Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FAHMERS' ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1891.
OIVI THB KISS I CAVE TO THEE.
Tt mf mother' step I bran
Quick, oh, cuirkly girt to tn
Half, it it brr itrp 1 hear
Oir iha kia I gave to Utw.
8.He doth tret fu nieht aoJ day;
"Kit, pnth." sit tkrtii say,
Never nait should giv away,
Knur maid her Wv betray!"
Give, oh, quit kly to n
,illt ki 1 pto thee.
H von kfc-ed a man?" ?, U Sy,
Anl I'll answer bar sml itijr;
Cnra, oh, qiwkly kit to me
Oir tb ku 1 gav to U.
Ontury.
AN IMPOTEST COXCLUSIOX.
II wh Mated opposite to ma at
dinner, and when my ) Brat tell up-
on him I felt certain I had seen htm
omcwlierv before, though I had no
recollection of ever having spoken to
him, or of hie name.
A slim young man of middle height,
ell drctsed and of a fair completion
-in fact, wili an air of general
wathed-outneee not uncommon
aincng young civilians who have de
voted their childhood to bard study
and spent their years of adolescence
in the tropic, During the 10 years I
bad myself lived in Iudi I bad en
countered downs of men almost the
facsimile of this one in appearance
almost, but not quite- That dp
mark coming down between his
brows, whuli were contracted in a
pained frown, and the pale, unquiet
eyes which looked at yon from be
neath tlwnt, wes sufficif nt to redeem
him from the charge of being cast in
too commonphwe ft mould; while a
sort of suppressed activity in bis
slowest movement proved that ha
was not a victim to that climatic
lassitude which is so hard to shake off
ven on the hills. Without judging
from his pallor I could have told
that thia was not the result of health
ful energy but of nervous excitability.
Me ws suffering,' but whetin-r frOiii
physical or mental cause I could not
say.
Curiosity impelled trie to question
my neighbor, a small vivacious lad
who had been introduced to me
earlier in the evening as Mrs. Fane,
and who seemed mors than usually
informed concerning tho ins and outs
of Kinilit society. ,
That is young Creyle," sits return
ed promptly to my inquiry, "A very
rising light in he political department.
It's a name whitJi is slwnys bound to
eet on in India, and he has plenty of
influential connections. He seems to
tinun'; the houses of members of coun
cil, and w hen J was asked liere tonight
1 flt certain of meeting him."
"Not a very lively guest, He has
scarcely opened his lips sines he sat
down."
"And at those dismal functions
very Englishman is bound to do his
duly?" laughing; then, with a softer
note in her voice, she added; "But he,
poor fellow, had a great shock some
lime ago, and has not yet recovered
from it.
Just then somebody else addressed
her, and though I was too interested
not to make several efforts to discov
er more about Mr. Greylo, I hesitated
to assert my primary right to my
partner's attention, as the conversa
tion had become general, and seemed
to ows all its sparkle and its fun to
tier,
"I feel I havt been defrauded of you
shamefully,'' I insinuated It. the
momentary hush which precedes the
departure of the ladies.
Comfort yourself with the reflect
ion that you have been sacrificed for
the public good. 1( I had not talked
no one else would have done so, 1 am
sure. It is gutting near the end of the
seilHon, mid wo are all more or lens ex
hausted. I am quite worn out."
"A day or two of thorough
rest: "
fcibe stopped me with a little horri
fied gesture.
"It it were known or even suMccted
that 1 had spent an evening under my
own roof, it would be considered a
sign of waning popularity, and 1 could
not bear up under such a supposition.
No, I shall go onto the end. To-night,
at any rate, you will admit that 1
have earned my dinner."
fche smiled at me over her shoulder
as she went out, and I wassnfllciently
attracted by her gaiety and good
looks to seek her out when we went
into the drawing room. As 1 sank in
to the seat bettiuo her she whispered
dolefully:
"1 have a dreadful presentiment
they are going to piny games. Look
at thj croun near the doorway, they
are carefully plotting something for
our amusement."
1 renlied that it was very likely
The lst time that I had dined here I
remembered they had had dumbcran
bo. ami mine had been the mournful
privilege to see three esteemed lights
of the Indian Legislature and a yet
mors essltetl personage, wallowing on
the ground as llshos, while a lovely
lady angled for them from the sofa
witli a smug ami crooked pin.
"Why can t they treat ua aa reason
able twings, and leave us in po.u e?'
fretfully.
"They are afraid we mkht take nd
vant age of their kindness to fall
nsloep."
The discussion in question was W
comma mors and mors animated; dis
jointed sentence reuthed ua wher we
sat.
I don't Ulieve In it a bit."
"Tly tatued of trying to discover
the Whitwhepfl murderer hat way,"
"And you rt-al!y U liess In piitttt
nluiit, Mrs. Jerome?"
Then its of the iiti'sl thrilling voices
I had ever hia.rd i low n. svtrvt,
yet with mu a tevrlrting ring
that it ttoiitrt4 lv the furlhsst tor
liet of the roiim unsttwrwl riouly:
it U not quituths sants thing. I
am sure thers t in vrytiKlv a
t lite force wbkh mht I militated,
though, perhaps, nut for our goud. I
have sen Sns l issue things duns
II, at t. sy-l have tUns one r into
things ttiyteif wbl h mU not si
et I'la.'lHkl by BStltrtd is.iitwtnil-l
ttnt slwsys frV.tsnvd," brisg Ml
wish UttU fveik'is Mdntwit
twit,
hM onky )ut Mtn tip to
ytimU." rfMu4 my ct.eiptun,
tli t nt ingsny aHliH t IttMighu, e
U stsvdia at tiWt.arm. 'eMtu hss
alwsvs bent the aeal of iirUtttuK
r,MHf Sa, I dltknw Mf U.
don't sl is."..
Ulbeitt Uiis M, Jsrvms lud
been porsuaded to iwri her gift for
our amusement, and hail let the
room ahek it was diatussed what she
should be asked to do.
IV) you think slie could be 'willed'
to take a cigarette out of this can
and lient it?'' ankedone. "trblow oat
t he candles on the piano?" said an
other; and more suggestions were
made, all of which were impatiently
set aside by a short materialist
looking man who had before expressed
bis utter want of faith in all such
manifestations.
"Of course she could do that, or
anrthinc eiae of t he same sort. A lit
tie ordinary intelligence, combined
with an unconscious aceentuation or
relaxation of rreeeure from the ixv
son who is supposed toinrtueiice her
will, is sure to produce the desired
result. 'Will' hr to do sometbina
perfectly impossible, and she will still
mow out caniies or ngnt cigareiira.
That is my argument."
"How do vou oronose to prove ur
asked our host.
"Very easily, indeed. Let us 'will'
her to find the thief among us."
There was a general nutter oi
dissent.
"J don't fel easy in my conscience,"
laughtxl Mrs. Fane. "Childiah petadil
loes in reference to illegal sweets and
unauthorized pots of jam rise up
against me ana convict me,"
" A nd some of u s ha ve stolen ties rt s, "
I murmured, with a quick side glance.
"Then let it be a murderer. I suppose
none of us can object to that on
jxTsonol grounds," rejoined the dis
fliever so testily that.without further
demur, the proportion was agreed to
oy some or us witn unconccaica in
humor, by all unwillingly, for it is
alwavs more interest ins to have our
senaes titillated by the idea that we are
in the presence of some mysterious
power than to witness a dead faileure.
Every one was airing different opin
ions or relating past exjieriences, end
there was quite a babel of sounJ,whn
a voice eremptorily requested silenca
and at the sums moment Mrs, Jerome
stetifed forward ami stood in the
renter of the room, Hhe would not
allow her eyes to be bandaged, hhe
imply closed tliem, apparently giving
herself up to the firm t lasn of the mail
,ijn turn tn s!t bjnir who.l after
ward learned, was her husband, Ho
slim and trail she looked that it seem
ed, without the support of his st rong
hands around her throat, she
must have fallen, for her
face was white as death,
mid she was trembling so violently
that even the most, careless was hit-
iressed, seeing that she believed Sit
ler own power, tthe was in a long
white gown of picturesque, but not the
most fashionable, make, unrelieved by
any color; and her hsir of a reddish
flaxen was almost straight, but so
wiry In texture that it stood like an
aureole around her brow, when, with
a harassed gesture, she passed her
fingers through it as though per
plexed and at a loss how to act. Was
she waiting for the inspiration that
could not possibly tome? For the
first time it struck me that they were
treating her unfairly and with scant
courtesy, she being so evidently in
earnest and so anxious to succeed.
Yet her husband hod not objected to
her being put to the test, lie appear
ed to have full confidence in the out
come, and her eventual triumph over
inose who una oouoieu me sincem y
of her professions, , j
By merest chance, at that moment
my glance lighted on Mr, Oreyle, the
man who had so interested me at
dinner. His face was turned away
from me, but bis attitude struck ins
as'Strauge in the extreme, although
familiar. I was sure I had seen him
standing so before; as now, seeming to
shrink from observation, his fingers
tightly clenched as they hung closely
to his sides, his head thrown bock as
if in forced deliance of some danger.
fkuldenlv I remembered how and
where we find met. It was three years
ago, up here, in the rainy eeason.when
Hiuila gaieties had come to a stand
still for a few short days on account
of the tragic death of a young and
very boaulifulgirl. Hhe had fallen over
a steep place while walking round
Jakko. Either the earth, loosened by
the heavy rain.had given way beneath
her feet, or she had incautiously lent
over to see something on the hillside.
It was not discovered how the hc
cldent bcfol, but this young man, who
was known to have been desperately
in love w th her, was the (Irst to pass
nnd discover what had hapiM-ned.
The shock hml almost turned his
brain, and for a long timo he lived in
retirement, avoiding all notice, and
able to bear no reference to the uffair.
It was at that time 1 had seen him
and this accounted for his gravity
and repressed excitability, for it takes
time to hen! a wound like this, nor do
the nerves easily recover from such a
strum. I was thinking this when, as
1 watched, I saw him start and press
one hand convulsively to his heart,
while his face,now shown to me in
prolllo, became ashen gray in hue. At
the same time I heard the soft frou
frou of a trailing skirt, nnd, turning
Involuntarily, saw that Mrs. Jerome
was moving with swift unfaltering
steps toward him, her lips parted in
susM'iise, her slender neck bent for
ward so that her husband had to
stretch out his arms not to lose touch
of it as, with an expression of disap
pointment on his face, he followed.
fhe put out one hand gropingly, and
in another moment it would have
come in contact with Mr, (Ireyte's
body, as, apparently fascinated, he
made a forwttid movement, but ua
suddenly shrank back horror-struck
and gnsplngfor breath like a hunted
animal at hy. Home woman renin-
ed, and in the confusion that ensued
tln i-ntistta remark of the man who
had been the cause of this apparent
fiasco was allowed to uiuuiUnsl,
t tumuli A feel i nil wn lnvommj eeiierai
that such wit experiment should never
. . . - . . . i
nave tsvit permiiteui ami no one not'
lcd the dated, thwarted huk tf Mm
Jerome as she turned to her husband
and listened to his hurried explana
tion. The s Weni Ion of every one was riv
etMt tut the yoniij pt.hihal, n, xile
till, but with miotvd rtnnpositre, he
f t'MM- Ivntlki! (Of liAMlt t'MUal
ikIi a com motion, atliiUttiiis hi
nrrvousiieas t wk health and over
(aligns dvitUig the day,
"I'oar tul'.ow, l.s th Wit v,'Kh
ed'jf il," esl lhe, 'ti.e, hi bad
K-n aetKl in'a a,lius ftr the Ut '
u;iiH. "TW ssr he has tt.vr
ttvtt th s.tn tm s that girl
ae kiilrd tbrte )v-tr ae. He was
tlsvotvl to Ur, estdshtwAssotMly
,og-t-d la ewne alse, ndsst xt-s-l
Hut tstlif Mdiy, the story
. Ik l h'o'iaa (g bli't t rottta tip
hv 'tt aMvt mtmit be d. It
niy wp tW v! I suit rpttt, a4
t4fl; I Uott ttud,i tit 1 lua sannf
to come. It is a sort of morbid int-
pulse. I suppuse."
I was silent.
In my own mind I was wondering
whether no one elae was cbanng at
this abrupt and altogether impotent
conclusion; whether no one else was
haunted bv the suspicion that this
man had been prime mover in that
unforgotten tragedy, though, perhaps,
not with deliberately murderous in
tent. Had we by chance stumbled on
a means by winch crime might be in
fallibly detected? If so, the secret of
tha fascination this olace hod no a
sed for him was explained; and Neme
sis, in the shape oi airs. Jerome nsi
this night walked in among us to
avenge a hapless victim.
RUNAWAY ENGINES.
The Old Ben Franklin Stopped In
Its Mad Career by Oiling the
Track e.
The old Long Island railroad hod a
single track, with numerous switches
and turnings. One dark night when
tlie conductor was taking three pas
senger-cars through to ureenport,
after traveling six or eight miles he
noticed the headlight of a locomotive
in his rear. What could it moan?
The locomotive was gaining rapidly
ujmn nun. lie onjereu ma engineer
to nut on more st earn. Then followed
a wild chase through the night, Pur
suer and pursued tore along at the
highest spned. Khowers of sparks fell
from the wheels. K very body on the
cars believed that the engineer of the
pursuing locomotive was either drunk
or asleep. At last a bright idea st ruck
the fireman. He remembered that a
locomotive can make no progress on
greasy rails, J he contents oi two
tuge cans of kerosene were poured up
on the track. The device proved u
ressful, ftoon the headlight of the
pursuer grew dim in the distance.
The train was etopicd and bucked up
to solve the mystery.
A laughable sight was revealed.
There stood the old Ileri Franklin,"
pulling and snorting and pawing like
a wild bull, the driviiig-whimJs bu.,ing
around on the greased track like all
possessed, but not moving an inch.
Banding tlie tracic tiscy uore down
on the old machine, Not a sign of
engineer or fireman wos visible.
There was a full head of steam on,
but the fires were getting low.
rushing hack to the next station
with the runaway engine, the conduc
tor was there bunded a dispatch in
forming him that the "lien Franklin"
had broken loose, and ordering him
to switch it off at Iukelandaud wreck
it.
Tho oiled track, however, had saved
the "Ben Franklin" from destruction.
Ijocomotive runaways are not tin
ommon. Two engines once collided
on a track of the Jtoston and Maine
Kail road in Tewksbury. The shock
opened the throttle-valve of one of
them. The engineer had already jump
down, and off went the locomotive
ike a shot, bended for Ixwell. Jteoch-
ina the end of the track at the Iyowell
station, Ijt overturned the bunker as
though it were a wisp of straw, went
lowing through the lloor oi the sta
tion for a distance of seventy-live
ft, and entered the express ofllce,
Crashing through the partition that
separated this ofllce from the station
quarters, it wrecked one end of tlie
baggage-room in passing. At itst it
grated fts head against t he brick wall
which adjoined the public sidewalk,
and had torn out quite a section be
fore the floor gave way, Down plung
ed the engine into tho basement, emit
ting clouds of steam and suiokf. but
now comparatively harmless. New
ark Journal,
PERVERTED VISION.
A Ten-Year-Old Olrl Who Reads
Printed Matter Upside Down
Only.
A very peculiar case of perverted
vision has been presented to Dr.F.. W,
Ilrickley, an oculist of this city, writes
a York correspondent of the I'hilndul
pltiu 1'ress, A litt le girl of ten years,
the daughter ol one of this city's
most respected citizens, was discov
ered by her school teacher to bo un
able to rend her reading exercise un
less the book was held upside down.
Tho teacher, Miss liussur, immediate
ly communicated the fact to her par
ents, and they became very inucb
worried.
The oculist was called In and an ex
amination made of tlie child's eyes.
They were found to be entirely nor
mal. The only conclusion arrived at
was that the stranun freak of vision
was the result of n habit of trying to
read with the book pnges in an un
natural position, a habit contracted
somo years ao when the child was
(list sent to school. At this time the
child in writina numbers upon a slate
always made llicm upside down, ami
as it was never observed or corrected
she gradually drifted into the hubit
of rending tho same way,
The only means of cure possible is to
tench the thild everything over nnin
as ttiotttihehe never knew anything be
fore. This will b carefully done, ami
a cure of i his really phenomenal case
is anxiously looked for in the near lu
ture. A BROOKLYN MOTHER'S DEVICE.
She Has a Soheme for Preventing
Her Child From Getting boat.
A handsomely dressed woman and
a curly-headed boy of five summers
were among the tiassenuers on a bridge
il.i tin...., .1
itftui mi, if iiMiiiiitH t wf nuint ini
the attention of all the other paswr,.
gerson account of a new and itmtil
arrangement, evidently the in vera ion
of the mot her, to prevent Jimmie
from titling lost lit the crowd.
Around ll boy's i best snd shoulders
was a neat -lit ting harness ( red
morouo lent her, ornainvtitrd with
tiny brass bells. To rvins, aiso of
r I h-ttthei. sere attacSvd to the
harts nttheslioiildt r. The mother
held the mine limit v in her left hand,
while with her nsltt she hrtd a book
in whk It she stvined itn-hly Inletrsted.
When the boy wanted to so tnl on
the jut ion. i or ti tit-r to the
window, there nhsrn-tiiutisiid
of 't ome but, Juittiiiw, dolt I go
tl.rs,
li .iototii would watk the htitiMiof
the rin and tbu bsstopt-jl. The
toother would tt'it ftvtt lot l Up hom
her book, but her np on I be rm
nr KUlrd. As long a she held
IUiii irty ttr was tuni.na tor
JimiHM iu y-t -M n th in td r iall
i1 the i4!u t, Tbs harm ws
sum! to that
tun by pi d.st m,
llltOIMll few Mf, bill I MO tvMtt
wt uwd for lb Uy losUsd of ton
for tli d-j Jiiiiho I ptibtty
Mr l ftl tut tt studs along tf wdd
tiirntfeh!re Umu a h iM4 and
oldlt i
THE BUCKING BK0XCH0.
HIS TOUGHNESS AND ENDUR
ANCE UNSURPASSED.
asaMwbst DmptetMl bat Eatraaaaly
raltkfsl aa l.fal 4alaiaJTa
ladiaaa Cat I-lttla to
(b IteMt,
There Is no horse superior to the
broncho for endurance; few are his
equals, ssy the Baltimore American.
He came by it naturally from the
Spanish stock of Moorish descent, the
Individuals of which race abandoned
in the sixteenth century were his Im
mediate ancestors, and his hardy life
has, by the survival of the Attest, in
creased this endurance tenfold. He Is
not handsome. His middle piece Is
distended by grass food; it Is loosely
joined to bis quarters, and his hip is
very short lie nas a rammer bead
and the pronounced ewe neck which
all plains or steppes horses seem to
acquire. Ills legs are naturally per-
feet, but they finally give way at the
knees from sharp stopping with a gag
bit, for an Indian will turn on a 10.
cent piece. One for.n of rifdng is to
place two long parallel strips of buf
falo bide on the ground at an interval
of but a few feet, and, starting from a
distance, to ride up to these strips,
cross the first, turn between the two,
and gallop back to the starting point
Another is to ride up to a log bung
horizontally and lust high enough to
allow the pony to get under, but not
tho rider, touch it and return. If the
pony is stopped too soon the Indian
loses time In touching tho log; If too
late be guts scraiwd off. The suddon
Jerking of the pony on its haunches is
apt both to start curbs and break hi
knees,
The toughness and strength of the
pony can scarcely be exaggerated. Ho
will live through a w lntor that will kill
ho hardiest cuttle. Ho worries
through tlie long months when the
snow lias covered up the bunch grass
on a dhd of cottonwood boughs, which
the Indian cuts down for him; nnd in
the spring it takes but a fow weeks for
hhu to scour out into splendid condi
tion. Ho can go unheard of distances.
Cob It. I, Uodge records an Instance
coming under- bis observation where
a pony carried the mulls 800 miles In
tli rue consecutive nights, and buck
over the suine rood tho next woek, and
kept this up for six months without
loss of condition. Ho can carry any
weight, Mr. Turkman speaks of a
clilof known ai Lo. Cochon, on account
of his 300 pounds avordupots, who
nevertheless rode his ponies us brave
ly as a man of hull his bulk. Ho has
ofton curried two people as ono.
There is simply no end to this wonder
ful product of the prurhis, He works
many years. Ho long as he will fat up
in the spring his ago is immaterial,
The absence of crest in the pony
suggests tho curious query of what
lias become of the proud arching neck
of his ancostors, tho barb. There
are two ways of accounting for this,
The Indian's gag bit invariably appli
ed with a jerk, throws up tho pony's
neita instoaa or bringing it down, as
the slow and light application of the
school curb will do, and this tend, to
develop the ewe nock. Ur a more
sufficient reason may be found in the
runt that the starvation which the pony
undergoes in the winter months tends
to deplete him of every superfluous
ounce of flesh. The crest in the horse
Is mostly meat and Its annual deple
tion has Anally brought down tho pony's
neck Dourer to the outline of a skele
ton. It was with much ado that the
pony held onto life during tho winter;
he could not find enough food to flash
up a merely ornamental appendage
like a crest The Moors and Arabs
prize tho beauty of tho high arched
neck and brood for It and their steedn
are well fed. Tlie Indian cared for his
pony only for what ho can do for him,
und, once lost, tho crest would not bo
opt to bo regained, for few
Indians have any conception of brood
ing. Tho broncho's mean crest li
distressing, but it is In inverso ratio to
his endurance und usefulness. Well
fed and cared for, ho will regain hU
crest to a markod extent
THE MEXICAN SWEtL.
tVlisn Ha tttds Abroad, II Csi-rlei a
Fortun With Hint.
The Mexican swoll rides on a saddle
worth a fortune. It is hmdod with
sliver trimmings, nnd hanging ovor it
w an expensive scrape, or Spanish
blanket which adds to tho niairnl!!-
conne of tho whole. Ills quoer-shapud
stirrups are redolent of tho old mliio.
Ills brldlo is in like manner adornod
with metal in tho shape of half a doz
en big silver plates, and to his bit l
aitiu'kxid a pair of knotted red-cord
reins, which ho holds hlirh up and
loose, lio Is dressed In a black velvet
jacket frlii if t,d and embroidered with
silver; and a hugo expensive hat
perched on his head, is lilted over one
ear. Ills logs are encase! In dark
tight-fitting breeches, with silver trim
ming uown the side scams, but cut so
ns, in summer weather, to unbutton
from the knee down and flap aside.
His spurs are silvor, big and hnavy
ami eottty, andtltUil to bucklo round
Ms Iiig'.i-out ho n. I mler hi left log
la fattened n broo l-hlubul and boautb
fui eiirvej sword, wdU a hilt worthy n
prince id the bioo.t
I he sett Of this toumtstt U the per
fect psttlern of a cUitlies-pln. Loaning
SKHinst the evil!" ho sltvt ihm his leg
forward and outward, wiilt heel do
prtWMHl in a fttshto i w hich reinlntl on
of Kydnoy fiinll t's suylng that hi did
not ohjeei to n e'eryiiia t rtdls If on
ly ha tn : cry Iwtdly, and turted ostt
hit bin t U lite vtrj' ctmverNt
of rhUng cbtMt to yutii' luu-ws in whnl
It frig Unties it I hsrd to guest Uiilcst
brattntle. Tin cow Ikiy, w lib :i eta il
ly short seat end lm stl rup kH-ps
hi legs whei tiuty ih.lii ig a td If hi
Mf httiul uf p '."ii a l:o it tf. will bt
ki l Uu v tr. II t-p ir's M,i 4'.itit.
A la fvawis.
' l'U' sir, t't jfttt gU)tutwit
el l coal,' ' tit.el a Hie itluatit f a
wss'.ihy iti .viJtt. 4 th miu4cMt
ha-l fotttttxt ',ct lt sot-taut id th
wtert ltstii !. r il-
iiaotrf U e'ttthi y 'r wit
d.k )ewrt'tva a lil ll ad I'll
vm ad t- lb"
Iha indiii.riiiil tllJ sa liawas loUL
Y,iug th :u,tttf.w v u ou
Set. hSM titSlMt
that uld a.ifar! ivr k
pick tntt it suit l iihm N. I
wast )j Hi WH bt M n oa.l.
tUu. tel. wlU fttsse aintltt4
by s little ud"-l4 .n.a
DUEL. BETWEEN.' ELEPHANTS.
On Hoatroas fark)raras Ba'.t ul
Cora Aaatfcar ta Daath.
It was my good fortune to spend
some months every season in a fine
forest and hill country In India, where
my duties gave me chance of seeing a
great deal of elephant buffalo and
ether big game that frequented those
parts, write IL Herbert Thompson la
the Week's Sport Our camp was on
a partially isolate hilL a good deal
above the surrounding country. We
bad been some days in camp, but bad
not been visited by our friends, the
elephant, when one afternoon the
sudden bellow of one, evidently in
pain, roused everyone in the camp. A
bill man preesntly came up to say that
two large tuskers were hard at it close
by. Everyone turned out onto the bill-
side, from where It was easy, even to
the naked eye. to see what was going
on, while wlta a glass even the move
ments of a startled deer could be made
out
About 700 or 800 yards below the
crowd watching the fight were, two
tuskers. The one somewhat nearer us,
a burly, stout-built beast, with short
powerful tusks, was evidently getting
much the worst of tho combat, and the
white and red furrows in bis sides and
rear plainly indicated seams run by
his antagonist's tusk. Mood could
be seen trickling down his bead and
shoulders. On the rise of the bill was
his rival, a still larger animal posses,
ing the advantage of longer gloaming
lusKs, it wss a lost ngiu, ana in a
few minute the victor, with a quick
rush at the other, made a good thru it
at the side, and though there was a
severe struggle, the tudc went it full
length in tho now beaten brute, and
using all bis weight, the victor pressed
him down the hill, wliero they disen
gaged themselves and prepared for
another bout
The wounded tusker's roars of pain
and rage were pitiful to bear, and
though he would have escaped if he
could, the other kept close behind and
administered thrust after thru!, but
not In any vital part l'rosontly, wheel
ing around they carno together with a
mus. This wus ubout the only stand
made, and the weaker wus quickly
overpowered by tho more powerful and
fresher victor, 1 he thruats now put
behind tho shoulder und into tho body.
quickly disabled tho poor brute, and in
fact In a fow minutes, the grout beast
roiled over dead.
Next morning, on our prococdlnir to
look for tho tuskers, we found a lurge
herd in an excltod stuto almoit on the
same snot whore tho finish hud oc
curred. In it wore several r.mull
tuskers, Ix'slde tho big conqueror of
the evening before, who soomod to in
still a grout deal of four into tho
youngsters. Ha came now into tho
open glade with a fine young femnlo,
and as ho upprouchod even the other
cows there wu a general stumpodo out
of his way.
Wecumeon tho dead beast, which
had been butted and rolled, after it was
killed, into a clump of bamboos. It
had boon a fino burly anlmul, but wo
markod from forehead to rear und top
to foot by rips und cuU. Ho measured
foot and 6 inches at tho shoulder,
and the tusks taken by the hill men
proved sl'ghtly over 100 pounds to the
pair. Tho victor, which in tho fight
loomed to toworovor his foe, must have
boon quite ten foot high, and hud tho
longest tu.k I have ever soon clear of
tholr sockets. I tried to got him, but
what with his harem about him and
ihe difficulty of getting a clour view in
the long giits. I fulled to got a shot
Tbs Nation's Hero,
A hero thou In storm and battle,
Called from bomoly life;
Btroiig of soul and true of purpose
Htemly midst the strife,
On thy bund the Nation trusted
Trusted not in valu,
Iu our hearts that name i writton
Without blot or italn.
All their duht in hour of peril
Men will not' forget.
Iu that ihrouiled form before tuora
Live tby memory yet.
Crowding round the boro'i ttatuo,
breathless thousand ask
Who to lift the veil is worthy!
Who amue the task !
Then cam forth a little nialdon,
Drew the veil aslaut,
And henceforth In song and story
Liuked her name with Grant.
ECONOMY IN WEALTHY HOMES.
Kkjisiis Mors Carsfully Looked After In
England Than With l.
To kocp nn establishment extrava
gantly on $10,000 or I'.'O.OOO works
quite us much mlschlot as to misman
age on $1,000 or less. Why l it thut
norvunts who have been in service in
good families in Knglaud, Ireland or
Scotland are sought after so eagerly
with imP ask the New York World.
For tho simple reason that there the
household fitTair aro manngod with
thrift among tho very woulthy. If tho
mistress of the house is too delicate or
ha too many social engagements to
attend to tho detail bcrmlf, there U
always a hin'isokouper who does this in
a systematic way.
btoro are kept la a looked room,
the cook report oaeh morala what
she needs for the day wad tin articles
are given to her; the housekeeper.
knowh.g tho menu for twh xm.il un
derstand If tho cHk is milking proper
lci:i in U No wuto of any kind Is al
lowed; the very scullery maid knows
this and ditrot not l-Mtvo her soap tn
tho wale, etc. There I no liottur
ehool for tr.tlning a m-vvaitt than fur
her bt bi tukvui Into a r.cH bnusotiold
of th' sort
nrtiun'' WtHl4 llwk.
It will littipsdl-tmisttud of jwi-wm
slot were st oin ttuie a bil children.
to leant thai AtiiKr II Mi'li nb-y,
ihe author t Mct.u W ajwlUng
took, I t:U I vfiig In t inetnitaH.
he th MiMitJ of per m hn ttt
ort tint or aiu.ther harbored It. IMF
bo lis" s.-sct-l Mr. MclbiftVy, and d-
to'id MN hint and hi sibling book
to t)tt'!otvlt lo.i!i I a id litfrnl g.U.
lbs ail katw that Mr, MinWy h4
put Word in hat im'rtWwm boo that
h Mtuld U-tl spvtl bitalf s4 er
novcf hind!,t lo ls p l''d 't hy
ti x y tttht 1 1,.. . .d h4
rt u thr i a si'iril til Isaat
bSI.UIU'S, S tl y Wlvksdh.
lloiw- tle!r tvl'.ii4 id r.it'iii'fet ilut
UlSMt tUlDg V t I',B b4S
tftt4 lJttr ltrt. an I ibuy joU w
ta i 'ting Mr. Mibtify. wt
tbOMglt b lHt t. go4 pnlvf b
Nvte 14 U h. ij U a 4 wl
The Boot and Shoe
ED. G-. YATES.
NOT
FORGETTING
BY
$2.50 & $3.00 Shoes
Short Tops High ervongh to keep dirt ont; light single sole,
easy on and they wear good. I have sold them for four years.
Long enough to find out whether they are good for anything or
not They are Good.
ED. G.
1129 O Street. 1120.
The Lightning Hay Press.
A. H. SNYDER, STATE
807, 809 NORTH I6TH ST.
We-Handle Bale Ties, Coil Wire
Always Kept on Hand. n4m
Flay arid Gralp ffaridTed I fi Gar 1ots.
LINCOLN
AID ISSTITtlTS or HUtSAMIIIf,
Ihnrthsnd, snd Trirll'nit, to tti btst snd larmst
LtiiirB in ilw Wtt. Mi MtU'l;iln In si-ii'luu lut
ymsr. siu,iiu proparM lor S4.Iiim la fr,,iu 8 to
Ifeatiftful llliuurMt,ile tiilMru..ii,ll Journal., sad
uwiiiusii ut tuiuuuhl:, Mnt (rw hr a,l'lr Mlng
LUXIUKIUUI ROOSK. Llnoata. Msb.
Carter& Bailey,
Commission L'erchants,
125 id 121 RortklStiSt., UbciIi. III.
DEALERS IN
flottsr, f p, ehsess, potatoet, poultry
umj, gTkis sua uts siock.
Farm Produce a Specialty.
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Telephone 470........... 80S S. 11th St.
A. L GUILE,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
Embalming 43tf , . . .Lincoln. Nh
K. 8.NEIK,
Druggist & Pharmacist
1 18 South 10th 8t.
A full snrl complete Una of Dru, Patent
Meaiomo. Toilet Article sua
. l'erfumerjr.
Choice Cigars a Specialty.
The trade of the farming fraternity is
respectfully solicited. 4iJtf
GaU apd Oee TTe.
OALARY
$25 PER
WEEK.
0
WANTEIH Good Aarent to cell our
Aire
ell
(iennral line of mercnaudUa. No Deddl
Inir. Above talarr will lie paid to " live"
airuot. Kor further Information. add(.
VHtVAUtt Ur,.lKKAL Sl'PPL CO.,
ITS West Vsa Burea tit.. ChlotMfO. III.
TI MONEY MONOPOLY!
Scares and
dear monsy (hard monsr)
laklus ebeap labor, waaa ilar.rr. falllaaj
prloss. mulness paralysis and anrureed Idla-
nas, doultllnf the Volume aod Vain ol
Diuii.r oblluatluns (bonds ana luortnaaal
araatlug a laud lord tsiu.
A Treatise on Money and Flnsncs
ST
S3.
IDMET, .
BAKER,
IOWA.
lit Larr Claselr printed paaa. Large
Iff uu ua boos paps'.
"Wi heartily raooomead th 'Mnne Ma.
nobolr' to all ho would fna s 4flaia ua,
dsisiaitdllil of th. XV iuam-isl plask of out
Order, a II I wit hunt (eepllua lit timi
ipililn of that plank It ha bean our food
rortuna to ant, woiKiariuiir uisat anq turti
tl lnvlunlonth plaiform and In lb
aMomitly itHiat, The Monsr Mnoopolr I a
txHik will, k no lah.tr ralornter should b with-out."-Jourl
of K of L. Hsiia , Ha., J. a. r
t'ol. J. HsrtMr, thsoU war hurw ( th
trvskhsuk uu,.ut ttMNtk aa follow of
Ihisi l' I lur rs. with srmtt oar th "Mw
n Momisuiri" umI It sll istoo th lat
sfsisit and eau s that i.tr braouwai ua
It is ih Wsi biKih attw la art
It acSMai ti.sim.nl oi tea atonoacip
trus aua u. an I aiMtarlr, and is
pwial iui'S-'t of la autila lir ettraat
lioui aua'trwd ot itaM truss is twst
bi.u ol th aM o Ika tbrra rfsat tttlan
Mmtrr. 1 raasiHtrlslloa I 4)4, ih IttU
and it't to fttr Iks full torus ol th
4iut, but pisia lurvibW and lniuHiiuilt
.t yil a a.Mtiw sa tulvs tsa hiHi r4l"
at.iitiM a,.! mi. Ta ha put,imi.s.
la a uiisiua war or Hums ts
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ts. Its auvuliwr at wxod.ilul- II I Sl
1st i aa a stsi.t kut rh4 h th
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w.,ih a ..satihMi wf lh'uhl lb ru4
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STILL THERE IS SOUE-
THIN6 ELSE.
DID YOU EVER WEAB A
PAIR OF UY
PLOW BOOTS?
YATES.
AGENT, 0U1HA, NEB.
St
and a Full Line of Repairs
DO -.YOU
Wsnt to ssv from
26 TO 60c.
On every Dollar you spend? If so, writs On
our Msmntotb Illustrated Catalogue, oon
lalnlog lowest manufsoturer' prices of
Orocerlei, Dry Oooa. Bots snd Shoe,
ClolhlDf, Hardware, Agricultural Iinple.
menu, uj,
ttT" Mailed on rooelpt ef 20oent for post
sire; CM ICAOO OEXICBAL tCPPLT CO.
ITS West Van Buran Bt. Chloaro, III.
CAM SOAP '-.WORKS,
WEST LINCOLN.
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They hare no equal. Patronize a
home factory, none better in tne world.
A ROBBER OR THIEF
I better thsa the lying scale agent woo tells you
a gospel truth that the
Jones' $60. 5 Ton Wagon Scale
I not standard male, and equal to any mitd.
for free book and prtoe llt, aildres
Jones of BlDgbamton, Blngbamtoh, ILL
A New Premium,
Mr. Marlon Tedd'i Istett work, sntltlod,
"Flzsrro and John Sherman." should bo la
every Alllsnre Hnrsrr, and read by every
mcmbi-r. Price, lib cent per copy ly nail.
Wo will send Tils Fahukhh' A 1,1,1 ASOB oas
year and thi book for only $1115, or will ed
post patu on receipt or pnoe.
SCIE
for
V A pamphlet of Inform.! Inn nH k.
V" i". aw,.in,win (,IW iu.
"'PTngnis, urn int.
i"fts MUNN CO.
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l J.rs.
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rnoM Tn
In oil Labor Mr!
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heavy that Ihe nuhllah.r. k.u. nn .......
rds beautiful v
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Thli far the lartt sonsstsr lu th market
for tks prloe, sad thsvarstully piwoared lu.
del snaltle nrth word and ututlu edition to
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hie in aptwaranoa and lta OimovI Hynina,
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dmH-nt rkt,.ai frlea, inl sopr, it.
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TMK l'l till lit V ltlt.1, M A I. AW,
SW f s DluMtl !stl IHt f ir slllM
ttewo.l.B widow and par hw d.pasd.
ml wbM s,ut Stmt Ittoo eSwt.wr .r..
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pvvoi' ad asd ! ui.iuv u.wi,i4,
lata 1 wi4itlor JAMES TANNER
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