THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
W. V. BANDERS & 80N, Pnbllnheri.
NEMAHA, IT". 7TNEimA3KA.
THE FARMHOUSE FIRE.
rk.itut.ln Dm fifti.rlli'lil'u ln'fnl nmn
in' HtnlllriK tlio lilllH and brimming tho
vulloyw.
And hIiikIowm uro HteulliiK ncroHH tho
HIIOWM
From tho mber gloom of tho pluo
liuul ulli'y.
Olainor of mingled nlht and day
Ovor tho wide whllo world him mvtiy,
And throiiKh tholr prlMonlng azuro burs
Ouze tho calm cold uyon of the early nturn.
Jlnt horo, In thin long, low-raftered room
Wluro blood-rod llht Ih crouching und
leaping.
Tho iiro that colors tho heart of tho i?loom
Tho lout mitiBhlno of old Mummers Is
hooping,
Tho wealth of 1'orcHtn that hold In feo
Many 1i scanon's ruro ulohomy,
And tho glow and Kladnoaw without a
name
That dwoll In tho decpa of unstinted
llumo!
Gather wo now round tho opulent blazo
With tho heart that loves and tho faco
that rejolcen,
Dream wo ouco moro of tho old-tlmc days,
MHten onco moro to tho old-tlmo voices!
l-'rom tho clutch of tho cities und paths
Wo have comoaKln to our own roof-treo,
And forgetting tho Iovoh of tho stranger
lands
V yearn for tho clasp of our kindred's
Thero aro talcs to tell, there, are tears to
Hhcd.
TherO aro Children's (lOWOfnCOH and
women's sweet laughter,
Thoro's a chair left vacunt for one who la
dead
Whoro tho flrollBht crimsons tho an
cient rafter.
What reck wo of tho world that waits
"With caro and clamor beyond our Kates,
"We, with our own In thlH witching light,
Who keep our tryst with the. past to
night?
llol How tho elf-flames laugh In gleo!
Closer yot lot us draw together,
Holding our revel of memory
In tho gulling twilight of winter
weather.
Out on tho wastes tho wind Is chill
And tho moon swings low o'er tho west
cm hill,
Hut old hates die and old loves burn
higher
With tho wano and llnsh of the farm
houso lire.
Ij. M. Montgomery, In Congrcgatlon-
ullst.
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A TALE OF DOMESTIC
CHIVALRY.
T AMliiH kanduli'U GUKllb is a
tJ promising young man. Ho works
Jor Smith & Eldridgo, dealers in mines
-of various assortments, oil M-ells and
mono quarries. Air. bimtn is manager
of tho Arm. Ho likes Jnmes Randolph,
anu says tnai u no uiun t navo sucu
uu uiimenuoiuiuio iituu oi u 1001 lor u nbundnnco provided nnd tho oxcollonco o could havo stayed at the ho
Avlfo ho would amount to something thereof on his wife's account as well tel. Tho firm pays his expenses, and
somo day. Mrs. Curtis docs not know na his own. even if they didn't, I guess ho could
mat Mr. bmltli says that about her.
iNcunur noun Junius luvnuoipu Know it,
. i Il 11. A 1. 1 I 1...
VTtii. . .1.. t i ii 1
um no uwnpucuj u. tiu uuiikh ho uu-
cause, since he camo hack from his re-
cont trip through Pennsylvania, ho
had occasion to say something llko
nial lUIllbCll.
James Randolph toured tho Keystono
Btnte at Mr. Smith's suggestion. Thero
wuro punning uansucuons oi impor-
tauco to bo closed, and in his opinion
James Randolph wns bettor qualified
10 cioso inem man any oilier man in
tho olllce, except Mr. Kldrldge, who.
Doing uat on Ms baclc with rheuma-
nam, was obviously unaWo to travel.
'I want you to exorciso particular
tact nnd discretion in dealing with
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uiubo puupio in ocraiuon,- uam iir.
bmlth when explaining to James Ran-
ioipn ins itinerary. "Tho fellow In
that hunch who really counts Is Horace
Pornins. Perhaps you havo beard of
Perkins?"
"Hoard of him?" echoed James Ran
dolph. "Well, I should say 1 havo.
Ho married my wlfo's cousin Kate."
Mr. Smith said "Ah, indeed?" ln a
tone which might havo roasonably
been construed as reflecting disparag
Ingly on Mr. Perkins' matrimonial
Judgment; then, apparently not wlBh
ing to uecomo einurowcu in a discus-
.Ion of family virtues, ho resumed his
instructions on nusinoss tactics.
Perkins, ho said, "Is tho man you
want to tio to. Keep at him lnccs-
santly. If you can tnlk him ovor you
win pin uu.uuu in tno pocuots or
biiuin tc t'JKincigo. ami incidentally a
small sum in tho pockots of James
Ilandoiph uurtls.
mi. ..a- tif .
inui proposition gave James uan-
dolph a glimpse of Heaven. In reality
ho wont homo that night hanging to a
strap In an o leva tod car, but so buoy-
unt was ho that ho le as If bo M-oro
being transported bodily through bll
lows of scented, roseate air. Judging
by his omotlons bo was still enveloped
mi uiimmn ui ui it imimin uuuimu u
wuun no unuuii iiuo ma uiHiown
1. . 1. - .l I . . 1. . - 1 . 7 .... i ..
..o ...nr. f l.ni Un nnn)inl.lil rn.Ai.iml t
uimimiuiu, uitb nwn;an-
.... . .... . .
mated Its beatific (itinlltles. At any
.... t 1.1- . r nnnr...n.l l.n I .. II ........ 1..
raiu.iiiH uijjii na umuuu, in-
tnnrl nf rolnicinir nt his flno nrnsnouta.
tt, , i , , , . - ,
na James-nuuuuipu uuu capuciuu iiur
to do, bIio cried. James Randolph's
faco aHHiuned a preternatural length.
"Thero, don't tnko on so, llttlo girl,"
ho said. "I won't bo gone long. I
suppose you will bo pretty lonenomo
wlillo I am away, but you can got Mny
Dawson to como and stay with you,
and yoti will got along all right."
"Oh, It isn't that!" protested Mrs.
Curtis. "I'm not thinking about my-
self. I'm thinking about you. I don't
sco how you aro going to got along,
I am afraid you can't stand tho cook-
lug. You know that since I havo been
doing my own work you can't boar to
oat away from homo, and hotel" do
aorvo such notoriously bad meals."
James Randolph Hushed guiltily,
That's so," bo said, with a sidelong
glanco of curiosity.
Alrs. Curtis led the way to the din-
Ing room, and James Randolph fol-
lowed meekly. "Tho only hope I sco
for you," she said, presently, "Is In
your Scranton visit. vou can stop at
lloraco Perkins' whllo you aro there,
Of course, I don't know anything about
Kale's housekeeping. Sho used to bo
roprchciiBlbly lazy as a girl, but I pro-
sumo marriage has brought her out of
somo of her bad habits. And nnyway, already so deranged that I shall not re
sbo'll havo servants, and even If sho cupcrato until I get homo and revlvo
shouldn't have, what you do get to
cat will bo homo cooking and will
S w,t, ,,ottr th"" hs
i nuuvy a;uu uiuy servo at nouns unit
restaurants."
James Randolph looked uncomfort-
able, as If already smitten with an
advanco Installment of tho Inovltablo
dysnons a. "It s vorv kind of vou." ho
nnl,l "In In1:n nunh nn nliMlnfr Inlnmol
In my digestion, but I don't sco how
I can accommodato you. I don't like
to stop at Perkins'. It doesn't look
well. Ho Is tho man I am going to
strike for tho biggest pllo of money
whllo I am gono, nnd It looks hog-
glsh to soak him for several hundred
thousand dollars' worth of stock and
live off him at tho same tlmo. It's add
ing luBUlt to Injury."
I don't know anything about tho In
Jury you propose to Inlllct," roturnod
Mrs. Curtis, "but I do know tbnt Kato
and Horace would be Insulted If you
were In Scranton for a week and didn't
stay with them. I'll wtito to Kato to-
day and tell her you aro coming. I
am suro she will Invite you to bo their
guest."
James Randolph demurred volubly
nnd with spirit, but his demonstration
of disapproval was Ineffective. That
night tho disconnected correspondence
I ..,(,1. I,. ,,.!.. T-. - . . .. I 111. I
fiiii Vjuiiniu IvUlU Wua I UI1UWUU W1LI1 I
forvnr. Twn ilnvn Inini- rift nnDtvni
i - tiw iivivi uiuinui
was received, and when James Ran-
dolph left New York on tho following
(n.. ,1.... I. ..... M .1.. 1 1 1 f . I
iuuiiuu.v il was IIIO UmierSlUIllling ail I
around that during his stay In Scran-
ton be M'ould accept tho hospitality of
Mr. Horaco Perkins.
The Horaco Perkinses llvod In atvln
t wnB ma(lo nlaln ln Tnnls nfmdnini,
,iurK i,t8 first meal that thnrn ivns no
(in,r0r of his colnir hnn.M-v wiitio nn.
(lcr UloIr roof( nn(, Umt ,f ,jIs Htomacll
8,,ffCred. It would hn from nvnrsMm..in-
(!ou rathcr tlmn tho 1(lck ()f Jt Jame3
Randolph rejoiced In tho gastronomic
Tn0 (l0Ilr ,,lrl .w,,,.,,,., In
nnow that I am so well taken caro or "
I
w,rj'-"-'- "
j,0 sal,i to Cousin Kate. "I must wrlto
Ut onco nnd toll her how I am fixed
otherwise sho will hn wnrrvinir Wonir
sick for foar I am starving to death."
Nntu'tthatmllmr Mm lmuUioao
wliicli Mr. Smith flattered hlmnif hn
had discorned in James Randolph, that
young man was in somo respects a
slmnlo soul. Never was hl immonnen
,oro blatantly displayed than in his
letter to Mrs. Curtis.
t m lhimr on tho vorv fnt nr n,n
land," ho wrote. "Your Cousin Knto
mav havo been rather lnHfociulRioni
when a ulrl. but sho has cnrtalnlv do-
voloped Into a remarkablo housekeep-
or. I shall try to tell you what wo had
for dinner last nitrht. Wn hud Knmn
lUnd of soun with llttlo crcen snonlv-
Uoatlng In It I forget tho namo of it
two or throe kinds of moat witli ap-
nrnnrlntn vwntnhlnr n nii.lrllmr II. n
....4...,.,u fwwikkuaaf W JMIUUlllQ It W
reclpo for Miilch must havo been
btuauuu I ruin IUO UUHCIH, UIUl COUCO
irl.i.i .. ,. ' . i. .. I i a.
that might havo been browed in
hioaven. I don't believe Now York
could show a better menu than that,
Roally. Minnie, you ought to see mo
eat My anncttto must nstonlah thn
Perkinsos. Thoy nrobablv think that I
fasted for several weeks hefnro com-
ing to Scranton. I am sorry that I
sha Mind un tho hns-.ii.nRn lmrn in n
.week or ton days. I shall hato to leave.
I think 1 would uot fat If 1 Hfud with
the Perkinses long."
, Doloctabjo as was the fare. James
Randolph stretched facts a llttlo when
describing tho variety of tho viands
sorved, but ho did It in a irood ramsn.
1 ...
and his consciences Mas in nnr.isn out
raged
!l 1 ...i.i.
his w f o s reply. When It camo ho
wished it had bean delayed a llttlo
longer. Its brevity frightened him.
wilii uupHtionuo-
umiv .minus, mio M'roto. " urn
i I
glad you onjoy Kato Perkins' cooking,
Under tho circumstances perhaps it
wouiu uo M'on ior you to prolong your
I t , i, n . i.
visit iniioiltilieiy. '
I T.... II.. ....... .1 . ...
r in lliu lllL UIUO .lilinOS 1 i II M I f 1 1 II 1 1
.... . "
realized that ho had overshot tho mark
1.. .. . , . . I
III inn ionucr BUUI1U1K opisuo. "liv
noumn!" lio .nhl "dm iiiti. ii.i i
.., ...v, ,,, la
joaious. ! inouiint i unuerstood aim-
nlo clear down to tho ground, but It
scorns I didn't. I'm on tho track of
her Idlosyncracies now, however, and
another letter will bring her around
all rlgbt."
In his second letter James Randolph
changed bis tactics.
"I am not In good shape at the pres-
cnt writing," bo said. "If things con-
tlnuo to go this way I think I shall
havo to leave tho Perkinses and stay
at a hotel. I can't stand tho cooking.
Tho first day I was here they put their
best foot foremost and fairly surfeited
mo with good things; but since then
there has heen a slump In tho commls-
nary department, and you can't get a
decent meal hero to save your Hfo.
Of course I can't kick, considering that
I am a guest In a prlvato family; ln-
deed, true courtesy forbids my writing
tho facts oven to you, but I thought It
best to tell you the plain truth so that
In caso I get sick you will know tho
cause. I shall he In Scranton only two
days longer, and shall try to stick it
out hero, but If things get too bad I
shall, as I said, leave and go to tho
hotel. But even though I should mnko
tho change, I fear that my system Js
myself with two or three of your'ex-
collent dinners."
, Every meal that James Randolph ate
in mo i-untiiis nuuso uiiur mm ai-
most choked him. He was glad when
Mr. Smith telcKranhcd him to co on to
Pittsburg for a few days and stop at
Scranton on his way back to close tho
deal with Horace Perkins.
"I mimintn" lin nnlil in Pn,.1Mnc nn
their way to the station, "that thero
Is no doubt about my getting the busl-
ncss?"
"Nono whatever," said Perkins. "I
don't mind telling you, however, that
It Is your own personality that has
won tho day. Thero Is another man
In tho field who has offered just as
good inducements as your houso of
fered, but in consldcration'of yourself
-family relations and all that wo
have decided to give tho contract to
you. Tho affair Is practically settled.
When you come back from Pittsburg
everything Mill bo nil right and you
can go on to Now York with the pa-
"ere In your pocket."
At that James Randolph's conscience
smoto him violently. He felt that
something was going to happen to pun
Ish him for his sins, and It did. James
Randolph reached Pittsburg on a
Wednesday morning. On Thursday ho
Tr1 I If rwl n aMak fr.i IlAitnAn OnMlitnu
, , iuiiui nuui uuiutu j. ai ivmo.
"Wo havo clvon tho mntrnnt In vnnr
- ' - - - - -
competitor," ho wrote. "Tho Inclosed
'otter will explain why."
Tn fit. T) r II tinlnHntAil n.. ..nil..
ihuo numiuiim luuiuiuiuu uurvuua-
113 no opened tho Inclosure. It was
" letter from his Mifo to Mrs. Perkins,
an 'n in this wise
"My Dear Kato: I really am so irt-
dlgnant that the ties of kinshln and
tho amenities of social life cannot, keen
mo silent. How could you havo tha
heart to treat my husband as you have?
If you didn't want him to visit you and
didn't Intend to furnish him with tho
necessities of life, why did you invito
havo managed it. Really. Kato. I don't
I . .
Mtnow what to think of you. But I
I ....
,tnow what you havo done to Jame3.
1 ,mvo l,s lttor lero to quote from
I can't stand tho cooking.' That is
what ho says. 'You can't get a de
COIlt meal horn tn snvn vnnr Hfi
James says he Is suro ho will be sick
llftcr nta experience at your bouse, and
1,0 wants mo to know what causes it.
If anything does happen to him 1 shall
nover forgive you. You know ho Is all
I have, and you might at least havo
given him decent food. James didn't
wllJlt to complajn, and I don't doubt
but that he would ho nuito anurv If ho
knew 1 said anything to you about It.
lmt 1 '"cnlly am so disgusted that I
I .. .
can 1 control myself."
What James said may not be ro-
pcated.
T'o enterprising agent of the firm
of Smitli & Eldridgo did not stop at
SCrailtOIl 011 Ills wav lliielr In Mnu-
I - - " - I!
York. Previous to his homecoming hh
I Ulttmrtnia l.O.l linn ti .1 ri .nn.n. .
111 111 " iiiuaKWI UCLUUIIL
r tbo Scranton flasro; what thoy do
nianded of James Randolph was a full
explanation. That ho did not feel
privileged to give, but Mr. Smith, bo
"K quickened in wits by his susnicinn
Mrs. Curtis, made a stab at tho so
iutlon of tho mystery.
"I'll lot," ho said, "that that wife of
yours had somoth nir to dn with n
"I 1 am afraid sho did." stammered
James Randolph. And whatever ols.i
ho had to say ho sulci tn tho privacy of
"is own home. N. Y. Times.
Couldn't Stum! MiiiMi Inoi-mice.
In tho family of tho lato Sir Henry
Went worth Aclnm! nmfs
. ' "v
lord, there was co much talk of natural
ccTparU;;, ar y at , h hat , ve
Uio servants theorized about 1 I
Ouo instanco the butler gave notice
ihnt niiim-
leave. "What is the trouble?" asked
the muster. "Aren't you vil treated?"
"Yes. sir! I've nnthine- to r.nnini,, nr
I - n i WL
In llmt. wnv" millnrt i,Mn ..,.
I ' "vi "IIM'JI, Ulll.
Inn mm iinn Inll cl.. .....i.. i.
I uu, nun I i. VI Hi; It IS
to work all dav In tho .v.ntrv u-im, o
hov w in ho ovns thn u-nrlil u-no
I ,.i . .
I uiui in imnwiits wuun i kuov. It was
I created In davA." Chiisllah i!n-.t.--,tor.
THB OAK AND
PI nil a Traveler.
A violent storm uprooted an Oak that grew on the bank of a river..
The Oak drifted across the stream,
t r . "11
wonuermg to una tnese stin siancimg, ne couia not neip asumg tnem
liow it was they had escaped the fury of a storm which had torn him
up by the roots. "We bent our heads to the blast." said they, "and it
passed over us. You stood stiff and stubborn till you could stand no
longer."
EXCHANGE OF POST-CARDS.
IIuHliantl Cut Ills I'retty Stiorl, Hut Some. IUriln Take Their Time In Ml
Wife Uot Ilaek at Him KrntliiK from the Xorth to
In Ivliid. the South.
A wife who knew the aversion of her
husband to letter writing said to him, as
ho M'as about leaving home for the con
tinent: "Now, John, as neither I nor
tho children can accompany you, you
must be eyes and ears for us, and drop
us an occasional post card, telling us
anything of interest you may see and
hear. Don't forget, Mill you?"
Tho husband promised and took his
departure, relates London Tit-Bits. The
next morning his wife received a post
card containing the following message:
"Dear Wife I reached Dover all right.
Yours aff."
Though somewhat disappointed, she
excused the brevity of the communica
tion on the ground that her husband was
doubtless pressed for time. Tm'o days
later, however, another card arrived,
bearing tho startling announcement:
"Hero I am in Paris. Your ever." Still
later came another: "I am Indeed In
Paris Your "
The wife swallowed her disappoint
ment and, being good at retaliation,
seized her pen and wrote: "Dear Hus
band The children and I are In Brixton.
Yours"
A few days later she wrote again
We are still ItkBrixton."
In her next communication she grew
a little moro entnusiasiic. buo wrote:
"Dear Husband Here we aro in Brix
ton. I repeat It, sir. We are in Brixton.
"P. S. Wo aro, Indeed."
In due time her husband reached
home, and fearing, perhaps, that his poor
wife M-as afflicted with some sort of
dementia, hastened to ask the meaning
of her strange messages. For answer
she slipped Into his hand his om'h threo
postal cards.
"What is sauce for the gooso is sauce
for the gander," sho said.
It Is to be hoped that John profited by
the lesson.
Only One Drinvlmc-k,
"What did Henpcckke say when he
caught you kissing his Mife?"
"Nothing. But ho told me aftenvard
that he d havo killed us both only he
M'as afraid his Mife wouldn't like it."
Town Topics.
An IiiKeuloiiN I'Iiiii,
"Yes, my husband hasalmost given up
smoking."
"Indeed! It must have been a hard
struggle."
"It was. But every time the craving
groM' too strong for him I let him havo
one of those bargain cigars I bought for
him Christmas and he promptly sworo
off again. "Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Snt Sllfe H.X'i Then.
"Did old Gotrox kick you out of tho
house when you asked for his daugh
ter?"
"No, but ho broke my eardrum."
"Eardrum? What, ho surely didn't
kick you In tho head!"
"No; I asked him over the telephone."
Ol.w.l., ...I I I 'ri...r.c CM.,
uiuwiaiuu i i imuB Qiiu i
llll
Hulk oi Kihmv.
A cuuic iooi oi now lallon snow
weighs llvo nnd one-half pounds on tho
avorage, and has 12 times tho bulk of uu
equal weight of M-ater.
t.... ....
iiM'iniriliLi
A good beefsteak Is ouortliat isn't
noted for Us durability.
Ti'oiihlen.
Troubles aro not removed by worry.
United rrosDvterinu.
TNE REEDS.
and lodged among some Reeds.
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NOT ALL SWIFT OF WING.
Birds of passage are not prono to
manifest haste ln changing their places
of abode In the spring and autumn. While
many of them are exceedingly swift
flyers, they do not all use their greatest
speed On their journeys. It used to be
said that some would fly at the rato of
50 or GO miles an hour, and to keep this
up for eight and ten hours a day, as If
anxious to get back to their winter or
summer haunts. The very contrary has
been found to be the case. The migra
tion journey Is a period of harvest-time
joy, and celebration for the birds. It is
a period of feasting and oftentimes of
song. Tho birds move slowly If the food
is abundant, lingering In one place for
days and M'eeksM'here the harvest Is par-
tlcuarly good.
Instead of traveling rapidly In thelw
great migration they frequently In the
autumn move only at tho rate of a few
miles a day, and not Infrequently only a
few miles a Meek. When tho seeds of the
weeds ripen in tho late summer and fall
the millions of migratory birds begin
their journey southward, devouring the
M'eed seeds at the most critical stage of
their lives. A feM-of the birds eat a num
ber of seeds throughout the Miiole sum
mer, but the majority eat them In the
early autumn and early spring, a few
staying north to pick up seeds which fall
on the ground when covered with snow.
They gorge themselves with the weed
seeds until their stomachs are dls
tended to threo times their normal size.
All the common song and plumage birds
are great seed destroyers.
Blackbirds, meadow larks, sparrow,
goldfinches, doves, quails, siskins, gros- .
beaks and grass birds will eat all the
way from 100 to 1,000 seeds of weeds ata
single meal. It Is becoming evident to
students of birds that they aro Influenced
almost solely In their migratory habits
by tho harvest of weed seeds and not by
the climate. Formerly It was supposed
that tho birds started soutlnvard as
soon as the chill of autumn approached,
but. cold, frosty weather might como in
August, and the birds M'ould not begin to
migrate. Theyire not M'cather prophets
at all, but simply hungry little creatures
ln search of ripening seeds.
Who Xero "Wiih.
When Sir Charles Gavan Duffy was
a member of the Melbourne parliament,.
ho declared that the conduct of tho op
position M'as M-orse than Nero's. A.
wealthy but Ignorant butcher, also a
member of parliament, asked, Mini.
scorn and sincerity: "Who M'as Nero?"
"Who M'as Nero?" renlled the delight--
ed chief secretary: "the honorable gen
tleman ought to knoM Nero M'as a cel
ebrated Roman butcher."
A Soup Tree.
The tree, saplndus utllls, which is tc
be cultivated ln Algeria as a sourco
natural soap, has a fruit about as lil??'
as a chestnut, with a dark-colored, oily
kernel. A cutting from the tree reaches
a 1 . t 1 . . ni j 1 t . . . n rwl nf-
il IIUIKlll III SIX III IWU J'Ullia, Ult" n-
talns maturity In six years, when It
bears from 50 to 200 pounds of fruit.
Water or alcohol Is used to extract the
soap, Miilch Is claimed to bo very su-
perlor.
The Mint Wortl.
"Do time an' trouble you kin save by.
lottln' do yuthuh man hub do las' M'ord." f
said Undo Ebon, "generally makes It a
putty good bargain." Wasutngton'star.
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