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STATE WANTS TO CELEBRATE
Requests for Information Already
Coming to Supt Thomas About
Semicentennial.
Commercial clubs are getting ready
to take bold of municipal celebrations
of the semi-centennial birth of tho
etato in good shape, according to
Stato Superintendent A. 0. Thomas,
who, with Uoss Hammond of Fremont
and Peter Jensen of Fillmore county,
arc the committee selected to take up
tliq work in connection with a cote
bratlon by each town in the state. Dr.
Thomas believes that the celebration
idea is taking in good shapo and al
ready letters arc coming to him ask
ing for information regarding tho
methods to bo employed.
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State Auditor Smith has unoarthed
an old record kept by tho stato aud
itor in the early days of the state's
history, which has somo interesting
entries in it which shows how things
have changed In tills state, Ono entry
under date of 18C9 shows that the leg
islature made an appropriation of
1,800 for wood to keep tho legisla
ture warm. All but $77.7G was spent
In an effort to warm up tho mombors.
In 1870 the stato spent $80 for a
chandelier and then added J92.GG in
repairs, The, same year tho stato
paid 519 for two cords of wood to
warm the olllco of the adjutant gen-oral.
Of the $9,700,000 bonds owned by
Nebraska as Investments of tho per
manent school and other funds, only
$4 700 are past due. All of these bonds
aro of subdivisions of tills stato, too,
it happenB. In tho list aro ?3,000 of
ties there say they cannot pay tho
ibonds, because of tho withdrawal of
the water plant from tho tax roll. One
Ithousand of tho amount Is two years
past due, aud ?2,000 ono year past tho
.payment date. Other bonds In tho
jllst aro: McPherson county school,
13500; Boyd county, ?700, and Mason
iCIty park bonds, $500.
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Dr, "Wild, bactorlologist and chem
ist for tho slate board of health, hus
completed the examination of water
from tho city water works at Ogalalla
and UndB it pure. Water from a school
well at Loxlngton is also pronounced
good. Samples from the village well
at Wausa and from tho villago reser
voir and a school well wore found to
be pure. Water from a prlvato woll
submitted by Harry W. Scott, princi
pal of the Virginia public schools, waa
found to bo very bad, as was a samplo
from a private well Bent In from Paw
nee City.
IW. H. Campbell of Clarlis was a
caller at tho ofllco of State Superin
tendent Thomas recently. Mr. Camp
bell is an cnthuslasllo booster fo? tho
rural high school plan. Ho de
clares there aro seven country
districts In Scottsbluff county which
aro making progress along theso
lines, carrying from nine to ten
grades and in throo districts teachers'
cottages havo beon maintained. This
Is a decidedly good showing, accord
ing to Mr. Campbell for tho six
months tho plan has beon In operation.
NY weakling can niado resolutions.
It needs a strong man to keep
them. That Is perhaps why Now
Year resolutions aro so often
futllo. The strong do not wait for
high days and holy days to amend
their conduct or carry out their ro
solves. They oboy Goetho's dictum:
"Selzo this very minuto,
Doldncss has genius, power and
magic In It."
And so It happens that the largo army of pco
plo who wait for tho Now' Year beforo offoctlng
a reformation in their llveb aro seldom bucccbs
ful In carrying out their Intentions. They aro
not possessed of tho spirit of energy and resolu
tion necessary to achievement. It may bo
argued that It Is better to mako good resolutions,
oven though thoy aro not carried out, than not
to mako thqm at all. Thlc is open to question,
however. Unless ono Is absolutely determined
to do what ono has decrcod, It Is perhaps on tho
wholo bettor not to make promises to onesolf.
Unfulfilled resolves continually repeated, tend to
weaken tho character, and to reduco ono'u faith
In onesolf, Just, as resolutions put into practlco
aro conducivo to strength nnd solf-confldenco.
Very little tends to overbalance tho resolutions
of tho averago porson. In fact, many peoplo wel-
como any oxcuso to exonorato them from the
carrying out of tljolr resolves. Ono Individual
determines, lot us say, never to loso his temper,
llo comos clown on Now Yonr's morning with, 'a
sot smllo on hie faco. Alnsl It Is short-lived.
Tho wholo world scorns In conspiracy to drag
him back to his formor frame of mind. Tho cof
foo Is cold, tho letters which look so alluring
prove to bo chiolly bills and begging opistlos, ho
falls ovor tho doorstop as ho loaves tho houso.
All theso minor annoyances, which, If rightly
mot, would havo helped him to conjuor his weak
ness, sorvo but to throw him back Into his
original state, and beforo evening ho Is as bad
as ever ho lino been.
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Passenger earnings of both the
Northwestern and Burlington roads
decreased in Nobrasku during tho past
fiscal year, according to reports filed
with tho Btato railway commission,
Tho Burlington earned ?5,C7C,197 In
this stato in 1914, and for tho past
year reports $437,000 less than that.
Tho Northwostorn earned J2.220.914
in Nebraska last year, and $1,"5,895
for 1915 a dropping off of $2G5,000.
Tho local traffic has been cut down
appreciably by tho uso of automobiles
over the state.
Or, tako another vory general Now Year's
resolution, that of getting up at a certain time
in tho morning. When the day dawns, any rea
son whatovor Is grasped at to ovado this. The
weather is too cold, tho alarm was not loud enough,
ho Is sure his watch Is fast, ho doesn't really
fool well enough to risk getting up earlier than
usual, and, after all, he asks himself, is there
any real reason why ho should? A thousand-and-one
oxcusob tho averago Individual wljl mako to
himself rather thnn perform what ho hah designed
to do. Tho world Is full of wobblers of this kind,
and the moro thoy wobblo tho wcakor they bo
como. Another reason perhaps why tho average reso-lutlon-mnkors
so seldom achieve their purpose Is
that thoy attompt too much. Thoy mako two,
throe, sometimes six resolutions at once, wherean
to carry through ono resolution successfully Is
quite an admirable feat.
As Thpmas a Kempls says:
THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION
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B MAUPASSANT, describing an ofllcor, Bald that Just to look at him made ono feel mnrtlal.
Ho did not say warlike or bolllcoso; tho Idea ho wlshod to convoy was much more subtle.
In tho prosonco of this ofllcor ono assumed tho military attitudo of mind and body.
This Is a phenomenon that oscnpes tho attention of most peoplo women, however, ob
sorvo It. Practically ovory nonmllltary man at tho Bight of a woll set up, fully accoutred
Boldlor instinctively assumes something of a military bearing. And when tho drums roll
and a marching column of soldlors fiashos Into vIqw tho civilian Involuntarily throws back
ins suouiucra nnu steps out witn a tonsa, measured trend.
And as with civilians, so with soldlors, Tho ordinary regiment becomes moro military In tho pres
onco of tho crack regiment. The crack regiment Itself gains something more when In proximity to a
detachment of troopB of horolc, almost legendary, famo, such as thu Forolgn Legion.
Tho Legionaries handlo cnmpalgns of their own, nnd probably no body of troops has ever dono such
conBtnnt and arduous campaigning. But Franco ovor and ovor again has uaod them also as loavon
among othor troops, Thoy stiffen tho mass, and man oraulato tholr nctlona.
Tho Loglon was sont out to tho Crimea and got no special credit for covering Itself withglory, as
that had been oxpected of It, but did relloct great credit on tho Judgment of those who had sent It out
to help to lusplro a wholo army.
Tho queen of Spain 80 years ngo waB In a hard fix with a civil war on her hands. Tho Carllsts,
whom Bho was lighting, were Just as good soldlorB as her own, If not a shade bettor. Then tho Queen's
goncrnls had an Inspiration of genius. If thoy could only get the French Foreign Legion Into their
army thoy felt tho shade of advantago would movo ovor to tholr sldo. So tho queen bought tho Foreign
Legion from tho then king of Franco, and for four years tho Loglon bolonged to Spain.
in mo presont war, pari or tno Froncn Legion has boon sont to tho trenches of France and Flnnilors
and Aloaco and to tho Dardanelles. Part of It remains In Afrlcn. its normal hnbltrt, doing somo mighty
vigorous campaigning la tho Moroccan pnrt of Franco's wonderful now African omplro.
Tho Americans and other forolgnors who aro enrollod as volunteers "in tho French army aro put in
contact with tho Legionaries, and this, while giving them scopo for tholr fighting qualities and assuring
them an opportunity for genulno campaigning. Is tho hlghost measure of protection for them. It gunran
toos thorn against foolish raBhnoss, as well as against bolng led into traps or losing their head in critical
moments.
Fighting Is routine work with tho Legionary, Just as sailing a yacht is to tho export mnrlnqr. Tho
winds may bo different on each trip and tho craft Is novor handlod twlco In tho same way. but tho ex
pert knowlodgo of tho technique of his trado makes tho Legionary and tho sklppor each acquit himself
of his task In llnlshod fashion.
Officially tho Forolgn Legion Is composod of eight thousand men. In reality it Is understood it has
nearly double that number, nnd tho Loglon becomes readily a wholo army corps, with tho addition of
some of France's colonial troops.
Franco for hUndrods of years had reglmontB of German, English, Irish, Scotch. Swiss. -Italians and
othor forolgnors enrollod In hor armies, but tho present Forolcn Leclon mnv bn rnnHi,im.n,i ,im..
Tho Board of RegontB of tho Unlver- ( fr0in 1831. Ono brief rulo In Its constitution Bays that tho enlisting colonel may nccopt n man oven
To shoyr the proper arrangemont of
buildings on n farm as well as to show
the proper arrangemont of Bhrubbory,
trees, etc., lor beautifying tho ground,
a few farms and ono school havo been
selected by tho Madison County Far
mers association u uuimmavruuuu
centers. Tho work will be carried on
in co-operation with tho College of
Agriculture.
Secretary of Stato Pool has suc
ceeded in collocting back corporation
taxes for two years from the Common
wealth Power company. Tho com
pany had not paid tho tax for 1914
nor for tujB year and tho penalty for
delinquency amounted to $277.50, Tho
amount duo was $1,8G0.
Itatlroada havo been served with a
notice by tho court to prepare their
briefs for tho case which will Boon,
como up before tho supremo court on
freight order No", 19. The carrlors
liavo appealed tho case to tho su
promo court-over the ruling of tho
railway commission.
slty of NobraBka let tho contract for
tho general hospital building for tho
unlverBlty school ot mumcjno in u ma
lm to B. P. Gowld & Son of Omaha
for $10C,746,' winning from a field of
fourteen bidders.
Improvements for thQ University of
Nebraska abiotic field, bucIi as con
crete Btanda and permanent structures
will bo the uso mado of tho big sur
plus remaining in the athlotlo treas
ury attor tho roost successful gridiron
season in tho history of the achool.
Henry Ford's nnmo has been filed
with the secretary of Btato as a proBl
dential candidate In tho republican
primaries of April J8, and unless ho
declines the nomination his namo will
go upon the ballot.
Permlssloa to organic a national
guard company among the employes
of tho Omaha Street Car Co haa
been asked of Adjutant General Hall
by Heary U Strohbe of that city. Mr.
Ptrohfce M ty or soyenty men
caa he eMte4 fre tbo street car
workers.
mougu no uuuo ui jiii-num u uinu cunuituiu ur luuniincaiiou papers. Whorcroro tho names of tho
English and American Legionaries havo boqn Smith, Brown and Jonos; of Gormans Mullor Schwartz
and Wolosj of tho Italians, Uoasl nnd Gross!; of tho Fronch, Petolt, Logrnnd nnu Leclnrc and so on
The recruiting officer reads tho candldnto a warning lecturo. ''Don't you know what tho Loglon Is
njonslour? Suroly there Ib something hotter you can do. Sovoro campaigning in Africa or In China for
a bou a day, or a few bous as you begin to advance, Is no bod of roses. You had bettor think It ovor
a day or two. No? You already nro aware? Vory woll, mon chor onfant," and his tone changes as
ho now speaks as a colonol to hU aoldlor: "Thoro 13 a glorious career down thoro for tho right kind If
you aro a good and faithful soldlor you may go far. Good luck!"
Tho recruiting colonel can gonorally toll at a glanco what army tho candidate has sorvod In and
if ho has beon a sorgeaut or an ofllcor. In tho Inttor case ho Is dlscrootly quostlonod on the point nnd
it Is suggested, for hlH own benefit, that ho confidentially Inform his colonol whon ho arrives 'at tho
training quarters In Africa. Ono who has boon an otllcor In a European army Is usually tntfnn nn i,
corporals' class and may bo advancod within a couple of yoaro to bo a sergeant of tho Loglon.
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'"If every year wo could root out ono vico wo
would sooner become perfect men." Impatience
is at tho root of many defeats. It Is customary
nowadays to sneer at tho vlrtuo for which tho
nnmo of Job is synonymoub, but those who say
that patience Ib the virtue of an ass or a beggar's
virtuo aro not so wiso as tho Spanish proverb
maker, who said:
"Patience! and shuffle thu cards." Most peoplo
film III c tho cardn eagerly -.nough, but tho patience
Is lacking. Socking to grasp tho stars at a bound
they fall back to tho earth.
And so, if peoplo at .he commencement of a
Now Year adjusted thol.- desires in accordance
with their abilities, and instead of sighing for tho
unattainable made the vory most of tho oppor
tunities vouchsafed to them, one would hoar leas
of broken resolutions and wasted lives.
"Do tho duty which lies nearest to thee which
thou knowest to bo a duty,' said Carlylo. "Thy
second duty will already havo becomo clearer."
The Turning of New Leaves.
Good resolutions have almost gone out of fash
Ion. On tho last night of tho year wo no longer
alt down to roviow our paat lives and rosolvo to
bo "better and wiser" thnn we have been In tho
past. "It la of no uao making resolutions, I never
can keop thorn," Is tho plea that la usually prof
fered. This is a mistako, however. It la com
mendablo to resolvo (an alarm clock helping ono)
to get up half an hour earllor than usual in tho
mornjng, even though It results ns, alas! It too
often does In ono getting up half an hour later.
It is what ono nspircs to be that counts.
It. peoplo could Hvo moro In the present it
would holp them enormously In tho keoplng of
good resolutions. So many peoplo persist In be
ing just a little ahead all tho tlmo.
"Tomorrow," thoy say, "we will reform," but
tho tomorrow of tholr Imaginings nevor dawns.
Ancient and modern phllosophors havo agreed
as to tho dangors of procrastination. Such wide
ly diverse pooplo as Horace, the Latin poot who
nourished in 65 B. C, and pushful persons who
flourish (exceedingly) at tho present day, Join
Issue in this particular,
"Who begins, possecnes half tho deed," says
Horace.
"Daro to be wise; mako a commencement."
"Do It now," is tho curt command of he mod
ern apostlo of "Hustle." Again, Borneo says, "If
you aro Ignorant how to Hvo aright, glvo placo
to thoso who hnvo learned tho lesson."
"Got on or got out," says a manikin, following
In moro concentrated, If less courteous langungu
tho same line of thought on a somewhat lower
piano. The ono waa concerned with tho things
of tho soul and tho spirit; tho other with worldly
advancement. Thoro are somo who contend that
tho two cannot go together, but If (as has been
contended by many men of wisdom) wbat a man
Ib is of more importance than what ho has, It Is
woll to mako spiritual advancement na tho years
go by. If we have not mndo progress, wo have
gone back. Tho soul never stands still. Time haa
no terror for those who havo learned wisdom.
rass thou, wild heart,
Wild heart of youth that still
Hast half a mind to stay.
I grow too old a comrado;
Let us pnrt,
Pass thou away.
Some pooplo drag tho follies and immaturities
of youth Into old age. Thoro la wisdom In ad
justing onoself to time, to prollt by past oxperl
encoa, and to ncqulro that sonso of proportion
which rofusos to magnify trltlos Into tragedies,
and to worry over tho Inovltablo.
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Thoro nro C92 pawnbrokers' shops
within a radius of ten mllos from tho
Royal Exchange in London.
Mrs. Catherino Itoborta of Rich
mond, Mo., la cutting her third set
of tooth at tho ago of eoventy-nlz, Tho
tooth appear to bo woll dovolopcd, and
It la thought sho will havo a full sot
when tho ordeal to paat.
A Kansas county superintendent of
schools haa docrood an old-fashioned
husking boo for every achoolbouso in
hor dtatrict. Improvement and In
creaso of tho school libraries is tho
purpoBo for which funda aro bolng
sought.
Kow hospttalB in civlllxod lands can
equal tho rocqrd of tho hoapltal for
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land of Shlkarpur, India. In ono mouth
700 oporatlonB, largoly for cataract,
wero performed in this institution.
Sovon hundrod out-patients aro somo
times trcatod In a single dny.
Corn Clubs In Brazil
Tho corn-club Idoa, which waa rocelved with bo much enthusiasm by
Amorican schoolboys, has recently been Introduced In Drazll. Tho minister
of agriculturo of that country considers it a splendid means of lncreaalng the
nntlon'a corn crop, and wltj- tho help of tho department of commerce haa
auccoeded in Btartlng ovor 5TO boya' corn clubs du'rlng tho past year.
Tho bullotlns of our own dbpartrnont of agriculturo dealing with tho corn
club moveraout havo boon translated Into Portuguese for tho bonoflt of tho
boys of Ilrazll, aud havo-dono a groat deal toward making tho experiment a
aucedsa. Alroady tho cluba havo accomplished encouraging results. At tho
first Brazilian corn oxposltion hold at Sao Paulo recently, under tho auspices
of tho National Society of Agriculture many boys wero awarded prlzoB for
their flno exhibits of corn.
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pective customers in Dakota County, the East
Half of Dixon County and the North Half of
Thurston County, and hope for the same cordial
business relations as existed heretofore.
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Dakota City, Nebraska
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