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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1897)
' 3 "t X Jv ; TIE NEBRASKA ADVERTISES W. W. 8ANDKIIS, 1'ublUhor. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA, HINTS TO HUSBANDS. Sicscstlons Condiulvo to n Quiet I-lfo In tho Now Woiuim Km. To begin the tiny well is half the battle, and iv husband's first duty should be to rise quietly ut five in the morning eo ns not to break in upon the wife's slumbers until he has prepared the "breakfast. She will then nwnke in good temper, nnd if the coffee is properly Rcttled she may even rewurd you by saying so. Pack the children off to school im mediately after breakfast before you do the dishes as nothing is so apt to upset a satisfactory beginning its the chatter of my lady's brood while she is reading the morning papers. Be particular that absolute quiet is preserved in the house during mad am's hour of thought nftcr breakfast and have her bicycle cleaned nnd ready for her morning spin at ten sharp. While she is gone sweep, air and dust the house, but by no inadvertence dis turb the papers that litter her desk. Nothing so displeases madam as to find her desk in order it isn't mannish, you lenow. When she returns, if her eye is black and she walks with n limp, say nothing but be silently sympathetic and place the arnica bottle in a conspicuous place on her bureau. Don't let her see you do it, though, and don't follow her in. Thnt is one of the times when it were jvell for you that she be alone. Ilold yourself in readiness at a mo ment's call to write at her dictation the speech that she will deliver at the primary or convention. If her gram mar is abominable, don't mention it, but correct it as you write and suffer Sn silence. Do not try to fathom her logic as you value your sanity go it Wind. If you want n half day oil, say once n week, preface your request with the remark that Jones told you that if be could make as good a speech as she made the night before he would never stop until he became a United States senator at least. When she becomes impervious to that species of dope have a printer strike off! some flattering notice of her re marks, lubel them as clips from some far-off, nonexistnnt newspaper and tunil them to her. She will never notice that the reverse side of the clips is blank, or, if she does, suggest that the editor probably received the copy of Lor speech ut the last moment and struck off a supplement. Flatter her when she is elated. Keep your mouth shut when she is depressed. Ask her how you shall vote. Then vote the other way. You will then have peace and a quiet life and the grim satisfaction of hav ing cast at least one vote for a prin ciple. N. Y. World. ' THE IRONY OF FATE. Static Shook rallH to tho Lot of u Soprano at an Uvonlnjr l'arty. i She is a boprano of tireless energy, whose ambition at least reaches high C, nnd who has as much trouble with her throat ns any prima donna on the op eratic stage. She has not a friend who Jlives within three blocks in any direc tion of her nbode, and yet she is popular in a large social circle, i She was invited out the other even ing, and, as usual, accepted. The invi tions snid that conversation was to be Jthe order of the evening, nnd conse quently no one wus surprised when the '.hostess asked her "dear Miss Soarer" for a little music. "0, I'd like so much to oblige you, but I can't sing at all without my aiotes." "But surely you can sing some little thing; we are all dying to hear you." "Jlow kind of you I I'd have been delighted to do it if I had only had the slightest intimation that you would care to hear me." "But can't I send for your notes? Do let me." "I'm afraid that mamma couldn't find dhem; besides I have not practiced for a week and I'm sure I'm as hoarse us a frog." , Ideally it was the irony of fate thnt ' -caused her dearest enemy to enter the room at thnt moment. She was carry ing a huge roll and saying in a clear high voice: "Where is Olivia Soarer? I hope she has not been waiting long for her mu sic. Here it is, dear." "My music? Why.I" "Yes, dear. I stopped at your house on my way here; your mother wns so glad to see me. She said sho knew you would be so disappointed when you found thnt you had left it on the hall table after practicing for three whole days to be ready for this evening!" Chicago Tribune. 1 Hoof Salad. ' As it is often diilicult to disposo of scraps of beef that are left over from tho various meals, perhaps some new tviiys may bo welcomed. Chop tho scraps very fine, and to every cupful of meat ndd two cupfuls of cabbage, cut rery fine; one tablespoonful of celery seed, a teaspoonful of salt, two of sugar; mix nnd add any good salad dressing. This delicious sulnd can scarcely be de tected from chicken, nnd is much cheaper. Philadelphia Public Ledger. TOLD J3Y A TJRAVELEK. Poculiar Pha3o of Ifo in Bengal and Central India. tho Ancient Nystom of Child Ilctrothnls Stilt In Voj-uo Soir-Inlllctcd Tor tures of tho Vogl Tho Kvor UaoTul Klopliiint. Special Letter. Among East Indian women, especial ly of the higher classes, it is the custom to contract murringes between children. It is a disgrace for a high-caste girl to nttuin the marriageable ago without being married, and so the child mar riage has become the custom. In a Brahmin family the father of a girl 18 months old begins to look for a hus band for her. To make n match ho picks out a boy in a family of equal socinl standing nnd calls to offer his daughter's hand in marriage. If the HINDOO LADY.. father is willing he states how much of a dowry he wants for his son's hand, nnd such preliminaries being arranged the marriage is fixed, although tho young couple may both be infants at the time. If the chosen groom should die before tho couple begin to live to gether the girl becomes a widow, and may never marry again. (This rule applies only to the higher castes, and is not observed by the common people.) On the other hand, tho young man, whenever he is left a widower, may marry again ns of ton as he wishes. This custom of child-betrothal is a very cruel one, and a great effort is being mnde to abolish it. The only plea in tavor of it is that there is hardly ever a case of divorce among tho Brahmins, for, nnt urally enough, a woman will put up with n great deal from her husband when she knows that she will never be able to get another one. A queer result of these child mar riages happens when tho parents of one of the children make a second bc txothal for their child. Such a case came up in the Burhumoro criminal bession two or three yenrs ago. A little girl, six years old, was placed on trial for bigamy with a gentleman aged nine, her first husband being still Jiv ing. The prisoner was married when two years old, and so couldn't plead the lawful seven years of absence from the first husband to justify her crime. Of course, she could not plead at all, the parents being tho chief offenders. After a trial of three days the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty," and the two children walked out of court hand in hand, wondering, no doubt, what all the fuss and talk signified. The young married people live with their respective parents until they are of marriageable age, and at the wed ding the groom sees the face of his wife for the first time. There nre very few divorce cases among the Brahmins, not one in a million, although for good cause tho wife will leave her husband and return to her childhood's home. As a rule, however, the Hindoo homo is a hnppy one, tho wife gentle, obedient to her lord and muster (ns was Sarnh, tho patriarch's wife) and fond of her children. A curious phase of Hindoo life is the religious hermit, or "Sunynsec." Now and then a man of prominence de cides to forsnke the world, its pomps and vanities, and to embrace the life of an ascetic, a life of contemplation. While this determination sometimes comes to tho worried, anxious mer chant, who takes this method of get ting rid of his cares and worries, it is just as likely to come to his highness, the rajah. About ton years ago the eldest son of the rajah of Travancore, who was then about 60 years old, wealthy and living in a splendid pal ace, and of course the chief nobleman in that part of India, suddenly decided to embrace tho life of a Sunyasee. One day he told his friends lie wns going on a railroad journey and sent his servants and traveling equipage from I he- palace to the railway station, but he did not follow. lie went away into the jungle and was never heard of again by his friends and relatives, ex cept that Ids religious adviser, the "(Jooroo," informed them that hi.s highness had become a Sunyasee. Jn another instnnce a wealthy shipowner of Tanjore divided up nil his property uinong his relatives and dependents uud went away stark naked into the wilds of tho Western (J limits to get spiritual light! The Sunyasee believes that the true method of obtaining a conscious, ness of the universnl 6ouI (which is God) is to ignore all worldly cares, even the desire for food, clothing nnd shelter, and to meditate through the years until A some day the inner nnd divine light bhnll come to him. One of the most deadly nnrcoticsuscd in the far east, especially in central In dia, is hnheesh, which Is an extract of a plant known to the druggist and botanist ns Cannabis Indicn. A sim ple tea mndo of the leaves and flowers of the plant is drunk by young unci old, especially nt festivals, nnd is mild ly stimulating. The drug itself, how ever, is smoked In a pipe, with an equal quantity of tobacco, tho Biuokcr top ping the pipeful with a piece of livo charcoal. Its first effect is a delirious exhilaration or frenzy, under the influ ence of which tho smoker is liable to commit murder. The Hindoos call tho habitual hasheesh smoker "liashash," tho plural form being "hashashln," whence comes tho English word "as sassin." Strangely enough, we go to far-away India for n word to describe the man who, under some maddening inttueticc, commits murder. Tho frenzied stage of hasheesh is succeeded by one of dreamy enjoyment and, if the dose hus been strong enough, this is followed by a heavy stupor-Jiko condition which lasts for hours. ,lt h fnid that a fortnight's indulgence in tho hasheesh pipo will make a life long victim, a hushcesh fiend. Although the British government has put down tho voluutnry self-immolation of Hindoo devotees at Jnggeruuth, where the piously inclined throw them selves under the ponderous wheels of the processional car of the god Krishna, and has also prohibited tho suicide of the widow on her dead husband's fu neral pile, it does not interfere with the self-milicted torture practiced on themselves by tho "yogi" and tho "fakir." Tlicao religious men punish themselves in strange and barbarous fashion to propitiate the goddess Kaicc. Hook-swinging is n favorite method. A six-inch iron or brass hook is inserted into tho muscles of the back and tho victim is swung around a polo by tho temple attaches, while his shrieks of agony are drowned by tho blowing of couches and tho beating ot tom-toms. Less violent but longer torture is re sorted to by other seekers after immor tal happiness. Some puss years hold ing an arm upright above the head un til it becomes impossible to lower it, others remain standing agaiiiht a tree until they uro unable to bend their legs. While these shocking exhibits nre becoming less common with tho advance of civilization one doesn't have to live long in Bengal or central India without seeing specimens of the tor tured "yogee." Oftentimes within 100 yards of tho Christian church may bo seen tho poor little Hindoo temple whose shrine is blackened by tho soot from tho hundreds of votivo lamps. If you live near any "sacred" city like Benares, for instunce, you will bo shocked by the spectacle of dozens of yogees, rivaling each other in the hideousness of their dress and the in genious unpleasantness of their self imposed penances, walking, crawling or rolling along the road or prowling about your servants' quarters in search of alms. No stories or sketches of life in India are complete without a story about that ""'wrrwiW' wraffl.wrw HINDOO COOLIE WOMAN. strange resident, the elephant. Tho pachyderm is very much in evidence, fconietimes ns a beast of burden, used in the lumber yards, where he handles huge sticks of lumber as if he rather enjoyed pulling ami hauling, while, in lighter work, ho Is employed to carry his native masters, to be guyly capari soned for holiday processions and to bo used by tho dominant British instead of irhe horse to bring tho heavy artillery In the parade ground, or assist in mov ing the tents and other military goods when the regiment is on the march. The elephant is very liken child in some respects. He can be coaxed by petting, by pieces of sugar, and even by prom ises of future reward. The Hindoo mahout Is accustomed to get extra ef fort from Hooshiar Ilattl (the wise ele phant) by promising it "backsheesh" (rewnrd), and the beast will look for larger nnd sweeter "chupnti" (cokes) at supper time for his backsheesh. Woo betide the mahout if he fails to keep his promise, and forgets the large chuputi. The elephant never forgetsl J. IRVING CRAI3BR At-roimnoihitiiii;. The pay fool-klllor now may shlrJ At case, us wintry slush ho views Ills victims kindly do tho work liy leuvlng off their overshoes. Washington Star. IIIh Identity. Stranger Who is that gbntleinau coming up the street? VillagH bad That ain't no gcutlo man it's my pal N. Y. World. mmntrn THE OLD CONSTITUTION. To Bo Forovor Kopt as a National Naval Musoum. Coinmodoro Farriifrut's I'lngAhlp. tho Hartford, 1h Also to llo PormautMit.ly Maintained Hollo ot tho KcarnarKo. Special Washington Lotter.l "There is nothing in nil my work of which 1 uin more proud," said the sec retary of tho navy tho other morning, "than the accomplishment of tho re clamation of tho old battleship Hart ford. Congress Is often very prodigal in allowing largo appropriations for claims, but congress Is uot primarily patriotic or sentimental. It was very, dllllcull to secure an appropriation, but, by constuut urging, it was accom plished. And now Commodore Furrn gut's flagship will bo permanently maintained in tho navy. "Do you know that n relic of heroism incites patriotism? The young men who seo the Hartford in future ycarst and who read her splendid naval career, will be stimulated to honor tho ling which floats over her, uud have un am bition to do us well for their country in did tho heroes who trod her decks and served her guns. They will read of the old commodore lashed to the mnst and handling his ileet in tho smoke and enruugo of battle; and particular ly our young midshipmen will have be foro them constantly tho memory of the commodore, with n stimulated am bition to fight as ho fought, if ever in command of a battle ship in time of war. "Yes, 1 nm glad that tho Hartford is preserved; but I nm uot satisfied with tho progress mndo towards a restora tion and reclamation of the Constitu tion. That splendid relic of Amcricnn prowess should bo preserved. Al though I have constantly asked con gress to make appropriation for that purpose, 1 have failed to receive a dol lar, up to date." Secretary Herbert is not nlono in his desiro to have tho Constitution re paired. Congressman Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, has secured the adop tion of a resolution calling upon tho secretary of tho navy for nn estimate of the amount of money which will be necessary to move tho Constitution from Portsmouth lo tho Washington navy yard, where it is contemplated thut the Bhip shall bo forever kept us a naval museum. In support of his resolution, Mr. Fitzgerald mnde a hpecch in tho house of representatives. He Bald: "In connection with tho resolution I present a petition of tho Massachu setts Historical uociety that congress nny tako some action in regard to the preservation of tho frigate Constitu tion, which now lies at tho Portsmouth uuvy yard, and is in such a condition ns to bo in danger of sinking nt any time. "As every member of this house knows, there is no vessel in tho Amer ican navy that possesses tho history and tho rocord that the Constitution possesses. It is my proud privilege io represent in congress tho district in which is loented the wharf where this famous eld frigate was built and launched. In grateful memory of her untarnished record it has been called Constitution wharf. As a boy I have tho pleasantest recollections of the happy days spent at tho wharf where the Constitution was built over a cen tury ago, uud when I stand hero plead ing for the preservation of Old lron Bidcs my deepest sympathies arc moved. The achievements of the heroic sons of Massachusetts with her have pioduccd within my breast, as they must within the brcust of every Amer ican citizen, feelings of deepest rever ence for tho historic ship. "Why should it be necessary to cnll the attention of Hie government to its duty with regard to tho preservation 732sss FARRAQUT'S FLAGSHIP HARTFORD of the Constitution, wliise great vic tory in the naval engagement with tho Gucrricre in tho durk days of the war of 1812 brought hope and encouragement to our people and placed the United Stutes among the first-oluss powers of tho world? "Why this shame of neglect toward a historic relic that typifies the hero ism of our fathers uud Is an inspiration to succeeding generations? "Nelson's flagship, Victory, is enre fully perpetuated by Great Britain, nnd In htich great reverence is she held that Englishmen respectfully remove their hats whenever they pans. Who shall say that the dear old Constitution, with her unbroken line of victories, uupurul Itled in the history of tho world, is uot worthy of like respect from a grateful republic? j "in 1829, when the destruction of tho Constitution was ordered, the stirring rWM.Y..rJSfe,plfrJr rf lyric poem of Oliver Wendell Holmes saved her from what would have been a dtagrncu (o our country, nnd 1 think it proper that (hose Inspiring words should bo recalled nt this time, when, through neglect, a like fate seems to bo in store for her: OLD IRONSIDIC51. Ay, tear hor tattorcd ensign downl Lonu has It waved on lilisli, i I And many nn oyo has danced to sco Thnt bannor In tho sky. Dcncnth It runt; the battle shout, And burst tho cannon's roar; The motuor of tho ocean air Shall uweep tho clouds no inorol Her dock, onco red with heroes' blood, Whcro ltnclt the vanquished foo, Whon winds woro hurryliiK o'er tho Hood, And waves woro whlto below, No more Bhnll foci tho victor's tread, Or know thoconnuercd knoo: Tho hnrptcs ot tho olioro shall pluck Tho oni;lo of tho seal , Oh, hotter that her nliattored hulk ' Should Blnlt buncnth tho wave; Her thunders shook tho mighty doop. And thcro should bo hor gravo. Nail to tho mast her holy Hat;. Set ovory threudbura sail, And ulvo her to tho nod of storms, Tho'llKhtnlnc and the buIoI "Massachusetts asks that this grnuil old ship bo perpetuated, and she re linquishes her claim to have her placed in the waters of the state, near whcro she was built and manned, that sho may bo plnccd in Washington, hero to servo ns n nntlonnlmonumcntof tho triumphf of tho American acumen during the war of 1812. Such hus ever been tho true, chivalrous spirit of Massachusetts. "Through tho euro nnd labor of her own historical society she preserves tho THE CONSTITUTION. revered relics of tho revolutionary times and of her illustrious sons; and she feels that she has tho right to in sist that the national government shall no longer be unmindful of its duty to tho flower frit the American navy, tho Constitution." At the conclusion of tho congress man's speech lie was given an ovation of npplauso such as Bcldom Is given ia the most gifted of orators. Tho resolu tion wns passed without objection, nnd in n short time tho old frignto which boro our banner nloft with honor nnd glory will bo properly onred for. Meet ing tho congressman ou the evening of the delivery of his speech, and con gratulating him on tho bucccss of his cllort, ho snid: "I am no orator. I never made n good speech in my life. 1 was gratified with tho passage of thj resolution, but tho applause did not turn my head. The representatives of the people of this country were not np plnudlng me. They were patriotically applauding tho stanch old frigate of which I spoke, and for whose preserva tion I was pleading. They were also applauding tho grand poet and his poem. Had it not been for the lines of Holmes, tho Constitution would havo been torn to pieces as an old hulk, worn out, nnd no longer useful." The gentleman is modest and sincere. Nevertheless, his speech was delivered with tho eloquence of fervid earnest ness. He is not an orator, and ho is wise enough to know it. But his speech ought to puss into history with the splendid poem which ho quoted. Oliver Wendell Holmes prevented thu destruction of tho Constitution. Con gressman Fitzgerald secured tho appro priation which will result in her per manent preservntion. But wo havo a ielic of tho Kcarsargo which will be preserved carefully for all time. It Is the oak rudder post of tho historic cruiser. In tho museum at tho navy yard tho rudder post stands. Im bedded in it is a conical shell which came near destroying the ship. It wns fired from a rifle on tho confederate cruiser Alabama. But it did uot ex plode. An explosion would have re sulted in the sinking of the Kenrsarge, and the escape of tho Alabama. Tho shell was found there after the cele brated engagement. A skillful gunner, risking his life, and of course risking tho sufoty of the vessel, sat astride the rudder post nnd drilled a hole into the shell until ho came to the powder. Their ho poured in wuter und saturated tho explosive. After that, he drilled off one end of tho dangerous missile, nnd took out of it the explosive ma terials. The rudder pose was then mended and strengthened with steel bnnds, and tho Kenrsarge sniled nway after other confederate prlvutcer. Finnlly, tho rudder post wns taken out and n new ono put in Its place. Tho old rudder post, with its shell Inclosed, is at tho navy yard; and it is all that remains of the famous ship. SMITH D. Fit. A new piggery in Chicago is tho largest in the world. It offers ample accommodations for 220,000 pigs, A J.3