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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1903)
THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W, W. BANDERS & SON, Fnblljlior. UEMANA, - - -- - NEBRASKA. MISSING. MJna you, don't I miss you? Kv'ry day I dol JC Just put In atl my tlmo, Dear, a-mlssing you I Kv'ry tlmo tliat thoughts of you In my (ircamlnu como X top ov'rythlnit I'm at, Just to inlfiH you Homo! i Wlicn tho Rky la pvcrcast, When it's clear and blue, Whori It's day, and when lt'a night, Then I'm missing you! Whon I'm BlttliiK down to mcalB, When I'm nearly through, Whon I'm juggling my dessert. Then I'm missing you. Waiting, yawning, rising, ' Bathing, combing, too; ISatlug, putting on my hat. Then I'm missing yout Colng down to work In town fi Paying car-faro, too, -Climbing on, and Jumping off, Then I'm missing you I .And I know when pay-day cornea. Dear, I do, I dol .Know whllo I am mlsalng you That you miss mo, too. J. M. Lewis, in Houston Post. The Last Days of Summer By S. Rhett Roman. IT had "boon a ploasant, quite a pleas ant summer, Harold thought, Jazlly. Coming to tho scashoro to spend the Tlrsl fow months of mourning for his Unclo Dick. "Poor old follow! Ho wan nlways so absurdly lenient and .forgiving of thoso college pranks, nnd ilio remembered lator and worse mis deeds!" Harold thought musingly, 'while looking out across tho water. Harold had anticipated a dull tlmo. Aunt Jo (abbreviated from Jo .Hcphlno), had never been a specially hilarious Individual, and Harold's earliest and latest recollections of her woro unvarying. Thoy- represented a- somewhat quer ulous, very oxactlng, elderly woman, fastidious In her tastes and habits, -spoilt by adulation, as wealthy1 women arc apt to bo, and very much of au Imaginary invalid. Hor town establishment was on a .grand acalo, and "Sea View," this cot tago on tho Atlantic coast, ono of hor (favorito Bummer, resorts, was ideal .from tho standpoint of comfort and Ihxury. If Aunt Jo could only bo induced to distract .her thoughts from herself and hor supposed allmonts by reading, sow ing or knitting, or by a pug dog, it would bo a blessing. Sho would bo moro boarablo, and loss gossipy, Har 'Old was convinced. When hor urgent invitation came, .after tho funeral, whon going back to tho groat lonely houso, whoso ovpry nook and corner seemed to miss tho presonco of tho kindly, gonial man whoso love and affection woro so un Avavoring, Harold had coma to rely on thorn, as on tho rising and sotting of 'tho sun, he hailed it with pleasure, as offorlng sdmo solace from tho terrible depression, of tho handsome tooms, .always drying out for ono who was absorit. "Dismiss tho servants and shut up the houso, Harris. 1 will bo away three months, at my aunt's, Mrs. Stuart Campbell, and later I may go abroad. I will notify you," directed Harold to Jiis uncle's gray-haired butler, whoso .stolid grief was in Itself a reason for tho now heir to all this wealth to get .away from tho homo which had boon ills from earliest childhood. His Undo Harry had brought him, a .forlorn child, too young to realize the awful disaster which had bereft him of parents. "Of course Mr3. Bonson must Btay to help you nlr tho houso and look after things. I may bo away qulto a loni while," Harold uddod, which gavo a jjliado of relief to the sad, austoro face of tho old man. "I will bo delighted to have you," his .aunt had written. "You will And Sea "View very quiet. My nervous condl lion does not permit rao to tako any .part In social functions evon If poor Harry's death permitted it. But, of courso, you will want to bo out of that sort of thing for some months, whllo your lawyers aro attending to mattors, then you will bo able to go abroad. You will find llfo hero monotonous. .But I suppose, under the circum stances, it will not bo worso than any 'whero else. "So 1 will expect you on Thursday; of course, you know that I have Nan jnie's daughter with mo. By taking tho anornlng train you can reach us in time for church, at sovon o'clock. Tho drag will he at tho wharf. Your affoetionato aunt, JOSEPHINE STEWART CAMPBELL." .Harold now looked back with a smllo to his flr3t introduction to this distant and heretofore unknown cousin. Bcforo reaching tho pierhead, while loaning on the deck railing watching tho usual commotion tho arrival of a steamboat creates In remote places, ho saw a pair of bays and drag como sweeping down tho shell road. The horses wcro driven by a young woman who certainly know how to handle, thorn. Pulling up short with considerable dexterity, she looked up to scan tho passengers on tho deck, waiting for tho boat to land, and the gangplank to bo thrown out. "Hello! I've como for you," sho cried, smiling brilliantly and nodding gayly to Harold. Turning, she gavo somo directions to a groom, who sprang down and went In search of a basket of fruit, whllo Harold, following tho slow-moving crowd, camo forward. Aunt Jo had failed to mention In her letter that her nleco whose v name Harold could not recall just then, ho wus so astonished was a very beauti ful girl. Of courso ho remembered her as a thin child with largo gray eyca, a mass of auburn hair, a strango graco of movement, and. vcs. sho certainly had. in earlier years, a largo mouth of I that he was positive. "it's wonuonui now gins cnange. Harold thought, looking at the face beside him when ho had gotten In, and sho wheeled tho horses, in rather a reckless fashion, and started off at a brisk trot, and whllo they exchanged remarks as to his aunt's health and other matters. "Of courso you don't rcmomber me," she Bald finally, pulling up to cross over a heavy bit of sand to reach tho beach. Of courso you aro wrong," ho an swered promptly. "I rcmomber you perfectly. You woro an awful llttlo spitfire You bit me once because you thought I had tied something to your cat's tail. Aro you as lmpulslvo as you used to bo? Did you And out that It was Tom and not I who committed that crimo?" "Yes, and I nearly cried my eyes out. spent a day and a night screwing up my courage to run and tell you how sorry I was, and when I went down stairs I found you had gone off ta col- ego. But, still I don't believo you re membered 1 was, in existence until I called to you.- Now confess." "You'll drive into that perambulator f you ddn't,' tako care," Harold said, diplomatically, which diverted atten tion. That was their first drive. But many others followed. Also various and many strolls far up to tho end of tho Island in tho even ing, when tho heavens were dotted with, stars, when , tho surf rolled up, singing its sweet, monotonous song to tho beach, and tho lights' of tho har bor throw out tholr stoadfast glow, and somb incoming-or outgoing big ocean liner churned by lu tho channel, ali ablaze with lights. And now that tho summer was draw ing, to a qloso, tho days and hours must have slipped very swiftly by, it seemed to Harold. Valeric, llttlo Val. How could ho over havo forgotten her namo? It suemod to Harold, as he sat swing ing lightly in his Aunt Jo's whlto ham mock, made by tho Tndlans out of tho silken fibois of tho pltro, that. "Val" was a name of, unspeakable fascina tions, adorable and with a charm bo yond doscrJption! Llko its owner, whom ho was waiting for. Leaning down to strike a match on tho flooring of tho- porch to light, his clgarotto, a letter slipped-out and fell from his pocket. Harold frowned as h'o picked it dp and put it back. It was postmarked Paris, and as Harold Hnow, its writer was waiting for an answer. When a woman Is engaged to a man, oven if sho has no slily infatuation about him, and does not by any means believo that everything of valuo in llfo revolves around him, nnd oven when his social Importance and hand some bank account havo been strong factors In tho matter, still when sho writes a clovor, chatty letter with just tho right amount qf sentiment in It, sho expects an answer. Particularly so If sho Is Inclined to be jealous and knows that her flanco is living under a roof which shelters besides himself a young woman about whom ho says very llttlo In Ills lottors. "I don't see why you dolay coming over," tho letter road. "Can you not hurry thoso tlresomo lawyers? I havo so many charming plans waiting for you. "And to got rid of thoso terrible modistes and gown-makers oh, If you men could realize tho enactions and terrors of ni 'trousseau' you would bo mora patient and glvo us a year or two of latitude. 1 havo a fascinating idea. "Wo will run away from dear old Paris, and for two wookB wo will ram blo about Rome, chaperoned by Cocilly Iravors, blen entendre. "You can then glvo full rein to all thoso absurd poetical fancies and senti mental proclivities I always feel It necessary to euro, my dear boy, Just fancy Romo during ' this delightful wcalUort, - "You must bo terribly weary of your mint's 'nerves and tho monotony of nearly thrco months of tho seashore. Threo months! How I pity you! How havo you survived such an Infliction? You havo over there a distant cousin, I believe, yatir aunt's adopted, who ought to be of somo uso to vary tho days. Is she good looking? What sort of girl is she? A terrible virago I hear, and red-haired. How dreadful! But still you might and probably do- quarrel. Anything would bo a relief I imagine "Como over on tho next boat You will bo in tlmo for the first night at tho opera. "Wo will discuss thoso jewels whon you get here. I havo no superstition at all about opals, and think them lovely with diamonds. Thanks for leaving tho mutter qulto in my hands. Cable wheilll am to expoct you, and bollovo me always, dear Harold what ever you would prefer me to bo. "FRANCES CAMERON." Remembering tho vory correct and icy contents of tho envelope, Harold laughed grimly, und kept on rocking gently in his aunt's beautiful ham mock, whllo lighting unothor clgarotto. How different Val was! Brilliant, clover Val. Romo, with Just a touch of fall "in tho air, and a big harvest moon shining at night to cast lights and shadows over everything, and make tho world glorious would bo an ideal dream if Val was there. Val und himself, wandering through tho old Italian towns, or going to tho opera in Paris, or crossing tho ocean, or evon strolling out to sit on tho rocks of tho broakwator and watch the play of tho moonbeams on tho water! "Val and himself! It would bo Heaven!" Harold thought. Then an immenso weariness seized him at tho recollection of the writer of that letter who was wnltlng for him in Paris, and whoso elaborate trousseau would soon bo completed. Tho plan skotched out, he remem bered, was a brilliant wedding In tho fashionable Protestant church In Paris, then a winter in Now York, then sho declared she" would map out their lives; he need not undertake tho task. Harold again smiled grimly, and wondered how It had happened, by what awful catastrophe had ho ever believed himself In love with Frances Cameron! , Cold ad an Iceberg, and somo thought beautiful, obstinate, and Harold felt very sure .also vlndlptlve and cruel. How was it ho had let himself fall into tho tolls? It' occurred to hlra, and a flush mounted to his face at the thought, that sho had skillfully led him on. What now? Sho was waiting for him, tho . wedding was to take place shortly, and her trousseau was nearly ready. Harold throw aside his cigarette and sat moodily looking out at tho sea, and a determination grew up within him which made his pulses beat As a plain matter of honesty he would tell, her tho truth. Far moro honest not to marry a woman while every thought and heartbeat is for another than to hold to an engagement because tho day for tho marriage is set and tho brido'B trousseau made. Ho would not write, but ho would tako tho next steamer and run over and tell her. Sho would release him. Then later Val would listen to him Val, who was tho .embodiment of all that was lovely and perfect on earth! "I kept you waiting an abomlnally long tlmo"; do excuse mo. I had a let ter to write. But we havo time enough for a last stroll On the beach," Val said, coming up to him, whllo tw,lstlng somo flimsy laco around hor throat and over, her magnificent hair. Rod? It was tho most beautiful hair Harold had ever seen. "To whom wero you writing?" ho asked gayly. "It nniBt havo been a volume. I'vo been waiting for you two hours at least." Harold lingered whllo helping her to bring tho folds of tho flimsy sWcet scontcd gauzo closer around a throat and shoulders of rarest perfection. "Who?" Val said, with a slight pause and embarrassed laugh. "Why, to James Athertou, of courso. You know or perhaps you don't know that I am ongaged to him. He's coming down shortly, and I am to leave aunt this fall. What a pity you aro going abroad! I would lovo to have you Btay. Jim would llko you so much, I know. But of course Miss Cameron is dying to see you. "Como. Let us havo ono moro pleas ant chat and stroll by tho 'sad sea waves' before you go. What an ox qulslto night! And how quickly the summer has flown! Do you know, Hurold, you havo made it very, very delightful for me." Val turned, and looking at Harold o little wistfully out of hor big honest gray oyes, placed hor hand in his. Slowly Harold raised it to his Hps Tho last days of summer somotlmea hold shattered hopes and broken hearts as well as scattorod and dying roso leaves. N. 0. Times-Democrat. Thought n AViih Safe. "Come, old man, tell us whero you got tho courage to proposo to yout vlfo," "Thoy told mo sho had taken a vow never to marry." Stray Stories. DEAD IN A WliECK. Mrs. Booth-Tucker, of Salvation Army Fame, One of Victims. Smitn I"o Train Mnn Into an Open Switch at Dcnii JUike. Mo.. 85 Mile from Kiiiiriis City Tho Injured INutnbcr 10. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29. Tho east bound train No. 2 from California on tho Santa Fo railway which left Kan sas City at six ovclock last night was wrecked at 9:10 o'clock at Dean Lake, Mo., 85 miles east of Kansas City and about midway botweon Carrollton and Marcoline. Information given by offi cials of tho company at Topeka said that two coaches were in tho ditch and 1C persons badly injured. The train ran into an opon switch. Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker, consul in America of tho Salvation army, wife of Commander Booth-Tucker and sec ond daughter of William Booth, founder of tho army, was reported to havo boon so badly 'injured in tho wreck that sho died one-half hour later. Sho was a passenger on the train, having taken possago from Kan sas City last night for Chicago, whore she was to meet Commander Booth Tucker, her husband. Tho wreck occurred nt tho big steel water tank and tho train struck the structuro with such forco as to move it flvo fo3t from its foundation and throw flvo cars from tho track, com pletely wrecking them. The only cara escaping wero the mall, express and day coaches. AN EXCITING CHASE. Two Convicts at JofTcrtton City Mnlto 8 Hold Duuu for Liberty but Aro Soon Caught. Jefferson City, Mo., Oct 29. An ox citing chase was had hero yesterday on tho main thoroughfare of the state capltol In an effort to capture two es caped convicts from tho Missouri peni tentiary. The' men wero taken half way between tho penitentiary and the state capltol after a dozen shots had been fired at tho fugitives by pursuing guards. Tho convicts who made the bold dash for liberty right under tho noses of tho guards were Bert Dawson, sent up from Kansas City last May to servo flvo years for grand larceny, and Harry Hammond, sent up from Greene county for 92 years for several of fenses. Both men aro desperate crim inals, Dawson having tried to escape but a few weeks ago. Famous Cnttlo-llrocdor Kmlmrrnsncrt. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29. Clouds of financial ruin and disaster havo been hovering around tho beautiful stock farm of T. F. B. Sotham, at Chilli- cothe, Mo., some tlmo past but yester day they broke and tho famous breeder of whlto-faco cattle Is apparently a ruined man. Tho news camo as a thunder clap from a fair sky that im mediate payment had been demanded on $99,000 worth of indebtedness. May Open Another Itlnckndc. Washington, Oct. 29. Acting Secre tary of tho Navy Darling has sent or ders to tho Norfolk navy yard for tho cruiser Baltimore to proceed forthwith to Puerto Plata, San Domingo, to look after American Interests at that blockaded port. The Baltimore should arrive at her destination by Tuesday. Boers to Havo Military Display at' Fair Johannesburg, Oct. 29. Tho Boers n South Africa and their late enemies, tho English residents, havo formed a syndicate to exploit a spectacular mil itary display at the St. Louis exposi tion next year. Tho plan, as outlined, Is to show many of the picturesque features of the lato war. 818,000.000 Depot for Chicago. Chicago, Oct. 29. Chicago will havo a new 12,000,000 passenger station on. the west side to talto tho placo of tho union depot as soon as tho site for the gigantic structuro can bo cleared by workmen. It Is to bo built by the Pennsylvania railroad. Doctor's Mlfltako Killed Child. Mattoon, 111., Oct. 29. Tho Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. James Chester Welch died In this city as tho result of a mlstako in medicine. Dr. O. W. Fer guson, ono of tho oldest practitioners. administered bichloride of mercury whero calomel was Intended. Hold Team nnd XVlto for 81 CO. . Beatrice, Neb.. Oct. 29. A nueer deal was consummated here when William Razee purchased a team of mules from Poter Williams for $150 and in addition to tho equine purchase Razee secured William's wlfo to boot. Razee is said to be an ox-convict St. Louis Kxprogg Drivers Strllco. St. Louis, Oct. 28. Drivers of all ox press companies to tho number nf 4nn went out on strlko yestorday bocauso the demands of tho Pacific Express company's employes for a waco In creaso of ten per cent has not been granted. 81 50.000 Flro at Aberdeen, Wash. Aberdeen, Wash., Oct. 29. Flro at Aberdeen destroyed tho Commercial block, containing seven stores and tho pest office. Tho flro was confined to that block. Loss, $150,000. INTERESTING LOT OF MEN. Pcmoniicl of a Jtnllronil Wrecking; CrtMV 1nuully Iiiulmlcn Some Left Handed Men Snllom Handy. They are an interesting lot of mon th wreckers as described by Mr. Day Allen Willey in hi3 article on Minute Men of the Rail, in Pearson's. Selected from tho veterans in the car shops, they aro "nil-round" mechanics; but brains as well as fingers are needed, and a man has to be quick-wlttpd tofc got into this gang. In the fifteen or twenty which mako up the average crow, you can generally find two or three who aro little men, for there aro tight places in a wreck where littl moscan do considerable work in prop ping up or loosening a part, crawling into holes which no ono else could reach. Tho boss wrecker tries to got two or three "left-handers" also, as their services aro valuable in hammer ing away in comers whero a right handed man would be useless. Some of tho best wrecking crows in the country includo a number of sailors. Tho half hltchcs and other knots that only tho seamen can mako are of great service in securely fastening lines to portions of tho wreck and to the locomotive U3cd in pulling it. away. Tho "old salts" are familiar with the assistance that a combination of pulleys will glvo, for thoy have been taught it on ship board, while usually they aro vory strong and wiry. Consequently a man of this kind who is "out of a job" can frequently go with the wrecking crow. A UTILITARIAN KITE. Vuch of the Cody Aernplnnc an De Murlbed by ItM In vontor "VVltli NtniidM Strong; Ilrcczc. "My invention," Mr. S. F. Cody writes, in his article In the Pearson's, explain ing his recent invention, "I havo called the 'Cody Aeroplane.' Ono of tho main objects aimed at in the construction of tho aeroplane is utility for reconnolter ing purposes during any weather, day or night In time of war, both on land and at sea. "In its present stage it hasbeen proved quite practical as a carrier and support for wireless telegraph apparatus, for taking photographs at any given alti tude, man-lifting and signaling. "During my recent experiments at sea it has been conclusively proved that my aeroplane will fly successfully with a vessel that is going full steam ahead with a beam gale; the samo success in flying has been achieved on land, with no moro than a seven or elght-mllo breeze. "Then, again, I have experienced a wind of 58 miles an hour, and perhaps tho strength of such a forco will bo bet ter understood and realized when I say that it is almost stronc enouKh to ud- root trees and carry away solidly-built frame houses." "Which liny Is Iteniionxlble. The X-ray operators at Guv's hosnftnl. London, whero the most extensive uso has been made of X-rays In tho treat ment of disease, suggest that the severe disturbances reported by Mr. Edison as coming from the X-rays are really from the ultraviolet rays, for in their largo experience In tho application of X-rays In skin diseases no such accidents have occurred. Scotland' Farm Xands. Scotland lias an area of 19,002,482 acres, of which. 4,894,400 acres. are un der cultivation; 112 persons own one- half of the total area, and 18 persons own one-fourth of It One-fourth of the, tenants hold five acres or less, and nearly one-third hold botween 5 and 20 acres. THE GENERAL MARKETS. Kansas City, Nov. 3. CATTLE Beef steers $ ' 3 G5 5 45 Native heifers" 2 S5 3 00 , Western steers 2 00 4 DO HOGS 4 00 5 40 SHEEP 2 00 3 25 WHEAT No. 2 hard 73 Z? 74 J No. 2 red 81 CORN No. 2 mixed 09 39. OATS-No. 2 mixed S3i 31 RYE :. 4914 FLOUR Hard winter pat.. 3 CO 3 75 Soft winter patents.... 3 70 4 00 HAY Timothy C 00 10 00 Prairie 4 00 S SO BRAN CG 07 BUTTER Fancy to extra... IS 20 EGGS ; 20V& CHEESE-Full cream 0V3 lift POTATOES-Home Brown... 50 70 ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Beef steers 3 30 5 20 Texas steers 2 25 3 25 HOGS Packers 4 Co 5 15 SHEEP Natives 3 00 3 70 WHEAT No. 2 red 87 83 CORN No. 2 42V4 4254 OATS-No. 2 2CMp 37 RYE S. Cl4 FLOUR Red winter pat.... 4 00 (0 4 20 BUTTER-Creamery 18 22Vi CORN MEAL 2 40 BACON 8 25 9 00 CHICAGO. CATTLE Steers 3 40 5 75 HOGS Mixed and butchers. C 10 5 50 SHEEP Western 2 23 3 CO WHEAT No. 2 red .. 81 CORN-No. 2 41 4 1' OATS-No. 2 ... 31 31& RYE December DG FLOUR Winter patents ... 3 90 4 10 LARD January (i SO a SVA PORK January 12 22Vt12 37V& NEW YORK. CATTLE Steers 3 25 5 20 HOGS 5 CO 5 C5 SHEEP 2 50 3 05 WHEAT No. 2 red.... S7& S7 CORN-No. 2 DOTi 51(, OATS-NO. 2 d