Nebraska Newspapers

    MRS. BEECHER'S LIFE.
NOT ONE TO BE ENVIED BY
WIVES.
Early M niggle. of the Poorly Pui.l
Preacher and Hie Helpmeet The Try
ing Ordeal of the Tilton Trial Faith
In Her ‘Hueband.
O woman waa ever
more devoted to her
huahund and hi*
memory than waa
the wife of Henry
Ward Beecher, the
daughter of Dr. Ar
tetuuM Bullard of
Went Button. Matt*.
Hhe wait born Aug.
26, 1812, and wag
ohrlatened Eunice
White. It wan when ghe waa at achool
at Hadley, Magg., and Henry Ward
Beecher wan a atudent at Amherst that
they met and plighted their troth, Jan.
12, 1831. Both were very young, and
when the hoyiah atudent made known
his desire to marry Doctor Bullard's
daughter that worthy wag ungry and
his wife was grieved. "Why. you are a
couple of bable«," «ald the doctor.
"You don’t know your own minds yet
and you won't for some years to
•ome."
Doctor Bullard relented, however, af
ter time, hut It was not until Aug. 3.
1837. shortly after Mr. Beecher bad be
gun bin flrst puHt.orate at Lawrence
btir*. Ind., that they were weddei.
Their flrgt yearg of married life were
not years of financial plenty, for the
►alary then received by Mr. Beecher
wag but $300 a year. Children came to
'bent as time paased until they had ten.
and Mre. Beecher'* life wag necesgarlly
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MRS. BEECHER.
one of care and constant occupation.
From Lawrenceburg they removed to
Indianapolis, and from there to Brook
lyn, where he became the famous pas
tor of the famous Plymouth church,
and where she became his secretary.
She had met. with a serious accident
that, resulted In partial paralysis of one
side and from which she never recov
ered. She could not even read at first,
hut she could write, and It occurred to
her that she could be of service to Mr.
Beecher in answering his letters. She
•ontlnued to assist him by attending
to hts correspondence to the day of his
death.
During the dark days of the Tilton
scandal her faith In Beecher never fil
tered. After he died she wrote a great
deal for the press. Having done con
siderable literary work during her life
time, she had acquired a clear, direct,
unpretentious style that won readers
easily. Her most interesting work was
"Mr. Beecher as I Knew Him,” which
ran as a serial In a monthly magazine.
Niivftju Mot!i4*r«'!n-L(iv».
Mothers-In-law will be interested in
some of the manners anil customs of
the Navajo Indians. There a man can
not under any circumstances speak to
or even look upon his mother-in-law.
Should his eve rest unon her even fnr
« moment the supemltlon is that he
will by accident become blind. It
•-eems impossible that such an Idea
should he actually held by a large num
ber of people. The law must be brok
en repeatedly by accident without the
payment of the penalty. Vet the idea
is current to-day, and Is In full force
and effect, exercising an appreciable In
fluence on the social conditions of the
people. The mother has no direct In
terest in her daughter’s marriage, hut
tbs Interest arising from maternal love
might oftsu complicate or e\eu make
impossible the usual procedure. So the
mother-in-law taboo began and grad
r‘ .wily grew Into a fixed custom or law
What harm could an irate mother-in
law do if she were aloolutely prohibit
r«| from rpraklug to her daughter's
husband? And on the other hand
vttm show would a man have If left
iiiprotected to the mercy of three or
tour tuothers-In-law*, for pub gamy Is
nmniutli practiced In the trite*'
Home such law la an actual ntt-eeauty
ih pilmltlve societies
V t.uvbf t «i ape
laird Mu bard Neville, aid ,te-cuh'p
u land IIriw«>. guvviunr of VlrtWtl,
ba* lately bad a umsvukm* roape
ttuM death In the hunting R»td Me
• as oat with Ihe Nutwood hound*
shout twelve mile* fiotn deltnaume
Ilia but we turned a i umplet* entnet
mull over a (erne The sbtmai toiled
over lbn tide*, who veils probably
Mil been killed on lb* spot bad he
not hit* fallen into n deep drain
He • vi apod wMh a htuhea cottar hone,
•evert tweoratlan ml Ih* muavlsa of ths
■ boulder and n numb** of b-nt*e« on
* tbs for#
*1 t Waste
vt itoumer, mtwi»>*> of Assuve in
»« n» .score •nbinet and (be aut*>M 1
at the ib «w ins •* ts»m* hna oeeepted
ha pntern>»*wblp of Toasts «n*<vnt by
be death ml N At*n«d boeosr M
tb««me> nsa born at Aurtiln* ,b IMT I
a a haiitsSet and fournaimt end baa 1
m four rente in tbs *knmto*.
CROW AND COLF BALLS.
Hr l.lke* Only Ohs*. 11 hirh 11#
(itrrift off fhr S'leld.
A crow which haunts the Mid-Surrey
links at Richmond is a bit of a humor
ist. lie has played such pranks with
the golfers' halls that the subject ha*
been discussed by the committee. H#
1 appears, according to "Golf," to hovei
; in atlendance only on players who us#
, nice new white balls; “remade*," or
balls that have been played with be
fore, snd od which the paint ha
chipped, receive none of his embar
rassing attentions: "Recently two play
ers were approaching one of the holes,
one playor using a new IraII. the other
a ball that had been played with be
fore, On walking toward their hall*
the players were astonished to see the
crow alight near them, examine flrs'
one ball and then the other, eventually
rejecting the older hall, and fly away
with the new one in his beak. The
crow took the ball over Into sotnc
marshy ground beyond the boundary
of the links, where the caddie In hoi
pursuit could not follow him. The bird
dropped the hall for an Instant, looked
sideways with a merry twinkle in hi*
eye. as much as to say, Don't you wish
you may get It?’ picked the ball tt|i
again, and with offensive assurance
flew back over the heads of the player*
to his haunt In Kew Gardens." The
crow has done the same thing dozen*
of times, A council of war has, we arc
told, deliberated on his Iniquities and
has pronounced sentence upon th*
marauder. We trust, howevr, that It
will not he carried out.
MORSE SYSTEM STILL LEADS
Tests flrmoust rate the Triumph ol
Original Invention.
The Postal Telegraph company rnadt
a test in New York a few days ago If
determine whether the Morse system ol
telegraphing Is cheaper to operate, tak
ing all things into consideration, fhai
other systems, notably the Wheatstone
that Is used in Kngland and to sent*
extent in this country. The result wai
a unanimous verdict that the Morst
system as invented more than fifty
years ago stands to-day without flu
change of a dot or a dash or any al
teration In the principles of transmis
sion. far ahead of any other system
During the test three New York oper
ators sent to Pittsburg, Pa,, 102 mes
sages in ninety minutes and 200 mes
sages, containing 5,605 words, in thre<
hours. This was an average of sixty
six and iwo-thirds messages per hour
Pittsburg, however, beat, this, sending
an average of sixty-eight and one-fifth
messages per hour. These message!
were taken in the regular course ol
business, and I he result, while not
equaling the fastest individual burst!
of speed for a few minutes, exceed!
previous records of its kind. The com
pany then took into consideration th<
cost of transmission, salary of opera
tors, accuracy of work, time consumed
and all other factors entering into tele
graphy. These were compared with
similar results In other systems and
the decision was wholly in favor ol
the Morse system, that is to-day an
unchanged monument to the great
American inventor.
HON. REDFIELD PROCTOR.
Bla Opposition to the Anglo-American
Is Very Pronounced.
Senator Redfleld Proctor of Proctor
Vermont, Is a native of the Greer
Mountain State, whose chief industry
was once described as "raising men,’
having been born at Cavendish, Vt.,
June 1, 1831. After graduating at Dart
mouth College and taking his diploma
at the Albany law School he entered
upon the practice of his profession,
which he followed with success until
the war. during which he served as
lieutenant and quartermaster of the
Third Vermont Volunteers, on the staff
of Major General Wm. F. (Baidy)
Smith, and was afterwards major of
the Fifth aud colonel of the Fifteenth
Vermont, regiments. Soon after the
war he entered the political arena and
served as representative In his state
legislature in 1867 and 1868. and a
senator and protem president of the
state senate in 1874 and 1875. From
1876 to 1878 he filled the chair of lieu
tenant governor and served as gover
nor from 1887 to 1890. In the republl*
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THE COFFEE KING.
JOHN ARBUCKLE FIXES THE
PRICE AND WE PAY IT.
Ilr I.Mtrly 1 mt itrrri !nl«* flir |
fining Hu»lnfM mimI Hun Foul of H.
O. Hmrinrj'rr 4 lllg Flglit Hna Hr
•i*l 1 rd **er*t« «*f Trmlr FijwmmI.
OHN ARBUCKLK
has become one of
the most Interest
ing men In Amer
ica since It was dis
covered that It is
be who tells the
people what price
they must pay for .
their coffee. Mr. I
Arbuckle’s name Is i
anciently associated
with coffee, and, now that people know
that he fixes the price of Rio, .lava and
Mocha, has become almost of as much
concern as Mr, Havemeyer, who tells
people what they must, pay ror me su- i
gar that sweetens the morning cup.
Mr. Arhue kle was very eager to testify
before the investigating committee,
and Ills story of the Iniquities of ihe
Havemeytrs was a motive to tears un
til the committee found out that Mr.
Arhuekle himself was making a profit
of 100 per cent on his own business.
Henalor Lexow brought out this inter
esting fact in his examination of
James N. Jarvie. a member of the Ar
buckle * Co. firm. Mr, Jarvie told
how the slock of the Woolson Hplce
Company was worth |1,G00 a share on
a par value of 9100, and that the prof
its of the company annually were equal
to the original capital stock. Then it
leaked out that for years this company
had been reaping this tremendous prof
it until most of the slock was recently
JOHN ARBUCKL"
vlonsly occupied several minor posi-1
tlons in that department. In 187-3 ho ■
was a member of the Spanish legation j
at Tokio, Japan; in 1877. he was sent i,
to Brussels. In 1880 he had his first
New World experience as secretary of
legation at Buenos Ayres; and two
years later he became first secretary 1
of the Spanish legation at Washington.
In 1884 he was transferred to Berlin.
In all, he has served Spain as a diplo
mat of rare talents for more than
twenty years, and finds himself now,
at the age of forty-five, surrounded by
"conditions” at Washington that might
tax t.he resources of a Palmerston or
a lie (Her*. Speaking of Minister de
Borne personally, and not at all In ref
erence to the Spanlsh-('ulian troubles
it must lie admitted that he has ac
quitted himself In these trying emerg
encies with dignity, respectfulness and
a fair measure of success in the main
point for him to stand by the govern
ment which he represents.
TEA SMOKING.
Immn \lnniinl Mt Hu* (irowlli of
Physicians and spec lallsis on nervous
troubles are treating numerous cases
of extreme insomnia and nervousness
In young women without disclosing to
litem thai Ihclr condition Is the result
of practicing the new vice of smoking
tea cigarettes. The habit Is increasing.
From observations of Its effects, a
West side physician declares that "a
lea cigarette Is a genuine brain excit
ant. Any one who uses it and yet does
not work with her brain would go half
crazy with nervousness, but with those
who do brain work It is different, for
the HiimuloiiH produces strange Intel
lectual activity. After a couple of
green lea cigarettes, a poem, for In
stance, will almost write Itself, I am
told by one of my literary patients.
purchased by the Havemeyers. Mr.
Jarvie said that the sugar trust was
losing $1,000 a day with the Woolson
plant just because It was trying to
drive the poor Arbuckles out of the su
gar business. The public has one con
solation. however. Mr. Arbuckle
doesn't fix the price of green coffee,
and if anyone does not wish to con
tribute to the 100 per rent profit of the
combine he ran buy his coffee green
and roast it in his owp oven. Arbuckle
is an Englishman.
THE SPANISH MINISTER.
The Skilful UI|iluuiHI Who IU> Much
Trying Hoilima hi Wa»hlugion.
The present Spanish minister at
Washington, Senor Henry IJnpiiy tie
borne, has held the position only since
the beginning of 1896 It Is believed
that the honor was conferred in this
case at the special request of the head
of the Spanish government. Premier
Panovas del Castillo. The posit Ion has
been one inquiring much patience, tad
wen i*r
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The effect of the tea cigarette, while
stimulating to the brain and Its flow
of thoughts, acts as a pure sedative to
the rest of the body, quieting reetless
I'css, uneasiness or actual pain. The
nfter effects are bad. if they have not
been worked off by unusual mental
work. At Rome houses green tea cig
aiettes are handed around after din
ner, and I know three actresses of con
siderable reputation who give tea
smoking parties twice a week. One
woman, to break off this habit, on
which she had expended nearly $10 a
week, has lately voluntarily placed her
self under private restraint. She had
concealed her habit from her husband
by using an artfully contrived cigar
ette case. It resembles a bunch of
keys, each key containing one cigarette.
So much has this habit spread that
tevrral tobacconists and drugRists are
keeping tea cigarettes In stock for reg
ular customers. The active chemical
ucparatlori of tea Is theine, juat as caf
feine is of coffee and nicotine is of lo
Mcco. When theine is administered to
t frog or a small animal it Is found
hat it chiefly Influences sensations
xhich caffeine or coffee does not. In
sign doses theine produces sponta
icons pastil* or convulsions, which
uiTeine does not This Is In fact, ths
iltlnute effect of smoking numerous
ea cigarettes, dually producing 'fits'
»r con v u|«ions. Theine also acts as a
°cal anaesthetic, quirting painful I
ftte*. Hireu tea contains much more
heiio* than ordinary black tea. iki you
>e that the habit of smoking ten cigar
ttea !> terribly pernicious." New
fork l*rc«
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U a re. eat ateruag of the \mettcaa
t .ttatoal %Mot*tail»a. Ur $ W ^
**• t tfWtf of thr slate toanril af
•slil «f M«h*ihoseuu, preaantssi
owe Ag ue* legutdlag the prugortioo
f putiuonai» tutwrvoiosis ta httsks
» *hai in males ia Maaaoehwasttg Th >
•Is In IWi Sir I Ml female* itt t.WV
salsa, ta IMI t Mi famntaa to I mat
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is lea a as Mswlia thaa that ia maiao
he fmt that a uniform ado* iw* to ths
at# af taaaaia tf*a>ha organ «oa« At a
•ara ago. about the sams him u«ua
a ware begtooiog ta >t4e t« htafeia
s’ettsissi) Mr tMoil row* 4ais -tg
• •* aa> aad ha n <m I load to aitfthu<a
»a 4a. tease lo ths liaolk-tala to tha* -
•St la‘lease 10 ngwo SI St* 1 too
m**»i i«hi» by tha us* of ths of* *
MR. ROBERTS’ LIFE.
HE ASCENDED THE LADDER
STEP BY STEP.
luring the < ourie of HU Life Me Knew
W hat It Win to He » Kallroad Laltorer
h> Well ha I'renltlenf of the (treat
I'ennvjIvHiilH UyAtein.
RORGK Brook*
Roberts, president
of the Pennsylva
nia railroad system,
who died the other
day, came from one
of the oldest famll
1 lew In Penns) Iva
nia. Ills country
estate at Peneoyd
had been lu posses
sion of his ances
ors for two'centuries. He was born
n Montgomery county, Pa., on .Ian,
15. 1833. Ills carlv education was re
elved at the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute at Troy, where he took «
•ourse In civil engineering After his
traduatlon he went to railroading, and
tils life after that was spent In railroad
service. Mr. Roberts was only elgh
een years old when, In 1151, he began
bis work as a roil man. employed In the
■onstriu’tion of the mountain division
>f the Pennsylvania railroad. In 1852
he became assistant engineer of the
Philadelphia and Brie Railroad, and
ror the subsequent ten years was stead
ily engaged In the construction of varl
ms railroads. In 1862 Mr. Roberts re
turned lo the Pennsylvania road ss as
PRESIDENT ROBERTS.
Blatant to J. Edgar Thomson, ut that
time president of the company. Mr.
Roberts’ skill as an engineer ami his
superior administrative abilities
marked him for promotion to the
fourth vlce-presldency In 1869. This
election was followed almost Immedi
ately by another which made him the
second vice-president of the system.
Upon the accession of Col. Thomas A.
Scott to the presidency on June 3, 1874,
Mr. Roberts was advanced to the office
of first vice-president. In bis new ca
pacity he bad oharge of all engineering
matters relating to the construction,
extension and Improvement of the com
pany's lines and a general supervision
of the accounts, through the comptrol
ler. He also handled almost entirely
the business associated with the roads
leased or controlled by the Pennsylva
nia company. Upon the death of Col.
Scott, in May, 1880, Mr. Roberts bei
came president of the company.
Some Idea of the importance of the
place held by Mr. Roberts can be gained
from the fact that the company operat
ed then, as It does now, nearly 10,000
miles of road, running through nine
states; hauled nearly 90,000 cars of all
kinds, with 3,000 locomotives; em
ployed an army of men, nearly 100,006
altogether, and had a gross income of
110,000,000 a month.
Mr. Roberts' rise from the bottom at
the ladder to the top was the result ol
hard work and great natural ability.
In the days when he was a rod man his
work attracted the attention of those
over him, and he was picked from a
large field for his first promotion. Af
ter that his advances came luster. In
each new place his work was better,
and s brilliant career was mapped out
for him by those who took an Interest
in him. It was in the work of handling
the lines leased and controlled by Pres.
Ideut Scott that Mr. Roberts distin
guished himself and showed his fitness
to occupy the place of president of the
road.
Mr. Scott was a brilliant planner and
hta policy of aggression, combined with
strategy, was what enabled tn<- ivnir
sylvauta road to extend Its system und
connections southward, westward and
In the east. When he died the system
had been developed a tel a Conner ru
tile management was necessary. \{r
Roberts wax the almost uitaniutous
choice of the directors
Mix Roberts wax u ted for herd work
He waa at hla u®** prump ly at t
n c lorX every mm mug and always
> a it died hts ohnwu.ii msd himself Its
la or 14 huclwk he was atwavs read*
for vtsiterw. bu utm those who bad
boats*** of lapstaavu uwU ever **.
mm The rest ef hts day a a* spewt tn
omits* bust a*** late wblca ..*• got
uBrstt of the toad was allowed to
break
Pereosatty. Mi Robert# was a gutet,
oasarvatlve ansa He cared lint* tor
society at easdeemeats 41* was a vaa
iry area of * HtepSea * Mpixsesi
bona ta Pbix*d*ipaia and of the •**
•hsrea at 4t topi tkae of ble
it nsagrirt r barer te. t*lt s eas a gieat
•a* >d far the Ha baa th. tie would
never talk hoelseoe -*a that day white
veogattttag ike aereeetty >| m using
raise u* Headers, <k*lr somber war
imHed to ike a*. esrlue* of ifssrguris
irra sad the aoetr >orii«sr*see, aarl a*
aaay wf the eatgtoiew of the - >*ieeasy
Mre tel oil as *«« guM*.bte VI Mita>
bad seen til sta- * ‘art V>»g tei sad
-infill1.-Jlil—I.JlilLH..!„, S
It was announced a short time ago that
he would decline a re-election at the
meeting of the directors of the Penn
sylvania.
HOW A QUEEN LIVES.
Nome Mile l.lglits 4,11 ft,41 limn* l.lfe of
\ l4-tort«.
The queen, whose taete In fo<xl la
rather simple, has a penchant for a
certain oatmeal soup, delicately pre
pared, and with which she Invariably
drinks a glass of old white sherry,
though, when I nay a glass, I should say
a eup of gold, once belonging to
Queen Anne, says the Woman at Home.
Heef Is placed upon her majesty'* aide
table every day in the year, for, like
many other hard workers, she has im
plicit belief in the virtues of b
The statesman who devotes his whole
energies to important duties, the paint
er who tolls early and late, the lawyer
who can never let bln brain repone,
these men. I find, are all advocates for
the roast b4‘ef of old England. And I
may add that Adelina Patti, who owes
so much of the beauty of her voice to
■ • •• P», UV’I I *• I ' n rrnc > nil i/ii i j
"sing upon beef," and has always a
flllei prepared for her some hours be
fore she appears either at an opera or
concert. The queen frequently orders
pb-kleij cucumbers (for which the late
Prince Albert owned to a special weak
ness) to be served with her beef. I
may tell that the day's menu Is sub
mitted every morning to the queen, who
strikes out the dish she does not fancy
and orders another that she doe*; also
that she keeps to the good old practice
of having the cook's name called out
as each dish Is brought U> table. The
German emperor Is somewhat preju
diced In his tastes. He does not, I
think, care for any dishes save "made
In Germany,” although, out of courtesy,
he will often praise the plates which
are offered to him at. Osborne. He In
variably drinks a brand of champagne
spe. tally manufactured for him. His
wife, the empress, 1 may say, prefers,
In her devoted way, those dishes agree
able to the palate of her lord and rises
regularly at (I o’clock In the morning to
herself prepare the early cup of coffee
without which the kaiser cannot begin
his day. The king and queen of Italy
I learn, have a great partiality for
frltto, described as "a terrible com
pound of nrtlehokea. chickens' livers,
calves' brains and cocks' combs.” The
pope’s menu la the most simple which
could be named. A cup of coffee and
milk, a roll (no butter) for breakfast.
Soup, plain meat, pastry and fried
vegetables, with one glass of Burgundy,
for midday dinner. At 6 o’clock a cup
of bouillon; and at supper a little cold
meat. The pope takes his meals alone,
according lo tradition. The empress
of Austria and the Empress Frederick
of Germany may be described as of a
"sweet tooth.” Both these august la
dle- have a weakness for pastry, creams
and puddings of all sorts. The Em
press Frederick still remains partial
(o (he simple English dishes which
were served In the nursery at Osborne.
At King Oscar’s of Sweden the delicacy
most often to be found Is raw salmon,
which has been preserved In earth, K
soup of boiled barley with whipped
cream lie also affects.
HON. J. W. BABCOCK.
K«|irnrnl»tl«e In l'on|rtu of the Third
Wisconsin District.
lion. Joseph Weeks Babcock, who
represents In the National House of
Representatives the Third congres
sional district of Wisconsin, was born
In Swantou. Vt., March 6, 1860, and,
when six years of age, accompanied hie
parents to Iowa. Hls educational ad
vantages were limited to instruction
In the common schools of Mount Ver
non and Cedar Halls, but hls natural
abilities and force of character soon
gave him weight and prominence. In
1881 he located at Necedab, Wisconsin,
and engaged In the lumbering busi
ness. whirh he prosecuted with the
success usually the attendant of busi
ness tact and energy; and In 1888 he
was elected to the Wisconsin assem
bly. a here he served as chairman on
the committee on Incorporations, and
was re-elected in 1890. He was elected
to the Fifty-third congress by the re
publicans, and In the spring of 1894
received the remarkable compliment
of being chosen chairman of the re
publican national committee, the high
est tribute which could have been paid
to the party confidence entertained in
the energy, tact, and executive ability
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