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Nebraska Advertiser
W. W. SANDERS, Prop.
NEMAHA,
NEBRASKA
Telling your troubled increases tlio
circlu of your enemies.
If tho milk dealers do not have a
care wc may riult them and drink our
water unadulterated.
"China on Verge or Revolution,"
says a headline. Retter get your other
bhirt out before it's too late.
Perhaps if you got to the end of
the rainbow you'd find merely a pot
of clearing hotiHo cortlfieateH.
A bank teller recently died of
myxedema, catiHed by handling paper
money. Oh, death, whore is thy Htlng?
Detroit's shelter home for pet cats
looks like a doubtful proposition.
There are too many alleys and back
fences.
A Kentuckyboy swallowed a can
die moth and choked to death. Candle
moths should always be cooked and
carved before eating.
A Philadelphia man urge a the de
scendants of the Mayflower Pilgrims
to aid in the Roosevelt reform. Rut,
goodness, who would there bo left to
reform ?
Men will get. more kisses from their
wives if they use their Sunday drink
money for shaves, according to one
Chicago woman. The experiment is
worth trying.
Rider Haggard, according to a liter
ary journal, writes 4,000 words a day
when ho feels in the mood. Fortunate
ly for the author's reputation, he seldom-
feels like It.
Miss Liberty on Redloes Island Is
complained of bocause she "taps" tho
wireless lino and intercepts messages.
But no one can charge her with re
peating the secrets she learns.
A Philadelphia man who wore a
rubber tube in bis lungs for 20 years
lias just had it cut out. He probably
thought he couldn't afford the luxury,
in these dayB of high-priced rubbpr.
The two French counts who havo
Just fought a plBtol' duel in which
both opponents wero wounded must
be very bad shots indeed. Still It is
a strange coincidence that both of
them should be hit.
The snake department of nature
study, which has boon rather quiet
for some months, is looking up again.
An Ohio woman has found a i'vn and
fully developed garter snake In a
chicken's craw, where it was living on
the food that the unfortunate chicken
had swallowed for Its own benefit.
An Evansville, Ind., man has Just
been discharged, in a case of wife
desertion, because his wife talked so
incosBantly In court that the Judgo
concluded that tho desertion was jus
tifiable self-defense. It. Is hot stated,
remarks tho Indianapolis Star, wheth
er tho lady acquired her conversation
al powerB in a woman's club or as a
gift of nature.
Mr. Roosevelt, in tho fiftieth year
of his life, has been president six
years. Washington at the beginning
of his fiftieth year had not taken
Yorktown. At 50 Jefferson was secre
tary of state, Jackson was yet to fight
the Seminoles, Lincoln was debating
with Douglas. Four only of the presi
dents before Roosevelt -Pierce, (5 rant,
Garfield and Clevelandi-were itiau
gurated before they had passed 50.
A long Berles of throe hundredth an
niversaries is likely to bo celebrated,
now that the Jamestown fair has set
the example. That no opportunity
might escape, Harvard university
lately celebrated the three hundredth
anniversary of the birth of its found
er. But what a time there will he in
New England, to say nothing of the
rest of the country, when the tor
centenary of the landing of tho Pll
grlniB comeB round in 1920!
Report from tho surveyors who
have been marking tho lino between
Canada and Alaska Indicato that as
originally fixed In 1898 It was 000
feet too far west. Tho United States
is to have a strip 000 feet wide and
many miles long, which, until the
present survey, tho Canadians sup
posed belonged to them. Tho propor
boundary is tho one hundred and for
ty first meridian northward from
Mount St. Ellas.
In tho commercial treaty recently
made between Canada and Franco the
Dominion for the flrot time negotiated
directly with a foreign power through
its own officials without the interven
tion of British diplomats. Sir Wil
frid Laurler, the Canadian prime min
ister, went Ijimsolf to Paris and ar
ranged the terms of the treaty. Al
though the treaty is actually concluded
by the British government, yet the
fac that the colonial authorities made
the arrangement independently raarkB
an Important advance in. the power of
the Canadian government.
A Wise Choice
On of lbs Twelve Storle of Solomon.
BY THE "HIGHWAY AND BYWAY"
PREACHER
(CopjrlKlit. 1W7. br the Author, W. H. Moon.)
Scripture Authority. 1 Kings,
3:8-16.
SERMONETTE.
m "The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom.".
Sacred and profane history
can produce examples which ab- J
solutely prove the truth of this
5 declaration. 2
The fear of God is the open
J door to the sure, safe pathway of J
God-given wledom which leads
J unerringly through the maze of
human life and, conditions and
J lands the soul at last on the com-
manding heights of God's cer-
J tainty.
Human wisdom at best is but
partial wisdom.
It has its limitations inflexibly J
determined by the finite.
It can but partially grasp and J
understand the complex circum-
J stances and conditions of the
present, and as for the future,
j what can man do but guess? J
How pitiably circumscribed is
the life which has only human jj
wisdom on which to rely.
Rll4 It la Hnl r ai U 4li ..
dom of Qod unites with the wis-
if. dom of man, for the wisdom of J
Got not only understands all the
J mysteries and perplexities of the
life of the present, but it sees
with unerring vision into the
future and knows the end from
the beginning. Hence it is that
the one who walks in the wis-
dom of God shall not err in vis-
J Ion or stumble in judgment. j
Solomon was richly endowed
jj with human wisdom. Naturally
he had a keen and discerning
5 mind, and trained, as undoubted- i
Iv he had been, in all the learn-
j Ing of the east, he was splendid- j
ly equipped from the human
point of view to direct wisely J
and well the affairs of a king-
J dom, but all this did not blind J
hit heart to the fact that he
needed God more than anything
else.
We know this because Scrip- tf.
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the Lord, walking in the statutes
of David his father." Here,
then, we discover the secret of
J Solomon's wisdom and great- J
noss and power He loved God
jj and so feared God, for this sec- J
ond condition is but the corol-
J lary of the first. Love of God J
inevitably leads to Godly fear.
J The one finds its expression and J
us complement in tne otner.
jj Fear of God then was the begin- J
ning of Solomon's wisdom.
ThrA le rift mniiA h.nlful
picture in all the Bible than this
one of the fair young king hum- J
bly bowing before God, and ask-
ing for divine help In directing J
the affairs of the kingdom. Read
J it. Solomon's prayer and God's an- J
iwcr are a sermon in inemseives. if
THE STORY.
k WORLD conquest! Why not?
King Solomon asked himself tho
question. A vision of greatness and
power had come to him, a vision of
one scepter over all the world and that
scepter his, a vision of conquest of the
nations to the east and" the west of his
kingdom, and he the triumphant con
queror.
Benaiah, the captain of the hosts of
Israel, had been the first to suggest
the thought to him when the former
had urged an expedition against
Rezon, who was then ruling at Damas
NOT MUCH OF ROMANCE THERE.
Wooing and Wedding of an Indian,
as Dickens Saw It.
If an India., wants a wife, he ap
pears before the kennel of the gentle
man whom he has selected as his
father-in-law, attended by a party of
male friends of a very strong flavor,
who screech and whistle and stamp
an offer of so many cows for tho
lady's hand, wrote Charles Dickons.
The chosen father-in-law, also support
ed by a high-flavored party of malo
friends, screeches, whistles and yells
(being seated on the ground ho can't
stamp) that there never was such a
daughter on the market as his daugh
ter and that he must havo six more
cows. Tho son-in-law and his select,
circle of hackers screech, whistle,
stamp and yell in reply that they will
give three more cows. The father-in-law
(an old deluder, overpaid at tho
beginning) accepts lour and rises to
bind the bargain.
The whole party, the young lady In
cluded, then fall into epileptic con
vulsions, screeching, whistling, stamp-
ous, and who was to be feared be
cause of tho enmity which ho bore
King David. Solomon well remem
bered the stirring campaign of his fa
ther which had made of Re.oii an un
relenting enemy. .The latter had been
one of the chief warriors of Hada
dezor, king or Zobah, and had escaped
with a company of men when, David
had conquered tho land and had killed
Hadadozor. At that time Rezon had
sworn to be revenged upon King
David, but the opportunity had not
come, and Henalah, thinking that
Rezon might plan an expedition
against the new king, Solomon, pro
posed that the armies of Israel pro
ceed against him.
And as an outgrowth of the sug
gested cariipaign had come the broad
er vision of a world conquest. Why
slop at the conquest over Rezon?
Why not extend the borders of Israel
to tho "very ends of the earth? Why
not signalize the beginning of his
reign with a brilliant series of mili
tary expeditious, such as had marked
the first years' rule of tho kings of
other lands In former ages?
King David, his father, had left him
a strong army, which was already
feared by all the nations about, and it
was but natural that he should be am
bitious to have its powers further ex
tended. And where was there a na
tion that had such a mighty warrior as
was Hcnaiah? Had not. the fame of
ids deeds gone abroad, so that it was
known everywhere how he had met
In singlo-handed combat and -had slain
two lion-like men of Moab? And was
It not also known how lie had gone
down In tho time of snow and had
slain in its lair a fierce lion, which
had terrorized the entire countrv
round and had destroyed not only
sheep and cattle hut women and chil
dren as woll? And then the Egyptians
had good reason to know of the
mighty Benaiah, for had he not slain
their strongest warrior, after a des
perate combat, his only weapon being
his staff, while the Egyptian was
armed with sword and spear?
With such a leader and with an
army whichMiad not known defeat for
years, where was the foe which could
stand up against it? Whore was the
nation which could not be conquered?
Such were the questions which came
to the mind of the young King Solo
mon after Renaiah had proposed the
expedition against Rezon, and the I
vision of world-wide conquest opened
tip before him.
"Better send for Nathan the pro
phet, and Zadok the high priest, and
talk it over with them," came the
thought, which brought a temporary
check to the glow of enthusiasm which
thrilled bin being as lie had pictured
all tho magniflconce add glory and
power which would be his when he
had brought tho whole world at his
feet.
"Rut why talk with them?" he im
patiently ejaculated. "If it were a
question as to the religious ob
servances, or the laws of the nation,
it wduld be well, but what know they
about war and conquest?"
And turning with an air of decision,
as though that matter was settled and
out of the way, he summoned one of
the servants and dispatched him with
a message to Benaiah and the other
chief warriors of Israel that they
should meet hint in conference that
day at the palace, "for," said he to
himself, "we must needs lose no time,
for so vast an expedition will require
long and careful preparation."
As may well be supposed, Benaiah
and the other officers of the army
wero highly pleased at tho promise
of such extensive military operations,
and the active work of preparing for
the expedition soon aroused unusual
interest, and enthusiasm throughout
tho kingdom. Not a word of com
mendation or of condemnation had
come to the king from either Nathan
or Zadok, although Solomon knew
that they must have heard of the
planB. But he felt rather relieved and
glad that they had not sought him
out, for he did not care to go into too
deep an analysis of the motives and
desires which actuated him In seeking
ing and yelling together. The noble
savago Ik considered married, and his
friends make demoniacal leaps at htm,
by way of congratulation.
Poet's Vision Brought Relief.
For years the English poet Francis
Thompson had been one of the "sub
merged," selling matches, calling
cabs, anything to obtain the pence
necessary to buy food. At last he
yielded to despair, and having for
some days saved up all he could earn
ho devoted It to the purchase of a
single dose of laudanum sufficient to
end his troubles. With this he retired
at night to his haunt; the rubbish plot
in Covent Garden Market. Then by
his own narrative the following Inci
dent occurred: He had already taken
half the fatal draught when lie felt
a hand upon ills arm and looking up
saw one whom ho recognized as Chat
terton forbidding him to drink the
rest, and at tho same Instant memory
came to him of how, after that poet',
suicide, a letto, had been delivered
at ills lodgings which if lie had waited
another night would have brought him
the relief needed.
a world conquest. Somehow, he felt
that It would not meet their approval,
and ho was glad he did not have to
answer uncomfortable questions and
enter Into long explanations as to his
plans.
"But you must have God with you
if your plans are to be a success,'
came the voice of conscience from
within, for Solomon loved tho Lord
and desired to do all that the Lord re
quired. "Yes," Solomon persuaded
himself, "but would it not be to the
honor and glory of God to bring all
kingdoms and all nations under the
dominion of the nation whose God ia
the l-ord? I will hold sacrifices at
Gibeon and all the nation shall know
that the Lord Is with me in this
thing "
So saying, King Solomon gave or
ders that Zadok prepare for tho ser
vices, and on the appointed day he
went thither, with all his courtiers and
the chief men of Ills army, that they
might worship. Day after day tho
ceremonies continued until at last a
thousand burnt offerings had been sac
rificed upon the high place. During
all those days of worship and service
the heart of the young icing had been
slngulurly touched and" stirred, and
there had come to him a new realiza
tion of the nged of and dependence
upon God. He had come to Gibeon
filled with the great ambition to send
his armies out into the world and ex
tend his scepter to every nation, and
one day when the question had arisen
in ills heart whether he was willing to
give up that ambition If God was not
with him in the plan, a fierce, im
patient spirit had "seized him, and the
impulse was strong upon him to forth
with leave Gibeon and plunge head
long into the completing of the plans
of the expedition.
"But would you attempt to conquei
the world while yet you cannot rule
your own spirit?" came the voice from
within.
With sudden horror and an inner re
vulsion of feeling, Solomon realized
the awful crisis which faced his life.
Was ho ready for a world conquest
while yet he had failed to conquer his
own heart? Was he ready to rule
over the world, while yet he had not
proved that he could "rule righteously
over the nation which had chosen him
as king?
With these questions uppermost in
his mind, while yet he was shaping an
swer to them, he sought his couch that
night, and in a dream thought God
spoke to him, asking him what he
should give to him.
It was all bo real that during all the
years which followed Solomon never
questioned but that God had visited
him in person and had given him the
promise of his blessing because he had
chosen the wisdom and understanding
of God rather'than all the kingdoms of
the earth. And more than once, as
the borders of his kingdom extended
and riches and honor and power
flowed unto him, did lie exclaim:
"Verily, the Lord hath kept his word
and hath given not only wisdom, but
all else besides."
Explosions of Catsup.
Untold possibilities lie in catsup
bottles since the pure food law went
into effect. One popular brand former
ly depended on a small percentage
of benzoate of soda to keep it from
fermentation. The makers ceased to
do this when it became necessary to
state the use of preservatives, on the
label. The catsup now ferments rapid
ly, once the bottle has been opened,
and every now and then in restaurants
where it is used there comes the
sound of a small explosion. It is a
catsup bottle in action. In one res
taurant, of some pretensions on the
west side a bottle exploded, drenching
two of the guests with the bloodlike
stuff. Not only that, but the catsup
shot up for 20 feet and covered a
space a foot or more squure on the
celling. According to the waiter, the
explosion was the fourth since the use
of benzoate of soda was stopped.
N. Y. Tribune.
Where China I First.
China has the lowest tax rate.
It happened so with Thompson, for
after infinite pains the editor of a
magazine who had accepted and print
ed an essay and a poem of his, but
could not discover his address, had
that very morning traced Thompson
to tho chemist's shop where the drug
was sold, and relief for him was
close at hand.
Man's Love for Home.
The average man would care for his
home above all other places on earth,
if he got half a chance. It's in him
to' do it it's In the most -restless and
migratory of his sort. No matter how
he roams about he likes to know he
has a home to go to, and his fpnd
ness for staying in it is in exact pro
portion or so I believe to the de
gree in which that home approaches
the Ideal. Not in outward show
most men care surprisingly little about
thut but in the qualities which make
it a place happily different from the
best club or bachelor's hall which ever
existed. Grace S. Richmond, "With
Juliet lu England."
TOOK PRINCE'S CASH
TEXAN'S POKER GAME WITH THE
HEIR APPARENT.
Rules of Etiquette Observed Until
Player's Sporting Blood Was Up,
and Then He Started Out
to Win.
"Did you ever play poker with a
prince of Wales?" asked Col. Tom
Hopkins, of Texas, now promoting
gold mines and formerly a buccaneer
n Wall street, as he sat in the grill
oom of the Rreslin talking with a
New York Telegraph man:
"1 have," continued the colonel.
meditatively. "I sat in a game with
King Edward when he was entitled to
only three ostrich plumes and the 'Ich
Dlen' motto. It was at a house party
not far from London, and 1 am willing
to confess that It was not a pleasing
gnme ut all in the early stages.
"It was during those delightful days
when our government was represented
by Schenck, a past master In the art
of poker and one of the first men to
properly hedge in the game with rules;
and laws. Some of the best poker lit
erature we possess has been written
y Schenck, and the popularity ol
draw in England is wholly due to his
exploitation of it's merits.
"Before the game began Schenck
took me to one side and impressed me
with the necessity of observing the
many rules of etiquette that obtain
when playing with the prince. He
laid particular stress upon the fact
that 1 was not to raise unless Albert
Edward had raised and showed a dis
position to stay. Even in that case it
was regarded as proper to simply sec
his raise and allow him to take the
bridge and set the course.
"I stuck to that rule for four hours,
ami it cost me money. I laid down
many u strong hand just because I
did not want to be regarded as lack-
ng in courtesy to the prince, but final
y 1 got tired of seeing whole bundles
of good American money going across
the table, and my sporting blood was
aroused. It hurt me to see my blue
and red bits of ivory going across the
blaze to the first gentleman in Eng
land, and I felt that, while the privi
lege of playing with the prince of
Wales .was worth a great deal, I did
not care to pay for it in that way.
"It was while I was in this mood 1
picked up a hand that looked almost
too good to be true. Four kings
nestled together by themselves, crowd
ing a poor, weak, little tray. I looked
over the hand carefully and then an
nounced I would stand pat.
. . .
me prince was uniucKy enougn to
got a full house in the draw and an
other player filled a flush. Of course,
such a run as that made for a killing,
and, in an ordinary game, unhampered
by the presence of a prince and heii
apparent, tho betting would be lively.
"When I started in placing my chips
on the table 1 forgot all about the rules
of etiquette. The prince made a tenta
tive raise of a pound, just feeling out
my hand, as it were. Of course, it
was expected that I would see the bet.
but 1 gave it a slight raise of ,C5 and
the man with the flush stayed in. The
prince also got in for 5 and raised
and when it came my way I lifted it
20.
"Well, it's a terrible story. The
prince tried to intimate to me by dark
looks and other evidences of discon
tent that he was not pleased with my
methods, but it was a table-stakes
game and he couldn't easily get away
without showing a trace of the white
feather, and when, after another raise,
it came my way again, I made it cost
the prince a level hundred pounds to
call.
"I won, of course, but I could see in
a minute that I had made" a bad break.
The prince really took it better than
the others, for they looked frightened
and hurt. He was a bit vexed, but
when the game was over he' shook
hands and expressed himself as great
ly pleased with the run I. had given
him."
Sheep Herder's Dog.
"A good dog is better than a dozen
men out on the sheep ranches of tho
Iwest," said J. H. Dayton, a veteran
.sheepman of Montrose, Col. "The
sheep business wltnout dogs wouiu ue
very expensive. Taken when very
young, the dogs are trained to fol
low sheep and hunt them when they
go astray. The dog will climb cliffs
(where a man cannot go, find a stray
sheep and bring it down. If it were
not for the dogs there would be many
instances of 'the ninety and nine,' only
it would be more like nine than
'ninety.
"One herder usually takes about
1,000 sheep and two dogs. The herder
Js armed with a good gun. Tho cus
'torn is to round up the flock every
'night and have" one particular place
;for shelter. The sheep are anxious to
get together, for they seem to realize
that it is for their safety. The herder
has a tent and sleeps close to his flock,
if there Is a disturbance at night, the
,dogs are the first to discover It. and
at once set out to fin. I the enemy. In
many ways they are more valuable
than men."