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We have j list re
ceived 50 Silk
Petticoats In col
ors, guaranteed
silk, for special sale
j The Horace Bogue Store j
W. C. T. U. Department
Mrs. J. J. Vance, Prett Supt.
Speech of Congressman Hobson.
times an destructive a all war."
In explaining why alcoholic poison
la the more destructive force,
Captain llobaon han examined Into
the nature of thin powerful drug. He
says, "It has been found upon path
ological and microscopical research
that alcohol Is the toxin of the yeast
or ferment germ, that is, the waste
product, the liquid excretion. and
The annual Sunday evening ad
dress before the notional W. C. T.
V convention, at their late meeting it Is a great law of biology that the
In Untttarrt, Maryland, was deliver- toxin Is a deadly poison to all forms
el by Hon. Richmond P. Hobson, hero of life of a higher order. Now the
of the Men I mac during the Spanish- yeast germ is one of the lowest
Ame-K-nn war, an. I in present a forms of life, consequently, broadly
riember of Congress from the state , speaking, alcohol, the toxin of the
if Alabama He took for his subject , yeast germ, must be pronounced as
Jestroyer , and brought poisonous to all I
"The Oreat Destroyei
ptailstics to show that alcohol Is a
more destructive force than war.
The facts showing the destructive
ness of war were secured through
the War College at Washington
War officers have gathered statis
tics concerning all the wars of the
world from the year 600 B.C. up to
the recent Russo-Japanese conflict.
The total sum of killed and wounded
which was reported in all these wars
wan 2,800,000, a little over one-fourth
killed and a little less than three
fourths wounded, making, approxi
mately, 700,000 killed In battles and
2,100.000 wounded.
Captain Hobson further stated that
life and so it han
been stated
Last year the greatest scientists
were sent by their governments to
a conference In London tn cintm,
Into Investigations made in all coun
tries during the last five or ten years.
rromtnese investigations they drew
up the following statement which
defines the true nature of alcohol:
"Kxact laboratory, clinical and path
ological research has demonstrated
that alcohol is a protoplasmic poison
and Its use aa a beverage Is destruc
tive and degenerating to the human
organisms. Its effect upon the cells
and tissues of the body 1h depress
ing, narcotic, anaeatnetic and thpro
Delia M Reed. County Supt.
The Teacher s Reading Circle will
mrH at the Alliance llish , i,.mi
building Saturday, February 11th.
o
Miss Bessie Hrown closed a suc
cessful four month's term of school
In district number 79, at Burns, last
Friday and returned to her home in
Alliance on Saturday.
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Miss Minnie Hanson began teach
Ing February 1st In district number
northwest of Alliance She is an
experienced teacher. coming here
from Merman, Nebraska, and we be
speak slices- for her in this county
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District number 25 gave a box
social anci t nrlstmas program, tlie
money that was raised being used
for a library fund Miss Merle Well
iwr is teacher and although this Is
her first school ahe is reported to
be doing real good work.
o
tn-w library has been mirrtia A
ny district number :!4. Miss Nettie
.-Nation, teacher. A box social was
held before Christmas and $17 was
raised as a nucleus for a library
fund. The teachers and school offi
cers who take an interest in the s
chool library proposition show com
niendable enterprise, and their ef
forts ought to be appreciated and
encouraged by the patrons.
o
superintendent A. L. Cavlness of
Fairbury. will hold a conference of
county superintendents, teachers and
school hoards at the court house In
Alliance on Saturday, February 4th.
Supt. Cavlness la a representative of
the state department of public In
struction and this conference, which
will be attended by teachers, school
board members and county superin
tendents from other counties In ad
dition to this, is to discuss and find
out the needs of the schools of
northwestern Nebraska.
It Is desired that all who possibly
can will attend this conference.
nncRie must he made in writing to
the county superintendent of the
proper county on or before the sec
ond day In June. Very truly yours
i w. ( RA HTRFE, State Supt
WESTERN NEBRASKA
nteresting Items Taken From This
End of the State for Herald
Readers.
house Is being
his statistics relative to the destrue-! fore, therapeutically, its use should
tiveness of alcohol were gathered be limited and restricted in the
from a report given to the British j me way as the use of other pols
government by the Register Qenernl 1 onous drugs." In referring to some
of England. He stated that out of of the facts that were brought out
every 61.000 of the population there this investigation, Captain Hobson
will be about 1,000 deaths annually. "'!. "The most appalling and as
Out of the same number of total ab-! toundlng fact that came out in this
stalners there will be only 660 investigation was that the effect
deaths. He concludes, therefore,! was greatest upon those cells that
that out of every 1,000 deaths. 440 are associated with evolution- that
' " account ot aiconoiic poison. ne wound inflic ted upon those
In applying this ratio to the United Hke a wound by a hot iron
States, he says, "440 deaths out of the human family evolution is
vvvry oi.uini or our population every "long physical lines. Nature
year means 720,000 deaths In our
land every year. Seven hundred and
twenty thousand men are killed In
America alone every year, and but
700,000 men have been killed In bat
tle In all the wars of all the world
for 2.300 yars. That gives us an
accurate. scientific, mathematical
measure."
Using the same proportion he fur
ther reasons thus: "It amounts to
3,600.000 white men killed every year
by alcoholic poisoning which Is more
than five times as many men killed
every year by alcoholic poisoning as
have been killed by war in M00
years. That means that alcohol is
11,600 times as destructive as all
tin,"
Referring to the wounded, he again
takes as his authority the British
government. From a report compiled
by life Insurance companies he makes
the following statement: "If a young
man at the age of twenty is a total
abstainer and remains a total ab
stainer, his prospect of life is, and
will be forty-four years. He will
live, on the average, to the age of
sixty-four.
If, on the other hand, he is a tem
perate, regular drinker of alcoholic
beverages, his prospect of life is
and will be only thirty-one years,
and he will die at the age, on the
average, of fifty-one. having lost
thirteen years out of his life. If he
is u neuvy orinKer, his prospect of
life Is and will be fifteen years. He
Will
Eighth Grade Examinations
and Requirements for Free High
School Certificates.
The free High school certificates
may be Issued only to pupils who
pass the state eighth grade exaniln
a Hons In accordance with the rules
and regulations of the state depart
ment of public Instruction and who
in addition thereto are entitled to
the privileges of the free High school
law. (See sections 5 and 6 of sub
division 6, school laws 1909 ) The
teacher and superintendent should
make sure that a pupil is entitled
to this certificate before Issuing the
same.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. The examination shall be held
in each county at the county seat
and at other central places In the
county us directed by the county sup
erintendent. 2. No pupil shall be admitted to
the final examination excent on the
cells written recommendation of the teach
in I er.
not I 3. No pupil shall be admitted t.
Is not the final examination who baa nnt
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"u" up a race or physical completed the full
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work uh out !u, ...i
t lilnai in th
HeTlv nt,, l"0r'" 8ense- Very that on ,ne recommendation of the
du. e S r8,ttrT ,S t0 pro" ' ,eacht,r' ,,UI,,S n,ay take 'he exam
to hx 5 f. 52' not only inat ions in particular subjects and
to have the power of brain develop- such grades may be retained at the
ed, but a high contention of iiiatt discretion ,,f ?e
a true feelln f .. m. " . ' ..." .V" upeim-
,w. z -y " v....,, hiui ,ovo in ceiiueni until the completion of
the heart, a noble race of men. It i final examination.
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the
KITCHEN SHOWER
No pupil shall leave the exam.
ination room after the opening of
the examination until the close of
, ..... u- , . ln-' quarter concerned.
o' U wlirtl 'trnT 5 ,U,,il8 are Permitted ,
I till,, hcith Mr. and Mrs. G. communicate with each o'her durlne
Ls -SWJ? ! 'nation nor
.w nome ceive aid of nv kin. I
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at 111
The
county superintendent
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"uii'iiBcu u iiimiiT rirfv u imL .1 - .
iZrr rJ I5"5 sr .jet or ,u,y pu-
Knrl,PU utensils of all de- 7. The examinat in fWI lit i s vlu.nlil
Mrs. W. W U'.w - ?? niarked by the county superintend-
Kitchen ware, which
ed by Mr. and Mrs
were appreciat-Rousseau.
BRAKEMAN SHOT
f, W. Frit i, a brakeman on the
west end. was shot by a tramp short
ly after leaving Edgemont, while put
ting two tramps off the train.
The tramp who shot him was left
handed and Is supposed to have been
a former brakeman on the C. s
He was taken to Newcastle for treat
mem. a
posse u, in ,n... ,i..
spend twelve years becoming a I tramps who headed for the Hliick
coniirmea drunkard and then will
live for three years longer and die
at me age of thirty-five, having lost
iwemj nine years out of his life. If
a soiuter was wounded in battle and
lost as much as ten years out of his
life, he would be considered serious
ly wounded. It la further estimated
mat aDout twenty-five per cent of
ail tne people in the United States
Hrt.Lr aUAl..ll. I
nuuuuui- ueverages tn some
rorm. this means that th are
from 23,000,000 to 24.000.ivki temper
ate regular drinkers. if th. se
11.1 I 1 " f ill I I I I I II II III. . 1. .
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teen years of the'- ;.s. They are
more than serioub j wounded. Add
to this the number of the confirmed
drinkers. 4.000.000, and we have a
grand total of 27,000.000 to 28,000,000
Americans that are seriously and
more than seriously wounded, and
there have only been 2.10'",O00 of
men seriously wounded enough to
be reported in all the wars of all the
world iuce the dawn of history.
Applying the same ratio to the rest
of the nations of the white race we
find that today there are more than
120,000,000 of white men seriously
wounded. Estimating that within
less than twenty years they will have
given place to 120,0P0.000 more, we
have the appalling figures that there
are more than 600,000,000 of white
men seriously wounded by this pois
on every century; and there have
been only 2,100,000 wounded in all
the wars of the past twenty-three
centuries, aud by that ratio, In the
matter of wounded, the liquor poison
la 6,900 times as destructive as war,
and 11,500 times as destructive in
the matter of killing, in other words
In ovithenui !c-' : r - t :.i, ,.hi,.
Kleon Is. roughly speaking. 10,000 j
Hills.
W. H. Thomas, who was in Lin
coln recently, states that Geo W
roOBg and family, former residents
or Alliance, expect to leave for New
ork state in March. Mr. Young hav
ing purchased a dulry farm about fif
ty miles from New York City ,nd
will devote his time to operatin; the
same He offers his fine re ..., ,
in Lincoln for sale.
Writing
L. Sampy. a well known farmer
from near Hemlngford. ent a
couple of days in the city UOM week.
MARLATT-WILSON
A quiet little wedding took place
at the home of Mr. aud Mrs R T
Watson. Sabbath afternoon, January
th, at o'clock, when Miss Allie
llson was united in marriage to
( harles Marlatt of Sterling, Colo
The ceremony was performed in a
most pleasing manner by l)r J L B
Jones, of the M. E church. Immed
iately after congratulations. Mr. and
Mrs Watson escorted their guests
. -1.-11.. : s cute wnere tney were
served lu his inimitable style.
The bride who has grown to a no
ble womanhood in our midst U the
youngest daughter of Mr. Hiram Wil
son, one of Box Butte county's very
early settlers. The latter's erect
form and stately bearing, notwith
standing the weight of over eighty
years, added dignity to the occasion
The groom, a former Alliance rail
road man, is now employed at Ster
ling, which will be their future home.
The happy pair left on the night
train for a honeymoon trip to the
east.
uh nil
me paper he marked by the pupil's
teacher.
8 The average passing grade shall
be ,5 per cent with a minimum pass
ing grade of 60 per cent In any sub
ject. 9. For the year 1910-1911 there
dshall be three examination dates
as follows: Thursday and Friday'
March 23 and 24; Thursday and Fri
day. April 20 and 21; Thursday and
Friday, May 11 and 12.
The county superintendent may
hold the examination at his optior
on any or all of the above dates He
is required to hold at least one ex
amination. 10. The examination program shall
be exactly as follows:
Thursday Forenoon
9:00-10:30 Grammar
10:3012 U. S. History
Thursday Afternoon
1:00- 2:30 Orthography
2:30- 4:00 Physiology
rruiuy Forenoon
i 9:00-10.30 Arithmetic
10:30-12:00 Reuding
Friday Afternoon
1:00-2(10 Mental Arithmetic
2:00- 3:30 Geography and Agrlcul
ture.
11. Examination Questions will h
sent from the office of the state su-
ItCtintintt.n In
y tm nam iUUUllieS .is
county superintendent may re
quest The county superintendent
VU. prepare for each central point
the number of sets of examination
questions needed and send the same
in sealed envelopes, a separate en
velope for each half day's examina
tions, to the person appointed to
conduct the examinations at each
point. The envelope shall not be
opened until the time announced on
mj eAHiinnuiion schedule for each
half day.
SUGGESTIONS
The Nebraska course of study for
elementary schools U the course of
study prescribed for the first eight
grades. Care should be taken to
recommend or this examination only
those pupils who are well prepared
to do good work in the high schools
All such pupils should be encouraged
to take the test.
Every pupil enMtled to a free High
school certificate should be notified
und his parentx ni,, vtmuld he noti
fied, that uppiu.tti.ou for this Mr-
A 16,000 school
built at Seneca.
Chadron wants a Farmer's Insti
tute for Uawes county next year.
A citizen's club has been organ
ised at Thedford. for the advance
ment of the town.
Henry Cashman. living seven miles
from Broken Bow, had both feet se
verely frozen recently. They had to
be amputated.
During 1910 there were 39 final
proofs made on Klnkaid homesteads
In Cheyenne county, a total acreage
of 13,125 acres.
A. B. Wood, publisher of the Ger
ing Courier, has been re-appotnted
postmaster of that flourishing little
city.
We admire the Rushville Standard.
It is full of good, newsy locals every
Issue and makes a very Interesting
paper. Its editor deserves success.
Mrs. Fhlllp Kuntz, of Scottsbluff,
was burned so badly by an explosion
of gasoline that she died in a few
hours. She had tried to fill a stove
while lighted.
The winter Ice harvest on the
Northwestern has been completed.
Over 10,000 tons were put up for
use during the coming summer at
Valentine.
According to the Thomas Count v
Herald, a young man by the name of
William Klrkman was arrested at
British Valley, near Thedford. last
Sunday. He was charged with grand
larceny.
George McCawley. treasurer of
Thomas county, has resigned and
will be succeeded by J. N. Neelv.
deputy treasurer. Mr. McCawley will
enter the mercantile business at
Seneca.
Contracts are now being let bv
the Union Pacific for the construc
tion of its new extension tin th
Platte valley as far as Gering. It Is
stated that trains will run Into Ger
ing by July 1st.
Crawford wants the Firemen's con
vention for 1912. The towns along
the Northwestern have pledged Craw
ford their support and it is altoget
her probable that this city will make
a big fight for it at the Keurney
convention next year.
Police Judge Thompson of Craw
ford and the police force of that city
are at outs. It appears that the po
lice take most of the cases to the
county court at Chadron Instead of
bringing them before the police
judge. He complains and wants
things changed.
Policemen Hand and Kirby of
Crtwford arrested five colored peo
ple last week, one man and four
women. Three of the women were
charged with adultery, taken to the
county court at Chadron and fined.
The man and wife were charged with
selling liquor without a license.
The city council of McCook has or
dered the electric Inrht comnnnv nf
that city to put in meters for every
user of electric current, as it has
been charged that discrimination una
being practiced, some customers be
ing furnished with a flat rate much
cheaper than others. The company
will comply with the order.
Bulletins are being sent out by
the state engineer showing that the
snowfall in the North Platte water
sheds is very light again this win
ter and that there will undoubtedly
be a shortage of water as last year.
He advises the farmers to begin
wetting their ground as early as
possible so as to need little water
in the dry season.
The Sidney Real Estate Men's As
sociation has been organized. Its
purpose is to promote good feeling
among the real estuto men and to
advance the interests of Sidney and
Cheyenne county. R. W. DeVoe is
president; D. A. Fitch, secretary;
and W. E. Swatzlander, treasurer.
Each firm belonging to the associa-
iion nas one vote and the affairs
ure governed by the entire member
ship. Warrants were issued in county
court Monday for the arrest of Lev
ert J. Bacon and Jennie Bolles, both
of Atkinson. The woman's brother
John Boiles, swears to the warrant
tor the arrest of his sister for a
siaiuaiory oitense aud Hacon's wife
swears to the otiier warrant for
tne arrest of her husband.
It seems, according to the com
plaint, that the pair have been un
duly familiar auu Saturday or Sun
day left Atkinson together and are
over somewhere in tue vicinity of
finance. Macon s w ife was in O'Neill
-.lonuay enlisting the aid of the coun
ty autnorities to apprehend her flee
ing husband and his atfinity. who is
a young unmarried woman. She will
have him arrested if caught on the
grounds of desertion, while the for
mal charge against the Bolles wo
man is ot a statutory nature. They
were traced to Crawford and thence
down to Alliance but have not been
arrested yet.- O'Neill Frontier.
"IT'S A GOOD THING"
That is what our trade said of the last deal we had
on assorted cases of GAIFTY Canned Fruits and Veg
etable; so here is another bunch of monevsavers. Re
member that tne GAIETY line of goods is PRE
PARED FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
6 Cans Gaiety Pears &$$C each 2. 10
6 Cans Gaiety Black Cherries ((3 5c each 2. 10
6 Cans Gaiety Sliced Peaches (35c each 2.10
6 Cans Gaiety Apricots 30c each 1.80
Total 8. IO
At $7.40 for this case off California Fruit assort
ed, shows a saving of 70c.
6 Cans Gaiety Strawberries . ( 35c each 2.10
6 Cans Gaiety Shreaded Pineapple. . .(25c each 1.50
6 Cans Red Raspberries g 35c each 2. 10
6 Cans Gaiety Black Blackberries. . . " 30c each 1.80
Ttal 17.50
Save $1.10 by ordering a case of this assorted
fruit for $6.40.
4 Cans Gaiety Golden Wax Beans, .(fl.iy )4c each .70
4 Cans Gaiety Lima Beans " i7j4ceach . 70
4 Cans Gaiety Red Kidney Beans. . " 15 each .60
4 Cans Gaiety Strawberry Beets. . . '1 7 each .70
4 Cans Gaiety Green AsparagusTips" 35c each 1.40
4 Cans Gaiety Backed Beans "i7ceach .70
Total $ 4.80
This case of assorted vegetables for $4.05 is a
money saver. Remember the Phone No. 56
ALLIANCE GROCERY CO.
John Mabln, whose ranch is near
Hemingforu, returned Tuesday from
South Omaha where he marketed
two cars of cattle.
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The Knights of Columbus held the
initiation of officers last Tuesday
evening, after which light reiresh-
nieuts were served mi i.,.. hull
Or. Miller returned Tuesday from
a trip to the gulf coaat of Texaa
ud seems well pleaseu with that
' 'juutry.
A classified advertisement ia a
tireic wo 1 iwiuia,r aou tcldum lank.
Muslin
Sale
3m
HARNESS
SALE!
S I am closing out my harness i
I stock. You can save $4 to $8 on
I every set you buy. They are
made of number one Oak Tanned W
I Leather and are the best of work- R
manship. Manufactured them I
q myself. C
1 Some good collars will go at E
I a low price.
j Bring your old harness in and
1 have them oiled before it's too late. W
GEO. A. HILLS
i I
Rev. J. L. B. Jones, pastor of the
Alliance M. E church, is a musician
of considerable renow and takes a
great interest in anything "pertain
ing to music. For many years be
has taken orders for the best grade
of musical instruments, without in
terfering with his ministerial work.
By his request an agency has been
established in Alliance for the sale
of the celebrated Lyon & liealy pi
anoa, as will be seen by the adver
tisement appearing In this issue of
The. Herald. Mr. Jones believes that
persons who wish this grade of pi
anos can save a hundred dollars on
each Instrument purchxsd at the
Alliance HMiny oi l.voti 6c ii.-.u.i
POLICE COURT ITEMS
Charles Brower was arrested to
day for breaking Into the pool hall
of W. K. Crane of this city and tak
ing some money and merchandise.
He was arraigned before Police Judge
Zurn. The theft occured about the
18th of January. He plead guilty
and his bond was placed at one
thousand dollars. His case will be
tried In the next district court.
John H. Curtis was arrested and
brought before Judge Zurn today
for assaulting Nels i'ederson He
plead not guilty, but on talking with
his attorney. Judge Berry, reversed
his plea and declared himself guilty
He was fined lifty dollars and costs
wh'ch ho did uot p-iv. He wtU re
sume his case in district court.