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7 MAECH 14,1907. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT Mrs. Murphy Explains ' New Orleans Picayune: The office floor had not been scrubbed for some days, and Mrs. Murphy, one of the cleaners of the building, was sought for an explanation. She was found in an adjoining office a large, motherly looking Irish woman, with an expan sive smile and a kindly glint in her eye that not even family cares and the necessity of contributing to the support of children she had brought into the world, not to mention "buryin wan eleven months old just afore I tuk th worrk here," could materially lessen. : Her bright, alert look- and smile caused the i-ighteous indignation of me tenant 10 uwiuuio w iccuw h " test. She listened, then became volu- "Is. that so? isnure I was away on account o' me sister's death, an' I got a livin out gim to neip me m u ; buildin' for a few days, an she didn't understand th' worrk. -But It'll be all i right now, for I'll do it meself ," and ; straightway she followed to look at ' the neglected floor. f i or rcr nan irrnwTi vi h n n.i m i cmh . JLsX iUWIV ifcv. 0 i v -vw - cheerful., at the mention of the sister, and the complaint became a murmur of sympathy. The explanation haVing been made lMrs. Murphy leaned upon her broom and continued: "Yes, an' I had to bury her. Shure, she an' me was th' last that was left of th' family. I brought her an an other sister to this counthry, an' I L buried th' other; an now this v wan is gone too, an' I'm th' only wan that's left. "She died in th' hospital, an' I was . runnin' there for two days afore she i.wlnt. As soon as I finished me worrk ! here I'd be- there, an' whin I come ' home I had to do a big wash that was i in th' tubs. "I was nigh dead wid it all, but, : thank God, I stayed wid me sister un til th last. An' I brought her out of it, too,' widout thim ever touohin' her, ' an' gev her a dacint burial. "But, shure, I had a harrd time to do it, an' only that I was that deter- mined they'd ha' got th' best of me in j th' ind. Te see, it was this way: Th' day she died they sent me worrd that she could't live th' day out,' ' an' I wint up there an' I seen her, but; ' I could't stay wid her, for I had th' ; worrk to do. So in th' avenin' I wint up there agin, an' th' man at th' dure tould me it was agin th' rules to let 1 anywan in at that time. " 'But,'- I sez to him, 'me - sister is dyin' an' I want to go in an' see her.' " 'Shure, wasn't ye here today, -sez he, 'an' ain't that enough for ye?' " 'Well,' sez I to meself, Til see . Bridget wance more an' she an' me the last that's left o' us." "So I wint to the priest of the par ish, an I told him that me sister was dyin in th' hospital, an' would he come and prepare her. So he came along wid me, and whin they saw th' priest they, daren't refuse to lave him in, an I stuck tight to him; an' that's how I got to see her agen. "Whin th' doctor an th attindint seen me they sez: " 'Who let this woman in?' an they wanted to make me go out. "But I sez to them: " Te'll not put me out, for she's not long to live, an I'll stay here and see th last of her.' "Well, they said everythin' to me an they did everythin to me but "bate me. If luks and worrds could kill, I'd never come out of th' place alive whin I told thim 'I'll not lave it shure, two officers 'd be th' only thing that'd put ' me out o' this.' "So at lahst they left me alone, an' I stayed there wid her, an' whin it was nearly 12 o'clock at night she trtd to sit up in th bed, an' sez she: " "Mary, I see:ne mother.' " " 'No, ye do not, Bridget,' sez I, "but ye will see her afore long." " 'Oh,' sez she, "whafll become o th' childer when I'm goner "Te see, she had two young wans, an' the husband was no good. " 'Rest aisy. Bridget,' sez I, 'for I'll take little Maggie wid me an' Til trate her like wan of me own, an' the bye I'll put clown to Father Drurn- gOOlf'5.' ' 'Will ye, Mary?' says she. " 'I will, with the help of God.' sea . " 'Kiss me. Mary,' sez she. an' I did. n wid that bhe was gone. "Thin I tuk two five-cent pieces out of me pocket-book an' I closed her wid thim, an' I tied up her chin. Whin I had hir fixed I wint down htaliH un tould tin? attindint. an' I Ht;iyd down thrro an' waited. They vented in t go home an' I wouldn't wan to uw. " 'Imre yer fcMrr I gone now, an y can J" ,,'' 1?""' here.' jn that no?' I. 'Well. Ill stay wid me sister whlU ever she's in this place, no matther where ye put her. "So in a little while down they brought poor Bridget on a stretcher an' tuk her to the deadhouse, an' me after thim, for, sez I to myself, 'they'll hould no eyetopsy on Bridget while I've a breath left in me body,' for I thought what they'd be up to. "Well, as soon as they put her wan o' thim a thing like a drawer that le'd pull out, ye know they sez to me: " This is no place for you to be waitin'; ye'd better go home,' an' they tried to argy wid me, but no " 'I'll stay here,' sez I. " 'Ye must be tired out afther yer harrd day's work; ye'd better go, sez the watchman. " 'I am,' sez I, ,'but I'm not that tired that ye'll get me out o' here.' "An sure enough, while I was waitin, down came the doctors and attindants wid a stretcher to take me poor sis ter's body away to cut up, an' whin one o the doctors seen me he sez to the watchman: " 'What's this woman doin' here? " 'I'm here,' sez I, 'to take -care of me sister's dead body an' see that ye make none b yer eyetopsles on her. "Wid that the doctor commenced to talk to me. Sez he: " 'Why,' sez he, 'that body is no more nor a house that ye'd be put out of.' " "Well,' sez I, 'I never was put out of a house yet, thank God, an' no more will me sister be tuk out of this by yees.' " 'But,' sez he, 'ye know 'tis a rule of the place that we must do this; yer sister ' had a lump under her hearrt an' we want to find out what it W21S. 'Slie did not,' sez I; 'she died of consumption, that's what she did, an' I donrt care wnats -yer ruies; yen make no eyetopsy on her.' "Well, at long last, whin they seen they couldn't move me they wint off. n thtn who fchould como to the place but Murphy. Glory be to God, but .1 was glad to see lms "Ye see, whin I didn't come home he thought I'd be wid me sister, an' so he came to luk for me, an wint to the dure of the hospital an axed was I there, an' they tould him me sister was in the deadhouse. So, sez he, that's where Ma.rvll be. "The minute I seen him I sea: " 'Murphy, for God's sake, go for the undertaker, an' tell him ; to come quick!' . ' "An' in less than an hour he was there wid his wagon an I had poor Bridget in me own rooms. "An thin I had to bury her, an' that'll cost me a good sum. But it'll not be so bad, perhaps, for Tm going to have a raffle of a silver watch that she left, an' maybe some wan'll take tickets enough to help me out. Shure I don't know what I'd do at all if it wasn't for Mr. Casey, the dacint un dertaker that he is, for sez he to me: " 'Mrs. Murphy sez he, Til trnst ye an' ye can pay me whin ye're able; shure I'd take it from ye in quarthers if ye could do no bether.' " When the tale was finished Mrs. Murphy dried her moist eyes on the corner of her apron, apparently un conscious of having performed an un usual act. An offer to take some of the raffle tickets elicited a look of gratitude that was more than her "Oh, thank ye" and "Hay ye never know such trouble''' and she was off to her duty, for there was much to do before she could go home to her children and the extra one she had promised to treat as "wan of me own." IN NEW YORK. New York Post: A thrifty woman tenant in an uptown apartment hotel tried to make a deal which staggered the clerk the other day. The tenant had ordered a bottle of milk to be sent to her room one morning. The next day she appeared with the bot tle and asked the clerk to change It for a fresh bottle,, as the other had not been used. "Some people who send telegrams have queer notions," said the man in a telegraph office. "For one thing they are not in any particular hurry. Every little while, we receive through the mall copy of a telegram which some body would like sent. In that case the message Is clearly written out, and money covering full charges enclosed. To be Bure, transmission in that way requires only a few hours longer, but It does seftn that when a matter Is sufficiently important to require a tel egram the person Interested would either come to the office, or telephone, or call up a boy Instead of commun icating with us by means of a letter." "The other morning." remarked the Hrl.m flat dweller, "th hot watar b.li .r on our floor was apparently ipakinff T nailed the ianitor. who ob serving water actually dripping from the base, telephoned for a plumber. The plumber came, but then not a drop of water was visime. -Aiiei searching for a possible leak he left. The next morning the maid called for me, shouting that the boiler was leak ing again. A glance this time told the story. Over the coal range a three hole gas stove rested. The girl had placed a kettle of water on the hole nearest the boiler, and the steam from the spout striking the boiler, caused the drip at the base. I expect the plumber's bill on the first of March." Two men stood watching a third who had just left them. "How long has he lived in New York?" asked one. "I don't know exactly,' replied the other, "but he has been here long enough to get cured of the badge and button habit. He used to wear three or four . society pins of one kind or another. Half the men who come here from small towns and villages have the habit of decorating their lapels with tlje insignia of some social or po litical organization of their native place. Membership in that order showed that they were of importance in the community and they fancy It will carry the same weight here. They soon find, however, that local societies of that kind are not considered in metropolitan affairs, and the badges and buttons are finally discarded." "Many persons who expect fo cross the ocean but once or twice in a life time take care that they shall travel in good company when they do cross," remarked the clerk in the steamship office. "Every day -we receive letters from prospective voyagers asking for a, list of persons already booked for a certain steamer. If the list, contains a number of names of international repute, the small fry engage passage on that boat. If not, they choose one where the company is more select. Somehow they fancy it will add inter est to the account of their' travels If they are able to say that they crossed the Atlantic on the steamer with Prince This, or Count That and when ever possible they make a point of se curing passage on a boat which car ries a lot of prominent persons." A woman recently applied to a sew ing machine company for a machine to' be used on trial. The agent set her down as one who had no inten tion of really buying, so he sent her a second-hand machine, made by an other company, that they had some how managed to secure in trade. "That," said he, "will be good enough for her to do her spring sewing on, and that is all she wants It for, At the end of two weeks the woman called at the office. That machine, she said, "Is a treasure. It runs easily, and the tuck ing, shirring and hemstitching are per fectly beautiful. All the women in our building say they never saw anything so nice. They are going to sell their old machines and buy new-ones like It. I am going to get a new one, too There are eleven of us who want to buy. Since that is quite a large order we thought you might be able to get the machines for us at a discount." The agent nearly collapsed. lie tried to induce the woman to look with fa vor upon the machines made by his own firm, but her affections were fas tened upon the sample that he had so fatuously provided. So 'in order to se cure any commission fnr himself he had to fill an order o feleven machines made by a rival concern. SHOWERS OP GREENBACKS. While Policeman Fitzgerald of the Williamsburg Bridge station was on duty at the bridge early yesterday morning he saw greenbacks flying around and began to pick them up. The first was a ten dollar bill and then two fives. He kept chasing them until ho had $102. He also picked up checks aggregating $54. He looked around but failed to find anyone who had lost tie cash and checks. He took his find to the police station and turned it over to Sergt. Nichols. While the latter was counting the cash Samuel Pfeiffer, of . 1623 East ern parkway, entered the station and said he had lost $177 somewhere on the bridge and fM in checks. He described his loss ho accurately that the p:Uce were convinced that he owned the money and checks found by Fitzgerald. Pfeiffer Insisted that $75 was missing and policemen were sent to the Manhattan terminal. They found remnants of greenbacks clinging to the car tracks. Some of the greenbacks' had been run over by the cars and ground to pulp. Other bills probutty had boen blown off the bridge. Pfeiffer told tm police he had lost the money and check whll rusing for a car., New ork Sun. Hatch Chicken by 8 to am with the EXCELSIC3 IICUBATOft or m flth rrrty ItrtlW . U u r ?aai Uk N Talk abrmt good roads always seems more popular in the winter time when the ground is frozen. Estate No. 2212 of Ida A. Reck, de ceased. In county court of Lancaster county, .Nebraska. The state of Nebraska, ss. : Creditors of said estate- will take notice that the time limited for presentation and filing of claims against Bald estate Is October IS, 1907, and for payment of debts la May 15, 19Q&; that I will sit at the county court room in said county, on July 15. l&V, at 2 p. m., and on October 15, 1907, at 2 a m.. to receive, examine, hear, allow, or adjust all claims and objections duly filed. Dated March 11. 1907. FRANK R. WATERS, (Seal) County Judge. By WALTER A. LEESE, Clerk. Notice to Creditors. Estate No. 2205 of Libble M. Searles, de ceased In county court of Lancaster county, Nebraska. The state of Nebraska, ss. : Creditors of paid estate will take notice that the time linr)lted for presentation and filing of claims against said estate Is October 15, 1907, and for payment of debts is May 16, 1908; that I will sit at the county court room In said county on July 15, 1907, at 2 p. m., and on October 15, 1907, at 2 p. m., to receive, examine, hear, allow, or adjust all claims and objections duly filed.. Dated March 2. 1907. . FRANK R. WATERS, (Seal) . County Judge, By WALTER A. LEESE, Clerk. Notice of Probate. ' , Estate No. 2306 of August Lange, de ceased, In county court of Lancaster county, Nebraska. The state of Nebraska, s. : Creditors of said estate will take notice that the time limited for presentation and filing of claims against said estate is October 1, 1907, and for payment of debts Is May L 1908; that I will sit at the county court room in said county, on July 1, 1907, at 2 p. m., and on October 1, 1907, at 2 p. m., to receive, examine, hear, allow, or ad just all claims and objections duly filed. Dated February 20. 19W. FRANK R WATERS. (Seal) County Judge. By WALTER A. LEESE, Cleric Notice of Probate. ' Etate No. 2218 of John E. Pierce, de ceased, in county court of Lancaster county, Nebraska. , The state f Nebraska, To all persons in terested In said estate, take notice, that a petition has been filed for the appoint ment of John Hammer as administrator of Bald estate, which has been set for hearing herein, on March 19. 1907, at t o'clock a. m. Dated February 19, 1907. FRANK R. WATERS, (Seal) County Judge. By WALTER A. LEfESE, Clerk. Notice is hereby given that the Lin coln Woman's Club has been duly In corporated. The name of the corpora tion is "The Lincoln Woman's Club.' The principal place of transacting its business is the City of Lincoln, Lancas ter County, Nebraska. The general nature of the business of said corpora tion is to study and work for the ad vancement of all Interests common to humanity. The time of the commence men of this corporation was the 19th day of November, 1906. The affairs of the corporation shall be conducted by board of directors, selected according to the by-laws The IJncoln Woman's Club. Notice te Creditors. - ,ir.Btatfi No. 2207 of John Forrest de ceased, in county court of Lancaster county, Nebraska: ' ' The State or neorasKa, ss. : ureauora of said estate will take notice that the time limited for presentation and filing of claims against said estate Is October 1, 1907, and for payment of debts Is May 1, 1908; tnat l win su at ine coumy court room in said county, on July 1, 1908, at 2 p. m., and on October 1, 1907, at 2 p. m., to receive, examine, hear, allow or adjust all claims and objections duly filed. Datea "eDruary zu. iwi. FRANK R. WATERS, (SealV Connty Judge. By rtf ALTKK A. LKKBB, uieni. Certificate of Publication. State of Nebraska, Office of Auditor of Public Accounts: LINCOLN. Feb. 1, 1907.-U is hereby certified, that the "Continental Casualty company of Hammond In the state of Indiana, has compiled witn tne insurance law of this state, applicable to such com panies, and Is therefore authorised to continue the business of accident and health insurance in this, state for the current year ending January L, 1908. Summary or report niea ror tn year ending December 31. 1906. INCOME. Preraliuns J2JGE,X$.0& All other sources... 47.529.U Total $2,S2,fi3Sa. DTOTUTtSratfENTS. Paid pc4tcyhoMorg.4X(n9,f7.SS All other payments. 1,1 17,7X2 Total S2.137.e70. Admitted assets..... $1,&6,GG9.0T LIABILITIES. Unpaid claims and expenses $lCTJU3.a Unearned premiums., 8 3, 717. 63 All other liabilities... Tl.Ltt.24 $1.09I,2S. Capital stock paid up 30O.0U0.0S Surplus beyond capi tal stock and other liabilities SSS.2St.fil Total n.C4.C.t Wttnmis my hand and tho ru of th auditor of publio accounts, the day and yrwr Brut abovs written. iSoaU K. M. 8KARLK, JO, Auditor of lubDo A cermets, JOHN u rosea, DnwtJT,