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A SKETCH.
"They liave giveir no sleep, and
stricken sleep with dreams."
All day it had rained in character
istic November fafJiion, feebly and at
intervals. The gold colored foliage of
the trees, turned a rtam'bre brown by
the rigorous weather, drifted from the
boughs and brandies at each sharp
gut of wind and strewed the sidewalk
leneath with a sodden covering. In
the follows of the battered pavement
rainwater rose to the brims, pools of
shining steel, broken into slow ripples
by the raindrops. Between -these the
PltUosopher slowly pickcl his way.
When he reached his room a gray
dusk had shrouded' every object there.
Only the busts on the brackets gleam
ed pearl-white in the gloom. The
grate wns cold and the hearth untidy
with scattered ashes. When he groped
for matches, there were none to be
found, and he sank wearily into a
chair by the window at last, too spir
itless to call the landlady, op change
Wk muddy boots.
Outside fights were beginning to
tremble through the darkness and one
window across the way -was a blaze
of radiance so that from iris lonely
post he coukl see everything that went
on within. The family was at supper.
He recognized the fact mechanically
at first, aud then with growing inter
est. Unconsciously, because he had
nothing else to do, he watched them.
They were a large family. lie was
accustomed to seeing the different
members flitting back and forth and
rn and out of the house, and to hear
ing their voices as they called to each
other, or rang about their work. He
would have said, if he had stopped to
think about -them, and this he never
did, that they were rather a happy
family in a commonplace way, and
that there was an- extraordinary num
ber of children. But it was tonight
for the first time that they held an im
portant place tn his sight.
Yes, the family was at supper. They
toad all trooped in with a good deal
of noise, and little of ceremony, arid
bad taken their places around a table
of great, but necessary length, and
two big -boys and a father and moth
er and a girl. There was a little
maid servant, who supplied their
wants with energy, if not with skill,
and there was a- skye-terrier,, who
frisked around the table and upset
the maid servant, and furnished the
family, including1 the maid servant,
with innocent hilarity. They all
seemed rather excited over something
tonight; The four little boys, who
had. scarlet cheeks, and very brown
.eyes, and tumbled jackets, gesticulat
ed wildly, thereby displaying their
muddy cuffs. The two big boys were
ire a jocular mood and they drew
shouts of laughter from the rest of
their witticisms. They toasted each
one in lemonade, and baited the fran
tic fikye-terrier, and seemed altogether
mirthful and careless. The girl was
young and pretty and a general favor
ite, and she jumped up once or twice
to run around und shake hands
with her father, who regarded
their merry-making with cheerful tol
eration. It was a pretty ami lively
scene. It held the Philosopher spell
bound. He forgot his work, and h.s
own supper, and- his muddy clothes.
He watched them breathlessly.
The desert was brought and eaten.
The four little boys had rushed from
the table with the impetus of an as
saulting column. The big boys had
. gone too. They had all gone except
the girl, and she was there alone.
She seemed meditative. She stood
with her hands behind- her, looking
into the darkness and watching the
rain beat upon the window. .A little
smile lingered upon her mouth. The
Philosopher regard ed her wistfully.
The girl turned away. She mount
ed a chair to turn off the gas. He had
a radiant vision of her as she stood
lightly balanced, her round arm
raised above her head. He caught
the gleam of her soft hair, 'he noted
the grace of her attitude, and the
pretty poise of her head. Then all
was black and still.
The Philosopher sighed.
EDITH L. LEWIS.
THE IDEAL OP WOMEN'S CLUBS
Such are the visible immediate evi
dences of the work of woman's clubs,
and yet it must be urged that these
labors are secondary tn importance 'to
what the outs-dr may coriBiiler tha
more selfish features of the club. The
improvement and reform of its own
members is the first consideration' of
the well-organized club. To make en
thusiastic woman out of those of lan
guid and weary mind, to help to larger
tlioughts those narrtenved by long do
mestic toil, to put to practical use the
accomplishments and charms of those
of social grace or cspefcial talent, is
what the club does when' it attains its
ideal. The educated woman gives of
her knowledge to itihe ignorant one,
the talented lends to her of poor im
agination, and those who cannot give
of their abilities, give of their atten
tion. As appreciation, is half of the
success of any achievement, it must be
insisted that the listening- wcorten have
their distinct value. Some clubs are
opposed -to -the admission of woman
who cannot immediate' and brilliant
ly contribute to the entertainment of
the (members, and there is.no cause to
quarrel with clubs of this sort. If
brilliant and witty woman' wish to
have an exclusive place of mefcting,
they have as much right to -their en
joyment as brilliant and witty men,
nor are they under obligations any
more than are these men, to surround
themselves with a large number of
quiet and unimaginative companions
who would not understand the spirit
nor -the letter of their ambrosial after
noons. .But the work of the large
club with many departments is dis
tinctively different, and the women
untrained in thought, inexperienced
in study and in social usages, ought
to have a place there. The club should
be her school, and the beauty with
which she would become acquainted
in the poetry the musical, and the art
classes, the habits of systematic
"thought she would acquire in the
studj- Classes, and .the courtesies she
would meet with at the social gather
ings, the tea-drinkings and recep
tions, would make up a deficit in her
life. From Self Culture for Septem
ber. Kearney, Neb., Aug. 2G, 189S.
W. J. C: KENYOX, General Manager
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
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Dear Sir 1 was very successful this
year. I purchased 300 head of cattle
which have all been fatted and sold
at your market at very eatlsfncfrxry
prices, and am now feeding again. Was
very successful hi getting all the
funds necessary.. I was prevailed up
on to send one load of steers through
to Chicago, which were sold at less
than was offered me in Omaha. Yours
truly,
T. J. PAKKTSH.
Miss Soulfulle How sad yon leafy
orcharl looks. .
Miss Kustique ir you was as full
of green fruit as thatorchard is you
would look sad too.
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Dewey Americanizing the Philippines.
Wherever Battle Ax goes it pacifies and satisfies
everybody and there are more men chewing
to-day than any other chevying tobaccoever made.
The popularity of Battle Ax is both national
and international. You tind it in Europe : you
find it in Maine: you find it in India, and you'll
find it in Spain (very soon). r
Our soldiers and sailors have already taken it to
Cuba and the Philippines ! Are you chewing it
Remember the name .
when you buy again.
There have been recent notices in
the papers oif the death of a woman
near Pawnee City at the age of 120
years. Not the least interesting thing
about this remarkable woman, espe-ciallj-
to Nebraskans, is the fact that
she had resided in this state for about
forty-five years. Her age is a first
class advertisement for the beneficial
qualities of oiir climate. She was
born -in Kentucky, ia the year 1778, as
n'car as it could be ascertained. She
could remember hearing people talk
of Washington's first inauguration, at
the time it took place, although she
was not present at the place. Her
maLlen name was Delilah Edwards,
.lohn Edwards, her grandfather, lived
iiaNNew York. WUHani Edwards, his
laCi was the oldestgly ouc,loag-r fah
son, had ten children, of which Deli
lah was the oldest. The youngest was
the father of John Edwards, who now
lives near Pawnee City, at whose
house Delilah passed the last years of
her life. "When1 first married she 'was
living near Indianapolis, Ind., and she
was there when that citj- was laid out.
Three times she was married, tlie
names of her husbands being- Stiles,
Schoolcraft and Cromwell. The latter
was Dr. Cromwell, who was fn the
Nebraska legislature at one time. Af
ter living in Indiana, Mrs. Stiles went
to Illinois and thence moved to Ne
braska about 1853. During thirty-six
years she lived in a log house near
DuBois. Dr. Cromwell dred about 1867,
and after that time she lived alone,
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making her own living up to five
years ago. In April, 1893, she was
stricken "wCth paralysis and was there
after taken care of first by Frank Ed
wards and afterward by John Ed
wards. Her intellect- was clear and
her eye-sight good up to the last. Her
remains were laid away in the ceme
tery near Dullois, beside those of her
husband. A very good photograph of
her has 'been sent to the State Histo
rical society, at -whose rooms it raay
be seen.
THE LOAFERS
(On the corner of Tenth and 0.)
They move with the earth in its
course round the sun,
Tlrey have nothing to do but to talk,
They criticise Shatter,
Sampson's name causes laughter.
They are tramps who've forgot how
to walk.
Beat four ounces of fresh butter to
a cream, add four ounces of castor
sugar, the juice of half a small lemon,
and two well-beaten eggs. Mix well,
and stir in one ounce of desicated
cocoamit; place the basin containing
this mixture in a pan: of -oiling water
over the stove and stir till all is well
blendid and as thick as good honey.
Charles W. Lititle, D. O., manager
of the Lincoln infirmy of osteolopathy,
hus secured as city office a suit of
rooms in-the Farmers and Merchants
20S, 209 and 210. Dr. Little will re
move his familj- to Lincoln in a few
weeks.
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