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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1896)
p. J'S A - K j THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. W. BANDKK3, FabUiher. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. A SOVEREIGN. She has servants at her bldldne, sho has subjects leal and loynl, Sho has vassals who are eager to obey her lean command; J3ho has garments lino and dainty as befit a maiden royal, And she Is tho dearest sovereign you may llnl In any land. :ho Is gracious, sho Is kindly, nnd her courtiers chant her praises, But sho bears herself Serenely, with a truo patrician air, Xooka upon her friends benignly, on her vasyals calmly gazes, Never scem'i to hear us murmur that her faco Is vondroU3 fair. "For tho depths of Heaven's azure, with a pure, entrancing beauty, Gleam upon you softly from her gracious, dark-fringed eyes; Sho will preach to you no sermons, will not prate to you of duty, But sho seems, some way, to draw you ever nearer to tho skjos. Anr her subjects love her dearly, as If something more than human, Though she grants her favors rarely, and sho smiles on very few; Hut they know a matchless wisdom and tho subtlo power of woman Dwell within the mystic precincts of those eyes of rarest blue. And her suoJect3 love her dearly, as If calm and brooding sweetness; Though her wishes sho proclalmeth with a truly regal iHr, "Tot her sway is so benignant, and sho rules with such discreetness, That wo lovo tho lightest tresses of her silken curling hair. Naught sho wlsts of sin or sorrow, and her nature Is tho Jlnest, For she keeps affection glowing, keeps our hearts from growing cold; Ot all sovereigns she is sweetest, of all maidens tho dlvlnost, For sho is our dainty daughter, who is barely threo months old. Mabel C. Jones. In Babyhood. A OTUAL 8UIIPEISE. "Do you know the man who has just Heft me?" asked Prof. W of bis wife, who entered his study. "No, sir." "It wns Ida excellency, tho former minister, Baron 1' ." "Indeed! But how nm I to know till .excellencies!" sho exclaimed, shrug ging her shoulders. "Almost every dwelling in our street is occupied by nn ex-minister. But tell me, though, what .chair was his excellency seated upon?" "Seated on? Why, right here, on the .one next to which you are now stand ing. Why do you usk?" A.- "Well, well, just as I fenred, nndhe has sure enough seen all, the thread bare sofa, the worn chairs Why will ' you persist in receiving your callers in this room. Is there no parlor?" The good woman seemed put out. "Always the same story, whenever 1 have a caller," grumbled the professor. "Pray, what is wrong with the furni ture?" "Wrong? Everything is wrong I tell you," she retorted, hotly. Look at the sofa, at the chairs " The professor put on his glasses and inspected the beats and frames of the pieces indicated. "I think," he began in nn earnest, de liberate way, as though dissatisfied with something, "1 really think the furniture does show signn of wear. "It is old and unlit for use," his. wife decided, "and a disgrace to the room, and that is the very reason why you bhould receive all callers in the parlor." "Impossible," ho responded gruflly. "I would rather buy new furniture." "Buy furniture?" The words seemed to mnke the little woman speechless. Approaching her tall lord, she extended her hand to him, looking up expectantly. "All right," she said, "hand me the money. 1 could not buy a set like this for less than $100. You remember it was part of my dowry. In those days, some 20 years ago, it cost a triilo less, because everything was cheaper. The covering of the nofa is heavy gros grain silk, nnd the frame walnut. Where, do you suppose, could I get such goods now for $100?" "Nowhere, my denr, I am ready to take an oath! And for that reason 1 think it is perfectly superfluous to Iceep your hand extended so long," smil ingly retorted the professor. And he meant it. Had his wife remained in the same attitude for days nnd extended Hier hands forever, he would never have given her anything besides the house hold money, because he was still more economical than herself, which means ji good deal, considering that she had ;gone to the length of learning how to make men's wearing apparel, to not bo .obliged to have trilles like trousers und o forth made by tnilors. As a matter of fact a single glnnce nt -the professor suftlced to show how suc cessfully she had practiced economy in . 3iis garments. r" , "Did you know," he asked after a lit- tle, "what the minister wanted? "How should I?" "He notified me to be prepared for a great distinction." "What? perhaps an order or a title?" "Not improbable!" "And we aru apt to receive callers aud congratulations.!" "Possibly!" "Whom you would receive in this room?" "Certainly 1" "Not in the parlor?" "No I" "Indeed! Well, then, now I insist on having n new set of furniture," the ex cited little woman exclaimed in her most positive tone, which the professor knew but too well, and which brooked no gainsaying, lie began to fear nn assault upon his poeketbook, for now his better half dis eovercdkaddltional need every moment. Sho was liable to Insist upon new wall paper, new curtains and new paintings. Almost every piece in the room had been part of her dowry and done serv ice for 20 years, nnd had consequently been long ago fit for the attic. But he was for once mistaken. Noth ing like that happened. His wife ut tered not n word. Only her eyes sud denly shot a lightning flash at the sofa, whereupon bIio suddenly left the room. An hour later, after the professor had left the house, she once more stood be fore the sofa. Deftly she ripped open u piece of the covering, and as soon as bhe was able to take a look nt the wrong side, she assumed a challenging posi tion, saying to herself: "Triumph! I knew it! My husband shall soon see what n practical and economical wife he possesses. "Jaconde, Euphroslne," calling her grown daughters, "listen to me, both of you! You nre aware that your father's birthday is at hand. You have already procured presents, and I am getting the newspaper case he coveted, but I should dearly love to show him another atten tion. He hinted to-day that his study needs u new set of furniture. Bub a good serviceable set costs at least $100, and money is scarce. While pondering how in manage, I had an Idea. Come closer. There! Look nt the wrong sldo of this gros grain covering. Does not the stuff look almost as good as new? Does not Its green color glitter like gold nnd its brown like bronze? Now, then, listen to my plan. I nm going to have the covering of the sofa and the chairs turned, the horse hair cleaned and picked, and the frame repolishcd and varnished. Say nothing to father. I am now going to the upholsterer to find out what he will charge." And this the practical little woman at once did. The professor returned home in ill humor. His wife's desire to have n new set, nnd especially her positive tone, gave him no rest. His mind's eye be held the new set as a birthday xirescnt, followed by a big bill, which he would have to pay with good grace. He glanced angrily at the sofa, the root of tho present evil, and suddenly beheld the loosened corner of the covering which his wife had omitted to tack on again. The prdfessor looked hard at both sides of the stuff. "The lower side," he soliloquized, "Is almost like new. My wife has repeat edly told me that all goods can be turned, even my official swallow-tail. Why not this covering also? The wrong side of the silk looks good, the color is fresh ha!" he exclaimed, suddenly rising from his chair, "a genial idea! My dear little wife shall learn that I also understand how to be practical. Yes, that's it. I am going to have the covering turned and the horse hair picked and cleaned, nnd then the set will look like new. What is more, I will have it done at once and lose no time. All will be ready for my birthday. It will be a surprise for my wife as a re turn for the beautiful newspaper case which she is making for me, as I have long ago noticed. The dear, good soul! Sho would anyway give me no rest until u new set were purchased, and now she will have no cause to exile us to the parlor when I receive company. But now for a word with 1113' wife." Pleased as he had been for a long time the professor appeared in the bou doir of his wife. "Gertrude, dear, I merely came to tell you that we should forbear of buying new furniture. I am short of money and could not even spare five dollars. If you really think that the set in my study Is so very much worn I will hence forth receive my callers In the parlor." "All right, husband," she replied, looking greatly relieved. "I should have undertaken nothing without your permission in this matter." The professor failed to notice the smile playing around his wife's lips. He had expected opposition, und, be hold, nil was plain sailing. On the following Wednesday wns thu professor's birthday. Two days pre vious, as soon as he had left his house for the college, the upholsterer and hi. nbslstants made their appearance. The professor's wife and her daughters awaited them ready to help. The smart little woman had shrewdly made her arrangements for her husband to take his meals on this and the following day at the house of relatives. There fore, they could do the work undis turbed, and they did. When the evening came all was fin ished, and the woman looked with pride and satisfaction upon the result of her genial idea. The furniture looked like new and tho cost was really not worth while talking about, only ten dollars, which tho gratified woman promptly paid. It was lute in the evening when the professor returned. "To-morrow," his wife said to him, "we will give your study a thorough cleunlng. Do you object to my remov ing Homo of, tho things into your bed room?" That wan exactly what the sly pro fessor had speculated upon und ardent ly desired. "Yes," he said. "Certainly. Remove whatever you like. Why not begin with the sofa und chairs, which, us I now perceive, you have already tied together to facilitate their removal." "Had we not better wait until to morrow after you leave the house, dear? But if you desire It, we will do it now," said the unsuspecting woman. She called the. servant, and a few more minutes found the whole set in the professor's bedroom. Mrs. W knew better than to suspect her husband of curiosity to examine tho bundled up furniture. At six o'clock the following morning an upholsterer and his assistants ap peared in the professor's bedroom. "Very well," said the latter, who had been expecting them, "i am glad that you are punctual. Has uny one seen you come in?" "No, sir," "All right. There Is the, furniture. You know what 1 want you to do. But leiuember, everything has to be finished to-day, and the pieces re turned here this evening. On this con dition only I agree to pay you the $15 you ask. Now carry them away and be careful to make no noise. My wife must know nothing about it. It is true, her bedroom is in the opposite wing, but her ears are as sharp ns n dog's." An hour later the upholsterer again appeared before the professor. "Sir," said he, "what am 1 to do with that furniture? The set is In the best possible condition nnd looks as good as new. Why turn the covering, which 1 think is altogether unnecessary?" "What are you saying? The cover ing fresh and new, and dirty only underneath? You plainly don't know what yon arc talking about. 1 think I ought to know better. You just do as I told you." "But, professor " "Do as I ordered! Turn the cover ing, clean the horsehair, and so forth." "Well, I don't enre if you insist." "And do not forget, to-night before ten o'clock!" the professor culled after him. Sure euough, at the appointed hour the upholsterer came with the furni ture, which ho had turned according to his employer's wishes. Now it looked exactly na it had two days previous; the worn and dirty Bide of the cover ing was uppermost. "Well, Master Know-all, have you obeyed my instructions?" "Yes, sir, exactly as you ordered. If I would not fear making a noise 1 would undo the lot und let you take a look nt them." "Never mind, it is all right. Here are your $15. lam fully satisfied. "How surprised my wife will be to morrow when she unties nnd replaces the furniture," the professor solilo quized, pleased like a child over the expected result of his practical idea. Never before had he looked so be nign, knowing nnd self-satisfied, as on the morning of the day that was to bring the denouement, when he ap peared at the breakfast table. With beaming countenance he received the presents and congratulations, and when asked by his wife why he had yesterday locked the door of his bed room and taken the key with him, he looked astonished, and replied like the thorough phariaee that he, was: "Did I really do that? Well, I do declare! I have never been so absent minded before. Then I suppose those old pieces of furniture nre still in my bedroom. I never noticed them this morning!" "That is nothing," responded his wife. "I will at once order them moved back to your study." "Do so, my deor," exclaimed the pro fessor, nn odd, sarcastic kind of a smile flitting ncross his face, "and should you perchance meet with a surprise, take it cool, like the brave little woman you are." It is no wonder that a remark like tills filled the heart of the good lady with joyful anticipation. She almost flew on the wings of expectation to the study, but soon she returned. At the thresh hold she remained immovable. Her face was pale as death, her eyes dilated, her expression betokened surprise, and in decision almost fear. "I feel so queer," she finally admitted, as if talking to herself, "have I lost my senses? or do my eyes deceive me? Jaconde, Euphrosine, come with me!" The professor laughed henrtily. He could scureely await their return. When they at last appeared, his daughters, with an almost idiotic expression on their faces, his wife's thoughtful and restless looks fixed upon him, he thought lie would burst from laughing. Suddenly his wife, forgetful of good manners and their children's preaence, ran up to him, exclaiming: "Are you crazy? Why do you carry on like a fool? What has happened in this house? Only day before yesterday I ordered the coverings of the set in your study turned, and tho furniture polished and varnished, for which 1 spent ten dollars, and now what imp has been playing tricks on rue? I ree tho same dirty, old and worn silk on top as before! How Is such a thing pos sible? It Is enough to lose one's senses, and you perslbt in roaring at my per-dlcumeut?" But the proressor had now stopped laughing. And as for the expression of his face, 1 differed not an iota from those of his two daughters. "Wife," ho said, mildly. "I do not comprehend at nil. Whnt arc you tnlk ing about, having the covering of tlutt set turned? Know then, that not you, but 1 had tills done yesterday. I In tended it as a surprise for you." "What? You did, yesterday?" "Yes, my dear, yesterday! And nil was finished by evening. Now you will understand why 1 took the key of my bedroom door with inc. Hut come, con fess! was 1 not practical?" And again the professor began to indulge, in laugh ter. But his wife did not feel like join ing In his hilarity. "Husband," she sobbed, with trem bling voice, "supposing 1 weru to tell you that day before yesterday, 1 and the two girls, together with a couplo of upholsterers, have had that furniture repaired right here on this spot?" "And supposing 1 were to tell you," ho interrupted her angrily, "that! havo had the furniture repaired yesterday, do you hear? yesterday!" "Yesterday? really, do you mean yes terday? Heavens! what have you done?" The poor woman dropped faintly into a chair. "Unfortunate man, what have yon done?" "Done? Why, I had the covering turned, the " "Yes, you had the good side of tho covering turned inside, after 1 had It turned the other way the day before, you fool!" V h a tl" The professor seemed to understand at last, for he shot out of the room and made for his study. When he reap peared aiteraoonsiuerainoueiay, no de clared that it was all true enough and tho furniture looked as bad as ever. "Just think of It, dearest," he re marked, half jokingly, half In anger, "and the upholsterer hud even warned me that the goods looked like new, and needed no repairing!" But the joke fell flat. Ills wife was not so easily quieted. "And pray, how much did you pny to that conf , 1 mean to that upholsterer of yours?" "How much? Why, $15 !" "Fifteen dollars!" the now thorough ly roused woman repeated. "Fifteen dollars!" She tore her handkerchief in shreds. "1 tell you what it is," sho added in her most positive tone nnd manner. "Now, I absolutely niBlst on a new set of furniture, and what is still more, onu for $150, because for less than that I cannot duplicate a set similar to ours." The poor, vanquished professor felt cheap. He said nothing. But when mine days later he found a new set in his study, and also a bill for $150, he swore to have no more surprises; but he paid the bill. From the Germ an, in N. Y. Sun. BENCH AND BAR. ICiitcrtnlnliiK Anecdotes of Milliliters of tlio Legal Profession. The late .Judge Jlosecrans, of Sarato go county, N. Y., possessed 11 most bril liant intellect, and could, if he chose, so charge :i jury us to almost certainly de feat a litigant that he desired, without giving the most astute lawyer any good ground to take exceptions to the charge. A farmer residing in his county nt one time had, growing outside of his doorynrd fence und really in the ground belonging to the road or highway, 11 glgantiu chestnut tree. For years tho farmer had honestly supposed that the nuts that grew on this tree belonged by lawful right to him, nnd lie hud gath ered them accordingly. One day two sralwart butchers, out on a calf-buying expedition, eninu along und began to collect the nuts that hung plentifully In their burrs on the tree. Naturally the farmer objected to this and went out and forbade them. Words followed nnd an ultereation ensued, in which thu farmer, although a smaller man than either of his antagonists, gave them both a terrible drubbing. They, knowing him to be amply able to respond in damages, brought suit for damages for assault and battery. The casu came on to be tried before Judge BoHeerans, and he, thinking that the farmer ought not to be punished, proceeded to charge the jury somewhat in the following manner: "Gentlemen oT the jury, 1 charge you as a matter of law that, this defendant was not tho owner of the nuts growing on this tree, und had no more right to them than tho plaintilTs had; mid, therefore, they nro entitled to damages for the assault made by him upon them. The only re maining question, then, Is one of dam ages. This is entirely for you to deter mine. The evidence shows that at thu time he began the assault the plaintiffs had gathered, about n hatful of chest nuts witli the burrs. Now I further charge you that in estimating tho amount of damages to which you may think the plaintiffs entitled, you huvu no right to set off against the same thu value of chestnuts so gathered, even li you think the damages shall amount to so much as thu valuu you niuy put upon thu chestnuts." The jury brought in a verdict of dam ages for plaintiffs in the sum of six cents. The (Jrcen Bug. A dream of the moon signifies n sudden and entirely unexpected pi no ure. CONGRESSIONAL. Conilnnioil lleport of the Putt Week' Pro. r finding. TitK post oftlco npproprlntlon bill wni con tddorcd In tbo sonnto on tho Hist, but wns not completed. A shnrp dobato on mall mibsldloi occurred. Mr. Vllns opposing nn oxtonsion of tho subsidy nystcm nnd Messrs. Porklns nnd Wlilta (Cnl.) upholding It. Mr. George nftor vrnrds spoke in opposition to Mr. Dupont's claim to n sent. ..Tho houso spout tho day con sidering tho sundry civil npproprlntlon bill, a determined effort being nndo by Romo of tho southern representatives to strike from tho bill tho appropriation for tho pny ot internal rovonuo Informers, which is obnoxious to peo plo in tho "moonshine" districts, but It was not successful. Thk sennto on the 1st completed tho post of fice appropriation bill, with tho exception ot tho ocean ninll subsidy Item which mused nn nnhnntcd discussion. Mr. Goorgo spoVco on tho Dupont election oaso nnd Mr. Terror gnvo no tice that ho would movo to tnko up his resolu tion for nn Inquiry Into tho rocont bond Issno on tho morrow. Mr. llntlor (N. C.) Introduced a .bill requiring tho nccoptnnco ot enrront lespil 'tender funds la payment ot notes, bonds or private obligations, Mr. Call (Fin.) Introduced a rosolutlon to Immediately use 11 United Stntos nnvnl forco to protect Amorlcnns hi Cuba from atrocities nnd for hiunnno rcusont Ingcnornl. Tho resolution wont over. ...Tho house practically completed tho consideration of tho mi 11 dry civil bill. Mr. Uluo (rep.), of Knufcns, tnndo hoiiio Indirect charges ngnlnst tho board of innnngorN of tho soldlors' horns and Mr. Steele of Indiana, replied to thorn. TriK sonnto on tho 2d constdorod tho post oftlco npproprlntlon bill, nnd tho propriety ot abolishing country post onlcoH nnd absorbing thorn ns brunohos of elty ofllces wns warmly debated. Mr. Goorgo closed his, throo days Bpccch on tho Dupont olootlon enso. Mr. 1'ot tlgrow roported tho Indian appropriation bill and gnvo notice that ho would cull It up on tho Vth. Mr. Lodgo introduced n bill to chnrgu monthly publications tho same rate of postago us weekly publications, nnd Mr. Shorman In troduced ono providing for tho uso ot n uniform flat? by tho nrmy nnd nnvy nftor tho yonr 1TO). ....The sundry civil npproprlntlon bill was passed in tho houso nftor a warm dobato of four hours over na npproprlntlon or I3:,ooo ror tho Howard university, n colored Institution of Washington, tho contention bolng that It wns nn npproprlntlon for sccturlnn purposes. Tho houso voted, l!l to ICf,, to retain tho appropria tion. Tiik sonnto wns not In session on tho 3d.... In tho houso Mr. Ilitt, chairman ot tho foralgn affairs committee presented tho conforonoa report on tho Cuban resolutions, nnd in tho courso of his speech snld that ho did not think President Cleveland would "bo so rooronnt to his duty ns to disregard tho oxprossoil wish of congress" ns to recognizing tho bolllgoroncy ot tho Insurgents. Mr. Patterson argued that If the United States would lntorforo to pro- vont Spain from acquiring now territory in this homlsphoro wo should provont hor from retaining territory by subjugntion Tho dobato was not concluded. Many prlvnto ponslon bills wore passod nt tho night session. INSPECTION OF IMMIGRANTS. Astounding FucU lirouiflit Out In the Houso Dlicuisloti nn tho ftlnnsure. Washington, April 3. Roprosonta tlvo Dauford,of Ohio, yostorday ronort ed to tho houso from tho immigration committee tho Stono bill providing for tho Inspection of immigrants by United Statos consuls. Tho object of tho measure, says tho report, In to enforce existing laws and such laws as may hereafter bo passed by congress re stricting immigration. Statistics show. Bays tho report, that with a foreign population of 14.77 per cent, mora than half of our whito penitentiary convicts nnd moro than half of tho whito inmates of our poor houses aro foreigners, undprovo that of tho immi grants coming hero during tho past fow years too many of them aro de ficient in morals and aro incapable, physically, of soli-support Tho bill docs not udd to the excluded list of im migrants. OUTLOOK FOR TOBACCO. It Is I'redlcted Tlutt tlio Ctibiui War Will Advuuco tlio Price. Uai.timohk, Md., April 3.- Mr. Charles Dlttmnn, of tho wholesale to bacco firm of Dlttman & Vonoiff, of this city, has returned from a trip to Havana and docs not take a rosy view of tho situation in Cuba. Ho said yos torday tho outlook for the tobacco in terest is most discouraging. Though manufacturers in this country could miss a wholo crop without great draw backs, Mr. Dlttrnar Bays tlio effect of tho war will presently bo felt in a ma terial advaneo In price. Tho stock lying hero at present Is sufliciont to check any sudden Incroaso and it has been supplemented by tho addition of inferior grades during speculation. In tho open market Havana prices havo advanced about 20 per cent in tho past six months. Could Not Violate Ills OiUh. LouisviLr.K, Ky., April 2. Becauso ho could not chooso botweon tho A. 1. A. and his Catholic sweetheart, John Schweitzer, of this city, committed buicido by shooting. Schweitzor was engaged to be married to Miss Lulio Schcrztnger, but had often told her that ho was an A. P. A. and was pro- vented by his oath from marrying a Catholic. Ho asked Miss Schorzlngor to abandon hor rollglon. This alio de clined to do, but said sho would marry him, even though ho were a bigot. Immigration on tho Increase. Washington, April 2. Tho immigra tion oflleials aro somewhat disturbed at tho present enormous incroaso in immigration. During Fobrunry tho number of arrivals at New York ag gregated 11,822, an incroaso of about 65 per cont. over tho arrivals during February, 1895. The class now coining to this country is said to bo altogether undesirable, even while entitled to ad mission under a strict construction of tho immigration laws. Ives Vln Aguln. Nkw Youk, April . Tho fourth game of tho international billiard tournament, at 18-lnch balk line, was played last night in tho Madison Square Garden Concort hall. Tho con testants wero Frank C. Ives and Albert Gamier. Ives won the game. 11 h avorago was CO and his hltrhestrun ilH.
