NEBRASKA III BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS 8ECTION8.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON
Helloloue, Social, Agricultural, Pollt
leal and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration,
Tho Midwest Llfo (old lino) wants
good local agents nil nvnn Nnh-nDun
Wrlto to Homo Ofllco nt Lincoln for
particulars.
A llfo insurance company Is a finan
cial institution which furnishes money
to tho family of tho man who dies
holding a policy in tho company. It
stands in precisely tho same relation
w mo individual that tho flro lnsur
anco company does to tho house in
which ho lives. If Vfltlr linmn (ti full..
Insured in n flro company and it burns
you are paiu us value. If it is not in
nuit-u iu lire company navs vmi
nothing. Yon carried your own risk,
nnu noi tno company. But you enn
not enrry tho risk on vnni- ntvn Utn
nlthough you may on your property!
hub tibk must oo carried cither by
your family or somo llfo insuranco
company. "Which of tho two is tho
hotter able to assumo It, the family or
tho company? Upon which of tho two
will tho loss bo less severe? And upon
wnom uo you prefer to lcavo tho risk,
upon tho family or Uiq company?
Tho Midwest Life of Lincoln Issues
nil tno standard forms of policies.
Nursery companies nro reporting
mrgo saies in tno lino of fruit trees.
Tho fiscal year ending with March,
1000, has proven the most prosperous
ono for tho Sewnrd postofllco in its
History.
Plorco has won tho championship
of the north central district nr ik
Nebraska high schol debating leaguo
uy winning irom Albion.
Tho other day a horso was musing
from tho barn of Mr. Dean, threo
mileB northeast of Ncllgh. Leo Hun,
n hired hand, Is nJo missing.
Fred Kelso, implicated In connec
tion with the robbery of $-100 from
Sid Qravo at Ponder, waived exami
nation. His bond wns iixed at $1,000,
which has not been furnished.
Tho York colleges report a larger
attendanco than ever before. Ono
thousand students aro attending tho
college, tho UrsuIIno acadomy nnd
tho York Business and Normal col
lege. Ira RigBby, a young man charged
with criminally assaulting Mable
Meyers, tho 14-ycur-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Meyers of Glen
over, Gago county, was bound over to
tho district court.
Will Nolan, tho young Dodge coun
ty farmer who caused so much pxnlto.
mont and speculation by disappearing
about threo years ago, wn3 In Fre
mont last week on his way homo. Ho
has been living in Montana.
Frank Zoubet, n fnrmer living nlno
miles northeast or Tobias, was found
doad In his field undor a stalk cutter,
The broken seat Indicated tho causo
of tho fatal accident. Ho leaves n
wife nnd flvo children.
Whilo Claud Morgan, who resides
on tho Missouri river bottoms east of
Plattsmouth, was cleaning a 22-callbor
rifle, it was accidentally discharged,
and tho bullet entered tho groin nnd
lodged In his abdomen. Ho is in n
critical condition.
Steps toward probating and settle
ment of the estate of William Enrhart
who died at Louisville, develops tho
fact that ho left an estate of about
$400,000. Thirty thousand of It Is In
llfo insurance, all payablo to his
widow.
Articles of incorporation of tho Mc
Cllntock Hotel company, with n capi
tal stock of $100,000, in shares of ?100
each, were filed In Grand Island, and
negotiations aro pending for the pur
chaso of tho Koehlcr hotel of that
city.
Sheriff Dunkol of Hall county ar
rlvod at Sallua, Kns., to bring John
r , .1. 1 - i .
vsuiu, wjiu uuuecu irom nor nonio
fMlss Irene Soulo of Grand Islnnd.
back for trial. Colo had boon plnccd
undor ?500 bonds nt Sallnn, but when
tho sheriff arrived there tho bird had
flown and tho bond was declared for
feited. News reached Alllnnco of n brutnl
doublo murder near a small town
nnmed Provo, just across the lino In
South Dnkota. Tho man who did tho
killing wns Dick Barton, and tho vic
tims were tho parents of his wife, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Tuckor. Tho murder was n.
fiendish ono, tho brains of tho victims
having boon beaten out with nn ax.
Tho 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles HlnBoy, who resldo on a
farm two miles west of Nebraska City
was seriously, If not fatally burned.
Sho was playing about tho kitchen In
tho nbsenco ofy tho parents nnd her
clothing caught flro, and before tho
flames could bo extinguished sho was
bndly burned on both legs nnd arms
nnd about tho sldo of tho head, Her
recovery Is doubtful.
Ashland is greatly In need of resi
dences to accommodate now comors.
Dr. H. L. Mathers, for forty years a
physician nt Auburn, died last week,
aged 80 yearo.
' A clock has been Installed in tho
tower of tho now city hall atSchuy
ler. It has a good elevation and four
dials, so that It can bo seen from
every direction, and it strikes tho
hours and half hours. It cost about
M0,
7V. B. Roberts, living south of Ash
land, last week sold flfty-threo live
chickens in the local market for $11,
or an average of 77 cunts a fowl
RACE HORSES TO A CHURCHMAN.
The Queer Legacy Left to a Paris
Archbishop.
Paris. In nil ages devout Catholics
hnvo bequeathed legacies of differing
size mid description to popes, cardinals
and archbishops, but It is snfo to say
thnt.no prolate over was more thor
oughly astounded thnn the archbishop
i is wnen no awoKe somo time ago
" nnu nunieir tno possessor of n celo
bratod racing stable.
"1 bog pardon for Intruding," Monslg.
Amotto's socrolnry camo Into tho
archbishop's study with an nlr of much
peiturbatlon one morning, "but
Moncclnneur Amctte. the Paris Arch
bishop Who Fell Heir to a Racing
statue.
a woman, tho Viscountess do Ilnlne
vllle, has Just died and loft her fnrtimn
of Bovoral millions, including a racing
sianic, lo your excellency."
When Monselcnour Ametto nndoi
3tood that the legacy wns left to hlni
personally nnd nofto the church, ho
refused to accept it. Hut Just after hi9
rocretnry hud left tho nrchblslionrlc
to communlcato Monselgneur Amette's
decision to tho executors of the will,
word camo Hint the court had ratified
tho homiest, so thoro was nollilnir tn
do but to accept tho legacy, Including
tno embarrassing item of tho raco
hoi sea. "
Tho archbishon Immediately cavn nt
ders for the salo of tho stud, also nf
tho viscountess properties, comprising
much real estate, a breed ne farm nnd
n Historic clinteau at Allonvillo n Nor
mnndy. Tho legacy, converted Into
cash, will bo used for various charit
nolo organizations.
If tho august and unwllllnc owner of
rnco track favorites fancied that he
could wash his hands of nrom-Iotarv
duties so enslly, ho soon discovered his
mistake, ills man of affairs soon
came to him with a complication. Tho
horses were to bo put nt auction at a
Dig establishment In tho Ruo do Pon
thlou. But somo critics had pointed
out to this man of affairs that tho auc
tloneer was a .low. Was this a serious
enough consideration to warrant tho
intervention of the nrchb shou? It
evidently wns. for a few dovs later the.
honor of auctioneering tho horses was
awarded to a rival eslabllshniont.
where the sale Is to tako place shortly.
riio collection consists of 25 horses.
and by n curious coincidence tho Do
uamovino jocuoys always have worn
violet the archblshou's color.
Dining the last yearn of her life tho
viscountess, n womun In her seventies,
vory naturally had not taken ns much
Interest In the horses ns her-husband
had dono. Ho wns n staunch rovnllsi
deputy and his wife apparently was a
Dtrong sympathizer with his nnll.ro
publican ideas, for sho dcllehted In
giving names which were enricatures
ot prominent governmental nersonali
ties to her horses. Clomenceau was
transformed Into Clemencctto and
Culllnux became Calllautotto.
BecaiiBO of tho vl3countosn' lack of
Interest In rnco trnck triumphs or do
feats, vory few of tho horses which
will bo auctioneered nro nnrtlcnlnrlv
celebrated, although former victories
of tno uo Ralnovlllo ntablo Btlll ure re
membered In sporting circles. Since
her husbandB death tho viscountess
has paid more attontlon to tho rcnrlng
of blooded horses than to racors. Her
farm at Allonvillo Is ono of tho best in
Franco nnd many of the Do Rnlnovillo
colts nro sold during tho summer sea
son at tho fashionable rosort, Dean
vllle. The Selfish Hosklns.
Prof. CharleB JCuoblln of the Unlvor
clly of Chlcngo was discussing his ro
cont lecture, "Tho Family," whoreln
ho advocated a compulsoryslx months'
Intorvnl between marrlngo license and
marriage',
"Mnrriago is onlored on too hasti
ly," he said. "Tho six months' Inter
val should bo an Interval or thought.
Thought would euro many or tho Ills
n! marriage. UnsolllshnoHs would per
haps cure more.
"ScIflshncBs in mnrrlugo Is on tho
man's sldo. Too many men look at
every question fiotn ono point of view,
tho solflsh one, only.
"It Is llko Hosklns or tho Lnko
Shoro drive.
"'You nro willing,' said Mrs. Hos
klns, 'to lay out. $1,000 a month on
your wine and cigar hill, but you grum
ble llko a boar when I want a few
hundred for a dinner gown.'
"'Well.' snarled Hosklns. 'enn I
emoko and drink u dinner gown?'"
Ml6oecl the Spot.
Gilos Swlggs was told to rub wills
ky on his bald spot and It would ro
store liia linir.
Miles Did ho try It?
Giles Yos: but ho didn't rollow tho
directions. Ho Invariably got tho
whisky about six Inahus uoulh of tln
bnhl spot.
An
The tfoldcn sun climbs up the sky,
The shadows flee away,
Oh! weary heart, fortfet to sltfh:
God scnd9 the Enstcr Day!
Lontf was that nluht, chill was the nlr,
And grief o'er brooded lontf,
Yet Is the new world white and fair,
Uplift thine Easter sontfl
The cross that bowed thee with its wcltfht
By strength of prnycr Is stirred,
Till It shall bear thec soon or late.
As winds upbear the bird.
The life thnt thrills from star tojjtnr,
And bents In leaf and stem,
Is wjder than the heavens arc.
And blesses thee from them.
Wert thou cast down.wcrt thou dismayed,
Dear Child of One nbovc,
Behold the earth In lltfht arrayed
The light of deathless love.
Oh! listen to the word that wakes
In every budding flower.
And take the brend the Master breaks,
In Ills triumphant hour.
For those -who hear, and hearing yearn,
The King hath. secrets sweet;
Their hearts within them thrill and burn.
They wait His coming feet.
Then swift the sun climbs up the sky!
The shadows flee awoyl
Oh! weary heart, forget to sigh,
God sends the Easter Dayl
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Uaster infix
CCOKDING to nn
old tradition, when'
the Roman soldiers
camo to the Garden
or G o t h b o m a n o
Christ hid under the
ollvo trees until tho
treacherous plover
cried out "Buvlck!"
"Buvickl" "Ho is
hldlngl"
But It a Judas
among I ho birds be
trayed Iho Master or
men In this hour or
need, other rnlthfnl feathered folk min
istered to him nt tho darker moment
or Cnlvary. Then It wns that the
volco of tho pitying turllo dove grow
sb plalntlvo that nover has it re
gained its loBt happy notes. Not only
did the swallow perch on tho cross anil
twitter tender words of consolation,
but nlso In Us small, sweet way al
leviated tho sufferer's pain by pulling
out a spluo from the crown of. thorns.
And tho stork Hying o-er tho cross
loitered on tho wing to call down:
"Stryk!" "StrykI" "Strengthen!"
"Strengthen!"
In certain old English jjnrdens, there
is a little spottod-lenfed plant with
deep blue (lowers and red buds, called
"Mary's Tears," for In the beginning
this grow on Calvary lis flower the
blue of tho Mother Mary's eyes, tho
buds red as her eyelids swollen from
weeping, nnd tho leaves tear-stained
with her grlof.
And In tho old Kngllsh uanlon. loo.
Is found tho rosemary that puts forth
new blossoms every- Friday as though
to embalm tho body of tho dead
Christ.
Wonderful Passion Flower.
In tho passion flower tho reverent
imagination has dlBcovored not n
cross nlono. but also Iho nillni- nf
scourging, tho nulls, tin crown of
thorns, nnd even spols to mark tho
flvo wounds or the crucified body.
Tho Spanlnrd will tell you thnt the
aspen trembles because that was tho
wood or tho cross. However this may
be. there Is u dcllchtrul old Wm.,t
concerning tho tree out or which tho
croBs was mado.
Aged Adam, weary or toll mni Kin
and eager ror death, sent to tho nngol
guarding the Troo or Llfo to beg a
boon. Tho mesaongor brought back
ho wclc.mio promise that Adnm simum
die In threo days, nnd tho added gift
ot threo small seeds which wcro mys
teriously to bo placed under tho iien.i
mnn's tongue beroro bin lnl.
From these seeds, tho nunlnL unr.
live continues, sprang threo saplings
that later united, th rca In one m-m.
bol of tho Trinity. With this mirac
ulous treo Moses and David nneh
wrought many wonders. But icint-
Solomon, his wholo heart set upon tho
oiiiuiiiik or tno tomn o. hnd tho iron
cut down, Intending It for u mngnlll
cont beam. Strive ub tho workmen
would, 'however, nowhoro would (ho
beam fit, and, cast asldo, it was later
used ns a br di:o ocross a iiMnhv
stream. When tho queen of Shelm
mado her notablo visit sho refused to
IciL
tread upon this bridge; Instead, sho
knult and worshiped, nnd having con
fided to Solomon n vision she had
concerning It, tho king at onco or
dered the sacred wood Incnsed In gold
nnd silver, and reverently bung over
Iho door of tho temple. Subsequent
ly, Abljuli, son of Boliobonm, covet
ing Iho pnclotis sotting, had It taken
down, nnd nfter appropriating the
metal had the wood burled deep In tho
earth so deep, In fact, that a well
wns dug over It, tho famous Pool of
Bethesdn, tho ties or mercy at tho
bottom giving healing qualities lo tho
wntors. Finally, as tho time appoint
od nppronchod, the treo rose and llnnt
ed on tho iiirfuce. and the Jews took it
and mado It Into tho cros3 upon which
tho Christ was crucified.
Wood of the Cross.
Ah Bomo claim tho napon wns the
wood or tho cross, others soloct the
weeping willow for tho tree upon
which .Judas hauged himself.
There Is an old lugond ns sinister
us the fntnllatle Oedipus myth that
claims thnt beforo tho birth or Judas
his mother drenmed Hint -hor child
would minder his father and betray
hlsGcd for moiioy. To prevent this
tragedy, tho babe win put In a chest
and cast upon tho sea, but was rescued
and adopted by a king.
Acrordlng to tiadltlon, Poiitlim Pi
late as well ns Judas committed sui
cide, for upon his return to Homo so
Indignant wns the emperor over tho
governor's uctlons while In Jerusa
lem that he cast him Into prison, a
humiliation too great for so weak a
Bplrit to boar.
Woltd is tho legend told concerning
tho restloas. tormented ghost or him
who could wash hls'hnnds but not his
coiiscienco fir offense.
The body of tho sulfide was first
cast lnlo tho Tiber, but bo turbulent
weio (he storms thnt Immediately fo.
lowed that It wns taken out or the
i Ivor, can led to Gaul, and thrown Into
tho Ishono. Tempests woio tho in
stnnt icHiilt. Again tho body was re
moved, this tlnio to Luke Geneva. The
Bunio disasters In Its train. Onto
mote an attempt was 'mode to over
come the ovll. Suroly. in a rnr-away
mountain luko locked In tho center or
tho Alps evmt tho spirit or a Pllato
could do no harm. Vain hope. There
aroso storms or wind and 'rain so great
In rury (hat flocks nnd herds woro
drowned, trees torn up by tho roots,
and happy henrlod homos washed away
to duaili and dOHlructlon,
Quletlno Troubled Spirit.
Then at tho call of tho emergency
cunio tho man or tho hour to answer
It. Alone ho went to tho lake, and
with the solo, weapons or n scholar's
knowledge and magic battled with tho
spirit until It signified nn ugroemcnt to
remain at poaco ir only it might hnvo
ono dny of freedom during tho year.
Tim storms ceased, but long after
w.'ird whoever went to Pilate's lake on
s Good Friday saw nu awful spector
clothed In a red toga upon n rock ubovo
the water, "tho grim, ghostly figure of
him who saw no 111 yet permitted It."
o ScWz
SoulTromainnd
3eth And m<e
Life's txoal More
mm
Qranaf God saif h:
reoriixSoTi.f o
Tzeoro-iire porn
1tr ervrrr f'rVim crvnrnti
sm.aTraqeaan, 1 nrouonTnpiiaTioB,'niQni:
and morn, Has journey gg-Chrisf of
Nazarefh? 'Mono logy. -sorrowing qay
fey sfatf 'Mono prtblic&ns arasmners
off, He sought his cross, God fo obey
Ai 155 rvrv CpJvpvpv's -mount" JofL.
The sun Grewihm.The day Was darK
But so on The sign oirgg was
Ts MinczTKrz
Lord Go3said,
t rWWBffi
fwf Tragedy J
T was nil right no far, any-
fWfwny. Helen sal very strnlgbt,
with her tons Just touching
tho carriage lloor and 11 se
raphic Hiiills on her chubby face. No
body Hiispected, not even grandma,
who was so busy smiling at all the
other old Indies on their way to
church. It had been difficult getting
in tho carriage with It under her linn,
nnd although It was hard and seemed
to have unegglllte points" on it, tho
rldo to church wus not so bad nfter
all. And what a beauty It was all
gold except tho pink and liluo spots,
and they had tiny gold specks on
them, too!
Luckily tho egg arm was away from
grandma, so Helen slipped the egg
down Into her hand and sat In comfort,
though with some misgiving ns lo tho
safest way of convoying her burden
ot guilt Into tho church. Ono hand?
No, the egg was loo big. Iloth hnuda?
No, that wouldn't do, ror grandma's
friends were always slinking hnndB.
Now, If lltlo girls only wore muffs nt
Buster timebut then they never did,
so why think or that? Oh, there was
Simpson opening tho door! Helen
mado a convulsive grab nt tho egg and
hooked It up under tho pretty luco
iuIIIob; but Iho Health was unneces
sary, for grandma was bowing to n
vory round gentleman with white hair
that stuck up toothbrushy fashion
around his nice red face. "So hero Is
llttlo Helen! How' do, Helen?" nnd
ho briskly shook her hand. Helen
pumped it sillily up nnd down from tho
elbow, Oh, tho egg, tho egg! Why
hadn't she put It under the other nnu?
That regret quickly left her when
grandma took hold of the safo arm and
piloted her by It Into the church.
Helen wondered why sho had nover
noticed how many miles nnd miles of
nlslo ono muBt travel before grandma's
pow was roachod, while everywhere
woro people staring with knowing oyes
that seemed to say, "There sho Is!
There's the bad child that takes an
egg to church!" But tho Journey end
ed, and nfter a llttlo prayer Helen
and tho egg settled comfortably In tho
big pow, What a rollof! Well, sho
was hero and so wns tho egg, and
now, when sho hud listened to tho
music and had counted all tho organ
pipes on each side, she could piny with
tho ogg and llolon looked lovingly nt
Its gorgeous glitter as It lay 011 tho
crimson cushion, not on the grandma
side, but snugly between her and tho
:lark pew wall. JubI think ot it! Suslo
had boiled It hard, and thou sho had
painted tho spols, and then she had
glided It, and now hero It was In
church. Who ever heard r un egg
In church? A warning poke from
grandma, who was becoming curious,
reminded Helen thai her l(o must
bo invlulblo as well as Ina-idlble
ma
EM
The
Tho fnt rcd-and-white mnn kept
walking up nnd down tho nlslo show
ing people whoro to sit, and finally ho
sat down In tho pew directly in front,
ot Helen. "I thought ho used to bo a
rusher, but I wnsn't qullo sure,"
Helen told tho egg.
The long prayers did not feem halt
ns long as usunl, ror It wasn't hard to
kneol when you could put tho egg
down In a dark cornor nnd seo it glit
ter ns you turned It around Tho or
gan pipes lost their old time rascina
Hon, and Helen hardly reallzod thnt
the rector had begun to tnlk bororo
sho heard hlni say: "Now to tho
King"' and they nil Jumped up.
And tho egg! Howovor in tho world
could It have Jumped right out ot hor
linnd and Into the fat man'n pow? But
it had, nnd there It ahono Pi brightly
na ever. If sho could only snatch it
up quickly! Sho leaned 'way over to
mnku llio attempt, hut every one olso
was sitting down. "Sit down, Holon,''
whispered grandma, sharply, and in
the blindness or humiliating tears
Helen sat. Visions or disgrace roso
up n ml threatened to overwholm hor.
To huvo one of the "rushers" como up
after church and say; "Madame, is this
your egg?" nnd grandma would any:
"Why, no," nnd then she would hayo
to say: "Please, It's mlno!" and ovory
body would know that Holon Gardiner
had brought an egg to church! Oh,
why hadn't sho boon born a henihon,
so sho wonldn" hnvo to go to church
on Knstcr, but could stay at homo and
roll eggs without waiting until next
day! Hut, most bitter thought of all,
maybo grandma would not lot hot
have tho egg again after tho rusher
man gnvo it back, and sho couldn't
toll It even next day.
"Freoly yo hnvo received, frooly
glvo," tho rector was saying. Give
what wouldn't sho glvo Just to got
tho egg back without grandmn's knowl
edgo? Perhaps when the man got
up Ho was getting up! Ot courso;
ho nhvnys passed tho shiny gold pinto
and It was tlmo to get hor money out
of hor haudkorchlcr. But why did
grandma's Ilguro Htlffcn In n sudden
dazed comprehension ns sho gasped
In dismay, nnd why did peoplo titter
In that disconcerting wny? Thoy nuiHt
Biiroly huvo scon tho ogg In the rat
man's pow. Helen dashed tho tears out
or her big oyen and looked at hlra as
ho marchod In bllssrul ignornnco up
the nlBlcs with tho other ushers. What
wna that awful gllltoring mass ot
ruin on his broad black back? Oh, It
was, It. who!
"Sit down!" commanded grandma,
fiercely, but tho tragedy wns too great.
"Myjegg! my lovely egg!" screamed
Holon, "Ho sat on III He's bo's
spoiled It!"
Easter In the Tyrol.
Children living In tills province of
Austria follow bands of musicians,
who go through the streets and up the.
steep hillsides singing Faster carols
and playing on guitars. Tho children
enrry lighted torches, and when a song
Is finished run up to tho doorsnnd
I knock ou (hem. They open quickly
1 and there stand tho hniiBoniotliers
I with lots of beautifully colored eggs
j for the young people.
