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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
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IV. IV. RAHUKHH, rulilWinr.
NEMAHA, " - NEBRASKA.
SUCCESS.
At Hip foot of the Hilt ot Endeavor,
O Voun; One, look upwind and neo
The thine of tho irI.o
That OnKzlrx your eyes ,
"With the Klenni of th alary to he.
Vnr up In the clouds Ilko n bcncoii,
Its liiftter llliiinltioB tho world;
And you Htart on your way
At tho dawn of tho day
"With tho Hat' of your purpouc unfurled.
Youth, Hope nnd Ambition nttpml you,
And tho lino of your march Is bestrewn
With the. roues that brlnjr
You tho iniKrauco of r'tprlnR,
While- tho fullncHM of earth seems your
own.
Vp tho sloops of the I f 111 of Endeavor
You battle nnd toll and kocp on
For tho tflltterhiK prize
Tlmt cIuzzIob your eyes
At evo as It did at the dawn.
Its brilliance Is always before yoti
To lighten tho arduous way
That leads to success,
Through striiBKlo nnd stress,
And crown you with laurel and bay.
At tho top of tho Hill of Endeavor,
O Old Ono, look downward and call
To tho bravo and tho truo
Who arc following you
Cod speed iniil good cheer to them all.
William J. Lmnptou, In N. Y. Indepen
dent. Jbli tUAilA.l tll.Jt Jl-11-.ltUlt.jr..a.lL-f tlA4J-tlir
g VERA'S VENTURE
E jl Cap and Apron Wcro Ifo Dcfcnso Acolnst
Cupla'o Arrows.
ltT WILL do It, nun tic. I hnvo quite
J decided, mid nothing shall turn
1110 from tiiy purpose."
"Jlut, my dour, think of wlitit, peo
!!. will Hy."
"Tlmt nmttcru little to me. He
nldcs, no ono will know, ns Knloon
hurst is far uwny from here, nnd I
don't know anybody about therel"
"IJut, Vera, would It not be more in
keeping with your former position if
you Hough t u plueo as a companion or
governess?"
"Aeompnnionl" Bald Vera Wynston,
In a tone of disgust. "Do yon think
that I could tolerate Hiieh a position?
To llvo in anybody's house and be
treated neither as one thing or the
other; not to be considered tho equal
of tho ladies of it, and yet not to be
on a level with tho servants, subject
to all sorts of Insults both from tho
mistress and maids! No, I think that
iny plan is n hotter one."
"Hut, Vera," remonstrated her
mint, "why can you not become a gov
erness?" "1 am not fitted for that, auntie. My
education, although tolerably good, is
not one tlmt would help me that way.
What place would take mo without n
certiilculo?"
Her aunt shook her head; she knew
tlit what Vera said was true. Tho
life of a companion, was hi most cases
not an enviable one, and her educa
tion, although equal to, if not better
than, that, possessed by most girls,
could not now bo turned to account.
And yet, how could she bear that her
little Vera, who had been as her own
child, should go to Falconhurst n a
common servant, an asistant house
maid I
"Hut Vera, had a very Independent
nature, and now that their circum
stances were changed, she resolved
to help herself nnd not bo a burden
on 'her aunt; so when a few days be
fore sho had read an advertisement
in a paper for a housemaid, she had
answered it, and determined to put
aside her feelings and accept it until
Homethlng better should como her
way.
Two weeks later she arrived at Fnl
conhurst and took up her dates. She
had no idea how pretty sho looked in
licr cap and apron, with her hair just
brushed back in pretty little waves
from her forehead. Shu hnd never
been a conceited girl; and although
pcoplo often called her pretty, she
pnlrt llttlo attention to her looks.
And it did not enter her mind to
think that somehow sho looked very
different from most other house
maids; however, she worked with a
will, but tried to keep as much to her
self ns was possible.
Onu evening sho had left cap and
apron behind, and gone for a walk In
n part of the grounds little fre
quented by tho guests or owners of
tho placo, when, as sho turned tho
corner of an avenuu a horse, gallop
ing furiously along, nearly rati over
her. Sho drew quickly aside, trem
bling In every limb. Tho rider quick
ly dismounted, nnd came to her side.
"I hope yon aro not hurt," ho said.
"I had no idea that anyone was about
licro, or would not have ridden so
furiously."
Vera looked up and saw tho fnco of
Leslie Falconer looking down at her
with a puzzled look In his eyes.
"Oh, I am only a Jlttlo frightened!"
sho said.
Leslie Falconer had left homo tho
day nfter sho had arrived, so ho had
not seen her at nil, and now imag
' Ined her to bo a guest of his mother's
whom sho had told him sho intended
taking to spend a few weeks with
her, and who was to nrrivo the day
after ho left.
"You have como to Falconhurst re
cently?" he asked.
"Yes."
"I am Leslie Falconer." And ho
held out his hand, "f am pleased to
sec you at FnleonhurHt at last."
Vera, out of a spirit of mischief,
took the proffered hand.
"Jie evidently mistakes 1110 for
sonic one else," she thought.
So she chatted on to him, because it
was like a glimpse .of tho old life to
her, to be treated as a lady again
after the rough ways of tho servants.
"My mother wrote to tell mo of tho
little dawe she has prepared for this
evening," he said, after a little break
in the conversation. "Won't you keep
a waltz for me?"
Vera slopped in the middle of the
path; they had been walking back to
ward the house. He was leading his
horse. A deep flush spread over her
face.
"J was wrong to have allowed you
to chat to me," she said, "f am only
the housemaid." And hastily turn
ing down a side path, she left him
standing amazed in the middle of thu
avenue.
"Great Scott! Is it possible?
Housemaid or not, though, sho is n
lady, I am sure. And what a nice face
she has not only pretty, but full of
character. I wonder what lias made
her do it?"
Leslie sauntered on to the house,
but all through tho evening he could
not get the pretty housemaid out of
liis mind.
Vera went back to her work on en
tering the house, very much annoyed
with herself.
"I had no right to have forgotten,
even for an instant, the position that
T occupy here. And yet it was so
pleasant to chat to him," she mused.
"It seemed like old times. Ah! shall
I ever haw friends again?"
The next day, as Leslie sat half
asleep In a chair in the library, ho
heard someone moving about t he
room, and, turning round, he saw the
girl who had chatted so pleasantly to
him the day before standing by one
of tho bookshelves. She had been
sent to dust the books, and on seeing
him in tho armchair sho had entered
so softly, hoping to finish her work
before ho awoke, that he had not
heard her before.
"She docs look nice in that cap and
apron," he thought, and yet ho could
"1 AM ONLY Til 13 HOUSEMAID."
not tell why it gave him an uncom
fortable feeling to seo her in them.
"Good morning, Miss " And ho
waited for her to supply the name.
"Good morning," she said, not
noticing the fact that ho evidently
wanted to know her name. "Ho must
suspect that T am not what 1 appear
to be," she thought.
"Have you read that?" ho asked,
pointing to the book in her hand.
"I have," sho answered, but so
stltlly that he resumed his sent and
said no more.
"She evidently does not wish me to
speak to her," he thought, "so that,
unless I want to be a cad, I must not
notice her any more than I would an
other housemaid. Sh j snubbed .00
just now, though. Fancy my being
snubbed by a housemaid!"
Hut somehow It always happened
that the owner of Fnlconhurst want
ed something about tho library just
nt thu time the new housemaid went
on to attend to her duties.
At first he told himself thnt'hc only
wanted to befriend her, as sho seemed
so lonely, and then ho thought that
ho would try and get her something
better to do, "for her position must
bo intolerable," he thought. But as
tho weeks went on he knew that it
was not friendship that made him
seek Vera's society.
And she, what did she feel? At first
sho was very coy, not answering any
questions that ho asked her except in
monosyllables, and never, if she
could help it, keeping up any conver
sation with htm.
Hut after a time she became less
reserved, and grew to look on him ns
a friend, oven acknowledging to him
that she was a lady, but asking him
to keep her secret.
"Hut," hu thought, "I must not bo
too friendly, for It hardily seems tho
thing for the master of Falconhurst
to make a friend of his mother's
housemaid,"
"I lenvo
Good-by I"
to-day, Mr. Falconer.
"Leave, to-dny? Why arc you go
ing?" "For several reasons. You hnvo
been very good to me; thank you for
it."
She turned to go. They were in tho
library. She had just finished her
work, nnd so bade him good-by be
fore sho left the room. Sho found it
impossible to remain at Falconhurst,
for could she nelp it? she had
learned to care for Leslie, who, in
spile of the humble position that sho
had taken up, had always treated her
with as iineh deference aud courtesy
as he did his mother's guests.
"Vera, you shall not gol" hu criqd,
striding after her and taking her
hands. "My darling, do you think
that I would let you leave me llko
this? Llttlo one, don't you know how
1 have learned to love you?"
Jlut one look at her face wan
enough for him to know that sho
loved him even as he loved her.
"Jlut your mother what will sho
say?"
"My dearest, have you not just now
J old me who you really aro? Had I
met you before your aunt's circum
stances changed my mother would
gladly have welcomed you as her
daughter, so why should she not wel
come you now?"
When, an hour later, Mrs. Falconer
came into the library her consterna
tion can be imagined on seeing tho
position of her son nnd housemaid.
"Leslie J" she exclaimed.
"Hush, mother, and let me explain.
Vera lias promised to be my wife."
"Your wife? You to marry a"
jul lie held up his hand.
"Can' you not seo that Vera is not
what sho has pretended bo? She is
just ns well born as we are. She is
Col. Wynston's daughter."
"You, tho daughter of Col. Wyns
ton, of Wynston towers? incredi
ble!"
"It is true!" said Vera.
So Vera's venture ended hnppily
for her; and her husband is wont to
say that he will ever be thankful that
she acted as she did, for it brought
him the happiness of his life. For-get-Me-Not.
M'hen 1'iiftl Lunched Alone,
When Adelina 1'attl laughs the
heartiest it is at the recollection of
her first appearance as Lucin in Lon
don. Sho was very anxious to dress
the part correctly, so she studied her
Walter Scott, and, rinding that Lucia
in tho earlier scenes was described as
wearing a scarlet clonk, she discarded
the traditional pearl-gray silk and tar
tan scarf of the Italian prima donna
and came before her audience in tho
guise of tho original bride. 1'ut tho
audience had accustomed itself to
tradition and did not recognize Luein
in such homely attire. "They didn't
know what I was about!" laughs 1'atti.
"1 do believe they really thought I was
going to play Jiittle lied Hiding Hood,
and was making game of them." Chi
cago llecord-Hurald.
IImi-h .IIiinIu Willie DrnwIiiK Teeth,
Dr. Laborde, of Paris, has communi
cated to the academy of medicine a
method of drawing teeth which is not
only painless but positively pleasant.
One of the objections to the use of
anaesthetics is that in many cases tlio
patient suffers from n terrible species
of nightmare. This is due to the ef
fect of various noises on the brain.
If, however, for ordinary noises,
such as tho sound of trnillc in thu
streets, thu voices of people in tho
room, etc., strains of miudu are substi
tuted, the patient, Instead of the usual
terrifying nightmare, has delightful
dreams.
Dr. Lnborde's invention consists of
two small phonographs, which, fast
ened to the ears, are set in motion just
as the anaesthetic is administered.
fionia to iiuiiii 1,0110,000 ciiMtic.
Howard Gould has completed ar
rangements to erect the finest country
mansion along Long Island sound on
a tract of 1100 acres at Sands Point. It
will be known ns Castle Gould, nnd
will cost close to $1,000,000. The house
will be built of stone and will stand
on an eminence, giving a magnificent
view of the sound for miles. Mr. Gould
has drawn all the plans and will super
Intend the landscape work. Tho
grounds will be laid out in flower gar
dens, and there will be a series of ar
tificial hikes and brooks aud miniature
waterfalls. Thus far 55,000 rare trees
have been set out.
TvleKrupli I'oleit iNut .Needed.
Consul General Gucnther, of Frank
fort, In a report to the department of
state, says that, according to experi
ments conducted by S. .lanssen on
Mont Diane, it is not necessary to erect
poles for stringing telephone and tele
graph wires in snow-covered countries.
Jf the snow is several inches thick it
servesas a good iiibiilutor, the wires can
be laid down and be ready for the trans
mission of messages. The consul gen
eral adds that similar experiments
witli equally favorable results were
made on Mount Aetna.
The Correct Attitude.
Winks See that fellow onabicyflo
all doubled up like a jaekknife?
.links Yes; lie's an pleasure ben';.
N. Y. Weekly.
Prohibition of I'llKrtiuiiKe,
No person will be permitted to make
a pilgrimage to Mecca this season from
any of the, infected portions of India.
SIPHON FOR THE FARM.
Ohio runner Describe One He Una
IIiul In Successful Operation
for Vlu YcnM,
We made it ourselves of three-quarter-inch
gnlvanized pipe witli lead laid
in nil the threads to insure its being
air light. It lifts the 'water 18 to 22
feet perpendicularly from a well and
delivers it into a watering trough
something like 100 yards from and Gi,
feet below, the water level of the
well. It works ns well at 22 feet from
top but not quite as fast as at 18 feet.
Tho one tiling tlmt is indispensable to
siphon water this height is a valve at
A to close and hold water in pipe while
filling. This valve is similar to the
lower valve in a suction pump; just fits
in n three-quiirter-Iiich coupling, and
admits a full stream when open.
The lower end at H is handled as a
feed pipe from storage tank, with a
HEL.IABLE FARM SIPHON.
float valve. Have a plug, C, outside,
to connect with a hose. At the top
have a short piece of pipe bent down
nt either side of the tee, E, B, to in
sure D being the highest point in the
pipe from well to trough. At the up
per hole at D have a piece of pipe, G,
say three feet long, with good-sized
holes at l J' Have the pipe inclosed
as the core to chamber, C, L; cham
ber mnde of heavy copper soldered to
pipe above and below F, F. Have pipe
threads protruding at II so as to con
nect a three-quarter-inch steam vahe
S. This is safer and more convenient
than a plug. Have a bit of threaded
pipe screwed into top of valve, T, with
enough threads, say one inch, protrud
ing to screw on a funnel, 11. Our cham
ber is three feet of three-inch pipe
connected by graduates at 11 and D,
but they are not kept except at the
large plumbing shops and the cham
ber is not as 1 would like. The cham
ber should hold three or four gallons
and then the siphon will run for two
weeks or more with one filling.
To fill siphon, close valve H first,
then fill funnel, 11; next open valve S,
and weight of water in pipe will close
valve A. You ennnot pump air out at
valve S or H. Siphon runs about four
gallons per minute with (', feet head
below water level, with valve H wide
open. llufus 11. Libbey, in Ohio
Farmer.
MAKING A HEDGE FENCE.
StnrtliiK It In Not So Very Hard, Hut
to Keep It Up HctiuIreN .11 null
Cure u ml I.ulinr.
First make the soil in the hedge.
Now fine and mellow to n good depth.
A foot deep is generally better than
a less depth under the plants. It is
preferred to have the plants set on a
slight ridge, four to six inches above
the general level. Good one-year-old
plants are generally preferred to older
ones. These should be root-pruned to
about 10 or 12 inches in length of root,
and the top cut back to about the same
length. Then witli a bright spade open
a space large enough to take ia the
plunt, placing the plant slanting with
the row, nt an angle of about 45 de
grees. This will induce two or more
shoots to start from ench plant, insur
ing a thick base. The plants should be
set about one foot apart in the row.
After being well cultivated the first
season, any that hnve failed to grow
should be replaced with good, stromr
lilnnlo il.i. f rt11...! t "
' "" "i""wng spring, in .Tun
of the second year the young hed
should be cut back to about two fee
uign. a year later cut it to three o
3'j feet, aud the following .!,,
t't. feet, at which height it 'should be
l.i. i.crmnueiuiy. with a sharp cor
knife or piece of a scythe, the neede
clippinglsuulcklvdono. Smi.u,........
clippings a year are needed. Trnv v
Y.) Times. AM-V
Milk crosswise, that is to say, one
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TEMPERATURE OF CREAM.
t'lilea It In Jut Itlwlit CltiirnltiK '
Apt to He it I.nliorloiw n ml
l)l.siljrcenlIe Tiilf.
We frequently nre asked why It
takes so long to churn at times. The
most recent query of this nature is
from a farmer boy of 12 summers. He
docs the churning at home, and ns he
has to manipulate the machine for
hours at a time without bringing the
butter, he wants to know what meas
ures he should adopt to put an end
to such an exasperating task. Our
young dairyman is one among hun
dreds who have the churning to do,
and to all of them we offer a few sug
gestions which we hope they will test
and report on: One of the most com
mon causes of slow churning is in
having the cream too cold. To know
whether it is too cold or too warm one
should provide himself with n dairy
thermometer, which will cost nbout 25
cents. Ordinarily, the maximum tem
perature of cream for churning i
from 53 to GO degrees, the former in
warm and the latter in cold weather.
These temperatures, however, must be
modified to suit other conditions. In
a cold room the crenni must be warmer
than otherwise.
Crenm from different cows and dif
ferent breeds varies with respect to
the churning temperature. Jersey
cream, as a rule, requires a compara
tively high temperature. The char
acter of the feed will modify the prop
er churning temperature. It is said
that excessive feeding of cotton seed
in the south makes a very high churn
ing temperature necessary 70 to 72
degrees being not uncommon. Sweet
cream must be churned at a lower
temperature than that well ripened,
and a rich, heavy cream lower than
n thin cream, other things being equal.
Then the construction of the churn,
speed nnd amount of cream are all fac
tors in determining the churning tem
perature. Another important factor
is the length of time the cow has been
in milk. Crenm from a farrow cow
is harder to churn than that from a
fresh one, and must have a higher tem
perature. Thus it is seen how important it is
to know the temperature of the cream
when it is put into the churn, and one
must know many things about the
cream to be able to intelligently mod
ify the temperature to suit the condi
tions. Farmers' Voice.
SMOOTHING THE SOIL.
Homemade Illellowcr AVlileh Should
AlwiiyH He I'hoiI Hefore Soivlnjc
VcKetuliIe SeedN,
For smoothing the soil before sow
ing cabbage and other seeds, take
two boards, a a, 3xt feet, place ends
together nnd fasten as at ce, with bar
rel staves nailed across tho ends,
which serve ns springs. Across the
center of each board nail two-inch
cleats, b b, to support a six-foot board,
a placed across and nailed to them on
SOIL MELLOWElt.
which to stand when using the imple
ment. Nail a beveled board to tho
under board to make a shoo so tho
edge will ride over the soil. At cen
ter of each cleat, b b, a stout wire
about five feet loi.g is attached, the
other end being fastened to a whifllo
tree. In using, if the driver stands upon
the long board his weight will be suTH
cient to cause tho implement to sink
to the right depth. The field may bo
smoothed the width of the implement.
A field thus smoothed is in tho best of
shape for sowing seed broadcast. A
friend sowed an aero of cabbage seed
broadcast and sold plants from it for
months.-G. L. Shule, in Farm nnd
Home.
THE DAIRY UTENSILS.
To Keep Tliem Clenn ,1 Sweet U
the Klrt n.sNenMitl to the Pro
duction or Coud Hotter.
In keeping dairy utensils clean and
sweet, the best and easiest way is to
first rinse well with cold water, then
wash and scald with plenty of hot
water.
In washing a barrel churn, first rinse
well with cold water, then use plenty
of hot, nnd give several turns of the
churn and drain off. In this way the
churn will be sweet and clean, no cloth
or brush being used.
Some have trouble in cleaning tho
outside corners where the cover goes
on. Pouring hot water directly from
the tea kettle into all the cracks and
corners is an effectual way to destroy
a gernis of dirt. An oilcloth on
wh eh the churn stands when in use,
and aiso wheu wnbh t
venienee.
If there is one place more than an-
ho ni a 7 !'e.rfm el"ness should
1, nam1, il iS ,n th0 dttlri' to1' thero
"oh! so susceptible, to odors and
uncleanlicSS as milk, cream and but
tor.Mrs. Fred C. .rni,.,... ..
and Home.
Snw and ax pmitn.t.
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pastimes in Tasmauiu.