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3 w '( r THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISES XV. W. HANOKltS, l'lililUIicr. NEMAHA, - -'- - NEBRASKA. IN THE AFTERGLOW. .A inospfure I pot from my lovo, my lovo. Who Ugh In the churchyard sleeping; A message Bweet, that hid (it my foot, Ah I Htood by licr lono jrnivo weeping. A mlsslvo sweet In a violet blue, Raying: "My love, I am over trtio, 1 Watching ever and waiting for you; In Heaven my vigil keeping." Ah! dcllcnto, beautiful tnexBagc rare, A fond and endearing token; A thought In bloom, to dispel the gloom Of a heart that Ih well-nigh broken. ThniBt from tho cold and mould below, , A moHRugc swoot to let mc know That love In as truo In tho afterglow Ab when first our vowb were Hpoken. Arthur J. lluidlek, In I'eteiHon'B Maga zine. BKJGAKAGES. KAVB Just met & ..s&W 3'"r ilmwe, dipt. .ijuijiin, unit j. miik. her so much; 1 be lieve; we shall be great friends. She lin.s lieeti telling me all about how yoti met, and how you hurl to go out to India for five years when you bad only seen her three times, and you pro posed to her just before you left, and never saw her again till this morning, and now she has come out all this long way to be married to you, and oh! Capt. IJnrncR, I hope 1 don't seem oheelty, I do talk so, but It's all so love ly and romantic, isn't it? J mean, hav ing been trtic to each other all these years, and now, after all the waiting . You know I didn't even know you were engaged till Miss (iwynne was pointed out to mo as your fiancee, and I was introduced. Why didn't you tell me you were, engaged, Cnpt. Barnes?" "I didn't think it would interest jjrm, Mtos Jlosle." "Out is that a snub? No? Well, it lias more than interested me, it has1 made me . 1 think that's the music beginning; Rliall we move?" "Not yet; will you finish your sen tence? It has made you what?" "Oh, nothing, only well, if you must luiow, it has made me think." "Of what?" "Of men, and their ways; you see Oh, it is so hard to explain!" "Never mind, try again; I'm not in any hurry, and when you get excited you do look so bewitching, you know, Miss ttosie." "There, now, that's whatlmean; you fcce you've so often said things of that Bort to me before, and I didn't think when men were engaged they said things like that to other girls; that's why I was so surprised to hcur you had a fiancee." "You are very young, Miss Hosie." "Is that why you said those things to me?" "What things?" "Why, that 1 was bewitching when I got excited, and that my eyes had a Htrange fascination for you, and you wished there were more girls like ma jn tho world, and oh well, Capt. Unrnes, you must remember lots and lots of things you said." "Don't scold me, Miss Hosie; it was very wrong of me, but T tried not to, and I won't any more; will that ilensc you?" (Pause, then a rather constrained lit tle voice): " don't understand, Capt. Uarnes; you tried not to? why did you "YOU ARE SO VERY YOUNG, MISS ROSIE." try not to? I didn't ask you to say such things!" Voice rising in indigna tion.) "Don't talk so loud, Miss Jtosle, there, might be another couple sitting behind those plants; in fact, lean hear voices." "Yes (viciously), it might be Miss Gwynno, mightn't it? And, of course, when sho was in England she couldn't possibly hear what you said to me; but why did you try not to, Capt. Barnes? I didn't aslc you to; I didn't want you to." "No? No, of course :sot; you didn't nsk, but sometimes you you tempted me." "What nonsense! I tempted you! 1 never wanted you to say them, I tell you. How did 1 tempt you ?" "Well, you looked rather happy some times after 1 had said some such things to you, and that mado me want to say something else." "And all the time you knew you were SaP? Llr WIV"T-. . IllilB? engaged to Miss Qwynuc, and in love with her, and no, 1 still don't tinder stand, ('apt. Barnes." "No, of course you don't understand; you're only a little girl, Miss Itosie, and you think everyone In the world is ood, and honest, and Innocent, like yourself; but do you think you could try and understand how a man might think he had met the one woman in tho world for him, and ho asks her to go through life with him, and then he has to go away for a long time, and the remembrance of her growsa little faint? lie tries hard not to let it die out al together, bcoau.se he knows he is in honor bound, and that the woman loves him, and then do you follow me, Miss IJosie? he meets another woman " "Thcrearc such a lot of women in this story, Capt. Barnes, it l growing rath er confusing. Shall Vve go back to tho dancing room?" "lie meets another woman, who Is altogether different, above and apart from anything he ever dreamed of in a woman " "Yes, it is a very pretty story, Capt, Barnes, but 1 have been here long enough; besides, you needn't trouble to explain; there hasn't been any damage done, to this woman, at any rate; of course, I don't know about the otheis." "Miss Itosie, you do understand, really, don't you? There are only two women, one is May Gwynne, and the other" "Good gracious! what n smash! Somebody has knocked down a pot, I believe, and one of those lovely azaleas. Then there was some one there, and they must have heard that silly story of yours!" "I dor.'t think so; I don't cart. Miss Bosie, you are quite sure it d dn't do any damage?" "What, the flower pot? Wei), I don't know. Shall 1 go and see?" "Ymu know what I mean not tho flower pot the things I said." "I have forgotten them, Capt. Barnes. m ,s misrjir YSA' Sf?---SSsA v:-ci "J'M GOINq HOME, PHIL." You aro engaged to be married, and well, I will be honest; I did like there when you said them, but I've forgotten now, and the damage can be repaired." "There was a little damage, then, Bosle?" (A quick rustle, a little sound, It might have been a low laugh, or it might have been a sob; Capt, BarucE was alone). "Oh, is that you, May? Aren't you dancing?" "No; I'm going home, I'hil; ' I'm tired; but I want to confess something first. Phil, five yeais is u longtime to be away from anyone, isn't it?" "Yes. May; but what of that?" "Well, one might change, and it wouldn't be very wicked, would it? And I want you to let me off, l'hil, w ill you ?" "What, let you oft marrying me, May?" "Yes; I've changed my mind; a woman may, you know. I don't think we are suited; no don't say anything, l'hil, it won't be any use." "Well, if you mean it, May, of course T must let you on", as you put it; it's a queer way of expressing it, and, of course. I'm awfully tony and all that, but I know 1 never was worthy of you." "Oh, that's nonsense. Well, g-ood night, IMill; mind you tell every one I jilted you. By-the-bye, 1 was trying to creep out of here softly just now, and I upset a plant; such a joke, Phil! I think there was a little love scene going on on the other side, so 1 ran because 1 Avas afraid I might hear. I was with .lack llanrsay, 1 wonder if he picked it up. Will you go and see?" (Jack liamsay to friend In the supper room) : "Queer girl, that Miss Gwynne. Been trying to get a little fun outof her In the conservatory just now, and I'm bothered if 1 believe she heard a won! I said; got up in a hurry, too, and bolted, with some rotten excuse, and upset one of old Barton's best azaleas." Madame. Itiul fur tho I'ycrt. Don't sleep with eyes facing the light is a caution given by all oculists. A test by closing the eyes when facing the light quickly shows that the strain Is only lessened, not removed, and the in terposition of an adequate shade is as grateful to the shut eyes as when they aro open. It is sometimes necessary in a small room to have the bed face tho window, but even then by means of shades rolling from the bottom instead of from the top the window may be cov ered to the few inches left free for tho passage of air. N. Y. Times. Brands of flour depend for their re Bpeetlve excellence not only on the qimb ity of wheat, but on skill in mixing dif ferent varieties so as to secure u uni' form grude. HiL "TSs Air? fZjilfG-, vv?iC nw tww III I m fy '' ' nil , V r,j"- -SNNV3 -s?v t Km TRAMPS IN THE WEST. Thoir Number 19 Increasing from Yoar to Year. How tlio Modern IhIiihiiHUp Sprint Their Summer Vacation Used for 1'olltlrul I'tirpoHCHln Spring mid Au tumn Wliut .Matte VugiiljoiuU. Special Chicago I.ctter.l "Why is Meandering Mike like flan nel?" "Because he shrinks from wash ing." Tliis threadbare little joke has been heard time and again, but no one can appreciate Its deep significance un til he has had the fortune or misfor tune, If you please of lsiting one of the numerous camps established by the tramp fraternity along the lines of our western railroads. In winter the tramp establishes him self In the large cities of the land. He THE KING OF TRAMPS. poguc from a cut-glass goblet, A few weeks before election time the experi enced tramp enjoys life. lie is picked up by the agent of one or the other political party and enrolled as a guest at some cheap lodging house from which lives by begging, and sleeps wherever he can And a place. If mendicancy docs not pay for his fusel oil and food, he steals or taps empty beer kegs in the rear of saloons. The stale remnants which find no escape through the bar keeper's faucet, even with the aid of a powerful pump, arc poured by the dirty scavengers into the proverbial to mato can and consumed with the same relish displayed by the blase million aire when he sips his French chaui hc can be registered. From the day of registration until he has cast his ballot for the "purification of municipal politics" he lives in clover. After that come neglect and the warm days of spring. But instead of bemoaning his lot and abusing the erstwhile kind policeman who, after the election, degenerates once more into a petty tyrant, the man without a home takes up his stick and wanders out into the country, unless he can steal a ride on a freight train, llefore he lias traveled ten miles he will meet a number of his colleagues, and forthwith they will form a band, elect u leader and establish a camp. Of course, not a tented camp, because tramps have never been known to carry baggage. The leader of the band sim ply selects some deserted barn or ten antles's section house, and there he es tablishes his kingdom until driven away by the outraged farmers living within the purlieus of his realm. When men have learned to be philo sophical, they do not require much to live. After a winter's campaign among the five and ten cent eating houses of n metropolitan city, a baked chicken, even though it be burned and full of pin feathers, is indeed a luxury, and a breakfast of fresh-laid eggs is en chanted into a Lucullian feast. Usually the depredatory habits of the vagabond are confined to the collection of such eatables, although once in awhile he will make an attack upon a freight cur loaded with beer or other liquid re freshment. Given these luxuries and a few pieces of clothing which he se cures by begging tiro king of the road is a happy man an up-to-date philoso pher who believes that the world owes him a living, and who lives up to his conviction with a steadfastness worthy of a better principle. Inasiruch as no body of tramps will invade the territory preempted by an other detachment, the breaking up of i-amp is nota ury serious matter. When given notice by the farmers to vacate they usual'3' comply with the request promptly, only occasionally burning a barn or two to show their displeasure. If orders to quit are issued in the spring or early summer, the band moves ten or fifteen miles westward; if in late summer or fall, the progress is toward the east, provided Chicago has been the point of departure. In this way some companies travel through Illinois and Iowa, others through Wisconsin and Minnesota, always following the line of railroad selected as their own at the beginning of the season, and return by the same route, reaching the city be fore the first snowfall. The question has often been asked: "IJow arc tramps made?" It is doubt less true that a certain percentage of men is born with a hatred for honest employment which no system of educa tion can eradicate. Such creatures arc the natural vagabonds, the ulcer on the body politics which lias defied treat ment ever since society was established. And there is no doubt iu the mind of the WW sociologist that they will continue to xist as long as mankind has to struggle for existence. But the majority of our latter-day tramps are creatures of cir cumstances. There was a time in the history of the United States when a genuine tramp was n rarity. That was when employ ment was plentiful and the demand for labor did not exceed the supply. After the close of the civil war the modern tramp, the Jshmaclite of our fin-de-sicclc civilization, made his ap pearance in small numbers, but not un til IST.'l, when the great panic paralyzed eery American industry, did he throng our highways and byways. No human being, not born Into vagabondage, drops from respectability Into a state of sav age freedom without passing through Intermediate stages. A few facts gath ered from time to time by the writer lend substance to the statement that nine-tenths of the miserable wretches who now live In Idleness, and often by crime, started upon their career aa tramps while lioncst workingmen. Through no fault of theirs they had lost employment in the towns where they had worked for years. Several of t hose interxie wed and their statements were afterward corroborated hid made part payments on homes and others owned lots and household goods. When the factories which had gicn them work closed their doors, the&e men took what money tiny could spcio and traveled to other points to earn a livelihood. They found the same un fortunate conditions prevailing wher ever they went. Their funds gave out; they could no longer pay railroad fare; they had to rely upon the charitable for food and lodging; their once neat clothing had become shabby and thread bare. Onward and onward they wvnt, like the Wandering Jew; from the lodg ing in a hay loft to a cot in the calaboose, and the stone pile. Honest and honora ble, every hand was raised against them until they, in turn, raised their hands against everybody. The transition from respectability to trnnipdoin was a rapid process. It ze quired years to accomplish it. But, once accomplished, it took hold of body and soul, and neither reformatory nor prison could eradicate it. The once respected mechanic, owing principally to their intelligence, became the leaders of bands of predatory wanderers and the founders of a class of society which is destined to thrive for many years to come. The depression of 1S73 was succeeded by a few fat years, but the industrial condition never recovered to that point which denotes universal prosperity. Kach era of overproduction gave birh to new evils; and the ranks of tramp (lorn, augmented by foreign recruits, have been gaining rather than losing in strength. Hence, to a certain extent, every tramp encampment on the prarie of the middle west is a constant reminder 'if the mistakes of our system of political economy, as interpreted by professional politicians. While the tramp, as an in dividual or a class, is a nuisance, his ex istence should teach a great lesson. - N ifv--4Y;v '"& HARD TO BEAT. The foremost thinkers of America aro unanimous in pronouncing him a crea ture of the nuisance of power and wealth; and this estimate is no doubt correct when applied to all but natural vagabonds. The evil resulting from the increase in the number of homeless and de graded waifs is felt mostly in cities like Chicago and New York, where they are used for political purposes. Many municipal elections in tho western metropolis have been carried by the cheap lodging house vote which is cast exclusively by individuals degraded by years of lawless living. They nre bought up for a song by ward politi cians, and thus frequently help to per petrate rottenness in the administra tion of tli city's affairs, without, of course, contributing anything towards its revenues. Nevertheless, before pronouncing judgment on the human wreck that applies at your door for assistance and at times takes by force what is not given quickly it is well to ponder th5 conditions which have reduced him to his sad condition. The blear-eyed, dirty-faced mendicant may at one time have been the husband of n good wom an; may have been the father of a family as promising as your own. Be fore casting a stone it would be wise to consider what we might be had we been in his place. O. W4 wniPPIT.UT. The grains. ten-cent piece weighs 41.3 Aw t u-xj.'iifw r j -vw ML.J- Ah JfATv3 - A loll of Mtst Rising at morning or evening from sorao low ands, often carrlos In its folds tho seeds of malaria. Where- malarial fever prevail no one is safe, unless protected by some efficient medicinal safeguard. IIos tcttcr'3 Stomach Bitters is both a protection and a remedy. 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