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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
W. XV. HANOlCltS, fnttllilior.
NEMAHA,
NEMtASKA,
THE EMPTY NEST.
Tho nest Is onlt)ty on the bough,
Tho mother bird Is sad;
X hour her softly calling now
Tim younglings thai sho had;
I 8(o tier Mttlng all utono
Where once thoy gave luir oheer:
Her precious little ones have down '
And left her mourning hero.
And you, my llttlo one, some day
WIH cuaso to need my rnre,
And, with tlio birds that (low away, .
Kind Joy some otherwheres
Tho halls through which your laughter
rings
Will all bo HUM and Hho.
Hhalt claim the precious love thut brings
My jiroscnt Joys to mo.
nut wo shnll havp our vengeance, too
Tho mother bird and J
When younglings that nre dear to yon
Get old enough to fly I
Then you shall come to understand
My love e'en as I know
What their love wns who tolled and
planned
And loit m, long ago,
a. JO. Klsor, In Chicago Times-Herald.
The Value of a Tip
3
By Konnoth F. Harrio.
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ijIPISKSR?
TUH editor of the "Weekly Monetary
iiiHt r'lscnl Clitette" certainly rie
Kcrved success, for there was no ques
tion about IiIh perseverance und Indus
try. Jle was n young nmn, but young
men huc been known to get n pretty
comprehensive grasp of finance, and
tills one was little short of oinnlselent,
judging by Ills nrtleles. Jle could nud
did tell bis renders nil nbout Mexican
rnilroiid shares nud their prospect ns
dividend yielders. lie wits u) in Brook
lyn Ilnplil Tninslt, and wiih snliirnted
with iuforiuiitiou concerning Conti
nental Tobacco. He knew just whut the
Transvaal matter was going to do to the
market, and anybody would have
thought tliut he had the sugar trust
where iteouldn't do the first thing with
out consulting him and asking his per
mission. Jle spoke of the bourse as one
w1ii had played marbles in its shallow.
Ho had Wall stieet at his linger ends
and his familiarly" with 'change und
Mark Lnno. was calculated to Impress
thu most careless peruser. Hut the
Dearborn Htrect printers of the (hrctte
began to be uneasy.
The young editor went out himself
and rustled for nrive.rtlscnicnts under
un assumed name, showing authoriza
tion to make contracts and I rates given
tinder his hand and heal as proprietor.
He was his own reporter, cashier,
stenographer, exchange editor and of
fice boy, nnil he was busy all the time.
Nevertheless he had to trim the frayed
ends of his trousers with the otllee
shears, and the paper alone Was becom
ing1 a burden greater than he could
bear.
It was only his eighth Issue and he
bad already been compelled to tell the
senior partner of the printing Hvm that
lie would have to ask him lo wait on him
ii little while. The senior partner
looked doubtful the first time, but the
young man explained matters and lie
was glad to wall, lie felt ushniueri of
himself for having doubted the success
of the tiring. When thai, wore oil' anil
lie mentioned the bill again the young
'man showed him some advertising con
tracts that made" him open his eyes, and
when' the copy for the advertisements
came In the printer was again glad that
lje had waited. The third time the
young man said that he woiriri give the
printer a tip that would make him
wealthy. Strictly speaking, it was not
the third time, but the fining man
knew by the way the printer denied his
throat that it was going to be and lie
marie the. p roller of wealth on the spur
of tho moment. "Miry Phiintusiiingo
rlas," he -advised, in a confidential un
dertone. He proceeded lucidly and at
' length to explain why Phuutnsniu
gorius were absolutely certain to soar.
"Why don't you buy them yourself V"
asked the printer.
The editor felt that an avowal of the
renson would destroy the printer's fion
Jlricncf, so he (old him that he never
speculated, "It would ruin me." lie
added, "I would Instantly be suspected
of Influencing the maiket to advance
my own interests. 1 might even be
tempted to do so. 1 have a duty fo the
public to perform, and I intend to do
it." The young man spoke witli great
ilriiuu'hH and seriousness. "1 w oultl like
you to set that article on Caracas Is in
bourgeois Instead of brevier, ami let
me have tjie proofs this afternoon. Uy
th'fc way, 1 may wnnt to hae .sou add a
couple of pages, but i will talk with yoil
. about that to-morrow."
'.'See, here," siikl the Junior partnor,
as soon as the editor had gone, "Isn't
that fellow going to pjit tip before the
next issue? Hecause if he isn't you can
just charge yourself up with the' com
position ui.d ink and press work." '
"1 think he'll wriggle out nil Tight,"
tmjri the senior partner.
"Well, 1 ain't in favrn'of carrying him
wlillo he wriggles. '-Make him pay up
lomcthiug on account; make him pay
for the issue, anyway," '
IJIjc, senior partner accordingly made
tlio editor pay for the issue, uud flic
editor wriggled harrier"thnn ever. He
stopped buying elgnis and bought a
pipe. He cooked Iris bienkfast by
stealth ovcran oil stove Ii his bedroom
tiiul lunched in casual saloons nt mid
day. This was a good deal of a lottery,
for some saloons spread a very satisfac
tory sort ' table in spite o"f an unprom
ising interior, while others that prpm
Ise well set out nothing but cubes of
bright yellow cheese and pretzels that
ere a mere aggravation. Others,
again, had bartenders who seemed In
delicately watchful, and all the young
editor's association "with vested Inter
ests had not utterly destroyed a certain
native sensitiveness In his character.
Altogether fhe young editor acted as
though he was buying furniture with a
view to an early marriage on a limited
income.
At last the prospect seemed to grow
brighter. Ills prediction on the futures
of too-uiuch-tiilUeri-of securities was
justified by their eventual collapse.
And it happened that some of the men
of stocks and bonds on LoSallo street
had noticed and remembered the posi
tion he had taken. The circulation of
the Gazette took a boom not a large
boom, but enough to allow the young
financier to buy a pair of trousers and
to Insure the payment of the. printing
and paper bills for the next Issue. Two
or tluee little advertising contracts
were negotiated With commission
firms and an advertising agency
deigned to nsk for rates. The editor
began to feel the glow of prosperity,
but he sternly repressed a mad tempta
tion to throw away Iris oil stove and
two-thirds of a tin of cocoa that ho had
concealed In his trunk. On the after
noon of the glow he took a frugal lunch
of liverwurst, linked beans and rye
bread punctuated with caraway seeds,
at his latest discovery, and then
walked over to Dearborn street with his
chin in the air, to pay the printers lor
the current number and give them the
last batch of copy. It occurred to him
to ask the senior partner If he had
bought any Phantasmagorias.
"No, L didn't," said the senior partner,
hesitatingly. "It seems to me a form oT
gambling. J notice they're going up,
though."
"They're going lo keep going up,"
said flic editor, wisely, fie nevcrbalked
at a decided opinion, arguing that he
was as likely to he right as wiong.
"How high do you reckon they'll go?"
"If I had any I would hang on to
them until they touched the 93 mark.
COOK IS D ON AN Oil, STOVK.
00 you notice the way the ads are com
ing in?"
"They've got to take a jump to get
that high."
"What are yon talking about?"
" Phantasmagorias."
"Oli! yes, bu they'll get there. Well,
I've got to go over to the board."
"Don't you think," said the senior
'partner, persuasively, "that you could
clear up a little of that buck account?"
"I'm sorry," said the editor, "but
you'll have to let that stand ovcra little
longer. I've been disappointed in some
remit lances."
The junior partner vvn.s still dissat
isfied. "You're too blamed ensy on
him," lie. remonstrated, "if I hadn't
c,ot you to lean down on him bcfoieyou
wouldn't have got what .sou he.' I
wisli you'd let me tackle him. I'd bring
him to time."
"1 think he means to do what's right."
"lie may. but his intentions ain't go
ing to pa.v the help. Let me make a
bin IV at him."
So it happened that when the editor
called the net week he found he had
to do business with the junior partner.
He disliked the junior partner and he
had been Woiking hard. The pretzels
were beglnuig to enter into, his soul,
moreover.
"Here's the rest of the eiip.v. ," he said,
briskly. "You got whnl i sent vou
jestcrday, didn't you?"
"Yes. 1 got it," said the junior part
ner, taking the Jiroll'eieri copy nud roll
ing it into a tight, hard iol'. "It's nil
iu now, is It?"
"That's the last of it," said the edit
or. Th junior partner opened the safe,
thrust the manuscript into one of the
compartments and closed It with a
snap. "Now,, see here,1' he .said, m,
unpleasant emphasis, "I've got to have
our account straightened out before
1 set a line of your jilini'i. You've irnt
.to jiuy part of it. nuywiiy, besides the
money for Thurstluj s.nuntber. I mean
.that. Under I a mi?"
"Are you good at .whistling?" asked
the edit fir, with apparent irrelevance.
.'The junior .'partner' grew red In "the
dee. "What do you menu V'tyie usUed.
"You can whistle for tlint buck ac
count, that's all," sard the editor, calm
ly. "The paper's1 suspended."
"When did that happen?" asked tho
junior partner.
"About five seconds "ago."
There was Si sequel to the story.
About ten days after the ex-editor
had duly assigned Ills olllee chair and
desk and the table1 whereon he had
wrapped the papers for mailing he
bought another deailt and chair us u
nucleus for a new business venture,
He was considering what this veilturo
should be when1 the door opened and
the senior partner in the printing firm
walked in and after a few general re
marks counted out ten $10 bills, one $5,
a $2 and a $1 on the new desk.
"What's this?" nhked the ex-editor.
"That's your commission on what I
clenred on 1,200 Phantasmagorias,"
said the printer. "I took jour tip all
right and let go when you said. You
must have been on the inside of that.
T'hcy went tumbling- down to eight
cents the next daj and the bottom
went out of the whole thlnir a dav
after. Ten per cent. Put it In your
pocket. Yon were square with me and
I wnnt to be square with jou."
The young inan looked at the green
backs thoughtfully for a moment.
Then he shook his shoulders and
straightened in his chair.
"I'll keep on being square with you,"
he said. "I hadn't the faintest idea
on enrth that the stock would lift u
fraction of a cent. Didn't know a
thing about it but the name. If I'd sup
posed you'd have been fool enough t,o
buy, I'd never have opened my head
about it. It was just fool's luck. You
take your ill-gotten gains and go back
to your business and stay there. That's
the best tip I can give you and it's worth
ten of the other."
"I believe I'll take your advice," said
the printer, "but i want you to take
the money."
"I won't do it," said the cx-editor.
"Did you have the money to pay for
the paper when l?eh made his bluff at
you?"
"I did. Don't you worry about me."
"I won't," said the printer. "1 don't
think I need to." Chicago Daily Rec
ord. FACT AND FICTION.
I'cniiNj ImiiiIu (I'oumlwnrU for Nov
els liy Sir Wftltcr Scott mid
(;iiiirlt-N lteiiilc.
In the southern end of Columbia, ntar
the river, is a rolling mill olllee, which
to those who know it reenllsu romantic
story closely identified witli the writ
ings of several English novelists. That
ollice was once the home of Hubert Hur
ber, high sheriff of Lancaster county,
about 1710, and in a log jail which Rob
ert built near his house was confined
for a time .lames Annesley, subsequent
ly n prominent character in England
as claimant of the earldom of Anglesey.
The storj of .lames Anncslev's adven
tures a id persecutions forms the
groundwork of Charles Itcaric's weil
kuown novel, "The Wandering Heir,"
and is also incorporated into portions
of Scott's "Ciiiy Maiinering," Smollett's
"Peregrine Pickle" and a once popular
novel, "Florence .McCarthy."
Annesley was a son of Lord Althani,
a grandson of the first earl of Anglesey.
After his f.ither's death in 1727 his ja
ther's brother kidnaped the nephew
and had him sold as an indentured serv
ant in Philadelphia, through w'hieh ac
tion the uncle was afterward enabled
to become the e.irl of Anglesey. The.
lad's service was bought by a Lancaster
county fanner, whose daughter fell in
love with the servant, as did also a
.voung Indian girl. These embarrass
ments caused nnesley to run away,
but he was e.iught and kept in jail at
Columbia until returned to his muster.
He was iccngui.ctl as the heir to the
Anglesey title liv two Irishmen who
happened to visit his master's fat m, and
they became so much Interested in his
story that thc.v, offered to go back with
him to help prove his rightful inher
itance. There was a big sensation in
London on his tetiirn. His uncle eon
tested the charges against him by as
sertions th.it Annesley was not really
he son of his In other, but Aunesley's
cause was justified by the courts,
though he never had money enough to
prosecute It to Mie end and gain the
title and estntis. Hi.s uncle remained
in possession, .ind there were several
bloody quarrels between them and their
followers.-Halt unore Sun.
Ilovnl (.nine of CIicnn.
Ill Jytlil .Mohammed Uiilba usurped tho
ct own of (iiniuuln in spite of the su
perior claims ot his elder brother Jus
sef. He was very unsuccessful in his
conduct of the war against thu Chris
tians and vviisat length assassinated by
poison absorbed through his skin from
a sliirt. lie entertained n desperate dis
like to the brother whom he had in
jured, and whin he knew that his own
fate was seulul he sent an order to tho
governor of the prison in which .lussef
whs confined that he should h(;cccutll
Immediately. Wiicn the order nirlvcU
.lussef was plnvingcliess vvitlithee.hi,)
lain of thu prison. With great ditllculty
.'lussef obtained u respite from the gov-
ernnivpcriuittijig-hin'i to finish the
gume. " Hefore it was, ended, however,
uewjs came that the usurper.huri died of
the poison. This canceled the order of
cxecutUm "und .HisseJ, instead of going f
lo.me scanoui, mourned the Jlirone.
Clucimiuti Knqulrer. , .
TENOR MADE A BIG HIT.1
lie Couldn't UndcrMliiiid AVli.r nn
Audience I.ntiKbcd ' "I
Lore So n if.
Tile tenor of n local concert company
nuirio the hit Of ltls life recently. It was
at nn entertainment In a town within
100 miles of Chicago, and It is safe to
sny tlint the tenor's voice will never be
heard in that place again, says the in
ter Ocean,
He is tnll nml angular, built rntllcr on
the fence-rail plan of archl'eeture, and
is, withn!, rather excessively rifgniiieri.
On this occasion he had been Intrusted
with the duty of "opening the ball"
with a comic solo. Although copiedy is
not exactly the tenor's strongest hold,
GRAND DUKE AD0LPH OF LUXEMBURG.
It Is generally believed that the klnR of Denmnrk or Queen Victoria of Great:
Britain Is the o'.dest sovereign In Kurope, but this distinction belqiigs to tho relBn
lntf grand duke of I.tixcmhuiK. who recently celebrated his eighty-second blrth
dny. The king of Denmark is one year younger and the queen two years. Grande
Duke Adolph ascended the throne ot Nassau ns long ago as 1S39, but was driven there
from by the Prussians in 1MJG. Up to 1W0 Luxemburg owed allegiance to Holland,
but ns the Salle law governs the little country Queen Wliheltnlnu could not exer
cise sovereign functions, and the crown reverted to the nearest male relation, tho
present grand duke.
he found this time before he had fairly
commenced that he had the large audi
ence v.(; him, and he sailed in and did
his brat.
Pi etc s.U"t to finish he was greeted
with applause and at v end of the
verse '.here was such a storm of laugh
ter, hnnd-elupping and even cheers
that the singer felt obliged to respond
to the encore.
As soon ns he could make himself
heard he cssajed a love song, but be
fore he had sung ten words the laughter
bioke out afresh. In vain he threw his
soul into the tender words. It was no
go, and the hilarity of the audience in
( reascri until at the close of the first
verse lie rushed bewildered and furious
from the stage, ntnid nn uproar gtater
than before.
liehind the scenes he found the other
QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE
members of the company speechless
with laughter, and it was several min
utes before they were able to elucidate
the cause. The tenor, before leaving
his. hotel, had pinned up the tails ot his
(':sb co.it to keep them from showing
below the bottom of his short summer
overco.it, and upon artiving at the hall
he had forgot ten to unjijn then). The
speotaele of the eoatlails pointing skv
wnrd was top much for the ris'b litics
of the audience, und the tenor cofvi-t not
be Induced to sing again thir night.
Modulated Toiit'M.
"A- woman, t notice, always lowers
her iNcO to n:sk i favor."
-"rYes, ,ttnd,,raiBes her voice if 0she
doesn;t get it.'-Chicago Dally Ilecord.
jf sjij s, fi'flYv-iftV
, -. (H.(Wi."4ffl!lttr ' Ar it"-v '"j " -
Australian cattle-rush. -
When n filnuiiictlc Occur Hie Verjr
lleHt of Ilornctiiuitxlilp I
Culled For.
When u cattle-rush comes in the
blackest of the night, among thiclc
stnndlng, low-limbed trees, with tho
nature and levels of the country un
known and invibiblc, to stem it calla
for the finest and fiercest quality of the
horseman, says a writer In Harper's
Magazine. As he dodges, swerves, nnd
clings in the saddle to avoid mutilation
from the rushing tfees, he must'bcc to
It also tlint the horse shall win to tlio
lend of that thundering multitude be-
.side him, if hands and spur may com
pass it. And when he does, the mad
dest of the danger Is still to come. The
rider's hands must do double duty now
as he lots loose the whip and guides tho
horse as well. The rout must be turned
and directed against itself. The horsn
is dragged inward, the whip hisses and
falls; tlio man, silent until now, openss
throat and lungs in tho stockman's battle-cry.
Jf the leading cattle swerve
and swing away, carrying confusion,
among the rest, nnd. breaking the di
rectness of the rush, it is the finest mo--ment
of the drover's life. As the beasts,
that come thundering blindly oh feel
the scorching of the thong on head nncL.
flank, nnd hear the note of man's su
premacy flint they liuve feared since-branding-time,
the eddy spreads.
The blind rush becomes a maelstrom,,
the maelstrom spreads into eddies ol'
confusion tho clash of horns and huge-
THREE HEIRS TO THE THRONE..
muttering sounds. Then the herd set
tles down and spreads out. When the
sound arises of big mu.les blow inl
and nibbling nt live grass, the horse--man
knows that his danger is pust.
Low dow u in un embrasure of the woods .
hi white planet burns; it is the herald
or the dawn.
(Srou til of Venn Iiim. .
The habit of smoking does not 'seem'
to affect Vesuvius as it dot's the small
boy, by stunting his' growth, for the old
veteran has added 150 feet to his stature
within the past year.
Stonr MfelioutN.
a A lifeboat made o.f. pumicg stone has.
been tested, It continued to flontVltu ;
ajoud eve'n when1 full of.water. e .
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