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Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
The Wives Of ex.PoIitieal Men.

Mary Clemmer says, in regard to the
wives of ex-political men, when the time
comes to leave Washington:
They give up dear, darling Washing
ton,-its revels, its pleasures, its privi-
leges. its powers for the old Sunday
school. the sewing circle, the home mis-
sionary society, or even the village liter
ary lvceum; for the humdrum visits OF
Mrs. Smith: give up the multitudinOus
ring of the dear ten thousand, bearing
with due humility 1.-The first card" the
social seal and stamp in Washington Of
social inferiority! Midtown, with such
sacrifices. never! The result is. Wash
ingtOn is full of gray-haired men who
have stepped down from office. more or
less lofty, to go into inconspicuOus
places, to earn a stipend and TO stay in
Washington. The man is often cynical,
diScontented, one of the great army of
men who go TO the grave hugging g
grievance. But madame! She does not
abate an air. Her fetch is not griey-
ance dropped from the unmindful hand
of Providence; but the ghost of her de-
parted prestige. Is she not the Honor
able Mrs. -? There is no earthly
reason. outside of her vanity, why her
acquaintance should pay her the hom-
age of q first call: but. ali the same, she
demands every tenet of the code of Off
cial etiquette, with the tenacity Of mar
tinet. The life that might have been
sweet and true sinks TO q round Of sur
face performances, in which there is no
hesft and but the make believe of sim
cerity, which, measured by any standard
tender and noble, is simply idleness and
emptiness, if it is nothing worse. Wash
ington is full of such people. Every de-
partment is full of them. If a public
man loses his election, the question is
mOoted at once among those still re-
tanning power: What is TO be done
for Blank? What done with him?"
Soon YOU see the man himself on the
street or lowering aimlessly about the
capitol. You read in the Erening Star
that he expects a foreign mission
possibly "a seat in the cabinet or the
senate. Thus begin the great expecta-
tiOns which end very often in lifelong
disappointments. The man wanders
back aimlessly to the old life, now bereft
of ITS early incentive of charm, or he
turns his back forever on the high en-
deavor of independent manhood behind
the salaried desk of a government de-
partment.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13

above have no scientific value, but what
we may call their emotional value Is
great: and, to take the one of the high
est literary merit, it Is TOurguenieh 5
imagination that renders his book q
piece of real artistic work, especially in
comparison with the somewhat formless
texture of the other two.
After all, this medication of literature
which Zola advocates is only OF use so
far as Il is an appeal in favor OF realism
in literature. He declares he is making
the world over again, when in reality he
is but knocking the legs from under the
romantic school. Victor Hugo seems
to him the incarnation OF all that is un-
real in literature, and he feels natural
craving to substitute for that writers s
brilliant inventions something familiar
to human beings. When he says that
poetry is to be deposed, that it is to be
henceforth only a sort of orchestra to
grind out music for the naturalists who
shall be working, one can but smile at
the wav Zola's hobby-horse has run
away with him. When we think how
broad and magnificent is the stream OF
literature, We are amazed at the COM
placencv of this Frenchman who says it
is only to work his mills in future, and
not water the shores where poets Ike
to roam.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
Gara,s Hat.

The following description by the
American papers of what Sara Bern
hardt wore upon her head on her arrival
in New York, will be interesting and
perfectly plain to our lady readers: ''She
wore Rafael hat OF plush and otter
skin. adorned in front with bunch Of
vari-cOlOred feathers, surmOunted by a
miniature fox head "-Net0 York World.
Her hat, olive plush. style said to
be peculiar to her, resembling the Gains
borough. but called the Bernhardt, was
trimmed with bird Of paradise and os-
trich plumes and several miniature
wolves heads. .''-NetO York Tribune.
''She wore a green plush hat, with
feathers of all birds, and tipped at the
sides with two wolves heads, opening
their jaws and showing their fangs in a
threatening manner, and the most CO.
quettish little brown silk guetres, COW
cred with jet beads, completing make
up at once unique and thoroughly effect
ve."-NeJC York Herald.
Her riaal hair stuck straight out for
at least d foot from under the back of a
Gainsborough plush hat, which was
drawn down under her ears and fast
bound under her chin. 4 miniature
beast nestled in the right side of this hat.
1t had an open mouth, and was called a
fox by connoisseurs. ."-NeIC York Sun.
Her hat was modification of the
Gainsborough mode of dark green plush
with distinct lustre and trimmed with
a heron's aigrette, crows wing and
two squirrels heads, which had been so
trimmed as to counterfeit the head of
wolverine. ."-NetU York Times.
The head-gear was the peculiar poke
shape, already known through the art
iste's photographs. 1t was made Of a
thick plush of olive, and was ornament
ed in the most quaint style by diminu-
tive fox heads The inside rim of this
hat was lined with yellow plush, and this
was undoubtedly vastly improving to
the complexion of the hair and face. -
Philadelphia Times.
From the above ii will be apparent to
the dullest that Sara wore something on
her head.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
New Process Of Embalming.

One of the most simple and effective
processes, it would appear, for preseIv-
ing the dead, has recently been brought
forward in Germany. BY this method,
it is stated the dead bodies of human be-
ings and animals retain their form. col
or, and fiexibility continuous y, and may
be dissected, while decay and offensive
smell are completely prevented-the
muscular flesh upon incisiOn, presenting
the same appearance as in the case of
a fresh dead body. The liquid used for
this purpose is prepared as follows
Three quarts boiling water, three and
one half ounces alum, six drains COM
mon salt, three drains salt peter. two
ounces potash. and two and One-half
drains arsenic acid; the salts are dis
solved in the water, and then there are
added two pints of glycerine and one
half pint of wood alcohol. The embalm-
ing is accomplished by simply saturat-
ing and impregnating the bodies with
this composition, from one and half TO
five quarts being used for single body.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
TrnnicaI Fruits.

A recent New Orleans paper chrOni-
cles with some exultation the record Of
the commercial shipments from that
city to the northwest. by the Mississippi
steamers, of large quantities Of the
best quality Of oranges, produced dur
ing the last season in Louisiana, in COM
petition with the now famous Elarida
orange crop. The fact would be re-
garded with pleasure in all parts ef the
north, but 1t is worthy Of remark that
the Importance of the Florida orange
culture is mainly due to the capital and
enterprise OF northern people, and that
the southern enthusiasm on the subject,
although natural and gratifying, only
came in after the success was fully as
sured. 1t has always been a source of
wonder at the north that the cultivation
of tropical fruits should fot have long
since obtained great proportions in the
gulf states, in view of the immense
consumption of those fruits in the cities
and states of the north and west Our
importatiOns OF foreign oranges and
lemons, instead of being diminished by
the cultivation Of the native crops, has
increased largely and steadily. The
cultivation Of the banana in our gulf
regions can scarcely be said as yet to
have much more than begun, while
commercial capital and enterprise are
enormously stimulating trade in the.im-
portatiOn OF bananas from Cuba for
consumption in our seaboard and west
ern states. In the course of time, no
doubt, the southern banana culture will
flourish largely, but there are many
other tropical fruits indigenous in the
eastern West Indies that might be intro
duced in Florida. Louisiana and Texas,
with great SucceSS.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
The Midnight Sun.

The spectacle of the sun shining at
midnight. attracts many foreigners to
Swedish Lapland during the month of
June. For six weeks there is scarcely
anv night in the north of Sweden; the
sun never sets, and the soil. constantly
heated. produces, in a month and half,
barley and other crops. At that time
of the year the Laplanders pen up their
reindeers and move their huts towards
the cultivated fields. Being very hos
Ditable, they greet with Joy the arrival
of the tourists, who generally meet at
Mount Gallaware, 14S kilometres from
Lulea. From that hill, which is $50
metres high, the beautiful spectacle Of
the midnight SUM- can be admired in
better condition than from any other
place. The oath of June is the day Sc
lected for the ascension; it is the longest
day in the year. the sun being twenty
two hours above the horizon. This
wear the Path of June was not favored
with fine weather, and, owing TO the
cloudy sky. the sun was not visible st
midnight, but the following day travel
ers were well rewarded for their trouble,
the sun shining brightly at midnight.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
Death at 107 Years.

The Pittsburg C0mmereidlrecOrds the
death at Elder Ridge, Armstrong cOun-
", Pennsylvania, on the 18th ultimo.
of Mrs. Letitia Ewring, said to have
been 1O7 years and 25 days Old. Her
oldest son is aged 82 years, and her
Youngest has reached three-score years.
She left two other sons and one daugh-
.er, the last being Il years Of age. She
left 80 grandchildren, over fifty great
grandchildren, and several great-great-
grandchildren. Her memory was so re-
tentive that she was enabled TO keep a
correct chronological record of her nu-
merous progeny without the aid of me-
mOranda, and her chief pleasure was to
name them in chronological order, Civ
ing date of birth, marriage, etc.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
Semi-MaSculine Dress.

A rector of Philadelphia in sermon
to women SAID: Il object to cigarette
hats and long tailed jackets or coats.
Man. who is logical, may wear mathe-
matically cut garments, but Christian
woman should not appear mannish." s"
Then, as if to be talked TO by the pulpit
were not enough, the Philadelphia Press
makes an attack on those who wear the
cigarette or tall beaver hats, as follows:
I'VE admire the beaver hats, because
the girls who have more than the fash
iOnable quantity of nose, or who have
ugly ears, can conceal their misfortune
beneath the brim, and those who have
no store braid can likewise hide its ab-
sence." Nothing more wonderful or
hideous, for street wear, was ever in
vented than the stiff beaver hat, which
was introduced only for equestriennes
TO wear riding, but with the American
idea of utility, now it IS too cold for
horseback riding, is worn on the street
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
ZOla's Theories.

January Atlantic
What novels can do and novels have
done is to effect enormously mems opin-
ions concerning a great many impOr-
tant questions. Uncle Tom Cabin, for
example, was of incalculable service to
the cause of emancipation, Tourgue-
nieff's Hunters sketches helped the ab-
clifton of Serfdom, and there can be but
little doubt that A FOOLS Errand has
been a most effective campaign docu-
ment'' during the last few months; vet
science has received but little aid from
the literary qualities of these books.
They have rested on facts, it is true, but
their influence has been on the emotions
of their readers. They do something
which is outside of the accomplishment
of anv scientific books. 1t is impossi-
BILE to collect statistics of the degrada-
ton that slavery, for instance, causes.
We may read the number of illiterate
persons in a given country, but we form
thereby as dim a sense of the gloom of
ignorance as we do of the terror of
bereavement from reading the tables of
mortality of. say, Moscow for three years
ago. The books that are mentioned
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
He Paid His Five Thousand Dollars.

Francisco Bulletin
But here comes one of my favOrites.
Isn't she fine looking? No? Well, lis
ten while l tell YOU her story, and learn
why like her looks. Some years ago
man who had more money than good
reputation advertised that he would give
3. 600 10 anv respectable white woman
who would walk unveiled from the
Adams House entrance down Washing
ton street with him at an hour when all
the fashionables were promenading-
For weeks that offer remained u untaken,
for his reputation was such that no re-
spectacle woman would be seen with
him, and the advertisement had said
that "nOne others need apply" Finally
this woman who has just passed US
agreed to his terms and to join him at
the appointed time and place Wheuthe
hour came Mr.. -w was on hand. Soon
a carriage drove up with the lady. 1t
had been nOised abroad that the offer
had been taken up. and quite crowd
had gathered to see nim pay his 5000.
He helped her to alight, offered her his
arm, walked q few steps with her when
she removed her veil at his request and
revealed TO mis- gaze a face black as
night. You have deceived me-" he
said; this is not fair Il am not a
darkey." she replied and to prove it she
pulled off her gloves and showed pair
of hands as white as yours are this min
ute. The man turned towards the
carriage, paid the 5000, and she drove
off. leaving him to the laughter and
boots of the amused crowd of by standers.
1t turned out afterwards that the girl
was very poor. and that she had mag
nificent voice that she could not culti-
vate for want of money and this was the
way she overcame that obstacle. She
went to Europe and studied for five
wears, and has returned one Of the most
brilliant singers
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
HER LOVERS.

Nv hrst-uy very irst-his name was VIII;
A handsome fellow-fsir with curling hair,
And lovely eyes have his locket still
He went to Galveston ard settled there
At least, 1 heard so. All, dear me, dear me I!
How terribly in love he used to be-
The seeond-RObert Hill-he told his love
The first night that we met. Twas at a
ball
A foolish boy, He carried of nv glove.
We sat out half the dances in the hall,
And firted in the most Outrageous way,
On, me how mother scolded all next dsv'
The third woke up nv heart From night till
morn,
From morn till night again, 1 dreamed Of
him.
7 treasured up a rosebud he had worn;
Ny tears and kisses made his picture dim
Strange that can feel the old, old fame
When remember Paul-thst vas his name !
The fourth and fifth we're brothers-twins at
that;
Good fellows, kind. devoted, clever, too;
Twas rather shabby 70 refuse them fat
Both in one day-bUt what else could dol
Ny heart was still with Paul, and he had gone
Yacht sailing with the Misses Garretson!
He never cared for mel found that out
Despite the foolish cliuging Of nv hope;
A few months proved it clear beyond doubt;
steeled my heart; l would not pine or
NOPE,
Bat masked myself in gayety, and went
To grace his wedding when the cards were
sent.
sothese were all ny loves Ny husbands Oh,
met him down in Florida one fall
Rich, middle-sged and prosy, as you know;
he asked me- accepted: that is all
\ kind good soul; be worships me; but then
7 never count him in with other men.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
IN SNOW TIME.

AL The TSar uud-
How should choose 70 walk the world with
thee,
Ny own belovedl When green grass is stir
red
BIZ summer breezes, and each leafy tree,
Shelters the nes. Of many a singing birdl
In time Of roses when the earth doth lie
Dressed in garment of midsummer hues,
Beneath q canopy Of sapphire sky,
LuIled by soft wind song! Or should
choose
To walk with thee along a Eintry road,
Through fowerless fields, thick-sown with
frosty rime;
Beside an ice-bound stream, whose waters
flowed
In voiceless music all the summer time.
In winter dreariness, or summer glee,
How should l choose 70 walk the world
with theel
The time Of roses is the time Of love,
All. nv dear heart but winter fires are
bright,
And in the lack Of sunshine from above
We tend more carefully loves sacred light.
The path among the roses lieth soft
Sun-kissed and radiant under 3uthful feet;
But on q wintry way the hands more oft
Do meet and cling in pressure close and
sweet.
There Is more need Of loves supporting arm,
Along life's slippery pathway in its frost,
There Is more need for love to wrap Us warm.
Against life's cold, when summer flowers
are lost,
Let others share thy life's glad summer
glow,
But let me walk beside thee in Its snow
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
CURRENT ITEMS.

A little girl who was sent out to hunt
eggs came back unsuccessful, complain
ing that ''lots OF hens were standing
round doing nothing"
A medical journal saws that man
can cure himself of collie by simply
standing upside down. II you would
rather stand upside down than have the
collie, try it.
You may write il down in your note
book as an indisputable fact that when
man talks a great deal about his re-
ligioa he is simply exaggerating his cap
ital in order to catch trade.
dashing young man of Bellaire
Loved maiden exceedingly fair.
One night her proud sire
Failed to build them fire,
So they both climbed into the arm chair
The price of a wife in Siberia is eight
dogs, and an exceptionally good wife is
worth ten dogs. But dogs are plentiful
in that country, and wife doesn't cost
as much as the number of dogs seems
to indicate.
Old Betz, the Sioux squaw, who died
recently at the reputed age of more
than hundred years, had been success
sively the wife of an army officer, of an
Indian chief, q border highwayman and
of Methodist minister.
Two ladies went to see Clara Morris.
In one Of the most affecting passages of
the play, when the whole house was
hushed in stiffness, one lady, who had
been using her opera glass attentively,
remarked to the other: POO The
trimming on her dress is nothing but
Hamburg edging-"
The grapes are ripe, and the clusters
Are heavy with purple wine;
They blush with the SUMS caresses,
And hide in the broad-leaYed vine.
An idyl bold young lover
For ear of his sweetheart weaves;
Their warm hands touch as they gather,
And-they're ssing through the leaves.
| must tell YOU of a conversation |
overheard at Manhattan Beach between
two children who were playing in the
sand together The small boy said to
the little girl: ''Do you wish to be my
little wife?n The little girl, after re-
fecting, Yes" The small boy: Then
take off my boOts?"
There was m An in our town.
He was so woundrous wise,
He thought his business would run itself,
And he didn't advertise.
Well business was dull at first,
Bu. better times came, and it's queer.
One day with a rush he sold all his stuff,
But the sheriff was suctioneer.
One of the guests recently at party,
addressing the gentleman next to him,
said: This is awful dull; suppose we
retire and get something to exhilal ate
us'" Il should only be too glad, was
the reply, .but can't leave" ''HOw's
that?' asked the interlocutOr. Why"
said the other. you see I'm the party
that's giving the party"
A Cincinnati youth in two column
account of wedding, says the bride
wore a gown with surplus neck"
that the bridesmaids had gowns that
were surplus in the neck" and that
the brides mother wore a lavender sat
in, ''cut surplus in the neck" In fact,
he seems to have thought too many
clothes were worn.
The pretty sweetheart Of Peoria pu-
gilist was the goddess of liberty in a
procession. He set out to walk on the
sidewalk abreast of the car on which
she rode and whip every man who
made any disrespectful comment on her.
He knocked down five offenders in the
course of as many blocks, and then, at
tempting to chastise party of four, got
a sound drubbing.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
The Fast Young Man.

How the fast young man gets his
name is a question. 1 apprehend it
hints at his spending whatever he has
in his purse, conscience or health, with
equal folly and recklessness. 1t depends
somewhat on his position how he may
show himself, for every rank, to the
lowest. can boast of him. You find him
as readily in the shop. the warehouse,
the chambers, the universities, the
schools. as in MAYFAIR or Blackwell. In
every rank he lives for amusement alone
but it is always such as other men
spurn. As q rule he drinks, or will do
so, to be like his companions. He very
commonly bets, hOnOrably. or the re-
verse. as his pocket is still whole or runs
low. If he has The money, he very
probably CANDLES, and if he has none,
he will rather stand and see others do so
than lose the excitement. He is nearly
always idle or lazv, though there are
strange exceptions in this, as with By
ron, who was as industrious as he was
loose. But for the most part his nights
leave no energy for his days. His read
ing is greatly restricted to play bills,
sporting lists and highly spiced novels,
or the issues of Howell street; his
haunts are the streets. taverns, singing
saloons and casinos. His thoughts by
day are what exploits he can organize
for the night. His money is layished
on vice and folly, but he owes for every
thing else. Anything solid or useful he
hates, and as for religion, he has left
that hull down from the first. limo
cence is simply fair game to him. for
banter or ruin. He mocks as novice
who will not drink, or keeps his piety,
or cares for his Sundays. As l said. he
is fast in spending all that he has in
health, morals. money, character: fast
in deadly preeocity in everything vile
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
A Big Pick.

Not long ago an Irishman applied to
an overseer in Tyne shipyard to be
put on TO q job. He was informed that
his request could not be complied with;
but as Pat continued to gaze earnestly
at an anchor which was lying in the Vi
einity, the foreman repeated his reply
that there was no work for him, and ad-
vised him to 60 away. ''Divil a bit
will | storr, SOFT" replied Pat, It'll
see the man that's going to use that
oiokT'
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
A Young Lady's Death Caused by q Bi.

A bicycle was the cause of young lady
being killed in a horrible manner on
Tuesday in Brooklyn. \. Y. a span of
horses attached 10 8 carriage were
frightened by the sight of bicycle rid
den by young man, and tore down
Saekett street at mad pace. Directly
in front of them were riding party of
four young people on horseback Into
this group the frantic horses plunged.
the pole Of the carriage striking the
horse ridden by Miss Porter. seventeen
years of age, daughter of Albert H. Por-
ter. of 81 Hanson place. The horse was
thrown and Miss Porter fell under him.
He plunged and trampled upon her, and
started off dragging the young lady,
whose dress had caught in the saddle.
She was rescued horribly mangled. but
died in an hour.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13
A Chicago Brokers' Happy In.
Vestment.

CnlCaSO JO1ElHl-
Lewis H. O'Conor, Esq, whose office
Is located at % Washington street, this
city, lately related the following in the
hearing Of one of our reporters as an
evidence of special good fortune. /
have been suffering. said Mr.. O'Conor,
for a number of weeks with a very Sc
we're pain in my back, believed to be
from the effects of cold contracted
while on the lakes. l had been pre-
scribed for by several of our best physi-
clans and used various remedies. Three
DAYS ago, abandoned them al. and
bought bottle of St Jacobs Oil, ap-
piled it at night before retiring and to-
dav feel like ne man. L experienced
almost instant relief and now feel no
pain whatever.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-01-13

The most wonderful and marvellous success
IN cases where persons are sick or pining way
from condition Of miserableuess, that no one
knows what ails them, profitable patients for
doctors), is obtained by the use of Hop Bit
ters- They begin to cure from the first dose and
keep il up until perfect health and strength ID
restored. Whoever is afflicted in this vsy
need not suffer when they can get Hop Bitters
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