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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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,
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