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W. W. SANDERS, Prop.
NEMAHA,
NEBRASKA
Honorary Degrees.
With scarcely nn oxceplion, these
Who have received honorary degrees
from the colleges this Bummer doservo
the distinction. The name was truo
last year and the year before; it is
Itruo every yenr. Nor does the supply
of men worthy of scholastic dlstlnc
tion grow lees, livery year ninny men
who havo been seriously devoting
(themselves to their work uro found to
have, risen so far above tho general
level of their fellowu that a recognition
of their achiovoincnt Ih npproprlato.
They may not have attained great
eminence, but thoy bave dlBtlngulHhod
thomaelves, and have attracted atten
tion as nion who havo rlHon and aro
rising. Recognition of tholr superiori
ty 1b graclouB and encouraging. The
colleges porform a public scrvlco In
decorating them with a doctorate of
laws, or philosophy, or aclonco, or let
ters, or divinity. It may bo urged thnt
the desire to be tagged ns on honorary
"doctor" Is unworthy. It may bo ad
mitted that it is not ko high a motive
aB tho doslro to Borvo without regard
to pralBo or blame. Yet men aro bo
constructed that tho most of them
need encouragement and the Inspira
tion of appreciation to do their best
work. Thoreforo, tho prospect of win.
nlng such distinction aB will attract
.tho attention of tho degree-conferring
authorities must be Included among
tho incentives to ondcavor. It takes
a heroic soul to do a great work In
secret, careless of praise or blame, and
few of ub, remarks the Youth's Com
panion, havo heroic souls. For those
who do not achiovo tho distinction of
honorary degrees there remains tho
reward of the appreciation of their
fricndB. Tho duty of tho friends to
make that appreciation known is no
less than tho duty of the colleges to
honor great achievement.
The Capital I.
The London Chronicle Bays the Eng
dflh use of tho capital I is one of the
oddest features of our languugo to a
foreigner. A Frenchman writing with
reference to himself makes his equiva
lent "Jo" with a small "J." The Ger
man, who may begin all his nouns with
a capital letter, always uses the small
"i" In writing "ich." The Spaniard
avoids as far as possiblo the uso of the
personal pronoun when writing in tho
first person, but ho disdains a capital
when he must write "yo." In the equiv
alent of our you, howover, he ubcs the
capital letter. Yet In English it is big
"I" and little "you." Ono wishes, says
tho DoBton Herald, while the Chronicle
man was about It he had whacked the
careloBB Harvard graduate for so often
using "I" for mo! Harvard graduates
and many other "educated" persons
forgot tholr grammar sadly at times.
It would break their hearts to bo told
what bad English they used when Bay
ing "he don't" for "ho doesn't," und
'between you and I," yot oven in the
sacred shadeB of Cambridgo havo theso
terrible errors been heard! Though
why lug in Cambridgo? There are
others.
Brazil began to celebrate, on July 14,
tho one hundredth annlvorsary of
King John's proclamation oponlug the
ports of tho country to tho world.
King John VI. of Portugal lied from
Europo to I1I3 South American prov
ince to escapo Napoleon, Rio do Ja
neiro becamo and remained for a time
the Portuguese capital. Although
Brazil Is no longer a Portuguese pos
session, the anniversary of tho procla
mation was selected ns the date for
the opening of n great national exhibi
tion of tho products of the country.
Tho only foreign nation invited to par
ticipate is Portugal, Don Carlos had
arranged to bo present, but his assas
sination has so affected affairs that tho
mother country will bo represented by
special pfflcers sent by King Manuel.
Each of the 20 stutes of Brazil has a
characteristic exhibit in tho grounds of
the fair, and a suitable placo has beou
assigned to the Portuguese exhibit.
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Write us today fur particular.
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SOUTH DAKOTA LAND
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Our mw 4 eyole motor la dealgaed ee
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CUfHMAN WOTO CO., LINCOLN. NEIR.
SERVED YEARS AGO
HON. J. C. M'GREW OF W. VA,, It
OLDEST EX-CONGRESSMAN.
At Age of 95 He Is Living in Peaceful
Retirement In His Native State
Elected to House In
Year 1868.
Washington. James C. McGrcw ot
Klngwond, W. Vu., Is the oldest living
px-momher of congress, and on Sep
tember M next he will be !f yours old.
bnly u few months ago the veteran
flen. H. It. JSckloy of Carrollton, O.,
passed away, leaving Col. McGrew tho
veteran ex-niombor of tho entire coun
try. Tho James C. McOrcw of today is
wonderfully vigorous for his years
and keeps actively In touch with mat
ters political and business affairs. Ho
was horn in Hraudonvllle, in what Is
now Preston county, W. Vu., und grow
up the typical fanner's boy, keeping
to tho country school and tho farm
until 10, when a commercial Hfo ap
pealed to lif tti and he took up work in
a general store at Klngwood.
Ills first political move was as a
delegate to the famous secession con
vention of Virginia, held at Richmond
fn February, 18B1. Ho took part In the
discussions of this convention, but op
posed secession, and. wjth G-l other
delegates, voted nay on tho proposi
tion of leaving tho union, and then
held a secret session, voting to go
home and to arouso not only opposition
to tho secession ordinance, but to ex
cite a demand for tho partition of tho
3tato of old Virginia.
ThlB was another sort of secession
und out of the movement planned and
aided by McGrcw there aroso the
present wonderful state of West Vir
ginia. Of the 152 members of the
famous Richmond secession conven
tion, Col. McGrew Is tho only surviv
or. In tho new stalo of West Vlr-
igmia ne nas over been active ana
conspicuous. Ho was chosen a mom-
iber of tho first and second leglsla-
I MAn na,l 1 ...I -- A il. I A I A
,1111 ub turn ih iruiiu ui iniH iimo to re
lato that ho worked hard to establish
tho school system and the state col
.lego at Morg'antown.
He was elected to congress In 1868
and re-elected in 1870. and declined to
jtako a third term. Ho served in the
jhouso during the days of giants men
jllke Horaco Moynard, Garfield, Blng
ham, Banks, W. D. Kolley, Bon But
ler and tho present Senator Halo ot
.Maine, who with Congressman Mc
'Grow, is one of tho few survivors of
tho famous congresses that mot after
jtho civil war.
J Ho Is proud, too, or his Scotch-Irish
ancestry, and ho has been described
by a friend as combining tho caution
of tho Highlander with tho Impetuos
ity and boldness of tho Irishman. Mr.
McGrew njarrled Porsls Hagans In
18-11 und their married life was ono
long romance Thoy trod tho path to
gether for CI yeaiB and Blnco hor
death In 1893, ho has lived with a
mnrrlod daughter, Mrs. Martha Ileor
mans of Klngwood. It Is the sweet
sentiment of Mr. McGrow when ho
speaks of his dear wlfo to credit hor
with whatovor of success ho has had
in life becuuso of her wise counsels
and womanly intuitions. His son, Maj.
William C. McGrew, is a business man
or Morgantown, W. Va., and George
H. McGrow, D. D., served ten years in
Jndla ns a missionary. Ho is now rec
tor of a church near Washington.
To-day thiB grand old man of West
Virginia llyos In peaceful rotlremont
in tho homo which ho built many
years ago for his bride. Ho Is serene
as ho waits for tho summons, happy
with his books and with tho memories
of a life well spent and when he talks
of his past and tho events In which ho
took part ho expresses but ono regret
that ho bus done no more for tho
happiness and comfort of his fellow
luea.
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WOMAN PILOTS EXCURSION BOAT
Mrr. Rose E. Watklna First of Her
Sex to Hold License in Illinois.
Bloominglon, 111. Mrs. Rose B.
Wntklns of La Salle county, this statort
has been granted a license as pllotj
.and master of a steamer on navigably
(waters, and 1b now a familiar figure
.to Illinois river excursionists. The
season is now nt its height and thou
sands havo watched her ut tho wheel
m sho guided tho vessel along the
'.devious meanderlngs of the Inland
waterway. Mrs. Watklns is now regu
larly authorized to handle a steamer
up to 100 tons' burden on the Illinois
river or any of its tributaries.
When the government decided it
iWOIlld inKllMt tho lifmfu ncrwl in nnn-v
j --f mm mwiu v u Vs l V I k J
jPassengers on the rivers of the coun
try and examino In rules of navigation
jtno pilots and masters, using tho same
rigidity and same vlcllance as with
.ocean going vessels and their com-.
mandors, tho examining board toured
ithe state and looked Into everv boat
Insnectors Peek nml MnnHflAlrl who
;wore assigned to the Illinois river, one
klay ran across the. steamer George S,
,WatkIns. When they asked to see
tne pilot tncy were amazed when Wat
kins, who serves as engineer, intro
duced his wife. The insnectors asked
Tier the usual questions about the laws
of navigation, lights, signals, etc.,
and found that she was thoroughly In
formed, more so than the average
man. Sho was cranted a license Im
mediately and is very proud of the
document.
: Mrs. Watklns was born upon the
banks of tho Illinois, and has spent
.nearly her entlro Hfo upon tho river.
She taught school for several years.
After her marriage to Cant. Watklna
'the latter decided to embark in tho
excursion business. Mrs. Watklns de
cided to assist her husband, and, after
studying navigation, was intrusted
with the post of pilot. She has fre
quently demonstrated her presence of
Imlnd and cool-headcdness In trying sit
JuationB and has won many compll
ments upon her success in an occupa
tion so novel for a woman.
It CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
Workshop of R. R. Williams of Texas,
Blacksmith and Lawyer.
Dallas, Tex. R. R. WlllianiB of
Cumby, Tex., who Is a candidate for
,the Democratic nomination for gov-
Workshop of a Gubernatorial Candidate
ornor against Gov. Thomas M.
Campboll, is a blacksmith and
lawyer. Until he made public an
nouncement a few weeks ago of
his candidacy for the office of chief ex
ecutive of tho state ho had been heard
of but little outside of his own com
munity. Lawyers In his town do not
have much to do and Mr. Williams
spends much of his time plying his
trade of blacksmith. He also is filling
tho office of JuBticc of tho pcuco
through appointment.
Texas Is such u big state in area
that It takes much money to travel
over It making u campaign. Mr. Wil
liams says that he Is too poor to stump
the state. Ho will conduct a "front
porch" campaign. It Is planned to
run excursions of his supporters to
Cumby and let them listen to tho
.speeches of Mr. Williams, who says ho
will remain at home during all the
campalgu.
WITH RAPID FLIGHT
FATHER TIME KEEPS STEADILY
ON HIS WAY.
Too Slowly in Youth and Too Swift
ly as Age Approaches, the Years
Pass Onward Until the
Appointed End.
"The eitglo and tho condor can cer
tainly fly some, but," said tho man
with frost in his hair, "they don't be
gin to bo In It with steady going time.
"You boo, the eaglo and the condor
have to rest onco In a whllo, while
tlmo keeps a-plugglng right along
there's something uncanny about tho
flight of time.
','And not only does It keep going
Ho, but as we grow older it seoms all
the tlmo to bo speeding up; going fust
ier and raster. You know how when
we were young tho days scorned long
and tho seasons Interminable and tho
years without end? While now the
mornings come and go and tho weeks
fly by and thq, years wo count with
llttlo halt between, they go so fast;
find what with my Increasing years
and the scorning quicker flight of tlmo
ns we grow older I find myself now,
for the first time In my life, In sight
of the end; and this Is u new and
serious awakening and an impressive
sensation.
"You see, when wo arc young, still
on the upward slope of life, not yet
to the top of the hill, the whole world
deems to us yet to come and wo ad
vance to greet It Joyfully, and then
vhen at middle life we get to tho top
of the hill it spreads out all around
us, and or tho end wo never think;
but as we go down the other slopo
there comes, as I find there has come
gently to mo now, a time when we
realize that our prospect Is gradually
but surely narrowing.
"To be sure we give ourselves every
year we can; we are going to be long
lived; not cut off at 70 or 80 or 90,
we aro going to live -to be a hundred
anyway, as we do not doubt; but even
bo wo havo passed tho summit, wo
have lived the greater number of our
years, and we are drawing now on the
steadily diminishing remainder; and
when that Idea once strikes you
squarely so that you take It in it gives
you something to think about.
"But not to worry over, not the
least little bit. You still have your
work to do, haven't you? Why, sure,
and you find In It and In every breath
you draw a greater Joy than ever. Life
is mellower and riper and fuller of
happiness. You don't waste time wor
rying pver trifling things. You come
to have wings of your own now too, on
which you mount to take a wider sur
vey, to see with a clearer vision, and
you come back to your own corner
with a contentment you never had be
fore, a kinder charity.
. "Life Is pleasant on this slope, very
pleasant; but I do wish I could Invent
somo sort of brake to check the flight
of time. Talk about eagles and con
dors! They are not In it for flying
with time!"
Keeping Account.
Congressman Champ Clark has a
story of a Kansas City lawyer, lately
deceased, which Illustrates the diffi
culties of achieving a saving sense of
economy.
It had occurred to the lawyer short
ly before his death to buy a memo
randum book wherein ho would Jot
down the Items of his daily expendi
ture, thus enabling him to compare
notes from day to day. and so learn
to regulato bis disbursements.
The book was bought, and alter tho
lawyer's death, his executors, coine
over hlB effects, camo across it. Ono
of thorn, interested to ascertain how
;far his friend had been successful in
regulating his expenses, opened tho
book, only to find themsclvos the solo
Item:
"To ono memorandum book, 25
cents." Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Woman Tougher Than Man.
Although men, us they run, aro per
haps muscularly stronger than wom
en, tholr ability to withstand the ele
ments and their reliance upon clothes
places them considerably bolow the so
called weaker sex In the matter of un
clothed toughness. Women wear
clothes for ornament; men uso them
us a protective covering. A group of
men marooned, clothesless on an island
In tho temperate zone might bo expect
od to dio off In a month from draughts
and colds and rheumatism. Tho health
of women similarly placed would suf
.for little from tho enforcod exposure.
Tho fact appears to bo, therefore, that
in everything but musclo In vitality,
ruggedness, character, disposition,
brain power, otc, woman is the tough
er, not tho weukor, sox.
He Had Hopes.
"Anyway," said tho amateur poul
try raiser, "If I don't make anything
at th game, I have hopes that my
hens will soon ho self supporting."
"How do you llgure that?" queried
tho gentleman from .Missouri.
"Thoy have taken to eating their
own eggs," explained the a, p. r.
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GOOD CAUSE FOR WRATH.
Art Collector and Irritated Walter
Had the Same Feelings.
A Chicago art dealer was talking,
about the wrath of William T. Evans;,
tho Now York collector upon whom:
so many bogus paintings have been
imposed. 1
"He's awfully angry," sal tho art)
(dealer, repressing a smile. "Some of.1
Ids costliest pictures, you know, have
turned out fakes. His blood boils
.when he thinks of the way he has
been duped.
"He told mo tho other day that he
could hardly understand the rage that
possessed him against every petty lit
tle lnsignficant dealer that had cheat
ed him. He said it was like the rage
of a waiter that ho had noted one
afternoon at luncheon.
"At luncheon, Mr. Evans said, he
called his waiter's attention to a dead
fly in some dish or other.
"Tho waiter, as ho took the dish
away, muttered with a malevolent
look at the limp insect:
" Td give a two-dollar bill if I knew
for certain thnt this was the fly that's
been buzzing about my nose ail the
morning.' "
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Months-Burning Humor on Ankles
Opiates Alone Brought Sleep
Eczema Yielded to Cutlcura.
"I had eczema for over two years.
I had two physicians, but thev only
gave me relief for a short time and I
pannot enumerate tho ointments and
lotions I used to no purpose. My ank
les were one mass of sores. The itcht
ing and burning were so intense that
I could not sleep. I could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus
band said I had better try the Cutlcura
Remedies. After using them three
times I had tho best nicht's rest In
months unless I took an opiate. I
used one set of Cutlcura Soan. Oint
ment, and Pills, and my ankles healed
in a short time. It is now a year since
ll used Cutlcura, and there has been no
Teturn of the eczema. Mrs. David
.Brown, Locke, Ark., May 18 and July
13, 1J07."
BEGINNING EARLY.
"I have already promised ten cousins
to marry them. 'I can see I shall never
get through all my divorces."
The extraordinary popularity of fine,
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great im
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffen
er makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
Few Horses Used In China.
The only places in China where
horses are used to any great extent
are Shanghai, Eslng-Tau and Tien
Tsin. Australian "walers," so called
because they originate In New South
"Wales, are tho most popular. These
horses are imported into Shanghai in
batches of from 20 to 50, are well ta
ken care of on tho voyage, and, ar
riving in excellent condition, are put
Into uso within a couple of weeks aft
er arrival.
Important to Mothers.
Examine caretully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and suro remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Tta&ra tho
.Signature OStrM&J&k
In TJso For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Hopeless.
"Mr. and Mrs. Splasher seem to get
on very badly."
'Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "It's
one of those hopeless cases whore a
;man thinks ho knows all about horse
,races and a woman thinks yhe knows
all about bridge"
Tho greatest results In life are us
ttally by simple means nml the oxer
ciso of ordinary qualities. Tlieao may
b for tho most part summed in thos
two common sense and puivevcrancu
Feltham.
r ,Sinf?, Mi.n,lT T thr "'"J
traiRlit fa ciunr, alwnyn bent ltwlitv.
Your dealer or Wis' Factory, I 'etu i;,, ifc
It Is ono thing to see ,our load;
auother to cut It. George mini.
