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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-02-16
THE MAN DOG.


ing called "Du Chen. the Mar-Dog."
began when We were on duty down in
the Peche country. a short time after
General Taylor's celebrated Run on
the Bank" in the vicinity of Mansfield.
The cavalry had really very little TO do
except ito feed" and await orders. As
a result of this idleness many Of the
officers and men formed pleasant &C.
quaintances with the hospitable plant
ers in whose neighborhood we were
located.
Ons of the planters whom l found to
he most congeL ial, was Captain Martas,
a French creole, whose father had come
from Languedoc. He was himself native
horn. He was a man Of forty-eight or
fifty years Of age. and had two sons by
his first marriage. who we're in the army
OF Virginia, and boy two years Of age,
by his second wife, who was a young
and beautiful lady. The houseKeeper
Was a mulatto girl. who was in every
physical development almost a perfect
being-even her small hands looked
like consummate wax-work. She had
been taught, petted, and INDUCED as
much perhaps, or more than any slave
should have been, especially by Captain
Martas, who uniformly spoke to her
more in toe tone OF father addressing
a daughter, than in that of master
commanding a slave. She was always
gentle and obedieat. The family seemed
to prize her very greatly, and the little
boy especially preferred her to bis own
beautiful mother.
The family was 30 attractive that l
visited it often; one evening on my ar
rival at the house, I found that its peace
and quiet had been disturbed by one Of
those painful occurrences which go
often marred the happiness Of Southern
families, and which really constituted
the curse of "the peculiar institution"
The day before, the beautiful and ac-
complished wife of Captain Martas had,
for some unexplained reason, got into
frenzy Of rage with Celia, the muIat-
tress, and had ordered the overseer to
give her severe whipping. The girl
had run off into the Black Swamp dur
ing the night, and Captain Mortas, who
impaired this Information to me, was in
a state of terrible distress by reason Of
her absence. He did not seem to under.
stand the cause of the trouble, but he
could not justify his slave without con-
demning his wife, whom he seemed to
regard with a most tender and dutiful
devotion. The only emotion which
seemed to master him was heartbreak.
ing and hopeless grief. / volunteered
to hunt for the runaway, and while ask
ing for such information as l thought
to be necessary about the neighborirg
plantations. and of the almost bound
less and impracticable wilderness known
as the Black Swamp, saw Celia slowly
and quietly coming up the broad walk
which led from the portico in the big
gate.
She carried in Ter hand branch Of
IL 9 magnolia tree. from which depend
ed splendid blossom Of that most glo-
rious Of all flowers. She bowed slightly
as she came near the portico, and, pass
ing around the corner OF the house,
entered it ny a side door. Mrs. Martas
was most passinnately devoted to the
magnolia, and, from her EXPLANATIONS OF
delight, which were soon heard in the
hall, We k"ew that Celia had brought
tho beautiful flower as peace-offering
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-02-16

whole. Some are not fitted for teachers,
stenographsrs or typewriters, and others
upon whom this necessity also fails. can
not leave their homes. There is not any
opportunity unless prairie grass or corn
husks may be converted into baskets
for that craft. We have not embroidery
or lace making the art of which we can
revive. 1t seems, however, as if much
might be done in the way of carved
leather. That done in Mexico and Cali
fornia ia beautiful. The exquisite leath-
er wrought in Germany is an inspiration
There is certainly market for carved
leather in Nebraska, Of original design
and as Enthusiastically beautiful as
that of other sections or countries. The
necessary tools are simple and inexpen-
sive, and small amounts might be earn
ed by this agreeable task that would
assist many woman eager to earn a
little money. The brick made from Ne
braska clay is exceedingly fine and hard.
Why not Nebraska tile thai may be as
celebrated for decoration as the famous
Delft tile. The lack Of any new or
lucrative hand employment for Nebras
ka women is constantly emphasized by
the continual appearance OF some new
industry in the east for women, started
BY philanthropists. Not long ago Mrs.
Abee originated the idea OF rug industry
10 New Hampshire and Mrs. Volk car
ried out the same plan for the farmers
wives Of Maine. They furnished the
women with good designs and supplied
them with wood dyes. which grow move
beautiful with age and are preferable
indeed to aniline dyes which are too
brilliant and harsh.
The Philadelphia chapter of the Ma
tional Alliance, Daughters Of Veterans,
are urging more patriotic celebration
of Lincoln Day. The plan is to cele-
brate the day in the public schools by
oratorical contests and to award to the
most eloquent speaker gold medal.
The Colonial Dance OF New York,
Baltimore and Philadelphia held their
semi-annual meeting last week in Ph ila.
delphia. The Valley Forge National
Park Plan and the restoration OF the
Randolph mansion, which through the
courtesy of the Park commissioners has
been entrusted to the Philadelphia
chapter, we're discussed.
The new army bill contains the fol-
lowing provisions concerning women
nurses:
section 10. That the Nurse Corps
female, shall consist of one superinten-
dent to be appointed by the secretary OF
war, who shall be graduate OF hos
pital training school having course OF
instruction of not less than two years.
whose term of Office may be terminated
at his discretion, whose compensation
shall be 81 5000 per annum, and OF az
many chief nurses. nurses and reserve
nurses as may be needed. Reserve
nurses may be assigned to active duty
when the emergency Of the service de-
mands. but shall receive no compensa'
ton except when % such duty; Provid
ed, That all nurses in the Nurse Corps
shall be appointed or removed by the
surgeon general, with the approval OF
the secretary Of war; that they shall be
graduates Of hospital training schools,
and shall have pissed satisfactory pro-
feasional. moral. mental and physical
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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-02-16

The Philadelphia chapter of the Ma
tional Alliance, Daughters Of Veterans,
are urging more patriotic celebration
of Lincoln Day. The plan is to cele-
brate the day in the public schools by
oratorical contests and to award to the
most eloquent speaker gold medal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
The Bachelor,s solilooux.

To wed or not to wed? That is the ques.
Whether tits wiser in the mind to suffer
The hash and tough steak of the board
ing-house.
Or to make love to a maiden, and, mar.
rying her,
End all my fluctuations. Eat ancient
prunes
NO more; and in q minute to say we
end
The stomach-ache, and the thousand
awful pains
Boarders are heir to-; tits a consumrna.
ton
Devoutly to be wished. To we'd, to
marry:
To we'd. perchance to scrap; aye, there's
the rub!
For in my nightly rest what curtain leo.
lures.
When l have shuf1ed off this bachelors
Must give me pause? There's the re.
spect
That makes calamity of married life;
For who could bear each night her awful
TRADE.
The kids shrill yells, the walking up
and down
With it; the blamed inevitable tack;
The frequent visits of the mother-in.
law.
Who makes the home to you a very in
ferno.
When he himself might live in blissfu'
peace
AS a bachelor? Who could put up with
this.
To grunt and sweat under such dreadful,
fortunes.
But that the thought her pepper might
go off
To the undiscovered country from whose
bourne
No traveller returns, resolves the mind.
And makes him soon forget the ills he'll
have
And enter in the sea of matrimony?
Thus conscience must be deadened, laid
aside.
And thus the native line of resolution
Is smothered DER with a gay cast of
thought.
And enterprise Of great profit and mo-
ment
With this regard, their currents flow
dead sure,
And gain for us the dough. Soft you
now!
The dinner bell! God grant there may
o be
Too many flies in the soup.
st. Louis Star.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
WHY NEW YORK LEADS TRADE.
Her Route to the West Has the Lea.t
Resistance Against Gravity.

- -
Her Route to the West Has the Least
Resistance Against Gravity.
The completion of the Erie canal rev.
Olutionized the trade of the United
States. Before it's opening Philadel-
phia was the commercial metropolis of
the country and nearly all the foreign
commerce, except that landing ut Bos-
ton, passed over it's docks. At that
time, moreover. many if not most of
the vessels d~ischarging at the ports of
the United States returned in ballast.
With the completion of the canal there
was an open door between the East
and the West, and thereafter every
vessel %discharging at New York was
certain of a return cargo. Under such
circumstances is it strange that the
foreign commerce should concentrate
itself at the latter port?
There was another item, too; wheat,
which was $1.5O a bushel at New
York, brought just one-third of that
sum ut Buffalo; the difference in price
represented the cost of transportation.
With the completion of the canal the
latter was reduced to 40 cents and the
farmer got the other 60. Is it surpris,
prising that with such tremendous
gains New York should have become
the Empire State? And yet it was all
In the selection of the natural trade
route-the line of least resistance-the
minimum lift against gravity.
And even to this day the same trade
route is making history as rapidly as
1t lid In the early decades of the CEN
fury. From Buffalo to New York City
a magnificent railway system. with it's
six tracks. parallels the canal and the
Hudson estuary. From Buffalo to tide
water the millions Of tons of freight
are lifted in the aggregate about 500
feet; from Chicago along the shores of
the two lakes it is not far from LOO
feet. ss~--,..~1 --,E .-.ys-.-l,,..
In the case of the trans-Appalachianl
roads the aggregate of upgrades varies
from 5000 to 5000 feet. This is the
entire lift against gravity. And that
lift means hundreds of extra locomo
tives and train crews. 1t means, more.
over, that in the first the cost of trans.
portation between the East and the
West must be reckoned on the basis
of the Mohawk gap route; and, what.
ever may be the economic history OF
the Omitted States in the future. it's de.
velopment will be inseparably connect.
ed with this great line of least resis'
ance
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
A JUDGES WIFE ,z.s ss' ss7 q
Suffered for Years and
felt Her CaseWas Hope
less--Cured by
Pe-ru=na.

Mrs. Judge McAilister writes from 1917
West S3rd ST.. Minneapolis. Mimi. as fol-
lows:
II suffered for years with q pain in the
small of mS back aud right side. 1t inter
fered often with my domestic aud sncial du-
ties and ! never supposed that l would he
cured, as the doctors medicine did not seem
TO help me any.
"Fortunate!y a member of our Order ad-
vised me to try reruna and gave 1t such
high praise that I decided to try it. Although
l started in with little faith, / felt so much
better in a week that l felt encouraged.
II took it faithfully for seven weeks and
am happy indeed to be able to say that / am
entirely cured. Words fail to express nv
gratitude. Perfect health once more is the
best thing l could wish for, and thanks to
Peruna l enjoy that n~ow.'-Minnie L., Nc.
Allister.
The great popularity of Peruna as a ca
tarrh remedy has tempted many people to
Initiate Peruna. A great many so-called
catarrh remedies and catarrhal tonics are
to be found in many drug-stores. These
remedies can be procured ly the druggist
much cheaper than Peruna. peruna can
only be obtained at a uniform price. and mo
druggist can get 1t a cent cheaper.
Thus 1t is that druggists are tcmpted to
substitute the cheap limitations of Peruns
for Peruna. 1t is done every day without
a doubt.
We would therefore caution all people
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
BIRDS THAT KILL RATTLsRs.
Road Runners of Arizona a Deadly
Enemy to the Snakes,

In a country where a quarter of %
century ago q rattlesnake was to bs
found under every rock and in every
hillock, the reptile is rapidly becomin,
a rarity. With his human relative, thu
Apache, the RATHER is disappearing
from Arizona and is now found onl,
in the most isolated districts.
10 h advance of civilization and the
unremitting warfare of the road run
ner and the king snake may be attrib
uted the determination of the RATHER
Wherever irrigation has found it's way
the r%attlesnake has been driven t.
higher ground, and there the prospect.
or and miner have slain him whenever
and wherever found. The road II II
that long-legged, feathered warrior, the
fighting cock Of the desert, has done
his part, and has done it we'll.
Much resembling, but more lightly
constructed than the fighting cock, the
o runner is one of the most dreaded
enemies of the RATHER. In fact, Sc
great are his snake-killing proclivities
that heavy penalties are provided by
the territorial statutes as a protection
to him from the gun of the hunter. An
parently immune from the enom in
the poison "a of the RATHER, the rodc
runner attacks the largest snake witt
impunity, and has never been known ia
lose q fight. Frequently, indeed. the
road runner has been known to battle
with and kill a pair of large diamond
~rattlers, whose total weight was fv
times that of his own.
Not SO common an enemy to TIL.
~rattlesnake, but no less deadly, is TIL.
king snake, q large species of the bull
snake family. Rarely seen in the lowel
countries, but often found in the North.
ern forests. and higher mountains, the
king snake wages constant warfare on
the RATHER, and when his great 1.-THE
form coils around the body of the rat
tlesnake, the life of the later is a mat.
ter Of only a few seconds.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
the LOST GARDEN.

Somewhere in the distant southland
Blooms a garden-lost to me
Warm with peoples burning fragrant,
Drowsy fires l may not see.
"Subtle shadows fit and beckon
Down dim pathways bound with yew,
Where a white wrath wanders lonely
'Twixt the darkness and the dew.
'In the ruined walls that echoed
Once to happy-hearted moods,
Now the stealthy, lightfoot lizards
Unmolested rear their broods.
"And beneath the oleanders.
No clear voice sings, as of old;
But the fleet caressing sunbeams
Whisper secrets to their mold.
Though follow as the southwind
Fares his way through wood and plain,
Though l question hill and valley,
l shall never find again
my lost garden-where lie buried
joys that swift the glad hours sped;
Only one could bid me enter;
Only Love-and Love is dead!"
-Ainslee's.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26

"Ah, you do not know all about that
woman. Her poor child! She neglects
her, leaves her to the care of the SER
wants while she reads French novels
ara beaches her hair. They say she
actually beats the. child. One might
expect cruelty from a person with
green eyes,"
Mother" broke in the young man.
"Oh, men do not believe it. OF course
not. But to think of a woman ill-treht-
ing a little child but her son had
left her and the old woman returned to
the house.
On the other side of the bushes a
woman knelt with white, sad face. her
arms clasped tightly about a small re-
production of herself in white muslin.
The child moved in her arms and the
woman's face lost it's strained look.
Tho next morning Helen received a
note from Mrs. Hemenway asking her
to call. At first she was inclined to re.
fuse, but instead she waited until late
in the day, and then donned her fiuf-
fest. most frivolous looking frock and
entered the Hemenway home in her
gayest humor. But the gayety vanish.
ed when Helen saw how i'll Mrs. Hem
enway appeared.
Her hostess motioned her to a chair
and began icily: II sent for you 10 APP
peal to your honor regarding my son.
II but the rest was never finished,
as Mrs. Hemenway swooned, and would
have fallen but for Helen's strong
young arms. She SEN a servant for
the doctor, and then did her best for
the woman who had insulted her. The
physician arrived, and at the same time
Guy Hemenway. One glance at the pa
tient, and the doctor said bluntly:
Smallpox"
Helen went white to the lips, and put
her soft hands to her pretty, flower-like.
face. The maids fed from the room.
81 am sorry, Mrs. S~artoris,T said the
doctor, ''but I will have to isolate you
until aQWg sure you have not caught
the Infection"
The little widow looked at her enemy
as she lay helpless, looked at Guy as
he tried to take her from the room, and
thought Of Bebe.
ut would be easier for you to lool
after us together" she said, bravely,
though her face was still white, there
fore, l shall stay with Mrs. Hemenway
If you will promise to look after my
little girl"
=
And weeks later, when Mrs. Hemen-
way took her first drive her son held the
ribbons. while a little authenticated
child sat at his side, and Helen, now
Mrs. Hemenway, looked after the old.
er woman's Observation-Disclosures
Item.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
HOW FISHES TRAVEL UPSTAIRS

Pert of Their Journey from Marin.
Sansctt Bay to Neinasket River.
1t is not an uncommon thing to see
on pleasant days, when the fish are
running ut East Taunton, Mass, hum
dreds OF men, women and children clus.
tered around the tishway watching the
fish struggling up against the strong
current, and trying to set into the
smoother waters above the dam, where
they may shoot of at their leisure to
the spawning place in the Nemasket
River.
The fishway is so constructed that it
is impossible for the fish to make a
lear swim from top to bottom or vice
versa. They must work up the river
In the eddies, for the tide is also very
strong there near the dam, and until
they reach the lower part OF the fish
way. Thence they struggle and wrig-
sic into the lower entrance of the fish
way, thus making sure of ut least a
chance to rub up against the boards and
rest before they begin their wearisome
fight for the top and smooth water.
1t is in this tishway that the interest
Of the average spectator is centered,
since here the fish can be seen plainly
In punches almost thick enough for one
to walk across on their backs, and
where II may easily reach down and
pull them out of the water. They are
generally packed in so thick that they
cannot escape the quick-moving hand
Of man, or. boy.
From right to left and left to right,
steadily, slowly, they keep on in the
effort to get out of the fishway, and it
Is n of the prettiest sights imagina-
BILE to watch the little fellows, plucky
and game to the last, as they almost
imperceptibly work out of one passage
way into another and crowd each other
around the corner. No matter how
many people are close to them, SO close
that they could be touched with the
hand q cane, they appear to pay no
attention to their Interested audience,
but keep right on about their business.
A Waterman is OH duty ut the fish
way all of the time to see that no one
disturbs them, but when his attention
is taken up by questions that are asked
frequently, those who like fish right
out of the water smuggle them out and
are away before they can be appre-
hended. 1t is understood that there are
thousands of these herring stolen in
this way and other ways before they
get to the clear water, but there doesn't
seem to be any help for it.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
johnson at Work Again.

Racine, Wis.,, July 22.-John johnson,
of No. 924 Hamilton street, this city, is
a happy man.
For years he has suffered with Kid
ney and Urinary trouble. He was so
broken down that he was forced to quit
work. Everything he tried failed, till a
friend of his recommended a new rene
dy-Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr.. johnson
used them, and the result surprised
him. He is we'll us wei he was, COM
pletely cured, and working away every
day.
His case is regarded by those who
knew how very bad he was, as almost a
miracle. and Dodd's Kidney Pills are a
much talked of medicine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
The Best Way

To the Pan-American is by the Michi-
gan Central, for it is not only THE
Niagara Falls Route" but its train SER
vice is superb. The Pan-American Spe-
cial is a swell train. 1t has the finest
equipment the Pullman and Michigan
Central shops a turn out. 1t leaves
Chicago 6 p. M, serves dinner in one of
its famous dining cars, stops at Falls
View next morning, and reaches Buffa-
10 7:45 a. M. You can't do better. Send
for folder to L. d. Huesner, General
Western Passenger Agent, 119 Adams
street, Chicago.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
TIE LITTLE WIDOW

- N the sunshiny room of Mrs. Endi-
colt there was a buzz of conversa-
- ton and the sound Of shipping of
scissors, and it was evident that the
Embroidery circle of Huxbridge was in
conclave. Mandy Nichols occupied the
chair by the window, and as she raised
her head from the bit of satin on which
she was working an impossible flower,
she gave an exclamation.
Here is Mrs. Hemenway," she an
bounced, land the little widow just
passed her in her carriage and bowed
to her."
1.-THE impudent thing. Did Mrs. Hem
enway-oh, here she u.s." and the host:
ess arose to greet her guest, who with
much rustling of stiff silk entered the
$50 glad you came, DEAR" cried Mrs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-26
Lemons for the Toilet.

Few women nowadays but know the
value Of lemons and the fruit is so
cheap that the toilet table should not
be without this little yellow DOCTOR"
as some call it. Lemon juice is Written.
ing either for the hands. neck or face.
A piece Of lemon rubbed on the teeth
removes d%iscoloration, but the teeth
must be brushed afterward or the acid
will injure them. A piece Of lemon
tossed in the wash water is refreshing
and likewise softens the water.