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U' I X t k ," V THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER XV. XV. BANDERS, Publisher. ' NEMAHA, " - " - NEBRASKA. THE' SAFEST SAFETY WrJEEL. '.Life, my boy, Is a bicyclo path, And work is tlio wheel you should rldo If you would mount to the crest of tho hill And coast down tho other side. Just oil tho machine with cheerfulness t And sco that tho parts arc in trim, 'Then straddle tho saddlo and pedul on "With a ready, steady vim. .Don't start with a rush up tho hill of life .TiikL ninlnl it medium Kate: Remember that those who "scorch" at llrst Are likely to finish late. Grasp tho handle bars of tho wheel of work v With a llrm hold not too tight! 'Then Hit up straight, llko a man, and push Push for tho road that's right. "You may wabble n bit, and punctures, too, May cause you to dismount, But plug up tho holes with smiles nnd pluck, They aro the plugs which count. 'There arc other makes of machines than "Work" There's the "Idle," tho "Lazy," tho "Rest" And host of others of tempting style, But the one called "Work" Is best. at's a low gear wheel of homely frame, But It's safo and suro and strong, And tho man who rides It persistently Can. never in life go wrong. ;So straddle (ho Baddlo or "Work," my boy, And push It along with pride, Till you get to tho top of tho hill of life, Then you'll coast down tho other side. Joe Kerr, in, the N. Y. Herald. MMX(J3CKe3 Jt x THE END OF THE PLAY. By Mrs. Poultney Bigclow. NOiJO333X8Ca A CURIOUS play to bring a young girl to, Isn't it? "She doesn't understand; she's n .Haint. All her life she has been in the depths of Cornwall. This is the iirst time she has ever been allowed to stay in London." "Why did you bring her here?" "Because she insisted upon coming to see Airs. Cnlthorpe. Saw her photo in the Burlington Arcade, nnd said .she must sec her piny. Look at her jiow! Isn't she a picture? She's so innocent!" Col". Dashwood, in the back of the box, watched Daphne Brooke, sitting in the front. v lie could understand liow the girl appealed to kind, world ly Lady ltainbury, though he could not imagine why Mr. Brooke had con fided his precious, long-sequestered daughter to a comparative stranger. "Mrs. Calthorpe meant to play something else, rather nicer for the young person," continued Lady ltain bury, in a whisper, "but this thing was substituted at the eleventh hour. Do you think Daphne's shocked?" The girl's eyes, round and clear, with a sort of inner light shining through them, were fixed on the stage. She sat very straight in her youthful white frock, which was un omamentcd save by the young, firm figure which rounded its lines a girl the sight of whom recalled every liaekneycd simile of May buds, spring, dawn every synonym for freshness, health, purity. Mrs. Calthorpe was going through n scene with her lover, the usual lover of the usual married woman of the usual French play. She was the par tial wreck of a beautiful society wom an. Fifteen years ago she had tired of her husband and left him. She was stage mad, and tho one inde structible article of her creed was failli in her own genius. She was her own sole worshiper, though not her only flatterer. She did not go alone. An nctor high enough in his art to have known better undertook to launch her. A prince smiled upon her first professional nppenrunce, nnd the public, unfortunately, smiled, too. She had kicked away her world, and the other one which she wished to conquer was not at her feet. Her companion, who had the face of a Spriest and the reputation of a lady- luller, was still faithful. There were lean years which sowed white hairs an Marion Calthorpe's gorgeouB -tresses, and drew anxious lines in what was once the lovliest brow in "London. Dye, grease-paint, facial massage, glossed over the damage for n time. The soft, rose-tinted face "became the wooden, haggard, thickly roughed countenance now known to ploy-goers; but the ilgure kept its litheness, the manner still told of breeding. And now Daphne Brooke was in a theater, two-thirds full of "paper" and one-third of people who came to see "Worth gowns, and to gloat uprin the changes wrought by the lean years. There was something about the ne--trcss which made the young girl wan), to cry. It was not only that, the part wemed to her foolith and wicked and dull; there was a tragedy in the great eyeu deeply underlined with black. "How icrnble," thought Daphne, "If she whs BOino one's mother 1" She herself hod never known her mother; she did not even possess n picture of her. Her father did not encourage her to talk about hen HIb grief wos still too freHh. When, the act wan over Daphne turned to Col. Dashwood. "Can you tell me nbout Mrs. Cal thorpe?" she nsked, wistfully. "Is she married to the man who acts with her?" "A no," said the colonel. "No; he is her lending man, you understand. A theatrical expression, you know." "I don't like him. I'm sorry for her," said Daphne, simply. "Arc most plays like this?" "Certainly not," said the coloncl. "Few are so dull or immoral." "It is immoral," said Daphne, thoughtfully. "It isn't n nice idea that a married woman can talk like that to a man" She blushed u little, afraid of having meddled with sub jects beyond her knowledge. "Isn't she delicious!" murmured Lady ltainbury. "You don't see gowns like that at the Land's End, do you, Daphne?" she ndded, In n higher key. "Oh, no!" wild Daphne, seriously. "They are very wonderful. Has Mrs. Cnlthorpu n daughter?" "I'm sure I don't know. She's been playing about for years, apparently without any ties. Do you know any thing nbout her?" asked Lady ltain bury. "Nothing to speak of," said Col. Dashwood, conscious double entente. "I'm just home from India, you know." There was a knock nt the door of the box. The colonel rose nnd opened it. There was a whispered colloquy. Thdn he returned and said: "Lady Bolnbury, your nephew Bertie is here. He begs you to go to th6 door for a minute." "Impertinent, boy! Why rnn't he come in?" soid Lady ltainbury. But she rose good-naturedly as she spoke. Daphne felt a draft on her back, and heard voices at the dobr, but she did not concern herself with them. There was a smothered ex clamation. "Heavens! Whnt have I done? How could I know?" A few inarticulate sentences, and then the door shut and Lady ltainbury re turned. She looked curiously shaken. "My dear," she said, her usual man ner quite gone, "shall we go home? It's rather dull; don't you think so?" Daphne looked surprised. "If you like, Lady ltainbury," she said, sub missively, though she was disap pointed. "That's right, dear. Where are the wraps?" Colonel Dashwood half rose, with an inquiring glance. At that moment the curtain rose. Mrs. Calthorpe was on the stage. Daphne paused, as if fascinated; the actress was looking nt her. She was gorgeous in black velvet, and diamonds, with great bunches of violets ut her breast and in her hair. As she spoke her opening ' lines, and stepped forward, a change came over her face, a. haggard, drawn look, and a dozed expression in the eyes. She stumbled, swayed and fell. In an instant the curtain was wrung down. Daphne leaned far out of the box, with her hands clasped. "Oh!" she almost sobbed, "is she ill? Is she dead?" ' Lady ltainbury drew her gently away. As they left the theater a man came before the eurtnin nnd told the audience that Mrs. Calthorpe wus too ill to proceed. Next morning the papers contained a paragraph to the effect that Mrs. Calthorpe was ill at her hotel. Daphne read the address and noted it. In the afternoon Lady ltainbury left her for an hour; she wos expecting Mr. Brooke at tea-time. Without losing a minute Daphne stole down-stairs in. jacket and hat, and softly left the house, hailed the first cab she saw, and drove to the hotel. She had never been out alone in town in her life, nnd was full of tremors and vague alarms. She paid the cabman a shilling too much rallied all her forces, and entered tho hotel. It was a quiet one in a rather unfashionable quarter. She crave the attendant a card on which she had written in her childish hand, "Daphne Brooke begs Mrs. Calthorpe to.see her if she is not too ill." Then she snt down to wait. While the man was gone with the card she sat in a chill of trepidation. Soon he returned and ushered her up stairs. The door of the room wns opened by u moid, who immediately withdrew. On the sofa by the fire wos Mrs. Calthorpe, a mass of white tea-gown, with a hollow, unpointed face. The face quivered when Daphne came in. "Oh, are you better?" asked the young girl, eagerly, taking the thin hand which was extended. "Yes, dear," said the actress. "How kind of you to come! What made you think of it.?" "I knew it. was all wrong to come," said Daphne, with the divine candor of a child, "but I couldn't help it! I did so want to soy things " "What things? Sit down here and say them. Who wos that with you lost night? I saw you in tho box." "Lady ltainbury. Father and I met! her lost summer, nnd she begged htm to let me hnvc n week in town." "And she brought you to see mo? Wlf did she do that?" "Because I saw your picture in the window the one in' the big black hat and 1 wanted so to see you! 1 never wanted anything so much, .1 think." "Tho play was not u favorite of mine." said the actress, a little 'un easily; "1 do much better ones than that." It seemed to Daphne that Mrs. Cal thorpe was quite feverishly glad to see her. "Did Lndy ltainbury say that you might come?" "Oh, no! She went out and father is coming nt tea-time to fetch me but I slipped out without asking. Pojrhaps it was wrong, but I couldn't, keep away! You seemed to be pull ing me, pulling me all night in my dreams. Isn't it curious a stranger like you? And I was miserable when you fell. What was it?" "A fainting fit I have them some times. It was sweet nnd dear of you to come! What were tho 'things' you wanted to say?" "I don't know how to tell you only somehow 1 wondered whether you were happy but I suppose you are. It is n very brilliant life, isn't it on the stage with those dresses nnd dia monds and all the applause? You must bo happy." "Not always; there is another side." Her voice sounded tired nnd bitter to Daphne. "Did you ever have n daughter?" asked the girl. Marion Caltliorpe's mouth quivered. It was pule to-day. "Yes," she said, "I had a daughter." "Is she living? Is she good and pretty?" "Yes living, good and pretty." "1 am so glad! Sho will come to you, won't she?" "Yes; she has come to me." "I'm glad. That makes me so much happier. It is strange of me to say these things. Are you angry with me? Are you? But I so hated the play and thnt man your 'leading rami,' Colonel Dashwood called him; but perhaps he is your friend?" "No," said Marion, thoughtfully; "I think he is my enemy." "Why don't you leave him?" "I think it is too late," she said, wearily. "Oh, no, it isn't! I will ask papn to let you come down to us to Corn- wall, where the air is delicious, and one is so peaceful and happy and never hears anything disagreeable. There jything disagreeable are so many horrid things in the world thnt I do not know about yet L know they're horrid! I looked nt you last night, and I thought you were unhappy it was in your eyes -and when you fell I wanted to jump onto the stage and 'carry you off to Cornwall." "I am unhappy, dear, but it will- not be for long." ' "Something will make you happy? I'm so glod!" "I shull rest by and by, nnd that will moke me happy. You believe in God, don't you, Daphne? And yau pruy?" "Of course, Mrs. Calthorpe! How can any one not believe when he is so gnod?" . "He is so good!" repeated Marion, closing her eyes. Presently she opened them. Daphne, you must not stay here long. You must go back to your friends; but I wont you to kiss me I want you to kiss me to soy some thing for me to remember until I go away to rest." The girl came closer. "Oh, I wont you to come to us! I don't know why, but I think father would do you good; he is so g6od am deor though ho is very sod, because he lost mother years ago. What shall I say to you?" "Something, oh, something for me to think of!" wos the woiling cry. "Oh, God, something to help me!" Slow, tragic drops gathered in the actress' eyes. Duphno threw her arms around her, kneeling beside, her. "Think," she said, "that God loves you, and that your daughter loves you, and that you are soon going away to rest." The door opened ns hey ,wcre pressed to each other's heart. A tall man stood in the room. Daphne sprang toward him. "Oh, father," she cried, "I'm so glad you've come!" Then sho sow how stern he wns. "Don't be vexed, fa ther. I came quite safely." "Marlon," said Brooke, "you have broken your promise." He was speak ing to Mrs. Calthorpe, not to his daughter. "It wa8 too strong a temptation. Oh, Harry, forgive me! I hove not been too happy," hhe cried, wearily; "and I am dying." "Come, Daphne. Do you know this lady "She knows nothing she come like an angel." Mr. Brooke took his daughter's hunt! nnd led her to the door. "Oh!" cried Daphne, os they left the room, "shall we never see her atrain?" "Never again," he answcretl. vo man's Homo Companion. auuiiK RAINS FALL. Eiutorn Kammn VUltori by Korreiihlnff Shower TSat Mny Aid l.nto Corn 8eo- retuiy Coburn Kiithunlastlo. Topckn, Kan. July 18. The rain that have fallen In Kansas Tuesday ..... ..u iwwmiy iiuvu 1ut....jr ZnnnV IT' y,?n C ?'" 000,000 bushels and the yield may be even greater. The state is under tho Influence of a low barometric condi tion and more rain is expected. Secretary Coburn, of ' the Kansas board of agriculture, is enthusiastic over tho result of the rnln. Mr. Co burn has been optimistic as to tho ultimate outcome of the drought, saying there was not tho lehst cause for alarm, oh Kansas could well take care of herself. Ho is HUre that tho corn yield will reach nt least, half a crop if ihc present vcry faVdr'ablo weather conditions continue. It ul ii In Control' MlMonrl. Columbia, Mo., July 18. Itain hn been falling in Columbia and through out Boone county since three o'clock yestcrduy afternoon. It has not reached rufllclcnt depth to be of much ovnil to crops, owing to the remnrk nbly dry condition of tho ground, but more is expected and the end of the drought seems near. The nuthoritieB at the government experimental sta tion hero now take a hopeful view of the situation. Jtitln In tho Oznrk lleglon. Dixon, Mo., July 18. At last rain has come nnd the indications arc that the long drought of nearly 13 weeks' duration in tho Ozark country hiifl been broken. Wlthln'the last 24 hours good showers have fallen in all of the counties of soutji central Missouri and brought nt lenst temporary relief from the distressing conditions. PHILIPPINE NEWS. Gen. Corbln, Sternberg nnd Weston Ar rive nt Mntilln Tho Charge Against Capt. Jtournn Not l'rovert. Mnnilu, July 18. Adjt. Gen. Corbln, Surgeon, General Sternberg nnd Gen. John F. Weston, of the subsistence department, will be tendered recep tions nt the headquarters in Manila of the division nnd department com manders and their stafTs. Gen. Cor bin explained to tho correspondent of tho Associated press that the chief purposes of his visit to tho Philip pines were to get in better touch with the details of the situation and ' to further the desire of the ndminis- tration for greater economy in tho . army of the Philippines. Investigation into tho case of Cnpt. Andrew S. Bowan, of the Nineteenth infantry, charged with burning a town upon the island of Bohol, failed to prove Capt. Bowan had ordered the town to be burned. The responsi bility for the destruction of the town has not yet been fixed. OFF FOR THE NORTH POLE. The nnlftwlu-Zleglor Expedition Weighed Anchor Taetriuy Night for Their Jour ney to tho Arctic lleglaiii. Tromsoe, Norway, July 18. Short ly before midnight Tuesday night tho ships of the Baldwln-Ziegler Arctic expedition weighed anchor nnd with the stars and stripes nnd Norwegian flags at their masts steamed off to the north. As they left the harbor the orewu of the other vessels there gave tluj cxepetlition a porting cheer. Evelyn B. Baldwin, chief of the ex pedition, wns in excellent spirits. His last words to a representative of the Associated press were that he hod lit tle doubt of reaching the north pole. The America will proceed first to Archangel, in ltussin, and then return to the island of Vordoe, off the const of Norway, whence the final departure for Franz Josef Land will be mode. Touching at Houningsvaag, the America and the Belglcn will pick up the Frithjof, and all three vcbscIs will proceed northward together. ROOT AT FORT LEAVENWORTH Secretary of Wiir Itecelved with Military Honor Upon IIIh Arrival There to IiiHpcot the IlnrrucbH. Leavenworth, Kan., July 18. Sccre tory of War 12111m Boot nrrk'ed nt Fort Leavenworth Wednesday on a tour of .inspection. The secretary was received with a salute of guns. The troops of the 1art, half in the army blue and half in khaki, were nligned under arms near tile Grant Monument ns the secretary and cor tege pnsbed in review. .Tnlwuoii KiiIhoh Hiinnn' Aftswxment. Cleveland, O., July 18. Tho city hoard of equalization, nt the request fo Mayor Tom L. Johnson, raised the tax valuation of the Little Consoli dated street railroad, Senator Hon no's property, from !G27,708.73 to $0, 2:13,800, a straight raise of $5,005,001. 27. Banna's attorney gave notice oi appeal. Captured n Filipino Town. Manila, July 18. Limit. Patrick A Connolly, of the Twenty-first regi. ment, who was sent with 20 men to recapture the Americans taken pris qners in Mindoro, attacked the town of Calapan, nnd a score of nntives were killed and the town was partly burned befora it surrendered. FIRE AT MARSHALL, MO. A Whole lllnck Humeri nnd tho Jail Saved with Diniculty t.o Hahl to lln S1OO.O00. Marsh nil, Mo., July 18. Tho most destructive fire Marshall ever had oc- currcu - yesterday. A whole block burned and the loss amounts to bout $100 Q00 T, flrc , , basement pf tho New York store, tho largest dry goods establishment in tho city, situated on tho southenst corner of the square, nt 10:30 yester day morning, nnd it burned until nbout two o'clock In the afternoon, when itWOB put to an end by n heavy shower of rain, which lasted about 40 minutes. The block consisted of tho New York store, n largo two-story double store and three stores cost of it, 1. II. Beo's implement store, G. N. Hanson's carpet store and Fred ' Link's grocery store, all of which were burned. The next building cast, was tho jail, which was wived with difficulty. IN. FEMALE DISGUISE. A. Sinn Named Hear, Wanted In Tonn fa Murder, War Teaohlntr Hehool In Ar- kunmia nil n Woman. Little Bock, Ark., July 18. A rc morknblo story comes from tho King's river country, in Modlson coun ty, of a coso that is sure to become famous in criminal annals. A Texan detective arrived and placed under ar rest n supposed young lady, who had been teaching n privato school In tho neighborhood for some time, nbout. five miles south of Huntsvillc, tho county scot. The people, of the com munity were nstounded when the rev- clntion was made that the school teacher was a man in disguise; that his nnme was Sears, and that ho wnn wanted In Texas on a charge of mur der committed seven years ngo. Ho was a most engaging person, and tho young men of the community had got ten up a great rivalry on his account. TO BE REMOVED. Tho National Headquarters of tho Domo- cratlc l'urty to lln Talien from Chicago to Wimlilnuton. St. Louis, July 18. A special to tho Itepublic from Washington says: It is announced on good authority that tho national headquarters of tho democratic party will be removed hero from Chicago about September 1. Tho move has been under con sideration for several months and it hns finally been decided that the na tional committee can do more effect ive work nt tho seat of government, especially when congress is in ses sion. fit eel Combine Never to Yield. New York, July 18. Capital, as rep resented by the $1,000,000,000 steel cor poration, has accepted the opportunity for n finish 'fight with lnbr, the or ganization of mill employes, and tho present strike is to be mode the flnnl test of strength. No compromise nnd no conference with the men until tho Amalgamated association of iron, steel and tin workers recedes from its position-is the decision of the United States Steel corporation. Gen. Itutterlleld IHu. I'oughkeepsie, N. Y, July 18. Gen. Daniel Butterficld died ut his home, Crogside, at Cold Spring, at 8:30 lost night. He had been in very poor health for a year or mora and lmn been in a condition of Bcnil-paralysia for some time. He leaves a widow, but no children. About 15 years ago he married the widow of Frederick James, of Cold Spying, nnd she sur vives him. Oklahoma Demoeriitu Aotlvo. . 121 Bono, Ok., July 18. Tho democ racy of Oklahoma has made its plans for capturing the county municipal orgnubiitionH in the new country. A lorge number of democrats will go from old Oklahoma to tho new coun try to engage in business nnd at tho same time to do their utmost to mold an nnti-republican sentiment. Fraternal Itnlhtlntc nt 8t. T.onl. Cambridge Springs, Pa., July 18. The Associated Fraternities of Amer ica, in session here, decided to con struct a fraternal building on the St. Louis world's fair grounds. Tho building will consist of 70 rooms, each 24 by 42 feet, one of which will be assigned to each society assisting In the erection of tho buildings. Visited HnloonH ut .Topllu. Joplin, Mo., July 18. After her lecture Qiero lost night Mrs. Corrlo Natlqn visited several saloons, forc ing the proprietors to take down pictures of .nude women. She was accompanied everywhere by a crowd of 1,000 people, but did nothing ex cept to talk in a good-humored mnn- ner to the saloon keepers. She Drew 111m Money nml I.clt. Kansas City, Mo., July 18. Malcolm Ullborg, a tailor who works for Bier smith & Merrill, went to n picnic last Monday. While ho was gone his wife went to the bank and drew $300, all but $25 of hlB savings, and left for parts unknown. Her husband has urn yet found no trace of her. M l iA..V ', ,' v y.jn tf.."y