THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
W. W. BANDERB & BON, Pobllihen.
NEMAHA,
NEBRASKA.
HOME FROM SCHOOL.
When sweet Libido's homo from nchool
Thoro are voIcph In tlm hall
Mixed with IxihltlhiK happy laiiKhtcr,
And the ulr necniH all a-cull
With tho volct'H of wild pmiKHtarA,
Ami the perfumed riayx and cool
Aro like hundH of pearl and amber,
When our Lllihle'H homo from hcIiooI.
Thero'fl a frow-frow too of Biirmciita
Over teHHellatcd lloorBi
There are romplriK bltn of mtiHlc,
Thero'w an' oponltiK of doors,
'Till the breath of many hloHKomn
ConioH on breezen aweet and cool,
And their HweetneHS HtlrH your heart
HtrliiKn When our Llbhlu's homo from Hchool.
Kv'ry day Ib llko n Jewel,
Kucli far fairer than tho Inst,
Hllpplng piiwt your eager niiKcrs!
HUppIng fiiHter and more fimtt
How we'd love to elunp and hold them,
Duyn enchanted wweet and cool,
When our hearts are full of iiiuhIc,
When our LIuIjIo'h home from kcIiooI.
Days a-Kllnt with Kray-eyed laughter,
Days of red HpH, half a-pout,
JtoHo-rrd cheelcH wherein wee dimples
Half aro hid, half peeping out;
J-lfe which erHtwhllo lay un (pilot
As u Hhadod wayHlde pool,
WakeH Into a laughing torrent.
When our weet Mbble'a homo from
school.
Child, whoco ev'ry day Ih May time!
Would for you Time might Htand Htllll
Would thoHo duyn might last forever!
Orchard, meadow, valley, hill,
flight retain tho splendid beauty,
Fountains Hlng tho Helf-Hamo way,
"Would for our nnku you might over
lie, dear, iih you aro to-day!
J. M. Luwln, In lIoiiHton I'oHt.
The Postmistress
of Circle City.
5 By Elizabeth Fluronco dray.
BI3FOIU3 a tablo, upon which lay an
open lottor, sat Eleanor Van Dyko,
licr chin resting In her hand and her
vyim gleaming with amusement. Ilor
brow wan slightly wrinkled, but tho
light In lior faeo Indicated that tho
problem to bo Holvcd was a humorous
one. Again her cyea Bought tho note.
"My dear Mr. Von Dyke," It van,
"tho photogvaph or Chief. Kudishnm
fiont In caro of tho postmaster of Cir
cle City has been received and delivered
to tho Indian. Tho old fellow was
greatly pleasod and grunted his satis
faction when 1 told him It canio from
n gentleman living In San Francisco.
I havo many snap-shots or tho chic",
but nono of them represent him, as
does yours, patriotically draped In tho
Btars and stripes In celebration of tho
Fourth of July. I should therefore con
sider It a favor If you would send mo
n copy of tho photograph to add to my
collection. Yours truly,
CAROL II. MORGAN."
With tho envelope was a card bear
Jug tho words, "Miss Morgan, Circlo
City, Alaska." Evidently tho postmas
ter of this northern town was a wom
an, and she had Inclosed ten cento in
.payment for tho picture. Eleanor
gazed at tho coin whimsically, and
wondered whether it would bo hotter
to send It back or havo It framed. Sim
rather Inclined toward tho latter, for
juonoy which sho had herself earned
would bo a curiosity to show her
lrlcnds. As sho turned tho coin over
It scorned to convoy somo thought, for
hho dropped It with an amused laugh,
and exchanged tho dainty monogram
paper for a plain sheet of larger di
mensions, upon which sho wrote in n
bold, angular hand:
"My Dear Miss Morgan:
Your lottor at. hand. Enclosed you
will find tho coveted photograph of
tho old chief and sovornl pictures of
Iho Klondike which I hopo may bo of
Interest to you. 1 trust you will par
don mo. however, if I return this coin,
lor I could not think of accepting
money from a lady, especially one
whoso handwriting has takon so great
a hold upon my fancy. Sgmo claim
that tho soul is rovoaled In tho face,
others in tho voice, but it seems to
mo that yours has crept out through
your linger tips. May I not see more
of it?"
"Hello, Sis, what aro you doing?"
asked a youthful voico from tho door.
"I am playing tho part of a man,
in .a. comedy," replied tho . girl, "and
1" A merry laugh broke into hor
Kc.ntenco.
"Now, I'd advise you"
"That's Just liko you, Harold, Al
ways ready to glvo advlco. Perhaps
If you read theso, your opinion ' wilt
havo more weight." She handed hor
brother tho two letters.
"Well, this Is amusing" ho said, as
Le read tho first note. "What do you
suppose mado her think you wore rt
man? Your handwriting?"
"No, I don't bellovo It was my hand
writing. I supposo few. wonion visit
Circle City, and besides, I enclosed tho
Dhotograph lu a business envelope, of
father's, becauso mlno wore all too
small."
"A few more letters such an this one
will open her eyes," replied tho glrl'n
brothor, glancing over tho reply sho
had written. "I'll hot a box of candy
to a pair of gloves that the postmistress
either doesn't answer your letter at all
or discovers you'ro a girl before tho
Yukon freezes."
Long before an answer could possi
bly be received, Eleanor began to
watch for the reply. She wondered If
tho postmistress would bo offended by
her bold declaration, or If any word
or phrase had betrayed her box. At
last the letter arrived, and her heart
gavo a glad bound when sho saw that
It was addressed to Mr. K. B. Van
Dyke.
"You see, I am taking It for irrantod
that you aro a man," It began, "becauso
It did not contradict the assumption in
my last letter, but what a joke It would
bo If you should prove to bo a spinster
school ma'am visiting Alaska on your
summer vacation."
Eleanor had been brought up with
puritanical rigidity, and had she lived
In tho tlmo of martyrs would havo
gono to the stako rather than tell a
falsehood. IJut her dcslro to win tho
wager had somewhat clouded hor moral
vision, and a white lie and a black Ho
eeomcd hardly nkin. In her twentieth
year sho certainly had not reached tho
ago of splnsterhood, and sho had never
taught school; so sho could see no
wrong In denying this charge.
For tho noxt week she burled herself
In tho library, whoro sho delved Into
dusty, dog-cared books and brought
forth nuggets of wisdom which sho
stowed away in her memory for fu
ture use.
One morning sho startled her father
by presenting him with five dollars and
demanding a sharo In his Dawson mine.
Ho mildly protested, but her persuasion
won, and sho received the deed.
Eleanor's appcaranco that ovonlng
gavo ono tho Impression that sho was
writing a learned thesis. With Hushed
cheeks and hnlr charmingly disheveled,
she eagerly studied tho pieces of paper
with which tho tablo was strewn. Somo
contained mining terms and statistics,
while others were finely written with
phrases and even sentences cribbed
from various men's letters.
Tho girl felt ro-pald. howovor, when
tho noxt note arrived from tho post
mistress. The writer wondered how
sho had ever doubted that her corres
pondent was a man. "You must havo
laughed heartily over my mistake." sho
continued, "but your knowledge of min
ing and your ownership In a Dawson
claim havo convinced mo that you aro
a broad-shouldered, bronze-faced
miner."
Eleanor showed this letter with great
pride to her brother, and informed him
that sho preferred chocolate creams,
whllo ho reminded hor that tho Yukon
was not yot frozen.
Frequent letters passed between tho
San Francisco girl and tho postmis
tress of Circle City during tho succeed
ing months. At times Eleanor's con
science gavo uncomfortable twinges,
for hor enjoyment In this practical joko
had gradually been merged In a keen
Interest In this foarless frontier woman.
"If it weren't for losing the wncor."
she confessed to her brothor oh tholr
way to a dinner three months after tho
sending of tho first lottor, "I would
write to her that I am only a ninrn
slip of a girl and not tho six-footer
sho Imagines mo. Tho nostnilatrns.q is
coming out this winter, and "
"My gloves are rather shabbv." re
marked the man. "but I uuess they'll
last until "
"Oh, don't count on my glvlnir un at
this eleventh hour," Interrupted his sis
ter, and there is no chanco of tho post
mistress discovering my Identity, for
sho is convinced that I am a young
nerouies, calls mo her 'bitr Callfm--
nian,' and I fear sho is becoming vorv
fond of mo, Harold."
"Tnko caro," wanted hor brothor. "or
you will havo a breech of promise suit
against you."
At the dinner t.-iblo Finn nm I'm m rl
herself seated bosldo her hostess'
nephew, i sturdy Alaskan miner, who
had recently returned from tho Klon
dike, in the hurried Introduction she
had not understood his nnmo. Of
course he should havo devoted him-
solt to the young woman on his right,
but tho light in Eleanor's eyos as sho
spoko of the beauty of his fostei'Iand,
together with her sweetness, held him,
and tho girl horself found it dltileult
to turn her attention from this faco,
in which were wel.dcd physical courage
and Intellectual ability. Resides sho
had discovered that tho young man
had spent much tlmo at Circlo City,
and thought he might know tho posU
mistress. Hero was her opportunity
to discover more about her delightful
correspondent. Salad had been served
before- the girl managed to turn the
conversation to the subject. Tho man
glunced up quickly. "What do you
know about tho postmistress of Circlo
City?" ho asked, watching her nar
rowly. "Oh, I knqw n great deal about her.
At least 1 moan I I havo never mot
her, but " Eleanor was becoming
hopelessly entangled In tho meshes of
her own decoptlqn. "I have seen soma
letters that, she has written to an ac
quaintance of mlno," sho declared, do3
perately, "and I think sho is the" most
remnrkablo woman I havo ever heard
of. She has endured tho perils and
hardships of that northern life with the
courage of a man, and her description
of the trip over the Chllcoot pass and
through tho White Horso rapids fllla
ono with admiration for her bravery."
"You aro a bold champion to espouso
the cause of ono whom you have never
met," declared tho man.
"But I know her very well, through
tho letters she has written to to my
frlond. Her moral courage Is equal to
her physical. Not an atom of bitter
ness or discontent has entered Into her
description of the months she has spent
on her mining claim, and yet I can
read between the lines that It was a
desolato life. I hopo some day I shall
meet this woman, and yet I am almost
afraid to, because I can't explain
but "
"You may well pity any one obliged
to live on an Alaskan claim," said tho
man. "It is an Isolated life, and tho
only glimpse ono has of the. outsldo
world Is through letters. Theso arc
road and reread until they are worn
In Bhrcds."
Eleanor's practical Joke assumed a
different appearance. She had crept
Into this woman's life In tho dress of
a masqnerador. How would the post
mistress feel when sho discovered sho
had been duped? To be sure, the In
terest expressed had been genuine,
but tho belief that tho letters wcro
written by a man must have magnified
Its Importance.
There was a dull pain In her heart
and her eyes were moist as she ex
claimed: "Do letters really moan so much In
tho far north? I didn't know, or I
wouldn't have I admire tho woman
so much, you know. If sho wero a
man I believe I should say I was in
lovo with her, and "
"What are you people so busily talk
ing about? Won't yoni glvo the rest of
us tho benefit of your Alnskan experi
ence?" exclaimed one' of the party,
addressing the Klondiker.
"How much longer will the Yukon
river bo open?" Interrupted Harold Van
Dyke.
"Winter has surprised tho Alaskana
by appearing a month ahead of tho
usual time," was tho reply. "The Yu
kon has been frozen for a fortnight."
Eleanor shot a triumphant glunce at
her brother.
"Tell us about your trip through
tho White Horse rapids, Mr. Morgan,"
said tho girl opposite. "It must havo
been a terrible experience."
"Well, It Is not. a rldo ono would
care to take more than once In a Hfo
time," acknowledged tho man. "And
yot, It's very peril gives it a charm.
I mado the run In tho fall of '08 with
two companions. As I knew nothing
nbout managing a boat, I suggested
that I walk along the shore and meet
tho scow further down the river, but
my proposition was received with In
dignant protest. Tho provisions wero
to bo carried around tho rapids, my
companions declared, but I must llo
down In the boat as ballast, becauso
If tho scow turned over the beans
would surely go to the bottom, whereas
I might possibly swim ashoro."
An uncanny feeling crept' over
Eleanor. Where had she heard this
talo before? Had she suddenly re
ceived the gift of second sight, or had
sho met this man sometime in the dim,
forgotten past? Every word, every
phrase, was foreseen by her before they
had slipped from his mouth. Suddenly
tho girl's cheeks llamed, and she
dropped her eyes In confusion. In
vivid words ho pictured his wild rldo
through tho canyon, and the frail
crart's battle with tho angry, churning
Hood. A breathless silence reigned
when he had ceased; then tho hostess
arose and tho guests pushed back their
chairs from the tablo.
Tho man turned to tho girl at h3
sldo. Sho had risen and stood wl. i
hor head drooping slightly and her
cheeks burning. .
"Your letters were a great ploasuro
to mo while in Alaska, but sineo I
have known their author their value
has increased many times," ho said,
gently..
Eleanor did not raise her eyes from
the lloor.
"You havo taken an unkind ad
vantage. You havo known all this
ovonlng and I I never dreamed that
Why did you say you wero a
woman?" she demanded
"I didnt." protested tho man. "My
sister must havo slipped a card Into
my letter mistaking It lor one sho
had written. I can't help feeling
however, that, what appears to bo an
accident Is really fate. Aro you "very
much disappointed In the postmistress
of Circlo City?" Ho bent nearer and
tried to road tho answer that lay be
hind tho long lashos. .
"Iv-I'll havo to become accustomed
to tho fact that she is a mart, and then
perhaps "Overland Monthly.
Ih'i' Hope.
"Yes, mamma," sighed tho fair young
tiling, raising her limpid eyes to tho
tender ones of hor molhor; "yes, mru
ma, I have set my heart on marry ing
a nobloman."
Dumfounded, tho good woman, her
mother, raises her hands and gasps:
"Lord lovo you, child! What"
"That's Just, what I hope, marama,"
she interrupts, Ingenuously. Judge.
Doom of Western Races
, By PROF. H. J. DAVENPORT,
of the University of Chicago.
HE hordes of Asia threaten the extinction of western racesi
and western civilization.
With Russia's increase of 1,500,000 in numbers each
year, witli the spread of its population over Russian Asia,
and with its warlike and imperial traditions, one under
stands the reasons for the fear which rests over western
Europe. When Russia has perfected its Siberian railway.,
system and when it has established its back door basis fjf?
supplies in the civilization and workshops of America, its
population may again bestir themselves and roll westward
just as they did 2,000 years ago.
The contest of civilization against the Asiatic hordes will hardly
be one of arms, but a struggle for the survival of the business of liv
ing. Western gunboats have foolishly broken down the barriers about
the Chinese and have forced western civilizato'in on Asia.
The present fear of a general war in which all European countries
and the United States will be entangled indicates that the Caucasian
will find himself engaged in an industrial death struggle with a peo
ple of marvelous industrial efficiency, of swarming productive fertility
and of ability, through centuries of poverty, to thrive upon the mini
mum of existence.
The west has but small reason to disturb the Asiatic hive. The
marvelous reproductive powers of the Chinese will threaten the very
existence of occidental races. When the Chinese swarm over the world
western civilizatiofi may endure, but western races will hardly be able
to do so.
MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM.
Grout Works of the Jeoto;leal Sur
vey In the Ilarreu Lain!
of Colorado.
Though so recently established the
reclamation service undertaken by tho
geological survey In tho barren lands
has already begun tho construction of
certain large dams, and has under con
sideration among other projects a slx
mlle tunnel for diverting the Gunnison
river In Colorado, so that the waters
may be used In Irrigation. In the plan
ning and carry out of these great works,
says "Our National Survey: the Ro
mance of Slcentlflc Pioneering," by H.
P. Bain, In Booklovers Magazine, tho
officers of tho servlco will havo unex
ampled professional opportunities, not
only because of the size of tho works
themselves, but on account of the free
dom given tho engineers In planning
and building them. The supervising
engineer will report to a board of con
sulting engineers, each of whom is thor
oughly familiar with the difficulties of
such work, instead of having to win, as
in private work, the approval of a board
or directors largely unfamiliar with his
difficulties, and concerned mainly with
completing the work at the lowest possi
ble cost.
It has been estimated that ultimately
60,000,000 to 100,000,000 acres, which are
now worth perhaps 50 cents an acre, will
be converted by Irrigation into farming
and orchard land worth from $50 to S500
per acre. The law carefully provides
that this shall be sold In small lots to
actual settlers, so as to accomplish the
main purpose of the whole work homes
for our rapdily increasing population
and opportunity for the young men and
tho children equivalent to that which
the older generations enjoyed.
ABLAZE WITH DIAMOND.
Son of 11 I'nor Chn rwoiniin In Vienna
Found I'reelonn SI on en AVort h
11 Fortune.
How a poor charwoman. Fran
Blaschek, came Into possession of a
largo number of valuable diamonds,
winch she had had for the most nart
set, pawned or given away, came out
when tho woman nnd her son were ar
rested by the police.
Last August Herr Lachmann, a court
jeweler, sent away by parcel post a
packet containing 1508 diamonds, worth
$00,000. Theso never readied their
destination and the mystery of their dis
appearance was only lately cleared up.
Frau Blaschek's son confessed that he
found the precious packet In a rail
way van and gave It to his mother.
The charwoman was remarkably lib
eral with the jewelry. To the godmoth
er of one of her children she gavo three
etones, and on her sister (also a char
woman) and her niece sho bestowed 1G
diamonds each, after having had them
set in gold. It was this display of jew
elry which led to tho suspicions of the
police and the woman's arrest.
She herself possessed five rings, three
pairs of earrings, a necklaeo and a
pendant cross, all richly set with dia
monds, and theso she usually hid in
Usi' bed. She sold 07 stones to a jew
eler, giving another dozen as presents
to his children. Sho explained that
they were gifts from a relative in Chi
cago. When Frau Blaschek was. taken into
custody there wero still In her pos
session 01) large and S2 .small unset
brilliants. .
Ill" Child'.
Wlldrake I bucked up against a faro
game last night.
Aseum (sarcastically) And as a re
sult you broke tho bank, eh?
"Yes. I did this morning. I supposo
Willie will cry, but I simply had to have
car fare." -Philadelphia Ledger.
SWISS ELECTRIC ROADS.
Are Operated hy Cheap I'ower Uc
rived from Alpine Stream
Inxteud of Coal.
Owing to the Increase In the price of
coal during the last few years, Mr. Thor
man, a prominent Swiss engineer, wished
to find out whether It would not be un
advantage to use electrical energy, fur
nished by hydraulic plants, over the
whole of the railroad, system of Switzer
land, says a consular report. After In
vestigating the subject he published a
report which has awakened considerable
interest and will no doubt bring about
practical results in this direction. He
finds that the substitution of electricity
for steam on the railroads is quite prac
ticable and has many advantages, al
though It will not bring about any con
siderable reduction in the cost of operat
ing roads.
The five main railroads in Switzerland
requife over 30.000 horsepower dally.
In order to organize a complete electric
al service It will be necessary to obtain
about G0.000 horsepower In the shape of
tho alternating current of high tension,
not counting the reserve supply, which
is indispensable. Not taking into ac
count the considerable number of falls
which are not utilized In the country,
there exist already 21 large hydraul'ic
plant which can give a total of 86,000
horsepower. These Include the plant of
Siel, near Linsiedl, which has a capacity
of 20,000 horespower, and the Laufen
burg plant, on the Rhine, giving also 20,
000 horsepower, and five others, giving
each 5,000 horsepower. He enumerates
21 plants which will be more than suf
ficient to supply the energy for the Swiss
railways.
The cost of changing over the system
would, of course, be considerable. It is
to be noted, however, that the adoption
of the electrical system would have the
great advantage of doing away with tho
present consumption of coal, which Is
now imported, and that the use or
hydraulic energy would be of great
benefit in developing several branches
of manufacturing.
The publication of Mr. Thorman's re
port aroused considerable attention In
different quarters and already ono of
the railroad companies has applied to
the government for an authorization to
use electric trains on a trial stretch of
road 12 miles long.
. Ileal .MesMiRe from the Deep.
Six years ago the British schooner
Ethol mysteriously disappeared en
route from Bombay to Port Said. Hor
owners, Barkfoot & to., of tho latter
port, gave her up for lost, and since
that time until last month her fate re
mained a mystery to the world. It was
an empty and tightly corked wine bot
tle that brought the story of her lato
and that of Capt. Leo and his crow to
land. Tho bottle was discovered by
Capt. Lombard on tne beach of the Is
land of Fukave. situated in the South
Seas, and tho note It contained read
as fonows: "Will the fined of this in
form Barkfoot & Co., of Port Said, that
their schooner Ethel foundered nbout
1.000 miles from Bombay? This note is
written by tho solo survivors, Capt.
Lee and Seaman Thomas, who are in
their last hopes. 'Signed,' J. T. Leo,
Jan. 2G or 27, lS97."-From Manila Ca
ble. In Hospital I'nrliineo.
Visitor (calling on friend in hospital)
Sorry to "find you here, old chap. Bad
ly hurt? ,
Patient Yes. I am afraid I am. I
heard the doctor say I was a "beautiful
case." Stray Stories.
A l'uir of .Mioex.
With the assistance of the latest ma
chines, a piece of leather can be trans
formed into a pair of boots in 34 min
utes, in which time It passes through the
hands of G3 people and through IS raa
chines.
