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About Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190? | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1896)
.-" I, i. I w A y h BRAVEST BATLTE. HE bravost battlo that ever was fought! Shall I tell you wlioro and wh"en? On the maps of the world you will find It not; Twaa fought by the mothora of men. Nay, not with cannon, or battle shot, With sword, or nobler pen, Nay, not with eloquent word or thought, From mouths of wonderful men. Butdeep In awallcd-up woman's heart Of woman that would not yield, But bravely, silently bore hor part Lo! there Is that battlefield. No marshaling troops.no bivouac songs; No banner to gleam and wave; But, 0! these battles they last so long Fro m babyhood to the grave! Yet, faithful still ns a bridge of stars, She fights in her wallcil-up town Fights on and on In the endlecs wars, Then silent, unseen goes down. 0 ye with banners and battle shot, And soldiers to slout and praise, 1 tell you the ldngliest victory fought Were fought In these silent ways. O, spotless woman In a world of shame; With splendid and silent scorn, Go back to God as white as you camo, The ldngliest warrior born! Joaquin Miller. THE WEDDING- DRESS. Barbara and Lettico Maitland were orphans, the children of a doctor whose genius had developed Itself more in the direction of spending than of saving, and who at the time of his death had left his family nlmogt penniless. Now, however, Barbara v;as earning a modest income as assistant secretary to Lady Glcndowcr, well-known for her philanthropic efforts, and Lettice added to their store by teaching the children of a prosperous linen draper. Lettice had been for Eomo weeks staying at Broadstairs with her young charges, and Barbara was alono, but much happened during these few weeks much that Lettice is at present in ignorance. If wo enter their little sitting-room and listen to the conversation being carried on by the two occupants we shall learn the nature of what has taken place. One occupant Is Barbara Mait land herself. The other occupant Is a man about 40, dark, handsome, albeit tanned by ex posure to wind and weather, as well he may, having only lately returned from his fruit ranch in California. Ho is Lady Glondower's brother, ' "It all seems so strange," said Bar bara, "to think that we are actually en gaged -to ?aeh other, and yat.Jhat wo don't profess to love each other In the very least." "Yes," responded her companion; then he added: "Barbara, would you not like to know why I first thought of taking a fruit ranch in California?" "Yes, certainly I would." "That was the cause," and Goeffry placed in her hand a tiny morocco case, wherein was framed the portrait of a lovely girl, splrltuelle, yet full of vi vacity, with deep blue eyes and golden hair. "She died, and now little woman you "GOEFFRY SELHURST'S BRIDE." know why I told you I could never make lovo to any woman again. I was nearly mad with grief for a time after I lost her, and I went out to California and plunged madly Into work. At first, as you know, things did not prosper, and I lost a lot of money. Now I have re gained all I lost, and am a comparative ly rich man, but a wife Ib an absolute necessity to me." That same evening Lettice arrived. Lettice was 19, and bad a tall, supple figure, anil a face of wondrous beauty. Her eyes were of that rare blue violet shade; her hair a soft nut-brown. They had finished tea, and Barbara was seated In a low chair by the open win dow; Lettice on a stool at her feet. ' "What, Barbara, a new ring?" cried the younger sister, capturing Barbara's left band and examining the lovejy sapphire flashing on the third finger. "Ah, you aro blushing. What have you been doing while I have been away? Come, tell mo all about it." "I have been getting engaged," re plied Barbara, demurely. And then, to her sister's great surprise, she told her ell about It. So Lettice was introduced to this new brother, and the new brother and Let tice got on very nicely together. Let tice was just of an age to be fascinated by a man of Goeffry's age and style, rather than by one nearer to her own age; and Goeffry was taken by her fresh girlish ways and by her natural, uncon ventional style. So It was all arranged a marriage of mutual satisfaction and esteem, but no love-making. But the little god was not to be cheated. So two hearts, after one ee- 1 11 f JUS static bound of passionate Joy, na thoy ' renllzo that thoy are all the world to each other, are plunged In anguish and despair as they also realize that they aro both In honor bound never to bo more than frlonds. Look into Goeffry Selhurst's room late one evening townrd thj ond of August, ns he paces up and down, heedless of tbo fact that tho clock Is already reg istering the small hours. "Fool fool that I was!" ho ejaculates. "Fool to tell mysolf that my heart was dead and burled with my lost love, and now It is beating as wildly and with as pnsslonato lovo for another, and I may not claim her. I am bound In honor to her sister." "Barbara shall never know It," mur mured Lettice as she lies nwako In her sllont misery through the long night, "I will bear my pain alone. Her llfo shall not bo spoiled." It was tho evening before the wed ding; a lovely, still September evening. The three were together In the Malt land's sitting room. "Bab, you have not tried on your wedding dress," cried Lettice. "It looks lovely. Do go up stairs and put it on. I know that Goeffry is dying lo see It." "Yes, do," said Goeffry. "I should like to see it." "Very well," said Barbara, smiling. "I will gratify your curiosity and my vanity. I will run and put it on." For a few seconds silence prevails. Then Lettico crosses over to Goeffry and, taking both his hands, gazes at him with sorrow-laden eyes. "Goeffry, you will never let her know; never let her guess? You will be truo to her and good to her nlways, will you not?" "Lettice, Lettice! I want you. Come and help me put my gown on," cried Barbara's voice from tip stairs. "Come and help mo, Lettice. Mis3 Frazler has made a mistake. My gown Is much too long and too large. She seems to have made It by your measurements Instead of mine. Try It on, Lettice, and let me see." Lettice consented to array herself In tho white silk and lace draperies, and very lovely she looked In them. Her tall figure rnslly carried ofT the super flous inches that had so distressed Bar bara, and she looked with pardonablo girlish vanity as her sister placed her In front of the glass. "Did you think I could not guess what had happened, little sister?" said Bar bara's sweet, low-toned voice, while her arm stole gently around the amazed Lettice. "Here is Goeffry Selhurst's brido! Come, let me take you to him." "But, Barbara, stop! How did you find out? We never meant you to know! I will not take your lover from you." "Goeffry is not my lover! and he is only going to marry me because he Is too chivalrous and honorable to disap point me, and though I like him vjry much and esteem him immensely, I should never fret my heart out about him, as l known foolish little girl would do, If I had gone away with him and left her in England." "I say, Bab!" quoth Goeffry an hour or so laffir, when tho trio were seated at supper, and Lettice was once more nrrayed as an everyday maiden, "you must come out with us now." "I have every intention of doing ho," replies Miss Maitland, calmly. "Though I have every confidence in you, if you think I am going to trust my Lettice out there you are very much mistaken." Six months later there was a wedding out in California, and this time the bride's dress fitted perfectly, and even If it had not done so, she would have gone to church and have been married In it all the same, for Barbara declared that Hugh Denham, the clever doctor, had won her heart and soul completely for himself, and that not even to make Lettice happy would she surrender him. I'm 111 an Old .Mint. It Is evident that the recent bond sale drew many old stockings containing hoarded gold from their hiding plnces. In a lot of gold paid into the treas ury a day or two ago were five rare old gold coins. They were ?5 gold pieces, and bore the dates of 1842 and 1S47, jot appeared fresh and bright. On the faces of the coins appeared the letter D, the mark of the old mint at Dahlonega, Ga. The mint at Dahlonega was seized by the confederates phortly after tho outbreak of the war, and gold coin to the amount of $27,000 was con fiscated. The pieces received at the treasury tho other day were probably among those confiscated In 1861. The total coinage of the Dahlonega mint was about ?G,000,000, but few of Its coins are in circulation. Those received at the treasury the other day were the first that have shown up there for a good many years. Boston Post. SHOE KNOWLEDGE. Pointed toed shoes are not fashion able. Indians never wear shoes with Heels jio them. Tarred felt between the soles pre vents pqueaking. Newark, N. J., is tho great place for making patent leather. Professional pedestrians always wear thick-soled laced shoes. Th ck-soled shoes are warmer In win ter and cooler in summer. Don't wear a short shoe; a shoe may get wider; but never longer. One-third of an inch Is a size, and one-sixth of an inch a half size. The New England states make more shoes than any nation in Europe. Russet leather Bhoes will bo worn much during the coming season. The soles of shoes need oiling be cause dampness goes through them. A heel having small nails will wear longer than a heel with big nails. If the heel of your shoe Is not level, your rubber will soon break In the htol. Patent leather shoes pave their cost in blacking, but do not look better than calf. IVhrn Nnturo Needs assistance It may bo best to ren der It promptly, hut one should remem ber to use even the most perfect romo dlcs only when needed. Tho best and most Ftmpte and gentle remedy Is tbo Syrup of FIbs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company. Tim ItlM' mid I'all of "Old Hutch." There is now living In Chicniro a man who frequently contorted the wheat inurKct with Kd. l'urdridpo and usu ally defeated him. Tills man Is called "Old Hutch." When ho forced Sep tember wheat up to S2 a bushel and held it there while the boys stepped to bin office and settled, he was regarded as the giant speculator of the npo; but the last wo heard of "Old Hutch" ho wut selling wedues of plo for five cents nnd shoestrings two for five. Buffalo Vost-Kxpress Cop's Courilt Ilnlnnm IstlifoMcst Rmllx'M, It Mill break cmn ToM quick. ermaaunMblnuelM). ItlmUwoya rriltiblH. IrylU Ourn of lllrrniiRli. A female patient presented herself at a French hospital for u rebellions hiccough, which had resisted all treat ment for four days. She was asked to show her tongue, and it was noticed that with the putting out of the tongue the hiccough ceased. Tho same thing has been since tried, and with success in other cases. All that Is necessary apparently is to strongly push the toniniu out of the month and hold it so for a minute or two. Two bottle of l'io's Cure for Consump tion cured me of n Imd lung troub.o. Mrs. J. Niiho.B, Princeton, 1ml , .March M, lfeWi. llimilolm mi Whci'l. Tho woman who rushes from one function to another, almost turns her carriage into ti dressing room, in eases of emergency. Ladies' carriages are provided with a fair bized mirror, cun nintrly arranged pockets in which arc hidden away the sotnb and brush, pow der pull, several fresh handkerchiefs, and u bottle of perfume, to mention nothing else. Fasliionublo women can renew their complexions as they pro teed on their way. and return noma round of visits looking ns frcbh and dainty as if they had just stepped from the boudoir. (InU Cntnrrli Cure Is taken internally. Price, 75c. Hunting Wild llornm. It is said that the wild horses and buffaloes have become so numerous in (Jiiccnslund, Australia, that measures have been taken to keep them down by shooting. It would be interesting sport for a, rifleman to hunt tlicm, especially the horses, for, if the wild stallion is like other animals, he would put un a fight for life if slightly wounded which would give a zest to the sport such as is to be lir.it Hunting tlie elcplnnt, tlie tiger, the bull moose or tlie grizzly. It might be nearly equal to tho man hunt the Indian territory police find fo In terestlng. A uillon was orhlualy u pitcher or jar, regard cks of the she. A Kuiiimrr Iteourt Hunk l'rer. Write to C. S. Crane, general passen ger and ticket agent Wabash Hailroacl, St. Louis, Mo., for a summer resort Look, telling all about tho beautiful lake region reached by tho Wabash Iiullroad. An illustrated article on tho George "Junior Republic," a little common wealth of citv boys and girls who are learning to govern themselves on a farm near Freeville, N. Y. , will be giv en in Harper's Weekly for May '3d. Tlie same number will contain an illus trated article by Arthur Warren on Harney liarnato, the Kafir king; and un important art feature will be the paper on Puvis de Chavanne's new dec orative panels for the Boston Public Library. Harper's Bazar, to bo issued on May 23d, will contain among the literary features "Lizzie Lee's Separation," a brilliant short story by Lilian HelL All About Wvnteru Farm I.aniln. The "Corn Belt" is the name of an illustrated monthly newspaper pub lished by the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy It. It. It aims to give informa tion in an interesting way about the farm lands of tlie west, fcend 'J.I cents in postaee stamps to the Corn Belt. 'JO!) Adams ht.. Chicago, and the paper will be sent to your address for one year. 'fhe Km. resK Eueuio i e)e rated her 7Cth lirtliday on tlie (1th o: Max. Smniiii'r KxcurMnn Via. tlir AVattnuh It. It, I ft. I ouih June ISth to 18th. HLK I ft. Louis Ju y 2 d. FAP.K ', M iifliin. ton Ju y ril to tith. Hut! a o Ju y Ml) and I tli. Now ou sb e. Bummer 'loui'lut 'li.-leU to nh summer resort tood returning until Olt. .,1st. lllOS. COO.J Hi t-'OU H S03lul tours of Knrope- For rates, ittueries, mi -in? of Steniiierx and ml in onuutfon re- f;anlinz summer vn'iition tours n. mi or u uteri nil nt the Wn ash If- et Oltlie. No. 1415 1'nrunm Bt., (Puxton Kotui Hcnl.i, or xrite fc. N. Clay ten, N. W. I. A., Omnbn, Netr. The first of the series of papers on South Africa xvhich Pro'e&sor James ltryce. M. P.. is to contribute to '1 he Century appears in tlie May number, lie corrects tho general impression that tlie country has little natural beauty. Portions of the highlands lie compares to Switzerland and the White Mountains, and lie says that one can never tire of the charm and vnriety of color in the landscape. Professor llryce says that the Boers liave retain ed to this day a "passion for solitude that makes them desire to live many miles from any neighbor. What i lile tut x.hnt a mnu Ik thinking of oil day. "Contains More Flesh Form ing Matter Than Beef." That is what an eminent physician says of good cocoa. The Cocoa made by Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass., is the best. See that Imitations are not palmed off on you. Ant's Until In Hurcry. Ono of the most curious uses in which Inscots aro put was related nt a recent meeting In the Liuuncau Society of London. It was stated that the Greek barber-surgeons of tho Levant employ ed a largo species of ant for the pur pose of holding together tho edges of an incised wound. Tlie nut held with a pair of forceps, opens Its mandibles xvide, and is brought near to the cut being treated, so that It can sieze tho two edges, xvhich ato held together for tho purpose. As soon us tho unfortun ate ant lias obtained a firm grip of the cut, its bend Is severed from its body. Mr. Issigois of .Smyrna, xvho described tho operation to tho Linnacan Society, said that ho had seen natives with six or seven nuts' heads hold together wounds In the course of healing, A similar observation xvns mndo some years ago in llrny.il, xvhich fact Is in teresting from an ethnological point of vlexv, ns showing tho independent ex istence of the snmu custom in coun tries so fur apart ns Brazil and Asia Minor. London Public Opinion. Tho Now Kugtaud Conervntury of Music, Franklin Kounre, Hostoti, Mnsx., in tui doulitodly tlio best oqulpred Hehoot of Music in the world. Its pii lis nro nlxxnys in demand ns tvndiors on nmiutit of their superior musical kuowlfdo and tliolr prac tical readiness In applying ft. in addition, tho Conservatory olfurs tho lest Instruc tion in Oratory and Modern i.urtRimso. 'llioeliargo Is extremo'y small when its ml vantages' tin tomrared with those olTered by similnr kIiooIk nru considered. Pros pectus scut free upon application. 1oiiIimI 1 1 In Wife. A certain married lady on Bcrnon side sat up till 12 o'clock the other night waiting for her husband to como home. At last, xveary and xvorn out with watting, sho xvent to her bed room to retire nnd found the missing husband there fast asleep. Instead of fTntiir iJAivn ln liml r.nm, fn IiIq rnnin. She xvas so mad that sho wouldn't speak to him for a xvoelc. Ytoonsocltot (It. I.) Reporter. The. U. 8. l'utent Olllce. Some curious facts xvere made public last xveek upon tho presentation of Commissioner of Patents Seymour's re port to Congress. Tho report shows that the Patent Office has to its credit in tho U. H. Treasury, S4.r.,-,ti,8P8.:t3, a gain of 317.1,357.00 since luBt report. During tho year 180:, 22,057 patents xvere issued, of xvhich 302 camo to Iowa inventors; being ono patent to every 4,877 population; 151 being issued to Nebraska inventors, being ono to every 7,012; while Colorado rcceix-ed 215, be ing one to every 1,017. There are txventy-fivo American in ventors each of xvhom havo received more than 100 United States Patents: Thomas A. Edison having issued to him 711 U. S. Patents; Klihu Thomp son, the electrician, receiving 304 pat ents; Francis II. lliclmrds, n famous mechanical expert, residing at Hart ford, Conn., who has received 345; Ed ward Weston, nn electrical engineer, received 274; xvhile Maxim, the gun ex pert, has been granted 131 patents for improvements in fire arms alone. The Commissioner's report further shows that there aro pending at tho present time in tho patent ofllco 130 patent applications xvhich havo been in the ollico more than ten years and five applications xvhich have been pend ing for fifteen years. The nexv rules adopted, however, will compel all of these patents to issue within tho com ing year. Amongst the most valuable patents xvhich were Issued last week xvere txvo granted to the famous Harvey, of Harveyized nrmor plate fame, tho in ventions relating to improvements in car xvhcels, the trends of the Harvey wheel being glnss hardened nnd so last longer than the ordinary tempered enr xvheels. Albert Bierstadd received three patents for nn improvement in cars xvhich outwardly nppenr liho an ordinary freight car, but xvhich whan unfolded form a car cottage having three rooms below the full length of the car together with an attic formed by the slanting roof. These cars are arranged so that txvo of them can be used connected side by side and xvhen fully spread out and open form a good sized hall, the structure being especial ly intended for tlie uso of small travel ing shoxvs who dan thus carry their theater xvith them. A Su Louis Inven tor receives n patent for a soft tread horse shoe xvhich has a groove or chan nel ndnpted to receive a packing or elastic material which can be readily removed and replaced. E. A. Trussell. of Omaha, received a pntent for a toy match pistol, xvhich Is noxv being plac ed on the market. Parties desiring valuable information free relative to patents, should address Sues & Co., t'nited States Patent Solicitors, lleo Building, Omaha. A copy of any United States patent in eluding all the druxvines and descrip tions xviil be mailed for 10 cents. The .etters in the various nlrhnlets of i tho xxor.d vary from txxclve to "J'JJ iu num- i er. Kcitli'ul to the .iutt the. jrood shoo u:a'er. Herts of people ro to work In ths wrong way to enro a prain, K Soreness, or ; Stiffness, ST. JACOBS OIL wonlfl cure In the right way, rif ht off. - I .y..y.,y.y.,y.y.v 4 A. .A. - k. .J Not Atnnyn Vent. An English olergymnn was preaching in a country church in Scotland, lie had as hlH.subject "Tho Prodigal Son." "And the prodigal son xvent awny from his poor old father for years and years. But after yenrs and years ho came bade again, and his poor old father said unto tho servants, 'Bring forth tho fatted calf which has been kept for my son theso years and years."' An old farmer in tho audi ence could contain himself no longer. "Yer a lo'er; It xvud hao been a cool" ho exclaimed. Judy. Tim Cnininlimry Deportment Of tho human system Is the stomach. In conciurnco of Its activity, the body lit sup piled xvlth tho element of bono, brain ncr vou nnd muscular tlnsuo. When indigestion impedes Its f unci Ions, tho best agent for Itn imitliiK a lmaltliy lm,otu to Its operations is HoMcttor'w Motmieh lllttern, nlno a t'lttn tlVe for malaria, bilious nnd kidney coin' pininm, nervousness una cuimiptuiuu. An ontli on tho lip shown that tho dovll Is In tho heart. It the Unity Is cutting Tcotti. So Hire amlu-o tliitolil and wfll-trtcd remnljr, Mm. IVihiow'i Bootiiinci Stncr for Children Twtlilue When n xvoinnn xvnntu a wheel slio ran alxvnys find n doctor to recommend it. TITC -All KltMopHil fire tivllr. Ktlnr'MJtrnt Xltvi, tteoliirrr. fo HUufli'l-U.n tll.iiiH)' n,lr, Mnrwlmim-iirm. Tri'allteniiilSStr.illliotllffrri t. til can k. bvhU tu lit. Kllm-.Wl .XI cubt.,l'Utlu., I'u. Paris lins i,rill,rr Inhabitants by tho coumix Just taken. Ullllnrd tnble, pccond-lmnd, for ale cheap. Apply to or addrMR, H.C. Akix, tit B. lllth Bt. Omnhn. V. "A Bicycle H HfwHHR m iinMaT tBWWi FImiJ f Five cents' worth of "BATTLE AX" will serve two chewers just about as long as 5 cents' worth of other brands will serve one man This is because a 5 cent piece of "BATTLE AX" is almost as large as the JO cent piece of other high grade brands The Woman's Columbia saddles are recommended by riders and phy-r sicians as proper in shape and adjustment, and every detail of equipment contributes to beauty and the comfort and pleasure of the rider. 2alSi $100 IfnLPI senica UmMilHHUiMim :j Poor i Pilgarlici $ lucre ih no ncctl lor you 0 ; to contemplate n wig J' when you can enjoy the pleasure of sitting ngain under your own "thatch-.''1' Vnu rnti lioirin to irM & vour hair back as Soon. fi ns you begin to use I Ayer's";' I Hair Vigor. SRSe?33rKryr3zi Patents, Trade-Marks. Exnnlntlcm nnd , Adlc m to rtnfnliltlty ef Invention. Henrt for " InvMiton' Quid, or llnw to Ot 1'Bttut-" rjCTia 0TAmu.,WA0imt3rra, s. a A quarter spent in HIRES Rootbeer does you dollars'' worth of good. M,t .nlj 1J Tht eiinilM K lllrr. On.. Philini.lpMm k Vx ptck.g lutkM t tltn. Soil .reijirturt. KiimirleilvlthlTlinmnenn'eCv WrinrT eoro cj'm two iiiwiujjavii iiuiua Built for Two." ii fcBUjTjp Bicycle Li strength, lightness, grace, and elegance of finish and equip ment Model 41 Columbia is un approached by any other make. The ColumbU Catalogue, TO ALL bandiomeat art work oi the a t nrx7 yBr. I ftcc fiom the Columbia At.llSn. agent, or U mailed by ua for two a-ccnt stamps. POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Corm,, Branch Stores and Agencies in almost every city ' and town. If Cclumbias are not properly repre- in your vicinity, let us Know. All Columbia Bicycles sre fitttd with HMRTrORB SINGLE-TUBE TIRES uiui BuMio. iim. .r ut. ro WE KNOW NO TIRES SO COCO AS HARTFOROS. ;