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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1909)
1 WANTED TIME FOR THOUGHT. Arduous Dutiei Before the Head of the House Required His Er.tiri Attention. The baby was ill. and tho doctor or dered that ho bo taken to the sea. This Involved the closing of tht house until the little one rliould be well euoush to Mturn. After the wile had secured hotel accommodations by the lnng-dis-tame telephone, the man of the house went to Ms room at' I slowly and thmmhtftilly spread the eu;iie con tents of his watdiooe upon his bed. that they might be convenient for hi.-, wife to pack. lie s'ood Kir.'Vfv lug thom. deep In meilitution, when his wife came Into the icom and begun to speak to him. He raised his haul rchukiugly. "IVn't talk to me now, Su:de, don't talk to me; I have a great. d"al on my mind. If we ar.'1 Roins to tile sea shore day alter to-iiio; row there are many things to be done, and 1 must plan." Ills wife, who had already tele phoned the butcher, milkman, baker, grocer, expressman ami ticket oltieo, and given the maid a month's vacation and arranged with a relative for the care of the dog, gazed at him in si lent c. "A great deal on my mind," he re pealed. Then the interrogative nature of his wife's silence forced him to ex plain. "Yon see," he said, "I have got to put a nail In the cellar window and stop the newspaper." Youth's Coin pnni; n. Baldwin Apple Honored. A chance seedling that grew up on a farm near Lowell. Mass., about 1740 'oer. mi" th" first !!i!vln apple tree, but it was not until 1 TS I that Col. Huldwln became interested In the ap ple, d-'velop'M it and gave It his name The original tree lived till after KIT. and the place whore it grew is now marked by a m moment. Th Itaidwiu U the only apple thus honored. Spoiled Her Sisc? Word. A I!tt!e girl of four yens was h ird repeat vlly niurtliiirl'ig a Ion:; word. l!-r father, thin!;!::.? to id a so he-, tel.1 her the nieat'ing of it Siie hirst in'o lo irs. At !,nt, with her mother's a.;s:s:.i:i;-. the f.i''.ier l.virm-d the tii vinins of her grief. "It was my word that I put myself to sleep w:h. and now you've spoil; it." M. Luue in "An l-:::g!!;,hman'a C.is'l"." FAILED TO MAKE THE SALE. in Characteristics of Sjrvians. Servians in their good nature and love of humor are said to remind trav elers of the Irish peasantry. They are hosj iiab!-' lo stran.vrs; their patriot ism is vehement, almo.it quixotic, and they take great Interest In politics. Many of the domestics In the towns and cities ciuite from abroad, as the Servian girl is too independent for domestic service. Sidewalk Merchant Was Badly Need of Lesson to Curb Ten dency to Freshness. Carey Johnson Lud'atn, the southern philologist, in the course of a lecture on "Neologisms" in Charleston, said: "Another neologism Is 'salesman ship.' The a.Uertising columns of the j maalii"s have for several months ; abounded In this word. Schools of ' 'salesmanship.' books on 'salesman ship.' secrets of 'salesmanship' why, ! one reads of nothing else." i The aged scholar smiled. "And speaking of schools of sales-man.-hiM," he said. "I hope lhat tho salesman who accosted ine on my way here tills evei.ing will lake la one of I them an eight or nine years' course I I'm sure lie needs It. This salesman. I a shabby young man. laid his hand on i my arm and said: "'Say. friend, leninie sell c a liox of this hero patent cement.' "I shook oil his filthy paw. "'Cement!' I sneered, annoyed at his familiarity. 'What do I want with cement?' j "'Why,' cried the man, in apparent surprise, 'ain't ye broke? Ye look it.' IOs Angeles Times. Spanish Executioner's Remorse. A curious story comci from Seville. I On Sunday night the loral executioner1 died, his death being due to remorse. For several years he had not carried ' out any executions, but recently he was summoned to Cordova to inflict , the final penalty on some .criminals. The Impression made upon him was so painful that he was unable to face the ordeal when summoned to execute ' the last criminal condemned in Scille, j and the sentence will have to be car ried out by the Madrid executioner. Intellect Ruled by Superstition. A man more absolutely governed by pure reason than Lord Macaulay could not well be found, but In his diary he refers to an afterdlnn r talk about the feeling which Johnson had of thinking one's self bound to touch a particular rail or post and to tread In the middle of a paving stone, and he adds: "I certainly have this very strongly." Knew Her "Mis3ts." "Hadn't you better wash tho dishes before we go?" said a man, who was taking a hired girl out for a walk; "your missis will be sure to see them and scold you." "No. she'll not." re plied the girl; "as soon as she learns I am going out for the evening, she'll Bpend all the time looking through my trunk." I'uck. Chinese Women Educated. I l.i Ping Shu, president of the town council of Shanghai, has provided funds for the last three years for tha Medical School for Women of thai place. Recently six diplomas wort granted women. There are 30 stu dents, and the principal is a Chinese woir.an who has had the higher eduea tion herself. Two of tho six graduates read essays in Knslish and the real Ir their native language. Done For. A New York woman has used a whip Instead of tho divorce courts. She has ruined her matrimonial future. Wash ington Post. Edison's New Wireless. About seventeen years ago Thomas A. Kdlson startled the world by carry Ing on telegraphic communication be tween a moving train anil stations along the railroad without any wire connection therewith. The system employed was to mount a hoard cov ered with tinfoil edgewise on the car roof. The tinfoil formed part of a local telegraph circuit, which Induct Ively affected the telegraph wires that paralleled the track, and In this way the messages were made) to "leap" from the train to the telegraph ! linos. The recent experiments on a well known railroad w here messages were exchanged between an operatoi j on a fast-moving train and operators in Toledo, Klkhart and Chicago were i of a different character. The Hertzian ' waves were used, which transmitted the messages directly to the receiving stations, and not to the telegraph wires along the track. First Wire Hairpin. The wire hairpin was first mad In 1 S 5 In England. Prior to that wooden skewers were used. Millions of Pins Dally. The largest pin factory In the world is at Birmingham. Knglan I. It turns out 37,000,000 pins every day. Self-Evident. 1 If you're willing to make the best of it. you're not likely to get the worst of it. 7 V I A Piano Bargain . - 4 At Herold's Book and Stationary Store f t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v t ? ? ? ? f f ? ? ? ? f ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t ? ? ? ? ? ? A brand new $380.00 Cabinet Grand Piano for $280. Spot cash or bank able paper with payments adjusted to suit convenience. A leading western piano manufacturer has consigned to us a new piano, everything first class, note de scription below. We offer it at MANUFACTURERS PRICES, saving you the usual agent's commission of $100.00. If you are in the market for a first class, guaranteed for 10 years, instrument HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE $100. This will be the only piano offered on these terms. NETZOW CABINET GRAND PIANO. Perfect scale, drawn on most scientific principles; latest patent repeating action, extra heavy felt hammers; exposed pin block; extra heavy three quarter iron plate; very best German imported tuning pins and piano wire; patent muffler attach ment with nickel plated muffler rail, best quality spruce in sounding board; ivory keys. CASE Verj artistic and double-veneered inside and out, with maple veneer on interior; oval .panel, with handsomest of carviugs. Warranted 10 year3. Height. 4 ft 9 in; width 5 ft 2 3-8 in; depth 2 ft 3 in t ? v f ? ? ? ? f f ? ? ? V Y t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t ? ? t t t ? I ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? SAVE 1-2 YOUR SHOE MONEY S3.00 and S4.00 Ladies Shoes lor $2.50 v sue.'- 1 'w5 $3.00 Men's Shoes lor When in Omaha buy your Shoes for Men and Women. We carry all sizes, widths and leathers in Men's and Women's Shoes, the regular value of these shoes are $o.00 and $4.00 and they are guaranteed to be worth that amount. Any kind of a shoe you want you can find here and the f price is only v)&aa3 V Take Elevator at 10th Street Entrance to 6th Floor Paxton Block. (i00 to fi.13 Paxton Block ALEXANDER OMAHA, NEBR. Corner 16th & Farnum PECULIAR IDEAS OF AUTHORS. Varying Conditions Under Which the World's Great Writers Did Their Best Work. Alexander Pope, who was Hie liter ary pontiff of Ills time, thought best when In bed. Whenever a tlioiiRht ; tame to him lie would Jot It down on a j snap of paper. Ills servant often foiiinl bedelothes and floor covered with white lilts containing aphorisms which have now become hackneyed' quotations. Victor Hiiro wrote "Lea Mlseraliles" standing up, an altitude which Haw thorne also assumed when he wroto many of his romances. One leg; thrown over the arm of a chair or sitting on the arm of his sec- retary's chair were Napoleon's favor ite positions while dictating to Hour rlenne. a iwmltlon which he vailed now and then by pattlns that scribe on the head or pulling his ears. Sir Walter Scott rould while reclin ing on a lounge dictate to two amanii- ' eiihes, who frequently had to stop writ ing, so funny the dictated passages seemed to them. William Morris made one of his fa tuous translations from the (Jreek while riding on the steam ears. Walt Whitman and Horace TraulH. original In all things, were most original In the position they took while thinking. They were wont, so Mr. Traiibel says, to climb upon a pile of lumber and He down upon their hacks. In that way each found out what tho otlxT'g Ir'st thoughts were. Mis Photographic Plates Spoiled. A new York photographer recently .rimed, to his sorrow, that the gs mantle emits a ray. He had stortd away a large number of plates In a dark place and Inadvertently left a gas mantle near the plates. They re mained In the place for a month, and when the photographer took his plates out he found all of them fogged. The mantle contained thorium, a radio active substance that penetrates a cardboard plate hex as easily as tt goes through glass. The man didn't know this, hut now he knows better than to leave gas mantles near his jdates. Luxuries. Luxuries are those possessions which are enjoyed chlelly and almost solely because other people do not have them. All other possessions are necessities. If every one were a ti'andard Oil magnate, It would be an Insufferable bore, and It Is getting to he almost, that anyway. Luxuries do not connote comfort. On the con trary, they connote litter. Indigestion, gout and lassitude. Comfort comes only from necessities. Life. DESERVED RAISE IN SALARY. Coming Down Easy. Inquiries after the welfare of Pat rick Conroy were answered by his devoted friend. Terence Dolan. who was at the Conroy's In the double ca pacity of nurse uii'l cook. "No. he's not dangerously hurt nt all," was Mr. I o!an's reply to a solemnly whis pered question at the door. "We heard he had a bad fall and was all broke to pieces," whispered the neighbor. , " 'TIs a . big story you've heard," said Mr. Dolan, In his cheerful roar. "Tlirue. b, f,.i (iffn die roof o' the Firady Hi allies, win-re he was shingling and he broke his lift leg, knocked out a couple of teeth an. I broke his collar bone. "Mind ye, If he'd have fell clear to tho ground It might have hinted him bad, hut sure there was a big pile of shtones and old lumber that broke his fall." Youth's Companion. Wisdom In Old Adages. "Strike when the Iron Is hot" and keep it hot by striking. "Take time while time Is, for time will away." the Kngllsh say. The Spanish proverb has It: "When the fool has made up his mind the market has gone by." The old l.atlnssald: "Opportunity has hair in front, behind she Is bald; If you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her; but If suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again." Herold's Book and Stationery Store ! Dealers in all kinds of Musical Merchandise. Violin. Guitar. P.anio and Mandolin strings and ; The III (Matured Man. j The Ill-natured man. though but of i equal parts with the good-natured j man. gives himself a larger field tr. I expatiate In. Hn exposes those fall ! Ings In human nature which the oth er would cast a wail over; laughs at vices which the other either excuse? or conceals; falls Indifferently upor frienda or enemies; exposes the per son who has obliged film : and, In short, sticks at nothing that may es tablish his character of a wit. Interesting Analysis of 8now. The London Lancet once made an analysis of London snow on a week day and on a Sunday. The Suni't y snow showed roughly a fifth of the amount of Impurltleg present In the weekday t-now. Hut the most sign! ficTiit difference was that while tho veel,day i-now contained as much as ?.,.U r.ralns of sulphuric acid in ten pounds the Sunday Htiow contained practically rone. Where Nell Gwynne Lived. nretit house, standing on the hanks of tho River Hrent at Brentford, which was once the residence of Nell Cwynne, is about to make way for to modern villas. While residing there Nell Cwynne often entertained Charles II., and It Is said that he onre rode his horse up the great oak staircase London Dally News. Theatrical Advance Agent Had Naal Scheme That Brought Him Popularity. The value of the ability to know .'aces and the names that go with them !H a recognisable asset among sales lien and all people who have dealings with a large number of persons. An idvance agent of a theatrical concern, finding that he was not gifted that way, hit upon a new scheme for help ing mattcis along. Immediately after leaving a town he card Indexed wery man with whom he came In contact reporters, hotel men, managers and merchants. He wrote a short descrip tion of their facial appearance, to gether with some Incident which oc curred while he was with them. Th next, year, while on the train, he would study the cards relating to the peopla of the next town he was to visit. Tbe result was that whenever he met a man he saw the year before he would say something like this: "Why. hello, Jackson! The last time I saw you we were still laughing; over that fellow who slipped on the Ice with a pall of milk in his hands. I hafa thought of it a thousand times since." A raise In salary greeted the ad vance agent the next year, for he hail every town his way long before th show reached It. . ;mr I. Be Amiable and Retain Youth. As a charming woman once said: "To remain always young one must he always amiable." A melancholy face, a sullen, an evil look, is like com ing In contact with winter; whereas a serene face, a gracious air, a kind and good expression, Is like a spring day, and a smile on the lips like Its sun shine. Sulky people, you may have remarked, always appear to be ten years older than they are. The face grows wrinkled from contracting" the brows; the mouth projects disagree ably when sulking. Heboid beside the portrait of the sullen woman the pie tore of the sweet ami gracious woman; all her features are in repose, her lips form an adorable Cupid's bow. kind ness softens her glance and goodness Illuminates her brow. Perhaps she is the elder, but she will always appear young and charming. The Religious Life. A religious life Is not a thing which spends Itself like a bright bubble on the river's surface. It is rather like the river Itself, which widens contlnu ally and la never so broad or doep as where It rolls Into the ocean of Kter tilt y. Heecher. Tarts. All late sheet muic, vocal and instrumental, on sale. 1 Back to Earth. "Hvery c! Mid Ikh a silver lining.' said the ready-made philosopher. "Yes," an-iwer.-l Miss Cayenne "Tlu cIdii.I-i are all rl;-ht. Hut ho r.bou'. pocte-lb )o!u?" SiUnic. "Satan Is represented as ruinln' r.ftiv f.illis wlf a pitchfork," said I'm le Kben, "when de truth is dat so many folks Is pulllii' at his coat tails dat he ain't k:nt lime to ch.H nobody." Wa.-dilug'on aUr. ra,'.'tr.- sm Log Far Underground. Wood 40 feet underground In a per fect state of preservation was found at the Alabang stock farm while bor ing for the second artesian well there The drill had penetrated to a depth of 400 feet and had Just been drillln hard rock when It suddenly struck log which was five feet In diameter and In a perfect state of preservation How the log could he so far under ground anil underneath a ledge ot rock In perfect condition Is a question that Is puzzling the officials of the bu reau of agriculture. Manila Time3. Town Built of Meerschaum. The town of Vallecas, In Spain. Is almost entirely built of meerschaum. Vallecas has on Its outskirts great gunnies of a meerschaum too coarse lor pli eniaklng, and a meerschaum built town Is the result au tvory whlto town that shines In tho Span- lllll SiUll.