. wj , T imi - mm m "IT mi m m i i , i i is I ' i ' " im , i m , 3 m J p f , if li ! 1 i li t 1 r- The Harrison Press-Journal C. C. BCKKE, I'soritJST.. I HARRISON', -NEBRASKA. It i un.'ui-ky to lose J 13 on Friday. Many a man retain liis friend by refusing them loans. Matrimony la the destroyer of many pleasant engagements. Kven if a woman is self-niade she wants people to think she is tailor made. Many a man who prides himself oa his rem city thinks it no harm to lie to a Jury. toe man who stops you on the street to ask after your health doesn't necessarily care. A ) ft answer turneth away wrath. But It doesn't have the slightest effect on a book agent. A conceited woman dubs a man a woman hater just because he doesn't happen to admire her. A new counterfeit $100 gold certifi cate has appeared. Be careful to ex amine your $100 bills as they come In. It Isn't a difficult matter for a doc tor to ascertain what ails a patient All be has to do is to perform the au topsy. When that $2,5j,0o0,0O0 ore trust Is formed It will be something more than an airy Joke to aay that Mr. Rockefel ler owns the earth. are so stbt'e aa actually to pass for tIjv tutu. There la the titan who has tht reputation of being aggressive and forceful to a degree, but who has no e.'ercent of courtesy or consideration for his fellow men. He knows that If he allows other men to get close enough to him they will see that be hind his bluster is a dearth of Ideaai and ability. He knows, too. that if he' permits those who are associated with) him and under his control to manifest' their ow n individual worth the com parison which the worid will Institute between their genuine abilities and hli pretended i;ii.ortance will be not only unflarteriug to him but destructive to his ambition. The poller of such a man la to browbeat wherever he can and to systematically disparage others at every opportunity. , It is well enough to know that i Pennsylvania court has deeded tha Ufa . . .. . uiouiaut-e cannot ue collected on a man that Is hanged. Will the girls of the present eener atkin who would be content with the education of their grandmothers kind ly hold up their hands t A girl may be wise, but if she wants to marry she is foolish to appear more Intelligent than the man she is trying , u induce to pay her board for life. It is feared that some people get una Air. Itockefeller's Bible class who wouki rather have a tip on the market than information on how to be good. "Jig dancing, " says a terpsicborean professor, "should be taught in the schools." But this is distinctly a con cession to the uneducated taste. The Jig; ia the rag time of dancing. Secretary Hay says that if the press of the world should resolve that war should be no more, there would soon be universal peace. But war news makes such attractive reading: A New York man wants a divorce because his wife bought nineteen bats in twelve weeks. If the judge is umj ried it will not be hard to guess how this case is going to be decided. We may find that it is much easier to deal with the mob that lynches or the mob that slugs than with the fem inine mob that has on two or three re cent occasions turned a weddimr Intn riot An observing physician of New York who has recently traveled about the country a good deal says he finds the farmers are standing and walking siraignter now than they were twenty- nre or thirty years ago. Ue attributes this to the use of modern apparatus on the farms. "The Man with the Ho is getting the stoop out of his shoulders by reason of the fact that he doesn't use a hoe any mere, but cultivator, on the top of which he rides under an umbrella. Advice, it is said, is cheap. But t sometimes is dear when accepted In cases of sickness. This does not refer to the advice of physicians, which, of course, is dear, but to the advice of well-meaning and sincerely sympa thetic friends, which often is far dear er still. All know how proue people are to advise one who is ill and to tell what they did and how they obtained relief under what they think were ex actly similar circumstances. It stands to reason that these good people under stand neither the ills with which they were afflicted nor the influences that brought about their cures. But the sick do not reason. In their pain and anilety they are like young robins that sit with open mouths and swallow whatever Is dropped In, whether it be worms or shingle nails. And after a long experience with the pills and po tions of sympathetic friends, death, if it is not certain, is at least welcome. It seems a itt relief to sleep under Trie I i .... , it - - . .- ,Q mviuuviui, UllB human habit held good many centu ries ago. He quotes the following as one of the wisest of Babylonian insti tutions: "They have no physicians, but when a, man is ill they lay him in the public square, and the passersby come up to him, and if they have ever had his disease themselves or have known any one who has suffered from It they give him advice, recommend ing him to do whatever they found good in their own case or in the case known to them. And no one is allow ed to pass the sick man in silence without asking bim what his ailment is." Excepting for our present thin veneer of civiHzation and abundant? supp:y of physicians, human nature seems to have been about the same In ail ages. But what is the use pro testing? The habit continues, in spite of the graveyards it has filled. For we like sympathy when we are sick. And. maybe, after all, sympathy is oener man nostrums in most of our little ailments. Atvyway, the neighbor who drops her own household cares and comes in with sympathy and de votion seems to have almost divine neaiuig In her loving touch. She mar know nothing of pathology or thera peutics, but she knows what the sore heart hungers for and supplies it as no other can. She may help us to die In many a case, but if on the other hand, we get well, she has taught us there are things worth living for. If we es cape going to Join the angels above, we at least hava learned that there are angels on earth. ! Something scarcely endurable in the way of a mosquito plague is needed to make the average man understand that tnnch patient study, investigation and experiihentaQoh have established the fact that the raosjuTto tuay 15T corT ironed and ulUmately exterminated ; that he Is born and brad very near the scene of bis sanguinary activities; that his presence in a neighborhood it ridenc of local negligence and indif ference; that he is the most efficient and perhaps the sole ajent of so-called malaria inoculation, and that the cost of eliminating him la as nothing to the ralne of the benefits it would con fer upon suffering humanity and de pressed real estate. , Perhaps, under some halcyon dUpen setion say, the millennium, of which we have heard so much there may be aa arrangement whereby nniversa health, happiness and prosperity will follow on the heal of universal edaca tleo, apathy, and. Indolence. But, tak ing humanity sa.lt Is, and measuring prospects by the MtosTl material at our preeeM disposal, la it wise to deooou htte the fields, the factories and the mlaee byprsha the multitude Into f aaatsef soorn for simple toil? What are all these mUilo&a to do when they kail have bean exalted above the the pitamfork and the ax? A of millionaires, bar el tss eases, orators and weald set be able to do, 13 fcf far ua great length of Chi earagw and the ao- WOMEN WHO "FORGET TO PAY." Carelewi HablU, If Not Criminal, of airmucra or tU hri. It was the lunch hour. A well dressed woman at a table near a side door In the department store restau rant quietjy arose and sauntered down the corridor toward the elevator. Just as the waitress who had that table In charge emerged from the serving room. With a guiek look about her the waitress set down her tray and uiaue arter ma vanishing figure. In less time than it takes to tell it she returned with the departing guest in tow looking stern but. triumphant Madam murmured aomethlnit about having forgotten to pay for her lunch, but the severity of the waitress' face did not relax a whit at her explana tion. Sshe did not even pretend to be lieve it That's a rerular game." she ex- Sow to Ue a buct ekoful trini: her. Few women ho let-oiiie the . '.: d wife of a man with a fauiiiv raW;e he great responsibility wbl b tin y are aking upon themselves; and i! Is inain y ou tills account that so nuiny ! ! mothers fail in their duty to fill the ?lace of the one uliuw position tlit'V Jike in the tmuselioid. There are great lifhYuities in the way of fuifilliiip the xwition of Mnund wife to a riian and lecond mother to his children, whh-h . "CQUlre more than an ordinaray ! imount of iHimiuon wune, tact and pa aence to overcome, and any la-k f these virtues Is liable to catiw much iisKeiifcion in a lome. The position of a stepmother is by 3o means an enviable one. One of :be grewtest tsks which she must set herself to accomplish is to wiu the iove and respect of another woman's rhildren, and iu many cases this is an xtremely difficult matter. But, unless Ihe does this, a stepmother is Ixmud to be unKpular iu a home, and prob- bly be the rause of much unhappl oesa. It Is not sufficient that a step Bother sltuuld rely Ujon her hnsbaiid to secure that respect from his tirst wife's children which Is due to her. She must show them that she has their best interests at heart -and in lesirous of winning their love if they will allow her to do so. There is al ways a certain feeling of resentment an the part of children against the one siio comes to take their mother's psi- j J"n. lo a certain eiteut It is only natural that there should be, and It Is l stepmother's duty to try and remove .hat resentment by proving how much she wishes to become a second mother o them in every sense of the term. No action can be more mean on the part of a stepmother than to lavish ill her love and care on her own Ut ile ones while treating her stepchildren tvith a cold Indifference which creates l dislike toward her and makes their i lives miserable. Children are partic ularly sensitive regarding such a mat ter, and stepmothers would be fur more popular if they would only try to treat the children of their husband's first wife as they would their own. It Is, of course, almost impossible for a woman to love the children of another woman In the same way that he would love her own. But the st en- mother who values the happiness of her home will conceal, as far as pos sible, ail difference In her feelings to ward the children of her husband, and endeavor to make tbem feel that she is a real mother to them ail. By so doing she will also win Mill ; greater love from her husband, tfany widowers do not marry a second time for love, but simply for the sake of their children, who need a woman's care. It Is, more often than not, a marr1ag of convenience, the man choosing the woman whom he con siders will best till the place of mother to his children. Ofter be is grievously disappointed. But when be discovers that his second wife Is anxious to do all in her power to win the love and respect of her stepchildren, and make their lives as happy as possible, his that tliey li;ive a mw of humor. Is'ti lliiiiU it U pr.iivmr;hv to sliv that yii are of a K'-my di.s.il-.n. When d'4'uurngfd by djihVuXes. don't jmil iiij fare and shut j.mrelf up alone 'Jet with the cheerful minded, the peo ple wh d jnt iih.;ie, aiwl you won catch a glimpse of a silver lining to your dark cloud. We have oiitsrjwn many old notion, but there is tnifh in the old saying, "early to ld and early to rise, makes a man betthy wealthy and wise." Oean Swift ssid he never knew a man who rose to rai inence that lay late in bed in the morn itig. Selected. last tmf New York News. According to a feminine writer, the work of thq woman's club is threefold to educ.ite iu members mentally and morally; to create public opinion; to secure hotter conditions of life. Its worth, personal and social, is in pro portion to its fe.-tivcne.s4i In Re tiring these ends. The Dowager Km press of China, that lady of most uncertain temper, ia magmnccnl In her taste ami hstes all poor specimens of Bowers. She is sal to constantly scold her gardeners be cause the colossal chrysanthemum they raise do not appear to her to I i.irjce rnougu ana ne nas alo ex prvn ner displeasure that all trees could not be made to pivnluce flowers and fruit simultaneously, as do or anges and lemons. Hower name have always been In favor for girls, but at present the names of precious stones run them good second. Lord Ed wan I Church ill's daughters are Iluby and Beryl there is Miss Pearl Finch, daughter of .Mr. t.eorge Klnch, of Burley-ou the- Hill; Miss Frances Wolseley, only eiuia and heiress of Lord WoiseJev has also the name of Garnet, and the new Jjd.v Ilardinge, whose btmband has recently been appointed ambassa dor at St. Tetcrsburg, owns a beautl ful baby called Diamond. How the dainty, almond-eyed Jap nnese maiden manages to keep" her sat in skin ami youthful contour on the ki.Ki of food she eats must be a mys tery to the beefsteak ami potato, bread and butter eating girl of the Occident A cup of ta, accompanied by two lit tle green plums, pickled in vinegar, then rolled in wurar. Is the traditional' Japanese brpnkfast Dinner Is pref. nccfi ny a iiumbir of (jm-cr appetisers In the form of muffed prawn, seaweed wilh sauce, hashed (sparrow anl salt sweetmeats. Dinner Itself consisu of plain boiled rice mljed with a little fish sauce. But what a lot of rice the sweet Japanese girl can consume! f - cere love.- W hat Is Is Htt. i ao noi sen tnat lire should be I A bed of eas; I am not like the child, who wants Each toy be sees. And yet 'tis hard, I think, sometimes To see and know. When life seems full of bitter things. The way 'tis so. Tis hard to watch the one we love Grow sirjc and die. To lay thera in the grave and make No moan or cry. Yet those he loves God ehasteneiji, So we are told; And each In some way doth believe The story old Thst in this world what is is best; Aithongli we see A thousand ways in which we think Twonid better be To hsve what we have longed for, bnt plained, when madam had paid and p.., grief, eaamjOei hi tea taallav reeatre i ens a ta aatara te r a it to BSassur ecu wtUk departed. "Only last week a woman and child came In here and took (he regular 20-cent lunch. After they had finished it the woman suddenly de cided that she would like a piece of pie, and I went out to get It When I came back she and bar child were gone, and I had 68 cents to pay for what they ate." . 'Well, what do you think of that!" ejaculated one of her listeners. Then she Indulged In an amused giggle. Tiey manage so differently at a Y. W. a A, bote! that I know of," she began. In response to her friend's in quiring look. "The place is patronized by women only, and from its name you kind ef expect sweetness and light, faith, trust and all that There are two doors to the dining room, and at each is stationed an attendant with a small bowl, it la easy enough to pass i ner going n, but If yon want to get out you hare to drop a ticket into that bowl" "Welir "The point," she went on, demoreiy, -ie tnat you can't gat a ticket untfl yon ve paid your check. The cashier hands It to ran with your change," !Td loach there Just abont oncer said her companion, warmly, "uu idea of being treated like a malefactorend at a I. W. a A. place, too r New Tark Press, ni tbmnjfti care and half of tha erer eeasee trrlag at Oa ether beat Uvea, ladeof Sorrow and pain, that iod some trials sends to eaeh That one and a it May come to Him for sympathy; iJsy heed his call, "Come all ye weary ones to me, For here. is rest" And so we all would fain believe What is is liest Thus, though like others, I should like At peaee to be, I only ask that he. In time, Will give to me A faith so snre, a love so great So strong sod true. Tbst I may took to him for help In all I do; Content to know, at last for me , Will come sweet rest; When life's hard lemon bat been learned, What M is best Boston Globe. Don't Mope. Lwn t yiera to the "blues." Shake off the attack Iu a hearty Iaugb. which is good ror body and mind. One way to disperse our own clouds Is by get ting from under them in the effort to disperse other people's. Try it Wueu the brain Is fuddled with too much care and work, drive out such cobwebs with jokes and stories; it will pay. Olumness Is not piety; nor are sour looks a passport to heaven; the best should not only be, but appear to be. the happiest When depressed seek the ceaspantonafalp ef the man with a cheerful heart aad sunny face, we all need the sunshine of life; let as bask la it when we may. Some people arraia ie Mag, or to coafess How to Clean Wnintsu Odd bodices of net and lace are so much worn of late and are usually such delicate and elaborate affairs that the woman who intrusts them to cleaner or maid Is extravagant or reckless. The simplest and safest way to have them cleaned is to do it one's self, a feat not at ail difficult to accomplish If one but knows the right way. A woman who bus done four net and lace shirtwaists In this way declares that they come out as fresh as ever: Tour . . .... .v MoiiuiH waier over a musiin bng, which has been previously wua oran. Let the waier stand until warm, and well squeeze the bag In ft before tak ing it out Now take half the bran water and make a lather together with some soap jelly. Put your bodice Into it. Knead well, but do not rub. When perfectly washed, put It in the clean bran water and (shake until all soap Is removed. Fold In a warm, dry cloth and put through a wringer. Take a moderate iron and iron until dry. The bran acts as starch. Before folding to put away hang the garment on the back a shalr, so that no trace of momnre should pmaln. Sptl4i correspond! E The ol- liiusu lined to y that Gul was divided' into Hhree p". ' t-1 CsnadisB Norf bwet, UttnVw di!wmn ere pulital; rti.je of the West era Canada's prairies are crested by the un erring hau'l of nat'ire. Chiefly beeause of the elevation of th- country, the absence of Inrsre lakes and rivers, and the operations of tbe "(lii Dixik'' or I'afiKc "e.iD winds, whifb readily crom the Rocky Mountain ia Southern Alberta through (tape and pes, the south western pnrtioo of the Canadian provinces ia retarded ta some what and, and !- fertile than other por tions of the country. Alshouirh tlm ha been a prevailine ides in the past, it baa been left for Amerfran settlers, who hare iiv.ided this district within the past two or thre yenra to prole that splendid crops of grain run be frrown on the laud. which had hitherto been the fc-dii!g ffrmiDd for the herds r.f catt.'e ami bands of hornes (hat ranged there. lust ranching Is ca-rleij on mot uc- rifu!ly in other portion of the prairies West. Just agriculture Is to a limited extent conduct) succeinrullr withiu thin boim.inry j fuiy est.ihlU.hel. but tken 1 a whole it mo-tUtules a territory above 11 others mint admirably adapted to this particular induttry. The buffalo, bunch and other rrae that prow in profnuiun iu this diatrii-t and retain their nutritive .npertliM the jear round, and tha moderate climate of midwinter rendered audi by the Chinook wind prerentina; any considerable depth of mow st any time, epec;i!lr fit the diMrict for the peculiar method of the rtnebers n.mi hi herb the year round In the open country. While there are no hr-ie hike or riv ers iu tiiia who? country, there are Ssmer-jus fat r-iuniti atreama fed the year round by inciting anew in the moun tains, furnishin an akumlm,-, t.t ti.. coolest and purest water, the best for beatt as well as man. The country haa at oocb an abutulaitce of the bext of fooi and drink the year round, n clear ky, but little wet or stormv weathar and a favorable climate the Thin Di4ikc Rout pecially the moat favorable ranch ing country in the known r)A lid the enterprise is mskins moot nnore. cedent ed hehdway. Hancbera, however, nt well as othera, learn thnt it pay beat to raise thoroughbred atwk an I accord- nsly a, wud herd of cnib horses .nrl rattle are fast fifing way tt better ani mals thwurh the importation of time. oughhred males. 3u. how- msny ranch era, ranche and horse, rattle and aheep els of spring wheat off K37.(4 acre, aa aversge of 11HI buhel per acre; off 4-W.0t acre of oat there were grown 14 17;T' ttushe!, an average of 8Z1T buhe! per acre: fl!l fifiT screw produced I.74I.iy buh; of barley, 24 G5 to thf acre, and 3J.S41 sere pr.doced Ztri.fOS bushel of fiaisetxf. Il.tO to the acre. Aa but l..'iS3.434 acres, or a lilt! better than tine pe rest of ftie entire wheat growing ares of the territories, waa nnder crop. little figuring show 13 per cent ef t utire country utiiler west will rsiaa the 2siissi(Mi ihat I. rest Britain insually require from outside countrie. It is a fkirly safe sts lenient ft make that In 12 or year the Canadian prairie wiil be aupphing t!ie entire demands of the mother roiiutry. In this part of the country wheat Is king, and fcere It is raised in the greatest poubl perfection by a combination of ami and rlirunfe in it favor, and the ten deacy baa been to nejlect the more laWir irrti branche of hnsbarelry for which the country i equally weil a hpted. Frew Homestead Land. There i yet a large quantity of gov ernment land for liometeaiing In thl ' ' " r'. ' jj( fe-.---'V.'-' Tll'ICAL WIStta.. i.lKUk TfW. country and aa in everrthiug else, "the early binl catches the worm." Those who come Brat are Brat served. When it ia preferred to purchase riilway or other company laud they ran be got st from " per acre tip. This aeetlou cannot be better closed than Ly showing practically what ia made by wheat growing in thia d:trW. The average from the fi rt of operation is 20 bushe! per acre. Break ing rhe prnine. a first plowing is calls'), i. ef course, an exceptional expenditure, as when it is once done it ia done for all time This cot about IM..VJ per acre. After the breaking, plowing an.) seed ing, harvesting threshing and marketing all expense combined amount to Vut f5.2fi per acre, that Is, if a man like everything done it will cost him j 25 per acre. If he doe the work himself , ' ' ,1' i. , .' . ' , , , t l SB sj Vm-U.WrZm:n 11 "... E JtCHOOLHOUSg AXU AItS, MUItllEN', MAMTtJU.V. New Use for Old HtockinKs. The tops of old woolen stockinirs make good "every -dav' mittens for children. The child'a band may be used for a pattern. Knee protectors for the small bo can alao be made from the tops. They ciing ciose to toe stocking, and can easily be held In place with a couple of small safety pins at the top, where uiey win not show. Legplngs to protect the children's limbs from the cold and their stock lnga from mud can be made from the lex a of old stocklnjpi. ii um! iewi oi oia stockings are nnt on in piace or the shoes, the children nmy have a romp in the evening with out disturbing the rest of the family. The upper part of women's stock ings make good sleeve protectors, ns they require no pinning or elastic to hohi them up, Tiif legs of children's heavy ribbed stockings, if worn too much for any other nee, make excellent cloths for washing the cook store, kettles, etc. Woman's Borne Companion. The Chicago fttandard. Cobwlgger How do ou rate aad rank your society women In Chicago I Lakealde By the amount of alimony they are receiving. there are in thia district nf mimir i the present time. It is hard to there are no positive statistic available. It 1 known, however, that the mumr is settling up fait Eng!lehmin and Americana - In the Western t t-v; - i -i . , ormgiug in tueir ueraa aa rast aa they can aud teasing or purchasing land in lots from 1,000 to -.0,000 acre from the Dominion Govern ment. An idea nf the growth of the in duatry will, however, be gathered from IW-l th,t ln 1839 tip, but 41.41 head of cattle shipped and o)d M.129 in 1900. and to m.OOO in 1903 averaging $40 per head for the owrW But it takes a great many ranchers and a large number of cattle to cover an area of MWOOO acre., the are. a,", for ran- :,g jB th Canadian North west It I not st all necessary that large Investments should be made at the out set Many men commenced with .mall capital and smstt herd, and have worked themselves into l.rg, herd and great COR CVTUSQ IS) CANADA. wealth. There 1, ,tli n theTonTrT Tha Hecond Part, The econd part of the Canadian prai ries embrace the gre.t wheat grow In. belt o, u,. country, which U t,Z "J ba flargar than .ny oU,.r ta WwLi It lacludae .boat 150,000.000 ""J t la aomparativaly free 0f brokexri. sere, of h can be brotifkt nader th. Plow. Plscln, . un-f tl . h.ie section fittO merm) .VLhf locat. 800,000 tJLS, " sn sgriealtor.1 eommanity. A auJl ' 1 wsBRi rswaaai lanaus be I earning wae while pr!ucing at that figure, now as the average yield ia Z. uA ,h ""age Price rX tweeu the result and cost, f8.T3, la tha pmnt of grain growing yewr in and year out in the great wheat belt of the Cana dian prairie country. If . m,n bl, , half section of land and puu half of It, 100 acres, under wheat, which is a very common occurrence, he make il.080 on wheat alone, and should make, If t. u capable farmer enongt, out of other cropa. sa, 0f caltie. dairy and ether pro ducui, to keep himself and family tha year round besides. The Third Division. The third division of this great coun try lie to the north of the wtett belt, between it and what ia known .. the fo .! country A. wbaat growlag i, the raising of ,j cereals, that , PrX bJ'b a ,h 'try, the rl.ln. luf nd the raiamg nf farm stock It muat not be suppose.1 that dividing the prairies in this way I. ,.,ln ' ter Mil than another, for such (a oat .1. rsse-all dlatricU are equ.il, f" ! the topography .nd cllm.tlc Infll'l c differ, .. w.il .. th s co od ttinat Tor production Ksachln, and KT VZ are c.rrll on afe snerafVJ northern son.; but it i. fo,md Zn orTfit able te rorobln. ail rh. tt L ,1. Indu.try. fm .ccoont of L more broken .h.e ( ' Ut"1 "f .i.. . t .. " -oiirnern d strlc u-ongn me .oil i. equally fertli. ih.et. re not tb. ssme oi,norto!(. J ' "" j. ' " i r at f v. oper.tloo; .nd while c.ttle r.l.ln li profitable here as elsewhere JJ ' t method, h.v. to be J dlteH;,, lZ protecUon, ssperlally is thf . :! " ,h'"lr son. -....er ea- An authority on tb. ,abjet h. ,h" frieoltar. In an, eo0D"r I'llZl re.cbea tha minimum of develool. til the farmers TloPm"f oo- ';iir h. r to whlrh aay featur of the lndu.fr. u.t yzr1? , h -lS 52 k Stf1"! K-elWlltie. ! .7 fI". of t, P'-'n. eouatrr be es- Z J " '"UW,lt' flrat ,"ow"a. mott k'atleri moat t koowledga thay are naMr,. , af)r tree d.lryto, .., b. suceeaarali, rmU ea la aay earner of the tarrttortal this soae has everything tTrVrnS.1 't"A Wesl saot raaehS 7 !'";.' ii - iiair. ' - '"i .fc MW .-.I.' -tJ J.. 1,1 mi ,- 'j.i't.'-' ' .... & ....