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The Sioux County Journal,
VOLUME VIII.
HAKKLSOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, AUGUST 0, 18.
NUMBER 48.
SHE had not the least shame about
telling her age. On the contrary,
she was rather proud to do so. It
was something to be proud of. Not that
she was 64. but that at 04 she looked
not a day over 48, and a blooming 48
at that.
True, her hair was silver, but what
a waving wealth of silver! And It wan
not sent to soften wrinkled either. She
wore as many of these ornaments an it
Is legitimate to wear at 48, and uo more.
Oh, she was certainly a wonderful
woman for her age, was Mrs. Joseph
Allestree!
Quaint, indeed, she appeared, partic
ularly on a certain eveulng, staudlng In
the old square portico, with the sun
shining straight under the trees into
her face.
The bouse at her back was low and
long. It stood endwise to the lazy little
river that flowed at the foot of the
abruptly sloping lawn. Ou the other
side, at the end of a long, shady ave
nue, was a pite with an old-fashioned
woden arch over It, concealed by
vines.
It was toward this gate that Mrs.
Allestrve looked, leaning forward eag
erly, like a girl, one hand shielding her
eye from the level sunbeams. She
wore white think of her dsring to
wear white! She was watching for
Joseph. He bad gone down to Stoncton
only a mile distant for the post at
6 o'clock. That was two hours ago.
Joseph did love dearly to gossip with
the old farmers and shopkeepers, but
he really ought to remember dinner
time.
But Joseph had" n,,t forgotten his
dinner. At this very minute the gate
opened and his little gig rolled in, fol
lowed by three enthusiastic dogs a
St. Bernard and two red setters.
Mr. Allewtree, after embracing hi
wife as if he had Just returned from a
year's Journey, went in with her to
dinner, and Mr. Allestree wasbut I
will not dew rll him; simply he was
everything that the busttand of Mrs.
Allestree should have boeu. Forty-Hya
years had gone by since their marriage
nd in all that tl mo they had never been
separated a single day.
Dearest," said Mr. Allestree as ttiey
sat down. "I owe you an apology for
my tardiness, but It couldu t be helped.
I got a letter calling me away on an
important matter, and I had to atop to
attend to some things in the village. I
must go Immediately to-morrow."
"Oh. that I'erley affair," she said,
glancing over the page. "Hut, Joseph,
an't von nut It off? Kemember, the
Kennedy are coming In the morning
to stay over Sunday."
"I cannot Henrietta. If got to be
attended to at once."
"But. Joseph, yon can't go without
me. You know you never did such a
thing."
"I am afraid I must do so this time,"
he replied mournfully.
They sat in silence for some minutes.
Twice Mrs. Allestree wiped away a sly
tear with her napkin. At length, brave
ly assuming a cheerful asteet, she ask
ed: ''How long will you be goner
"I can't possibly reach London, ac
complish all I want to and get home
again In less than ten days."
"Jutteph. It will kill us Itoth."
"Ah, no. my dmr," he laughed; "It
won't quite do that. At least, I hope
not. It will be very, very hard. But
think, my love, we were apart for five
long years once on a time."
"Ah, Joseph," with a sob In her voice,
"that was Wore we had ever lived to
gether. We only knew each other by
letter, you know."
"And a mighty comfort did we take
out of those same letters. Isn't 11
strange that in two and forty years we
should never have had occasion to
write to one another? Not since you
were Henrietta Shower,"
"It Is a singular circumstance," she
replied. "Yes, we can write. Io you
know, Joseph, the thought of It already
consoled me a little. It will be such
a delightful novelty."
It was a good tblug for Mrs. Allestree
that she expected visitors. But after
the guests had departed her condition
was pitiable. Kspeelally as uo letter
had come.
Mr. Allestree had gone away early on
Saturday. Now It was Tuesday. She
had managed to be patient over the
Sabbath, but on Monday morning, when
Jimmy came up from Htoneton empty
handed, she had refused to Itelleve that
he had not drop ted the letter or that
the postmaster hud not overlooked It
There were only two deliveries In the
twenty-four hours, and at the evening
the same performance was repeated.
On Tuesday Mrs. Alb-stree went her
self to Btowtou and delivered a severe
lecture to the postmaster upon the gen
eral Indifferent- of government offi
cials, thereby greatly annoying tba poor
man.
Jlr. FrtmweU began to dr4 tbt
hours of delivery. Twice a day, what
ever the weather, Mrs. Allestree pre
sented her handsome, anxious fax at
the window.
When he handed out the post to her
and site found not the letter she longed
for, an angry face it was that peered In
at him, and a stern albeit well bred-
voice that demanded of him to hunt
through every box, lest perchance ho
had made some error in distributing.
The deserted, neglected wife must
blame somelsxly, and she would not
blume her husband. She did not at Unit
even dream of blaming Joseph.
By the middle of the week her whole
mod changed.- She felt hurt, deeply
hurt. There seemed to lie no reason, no
excuse for such neglect. To think that
this, their first separation in so many
years, should be unbrldged by a word!
She could not have the consolation of
writing to him, for he had left no ad
dress, there being an uncertainty about
the very part of London in which that
troublesome I'erley was living.
It was the way of men, and he, It
seems, was not better than the rest of
them. Once out of her sight he forgot
forgot all the love and dully devotion
of forty-two years.
By. Saturday morning Mrs. Allestree
was ill 111 enough to go to lied. Jim
my had to fetch both posts, and, after
delivering in person the first one, he
vowed to Molly that he would not ap
proach Mrs. Allestree again while Mr.
Allestree was away.
All day Sunday Mrs. Allestree lay
silent In a dark cliamber. Molly could
not get a word from her, nor would she
eat. It was almost restful to be so
weak. True, she was In despair. She
had given up all expectation of seeing
Joseph again, but, compared with the
bewildering tosslngs of vain conjecture
her present state was one of quietude
and peace.
But by Monday morning she was suf
fering torments once more. She felt
tlint If Jimmy returned without either
Joseph or a letter she would surely die,
and. Indeed, she nearly died. as It was
When the wheels sounded again upon
the gravel, Mrs. Allcwtree sat up In Itcd
She was whiter than her hair. No voiies
were heard below. She clutched her
heart and gasped. But presently
door opened and a step came up the
stairs. It was the step of Joseph. An
he entered the room she fell back
among the pillows.
"My dear Henrietta, what's all this?"
He looked around almost accusingly
uKu the two frightened women, as if
he had caught them In the act of ams-
slnating their mistress.
"Dldn t Jimmy tell you she mur
mured.
"You know Jimmy never tells any
thing. He did say you weren't well
But have you been very 111, dear?"
The women had withdrawn, and he
seated himself upou the bed.
"Joseph, you might have sent me one
little line!"
h what? I don t quite compre
hend. A line?"
"Yes, It wouldn't have hurt you to
write a line."
"Henrietta, I wrote to you every day.
and sometimes twice a day."
They stared at each other.
"But I never got a solitary letter,'
she said presently. I sent to every
delivery weut myself until I became
ill. Mr. Fram well said there was nth
lug from you. It nearly killed mo
Joseph."
"However," he muttered, "they could
not have all miscarried I Henrietta
I have it! Walt; I'll be back In twenty
minutes," and the gentleman fairly rnn
out of the room.
He laughed all the way downstair!
and she heard his ha, ha's between hU
shouts for Jimmy to bring back the
trap. In a few minutes they rattled
out of the grounds, and within the time
mentioned they rattled back again.
Mr. Allestree tore breathUtw up the
stairs, bursting hoy-fashion Into his
wife's room. He carried a package of
letters, which he spread out in a clreh'
on the 11. There were fourteen of
them, and every one was addressed to
Mlns Henrietta Shower.
For a short space nothing was said
and then the two aged lovers liogan to
laugh, and they laughed until thev
cried.
"Joseph," she said, "It's very funny
very, but It was almost the death of
me. How did you come to do It?"
wny, Henrietta, love, when I once
got out of your dear, familiar presence
the old days came back completely. You
were little Retta Shower, and "
Joseph Allestree IiIusImhI; he did not
often quote poetry
"And our two and forty years
Beemed a mist that rolled sway. "
Pearson's Weekly.
A compound of boron and carbon,
which la hard enough to cut diamond,
has beta produced In too electric fur
nact by 11. Molssao. Nw York Suu
A FISHERMAN'S BALKY HORSE.
The One Occaelon on Which the Horse
Found Master.
"I once knew a fisherman," s.ild the
speaker, "who had a horse that balked
on all sorts of occasions; and when he
stopped nothing oa earth could move
him until he got ready lo go. He might
stop, for Instance, going along the shore
with a wagon load of Hsli, and then the
fisherman would unhook him and back
the wagon away from him, so that he
couldn't kick that to pieces, ami leave
him standing there like a statue on
the beach. When the horse was ready
to go on again, which might be In on
hour, he would hook him up and start
on.
"One day the fisherman came In wi'b
a load or tlsh in his boat anu goi "
horse and wagon to take the fish
shore. He drove out In the shoal
water alongside the boat, loaded the
fish Into the wagon, made everything
snug aboard the ltoat, and then got Into'
the wagon to drive ashore. The horse
stood fast. The fisherman know well
enough what that meant, and he hauled
the Iniat up alongside the wagon again,
put back all the fish, anchored the boat
safely, and waded ashore, leaving the
horse ami wagon standing there In tin?
water. The fisherman aald nothing,
but it was low tide, and he did wonder
a little what the horse would do when
the tide came in.
"There was a barroom on shore not
far away, and, sitting in this barroom
at the time were half a dozen men who
all knew the horse well, and who made
bets as to what he would do; whether
he'd stand there and drown, rather than
give In, or whether he'd come ashore;
and how long he'd wait before he start
ed, and so ou.
"Finally the tide set the wagon afloat
and then it took the horse off his feet.
He edged Inshore a little at that, tllf
he'd found his feet again, and then he
stood fast once more. But the tide kept
coming and It s(ton had blm off his feet
again; It was simply something that be
couldn't resist; and after two or three
more trials, moving In and halting, he
seemed to realize that fact, for the next
time he floated he kept straight ou
wading till he got ashore, and then he
ran away.
"You might have thought that this
experience would have cured him of
balking, but It didn't; It never had the
slightest effect on him. He balked
after that Just the same as ever; but I
have always thought that It must have
been a satisfaction to the fisherman to
think that the horse had found a mas
ter once, anyway." New Y'ork Sun.
Farmers of Norway.
The furniture consists of a bare ta
ble: a sort of wooden sleeping box, 5
feet 4 Inches- long, filled with straw; an
unvarnished wooden chair, and a low
bench fixed to the wall round two sides
of the room. On It are the gayly paint
ed boxes of the family, each member
apparently having his or her private
chest bearing the name, place of abode
and date of birth of Its owner, aloug
with some more or less barbaric de
sign. On a row of pegs pluced not far
from the ceiling, and extending nearly
around the apartment, hang the Sun
day clothes of the family, a suit to each
peg; the trousers' legs dangling down,
anil, late on in the dusk, looking as If
some mi fortunate people bad hung
themselves In a row.
There Is no carpet, no wallpaper, no
lath or plaster. All is good, honest
wood; above, below and all around;
no varnish, no polish, no stain, no paint
not even on the furniture. No twopenny-halfpenny
one-inch weather
boarding, or half-Inch match-boards, as
wo use In England, but great solid
planks and boards which will stand the
wear and tear of centuries. On the
windows and doors alone Is a little
paint at kind of white enamel. In a
corner of the room stands a very old
kettledrum, and how and why such an
instrument of warfare has a place In
this peaceful dwelling Is for the time
beyoud my comprehension. There are
two big windows, In one of which a
pane of glass is wanting, and Hlvert
tells me that the family are greatly con
cerned thereat; ou my account be It
understood, for much ventilation Is
deemed an evil thing out here. An oval
rusty tea tray Is leaning against the
wall. It fits the window, so far as
tops and sides are concerned, leaving
ample room for fresh air at the cor
ners, so the matter Is soon settled.
Chambers' Journal.
ATter Death.
The burial customs of the Qualnault
Indians are Interesting. After death
the Indian Is dressed In his best and,
with blanket about him, laid la his
favorite canoe and taken a little dis
tance up the river to some chosen spot
near the bank, where the whole Is de
posited out of reach of high water. The
ltoat Is roofed over with a closed frame
work, entirely protecting the body from
onlmals and the weather. To the side
of the little house thus made and front
ing the river are attached plates or
cups of white ware or tin. Bits of looking-glass,
or often whole ones In cheap
frames, occupy the post of honor.
Bright bits of cloth or other showy
ornameuts are also conspicuously dis
played. These ; bauble are supposed
to propltate any evil spirits that may
chance to come that way.
Have you ever noticed that all ths
men who commit suicide are married)
To Reiculate Water flow.
Regulating the flow of water Into
troughs and tanks is something which
causes farmers more or less anxiety
and trouble, for the reason that many
of the patent regulators now in the
market fall to work satisfactorily for
any length of time. Many simple home
made devices, however, can be made to
work. The one shown In the Illustra
tion, which Is from the American Agri
culturist, has a number of strong points.
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BE0UI.4.T0R FOB WATRR TROUGHS.
The water pipe enters near the top of
the tank, which places the valve out of
water, thus relieving It of all danger
from rust or the collection of sediment.
However, where necessary, the pipe
may enter nearer the bottom of the
tank, and If the valve Is kept clear the
device will still semi Its purpose. An
other point In Its favor Is that( If de
Blred, the valve can be closed Just as
effectually when the tank Is one-fourth
full as when filled to the brim. The
lower half of the long, Jointed lever
connecting the valve and float has a
shorter one attached to It, the upper
end of the latter having a number of
holes In It. By having a hole In the
upper naif of the Jointed lever and
Using a pin, the anglw afj tbe-jolnt can-
lie changed at will. Making It as large
as possible will necessitate the float be
ing lifted uear the top of the tank be
fore the valve Is entirely closed, but by
decreasing the angle the valve will be
closed while the float Is still near the
bottom. A sealed can or bottle makes
a good float. A board or block of wood
soon becomes soaked, and jn conse
quence Its lifting power is greatly
diminished.
A Movable Chicken House.
A chicken house that can easily be
moved about is shown herewith. In
size It Is convenient for a hen and her
chickens. Slats are vertical In front
and far enough apart to allow chicks
to run In and out." In front Is a base
ltoard, nailed to a bottom strip extend
ed from each side, on which chicks may
be fed. It Is well to provide shade or
sheil rain by a board awning as shown.
MOVABLE CHICKEN I10USK.
A. floor to tho coop Is not necessary, as
hens prefer to dust at will.
Take Care of the Foreeta.
Fortunes are being made In the lum
ber buslmws by those who understand
It. Where there Is reasonable assur
ance that wood and timber land will
not be destroyed by fire, Its purchase at
a reasonable price Is almost always a
profitable Investment. Improvements
la handling and manufacturing are
such that "a log can now be brought
from the pineries by railway, put into
the ttoom, sawed, kiln dried, matched
and be ready for use In the construction
of a building In sixty hours." Destruc
tive methods of lumbering still prevail
and only In a few cases Is care taken
to preserve the undergrowth and young
trees. It is probable that the State of
Maine will soon enact a law restricting
the cutting of timber to trees almve a
certain size.
Cow Pone for Rolling.
As Northern farmers become better
acquainted with the cow pea and Its
advantages, they are likely to largely
use It in conjunction with and partial
substitution for corn as a fodder crop.
It Is much richer than corn In nitro
genous nutrition, and that la always the
kind that Is moat costly and bard to
procure. Besldea, the cow pea gets Its
nitrogen ai clover does, from air In the
soil. It is one of the leguminous order
of plants, all of which have this power.
The chief objection to growing cow
peas In the North Is the difficulty In
ripening their seed. One or two kinds
will ripen In New England In a favora
ble season and if put In early. But we
can procure the seed cheaply from the
South, and If farmers found they could
never ripen Its seed, they could still
afford to grow some every ywino feed
In alternation with fodder corn or lo
put In the silo. It Is not, however, so
good for the bIIo as corn, as the nitro
genous material of which it is compiled
heats too rapidly, making it as hard to
save sweet as clover ensilage l.
A Coatlr Job, but It Pajre.
The cost of applying paris green as
protection against potato bugs has
been estimated by Prof. Fernalds at a
sum equal to about two cents per bush
ed of the crop. At this rate It costs
about $5,000,000 a year to Insure against
potato bugs throughout the country!
That may be a little high, but what a
saving if the Colorado beetle had been
stamped out upon Its first appearance
twenty years ago! A concerted cam
paign at that time, at state and nation
al expense, would have done the busi
ness. Just so we advocate Congress
providing the money to help Mnsae!j
settit stamp out the gypsy moth a pest
which that State alone has held hi check
for some years at a cost of half a mil
lion. If allowed to spread over the
country, the gypsy moth would do more
damage each year than potato bugs,
rose bugs, grasshoppers and chinch
bugs put together. Here Is a chance
for government work to good purpose
and In a way that would benefit the
whole country. Farm and Home.
Protect Hayetacka from Rain.
Where hay Is stacked out of doors for
several months, It will pay to secure
large sheets of old canvas and stretch
over the stack, pinning the corners by
driving a peg In the stack. The plan
l a modification of the smaller bay
A PROFITABLE HA V CAP TO VSE.
caps used extensively In the field, dur
ing the hay harvest, when rniny weath
er suddenly comes on. Such a cap will
effectually keep rain and snow from
the hay, thus rendering It far more
nutritious and palatable to stock,
Farm and Home.
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Dry Lima Beana for the Table.
Few of those who like the succulent
green Lima beans know that they are,
If not equally good, at least supe
rior to common field beans when
dried for winter use. We used al
ways when growing Limas to put up
those that we could not ue green, and
the winter supply was usually exhaust
ed before sitting. We think a profit
able market for Lima beans In their
dried state can be found in most cities
or villages If farmers will tell their
city friends how good they are. Lima
beans have, even when dried, much
of the rich, nutty taste that makes
them popular when eaten green. There
Is another reason also for saving the
late beans left at the end of the season
for use In winter. They are quite often
used for seed, with the result of mak
ing the Lima bean crop each year a
little later, so that In some places very
few would be fit for use until frost came
and nipped the vines. The first fruits
of anything in which enrllness is Im
portant should always be used for seed.
Carina for Sprina Planted Treea.
If half the trees planted each spring
lived through their first season the de
mand for nurseiy stock would not be so
large as it now Is. Yet we doubt wheth
er the lack of care in planting aud
keeping the tree In condition after
planting is in any way beneficial to the
nurseryman. The cost of the tree and
all the labor bestowed upon It become
a total loss If It dies. This is very dis
couraging, and after a few such exper
iments the planter concludes that fruit
growing dou't pay, which for him Is
probably a proper enough conclusion.
Breaking Down Union Tope.
There Is some difference of opinion
among onion growers as to the necessity
for breaking down the tops before har
vesting. If the stand Is uneven and of
varied degree of ripeness, the tops will
die down so that the crop can be gath
ered without breaking them down. But
moat onion crops are not uniform In
growth or ripeness, and for such the
old-time pmctloc Is a necessity.
THE LIQUOB TRAFI1U
SHORT, IMPRESSIVE TEMPER
ANCE SERMONS.
Dan sera That Lurk in the Flowing;
Bowl How Bright end Influential
Men Have Been Dragged Down by the
Demon Drink Suppreaa the Traffic.
New York Saloons.
According to the latest estimate of
the Health Department of New York
the population of that city is 1,957,000
and the saloon census enumerates 8,
730 places where liquor is sold. Ac
cordingly there Is one saloon to every
224 people, counting men, women and
children and babies in arms, says the
New l'ork Journal. There is one sa--loon
for every fifty-six adult males.
Allowing each saloon a frontage of
twenty-five feet, the saloons of New
York City would make an unbroken
line, If placed side by side, more than
thirty-five miles long, or longer that
the distance between New York City
Ball and Stamford, Conn.
There were sold In New York between
January 1, 1895, and January 1, 1896,
4,806,167 barrels or 168,900,177 gallons
of beer, ale and porter, which at a con
servative wholesale valuation of $5.50
barrel cost the saloonkeepers who sold
them $26,428,418.50. The people who
drank this vast quantity of malt liquor
paid nearly four times that sum for It,
or $105,410,208. Thus New York City
spent more money for beer last year
than Is Included in the fortune of the
richest living American.
About 200,000 cases, of 19,354 barrels,
of champagne were consumed in that
town last year. It Is Interesting to
note that prior to the building of the
huge uptown hotels and clubs and to
the Parkhurst raids, 80 per cent, of all
the champagne drank In America was
drunk In the small section of New York
City between Fifth and Eighth ave
nues and 'iwenty-thlrd and Thirty
fourth streets. Last year's champagne
cost New York $5,300,000. Of other
wines, brandies, and cordials, exclu
sive of California products coming by
rail, New York consumed 2,999,865 gal
lons, or 96,479 barrels. These cost some
thing like $27,000,000 to the retail con
sumer, according to the most expert
possible estimate.
In round numbers 51,000 barrels of
domestic whisky were consumed In
this city during 1895, while during the
same period, say men who know, 48,
000 barrels of domestic alcohol were
used 'to "stretch" or "blend" this whis
ky. Beaurort's Wine and Spirit Ga
zette estimates that enough other
liquids wrere mixed with these to make
New York's total capacity for whisky
in 1895 130,000 barrels. This, In drinks,
cost the thirsty men and women of
Gotham about $40,000,000. Thus, In
one year, New York drank 5,061,000
barrels or 170,531,000 gallons of Intoxi
cating mixtures. Her citizens paid
$177,710,208 for this luxury.
If all this liquid were placed In a
tank from which It was permitted to
run a gallon a minute from an ordinary
Croton water tap, it would take ninety
years and thirty-six days to exhaust
the supply. ...o..,,v---.-,; ,,..,,
Last year there were 31,897 arrests
for drunkenness in New York and
among the culprits were 8,414 women.
There were also 956 arrests for viola
tion of the excise laws'. -,.,.- -!
The cost of this terrific total of 41,
153 arrests, including subsequent trials,
convictions, imprisonments, was not
less than $3,703,773 more than twice
the revenue which the city gets from
the bar-rooms. So Father Knicker
bocker loses money in his rum business.
During 1895 680 deaths were directly
caused by drink. Of the 5,737 lives
lost through pneumonia, at least one
half, the doctors say, might have been
saved had the victims not have been
weakened by alcohol. Consumption
claimed 5.204 victims In 1895, and of
these 1,000 might have lived on If they
had not used liquor.
Union Signal Notee.
In Great Britain last year 32,973,000
barrels of beer were brewed.
Six of the Protestant bishops of Ire
land are total abstainers an encour
aging fact.
British revenue from beer last year
was $53,595,000 an Increase of $3,
085,000 over the previous year.
The Ceylon Observer, established In
1834, has been ever foremost In sus
taining the progress of good move
ments. Out of ninety-one new pastors who
entered the Congregational ministry
last year, seventy-four were total ab
stainers. The British Temperance League has
Issued a call for a body of well equip
ped and enthusiastic crusaders to carry
on the work of securing pledge signers
during the closing years of the cen
tury. Seven years of successive failure of
the poppy crops In India, Is noted by an
antl-oplum exchange as having com
menced Immediately after the Inter
national Missionary Conference of
1888, simultaneously with the forma
tion of the Christian Union for the
severance of the connection of the Brit
ish Empire with the opium traffic and
the uprising of the last great wart of
public feeling against the traffic.