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For President
JENNINGS
Congressional
For Member of Congress Sixth District
WM NEVILLE North Platte
County Ticket
For County Attorney A M MORRISSEY
For Commissioner of First District
W E HALEY
For Commissioner of Third District
ANDREW P MADSEN
Call for Senatorial Convention
The Democratic electors of the Fourteenth
Senatorial District nf Nebraska arehereby called
to meet in delegate convention in the village of
Valentine Nebr on the 4th day of August1900
at 10 oclock a m for the purpose of placing in
nomination a candidate for the office ef state
senator for said district and for the transaction
of such other business as may properly come
before the convention The basis of represen
tation will oe one delegate at large and one del
egate for each 100 votes or major fraction there
of cast for Hon Silas A Holcomb for supreme
Judge at the general election of 1899 which gives
the following by counties
Box Butte G KeyaPaha 5
Brown 5 Rock 4
Cherry 8 Sheridan D
Dawes 8 Sioux 4
It is also recommended that no proxies be al
lowed but that the delegates present cast the
lull vote to wnicu t ne ueiegauou is enuuea
I M RICE MARTIN CHRISTENSEN
Secretary Chairman
Call for Senatorial Convention
The electors of the Peoples Independent Par
ty of the Fourteenth Senatorial District of
Nebraska are hereby called to meet in delegate
convention at Valentine on the 4th day of Aug
ust 1900 at 10 oclock a m for the purpose of
placing in nomination a candidate for the office
of state senator for said district and for tbe
transaction of such other business as may prop
erly come before the convention The several
counties will be entitled to representation as
follows One delegate at large from each coun
ty and one delegate for each 100 votes or major
fraction thereof cast for Hon Silas A Holcomb
for supreme judge at the general election of
1893 wnicu gives the loiiowiug uy counties
BoxButte 6 KeyaPaha 5
Brown 5 Rock 4
Cherry 8 Sheridan 9
Dawes 8 Sioux 4
It Is also recommended that no proxies be al
lowed but that the delegates present cast the
full vote to which the delegation is untitled
CE LEAR C W POTTER
Secretary Chairman
It has been demonstrated that the
war in South Africa is not yet over
The Boers are in better fighting trim
than Johnny Bull imagined
Numerous strikes now on indicate
the prosperity of the jountry The g
o p organs say they have something
to strike for To this we say yes
They have reason to strike under such
Combinations of capital that would
would never eXtat if the laborer had his
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BRYAN
For VicePresident
MANl E STEVENSON
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Stand for the Flag and What it Stands forwFreedom for All
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FUSION TICKET
For President W J BRYAN
For Vice President E STEVENSON
State
For Gorernor W A POYNTER Boone
For A GILBERT York
For Secretary ol State C V SVOBODA How
ard
ForTreasurer S H HOWARD Holt
ForAuditor THEODORE GRIESSClay
For D OLDHAM Buf
falo
For Commissioner of Public Lands and Build
ings J CAREY Saunders
For Superintendent of Public Instruction C F
- BECK Burt
For Presidential Electors
FRANK T RANSOM Silver Republican
Douglas
ROBERT OBERFELDER Democrat Chey
enne
L N WEN TE Democrat Lancaster
TAMES HUGHES Democrat Collax
JOHN H FELBER Populist Cedar
WILLIAM H GARRETT PopulistPhelps
W G SWAN Populist Johnson
PETER EBBESON Populist Howard
The convention at Lincoln was large
ly attended by delegates from all parts
of the state Tim Lindell ITotel was
crowded even out into the street Great
throngs of men surged to and fro each
man with his duty to perform looking
for the man he wished to see
Tuesday evening twenty thousand
people gathered around the grand
stand north of the State house to hear
the speaking by the ablest expounders
of political questions in the U S
General Weaver of Iowa was the
first to speak but the people grew rest
less and seeing Towne on the stand be
gan calling lustily for him and kept it
up until he responded It was several
moments before Towne could speak
owing to the continued cheering Then
in earnest tones he addressed the peo
ple with such eloquence as is seldom
heard
Webster Davis of Missouri was next
called and responded with even greater
eloquence if possible than that of
Towne and many were heard to re
mark that Webster Davis was not to be
excelled by any one as an orator
Bryan was repeatedly called and
finally appeared upon the scene Hats
and handkerchiefs were waved by the
thousands of jpeople who filled the
whole north side of the State house
grounds and out into the streets for
hundreds of yards around the speakers
stand a deafening roar accompanying
the waving and above the din could be
heard shouts of Bryan 1 Bryan Hur
rah for Bryan The band had to play
to quiet the people and then as Bryan
arose the shouts began again Mr
Bryan waved his hand to the people
and they began to quiet down only to
break out again in a lohg continuous
applause Then with another wave of
his hand theBoy Orator of the Platte
silenced the multitude and began to
speak in a cool deliberate manner with
a voice loud and strong that could be
easily heard a block away and as Bry
an only can speak
Adlai E Stevenson was next called
and arose tall and straight a fine
looking man and talked for several
minutes in a clear voice full of earnest
ness closing with a prayerful attitude
and saying that he trusted God to bring
success to the party that upheld the
cause of humanity this fall Other
speakers were introduced and spoke in
impassioned tones Among them were
Senator Allen of Nebraska and Cy
clone Davis of Texas who arraigned
the Republican party in bitterest tones
for their policy toward the Cubans and
Filipinos the monopolists and trusts
The state convention was harmonious
despite the fact that thousands of re
publicans conspired to make the popu
lists believe they were being trampled
upon by the democratsand to the dem
ocrats they told how hoggish the popu
lists were in asking for everything But
the democrats were satisfied The
populists had to bo satisfied as they
were given by the democrats what they
J demanded and the chances are that D
Clem Deaver and his forces cant scare
up enough dissatisfied populists to hold
a meeting without taking in a goodly
share of the republican party
Six million people are being fed by
the charity of the world in India
England has millions to spend in mak
ing war on weak republics while her
colonies are starving and at the mercy
of the charity of other nations Mc
Kinleyism is following in Englands
footsteps Time to call a halt and it
will be done
While our soldier boys though poor
are bleeding for their country the
wealthy monopolists are bleeding their
JcDuntrVi
The convention held at Broken Bow
July 9th made Hon Wm Neville the
unanimous choice for Congress Mr
Neville deseryes this honor for the able
and efficient work he has done Every
voter should see that he gets their vote
this coming election Let each man ap
point himself a committee of one to see
that Hon Wm Neville goes back to
Congress to represent the Sixth District
and work for the interests ot northwest
Nebraska
C L Mayes becomes the editor of
the Rushville Standard succeeding our
worthy friend E L neath who re
tires to go into the stock business Mr
Mayes is an old newspaper man we un
derstand and will be appreciated at
Rushville but we are sorry to see a
good man like Mr Heath retire during
a presidential campaign
Charles A Towne is satisfied with
the result of the convention at Kansas
City and accepts conditions without a
kick He says ho will do all in his
power to advance the cause of the nom
inees and support the platform that is
directly in harmony with his views and
should be of every true lover of liberty
and freedom
War is raging in China and McKin
ley and England have undertaken to
silence the heathen Chinese Are you
prepared to go and fight them There
will likelv be a call for volunteers
Let us see to it that this govern
ment of the people for the people and
by the people shall not perish from the
earth Abraham Lincoln
McKinleyism costs the American
patient burden bearer 6000000 a day
Nemaha Herald
BAILEY BRIEFS
John Seager and Frank Mogle moved
a bunch of horses to George Seagers
on the 12th
Mr Stoner from Cody painted D C
Nelsons barn recently
Charley Nicholson George Heyne
and Mr Brooks were surveying their
claims near Moon Lake on the 14th
Lee Sellars has purchased a buggy
fiom James Ballard
Frank Heath was up west trying to
make a deal for some of WH Sellers
increase or boosting John Jones re
cently
Grant Bothwell and Annie Finlay
son were in this vicinity from Pullman
on the 16th
Strayed Lee Sellers and Had Last
seen at Gus Gundersons
George Heyne is up from Hooper
looking after his interests He will
return after haying is over
Clarence Cutcomb went to Cody af
ter a load of supplies for his haying
outfit on the 16th
James Hunt has quit working for Mr
Bishop and is now working for Fred
Goodfellow
Lightning struck west of Mr Bal
lards on the 18th and considerable
range was burned Heavy rain and
hail followed
George Eussell was freighting pro
visions fromCody the 16th
Harry Heath was throwing in his
doges from M D Canon the past few
days Guess- Who-I- Am
NIOBRARA FALLS
Hurrah for Bryan
Another glorious rain to moisten
Mother Earth again
Crops are in fine condition and ev
erybody is happy
R Grooms and family returned last
week from Sparks after spending the
Fourth of July and several days fol
lowing with old friends and relatives
They report a pleasant time
Lynn Parker received a serious
wound from an axe one day last week
We understand that his foot was al
most severed in twain at the instep
On the same day Blake Fisk who is
working on the place cut the end of
his great toe Blake is doing nicely
but Lynn is under the weather
Mrs Reed is home again Reed is
building a new house on his claim and
will go to housekeeping in earnest
now
Jane Marks and family of Kewanee
Brecinct and Ida Marks and family of
Simeon visited with N Grooms and
wife last week
A number of raspberry hunters
went over to Gordon last Sunday and
visited the Ballard Camp As the boys
had been informed of their coming
boys were scarce as hens teeth
A very small colt got away from
Ernest Heth last week and no trace of
the little fellow has been found yet
C C Thompson has added a neat
room to his house which makes a com
fortable dwelling
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SOUL CULTURE
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By MISS ROSE STURDEVANT
OF ATKINSON
Culture in its limited meaning is the
training or disciplining of the mental
and moral faculties Soul culture
then is the training and disciplining of
the spiritual faculties It does not take
long for us to recognize a person of
culture Their manner of speech and
movement will soon reveal the fact to
us
So it is with the soul that God has
planted within every human breast
The very life of a soul is depicted upon
our face We can all perhaps call to
mind some face which when we saw it
for the first time revealed to us a life
hidden in Christ Jesus
There were mingled the fruits of the
spirit love joy peace gentleness
goodness and these perhaps were
blended with a tinge of sorrow which
onlv helped to enoble the life
The question for us then is How are
we to attain to that same life for sure
ly there is no higher ideal than a life
revealing the above traits of character
We do not expect a babe to be en
dowed with all the elements that only
come to us after long years of training
No more can we expect a soul newly
born into the kingdom of God to have
attained to a perfect life in Christ Jesus
He is simply a babe in Christ and only
by years of spiritual growth can come
as Paul says Unto the measure of the
stature of the fullness in Christ
ilow is this growth to be accomplish
ed We might ask now does a man
plant grow and on what does its growth
depend We would answer the first
requisite is good soil So we must first
be planted in the right kind of soil
Paul says Grow in grace but before
we can grow in it we must be planted
in it Thus planted in grace or as the
poet puts it Grounded firm and deep
in the Saviours love we must then
abide in Christ the true vine and we
cannot help but grow
We have taken God as our husband
man and all we are to do is to be satis
fied with what he sends us We are as
dependent upon him as the little plant
that depends upon him to water its
thirsty roots The little plant makes
no effort of itself to grow but simply
takes up the nourishment and moisture
God has provided it with So all we
have to do is to be content to be warm
ed by the sun of righteousness and wa
tered by the dew from heaven Per
haps we sometimes question whether
we are growing spiritually but if we
are truly abiding in the vine are we
not then finding fault with our hus
bandmen into whose hands we have
placed all Our growth may be slow
but if we look back into our lives for
perhaps a year or so can we not see
that we have been growing Do we
not have a deeper love for our Saviour
5 re we not more in love and charity
with our neighbors Can we not feel
that we find more joy in his service
You might then ask Is there noth
ing for me to do Yes We are then
to employ all the means of grace God
has given to us God furnishes the
food but we must feed upon it One
of the means of grace that He gives us
is His Holy Word How important
that we feed upon it Here we read of
the lives of his followers who are to us
monuments of Christian fortitude and
courage It is here that we meet with
Christ and can go with once more
through all his work and joys and sor
rows while here upon earth He is to
us an example of perfect holiness He
who was tempted in all points like as
we yet without sin who suffered and
died that He might make it possible for
us to be saved from our sins
Second God has bade us to approach
unto the throne of grace and seek for
everything in which we stand in need
How much worry and sorrow might be
avoided if we would only employ this
means of growth in our daily life So
often when troubles or temptations
come to us we employ human help un
til we find it in vain then we seek di
vine guidance as a last resort and God
who has been waiting for us to call up
on him delivers us out of our trouble
It is necessary to our spiritual growth
that these troubles come to us but He
has promised that we will not be
tempted above that which we are able I
to bear In James we find these words
My brethren count it all fjoy when
you fall into divers temptations know
ing this that the trying of your faith
worketh patience
A fourth means of growth or culture
is the assembling of ourselves together
as a band of Christian -workers in
church sabbath schools and young peo
ples Christian societies But perhaps
there is no time when we feel His pres
ence more strongly than in one of these
meetings whe we are met together to
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discuss His work and glorify His name
If we are thus abiding in Christ the
true vine and are employing the means
of grace He gives us then we shall
bring forth fruit Christs words are
lie that abideth in me and I in him
the same bringeth forth much fruit foi
without me you can do nothing So
while we are growing we must at the
same time see the results of our grow
ing in the lives of others Or perhaps
we may not see the results but at the
same time our silent influence may be
working io some life drawing him to
his Saviour The soul thus planted in
grace abiding in Christ employing
Gods means of grace and bringing
forth fruit may surely be said to have
attained to that high degree of culture
so that he may be included among the
number to whom the Lord shall say
Come ye blessed of my Fatherinherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world
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Taken Up
About 6 miles north of Wood Lake
1 bay mare branded H D - on left
shoulder 1 sorrel mare no brands
and 1 iron gray colt mare branded
O on right hind leg F WELKE
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Valentine Nebr
State Brand reg
istered 15T4
Cattle and horses
branded same as
cut on left hip
Range 2 miles
east of Ft Nio
brara
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on left thigh
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Gregory Neb
Branded as on cut
Range two miles
oorth of Gregory
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Valentine Neb
Brand registered
No 200
Range In Sharps
Ranch and German
precincts 6 miles
south of KHgore
N S Kowley
Kennedy Nebr
Same as cut on left
side and hip and on
left shoulder of hor
ses AlsoVSS on
left hide WjM an
hip ja
3 on right hip and
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C on left hip of horses
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MerrimanNeb
Cattle brand OM on
left shoulder Some
of cattle have various
older brands O S on
left hip Horse brad
A on left shouldei
Range Formerly
Geo W Monnier
ranch 5 miles east of
IMerrlman from FE
to Leander Creek Mar-
quardt Bowlus ScribnerNebraska
Rosebud S D
Left side
Horses same
left shoulder
Deerhorn clip
some cattle
Henry Pratt
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Prideaux Sanford
D Stinard
Kennedy Neb
Stock branded on
left side
Horses branded
on left shoulder
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Pojtoflice address
McCann Neb
Stock branded as on
cut
Range orth and
south of Georgia
MORRIS JANIES
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Poatoffice address
KoseDud s D
Cattle branded on
left side as on cut
HorsesJ
on left thigh
Rrnge on
Rock Creek
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Postoffice address
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John DeCory
Rosebud S D
Some branded ID
417 on left side
Horses JD on left
hip
Range in Meyer Co
on Antelope Creek
Charles C Tackett
Rosebud 3 D
Range head of An
telope near dt Marys
mission
Horses branded
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Rosebud S D
Left side Left car
cropped
Horses branded
Range Little White
River at mouth of
Jedar Creek
JULIUS PETERSON
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Postoffice address
Gregory Neb
On left side or hip
horses same on left
shoulder
Range- Arkansa
Valley and Snakr
P A Cooper
R HANSON
Valentine Neb
Cattle branded on
left hip horses the
same
Range 2n Dry Val
ley
Chesterfield
Nebr
Cattle branded
lne as cut on
leftside Horses
fame on left
shoulder
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