THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
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W. TT. BANDKUS, l'nblliher.
NEMAHA, NEBRASKA.
BABY BELLE.
If you'll como Into our cottage, I will nhow
you something rnro,
And I doubt If eyes lmvo over scon a sight
more awect nnd fair;
Por, than nil tho dnlnty working hands of
mnn linvo dono or do,
Sure, tho MaHter'a work l falrent, as IIIh
nklll Ih greatent, too;
And of nil tho things of beauty which upon
tlin world liavo smiled,
Mono can touch tho heart so deeply an tho
henuty of a child,
So wo lovo hcrl Yes, wo lovo her, more
than words can over toll
Xilttlc weeaomo, wlnromodarllngl Bright-
oyed, bluoeyed Baby Kello'
Scntcd on the cottage floor, pulling off her
tiny shoes,
T-lttlo bnro foot, white and dimpled armr
nnd Hhouldcrfl dimpled, too
I'ycH ns bluo iih summer blossoms, tender
nkln as puru us pearl,
And tho sunlight dropping golden on each
Bhlnlng llttlo curl.
Artlst'n pencil, o'er bo cunning fairer
tlilnr; could never trace;
Every feature perfect beauty, every mo
tion porfoft grace.
Do you wonder that wo lovo her more than
words can over toll
L.lttlo winsome, wersomo darling! Airy,
fairy, Daby Bellol
Kings may havo their crowns nnd dia
monds nnd their robes of purple hue,
TTnvo tholr works of art and beauty keep
tholr wealth, and welcome, too
.Wo'll not envy nil tholr splendors whllo we
havo this single gem,
Far moro precious to our bosoms than thcli
riches nro to them.
iWo'vo no storo of worldly treasure, neith
er lands nor gold, and yet
Wo nro rloh beyond nil measuro In our
priceless household pet,
And wo lovo her yos, wo lovo her, more
than words can over toll
Llttlo winsome, wecsomo darling! Dainty,
darling Uaby Bellol
It la written of our Saviour, when He
lived and walked on earth,
Mo thorn brought their treasure? to Illm
for a blessing on tholr birth:
And when others would have chlded: "Go,
and let tho Mnstcr be,"
Gently IIo rebuked them, saying; "Suffer
thorn to como to mo"
Took tho llttlo ones nnd blessed them, In
Ills arms and on Ills knees,
Baying: "Who would enter Heaven must
bocomo llko ono of these."
Do you wonder that wo lovo her moro than
words can over tell?
Jesus loft a blessing for her woesome,
wlnsomo Dnby nolle!
Mattlo Dyer Urltts, In Golden Days.
JIM WEIGHT'S COUJITSIIIP
Bolated by SllaB Hawkins, P. M.
and. Storekeeper.
ICOFTHKUIT, 181T..
I ain't much of a story teller, but 1
guess I can glvo you the straight facta
nbout Jim Wright's courtship and mar
ringo as well as anybody. It happened
nbout 20 years ago, and It interested
the folks around Uuvkley's corners so
much that for four or live years there
wasn't no quiltin' bee, nor mite so
ciety, nor apple cut, nor rnlsln', nor
Htunip pullin' that somebody didn't tell
iiometliing new about it, and I guess
they're talking about it yet at the tea
drinkln's. It wns all brought back
fiesh to my mind one day last week,
vhen I found out my oldest boy, Sile,
was kind o' shinln' up to Jim's oldest
Tlrl, Sarah, named after her mother.
Jim's a pretty prominent citizen now.
He's tho malinger of the Bnrkloy phieo
nnd a member of tho county board of
mipervisors, and some do say he's got
bis eye on the legislature for next term.
Yes; that's him goin' by now. You see,
lie's n big, tall feller nnd looks kind of
imposin like. When ho was a young
ster ho wasn't exactly what you'd call
handsome, but ho looked as solid as u
rock, and his eyes was always wide
open, only when he had to face a girl,
then ho used to weaken. That's what
ninclo Ills courtship and marriage so
curious.
A good lalkcr? Well, yes, he is, now.
Not very polished, maybe, but ho can
' speak to tho p'lnt, and that's more than
como of your college educated fellers
can do. Hut ho never wns much of n
speaker till after ho got married to
Sarah Anderson.
Jim got well acquainted with Sarah
when ho was nothing but a hired man,
workln on tho Uarklcy place, when old
man Thompson was manager. Sarah
was workin' there, too, then. She wns
Mrs. Thompson's hired girl. No; you
couldn't call 'em servants, tho way you
city folks look at It. Saraih's father was
old Deacon Anderson, nnd ho stood just
b well In the commnnity as old man
Thompson did; maybo better, because
Deacon Anderson owned his own farm
nnd Thompson wns a kind of a hired
man for Uarklcy. The Barkley phiee,
you know is about 800 acres. It's tho
biggest farm in this town, and Uarkley
biniBelf spendB most of his time in New
York and Boston and Europe, and other
far-away pluces, where folks has more
money than brains, and has eonehmeu
to drive for 'em and puts on different
coats at different times of the day and
nil that. Sarah Anderson used to eat
nt tho same table with tho Thompsons,
of course, and so did Jim. Why, If
cither of them had been asked to eat sop
nrate from tho family they'd have quit
right oir and everybody around tho cor
ners would have backed 'em up in it, too.
Why, tho Thompsons would have been
run out of tho neighborhood If they'd
Get themselves up to be too good to
liavo Jim Wright and Sarah Anderson
net with them when they ct their meal.
Jim Wright's father, you know, waa
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"wHWjm nmm fmwumimmimn viimmvmmjji
tho doctor here for n good innny years,
and he wanted to wild lilii boy to col
lege, but .71m wouldn't go. lie liked
workln' with 1i!h hands belter tlutn
Htudyln' boohs. He wild ho could make
more money In the long run hlJt way,
nnd when ho hired out to old man
Thompson he declared that he'd be
manager of tho big farm koiiiu day,
and so he Ih now, iih I told you a little
while ago.
Muybo I'm getting oil tho story a
little, bit, but 1 just wanted to explain
how Jim nnd .Sarah stood in this neigh
borhood In the old days. Sarnh in n
ilue-lookiu' woniiui even now, and when
Blie was a girl she was about the best
lookin' of the hull lot. No; kIic wasn't
slender and willowy nor anything like
that, but she wns tall and healthy and
rcd-olicekcd nnd bright-eyed, and she
held her head up and looked as though
she was glad to be alive nil the time.
Ah I said before, Jim was a good talker
only when he was lookin' n girl In the
face. Then fie was about the bnshf ulest
critter you ever much, and he used to
set and say nothing at all, meal times,
at old mnn Thompson's, where his chair
stood just across the table from
Sarah's. Thompson and his wife, they
used to joke Jim a good deal about
Sarah and ho did the other hired men.
No; they didn't nil feed nt Thompson's
table, but they all knew how bashful
Jim was. There was a hull lot of 'cm
nnd some of 'em wns married men and
lived in tho tenant houses that nio
scattered over the place, nnd them that
wasn't mnrrlcd nil but Jim boarded
with the tenants. Jim lived with
Thompson because he was a kind of a
heart man. Of course, Jim hart to talk
with Sarah n good deal, in the natural
course of things, for they wns togethei
"ARR YOU TN
a lot every day, but, so far as anybody
knows, lie never said any more than lie
was, obliged to. Rut every day he
thought sho was a little nicer than he
did the day before. 1 s'pose if I was
writin' a novel about it I'd say he was
in love with her, and niv wife she was
a 'girl then, and was engaged to marry
me used to tell me that she thought
Sarah was in love with Jim. She said
no girl would speak so short about a
feller as Sarah did about Jim, unless
she liked him well enough to niarrv
him. I used to think that was kind
of curious, and 1 think so yet.
.Well, Sarah and Jim had been work
in for old man Thompson about n
year before Jim over said anything par
ticular to her. How he finally come to
speak out was about this way:
Tliero wns a professor of "vocnl
music" a feller that parted his hair in
the middle and put beeswax on his
mustache come to the Corners nnd
'acid singin' school all winter. He got
live dollars a night once a week, besides
half of what they should take In nt tho
door nt a concert nt the end of the
Bingin' school. Jim didn't go to singin
school, mostly 'cause he wns so bash
ful. Sarah didn't go neither, for some
reason or other. Hut the morning before
tho concert he up and asked Sarah if
.she'd go to it with him. She told inv
wifcaf toward that she wasso frustrated
sho hadn't hardly breath to tell him
she would. Hut she didn't let on she
wass'prised. She only said: "Why, cer
tainly, Jim," and whoa candle-light
como on they started away from
Thompson's house afoot together. It
was about a mile from there to the
nieetin' house where tho concert was
held, but Jim never snid a word all the
way down. Sarah tried to talk to him,
but It wn'n't no use. When they got
to the steps there wns quite n lot of thn
boys stnmliu' outside the meetin' house
door and one of them said, out loud, so
that Jim heard it:
"Say, boys, here comes Jim Wright
nnd Surah Anderson I"
Jim Hushed all up; then ho turned in
Sarah and said: "Excuse me a min
lite;" then he took a quarter out of his
pocket and ho walked up to Hod Smith
and said:
"Here, Hod; you take Miss Anderson
into the meetin' house; I've got some
thin' else to 'tend to."
Sarah wns so dazed that she said
never a word and went Into the church
with Hod. Then Jim he started to go
away, as if lie was afraid of his
shadow. Hut he hadn't gone ten steps
beforo ho turned round and lambasted
that feller till he squealed for mercy.
Then Jim he went homo and elum up
in the haymow and lay there and
hated himself all night. How do I
fcnow what he done that night? Well,
tr
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ho told Sarnh about It a good whllo
afterward, and she told my wife. Ah
for Sarah, well, she was madder than
anything, and 'twns about two months
before she'd speak to Jim agin. No;
there didn't any of tho boyB give Jim
any sass about it. They didn't want
any lambastin' in theirn. It wns
mighty uncomfortable nround old man
Thompson's for a spell nftcr that.
Thomjwon snid he'd have flrcd Jim for
treatin' Snrali that way only Jim was
too good n man to kst go.
It wns along in June some time, just
about the beginnin' of hayin', that Jim
made his second break for Sarah. He'd
got it In his head, from the way she
looked at him onco in nwhlle, that she
kind of liked him after all. Everybody
else knew she did, for once, when some
body made fun of Jim when she wns
by, for bcin' so bashful, she turned
'round and gave them a piece of her
mind that they didn't forget right
awny. I tell you.
Well, uh I said, it was in early hayin
that Jim took courage agin. He hud
got the mornin' chores all 'tended to
around the barn and hnd gone to tho
house with a pail of milk for the Thomp
sons' own private use, and he met Sarah
In the kitchen, starting the breakfast.
It was not far from sunrise.
"Sarah," said Jim, "I'm no account,
and I know it, but if you'll just drop
thnt breakfast work for about half an
hour and get into my buggy" Jim had
just bought a bran'-new buggy and hnd
a young horse of his own "we'll drive
down to the elder's and get married and
come right back and tell the folks we're
man nnd wife nfterwnrd."
If Sarah wns s'priscd when he asked
her to go to the concert, she wns n good
deal more so this time. She didn't say
EARNEST. JIM?"
much, though. She just looked at Jim
and Khe says:
"Are you in earnest, Jim?"
"Of course, I am," snid Jim; "but I'm
suclj a. coward that if you don't say
yes right now I'm afraid I'll never dure
ask you again."
"Hut, Jim," said Sarah, "think of
bein' married withouta weddin' dress!"
"What do I care about a weddin'
dress," says Jim. "Come on, or I'll gut
senreu again.
By this time Jim hnd got over his
bashfulncss a little bit and he stood
there with a smile on his face that, as
Snrali told my wife afterward, made
her forget all about the weddin' dress.
"All right, Jim," she says, "hitch up
quick!"
It wasn't two minutes before tliev
was a-sittin' together in the buggy and
Jim's three-year-old colt was a-takin'
them down to the elder's, double quick
time. When they got there they frund
'he elder behind the parsonage in his
little garden, a-weedin' his onion bed
so's to get up an appetite for breakfast.
The elder was as o'prlsod as Sarah had
been.
"Well, yes," he said to Jim, "to be
sure. Just let me wash up a little."
"Oil, never mind that," says Jim,
without thinkiu' he was talkin' to the
preacher. "We've got to get back be
fore breakfast. You can marry us rig'it
out in me irontynru."
So the elder walked out in front of
the house and told them to join hands,
under the big elm tree that stands by
the front door of the parsonage. He
stopped just long enough to call his
wife and daughter as witnesses. Jim
thought that was unnecessary, but the
elder insisted upon it. The elder's mar
rlage ceremony took up less thnn o
minute nnd Jim told Snrali afterward
that ho should always feel thankful
that it wasn't long drawu out.
"Salute your bride, Jim," said the el
der when they were married hard and
fast, "and I'll make out a certificate
and send it nround to your wife afttr
breakfast."
Jim wasn't so bashful then but that
ho could kiss Sarah right before tlo
minister and his wife and daughter,
but he did it in a hurry because the
breakfast wasn't got yet nt the Thomp
son house. Then Mr. and Mrs. Wright
drove back, and they've been a happy
pair all their lives. It made a new man
of Jim to get married, end, as I said n
llttlo while ago, he's one of our promi
nent citizens now, and whether he ever
gets to the legislature or not, he could
havo my vote and the vote of everyone
of the neighbors 'round hero for any
thing, no matter how big an otllee lie
wanted, or what ticket he run on. Here
he is now, coniln' back. Let me intro
duce you to him.
Paul da:;by. I
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BAD SPELLING.
An Instance. In Wh.it l.ndy Montrose
Wrolo to I.ndy AniiHinlalo.
There is bad spelling and there Is bad
spelling. Artemus Ward nnd Josh Bill
ings did some of It professionally, and
many fcIiooI children and some grown
men and women do some of it even unto
this day. Hut neither of these distin
guished persons nnd no school child or
grown-up man or woman, even In bin
or her wildest dream of revenge against
Webster ct nl ever enme within a mile
Df the spelling of n noble Scottish lady
of 200 yenrs ago. This lady could give
spades, diamonds, and trumps to nny
dictionary mnker or compiler of spell
ing books and then could beat him out
without looking nt the enrds.
She wns, pcrsonnlly, Christian Leslie,
daughter of the Duke of Rothes, and
wife of the third Marquis of Montrose,
and later of Sir John Urucc of Kinross.
According to custom, having been n
peeress, she retained her peernge title;
thus it enmc about that Sir John Hruca
lived with the Countess of Montrose
with all propriety. Hut this was what
she wrote:
"Ivlngrofic,July4,lfira
"Madam: I render yow n thowsant
thnnkes for your piny, which is vortf
good, nnd I heve rcttornncd ittwitli the
benrear, nnd If your Indyshlpo heve
cnther enny mor good plnycs or novclls
which yow lievc read, and will be
plescnd to lcnn;them to me, I shall be
verc fnthefouell in restorenge, nnd tekc
it n grent fnvor, for they nr vere devert
Ing in the eountery. Your lord did me
the honouer to dnyn hear yesterdny,
nnd wns verc well. I hertely wiRhed
your indyshlpo hnd come nlonge, for itt
wold heve bin bott n devcrtisement in
this good wnfher, nnd yow wold Iicvp
bin vere wellcome to, denr mndnm.your
Jaciyshipcs most humble servantt.
"C. Montrose."
"For the right honorable the Count
tes of Anandeall, ntt liir logeng in
Netherayes Waynd, Edinburgh."
If the readers who enn't translate this
will try temporarily to forget all they
ever knew of spelling, nnd then will
practice Lady Montrose's letter ngnin,
it is possible thnt they may learn what
her ladyship wanted to say to Lady An
nnndnle. What the latter said and
wrote it is perhaps ns well we do not
know. N. Y. Sun.
SUPERSTITION AND INSURANCE.
Kotno Curious VIowh Taken of tho .Matter
from ItcllRlous Motive.
When life insurance was first intro
duced some persons looked upon it ns n
iokitIon of divine Inw, which prohibit
ed nny proposition to mnke compensa
tion for passing away to eternal rest.
in deliance of the will and act of the
Supreme Heing. It wns thought to raise
the presumption that the policy writer
could control life ns lie did pur&onnl
Ities, nnd the impression existed thntq
contract wns to be entered into to buy
them a life for a monetary considera
tion. This sunerstition vit nvitc
among some people, illustrated as fol
lows: An aged colored pastor once con
Milted an insurance agent upon obtain
ing a policy upon his life. He made in
quiry if there was not some other way
by which he could secure an inheritance
for his family, for, he said.asd'od had
given him his life lie had come to the
conclusion that it would be a violation
of religion to intrust it to a corpora
tion that had no soul, and it seemed
like tempting Providence to enter
into contract with a corporation on
mere speculation.
Possibly this pious man was under
the impression that he was on a straight
transit route to lieaien and possessed
means to enter its gates, which might
be pi evented by nn impious act such
as he declared would he the acceptance
of a policy on his life written by human
hands. He did not place any respect on
the indemnity promised, but said thnt
he was conlideut thut his reward hi fu
ture life could not be granted by any
man or association. It is not intended
to be understood that such thesis is now
prevalent in civilized communities, for
those who neglect to make provision for
those dependent on them after pass
ing awny commit as great a sin as the
pious minister apprehended lie would
have been guilty of had he accepted a
policy on his lite. Views.
AVlilins or ruKhlon.
Wraps of black velvet are lined with
brocade, embroidered with jet and tin
iched with a collar of white or gray f ur
Entire costumes of brown velveteen
have vests of yellow broadcloth, satin
or cloth of gold, with additional trim
ming of marten, mink or sable.
Hven the conservative British maiden
is taking to red gowns. Ladies' cloth in
deep jacqueminot tints will be very
fashionable for skirts this winter with
Louis XVI. coats of black velvet.
The loose cloaks and circular designu
areof miroir velvet. a dark red, sapphire,
violet, and rich old rose shades, with
ermine or Thibet fur. These garments
are lined with plain or broehe satin.
White glace kid embroidered in black
bilk, spangles and jet beads is the latest
trimming used as vests, revers, cuffs
and high collars. On a bolero, Kton
jacket or blouse of the glossy broad
tail fur this is considered very hund
some. Chicago Record.
Jtoek CulccH.
One pound of Hour, half a pound of
butter, half a pound of sugar, and a few
currants. Mix these ingredients with
three well beaten eggs, uud make into
small cakes, which should be dropped
-.'th roughened top., in the cuke tin lor
baking. Boston Herald.
Is dangerous. Wo require heat. Wo need pure,
warm, nourishing blood to kcop us warm una
guard against sickness. Oood blood Is given by
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Sarsaparilla
Tho best In fact tho Ono Truo Illood Purifier.
Hnnrl'c PJlfc uro tha only pills to tnko
11UUU r-lll With Hood's barsaparlUa.
IIo AVim Sura.
"Drummers" sometimes called com
merclnl travelers ttre like ministers
and doctors, fond of chaffing each
other.
"1'to a grout story to tell you, boys."
Bnld a drummer to a group in the cor
ridor of tho Iroquois last night "I
don't think any of you over heard mo
tell It before."
"Is it a roally crood story?" asked ono
of the party, douhtlngly.
"It certainly is."
"Then I'm sure you nerer told it bo
fore." Buffalo Times.
To Gt Out of tho Way
When trouble Is coming, is obviously tho
part of common sense. An obstruction of
tho bowelB is serious obstacle to health.
To got this out of the way is an easy matter
with tho thorough laxative, Hostctter's
Stomach Bltter. trhloh, although it nfforda
relief, noter gripes and convulses llko a
drastic nurgatlre. Dyspepsia, malarial, kid
ney and rheumatic nilments and nervous
ness yield to this geniul tamily modicino.
TnciiK seems to bo nothinsr people enjoy
talking nbout so much as a married couplo
that don't got along very well. Washing
ton Democrat
The Mont Unique Calendar of tho Scanon
Has iu.st been issued by tho Lake Shoro &
Michigan Southern Ry. Copr can bo se
cured by sending six cents in stumps to
cover postage, to A. J. Smith, G. P. A.,
Cleveland.
Therh is an unwritten lavr among women
tlittt no woman should go further from
home thau two blocks with a shawl over
nor head.
Fits stopped free nnd permanently cured.
No fits after first day's use of Dr. Kline's
Groat Nervo Restorer. Free S2 trial bottle &
treatise. Du. Kli, 1)33 ArcliBU.Phila., Pa,
m
Good breeding Is doing nothing noodlcss
ly thnt one thinks will hurt or dl3ploaso
othors.-N. Y. Weekly.
A sntAi may crippl but St. Jacobs Oil
will euro it bofora it can. It cures.
EvRnTOXE who doesn't havo to light tho
Ores in the morning preaches against using
coal oil for thnt purpose.
Piso'a Cnro for Consumption relieves tho
most obstinate coughs. Rev. D. Bucu
muuiaek, Loxlnglon, Mo., Feb. SI, '04.
Ideas area capital thnt bear interest only
In tho bauds of talent. N. Y. Weekly.
1
Soar, nnd stiff from cold ; don't wait and
sutler; use St. Jacobs Oil and got cured.
Soun Tory trifling pcoplo nro well po3tod
on Scripture. Washington Democrat.
Jcjst try a lOo. box of Casearcts candy ca
tbui'tic,tliicstlivcr and bowel 1 cgulalor mado
Wr. all liko to put off disaarceahlo jobs as
long us pos3ible.--Washingtou Douiocrat.
Use St. Jacobs Oil and say to rheumatism:
"Will seo you later." ,
Oon happiness is butnn unhappinessmoro
orlos3 consoled. N. Y. Weekly.
" m
Tun longer n woman has been married tho
larger a dollar grows to her.
AivoMAS sharpens a pencil pigcontocd.
Atchison Globe.
Usk St. Jacobs Oil promptly aud freely
and suy good-bye to neuralgia.
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The Roman
mother who with
her mantle de
fended the body
of her child from
the ravenous
birds of prey is
a perfect type of
motherhood in
all times and
among all peo
ple. To protect
her offspring
front harm is the
overwhelming
instinct of moth
erliood. Modern moth
ers are coming to
understand that
the best protec
tion they can
give their chil.
dren against the
a . r ,sr . . preying acci
dents of life is to transmit to them an
abundance of natural health and hardihood,
liut a mother cannot confer health and
strength upon her offspring unless she has
it m some measure herself.
.Prospective mothers should know that
Dr. Pierce's Pavorite Prescription is a sci
entific medicine, which ghes perfect health
and strength to the special organs con
cerned in motherhood.
Taken early during the expectant time, it
makes the coining of baby entirely safe and
nearly painless. It insutes cheerfulness
nnd recuperative energy to the mother and
constitutional vigor to the child.
It is the only perfect nnd positive specific
for all weaknesses and diseases of the femi
nine organism.
Mrs. F. R. Forgcy, of Cams, Keynnaha Co,,
Neb., writes: " I write to you again concerning1
my datiRther, Mrs. 1). IHIHurs. She has takeil
two bottles of 'Favorite I'rescriptloe.' She
thinks the medicine did her a world of good.
She wns confined the isth of Pebrunrv. Wab glck
but a short time and hns a :o wound daughter.
Got along nicely nUenvard. Ioks rood, com.
plcxion looks clear, and she says she never fel)
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