Nebraska Advertiser
W. W. SANDERS, Prop.
NEMAHA,
NEBRASKA
Grand achievements
tlLlo of nobility.
alone glvo
The comior can fast -10 days and
the eagle 2S days.
Love may bo a novel antidote for
the divorce evil, but It ought to be
tried.
There ought to bo boiiio good way
to get rid of the anonymous letter
writer.
"A bashful lover Is much to bo
pitied," says n KniiBus exchange.
More than tho.glrl?
United States sub'-treasuries are bo
coining noted chlelly for losing money
in a way that no one can discover.
There are men who "VllTligreo with
the Cairo minister that kissing is a
source of great danger. Often It
leads to marriage.
Now they are having a severe
drought in Jamaica. About tho only
thing the Jamaicans have to be thank
ful for Is tho loss of Swettenhain.
A Texas judgo rules that a tablo
fork is not a deadly weapon. Wo
bellcvo that in Texas tho fork is re
garded as merely a useless ornament,
anyhow.
We aro glad that Mark Twain Is
coming back to a country whoro it
will not be necessary for him to
make negligee journeys to a bathroom
across tho street.
Always havo "From Mothor" In
scribed In your watch. Soft-hearted
burglars returned a tlmopicco they
had stolen because those words wore
carved In the case.
In their dealings with Mark Twain
tho British were foxy. They were
so good to hltn that he will bo
restrained from mentioning tho funny
things ho observed whllo abroad.
An English censor of American cus
toms says that wo do not sit down
gracefully. Probably wo contracted
tho habit, when wo had to sit down
very hard on England a couple of
times.
Cock partridges aro caught on
Fronch shootings Uy means of a trap
that closes on tho ontranco of a bird,
tho lure boiug a mirror in which it
3003 lta own rollectlon, which it Is
anxious to attack.
American childron havo boon in
dicted on four counts by tho National
Educational association. That may
bo all thoy uro guilty of, but tho aver
ago man couiu rrnmo up ton or a
dozen oounta against tho boy noxt
door.
Tho Canadian census bureau has
figures to Bhow that within six yoars
Canada'B lucroaso in population has
boon 1,133,585. Many of those now
eltizons have como from tho Unitod
States and form a desirable olomont
of tho population, whoroforo Canada
is glad.
King Edward is reported to bo lead
ing a more strenuous llfo than eithor
Proeldont Roosovolt or Emporor Wil
liam. But this roport bears all tho
earmarks entitling It to bo classed
among mo naturo laRes. No man
could possibly load such a strenuous
life as this roport Indicates and havo
It inaudiblo to the nakod oyc.
The oarl of Easton, a British colo-
nol, says that tho only way to
abolish war Is to abollBh uni
forms, on tho thoory that, "Man
ardontly dealros a uniform; woman
ardently admires It." Possibly the
end could bo attained by making mil
itary uniforms unattractive, and thoso
of pacific organizations moro gor
geous.
JuBt ns Tho Hague conference as
sembled It was announced that Franco
and Groat Britain had entored into
agreement with Spain to maintain tho
.status quo In tho Mediterranean. This
means that Franco shall bo unmolest
ed In Algiers, that England Bhall havo
Its way In Egypt, and that tho sltua-
lion in Morocco biimi remain un-
cnangea. tho nrrangoment, Bays
Youth's Companion, Is a practical
proof of tho peaceful disposition of
the powers concorned, and an expres
sion in deed of tho spirit behind tho
peaco conference.
Torpedoes aro commonly supposed
to bo a means of destroying vessels.
An incident in Algerian waters gooB
to show that thoy can bo used to
savo snips, iro broke out in a
British steamer, which was In a fair
way to bo destroyed until some ono
thought of towing her out Into tho
roadstead, whoro alio was torpodood
a.ud sunk In shallow water. Tho
Hames wero promptly extinguished,
and ns tho vossol can easily bo raised
it was monoy In tho pockets of tho
owners to havo her blown up instead
of burned up.
The Tell Talc Voice.
"If you want to tell whether or not
the innn you nre talking to Is telling
the truth don't look him in the eyes,"
said a Denver bank toller to some
friends. "It Is the voice, when you
don't look at tho eyes, that tells you
whether tho other fellow is lying. We
use tho system frequently in the bank.
A man will come In to tell us some
business talc. Wo look at his feet or
his hands or his knees, but never In
Ills eyes. If he's telling tho truth his
volco will brt linn and straightforward,
and the absence of your gazo In his
eyes will not affect It. Hut If he's
lying he'll bo confused by your ac
tion, nnd his volco will tremble; he'll
hem and haw, and clear his throat.
You may rest assured then that he's
stringing you."
THE NEW YORK LIFE'S PROGRAM.
Economy, Publicity and the Paramount
Interest of Policyholders.
Prosldeut KIngBley, of tho Now
York Life Insuranco Company, Bays,
In nn address to tho policyholders,
that his plan of administration In
volves these points:
"First: Strict economy: second,
tho widost, fairest and fullest public
ity; third, tho contlnuanco of tho Now
York Llfo as a world-wido Institution;
fourth, such an amount of now busi
ness undor tho law as wo can socure
whllo practicing lntolllgont economy,
and enforcing tho idea that tho Inter
est of tho policy-holder Is paramount"
SPAIN FAR BEHIND NATIONS.
Illiteracy Prevails There to a
Most
Amazing Extent.
Of tho . 20,000,000 people inhabiting
Spain, only about 35 per cent, can
read and write; another two and one-
half per cent, of the population can
read without being able to write, but
tho remaining G2V& per cent, are ab
solute Illiterates. In tho south of
Spain it is Impossible to get a serv
ant who can read and write, and
ninny of tho postmen are unable to
tell to whom tho letters they carry
aro addressed. They bring a bun
dle of letters to a houso and tho
owner looks through them and takes
those which aro (or which ho thinks
are) nddrcsscd to him. Tho Spanish
postmen aro not paid by tho state;
the recipient of tho letters havo to
remunerate them according to tho
amount of their correspondence, and
each letter costs tho addresseo nt
least ono cent. It Is a joke among
tho easy-going Spaniards that he who
treats tho postmen best receives tho
most letters whether they aro in
tended for him or not.
Queer Idea of Enjoyment.
Dr. Juliet Severance writes in tho
Vegetarian Magazine:
"I am often reminded of a clinic
case brought before tho class when I
was in medical college in 1S5S. Tho
man had gout and rhoumatism, both
tho smnll and largo joints being Im
movable, and his suffering was severe.
Dr. II. T. Trail, professor of theory and
practice, was explaining to us tho im
portance of a very strict and abstemi
ous diet. Tho poor fellow tried vainly
to turn his head, and grunted out: 'I
can't go that; I want to enjoy llfo
whllo I do livo.'"
Tho affection of too many wives Is
of tho cold-storage brand.
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.
"When I drunk coffeo I often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bil
iousness much of tho time, but when I
went to visit u friend I got in the habit
of drinking Postum.
"I gave up coffee entirely nnd tho re
buU has been that 1 have been entire
ly relieved of all my stomach and ner
vous trouble.
"My mothor was just tho same way.
Wo all drink Postum now, and with
out coffee in tho houso for 2 years, wo
are all well.
"A neighbor of mine, a great coffeo
drinker, was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid.
Sho was not able to do her work and
could not oven mend clothes or do any
thing at all where sho would havo to
bend forward. If sho tried- to do a
littlo hard work sho would get such
pains that sho would havo to Ho down
for tho rest of tho day.
"At last I persuaded her to stop
drinking coffeo and try Postum Food
Coffeo and sho did so and lias used
Postum over since; tho' result has been
that sho can now do her work, can
sit for a whole day and mend and can
sow on tho machine and sho never
feels tho least bit of pain in her sldo,
in fact, sho has got well and It shows
coffeo was tho causo of tho wholo trou
ble. "I could also tell you about sovoral
other neighbors who havo been cured
by quitting coffeo and using Postum
in its place." "There's a Reason."
Look in pkg. for tho famous littlo book,
"Tho Road to Wollvllle."
BIG FINE PUT ON
STANDARD OIL COMPANY MULCT
ED IN SUM OF $29,240,000.
THE PENALTY FOR REBATING
Federal Judge Kcnesaw M. Landls
Imposes the Maximum Amount,
and Declares the Evidence Is
Absolutely Plain.
Under the seven Indictments still
pending against the Standard Oil com
pany an additional fine amounting to
$88,440,000 may be levied against the
company, if It is found guilty on trial.
There are In these seven indictments
a total of 4,422 counts.
Judge Kcnesaw M. Lnndis in the
United Stntes district court at Chi
cago, lined the Standard Oil company
of Indiana $2!),210,000 for violations
of tho law against accepting rebates
from railroads. The line is tho largest
over assessed against any individuals
or any corporation in tho history of
American criminal jurisprudence, and
is slightly more than 131 times as
great as the amount received by tho
company through Us rebating opera
tions.. The case will be carried to tho
higher courts by the defendant com
pany. Tho penalty imposed upon tho com
pany is the maximum permitted under
the law, and it was announced at tho
end of a long opinion, in which the
methods and practices of the Standard
Oil company wero mercilessly scored.
Tho judge, In fact, declared in his
opinion that tho oillcials of tho Stand
ard Oil company who were responsible
for tho practices of which the corpora
tlon was found guilty were no better
than counterfeiters and thieves, his
exact languoge being:
"We may as well look at this situa
tion squarely. The men who thus de
liberately violate this law wrong socie
ty mora deeply than does he Who
counterfeits the coins or steals letters
from the mail."
Judge Landls commenced reading
his decision at 10 o'clock, and occupied
about one hour in lis delivery. Mo
reviewed tho facts in the case, took up
tho arguments of the attorneys for the
defense and answered them and then
passed judgment upon tho company,
which he declared violated the law for
the solo purpose of swelling its divi
dends. The court held that tho rail
roads have no more right to make a
secret rate for a shipper than a board
of assessors would havo to make a
secret assessment on any particular
piece of property.
Tho court expressed regret that tho
law failed to provide more serious
punishment than a line, but insisted
that the penalty should be sufficiently
largo to act as a deterrent and not of
such size as to encourage tho dcfe-iv
dant to persist in lawlessness.
At the conclusion of his opinion, and
after announcing the amount of the
line Judge Landls directed that a spe
cial grand jury bo called for tho pur
poso of Inquiring into the acts of the
Chicago & Alton company, It having
been proved in the case just closed
that the oil company accepted rebates
from that corporation. This jury is
summoned for August 14.
Tho decision of Judge Landls
aroused almost as much public interest
as did the prcsonce of John D. Rocke
feller and other oillcials of the Stand
ard Oil company in tho court room on
July G. The crush was so great that
a large force of deputy marshals had
much difficulty in controlling tho
crowd that was anxious to force its
way into tho court room.
Will Find Who Is Mayor.
Application for a writ of mandamus
to compel Auditor Horton to recog
nlzo tho authority of Mayor Taylor
and tho validity of his appointments
was made to the supreme court of
California by Harry G. McKannay,
secrotary to Mayor Taylor. Tho su
preme court justices have signified
that they will give tho matter immo
dlato consideration and a definite an
swer mav bo had soon. This action
will dotc-rmino tho legality of Dr. Tny
lor's selection as mayor.
Crushed in Elevator Pit.
Harold Thomas, aged sixteen, oleva
tor conductor in the Brown black
Omaha, was crushed undorneuth his
elevator and died a few hours later
from tho olfects. Tho boy had steppec
into the pit for some purpose when
tho car started downward and before
ho could got out ho was pinned In be
tweon tho car and tho lloor of tho pit
MUST REFORM NEW MEXICO.
President Roosevelt Sent to Philip
pines for a man to Do It and Per
sonally Told Him How.
Oystor Bay, N. Y Radical re
forms in tho territorial government
of Now Moxico aroto bo inaugurated
upon tho arrival lu'Santa Fo of Gov
ornor George Curry, who has just re
turned from the Philippines to assumo
that office. President Roosevelt con
ferred with Governor Curry for two
lours Wednesday and sent him on his
way thoroughly imbued with tho
necessity of ruling with an iron hand
until tho alleged tangle of intrigue
nnd graft In New Mexico had been
stralghtonod out.
"Cloan government is what tho
president wants." said Governor Cur
ry on leaving Oystor Bay, "and that
is what I shall do my best to ostab-
llsh."
Judge Rodoy told tho president that !
tho tax valuation in New Mexico has 1
boon outrageously juggled by the rail- !
road and mining Interests. Ho claims
mat trie vaiuo oi ono mine is equal to
tho tax assessment for tho whole tor- I
ritory and that tho actual valuation
of tho railroads in tho territory moro
than double the entire tax valuation of
all property.
Judge Kent, whoso friendship with
tho prosidont dates back to their col
logo days, said his visit was entirely
oi a social character.
An All-Night Police Court.
Now York, N. Y. There will bo
no moro languishing in cells on a desk
lieutenant's say so, or premiums
paid to professional bondsmen on
trumpod-up arrest cases In this city.
From now on tho policeman who
makes an arrest at any hour of the
day or night will havo to bring his
prisonor immediately before a magis
trate. Now York's first all-night police
court was opened Thursday evening
when Judge Whitman, formally nm
nounced that the night shift of justico
was ready for buslnoss.
The Magllls Indicted.
Clinton, Illinois. The grand
jury which has been investigating in
to the death of Mrs. Pet Magill, tho
first wife of Fred Magill,- who, with
his second wife, is in jail here, hav
ing been brought back from Califor
nia to answer to tho charge of having
caused the death of Mrs. Pet Ma
gill, Friday returned one indictment
against Magill and one indictment
against Mrs. Fay Graham Magill. The
indictments were exactly alike, each
containing six distinct counts.
Education Causes Unrest.
Chautauqua, Now York. Bishop
Henry C. Potter of tho Protestant
Episcopal church of New York spoko
on "Tho Church and Social Unrest"
here Friday. The causes of tho social
unrest of the country Bishop Potter
said aro 'popular education, the in-
dustrlal
revolution and extravagance
in expenses. He declared that thero
can bo no moro righteous arraignment
of the church today than upon its
indifference to tho physical, mental
and social needs of the working peo
ple. Made Profit of 2100 Per Cent.
Beach Haven, Now Jersey. Tho
Pennsylvania Capital commission Fri
day made public certain papers which
show that John R. Sanderson of Phila
delphia, tho contractor for most of tho
furnishings and decorations for tho
buildings, paid tho various sub-con
tractors who did tho painting 12 cents
a square foot and that he had collect
ed from the state $2.52. a square foot
for the same. Ho received in payment
more than $700,000 and tho profits
wero about 2100 per cent.
Missouri Pacific Indicted.
Jefferson City, Missouri. Seven
indictments ngalnst the Missouri
Pacific Railway company for failure to
oporato trains on the Bagnell branch,
running from Jefforson City to Bag
nell, Mo., wero mado public here Fri
day. The indictments wore returned
by the Colo county grand Jury and aro
based 6n tho state law which requires
railroadB to oporato at least ono train
each day over all lines.
Meeting Morocco Situation.
Paris, France. Tho French and
Spanish governments aro acting in
concort and with great promptness
to moet tho situation that has arisen
in Morocco. A war ship of each of
these powers is now in tho harbor of
Casa Blanca, and threo Fronch and
one Spanish man of war aro on tho
way to Morocco.
The Cause of Race Suicide.
Chautauqua, N. Y. John Grti
ham Brooks, author-socialist of
Boston, believes tho cost of living to
ho tho chief cause of race suieffle,
according to nn address he mado at
the Chautauqua assembly.
New Cable to Colon.
Now York. Tho new direct cablo
from New York to Colon, Pana
ma, was opened for buslnoss Thursday
by tho Central and South Amorlcau
Cable company.
ROAD IS OUTLAW
LICENSE OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY
REVOKED IN ALABAMA.
HAS VIOLATED A STATE LAW
Took Suit From State Court to tho
Federal No Option Left But to
Cancel Permit, as Action of
the Statute Is uAtomatlc.
A Montgomery, Ala., August 1 (lis-
patch says: Tho license of the boutn-
em Railway to do business in Ala-
bama has been revoked by action of
Secretary of State Julian for alleged
violation of senate bill No. 8G, effec-
tivo July 1. Tho action of the secre-
tary of 8tato ls not ln resistance to
restralnlng ordorB lssueil by tho
United States court of the Fifth cir
cuit, as this law is not among thoso
combatted by the railroads and is not
included in any of the litigation now
pending in tho'court of Federal Judge
Jones of tho middle Alabama district.
The case upon which the revocation
was made came from the circuit court
of Talladega county, in the shape of a
notification from Clerk J. D. McNeel
that a suit had been removed from the
state court to tho federal court. Sec
retary of State Julian investigated tho
law an found that there was nothing
else to do but mark the license cau
celled, as the action of tho statute is
automatic.
Act No. 8G provides that when any
foreign corporation Is sued in tho
state courts and removes such suit
from the state to the federal court,
the clerk of tho court from which the
removal was taken will at once cer
tify such action to the secretary of
state, "who shall thereupon immedi
ately cancel said license and make
nnd enter upon the stub thereof an
ordor in substance."
FRANTZ IS AT HEAD.
Named
for Governor by
Oklahoma
Republicans.
Tho republican convention for tho
now state of Oklahoma, held in Tulsa,
made the following nominations:
Governor Frank Frantz.
Lieutenant governor N. J. Turk.
Secretary of state T. N. Robinett.
Attorney general S. P. Reid.
State treasurer M. Stillwell.
Mr. Frantz is the present governor
. of Oklahoma territory.
Ho was a
( rough rider captain nt the San Juan
j hill fight in Cuba and is an intimate
friend of President Roosevelt. Franlz
dominated
the
convention, and hi3
nomination by acclamation was
ac-
companled by a remarkable demon-
stratlon of enthusiasm.
The following telegram was received
from President Roosevelt, to whom
early in the day a message assuring
him of tho endorsement of the con
vention was sent: "I havo special feel
ing for Oklahoma and Indian Territory
and assure them of my support of
anything that will further their in.
terests."
SIBLEY MAKES A COMPLAINT.
Carries His Case to Interstate Com
merce Commission.
An attack has been made on the 3
cents a mile passenger rate of the
Union Pacific Railroad company by
Charles A. Sibley, a resident of Ne
braska. Sibley's complaint was filed
with the interstate commerce commis
sion and, in Its nature, is practically
unique ln tho history of the commis
sion. Tho complainant alleges that
the Union Pacific railroad exacts a
rate of 3 cents a milo from interstate
passengers, although within tho limits
of Nobraska it charges only 2 cents
a mile. Ho says he travels from a
point in western Nebraska through a
portion of Colorado to another point
in Nobraska and Is required to pay tho
3-cont rate, because tho railroad com
pany holds that that is interstate busi
ness. This, ho assorts, is a showing
by tho company of undue preference
to interstate passengors and he asks
the commission to fix a just maximum
charge on interstate business.
HIS PROFIT 2,100 PER CENT.
Pennsylvania Contractor Got Rich at
State Expense.
Tho Pennsylvania capitol commis
sion hns mado public certain papers
which show that John R. Sanderson
of Philadelphia, the contractor for
most of tho furnishings and docora
Hons for tho capttol building, paid tho
various sub-contractors who did tho
painting 12 cents a squaro foot and
that ho had collected from tho stato
$2.52 a squaro foot for the same. Jlo
received in payment moro than $700,
000 and the profits were about 2,100
per cent.