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The State of Nebraska In the
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In the Matter of the Estate of James Deshon
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BIRTH OF A HYMN
Story of the Origin of In tlic Swe
Ky and By
A song of national circulation In
the Sweet By and By written by S
Fillmore Bennett of Elkhorn Wis bar
Its birth In a country store Mr Ben
nett told the story which Is given in
Wisconsin In Three Centuries as fol
lows
It was about time for closing busi
ness in the evening when J P Web
ster whose melodies have made Wis
consin famous came into the store
feeling somewhat depressed
I said to Webster What is the mat
ter new
He replied It Is no matter it will
be all right by and by
The idea of the hymn came to me
like a Hash of sunshine and I replied
The sweet by and by Why would
not that make a good hyinn
Maybe it would he said indiffer
ently
I then turned to my desk and penned
the hymn as fast as I could write I
hauded it to Mr Webster As he read
it his eyes kindled and his whole de
meanor changed Stepping to the desk
he began writing the notes instantly
In a few moments he requested Mr
Bright to hand him his violiu and he
played with little hesitation the beau
tiful melody from the notes A few
moments later he had jotted down the
notes for the different parts and the
chorus
I do not think it was more than thir
ty minutes from the time I took my
pencil to write the words before the
hymn and the notes had all been com
pleted and four of us were singing it
exactly as it appeared iu the Signet
Ring a few days later and as it has
been sung the world over ever since
A NAVAL REBUKE
Two Admirals a Captain and a Fool
In Manila Bay
When Deweys fleet was at Manila
the late Admiral Chichester was then
a captain On one occasion Admiral
Diedrichs the German sent out the
Irene on an unrevealed errand and
without the customary notification to
the commander of the blockading fleet
Admiral Dewey had suffered he
thought sufficiently from that sort of
thing and so the admiral sent a vessel
across the Irenes bows and notified
her captain that she would not be per
mitted to depart without a statement
as to her destination It was not Ad
miral Diedrichs mission to quarrel
with both the American and the Eng
lish fleets on this critical occasion so
he sought to find out Captain Chiches
ters purpose in case of a collision Go
ing on board Chichesters ship he an
grily exclaimed Did you see what
Dewey did to my ship
Yes replied Chichester
What would you have done if it had
been an English ship
Well said Chichester convenient
ly assuming that the Irenes captain
had sailed without orders from Die
drichs Id have put my captain in ar
rest and then Id have gone on board
the Olympia and apologized to Admiral
Dewey for having such a fool iu com
mand of one of my ships Harpers
Weekly
A Poets Honiely Pace
The poet Rogers was afflicted with a
notably unpleasant cadaverous coun
tenance which with all his intellectual
power was a mortification to him To
hide his annoyance he joked about his
ugliness Incessantly and deceived his
friends Into supposing him indifferent
to It He once turned to Sydney
Smith who with Byron and Moore
was dining with him and said
Chantrey wants to perpetuate this
miserable face of mine What pose
would you suggest that I should take
If you really wish to spare the world
as much as possible said the wit I
would if I were you be taken at my
prayers my face buried in my hands
Rogers laughed with the other per
sons present but he shot a malignant
glance at the jester and it is said nev
er fully forgave him for the bonmot
Thankfulness
I am no friend to the people who re
ceive the bounties of Providence with
out visible gratitude When the six
pence falls into your hat you may
laugh When the messenger of an un
expected blessing takes you by the
hand and lifts you up and bids you walk
you may leap and run and sing for
joy even as the lame man whom St
Peter healed skipped piously and re
joiced aloud as he passed through the
beautiful gate of the temple There Is
no virtue in solemn indifference Joy
is as much a duty as beneficence is
Thankfulness is the other side of met
cy Henry Van Dyke
Facial Horticulture
A new milkman left our milk to
day announced Dorothy
Did he have whiskers asked her
mother thinking perhaps it was the
proprietor
No said the four-year-old he
didnt have whiskers but he had the
roots Harpers Weekly
Why She Couldnt
No I didnt have a very good time
she said I wanted to talk and there
wasnt a man there
But there were plenty of other
girls
Oh of course but that was no sat
bfaction for they all wanted to talk
too
Unfair
Another unfair thing in life the
bride with a wealth of hair wears a
veil but the groom who has a bald
spot and -really needs a veil to cover it
Is denied the privilege Atchison
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The noblest motive is the public good
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A LAND OF BLIZZARDS
THE FIERCE GALES THAT SWEEP AND
WRECK SEISTAN
These Terrific Windstorms Always
HUtw tin They Have Done For Ae
From the Same Direction A Pan
demonium of Noise Sand and Dust
Every one who has visited Seistan or
written about Seistan has mentioned
its celebrated wind called the
roz or wind of 120 days
winch blows in the summer Few of
these have had the misfortune to ex
perience it but as we went through
two seasons of this wind we are able
to say something about it It more
than justifies its reputation It sets in
at the end of May or the middle of
June and blows with appalling vio
lence and with little or no cessation till
about the end of September It always
blows from one direction a little west
of uorth and readies a velocity of
more than seventy miles an hour It
creates a pandemonium of noise sand
and dust and for a time gets on ones
nerves but it Is In reality a blessing in
disguise for it blows away the insects
which from April to June make life in
Seistan a perfect purgatory mitigates
the awful summer heat and clears the
country of typhus smallpox and other
diseases rife in the country in May and
June One would think this 120 day
wind enough but violent winds prevail
all through the winter from December
to April and blizzards are of constant
occurrence These winds always come
from the same direction The winter
blizzards are terrible and the wind at
tains a terrific velocity In a blizzard
at the end of March the anemometers
registered a maximum of 120 miles an
hour The average velocity for a whole
sixteen hours was more than eighty
eight miles an hour
The extraordinary frequency and vio
lence of the Seistan wind and the reg
ularity with which it blows from the
same quarter are very remarkable
That it has blown from the same quar
ter in past ages is proved by the fact
that all the ruins of Seistan are built
at the same angle with their front and
back walls at a right angle to the
wind and their side walls at the same
angle as the wind No wind can blow
with such violence and frequency
without leaving its mark on the coun
try Its effects are everywhere visible
in Seistan Everything looks wind
swept and wind stricken Over the
greater part of the country not a single
tree exists
The present villages and habitations
are all built with their backs present
ing lines of dead walls on the wind
ward side The old ruins are oriented
at exactly the same angle on account
of the wind The effect of wind is ev
erywhere visible on these ruins Their
bases are undercut by wind as though
by water action The thickness of the
walls the excellent quality of the
burned bricks made and used by the
ancient inhabitants for the lower
courses of their buildings and the ex
treme hardness and durability of the
Seistan soil when made into the sun
dried bricks of which the upper por
tions of the ruins are composed have
withstood the destructive effect of the
wind In a wonderful manner but in
the older ruins we often find that the
walls facing the wind have entirely
disappeared and only the side walls re
main while in still older ruins only
one or two solitary pinnacles remain to
mark what were once large massive
and extensive buildings
The wind has buried large tracts of
the country under sand Many of the
old ruined towns are wholly or partly
buried in sand and this burying process
goes on all the year and every year and
is covering up not only valuable lands
but inhabited villages In Seistan as
elsewhere the invading army of sand
is preceded by lines of skirmishers in
the form of traveling burkhans
horseshoe shaped sand hills whieh
steadily advance until they meet some
obstacle which retards them until the
reserves come up to their support and
bury all before them under hills of sand
On our arrival In Seistan we found
Kilainau a big and flourishing village
built on the south side of a high ridge
for protection from the wind Before
we left the sand had attacked that
ridge surmounted it and buried the
village forcing the Inhabitants to build
a new village elsewhere An example
of still greater rapidity was afforded
at the village of Kilaikohna Up to
June 1904 this village had a large
deep pond on its northern side By
September that is less than three
months this deep pond was converted
into a sand hill some ten feet high
The wind however did not confine
Its energy to burying only While it
covers some tracts deep In sand It also
sweeps other tracts clear of sand ren
dering valuable land available for cul
tivation and exposing long buried ruins
once more to view These are how
ever only the milder effects of wind
action The Seistan wind in its more
destructive moods has In places re
moved not only sand from place to
place but has scoured away the whole
face of the country Everywhere we
find the sides and banks of ths canals
which Irrigated the lands on which the
dwellers of the old ruins depeided left
standing like walls high above the pres
ent surface of the surrounding land
These banks having been hardened by
water have withstood the action of the
wind better than the surface of the
land which has all been blown away
to a depth of several feet This depth
In places Is very considerable and we
find the outlines exposed of still older
canals which existed at some yet ear
lier age and which must have been
buried deep In the ground when the
canals above them old as they are
were In use Geographical Journal
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TRAINING DOG POLICE
DrtxskliiK In of the Seine Patrol One
of the SiKhtK of Paris
The training of the young New
foundlands that are periodically added
to the staff Is one of the sights of
Paris It takes place in the headquar
ters of the agents plongsurs a small
building on the quayside not far from
the Cathedral of Notre Dame Doga
and men enter into the exercise with
zest and there Is usually a crowd of
onlookers Only dummy figures are
used but the rescue is nevertheless
a very realistic affair The big dogs
know perfectly well what the exercise
means and they wait with comic en
thusiasm until the dummy is thrown
into the water and an agent plongeur
rushes out on hearing the splash and
the outcry of spectators While the
men are busy with lines and life buoys
the dog plunges into the water swims
to the dummy watches with rare in
telligence for an opportunity to get an
advantageous hold and thcu it either
swims ashore or waits for its master
who brings to the rescue long poles
cork belts and the like The more ex
perienced dogs however will easily
effect a rescue from first to last with
out human assistance and it is an in
spiring sight to watch them looking
for a foothold on the slippery sides of
the river bank and pulling the heavy
dummy into a place of safety
It takes about four months to train
the dogs elliciently They are also
charged with the protection of their
masters when attacked by the des
perate ruffians who sleep under the
arches of the bridge in summer Thus
in Paris the police dogs are a proved
success Century
A GREAT BEER HOUSE
Munich Owns the Oldest and Lnrprest
Saloon In the World
The Hofbrauhaus of Munich is per
haps the oldest and largest saloon in
the world owned by the king of Ba
varia and patronized by an average of
12000 customers a day On holidays
the number often runs up to 10000 and
10000 Nothing to drink is sold but
beer brewed at the royal brewery
which was started by King Ludwig the
Severe in 1233 The present Hofbrau
haus was built in 1044 and the beer
was brewed on the spot until 1S78
when the brewery was moved into the
country to less expensive quarters
There are seats for 1500 customers
plain wooden benches without backs
beside plain wooden tables without
covers In the garden or court are 100
empty beer barrels set on end which
are used for tables The steins which
are very heavy and hold a quart of
beer are piled up in stacks before the
bar on the floor In the morning where
they remain until they are used
When a customer wants beer he
picks out a stein takes it to one of the
basins of running water which line the
walls and washes it himself Then he
carries it to the counter and hands it
over to the bartender who fills It with
beer from the barrel The price is G
cents a stein and the profits support
the hospitals of the city although the
king could claim them if he desired to
do so as the brewery and the Hofbrau
haus belong to him by inheritance
Chicago Record Herald
A Surfeit of Oratory
One of the mistaken theories is that
a public speaker is necessary to the
success of any public affair This the
ory had its rise at a time when oratory
was a fad Orators were cultivated
and they were supposed to take hu
man passions in their hands and toy
with them In this practical age pub
lic speakers are a bore and nobody
cares anything about them People
gather to be entertained and not lec
tured But this theory having been
established that a public speaker is
important to a picnic an orator is
hauled out and set loose on a few old
gentlemen with canes and a few moth
ers who must occupy the benches in
taking care of the children Sabetha
Herald
Shot an Angel
Now and again we hear of strange
and rare birds being shot in England
but how many sportsmen except Mr
Wells clergyman can claim to have
shot an angel One such man exists
though it is doubtful whether he Is
proud of his skill It was nighttime
and he was passing Crayford parish
churchyard with his gun over his shoul
der when he saw what he took for a
ghost He leveled his piece and fired
but his aim was wild He had failed
to wing his quarry Investigation
showed that the ghost was a sculp
tured angel on a tomb and he had
shot off one of its toes London Chron
icle
High Finance
Say began Burroughs lend me a
five will you
See here replied Markley If
youd only save your own money you
wouldnt have to borrow from your
friends
But by borrowing from my friends
I do save my own money Catholic
Standard and Times
Sleep
Now blessings light on him that first
invented sleep It covers a man all
over thoughts and all like a cloak it
Is meat for the hungry drink for the
thirsty heat for the cold and cold for
the hot Cervantes
Quite Different
He But I thought youd forgiven
me for that and promised to forget it
She Yes but I didnt promise to let
you forget Id forgiven It
Some men are born great some
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PLANT RETARDATION
The JMethod of Producing Flowers
Out of Sciwan
Lilies of the valley and many other
plants are now placed on the markets
of the worlds great cities months aft
er they are out of season This is ac
complished by plant retardation
holding back the development by
means of cold and darkness until what
ever time Is desired Then they are
once more subjected to light and
warmth when they blossom Tho
most prominent feature of a plant re
tardation establishment Is the huga
cold storage building In which tho
plants are stowed away Under tho
care of the guide the visitor passes the
portals In a moment he steps from
the warmtli and light of a summers
day into the cold bitterness of a win
ters night the darkness of which is
but feebly relieved by the flickering
hand lanterns The Interior of the
building Is divided into various cham
bers and each one of these is allotted
to some particular kind of plant One
chamber is full of lily of the valley
roots the next is packed wjth boxes
containing lilium bulbs while again a
compartment is crammed with small
potted plants of azalea and spiraea
Each and all of these varieties are in
a dormant condition sleeping mvay
their time entirely unconscious of the
changing seasons in the outside world
The Avails of the chambers are thickly
coated with a depotit of frost crystals
and millions of Ihee flash like dia
monds in response to the rays of light
from the lamp Tin iroo of cold is
usually obtained by means of a com
pressed air anntw and the freez
ing current is -lo 1 i to the diff rent
chamber through winlen channels
In course of tie icu pasitos got
choked with hoarfrit anl it K ouny
necessary for a urisi to enter them and
clean the accumulation away This is
a cold job In places the temperature
is as low as 20 degrees below zero
The costume of a workman engaged
in this clearing out operation is prac
tically an arctic outfit Every part
of the body with the exception of
small holes for eyes and mouth must
be protected with thick wool Other
wise serious frostbites would ensue
Retarded plants may be kept in
check for eight months or at times as
long as a year and curiously enough
they do not seem to be any the worse
for the treatment Indeed the experi
ence seems to make them grow all the
faster when they are allowed to make
a start Some varieties grow at a tre
mendous rate when they are brought
into heat Chicago News
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
It doesnt take much to make a fool
of any one
Being busy has kept many a man out
of mischief
When a man does another man a
favor somehow it seems to strengthen
his memory
A great many people do not talk
scandal but they furnish the material
which is just as bad
Indulge in as little fool talk as possi
ble People are quick to pick up your
foolish sayings and repeat them be
hind your back
Investigate and you will find that
jealousy sends more people to insane
asylums than any other thing It will
even do up drink in making a record
Thank heaven the multiplication ta
ble doesnt change It is the only
thing a mother knows that is the same
as when she went to school and which
she can speak of without being cor
rected Atchison Globe
Intermarriage and Cancer
So little is really known of the mys
teries of cancer that the merest scraps
of Information with regard to it ought
not to be neglected At the village of
Clovelly on the north Devon coast a
very large percentage of deaths is due
to cancer and the reason locally given
is the habit of Intermarriage necessari
ly brought about In a place so widely
severed from the outside world The
state of affairs appears to be even
worse at Buck Mills a fishing hamlet
three miles away where intermarriage
has been carried to such an extreme
that one surname Is almost sufficient
to designate the whole of the popula
tion of the village London Telegraph
An Uncertain Obituary
A Georgia man wrote the following
on an oak slab which marks a supposed
grave In a meadow This spot Is
sacred to the memory of a faithful ani
mal a white mule born ten years be
fore the civil war and went through
that war on a rush from Bull Run to
Lees surrender We aint certain that
the mule died here but when last seen
the faithful critter was grazing on this
identical spot and trying to kick a
lightning flash back to the clouds
Atlanta Constitution
And Then He Ran
Did any man ever tell you asked
Mr Henpeck as he edged toward the
door that you were the sweetest and
most beautiful woman In the world
No replied his wife
Gee Men are honester than I
thought they were Chicago Record
Herald
Brown Study
How do you intend to have the
study decorated Mrs Goldrocks
I think Ill have It decorated in deep
brown replied Mra Goldrocks My
husband always likes to sit In a deep
brown study Milwaukee Sentinel
He Agreed With Her
After all remarked Mrs Inswlm
home Is the dearest spot on earth
It Is answered her husband who
was engaged In auditing the months
bills Chicago News
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