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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1908)
SENATOR FROM NEW YORK ODDEST OF CALLINGS Nebraska Advertiser W. W. SANDERS, Prop. "HUMAN GALVANOMETER" FERS HIS SERVICES. OF- NEMAHA, NEDRAOKA AH tho world guys tho lovor. , How could a broathlosH man be! without pnntM? In a favornblo wind a fox can scont a man ono quarter of a mllo away. Tho mimlorof victims of tuborcu IosIb In Germany oxeccdn 120,000 a yoar. Spain 1b HpcndlnK $40,000,000 on now battleships and lockyard cdn. Btructlon. Forttinnlofy tho Blrls aren't wear ing tho old-fashioned hoopsklrt along with tho Merry Widow hat. Tho largest qullf toothpick factory in In Paris, it was originally started as a manufactory of quill pens. When a tornado makes one of Its flying visits unannounced you havo to forego all previous engagements. Tho Sunday Rest league, with head quarters In Sacramento, Is spreading rapidly all along tho Pacific coast. Sun spot3 aro caUBlng a great deal of talk among astronomers, and alBO, It may bo remarked, among beauty doctors. Remomber that whllo your own homo city Is tho falroat In tho land, all towns muBt look nllko to tho rail way manager. Tho Colorado man who pawned his falBo tooth for food may havo planned for a caso of dyspepsia which would make fasting easier. Culture, said Prof. Shaller Mathows, 1b going to hum In Chicago, and then retired when George Ado read ono of his fables In slang, thus giving cul ture a running start. Tho power of mind over matter may bo seen In the fact that what Presi dent Eliot has to say about athletics is attracting a great deal moro attention than anything John L. Sullivan might havo to say about education. Count Tolstoi naturally considers that a jublleo will hardly add to his honors. Besides, propriety at such an ovent might require that he wear shoes, and, at hlB age, ho hus no in tention to court unnecessary misery. A French physician claims to have photographed tho soul of his wifo 80 hours after hor death. He explains that tho picture shows a nebulous globe. This being the case, tho wear ing of corsets cannot have any effect on the soul. Ten years ago at this timo the schoolboy who could locate tho Phil ippine islands would havo been rated as a class wondor. To-day tho geogra phy of that quarter of the globe 1b al most as familiar to the avorago Amer ican youth as that of the baseball world. Dy a new law In Now York hunters aro not allowed to shoot other hun ters or guides by mistake without be ing chnrged with homicide. This looks llko a retrogrado from tho governing principle of tho game laws, that all other rights must givo way to the supreme end of hunting. A new kind of gaB which can be bought by the bottle and used for Il luminating purposes has been Invent ed by a German. Fifty cents' worth of It will furnish a 60-candle power light eight hours a day for six weokB. People who havo their money invested In gas stock will regard this inven tor as a menace that should be sup pressed. Tho markets have been famed all over Italy for many centuries. Once a Veronese guest of a Milan nobleman for a joke bought out the Milan mar kets three times in ono day, so his host could not glvo him a dinner, but in Bpito of that tho hucksters and butcherB supplied tho host with ma terial for tho best dinner the guest ever had. This is going to be a giddy world It was but lately given out that the north polo is gradually shifting its position. Now comes tho hint that before long the majority of tho na tlons may agree to adopt somo other Initial meridian than that which passes through Greenwich, froiv which point wo now number tho de grees of longitude. It will bo tho equator's turn next to braco up and get a move on. Tho man who goes around croaking that tho worst Is yot to como olther has a weak spino or knows of some thing that ho would llko to got nt a marked-down price. This from tho Chicago Record-Horald, which moves the New York Hornld to remark: And tho best part of it all is that tho "croakor" ia finding everybody too busy to listen to him. The Burest sign of good times is tho fact that peoplo havo ceased to talk about hard times. United States Senator Chauncey M. ntlmately known to the people than any been elected president. Senator Depew, n 1899, had represented the Vanderbilts family for many years, and was president long time. M'KINLEY'S WATCH. TIMEPIECE WORN WHEN HE WAS SHOT TREA8URED BY NEPHEW. Prominent Resident of Fort Worth, Tex., Falls Heir to Historic Relic Is Magnificent Example of Goldsmith's Art. Fort Worth, Tex. It wns discovered the other day that the heavy gold watch which was carried by Presldont William McKlnley when he was shot by tho anarchist, Czoigouz, at Buffalo, s owned and In tho possession of a Fort Worth man, a nephew of the vic tim of the assassin h bullet. The nephew is A. J. Duncan, secre tary and general manager of the Citi zens Light and Power company'. He s a son of one of Presldont McKln- ley's two sisters. His mother. Mrs. A. J. Duncan, was formerly Miss Sarah K. McKlnley. Sho now lives at tho family house In Cleveland, 0., with tho other sister. Both women arc moro than 70 years old. It had long been the understanding in tho McKlnley and Duncan families that A. J. Duncan was to receive Wil liam McKlnley's watch, as a cousin inherited tho grandfather's timepiece, but nono of tho members of tho two families had any idea under what tragic circumstances tho watch would fall into Mr. Duncan's hands. Aftor the Buffalo tracedv and the subsequent death of President McKln ley the watch was left In tho posses sion of Mrs. McKlnley until her death, moro than a year ago. Then It was turned over to Mr. Duncan, as had been originally understood. Tho watch, until a few weeks ago, re mained with Mr. Duncan's mother In Cleveland. Shortly aftor his elect! nil in Din presidency the first time Mr. McKlnley nan tne watch specially made for him in Canton, O. Whllo not a largo watch, it is heavy, as it contnlns a largo amount of gold decoration. Tho tlmepieco Is open-faced, with gold numbers embossed on the face. DRIVEN MAD Suicide of Wisconsin Man Brings Out Peculiar Story. Washburn, Wis. Since tho recent Bulcldo of Andrew Smith, a Finlander, who onded his life a few weeks ago by putting a bullet through his head, a story has been going tho rounds concerning him and his partner, named Erickson. it Is said that somo years ago Smith and Erickson came Into possession of largo sums of money which they burled out In tho vicinity of Slsklwlt lako, 22 miles from this city. It Is said that tho monoy was taken away from porsons who had stolon It from an express company at Duluth or Superior many years ago, and tho kuowlodgo of this hidden wealth had so preyed upon tho minds of tho two that both lost their reason. Andrew Erickson, ono of tho men, wns ad judged lnsano on February 10, 1903, and Avas taken to tho asylum at Osh kosh, nnd at tho present timo Is In tho asylum for chronic lnsano at Eau Depew of Now York is perhaps more other man, excepting those who have before his election to the senate in the huge financial affairs of that of the New York Central road for a On tho roar of tho watch is tho na tional emblem, an eagle supporting a shield hearing 1U stars. Tho figure is not engraved, but Is ombossed on the back of the watch. The whole watch Is the result of careful and painstak ing workmanship and Is a magnificent example of the goldsmith's art. At tached to a beautifully rolled gold link chain is a biack Ivory seal with Presi dent McKlnley's monogram. Mr. Duncan is attached to tho watch by many ties. Not only Is It for him a family heirloom, but it is a relic of historic value. He keeps the watch carefully guarded. All of President McKlnley's person al effects are now In the possession of mombets of the Duncan family. Most of them aro In their Cleveland and New York homes. The collection em braces tho president's books, paint ings, furnlturo, and everything which was intimately connected with his pri vate life. In tho course of timo Mr. Duncan expects to have many of the books and art subjects brought to his Fort Worth home. THREE-LEGGED COLT BORN. Freak Foaled at Pittsfield Has Also Feet Like Deer's. Pittsfield Mass. A three-legged colt, with hoofs like a deer, was born In the stablo of Charles H. Prout. The head and body aro porfect, but tho left front leg is missing. The single front leg Is in the usual place on the right side. It is shaped like thai of a deer. Tho rear legs aro like those of a deer from tho hock down and they hnvo cloven hoofs. Tho feet at tho ankles aro turned upward and backward, so that it will bo practical ly Impossible for tho animal to stand. Mr. Prout was offered $200 by a traveling salesman for tho freak, but refused. It was put on exhibition at the Prout stables and an admission of ten cents is being charged. All day people from all parts of tho city go to tho Prout stable. BY A SECRET Claire. This Is shown by the records of the county. It Is now said that Smith shot him self during a lit of Insanity. On tho morning that Smith commit ted suicide ho and a man named nnr. gan, from this city, had gone out to biBKiwit. laKo for tho nurnoso of lnnk lng ovor some land upon which It was tnougnt that thoro was mineral denos Its. Shortly aftor tho men arrived at ino jnKo and just after tho two had started out on their exploring trli Smith took his llfo. It Is now thought thnt Smith nnd tho man wore near tho snot whoro tho wealth was hlddon and Smith, fearing uiai ino money might bo discovered ooioro ho could nppropriato It secretly to his own uso, becamo lnsano and took his llfo. Tho actions of Smith and Erickson wero always mysterious In ino extreme. Thoro aro a number of porsons horo that aro so sure that tho treasuro is buried somowhoro In tho vicinity of tho lako that a senrch for It will be made. Tender Received by Weather Man, but He Is Unappreciatlve and the Government Will Get Along Without Great Genius. Pittsburg, Pa. There aro many strange and varied callings In this city of vast Interest, but tho latest Is strange enough to bring In a question as to just what heights specialties will go. Somo scorn limited only by over powering nervo and the sky line. During tho rainy spell a man called nt tho United States weather olllco and asked to see Forecaster Henry Pennywltt. Mr. Pennywitt shook hands with tho stranger and made a bluff nt being glad to see him. Tho man, proffering his card, said: "I am tho human galvanometer, and can bo of Inestimable use, not only to tho local bureau and tho country at large, but to the whole world. As I said, I am tho human galvanometer and through my sensitized anatomy play the four winds of heaven. "In tho first place, Mr. Pennywitt, you must understand that there are in tho world threo kinds of peoplo, tho electric, tho lymphatic and the mag netic. The first kind is purely mental, the second marked by bodily vigor and tho third attract to them everyone who comes within the radius of their being. "Taking ten as a total perfection, I am ten In each, therefore In perfect accord with tho elements. I am en rap port with everything nnd nm conse quently able to toll with unfailing reg ularity just what kind of weather Is coming. My vibrativo body Is able to feel the slightest change, even to the motion and forming of clouds, and, under my direction, this office can be made the greatest on earth." The galvanometer made a short, hur ried pause to get his breath, and Mr. Pennywitt thought It would bo a good time to butt in on the vibrations, and said: "Supposing you obtained a position here, would It bo necessary to put you In a glass case, or let you stand on top of the Farmers' bank building?" The galvanometer, again In tune with his vibrations, replied: "You might get a glass case, but it must be plate glass, as only the finest will do. I would also expect tho bu reau to buy me a Morris chair. and Havana cigars (hat I may be perfoctly s Afll "t a i - t a a. iiarmomoiiB, noromy wim-mewr, uui also the world. It Is only in this man ner that the best results are ob tained. "I would also like to ask you to be come my assistantr for, perhaps, say in 80 years or so, I can impress upon you the way it is done. I will call next week and be ready for work. Thank you, Mr. Pennywitt, thank you! Since you have said nothing, I realize that you comprehend how really great a man I am, and for this mark of appre ciation on yaur part I may be able to teach you how It is done in possibly 29 years." The weather prophet looked up at this last statement and, subdued by the irrepressible genius and magnetic qualities, was lost in awe and specula tion as tho galvanometer trudged to tho elevators. "TEDDY BEAR" FOR KAISER. House of Hohenzollern and House of Roosevelt to Be Linked by Toy. Now York. Henry Estrlcher, a wealthy importer of toys, will present the largest "Teddy bear" in the world to Emperor William. Thus Mr. Es trlchor, who sailed on the Kaserln Au guste Victoria for Hamburg the otaor day, will forge a new link in the chain of German-American friendship and bring closer the house of Hohenzollern and tho house of Roosevelt. Germany was the original habitat of tho toy bear. Mr. Estrlcher read In a German newspaper thnt the emperor was greatly pleased that In honor of tho president tho toy had been called tho "Teddy bear" In this country. Ho felt that tho emperor would be delight ed ovor tho gift. Mr. Estrlcher Bald that every ar rangement had been made for his re caption by tho emperor and for tho presentation of tho boar. Tho toy which ho has sent ahead was made horo. It is nine feet tall when it seats itsolf and its hide was woven from pure China silk. It was packed In a velvet-lined case. Dogs Bark Far-Reaching. Altoona, Pa. A vicious dog ran out and snapped at tho heels of a horso ridden by Adam Davis and tho horso kicked at tho barker with such force that it threw a shoe, which struck a passing horse on tho side, causing It to ruu away. As It sped at break neck speed down a wet asphalt streot It slipped and fell, stopping so sud donly that It throw Us driver, Petor Jamison, over tho dashboard of tho buggy. 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