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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
T. XV. 8ANDEKS,
l'nbllihcr.
NEMAHA. NEBRASKA.
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THE GOOD LANDLORD.
I sing to you about a mnn whoso memory
long should Inst;
Ills nnmo was Illrnm Morcthnngood, ho
lived In Nottoofast:
And tho' to save his native land he never
drew a sword,
lie wns what all his tenants called a mighty
lino landlord.
"Whcno'er a tenant chanced to break a pane
or two of glass,
Ho never used to storm and rave or mur
mur out "Alas!"
But ho would go and buy somo more, In
sunshine or In rain,
Or If It was at zero, and have them sot
ugaln.
No matter If In room or hall tho paper
should get torn,
lie would not, as some landlords do, com
plain from night till morn;
And If the paint got scarred and soiled, the
first thing ho would do
Was send and have tho painter come and
paint tho house anew.
Ko matter If a faucet froze or If got clogged
a drain,
It made no dlffcrenco to him: ho never
would complain.
And If a tenant short of wood should burn
the cellar stairs.
Ho always thought It sweet delight to
make such small repairs.
And If a tenant should neglect to close a
swinging blind,
And It should be thrown from Its placo by
tho llerce winter wind,
And tumbling to the walk below some
passer-by should kill,
Ho would not say one unkind word, but go
and pay the bill.
And ere the morning light broke forth he
from his bed would rise,
And not with thunder in his tone nor anger
in his eyes,
But with a rosy shade of Joy upon his man-
lv f&cc
"Would to the tenant go und give a full deed
of tho place.
Thomas V. Porter. In N. Y. Sun.
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NUBBIN BIDGE lay sweltering in
the hot June sun. The Holds of
Biekly corn gasped nnd wilted; tho
patches of parched wheat and oats rat
tled mournfully as the hot winds swept
over them. Nubbin Bidge at best made
poor return for the labor put upon her
barren sides; and when nature refused
to be lavish in dispensing her moisture
the harvest was distressingly meager.
Mrs. Louise Long sat in the doorway
of her cabin and looked out along the
Bidge. Everywhere the rows of yellow
stunted corn or patches of dead grain
met her eye and filled, her heart with
dismay. It seemed to her that their
own little farm was the worst burned
lip of all. She turned to where her
husband crept ulong the rows of cotton.
As she followed his slow movements
back and forth across the field a kind
of resentment came into her bosom
toward him.
"I don't know whatever possessed
him to settle on the old clayey Bidge,"
she complained, giving way to her
feelings. "It seems to me some men
are born shif'less, an' they jest rotate
to shif'less land the valley would'n'
'a' come any dearer. Little he can ever
promise hisself or family; but it's jest
Bidge or starve. An' there's that ag
gei'vatin' old hen an' her chickens in
the garden scratchin' up the last bean.
I don't know what'll become of us, an' "
having once got started she wns sure
to drift on to her two pet causes of ir
ritation, over which she periodically
worried herself into the bed "an'
Henry spendin' every cent he can get
his hands on for tobacco, an' the chil
dren needin' bread for their mouths
and clothes fer theii backs. Shif'less
an' dissipated; that's jest what I call
it. It's downright sin, he bein' a church
member, to throw his money away
chewin' of the filthy weed there's
them pigs rootin' up the potatoes. It
jest seems everything is agin us. The
next thing it'll be u cyclone blowing
our house away, or an epidemic killin'
oil' the children; nn' it might be a provi
dence, fer if things get much worse
they'd be better oil;' Oh, my! it seems
I'll burn up, an' it's jest burn, fer the
old pool water jest aggervates yer
thirst. I'd almost give my soul for a
drop of cold water to cool my tongue.
Anybody's that lived on Nubbin Bidge
m June an' can't sympathize with the
rich man that lifted up his eyes ain't got
a spark of Christian charity. Believe
to my soul I'll melt;" and she mopped
her lace with the under side of her
apron, as she shifted her position to
take advantage of the breeze that float
ed lazily along the Bidge, nnd vigor
ously plied her turkey-wing fan.
"1 could put up with it all an' never
a word, if Henry'd show any disposi
tion to give up his extravagant and
filthy habits. (Join' on ten years since
we moved to the Bidge, nnd if he'd put
half the price he's spent fer tobacco in
a well we'd 'a' had water fer the Bidge.
Lord o' mercy, yonder's that bull of
Jackson's breakin' in the corn. 1 have
enough to worry the soul out of Job."
She chased the bull from the fence to
the strip of woods and came blowing
back, peering under her hand through
the glistening heat toward her husband
lu the field.
NUBBIN
RIDGE
"Yes, a-rostln' an' no doubt
n-ehewin' of his quid. He was born
shif'less an' tired."
The sun stink down through a cloud
less sky behind Nubbin Bidge, and the
greut yellow glow that lingered in tho
west gave no promise of rain.
Shadows had gathered thick in the
valley below Henry Long's little farm
when he stopped his jnded mule at the
end of the rows and began to take olt
the harness. He groaned as he threw
his stiffened limbs across viie mule and
urged him across the clods toward his
cabin. He could sec it in faint outline
against the grove of trees.
"Lu's worried herself into a fever
ag'in," he thought, as Ills observant eye
noticed that no smoke curled from the
chimney, and missed the glemu of the
kitchen fire through tho chinks. A
sigh escaped him, something hard cunw
into his throat, nnd his brow became
troubled. He gave the mule a dig in
the ribs, then regretted it as the over
worked beast groaned. As he turned
him in the little woods pasture to "rus
tle" n scant supper in the brush he
gave him a few gentle pats in lieu of
some more substantial expression of
good will. The donkey burst into a
tired bray, whose mournful cadence
struck dire foreboding into Long's al
ready troubled bosom.
The cows were waiting at the bars,
and the children not having returned
from the fields where they had gone to
"chop" cotton, he thought to steal in
after the milk vessels and not disturb
his wife. But that' individual's ear was
alert, nnd, as she caught the sound of
his footfall, the groans and muttered
suirering to which she gave vent was
alarming.
Long stopped, listened, hesitated,
(hen stepped into the doorway.
"Lu, 1 am afraid you have had an
other bad evening;" and there was ten
derness in his voice. "Is there some
thing 1 can do for you before 1 go to
the cows?"
"Oh, me, I'll burn up! It seems I'd
give my soul for a cool drink. This
dry Bidge will run me distracted. I
am scorched with fever, but the
thought of that nasty pool water turns
my stomach. I don't see why you
squatted on the old Bidge, anyhow.
I'd give the whole thing cabin and ail
fer n well of good water. If you'll
take me where I can get all the water 1
can drink, I'll take in washin'an' board
you an' the children; an' you can go on
spendin' all 3-011 make fer tobacco. Oh,
I know I'll burn up what on top side of
earth can be keepin' them kids? Tears
like they know when I'm taken worse
an' stnj' jest to worry me. Henry, do
hurry and get the work done."
"Now, Lu, don't you let it fret you."
said Long, coneiliatingly, as if lie felt
guilty, and must say something to ap
pease a just wrath; "we'll do the best
we can. You'll soon feel better, now
that it is growing cool. I'll have one
of the boys go down to Stuart's after
some water when they come. Yes, an'
if you are able, we'll go over to preach
ing Sunday, an' spend the afternoon
with Sullivan; he has the best water in
the valley, you remember."
He did not wait for the chafing reply,
but hastened out in the night to the cow
pen.
The following Sunday was a bright
day, and the Longs drove over to the
valley church. It had been noised
abroad that at the conclusion of tho
sermon there would be a prayer offered
for rain, and the house could not ac
commodate the large crowd that had
gathered. A few came to scon", some
out of curiosity, a largo number anx
iously hoping that the preacher's pray
er would bo answered. The subject of
tho discourse was faith, and the preach
er's forcible arguments and apt illustra
tions made a deep impression on the
congregation. When they kneeled to
pray many a fervent petition rose from
hopeful hearts.
The day at Sullivan's was a pleasant
one. Long's dread that his wife might
drift on to pool water and tobacco and
spoil the visit for him nbatod ns the
afternoon wore away, and there took its
place a feeling that some wonderful
change had come over her. In his
heart he sincerely wished that it might
be lasting, but long experience taught
him to take little comfort in the hope,
lie could attribute the spell to nothing
but the sermon of the morning. This
h pothesis was natural, for it had
wrought wonderfully upon himself. He
had taken tobacco but once during the
evening, and then when walking
through the fields with Sullivan. There
was a strong resolve forming in his
besom, lie had made up his mind to
give up tobacco, lie was going to ask
the Lord to help him; if he only would.
In the cool of the evening the Longs
drove up the ohioy road that wound
along tho side of the Bidge toward theii
home. A bank of clouds that lay low
in the west turned to blood and gold as
they reached the summit of the hill. A
hopeful sign. They rode in silence
Uaeh seemed to feel that something had
come over the other, and the result
was a passing reticence. Neither cared
that the other should know what was
passing in their minds, yet they each
had instinctively guessed it. Louise
Long had determined to quit her nag
ging and fretting, nnd her husband felt
it. It would be 11 hard trial and he
would have spared her the sacrifice
should all be his. She had also a sus
picion of his intentions and watched
him narrowly as they drove along to
see if he took his accustomed quid. It
guve her a remorseful little twiuge as
she thoight of her browbeating, shnrp
words and ingratitude. She was forced
to admit to herself that ho was a kind,
self-sacrificing husband and, although
not a good malinger, had done the best
he could. She now repented her harsh
ness at his show of reformation.
It was dark when the wagon rattled
up to the little cabin. An occasional
flash of lightning illuminated the clouds
on the horizon.
"I believe we shall have rain in a day
or two.Lu."
"I hope so, if it don't turn out to be a
cy " She would have said cyclone,
but checked herself in a little cough.
Already she was improving.
l.rong awoke the next morning with a
throbbing pain in his head; his limbs
moved heavily and a feeling of lassitude
was on him. From force of habit he felt
in his pocket for his tobacco. As his
hand gripped it he bethought himself,
lie was half sorry of his resolve; it wts
foolish of him to have made it. He
recalled the sermon of only yesterday
as something far in the past that had
irresistibly moved him. lie regretted
that he went to preaching, lie contin
ued to hold the piece of tobacco and
debate the matter. There was enough
to last him a day. He would use it and
then quit. His strength of purpose was
growing weak when Iconise, rattling tho
pots in preparation of breakfast, began
one of her old tunes she used to sing
when, full of hope, they had moved to
the Bidge.
"She's turning over a new leaf,"
thought Long; "and 1 must." Pantu
loons in hand he stepped to the door
and east the tobacco across the garden,
lie saw it fall on the onion bod, noted
the place, and hurriedly dressed.
The day began still and sultry, clouds
still lingering in tho south and west.
The children were hoeing nfleld and
Long was plowing in the cotton. His
wife was missing from her usual placo
of espial in the doorway. After tho
breakfast dishes had been cleared away
she picked up the hoc and began to
work industriously in the garden.
"It'll be of little use," she thought,
as the hoc thumped on tho hard ground
and rattled among the rocks; "but it
strengthens folks in their resolution, to
keep busy."
"Why, what's this?" she said, pick
ing up something in the onions. "Well,
if it ain't Henry's tobacco." Her sus
picions were confirmed. She involun
tarily glanced toward the field; she was
just in time to sec her husband disap
pear in the brush down the side of n
ravine that ran across the farm. "Hie
second time lie's stopped this morning.
Something must be ailing him." She
stood leaning ogainst the hoe, gazing
intently at the spot where he hud vnn
islicd. Five, ten, fifteen minutes passed,
and her husband had not returned to
the mule that stood patiently in the
sun doggedly fighting the flies.
Her curiosity, not altogether un
mixed with fear, was aroused. She
dropped the hoe and, still holding the
tobacco, started under cover of the
patch of corn for the ravine. She en
tered it and crept nlong the dry bed
toward the spot where Long had disap
peared. She hod made only u few yards
when she stopped and listened. She
could hear a mumbling just ahead. She
was almost sure it was Henry's voice.
What could be the trouble? He must
be hurt, and she could scarcely restrain
an impulse to rush to his side. What
she did was to crawl cautiously some
yards further. Only a bush or two sep
arated her from her husband, and she
could hoar him distinctly.
"Lord help me," he was saying, "give
me more faith. I am so weak; I've tried
so hard to quit. 0 Lord, give me
strength for Lu's sake. It worries her
no to see me throwing my money away,
an' it takes from her an' the children.
OLord help me help me!"
A deep rumbling rolled along the
west; hurrying clouds passed under the
sun. A silence fell for a time on the
ridge; then a breeze came sweeping up
the ravine that smelted of rain. Long
paused only a moint'iit to listen to tin
prophetic sounds, and feeling that it
was a propitious time for a more com
prehensive prayer, he resumed: "Yes,
Lord, help, and if it bo Thy will send us
rain. Wo so badly need roin. Lord,
for Lu's sake and the children, send us
rain. 0 Lord, help me, help me give
up the .filthy stuff! And, Lord, if it is
Thy will give ns a bountiful crop; we
need another mule, wo need sonic plows,
we need so many tilings; an', 0 Lord,
wo so much need a well. Lu's health
is poor, nn' she can't drink poor water.
O Lord, give us a big crop, an' for Lu3
sake give ns a well."
Louisa fell on her face nnd cried out:
"O Lord, have mercy on me, a selfish
old sinner. Help me, 0 Lord, to keep
from worrying, an' help me bo submis
sive." She rose and pushed her way through
tho brush. Long heard his wife ap
proaching, and, still on his knees,
turned and faced her with an expres
sion of blank ninazeinent.
"Get up from there, henry. I've
been a-hcarin' you, an' I'm a selfish old
sinner, a-begrudgin' you the little sat
isfaction ye have from your quid." She
stepped nearer to him and extended the
piece of tobacco. "Here's jer tobacco;
I found it in the onion bed where you
throwed it; if it's any comfort to you
take it an chew it, an' I'll never open
my mouth in a word of complaint ag'in
ain't ye goin' to take it?"
Long had risen to his feet and stood
staring ut his wife and the proffered to
bacco. A tear rolled slowly down his
cheek, and he raised his hand and
brushed it away.
"Lu, you're too good; it's me that'
the seK'sh old brute," he began, husk
ily. "God being my helper, I'll ncvet
put a chew in my mouth again until
you have a home in the valley and u
well of lasting water."
He took the dirty piece of tobaccc
and hurled it far down the ravine. Be
fore it had reached the ground large
drops of rain began to fall on the
parched ground and splash on the drj
leaves.
"Oh, Henry, forgive me!" cried his
wlfn. thrmvltlfr liniMirtunnltmif lilannnh- (
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the clouds overhead, and 10 iiawinir
came a downpour of rain.
The tears rolling down Long's chccii
mingled with the falling drops as he
drew his wife into the protection of the
denser brush. N. Independent.
AN ECCENTRIC GENIUS.
Henry I). Tlim-onii, AVI10 Alwnj-i
Soiiuht tho Uutttluliinlile.
"Cultivate poverty, sell your olotuci
and keep your thoughts," said lVurJ
David Thorcau. The American nut hoi
and naturalist practiced what lit
preached. Ho was one of the mosl
unique and interesting characters ot
our history. A stoic holding fast tt
lofty ideals and aiming always to re
duce life to its simplest forms. lie
said:
"I would not be one of those whe
foolishly drive 11 nail into mere latt
and plaster."
He drove his nail on the shore ol
Walden pond, near Concord, whore he
spent two years in studious retirement.
That he struck solid timber there hit
book, "Walden," a fresh, amusing, sug
gestive piece of literature, will testify
"Thorcau," wrote Emerson, "dedicat
ed his genius with such entire love tc
tho fields, hill and waters of ills native
town that he made them known auc
interesting to the renders at home and
over the sea."
In 1830 he made a voyage down the
Concord, out of which journey grew
his first book, "A Week on the Concord
and Morrlinuo." The book was not 1
success from a financial point of view
and the publisher requested thonuthoi
to take away the unsold copies, which
he did, carrying 700 home on his back
and boasting that he now had a very
respectable library all of his own writ
ing. In manner and dress Thorcau was
eccentric, and is described as looking
"eminently sagacious, like a sort ol
wild beast." Ho never went to church
never voted, and never paid a tax.
Once, when a taxgatherer called upor
him, rather than pay for the support
of. a government which ho detested, he
allowed himself to be locked in jail
ISmcrson, calling upon him, asked:
"Henry, why are you here?"
"Why are you not here?" was the reply-Thorcau
was an unusual mixture ol
the poet, the naturalist and the mor
alist; he preached tho most austere
self-denying, stimulating truths. He
was always in quest of. the unattain
able, "waiting," as ho said in "Walden,"
"at evening on the hilltops for the sky
to fall that 1 might catch something,
though I never caught much, and that,
manna-wise, would dissolve again in
the sun!"
Thorcau never married and died of a
lingering malady May, 1802. Detroit
Free Bress.
A lloillcc Too MiiHi,
A funny little story is told of n cer
tain lady who-was one of a Saturday-to-Monduy
house party in a country
house recently. She took her maid
with her, but on the first evening of her
visit the hostess sent her own attendant
to help her dress for dinner.
The touot was almost completed,
when the hostess sent for the maid.
The guest said she could finish dressing
alone, and the maid went away. Then
the guest missed the bodice of her
gown. It was nowhere to be found.
Evidently it had been left behind. Tho
dinner hour arrived. She was keeping
tho others waiting. She is a woman of
resource. On the bed lay a white crepo
sliaw'l. She picked it up, threw it about
her shoulders, pinned it here nnd there,
and sailed down to dinner in a toga
like garment with the bodice of her
dinner gown dangling behind her from
the waistband hooks to which the maid
had attached it. Pearson's Weekly.
A Trade Warning.
Butcher 'Ow is my duughtcr gettln'
on with 'er moosic, professor?
Professor Well, I nm only teaching
her the scales at present.
Butcher (Indignantly) Teachin' 'er
the scales! 1 don't want 'er to know
nothlnk about the scales! She ain't
going to servo in the shop. I mean 'or
to be u lady. Teach 'er the planner, or
111 take 'er away from yer. Scraps.
C1111I,
Cant, meonlng mock humility, took
Its name from Bev. Andrew Cant, a min
ister in Aberdeenshire, who, during tliu
time of the Covenanters, was famed for
his whining and protending fervor.
Detroit Free Press.
Probably the oldest sailing craft in
the world Is the so-called (Jokstad ship,
a viking vessel which was discovered in
a sepulchral mound on the shores of
Christiania fjord. It Is uot Jtvis than
1,000 years old.
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROADERS.
The Con firemen itt St. I.otils Issue nn Ail.
tlrrftH of Principles National ConuntUc
Called.
St. Louib, Nov. 25. After nn all
night session of tho national organiza
tion committee, representing tho middle-of-the-road
faction of the populist
party, they reconvened to-day behind
closed doors. This afternoon Abe
Stolnberger, of Kansas, gave out tho
following address as having been
unanimously adopted by tho committee:
Itccognlzlng tho hnportnnco of acttvo and
nggrcsslvo WOrlt to tho Olid of lining Up all re
form forces for futura campaigns, wo, tho na-
tlonal organization committee) of
tliu pcoplo'n
party, hereby call n meeting of said commlttoo
at tho Laclcdo hotel, SU Louis, for .Tnnunry 12,
18SS.
To tho end of restoring porfcot harmony la
Hin riitiltu nf Mm tinrtv nnil nffnnllnff t ttinrn
compact organization, wo respectfully Invito tho
nnuomu oomnuueo 01 1110 peoples party 10 meot
with us In coufcronco on tho nbovo dato, ap
pealing to tholr patriotism and sense of duty to
11 lil us In restoring to its onco splendid ostato
our party organization.
Keeling It duo to tho mcinbors of tho peoplo'a
party to outline tho objects of this call, wo sub
mit tho following:
Wo recommend tho holdtng of a national
nominating convention on tho llrst Wednesday
in April, 1898.
Wo rccoinniond tho holding of stato conven
tions, ut which delegates to tho national con
vention shall bo chosen on tho third Wednes
day in Maruh, 1808.
Wo recommend that tho nominations of con
gressmen bo dolaycd until after tho holding of
tho national convention.
Wo recommend that tho platform on which
tho contest for 1808 and 1090 bo waged should
embody tho following propositions:
I. Absoluto papor monoy, based upon ovory
commodity and rosourco of tho nation, a full
legal tondor and receivable for all dues to tho
United States.
!!. Frco coinage of gold and siivor at tho pres
ent legal ratio; tho coin debts of tho United
States payable in cither, ut tho option of tho
government.
!l All monoy to bo issued by tho government
and paid out direct to tho pooplo for services
rondorcd, or to bo loaned to thorn at a low rato
of interest on safo security, aud without tho In
tervention of prlvato banks, provided that tho
volutno of tho currency shall not exceed W0 per
capita.
4. Government ownership and operation ot
railroads, tolegraph and telephone linos.
f. Opposition to alien ownership of land for
speculative) purposes.
ft. Opposition to court mado law.
7. Opposition to trusts.
8. Wo especially recommend tho inltiatlvo
nnd referendum and tho Imperative mandate.
THANKSGIVING
FOOTBALL.
Kiuikuh Kuslly Defeat Missouri-
-Nobrwi-
kitiiH tho Champion.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 20. Tho ex
pected has happened. On a field madu
leathery by a drizzle that passed in tho
night tho valiant Kuusnns yesterday
gathered homo tho sturdy Tlgors of
Columbia. The scoro was 10 to 0. Not
onco during the 70 minutes of play did
the Mlssouriuns threaten the Kansas
goal. In the beginning tho tide of
battle set in against them, and with a
mighty onward sweep tho exultant
Kunsans pressed thorn down tho flold.
Tho gaunt Bpector of defeat stalked
early across tho flelel wearing tho old
gold and black of Missouri. Tho at
tendance wns small compared to formor
years, loss than !1,000 pursons witness
ing tho game.
A dispatch from Council BlufTs, la.,
says: "Nebraska, 0; Iowa, 0, and again
Nobraska finishes the Benson unbeaten,
champions of the Western Intcr-Col-lege
Football association. Tho gamo
wns much closer than many looked for,
Iowa putting up a most stubborn de
fense. Several times tho ball was se
cured within a few yards of Iowa's
goal and forced back into safo terri
tory." GREAT FINANCIAL SHOWING.
Condition of Town Hunks tlm Most Satis
factory lu tliu Htute'H History.
Dkb Moinks, la., Nov. 20. Tho most
remarkable increase ever known in
bank deposits is indicated by tho con
solidated statement of statu and sav
ings batiks just issued by State Auditor
McCarthy, who is at tho head of tho
banking bureau of tho state. It indi
cates that an increase of ten per cent,
was mado in deposits in tho 87!) banks
of these classes in the throe months
and five days ended October 5. Tho
last previous statement was for
June !10. It showed that in tho
year ended on that dato there huel
been an increase- of only 81,000,000
in tho total deposits, or about
'i,yx per cent. In tho succeeding thrco
months an increase of ten per cent,
was recorded. The now statement
shows a total of Sr0,-10 1,525.00 doposlts,
an increase of 5,048,0:11.4-1 since Juno
30. That is, in throe months beginning
Juno !10 the increase of deposits was
flvo times as largo as for tho 12 months
ended Juno 30. It is tho most remarkable-
statemont over contained In tho
report of tho stato bunking depart
ment DR. GUNSAULUS RESIGNS.
Noted Chicago I'lmtor Forced by III Iliutlth
to (ilvo Up Ills Church.
Chicago, Nov. 20. Bev. Dr. Frank
W. Gunsaulus has permanently re
signed the pastorate of tho Plymouth
Congregational church. Tho resigna
tion will bo heard und acted upon by
tho congregation next Sunday morn
ing, and tho ofiicers of tho church say
it will be accepted. Dr. Gunsaulub'
letter is a long anel touching one.
It refers to tho fact that it is tho
third letter of resignation ho has sent
the church within as many months
1 and says that, though tho church in its
1 loving partiality has disregarded tho
first two, tho third is final and irrev
ocable. Tho solo reason for this
step, ho says, is tho condition of hia
health. Dr. Qunsaulus is one of the
foremost prca-ihers and lcoturers ot
. day.
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