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Tto Hiriboa Press-Jjiirnal C. C. BCKKJS, FROPKlETOa IABRISON, - NEBRASKA Never tell your uiisfjjrtune n.ibody like to have unfortunate friends. Another thing for which civilization Is clamoring is a noiseless match. The gooe that lays the golden pggs generally belongs to somebody else. When pneumonia went against Rus sU Sage It was like a roll of butter striking a brick wall. 8011, the $.'00,000 needed to discover the north pole will be forthcoming when the right man calls for it. If professionalism gets into foot-ball, the only safe amateur sport left open will be croquet between maiden aunts. The average man seems to think somebody ought to propose three cheers for him whenever he performs as a gen tleman should. Now that silk Is made without worms, let us indulge the fond hope that ere long cheese may be made in the same manner. One of the professors has found that lightning will not touch water. The thunderbolt should be adopted as the emblem of Kentucky. The destruction caused by Mont Pelee is not ended. The authors have seized upon the catastrophe and are writing novels about it. Americans are prone to gush more or less over their distinguished visitors tVOVu the Old WGrld, but tllPy "irVOuIu draw the line at King Leopold. Who can doubt that we live in an age of rapid progress when children 10 years old do men's work in Chicago laundries and do it thirteen hours a day? What the country really needs at present in the way of a game law is one that will restrict the playing of ping-pong to not more than two moons of the twelve. It never occurs to any one to order out troops against the lawless employ er. It is always the lawless employe. This is strange. Maybe it will be changed some day. A ontemporary chronicles the death of a citizen under the heading, "Sui cide Hlg Last Act." In this part of the country a farmer often milks the cows after committing the happy dispatch. A Kentucky woman has had her pas tor read to her the sermon he Intends to deliver at her funeral. If he is a wise pastor the meal ought to be first class when be takes dinner with that lady hereafter. The Army and Navy Register says that there is no officer on the active list of the army who held a commission in the regular army at the outbreak of the 2M1 War. The last officer commis liontd before 18G1 was recently retired, rhe fact shows that the fraternal strife was In a past which already seems dis tant, but the remoteness of the events Is even more clearly Indicated by the thange of feeling between the parties k the costly struggle. The healing of the mental wounds which the war in licted has proceeded uninterruptedly, tnd national unity Is now not only a -hry, but a condition. An extraordinary plea for clemency was that put forward by a thief ar raigned In a New York court, who ask d the Judge to suspend sentence be cause be, the thief, meant to reform, ind was about to marry "an estimable .ady." The wise man on the bench promptly sent the fellow to the peniten :iary for six months, expressing the wish that during that time the young woman should Investigate his record and break her engagement Foolish jTlrls of her type, who marry rascals with the hope of reforming them, are pitiably numerous. If the rascals could De locked up for six months, more or eat, beforehand, so that the girls could jare a fair chance to think things over, here might be fewer onhappr wives. It Is evident that prosperity and en terprise quite as much as carelessness lelp to swell the Kansas farmer's junk leap. "I have a three-hone riding ?low of a kind need extensively eight it ten years ago," writes a Kansas cor respondent "When I took the share a blacksmith to be sharpened the rther day the smith wanted to know what kind of plow that belonged to.' 't Is already so old fashioned that he uul never seen one; and a farmer who tappened to be In the shop said, 'Look lere, neighbor, yon can't afford to fool way your time with that thing. ITirow It away and get a modern flow.' The 'runner' wheat drill has ttrplitced the hoe drill and the 'disk' Is fUpUtfng the 'runner.' The two-horse !orn planter li now regarded as old be st use the lister' makes a better crop, rhe Junk heap grows because the tamers have learned the wisdom of ' Mrplng up with the times." Evident to what Kansas needs la not a warn- toy against thriftless habits, toot ccs (rutslattoos for her enterprise. U la CZrCt fa work op rympathy for a tojepaeMf ma la this aoaatrjr. txt ta tt pattteoat foraraueat to O irr"! af a atrlawlal advarttoe c :z. it CO la usiaaa m a War and be sorry for the man in the case. The particular n;an in this case lias a wooden leg. He advertised fur a wife, and stipulated that t-ue also should wear a wooden limb. He also demand ed curly locks and swore to love and chorlbh for the ages. He got a wife. I It does seem that almost anything that ' wears trousers can get a mate. She 1 was a widow with muscles like a prize fighter, ami four children, possessing appetites like a hired man's. She also had a disposition that stood out like the barbs on a wire fence. She married the man, and he at once became a hu man cipher. In a week fbe had blm housebroke and reduced to a state of awe and fear. When she gave an or der he Ms!?!; "Yes, mot her J" and hur ried. t)ne night he picked up a little courage and protested. He spent the rest of the ni'ht in the yard. Later be put In his nights In a hollow tree, with a faithful dog, and she held the fort. Later still there will be a divorce and a division of property and a scandal, and all because a man lacked pluck. The thing is a tragedy. It sounds like a Joke because men scorn, and women have no respect for males who are. or who can be henpecked. Incidental!', the case calls attention to the fact that the men and women who are worth marrying do not have to advertise. The geological survey at Washington has done timely service in issuing a re port by Henry Gannett upon the work of deforestation In the State of Wash ington. The report shows that in nine teen counties of that State west of the Cascade range 2o,.4 square miles were formerly covered with merchantable timber, of which 12 per cent has been cut, 17 per cent has been destroyed by tire, and the remainder is still covered with standing timber. In Mr. Gannett's own words: "In less than a generation nearly one-third of the tim ber in one of the richest timber regions of this continent has been destroyed, and of that destruction much more than half has been caused by fire." In other words, nearly two years' supply of tim ber, worth In money about $43,000,000, has been destroyed by fire. This report was made before the recent terribly de structive fires in Washington, Oregon, Wyoming and Colorado, which have added materially to the average de struction every year. The Department of Agriculture estimates that every year at least $25,ooo,MK) worth of real property is destroyed, fully ten million acres burned over, and 75.0uO,(HM) worth of young forest growth destroy ed. The full extent of this forest de struction In the States named will not be known until the bureau of forestry makes Its report, which it will soon do. Enough is known, however, to estab lish the fact that in one year more dam age has been done than can be made good In a century, if it ever can be made good. Such figures as these should make a deep Impression upon the public mind, and yet It Is doubtful whether the public will give this important mat ter more than a passing thought. It means not alone the property value de stroyed, but the deterioration of the soil, the drying up of springs and wa ter courses, the increased exposure of the farming regions to drought, burn ing winds, and cyclones. It means a menace to health, and yet, so far as the public Is concerned, this destruction will continue without an effort to check it at the beginning or to stay Its prog ress until it reaches villages and towns and begins to destroy personal prop erty. It is only another illustration of wastefulness of the American people and their Indifference to the destruction of property an Indifference which also extends to the destruction and in more than one case to the extinction of ani mal life. . The bureau of forestry has done everything It could In the way of securing State legislation, but the pen alties are light the area Is too large to be patrolled efficiently, and, worst of all, the bureau is not backed by public sentiment Of course, there will come a day when this wholesale removal of the forests will be regretted and people will have to suffer for it but so long as the penalty is not Immediate the public wll remain Indifferent If the Depart ment of Agriculture can And some way of rousing public sentiment the situa tion will be more hopeful. Napoleonder. In a translation of two folk lore tales about Napoleon, one from the French and the other the Russian, George Ken nan saya that Napoleonder Is the Rus sian pasant's name for the Emperor. It Is not quite clear why be has adopted It Possibly the final syllable der bas been added because, to the ear of the peasant Napoleon seems Incomplete, as "Alexan" would sound to ns without the "der." The point of view of the two nation alities differs amazingly. The French peasant regards Napoleon as a great leader and conquereor, aided. If not di rectly sent by God, to show forth the power and glory of France. The Russian peasant more thought ful by nature, as well as lens excitable and combative, admits that the con queror was sent to earth by God to il lustrate the divine nature of sympathy and pity through the cruelty of war. Both are convinced of his supernatural origin. The Frenchman believes that be was led by a guiding star. The Rus sian argues that he was created by tbe devil, and that God, having given him a sonL to punish tbe Russian people for their sins, then made blm a man by In spiring him with compassion. Oil Versa Coal. The Southern Psclflc Railroad has found nhat four barrels of Texas oil will do the work of a ton of coal. II paa 20 cents a barrel for the oIL la addition to bis age, aa aid man fearfully DIE IN A FIRETRAP FOURTEEN GUESTS PERISH IN A CHICAGO HOTEL WORST IN CITY'S HISTORY VICTIMS PENNED, WITH LITTLE CHANCE TO ESCAPE NO CHANCE FOR LIFE IfoMelrj OverrrowdTl, land 1tgti. K !. rd given for hafrtyNuna ber bum-Mi and Others Sufi orated Chicago, Dec. 5. Fourteen persons among the scores crowded into Lin coln betel at ltti Madison street, met death shortly before 6 o'clock Friday morning in a Bre wbich will pass In to local history as the most boriible Chicago has ev3r experienced. Death canji suddenly to a few, bul with awful slowness to others, who were penned up in the death .trap and suffecated or burned to leatb. Some died in their rooms, some chan ged all in jumping ana were lost while others were lost Id ballwavs where t icy had exp raed with tb1 1 fingers dug into the ciacks to tLe Door. All of the bodies were recovered, as the hotel was not destroyed. The victims were taken to Ral ston s morgue, and all day the place was filled with anxious people in terested in the death or t-e( king to as sure themselves of the safety of relat ives or fi lends. The buildiug was a fire trapof the worst kind, according to experts. Tnere were but two exits, a narrow stairway leading down the four Doors of the building aDd an in complete fire escape in the rear, The fire started on the second floor, presumably from a lighted cigar dr pptd on the carpet. Guests occupying upper rooms In the front part oi the hostelry, atouscd by the screams of a wotiriri, were able to escape down the sta ra;,'ind alout thirty people reached safety by means of tne fire ecsape. To add to the born r. however, th's gave way while others were atcrnptin to ecsape and three men were dashed to death on the pavement of the alley below. For the people )d the rear tbeta was no escape save by jumping. The stairway was In flames and the fire escape gone. Horror-stricken faces appeared at tbe windows and cried lor help. Firemen cried back to I he in to wait until nets or mattresses could be brouht, and those who did in most cases escaped with slight injuries. But some, crazed with fear, jumped to tbe pavement 8n3 were either kiled or bady hurt. It was an awful scene which, met their gaze. Tue dead or unconscious lyiug stretched on the floors, and in some case on their beds. Some had attempted to slip on a gaiuient be fore rnaklna fo; the street, but they had been overcome, although most of them were In their night clothing. livery store and hotel in the vicln tly was filled with men and women who had escaped with only their nightgown'. An Investigation will be made. A fire wall around the freight elevator and other precaut ionary alterations b;l been ordered some time ago, but tbe matter had been neglected. Little damage was done to tbe bote), but tbe smoke was so dense that the persons who met their death were overcome and died before assistance could reach them. Many jumped from tbe fourth stoiy windows or tried to save themselves by climbing down tbe tire escape In tbe front of the building, only to lose their grasp on the cold Iron bars and to fall to the street. Ambulances and patrol wagons from all parts of tbe city were called to the place and tbe cead and In jured were quickly attended to. All but fourteen of the guests at tbe hotel were out-of-town perse ns. Most of them came to Chicago to attend tbe international live stock how. Up to ten o'clock last nlpbt persons were taken In at the hotel and in every rotm or place where a cot could be erected, It li said, guests were accommodated. At that time a large number of stockmen, with tbelr families, were turned away. The hotel was filled. Shortly after tbe fire broke out the firemen rushed up the stairway into the place and be gun tbe work of rescue. Men, wo men and children were carried down ladders, Are escapes and smoke filled balls. Zro Weather in Kansas. Topeka, Kas.. Dec. 5. 7siro weather li repotted from a number of localities In northern Kansas hut the sudden fall in temperature li be ilieved to have caught but few cattle fmeo unprepared. Id Kiowa county ia tbe southwestern part of tbe state 'the supply of coal for general con sumption la scant. Hlovi City., la.. Dec. ft, Today ,? ttw eoidaat of tba Maaoo, alas Nebraska News An effort is being made to enforce tbe Sunday closing law at Crete The Western Rrick factory burned t Hastings with a loss of 81,200. Crete has an entire new system of electric lights At Platsmonth Otto "Voahtman was sent to the penitentiary for eighteen months for robbing his fath er. Jacob Thomas' s iloun at David City was robbed of t-00 cigars and a few Lotties of wine At Elk Creek Conrad Harmon's son was kicked lu the face by a horse and badly injured. At Tecumscb, Dr. J. G. Atterberg, a dentist, suffered a $1,000 loss by fire. An Appersoo Co.ctothereis bad o00 loss; about 42uo damage was done tu tbe McCrotky and Wright building. Mrs. Joseph Leibold of Nebraska City, was thrown from a buggy and killed. Congreg itiooalists of Geneva have had an acetylene gas plant put lu tbe basement of their church and now are assuud of a good light. The Methodist society at Monroe has its new ihurch on the found ation and Is anticipating being able to occupy It by Christmas. Mrs. Joseph llieboldt of Nebraska Citv died from the effects of ber Injuries, received in a runaway acci dent. A house rccupled by Harry Hall at Palmyra, a d owl el by Henry Calrln jr., of Nebraksa City, was destroy ed by lire. D.E . Crown of Alliance, a con ductor ou the Iiurliogtou road, was fatally injured in a wreck at Ard niore, S. D. William Gates. May wood agent for tbe Ilea'.rlre creamery, broke through tne ice on Maywooa lake and came Dear diuwniug. The Citizens National bank of Tecmseh will sion open and ranch bank at Sterling. A new building will be put up for the brancn ins- tutitioo. I. Krause's general merchandise store was burned at Aurora. Loss 116,000; insurance 18,000. Tbe build ing was owned by M, Kobn and was insured fur Sl.700. The contest for the Schuyler post- oflce bas practically terminated by the announcement of Congressman Elect J. J. McCarthy that be will endorse 1). McLeodd. John W. Riffle Is eettiner alone lu years and does not care to be actively engaged longer In business pursuits. ror this reason he bas resigned as postniasti r of tbe town of Smart- j'ille. A pension of $12 per month, with $2C3back pav, has jjst been granted to Joseph Grot! e, the father of a Cuming c unty h y who was killed In the cln rge at El Caney, Cuba. Two young men of Coming county lost their lives in tbe Cuban war The new Methodist Episcopal church at Geneva is Dearlng comp letion. It is built of brick and stone with round tower, and will be a handsome edifice when finished. Since cold w ather began tbe congre gatlon'ls using tbe Christian church, wbicb it bas rente J. The Fremont Sugar P.eet Compaoj beld a meeting and rented tbe Town er Smith farm of 480 acres, north west of the city for a term of years. One-half will be planted.to beets each year. This company Is com posed of a number of Fremoot busi ness meo. The report of the secretary of tbe state sbows that during the twt years ending November 30, 1902, there was received in fees: For no tarial commissions, 11,335; recording stock brands, 1,133.80; filing and re cording articles of Incorporation, $46 007.91; transcripts, certificates, labels and trademarks, $781.90; total, $50,2o8.6I. The Epwortb assembly, composed of representatives of the various Epwortb Leagues of the state, a Methodist organization, bas about completed the purchase of a tract ot land a few miles south of Oumha as a permanent home. The price is under s' mid to be $8,000, and a contract has already been nvide to extend the Traction conipanf's lines to tbe new park. Itallle, the 20-year-old daughter of John llatbbtin, a merchant of Shel by, had her life hanging by'a'tl-reid for feveral hours. She arose to build a tire and was discovered later In a chair, partly drcsed, unconscious and ber body quite cold, Tbe room waa filled with carLcllc acid odot and tbe amply bottle lay on tbe floor be tide ber. Her mouth and throat were bady burned with tba Hold. It la iboofht that aba mistook toe acid for a ooofb remedy. GERMANY STRIKES BERLIN SAYS THAT VENEZUELA SHOULD COME TO TERMS. GERMAN CLAIM NOT LARGE DETAILS OF CUSTOM HOUSE SET TLEMENT UNAGREED- NOTHING KNOWN OF LOANS Grrmtlo Claimant arc (.rowing Wearj ot the urlmj Vcnciuela't Precarious Pe tition. Berlin, Dec. 3. The published statement that Germany's claims against Venezuela amount to 5 million dollars is incorrect. While tbe Ger man government is not yet ready to publish the details of its demands persons who have seen the papers say tbe total Is about 2 million dollars. President Castro represents to Ger many that Venezuela has little cred it abroad, that the country Is just emerging from a civil war during wbich planting and industry were partially ruined and that therefore no matter how much Venezuela may aesire to satisfy lininedlrfTely the claims against her it Is obviously im possible. An agreement on tbe subject must provide for deferred payments. The seizure of the custom houses thereby depriving the government, of nn im portant me ins to administer the country would and to the internal Distress and disorder.' v While I'residcnt Castro's proposals are not disclosed there Is reason to beli ive that tbey Include the emission of bonds at a moderately higher rate of interest, with some sort of a guar antee that if the interest of the In stallments of the principal are de faulted certain Venezuelan customs bouses may be taken over by Ger many. Nothing Is known here of the plans of Isaao N. Sdigman. of New York for floating a Venezuelan loan. He bas not approached tbe government lo this matter. There is no disposition here to pro ceed with harsh measures toward Venezuela If milder ones will suflice to exact satisfaction, but tbe Ger man government s fully committed to tbe Intention to obtain ample sat isfaction. Tbe claimants are con stantly purging the government to press the collection of tie amounts due them, not only because of the sums Involved, but, it is represented, In view of the fact that the long de lay has rendered the position of Ger many in Venezuela more and more vexatious. Therefore it Is claimed that the government must strike and strike hard. Homele?s Waifs Now Wealthy. Omaha. Dec. 3. Three North Platte children abandoned several years ago by their parents on account of poverty, are heirs to a fortune of $300,000, If the story told the author ities of the county court by a prosper ous appearing mine owner of Cripple Creek be true. The waifs are located In separate homes found for them through adoption by the Nebraska Children's Home society. The death of their father, William P. Hager, fs the reason they are now wealthy The Cripple Creek man, who is In Omaha looking up the' children, bas kept bis name secret, but the facts of the case come from reputable county ofilcers. According to tbe stranger. Wiilliaru P. Hager came to Cripple Creek a year ago from North Platte and helped him to work an abandoned claim. Several months ago ere was discovered. The mine proved a bonanza after macl.lrcry bad been purchased and a shaft sunk to a sufficient depth. Ikger. how ever, died from an attack of pneu monia brought on hr work out of door. A memorandum he left re ferred to the adoption of the children by the Nebraska society at North Platte, March 1. l'H)l. The father owned a two-fifths Interest In the mint, for which $800,000 has been offered. Tbe children will have to be found and guardians appointed before the Colorado courts will permit the work log of the mine, and that Is the rea son that tbe Cripple Creek mine owner Is so anxious to find ti e little ones, who are Lll'.ic, flattie and Fan nie, aged 6, 4, and 2 years respective ly. Shipping Gold to South America. New York, Dec. 3. The sum of 50.000 lo gold will be ihlpped to South America tomorrow, Several banks are Interested lo tbls ship ment, wblcb Is said to be for account of the Argentine wheat movement Argentine recently drew on London for gold, but tbls later purchase la made here because of tbe lower rata. A telegraphic transfer of 13000,00 la gold to Ban Francisco waa made by lb aab-traaaary today. cm Many women and doctors do not rtco&ilie the real aymptoms of deranjremeBt of the female organs until too late. "I had terrible pains alonr? my spinal cord for two years and suffered dreadfully. I was rivon diCerent medicines, wore plasUrs; none of these thing hflped m-. Reading of the care thnt Lydla V.. I'lnkham a Vttfctablc Compound has brought about. I somehow felt that it was what I needed and bought a bottle to take. How glad I am that I did so; two bottles brought me immense re lief, and after using- thnee bottles more I felt new life and blood surging through my veins. It seemed as thoug-h there had been arcj-ular housa cleaning through my RysUm, that all the sickness snd poison had been taken out and new life pivrn me instead. I have advised dozens of my friends to use Lydla K. Pinkham's VfRctablo Compound. Uood health is iudis- 5ei sable to complete happiness, and .ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has secured this to me." Mrs. LxtiiA L. ISnmK, Crown Point, Indiina, Secretary Ladies Kelief Corps. fBOOO forftll If orlflntl ef about Itttf f roving finuliineu can net i prUaced. Every sick woman who does not understand Ler nflmcnt tthould writ Mrs. Piaiibam, Lynn, Mass. llcr advice Is Ireo and always helpful. To per cent of English tnrle onion shipbuilders are out of work. Fruit acids will not Ktnin conn's dyed with PUTNAM I'A MK1.KSS UVUS. Uranium Is a metal used In the ?lass and pottery business and costs a pound. If ynn tlrp of tmrkwhtnt. ry Mm Austin's fntnnns I'lHi'iiki' flour for a change. Maile from the great food ceri-iils. Duststornis annually do an im mense amount of damage in Aus tralia Mrs. A nut Ill's IliKk wheat please Hie holp family, from the linh.r lo grandfather. Makes a healthy, hearty breakfast, satiaties. It is said that some of the Venetians those who have never been to the mainland have never seen a horse In all their lives. A showman once brought one to a fair and called It a monster. aDd the factory hands paid a quarter to see the marvel. It was a woman who Invented tho tack puller, which Is now so widely used in this country. The tack puller isslmplva large llkcarrangementbf means of which the tack lmlding a carpet to the floor can be easily and speedily pulled out. Though there are many goats in Malta they bave no regulai grazing giound' but the beards ate dilven along the roads and hillsides, nhere they pick up anything they can Hud. Near hurtao habitations the tomato can crop is usally large. A birth, a marriage and a death occurred on tho same night, within five hours, lu Ihe home of Fdward Criswell, at York tpilngs, I'a. At eight o'clock in the evening a niece was married, at ten o'clock a grand son was born, and about one a. ni. Mr. Criswell died. Oil Is being used as fuel on n num ber of steamers sailing between San Francisco aod Honolulu. "Tbe Proof of the Podding Lies In the Katlng." The doctors are dumbfounded, ths druggists astonished, and tbe people yx cited sad joyful over the wondorfuj cores and tremendous ssles of the crest K;ui edy, Hi. Jacobs Oil. Every case of Rheu matism some of natiy years' standing bus given nay ta this powerful remedy. Thousands of certificates like the follow ing can be furnished as to its value: ijeorge ftelrjer, I'ulilisher of tha Chilton, Wis., "Volksbott." naed 8t Jacobs Oil for "almost unbesrsble pains in the bsck, which bad completely pros trated him." A few applicstlons cured bim entirely. Mrs. Fred Kberle. Ttellsire. O . wss for a long time severely troubled with Ubeu mntism. St. Jscobs Oil instantly re lieved and entirely cured her. Itev. Ir. . Tick, of Rochester, N. Y., suffered so intensely from Ilbeu nstic pains tl.st he wss unable to preach. Several applicstlons from a bottle of Ht, Jacobs Oil "relieved bim." r". Itsdder, Cleveland, Ohio, says: "Two spplicatious of St. Jacobs Oil cured tne of grest and long-continued pnin in uj foot." Messrs. (5. I.. Hrundsge snd Bon, Drug fiHiH, Muskegon, Mich., write: "Ht. J.icobs Oil has a wonderful sale. We sold eit-lit bottles st retail yesterday. This will give you some idea of bow well It Is liked in this sect Kin." Mr. louis Ilinkel, of Knst IWsten. Kill, N. V., snys: "j call St. Jncobs Oil the best lltilmrut I evt-r used. It cured Uie of Itheiimatiam snd pnin in the bsck." Herman Kilmer, Manchester, N. II. I "I bave tried St. Jscohs Oil. and found It eicellent. All tbose who have purchas ed It speak of it as 'simply incouipsrs He.' Geo. O. Erffie, Tab-stint, III. "I wss In bed suffering from a swollen leg. ' I O sad Ht Jacobs Oil. its effect was wot tlerful. The following day I attended ta any business again." Dr. Otts Fals, lUsdlng, O., writs: "The sals of Rt. Jscobs Oil Is coastantly mcraaalBg; It Is praise by everybody, arts aa?st fail to glrs entire satlsfas UaRfM Mow sara.