THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
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W. W. BANDKK3, I'ubllahtr.
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NEMAnA, NEBRASKA.
SONG OF THE CONQUERORS.
L!t un nlng t)io new song of tlio conquerors
of tlio earth;
Tho buttlo song In Btlll tho song that
thrlllH.
Jct tiH nlng our song of Hoteliers, men of
wisdom and of worth;
Hut the soldier that wo sing of never
ttlllH.
JJut ho lights with wind and Icc-ltocs In tho
welter of tho sens,
And he driven IiIb flrc-lungcd wnr horao
through tho night;
Through tho snowstorm nnd the midnight
hear his Iron courncr wheeze;
Hero In battle worth thoBlnglngt Hero l
flghtl
Let tin Ring tho new nong of tho conquerors
of tho world,
The axemen of tho forcHtn of the north,
Tho Hinoke-Mag from their log camp on tho
frozen air unfurled
DcckoiiH to tho walling million!) to come
forth.
Old Bolltudo has nodded on IiIh throno n
thousand yenrs,
Uut ho wakens at tho axo Htroke, Let him
Jlco;
For lit hears the rattling englno ahrlel;
Ing In his deadening ours,
And ho hears tho rour of cltlea yet to ho.
Lot us alng tho new Bong of tho conquer
ors of tho earth,
Tho aong of the plowmen of the went,
Who mako a land of pluiity whoro they llnd
a land of dearth,
And tho serpent awumps nro changed to
homes of real.
Hlng tho men who lay the highway where
tho palaco car la whirled,
And tho Iron mounter thtinUorH down the
rail;
Strong aa men who fought with dragona,
tamera of tho aavago world,
Thcao nro tho men who light with Chaos,
and prevail.
Let ua sing tho now aong of thoco:iitiorori
of tho earth,
Kor tho aoldlcr raco haa not departed yef
Vur up tho western moutitalna seu the guu
lesa lioHta go forth,
Tho aoldlera of tho Urotherhood of Hwcat.
Our war la never ended and tho hay 1b but
begun,
Wo battle till the coming of tho night;
And we'll grapple with our foernan ut the
netting of aim;
Wo'ro enlisted while our day lastB. Let
ub llglitl
Sam Walter Fob, In N. Y. Sun.
TJ1E MAN IN Til E TKA1N.
Tlic northern express wns about to
leave the Tcdcroft Junction when two
girls rushed Into the Million. They hud
just thitu to hurry into tlio ltr.st cur
liiiyo ut litind aii(4 liue their hags mid
rugs bundled in after them, when the
whistle hounded mid the train started.
"J low 1 liate u rush!" exclaimed An
Belli Trevor, the elder of the two sis
ters, u handsome, resolute-looking girl,
lis she sank breathless into her place.
"It is so upsetting to one's nerves." '
"Disarranges one's clothes, too," addetl
Molly.
"To think of our not having had time
o select a carriage for such a long jour
ney!" said Angela,
Doth glanced involuntarily to the other
end of the carriage, where their one
fellow traveler sut in tho corner seat
on tlio same side with Angela. Ills
head and face were bidden lroiu view
by the ample pages or the Times spread
out before him. Two long, tweed-elad
legs were stretched out, linishcd with
lluttish feet in well-iinishod boots. At
tlio side glimpses showed oi a shoulder,
mi arm, and a thin, nerous-lookiug
hand.
"lie looks all right," Molly said, eaie
lessly thrusting u hairpin into her back
hair.
"Undeninbly a gentleman," said An
gela, with decision. "Ho has a good
tailor, and his boots are unexceptional."
The girls settled down for the journey,
extracting from among the surrounding
impedimenta the usuirf literary solaces
in the way of newspapers and vividly
bound books. First, however, they
talked oer in low tones tho visit on
which they were going in Yorkshire.
Their hostess was u friend and eon
temporary, who luul lately married the
bquiro of Miiplcdenc. Tho girls were
full of excitement, surmise and pleasant
nntlcipiitiona regarding the visit to
their friend in her new plaee and posi
tion. Jt was some time before Hie How
of conversation censed, and they took
up their books. Angela was soon en
gaged in following the unwholesome
career of a modern heroine through all
its risky intricacies. Mollie had chanced
on u volume of short stories, plainly in
spired by the triumphs of Sherlock
Holmes. They were full of ghastly ad
entures with criminals and lunatics;
tho situations, though infinite in va
riety, were all alike thrilling and blood
curdling. Mollie's youthlul imagina
tion took lire; one story, an adventure
with a lunatic in a railway carriage, es
pecially excited her. Jt was not a par
ticularly happy selection for a railway
journey. She looked up from the pages
with a shudder, her blood running cold.
.It was only in books, however, that
awful, creepy adventurca happened to
truvelers. She had never known a real
person who was unlucky enough to
meet u criminal or lunatic in a train.
As the reassuring thought entered her
Jiiind, her eyes wuiidered to the far end
of the carriage. They unexpectedly met
those of the man in the corner seat;
the shock was sharp and violent. He
was sitting up, the, Times folded on his
knees, allowing bis whole face to lie
eeen. Such a face! Just like so many
of those described in the stories Mollie
had been reading. The coincidence was
extraordinary und startling. The irlrl's
Imagination rushed off on a series of
wild lights, and she drew quickly back,
cowering behind her book. She hud
never seen a stranger looking man;
hollow-cheeked, gaunt, grim, but, above
all, with tlio most peculiar eyes, star
ing and prominent. She had so little ex
pected such a development in the harmless-looking
man behind the Times that
tliu shock and surprise were very great.
Sho retained, however, self-control
enough not to appeal to Angela on the
iinpulho of the moment. Mollie was
used to having fears ridiculed. She
therefore decided to wait before giv
ing any alarm, for it was possible thnt
her excited imagination was running
away with her.
After a few minutes she ventured to
peep cautiously from behind her book.
The man luul turned away, and wa.s
looking out of the window, tho gaunt
face only showing in profile. Mollie
breathed more freely, relieved from
thestareof those terribleeyes; she made
a quick, close study of tho stranger. Ah
the Hcrutiny progressed, however, an
other change cnnie over her face the
composure sho had regained began to
diminish rapidly. Her eyes noted the
man's bare head, then went from it to
tlio rack above, to the scat opposite, tu
the floor. No trace of hat or hat box,
of bags, rugs or luggage of any kind
could she discover. Her heart stood
Ktlll. Who but an escaped lunatic or
criminal would Ik traveling hat less and
without baggage" The ghastly ideas,
vaguo lie fore, now took terrible and def
inite shape. She bent quickly across
nnd touched tho unconscious Angela,
whom the doubtful heroine's adven
tures still hold wholly absorbed.
"Tnke care," Mollie whispered.
"Don't start and look around. I want
to tell you something."
"Good gracious! What has hnppcncd f
Are you ill?"
Angeln. so suddenly aroused from
her reading, found It hard not to ex
claim aloud at her sister's words and
the sight of her pale fnce.
"No, no. I nm all right. Only it's
a great deal worse. It's about the man
in the carriage." Mollie's voice sank to
the lowest whisper.
"What do you nieaii? Has he been
doing anything?"
"No. but he is dreadful-looking; such
n strange face and staring eyes. He
must be an escaped criminal or n luna
tic. A lunatic, I think, ho looks so
queer. Oh, it's dreadful!"
"Why should you rush nt such awful
conclusions," Angela expostulated,
"merely because a man i queer-looking?"
"Hut It's not only that. Oh, 1 wisli
it was!" Mollie's teetli chattered with
fright.
"What else? What is it? For heav
en's sake, speak plainly."
"Ho is traveling without a hat; his
heart is bare," Mollie gasped out, in
strangled whi.spors. "And ho lias no
hat in tho carriage, no luggage of any
kind, cither."
"Good giacious! Are you quite
sure?"
"Quito. He has nothing with him but
the Times. Would any ordinary man
travel like thnt?"
Angela's face bleached to the color
of her sister's; her fears started Into
just as acute life. No ordinary man
would travel bareheaded. There was
nn awful probability about the con
elusions drawn by Mollie from his hat
le.ss condition.
"Oh!" she gasped under her breath.
"It is awful! And to think that we're
nearly half an hour from tho next sta
tion!" A movement at the other end of the
earrlago made both girls sink back in
their places with beating hearts. As
Angela sank against tlio cushions, she
caught a sudden and unexpected
glimpse of the suspected stranger, lie
had turned again from tlio window, and
was reopening the Times. Alas! Mollie
had not exaggerated, as fear sometimes
made her prone to do. The man's face
was dreadful in its gaunt grimiicss.
And then the staring eyes and bare
head.
Angela could not but accept the situ
ation, as the more suspicious and timid
Mollie had accepted it. There was some
thing wrong with tlio man; he had all
tiie appearance of being a lunatic. Aw
ful though the thought might be, that
they were alone in the carriage with a
madman, it had to be faced. Angela,
less helpless than Mollie, rapidly be
gan to consider what could be done.
Tho train was not due to stop for at
least at) minutes longer. Would the
quiet phase in which tho man evidently
then was, last during that time? a ter
rible and vital question. And if it did
not? Angela clenched her hands in the
agony of the thought, and thrust it
from her resolutely, llottci not to
think of the worst, not to anticipate a
situation which would find them help
less. The tiling was to stave off danger,
to do all that they could to preserve
tlio man's present state of calm.
Angela made a rapid mental review
of all her knowledge principally gath
ered from sensational literature con
cerning tliu insane. As a result, she
concluded that what they had to do
now was to avoid everything which
could attract the man's notice, or ex
cite him in any way. They must not. for
the world, let him see them looking at
him, nor rouse any suspicions in his
mind that they were talking or think
ing of him. The dillleulty was to com
municate these decisions to Mollie with
out exciting suspicion.
Almoin first ventured u swift glance,
from behind her book to the other end
of the carriage. The man was again
concealed by the newspaper; the peace
ful, ordinary way in which his long
legs were stretched across the carriage
would have been more reassuring were
it not for the top of the bare head thut
showed above. He was quiet, however.
A gleam of hope kept up Angela's spirit.
That calm state, If undisturbed, might
very well last until their arrival at the
next station.
Sho snatched the opportunity to stoop
over nnd communicate with the trem
bling Mollie. It was rtifllcult to restore
her to tho appearance of n moral state
to prevent her little gasps becoming
audible.
"Try not to look so frightened, for
heaven's sake, Mollie," Angela softly
whispered. "Quiet and calm arc our
best chance. Don't give way like that,
it may not bo so bad after all. If we do
nothing to attract his attention lie will
not notice us. They often do not. Per
baps ho will fall asleep; he must be
drowsy going over that paper so often."
A smothered "Oh I" answered An
geln's well-meant attempt to reassure
her sister.
"He's not a bit drowsy," she gasped.
"I've just caught his eye over the news
paper. And and he looked as if lie
was going to taik. Ohl what are
we to do! Oh, Ang'-la!"
Angela had turned deadly pale, liu
her presence of mind did not desert
her.
"Let us pretend to be admiring tlio
view," she whispered. "How lovely the
light n those fields is!" she said, in a
louder tone, turning to the window.
"Do look. Mollie."
"He might spring on us " .
"Look," Angela severely interrupted
the faltering whisper, "at that client.
Out of the window besideyou.a little to
the right; the shadows on the trees."
"Yes yes I see."
"Go on looking, and talking nbout
what you see," admonished Angela In
undertones, "and when you can think
ct nothing more to say we will go on
to the weather, and to Yorkshire, and
th" hours of arrival at the stations."
She gave tlio lead, taking up the pre
scribed topics in a quiet, level tone, the
least calculated to arouse interest and
'.ttention. Her ears, all the time,
were fairly alert, listening for the
slightest sound from the other end of
the carriage. The chief burden of the
conversation rested on her, for Mollie's
part in it, even with the most heroic ef
forts, was very weak and disjointed.
Sometimes it broke oil' altogether, when
a rustle, or movement in t he far corner,
made her teeth chatter and all power
of speech fall. Though the stronger
minded Angela's heart beat just as
quickly at these awful moments, sho
always rose to tho emergency and kept
up the discourse with unvarying calm
ness. To those, stretched in agony upon n
rack, minutes are as hours. Never had
the sisters dreamed that 20 minutes
could be drawn out to such dreadful
length. Ten times 20 seemed to have
passed, when at last the engine began
to whistle and the train to slacken
rpecd, before pulling up in the station.
On the instant the stop was made the
man sprang from the carriage and dis
appeared In the crowd on the platform.
It was hard for the girls to reali.e at
ence that the danger was over; the reac
tion after the great strain hart such a
bewildering e fleet.
Angela found her voice first.
"Oh," she drew a deep breath
"what an escape we have had! lie is
stark, staring mad."
"To think of his rushing o(T like
that! We need not leave the carriage
now. Oh. it was dreadful while it last
edl" sighed Mollie.
"lie is evidently evading pursuit. 1
hope he may be caught. I wonder if we
ought to tell anyone nbout him, Mol
lie?" The girl had not decided the question
when the signal for departure was
given and the train began to move. At
the moment there was a rush and a
shout, t he door was dragged open,
the bareheaded man precipitated him
self into ills former plaee in the car
riage, breathless and panting. The
girls, literally paralysed bj the terror
of the awful surprise, were struck
dumb. They could not call for help un
til it wns too Into and the station had
been left behind.
Several moments passed in silence.
Although Angela did not look, she felt
the staring eyes fixed on her, as surely
as if she saw them.
The man moved uneasily and clonrrt
his throat. Angela's heart beat wild
ly; the crisis had come.
"I beg your pardon" he jerked out
the words in n peculiar and awkward
way "I frighten you?"
"Yes," she agreed, hastily. "You
did."
"I failed in my attempt, though I
ran half way through the town. 1 hope
to have better luck next time. 1 shall
try again nt Darlingham, the next sta
tion." "Oh! I hope so. Indeed. I am sure
yon will succeed at Darlingham."
"You know the town? Then perhaps
you can direct me where to go."
"Yes, I know the town very well,"
said Angela, boldly.
"Hut how do you know what 1 want?"
"1 don't know what you want. Cer
tainly not. I haven't thoujht about It
nt all."
"Hut you said you were sure 1 would
succeed at Darlingham."
"Yes that is--uo that Is, 1 shouJd
be very glad if you succeeded in what
ever It is."
"Success would be very convenient,"
he said, drolly. "I was looking for n
hatter." He gave a short laugh. "I sup
pose that does not surprise you, docs
it?"
"No," Angela managed to answer.
"Not at all; It is very nice very nat
ural, 1 mean."
Mollie's heart gave a first, faint throb
of hope on seeing how closely the luna
tic wan attending to Angola's words.
To have his mind well fixed on Darling
ham was the best way of keeping dead
ly thoughts out of it.
"Do you know a hatter? And can
you direct me to thebliop?"
"Certainly."
With his staring eyes fixed straight
before him, he began fumbling in hia
pockets. From one of them he finally
produced a small leather case. The eyed
of the girls followed his movements
with a terror far more deadly than any
which hart before possessed them. Mol
lie's pupils dilated still more; tiie man
had drawn something from the case.
What was it that thing clasped within
Ins hand? The lunatic's sudden draw
ing forth of a razor from u bug, his ad
dress to tlio other occupant of the car
riagc, "1 am about to sharpen this lor
you. 1 have been studying your throat;
it looks as if it would cut well."
"I shiill follow your directions close
ly," he paused in tlio doorway of the
carriage to say. "Excuse me, 1 have
not a moment to lose. Au rev oir, young
ladies."
Ho disappeared from sight at once.
Angela's nerves broke down completely
in the sudden i elation of the strain.
"Lot us call the porter. Quick, quick."
Even us she spoke the train which
still had to make up lor lost time wui
in motion. For some uvvtul instants
the girls' eyes were riveted in agony on
the door.
"Wo are safe! safe at last! Heaven bo
thanked!"
Next morning as Angela passed
through the hull, a fly, with luggage,
drew up at the door. The Intel changed
greetings, "Hello, professor!" "Well,
Tom!" reuched her cuis. The first
voice was tlio squire's, hearty and wel
coming; the sound of the second ma do
Angela start and turn abruptly round.
Descending from the vehicle appeared
a long, thin figure, with a gaunt luce
and staring eyes. His head was not
bare but covered by a soft hat. Still
there was no mistaking the lunatic!
Some hours later the Trevors were
holding a private conference with tho
lady of Mapiedene in her boudoir.
Tears of laughter still tilled the eyes
of tlio latter.
"1 cannot help it, girls, you mustn't
mind, it is too ki-lliug!" she said.
"Anyone would have made the mis
take, i never saw the man until now.
Such a being. No wonder you thought
him a lunatic." London Punch.
A PRINCE WHO COULD FIGHT.
Duke William of Wiirtomlicrg and Ilia
lli-role .Stand at lUagtwita.
Duke William of urlemberg, Imlr to
tho throne of the kingdom, who
died early in the month at Meran, ws
pcruaps me inui wiiuiuus royui prune
ill all Kurope. J5y his personal braveiy
and tenacity at the battle of Magout-i ho
enabled a handful of troops to hold in
check the pursuing Frenchmen, ami to
save nearly two-thirds of the delu.itd
Austiinn army under Count Clam
Tallas and Huron Hamming.
The duke was ordered to hold Ma
genta to the last possible moment. lie
had two battalions of his own regiment,
two companies from another regiment
and half a battery. The French had
two regiments of the foreign legion
and t regiment of zouaves for tliei" at
tack Four times ns the Frencliirea
advanced, the duke led out his men,
with fixed bayonets, and forced tho
enemy back. During the last bavomt
charge the color-bearer of his own icg--iment
was shot. The duke dismount
ed, seized the colors, mounted and called
his men on. His horse was shot di ad;
ho extricated li'mself, and was Mill in
the lead. lie was shot in the foot i.urt
ho fell, but lie was up again in r.n in
stant, still waving tiie colors, and shout
ing encouragement to t he troops.
When the railway station at Magenta
was abandoned by the Austrians who
had hold it, and the French swarun'd m
over the captured ground, the dul o be
gan holding bis little command entirely
on the defeiis-ivo. With pistol in one
hand and sword in the other, ho fought
from house to house and stieet to street,
as stubbornly as any private, until after
tour hours of unequal conflict he
learned that the Austrian army was
saved; then he retired, lie was tho
last one of the Austrian army to leave
Magenta, and ho left riding a hotse
which hart run into his lines after los
ing its French rider. Chicago Journal,
Parlor Curtains.
When it is necessary to use sash cur
tains at lront windows, especially tho.o
of a parlor or drawing-iooiu, the ugly
bfdioomy oll'eot that they often have
may be changed into one quite pleasing
and artistic by setting across the lower
third or half of the window a narrow
fianie of Venetian bent-iron in a simple
pattern, which frames in a curtain of
colored China silk very prettily. Tho
two pieces of the frames that make tha
top and bottom should be wider
than the sides. The curtain should uo
freourod at the top by running it
through a very small brass rod. .N. V.
l'ost.
Save
Tho expense of doctorn' bills Keep your blood'
pure, your dlgostioa good by taking
Hoods
Sarsapariila
The Heat In fact tho Ono True Hlood Purifier
HnnPc Dillcictno only pills to take
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A CprJoa Creation Myth.
The various nations of tho earth,
have their different legends or myths
concerning tlio creation. That of tho
Scandinavian countries is particularly
interestltijr. According to tho myth,
Odin, Vill and Ve, sons of tho tfinnt.
and giantess Hor and lleltsa, killed
Ymir ami from his body formed tho
heavens nnrt tho earth. Of his blood
thoy made the seas and impassable
oceans which surround the earth. Of
his bones they made tho mountains,
usintr his teetli nnd tho splinters to
make tlio stones find pebbles. From
his inverted skull they formed tlio
heavens nnd of his brains they formed
the clouds. His hair became plants
nnd trees when piven a chance to take
root in tlio new, warm soil, and of his
e3e-brows thoy made a wall of defense
around Mirtpnrd (Eden), which was tho
central place of nbodo of men. When
these miracles had all been performed,
to suit Odin, who was tho chief gort,
the three brothers took the sparks of
fire which rained down from the burn
ing world Musphelheim, and throwing
them over the faco of heaven, inudo
tlio sun, tho moon und tho stars. St.
Louis Kcpublic.
Noted (J rock StreuuiR.
The Ilissus nnd Ccphissus nro small
streams mere rivulets in comparison
with Arbana and I'harpar, or oven
with Simois and Scamander ranking
in sizo more nearly with Siloa's brook
or Kertron by Jerusalem. Loda'tf
swan disporting amid their wavelets
would bo enforced to wade for want of
depth to spread its propulsive webs.
These watercourses arc frequently
mentioned by Socrates, but ho leaves
no precise hydrogruphical report on
their volume, which under ordinary
conditions is probably now about the
same as it was then. Their united How
at present at lovr water is about a bar
rel a month. It is, therefore, a sur
prising occurrence that they have just
risen into torrents and wasted their
shores. They have drowned out
towns and villages, and destroyed
quite a number of lives. It is enough
to confirm in tho Greek fancy tho talc
of Deucalion, and it may bo la
mented that there is now no ornclo ut
Delphi or sibyl in Dodona's ouk to in
terpret the import of such a. phenome
non. N. Y. Tribune.
"Well Untune:!.
"You have a well-balanced
panv," said the kind critic.
com-
"I think so," responded the manager,
with pride.
'Very well balanced, indeed. Tlio
heavy villain is so light and tho light
comedian is so heavy that the balance?
may be called almost perfect." In
dianapolis .lourilnl.
Many a man
who would be
8"'S?wbare tbouglit
lt53f sitting-
'-.;; o o w n and.
delihorntolv
fi&J drinking a.
dose of poi
son, allows.
himself to be
regularly and.
poisoned,
day after day
by accumula
tions of bile-
in the blood.
tn (jr "
HJ When the liver fails to-
.Mido its regular work of filter
bJiiiK this bilious poison out
y of the ciiculation, it goes on
poisoning the entire constitu
tion just as surely as if a man
was drinking prussic acid.
Every part of the body is polluted. The
digestive juices are suppiessed and weak
ened. The kidneys mid skin arc clogged
with impurities and the lungs and bronchial
tubes overloaded with morbid secretion
which eat away the delicate tissue, and
bring about bronchitis and consumption.
All the diseases caused by thin subtle pro
cess of bilious poisoning arc cured by the
marvelous alterative action of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. It directly in
creases the liver's natural excretive and
Curifving powers ; gives the digestive and
lood-iuakmg organs power to manufacture
an abundance of red, rich, healthy blood.
It drives out all impurities, and vitalizes
the circulation vvitli the life-giving elements
which restore perfect nutrition, solid mus
cular power, and healthy nerve-force.
" In August 1895, 1 was taken down In bed with
a burning and hevcre pains In tuy Rtoinnch and,
under tny shoulders, nnd dizziness in my head,"
writes Ira I) Herring. tfq , of Neediuore, I,cvy
Co , Via. " My home physician was called and he
said my symptoms were more like consumption
than anything ele I lingered in this way seven
months trying different kinds of medicine Noth
ing that 1 ate would digest, nnd I had great dis
tress hi my stomach I was persuaded to try some
of Dr Pierce's remedies or to see hat he thought,
of my case I wrote him nnd received nn nnswer
stating that my sulferiug was from indigestion,
nud torpid liver, anil nch-Hng me to take Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The first
bottle gave pleasing results I have taken four
bottles of the Golden Medical Discovery' nnd
three snnll vials of the ' Pleasant Pellets ' I nm
nble to do my work nnd cat what I could uor
before I took these medicines."
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