Nebraska Newspapers

    Good Use of Cinder * .
/ The street railway operating plant
of Portland , Ore. , which employs eaw-
'mill ' refuse as fuel , has adopted a cin
der-separating plant with great suc-
cess. A powerful draft from a steel
ian forces the furnace smoke through
steel plate flue Into a vertical steel
cylinder thirty-two feet In diameter.
The hottom is a cone-shaped hopper
* or receiving the cinders , while the
-smoke , after losing its velocity , slowly
emerges through an aperture at the
3op. As the gases lose velocity the
cinders , being heavier , drop into the
Copper , whence they are conveyed back
to the furnaces to be completely burned.
"Besides abating the smoke nuisance ,
boiler economy is Increased.
"THE MARRYING SQUIRE. "
-Jnxtfcc Geo. E. Latv , of Braxll , Inil. ,
IIan Married 1,40O Couple * .
Justice Geo. E. Law , of Brazil , Ind. ,
3ias fairly earned the title "The Mar-
Snuire. " bv which he is known
far and wide , hav
ing already married
some 1,400 couples.
Ten years ago he
was Depnty County
Treasurer. "At that
time , " said Justice
Law , "I was suffer
ing from an annoy
ing kidney trouble.
My back ached , my
irest was broken at night , and the pas- ,
-.sages of the kidney secretions were too
frequent and contained sediment
'Three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me in 1897 , and for the past nine
.years I have been free from kidney
complaint and backache. "
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box ;
JFoster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , -N. Y.
An Antidote.
"Martha's mistress often boasts of her j
ureadiness of resource. "The best '
nurse-maid in town , " she calls"her. . One
iday she came home from a drive , to be
confronted with the startling news
that the baby had swallowed a button.
"And what did you do , Martha ? " she
rasked in some anxiety , although trust-
ung that it had been the right thing.
"Why , " said Martha , "I made him
: swallow a buttonhole right away ! "
TOETURED WITH ECZEMA.
Tremendous Itching Over Whole Body
Scratched Until Bled Won
derful Cure by Cuticura.
"Last year I suffered -with a tremendous
deus itching on my back , which grew
'worse and worse , until it spread over
the "whole body , and only my face and
mands were free. For four months erse
: so I suffered torments , and I had to
-scratch , scratch , scratch , until I bled.
At night when I went to bed things
got worse , and I had at times to get
tup and scratch my body all over , until
I was as sore as could be , and until
I suffered excruciating pains. They
-told me that I was suffering from
eczema. Then I made up my mind
that I would use the Cuticura Reme
dies. I used them according to instructions -
-structions , and very soon indeed I was
greatly relieved. I continued until
"well , and now I am ready to recom
mend the Cuticura Remedies to any
one. Mrs. Mary Metzger , Sweetwater ,
Okla. , June 28 , 1905. "
Do Spiders Like IMnsIc ?
It has often been said that spiders
; are fond of music , but a French inves
tigator , M. Lecaillou , now asserts that
-this Is not true. He says that their
: musical sense must be attributed mere
ly to greed or to hunger. When a fly
is caught in a spider's web it buzzes ,
.and the spider immediately makes for
the place from which the buzzing
comes. M. Lecaillou , by experimenting
with a violin , some flies , a piano , violoncello
loncello and a cornet , found that only
-those musical sounds which resemble
the buzzing of the flies attracted the
spiders. The cornet , for instance , in
variably frightened it , and so did the
-piano.
The mechanical force of the sound emit
ted from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 cornets
would equal but one-horse power.
iRHEUMATISMSTAYS CURED
Mrs. Cota , Confined to Bed and In
Constant Pain , Cured by Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills.
Rheumatism can be inherited and that
fact proves it to be a disease of the blood.
It is necessary , therefore , to treat it
-through the blood if a permanent cure
-is expected. External applications may
-give temporary relief from pain but as
Jong as the poisonous acid is in the blood
the pain will return , perhaps in a new
3 > lace , but it will surely return. Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills cure rheumatism because -
-cause they go directly to the seat of the
-disorder , purifying and enriching the
"fclood.
t ,
Mrs. Henry Cota , of West Cheshire ,
Conu. , is the wife of the village ma
chinist. "Several years ago , " she says ,
-"I was laid up with rheumatism in my
-feet , ankles and knees. I was in con
stant pain and sometimes the affected
-parts would swell so badly that I could
mot get about at all to attend to my
.household duties. There was one period
-o three weeks daring wHich I was con-
-jiued to-the bed. My sufferings werq
f ul and the doctor's medicine did not
mo.
" Oue day a neighbor told me about
: Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills and I decided to
irv them. After I had taken them a
ssliort time I was decidedly "better and a
-few more boxes cured me. W iat is
letter , the cure was permanent. "
Remember Dr. Williams'Pink Pills do
mot act on the boweis. They make new
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
tone up the stomach and restore impaired
-digestion , bring healthful , refreshing
; lcep , give strength to the weak and make
miserable , complaining people strong ,
Jmngryaiid energetic. They are sold by
jill druggists , or will be sent postpaid , on
receipt of pi-ice , 50 cents per box , sue
boxes $2.50 , by the Dr. Williams Medi-
-Pino CQ.J Scheuectady. N.Y.
THCWEEKLY
1603 San Diego Bay , Gal. , discovered
and named by Sebastian Vizcaino.
1G04 Trial of Sir Walter Raleigh for
treason.
1635 Thomas Parr , known as "Old
I'arr , " and said to be 152 years old ,
died near Shrewsbury , England.
1715 Cattle of Shcriffmuir.
172J Jack Sheppard , famous English
highwayman , executed.
1793 French defeated Prussians at bat-
Lie of Sarbruck.
1S02First melodrama produced at
Covent Garden theater ; called "The
Tale of Mystery. "
1806 Discovery of Pike's Peak , Colo.
I83S End of rebellion in Canada.
1S46 Tampico , Mexico , surrendered to
Commodore Connor of the American
navy American force under Gen.
Worth took possession of Saltillo ,
Mexico.
1S61 U. S. frigate San Jacinto arrived
at Fortress Monroe with Messrs.
Mason and Slidell , the Confederate
commissioners to Europe.
1S64 Gen. Sherman left Atlanta and
began his march to the sea.
1S65 Slavery abolished in theIJnited
States.
1S69 Formal opening of the Suez canal.
1871 Block and a half of buildings in
Chattanooga destroyed ny incendiary
fire.
1873 "Boss" Tweed convicted of de
frauding the city treasury of New
York.
1880 Expedition went to relief of Capt
Boycott near Ballinrobe , Ireland.
1887 London's "Bloody Sunday. "
1SS9 Opening of Catholic university of
America , at Washington , D. C .
Brazilian monarchy overthrown and
republic established.
1890 Capt. O'Shea divorced from his
wife , who had deserted h'm for Par-
nell.
1893 Trainmen of Lenfgh Valley rail
road went on strike.
9
1894 Many lives lost by earthquake in
southern Italy and Sicily.
1897 Great fire in Cripplegate quarter
of London ; $10,000,000 property losa
President McKinley signed the
treaty adopted by Universal Postal
Congress.
1S9S U. S. notified Spain that Cuba
must be evacuated by Jan. 1 .
Court of Cassation ordered Dreyfus
to prepare his defense.
1899 Puerto Cahello , Venezuela , surren
dered to Gen. Castro.
1900 Paris exposition closed ; 50,000,000
admissions United States cruiser
Yosemite wrecked at Guam by ty
phoon. . . .Women granted permis
sion to practice law in France.
1301 Liberals captured Colon , Colombia.
1902 Attempted assassination of King
Leopold of Belgium Ashes of
Christopher Columbus deposited in
mausoleum in Seville cathedral.
T903 House of Representatives passed
the Cuban bill Street railway
strike in Chicago.
1904 Germany and the United States
signed arbitration treaty.
1905 Czar remitted $13,000 000 taxes
due from peasants.
Edison's Future City.
Considerable discussion has been arous-
id by a signed prophecy of Thomas A.
Edison , detailing what our large cities
will be like 100 years hence. He says
they will be free from smoke and steam ,
and that the chimney will be a thing of
the past , vrhile the waste of coal and oth
er fuel will be stopped through the use
of electricity , generated direct from the
fuel without the aid of engine , boiler or
dynamo. In factories each machine will
have its individual motor. Houses will
be heated electrically , and most of the
cities' noises will cease. Skyscrapers will
be universal in the business section , and
the streets will be bridged over at dif
ferent heights to facilitate transit from
one side to the other. He estimates that
buildings will then average thirty stories
in height , and the greater number will
be constructed of concrete and sted. Suck
buildings , he says , will statrd a thousand
years or longer. His new batteiy wiH
make electricity portable for street ve-
\icles or airships.
Gorky Airs His Graven.
Press dispatches from Milan , Italy ,
tell of the publication of Mazhn G rky'
"ImpreesioBs ef the Unitwi States. " Tl
first part is devoted to the "City of the
Yellow Demon , " meaning , of coarse , tke
money god , and referring t the city of
New York. Throughout the v ltun die
Russian author vents his disl'ke of people
ple and things American.
A To-rrn of Five Thousand Boys.
The trustees of the Winarra ( In5. ) as
sembly annonnce that they have author
ized Judge William Brown of the Salt
Lake- juvenile court to organize a towa
bo be populated by 5,000 beys , policed by
boys and governed by boys and for boys'
pleasure and profit , as an attraction for
next year's assembly. The boys will live
in tents , and in connection with the
scheme will be a school for officers of
the Y. M. C. A. , Sunday schools , public
tchools , juvenile judges and settlement
workers.
BOMB IN ST. PETEE'S.
ROME'S FAMOUS CHURCH SHAK
EN BY EXPLOSION.
Wild Panic Amonfir Thousands "Who
Throng : Buslllca Follows Sot One
Hart and Edifice IM Uninjured-
Deed Is Strange Myxtery.
A bcytnb containing high-grade gun
powder was exploded Sunday in St. Pe
ter's Cathedral , at Rome. It is thought
the bomb was for Papal Secretary at
State Cardinal Rampoli , who celebrated
high mass , the occasion being the ann-
ersary of , the consecration of the cathe
dral to SL Peter , whose body lies in 'i
silver shrine not far from where the
explosion occurred.
His Holiness , Pope Pius , heard ik ?
muffled report in his apartments in the
Vatican , and fell to. his knees in n
prayer for mercy for the offender when
he was informed what had happened.
The tomb o.f Clement XIII. , over
which the bomb exploded , was not in
jured in any way , nor was the high al
tar , at the base of which the full forre
of the explosion was felt. Despite the
enormo.us charge of gunpowder , not
even the pavement shows much evi
dence of what happened.
Congregation Stnnncd.
For a moment the great congregation
remained as if stunned. Then pau'c
seized upon them and with one impulse
they surged toward the great doors ,
screaming and fighting their way out ,
regardless of-the efforts of the canon
of the cathedral to , calm their fears. He
shouted to them again and again that
there was nothing to fear , but his voice
roi'jc PILS x.
1
was lost in the tumult. Only those near - \
him could distinguish a word that he
said.
said.A
A fe\v who were clp.se to the altar
stopped , but the rest continued ther
headlong flight. Men , women and chil
dren in a struggling mass crowded the
aisles , shrieking in terror , and a nuui-
ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL , ROME.
ber were seriously bruised and injured.
The only thing that prevented a disas
ter was the tremendous size of the
basilica , which gave the mass o.f people
room to spread themselves out.
Lrcrest Church in. "World.
St. Peter's Cathedral is the largest in
the world , though for magnificence it is
far outstripped by St. Paul's in London ,
and from an architectural viewpoint , not
withstanding : the great array of distin
guished men who have from time to time
superintended its construction , it is de
clared to be a lamentabl * failure.
Its building was begnm in 3450 , but
It ir not until 1626 that the completed
gtruetara Tfas consecrated by Pope Urban
VIII. The CAthsdra.1 oecupie * the site
of the old basilica- St. Peter's , which
was founded by Conatantine in the ycnr
306 A. D. . and aetordms to chnrch his
tory mark * the spot of St. Pctet's srnTe
and is close tt > tfce scene of his martyr
dom. .
The cathedral , 5 the form cf a Latin
cross , is 613 faet long and 450 feet ncro s
the transepts. It is surmounted by a
dome which rises to the top of the great
cress , which surmounts it , 434 % feet
above the pavement. The diameter of
the dome is 195 % feet. The facade of
the cathedral is GGS feet long and 14.1
feet high. Five open archns lead to n
magnificent vestibule 439 feet long , 47
feet wide n adGo feet high. The church
vifl held 54,000 people.
QJhe Southern Pacific Railway Com
pany anirotmccs it war-is 5,000 laborers.
SHIP SINKS IN CRASH.
Steamer Dix Goes Doivn in Pnset
Sound After Collision.
The steamer Dix , Captain P. Ler-
non , bound from Seattle for Port
Blakeley with passengers , sank in
Pugct Sound , two miles north of
Alki Point , Monday night after
laving collided with the steamship
Jeaiiie , Captain P. H. Mason of the
ilaska Coast Company. Forty-one pas
sengers and members of the crew of
: he Dix are missing and thirty-nine
vere saved. The Dix is a total wreck ,
rhe Jeanie was not damaged and no
nember of her crew was lost. The
naster of the Dix was rescued.
The collision occurred while the
ound was almost as smooth as a mill-
jond and after the boats had been
teaming within sight of each other
'or a quarter of an hour. The Jeanie
vas backing when she collided with
he Dix and the impact was slight
Cue Dix was struck abaft of amid-
ihips on the starboard side. She list-
id heavily to port , righted herself and
hen sank stern fust. There was hardy -
y time to laiinch life rafts or boats
> efore she was submerged.
Passengers jumped from the decks
nto the water , women screamed and
> fficers and men called orders that
: ould hardly be heard above the din.
Passengers who could swim made their
vay to the sides of the Jeanie and
vere dragged aboard. The Jeanie was
not moved until after all who had
reached her had been hauled aboard
Chen she cruised about , picking up sev-
> ral who had been able to stay above
vater. There were no passengers on
: he Jeanie. The Dix was making the
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last trip of the night and was well
filled with passengers , according to the
press report.
When about two miles north of Alki
Point the two steamers were within
short distance of each other , steam in ?
along converging lines. The captain
of the Jeanie sajs hp signaled for thr
Dix to pass him and his whistle wa < -
nnsirered. The Dix was then within
speaking distance of the Jeanie aiul to
the port of her. Suddenly Mate Den
nifion. who was at the wheel of tlio
Dix , put her hard over to starboard as
If to cross in front of the other vessel.
Captain Mason of the Jennie , who was
on the bridge , saw that an accident
was imminent and ' -ailed out a warn
ing to the man at the wheel of the Dix.
When the Dix started to sink. str ; :
first , somp of the passengers and num
bers of the crew leaped into the sound.
Other passengers huddled tocher ! n
groups on the deck while still others
knrtt in prayer. The women , who hid
little chance for their lives , stayed 0:1
the sinking steamer and were drowned
The State Department ar Washington
has received from American Minister
Merry at San Joss , Costa Kir-a. an ab
stract of : the treaty between Guatemala ,
Salvador. Honduras and Costa Rica re
cently negotiated , which provides for tha
compulsory arbitration of all future dif
ferences by the Washington anr ] Mexican
governments.
BIG CROPS AND CAR SHORTAGE.
Railroad * Unable to Supply Menu *
of Transportation.
There has never been a time , not sim
ply this year , but in any previous year ,
when there was such a pressing demand
for all the rolling stock that all the big
lines could muster , and that in service
able condition , says the P.oston Tran
script. Our overwhelming national pro
duction has apparently caught us un
awares. The West is complaining loud
ly , almost angrily , of car shortage , and
the railroads are confronted with the
heaviest responsibility in their history in
the task of moving crops. Prosperity does
not consist of abundance merely , but also
of facilities for moving and distributing
that abundance to the poiuts where de
mand awaits it in the quickest time and
at reasonable rates. But there arc very
many embarrassing hitches in the present
situation , which has become so strained
that shippers are in some cases actually
charging the traffic managers with inau
gurating an artificial car famine.
This , however , is not probable. We
cannot imagine any advantage , present or
prospective , likely to accrue to the roads
from a policy of having an excess of per
ishable goods in the hands of producers
or shippers ; but between the producer and
the carrier are a large class of merchants ,
shippers and exporter * , and they are the
men who are feeling the nervous and al
most panicky strain that comes from con
gestion and delay. The roads all through
the West are operating their shops to
their fullest capacity to increase their
rolling stock , and this condition of affair-3
emphasizes the fact that any considera
ble strike among carsnop men would be
particularly deplored at this time.
A variant of this trouble is the diffi
culty experienced by the Aroostook farm
ers in Maine in getting their potato crop
to market. The yield there is unprece
dented , the estimate being 17,000,000
bushels , but even with cellars and store
houses bulging , fear is entertained that
cold weather will come before the imper
fect means of transportation can relieve
them. We can hardly hold the big lines
responsible for this state of things , but
it is none the Ics a minor manifestation
of the same general shortage. It probably
means , also , that railroad lines in north
ern Maine are becoming inadequate to the
development of that sec-tion.
HOW THEY TAKE THE TURK.
Requirements of Different
Citie1 * of tbe Country.
Boston requirements arc about the
saniu as Xew York , except that the
heads are removed from some poultry ,
and the skin tied over tjie tnd of the
neck. Dry-picked poultry only is wanted.
Chicago wants dry-picked turkeys and
scalded chickens for home trade , but dry-
picked chickens to ship. All poultry
should be undrawn and with heads and
feet on.
St. Lotm prefers scalded poultry , ex
cept turkeys for cold storage , which
should be dry-picked. All tirds of poul
try are wanted , but must be plump and
well drcss"l.
Philadelphia prefers dry-picked poul
try , undrawn , with heads and feet on.
It must be fat and neatly dressed.
Baltimore -prefers scalded poultry un
drawn and with heads ted feet off ,
though poultry with heads and feet OB
is coming more into favor. ,
San Francisco wants dry-picked poul
try. heads and fcc-t on , and undra m.
Thickens and ducks are sold by the doz
en. g eo by the pair , and ti'rkeys by the
pound.
Directions from every market arc ot
to u-e straw in packing , formerly a rery
fommon nr.icJice.-
of Minor Note *
At the closing session of the NatUnal
A"oriation of Rural Mail Carriers , At-
lantn. On. , won out for the next cenTem-
ti.n. . The convention met at Peorm.
Frnnk W. Mack , for many yewn a
newspaper man and formerly bapwiu-
tendcnr of the eastern dirnion of tlw JLs-
; orinrerl Press , died at Santa Ana , Cul. ,
of ror-Ktimption.
GiETorrl Pinchot , chief of th bureau f
forestry , has expressed jratification that
h.is been only one bis fire on the
during the summer. Tke burned
area did not exceed probably over 2,000
acres.
Albert T. Patrick , convicted murderer ,
has requeued Gov. Higgins of New York
not to entertain an application for execu-
live clemonry , unless it comes from Pat
rick himself.
The twenty-sixth annual convention of
the Old Time Telegraphers' and Histori
cal Association and the Society of the
United States Military Telegraphers met
in Washington.
Frank Kelly , aged 29 years , night
superintendent of the Macbeth-Bvans
Glass Company's plant at Oharleroi , Pa
was murdered as the result of a quarrel
cvez a game of billiards ,
Her Eaay
"Bridget , you used to work for the *
Pnecrs , didn't you ? "
"Yis , mum. "
"Made you earn your money , ditln't
they ? "
"They did , mum. "
"Routed you out o bed good and'
early in the morning ? " .
"Not on Mondah marnin * . That was
the day Mrs. Pnecr paid me , an' some
times she'd let me slape till noou , so she
cud kape the money longer. "
State of Ohio , City of Toledo , Lucas Conn-
ty , as. :
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is
cenJor partner of the flrm of F. J. Cheney
& Co. , doing business In the City of To
ledo , County and State aforesaid , and that
said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN
DRED DOLLARS for each and evcrv case
of Catarrh tbatcannot be cured by the use *
of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my I
presence , this 6th day of December. A. D. '
1880. A. W. GLEASON.
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally ,
and acts directly on tbe blood and mucous
surfaces of tbe system. Send for testimo
nials , free. F. J. CHENEY & CO. ,
Toledo , O.
Sold by all Druffjrlsts , 73c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.-
Granted In Advance.
The'young doctor who had lately set
tled in Shrubville had ample opportu
nities to learn humility , if nothing else ,
In his chosen field.
One day he was hailed by an elderly
man , TVUO requested him to step in
and see his wife , who was ailing. At
the close of his visit the young doctor
asked for a private word with the man.
"Your wife's case Is somewhat com
plicated , " he said , "and with your per
mission I should like to call the Brook-
Geld physician in consultation. "
"Permission ! " echoed the man , indig
nantly. "I told her I knew she ought
to have a good doctor , but she wa
afraid you'd-be offended if she did. "
THE FARMER IN WESTERN CAN.
ADA.
The Quality of Xo. 1 Hard When *
Cannot Be Beaten.
The Canadian West in the past five
or ten years has given a set buck to tho-
theory that large cities are the back
bone of a country and a nation's best
asset Here we have a country whore
no city exceeds 100,000 , and where onty
one comes within easy distance of that
figure , according to the census just
taken and where no other city reaches
a population exceeding 15,000. The
places with a population over 5,000 can-
be counted upon the fingers of one
hand , and yet the prosperity that pre
vails is something unprecedented in ,
the history of all countries past or
present
The reason for this marvelous pros
perity Is not hard to seek. The large
majority of the 810,000 people who in-
"habit Manitoba , Saskatchewan and Al
berta have gone on to the farm , and.
have betaken themselves to the task of
not only feeding and clothing them
selves , but of raising food for others
less happily circumstanced.
The crop of 190G , although not ab
normal , is an eye-opener to many who
previously had given little thought to-
the subject. Ninety million bushels of
wheat at 70 cents per bushel ? G3,000-
000 ; 76,000,000 bushels of oats at 30-
cents per bushel $22,800,000 ; 17,000-
000 bushels of barley at 40 cents per
bushel $6,800,000 ; makes a total of
892,600,000. This is altogether outside
the root products ; dairy produce , and
the returns from the cattle trade ; the
beet sugar industry and the various
other by-products of mixed farming.
When such returns are obtainable
from the soil it is not to be wondered
at that many are leaving the congested
districts of the east , to take upon
themselves the life of the prairie farm
and the labor of the husbandman.
With the construction of additional'
railroads , new avenues for agricultural' '
enterprise are opening up , and im
proved opportunities are offered to the
settler who understands prairie farm
ing , and Is willing to do his part in
building up the new country.
This is the theme that Mr. J. J. Hill ,
the veteran railroad builder in the
West , has laid before the people in a.
series of addresses which he has given
at various points during the past few
months , and , having been for so long
identified with the development of the >
West there are few men better quali
fied than he to express an opinion upon.-
it Take care of the country , says he ,
and the cities will take care of them
selves.
The farmers of the Western States
and the "Canadian West are more pros
perous than ever before , and when it
comes to measuring up results , the Ca
nadian appears to have somewhat the
better of it- His land is cheaper , in
fact , the government continues to give
free homesteads to settlers , and the re
turns per acre are heavier when the
crop Is harvested. Fanning land in
the Western States runs from $60 10
$150 an acre and up , whereas equally
good soil may be purchased in Canada
for $8 to $15 per acre , within easy
reach of a shipping point , and much
of this is available for free homestead-
ing. Tie quality of the Canadian No. 1
hard wheat cannot be beaten , and the
returns to the acre are several bushels
better than on this side of the line.
The soil and climate of that country )
being peculiarly adapted to wheat
growing.
The fact is evidently appreciated by
the large number of American farmers
who have in the past two or three
years settled in the Canadian West. The
agents of the Canadian government ,
whose address may. be found else
where , advise us that for "the fiscal
year 1904-5 , the records show that 43-
543 Americans settled in Canada , and
in 1905-6 the number reached 57,796.
From all of which it appears that at
present there is a good thing in farm
ing In Western Canada , and that the
American farmer Is not slow to avail
himself of it ,