Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
W. XV. 8ANDKUS, I'ubllilier.
NEMAHA, NEHRASKA.
PREMONITIONS.
Tho fields aro growing brown and scar
Beneath tlio palo October sun:
Well-night tho fruitful, lavish year
Tho gamut of tho moiitliH has run.
Tho dreamy air 1h full of hlntH
Of Btormy days and swift decay,
When nutumn'H raro and varied tints,
Deplored of all, ahull pans away.
A calm, llko that whero saints expire,
HroodM o'er tho IiIIIh tho nun hns kissed;
Tho foreHH rIow with latent flro
Along tho hills of atnothyst.
Tho birds, too moody now to sing,
Qlldo In and out among tho trees,
Whero fledglings, with uncertain wing,
I'ropare for flight toward warmer seas,
Tho partrldgo, In his hidden nook,
Now whistles In a lower key,
And nlowor moves tho tardy brook
Whoro onco It danced In merry kIco.
The hedges, now ho brown and bare,
Their dry, deserted nests reveal,
Whoro many a happy bridal pair
Mado known what thoytwould fain con
ceal. A chill In on tho withered grass,
O'erspread with many a spider's loom,
Whoro to and fro tho crickets pass,
Half conscious of Impnmllng doom,
When llerco Horcas, Htcrnor Brown,
Drops down his covolots of snow,
Which, from tho gusty hclKhts, are
strewn
O'er all tho shrinking earth below.
Though liopo may seem to tasto of death
That shrouds all nature with Its gloom,
Wow once again, Hesperian breath,
And wako the earth to bud and bloom!
Thus taught, wo see how swcot a thing
It Is to die and end tho strife
To slip our mortal covorlng
And languish Into nobler life.
J. J. MiiMloltl, In Midland Monthly.
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THE MAGIC COIN.
HITTING tin
qtinint dialect :i
tho old landlord
up in the moun
tains of Virginia,
this is the story he
told me:
"I wiih born ami
brought up in this
tavern, for my fa
ther kept it before
mc. Seeing bo many people from all
parts of tho world, for this has always
been a favorite- Hpot with everyone that
found it out, I learned early how tr
judge n man by Ids face and his aetiona.
That is, I thought I did, and I have
enough conceit left yet to think my
opinion will be right nino times out of
len.
"Three years ago a young fellow came
here and he wius as handsome a chap m
you'd Boo in a trip 'round tho world.
Everything In sight was dnrlc except hlH
leoth, and they looked all tho whiter
because of his glossy black mustache.
If there wan anything he didn't know it
was never discovered while he was hero.
It didn't make nny difference' whether
visitor talked French, .Spanish, Italian
or German, he was right at home ant!
every one nf them would toll me how he
spoke tho tongue like a native. If they
discussed polities, religion, science or
art, he gave them all some new facts 01
Ideas. I remember a French olllcer tell
ing about lioino of his experiences in
Algiers where he helped put down u
Jehad or holy war started by the
Kabylcs. Why that young man just
started in and pictured every scene in
the hottest battle of that campaign.
lie had helped defend a French fort in
tome valloy he named, and tho ofli&u'
nodded to tho truth of the exciting
Mory as It was told. They were great
friends after that, and the Frenchman
afterward told me that tho bravery of
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MARCHANT SOON HAD THE FELLOW
DANCING.
the young artist, for he was only up in
Hint wild legion to paint scenery and
the pretty Kabyle maidens, had saved
4he garrison and turned the tide against
the fanatics.
"I come of u practical and cold
blooded race, but L found myself osso
elating tin: artist with some power that
wi8 not human. lie registered as IIus
tjln Marchant, and to me there was an
unpleasant suggestion in the name. He
-was pot more than :i(), but he talked In
a circumstantial way of experience in
the far east that it did not seem to me
could bo .jomprossed into the years of
his active life, He told of intriguing
with the Armenlnus against the Turks,
of his light from itussiu when suspected
mi a nihilist, and of his plots with the.
royalists In France. I noticed, too,
wkeu they talked of unurohists, in what-
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more than any honest mnn would cart
to conceal from the authorities.
"IJtit what was mysterious about the
man appeared to add to the attraction
ho had or all coiners, lie performed
every kind of slelght-of-linnd tricks,
told fortunes, interpreted dreams, said
that he was a mesmerist and had an un
comfortable way of telling this person
or that what he was thinking about.
There was a seedy but gentlemanly-appearing
man that came in one evening
with a knapsack on his back, informing
mc that he would stay until after break
fast the next morning. He got into the
conversation later and sneered at the
Idea of Mnrehant mesmerizing anyone
who had any mind of his own. The
artist took this as a challenge and of
fered to test his powers on the skeptic.
The two stood on the porch, the French
man was In the doorway lichlnd them
and the rest of us in the yard.
"Marchant soon had the fellow danc
ing, singing, making speeches and do
ing whatever else he was told to do.
Then the artist had us all laughing,
when he proposed a supreme test. It.
was evident from the stranger's appear
ance that he needed money, but he was
so completely under Mnrchant's control
that they might heap wealth at the fel
low's feet and he would scorn it. En
tering into the spirit of the thing, we
tossed bills and coins on the porch, not
stopping to see how big they were.
Some even threw their pocketbooks into
the pile. 'You don't want the stuff,'
said Marchant, nnd the mesmerized man
never looked at it. .lust here the
Frenchman fell backward in a faint.
Marchant rushed pnst him for water.
All was confusion till wo got tho
stricken man to bed, and then It was
noticed that both the stranger and the
money were gone. We never saw either
after that, and the haul he Jniide ran
well Into the hundreds. The French
man wanted to refund idl that was lost,
but of course no one would hear to
that.
"When Ferlously approached on the
subject of occult and supernatural,
Marchant again surprised us all. He
ridiculed the clairvoyants, astrologers,
fortune tellers, palm readers and all
persons of kindred calling as mounte
banks and charlatans who were shrewd
enough judges of human nature to
make it a dupe. Every man knuw more
about ills past than anyone could tell
him, and could make a better guess at
"THERE'S
EVIDENCE."
his future; 'but we all have a touch of
superstition in our make-up. There's
the evidence of mine,' and he held up a
coin the size of a silver dollar. He
called It his patron goddess, the arbiter
of his destiny and his good angel.
" 'It has never failed mc,' declnred
Mnrehant. Once in Africa when we were
going through n dangerous country, a
friend and I came to a point where our
path dhided. Heads, to the right, I
said; tails, to the left. 1 went to the
right as the coin so decided, but he stub
bornly persisted in talcing the other
path. He never reached civilization. J
not only got through safely, butmnde
a rich sum by helping a wealthy native
cut of trouble. It liasnevet failed mc in
tin cinorgjiioy. You may call it chance
or what you will, but 1 wouldn't part'
vlth that piece of money for all tho
told you could pile into this room.' -
Ho related a dozen instances in which
this talisman had served him, and his
stories were not only so plausible but
so charmingly told that there was n.i
thought of questioning their truthful
ness. "Marchant played cards like the rest
of the gentlemen, but It was the French
man who goi most of the money lost in
I his way. With the ladles the artist waa
a prime favorite, and rivalry in the se
curing of his attentions was marked.
We had a big ball after he had been heiv
about a mouth. In fact, he was a chief
promoter nf the party, and created the
general desiie to have it a swell affair
Guests sent home for their jewelry, and
there was a fortune in dinnionds spark
ling that night. .Next morning every
person who had anything of special
value discovered (hat it had lieen stolen
'Ihe thieves made a clean sweep. Mar
ihant was riming tho iirst to take n
horse and Join In a search through ths
mountains for the robbers. Hefore go
ing he tossed up that coin to determine
the direction he would take, and then
v rapping it up carefully left it with mc
for fear it might be taken from him
should he encounter the thieves.
"That's all I know about him. ll
and theFienehinan never returned from
the hunt. I was out their bills, a Hue
horse and x good deal more. The gucsLi
MY
were out thousands of dollars, and the
name of the place was injured."
"What of the coin?"
"There it is, an old Spanish dollar.
Pee how thia side Is tilled with lead.
You might toss It till It was worn out.
and It would bo bound to come heada
every time." Detroit Free Press.
AN ACCIDENT.
That Robbed Olio Mull of an I1 l'lo unci
Miitlo It Hot for Another.
A writer in giving some of his experi
ences in eel iishing, digresses in this
wise:
Speaking of eels reminds me of the
time when I was in Edinburgh, Scot
land, some ten years ago. I was stay
ing with a Scotch friend who had un
dertaken to escort mc around and show
me the sights. He turned round to me
one evening, just as we were coming
out of the theater, and with that sol
emn air of disproportionate gravity
with which .inly a Scotchman can pro
pound some trilling query, suld:
"Mon, ha' ye ever eaten one o' Sandy
McUrce's hot eel pies?"
"An eel pie?" 1 answered; "what the
deuce is an eel pie?"
"An eel pic," my friend asserted, "is
the most luscious and delicious com
bination o' pastry and lish ye ever
tasted 1 Gang along and we'll baithbuy
one."
Saying this, he-Raized my arm and
hurried me through several tortuous
small passages and by-streets, until at
last he stopped at the entrance of a
smnll, dismal-looking shop, lighted by
an oil lamp. Into this shop we went,
and an old, shriveled-up specimen of
humanity, whom my conductor ad
dressed as Sandy, dived his hands into
a tin resembling a hot tomalc can and
produced two small double-crusted
pics, which lie handed over to us in ex
change for n four-penny bit.
"Wait until we get on the bus," my
friend said, "and we'll eat them."
A few moments after we had climbed
to the top of one of the many double
decked buses at the corner oi! a badlv
lighted thoroughfare thronged with
people anxious to get homo for th'j
night. The seat I occupied overlooked
the street, and tho pie in my hand cer
tainly smelled so tempting, If tho gravy
which was dripping from it was any
criterion, that I prepared to eat It. The
pastry was a soft, doughy pie, evident
ly somewhat underdone. As 1 raised it
to iny mouth und prepared to take the
first bite a tall, well-dressed Scotchman
standing directly underneath me looked
up to hail our driver, and at the same
Instant the hot juice from the interior
of the pie burst forth and scalded my
fingers so badly that involuntarily I
let it drop. That eel pie landed square
ly on the tall gentleman's upturned
visage, bespattering him with tho al
most boiling contents.
The surprised look lie wore when the
pie struck him was followed by such an
intermingled torrent of horribly an
guishing howls and Scotch profanity
that the whole neighborhood win
aroused. Two policemen hurried up,
but before he could wipe his face suili
ciently clean and collect himself to ex
plain, the driver who was unconscious
of any escapade whipped up his horses
and we hurried away; for which it ia
needless to say 1 was profoundly thunk
ful. My friend, after devouring his pie
in silence and wiping his whiskers, sim
ply turned and coolly remarked:
"Eh, mon I it's a great peety ye
wasted your pie; it's four bawbees
clean gone. Hut, if that chiel had only
caught ye wouldn't lie huve given ye
lits?" American Field.
Apple Shortfall c.
This is not so well known ns straw
berry shortcake, but it is equally good
when well made. The above prcparn
tion of apples makes a particularly da
licious one. The usual diicctions for the
shortcake part result in the plainest of
soda biscuits; but this Is a great mis
take, as such di'bcs are not supposed
to be concocted with a single eye to the
benefit of the nursery. What is needed
is a reasonably plain piecrust, which, by
being handled like puff paste, can Lm
made very nice. This paste should be
rolled in two thin layers and lightly
baked on a jelly tin, placing one on top
of the other, but being careful not. to
1 ress them together. When bnked the-y
can bo separated with much greater
ease than if made into one cake and
pulled apart. The rich applo sauce
should then be liberally spread between
the two layers of crust and on top, ami
served with cream. Ladies' Home
Journal.
A Criterion of Age.
Birmingham Your daughter in to
marry a young man named Hill, I be
lieve? Manchester Yes, he belongs to one
of tho very oldest families in the coun
try. 1 didn't know that he came from a
particular old family."
"Oh, yes; you often hear people use
the expression: 'As old us the Hills.' "
Pittsburgh C'hronlele-Telegrap'h.
1'oHltlvo 1'roof.
Wallace 1 used to believe that hyp.
liotisui was a rank fraud; but 1 am a
convert now.
Ferry -lieen put under the iiiflticncc
ourself?
"No. Hm a professor got Wheeler on
the stage, and it was not five ininutci
before Wheeler was standing up before
the crowd asserting tut t there were
lota of bettor bicyc'lfcs tinn his." -Ciu-wiinnti
Enquirer.
FASHIONS IN FURS.
Garments and Trimming for Cold AVenthcr
CoHtumeH.
Exceedingly smart are the short fur
jackets for wear when winter sets in.
The fronts are loose, the buck tight
fitting, with just a little fullness in the
hklrts, sleeves medium size, and turned
back reiers faced with the fur, and so
arranged that the collar at the back
can be pulled up as high as the ears if
necessary. Of course short fancy jack
ets in the Eton nnd bolero style are to
be seen in fur, but these arc more like
the trimming of the street gowns. They
tire vxtremely becoming, for they hnve
broad pointed rovers which turn back
to hIk-.v full vests and fronts of white
satin covered with lace rufllcs and ja
bots. Itevcrs of fur arc much used in trim
ming handsome gowns, and a plaited
piece of fur sewed into the shoulder
iicnm and hanging over the front of tho
waist is one of the newest fancies. Chin
chilla, on dark blue or green, benver,
otter, and sable on all colors, are In
style; nnd the pieces of fur certainly
cfive a touch of smartness nnd oddity
that is very desirable. The band of fur
around the hem of the gown Is ng;tln
in favor even on evening gowns, while
on the latter It is also used to outline
the senilis on cither side of the cm
broidered front breadth; and around
the shoulders or across the front of
I ho wnist of low out gowns It Is con
sidered most effective. For this pur
pose sable, mink, benver arc used in
preference to other furs. When these
fur bands are put on it is best to have
them an inch and a half or two inches
wide, and then double them so thnt a
round edge shows, and they loolcpar
ticularly well put just under n fold of
cloth or passementerie.
Moufllon. the fur that came into favor
last, season, is to be greatly in fashion
this year. It is of such an exquisite
shade of gray thnt it is more becoming
than chinchilla, although the latter is
much handsomer. Capes, collars and
boas, with muffs to match, are made of
this fur. hut it is not yet used ns a trim
ming. With a gray cloth costume with
touches of yellow, and a muff nnd cape
of Moufllon lined with yellow, a most
artistic effect can be obtained, while
with the new greens, reds and purples
of this season's colors it is extremely
smnrt.
Just nn edge of fur showing around
the cloth coats, making them look as
though lined throughout, is again fash
ionable, nnd some of the new evening
wrnps, which are most regal In con
struction, hnve the edging of one kind
of fur and the lining of another. Har
per's Bazar.
A NOVEL WELL BUCKET.
Tho Strnngor "Wlio Citllrri for n Drink Was
atj-Htldcil.
A traveler who was journeying
through Florida, not far in the interior,
stopped one day for a drink of water
at a house by the wayside.
"Cert'ny, stranger," said the sun
burned, barefooted woman, who had
r.iet him at the door. Then she stuck
her head through the crack and begun
to call: "Sal! Here you. Sal! Take a
gourd an' go git the stranger a fresh
drink."
lie u atehed and saw a tow-headed girl
disappear down a path which led
through a truck patch, until she stopped
upon a small board platform. He saw
her let a rope rapidly down, but there
appeared to be no bucket attached, and
lie heard no knocking against the sides
of the well, such as a bucket usually
makes in its descent. When it was
drawn up again, the girl had changed
her position so that lie could not see
what was on the end of the rope, but
he did not hear her set a bucket down,
and, after she had left, saw only what
looked like a bunch of weeds dangling
from the rope. P.ut she brought the
water, and It appeared all right.
"How did you manage to get it," he
asked, "without a bucket?"
"We've got a bucket," said she. "D.ul
brung us a new one yesterday. He
fished it up quite awhile ago, but it r.ad
to be cleaned up."
Anxious to see the bucket thnt had
been "fished up" and "cleaned," the
traveler made some excuse to step to
the well, and what lie saw was a large
sponge which, when it was let down,
would absorb as much water as one
person could draw up and hold n good
share of it until it was drawn to the top
and emptied by squeezing. Detroit
Free Press.
Preserved QuIiichs.
Hub off t lie down from tho fruit; pare,
core and quarter it. Allow three-quarters
of a pound of sugar to one pound of
fruit. Cook the cores and skins with
water to more than cover them. Let
this boil ten or fifteen minutes, then
stmin, nnd cook the quinces, a few at
a time, in this water, until they can be
pierced with a broom straw. Lay them
on a platter. When all are cooked add
the sugar, allowing three pounds to
each, pint of juice. Place the fruit in
Ihe sirup and keep it at a boiling heal
(not boiling rapidly) for two or three
hours, on the back of the stove, until
the quinces hae a rich, reddish color.
A Dainty DeHHert.
Break n dozen milk crackers into
nnnll pieces and put them into a cliina
dish. Heat one quart of milk until it
bolls, sweeten and flavor to taste and
stir into it three beaten eggs. Take the
milk from the fire at once and immedi
ately pour it over the broken crackers.
Let the pudding stand until cool, place
on ice t.nd s-evve cold.
Use
Tho cxpcrlcnco of thoso who havo been curoa
of scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism, by Hood'a
SarEaparilla, and obtain Hko benefit yoursolf.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is tho best In fact tho Ono Truo Wood Purifier.
HoOfl'; PMI5do. not PurBO, pain or
HUUU & IHlbBrlpGt All druggists. 25c.
I-ong Minute.
Explorers of the canyons of tho west
may liavo daily udventurcs, if they will.
Col. J. W. Powell records u good num
ber of ills own. One, brief, but long
enough, is thus described: "In my
anxiety to reach n point where I could
see the roaring cataract below, I went
too far out upon tho wall, und could
neither ndvanco nor retreat. I stood
with ono foot on a littlo projecting
rock, and clung with my hand fixed in
a littlo crevice. Finding myself
caught, suspended 400 feot abovo tho
river, into which I must fall if my
footing falls, I call for holp. The mon
cotno and pass me a line, but I cannot
let go of the roclc long enough to tako
hold of It Then they bring two or
tln-ce of tho largest oars. All this
takes time which seems very precious
to me; but at last they arrive. Tho
blado of ono of the oars is pushed into
a littlo crovice in tho rock boyond mo
In such a manner that tho men can
hold mo pressed against tho wall.
Then another is fixed in such a way
that I can step on it; and thus I um
extricated." Youth's Companion.
Not Guilty of That.
Mr. Cecil llhodes is not usually a
hilarious person, but ho is said to have
laughed Immoderately on tho occasion
of tho capture of Umsavu, a very old
woman and ono of the numerous wives
of Umzilikatza, founder of tho Mata
bolo nation and father of Lobcntrula.
Asked If she knew Mr. Rhodes, tho an
cient dame shook her head. There
upon tho question was repeated in an
other form, and Umsavu said: "There
were somo white men once in my kraal
stealing fowls; he may be onoof Uieai."
St James' Gazette.
Tho Faults and Follies of tho Ago
Aro numorous, but of tho latter none ia
moro ridiculous than tho promiscuous and
random uso of laxatlvo pills and o.hcr dras
tic cathartics. Thcso wrench, convulso und
weaken both tho stomach and tho bowels.
If Hostotter's Stomuch Bitters bo used In
stead of thcso no-rcmcdlcs, tho x-csult Is ac
complished without pain and with great
benefit to tho bowels, tho stomach and tho
liver. Uso this remedy when constipation
Is manifested, and thereby provent it from
becoming chronic
De Bats "How do you pronounco the
word 'oleomargarine"' Hotel Walter "J
pronounco it butter, or I'd loso my Job."
Advertiser.
Cascakets stlmulato liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe.
Old Bullion "Whatl You wish tc
marry my daughter? Sho is a mere school
girl yet." Suitor "Yes, sir. I enmo eurhi
to avoid tho rush." Modes and Fabrics.
Just try a 10c box of Cascarcts, tho ilncst
liver und bowel regulator ever made.
Am, busypeoplo Anally get so thntthes
liuto thoso who uro lazy. Atchison Globe.
Pnori.n who cat tho most, usually thinb
tho least. Atchison Globe.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of tho
transient nature of tho many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
tho knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness aro not duo to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of tho system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is tho only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who valuo good health. Its beneficial
effects are duo to tho fact, that it is tho
ono remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating tho
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its benc
ilcinl effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have tho genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by tho Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in tho enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies aro then not needed. If
afllicted with any actual diseusc, ono
may bo commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
ono should havo tho best, and with tho
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest nnd is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
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