MUSIC LESSONS OFTEN LOST
Writer Thinks Children Should Have
Easier Tasks and Shorter Hours
of Practice.
The musical education of the child,
we must remember, Is, in nine cases
out of ten, a plus quantity something
In addition to an- already complete
course of study laid out by that ex
acting and often heartless person
known as the educator. It invades
the play hour, makes it by no means
small exactions upon the already tired
brain, and often proves more destruc
tive of the central gray matter and
more wearing to the nerves than all
the rest of the child's curriculum put
together. Think of, the poor tortured
little spine and the dangling legs on
the high piano stool for an hour at a
stretch! What a nervous strain and
worriment, to drop a note here and
there, as grandma drops a stitch, and
be obliged to go back again and again
to struggle with the passage until
time, fingering, reading and all the
technique of execution are pronounced
satisfactory!
With less exacting music and short
er hours of practice, I have no doubt
that quite as much progress would be
made by most children in the long
run. Nothing is gained by exhausting
nervous energy and wearing out both
brain and body. Unless a child has
extraordinary aptitude and an inalien
able love for music, "too much of a
good thing," will simply disgust him
or her with the entire study.
Motor Maps.
In countries like France, where
roads are good and cross roads nu
merous, travelers by automobile have
frequent occasion to consult road
maps, because they go so fast and
change direction bo often that topo
graphical information Is, for them, a
continual necessity.
To meet this there has been invent
ed an automatic chart that unrolls in
step with the advance of the carriage,
so that the chauffeur has always be
fore him a map of the route he is to
pursue. When the road Is about to
turn sharply an electric bell gives
warning 300 meters in advance. An
other attachment to the chart regis
ters the distance traversed. The
whole apparatus is moved by gearing
connected with the wheels of the automobile.
Peruvian Petroleum.
K.Torts are being made to develop
i! ore extensively the petroleum re
oiirces of Peru. The known deposits
ot oil occur in a very narrow strip ot
land between the foothills of the Andes
nnd the shore of the Pacific, and much
or this Is flooded at high tide. Piles
ot rMiroad iron driven in the pure
oci'nii sand, which varies in depth
Irora live to fifty feet, are used as
foundations for the derricks. The staal
lowest of the driven welis Is 1.760 feet
In depth. There is very little gas. fine
the oil is very heavy, so that It ca?
be put into buckets with shovels, an
it is carried direct to the furnaces tr
Forve as fuel. Scientific American
Another American lady, returning to
her beloved country, forgets to de
clare her gold cigarette case, her gold
porte-monnaie and a few cloth-of-gold
frocks, and is required to "explain"
what ought to have been evident to
any customs inspector worth his salt
Can ladies be expected to charge their
minds with a lot of such trifles? How
can a lady remember how much para
phernalia of lovely womanhood
costly, as a matter of course she has
acquired? Must a lady take stock of
all her personal belongings to oblige
a few politicians in New York? New
York Evening Sun.
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CLARK LUMBER CO.
Lumber and coal are two of the most
important commodities sold in any
community. Without these two pro
ducts man would be at an utter loss.7
One of the important business con
cerns dealing in these necessary pro
ducts is that of the Clark Lumber
Company with yards in Lincoln and '
Havelock. The company does both a
wholesale and retail business and em
ploys fifteen men in handling its
goods. Mr. Landy Clark, the presi
dent of the company has always
shown a most friendly attitude to
wards labor. aiid thercompanyr,sinee its'
inception eight years ago ImS' been'
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"V S B S B S
JUDGE FRANCIS G. HAM ER.
Prominent members of both , par
ties have declared repeatedly during
the past few weeks that under no
circumstances could a more fitting
nomination for the office have been'
made than in the selection of Francis
G. Hamer, as republican candidate for
judge of the supreme court. Judge
Hamer will make an invaluable offi
cial whose efficient and conscientious
efforts are recognized by the people
of his own community- as well as the
state at large. As a lawyer he has
long been recognized as being amon?
the most able members of the bar.
His record is such as will bear in
vestigation and scrutiny from the
most critical adversary and found
clean and untainted. He is a hard
worker and has been successful ana
is splendidly prepared to handle the
duties of the court in which he as
pires to preside. As a judge of tho
district court, Judge Hamer has dis
played rare skill and has ably demote
strated that he is a fitting man to
occupy the position sought. ;.Jutfgo
Hamer is a gentleman of rare foren
sic attainments and has marked abil
ity and energy. He has been promi
nently identified with many important
cases in various courts of the state
and in every case has demonstrated
far-seeing legal ability. i. $ I
Judge Hamer was born in gerteca
County, Ohio, on February lQ, il$43,
and received his early educatkmiin
the common schools of Ohio and :Jn
diana, later in life removing to Illi
nois where he completed his educa-,
tion and took up the study of law.
Judge Hamer resides with his fam
ily in Kearney, Neb., and he has fao
respect and confidence of his Jellow
citiens in the fullest sense. As a
speaker he is powerful and convinc
ing and if elected to this office will
add to the vigor of his conduct. He
is one of the hard-working, always
alert republicans and has many
friends in the democratic and other
parties who would.be glad to se him
elected as a judge of the supreme
court. He is well-grounded in the
law, a safe counselor and an able at
torney and has earned his present
standing in the profession by his own
efforts. In this issue we gladly refer
to Judge Francis 6. Hamer as a man
who has the entire confidence of all
with whom he has come in contact.
Three Hundred Proposals.
"I received more than 300 proposals
1 I .lit n.ni.nlnrv M :
oi mtUTiage m uijr lucu. iuu uuiuiufii
remarked a sedate and elderly gentle- :
man to his wife, whom he was enter- ;
taining at lunchton down town the
other day. The white-haired lady gasp
ed. -Don't be alarmed, my dear," her
husband went on. "It was only a thick
little pink pamphlet from a town in .
Michigan. It was sent by a man who
calls himself the "Cupid" of that stats.
It contained the descriptions of inn .
merable women who want to marry.' I
don't know why it was sent to me
probably just an arrow shot In the air.
Judging from the catalogue of aspir '
ants for my hand the marriage mar
ket is overstocked with widows just '
now. The oldest I noticed was 75, and :
the youngest 17 Delicate way to
women to propose, ehT! . X "