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Jea-inWl'-fcWW ' SniMIrf-it lPi-j. S.-Wt? ittarit I'i THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. W. HANDKKS, I'uI.lMior. NEMAHA, - ' - NEBRASKA, FIRESIDE SONG. Como share with mo the Ingle-nook, Whllo wintry winds aru high: A couch, a screen, a plcanant hook, A glimpse of wood nnd ky; - And let the world so by, my dear, And lot tho world so byi The front-flowers blosiom on thp wold, Iiut In this llrcllt gloom One docs not miens tho world Is cold Nay, counts It all abloom! For Lovo Is In the room, my dear, l'or Lovo Is in the loom! So share with mo this perfumed bower. And ravening storms defy: Tho sweet spelt deepening hour by hour ' Of our captivity! And we'll let tho world go by, my dear, We'll lot tho world go by! Emma Hcrrlck Weed, In Youth's Com panion firSj S (cmml) fMSICIHMfl (Copyrighted, 1000, by the J. D. Llpplncott Co. CHAPTER II. CONTINUED. Stuyvesant'B tail, athletic figure suddenly shut, both from view. Never hesitating, he quickly elbowed tho negro, out of tho way, Heizcd tho doorknob with his Jeft hand, throw ing tho door wide opont then, look ing the Holdler full In tho face, point ed to tho tourist oar with tho other. "Go back at once," was nil ho said. Tho man had been hardly six days In service und scorned to have learned llttlo of army life or ways. Ho was u whole American citizen, however, if ho was half drunk, and tho aver age American thinks twice before ho obeys a mandate of any kind. This ono coming from n tall young swell waB especially obnoxious. Tho uniform as yet had llttlo ef fect on' Recruit Murray. Whero ho hailed from tho sight of It had for years provoked only demonstration of derision nnd dislike. Ho didn't know who tho ofllecr was didn't want to know didn't care. What ho wanted was whisky, and tio long as the money was burning in his pocket ho knew no reason why ho shouldn't have it. Therefore, Instead of obey ing, ho stood there, sullen and sway ing, scowling up as though In hate and defiance into tho grave, set young face. Another second and tho thing was settled, Stuyvcsant'a right hand grasped tho blue .collar at tho throat, tho long, slender fin gers gripping tight, nnd half shot, half lifted the amazed recruit across the swaying platform nnd into tho reeling car ahead. There ho plumped his captive down into a scat and sent for tho corporal. Connelly came, rubbing Ills eyes, and took In tho situation at a glance. "I ordered him not to leave tho car three hours ago, sir," ho quickly spoko. "But after supper I got drowsy and fell asleep In my section. Then ho skinned out. I'd iron him, sir, If 1 had anything of tho kind." "No," said Stuyvesant, "don't think of that. Just keep a watch over him nnd forbid his leaving tho sec tion. No, sir, none of that," ho add ed, as in drunken dignity Murray was searching for a match to light his pipe and hidoVhis humiliation. "There must bo no smoking in this flimsy car, corporal. A spark would act fire to it in u second." "Them was my orders, sir. This fellow knows it as well as I do. But he's given trouble ono way or other ever since we started. You hear that again, now, Murray; no drink; no smoko. I'll sco to it ho doesn't quit tho car again, Blr," ho conclud ed, turning appealingly to tho young officer, and .Stuyvesant, taking a quiet look up and down tho dimly lighted, dusty aisle, was about to return to tho "diner," when Mur ray struggled to his feet. Balked in his hope of getting moro drink, and defrauded, as in his muddled condition it seemed to him, of tho Holaco of tobacco, tho devil in him roused to evil effort by tho vilo liq uor procured surreptitiously some where along tho lino, tho time had como for him, us ho judged, to assert himself before his fellowB and prove himself a man. "You think you'ro a better man than I am," ho began, thickly, glar ing savagely at tho young officer. "But I'll bo even with you, young feller. I'll" And hero ended tho harangue, for, ono broad hand clapped over tho leering mouth and tho other grasping tho back of his collar, Corpoial Connelly jammed him down on tho seat with a shock that shoolc tho car. "Shut up, young drunken fool," ho cried. "Don't mind him, lieutenant. He's only a day at tho depot, sir. Sit siill, you blackguard, or I'll smash you I "this to Murray, who, half suffocated, was writhing in his effort to escape. "A eh I" ho cried, with sudden wrenching away of tho brawny hand, "tho beast has bitten me," and tho broad palm, dripping with blood, wus held up to the lieht, wPf Deeply indented, there wero tho jagged marks of Murray's teeth. "Here, Foster, Hunt, grab this man and don't let him stir, hand or foot. Seo what you get for giving a drunk Bra money. Oral) him, I say!" shout ed Connelly, grinning with mingled pain and wrath as tho lieutenant led him to tho washstaud. Another recruit, a stalwart, fellow .who had apparently seen previous service, sprang to tho aid of the first two named, and betweon them, though he stormed nnd struggled a moment, the wretch was jammed and held in his corner. Stanching the blood as best ho could and bandaging tho hand with his own kerchief, Stuyvesant bade the corporal sit at an open window for a moment, for ho looked a trifle faint nnd sick It wan a brutal bite. But Connelly was game. "That blackguard's got to be taught there's a God in, Israel," ho exclaimed, an he turned back to tho rear of the car. "I beg the lieuten ant's pardon, but he Is not in the regular army, I see," with a glance at tho collar of tho young officer's blouse. "Wo sometimes get hnrd cases to deal with, nnd this Is ono of thcrn. This kind of a cur wouldn't hesitato to shoot an officer in tho back or stab him in tho dark if ho didn't like him. I hope tho lieuten ant may never bo bothered with him again. No, damn youl" ho added, be tween his set teeth, as he looked down at the sullen, scowling pris oner, "what you ought to have is a good hiding, nnd what you'll get, If you give any moro trouble, is a rop ing, hand nnd foot. We ought to have Irons on a trip like this, lieutenant," ho continued, glancing up Into tho calm, refined face of tho young sol dier. "But I can get a rope, if you say so, and tlo him In his berth." "I havo no authority in tho mat ter," said Stuyvesant, reflectively. "No one has but you, that I know of. Perhaps he'll bo quiet when ho cools down," nnd tho lloutcnnnt looked doubtfully ut tho scml-savagc In tho section nearest tho door. "You'll give no moro troublo this night, anyhow," said Connelly, as the officer turned to go. "And thank you, sir, for this," and ho held up tho bandaged hand. "But I'll keep my eyes peeled whenever he's about hereafter, and you'll be wise to do tho'samc, sir." For ono instant, as tho lieutenant paused at tho doorway and looked back, tho eyes of tho two men met, his so brave and blue nnd' clear; tho other's Murray's furtive, blood shot, nnd full of hate. Then tho door slammed and Stuyvesant was gono. Twice again that night ho visited tho recruit car. At ten o'clock, after enjoying for an hour or more the sight of Miss Ray in animated chat with two of tho six women passen gers of tho sleeper, and the sound of her pleasant voice, Stuyvesant wnn dcrcd into tho diner for a glass of cool Budwclscr. "That's an ugly brute of a fellow that bit your corporal, sir," said tho steward. "I was in there just now, and he's surly as a cur dog yet." Stuyvesant nodded without a word. Ho was in a petulant frame of mind. Ho wanted "worse kind," ns he would have expressed it, to know that girl, but not a glance would she give him. She owed him one, thought he, for letting that rabbit go. Moreover, be ing nn army girl, as ho had learned, she should not be so offish with an olficcr. Then tho readiness with which the corpornl had "spotted" him as a vol unteer, as not a regular, occurred to him, and added to his faintly irri table mood. True, his coat collar boru tho telltale letters U. S. V., but he had served some years with ono of the swellest of swell eastern regiments, whoso set-up and stylo wero not excelled by tho regulars, whoso officers prided themselves upon their dress and benrlng. If it was because he was not of tho regular service Miss Bay would not vouchsafe him a glnnce, Mr. Stuyve sant was quite ready to bid her un derstand ho held hlniHclf ns high as any soldier in her father's famous corps. If it was not that, then what in blazes was it? He knew that in traveling cross continent in this way it was con sidered the proper thing for an of ficer of tho regular army to Bend his card by tho porter to tho wife or daughter of any 'brother officer who might bo nboard, and to tender such civilities us ho would bo glad to havo paid his own wore ho so pro vided. He wondered whether it would do to send his pasteboard with a little note to the effect that ho had oncu met Col. Bay at tho United Service club, and would bo glad to pay his respects to tho colonel's daughter. It was an unusual thing for Mr. Stuyvesant to quaff beer at any time, except after heavy exercise at polo or tennis, but to-night ho was ruf fled, and when tho porter began making up tho berths and dames and damsels disappeared, ho had wan dered disconsolately into tho diner and ordered beer as his excuse. Then ho crossed tho platform and entered tho tourist. N Tho night was hot and close. The men were lviur two in a berth, as a rule, the upper berths not being used. One or two, Murray among them, had not removed their trouserB, but most of them wero stretched out in their undergarments, whllo others, chatting In low tones, wero wntch ing the brnkomau-turning down tho lights. They mndo way respectfully ns the lieutenant entered. Connelly came to meet him and nodded sig nificantly at Murray, who lay in a berth near the middle of tho car, still carefully watched by Hunt. Fos ter, wearied, had turned in, and, with his face to tho window, seemed to have fallen asleep. Tho conductor enmo through, lantern in hand. "It's tho quietest and best behaved lot, barring that chap, I ever car ried," said lie to Stuyvesant. "But lies wicked enough for a dozen. Wonder ho don't go to sleep." "Humph I says ho wantB n bottle of beer," grunted Connelly. "Can't get to sleep without It. I wouldn't give it to him If I had a kag." "nc doesn't deserve it, of course," said the conductor. "What ho ought to havo is an all-around licking. But I've known beer to have a soothing effect on men who'd been drinking, and it might put him to sleep and save bother." "Let him havo it," said Stuyvesant, briefly. "I'll Bend It In by tho stew ard. And, corporal, If you or any of your men would like It, I'll be glad " Some two or three looked quickly and expectantly up, as though they might like It very much, but Cor poral Connelly said he "dasscnt," ho "never took a drink of anything on duty since three years ago como Fourth of July." So the others wero abashed and would not ask. Older hands would not havo held their tongues. To Murrny's surprise, a brimming glass of cool beer was presently of fered him. Ho gulped It thirstily down, nnd without a word held out tho glass for more. A grinning waiter obliged him with what re mained in tho bottle. Murray asked if that was all, then, with something like a grunt of dissatisfaction, rolled heavily over and turned his face to the wall. "Well, of all the ungrateful cads 1 ever see," said Hunt, "you'ro tho worstl D'ye know who sent that beer, Murray? It was tho young officer you insulted." But Murrny's only answer at the moment wns a demand that Hunt shut up nnd let him go to nlecp. The last thing Stuyvesant remem bered before dozing off was that tho smell of those journal-boxes was getting worse. At two in the morn ing, in the heart of the desert, tho conductor had made his way through THE YOUNG OFFICER CAME PLUNG ING, DRAGGING EY THE LEGS A PROSTRATE. HOWLING MAN. the train and- remarked that, despite that unpleasant odor, every man of the recruit detachment was sound usleep. In a berth next the door tho steward of tho dining-car had found room, and tho entiro car seemed wrapped in repose. Five minutes later by the watch it was wrapped in flames. Speaking of the matter later in tho morning, tho brakemnn said it didn't seem ten seconds after he had pulled tho bell-ropo and given the alarm before Lieut. Stuyvesant, a tall, slim figure in pnjamas and slippers, came bounding to his aid. The flumes even then were burst ing from under tho stops and plat form, the dense smoke pouring from tho rear door of tho recruit car, and coughing, choking, blinded, stagger ing, some of them scorched nnd blis tered, most of them clad only in undershirt and drawers, tho luckless young troopers eamo groping forth and wero bundled on into tlio in terior of the diner. Somo in their excitement strove to leap from tho train before it came to its bumping grinding halt. Some wero screaming in pain nnd panic. Only one, Hunt, wns dressed throughout in uniform. The steward of tho diner, nearly suffocated before being dragged out of his berth, was making vain ef fort to shovo a way back into the blazing car, crying that all his money was under that pillow. But It waa impossible to stem the torrent of human forms. The Instnnt tho train stoppejl, the flames shot upward through the sky light nnd ventilator, and then tho voice of Connelly was heard yelling for nld. Seizing a blanket that had been dragged after him by some be wildered recruit, and throwing it over his head nnd shoulders, Sluyve Bant, bending low, dove headlong Into the dense wall of smoke. The flames came leaping nnd lap ping out from the doorway tho In stant he disappeared, and a groan of dismay nrose from tho llttlo group already gathered at tho side of tho track. Five, ten seconds of awful suspense, anhd then, bending lower still, his loose clothing afire, his hair nnd eyebrows Blnged, his faco black with soot and smoke nnd seared by flame, the young officer came plung ing forth, dragging by the legs a prostrate, howling man, and after them, blind and staggering, camo Connelly. Eager hands received nnd guided the rescuers, lending them into tho diner, while the trninmen worked the stiff levers, brolec loose tho coup ling nnd swung their lanterns in frantic signals to tho engineer, far ahead. Another moment nnd tho blazing car was drawn away, run np tho trnck n hundred yards, and left to illumine the night nnd burn to ashes, while male passengers swarmed about tho dining-car, proffering stim ulant nnd consolation. Besides Stuyvesant nnd Corporal Connelly, two soldiers wero seriously burned. Every stitch of clothing not actually on their persons at the mo ment of their escape was already consumed, and with It every ounco of their soldier rations and supplies. Tho men least injured were those who, being nearest tho rear door, wero first to escape. The men worst burned wero those longest held within the blazing car, barring one, Murrny, whom Hunt had thoughtfully bound hand and foot as ho slept, reasoning that in that way only might his guardian's enjoy a like blessing. Connelly had tripped over the roar ing bully as ho lay on his back in tho aisle. Stuyvesant hnd rushed in, nnd between them they drngged him to a place of safety. There, his limbs unbound, his tongue unloosed, Murray indulged in a blast of male diction on the road, the company, tho government, his comrades, even his benefactors, and then thought fully demanded a drink. There was no longer a stern corporal to forbid, for Connelly, suffering and almost sightless, had been led Into n rear coach. But there was no longer money jyith which to buy, for Fos ter's Inst visible cent had gono up in smoke and flame, and, scorched and smarting in a dozen plnccs, wrapped in n blanket In lieu of clothes," the dark-eyed young soldier Bat, still trembling from excitement, by tho rondside. It was three hours before the wreck could bo cleared, another car pro cured and tho recruits bundled into it. Then, as dawn wns spreading over tho firmament, tho train pushed on, and the. Inst thing Gcrnrd Stuy vesant wns conscious of before, ex hausted, ho dropped off to troubled sleep, was that a soft, slender hand was renewing tho cool bandage over his burning eyes, nnd that ho heard a passenger say: "That llttlo brunette that little Miss Bay wns worth tho hull carload of women put together. Sho just went in and nursed and bandnged tho burned men like ns though they'd been her own brothers." Certainly the young lndy hnd been of particular service in the ense of Connelly nnd one of tho seriously in jured recruits. Sho had done some thing for every man whoso burns de served attention, with n single excep tion. Recruit Foster hnd declared him self in need of no aid, and with his faco to tho wall lay. well out of sight. To Bo Continued.! A l'oiiiiiolliin Victim. A rather touching discovery hns been mndo in tho field onco belong ing to the Barbatelli family, on the north side of Pompeii and within a stone's throw from the walls that of a poor Pompciinn who fell n vic tim to exhaustion or suffocation while trying to escape from tho doomed city. His skeleton was ly ing at the depth of six feet below the actual level of the field, in the seam by which the bed of lapilli and pumice-stone is separated from the bed of volcanic ashes above. When struck by death tho wretched man wns carrying, tied in a hemp bundle by means of u cord (made of hemp), 'the following objects of value: An exquisite silver saucepan (easserulos), weighing 520 grammes, tho handle of which is ornamented with shellfish and molluscs of various kinds; a soup-spoon with a broken handle, a spoon for the mixing of hot drinks, a sliver penny of Domltian, and two keys. There were nlso lying in a heap 18? copper pence, tho oldest dating from the time of.Agrippn, the latest from the time of Titus. Rodolfo Lan clanl, in London Athenaeum. CONVENIENT HOG HOUSE. Structure Designed Especially for Those Who Do Not Make a Spe- clalty of 1'orlc liaising-. This house is designed for those who wish to keep but a limited number of hogs. Building is 30 feet long, 22' feet wide, with 12-foot posts. Plank floor. Some may like cement floor -better. As shown by plan, interior is divided Into 8 pens, with middle alley 4 feet wido running entire length of building. Four pens (F) are feeding pens, 9 feet square, while the remain--ing 4 (N) are 0 by 9 feet, and arc used for nests. The alley can be made into- ELEVATION OF HOG HOUSE. three more pens by two movable par titions, thus making in an emergency,. 11 pens. Vertical slide doors connect the feeding pens with the nests, and swing doors connect each with the alley. Each feed pen has an outside door. Above the pens is a loft witln good matched floor, reached by flight of stairs just inside the door. The house is painted with a mixture of' Venetian red in one part raw oil to" I I I3- r-j T m A m r; 3 Ts nTrnmn T, Troughs; V. Doors in Partitions. three parts water. This paint costs 18 to 20 cents per gallon. The bill of materials for this house,, not including nails, hinges, windows,, etc., according to the Ohio Farmer,, is as follows: 200 lineal feet 8 by 8 timber. 00 lineal feet 7 by 7. timber. H00 feet 2 by 5. 200 feet 2 by C. 200 feet 2 by 4. 200 feet 4 by 4. 3,050 feet siding nnd battens.' 000 feet flooring. 1,300 feet oak plank. . ' a.OOO feet boards for partitions, etc..-. C M. bhincrles. IS A GOOD PRACTICE. Went Virginia Experiment Stntlon- Recommend the Soaking of Corn for IIokn. In Bulletin 59 the West Virginia'cx--periment station reports on its exper iments in soaking corn for hogs: Nearly all of the pork which produced in the United States is de rived from corn-fed hogs, yet very few experiments hnve ever ljeen, per formed to determine the best and most economical way of feeding corn. The following experiment was planned to determine whether soak ing corn in water affects in any way its food value. Poland-Chinn-Duroe-Jersey nnd Polnnd-China-Berkshiro cross-bred pigs were used in the ex periment. They were divided into two lots similnr in respect to size breed nnd sex. From .a car load of western corn sufficient wns produced for the experiment. A portion of this was ground into meal and tho remaining shelled corn was soaked in water, as needed, until the grains were soft. The meal was mixed with water before being fed. No attempt was made to feed the same quanti ties of meal and Soaked corn, but each lot was fed all that it would eat. UJI CICUll. The lot fed soaked corn consumed' 2,138 pounds of corn and gained in weight 555 pounds. For 300 pounds in. live weight they consequently re quired 385 pounds of com. The lot fed on corn meal required 410 pounds of meal for 100 pounds gain, there fore the soaked corn produced the more economical gain, to say nothing about the extra expense of grinding the corn. As very few experiments have ever been performed to determine the ef fect of soaking grain upon its digest ibility, the subject requires further study. The result of our experiment, indicates, however, that it is good practice. t -" I X. (, H I 1 rt iMW'iuavwwasBiayrwlrSWBBMWi