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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1904)
STICK TO IT. 0 prim little postage stump, "holding your own In a manner so winning and gentle, That you're "stuck on" your task, (Is that slang?) you'll own, And yet, you're not two-cent-iinenUI. 1 have noted with pride that through think and through thin You ding to a thing till you do It, And, whatever your aim, yon arc certain to win Because you seem bound to stick to It. Sometimes when I feel Just like shirking a task Or "chucking" tJie work I'm pursuing, I recall your stlck-lo-lt-lvo-ness and I ask "TYould a postage stamp do as I'm doing?" Then I turn to whatever my hands are about And with fortified purpose renew It, And the end soon encompass, for which I set out, If, only, like you, I stick to.lt. The sages declare that true gculu, so called, Is simply the will to "koqp at It." A "won'l -give-up" purpose Is never forestalled, Xo matter what foes may combat It, And most of mankind's vaunted progress Is made, () stamp! If the world only knew It, By noting the wisdom which you have displayed In sticking adhesively to It. Nixon Waterman. In Success. "B "ft o "B ra r& r ra r r nt rm 8 THE E cS OpIlIO sudden summer shower was over ami iwo cnimren stood on the hotel veranda jrax.liiK wist fully at the glorious bow that spanned the sky. "I wish we could touch It," the girl Raid longingly; "It Is the most beauti ful thing in all the world." "Well," the boy returned practical ly, "I don't euro much about touching It. but I'd be mighty glad to find the end of that rainbow." "Why?" "Don't you know, goosle? There's a great pot of gold at tho end, and It vlll belong lo the person who can Hnd It. .Ilmlney, but I wish I hud It hero this very minute." "Let's go and get it." The boy stared at his tiny compan ion In surprise. The fomenlne mind was much more daring than his own, It appeared. Did the girl really mean that they should go oil' alone Into that limitless forest when they were never even trusted near It unless accompa nied by some older person? Still, lie took another look at the brilliant bow. This was certainly the chance of a life time, and, of course, he would not re fuse lo go any place that a girl was willing to go. Besides, It was her suggestion any way, not his, and if there were future reprimands and scoldings in store he could Just say that It was she who pro posed going. "Come on." he said briefly, holding out his hand, and oil' the two trudged toward the alluring, treacherous bow, giving no heed to the awful terror which their absence would surely In spire. It was nearly twenty-four hours la ter that they were found. The boy's father, heading one of the many search panics that were scouring tho woods, stumbled over them, and his pale lips sent forth a triumphant shout - -for the children were safe, and in view of that fact all minor matters sank into insignlllcance. Death had hovered too near to U-ave room for any feeling save that of deep est thankfulness. There were no scold ings In store for tho culprits, though both were questioned closely regard ing the escapade. The girl always remembered with fervent gratitude thtu the boy never told any one that it was she who had proposed seeking the pot of gold. The boy rather wondered at his own reticence, but after all it seemed rath er a mean sort of trick to palm the responsibilities of his misdeeds on a girl! lie kept a discreet silence on that point, and by doing so exhibited con siderable more manliness than a cer tain ancestor of us all once displayed. Two weeks later the hotel closed' for the treason, and the girl and tho boy went their different ways. Off In her eastern home the girl did not qiiito for get tho boy who had done his best to comfort her in the terrible forest, nnd who hail protected her by his sllonco when they were found. Off In the West the boy vomomlierod with a feeling of prldo that the girl had never cried during that awful ex perience, and that she hud never re proached him for allowing hor to go Into such peril. Of course, ho should have known better, for was not ho a boy, and the elder, too? The girl had been a casual summer acquaintance and tho two wore effect ually separated when tho brief sum mer season ended. For several years the boy begged his mother each June to go back to that place, bnt,the had a shuddering horror of the valley and the mountains, and nothing would in duco her to return. So nt la-sl tho, boy gave up asking, and tho experience was crowded luto the background by a hundred new In terests and aims. mmw is fa Long years after, when he was a man playing a man's part In the world. the old desire suddenly seized him to return to that place. The hotel was still there, very modern in every wav. but somehow he felt bored and missed an intangible something which he had imagined ho would lind. He stood it for a week, then the quiet became in tolerable. He resolved to leave the place. That day she came. He knew It was fate from the very Ilrst. He was not ordinarily inclined to be shy, but he felt like a raw school boy in her presence. She had many friends at the hotel, but he managed by sheer persistence to monopolize a good share of her time. He could not tell Avhether he was making any headway or not. She was friendly but very elusive, and the time had come when he must go back to his work, for there were obligations which ho could not ignore. He lured her out that morning for a row, with the promise of a lovely spot which she had never seen. He was un usually silent and she leaned back In her corner of the boat watching him with speculative eyes. Apparently he was searching for some particular nook. At length his quest appeared ended, for he drew the boat carefully to the shore and held out his hand to her. Then they wandered over a wood edy knoll nearby. "This is the place, I am sure," he said at last. "I have soon it often In my dreams, and here is Just where the end rested." She stared at him in mild surprise. "No, 1 am not out of mind," he as sured her, "I wanted to tell you a story, and 1 had an unaccountable fan cy for telling It to you in this spot. Will you hear it?" "Is it Interesting? Does It commence 'Once upon a time?' " "Of course it does. It would be an exceedingly poor story if it didn't. I hope," and tho man's face grow very earnest, "that you will bo Interested in the poor little story but I cannot be sure " 'Once upon a time' when the world was nearly two decades younger than It Is now, a boy and girl started from the hotel down In that valley to Hnd a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow at least the boy, who must have been a very mercenary creature, was think lug only of the gold, but the girl was much more poetic, for she cared noth ing at all for the gold. She only wished to see more closely Unit wonder of mist and light which held and en thralled her fancy. They got lost; of course, that was a foregone coneln slon, you know, and they were only discovered and saved by n kludlv mir acle of fate. The girl was a genuine brick, though, ami never taunted tho boy with his rashness and wickedness in leading hor into such peril. The boy should liavo known better, you see, for ho was considerably older, but he was always a good bit of a fool. He. did not find tho end of the rain bow, but for yours lie dreamed of It, aud in Home mysterious wuy he came to fancy that tho treasure wus not gold after all. as his nurse had told him, but that it was something infl. nitoly moro precious, than gold, ilo was nover quite suro what the myste rious treasure might be, but ho know that when ho was a man ho must seek It here Just on this very spot, for It was hero that the rainbow seemed to end as tho children looked up to it from tho valley below just hero by this littlo hill." There was a silence. Hor faco was turned quite away. Tho man looked at her keenly and then went on with his story in a low voice which, perhaps, shook Just a trifle. "Ami so and so be cam hero to day. lie knows now what the treasure Is at the end of the rainbow. A. wom an's heart and a woman's love. He does not know whether he dare claim it or not, but It Is the gift which he most covets from life. And can I have It, dear?" Ilor face was still turned nway. The man's heart had time to grow very heavy before she spoke. "I was always wildly grateful to you for not telling that it was actually I who had proposed the expedition " "Vou don't mean " he Inter rupted breathlessly, "that you were "And and I did want lo llnd the end of the rainbow, loo, and if you think that we could, perhaps, llnd it together why " He was holding her hand in a tight clasp, and was looking down at her with eyes full of reverent, Incredulous J oy . 10 ve ry w here. GETS PAY FOR OLD STUMPS. Fanners KcimlHiiHcd by tlic Specula tive Makers nl'Turpciitiiie. Turpentine can be extracted from an old line stump and this fail is tiie basis of a now industry reported lroin northern Minnesota. The promoters of the novel enterprise are asking fann ers for the privilege of dealing their land of stumps. Such a proposal comes to tho owner of a "cut-over" farm, whose ribs are sore from contact with the plow han dles in futile effort lo dodge the oh struslve stump, like a message of de liverance. All the promoter wants is Hie stumps, and the farmer sincerely wants him to have them, so a bargain Is easily struck. The turpentine mini go on the land with a stump puller and extract all the remnants of the forest, hauling them away to tho plant where tho tur pentine is extracted, aud all the slumps, pine or hardwood, are burned for charcoal. It is asserted that the stumps are rich in turpentine and that the process yields good llnanclal re turns. Hitherto the manufacture of tur pentine has been practically coiitined to the South, where the yellow pine is very rich In all by-products. White pine yields them In comparatively small quantities. It is not likely that tho Industry will over reach great pro portions in Iho north, but as long as the turpentine man finds his raw ma terial cheap and easily accessible he is likely to carry on the good work. What Minnesota is more interested in is tho elimination of tho stumps. Some cut-over land really needs them to decay and thus enrich the sandy soli, but there are large areas of good fanning land, especially adapted to potatoes, red clover and other crops, that will be much more valuable when entirely cleared. It is an enormous labor for the fanner to clear n quarter section of those obstructions. When It is done he can put In a larger crop acreage and raise more to the acre, but tho clearing means years of labor. If ho can have it done him by tho tur pentine and charcoal producer, ho will not begrudge his benefactor a hand some profit. Minneapolis Journal Hud a Good Trade. "I thought you said you had work ed up a good trade here," said the man who had just bought a drug store. "So I had," replied tho man who had just sold. "1 put in six months working it up, and it's tho best in this district." "Best in tho district!" exclaimed the purchaser. "Why, a man can't make enough money hero lo keep his shoes shlned." "Well," admitted the other slowly. 1 didn't say anything about making money, you know." "But you said you had a big trade." "Yes, I said that." "Steady stream of people coming and going most of tho day." "I recall saying something to that effect." "Claimed your unfailing courtesy to all comers was responsible for it." "Well, I think it was." "Then where's tho trado now? I laven't sold anything but postage stamps all day." "That's tho trado I referred to," ox- plained the former proprietor pleas antly. "When I loft this plaeo it had tho largest postage stamp trado in this section, and if you have lost it it is your own fault. By tho way, 1 havo a letter to mall myself. If you would llko my trade " llo was quicker than tho new nro- prletor and so escaped. Chicago In ter Ocean. Tho Halo lluilrontl. "Mlsther O'Tunder," said Mr. O'Toolo, "can yo toll mo wau thing?" "01 kin tell yo moro than thot," as serted Mr. O'Thunder. "Thin tell mo this: Is a railroad a ralo ralo road?" "It is not, Mr. O'Toolo. A ralo road is wan thot has harses on it an' a, railroad is wan thot hasn't, by reason nv th' fact thot n harse hasn't th' eon vaynleuccs for walkin' on a railroad thot it has on a rale road." Judge. Seoreoy of Ago. Miss Qldglrl seems anxious to con ceal her age." "Yes. m& clol'mR to he afraid of the croup." In a test of the sense of time, in tervals of a quarter of a minute lo a minute and a half were overestimated, 1.") per cent by 15 men students and 111 per cent by 15 women. Many European physicians treat al coholism by hypnotic suggestion, some practitioners claiming as high as SO per cent of cures. The suggestion Is usually repeated J5 or "0 times within a year. World-shaking earthquakes seem to be most numerous In the years when the earth wobbles most. For exam ple, in 11)00 the pole shifted 0.1Y1 sec ond, and there were but 17 severe earthquakes, while In 18!7 the pole's movement was 1.07 second, and about 15 great earthquakes were felt. The growing of acid fruits such as tomatoes and strawberries is among tho means suggested for lessening the mosquito evil. It has been noticed that when mosquitoes have access to acid fruits their bites are less poisonous, and districts of Italy seem to have been freed from malaria by the culti vation of tomatoes, the natural food of mosquitoes. It is supposed that the malarial parasite is destroyed by fruit acids. Capt. Barrett Hamilton says that the popular idea that ilying-llsli beat their "wings" is a inistaue. The wings are not true organs of tlight, but mill er play the part of a parachute or an aeroplane. The whole motive power is supplied by the tail, which acts as a propeller, and the vibration, or quiv ering, of the wings In the air-currents, and their occasional shift of Inclina tion, are not phenomena connected with the propulsion of the fish In its aerial lliglit. Without swift and safe elevatoVs a modern office building of 15 or "0 sto ries would be nearly as useless for business purposes as the Washington Monument or the Pyramid of Cheops. Some rapid elevators give nervous per sons the impression that they are mov ing with the velocity of a railway train. In truth, however, the highest practicable speed for a way elevator is said by a writer In the Architectural Keeord to bo -150 feet per minute, and for an express elevator GOO to 700 feet per minute. In a very tall building a greater speed is possible than In one of less height. Unlike the famous blades of Toledo and Damascus, Japanese swords are not fiexlble or elastic. They are un oqualed for strength and hardness, and hold a very keen edge. Japanese steel Is said to excel oven Swedish steel in purity. Tho manufacture of the swords is a very elaborate process. Some cere monials and superstitious practices are Intermixed with the scientific opera tions. Tho swonf-hardeuer is regard ed as the most Important personage connected with the manufacture. It is his name that is inscribed on the hilt, and Ids reputation that enhances the value of a sword. Those who shape the blade, sharpen and adorn It are of minor importance. MATRONS SEE SEAMY SIDE. Their Field Jh Dark and Gloomy but Not Altogether TJmnlw leriH. To those who believe that all wom en are good there Is no sadder specta cle than a glimpse into the interior of tho woman's ward in the city jail, where the police matron holds full sway and in spite of hor better Judg ment sympathizes with the poor wretches under her charge. The path of the police matron's life is strewn with more thorns than roses. Sho deals with tho scum of society, the dregs of the earth. The larger part of her time Is spoilt in their companionship, truly a dark and gloomy sphere of labor, and yet not altogether a thankless task. Women niako queer prisoners. No matter how low they may bo, they recognize that the matron is but carry ing out the duties of her position, and sho comes in for only a littlo sharo of their abuse. That is reserved for the arresting ofilcer. If there Is anything in the old say ing thut people's ears burn when soino one talks about them, how the police men's ears must sizzle. All tho epi thets and slanderous adjectives in tho Eugllsh language would bo as tho soft answer which turneth away wrath compared with tho monstrous abuse which is heaped upon the policeman by theso unfortunates. Ho is tho ono who has brought thorn to dlsgraco aud thrust them behind prison bars. Noth ing is too bad to, bo said of him. When a man is arrested ho takes his arrest philosophically, and whllo not entirely devoid of tho fooling of resentment against tho arresting of ficer, he usually knows whoro tho blamo lies atid serves his seutenco in sullen silence. But a -woman feels her disgrnce moro keenly, no matter what her station in life. For this reason n. woman in jail is possessed of a mania to take her own life. She tries it in a duv.en ways. She will tear her be.d clothes intoj strips and bind them around her neck. In a desperate effort to strangle her self. Again, if deprived of every pos sible means . for sclf-cxtermlnatlon, sue will deliberately pound her head against the hard lloor or endeavor to bat out her brains on the iron bara until sho falls bleeding and sense less. It Is the matron's business to pro vent a suicide, but sometimes the pris oner's cunning outwits the matron's vigilant eye, and sue will take a doso of morphine which she has secured In some unknown way, and which was not detected while she was being searched. Several years ago a woman who was known at "Big Ella" committed suicide by putting a bullet through her heart. How she got a revolver no body ever knew. Morphine poisoning has occurred several times in the Jail, but usually It was discovered in time to counteract the effect of the drug. A drunken woman is usually the oc cupant of a cell in the woman's ward. Were it not for the sorrow that ono feels for her there would be some thing almost amusing In the ravings of a woman who is crazed with alco hol. There are few humorous incidents in the woman's ward. Some time ago a woman was sentenced to thirty days in jail. It happened that at the same time a man was being held as a wit ness. He was given' quarters lu tho jail with the privilege of walking around. He became acquainted with the woman already mentioned. A warm friendship sprang up be tween the two nnd they were soon violently in love. Whenever the ma tron's back was turned the man press ed his suit with ardor. But the lov ers' joy was short lived, the matron finally awoke to the situation, and the lover was transferred to whoro the object of his affection was out of sight. Many of the woman prisoners inako wild attempts to escape. But who can blame a woman for wanting to escape from her imprisonment. No matter how deserving of punishment, tho sight of a woman in jail, where murderers, thugs and highwaymen are kept, Is inexpressibly pathetic. Woman was never Intended for a pris on cell. She feels her degradation and humiliation more than she cares to tell, and sooner or later, unless car ried away by the fast pace sho has been living, she finds rest from the jeers and taunts of the world in a suicide's grave. Chicago Tribune. OUR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS. How They Kxcrt a WliolcHouie Fffcct Upon the ISody Politic. Our presidential campnigns, it Is generally considered, occur too fre quently in regard to the peace of mind and business interests of tho commu nity, and too frequently in considera tion of executive convenience and op portunity. The excitement and tur moil of a presidential campaign are annoyances; but such annoyances do not constitute a valid objection to tho speedy recurrence of tho event. Tho serious objections to this frequency are, as already intimated, based upon the fact that presidential campaigns, as now conducted, are a great drain upon the resources of many; and, more Important, that they havo a decided tendency to depress business, and thus temporarily militate against the gen eral welfare; and, furthermore, it ia realized more and moro keenly that a four-year presidential term is too brief a period for effective administration, especially amid the complications o( modern demands upon the chief dxeeu tivo of a nation as enormous nnd "Im perial" as ours. A President and liia cabinet need at least six months at tho bi ginning to learn mere details; and during the last four months, If the chief is not re-elected, they are com paratively ineffective. Tho consolation for tho Inconven ience of the too-soon recurring presi dential campaign Is its educational character. It is the time of our great debate, when the principles and prob lems of our national government aro nniltitudiuously discussed In "tho forum of public opinion." Tho party .In power must then valorously dofond its record, and give new promise of useful performance. Tho party out oi power must show Just cause for its re turn. Tho spokesmen of each party, on tho platform and in tho pross, vlo with one anothor in devotion to tho na-' tlonal welfare; and whllo certain prim ciples are shared in common by ouch set of advocates, each sldo insists upon the- peculiar doctrines which aro sup posed to distinguish tho rospoctlvo par. ties. This general excitation has a whole some offect upon tho body politic, nnd, at proper intervals, is highly desirable. It is a tlmo when tho wholo nation goes to school. Interest in public nf fairs is quickeiKid; tho people's imag ination is aroused to a seuse of nation ality, aud to a personal responsibility with regard to that nationality. Great questions, about which there has been much hassy and inconsequent thinking are made clear Ui tho oross-flre. of crit icism and tho light ot lucid and earnest . statement, Century. Youth deals In fancy; age, in fact.?.