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Nebraska Advertiser W. W. SANDERO, Prop. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA American Architecture. If architecture is "frozen music," Amorlcnn iircliltccturo has been a medley of "Yunkco Doodle," "The Ar knnsns Traveler," and "ragtime." Af ter the colonial period, which gave us lino specimens of public and private buildings, there- followed two genera tions of bad building, tho result of sudden growth. Tnslo had little placo In a country working night and day to erect necessary shelter. That America is advancing in all tho arts Is to bo oxpocted. Tho outlook for architec ture is especially hopeful. A commit too appointed by tho American Insti tutes of Architects has reported that, "on tho whole, architecture Is being taught In America with a broader view, and In certain respects more of-, fectivoly, than In any other country." There aro reasons why this good tonchlng will count In practice, thinks Youth's Companion. The architect dif fers from other artists In that his practical studio Is millions of dollars' worth or materials. That studio, the means of developing tho art, is afford ed by tho amount, diversity and cost liness of American building. There is a gcnoral improvement In tasto and Increased respect for expert opinion. Rich builders, individuals and corpora tions, losing much of tho arroganco which money breeds toward oil forms of service, show disposition to give tho architect freo hand to work out his Ideas, and not merely produco ns a hireling what the patron orders. Wo may look in another generation not only for great art In public buildings and costly dwellings, but for tho re action of great things on littlo, for the disappearance of tho Bnlmon-plnk dwelling boneuth tho jig-sawn porch of which tho American has erstwhile beon proud to sit. Finally, slnco archi tecture, dependent on native materi al and landscape, Is an indigenous art, it invites tho architect, preeminently among artists, to create original, na tive types. Tho future may produco buildings of distinctively American beauty. American Expansion. Evidence accumulates that tho Unit ed States is oxpanding in Jnfluenco and that American devices aro abroad in tho world. Rev. Nowoll Dwlght Hlllis of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, Is a competent witness. In his bacca laureate sermon to Rutgors college students, In tho courso of an allusion to tho growing power of democracy, ho said that during a recent visit to England ho stopped at a hotel in Lon don whore ho rode up and down Btalrs In an Amorlcnn elevator, ato rolls madfe of American flour, dictated cor respondence to an American stenog rapher who wrote on an American typewriting mnchlne, and hoard all London talking about tho American president. Ho could havo amplified Iho statement and gone into detail showing how American appliances, productions and ldeaB enter Into tho everyday life of the English peoplo and to greater or lesB extent Into that of many other nations, but his pre sentation of tho matter will carry a significance ifot to be lost. Tho American Impress, says Troy Times, is being stamped nil over the earth, and this means posltivo If not obtrus ive furtherance of democratic Ideas. "Somebody who has boon reading ."Wllhelm Melster" discovers that the servant question existed In Goothe's Itlmo, and quotes Thoreso as saying to hor guost Invited to dlnnor: "My cook hns Just run away at. a most Inoppor tune time. My man has mangled his hand and I had to proparo all myself. Nothing bothers one nowadays moro than servants. No one will serve, not even thoniselves." Tho difference in thlB twentieth contury la that, tho Theroses do not know how to act as substitutes for the mlsBlng cook, or if they do know, refuse to act. They profer to "go out to their meals." A tragedy was consummated tho other day In St. Petersburg, when tho sword of honor which tho peoplo of Franco were to have given to Gen. Stossel was presented to tho St. Petersburg Museum of War Rollcs., Tho man, so short a tlmo ago "tho heroic defender of Port Arthur," but now discredited by court martial, and brandod nB a coward and traitor, was not present at tho ceremony, saya tho Youth's Companion, and tho dedica tory Inscription which recltod his courage and skill had been changed ito a complimentary reference to tho RuiBlan army. Proving the Point. She A woman ought to get credit for being Just as logical and ready to givo a reason ns a man. He Why? She Oh, becausol LIFE INSURANCE A TRUST. SACKED Responsibilities of Officers and Di rectors. Evidently President KIngsloy of tho Now York LIfo Insurance company has learned the great lesson of tho times with respect to tho responsibil ity nnd duty of directors of corpora tions. Speaking to tho now boord of trustees, on tho occasion of his elec tion to tho presidency, ho emphasized tho fact that "Hfo insurance Ib moro than a prlvato business, that life In surnnco trustees are public servnnts, charged at onco with tho obligations of public service and with tho respon sibilities that attach to a going busi ness which at tho same tlmo must bo administered ns a trust." Ho also realizes that similar respon sibilities rest upon tho oillccrs of tho company. "I understand," ho says, "your anxiety In selecting tho men who aro day by day to carry this bur den for you, who arc to discharge this trust in your behalf, who are to ad minister for tho benefit of tho people involved tho multitudinous and exact ing details to which it Is impossible for you to givo personal attention. My long connection with tho New York Life covering nearly twenty years my service In ubout every branch of tho company's working organization, gives mo, as I believe, a profound ap preciation, not merely of the heavy burden you havo placed on my shoul ders, but of the standards of efficiency, tho Btnndnrds of faith, the standards of integrity, which must bo main tained nt all times by tho man who serves you and tho policyholders in this high office." Best of all, perhaps, ho feels that words aro cheap, and that tho public will bo satisfied with nothing short of performance. "My thanks, therefore," ho continues, "for an honor which out ranks any distinction within the reach of my ambition, cannot be expressed In words; thoy must bo read out of tho record I mako day by day." REHEARSAL IN A CAR. Profesolonal Entertainer Was Almost Too Successful. "Tho other night, coming home in thG car," said the professional enter tainer, "I began to wonder if 1 could bring tears to my ,ovvn eyes as I do to tho eyes of the other people. I tried. I thought of all tho wrongs I had committed, and felt sorry for peo plo I had wronged. I thought of all tho mistakes I had made that other people had profited by and pretty Boon tho tears began to gather In my eyes and roll down my cheeks. "I forgot there were other people In tho car who might notice me. Soon a woman got up from across tho car and came to me. " 'I see, sir,' said she, 'that you arc In some trouble. Can I do anything to help you?' " 'Lord bloBS you, no, madam,' I told her, hastily wiping away my tears, 'I am a professional entertainer and was practicing on myself. .That's all.' " Much Money Redeemed. The amount of money which tho government Is called upon to redeem In the course of tho year reaches an almost fabulous amount. In 1904, for Instance, It totaled 912,000,000. This redemption Is either for the purpose of securing clean, fresh notes or to get change of some other demnomina tlon. COULDN'T KEEP IT. Kept It Hid from iht Children. "Wo:nnnot keep Grape-Nuts food In tho house. It goes eo fast I havo to hldo It, becauBO tho children love It so. It Is Just tho food I havo been looking for over bo long; something that I do not havo to stop to prepare and still is nourishing." Grape-Nuts Is tho most scientifically mado food on tho market. It Is per fectly and completely cooked nt tho factory and can bo sorved at an In stant's notice, either with rich cold cream, or with hot milk If a hot dish Is desired. When milk or water Is used, a littlo sugar should bo ndded, but whou cold cream Is used alono tho natural grape-sugar, which can bo seen glistening on tho granules, is suf ficiently sweet to satisfy tho palate. This grape-sugar: Is not poured over tho granules, ns somo peoplo think, but exudes from tho granules In tho process of manufacture, when tho starch of tho grains Is changed from starch to grape-sugar by tho process of manufacture. This, in effect, Is tho first net of digestion; thoreforo, Grnpo NutB food is pre-dlge8ted and is most perfectly assimilated by tho very .weakest stomach. "There's a Rea son." Mado nt tho pure food factories of tho Postum Co., Battle Creek, .Mich. Read tho littlo health classic, "Tho Road to Wellville," In pkgs. THE TRIAL AT BOISE Discrediting-thc Story of Crime as Told by Harry Orchard Goes ou. A NEW THEORY ADVANCED They Attempt to Show That the Ex plosion In the Vindicator Mine Was an Accident More of Or chard's Threats. BolBe, Id., Juno 28. A ruling made Thursday by Judge Wood, while Ed. Boyce, for years the leader of tho Western Federation of Miners, nnd now a wealthy mine owner of the Coeur d'Alenes, was testifying In be half of William D. Haywood, may ma terially limit tho Bhowlng of the de fense ns to the existence of the counter-conspiracy ngalnst Hnywood and his associates which it nlloges. James H. Hawley, for the state, ob jected to a general question as to the policy and practice of mine owners throughput the west In blacklisting union miners, and in tho argument that followed, Clarence Barrow for the defense claimed the same latitude In proving counter-conspiracy that tho state enjoined in shewing a conspir acy. Mr. Hawloy contended that tho state had directly shown tho existence of a conspiracy by Harry Orchard and by so doing had laid the foundation for and made the connection of nil tho evidence subsequently offered on tho subject. He said that the defense was trying to show a counter-conspiracy by proving various Isolated in stances and certattu general condi tions none of which were connected with the case and for none of which a proper foundation hnd been laid. In ruling the court accepted In part tho contention of the prosecution and limited tho proof of the defense along this lino to eventB In Colorado and Couer d'Alenes connected with Un case as now established. Ed. Boyce was the principal witness of the day and his testimony was chiefly davoted to tho history, pur poses and work of tho Western Fed eration of Minors. He denied the ex istence of an "inner circle" or that thero had ever been a conspiracy In tho organization to do an Illegal act. The chief Importance of Boyce's cross examination was tho production of n speech by him at tho convention of tho federation held at Salt Loke City In 1898, in which he said that over.v ur'en should havo a rifle club, cveiy member a rifle, so that the federation could march 25,000 strong In tho ranks of labor. . Boise, Id.,, Juno 29. The attorneys for William D, Haywood continue to center their efforts on the discrediting of Harry Orchard and tho establish ment of their claim that Orcnrd killed Frank Stcunenberg In revenge for tho loss of his interest in the Hercules mine. Friday thoy directly attacked the Vindicator explosion with tho tes timony of a witness that made It ap pear accidental than criminal. Thomas Wood, a non-unionist, who entered the Vindicator mlno as a tlmberman after tho strike began swore that the night before the explosion ho plnced a box containing 25 pounds of giant powder nt the shaft of tho eighth level. Ho saw the powder the next morning 1 shortly after 10 o'clock and a few minutes later Superintendent McCormick, and Foreman Beck carao to tho eighth level. They remained but a short time and left to go to tho sixth level where they were killed. Wood swore that when ho reached tho shaft 20 minutes later the powder was gone, and It is a reasonable Inference that McCormick and Beck took it with them. William Easterly, who concluded his testimony Friday morning, nnd D. C. Copley, who was called Friday after noon, both sworo that thoy hoard Or chard tell of the loss of the Hercules mine nnd threatened to kill Steunen berg for It. On crosB-examlnatlon tho state scored thorn both and particu larly Eastorly, who received letters and one telephone message from Or chard on the ovo of tho killing of Sleunenborg, for remnlnlng quiet when they know a crlmo might bo commit ted. Easterly contended that he did not know Steunenberg lived at Cald well, and explained that although ho know "Thomas Hogan" was Harry Orchard ho took no stops Immediately nftor tho crime txcopt to consult tho counsel for tho federation becauso ho was not nn informer, nnd Copley as serted that ho did not take Orchard seriously when they met In San Fran cisco and ho told him of the Bradley crime. Boiso, June 30. The defense in the Steunenberg murder trial began Sat urday morning with a further nttack on the testimony of Harry Orchard, and then presented testimony to show that Jack Slmpklns wns cruelly treated in tho Idaho "bull pen" and that union miners were whipped nnd driven from Cripple Crock. Domfnlck Flynn, who conducted a cignr storo in Mullen, Idaho, In 1899, sworo that Orchnrd was In his store playing poker the day that the Bun ker Hill and Sullivnn mill wns brown up, and Pat Mcllale, who gavo tho occupation of barkeeper nnd said ho gambled when ever he got a chance, swore that he sat In the gamo with Orchard. Frank Hough, who testified to con ditions In the Idaho "bull pen" nnd tho treatment of Jack Slmpklns, swore that Orchard told him at Wal lace In the fall of 1905 that ho had Just come from Alaska, the f irat men tioned case of the defense of the sup posed visit of Orchard to Alaska. Morris Friedman, a former employe of tho PInkerton detective ngency, who recently left the service nnd published a so-called expose of PInkerton methods, was called to the stand shurtly before noon. Boise, Idaho, July 2. Morris Fried man, tho young Russian stenographer who left the employ of tho PInkerton ngency at Denver to write a book in which he published certain corres pondence of the ngency that passed through his' hands, was again Monday the principal figure at the Steunen berg murder trial. More than half of tho court's day was occupied in reading to the jury copies of the docu ments which Friedman took from tho PInkerton records. These were chief ly the dnily reports of secret agents operating as spies among tho unions nnd union men at Cripple Creek, Vic tor, Globeville, Colorado City, Trin idad nnd Denver and showed a com plete surveillance of the Western Fed eration of Miners nnd tjlie United Mine Workers of America, during the labor troubles In Colorado in 1903-04. Pinkerton men sat In the federation convention in Denver in 1904 report ing all proceedings. None of the reports or letters that were produced by Friedman and read to the jury by Clarence Darrow con tained other than general references' to the collateral Issues of the trial but they were offered In substantia tion of the counter claim of the de fense, that the Pinkerton agency con spires for the destruction of the West ern Federation of Miners' and the lives of its leaders. Another Interesting witness was James I. Wallace, an attorney of Cripple Creek who served with tho militia first as a private and then as a lieutenant during the strike of 1903-04. He related several instances ns tending to show tho misuse of tho power of the militia by the mine own ers, gave the criminal records of some of the gun fighters' Imported by the mine owners, told of the working of the card Bystem, recited the circum stances connected with the looting of the union stores nnd n newspaper of fice and Bwore that he saw K. C. Ster ling, chief detective Tor tf.ie mine owners', fire the first shot In the Vic tor riot the day of the Indopendenco station incident. M. E. White, an organizer for tha Western Federation wns tho last wit ness and brought the trial participants back to a good humor with the droll est kind of a tale of his arrest by the militia with all tho pomp and cer emony of war times, the activities of the vermin in the bullpen, and his happy release by a brother Woodman of tho world who commanded tho militia. Counsel for the defense said Mon day that they might succeed in fin ishing with all of their witnesses except Haywood ' and Moyer by tho end of this week. Their plan Is to re serve thoBo two principals for tho last. Tho defense has prepared Its draft of Instructions', tho state Is work ing up its rebuttal case, so that tho end of tho trial approaches. City Is a Partner. Philadelphia, July 2. Mayor Rey burn Mondny signed an ordinance passed by councils which virtually makes th city of Philadelphia a partner In the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, a corporation that controls all tho street car lines in tho city. According to the ordinance tho street railway corporation is given limited franchises for all tho linos In the city for 50 years and during this period tho compnny Is to shnro equal ly with the city all profits In excoss df bIx per cont, on the actual paid In capital. At tho end of the 50 years tho city reserves tho right to purchase the property. Wyoming Sheep Are Dying. Cheyenne, July 2. Tho board of sheep commissioners of Wyoming havo appealed to the bureau of ani mal Industry of the United States to assist tho Wyoming flockmaslors In Investigating and stampmc out an epidemic which Is killing thousands of sheep nnd threatening the sheep Industry of the entire state. Chnlrman Delfelder says that sheep .are dying by thousands. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS- DUTIES TOWARD GOD Sunday School Lesson for July 14,1907 Specially Prepared for This Paper WESSON TEXT. Exodus 20:1-11. Mem ory verses, 1-11. GOLDEN T13XT.-"Thou Blmlt love tho Lord, thy God, with all tlilno henrt, nnd all thy soul, and with nil thy might." Deut. C:5. TIME. Fifty days after leaving Egypt (Ex. 19:1, 15), The day of Pentecost, the fenst of first fruits. Some time In May. 1491 B. C. or perhaps 1300. PLACE. In the plain at the base of Mt. Slnril In tho southern part of the Slnnl tlc peninsula between the two northern arms of the Red Sea. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES. The Ta bles of Stone: Ex. 24:12; 31:18; 32:15-19; 34:1; Dotit. 4:13; 9:9-11; 10:1-5; 1 Kings S:9; lleb. 9:4. Read I'snlms 19, 119. Comment and Suggestive Thought. Mt. Sinai and Its Surroundings. The exact mountain is uncertain, but Hastings' Bible Dictionary inclines to tho traditional Jebel Mousa, "Moun tain of Moses," 7,363 feet above the sea, In tho wild, mountainous region of the glorious range of granite moun tains of which Sinai Is the nucleus. At its northwestern base stretches Er-Rahah, "the wilderness of Sinai," the only plain In tho neighborhood capable of holding 2,000,000 persons, allowing a square yard for each. The camp itself (Palmer) was doubtless more extensive, occupying the neigh boring glens and mountainsides, wher ever there was sufficient fertility foi tho cattle. Fronting the plain is o lofty and precipitous bluff, Ras-Sufsa-fob, whence, probably, the law was proclaimed. The Commandments Are Divine Laws. V. 1. "Ahd God spake all these words," in three ways: (1) by his voice; (2) by writing them on the tablets of stone; and (3) he has writ ten them on the very nature of man. We aro not to Imagine that nothing of these commands was known before Moses. They were written on the hearts and consciences of men from the beginning. Wo see them in the early history. They are a lesson for all mankind. V. 3. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." "Side by side with me," "In addition to me," "In my pres ence," and therefore "In preference to me." Vs. 4-6. This forbids making any representation of God as a means of worshiping him. The Jflrst Reason is that all Images misrepresent God. They are not like God. They do not represent Gpd as pictures of a friend, represent him to us. The Second Reason. V. 5. "I . . . am a jealous God," I. e., not willing that any other should be regarded as his equal, or take his place in the af fections and worship of his people; because no other can take his place; no other can love as he loves, or help as he helps. Every idol god Is not only useless, but leads to Immortality. The Third Reason. "Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the chil dren." The visitation here spoken of can hardly be any other than thnt which we aro accustomed to witness ,in the common experience of life (Ex. 34:7; Jer. 32:18). It Is a statement of the scientific doctrine of heredity. V. 7. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain," 1. e., lightly, carelessly, thoughtlessly, in sincerely. 1. This forbids professing to be God's people, In covenant relations with him, and then acting In a man ner that dishonors God and misrepre sents him before tho world. It dis graces religion, and drives men from God. 2. It forbids perjury. "False swearing is among the greatest in sults that man can offer to God, and, as being such, is naturally forbidden in the first table, which teaches us our duty to God. It is nlso destructive of civil society; nnd hence it is again' forbidden in the second table (v. 10), which defines our duties to our neigh bor." Ellicott. 3. But it does not forbid what is called taking nn oath in court; for that is a simple affirmation in the sol emn presence of God to tell tho truth, ending with a prayer rot help to do It. The way these oaths aro some times administered borders very close ly on the breaking of this command. 4. It forbids all profanity, tho care less, Irreverent use of God's name nnd of holy things, becauso It tends to de stroy the power of these things over men. 5. It enforces Christ's Interpreta tion that all efforts to support our as sertions of a fact beyond tho simple "yes" or "no" repeated cometh of evil. It wenkens the assertion itself. G. All thoughtless worship comes under the ban of this commandment. V. 8. "Remember the Sabbath day." Remember implies that tho Sabbath already existed. "To keep it holy." Possibly wo talk too much nbout what not to do on the Sabbath. Here is tho great thing to do; worship; keop tho day sacred for religious duties nnd Inspiration, tho culture of tho soul of yourself and of others. .