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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1902)
Tl.TT"wrVRTnTi ? NTNVR : FRIDAY. AI IP. 11ST ft. OOooQOooGOooOOooOOoooOooOO p o | "AS LfZA LOVED | I THE KING" | g By Curran R. Grccnlcy o O Copyright , 1002 , by the 2 8. 8. McClure Company 0 OOOoOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOoOOoOCO The old red brick mansion stood up prluily , Its harsh outlines of uncompro mising squareness half hidden by a riot of Guelder roses that climbed and threw long green arms of loveliness around the small diamond panes of the windows. A straight box bordered path led down to the gate through an ave nue of beeches where the sunlight fell In lance rifts down upon the blue grass fresh with the green of May Maytime lu old Kentucky in the year of our Lord 1833. Beyond the rustic goto a broad , .whlto road ran from cast to west. Those were strange processions that wound along the great \ highroad , the artery of trade from the east over the Allcgbanlcs to Kentucky and the south ern country that lay beyond In the gate way of the wilderness long trains of white covered wagons filled with a medley of women , children , household goods , with their escorts of stalwart men on horseback. Already the heglra to the west had commenced , often a tribe of Choctaws bound for the wig wam of the great father , grim , dusk faces under nodding plumes , animated bundles , with smaller bundles bound to their backs , astride of the ponies , silent as ghosts , and passing , always passing , up the long white road. Twice each day , with the long tan- tara-ra-ra of the bugles and the rattle of whip and hoof , came the stagecoach , a flash of color from east to west , and again the quiet of earth and sky. Over the hills , whobu dim , blue line encompassed her world around , the child's heart went each day with the dying echo of hoof and bugle ; over the hills , where the gold lights of Bun- eet kissed the pink limestone cliffs , brightening to emerald green the tufts of maidenhair in the deep clefts , and farther up , where the mists caught and held them , deepening into the evening's violet crown. A slim , shy maid of barely fifteen , In her long , narrow skirt and prim kerchief - chief drawn tightly across the childish breast , the small brown hand shading her level brows , phe watched with wistful eyes up the long ribbon of road little Anne , with her peach bios- Bom face and soft gray eyes that had cared to look from under their long , black lashes at a face that was the face of a people's hero ; not all the people ple , for here in her father's house Anne had beard fierce denunciations and , even curses against that name. But when had politics aught to do with a maid's romancing ? Deep down in her heart the girl cherished the memory . ; of one summer evening , when all alone the great man reined in his horse and sprang from the saddle to walk and talk with a pretty child. Two years had come and gone , but over the low gate Anne leaned and dreamed of her hero as did that Lisa in faroff Italy of her king. The evening shadows grew longer and the sun vanished behind the hills as the tinkle of bells chimed up from the pasture. With eyes still dream thralled Anne wandered out and across the road to where the spring bubbled up from Its mossy pool. A little rustic summer hou&e sheltered it , and the lit tle stream lost itself in a dense thicket of hazel bushes that grew close up to the arbor. The girl's light foot made no sound ns she entered and dropped down upon the seat. Voices close at hand aroused her as a low murmur came from the hazel copse. "The best place Is where the road comes through Hungerford's woods , + Vrt cl.ln r.f t\ , , . mill II Then another voice : "I don't like It. It's doing all the dirty work and getting - ting the kicks for pay. Let them as .wants him out of the way put him there. " And the first voice answered with an bath : "What's that to you ? The men that wants Andrew Jackson dead hain't the men as risks nuthln' . " "Andrew Jackson. " Anne's heart gave a great bound , then almost stop ped , as there was a rustle among the bushes. She strained her ears to catch the last words. "He'll likely spend tonight at Hun- gerford's , leaving there by daybreak. " "No. There halnft but one nigger along. He don't like comp'ny a-travel- ln' . " And the low chuckle died in the distance. It was nearly dark as Anne crept out from her hiding place and glanced fear fully up the long white road. She knew that Ilungerford's lay fifteen miles away as the crow files , and to reach it would mean a ride through the night morning would bo too late ; knew too , poor child , that In the hearts of those about her dwelt the bitterest hatred of the man that she would have risked her life to save ! Not that they would have lifted a hand against his life , but they would have laughed her etory down and bade her hush , as chil dren should. Alone In her little whlto curtained room she knelt and prayed her simple prayer. She had always been afraid of the dark the dark that was like whis pering lips in your ear and the touch of soft fingers clutching at your gown- but the life of her hero was the high guerdon of the deed. One by one each door was closed. She heard her father's chair pushed back and knew that he was laying his Pipe on the mantelshelf ; heard her mother setting the house In order , and then it'all grew still. The tall clock ticked louder and louder through the dark with an accusing voice ten eleven , twelve , and at the last stroke a little dark figure hxirrled across the yard to the stable , where Harry Clay , the bay gelding , whinnied softly In h'ta loose box. Ho knew the little lingers that slipped the bit between his velvet lips , and he laid his handsome head against her curls In nuitu caress as the saddle was girted. Harry Clay had never carried that weight before , and when the Happing riding skirt struck his withers the fine ears lay doBO as ho reared and puwed the air , with the thin nostrils flared , but a whisper , a touch upon the mane , and he dropped Into a light canter along the footpath , his feet making no sound upon the turf. Fifteen miles to Htingcrford's , and four hours yet until the dawn. Harry Clay quickens his stride as a clock from a farmhouse chimes out , "One , two , " and they have passed the brick church at the forks of Otter creek , where she had knelt so often at her mother's Bide. "Three " , and the whlto road runs backward under' the flying hoofs. The moments apeed , and they gallop into the shadow of Hunger- ford's woods. A dim old moon was shining , and a break in the trees let in the light full on the girl's face. There was a nistle In the shadows of the roadside , and the same rough voice cried out : "That girl of Montague's on the bay colt stop hcrl Whoa , there 1" Bnt Anne brought the whip down on Harry Clay's flank. Not quite swift enough , for a pistol shot rang out , an other and yet another , and she felt & dull shock as Harry Clay , maddened by the reports and the insult of a blow , tore down the white stones of the road , the flro flashing under the Iron Bhod hoofs on and on , while the miles rolled back In the dark and the gray of dawn came over the hills. There was something warm and wet that trickled down the great bay's shoulder as the little figure swayed and clung to the saddle. As the gold broke along the cast a horseman rode out of the woods in the opposite direction , the same that had walked his horse and talked with the pretty child two years agone. The reins dropped on Harry Clay's neck as Andrew Jackson rode along side Just in time to catch her as she reeled from the saddle , and then , with her head against his heart , the little maid sobbed out her story , while the sweet face grew paler and the wild roses died from the pretty cheeks as the drip , drip of the blood went pat tering down. The grim , dark face hardened Into steel as he beckoned to the negro that rode a little behind him. "Go back to the farm and tell them to make ready , and , mind you , lose no time in sending for the doctor. " Very viuviuuj uuu BiiMYJ , } uu luui ; , the light weight , while the still face lay against his breast , smiling dream ily. ily.At At the farmhouse all was bustle and Btlr. Mistress Hungerford's capable bands laved the wounds and made all sweet and clean In the chamber where they carried her to await the coming of the doctor. Very quiet and still she lay when he came to bid her farewell. His face was sad and stern when he bared his head by the low white bed where Anne lay. They two were alone when Anne opened her great gray eyes on the face of her dreams , and in that look he whose heart lay burled in a woman's grave In Tennessee read the old story sanctified In the white shrine of the maiden soul ; read also , with a soldier's unerring knowledge , the whiteness about the pretty mouth. The stern face grew tender and the eagle eyes were dimmed as he leaned to that unspoken prayer , laying his lips upon the white ones beneath , that quivered a moment and were still. ' The child's eyes looked beyond the hills at last Two Kind * of Dre rine i. You hear often from car window ob servers of the "dreary" desert , the "hopeless , " the "cheerless" desert , but kllV UUDUi b UCDU4 > vD JJU1JU UiHltDV UUJVf tlves. It Is dreadful , If you wish , In the way In which It punishes the Igno rance and presumption of those who know not the signs of thirst ; It some times Is awful In Its passions of dust , torrents , heat ; It Is even monotonous to those who love only the life of crowded cities but It Is never dreary or cheerless. Hopelessness may well apply to the deserts of Mulberry street and 'Smoky hollow , with their choked and heated tenements , their foul odors , their swarms of crowded and hideous human life , but the desert of the arid land Is eternally hopeful , smiling , strong , rejoicing In Itself. The desert Is never morbid In Us adversity. On the other hand , it Is calm and sweet and clean the cleanest of all land. Not till man comes , bringing his ugly mining towns and his destructive herds , does It bear even the vestige of the unclean , the dreary , the unplc- turesquc. Kay Stannard Baker In Cen tury ( "The Great Southwest" ) . Hound Peer * In Sqnnro Holca. A great deal of misdirected effort In this blundering world Is due to the fact that people are compelled to engage In work which they dislike , when Just around the corner , so to speak , Is work which they might love. Ambitious par ents decree that the lad who would make a painter , whose eye for color and form Is true or whose soul responds and fingers thrill to the vibrating chords of melody , shall Instead enter n counting room and bo apprenticed to a business for which he has no aptitude. Similarly , a boy who would succeed In farming or In the carpenter's shop Is destined to a liberal profession and compelled to undergo a long course of training for this , which , owing to his lack of fltncFs , Is almost abortive In Its results. Half the failures and defeats In life may ho attributed to the placing of the round peg In the square hole. Men and women arc forced to work at that which they dislike and which docs not enlist their highest powers. Har per's Bazar. THE HUMBLE HAIRPIN , Von TIioiiRlit You Know Il Mnnr MUCH , liut There Arc Olliem. The comprehensive merits of the hairpin arc known to all observant men. Its special value In surgery IB asserted by a writer In Amcrrcnn Mod. jclne. It poems that n surgeon can do almost anything with n halrr/n. Ilo can wlro bones with It , probe and close wonnds , pin bandages , compress blood use It "to remove foreign bod- ICB from any natural passage" and "as n curette for scraping away Boft ma terial. " And no doubt the women doctors can do a great deal more with that most gifted and versatile of human " man Implements. Anthropologists have never done Justice to the hairpin. It keeps civilization together. In the hands of girls entirely great It Is much mightier than the sword or , for that matter , the plow. What IH the plow but a development of the forked stick , nnd what Is the forked stick but a modification of the hairpin ? If there was any necessity a woman could scratch the ground successfully with a hairpin now. In fact , thcro Is no worker or play In which something may not bo accomplished by means of It Dullards will tell you that women aren't so Inventive as men ; don't take out BO many patents. They don't have to. With the hairpin all that Is do-able can bo done. With a hairpin a woman can pick n lock , pull a cork , peel an ap ple , draw out n nail , boat an egg , BOO If a Joint of meat Is done , do up a baby , sharpen a pencil , dig out a sliver , fas ten a door , hang up n plate or picture , open a can , take up a carpet , repair a baby carriage , clean a lamp chimney , put up a curtain , rake a grate fire , cut n pie , niako n fork , a fishhook , an awl , a gimlet or a chisel , a paper cutter , a clothespin , regulate n range , tinker a sowing machine , stop a leak In thereof roof , turn over a flapjack , calk n hole In a pair of trousers , stir batter , whip cream , reduce the pressure In the gas meter , keep bills and receipts on file , spread butter , cut patterns , tighten windows , clean a watch , untlo a knot , varnish floors , do practical plumbing , reduce the asthma of tobacco plpoB , pry shirt studs Into buttonholes too small for them , fix a horse's harness , restore damaged mechanical toys , wres tle with refractory beer stoppers , 1m- proviso suspenders , hhovel bonbons , In spect gas burners , saw cake , Jab tramps , produce artificial buttons , hooks and eyes ; sew , knit and darn , button gloves and shoes , put up awnings , doc tor an automobile. In short , she can do what she wants to. She needs no other Instrument. If a woman went Into the Robinson Crusoe line , she could build a hut and make her a coat of the skin of a goat by means of the hairpin. She will rev olutionize surgery with It In time. Meanwhile the male chlrurgeons arc doing the best they can , but It Is not to bo believed that they have mastered the full mystery of the hairpin. TVlien Women Were BxtrnvnKnnf. Such a hue and cry as Is raised about the extravagance of the women of our day , nnd yet at the court of St. James , In a dress of velvet embroidered with gold , which Is said to have cost no less than $1,500 , Marie de' Medlcls had a gown sown with 32,000 pearls and 8,000 diamonds , and her example was followed by lesser personages , who cheerfully expended more than their Incomes on gowns so laden with pre cious stones that their wearers could scarcely move about In them. Mine , do Montcspan , the beauty who reigned at the court of Louis XIV. , wore at one great court festival "a gown of gold on gold and over that gold frieze stitched with a certain gold which makes the most divine stuff that hns ever been Imagined , " according to the panegyrics written by the pen of Mme. do Sevlgne. uiu lime * ni me In recalling the lively and pictur esque Incidents which the old timers enjoyed in Washington one Is moved almost to tears over the commonplace nature of his own times. John Adams used to bathe in the Potomac every morning at daylight because they had no bathtub in the White House , and no one ever pulled n kodak on him. President Taylor used to walk about the town and stop and chat with every one he met , like a policeman. A recep tion In the White House in these daye Is relieved of monotony only by th * great crush of guests , who trample the clothes off ono another's backs. An other president set up In the east room a six hundred pound cheese and In vited the multitude to come In nnd help itself , which the multitude proceeded to do. DUtant Neptune. The period of man's whole history Is not sufficient for an express train to traverse half the distance to Neptune from the earth. Thought wearies and falls in seeking to grasp such dis tances. It can scarcely comprehend 1,000,000 miles , and here arc thousands of them. When wo stand on that , the outermost of the planets , the very last sentinel of the outposts of the King , the very sun grows dim and small In the distance. A Stern Chnne , The Youth Yes , I'm In business for myself , but I don't seem to be able to meet with any success. The Sago Nobody ever meets with business , young man. He must over take It. Philadelphia Press. DUturlicil llio Pence. "Sho disturbed my peace of mind. " "How ? " "Gave mo a piece of hers. " Detroit Free Press. To be constantly pulling up the seeds of life to see If they have sprouted Is a serious menace to the health of the plants. Ladles' Home Journal. Whence Conic * KloHrlrKrt At n tlmo when electricity IH rapidly triumfonnlng the face of the globe , when It has already In great inuaBiiru annihilated dlHtancu and bids fair to abolish darkness for us , It Is curious to notice how completely Ignorant "tho plain man" remains IIH to the later do- velopniontfl of electrical theory. Bomo recent correspondence linn led mo to think that a vague notion that electric ity Is a fluid which In some niyntorlouH way flows through a telegraph wlro like water through a plpo Is about as far an ho him got , and If wo add to thin some knowledge of what ho calls "elec tric shocks" wo should probably ex haust his ideal ) on the subject Yet this Is not to bo wondered at. Kvcu the most Instructed phyBlclntn can do nothing but guess as to what electricity - ity IH , and the only point on which they agree Is as to what It la not Thcro IB , In fact , n perfect consensus of opinion among scientific writers that It IB not a fluid I. o. , a continuous stream of ponderable matter , as IB a liquid or n gas and that It Is not a form of energy , as Is heat Outside this limit the Bclcntlflc Imagination IB at liberty to roam whcro It llstoth , and , although it haa used this liberty to a considerable extent , no definite result has followed up to the present time. Academy. Spiders nro an unsociable , misan thropical race at the best of tlmea and usually regard each other with the most uncompromising aversion. Thin linblttcru all social Intercourse , BO tluit a Bplder wandering by accident Into his brother's web IH received In a man ner that If "n little mure than kin" IH certainly "IcsH than kind. " 1 unload of hospitably entertaining IIH ! vlHltor mine host either drops by it fine thread and disappears from view or promptly prepares pares to fight him. Kvlctlon IH not hlH object , but capture , with ulterior de signs upon the body , which with a wise forethought the muster of the house already destined for the larder Hut putting aside these prudent con Blderatlons It is a grand albeit a Bav ago sight to witness the encounter when the combatants arc well matched for size and strength the cautloun advance , with a delicate testing of throiulH on both sides ; the wily feint , followed by a precipitate retreat , and wild dangling of the hero BURpomlod In midair , and then the headlong rush and death grapple , hand to hand , foot to foot , which is rendered very Impress ive when hlx legs are brought into active requisition at once on cither side. London Opinion. MnohrnoniM Kanlly Rroun. Any one may raise mushrooms In his cellar or even In his attic with very sat isfactory rcBUlta. He Bhould have a bed which may conBlBt of n shallow box , and thin should be filled with a dark , rich loam to the depth of , say , eight inches. It should bo in a dark place , and a damp place also IB beneficial , but if he UHCH an attic the room may bo kept dark by heavy curtains and the earth damp by frequent watering. An average tem perature of from CO to 70 degrees should be maintained. Almost all seeds men sell the spawn bricks , and when the bed Is prepared the t/pnwn should be broken into fine surface particles nnd just covered with the earth. Notwithstanding the popular belief , mushrooms do not come up In a night but they do In four or five nights , and when once up their growth IB very rapid. Exchange. AH the Same. During nn encampment of the nation al guard of Pennsylvania at Mounl Gretna several years ago a party of of ficers went out for a Btroll , and , hap pening to pass a farmhouse near the encampment grounds , ono of them sug gested stopping In for a glass of milk. On going Inside the yard they were * vin4In * 4t \ f * n/it * a < 1 n ti rf It tnv * sirltr * brought forth a can of buttermilk and gome tumblers , saying : "This Is the only kind of milk wo have. " After each of the party had taken a drink ono of them remarked : "By George , that's flnel Can't you let'us have some more ? " The lass replied : "Oh , yes ; take all you want. We feed It to the pigs anyway. " Philadelphia Times. Sriitem In Snvlnnr. "The only good plan for saving Is to make It an Invariable rule to deposit something each week or each month , ' says a bank president. "Having thus put the money aside , It should be con sidered out of reach and on no accouni to be drawn upon except In case ol sickness , loss of employment or death It Is surprising how money will pile up when such a system as this Is followed Ifi every one who possesses any Incoino at all would adopt the practice and stick to It no matter how small the de posits might be , poverty would bo wcl nigh abolished. " MUliitrrnreted. A delicate point of pronunciation Is Involved In this story. A country cous In once went to spend Sunday with an Edinburgh friend. After n long day spent In sightseeing they found them selves a long way from home. "Noo , mon , " said the townsman "we've n long way to gang. Shall wo tak'atram ? " "Tak1 a tram ! " cried the other In sur prise. "Ye dlnna mean to tell mo tha In Kdlubro' the public houses arc opci on the Sawjmthl" Iteiuonc , Law Notes tells of a trial In which the followlngsrcmorseful letter appear ed In evidence : Mr. Bldwell : Dear Sir Thli ii whit I nevtr txp ct to comt to. But It li trouble , and DO one to bclp mtt out So I want you to hare thU jrounf wonun Hunted. Dot me , let n > * lay top of ground , for Ura Tur key Buzard * to cat ; tor I tart did roc * I The Taste Distinctive of Guild's Peerless The Deer of Good Cheer In Uiu result of the tine of clioiccnt Hohcmian hops and barlcy-nuvit and our improved methods in brewing , JOHN GUND OREWING CO. , LaCrosse , Wb. YOU MUST NOT FORGET Thai wo arc coiiHtanlly m-owintf in the art of making Kino Photos , ami our products will al ways bo found lo omlmioo Iho n ml Newest Styles in Cards and Finish. Wo also carry a fmo line of Moldings ! suitable for all kinds of framing. I. THE SMITH WILL YOUR WRITER REQUIRE MENT BUILT RIGHT- WORKS / % , t jj , - - RIGHT . . . - . _ jij ; ING MANUFACTURERS PREMIER- TYPEWRITER COMPANY : Corner 17th and Farnam sts. , OMAHA , NEB. . . . .TRY. . . . THE . NEWS FOB UP-TO-DATE PRINTING. ThU signature la on every bos of the genuine Laxative Drome-Quinine T bieu th * remedy that can * n coUl 1& . B iUy FRI5CD - SYSfEM THROUGH 5LEEPING CAR SERVICE KANSAS CITY TO JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA WO RACKS EXAS A NEW FAST TRAIN Uotwccn St. Lonla and Kansas City and OKLAHOMA CITY , WICHITA , DENISOIM , SHERMAN , DALLAS , FORT WORTH And principal points in Texas and tbo South- West. Tbla train IB now throughout and is mnclo np of the finest equipment , provided with eloctrio Hgntn and all other modern ravellnK conveniences. It rnna via our now completed i Red River Division. Every appliance known to modern car mllillng and railroading' has boon employed n the make-up of this service , including Cafe Observation Cars , nndor the management of Fred. ITarvor. Full infonnntlon aa to ratoa and all detalln of a trip via this now route will bo cheerfully urnlHluHl , upon application , by any ropro- eutatlyo of the HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS. On November 5th , and 19th , and December 3rd , and 17th , the Missouri Pacific Railway will sell tickets to cer tain points in the South , Southeast , and Southwest , at the rate of ono fare for the round trip , plus $9.00. Final re. turn limit 21 days from date of sale. Fast Time aud Superior Through Ser vice. Reclining Ohair Oars ( seats free ) , Pullman Buffet Sleeping Oars. For further information or laud pam phlets , address , W. 0. BARNES T. P. A. , Omaha , Neb. H. C.1TOWNSEND , 0. E. STYLES. O. P. A T. A. A. Q. P. * T A. St.J/ > nifl/.Mo. Kansas City , Mo.