequently and tho kidney secre tions were much disordered. I was a nervous wreck and there seemed no hope. Doan's Kid- ney Pills brought my first relief and fllx boxes havo 6 thoroughly cured and regulated my kidneys that there has been no return of my old trouble." Sold by all dealers. CO cents a box. Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA. By No Means a Pleasure, According to One Traveler. "No sooner has one plunged into the water than one is whipped off one's feet nnd goes bobbing helplessly about like a wretched cork," says Rov. Haskett Smith of bathing In the Dead sea. "In the effort to regain one's footing and to get back to Bhoro, one's feet and 'shins are barked by the jagged stones nnd pebbles, and when at length one does emerge from its treacherous boBom, with tho lower limbs bleeding and torn, one becomes aware of a horrible tingling and burn ing sensation in eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth and almost every pore of the skin, from the brine and bitumon which havo penetrated everywhere. "Unless great care Is taken the bather In the Dead sea Is liable to an eruption, which breaks out all over his body, and which Is commonly known as the 'Dead sea rash.' The best antidote to this Is to hurry across as quickly as possible t ihe river Jor dan and take a second plunge therein. The soft and muddy waters of that sacred but dirty stream will effectual ly remove the salt that has incrusted the body." Is the Sailors' Friend. Sixty thousand sailors look (o H. A Hanbury for advice and for protec tion. Mr. Hanbury is the United States shipping commissioner for the port of New York. He is the sailors' judge and jury. Tho men who sign on foreign craft now must appear be fore him fpr their, papers Instead of going to the consuls of the various countries. He decides all disputed questions between the men and their sailing masters. Many of the abuses of these men that formerly were com' mon, such as compelling them to buy their outfits from tho ship owners or captains, have been done away with under Mr. Hanbury's rule, His office Is on the Battery park, New York, where he easily can reach all the ships leaving that port. Laundry work at home would be Lnch mnr sntlafactorv If the rlcht ao. OLU1 t-.ll CI D UOGUa 1U UA UWA JM hUb l-UW desired stiffness, it is usually neces- sary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric Is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not onlyj;destroys the appearance, but also affects the wear- Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinlv because of its great- er strength. than other makes. Enoland'a Debt to France. One of the chief debts to France la that she nourishes our ideas, trans ,orms tnem makes them her own, NUBt as she transplanted and trans- m,ttea the nower 0f the Renaissance n an earlier day. With all our na- UonnI vanity we never dispute the - parentage. It Is only territory and axiomatic prestige and commerce about which we quarrel with our "sweet enemy." London Academy. The extraordinary popularity of fine whUe g00ds thJ8 sunmer makest I10 choice of Starch a matter of .great im- Prance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the nly ono wnIcn ls BatoJ useon, flne fabrics. Its great strength a3 a stiffenor makes half the UBual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect fln,8h' equal t0 tnat when the goods IWtlU UUWi The Magnetic Sort. "He is a wonderfully impressive man." "Yes. He is one of these peo ple who will say 'It ls a beautiful day' in such an impressive manner that you like giving him personal credit for the weather." That an arliclo may be good as well bs cheap, and give entire satisfaction, Is proven by tho extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each packago con taining one-third more Starch than :an bo had of any other brand for the tame money. Success is merely a matter of doing the right thing at the right time. ONE MAN'S EXPERIENCE IN WESTERN CANADA. There Are Thousands of Opportunltiea in the Land of Opportunity. To tho Editor. Dear Sir: The following experience of an Illi nois man who went to Western Can ada six years ago Is but one of the thousands of letters that could be re produced Bhowing how prosperity fol lows the settler on the fertile lands of Western Canada. This letter was written to tho Chicago agent of the Government of the Dominion of Cnn ada and Is dated at Evurts, Alberta, April 8th, 1907: "It is six years the 5th of this month since I and family landed In Red Deer. family sick and only $75 in my pocket. Bought a $12 lot, built a 12x14 shack and went to work as a carpenter. Next May sold for $400 (had added 16x18 building to shack). Purchased two lots at $70 each and built a 23x28 two story building and sold for $950. Filed on a quarter section 33 miles N. W. of Red Deer and have spent threo years on It and am well pleased. Quarter all fenced and cross fenced, wire nnd rail, 2 miles of fence. Houso 29x31 feet on stono foundation. Last year was my first attempt to raise grain, 1 acres of fall wheat, yield grand, but was frosted August 2nd, was cut August 16th and made good pig feed. Had V& acres fall rye that I think could not bo beat. A farmer from Dakota cut it for me; ho said he never saw such heavy grain anywhere. Straw was 7 feet high. I had 4 acres of 2 rowed barley on fall breaking that did not do so well, yet It ripened and gave me all the feed I need for stock and seed for this spring. I did not have grain threshed, so can't give yield, but the wheat would have gone at least 25 bu. to the acre. Havo n log stable 31x35 reet, broad roof and two smaller buildings for pigs and chickens. "I have lived in Harvey, Ills., and know something about it. I havo been hungry there and though able and. willing to work could get none to do. One Saturday evening found me with out any supper or a cent to get It with. A friend, surmising my situation, gave mo a dollar, which was thankfully ac cepted and later paid back. Wife and I are thankful we camo here. We were living near Mt. Vernon, Ills., as perhaps you remember visiting me there and getting me headed for the Canadian Northwest, and a happy day it has proved for me. I have not grown rich, but I am prospering. I would not take $3,000 for my quarter now. The past winter has been a hard one, but I worked outside tho coldest day (52 below) all day and did not suffor. We aro getting a school started now that Is badly needed. t "Our P. O., Evarts, Is about 15 miles; there is another office 6 miles, but It Is not convenient to us. Wifo and I would not exchange our home here for anything Illinois has to offer. "Yours truly, "(Sd.) E. EMBERLEY." To watch the corn grow or the blos soms set; to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spade; to read, to think, to love these are the things to make men happy. John Ruskin. The greatest cause of worry on ironing day can be removed by using Defiance Starch, which will not stick to the iron. Sold everywhere, 16 oz, for 10c. There are times when the still, small voice of conscience seems to come from tne Dig ena or a mega phone. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease. It cures painful,swollen, smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores. Don't accept any substitute. SanipleFREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Some men are unable to distinguish between good advice and a mild in sult. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c. You payclOc for cigars not so good. Your deal er or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. Grass Is green, but an encounter with a grass widow is apt to render a man color blind. j Grease rwle 6 e .tt load.