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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1900)
\ "Remarkable Journey. Hero Is n picture of Mrs. Elizabeth Burns and the youngest of her six children , who have Just completed probably the most remarkable journey over made by any family , all of thorn having covered 700 miles on foot. The woman IB a widow of Grand Rapids , Mich. The undertaking Is one of the pluckiest ever attempted , and that It ilina succeeded without a mishap Is de clared marvelous. Mra. Durns' husband fell a victim to consumption , leaving his family In destitute circumstances , and on May 0 last the mother sold her belongings and with a small hand-cart , contain ing necessities , she began the Journey from Grand Rapids which she expect ed would end at Odin. III. , where her father lived. It took six weeks of steady walking to reach Odin , but disappointment awaited her thoroand nho was compelled to push on , her search not being rewarded until she reached Poplar Bluff , Mo. , 700 miles MRS. ELIZABETH BURNS , away from the starting point. . . The family Is none the worse for tlio trip nnd Is now with kind relatives. There is to bo an exhibition of an cient and modern examples of gold smiths' art at Florence In conriectlon with the celebration of the fourth cen tenary of Benvonuto Cellini's birth , Nov. 2. The first congress of Italian goldsmiths will bo held In that city on the same occasion. W. J , "Bryan's "Pastor. There Is considerable trouble In the fashionable First Presbyterian church of Lincoln , Neb. The pastor , the Rev. William N. Hind- man , has been asked to resign. Mr. Bryan Is a member of the church , but l\o 1ms ns yet tnkon " ° ' ) art ln the affair . > which has agitated other members i , / and it : is announced - - that ho docs not Rev. .Hlndnmn. lntentl to do sa At prayer service the other evening Mr. Hlndman denounced ono of his ciders , Dr. T. M. Hodgman , n professor In Xho University of Nebraska , declar ing that views expressed by him nt the meeting were at variance with the Presbyterian creed and teaching. The discussion , although spirited , was as nothing compared with the sot-to at the close of the services , when charges of considerable bitterness were flung back and 'forth. The charges against Mr. Hindman , so far as can be learned , are world- llness and lack of proper attention to pastoral duties , but no specifications are Given. Motor Cars for /Jfrica. A French automobile company re cently dispatched forty-two motor cars to central Africa to servo in the regu lar transportalon of goods between Busaloba and Bumoka. Hitherto It required nearly a month to convoy merchandise along this trade route , but the new motor wagons have ac complished the Journey In the space of three or four days. Each wagon is about four tons In weight , and has from nine to ton horse power nt Its disposal as motive force. Senator George F. Hoar of Massa chusetts vas 74 years old last week. In answer to a letter from n friend congratulating him on his excellent health , Mr , Hoar said : "I am thor oughly over that disease known as being 73 years old. " Uhc Greatest Irishman. There Is something of a controversy in England ns to who was the great est of three great Irishmen the late Lord Chief Justice Russell , Lord Duf- forln or Lord Roberts. At the 189S banquet of the Ulster association li London , Lord Dufforln referred to Lori Russell as "the most dlatlnguishoi Irishman of our generation. " "Presidential "Votes , Slnco 18C4 the total vote ut each suc- ccsslvo iiresldcntlnl election has shown an Increase over the vote of the preceding contest. From 1801 to 18C8 the gain was 1,700,000 ; from 1868 to 1872 , 700,000 ; from 1872 to 1870 , 2,000,000 ; from 1870 to 18SO , 800,000 ; from 1880 to 1881 , 800.000 ; from 1881 to 1888 , 1,300,000 , an abnormally large Increase not accounted for by the ad- mlsfilon of now states ; from 1888 to 1802 , 700,000 , and from 18U2 to 189G , 1,300.000. This year the probab'.o total popular vote Is estimated nt 10,009- 000. Mary Andcrson-Navnrro attended a bazaar In England the other day In aid of a religions community and was told by the father rector that she was a mother to them. "Our Mary" Is , of course , no longer In the full blush of youthful beauty , but this remark rather startled her for a moment. In the course of a short reply she good- Immorally said that the reverend gen tleman might at least have called her a sister. Explorer's Atvful Suffering. Sven Anders Hcdln , the noted ex plorer , has added another chapter of valuable Information as the result of his recent explora tions In the heart of Thibet. Over coming hardships that It is hard to believe the human body capable o f sustaining , scaling the icy mountains of the Altai Tag. and crawling for whole days at a ' tlmo on his hands S. A. Heddln. and knees over the tornu alkali des erts of Thibet. Dr. Hcdln defied death n a thousand forms that ho might bo" ho llrst white man to set foot upon the shores of Lake Lop Nor. There ho found the mouldering ruins of a mng- ilflcent city a city of beautiful mar bles and exquisite mosaics a city of rrand terraces and Intersected by broad driveways the tombstones of a decayed civilization. Lineage of "Presidents. In a study of American politics which appeared in ti recent number of the London Chronicle It was pointed out that out of the twenty five presl- leuts of the United States , all but one lave been of British family origin. Flf- .ecn , headed by Washington , came of Sngllsh stock. Throe , including James Monroe , hnd Scotch ancestors. One , Thomas Jefferson , Inherited pure Welsh blood , while five others traced their lineage to Scotch-Irish ances try. E. W. Vaughn , the nonagenarian vicar of the church of Llantlort , In the vale of Glamorgan , Wales , seems por- lectly in keeping with his surround ings , as the church ho preaches in Is built on grounds which represent the most ancient Christian center in the British isles as a daughter of Carac- ; acus , mentioned by St. Paul under the name of Claudia. Is said to have founded a Christian church there about A. D. 03. A Junf { &rec. The accompanying picture represents a single pine tree in the shape of a lunk growing a few miles from Kyoto , the western capital of Japan , in the grounds attached to the golden pavil ion , which dates back to the fourteenth century. This tree is a monument of [ lationt care and devotion. In the Mikado's empire landscape gardening JAFAIVS JUNK TREE , has for generations been studied as a line art , and is thoroughly characteris tic of Japanese aesthotlcism. About six times as many campaign calls are made for Senator Depew as for any other orator and they come from all parts of the country. The republican campaign committee has not yet arranged Mr. Depow's ap pearances , but ho will deliver a great many speeches between now and No vember. Musical "Pigeons of "Pcftn. A picturesque feature of the llfo In Pekln Is the ( light of the musical pigeons overhead the city. The thrifty Chinese , unwilling to lose their flocks of pigeons , have Invented small whistles or sets of pipes , which they fasten fo the tall feathers of tholr pigeons before liberating them for ex ercise. The air rushing through the pipes makes enough noise to frighten away hawks , who would otherwise pounce upon the pigeons. The sound of these "aeollan" pipes Is sild to bo extremely musical , a "sweet , sail strain" of harmony. SAYINGS and DOINGS i "Raised in "Rank. Crown Prlnco William of Germany , who 1ms been promo toil from the rnnU of second lieutenant to that of first nontenant , la un officer of the First Regiment of Guards , In which ho la very popular. William la the oldest son of the Emperor and InhqrltB union of his father's love for tha military , Ho and his brother have been officers In the army ever alnco they were more lads. Thn princes are hard students and as soldlorn have shown every de sire to bo as rough and martial as the most brusiiuo soldier In the ranks , nil PRINCE WILLIAM. of which has been immensely pleasing Lo the men and officers with whom the imperial boys have served. Prince William Is heir apparent to the throne of Germany and Is 18 years old. Woman \Snitorsity "Professor. The board of regents of the Univer sity of Kansas broke away from prece dent tjie other morning and elected Miss Eugenia Galloo to the chair ol French , made vacant by the reslgna- ; lon of Prof. A. G. Canfleld. Miss Gal- oo is the first woman to occupy a full professorship at the institution since preparatory work was abolished. Miss Alma D. Deland Leduc of Chicago university , a New Orleans girl , waa elected to succeed Miss Galloo as as sistant. Rev. Dr. Dean Richmond Babbitt , in a sermon the other evening on "Social Christianity" in the Church of the Epiphany , New York , said that ono of the most Christian acts a man can do "is to attend the primaries carrying a Christian conscience with you that will make clean the stream of politics at Us source. " Indian on the Stump. Tall Beaver , chief of the Comanche Indians in Oklahoma , will take tha stump. Ho says no lias a contract with the National com mittee to make these speeches , but will not show It to anyone. Tall Beaver will urge that people give the red men a votoj and they will set ] the country right. He says there an upwards of 50,000 ! Indian voters In the United States. Tall Beaver Is n' ' graduate of Has-l hell Indian school , and has studied ! law. Ho will speak In Kansas , Oklahoma - } _ homa and Missou- Tall Beaver , rl. If ho proves u success he may go cast. Among the awards In the flue art section of the Paris exhibition Is ono to King Carlos I. of Portugal. The Jury was undecided at first whether to Judge him as a king or an artist , but decided to Judge his work entirely on Its merits. Ho was awarded a silver medal in the second class-for his pas tel. Educating the "Red Man. The best Federal appointment given to a woman by this administration waa that of superintendent of Indian schools for the United States , an offloo of great opportunity and broad scope. F.or two years Miss Estello Reel , of. Wyoming , has administered it In a manner which reflects credit on all womankind. Her work Is of a most Interesting nature , and the many In novations In meth ods of education Instituted by her have already re sulted In a marked Improvement 1 n the educational re- qulromonts of the Indians all over the country. Miss Reel has an euthuE8teii0 Elastic confidence In the ability of the red man to reach the heights In Industrial art Each year she travels from coast to coast to study the different needs of the reservation schools and to compare their results with Uifl standards icached by the Instllutlono that educate the children of the for t In class rooms far removed from the smoke of the tepee. During her flrftt year In ofllco she traveled seven months , becoming acquainted with the various tribes and methods adopted to civilize them. Last year she travolad 23,378 mlles , about 1,500 miles bointf by wagon and stage coach , CHAPTER II. ( Continued. ) She hesitated. And ho saw her bare hands they were very small hands he had noticed , with slenderly-shaped lingers wring themselves together as If In overwhelming distress or perplex ity. Then she spoke In n half-stifled voice : "I think I shall go homo to him. I am afraid to bring another doctor. I I filial ! do what I can for him myself. " A thought struck Enderby nnd he said quickly , with a shade of embar rassment : "If you are afraid of Doctor Ifow- arth's charges , Miss Lloyd , 1 think you can let your mind be easy about that. Ho is , I believe , a very kindly and generous man. " He saw the girl start and flinch a little , as if his words had stung her. Then she said : "It is not that. I think I had better go straight home. " "Very well. " Enderby stopped the driver nnd stepped out. The gaslight fell full on the girl's face as ho turned to look at It. What a ghastly , pale , troubled young face it was ! Yet It struck him that it might under certain circum stances , be beautiful. The features were small nnd aqul- line , the brow childishly smooth and white , the mouth and chin softly and roundly formed , though the former had a strange expression of self-re pression now ; the eyes were weird and dark , though the hair seemed au burn , the brows above them of startl ing blackness. And what a child she looked ! Hardly sixteen , he thought , as ho looked nt her. "What address shall I give the man ? " he asked. "Burdon Mansions , " she answered. "They are only about five minutes' walk from here. " Enderby knew them well by name small flats , mostly occupied by needy clerks and poor working women. He stood still for a moment think- inc. inc."I "I hope your foot will be all right , " he said then , "and that your father may be no worse. May I call In a few days and see ? " She gave him a quick , almost terri fied glance , then suddenly her lips be gan to tremble pitifully , and she turned aside her head. "How kind you have been ! " she faltered , "and I have never thanked you. " She put out her hand ns if im pulsively , then drew it back before ho could touch It. "It Is kind of you to wish to call , " she said. "Yes , I shall be very grateful If you do. Wo live two stories up. " "How will you get up with that sprained foot of yours ? " he asked. "Don't you think I had better come with you and help you ? " "Oh , it Is not much , " she said , her voice faltering ; but without another word , Enderby got In again , and they drove on to Burden Mansions. They were a pile of dull , dreary looking buildings. Enderby paid the man and helped the girl , who limped painfully within the buildings. But when they attempted to climb the stairs , he saw that It cost her terrible pain , and he turned to her , saying quietly : "Will you allow mo to carry you up ? " It is the easiest and speediest way. way.A A little crimson patch suddenly showed on her cheek , like the mark of a warm finger ; she put up her own hand and rubbed it feverishly as if It burned. "No , no ; you musn't ! " she said. But Enderby had already stooped and taken her In his arms. How light she was not so heavy as many a child of ten ! Enderby had never had a woman In his arms before , and ho was almost astonished himself to find how tender ly they enfolded this girl. But for the sake of one woman Endorby was ten der to all. They were soon nt the landing of the second flat. Enderby set her down , and she stood leaning on the wall , her face deadly pale again , but her eyes shining strangely. "I cannot thank you , " she said , her lips trembling oddly and uncontroll ably. "But perhaps God will repay you for your kindness to me a stranger of whom you know nothing. They say London is full of wicked ness , but It must be full of goodness , too. Now I must go. " 'I shall wait for a moment hero , " said Enderby , with a sudden resolu tion. "And you will come out and tell mo If your father Is any better. Per haps I can do something yet to help you. " She turned away and opened the door on the left with a lachkcy , then closed It gently. Endorby remained where ho was. In a few minutes the door opened again , and the girl stood at the entrance. "He is sleeping , " she said , whisper- Ing. "Perhaps ho will bo better now. ' "rhat Is good , " Endorby answered heartily. "May I call In a few days ? ' "Yes ; But my father docs not wish anyone to know where he Is. Yoi won't tell anyone about ns ? " she hesitated. "You may depend upon me , " said Sndcrby , heartily. "Good night. " Ho put out his hand , the girl laid icr small , slim ono In It , nnd Enderby gave It n friendly pressure. Then he vent away. As ho emerged Into the open air again he fancied n shadow flitted lolselcssly round a corner of the man sions. Then ho drew himself together vith a short laugh , for a disagreeable hrlll had run through him at the fancy. He had bidden the hansom wait , and ic went up to the man , who was sit ing drowsily before him. "Did you notice a man go round the mansions as I came out , driver ? " Cabby shook his ; lrowsy head. "No , sir , I haven't. W'y , all wise folks is In their beds In this 'ore lo cality hours ago , I should say , " he etortcd , with a touch of personal feeling. Enderby got in , and was soon being driven to his rooms in the West End. Somehow , the strange incidents of he night had oddly unsettled him. Even when he went to bed his dreams were disturbed by strange , uncomfort able reproductions of these Incidents , grotesquely and even horribly de- ! ormcd. For so matter-of-fact a man Paul Enderby was oddly fanciful over them. Still , undoubtedly the experience had been rather a peculiar one. . He felt sure the girl was reflned and of gentle birth ; it is not difficult to detect the signs of these. Her accent was not exactly an English one , yet it was not peculiar enough , to be pro nounced un-English. Who was she ? Who was her father ? What reason could she have for abso lutely refusing to allow another doc tor but this Doctor Lyndon to see her father ? Who was this Doctor Lyn don ? With the morning the incidents of the night before seemed to have drift ed off into the same region as that In which dreams are made ; but one reminiscence of them remained with Enderby , and oddly annoyed him. It was the memory of the man who had passed in the hansom while he was speaking to the girl who called her self by the name of Lloyd. Enderby sauntered along to the Courts , where he assumed gown and was not absolutely a briefless barrister and he was considered very clever. But , besides that , Paul Enderby came of a very good family , and was not , though he himself was poor , so very far removed from the Barony of Eglin , having only five lives between him and it. So that Enderby was somewhat of a spoiled child of society , being a good-looking , straight-limbed , handsome fellow enough after the pure Saxon type , and without a taint upon his name. He was coming out of the Courts when some one tapped him on the shoulder. "Ah , Enderby , going to the club , are you ? I'm due there at five and have one or two engagements after dinner. I suppose you will put in an appearance at the P nnlngtons to night ? " Enderby's pleasant , fresh-complex- ioned face had been overshadowed by a look of annoyance as the newcomer addressed him. He was a man a little older than himself not above middle height , and slender with it , with a pale , dark face , black eyes placed rather close together , and a smooth , straight , unpleasant mouth , which had n disagreeable habit of curling up wards when he laughed. He was Dig- by Dalton , nnd was by profession also a barrister. "I dare say I shall look in at the Penningtons , " he answered , drily. "But I have another engagement. " "Miss Lennox's reception ? " smiled Dalton , "Yes , of course , you will be there , Enderby , What a man you are for being asked out ! By the by , had you anything on last night ? " Enderby looked straight into the smiling face. "Perhaps I had. May I ask why you inquire , Mr. Dalton ? " "Oh , nothing ! " The other shrugged his shoulders. "Only curious , wasn't it ? I was driving over Westminster about half past one , and I saw a man with a girl on the bridge. I could have sworn It was you. Curious , wasn't it ? " "Not at all , " Enderby answered coldly. "It was I. " "Oh , I beg your pardon ! I really would not have mentioned it if I had thought that was the case , " said Dal ton , as If with regret. "Of course , we men of the world don't inquire too narrowly into each other's affairs ; but you know there are a few men whoso lives seem open to every ono nnd whose slightest action will bear Inves tigation. I don't require to tell you , Endorby , that wo nil consider you are ono of those. In fact , your member ship nt the Bayard Club Is sufficient proof. Well , I shall not detain you. I have a little matter of business to settle In the Strand. " And lifting his hat with elaborate- politeness , ho dis appeared. Kmtorby know every word ho had spoken had boon armed with a ven- omed tip. Dnlton had hated him from the first tlmo they had met. That hatred had become deepened into something vindictive nnd malignant when , through Eriderby , though moro by accident than choice , Dalton had been dismissed from the club , which was sometimes mockingly called the "Bayard , " on account of having been found cheating at cards. "Ho recognized mo , of course , " En derby said to himself. "And ho will go to-night to Miss Lennox , and tell her. Well , she has more than an or dinary woman's sense of fairness. She will let mo speak for myself. And will she believe him ? Or will her heart have something to say on my behalf ? Cecil , Cecil ! " Ho whispered the ilamo to hlmdolf ns a devotee might whisper the name of n sacred shrine. For to Paul En derby , to whom all wom&nhood was sacred , Cecil Lennox waa the1 Incarna tion of all thntt was noblest ; purest and fairest in woman. So little does the simple , straightforward nature of a good man understand a woman. CHAPTER III. It was two days after the reception ut the West End mansion of Sir Henry Lennox , the well-known Queen's Coun sel , who was considered ono of the wealthiest men connected with the legal profession. Euderby had seen Cecil Lennox but for a few minutes , but she had then been able to utter the words that thrilled Enderby through as no other words could have done. "Come to see me on Friday. It is not my day ftt home , but I shall be / at home to you. " - * . Paul Enderby was thirty , was a bar rister , and was prosaic , yet his heart and pulses throbbed like those of a sentimental boy of twenty as .he was admitted Into the presence of Cecil Lennox. She was certainly a very beautiful woman. As she came forward to greet him , her tea-gown of pale sea-green nnd billowy lace falling in graceful folds about her , Enderby thought that no woman who ever lived could have excelled her in beauty and grace. But there were others who might have thought that the beauty of Cecil Len nox of the soft , exquisitely tinted face , of the rounded chin and throat , the red-lipped , smiling mouth , the deep , changeful , soft , violet eyes had something sensuous and voluptuous in it. Enderby did not think so. Ho loved the woman or was It the woman he imagined her to bo ? and that was enough. Cecil let her soft little hand lie in his for a moment , then she -drew him towards the silk-covered couch from which she bad risen. "It was good of you to come , " she said , In her low , caressing voice. "Wo shall have tea presently. I suppose I needn't ask you how you enjoyed my crush ? People never do enjoy , crushes. Why do we give them at r all ? Oh. I often wish I had the cour age of my convictions , and could throw off this yoke of social fashions and conventions , and be what I should like best to be a simple human being , asking to my house only those I really cared for , and being able to Inter change thought and friendly kindness with them ! " As a matter of fact , Miss Lennox would not have given up her "social fashions and conventions" for any thing that could have been given her in exchange. But she was clever enough to suit her tastes , as well as her conversation , to the individual characters of her companions. ( To bo Continued. ) How ritmts Gain AVcljht. As far as is known the first botani cal experiment ever performed was conducted by a Dutchman. He placed In a pot 200 pounds of dried earth , and In It he planted a willow branch which weighed five pounds. He kept the whole covered up and dally wa tered the earth with rainwater. After five years' growth the willow was again weighed and was found to have gained 104 pounds. The earth in the pot was dried and weighed and had lost only two ounces. The experimental ist , therefore , looked upon this experi ment ns supporting the theory that plants required no food but water. But ho was wrong. Later it was discov ered that much of the increase In weight of plants was derived from car bonic acid gas In the air. Vegetable cells contain a liquid known as "cell sap , " which is water holding In solu tion various materials which have been taken up from without by the roots and leaves. Thus It Is In the living cells of the plant that those " " "digestive" processes are carried on which wore once believed to occur ID the soil. Coachman Obeyed Orders. From Downs there is reported an instance of "carrying a message to Garcia , " which did not result so sat isfactorily as it might. G. W. Young telegraphed his coachman at Downs to "meet mo tonight with team at Sa lem , " Salem being n small town a few miles away. But when the coachman received the message It read , "Meet me tonight with team at Salina , " a big town ninety-six miles away. The coachman asked the telegraph oper ator to have the message repeated , and it came "Salina" again , whereupon In started for that place and reached II by night , though ho ruined both horses In the finest team of Osborne county. Kansas City Journal.