THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
W, W, BANDCE8 (t BON, FoblUtun.
NEMAHA, NEBRASKA
HORSE VS. AUTO.
Wick mid hln tilrl'n JubI loft iih; that'n
thorn, nlith out of Hltflit.
1 wlBh htm luck, for U'h surely a roynl
npurkln' nlht.
From our gate to tho court hoiino l H
mile, cxnct
A two-holir drive, wo call It, when roiuln
Urn i;oo(l ntul pnekod;
Hut that auto rl contraption of his
HcootH up iukI down,
And he Mnya It ctitH thu tllHtiitice In half
'twlxt here and town!
"Well, inebbo It doiiH; but HeeniH like, he's
Koln' nt tlllnRH wrong
On a nlBht llko thlH ho ounht to contrive
nt twlco iih loriBl
f
'TIh pari of the age, however, an age
of niHli and run,
"When unless you're fairly Juinpln' you
can't bo havln' fun,
"When a couple muHt ttiko their rldln'
at gallop Hpecd or more,
With a choo" ehool chool behind them,
and nothln' at all before,
In a rln that can't bo minted to mind
a crooked road.
And rk'ht In the rijhlHt of matter In
liable to oxplodo;
1 reckon that one feelH clever to make
tho doln' whirl,
Hut days when 1 wan a-flparkln' the main
point wiih the Kl rl !
"When 1 wan a-courtln' Marthy 1 hitched
up old white Pete,
Artd the only thing I aBkcd him wan that
ho'd keep Ills feet.
1 wasn't obliged to guide, him, he did tho
turnln' out,
Anfl he rounded all the corners at a mile
an hour, about,
"When Marthy was' snug hcnlrio me that
old horse seemed to know
The likeliest shaded stretches where he
had best go slow
"Why, Krass and the trees and bushes
aloiiK the way he cropped!
Hlnwl Well, on a few occasions we
warn't aware he'd stopped!
That was tho stylo of rldln' when I was
courtln' see?
Mothln' to watch but Marthy, and both
bunds, bless you, free,
"With old Pete Joggln'. gruzln', and cook
In' at times an eye
llftek at the seat, but sayhf: "Don't
mind; It's Just a lly."
1 .s'plclon there's fun In courtln' at even
break-neck pace;
And Dick Is tho boy to do It I've rend
It In her face.
Itut courtln' by rapid transit don't 'pear
to me ho sweet
As tho nimbly, ambly courtlif of Marthy
ami mo and Pete.
-Edwin I.. Sabin. In lilppincott's.
omance
:op a:
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Water Trough.
lIlurlGHT as well be In Halifax as In
1Y1 my barnyard. It ain't good
for anything, and what's more, It never
will be."
Fanner Stono stood looking down In
vldont disgust, at tho water trough
and l'aucot which had just been placed
by tho town olllclnl in his barnyard.
Not a drop of water camo through the
faucet, although It was wide open
"When tho town ofllclals of Southvlllo
had applied to Fanner Stono for per
mission to dig a ditch and lay a water
pipe through his land on tho way from
lho springs above to the village below,
Jio had told them that ho did not need
any of tho water and he could not sco
why ho should havo his farm all dug
up to benefit somebody else unless he
were to recelvo an adequate, return.
Tho water commissioner of the village,
aturdy Luke Mathers, declared that,
lie would "take tho law to Farmov
Stone." To which ho had just as
ilercely replied that ho might "take the
law and wallop him as much ns ho
pleased." Then Luko did go to tho
law. Tho right-of-way across private
.property had a valuo which must be
considered beforo entering upon It.
But, like many another man, Luko was
stubborn, ami ho did not want to ap
pear to havo yielded In any way what
ever.
Sitting on tho fence ho had argued
with Fanner Stone tho better part of
n day on the wonderful honellt it would
bo to the peoplo of tho village, and
that nothing Farmer Stono could do
would bring him so many friends. Ho
would bo a public benofactor. The vil
Jago was poor and could not afford to
go to great expense In tho matter of
right-of-way. Argument was useless
Fanner Stono said. Tho farmers were
swindled on every hand by unfeeling
corporations; and ho'd just be as fool
Ish as tho rest of them If ho followed
tholr lead, llko a "passel o' sheep
It was at this juncturo that a would
be arbitrator appeared on tho sceno
1he very protty daughter of Luk
Mathers, so fair and so sensible that
.loshua Stono, tho stirring son of th
man who owned tho farm, hail been
suspected for more than a year of car
ing more for her than for any other
woman In tho world. Ono afternoon
not long after her father's fatluro to
como to terms with Farmer Stono, she
rodo over to tho scone of contention
with her father and sat for a long tlmo
In tho .carrlago llstonlng with sorrow
ful countenance to tho conversation of
lho two uncompromising men. Then
. sho made a proposition.
"Air. Stone," she said very sweetly
"If tho town would put a nlco water J
trough here In the barnyard and fur-
nlflh It with a fiuicct, no tlmt jou cotihl
have nil the water you need the year
round, would you not bo willing to let
the lino bo through your land?"
Fanner Stono thought Mettle never
looked prettier. Hut ho wua not no
onfllly captured. If ho wanted a water
trough he HuppoRcd he could put It
there.
"Hut you haven't got the- spring,
have you?" Mettlo innocently queried.
And this nettled thin part of Fanner
Stone's argument. It wns a fuel that
hlH farm wan destitute of spring; and
when, aH always happened In dry neti-
sons, tho wells on his farm failed. hl
place waa as dry as tho desert of Sa-
lm.HV- ,, ,,,, i . u, , , . .
"VVoll, PI have to think about It. I
ain't one of tho kind to nmk up my
I t I ti It ii rt v I lin wf I f fm ft .
, ... ...... u ju. ....uk
o that, would you, Luko?"
"Why, It's more than I ought to do:
but If you'll say1 right now that that'll
ie satisfactory, I think wo cair close
tile bargain. To-morrow I might not
want to do It. U'h making a great
qopcesfllon on my part, a great conces
sion.
Hut Farmer Stono knew hla ndvan
liifrn ntul nrnoHO1 tl
"All right. So far as I'm concerned
t dnn't tnnkn tin dlfforenen." Thorn Wn
- - I
a tono of Independence In tho voice
wblr.li nt mien l.rn.mhi frhn enmmh-
slonor to terms
I didn't nmiw.no it Kf t iWIIVi
stand by what Mottlo kuvh 1 must, and
... .. '
will nrnv ' I
InnbmL foil hi hnvt lr.nn wttl.In
ilm when Mettle uave him ono of her
" I
most aniirovlni: ulancos its tho carrlairo
drove away. All tho evenlmr. while
(tin fxvn xvnro dnfntf tho ebnre Tnolnin
abored with his father In behalf of
tho water trough. It wa.r a Joy to both
of tho young people when, tho next
day, Farmer Stono allowed that hc
guessed they might go ahead with their
ino. The water trough was duly In-
stalled In tho barnyard. Tho faucet
wns attached. Then, when all waapvnie" stretched away up tho hillside
eady on a certain day the water was
let Into tho main. It leaped Into tho
pipe and went sweeping down to give
Joy to the townspeople: but not a drop
camo through tho half-Inch plpo which
roso tip from tho main flvo feet Iks-
low to the trough In the btmiyard.
Farmer Stono knew 1c mis u con-
splracy against him. They novcr
meant to do as they agreed. Luko
Mathers always was a rascal. He
might have known better than to trust
him. But It was just as much or a
puz.lo to the water commissioner as
to Farmer Stono himself why tho wator I thought I would just use' a little corn
went so scornfully past tho water mon sense. It seemed to mo that there
trough. Ho went all over tho lino
peering into tho faucet and lfstenlng
with his ear closo to Its mouth In the
vain endeavor to solve- the problem,
To satisfy himself that tho work of
laying tho pipe and making the. con-
nections had been properly done-, he
direct-1 Mie earth all be dug away and
tho pipe examined. Everything was
found to bo nil right; no defect any-
where.
Finally an engineer from tho neigh-
i
boring city was engaged. After cure-
fully examining the line he decided
that tho spring being so much higher
than tho trough, tho water came with
such force that It had no tinm to stop
at Farmer Stone's place. Some wero
so skeptical as to this man's jutlg-
ment, however, that another engineer
of still higher repute was summoned.
Ills verdict wns that lho spring, in-
stead of being higher than tho trough,
was, in fact, lower, therefore there
was no forco to push the water up to
tho faucet. 1
Now It's my turn to see what tho
law'U do," tho farmer said. "Thoy
promised mo wator; they've got to
furnish it "
Some one reminded the ol.l mnn that
tho commissioner hnd only agreed to
furnish tho trough and the faucet; tho
water was not in the contract. It was
a nuvol situation. Tho imvn innaL
either bo deprived of water or the
trough must lie supplied with It, and
Fanner Stono brought suit against tho
town officials. And now Joshua and
Mottio wero In trouble again. What
would become of their hopes and pros
poets If things wont on like this
"I know there must be some way to
get water Into that trough," sho de
clared. "If I had half tho kmiwledge
sonio folks think they have it seems to
mo I could fix It
Mottlo suddenly developed it decided
taste for studying wator in Its relation
to supplying cities and towns through
tho medium of the gravity system.
Whon nil nthnrs wr M,r
Hh0 would ho nnrlni? nvnr Imnl.-c l.V.
lnir on this snlHoot hnrrnu-n.i frnm Um
city library. Then sho mado numerous wlth :i faucet nt ho lmck kltchen (loor
visits to the spring. Sho measured iu c:isy rcnch of the farming luls
tho distance between the spring and trlss" And the motion wns agreed to
another larger spring, several rods
higher up the hillside, as accurately
as sho could with her eye,
Still further to complicate matters,
Farmer Stono forbade Joshua ever to
visit Mettlo again.
"Wo will havo nothing KT'do with
them," ho said. "They're a hnd lot.
I don't know as I really over hoard
of anything Luke done before this, and
I used to think I'd llko well enough
to havo Mottlo for a daughter, but this
thing's enough to convince mo that
you never would have a mltiute'a peac
If you married her. Chip of the old
block."
jjUi0 j t)1(J monntlmo declared that
Joshua rover must darken his doora
again.
'"Good enough fellow, but what's
bred n tno j,ono wn toll."
8o matters ntood for several weeks,
llnU1 it wa3 anioBt time for tho trial
of Ulc HllL On tho night preceding
tlio day of the trial Farmer Stone waa
very restless. jIo i,ad boasted that
ho had novcr Hll0(l a mnn or ncen miC(.
Now th() rccor(1 waa to t)0 uroien.
ToSfljnK ,m hl8 I)inow noL 0nK after
lho clock 8truck 12( ft peculiar hoIbo
1)roko on eari Tho oftencr t camQ
Uic jnoro my8tnc(I hc grew. Tho m00n
was lmlnlnKf an,i by ltH beams he
000,11 distinguish a man's form stand-
, near tho , on thc hl8l(l0(
wllJo from the (Utch Cftm0 the ROimd3
wi,ici, had disturbed his dreams.
Dressing ns quickly as ho could, ho
went out and skulked along tho fenco
until ho was within earshot.
"Now, Mottle, It Is time you get out
of that ditch," a voice said. "It's too
hard work for you."
'All right, Joshua, but your hands
arc too sore to dig any more."
"I'll bet yours are blistered all over.
riti . 1 . in..!. ...111 I. Ill .... 1 1 I .......... I,
" . ' s ,
"They'll got. over It, If they arc blls-
lrcd'" ca,"u ,mck the VolC0 fro!?. tha
ditch, clear nild Strong. "We Will 806
ln0 cnd r tn's heforo wo sleep."
Karmcr htono sprang toward tno
Bnot and ,,)okeu down with astonished
fnnn Utn tttn .IWnli MMwifn fnHU
iuu maiwj iuu ttniiti 1 uvi'j iuvuu
h11'. Plck ,n her f.ICO lltlbhed
I .. n
4tu " 1,1 -
in mo name ot common sense,
what's goln' on here?" he demanded.
'JllCro Was a UttlO Scream Irom MCt-
"c ana Joanua made a nying leap down
1,10 !"' T'oro seemed to be no such
ay r cscapo for tho bravo Mettlo,
however, and sho leaned against tho
hank of earth, her hands still grasping
" Ick, her head bare to tho night
urccoc. Tho long line oi tresli earth
showed tho wondering farmer that a
new trench was being dug from tho
largo spring to tho end of tho plpo
which, supplied tho village
"Oh, Mr. Stone," Mettlo began, and
something marvelously llko a sob
found its way along with tho words,
"you -will not be out of patience with
Joshua and mo, will you? It's all my
fault, anyway. I couldn't think of lot-
U"t; that miserable lawsuit go on over
this trough. It has worried all of us
'most to death. I havo studied all the
books In tho city, I guess; and finally
must bo some reason why the water
wouldn't run up Into that trough. 1
tnado up my mind that If there could
be a Httlo more force behind the other
spring, that would be all that wa
needed. So Joshua and I have been
digging this ditch. We have a pipe
down as far as we have gone. Now
wo arc almost to the spring. If you
only hadn't come just now!" Mettle
turned her faco and dropped the pick,
"Come, father; go back to bed and
let us finish the job," Joshua pleaded
recovering from his surprise. "We'll
have tho water running Into the trough
in half an hour. All we have to do la
to iakc the connection between the
pipes in the lower spring." "You go
to bed yourself! I'll not lot Mottlo dip.
hero in tho dark any longer!" And
Farmer Stono sprang Into the ditcli
and lifted her gently out of tho narrow
quarters in which she had been toll
ing no heroically. A few minutes later
the work was completed. Tho twe
pipes were joined by Joshua, who had
provided himself with a rudo kit ol
tooln ror that, purpose. Thou tnoy all
three hastened down to the water
trough in tho barnyard. With fingers
whlch trembled a little Mettlo turned
tho f01- A Erglo of Joy greeted
hor enr siml a moment afterward thc
wn,cr trickled through tho pipe, then
fairly Kushod out in a stream. She
hml Bolvci1 tno Problem which had
dR"Rtl ,ho Inscnuity of her father and
all tho rest of tho wlso men of tho vl
cinity. They stood watching tho water
for n. fow minutes in silence. Then
Farmer Stono took Mettle by tho hand
"Now you go home and sleep good,'
ho said. "You've- won two suits fair
and square."
And that was the end of the trou
lile. But the town board did a fine
thing for Joshua and Mettle, when, a
few months later, thny set up tho fam
Hy hearthstone. At tho next meeting
of that august body one of tho mpm
bora made a motion "that a pipe be
laid from tho village main to the farm
OT tltOSO Worthy people. Supplying
wft,er fr tholr stock freo for all time
uioui cusscnung voice.-i.os An
r,c,CR 1 imcs-
It fltoot toiiN of n HiiliiNtcr.
To romaln a woman's Ideal, a man
must dlo a "bachelor.
Love that needs proving Is counter
felt.
Renunciation Is giving up what we
can't havo.
Friends aro kept by sllenco-r-uot by
confidences.
Kcsiacy Is hnpplness magnified Into
pain. Everybody's Magazine.
Tru e Pa
By WOODROW WILSON,
President of Princeton University.
ISTRUST the patriotism of a man who is always spending--
his feeling upon some distant object, whose energy does
not seek the nearest duty, but thc more remote. Every
citizen who is thoughtful of the welfare of his country should,
seek to see and understand his nearest duty, and to do it with
all thoughtfulncss and yet without impatience.
Patience is indeed, though one of the most diffict, yet
one of the most indispensable virtues in a polity like our own,,
for the essence of that polity is consultation, movement, not -
singly or in chosen groups, but in thc mass and multitude,
D
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so that in whatever we think or purpose we must carry masses of men
with us, and so we need Ihe sort of patience which is full of hope and
equally full of persistence.
Vc need constant and frank talk also about affairs local and na
tional full, uncolored information, courage to select and use thc right
arguments and push thc right motives. Every effort is worth while
which leads even to thc slightest betterment, and no discouragement of
temporary failure ought to hold us back from the long fight to put the
knowledge and thc practice of what is right at thc front at all times,
and in every contest.
A MAN OF MYSTERY.
The Unit of Itroticn John, (ctitlcinnu
front icrKiiinn Wbo Wiih I.iKht-
ntiiK with it (itin.
Bronco John Dailey has cashed In.
Ills name doesn't appear in any of tho
school histories, but that is thc fault of
the mon who write them, not of John.
In the days when the frontiersmen were
blazing the trail from Julesburg, in Col
orado, to Virginia City, in Nevada, Daily
was known far and wide as the quickest
man on tho draw in thc whole region.
This, nays a Lincoln (Neb.) report to
the New York Sun, rfld not even except
Wild BUI Ilickok, who had a better press
agent.
Dailey died In destitute circumstanc-
ccs in the wilds near Julesburg, where
ho first made himself known. He was
always a mystery.
He started from Missouri with a party
of men who broke out the trail to the
big gold camps, and he first attracted at
tention by his book knowledge. After
the crowd got a little farther along to
ward the west his ability In thc gun
fanning lino earned for him a respect
that his book learning had not awak
ened.
"Some of the boys," said Harris Chat-
field, a New Mexico cattleman, who was
oni of the party that, accompanied Dailey
to the gold camps, "mado an attempt to
find out where he came from, but they
were blocked in every attempt.
"Ho had an air of distinction about
him that was strange in our crowd, anfl
it was not until wc saw him handle his
gun that we saw what an expert ho was.
It was a treat to see that man's hand
go to his belt and flash back again with
the drop on a fellow.
"One of our men found to his sorrow
that it had a magic quickness. He was
left handed and nearly always got his
man In the region of the heart. He nev
er wounded. He always killed.
"I remember an Incident that hap
pened after wo got to Virginia City.
Dailey and I took a stroll up the valley
to see what this country looked like.
After a short walk we camo upon a sa
loon and Dailey Invited me in to have
a drink with him.
"There wore many bad ones around the
hang-outs in those days and when wo
went In we were scrutinized by more
than a dozen of bad lookers. Dallov
gazed about him in his rather austere
manner and with his usual dignity. Ho
was always tho gentleman, no matter
where he was.
"Somehow ho did not take with tho
bunch and one of the crowd walked up
to him.
" 'Your kind don't go here,' said the
chap, who was evidently seeking a fight.
"Dailey looked at tho man with an ex
pression of contempt. He pulled out a
gun that reached nearly to his knees
and laid It on tho bar. With a quick
movement of his hand he sent it. spinning
about on the surface of the rude counter
and then mado tho soul of the braggart
frontiersman feel the taste of terror
when he turned his piercing eyes upon
him.
" See, I am unarmed,1 he said to tho
man. 'If you havo tho nerve to shoot,
take that gun and get to work. You havo
the look of a murderer, but not one who
docs his work In the open. Take that
gun, you coward,' his voice rising. 'No?
1 thought so. I knew it wasn't in you.'
"Dailey know his man and the fellow
fell back in the crowd, never once hav
ing moved to draw his own gun or take
that thrown upon tho bar by Dailey.
After that Dailey was tho king pin of the
town.
"But ho wasn't taking any chanefs
when he tossed his shooter on tho coun
ter. In his waistcoat pocket he had two
derringers, with which ho would havo
killed the man upon the first sign that
the latter meant to do business."
A Mean Chnriictcr.
Growoll He's about the meanest
whlto man 1 ever mot.
Howell At any rate, he's success
ful. Ho has taken advantage of his
opportunities.
"His" opportunities wero small, no
doubt; anothor proof of his mean
ness." Philadelphia Press.
trio tism
SOME MIGHTY APES.
VulutiMc Collection Ilnx liccn Pre
cnteil to the Kviv York Academy
of Xuturul Science.
The Darwinian theory of the descent;
of man may soon bo studied at close
range, owing to tho generosity of a
prominent Philadelphlan, Dr. Thomas
Biddlo, who lately returned from Eu
rope with what is believed to be the
most complete collection of anthropoid
apes ever owned by one person. Th
specimens, says the New York Tribune,
were obtained from various sources
and prepared by the German taxider
mist, Umlauff. Among them is a fin
specimen of that rarely secured ani
mal, the gorilla. On account of its im
mense strength and ferocity when cor
nered it has been most difficult even to
obtain a dead specimen of the gorilla
family, it being necessary to risk life
in order to track it to its lair in tho in
terior of Africa. The specimen secured
by Dr. Diddle was shot by a venture
some German, Goorgo Zenker, near the
Yaunde Station, Western Africa, a lit
tle to tho north of the equator.
The height of this gorilla Is a little
over five feet, and the strongest man
would probably be a plaything in lt
hands. To sorao monkeys, despite their
lack of good looks, tho expression
"cute" may apply, but it Is not possible
to so describe the gorilla. With his fiat
nose, enormous jaws and protruding
teeth, the thick neck and bulging chest
this ape is far from tho human ideal ol
a handsome animal. J-
When he can, the gorilla will run
from a man, and as no one has been
particularly anxious to come to close
quarters with him, it is not possible to
speak with assuranco of his mode ol
life. It Is said that he travels for the
most part on all fours, and only rises
on his hind legs to resist attack. It is
also said that he builds himself a home
In the trees.
The collection contains three speci
mens of the chimpanzee. One is the
ordinary chimpanzee, another the bald
chimpanzee, and the third a variety
called the Koola Kamba.
The chimpanzees are more intelli
gent than tho gorilla, and have been .
trained in captivity to do tricks. Na
turalists have been long at odds a3 to
the number of their species, as well as
those of the orang-outang, of which a
fine specimen Is Included in the collec
tion presented to the Academy of Na
tural Sciences in Philadelphia by Dr.
Biddle. The specimen presented by Dr.
Blddle has a great lateral expansion of
the cheeks.
NUMBER ON PAPER MONEY.
All IllllN Mnrkcil "A" mid "C" Arc Odd
AVhlte TIionp Marked "11" and
IJ" Are Hvcn.
"If anyone comes up to you and
wants to bet you that they can tell
whether the number on any of Uncle
Sam's paper money is odd or even by
looking at that part of the bill on which
tho number does not appear, shun him
as you would the plague," said a guest
at a Duhith hntnl. npnnl1nn vfo ttm
J - - - - - r wwa l w
j Evening Herald.
"Why ? What Is the Joko ?" asked an
other guest.
"Only this." replied the first. "I was
out this afternoon with a number of
men with whom I have business deal
ings. We ato lunch and then one man
wanted to bet mo that ho could call
the even or odd on the number of any
bill I had, the loser to pay for the lunch.
i iuuk a uui irom my pocket, folded it
so that the number did not show andv
after he had looked at it he said: 'Even.'
"It wns even. Soon aftorward I got
stuck for tho cigars tho same way. After
1 had been done four or five times thoy
explained to me that all of the bills
marked 'A' and 'C wero odd, while those
marked B' and 'D' wero even. It cost
about six dollars to find out, but I guess
It was a good Investment at that. It
1b the same on nil bills. Bo careful when
attempting to do tho work not to tako
tho series letter In front of the number
but hunt for a small letter on tho left,'
hand side of the bill."