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uMu yiii H mm r WMmW HjC KdlO-" H. j, 1. 1 mi iii 1 ifiiTifi .11 1 iii'"rnMMBHPPiNBPPWB SjnyaT.r . .wir , - . o . o 00 ilj' A I W: ') - IV THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER V. W. HANI)i!KH,liil)IUIifir. NKMAIIA - - NKllRAStfA. GIVE. Tho little brtiwn seed In thoflntnp earth rc poalm?, All, htlnd to dho HkIiI mid the bounty aliotfe, In able to Just ftffiUts way through the dark ness, - ? Nor stirs tlio Jono idtonco with ono thrill Of love. Hut wIipii It looks out 011 n world full of un. hIiIiiu It breathes life Inspiring for leaf, bud nnil llowor; Transfigured It lifts up n noni? ntul 11 bltss InK. Its fragrant llpn utter n nienHiiRO of power. flee where from t slIttorJnK throne In the henvonii Jlurnn clear nnd unfailing the light of the Mtnr Unconscious of nil the bright brums It dls- POUHI'M, It Hci'H but tlio other worlds shining nfar. It Hvch by Imparling Its wnrinth iintl Us luster, lly doing the thing It wnii Riven to do: And the song of the spheres, that bnn puz zled the ages, Is only thulr beautiful watchword: "He true." Tlio drops that sink down out of hIrIK In the fissure Homo day In tho futuro may shatter the rock, And send to tho hamlet that dreams In the valley, Disaster (mil woe with their pitiless shoe: Jlut tho pure, living fountain that bursts from tho hillside, lilki) tho laugh of a child or a bird's rip pling song, IlofruHhoH, preserves nnd grows broader and ileeper As onward forever It hurries along. To give nnd to bless Is the law of creation. Tho one burled talent alone Is despised; Tho riches Invested nro thoso that aro valued, Tho light that Is hidden enn never be prized. Then help tho poor world with Its work and Its worry, And bold up tho hands that nro rvndy to fall, For though He possesses tho tn asures of Una veil, Our Master has need of the talents of all. Julia H. Thayer, In Chicago Advance. $ Logic of John Mills, Miner tBy Ilonry J. Amen. ; A S THIS is simply 11 plain story of J John Mills, miner, 110 introduction, nryouil a statement of t lit identity of the man, is necessary. .Mills lived near Hooky Canon, nnd had often aroused tlu: people thereabout, (or within a radi us of !2S miles) to u state of interroga tive curiosity which had neer been fully satislled. He dwelt alone, in a cabin not worth riosoribliiir, lieeause iust sueli cabiiiH have often been de scribed before. When he first appeared lie had suit! nothing as to his origin A tall, silent man of 10 years, lie went at once into ills chosen Held, prospect ing, asking advice, and giving none. Mills had a gootl eye for "leads," and had been moderately successful, for several times lie had tlev eloped claims until they had begun to assume the dig nity of mines, had sold theinand moved on. In IS'.U he located a claim that seemed promising, and for weeks toiletl at It single-handed. He was strougaud skillful, and his progress remarkably rapid, but occasionally he felt a pang of solitude, ami thought he ought to se cure, help, licit only for Die forwarding of tlie work, but for 1 he sake of compan ionship. One summer tiny as this mood was upon him, he htfiird 11 voice at the mouth of the slope marking the spot where he hud started into the side of the mountain. "Hello there!" said the voice, "may 1 'come, do wit V" Mills dropped the sledge jiiit then jioisctl for a blow, and turned. tnwiuri the patch o light. "No," he answered; 'I'll come up." As lie wulked, curving his hack, he aaW outlined against a bit of sky a titurdy llgure ami a head surmounted by a felt hat, the tlapping rim of which bad been secured in front, anil- from beneath which there escaped a wtivj, mass of hair tossed on the breec. The miner wondered vaguely, why a boy. should be t-.o handsome. Emerging from the slope he straightened himself, taking a full breath of the sweet moun tain air. Tltvu he drew from his po'clccl pipe ami hjhaecoHUctl, lighted, ilb Korbed a few' satisaetory whiles,' and said, slowly: "WeJlV" "I'm Jtube'.laeksoi)," said the byy; in return; "an' I'm here for work." lolin pulled on. "Hetter come to the cabin' while 1 yank a little guub togiMh .cr. 1 take it," lie addctl, starting down "Hie patch, "that ye're prospccti.il' witli out no stake?" The boy did not understand this, but, lie gave an assent, and. started with Sklills, who noticed Unit the sole o'f the visitor's, s'lioe Happed at right angles with every s'tep. "I'M cobble it after aupper," wat his comment. "llutubout thejob.yop know," the boy put In, timidly, stepping high pu tnc count of the loose soUv, " "Oh, that's all right?' answered Mills; ye're hired. IMdnVI tell yehV" Ami they wtllked on. ' 0 In the evening tlu5ygj!ew, in n meas ure, confidential, although Uube did most .of the talking, a9 Mills ?ohbltul ' the defective shoe into a state of useful- Hess, lief ore bed lime Ktlbo had Mold of Slsslo Campbell. .She was back in Missouri, wheic he himself Jiail been "bom unri-ralseri." "I didn't have much money after father and lnother died," he went on, lc!i ply, "and Hue lar father, has a pile. I'll bet old man Campbell fiasi $2,000 out on mortgage right now."" lie paused to note the effect; .Mills drove another peg, wliile Uube laughed ncrVoimly. "1 fell in love, witli Sue," he continued, '.'hut she wouldn't have it; that In," he corrected, recognizing the nwkwnrrf n'oss of the expression, "she didn't see in to be in earnest niout it. Not like me, anyhow, but liu'ly she laughed, and said that if I'd get a fortune she'd mar ry inc. So I struck out west." "Mtlatbeu flue gal," said Mills. "Hope it ain't serious. Has she got any holt on yeli 7" llube laughed again. "I wish she had," was ills rejoinder; "but since I came away she hasn't written. Sue's just trln' me, that's what she's doln'. I t's a way w oincn have. When t go back with a poekeful of money she'll be ready. Oh, I know what women arc." .lolin took a last stitch in silence, and held up the reconstructed shoe. Thus began, between .lolin .Mills, miner, and Uube Jackson, boyish, hopeful tramp, one of the serene friendships which last until deatli. Let the limit not be placed even there; perhaps, strengthened and renewed, they last forever. During the days the pair Worked, speaking little. Ju the evenings they read and talked, or Mills brought out an ancient llddlc, whereon lie discoursed melody must feursome, but duty ap plauded. Tht! usual theme of conver sation was Sue. Gradually the two built up an ideal woman, ami a home that shu was to adorn after the Millennium for such they had named the mine hud begun to produce. Kube would not listen to any plan that ditl not involve the membership of Mills in the family. "P'raps ait' old feller like me 'ud be in the way," Mills would say, and, regular ly, Ikiibc would rebuke this view. Yet Sue never wrote. "Mighty long trial an' slow vcrdick," Mills opined once. Italic convinced him that this bor deretl oil treason. Weeks went by, and the crucial test of the Millennium wus at hand. The hole for the "shot" which was to de termine the character of the vein to ward which thuy had been laboring had been drilled, the powder tamped about the fuse. It was then, stopping to wipe his forehead, leaving it grinn st leaked, that Mills delivered a speech which, so far as recorded, was the long est he ever made. "Uube, boy," lie said, "we're pnrri ncrs. Understand'.' 1'ardners. This shot tells whether we II ml somethlu' lousy with goltl or goes broke ngin bar ren rock. In any ease, thur's wages tine you, an a-eoinin'. It wouldn't be no squnr' deal fur me to git rich and you only to draw pay fer days' works; so, thar'fore, I, .I0I111 Mills, miner, as here t of ore and ginerally known, do hereby make over to 3011, Uube .lacksou, a full half-Interest In the Millennium, to have an' to hold, nn' yev heirs an' assigns for ever, amen. That's 11 kerreet form, I guess, and no lawyers needed nor pa pers neither." Uube grasped the hand of Mills. "Your word's enough for any man, and 1 thank y oil. You've been a good friend to me me and Sue. I " "There, there." interrupted Mills "it's notliin', it's all right." lie seemed happy, ami a trltle embarrassed, con cealing the emotions by a sudden dis play of energy. .Not another word was spoken. Soon all was ready, an open lamp applied to the waiting fuse, ami the men retreat ed to the open. "In live minute, paiduer," Mills said, as they went along, "we'll be u couple of them capitalist chaps." "And Sue, too," amended Uube. "Yes, Sue, too," assented the senior member of the firm. "You see. she's naehelly one of them 'heirs nn' as signs forever,' which the document would mention, so be we had one." He. started for the cabin, but Uube lin gered. "Metier conic to grub," coun seled Mills: "The old hole won't be fit ten to live in fur an hour." llube seemed to Assent, but he did not follow'. As .Mills reached the cabin there was a inullled sound, a tremor of rock jts the granite mountain qtilvtired, and out from the slope rolled a cloud of smoke. .Mills was soon'Ju the cabin getting supper. In 'M minutes' the cotVee hail .been .made, the bacon fried, nnd biscuits were crisping-in the -oven. Still Uube did not come. "I wonder where, he-Is," said Mills. "Moysjls'so reckless," and with an uneasy. fe'elFng lie started buck up the. trail. . '"".Uube, come to supper!" he culled. His, voice- bounded, from slile to side of the ,eaiiQit,,but there vta no re-, spouse, o The heart. of .Mills sank with the thought of impending evil. Calling again and again, he.vw'iit in.the hiuuih of. the slope,, out of whieh ap ner.hl vapor jlou'tctt, hovering intlie uir. "I'm 'a fea rd Uube went In,'' conjectured Mills, and hastily removing" his Voat lie dropped it in a powder-keg of water, swathwl it, about his" uce, and shifted blthdly'down ilie slope. ' Afthe foot of ltjiehinioxm by a cruel filoek, lit' found Uube, int'rf, apparent ly llfelcw... Wltji u.glant. effort he al most " hurle'tl the. blojpk aside, ami tak ing llube 111 his arms, staggered, tum bled, crept to the outer aj Ohl the hlcawl linlm of that air nv it touched his face. Jfo took one bit alb, kml hia burden down, and feji beside it, prone, motionless. The sun was giv It.g tin! loft iest peak its fare we 11 caress. IJelow u b'irri was singing a good-night song. The rosy glow paswd; the bird vas still; the shadows crept higher. Hut there lay the dead hiid the stricken. Tin? inrpicKt wntf elinrt, resulting In the finding- that Iteuben .mekson had , curious, says a Jtoiue (On.) eorrespond come to his death by n dispensation of f cut of the St. Louis Uepubllc. Among Providence, "aided and abetted by his own carelessness, for the whieh, lie be ing a boy, we do not blame him." There was a funeral, too, picturesque and pathetic, where the music was the harping of the wind in the pine-tops, ami the Jlnest tribute the tears of .lolin Miilu. Then the grave was rounded over, tlie participauts - all but one -withdrew, and that night the moon shone down 011 a solitary figure, sitting by a mound, his head bowed in his hands. "Too late, too late," I lie figure murmured. "We're rich, my pnrdncr and me, and it won't do him no good." Nor was Mills speaking Idly, for, clutched in tlie rigid lingers of llube, John had discovered a fragment of quartz threaded and bound by wires of virgin gold. Tlie next day Mills was1 in Denver. Ills first visit was to a mining expert somewhat familiar with the district. "Tlio Millennium" said John, pointing over his shoulder in the general direc tion of Iloeky canyon "she's fur sule. The price is two hundred thousatid. Take her or leave her." Next ho took his way to a lawyer, "llraw me up one of them papers," ho said, "makin' over to Susan Campbell, of Missouri, a half interest in the Mil lennium." "What consideration'.'" asked tho man of business. "Consideration? Why, for my pard ner, of course." Necessary explanations followed, and the consideration was plncctl at ten dol lars, which Mills conscientiously took out of tine pocket uud put into another. "It's best to have everything on tlio Bqiittr'," he thought. "Want this recorded?" continued the lawyer, when the dips, spurs and angles had been described witli technical nice ty. "Not fur a spell," replied Mills. "Jest give it to me. An hour later he was on an east-bound train. He reached a little town in Missouri. As he walked the streets, he thought, with n strange thrill of nffectinn, that he was where Uube had been "born and raised." Kvcry villager knew the resi dence of Henry Campbell, and soon Mills was ringing the bell. The door was openetl by a young woman Sue! Mut surely not the Sue of tube's dreams and his own imagluiiigs. She was pret ty, in a careless way, but her wrapper wast begrimed, her slippers, one of which protruded, displaced a hole, ami her hair was in papers. Mills was shocked ami puz.led. The girl said "Uood morning," anil awaited devel opments. "I'm from out west," said the visitor "Colorado." Then, after a pause, conscious of an important omission, lie added: "My name's John Mills." "Colorado," rejoined the young wom an; "I knew a fellow that went out there Uube Jackson. Come in. 1 sup- you'd want to hear about it: Well, I must he giiin'. !ooil-by." Once in tlie street, lie took a paper, from his breast a document of bg.il aspect tore it into miiiutu pieces and -eattered them in the mud of the thor oughfare. "Cod knows." he uiutUinl, "that I tried to bn simar' with mv d.iitU ' ner, but it apjiears Uube didn't leave no 'heirs an' assigns forever.' "I'aw," remarked Susan, that evening, "there was an nw fully funny mnneallnl here to-day. Said he knew llulie .link- son out west." "Didn't know no good of him." re- ' turned the father. "That Jnckvm j piace'II never bring the amount of tho , mortgage." A fe.w days later Mills was In the of- t (lee of the mining expert. "The Milieu- I ilium,'' he began; "take her er leave tier?" ( '"I'nkc her," exclaimed the ex-pert, tryiugto coureal his jubilation. "Here's the papers and your cheek, all ready to sign. Where in tUuuiTer'd you go to." "Jest took a little husi'nuss trip fur my paj-dner," answei?d John .ii.ui Fnincise.o 'Argonaut. A ltrliicdj- tin; IIikI l.aiiKiinKi', An oci'an-going eaptaln wjl's so-luuch given to using bad language that his ties I mate made a bet witli him that he could not- tin "without, svycaving lor'u weelc. . It went oil ail rlgfit for the first fwo or ih roe days, until'ii bit of a Sitinll came on, and tin sailis ere up aloft tloing their tlilVerent dntles. ntit.thelr captain was ttispleaseil with their work. He stood it us long as'lie-eouhl. and tlVeu he-throw liis cap ftn the dock in a lowering ntgo, jumped on if, and, fcjiniv 'lug'-hls list up at the men with an nn-' agry scowl, he .kissed: " "Jlfess" you, uly tfl-ars you know what 1 mean J" Tit Bits. o pose, you want to see paw. Kvcr meU ' PiIl Uube?" She almost laughed. "Uube MS used to think I'd marry him; but. gra- $$& ffl WM$ i mWmmmSSA cious, I never thought of it. Come in. &$ig$S iSfegilSSa Dil 3 ... say you'd me. Uube?'' . $1$$$ "Htm ami n,es pardners," answered ' ifflKW ""s:;,. o, ,,, ,, mmilm a tr.-.,k .,( 11,0k lau-lv. n,Knt 111.. 1,- WiaMKmSJaWlffl-ffia AN ECCENTRIC INVENTOR. WnrUcd In Hcergt or Tlilrty-Klve YcnfK m Perpetual Motion .MnclMue. a'hc sale of the eJTcels of the late JcshC Horn, an eccentric- farmer living in th6 Flntwoods district, will doubt- less attract a very large crowd of the uiu tilings usieti lor me sine m k iti petuul motion machine. For 35 years Horn worked every spare moment on his machine, often working feverishly far into tlie night. He guarded his se cret and Ids machine zealously, keeping it In a stout outhouse, the key to which ROBERT TREAT ill if """H5 SK?.. mK Mr. 1'alne, nominee for governor of At nswachusetts, although but 33 ypnrs of npft;. ftnnds high In the estimation of tho democrnoy of his state. He was born lm Wnltham, educaud at Harvard, and is a lawyer. He belongs to one of tho oldest families In Boston, bis father being of national prominence. In ISC-G ho was one of Mr. ltiyan's stionsest supporters in tho east. At the opening of the Spanish war he raised a volunteer company, but as It was unattached It was not sent to the front. He then joined battery A, First Massachusetts volunteer artillery, and served as a private until mustered out. was never out of his sight for an in- picking up straws, feathers and leaves:-. stant. Not even a member of the fam-1 to make a bed for the invalid. She ac ily was ever permitted to gaze on the coinplislied wonders of dexterous man -precious work of his brain, and lie died agenient in lifting up the featherless with the secret locked in his heart. IJut ' sull'erer and placing it on tlie couch, the machine is advertised to sell ut j Hut the weather was cold at night. The public outcry, and a large number will 1 be attracted to tlie sale. Floyd lias another eccentric old lei-1 a wing over it to Keep it warm, liiepo low, who was for years imbued with the sition must lurve been uncomfortable,, idea that he could invent n Hying ma-1 not to say painful, but M. Milne-Ed-cliine. His name is I'oole, nnd his men- wards never came, at night to sec how lal equipoise is not of tlie best. One day "this feathered sister of charity" was. I'oole got the machine lived to his lik- behaving without finding it with its ing, and, after bidding his wife and wing lovingly extended. The invalid children a solemn farewell, crawled out died. The other bird began to mope,, on the roof of his cabin from the sum- lost appetite, withdrew into a corner,, mit of which he announced that he was drooped and died also. Was it instinct going to fly to Heaven. He launched that prompted it to make a bed and' DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP PICTURED IN FIRE. ftisnurAvvsiA:v.vt. vi vau. , Eswjv.yMfS'.tftar'jflM'Vit.rii r.".tit5'xr: i FTtr.Ti mmwmmm Wmmm j.piii(.iki ..Til r-i . ii'.'F .'a.t ! nrj rcrvi.. c . fc- uur i.t- m it . B"; .rr t. . t ii.r r?rm. u T vi . n mm&msmmmm o- I rr-i., -as--... eETITl-T- - .-.iWiS , Y&-M131 1 . tts'j'jitrir.n i i o i . . . -j. . .wtai -- .vwaji tlie of the most htrlhlnj; ppotnclry of the pjrotccbrle dlsp'.av at Nnv York la Admiul Divvej's horor was a swt p'.ice In imitation ot the tlanshlp O.jmpld. Tho II torl5.s Obmpta was built of a. I kinds of powder and pasteboard, which, at a slKi.al, buist lrto llumo and spaihs, showing tht outline of iht vtssel In colored lirflus. From the deck Issued streams o brlllluiit bomb.-, und "(lower tiots " Vary dilt'ort-nt ludPtti vvab this blazlnu couiutirit in upptarunce from the tt.if blvmpla It itsumbltd rather some of the apaiiUh shipavvlilchvvtic burned by the admiral's lire" himself outward, but, instead of sail- ing off Jlke a bird, I'oole and his ma- eliineviune to terra Hrina like u lump of leml. Asa otmsou,uohe of his- fool - hardiness, i'oole was laid up for three months with a broken leg and other damages. It is only necessary to men tion "Hying machine" in l'oofe's pres ence jiovV'to wild him into a towering Vat,o. . "...Out of tht lli'iiteii Ti'iielc. .. First (iritit, Here's one trace of orig inally it H isy't 11 typographical er ror.. ' 0 .. ,, - 4 " f??coud. Crftie--What'is that? '-First Critic lie'sitys "wide and far"! Jiu-.tfra.ri of"f4l- alitrvvide."i-Hrooklyn Life.- - ' BIRD SISTER OF CHARITY. Affection Manifested liy n Jnvn Spar- row When Itu Gomiinnlnn Wn Mortally Woumletl. Milne-Edwards, director of the Jar din des IMantes In lnris, relates the fol lowing story of two Java sparrows: "They were both hens nnd in the samo aviary witli a parrot, which took a dis like to one of them. One day the pnrrot picked a. quarrel witli one of the spar rows, tore out its feathers and llnally broke its leg with a blow of its beak. The poor little thing could no longer stay on a perch. It lay shivering on tho ground, to the evident grief of the com--pauion bird. She went about the aviary- PAINE, JR. charitable bird placed itself beside thc- one with tlie broken leg, and extended !! . . . firs. . a.- -lidim keep the other bird warm? No.it was. sentiment, and charitable sentiment" guided by reason. That bird was not ; onl.v charitable, but virtuous, and really, 1 deserved the Montvon Trivi TltberciiloNln In tlie (it nn Army." In an article inthe Militn,r Woclien Woehciiblatt it is stated that the num.." ' her of cases of tubere.iilosis in tlieCier mini army has falten". from S.'J per gioHsand.in,lsyn.;oi.tofi.'He.i'.tloiisl.iHil in lS9.s-;po. Tljis decrease is altrilmlcd' ' ' largely to Koi'lis discovery of the bacil lus of tuhcBeijlosls, owiiujf tji which tho diagnosis of the t'lisease is easier, ain't recruits suffering from it are reicetetlj. Lvrlic woulfl oihervvise have passed tho? T tf A r y metiieuu examluatiou, , 0 0 o Oo 0