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W. W. HANDKItS, t'ublUlier.
NEMAHA, - - - NEBBASKA.
REMEMBERING THE DEAD.
On tho otlior sido of tho Btrcnm
Tlmt HtcnlM by thlB earthly shore.
I know Unit our loved ouch love ub Btlll,
Just iih they loved of yoro.
Tlicy curry tin In their thoniflitu,
Thoy Hpcnk of um when they meet,
.And over and over tho troth of old
Utiles with them warm and sweot.
O patient and ronnlimt dead,
Whom bo easily wo put hy,
Who fade away from our InmoHt thoughts
Ah tho stars fade out of tho Hlcyl
Wo ptt them bo far away,
Wo hldo them ho deep with pod;
Wo think of them Hiiatehed to 'tho
thcHt Hlar
Abhooii uh they'ro tinder tho nod.
far-
Ah mcl It Ih pitiful ho,
Dear lovers, mo leal and near,
Aye. proHHlnu your faces lumlnnt the pates
Of our heart h and wo will not heart
O, friend, when our saluted dead
1'ftHH over that titiHeon line,
They fly not far, to a forelun land,
They dwell In your land and mine.
A land that no flro can burn,
No clement sweep away,
, Tho dear loni? homo of Immortal love,
Clod's country and outh for nyol
So, draw them clowor there,
, Ah of old time, hand in hand.
Hod meant wo Hhould walk through llfo
and death,
Tn IjOVo'h Immortal land.
JamcH Ituckham, In CoiiBrcKutlonullst.
SXSX2)GXiXi
Friends Ever. 1
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SXX5X3
THEY had been friends from boy
hood, and possessed tlio snnio
law! es and inclinations concerning
both play-and study. When tho col
lege days dawned upon tlio horizon
tho Himic old spirit, of friendliness
manifested Hnclf; they ohoso tho
tmiuc profession, medicine, and were,
Tenter friends than ever In the close
rivalry of ambition.
In college they were known as "The
Twins," though they were wholly dis
Hlmilar as to appearance, Htiiture or
complexion. Henry Morse was short,
Btoutly built, with bluo eyes, crisp
ly curling, light hair, and u -mouth
as aweot und tender us n womnn's.
John Findlny was tall and slender,
with dark hair and eyes tho latter
deep set and searching and a mouth
about whoso corners the lines of a
llxedness of purpose even thus early
were drawn.
The college days are over, and we
find them both attached to St. Mark's
hospital, working side by side; ready
for tho ambulance cnll, to rattle uway
over tho pavements of the city to
udmlnister aid to tho unfortunate
bruised und broken; or wo find them
together by tho sido of the dying,
quick to smooth tho pillow or receive
Iho fluttering pressure of tho en
feebled flngera of the "passer on."
"This fair Canadian nurso who re
cently came to St. Mark's seems a
self-possessed sort of a person," snld
Henry Morse, looking nrms-wlth his
friend as the pair passed down the
gravel walk leading to tho hospital
steps. Hut John Fiutllny was not in
ii communicative mood, and he did
not Immediately respond. Ho had a
habit of pushing one end of his thin,
Inky mustache Into tho corner of his
mouth with his linger. Ho is doing
it now; and It always gave tho other
u. chill to see him do it, for Henry
disliked habits of the sort.
All hospital grounds, ilowers, walks
and embellishments in tho way of
landscape gardening look still'. They
mean to bo alleviating to the ill ones,
charming to tho eye; but they never
are, for they bear too closely the
marks of precision, soldierly care;
and instead of appearing natural,
tlicy Bcem surrounded with too much
red tape. Every llower, tree or shrub
growing upon hospital grounds has
tho sign of tho red tape drawn about
them. Even the fountain that, tinkles
In tho mellow, hushed air of the place
plays tho rhythm of rotation upon
tho eardrums of the afflicted behind
those, stone walls. J have been told
by many who have been "so placed
that tho sound of thunder, the rum
bling of u train of cars or tho roar
of cannons was more soothing than
the tinkling of the placidly plashing
fountain.
After t)io pair reached the thor
oughfare leading to their quarters,
situated but. a short, distance away,
Flndlay finally found his tongue, and
RSkcd : -
"Whoso name did you lnintjon?"
"Well, you must bo pretty deeply in
'it, old man. I did not mention any
one's name," said Morse, withdrawing
his arm.
"Hut you were speaking of some
one ns we passed through the
grounds." -y
"Then it has just struck; you? I was
simply sayjng that tho fair Canadian
nurso scorned to bo u self-possessed
sort'of person. That's all."
"By tho wpy,,eho te not fair; uud
how in sho different from the rest,
Henry V"
"I mean hy fair she Is oh, well,
charming, pleading and pretty. She
seems to know how to do things with
out asking. Site is ready without urg
ing. Sho has good nerve, too. Why,
bIio did up the smashed leg of that
poor fellow who was brought in day
before yesterday, before I cume, in a
manner to equal anything of the sort
I ever saw."
"Humph! that's what she is at St.
Mark's for to learn how to do
things. As for beauty and all that
Hort of thing, 1 "
"Well, what, John?" asked the
other, as the tall, slender fellow lift
ed his hand to apply tho latch key.
Tho other hand was busy with the
mustache, .pushing one end of it out
of sight. Henry Morso gave a little
shiver of dislike, and Flndlay said, as
ho pushed open the door:
"She may not be charming at all
without her hospital garb. Come, let
us go In; drop nurses and such trash."
He led tho way up tho wldo stairs,
and tho two were soon settled for tho
night in their suite of rooms.
When they appeared at the hospital
tho next morning they were asked to
step into tlio ofllce where "Old Ice,"
tho pet name bestowed by tho young
fellows upon Boger Thorn, M. D., tho
best surgeon in tho city, was await
ing them. Ah, many a poor fellow's
death warrant had been drawn up in
that square, compact little niche of
St. Marie's i And many a bold and In
tricate case had also been solved
therein by the thick-limbed and
sandy-headed man who is sitting in
the big, leather-cushioned chair drum
ming upon the window sill with those
long, blunted lingers. "Old Ice" is
cool at ail times or at least his
fingers art, and those same fingers
have guided tho keen knife within a
tissue's breadth of many a jugular
vein, or have searched for many a hid
den ill among bone and muscle..
"Good morning, gentlemen; sit
down; I want to tell you something,"
uttered the celebrated surgeon, in his
peculiar, jerky words. After the two
were seated, he turned around square
ly and asked:
"Hither of you want to die? Ha,
hal Good joke, that stop! Don't
say a word until T get through. I'm
not much of a talker; I like to finish
what I've got to say before the other
chap begins, though. Some men are
born soldiers, and do not know what
fear means. Others acquire bravery
after much practice. Was n timid
young thing myself once. Got all
over that with a few exceptions here
and there. Tho ease I'll mention is
ono of tho exceptions. Candidly, T
am timid about It.' Wish people
would have some other sort of ills if
they must be sick. This case I do not
like. It makes mo timid, as I said.
I'm ns cowardly as a child before a
bulldog now."
If "Old lee" felt as he said he did.
he failed to show any signs of it in
tlio slightest. Ho looked as rendy to
perform a great piece of work as he
ever did.. John Flndlay, who could
contain himself no longer, ventured
to say:
"Will you please enlighten us con
cerning tho case, cloctor?"
"in u moment. First, you nro both
sure you do not want to die?"
"You arc joklng,my dear sir," said
Henry Morse.
"I joking? You must be mad, sir!
I never joke. I may play jokes with
nerves, bones, muscles and such; but
what is commonly called joking I
never indulge lu tho foolish practice.
To come right clown to tho facts of
the case, F will simply say that I am
about fo take a. great, a very great
risk. 1 am obliged to call upon my
young men to take the same risk "
"Doctor, we aie at your service,"
broke in Flndlay. And Morse nodded
approvingly.
"Ah! that's the sort of spirit I like
to see in my young men," said "Old
Ice," good uaturcdly. Then fixing his
deej), hazel eyes upon the face of
John Findley, raised his hand' and
punctuated the air wth his long fore
finger as he spoke: "It is an easy mat
ter, -young men, to remove a limb or
sew and plaster n wound; nothing
easier in our line in the world. Hut
when a surgeon fakes his life in his
own hands and attempts fo heal a
poor mortal of a fatal infliction, and is
liable, ion. chances- against the rest, to
incur himself a fatal infliction, how
about It, 'eh?" The sandy fringe of
hair seemed to be bristling about that
grand old head that had bent low
over many a serious cose in its time.
Henry Morse began to feel as though
he was wholly ignored, for the sur
geon kepi his clear eyes fixed upon
Findiey's face. And, then Henry grew
nervous as his friend began to push
thai inky slip of mustache out of sight
with his fingers.
'"Well, doctor, what is the case?"
asked Flndlay, without glancing nt
his bosom friend, who was bending
eagerly forward, with a rosy fliiRh
spread over his fair face.
"Putrescent abscess of the liver."
John Flndlay quit gnawing his mus
tache; he straightened up In his chair
and looked for a brief instance into
those clear, hazel eyes fixed upon liiin.
Then he rose and said, hesitatingly:
"Dr. Thorn, I am very sorry to auy
thnt we do not caro to assist you in
the ense "
"You mean yourself not I," broke
in a sweet toned voice.
"Eh? You why bless my stars!"
broke from the surgeon, as ho gazed
at the fair speaker.
"My friend is only Joking?' Come,
Henry, let us go." Flndlay went to
the door and laid his hand upon the
brass knob. He opened the door and
stood for n brief instant upon the
threshold, nn though waiting for his
friend to depart with him. Ho only
sat there, smiling back at the hazel
eyes of the snndy-nended man who was
looking at him in astonishment. The
door opened and closed, and the sur
geon of St. Mark's and the student
were alone.
"I thought he had tho most nerve,"
said tho surgeon.
"So did I."
"I had picked h'm out from among
the entire lot of young fellows to
help me in this i flair. Well, I was"
mistaken."
"So wuh I."
"And you will join me in this case,
young man?" ,
"With tho greatest pleasure in all
the. world, doctor" A pair of hands
clasped there in the little square room
where many a life or death verdict had
been pronounced. Tho young man
received his instructions as to the
hour of operation and then he left
the room, went out where the flowers
nodded, and when: a pretty girl
dressed in tho uniform of the St
Mark's nurses stood by the sido of the
tinkling fountain tinder the elms.
What passed between tho pretty
Canadian nurse and tlio young medi
cal student is of small import to us;
but n look of surprise, ' followed by
ono of anxiety, piiiiio upon hor face
when Henry Morse responded to the
question she asked. She turned her
face away from his, and looked down
at tho gold-fish darting hither and
thither in tlio shaded pool at her
feet. Ho asked her a question, but
she did not answer; she continued to
look down, drew in slightly her under
lip, and gave a dainty shrug of her
shoulders. When she lifted her face
again, he was at the gate. Then she
murmured:
"Ho is grand, but L thought the
other was the strong, brave one of
tho pair."
The dny passed, and the subject of
tho operation to be performed upon
tho following morning was never
mentioned between the two friends.
Once, only once, Morse turned his
eyes toward the dark face bending
over a book. Tho black eyes were
fixed upon the pnge, and the fingers
of one hand were crowding the inky
mustache out of sight. And when
they parted to' retire, Henry Morse
held out his hnnd before going to
his chamber, saying:
"Shake, old boy. Recollect, we are
friends, ever."
"Friends, ever," echoed Flndlay, as
he took the warm palm between his
chill fingers.
"Good-night, John, my friend."
"Good-night."
The door between the long, wide,
waiting-room and tho operating room
opened), and "Old Ice," leaning heav
ily upon the arm of the fair-faced
young student, emerged from it. The
hazel eyes were not ns bright, as
usual, vand the generally ruddy face
of the great surgeon was ashen. He
was helped into his ofllce, where he
took a glass of wine, after which he
seemed to recover-some of his old-time
spirits. He left the hospital after
wards and insido of ten days was a
dead man. The cause of tho old sur
geno's death was pronounced to be
blood-poisoning.
Upon the evening of the day of the
surgeon's funeral, Henry Morse was
taken to St. Mark's ill, weak," nerve
less. "There seems to bo something
wrong with the boy," said Flndlay,
after his friend had been placed upon
one of the snowy cots, in a cool, quiet
room.
A white hand was laid upon the
sick man's brow. Flndlay turned to
meet the calm gaze of. the Canadian
nurse.
"Yes it is now a struggle between
life and death. I pray God I will win,"
she said, softly.
"You?"
"Yes, I shall be his nurse."
"There are others who can nurse
him."
"There Is no one but myself who can
do so much for him," said tho sweet,
low. voice of tho fair girl.
"Why you, morn thnn any other
nurse?"
"That, no one but he has u right to
ask," replied she;, as she pointed to
ward tho face upon the pillow.
And then commenced the grout bat
flu for tho mastery. Medical science
said tho bravo young fellow should
die. Close, careful and skilled nurs
ing, backed up by youth ami man
hood that had never known vany
111, said he should not die. livery
change, no matter how slight, was
watched by his friend, John Flndlay,
who seemed to bo always by the sick
niau'H bedside.
The fair nurso never left the bed
sido until Flndlay went out for his
meals or to snatch a few moments of
sleep. -
It in midnight, nnd the crisis m ...
hand. Tho faee upon the pillow is
livid. Tlio blue lips arc drawn back,
and the white teeth gleam in tho
shaded light. By the side of the bed
sltn the young student, Flndlay, hold
ing the feverish hand of his friend.
The tinkling of the fountdiKfalla upon
his ears. The rattling of wheels
over the pavement comes from tho
distance. The sleeve of the sick man's
robe is pushed back, and the arm
with the turgid reins is disclosed. Tho
small figure in hospital garb stands
with back turned to Findlny. A long,
lean finger produces from the vest
pocket something that glitters in the
light. A enrcful hand guides the ob
ject to the thick part of the forearm,
and then like a phantom, ns quick
and as noiseless a small figure leans
over the bed and pushes one slender
whlto hand between the instrument's
keen point and the bared arm. A pair
of black eyes are raised to the now
livid face of Findlny, and a pair of
tightly-drawn lips huskily whisper:
"jjo it, coward I You dare not!"
Tho instrument is withdrawn, and
John Findlny leans back and begins to
push his inky mustnche out of sight.
Again, the figure of the nurse stand
ing upright, nnd with arms folded
ncorss the breast, and a pair of
searching eyes penetrato to the in
nermost heart of the false friend.
The sick man stirs uneasily, the lips
part, and upon tho quiet air of tho
room there falls softly, slowly:
"Friends c-evcr."
, The nurse laid her cool hnnd upon
the forehead, and gave a sigh ns of sat
isfaction. The brow was no longer
hot ami feverish. It was cool to
the touch.
"Go, please; I can attend to him
now without your help," she said.
Findlny rose, gnvo one glance nt
the sick man's face, and then left the
room, fussing with his mustacho in
tho old, tiresome manner.
Up In the Canadian woods, where
Henry Morse went, with the fair crirl
ho married, he found hcnlth rapidly.
Once only once he asked her why
his friend Flndlay had left him so
suddenly. His wife shrugged her
shoulders, nnd said nothing.
"I had an idea, dear, that he
fancied you."
"I did nqt fancy him."
"John is queer but he nnd I are
to lie friends ever."
Hut tho two were destined never to
meet again upon this world. Good
Literature.
CAPTURED BY AN OSTRICH.
The Feathered Illpcd TniiKht a I.e-
moii to the Conceited Gnardn-
Mnn.
A gunrdsman in the reserve of offi
cers, who is better known for his
swagger than for his brains, had an
unfortunate experience in South
Africa, says tho London Express.
Ho was stationed about 100 miles
from Cape Town at a remount; depot.
One morning a farmer stopped him
as he was taking a constitutional and
warned him against crossing an in
closuro contninig a cock ostrich, which
had become bad-tempered. The
guardsman said that no ostrich ever
hatched would turn him out of his
way and went on unmoved.
As he had not returned homo four
hours afterward his brother officers
were alarmed and sent out search par
ties. What was their surprise to dis
cover him lying on his back unhurt,
with a cock ostrich sitting on his
chest.
Tho bird had knocked him down
each time he had tried to rise, but
could not hurt him while he lay on
his back. Yet leave his enemy he de
clined to do nnd threforo sat quietly
upon him until driven off by the res
cue party.
Whore Ho Wiin "Weill..
Mr. Jowders looked gloomily at the
letter to which he had just painfully
aflixed his signature, and then cast a
dubious glance at his Avifc.
"Do you want to just run this over
before 1 tend it to son James?" he in
quired; and when Mrs. Jowders shook
her head, ho hastily folded the sheet,
which bore the" marks of hours of
toll, and thrust it into an envelope,
which he sealed with trembling expe
dition, and then leaned bnck in his
chair with an air of relief.
"I was afraid you'd want fo read it,
and then most likely 'twould bo all to
do over again, mother, like tho last
one," he said. "But I'm glad James
wrote he didn't, mind a word mis
spelled hero, an' there. There's some
tilings I can do, but T never could
seem to get a good purchase, on the
system of spelling, sopieway."
"As f view It," continued Mr. Jow
ders, "(here's some words you can
spell by the looks, and some you can
spell by the sound; them I can most
gen'lly manage. Hut when you come
to spelling by jedgment and main
stren'th, my chances are about as slim
as they make 'em." Youth's Companion.
Ono-Sldrd.
She So this is the end of our en
gagement? He It may be for you, but it will
take me r. year yet to pay the billu.
Brooklya Life
TREATING SANDY SOIL.
How to Make It Avnllnble for Onr-
denliifr 1'urponcM nt n Compurn-
tlvcl) .Sin nil Expense,
Soil of a somewvhat sandy charac-
, ter, although excellent for garden
purposes on account of warmth, cans
of manipulation and quickness o' re
sponding to fertilizer applications,
has the one great fault of allowing
moisture, and plant foods with it, to
escape to the lower strata by leach
ing much faster than is often desir
able. This fault is most apparent
when the soil ijoes not contnln much
j decaying vegetable matter (carbon),
J and hence may be remedied by abun
dant applications of barnyard ma-
nure. This oiurse Is naturally an cx
, pensive one, nnd a good dressing of
clay can often be made more effect
ive in correcting the deficiencies of
sandy soils and nt the snme time to
add the element of potnsh, which is
often deficient in such soils. The
clay can be put on the land during
the fnll and winter, at any .time when
most convenient, and the frost will
act on nnd pulverize it. A market
gardener stated that he is able to
tell to a yard, by the looks of his
crops, where the clay was put, and
the ground that nan had several,
dressings always grows better straw
berries and vegetables than that
which has had no clny applied. Land
thus treated holds moisture better,,
the clay taking it from the dew nnd
rain, and retaining it much better,,
thus absorbing more juices of the
mnnure used than the undressed land.
For mixing with light loams cluy Is
usually of great value, and so -it is
used in the same way with manure
or leaf mold for growing melons, etc.,
which like stiff soils, but in either
case it should be such ns has become
ameliorated by exposure to the
weather. Some gardeners have too
stiff and unworkable kind of clay,
and need the lighter material, but
the remedy, in their case lies the
other way. Bond scrapings, leaf Tak
ings nnd rubbish heap -ingredients
properly and continuously employed
will soon effect an improvement.
Agricultural Epitomist. .
THE NEW PEA PEST.
Destructive Innect Which Hnn AI-
ready Inflicted Ills tomica oil
Vi-Kctnltle Grower.
The new pest, the destructive pea
aphis, has in the last two years in
flicted enormous losses in various re
gions where peas, are growmfor can- ,
neries, ns Maryland, Delaware, New
Jersey, Now York and Connecticut.
Michignn and Wisconsin also have
suffered from it. Some of tho
scientists claim that it is naturally
more an enemy of clover than of
TI1E DESTRUCTIVE PEA LOUSh
pens. An encouraging feature noted
in Canada is that wherever the aphis
occurred it was attacked by para
sitic enemies, tho most vigorous of
these being the small orange larvae
of a species of diplosis minute mng
gots which suck the juice out of
the body of the aphis.
The "brush and cultivator" method
of fighting the pea louse is accepted
as the most generally effective. For
this it is necessary that the peas be
planted in rows, and when the' in
sects are noticed the vines are
brushed backward and forward with
a good pine switch in front of a cul
tivator drawn by a single horse. In
this manner the plant lice are cov
ered up as soon as they fall to the
ground, and a large proportion of
them arc destroyed.
Peas sown late or on poor ground
sustain most damage. The pea aphis
is h .etched many times enlarged.
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Tt is not a bad plan to plant a tree
in every neglected corner about tho
farms The objection to the plan of mulch
ing continually, year after year, is
that It tends to bring the roots too
near the surface.
In all transplanting caro must bo
taken to see that the roots come in
close contact with the soil. A failure
to do this causes loss,
Jn transplanting plnnts of every
kind, whether large or small, care
must bu taken to keep the roots
moist or the plants Svlll be injured.
If-any of the trees in the orchard
have grown forked it will be a good
plan to tie the forks together in such
a way as to afford mutual support.
In order to get the full benefit of
heeling in trees in the fall advantago
must be taken of the first favorable
opportunity to sol them out in the
priii(f. V'unnerH' Voice.
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