Ik Birri on Press-Journal
C C BUkKt, reorsiaToe.
HARRISON, - SEBRASKA.
iut-.-c? are piua hors,, plus hati
auj plu;f inrii.
Next dnr nfighhors can pick flaws
in tin? pcrfwt man.
Flrat of all find out just what a
"njolly-ooWle Is aud then don't be
one.
Many a niaa takes a Juke for the
purpose of working it off as one of hit
own.
Possibly the good die young, but you
ran t get the oldest inhabitant to ad
mit It
The Filipinos at St. Louis say sweet
potatoes taate about the same as roast
dog. We'll take their word for it
Bishop Turner says that all men
were originally black. Tut, tut Bish
op Turner talks as wildly as a Chi
cago University professor.
The retiring bishops of the Method
ist church draw JJ.joo a year each as
half pay. There are some comfortable
advantages about being a retired
uUhop.
Aivordins to Iiean 'lufts, of the Chi
cago University, "flirting tends to the
development of both soul aud intel
lect" Can we doubt any longer that
woman Is man's intellectual superior?
Students charged with brutality in
college cane rushes will be justified in
pleading that they are but equipping
themselves for delegates to political
conventions after they leave college.
"It doe not follow," obtterv-t the
New York Evening Mail, "that ancient
Etrurla was highly civilized because a
comet has been found lu an old ruin
there." You wrote It "comet" didn't
you, esteemed contemporary?
The barefoot farmer boy who was
caught playing "high finance" was
promptly put on the road to the pen
itentiary; but the city man in broad
cloth and patent-leathers who works
the same game goes free with a tine
of $2o or fa.
Maurug Jokal, the Hungarian novel
hit and patriot who died recently,
edited two papers at once, and at the
same time belonged to the ('hamlwr
of Deputies. Between whiles, during
his fifty years of activity, he wrote
three hundred volumes, including a
dozen masterpieces of fiction.
"AVhen I am going anywhere I don't
wait for a star; I hitch my cart to
anything going my way." was the ex
planation which a Chicago reformer
once gave for accepting appointment
as civil service commissioner under a
mayor who believed in the spoils sys
tem. This is a pretty good rule for
reformers in other parts of the coun
try to follow.
One of the principal items in the
occultism now so fasmonable Is what
is called the "development of the per
sonality," or more mysteriously, the
"cultivation of the ego." The oeeultisU,
however, never claim too much. There
is nothing new in all this. The young
man who bravely accepts his life and
spends his strength molding circum
stances into a more agreeable shnpe
for himself and his fellow men is de
veloping his personality. Men have
been. doing that since time began. The
woman who doesn't know the differ
ence between the zodiac and the quan
tification of the predicate, but who
quietly sweeps the bouse and washes
the dishes without complaint is cul
tivating ber ego very effectively. When
she is reincarnated she will have her
-eward.
In 1850 the country beyond the Mis
sissippi was a waiting wilderness.
To-day, with Alaska, it la three-quarters
of the area of the country. It
haa more than quarter of the people,
one-third the number of farms, half
the improved farm area and nearly
half the farm value. The population
has grown 907 per cent In fifty years
from 1,500,000 to 22,000,000. Mis
souri, Iowa and Louisiana exceed in
density of population the general av
erage. Ten cities beyond the Mis
sissippi exceed 100,000 population. The
mineral products of the West In the
census year were $144,000,000. Cali
fornia has yielded one-eighth of the
world's total gold produced since Co
lumbus. The trouble with the popular mag
azine ia not that it seeka to print ab
surdities or falsehoods, but that it con
veys wrong impression by lending to
"personal views" the element of au
thority. The newspaper does not at
tempt to convince the reader in pre
senting news, but offers the matter
for what it is worth at face value,
so stating, and expects the reader to
form his own opinions. The least edu
cated person will have no difficulty in
estimating the Talue of news or in
separating the false from the true.
But frequently well-educated persons
re mis Impressed by presumably
authoritative statements published in
the popular mag tines. If the ques
ties of comparative confidence la rais
ed Mm newspaper on feel rare of Its
Cantor Dope teiSeTsa that toe
WKti mrrm. At dinner In cslebra
Vz ef ISm Mrreatieta annlvereary of
,"j ta u kix "rum i taeu tt
study of law, bigotry prevailed all
over the country on all controversial
'luenrjons. K-hglous sef-ts were more
engross! in fighting each other than
the common enemy. There wis an al-r.nf-x
frantic fear let science and re--.rvh
should impair the Bible, an 1
scientist were denounced as inlMels.
Nat to drink was singular, and not to
accept a treat or to treat la return a
breach of gJ manners. Now the Bi
ble student halls science and criti
cism as butrre.es of the sacred book,
and there is happy ami hopeful unity
among the churches. The progress of
temperance his brought Incalculable
blessings to the home, society and citi
zenship. Prophets are the jrreat speculators l:i
"futures," and in that sort of gam
bling the "bear," who see calamities
ahead, are usually losers. Nothing ha
been the subject of more pessimistic
forebodings during the last few year
than the bicycle, yet this season tb?
wheel coiurt our aaalu, almost as nu
merous and as popular as ever. Auto
mobiles. It is true, have greatly In
creased in numler. and they have
teen looked upon as the supplanter
and successor of the bicycle. "Ameri
cans like to travel fast," said a man,
recently, "but they don't want to worn
for it That is why the automobile
appeals to them." There Is some truth
in the remark, but the fact remains
that most of us must "work for it."
The bicycle is the poor man's automo
bile, and a good one. It does not both
er him alout starting or striping, does
not often get out of repair, requires no
outlay for fuel; yet it makes him mas
ter of a wider circle of country than
he could possibly command without It,
and pays him handsome dividends in
health and strength for every pound of
energy he sjiends In propelling It. The
time of the "siwcher" and the "cen
tury" run is past, and the era of sen
sible wheeling has come in. Thone
who own and buy bicycles now ar
those who use their wheels for exer
else, for recreation and as practica
vehicles. They would cling to their
hobby tenaciously even if their own
experience had not beeD re-enforced
by medical approval, which is now
overwhelmingly with them. The bicy
clists for years to come will continue
to ontnumler. as they have In the past,
the devotees of every other pastime.
In many places surprise Is manifest
ed at the stubborn resistance of thi
Russian troops to superior number)
In the battles along the Yalu and tc
the heroic self-devotion of the Japan
ese who went forward In the attempt!
to block the I'ort Arthur harlior. The
strange element In nearly all thc
comments Is that while they do not
express surprise In words they some
how convey the Impression that thl
fact of bravery was wholly unexpect
ed. There is not the least ground fot
this. Physical courage is one of the
common attributes of manhood in all
races which have evinced capacity for
progress, and probably In all others
also. The exceptions are very few,
if any. Individuals differ in the per
centage of courage la their genera!
makeup. In its quality, whether aggres
sive or passive, and in the methods ol
manifesting it but the quality Itself
is present in ail save a few unfortu
nate individuals. There are wider dif
ferences In the degree of aggressive
ness and tills la sometimes shown ir
the sKTi'Hnenn acta of hodies of mil
diers, as, for example, in the some
what unexpected climb of the Uulor
forces up Mission ridge, in what ii
called the battle of Chattanooga. Tin
principal differences among men Ic
fighting efficiency are difference In In
tellectual outlit In aeiite.ness and alert
ness of perception and of action thf
capacity to see opportunity, to seize
It nt the critical moment aud use it
with intelligence. In other words, It
is another case of the superiority of
the man who "knows how" and bai
been trained to use his knowledge
There is, of course, the crush of mere
preponderance of avoirdupois or num
bers, but that Is another matter. It U
superior brains or superior brain-
training that makes superior fighting
efficiency. It was by the superior use
of brnln power that the Japenese had
a preponderating force just where
needed In the Yalu fighting. Bravery
is always to be expected In men. In
tellect and training must use that
quality as they do every other known
to man.
Sampling- the Goods.
He carried a long, sMm leather case
and was evidently from out of town.
Looking about him somewhat uncer
tainly in one of the large city music
store, he asked for a certain book of
airs. It was placed before him. He
opened It at the first page, produced
an Intlquated flute, and began to play
softly, turning leaf after leaf with
careful fingers as each piece vas fin
ished. The shop assistants, much amused at
nrst, grew weary of the monotonous
droning, and one of them stepped up to
him and said:
"Do you think the book will suit
you. sir?"
The old man lowered the flute, and
looking over it in evident surprise, re
plied lo a tone of gentle reproach,
"How can I tell, young man, when I
haven't played near half the tunes?"
Then he placidly turned another page.
No Caa.
"No, sir. I never should ask a wom
an with brains to marry me."
"Well, really, I don't believe it would
be worth your while." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Though a young man la willing to
lay bin fortune at a girl's feet be la
seldom willing to la a carpet for bar
altar marriage.
"
Farm land iu Finland ranges in
price from p to f !- au acre.
The Kai?--r has become iin ardent
violinist, and practice diligently and
excruciatingly at every opportunity.
Mole emigrants left the 1'i.ited
Kingdom and fewer foreigner ettied
there in 1'jtC ll.aa iu any year iuce
The production of nickel iu I'ntario
List year exceeded that of any previous
)ar. The UAal was UJts t'.-ns. val
late at f.'.-UIUJe,.
In the South American regions,
where cattle are killed by the tens of
thousands for the export of meat and
hides, the bones are used as fuel.
Between Jan. 1, l!'t. and May 14.
b'.4. 1ST, days, there have Iweii under
written and sold iu the United Mates
securities aggregating over spimi,i,-
"0.
America's trade with (Jreat Britain
last year aggregated $l,im.i .';
next in importance is the trade with
Oeriiiany, which is little more than
one-third as much.
Count Zepplin, who wrecked his air
ship and at the same time bis fortune
lit Ijtke Constance, Italy, has raised
f l.iss.t by subscription for the purposes
of building another ship.
The chalk pits iu Kent, 11 miles from
I-omloii. are found to be extensive an
cient British cave dwellings connected
by galleries which extend for miles.
Near the center is a Druidical tem
ple. Benjamin S. Moore, of F.ll.alH-t!i,
X. J., recently celebrated his o."ith year
of actual service with the Central Kail-
road of New Jersey. For 7'-i years
t-traight running lie bus Iteen a locomo
tive engineer.
In the province of lower Burma. In
dia, near the Siamese frontier, tin de
posits have recently been discovered
and valuable coal Ileitis located. The
tin ore Is said to be of as high a qual
ity as that mined in the Straits settle
ments. Mrs. Craigie (John Oliver Ilobbesi.
lecturing in Manchester, said that men
to-day were losing the desire for Im
mortality. They desired no more to
live forever, but Instead to live ns
pleasantly as iossiblc here and now.
she said.
"One of the most significant signs of
the tendency of modern thought," says
the New York Christian Work and
Kvangelist (Presbyterian), "is supplied
by the Increasing attention which men
if science are devoting to religious sub
jects." .
There is In Sweden a movement,.
supported, it Is said, by t lie govern
ment, to tax all concerns and iTform
nnces given by artists who are not
Swedish subjects, the tax varying from
$1.50 to ?."m each concert, according to
the amount of money taken for tickets.
According to a recent report of the
ecological Survey, the total anthracite
production for l!t03 was (M;,:t. 1.713
tons. The average price of $2.,V)
brought the value up to 152.(k'Hl.-UH.
The number of men employed to mine
the output, which amounted to O.oon,
ooo more tons than In was l.",o,-
403.
The President of the British Hoard
of Trade stated, in answer to a ques
tion in the House of Commons, that
the average annual earnings of adult
males employed in the principal Indus
trial and agricultural occupations In
the United Kingdom In a year of av
erage employment might le estimated
approximately at $.''.. each.
The campaign of 1HV) had a dram
atic and unexpected sequel. Thurlow
Weed, before the meeting of the Whig
convention, sought out Webster nnd
urged him to take second place on the
ticket with Harrison, but the sugges
tion was rejected with scorn. An ac
ceptance of Weed's advice would have
made Webster President In little more
than a year.
The Income tax was introduced into
F-ngland by William Pitt in 170!) under
the stress of the French war. It ceased
In 1810, but was revived by Sir Robert
Peel in 1842, and extended by Glad
stone in 18.13. From being a teniK
rary war tax It hag now become a
permanent part of the British financial
system, and Is resorted to by every
Chancellor who finds himself In diffi
culties. 1,000 PATENT8 GRANTED.
One Year's Heault of Inventive Genius
in the Windy City.
One thousand patents a year are
granted citizens of Chicago. Illinois
stands seventh In the list of states
that take out patents according to
population, Connecticut and Massachu
setts still holding their own for native
Ingenuity. Alaska and Alabama, first
In the alphnliet, are at the foot in
patent winning.
The patent reports In the Chicago
public library were last year consult
ed between 80,000 and 5(0,000 times by
J 7.000 persons, some of them patent
lawyers or their clerks, but the ma
jority those contemplating Inventions,
end therefore seeking to learn wheth
er their ideas had already been antici
pated. A certain percentage of visitor are
"perpetual motion cranks." There Is
nothing for them In the report, so
they ask for the Scientific American
and similar papers that contain arti
cles on that subject Their errand can
almost invariably be detected on their
entering the room and addressing the
attendants. There la a restless, fev-
eiiab took and a nervous action be
traying tte lilurhan of mind and
the unLalme ed ambition that ha put
them on this quet While they fccl
doiu If ever exhibit anylhlagupproac h
; ing insanity, or eieu a lack of seif
! control. It i easy to fee that they
lite near the line that is said to
divide genius from madness. There
is never any outbreak, but the differ
ence between them and the ordinary
visitor is unmistakable. They at least
know exactly what they are after and
do not have to bother with finding out
. whether they are likely to infringe on
'. some already smi-essful applicant.
I Among the patents for oddities
! grant.ii Chicago citizens last year is
' one for a bag tilling machine, a clothes
! line prep, a churn, a dustpan, a lion-
refiihih-e buttle, a "!i.-.x." a eeavertib'
billiard table, a tobac.-o pipe, a safety
coat book, though lnsik!ng coats Is al
ready safe enough In Chicago, a check
expanding pad, a nose piece for eye
glasses, a tipping shelf for garbage,
an Improvement on governors, a
"model burglar alarm." implying that
Chicago burglars are models, a "con
trivance for muting violin strings."
and a pix ket for golf balls. There
was one also for "an attachment to
bridles." though not like the bridle the
convict said he was sent up for ten
years for stealing, ! ue a horse
happened to be attached to the other
end of It
Among the I.imi patentees were a
dozen women. One invented a hair
retainer, another a dtvss shield, an
other a VH.king utensil," another a
dress fitting stand, but It seems to
have taken a man to turn out a wom
an's skirt, a gaiter nnd a kitchen
table. Chicago Tribune.
BURDEN OF G R E A T WEA L 1 H .
It IoM?M.inn JinimrtM Otilijxutiom
ttiut Cannot ile 1 snored.
Iioubtlcss there Is a certain sort of
happiness In making money, in being
successful hi business, and there arc
many who take more pleasure In mak
ing. In accumul King money than In
its MMcsion. says the Xaslivil'e
American. Doubtless, also inlie ie.
wealth tends to destroy ambition, pi r
fonal energy and that spirit of activl'y
calculated to develop the best that Is
In man.
The man who is born rlli and who
has no need to lalmr for a living
should liicl unending pleasure in. tic
Improvement of his mind; In w. 1 -r-Ing
amid the delights of the field of
literature, or of art. or of science; ;f
travel aud observation of this mighty
notld and Its changing wond'-rs; in en
tertaining friends in a rational ratlcr
than in a fashionable way; in dispeii
ing thoughtful charity nnd benefac
tions; In laboring, iu the many ways
offered, for the improvement of man,
of the home, of government; in oil,
well, there are so many ways a man
or woman of healthy mind and inher
ited wealth might attain happ'ness It
seems hburd to suggest at random
any of the methods through which
contentment of mind and peace of ul
may be achieved.
The man of weal lh who lives In,
with and for his money, who thinks
only of himself or his immediate fam
ily, lives a narrow, mean and sc'.tlsh
life, and wealth can liard'y give him
finy more satisfaction limn It can give
a monkey, a prize pig or a pet dog.
The possession of wealth Inirts ob
ligations which cannot !e ignored
vithont 9 reolT'Pg oe?mltv imtiosei
by the law of compensation. Wealth,
inherited or acquired, should Is1 a
stimulus to the noblest ambition, to
the nearest approach to unselfishness,
to efforts to add lo the sum total f
human happiness ami to the dissipa
tion of Ignorance.
JUDGE PARKER'S REPARTEE.
Why He Kc fused to Become First As
sistant l'OMtmUMter-GeneraL
Judge ..ton B. Parker, writes M. (J.
Cuiiniff In the World's Work, had a
bright political future when he took
a seat on the bench In 1SS5.
There were few Democrats who did
not know him then. Five years be
fore, in the first years of his service
as surrogate, he had attended the na
tional convention which nominated
Hancock for president.
A year before he had been a dele
gate to the national convention of 1HK4
aud bud voted for the nomination of
Cleveland. Iess than a year In-fore
President Cleveland had called him to
Washington to offer hlin the office of
first assistant postmaster general.
Surrogate Parker of Ulster county,
New York, courteously declined the
place. As he and President Cleveland
were discussing the matter Postmaster
General Vilas, whose candidate for
first assistant's office was Adlal E.
Stevenson, entered the room.
"Parker says he doesn't want the
place, Col. Vilas," said President
Cleveland.
Col. Vilas looked at the erect young
man and said:
"May I inquire why, Mr. Parker?"
"I cannot afford to give up a f.l.OOO
a year position," said Surrogate Tar
ker, "to take a $3,000 position."
"Hut I gave up a $10,000 proetlce,"
said Col. Vilas, "to take an $8,000 po
sition." "Well, Col. Vilas," said Surrogate
Parker, "If I hatl been making $10,000
a year for ten or twelve years, I, too,
might auord to accept the president's
offer."
Ho, In the fall of IRTi, the young
man of 33, who had declined the po
sition of first assistant postmaster
general and had led the Democratic
party of New York to victory, was
widely known as a man on the thres
hold of political success.
Caught.
1 wrote the girl a letter,
Ob! Most unlucky day I
Her lawyer has that letter;
It's marked "Exhibit A."
Philadelphia Press.
u
Miss Alice M. Smith, of Minneapolis,
Minn., tells how woman's monthly suffering
may be quickly and permanently relieved by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compounds
"Dear Mns. Pinkhah: I havo never ts-fnre given ny onflnrse
tnent for any medicine, but Lydia II. Plnkliam's u'tu'de Com
pound has added so much to my life and h;ijpiiicfs that I f -t I lika
malum? an exception in this case. For two years every niMith I would
have two days of severe pain and could find no relief, l ut one day when
visiting a friend I run across Lydia I JMnkliam's grctubl Coin
pound, she had u.m 1 it with the l-t results and advh-e I me to try it,
I found that it worked wonders with me; I now- cxs-ri-n no pain and
only had to use a few kittles to Liin? alsmt this wonderful chaup I
ve it occasionally now when I am exceptionally tired or worn out."
Miss Alive M. Smith, 04 Thirl Ave, South "d nine a polls, JliniL, Chair
man Executive linnmitteo Minneapolis Study Club.
Ileauty and strength In women vanish orlv In life because of
monthly pain or some menstrual irregularity. Many suffer silently
and their best rifts fade away. Lydia K. I'lnkhatn's Vege
table, Compound helps women preserve roundneas of form and '
freshness of face because it makes their entire female, organism
healthy. It carries women safely through the various natural
crises and is the safeguard of woman's health.
The truth alMMit this great medicine Ih told In the letters front
women published lu this paper eon.stantly.
Mrs. C. Kleinschrodt, Morrison, II!., says:
j Hey were
I'll I j y 6M-UI' 'ciici.
f ".Menstruation is now regular and without
V - A pin. I am enjoyinj; better health than I havo
t rtv for sometime."
7 Wi
and sickly, discouraged w ith life and without hope for the future, when proof
is so unmistakable that Lydia K. I'inkham's Vegetable Compound will
cure monthly suffering all womb aud ovarian troubles, and all the ills
peculiar to women.
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The cheapfst postal service In the
world Is that of Japan, where letters
are conveyed alt over the empire for
two sen-ubout seven-tenths of a
penny. Tills Is the more wonderful
considering the difficulties of trans
port over a omuntalnous and irredu
lir ciuntry which bad less than one
hundred ruiies of railway, while
wagons can only pas?, over a few
of the chief roads and the steamers
jronncct but a small cumber nf
coast stations.
FREE to WOrfiEN
A Large Trial Box and book of in
structions absolutely Free and Post
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-J,3: , Ptin It In powder
i u amelvt (
Walt? . RM.Milu m. .
nil tar uperlor to Ikju u
antlMntlc contain in (
alcohol which IrriUtra
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r". Tha contents
evtry hoi mmkn
aw Authentic Sol.
f hi... .. ,
foe farther-hat mrt
I mm In the family and
4ae more geod t hen en
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The formula of a iutiA Rnn
otwu iiyi.Mn,
and used with gnat juccest as a Vagina!
Wash, for Leucorrhou. Pelvic Catarrh, Nua
Catarrh, Sort Throat. Sore Eyes, Cub,
and all soreness of mucus membrane.
Inloraltreitmantof female ills P.ittneU
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" ' 1 raaa
.CANDY CATHARTIC
He, Me,
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BEST FOR THR Rnttm, q
"Dear .Mrs. Pinkham: I have suffered ever
since I was thirteen years of ae with my n c'Ii.hs.
irregular and very Painful. I
doctored a great deal but received no benefit.
"A friend advised me to try Lydia V,.
Plnkliani's Vegetable, Compound, which I
did, and after taking a few bottles of it. I found
How Is it poviihle for ns to niidie it plniner
that Lydia L. I'inkham's Vegetable Com
pound will positively help all kick women ?
All women are conhtiluU-d alike rich and poor,
high and low, all gufTtr from the tame organic
troubles. Surelv. no oni ran uuK in romain wtr
NO NKKD Of TELLING
Ruycr (who has hastby snapped up
a bargain) "liy the way, vou adver
tised that you had go-nl reasons for
sel'lnu. I forgot to ask what they
were."
Seller (grimly)-" You'll Bnd 'cm
out fast eooujjh. Ta. ta !"
Widows in Cores never remarrr,
no matter bow young they may be.
Even though they had been manlcd
oily a 0)onth, they never take a
second husband
FASHION NOTES
Cucumber cream will whiten the
skin
If the skin Is red aod oily aold
preasy and rich foods
To tone the skin add
alcohol lo the wssh water
a little
fclder flower water is a pleasant
lotion t0 aDOlv to tha cU
Sage tea made moderatel
i . . .
stmnir
i a kooo tonic for tbe hair.
ror tiandg that perspire
too freely
a-x! a ntrie alun to the ,,.,
water.
Wheels maoe of silk flbie braid are
dd are
trim-
i-uccuve ana serviceable t
nng oo many or the new gotna.
Kor tbe children como wee )lttl
bite kid wlrst bair. iih
leather bandies.
I aside the baa In
tbe cutest little
The bo coat
suit really, and
white pockctbook.
has lo raided the
there are hosts of
P'etty suits with
COil t.
this loose, easy
A fad of the moment lo Tarla It
ln7. TV'
- wiiv aoect
Khns hitherto sacred to
tbe little
tbe sterner
Boxes a Year
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