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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1894)
mz )r u jgimiwnwtfwiiMwaB'lUHiMwfij.iitfritW'giitnitiwiwwMfigaw fr "lot -- K stri, 111 fiol tllcrnlMp, no inure To waVo t,troa.l: of itftf. To lirar the marre roar u& 'W f n echoed din away; No morn to hear tho tttigln unto Homo on tho wuldntf broean. Jre tho mnoUo from camp llnM float Above ttiu urcliltitf trued: NV tiuiro to bn-atlm tho Inccnufl RttCflt from noldlers' liomrly fare, (my IiuhiIh and tmrrloil fiict 77io inoruliiK inral prt'parn; No more tho lireaUfait call to hilt Willi merry Quip and Jnst, Or iuuita to Rrrel the tardy malt Kt-oiM thoso ho loved tho lie.il: i 2C more to nen tho b.inncr bright Its lovely folds unfurl itftAliiMi tho sky's soft amber 1UH And iiJouiIm of cold anil pear!, Ztfotuotn at monotint; of thotruurd, Vi Uko his jdncn In ranltrt. Orrtiap tho inoru-rollef'H reward Thu weary sentry's thiinka; Ko morn to pasi tho long, long djr On lonely iilckot prott, VVJiem of l tlio hindion, far awy. i JWvjtu an itdvunclnu host; 3N" morn to Hpce.il tho weary Ikhim With drcauiH o'er frajratit pipe. Or pliioltlnu dear, faintllar fluweri Or luncioiiM Ik rrlc.i ripii; No ttioro tho camp fire's pr-nlal Hlow Alorrutldu to neck, W'lusro tali-H of love, and Joy ami woo 'CiM laii;;h or tear Uonpcxk; Orai tho blackened intern ood IioaI Lu cheering vujxir brcAthus, r. 5Ve) HWt'ot vision coiitly roll AlrtiiR tho llot'oy wrc.Mli.-i. ftdcepfi. tho Mold le r oloeps no rmiro TV waken to tho fray, Tuo cannon's loud drllaut roar, TSso Iiu;;Io'h hlataut hr.iy, C-V 'Omi ihoulof sontrloji rUAlilusr In, TIjo Ionic roll of tho drum, J.Tju hIk'II'h wild Mcrcam and horrid din, Tho bullet h diiadly hum. T.T Initio line, thn RleAnilujr atcol. T'lio volley's bllnitlns; Ilaili, Ttiflfharfii,( tin) stricken enmr.ide'.i rceL, Tim vengeful forunrd ilaih, VhAgruudour of tho serried r.inh. Ail Vr the lipid It sivcrpi, TTw NtuiKKlo on tho hrnatworli' baiili Fur, lot The Boldler Bleeps. JBit';t k IiIh Hleop, for all ho had fib Uf lie freely i;avu IVratoVr a land with poaer mulft kIkI rti flair lm loved might w-.in:; Jind Tvhllu hli Kravo tho cliaylr.t txvjs AUivu Km lowly sod, Xlw crown of duty dono ho wer lJeforo the throno of Ood Thoiiiia Calvur. Iti'OncK a. TVojIt II 1 S rainy ii th 1 and tulJlng of I) uc oration day reminds rmj of an itt cidnt of onr firftt celebra tion in ttie littK town ttfhtnrol lived in tho southrii pic: of Jrilinoi . lit was In 1ha '60's and for nunin yexrs ttho tjvun tiround us hal Inject keeping twtiaityou now call AlfmoriAi flay, and onme hU,7irested that vf, tx, rais; jr. hiaU flag und scatter Ho wra m Lite jravcH of our i.ohlier boys once a year, o that wo would show to ail tliat our Twjtyw in blow and our boys in tfray were aoL forgotten, and the 30th J May w.ls ofc apart for that work of love. 8t was tho night beforo thu 3iJth Uiat Z iwiw lier w.'illdng along through, the vmUx, neeniingly utterly regardless of fltRa htoriu which swept around her. tib3 h.ul neither umbrella, nor cloak to jHrtiU-ct her slim form from the vr.ucry nsbsuxrciLs. Slio wore a thin calico dres HAtd a. Well-worn shawl; hr head v'as oivored by an untrimmetl htraw- hat. Sifttt was neat and clean. I knew soine urha.t of her circumstances and so won -tfcxucLut her being away irout home at dunk. A number of years before. s2lb and 7cttiii, her husband, good, honest John So tall, had begun their wedded lift; in b. little, vine-covered cottage juht on ih outsit irts of our town. John worked In the town- a. splendid .sroacliaule they f;iid ho was a manly "Sookiug fellow, tall. liroiul-.shouldred, -wrtth wavy hair and durk-browu eyes. ffJe made a comfortable living aad.thoy werfrt very happ. When the oldest :SlWl was hs and the youngo.it . baby 'ItKojni that great "call to arms" for a atir.Uo'R uifoty came, and JdIik n liat orjuld bollix do but rospoml? ul company was organued in our lit tlntawn and John enlisted. Om day, oItii banners llyin.utid the beat of dravu and noise of life resounding through the streets ns if it ware aprula dj.y instead of a day of gloom and fear, tdiey marched uway. i remctnbi'r it plainly, ai if it were tout yefttcrday, seeing .John stoop orr tfto baliy in her arms, us if loath to 3m,ve them, hihs thu tiny face andluuuh -aver and over again. Mil Si ?s? tru w iaL p rnj. " w Jlt fonjfht atitl fell, n captain ninoiijf our boys, mill wlicn well unoiih they Kent him homo, only for tho lovoil ones then1 to hud how intonsoly hts suiroroii. Tin. journey was too much for him. Unconscious when he arrived, ho 10 maiiiutl so until ho lifted up his isyus in llul hind wliuro brittle strife and beat of tnartial drum aro never Itnowii and soldiers' graves are never duo;. Wo burled him I say a because our whole town honored our fallen cap tain, and universal was tho sorrow ex pressed for ids wife and babies. There was a little money left, and Mary Wept her place and raised garden Htulf to i.i'll. As years rolled by that was not enough to givo her even u scant supply, and she moved into town and took in sewing. TimuMiad healed tho sorrow in tho hearts of till) town folic as it hud cov ered the grave with green. As I watched her I thought of her sorrow and great needs, and wondered how wo could no soon forget her. I saw her enter a shop and come out directly with a disappointed look, tuck ing something under her arm. in my own arms I carried a box of cut flow- -1 71 1 d 1 Vvv fhn' , Ki5tSS i " s '1 VA-N M J(i i S I'aiitino vtiru crs whh'li I had purchased to place on thu ifrnvo of an onlv son vJioiii I had i laid to rest just after that dreadful bat tle ol Hull Kim. Although it was raining very hard at tills time, wondering still more at her mysterious way, I followed. Tho last place which she- had entered was a music store and 1 racked my brain to find a reason for her doing so. She hurried along and presently she seemed to come to the desired place, cautiously looked around her and then entered When 1 came abreast of tho place I saw that It was a loan-shop Could it have come to this? Was she so reduced in circumstances that she found it nec essary to pawn articles to exist? I waited patiently until she appeared, tho "something" under her shawl was gone and she started to retrace her steps homeward. 1 did not follow farther, but resolved that I would not sleep that night until 1 know just how John's wife was situated. After changing my wet gar ments lor dry apparel and having a cup of tea, 1 started for her home. When 1 readied the door of her upurtmout at the end of a long, dimly lighted hall, I heard her .running tho machine and singing as she worked. 1 was surprised at tins, for with poverty J had always coupled discontent. Islie answered my knock by opening the door and suying how surprised she was to see inu standing there. Wo talked of many Interesting subjects, she telling mo of the children and her work and of her many, many struggles with poverty and doctors and drug bills. Naturally our conversation turned to the subject of Decoration day as tho morrow hud been christwuid, and smil ing such a sweet, calm sniilo, she arose and going to the sink at tho oth er end of the room brought from it a box filled with llowers, union she had bought to place on John's grave. She told me then, with lior eyes tilled with tears, she know her John was u noble soldier and he so dearly loved llower.-. she could not think of his grave witli but a flag to murk it and so she had managed to buy some for it. Tho children would go with her earlv on the morrow and they would spend tin hour or two with him. "She hud muuage.l to buy some." Yes, there was the secret of her walk in the storm and her mysterious disap pearance into tlie place of tho "three balls." I said nothing to her of what T intended, but silently admired such deep devotion. I saw h a grave next day literally covered with the fragrant blos.toiiis That evening a friend called at tho place of "three balls" and upon inquiry found that it was John's old, loved Unto that situ had not pawned, as she was ignorant of the practice, but had tijiLI. He r.;m'iusc.l the same a. .'iy ivquest iwtnMrHimtmniimMnrmrtmtmmMMuiwmvmmrtaimMMMHJMnM and we sent it. together with a pur well filled with money collected by the army boys, to .loli n's wife, making it indeed a day of decoration to thosa lonely hearts. Chicago Nows. PATRIOTIC OBSERVATION. Tito Duly nml rrlvllni;it of u Lining nml Oriiti'ful IVoplf. At tliis season thero tihould bo no al loy in tlie golden tribute of our country to the soldiers. Their memory should bo cherished, their bravery extolled and their examples emulated. It is im possible to value too highly their deeds on southern battle fields, nor to speak too emphatically of their patri otic motives. Tho inculcation of the lessons of patriotism is as much a duty as tho defense of tho country. Tho an niversary of tho day when tho graves of our beloved liurous are strewn with the (lowers of a nation's love should bo observed with all tho fervor which a patriotic and homo-loving people can command. The observation of Decoration day should not be left alone to tho organi zations of old soldiers. A grateful na tion should mulcu of tho day tm annual joiin'h ri.i'Tn, occasion for tho rehouf-sal of tho valor ous deods'of "the boys of '01 ;" citizens should vie with each other in exempli- tying their affection for them, and the youth of tho land then, if at no other time, should hear tho history of their achievements. A patriotic people must not stiller the stigma that they.have al lowed the enthusiastic and hearty rec ognition of this occasion gradually to fail. -Chicago Graphic. A DESPERATE CHARGE. It Thi-i-Ii'iI ii Itolil Confi'dcriUo UrlRiiilo Completely 'l'lirouli llm ruliiii Army. From nine in the morning till five in the afternoon this cliargiug and counter-charging in the woods went on. l'.rigade after brigade was knocked to pieces, fell back, reformed and went in again. There was a surprise every half hour. The trees w ere not bo thick a to hinder the progress of tho troops, They were thick enough, however, to conceal movements, until often thu columns marching in different direc tions came front to front or front to Hank within half a musket shot before either discovered the other. Then vol leys were delivered and received at short range. .Masses of troops fell to lighting until one or tlie other gave way. This happened when .Stuart, of the confederate side, inarching to re lieve Cheatham, came plump upon two brigades of Van Clove's division of union troops, and fought them mu..lo to mu..le. Hate'-, brigade, led by tho present junior .senator from Tennessee, made one of tho most remarkable niovuments It plunged forward through the union lines opposite it and kept going until it crossed the state road, for control of which both armies were fighting. On it went over tho road, through more woods, and in to a clear Held, bringing up at Widow (ilenu's house, half a mile in the rear of tho whole union army. Hoseeraus had to pull two brigades out of thu battle and send them after Hates to drive film back to where he belonged. In that wild, resistless charge the Ten nessee brigadier had three horses shot under him. American Tribune. ."WiiiiiiuIiii; Hubby, Husband Do you mean to say that you have been to see a elairvoyan tV 1 have told you over and over at-nln that there is never any truth in what one of them says. Wife -p'l'his one told me you would not jrlve mo one-half the money I want for shopping to-morrow. llusbanih-Sho did, eh? She 's a hum bug. Here, lill this elieclc out to suit yourseW. Puck. The innkeeper's business was prac ticed in Home at the time of Christ. There- wore then over seven hundred registered inns in tho capital. lOaeh had a registered sign which no other innkeeper was permitted to copy. WORK OF A CYCLONE. ('ho rTHiui4 Killed nml Other Injured In Ohio. Kinki.j:, 0., Jliiy 18. A cyolono passed one-fourth of a mile west of here at l::i() yesterday afternoon, kill ing five persons, fatally injuring two others and slightly wounding several more. Tho dead and wounded are: Daniel Harrett. leg broken, arm torn oil' and internally injured. Mrs. Daniel Harrett, log torn from body and entrails torn out. Martha Daso, head crushed; died two hours afterward. (leorge Oxinger, body beattMi into a shapeless mass. Alyrtit Daso. Charles Cole, fatally hurt internally. Mrs. Charles Cole, head crushed; will die. Jennie Crook, head crushed; will re cover. The scone of the cyclone is a hard one to describe. Houses, fences, trees and obstructions of all kinds in tho path of the storm have boon curried away and nothing left to mark thu spot whore they stood except huge holes in tlie ground. Tho country de vastated is about one-quarter of a milo wide and six miles in length, the groat funnel-shaped cloud traveling in an irregular southeasterly course, tho greatest damage being done about a mile from where it rose, and passing on oast. The building in which wore Daniel Harrett, Ills wife and their two grand daughters. Myrta and Martha Daso, is so completely demolished that not even a portion of the foundation is left. B EC AM ED llJORD E R LY. Tlio Disbanded California Army (Joim on a Ittild. Vvc.vvif.i.i:, fill.. May H. Portions of tlie disbanded California industrial army, which have for some day's been located at various places in and near this county, inaugurated a raid on thu Chinese and Japanese laborers on fruit farms and ranches of Vaca and Pleas ant valleys. The Japanese and Chi nese houses on the Porter and Wil son ranches, near Winters, wore de stroyed. The mob numbered 1'.'.". They continued down Pleasant val ley, sacking houses and greatly ter rorizing their occupants. They awak ened William Thissoll. a rancher, and forced him to lead them tohis Japanese house which they robbed and demol ished. Then they marched south into Vaca valley, driving the frightened Japanese and Chinese before them, liring guns and making other noisy demonstrations. The mob was afterwards met by a number of ranchers and citizens from Vacaville, who were armed with Win chestern. They took the whole gang I... 1...1 1 A.....n Mi i - i II iiiuj uu.iuiii.v siiiii uumv- i,v;ii ivK ..ill.. ...i. r. , .. ...... . '. . - . wnu, wneru njjiiiv-MJveii itiifir., i ... ' Ju',tl under arrest on a charge 'N"' tuwl1 fl111 of armed of riot. men and i l'iore is great excitement. It ii said that fifty rioters are still at large in Vaca valley. PACIFIC RAILWAY DEBT. Itellly 15111 for Settlliiulie Mailer lteportod to the House Comnill lee, Wasiiinoiox. May IS Tlie plan for settling the indebtedness to the gov ernment for tlie Pacific railroads, to which the house committee on Pacific railroads probably will commit itself has been formulated. Yesterday the sub-eonimittee, Uepresentatives Ueilly, Kyle, Powers, Hepburn and Hoatner, reported the bill to the full committee. Tho basis of the plan, which involves new feature-, not before proposed, re quires the ovtingiiishiuo.ut of the pres ent lirst mortgage and the substitution of a new one, which is to be a first lien for the government debt. It will be conditioned for senii-annunl payment, elVeet of which will be to constantly decrease the debt and gradually extinguish it. Payments are re quired yearly of si.CmO.ooi) from the 1'iiion Pacific and M..M)l).i)i)i) from the Central Pacific. Uoughly speaking, it is estimated that from tiftv t. sixty-j, five years will be required to cancel the- debt upon this plan. sheepfrozen7n MAY. Dlrf.mt rous SiiouNtoriii for Three Days- In. Citliroiuiii t'not 1 1 111m. So.noisa. Citl,. May IH The snow, rain and wind storm that prevailed in the Sierra Nevada foot hills the past three, day.s was deadly to sheep. The road from Sonora up to Strawberry station, a distance of thirty-two injlcn, is lined with dead sheep. The storm was unusually severe for this time of the year ami the shoe) having been sheared before entering the county were unfit to meet tho wintry blasts. At one place 4. 0U0 sheep were found frozen to death inonehoap where they hail tried to find shelter among tho trees. The snow was two feet deep on lop of them. There aro thousands of sheep farther back in tho mountains and they cannot be reached on account of the snow, but there is hardly a pos sibility that they can be alive. If they did not freeze to death during tho storm they will die of starvation be fore tlie snow melts. Three WIncoiixIu llunih lihe Wsiv. Hi iisox. Wis., May 18. Tho Jewotts mills, the new lMohniond and the llurk hnrdt dams went out to-day, causing much damage. evpiil bridges are out, including the lower bridge, which cost originally Su'j.tioi). Superintendent Scott, of tlioOmahu. estimates the dam age to that viutd in washouts and oth erwise nt upward of S 73.000. Tlie lUnitha trains are again running. Tho isi-nn in Cetiiral lo-.i ,".oo feel of trb by on" ,. '.n. .-t. "wimwi A BIG BOSTON BLAZE. Two Thousand IVnplo Mutfo IIomeleM by I'lre Loss 1'iilhi .Mainly Upon tho Work. lug CtllMhCl. Uosrox, May 1(5. I ly the torch of nn incendiary last night over 31,000,000 worth of property is in ashes, over r00 families of the medium and poorer classes, consisting of over !i,000 people, are homeless, and many of them, who had no time to save a portion of thuir household furniture, last night slept in the open air women with babies in thuir arms, and little children huddled close together, having only the sky for n roof, and a few mattresses saved from the burned tenements for a bed and no prospects of a breakfast this morning. After 0 o'clock, the time for tho workshops and business places to close, many pathetic scenes were witnessed, fathers returning to find their homes liurnt'd f.o the ground, and no trace of their ' vos and little ones. Children who lpul been at work as cash boys and girls in the big dry goods and other stores, barred out from the streets where they resided, and could lind no traces of their parents. Tlie lire eoiered a space of twenty acres, but as far as can be learned only six persons have been injured and none. fatally. The fire htnrtcil in the Hoston ! park, in a pile of lumber whU lying under the right Hold blrJ directly back of first base In! ment it had leaped out to til and, f.i nned by u brisk breeze! toward the grand stand. So did the flames spread that, bei occupants of the grand stand it, the fire was upon them, al were forced to flee. It was! minutes before the firemen work. The loft Held bleaclul next ignited. Meanwhile the sparks had fall the houses of Iterliu street, flames surged on toward Ti street, reaching out to the rigll left until the entire square hoi' the h.ill grounds and Tremont stl and extending north from VuJ street to httrice street was a mnP burning buildings. The Shorwin dergarten school house, a brick stri ure, checked the progress of tlie (ire for only a moment, and that, too, win quickly numbered among the struct ures consumed. At .1 o'clock the entire block along the west side of Tremont street, from AValpole to Hurlce, was a brilliant mass of ilaines which swept across to tlie op posite side and soon engulfed the build ings for four blocks, liy this time' tho residents of the tenements for nearly naif k mile around had become alarmed and An1 moving all their property in- .vtHiijfc"ts a'Aa-ioo-king for places of - .ti . m K rapidly did the lire oat its vny, h()Wevor. that those in the blocks ad joining Tremont street did not havo time to save their household e ducts and baiely escaped with their lives. The streets were tilled with frightened women and children, poor people who woie trying to save a part of their siniill property, and hurrying (ireinen and policemen. Furniture of all kinds littered the sidewalks and the firemen were greatly hampered by these ob structions, liy t! o'clock the conflagra tion had crossed Tremont to Cabot street. It is estimated that about 100 build ings havo been' burned and about .100 families rendered hpmeless. A special meeting of tlie board of aldermen was called last evening to take action upon the exigencies of tho case, and it was voted to use the sur plus of $-1,000, now held by tlie trustees of the Johnstown flood, and which was collected for the sutl'erers by Hood at Johnstown, for the relief of the 2,000 people made homeless by the fire. Prominent insurance men place the loss at "51.000.000 and the insurance tit two-thirds of the loss. I J !!.. k I . THE REVENUES. Ik - - A CompirKfiii of Keetdpts Under tlm Pro. poM-il Tariff and the .MeKinlej- lllll. Washington, May 10. Senator Voor hees, chairman of the finance commit tee, yesterday submitted to tlie senate the tieasury estimate of the duties which will be derived under tlie rates proposed by the late senate revision of the tariff bill., as compared with the rates under the MuKinloy law, and those under the house bill, basing esti mates upon the importations for lust year: On etiemlcals. drugs, etivr-Snnato bill, $l,8'i3, 3 .): hou-,0 hill, if,JjiI,IISvMi!!iiiloy l.iv, W IMI.OW. )x On eurihi. psirtheiiwnro unit rtlnaH'P.rn Son ata hill. JS.SI-.ViUI. houso blllf JSU.V.V-'sf Me. Klriloy l.nv, H I lirt.ir. MotnU nml mimif.icturos Seimto, ? r,te,. ufi; nutise, yi., ,ue,i)i) Oil tMUiey WonJ and tn,iuiif.i(VUiius-Sei house, Jits, i ft .Mi-ratitfr, -.O.n.I'H Susar -SiMi.ite, f vMJM,9it5 h Melvlnlev SKJiil. '-,' r.Tii. Hi....,. 41?.uii.-h M..I. W.I.... ,.ir.ii n v...... , ...... -.. ,-.. ...... lint- ...i ui,r.iu(i otiJ and tn,iuiif.i(VUiius-Sen te, iOi.1.711). HI. IIOU-.C, JiaSli; Tobm o-Setuto. $1?, '117 Or;; house, (11,5:8,. 781 MilClnlov, l 1.8JI,(i83. Ajrli'i itur.il proUilota and provision1' Sen ate, Ju.in.urj, li6uje, S7,1jJ,7H. Miiivlufoy, The rates of du,tics fixed on the vari ous schedules 'reduced to ad valorem rates t,lious thufollowlng comparisons: ChiMnieaN buqatcTkl. Ktnlov. ri in. .' . (0 house, 25.0'J; Mc- KunhiMiwrrn nind u"rj8v.iiro Somite, 3T31, ll.iuse ':)7 MeUlnley. f.l.-J Me'ds mid in innfiiftures Senate, 31,23; house, m SleKinlt'v, fs. 11 WoulSiti l ini'iuf.icturus of Sonate, VO.&1: ho ,e .'J.v Mi ivmlev :!' 1 0 Sivir .in, ni, ti iiufivtumfl of Sonata, .VJ.'itf; 2fMviiiiey, 11.5V huii- .'81 -,io. lOjWi. house, 91.59. MoKln to.. II i (r iducM Scnato, 2I.QJ; Iioubo, Si'l J.J rv l ast r