TY COBB'S BROTHER
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Owtn priferrtd Lincoln, believing
that he would ave a better chance
whin the tryout sinscn is ushircil in
next mi nth. ' ,-
Awaiting President DeJpain tn'his
return frcm C hVago was a letter from
Manager Jitnn.y Sullivan, now in 'u
fcrnia, who muI word" 'that ho lad
signed two oi.tf.oluYrs, Phil Nudi.au
and Paul C.b' . Nadcnu is nn out
fielder of ripe cx e ri nee, having p'uy
ed with Manager Sullivim several
seasons ago in New Orleans. Sully
writes that Nadeau is a marvel in
the outfield, a fair hitter and lightning
fast on the lines. Paul Cobb is a
younger brother of Ty Cobb, the
Bcnsutiuial Dttriot outfielder. Paul
was tried out by one of tiie major
leaRue clubs last spring, being sent
back to the minors for fuither season
ing. He then jumped to the California
outlaw league, but got bafk into
organized ball and made himself
eligible. Being a free agent, Sully
outmaneuvered v rial other ninor
league clubs which were dickering
.with Ty's brother and signed him to
a Lincoln contract. The younger
Cobb is not yet twenty years old and
competent critics say he has a grand
future in the national game. Ty Cobb
w as an ordinary player for several sea
sons, being on the verge of drawing
his release from Detroit for nearly two
years, but once in his stride be has
shown himself one of the marvels of
baseball. Manager Sull'van is to
report the first week in March. Nadeau
and Cobb are both wintering on the
coast and W'll come to Incoln in time
to begin practice on March 20. "
EDITOR 20TII CENTURY
FARMER ADVISES TEST.
Impossible to Judge Seed Corn by
Looks Says T. F. Sturgess.
Again we warn our readers to test their
seed corn before planting this year,
taking not merely two or three graint
per ear, but half a dozen or more.
We forewarn our readers early,
nowing the average farmer's con
ceit, in his ability , to tell good seed
corn by looking at it.
For a number of years we have
been advising that all seed corn be
tested .that the yield might be in
creased. This year an unusual con
dition exists. It must be tested to
prevent a positive decrease in the
avcragcyielo!. . TJbe.j'Corn contains
moiBture and 50 to CO percent of it is
more apt to mould or rot when planted
than it is to grow.
BUYING RUBIES.
Th Method of the Gem Merchant! of
the Orient.
Oriental merchants have busi
ness methods which would arouse
the wonder of l he American store
keeper. Perhaps the most peculiar'
method- are associated with the sale
of rulncs in Ilurnm.
The prospective purchaser takp
a seat near, a window and lias be
fore him a larjre copper plate. The
sellers come to him one by one, and
each empties upon this plate u little
bug of rubies. The purchaser ar
ranges the teins all in separate lit
tle heaps in order that he may set a
valuation upon them. .
lie first divides them into three
grades, according to ize. Kach of
these group! is M'.'ain divided Into
three other piles. ;ucordiii ; to color,
and each of these piles in turn ir
once more divided into three
groups, according to Bh;ipe.
Artihei'il l"rht i never used in
the e.xa:;..n:iiuri of rubies, the mer
chants l.'lifvirm that full sunlight
alone i9 capable of bringing out the
color and brilliancy of the gems
All sales must be made between the
hours of 9 a. ni. and 3 p. m., and
the sky must be clear, so that noth
ing can dim the radiance of the
crimson stone
The coppet plate is brought into
requisition i:i more way than one.
The su:i!i;!it relb'cted from It
through the tunes. brings out with
true rubies u color effect dilfereut
from that of spinels or tourmidines.
which are thus readily sepu rated
Many spinels bear a close resem
blance to the ruby, but this simple
test made under the keen eye of the
riental never fails.
When' the various stones have
been segregated the buyer ami
seller begin an odd method of bar
gaining by signs or, rather, grips, in
profound silence. After agreeing
upon the fairness of the classifica
tion they join their right hands,
covered with a handkerchief or the
flap of a garment, and by grips and
pressures understood among all
these dealers they make, modify and
accept proposals of purchase and
tale. The hands are then uncover
ed and the prices are recorded.
ir:i i
juiiwauaee ocuunei.
WASH THE HANDS.
And Do It Frequently the Op
portunity Offer.
Civilized man touches a hundred
things with his hands to every one
with uuy other part of bis body.
Literally he sticks the former into
everything. It follow, as Dr. fa
des points out in the Dietetic and
Hygienic tinzette, that hands prob
ably play a ery important part' in
the spread of disease. r'rom this
the further corollary may be drawn
that washing the hands is a sanitary
process of great importance. It af
fords an imperfect but partial dis
infection. Prety much everything touched
by the hands may be infected
money, newspapers, books, street
car straps, restaurant knives and
forks and tumblers, other people's
hands, door handles, public pens
and pencils, and so on, ad infinitum.
Every one of these touches may.
and some of them actually do, re
sult in a transfer of germs. Fortu
nately most of the newcomers will
be 'harmless, but occasionally a
"batch" arrives analogous to the
Black I landers, and iMhey find any
cut or minute abrasion of the skin
or if the imbecile carelessness of
their host rubs them into his eyes
or mouth the possibility of a death
or at least an expensive illness in
the latter's family becomes immi
nent. Therefore wash your hands as
often ns opportunity offers. You
can't overdo it. Clean hands are
of far more importance hygienieal
ly than aesthetically. Washing
them after handling some danger
ously infected object may save your
own or some tine else's life. As you
hr.ve no way of distinguishing in
fected from uninfected things,
banknotes, for instance, the hands
should always be washed as a mat
ter of routine before they are car
ried to the eyes or lips.
What Dr. Eccles would like to see
adopted is antiseptic hand washing
involving the routine use of some
fairly strong germicide. This is a
counsel of perfection that cannot be
hoped for. A more frequent use of
soap and water will be boon enough
for a first step. The Medical Rec
ord agrees with Dr. Eccles as to the
necessity for a hand washing cru
sade. The Earliest Lotterie. ,
The lotteries are generally. 'said
to huve had their origin, in Italy,
but in Crowe and Cavalcaselle's
''Early Flemish Painters' reference
is ijuadeta -a lottery. dauwnat
Bruges on Feb. 24, 144(5 (144') old
style). This is the earliest of
which the scheme, list of prizes
and accounts are known to be in
existence. In l."i.T0 a lottery wa
drawn in Florence, the object being
to meet the state expenses. Nine
years afterward they were legalized
in France by Francis I.-and called
'bla'nques." The lotteries instituted
at Paris by the Duke d'lnvcrnois
in I ST 2 and 1578 were for provid
ing marriage portions for the young
women belonging to his estate.
The first lottery known in Eng
land was i! raw ii at the weM door of
St. Paul's cathedral in The
amount ,h A'20.000. which in those
davs was very considerable. It con
sisted of 40.000 tickets at 10 shil
lings each, and the profits of the
speculation were to be appropriated
to the repair of the harbors of the
kingdom. '
A Successful Disgui.
Mr. Murphy, haw. a writer in the
Brooklyn Citizen, was inquiring of
his friend Mr. Doolan how his
wife was feeling after the excite
ment of the recent wedding of their
daughter. "She's well enough," re
plied the other, "excepting that
she's grieving over a pair of illigant
new kid gloves that got lost on her
that evening.
"She's feeling bad about thim.
but I've advertised in the paper,
and I'm thinking she'll get thim
buck again befoor long. They cost
Mrs. Doolan two dollars and for-rty-five
chits!'
"Ain't you afraid whoever got
thim will be slow to answer the ad
vertisement ?" inquired Mr. Mur
phy. "It's meself that knew how to fu
that." returned Mr. Doolan. "1
advertised thim illigant gloves was
an owld cotton pair, bur-rsting away
at the seams and wur-rth nobody's
keeping !"
me oacK wmp.
People who are unuequaintcd
with Russia and who read of street
disturbances being suppressed by
the Cossacks with their whips have
little idea of what formidable weap
ons these are. Made of hard leath
er and tapering to a fine point, they
are triangular in shape, and the
Cossack, who knows how to brifig
the edge down upon his victim, can
inflict a wound that is not infre
quently fatal. A favorite stroke id
one by which the eye and a portion
of the cheek are cut.
EASTERN LEAGUE
BASEBALL SCHEDULF.
MONTRKAL.
At Toronto.-June 13, 14. 15 8upt. 1. ,
I. S. Bi'(. It 13. U, 15.
At Huffa1o.-May 30. 30. June I July V
8, 9. 6 Siit. 6. 5.
At RocliMter June 1 S. i July 4. 4. 5
. 8ept. S, 9. 10. 1(1
At I'rovltlt'iict.-Mny 4. 5. 1, 8. June
25, K. Aug. 3. 4. 5. 6
At Jersey City -April 21. 22, 21. 24 Junp
27, 28. . Aug 15. Hi. 1", IS.
At Newark. April 2T. 28, 27. 2)t Juna 20.
II. 22 Aur U. 12, 13. 14.
At nultlmore.-Aprll 21, 30. Muy-3, J
June 18. 17. IS Auk. . 9. 10. 10
TORONTO
At Montreal. Mnv 2C. 27. 2S, 29 July 10
11. 12. 13. Sept. 10. 17. IS
At llufTulu. June I, 3. 4. July 4. 4, 6, ti
Sept. S. 9, 10. 10.
At Rochester-May 30. 30, 31, June 1
July 7. 8. S. Sept. 5. 5. 6, 7
At rrovlilence.-Aprll 21, 22, 23, 24 June
17, 18. 19. 'Aug. 15. 16. 17. IS.
At Jersey City. May 4, 5. 7. . June 10
21, 22. A uk. 3. 4. 5. 6.
At Newnrk.-Aprll 29. 30. May 1. i Junu
27, 2S, 29. Aug. 7. 8. . 10.
At Cnltlmore.-Aprll 25. 26. 27. 28. June
23. 24. 25. Aug. 11, 12, 13, 13.
. BUFFALO
At Montreal. -June 5. 6, 7. S. July 1. 1.
2. 3. Sept. 19. 20, 21.
At Toronto -June 9, 10, 11, 11. July 14
15, 16. 8ept. 22. 23. 24, 24.
At Rochester.-June 13. 14. 15." 16. Jul
11. 12. 13. 8ept. 15, 16. 17. 17.
At Provltlence.-Aprll 29. 30, May 1, I
June 27. 2S. 29. Aug. 11, 12, 13. 14.
At Jersey Clty.-Aprll 25. 26. 27. 2S. Jun
23. i5, 26. Aug. 7. 8. 9. 10.
At Newark. May 4, 6, 7. 8. June 17, 18.
19. Aug. 15. 16. 17, 18.
At Rultlmore.-Aprll 21. 22. 23, 23. June
20. 21. 23. Aug. 3. 4. 5. 6.
ROCHESTER.
At Montreal. -Jui.j 9. 10, 11, 12. July 15
16, 17. Sept. 22. 23. 24. 23.
At Toronto. June 6, 7, 8. June 30, July
1, 1, 2. Sept. 19. 20. 21, 21.
At Buffalo.-May 20. 27. 28. 28. Sept. 1. 2.
3, 3. Sept. 12.-13. 14.
At Providence-April 25. 26. 27, 28. June
20. 21, 22. Aug. 7. 8. 9. 10.
At Jersey Clty.-Aprll 29, 30. May 1. 2
June 17, 18, 19. Aug. 11. 12. 13, 14.
At Ncwark.-April 21, 22, 23, 24. June 23.
25. 26. Aug. 2. 4. 5. 6.
At Baltimore-May 4. 5, 6, 7. June 27, 28.
29. Aug. 15. 10, 17. 18.
PROVIDENCE.
At Montreal. -May 18, 19, 20. 21. July SO.
31, Aug. 1, 2. 22, 2.1. 24.
At Toronto.-Muy 13. 14. 16. 17. July 22
23, 23. 2.V Aug. 29, 30, 31.
At HufTalo.-Miiy 9. 10. 11. 12. July 18. 19
20. 21. Aug. 19, 20. 20
At Rochester. May 23. 24, . July 2b
27. 28. 29. Aug. 25, 26, 27. 27.
At Jersey Clty.-June 9, 10, II. 12. July
7, 8. 9. 10. Sept. 9. 10, 11.
At Newark. June 6, 7, 8. July 11, 12. 13.
14. Sept. 19, 20. 21. 21.
At Itnltlmote.-June 13. 14, 15. July 4, 4.
5, 6. Sept 22. 23. 21, 21.
JERSEY CITY.
At Montreal.-May 9, 10, U, 12. July 26.
27, 28. 29. Aug. 19, 20, 21.
At Toronto.-May 23, 24, 24, 25. July 18.
19. 20. 21. Aug. 25. 26. 27.
At Buffalo.-May IS, 19. 20, 21. July 22
23, 23. 25. Aug. 22. 23, 24.
At Rochester-May 13. 14, 16, 17. July
30, 30, Aug. 1, 2. 29, 30, 30, 31.
At Provldcnce.-June 2. 3, 4. 5." Sept. 1
J. 3. 4. 12. 13, 14.
At Newark.-May 30 (p. m.), June 1, 13
15. July 1. 3, 4 (a. m ), 5. Sept. 18, 22. 24.
At Baltlmore.-May 26, 27, 23. July 11.
12, 13. 14. Sept. 5. 6, 6, 7.
NEWARK.
At Montreal. May 22, 23, 24, 24. July IS
19. 20. 21.. Aug. 25. 26, 27.
At Toronto -May 18. 19, 20, 21. July 20
27, 28. 29. Aug. 22, 23. 24.
At Buffalo.-May 13, 14, 16, 17. July 3u
30. Aug. 1, 2, 9, 30. 30, 31.
At Rochester. May 9. 10, 11. 12. July ti
23. 13. L5. Aug. 19, 20. 20.
, At Provldince.-May 26, 27. 28, 29 Jul;
15. 16. 17. Sept. 5. 6. 6. 7. ,
At Jersey City. May 30 (a. m.). 31. June
14, 30 July 2, 4 (p. in.), 6. Sept. 16, 17, 2J
26. - '
Baltimore. June 9, 10. 11. July 7, 8,
. Sept. 12. 12. 13. 14.
BALTIMORE
At Montreal.-May 13. 14. 15. 10. July 22.
23. 21, 25. Aug. 2S. 'J3, 30.
At Toronto.-May 9. 10, 11, 12. July 30
Aug. 1. I. 2. 19. iO, 20.
At Buffalo.-May 23. 24. 25. July 26, 2i
28. 29. Aug. 25. 26, 27. 27.
At Koi-iii-aittr.-Aiuy IS. 19. 20. 21. Jul
18. 19. 10. 21. Aug. 22. 23. 24.
At Providence. May 30, 30. June 1, 3J
July 1, 2. 3. Sept. 15, 16. 17. 18.
At Jemey City. May 29. Juno 6. 1, 8
July 15, 16, 17, 17. Sept. 19. 20, 21.
At Newark. June 2. 3. 4. 6. June 12
July 10. Sept. 2. 3. 4. 10. 11.
JAPS WANT TO COME HERE.
Return Trip of Keio University Bate
ball Club Suggetted.
Captain Kurozamn, leader of the
Keio university baseball team, which
was one of the teams met by Wiscon
sin lust year In Japau. has wrltteu to
Genkwan Rhlbtita, a student at Wis
consin, to say t!ie Jnpauese tiulversltj
players want to eonie to the United
States. The Japs wouU get here lu
May and waul ;o meet college uud
professional teams. They wuut guar
a u tees amounting to $.",C00.
Dr. Charles McCarthy, who accom
panied the Wisconsin team to Japan,
has been lu correspondence with Man
ager Iluxh Jennings of the Detroit
Arnerlonns In uu attempt to have tbu
trip ustiured.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Jim Jeffries refused an offer of $40,
000 for Ul rauch lu Burbank, Cal.,
that be bought for $13,000.
Wrestling CUauiplou Frank Ootch
says Zbymo must beat Dr. Roller to
ocuro a uiuteU with him for the cham
pionship. Andy WelMti, tiiu well known turf
ruaa. may give a race for trotterg uu
dcr saddle, amateurs to ride, at the
Iteadvllle. (Mans.) grand circuit meet
ings. . John i.. Sullivan's present tweive
weeks' engagement In European music
halls will be the ex-heavywelgUt cham
pion's first appearance In that country
since he fought Charley Mitchell tweu
ty two years tig".
The L'nlversiiy or fennsylvnuiu may
be awarded the intercollegiate sports
for May US. Syracuse wants the 1011
meet The Peun relays at Philadel
phia April 30 are expected to attract
about 300 Institutions.
LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS.
The Magnificent Revenge of a Gov
ernor of Missouri,
While Hobert Stewart was gov
ernor of Mi.sHouri a steamboat mart
was brought in from the peniten
tiary as an applicant for a pardon,
lie was a large.' powerful fellow,
ami when the governor looked at
him lie seemed strangely affected,
lie scrutinized the man long and
closely. Finally he Bigned the docu
ment thai restored the prisoner to
liberty. P.efore lie handed it I
him he said. "You will commit pome
other crime and be iu the. peniten
tiary again. I fear."
The man solemnly promised that
he would not. The governor look
ed doubtful, mused a few minutes
and said:
. 'You will go back on the river
and be a male again, 1 suppose?"
The man replied that he would.
"Well, I want you to promise me
one thing," resumed the governor.
"1 want you to pledge your word
that when you are mate again you
will never take a billet of wood in
your hand and drive a sick boy out
of a bunk to help you load your
boat on a stormy night."
The steamboat man said he would
not and inquired what the governor
meant by asking him such a ques
tion. The governor replied: "Because
some day that boy may become a
governor, and you may want him to
pardon you for a crime. One dark,
stormy night, many years ago, you
stopped your boat on the Mississippi
river to take on a load of wood.
There was a boy on board who was
working his'passage from New Or
leans to St. Louis, but he was very
sick of fever and was lying in a
bunk. You had plenty of men to
do the work, but you went to that
boy with a stick of wood in your
hand and drove him with blows and
curses out into the wretched night
and kept him toiling like a slave un
til the loud was completed. I was
that boy. Hero ia your pardon.
Never again be guilty of such bru
tality." The man. cowering and hiding
his face, went out without a word.
Exchange.
Origin of "Whig."
Several reasons have been assign
ed to account for the word "Whig."
By some the word is supposed to be
a contraction of a longer one,
"whiggamore." which in some parts
of England and Scotland, especially
Scotland, signifies a drover or
herder. It was in 1079 that the
word first became common in the
British isles, when the struggle was
in progress between the peasantry
and the aristocracy to have or not
to have the bill passed by parlia
ment to exclude I lie Duke of York
from ihe line of sut cession. All
who were opposed to placing the
duke in the line of succession were
derisively called "whigga mores," or
"drovers."
I'.ut Scotch tradition gives a dif
ferent reason for the existence of
l he word. It is this: During the
early religious wors in Scotland the
weakest of the factions used the
words "We Hope In God" as a mot
to. The initials of these words
were placed on their banners, thus.
"W. II. I. O.," and soon all the fol
lowers of that clan were given the
title of "Whig, which was after
ward attached as a party nickname.
Perfectly Frank.
"I've listened to many divorce
cases, said a Louisville judge, "but
never have I heard such an all em
bracing appeal for separation as that
Virginia darky gave before the
country justice in Virginia.
"Why, Sally," said the justice,
"what are you doing here?".
"Well, jedge, I wants a divorce."
"You want divorce, Sally! Why,
I thought Bill was a good nigger.
Ain't he good to you ?"
"Oh. ya-as. jedge; Bill ain't never
bit me a lick in his life."
"Well, doesn't he support you?"
"Ya-as. sir: he give me CO cents
last Saddy night !"
"Well, what in the world is the
matter with you. then?"
"Jedge," said Sally in confidential
tones, "to tell you de truf. I jes'
los' my taste fer Bill." Louisville
Times.
Optimism.
When the optimist was dispos
sessed and thrown, along with his
household impedimenta, into the
told street he chuckled furiously.
"Why do you laugh, my friend?"
inquired a passerby.
"Because I have just now been
emancipated from toil," replied the
optimist. "For yearn my life has
been one long struggle to keep the
wolf from the door. But now that
I have been deprived of the door I
no longer am compelled to toil.
Sweet indeed are the uses of adver
sity 1"
Then the optimist walked off,
whistling gayly, into the. sunshine
New York" Sun.
No.
REPORT OF TIIE CONDITION
OF
THE NEHAWKA BANK
NEIIAUKA, NEBR..
At th Close ol Business February 12, 1910 j
UKSOUUCK.S
Loans and Discounts $130 333 91
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 2J7.90
Hanking house, furniture and fixtures '. . 4.K2.r).3I
Current expenses and taxes paid ' 900.83
Due from nat'l, htato and private banks . 41 450 22
l-urrcncy 2rlo')) U
(5u'l " 3NI0.00 .
Silver, nickels and rents. 12S0.94 7. 600.94.
Tot1 185.425.11
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in 25.000.00
Surplus fund... 1. 250.00
Undivided profits . , . 1.751.5ft
Individual deposits subject to check. 82891. 0(1 f
Demand certificates of deposit : 1228.09 jgi' ; 1
Time certificates of deposit 4(1709 . 79 p f r
Cashier's cheeks outstanding 8825. (i8 P
Due to national, state and private banks. 17707 .'43 167. 423.55
Total 185.425.11
State of Nebraska, 1 t K
ssMl :t. pi
County of Cass C Fr r ' IM .
I, David C. West, Cash 0 f above named bank, do hereby ewrar that the
above statement is a correct and true copy of the report made to the State
Banking Board.
Attest, David C. West, Cawhier.
F. P. Sheldon, Director. -B.
W. Bates, Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21 day of February 1910.
J. M. Palmer.
Seal Notary Public.
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