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0. W. FAIKDROTHEH & CO., Troprletori. OAVKUT. : : NEBRASKA. "THIS MORTAL." Aro, then, tlio llctdily Ixmds so strong and ntern? Must nit thin waiting, watching, longing, weoplng, Thlii xvslouiila praying of tin loved to loam, Tlmt favors all my waking, haunts my slcoi I UK, I'llSH POWOllOSS IIH II l-llllil'K llgllt-IIVod desire, To Hlnk ik) deeper ami to rlu no higher? My darling, oh, my ilurllnir, whoso brown eyes Looked back such full communion Into mlnn, At whoso dear name mich happy inoniorlc.-H rise, IIoiiihI whoso dear Imago such sweet fancies twlno, Friend, guldo, oompanlon, eomfortor and brother, Strong staff loirfn, tome, who hnvo no other! Cannot your spirit Hush to mlnn, beloved, Along tho chords that Ht retell from mini to Houiy Must Nature ovnr iw it rook unmoved J'lliiK back oaoh volco thntHwells tlio jnflity wholo Of Ixivo'm Imploring cry? Hlneo earth lieKiin, Huh not tlio echo risen up from man? Ono JltUo whlsor: "Dear, 'tin well with mo;" Ono liule lifting of tho dim gray veil What ncotar I') tho fainting It might lie. What Htrength to tired foot, that, faltering. Hut thlH I know, tho law will no'or ho broken. Or, brother, hoart to heart ero this hud HM)lJll. All the Year llouiul. THE ART OF HOUSK-CIiEANINH. Tlmt dust ntul dirt wo (ho worst pests of mankind, ami do niuro (o destroy health and happiness than anything clso, would seem to bo an obvious tru ism. It is not a llttlo to bo wondered nt, that more attention has not boon given to tholr consideration, and that greater valtio has not boon sot upon tho laborious and continual toll thoy cause. At present wo try to ignore their exist ence, and cleansing operations tiro tint down amongst tho most menial duties. Housewives who louvo those matters en tirely to domestics, and exorciso but n scanty supervision over them, incur a very gravo responsibility, and have yet to learn that there is nothing degrading in keeping a house clean. It is tho wise and virtuous woman who lookoth well to tho ways of her household and eatoth not tho bread of Idleness." Thoso of tis who have no share in, or care for, cleansing operations, do not realize tlio magnitude and importance of tlio daily tasks so uncomplainingly and unobtrusively done in our own homes, until our attention is dlrec(ed (o tho fact. Again, many careful housewives pursue a certain rule of cleanliness, without understanding tho reason, and with a fooling of monotony and weari ness, arising from tho fact that thoy do not know tho real Importance of such apparently insignificant and unrecog nized toll. In, common fairness, all tho workers in this busy world should have thoir reward, and have (ho (rue worth of tholr work fully understood. Noth ing is more depressing than unrequited labor, and it is surely but a scanty guerdqn to give our wives and mothers a few words of hearty thanks for thoir work of love. It would at tho same tlmo, porhapB, make those labors sweet er and loss toilsome, if wo recognized and acknowledged thoir immense value. It is a fact, well known to solentirto men, Unit damp, which collects Invaria bly, and almost imporooptlbly, on tho varnished walls and surfaces in every house, has peculiar afllnity for sewer gas, and Uio other noisome vapors which are always about us. It Is unnecessary to dwell here, in dry detail, on tlio tech nicalities and deductions of soloiico. It is enough to say that tho "fungoid growth" which may thus bo produced Is, in Uio highest degree, injurious to hoatlh, and Unit It Is impossible to over estimate tho importance of its continual removal. Many men may possibly re member witnessing, with ill-disguised contempt, tho apparently snperlluous waste of energy bestowed upon tho var nished wall of halls and corridors, and it may bo now to these to hear that It is solontllio good sense which prompts those operations. Many housewives may, at tho same tlmo, road with a now fooling of pleasure, that work of this kind, which their Instinct of cleanliness alono Induces them to superintend, is based upon a seientlllo fact, and is an absolute necessity to tho preservation of tlio health of thoir households. It is not until a beam of sunlight shows us the Moating particles with which tho air wo breathe is laden, that wo realize tho fact of thoir existence: and wo are, perhaps, too apt to under rate tho Import anco of our chairs and tables being properly dusted, and of our rooms being kept as clean as possible, low of us, too, ever think of furnish ing our houses with a view to their be ing cleaned easily. There Is a growing tasto for crowding a quantity of things into tho rooms in which wo live, with out regard to their usefulness, and un der a mistaken Idea of ornamentation. It is possible to combine utility and beauty in our daily surroundings; and, if this worti more generally done, n "real stop would bo gained, both in comfort and in cleanliness. Useless and incon gruous articles of vcrtu make tho task of cleaning most rooms tedious ami lengthy. Again, in furnituro, modern taste is developing in a manner which must prove injurious to health. "Fluffy" things are now tho fashion, and so lonr as thoy are pretty in color, ami now in shapo, fow people think of tholr effect ns dust-collectors. It is a startling as sertion to make, and many tasteful housewives will dispute tho Justice of the conclusion, but it is undoubtedly true, that all wdolou, plush and velvet things are bettor out of our rooms than in them. On woolen antimacassars, plush chairs, and velvet cushions, nil day long a heavy cloud of dust is set tling; from their texture and character it follows, almost as a mattef of course, that it is all but impossible to clean them; ind, although thoy may rocoivo tho greatest care and attention, thoy aro in fact resting-places for ingrained dust, ami perhaps for tlio worst and more dangerous growths of an unwholesome and vitiated atmosphere. Many up holsterers, too, construct articles of fur- iilturo apparently upon tho principle of forming thorn Into the most convenient receptacles for dust. Wardrobes, for Instance, are made with deep ornament al cornices, which servo no other pur pose than this. Of course It is easy to guard against this ovil by covering the top with a thin board, or cardboard, but in how many houses Is this never done, and dust allowed to accumulate thoro for years I Again, ponderous pieces of furnituro are made with tho apparent object of making them as solid and im movable as possible, the fact that flirt must accumulate in the inaccessible nooks and cornel's, behind ami under neath them, being altogether lost sight of. This would bo easily remedied if thoy were put upon castors so as to ad mit of their being moved without difll culty. Curtains, too, arc of doubtful utility, except, perhaps, in winter; but thoy aro so much the pride of every housewife, that to advocate their abolition would raise a storm of indignation. It would, however, bo as well Tf thoy wore more frequently taken down than, judging from appearances, is the case in most houses. Wo aro, of course, now refer ring to the heavier curtains, rather than to those made of muslin, Swiss lace, or guipure d'art, which are, for tho sako of appearances, generally changed as soon as thoy become soiled. Wo shall probably never know tho real effect of dust upon health. It is by no moans improbable that many ail ments, whloh are now ascribed to other and more remote causes, are really duo to It. Professional and business men would perhaps bo more halo and hearty if they worked under more cleanly con ditions; but any housewife, even tlio most careless, would bo horrified If sho saw tho stato of dirt in which by far the greater number of offices are loft from one year's end to another. In many of fices the dusting operations are wholly limited to tho desks in use, and to tho removal of tho surface dirt and scat tered scraps of paper from the carpet. Hooks ami papers, which notoriously ncoumuhito more dust than anything else, aro very rarely dusted at all. It Is a good sign of the times that carpets in bed-rooms should bo gradu ally falling into desuetude. They aro at best unsatisfactory in a sleeping room, collecting dust and "Hue," and, unless the room is properly ventilated, acuuirlng a fetid and stuffy" smell which Is most unpleasant as well as be ing most unwholesome Some kinds of linoleum form an excellent and Inex pensive lloor-covoring. It is not too cold, prevents any draught" from tho lloor, and, If rugs aro placed where thoy arc most rcnuircd, It would bo dif ficult to find anything more satisfactory. In nurseries it is especially essential to preserve the atmosphere as free from dust as possible, airl It is most impor tant to do away with tho now old-fashioned nursery carpet. There is room for greater cleanliness in our daily surroundings. The duster, and tho brush, might with advantago bo taken more frequently into hidden crannies and dark corners; for, al though thoro Is an old woman's saw that wo must cat a peck of dust bofore wo dio, It Is not desirable that wo should eat much more than that If wo can help It, CussclPs Magazine. Completely Accommodated. "You had bettor got rid of that stove pipe hat; you'll bo livelier without it," said a powerfully-built, red-faced young truck driver tlio other day as ho nearly drove over a delicate-looking gentleman on Park How. Tho pedestrian hail to skip In a very undignified manner to os cape. "You want your neck wrung very badly," he said, as ho gained tlio side walk and looked after the truck. The driver heard hint and pulled up his horho at ouco. " Will you ring it?" lie asked in gruff tones. The gentleman took a fow seconds to consider the question. Thon ho said: " No, I'll leave that job for the hang man; but I'll flatten your nose, if that will suit you." It appeared that tho proposal suited the driver, for in thirty seconds ho stood beforo his fragile-looking man. " Now flatten my nose," ho said, de fiantly. It was done before the words wore well out of his mouth, and as ho lay on his back in the gutter tho expression on his blood-bespattered countenance was that of mingled pain and amazement. "What did you strike that man for?" asked a policeman, hurrying up, and seizing the gentleman by tho arm. " Because he a.sked me to strike him, you know," was tho reply, "and as he looked like 1111 honest, good-mtturod young follow, 1 didn't like to disoblige him." Tho policeman looked at tho truck man, who rose slowly, and without mak ing any complaint mounted tlio seat of his wagon and drove oil. " Well," said tlio policeman, impress ively, as he walked away, " there's no accountin' for tastes." A7; y tjun. Tho haugs-his-hair-youug-mau U getting to bo a common sight in Bos ton. lie can be seen almost any night at any of its respectable theaters. IIo is what the world calls a daisy. Twenty men of Now York City, to gether, are worth $000,000,000. FACTS AN FIGURES. Now York City has a population! 1,206,291) human beings, of whom the native born number 727,029 and tho for olgn born -178,670. Tho mining products of Nevada for 1881 were $D,fi0.pil971, against $13,65.r), 967 In 1880. Tho yield for Colorado was 822,080,685, against $& 1,821,(100 for 1880. During the past year 2,039 vessels were wrecked and property estimated at $1,-100,000,000 destroyed. Add to this tlio property lost in fires and see what an appalling amount of capital is utterly lost. Captain Eads estimates the cost of tho ship railway as follows: Improve ment of the Coatzacoalcos, $.'1,000,000; Improving tho bayou, $1,000,000; ship railway, $60,000,000; terminal improve ments, 86,000,000; total, $72,000,000. About 81,000,000,000of our Nation al debt has been paid since the war ended. Franco and (treat Britain have more than double our debt, and Spain has a larger debt than that which re mrtins of ours. From 8,000 hypsometrical measure ments, Dr. Chava'nno has calculated tho average height of the entire continent of Africa U be not less than 2,150 feet. This high figure is evidently duo to tho groat extent of the high plateaux in that country, surpassing even that of Asia. Tho census shows that tho Stato of Connecticut has over 11,000 more fe males than males, and it is noted ua a curious fact that in tho smallest towns in tho Stato the rulo generally is that the men exceed tho women in num bers. Tho cities show tho surplus of women. Tho bullion output of Arizona, In 1881, as far as heard from, was $9,085, 079, Including $5, 1-19,129 from the Tombstone district alone. Tho copper output was 8,098,-lilfj pounds. The Tuc son Star predicts that the silver and gold bullion output for 1882 will roach $2."),000,000, and tho copper output over 10,000,000 pounds, as that industry is yet in its iiifancv. Nyo County, Nevada, is the largest county in tho United States, covering 21,00()squiiromilcs. San Bernardino, Cal ifornia, with 2:1,000 square miles, is tlio next largest. California has four other counties, each of them as large as Mas sachusetts, three that are each larger tlum Connecticut, and fifteen others that are oaoh larger than Delaware. Sioux County, Nebraska, contains 21,070 square miles. Oregon also has several largo counties Grant, Umatilla and Lake containing respectively 17,fl00, 1-1,260 and 12,000 smuiro miles. Pre sidio, with 12.500 miles, is the largest county in Texas. Tlio smallest county in tho United States is New York, Stato of Now York, and it has tho largest pop ulation. Tho largest, of the Territories is Dakota, with 1-17,000 square miles, and tho largest county in any of tho 'l.nuill, II III! Atl,VVW CMUU1 I tho largest county in any ritorios is Custer County, A Terr lty, Montana, with 86, GOO square miles. WIT AND WISDOM. Thoro Is as much policy in polito noss as thoro is in honesty. To live long, It is necessary to live slowly. Cicero. "Another weather profit," said Bliffcrs, as ho pockctoil a live dollar bill that he won on a wager upon atmos pheric changes. "Don't you think that Miss Brown is amveet girl?" asked Henry. "Oh, yes, very sweet," replied Jane; "tlmt is to say, sho is well preserved." All creeds and all guides for living and doing can be safely boiled down to this: Do your best. That covers tho whole ground. A young lady admitted to her mothor that her beau had kissed her on tlm plmolr. "Ami wliiif. iliil vmi flrP' ' -.... ........ ..... ;.. ..v.. inquired tho old lady, In a tone of in dignation. "Mother," replied the young lady, "I cannot toll a He; I turned tho other cheok." It is getting to bo esthetic for ladies to thank guntlamen who arise and offer them a seat m in u street car. Wo received one thank this morning, being the first in live years. To bo sure, wo haven't got up much.--.tV. '. Commercial Advertiser. It is a cold day now when an ex press train in some part of the Republic doesn't run down a hatular and wear out a few telegraph repairers or section men. The express trains must have de veloped a littlo emotional insanity. llurlinyton Hawkeii. Little Edith was terribly sleepy tho other night. She began her customary prayer upon retiring, but when she got as far as "Our Father," her eyes closed and her head tumbled onto tlio pillow. " I tan't tay it to-night," sho said, "I'm too s'eopy. Ho knows tho yost of it." In a Munich tavern. Ouest to pro prietor "Sou here, mine host, what I found in this mug of boor a piece of paper and a brandy glass." Host "Well, and supposin'' you did. A man was hero the other day who found an ap ple dumpling in his beer and didn't say a word." Fiicgcmie Walter. We sometimes wish that nature had designed us for a hired girl, Instead of an editor, so that .wo could have boon independent. In this country "a hired girl" is only another name forafllueneo and nobility. .It is not an uncommon oceurri-nce for a girl to come West, work at regular wages two or threo years, and then, as an heiress, marry a bloated capitalist and settle down. It is a horrible fact that, unless something is done to prevent tho centralization of capital among tlio servant girls of Wy oming, a revolution cannot ho avoided. Laramie Boomerang, Religious Department. "(70, LA liOll ON!" i Oo, labor on I Who dared stand Idlo on tho harvcfft plain, While all around him waves tho ifoldon grain? And to each servant docs tho Master say: t " Oo, work to-day." , Oo, labor out Claim tho high calllnjr angels cntinotHharc; To young and old tho Otwpcl glndness boar; Iteuccm tho tltnoj lie hours too cwlftly lly, Tho night draws nigh, Oo, labor on Tho laborers ure few, tho field In wide, Now Matlons miiHt bo tilled mid blanks sup plied: From voice dlntant far or near at homo Tho call Is "Come." Oo, labor on I Tho oncmy In watching night and day To now tho tares, to Himtuh tho seed away; While wo In ideop our duty havo forgot, HoHlumbercd not. Oo, lalKirnul Away with gloomy doubts and faithless fearl ro arm m weak but may do service hero; By feeblest agents can our Ood f ulilll Ills righteous will. Sunday Mauaxltie. i m -- - - Sunday-School Lessons. 18K PIltST QUAUTKIU Fob. 2C-Orowthor tho Kingdom Mark :21-31 Mar. 6-Chrlst Stilling tho Tem pest Mark4:3Ml MRr. 12 Power over rvll Spirits. .Mark 6: 1-JM Mnr 19 l'ower m cr Disease and Death Mnrk5:2W Mar. 20 Itovlow, or Tetnpcmnco I.cgjon. In Distress. The following anecdote of Washing ton Allston, tho great artist, has never, wo believe, appeared in print. We give it as it was told a friend of the artist by a prominent Boston gentleman recently deceased: When Allston was without fame or money, and was living in obscurity in Edinburgh, he became so reduced that to get food for his family ho painted small pictures in exchange for pro visions. At last the tradesman declined to give groceries for pictures, and a day came when there was no food in tlio house. Allston was then an atheist. But sheer despair caused him to lock the door of his studio, go to the fur thor corner of tho room, and kneel down with his face to the wall, and to cry out: " O God if there bo a God show me how to get bread for my wife and children!" In a fow moments ho heard the latch of his door raised, and opening tho door ho saw a stranger standing ouU side who inquired for Washington All ston. On being told that he was ad dressing him the gentleman, an En glishman of rank, asked if a painting of his which had been on exhibition was still for sale. Now it chanced that this picture, ono on which the artist had expended much labor, but which tho public had not seemed to appreciate, was in the studio, turned to the wall and covered with dust. Unwilling to show it in this con dition, Allston replied that the painting was not sold, but could not then bo seen t Tho gentleman remarked that it was nocessarv for him to leave town at once for the Continent, but. in order to se cure the picture, ho would give a check for its price, that ho might receive it, and would order the painting sent to Iiis house on his return. When the stranger loft, Allston was no longer a poor man. Tlio, money re lieved his immediate wants, and the gen tleman's patronage brought tho artist into notice. IIo soon received orders for paintings, and never again had oc casion to fight starvation. Nor was the apparent answer to his first prayer for gotten. It was tho beginning of his earthly prosperity, and he was led by it to more reverent views of the Bible, and ultimately from his doubts and skepti cism to the full acceptance of Christian ity as tho Gospel of God to men. F. 8. JJ. How Ingersoll Makes Men Happy. One of tho popular Infidel's most fre quent boasts is that his mission is to make men happy in the world. IIo has como to free them from their shackles of superstition and bigotry, and to per suade them to enjoy what they havo now. IIo says: " I believe in happiness right hero. I don't believe in drinking skun-milk all my life with the expecta tion of butter beyond tho clouds.'1 Wo know. very well how Ingersoll would mako moit happy by taking away God, by taking away the "Devil, by taking away Heaven and llell, by taking away immortality, by stripping man, if possible, of every hope and longing and yearning desire for what is beyond, by saying to him: "You see now all you ever will see; you have now all you over will havo; then make the most of it, eat well, drink well, sleep well, don't cheat your neighbor, give tlio poor widow her coal in this world, for anthracite can't bo dug in Heaven. There aro no Thanks giving turkeys there, so you had better cat them hero. When you are done with this world you aro done with ev erything; so miikothe most of it." This way of claiming to make men happy is bo grotesque that it would bo laughable were tho subject not so tremendously solemn. This doctrine may excite "ap plause" and "laughter" in tlio warm and brilliant Music Hall from a well lilled and well-clad audience, but take it out into tlio cold, bittor, winter air, take it to somo den of poverty and want, take it to some diseased and hopeless victim of debauchery, take it to somo dying bed, and what Is it worth? Wo defy Air. Ingersoll himself to say to tho hungry, half-naked tramp, rubbing his bare hands with the cold: " My good friend, be just as happy as you can, niako the most of what you have, enjoy your orust, and think as well as you can of your rags, and consider the hogshead, into which you crawl to-night, a palaco il ou can." You might as well say .there are no palaces for you or anybody olso "u yonder," In fact, thoro Is no "up yon der," so make the very best of what you have. This way of making men happy, is as if ono should come up to a throng of hungry, ragged, street ohlldren, who were pressing their noses against the, window pane of somo rich man's house, inside of which was a warm Christmas fire, and steaming Christmas dinner, and a Christmas tree loadod with toys and books, and try to mako them "happy" by saying to them: "Come, come, children, what arc you gazino- ho, earnestly in at that window forP Tfiere is nothing there. You think you "see something good, but you do not, it is all your mistaken eye-sight; away, and have as good a tlmo as you can, hun gry, and tired, and ragged, and cold as you are, have ns good a time as yoif can in tlio frosty December air and the slush and snow of the icv streets, for there is nothing better for .you than these things." Thus, the Infidel makes tno many cliildrcn of earth "happy." Thcv stand gazing up into tho heav ens. I'hey think thoy sec love, rest and home there. They think they see a great White Throne, and a loving Father's face, and a gentle Savior's sjnile, and the hosts of the redeemed in , blessed activity; but the Infidel comes along and makes them "happy" by rudely crying out: " Why aro ye gazing up into the heavens? You have no 1'iitheror Elder Brother there; there is no great White Throne, or re deemed host ill wllttf! rnitnmif. irn about your business, mako tlio most you can of tlio chill air and tho December slush of this world's pathways. There is nothing better." Wo peer up into tho heavens. Wo catch glimpses of future glory. Wo have visions of the tree of life. Wo seo tho distant glitter of tlio golden streets. We dimly see God ns our Father and Christ as our Savior, and then, for many days of darkness we lose the-glimpse, and, thus as we aro wandering disconsolate and alono, the Infidel comes in, saying: " Its all a myth, there is no Heaven, no God, no tree of life, no golden street, nothing that corresponds to them, noth ing but tho cold, dark gravo, and you are a fool to expect anything more." That is the way Ingersoll makes mon "happy!" The Bible makes the same claim, and it comes in sweet and com forting words, saying to man: "Your instincts are right, man has not been groping throughout all the ages, with no light to grope forward to." " There is a God," continues the Bible, "as the leaves, and the flowers, and tho woods have whispered to you. There is a Heaven, as your hopes havo sung. There is an immortality, as your unde veloped powers have hinted. There is happiness illimitable, as your longings have suggested, and thou, O man, thou who art great enough to be lost, and great enough to be saved, and great enough to grow into the imago of God, thou mayst have this God for thy Father, this Heaven for thy home, this happi ness for thy exceeding great reward." j-iius, tno uioie socks to mako mon hap- 1y. How do we choose comfort, by the Mble, or by Ingersoll? Golden Hale. Uncle Pete. " It am my painful dooty," said the President, as tho meotiug -was called to order, " to announce do fack datBrud dorKanaby passed from airth away yes terday arternoon. IIo was known to moas' of us as Uncle Pete, an' I believe he lias passed away widout leavin' an inemy behind him. Who does not re member his white ha'r, wrinkled face, kindly voico an' good-natured smile? Who kin not remember his kin' words and good deeds? Who cber axed him fur help dat he did not get it? " An' poo' ole Undo Peter am no mo' among us! Some few of us war' up dar when lie breathed his last, an' none of us will soon forgit how ho passed away. When von seo do cold, doal face at do funeral to-morrer you will seo dat it carries de same kin' smile as In life. He died feolin' dat lie was gwino home. He was only a poo' ole black man, not ablo to read or write, and frow all his life ho had mot wid sorrows an' misfortunes. Men had told him dat ho had no soul. Meif had told him dat tlore was no God. Men had laffed at him fur believin' dar was a hereafter fur weary souls. An' yit how did he die? "When do poo' ole man rcalizod dat do summons had como his smile was like dat of a child's. De prayer ho made will ring in my cars forobor. In his heart, so soon to bo still, ho felt dat his long years of faith war' 'bout to be rewarded. IIo had held fast through darkness and scollln' an' trial an' de spair, an' now do reward was clus at ban'. Dar Avar' tears in 6ur eyes an' we could not seo, but wo knew what ho saw. If cber mortal eyes looked into Hcabon, dat curtain was lifted to him. Wid his hands clasped wid a heart put tin' its trust in God to de las' wid a smile which showed nullin' but faith an' trust dis ole man slipped from do lovin' hands around him an' jinod do perces sion which am alius marchin' from do shores of airth to de gates of glory. As many of you as can make it convenient will attend de funeral to-morrer, and do janitor will soo dat do vacant cha'r am decked wid crape fur do usual thirty days. Detroit Free Press. It is feared that the ico crop was ruined by being left out in tho cold on Monday night. Look out for high rates. Summer boforo last tho excuse was a scarcity of ico; last summer there was plenty of ico, so much in fact that it took moro horses to carry it around to customers; next summer there must bo an excuse of some kind, and if it bo truo that tho crop has thus early been frostbitten, tho ico dealers have nothing to fear. JJoilon Transcript. - ! A