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The Harrison Press Journal. C. C. BURKE, Proprietor. HARRISON, - - NEBRASKA. NEMiASKA NEWS NOTES James Abbott, who has been held In the county jail at Tecumfeh for sev eral months as a suspect In the Golds by assault case, is having h!s trial. The charge against him is criminal as sault. The court appointed E.R. Hitch cock of Sterling as Abbott's attorney. At a meeting of the Beatrice city council an ordinance was passed that grants to the Chlcaeo Motor Vehicle company a ten-year fruncliis" to oper ate gasoline motors over the street car tracks and (streets of the city. The company expects to have the cars if operation in about two weeks. At a series of meetings the Chadron school board elected ths following teachers for the ensuing year: Prof. C. P. Kelley, Mrs. H. L. Fi!h?r, Miss Lichtenberg, L. P. Curtis, Miss's Za- netta Dippery, Martha Oberkotter, Ada Lambert, Jlelinda Wagner and Ursula Gore. Lloyd Chapman of York filed a complaint against the Interstate Mu tual Hail Insurance company In the office of the state auditor. The nature of the charges are not disclosed, but Deputy Insurance Auditor Babeock stated that a day would be set in the near future for a hearing. C. J. Miles was elected captain of the new military company which has been formed at Hastings to Join the State Militia. Kay Kaley was made first lieutenant; Burgess Hartigan, sec ond lieutesant; Dr. C. W. G. Dodge, first sergeant, and eHnry Heller, quar termaster sergeant. Articles Incorporating the Omaha, Lincoln ft Southern railroad have been filed In the office of the secretary of state. The capital of the company U J250.000, and Its purpose is to construct and operate an electric or steam rail road between Omaha, Plattsmouth, Ashland Lincoln and Nebraska City. With impressive ceremonies St. John's Lutheran church was dedicated at Tutan. The pastor, the Rev. G. A. Neff, ha dcharge of the ceremonies, as sisted by the Rev. R. Neumaerker of Columbus and the Rev. F. Wapper of Hooper. The edifice was profusely dec orated for the occasion. v While George R. McBride of Omaha was working on the roof of the new B. & M. depot at Hastings he was near the edge and took a step backward, falling to the ground, fourteen feet be low. When McBride struck he receiv ed several bad bruises about the heai. as he fell on his face. Fortunately ha did not sustain any fractures or seri ous injury. Governor Herried of South Dakota has blocked the proceedings of County Attorney McAllister of Dakota City for the arrest of Sheriff Lewison and Deputies Griffith, Rabb and Holliday, charged by the Turgeon brothers with assault with intent to kill. Governor Herried refused to honor the requisi tion drawn on him by Governor Sav age. Milton Peterson, the 3-year-old Jon of P. Peterson, a farmer residing about seven miles southeast of Fremont, disJ from burns received in an accident. The boy, in company with two older children, arose before daylight, and ac cidentally overturned a lighted candle, which ignited the boys' nightclothes, which were completely burned from hi3 body, and his face so badly cooked that the flesh dropped off. It Is now thought that Will Berger of Plattsmouth, who is alleged to have deserted his wife and married her sis ter In Council Bluffs, has stolen the two children that were left in the care of his former wife. Mrs. Berger left her two children in charge of friends while absent from the city, and on her return discovered that they had disap peared. No trace has been found of the missing children nor of Berger. The Grand Island public library board has accepted a site in a block adjacent to the High school building for the Carnegie library, on condition that an additional 22x132 feet be do nated. Enterprising citizens subscribed for the donation of the site to the city. Grand Island has already pledg ed the maintenance of the I2.0M per annum for the $20,000 building and it la expected thattall the preliminaries have practically been arranged. The claim of Mrs. Bruno Hermann to the estate of the deceased editor uf Lincoln will be contested by eastern relatives of Mr. Hermann, on the (round that she is not. the legal wife of lAe deceased. The relatives assert that they have Investigated the affair In Chicago and New York and have discovered that the woman has lived nearly all her life In Chicago, and is not acquainted with New York, and that no record of any marriage can be found in the latter city. They also re Bard with suspicion the fact that no evidence was found umong the pos sesslones of the dead man to Indicate that he had been recently married. They also wish to see a marriage cer tificate, which Mrs. Hermann cannot produce. The York Woman's club has elected the following officers for next year: President, Mrs. E. M. Cobb; vice presi dent, Mrs. Clark; treasurer, Mrs. T. B. Mcpherson; recording secretary, Mrs. Worthlngton; corresponding sec retary, Mrs. Baker. Martin Overton died at Nebraska City, aged M years. Me was one of the settlers In the vicinity. He hai 111 for some time. Mr. Overton a widow and on grown 'daugh ter. OHO I'D LIKE TO SINO. Tfcca sweat, sweet songs I'd like to sins, They'd toll of all the splendor Of summer skies and summer dawns and summer sunsets tender. They'd tall of all the fairy bells thro' purple of dusk-time chiming. Their tlnkllngs. clear and silver sweet with all the echoes rhyming. They'd tell of all the Hps that thrill vith love's enthralling blisses; They'd tell of eyes caressing eyes, and all the blind god's kisses; They'd tell of dreams bv hannv streams. I where bends the blue sky over. And song of birds and drone of bees among the fragrant clover. Those sweet, sweet Bongs I'd like to sing, they'd tell pure childhood's story. The innocence, the care-fr heart, and all ol youth s- brisht glory. They'd echo e'en the laughter blithe, when childish footsteps airy Along the pathway from the school just lor a moment tarry. rr.cse sweet, sweet songs I'd like to sing, they d tell of heart's o'erflowing w itn love that makes a hovel seem palace warm and glowing. They'd tell of good deeds and the words of kindness to another. They'd tell of strong and willing hands outstretched to help a brother. They'd tell of Hope. . robed angel-like the queen of Land Tomorrow. w no conquers over all the hordes of pain, despair and sorrow. Those sweet, sweet songs I'd like to sing, tney a tell of lUht and laughter. Ana happiness, contentment and a home In heaven after. Robert V. Carr. THE SIXPENCE. REV. EVERARD JACK APPLETON. (Copyright, 1301, by Authors' Syndicate.) f IEUTENANT ENSON sat at the I bridal table, at the head of which j beamed Lieutenant Hackett, with the pretty girl who, an hour be fore, had become Mrs. Hackett Lieu tenant Enson was fond of his friend and compan'on, Lieutenant Hackett, yet he was not happy even on this aus picious occasion. In fact, he was dls tinctly unhappy, although the viva cious young woman who sat beside him chatted and laughed with entertaining grace. To all of her remarks he made cheerful answers forcedly. The trouble with Lieutenant Enson was that the scene before him, in which the bride and groom formed the center of the picture, with gayly decorated table, cut flowers and naval emblems done in roses, as well as numerous brightly adorned candles for the back ground, brought more poignantly to his mind the fact that the girl whom he had once hoped to make Mrs. Enson was not there. Worse still. Lieutenant En son did not know where she was. Such a condition of affairs would disconcert the average man, and Lieutenant Enson considered himself not above the aver age individual. A week before the warship on which he and Hackett served bad touched at a home port. afi.er a three years' cruise in foreign waters. Lientenant Enson had hastened to the little city of May brook, only to find that Mrs. Lytle and her daughter 'Lysbeth had moved away a year before. A feverish search for them resulted in failure. The quiet, motherly widow and the dainty daugh ter whose Image Ned Enson had carried in his heart for years, had disappeared an If earthquakes were common In America. Hazy beliefs that Mrs. Lytle had lost all ber fortune were held by the few whom Lieutenant Enson felt at liberty to question; but where or how, these well-meaning, but unsatisfactory informers could not say. So it was with a heavy heart Indeed that a week later he responded to Hack ett'g telegram, and kept his promise to act as best man In this distant city of the West "Mr. Edson!" exclaimed the girl be side him, in a laughingly provoked tone, "are you ever going to answer my question?" "I beg your pardon. Miss Perry," said Enson, contritely, coming to himself with a start, "I did not hear you. My apology shall be as abject as I can make it You were saying?" "That the best man was either fight ing some of his glorious sea battles over again, or that his nearest neighbor at present has lost her ability to Interest" "And I assure you that neither Is the case," declared Enson. "I do plead guiiiy lo missing your last remark, but the precedings ones I will repeat ver batim for you, if you will allow me!" "Most assuredly not I should blush with mortification to hear my words of wisdom repeated by so lax a listener. The girl across the table is undoubtedly the cause of your abstraction. She's fascinating just to look at, I know. But what is Mr. Hackett going to do? I hope It Isn't a speech!" "Don't be alarmed; he Is only hand ing his sword to the bride to cut the cake. It Is a time-honored customed," explained Enson. As he spoke, the bride, with girlish pride and many blushes, aided by many suggestions from those nearest ber, cut the great bridal cake Into many slices, and the silent serving-man passed it around the table. A burst of joyous laughter rose above the general hum of talk as one of the wedding-party discovered the thimble in her slice of cake, while the earnest voung man beside her whispred: "I hope you are ffbt going to let that In fluence your answer to me, are you, Ellen?" Before she could reply another bridesmaid had found the ring, and the cake waa being offered to Enson. He took a portion and broke It mechani cally. "Oh, you have the slxpense," cried Miss Perry. "See, Mr. Enson, wealth !s to be yours." "When It comes, I trust you will all assist me to spend part of It," said the lieutenant, smiling, aa be dropped the coin Into his pocket. "Ah, here comes the toast to the bride!' and tbe glasses clinked. It waa not until the last handful of rice had been thrown, and the house had begun to be lea compactly filled I with gueats, that Enson thought of the sixpence again. Then he took It out of his pocket and looked at It Idly for a moment, for, ts he turned It over In bit palm, he noted a peculiar mark upon the old English - coin, a mark with which be was strangely familiar. Across the coat-of-srm had been scratched deeply the figures "18M." That was all. and yet for the time be Ins Enson's heart teemed to stand till. "As I lire," be aald to himself. "It Is her sixpence the one I gnre her! If It Isn't, now came tbat mark Just where IputltT And it the sixpence Is here" But he did cot finish the sentence. Making bis way to where one of tbe waiters stood near tbe dining-room door, he asked, abruptly, and in a tone of voice which his men aboardship were not in the habit of questioning. "Who serves the supper tonight?" "Hammond, sir." replied the man, promptly and respectfully. "i'.unrnrind," repeatd the lieutenant "Does he bake his own cakes?" 'I think he does, sir, but if you will wait a moment I'll find out from the man in charge." "I'll go with you," said Enson, and In a moment the two were in the kitchen. Five minutes later the best man was" seated in a cab. dashing along the street as if life depended upon his er rand. Drawing up at the modest estab lishment of the caterer, Lieutenant Enson hastened into the office and sur prised the proprietor at his account books. "1 wish to know where you had that wedding-cake for the Hatkett-Knoles wedding rnade if It was made out of your bakery?" said the visitor, after ex plaining briefly who he was. The caterer turned to his books again. "We were especially crowded this week, said he, "and 1 think yen. here it is. Thpre is a lady in reduced circumstances who does some work for me, and she made it The name is Mies Porter, 114 Fayette street" The officer's heart sank again. "Thank you," he said, and turned to go. "If there is any especial order, I can take it now. sir," said Hammond, bring ing the young man to his senses. "I oh, I will let you know tomorrow. Thank you again for the Information," and he closed the door behind him. Dismissing the cab, be turned moodi ly up the street, resolved to walk off his excitement and disappointment "Lysbeth, 'LyKbcth. "he whispered to himself, "what blind wall Is this that Fate keeps building between us? Is it that you have forgotten me. or that I am becoming a worthless lubber on land " He lifted his head as he spoke and glanced at the street sign on the lamp post at the corner. It read Fay ette street Almost mechanically En son turned fnto the quiet little avenue and walked slowly down it, glancing, he knew not why, at the numbers on the louses. Half way down the square he taw "114" in worn gold figures over the transom of a modest little cottage. "Of course It isn't possible that she is here she lost the sixpence, that is all but perhaps this Miss Porter knews something about her. There's a i:ght in the front room, anyhow; I'll stop and ask." A he gave the old-fashioned bell r. puil tbe clock in a distant tower rang out 11. "Sightly late for a fashion able call," remarked the officer to him etiquette." The door opened, and a white-haired old lady stood in the dim ly lighted hall. "Can I see Miss Porter?" asked En ton. "I beg your pardon for coming so laie. but it is very important to me to have a few momenta' talk with her." The old lady smiled gently. "It is late," she said, "but we are up. Come in." and she led the way into a tiny but tastefully furnished sitting room. "I will tell her ah, here she is. My dear, this gentleman wishes to speak with you," and tbe kindly old lady passed into a back room as the door opened. Enyon caught the words: "I suppose he is from Hammond's," as she went, and then he turned to greet Miss Porter. Franklin! cried a beloved and fa miliar voice. "'Lysbeth'" he answered, hoarse with mingled surprise and unutterable joy. holding out his arms to her. And with a little sob she ran to them, lift ing her face for the unglven kisses of three l06t years. With 'Lysbeth's strong, white little hands in his, Enson learned ail that he had longed to know: how Mrs. Lytle had lost her little fortune, then her health, and finally, passed away; of how 'Lysbeth had been forced to seek her own living, and how Mrs. Porter bad played the good Samaritan on ber lmfted means; of how 'Lysbeth had taken her name, in gratitude and in or der to stop all ungracious comment: and how she had found that cake and breao-baklng had paid better than em broidering or bookkeeping. But there were tears in the pretty blue eyes when she said: "When the order came from Hammond's three days ago for that wedding-cake, dear, I could not find a sixpence anywhere, and they insisted on having one. It nearly broke my heart to part with mine ours but I had made up my mind to learn who got It and beg It back again. And to think that you should have been that one, and tbat it should have brought you back to me after all my letters failed to find you!" Enson'8 eyes glistened suspiciously. too, as he turned the lucky coin over In his hand again, and looked down at it. Yes. I owe much to the little six pence much more than I can realize now. Please Ood that I prove worthy of the great joy He has seen fit to send me, through it!"' Pel fume In old Bays. Our forefathers were great people for scents and perfumes, fragrant herbs, and spices, and tbe astonishing amount of seasoning they put with the simplest dishes prepares one for almost any com bination. When to make a cherry tart they found it necessary to make a sirup of cinnamon, ginger, and "sawndens," and to add rosewater to the icing, one can Imagine how they set to work to cook a cormorant Perhaps If we re mind our readers tbat many chambers were provided with "draughts" which occasionally required cleaning, and that rushes took the place of carpets, we will realize one of the reason for the use of perfumes. "Sweet waters" were occa sionally sprinkled under the rushes In great bouses, or for revels, or on the mattresses and bedding. Ixndon Good Wordf. "The Australian federal govern ment," the London Chronicle, "recently wrote to Washington suggesting an In terchange of official publications be tween the commonwealth and the re public. - Mr. Barton and bis colleagues hare been somewhat staggered by the promptitude, the cordiality and the completeness of the response. No lew than 68 closely packed case of I'nlted State official literature were landed In Melbourne tbe other day and conveyed on custom-house dray to tbe parlia mentary library. Minister and offi cial surveyed the first Installment with conflicting emotion .and wondered whether Brother Jonathan Intended to have periodical flta of this embarrassing gentrotltjr.-'-,.4, I THS MAM WHO WXHI. The man who wins is the man who works Tba roan who tolls, while the next roan The man who stands In his deep dlntreiw I With his head held high In the deadly I press ' Yes, he is the man who wins. I The man who win is the man who knows The value of pain and the worth of woes Who a lesson learns from the man who fails And a moral finds In his mournful wails Yes, he Is the man who wins. The man who wins Is the man who stays In the unsought paths and the rocky ways; And perhaps, who lingers, now and then. To help some failure to rise again. ' . Ah! he is the man who wins! And the man who wins Is the man who hears The curse of the envious In his earn. But whp goes his way with his head held high And passes tbe wrecks of the failures by ror he Is the man who wins. Henry Edward Warner, in Baltimore News. MR. ELKIN'S NARROW ESCAPE. Dramatic Incident of the Senator's Career in the Civu War. The suggestion In a published dis patch that Senator Elkins was too in timate with QuantreII'8 raiders in Mis souri recalls a very dramatic Incident in his life. It was near the close of the war, when Mr. Elkins was serving with a Union mllitla.regiment in Missouri. One day a company of Union soldiers. ElkiDs among the number, was sur prised by Quantrell. and two of the company were captured. Elkins was one of the prisoners. For two or three days the captives were taken along with Quantrell's gang, but finaly Quantrell decided that he could not be incum bered with prisoners. Thereupon ho directed some of his men to take the two Union captains to the rear, shoot them, and then return to the main body of the raiders. The men selected to head the party of murderers was Coleman Younger, During the two or three days of cap tivity Elkins and Younger had formed quite a friendship. They were both big, strapping, good-natured young men, and their companionship was mutually pleasant When, therefore, "Cole" Younger escorted Elkins and the other Union prisoner to the rear, he seemed to be heartily sick of the work which had been assigned him. Presently the party came to a fork In the road. "You are on horseback," said Younger to the Union men. "At the end of that road you will be among friends. Now ride for your lives." Of course, Elkins and his fellow-soldier did as they were bid. Younger and bis men fired their muskets in tbe air, and then went back and reported that they had killed the prisoners. Elkins reached a place of safety and never for got how Younger had saved his life. Only a little while ago he sent Younger a check, having learned that bis pre server was In hard luck. - t THE SUN AS A TIMEKEEPER. Old Sol Correct Only Four Times In a Whole Year. Ladies' Home Journal: The sun does not keep good time. He Is almost al ways too fast or too slow. Once, about the middle of April, he is Just on time, then not again before the middle of June. At the beginning of September he Joins the clock a third time, and Jasstly once more late in December. Now it would seem as If he were star .pA at the way he had neglected us. In February he fell back until he was fifteen minutes late. By the beginning of March he had made up five minutes of his loss, and before the month was over he had caught tip to within five minutes of tbe schedule. Meanwhile the days have been growing longed very rapidly. We began Marc with our nights longer than our days. We end ed it with our days laoger than our eights. In the one month we have add ed to the length of our day an hour and 20 minutes a bigger gain than any other month can show. Doing His Best Friend. New York Post: In his office down town this young man is looked upon as a person of probity and fine moral sen sibilities. He does not have to be all that to keep his place, for he Is rich, end though he Is the Junior partner, he supplies tbe main part of the capital and most of the commercial cleverness. Every year or two he goes West to pick up some branded ponies for his polo string, selling off those which cannot he easily taught the game, or that have "gone wrong" In wind, limb or eye sight His elderly partner, who was his guardian during minority, and who believeg in him utterly as one whom he himself has molded by precept and ex ample, caught, this part ofwhat tho young man was telephoning tbe other day: "Now be careful. James; Mr. Fresllng may come today to see that blue roan ttiare. You'd better give her a pint of whisky, stuff a sponge up her nose and injert a little cocaine into her near hind leg." "Bless my soil!" exclaimed the old man; "what are you doing?" "Only selling a horse to my bet friend," the young man answered. Rev. Thomas B. Hyde, of Cincinnati, urges women to take Into their own hands the matter of proposing matri mony, holding that many more mar riages would result from such a course. "Some men," say Mr. Hyde, "are too bashful to propose, and would be grate ful if women would help them out Be gin Immediately, ladles. Marriage I a solemn matter, but single life 1 much more o." In the northern part of San Jose county, Cal., and lapping over Into San Mateo county, lies the so-called Big Ba sin, a bit of the primitive forest The exact area of the tract Is about 2,500 ncres. It contain one of the finest stretches of woodland which remains In the state. The characteristic tree I the giant redwood. Ii ha been pro posed to convert the basin Into a forest reserve. Henry Itltner, aged 0, who lives on the state border between Fairfield and Richland, N. C, has a bale of cotton ginned before the rebellion. He has refused rich offers for It, a be prefer to keep It u s memento of old days. WfAN CffiWINGM HARVESTEF. Here Is a trea climber who la using lils feet like hands for grasping, and is engaged In gathering the stuff called "chicle," from which the chewing gum of commerce Is made. The scene is in Yucatan, and the tree, known as the Ya, grows plentifully all over that region. When the bark is cut a milk-white sap exudes, which Is re duced by boiling to large lumps. In this shape it U imported in great quantities into the UnitPd States. The average tree yields about kIx pounds of the gum, and the total pro TREE SERVES Near the little town of TIa Juana, Just across the boundary line in old Mexico and near the Pacific coast, there Is a very curious well. The Inhabitants of this country seldom go far away from their homes and they have very primi tive ideas and customs. This well is about &0 feet deep, and the owner has fctillt an ingenious device for hauling water from it. If this Mexican bad been an educated man he might have been. an inventor. A tree flourished near the well which had two branches growing out of the NEW BRICK CARRIER. When a house or other building Is be ing constructed, and brick are required, the nearer they can be brought to tbe place at which they are wanted the lea time will be spent on tbe work. Some times they can be brought easily, but rery often tbey casmol and in the latter event workmen have to take them In tbe beet way they can to tbe proper place. In order to facilitate this work a tool has been invented. It consists of a clamp In which bricks may be easily removed from one spot to another. In AshanU there grow a tree resem bling In apcaranre tho English oak, which furnishes excellent butter. This Vegetable butter keeps In good condi tion all the year round in spits of the beat la 1U natural state. duction earh season Is In the neighbor hood of 1.000.000 pounds, nearly all of It going to the United States. The tree grow to a height of seven feet or more, and its fruit much resembles a russet apple in appearance. The crude gum is absolutely taste lessa very desirable quality from the viewpoint of the manufacturer of chew ing gum. inasmuch as he is able to put Into it what flavors ho likes. But tho finest gum, which costs $1 a pound in Yucatan, does not find its way out of the country at all. It Is obtained frcnt the unripe fruits of the Ya tree. AS WELL DERRICK. trunk. These boughs separated Into four branches higher up. The Mexican tut the branches In such a way that they formed a perfect rest for a long well sweep. He fastened th gwwn to a crossbar, laid across the two upper branches In the middle, using stout thongs for the purpose. Then he fastened a weight on one end of the sweep and a long rope to the other end. The bucket is fastened to the end of this long rope, and all he ha to do Is to lower the bucket Into the well. The weight of the stone pulls It ... th, ,. Dimming ft, , INDIAN EARRINGS. Paraguay has people who wear tbe strangest ear ornaments in tbe world. They are members of the Pllaga tribe, which Is an offshoot of the Toba. First they bore their ears and then in tbe holes they place pegs made of very costly wood, which Is known as "bobo " The pegs are cylindrical, beautifully carved, and, as a rule, are about seven centimeter In diameter and from two to three centimeters In thickness. Sometimes, moreover, they are either riclny painted or covered witl, ,.i,... of silver or lead, or with some round bits of sea she.U or wlrti fragment of looking-glass, which are fastened to the peg by means of black wax. These grou;squo ornament are nat urally rather heavy, and as a result tbe ears, after some years, sttaln to an ex traordinary length, frequently coming down aa far aa the ahoiilifara. i