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O'NEILL, NEBRASKA
The Frontier
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and Manager.
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County Convention.
To the Republican Electors of Holt
County, Nebraska:
Notice is hereby given that a re
publican delegate convention of the
republican electors of Holt county,
Nebraska, will be held in O’Neill, in
said county, on Saturday, the 9th day
of September, 1905, at 10 o’clock in the
forenoon for the purpose of making
nominations for the following public
olllces: treasurer, clerk, sheriIT, judge,
superintendent of public instruction,
coroner and surveyor, and for the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the conven
tion.
Also for the purpose of electing del
egates to attend the state convention
to be held at Lincoln on Thursday,
September 14.
The several voting precincts are en
titled to the following representation
based on one delegate for each fifteen
votes or fraction thereof cast for The
odore Roosevelt for president, Novem
ber, 1904:
Atkinson— .1(1 Hleasantvlew. 3
Chambers. (I Rock Falls. 4
Cleveland. 8 Sand Crock. 3
Conley. 4 Saratoga. 4
Deloit. 5 Soott. 4
Dustin.3 Shamrock. 2
Emmet.4 Shorldan. 4
Ewing.10 Shields. 5
Falrview . 3 Steel Creek.. 5
Francis. 3 Stuart.11
Grattan. 6 Swan. 3
Uroen Valley.3 Verdigris.. 7
Inman. 8 Willowdalo. 3
Iowa. 4 Wyoming. 3
Lake. 4 O'Neill, 1st w. r,
McClure. 31 O’Neill, 2d w. 4
Haddock.5 | O'Noill. 3d w. ti
Total.KlO
It is recommended that the pre
cincts hold their caucus for the elec
tion of delegates on Saturday, Septem
ber 2, at 2 o’clock p. m.
F. W. Phillips, Chairman.
C. J. Malone, Secretary.
Very Low Excursion Rates to San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland,
Tacoma, Seattle, etc.,
Via the North-Western Line. Ex
cursion tickets will be sold from all
stations to Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle daily and to California points
August 29, 30 and 31, September 1, 2,
3, 4, C, 12,13, 14, 20, 27 and 28, with
favorable return limits, on account of
various meetings. Two fast trains to
the Pacific Coast daily. “The Over
land Limited” (electric lighted
throughout), less than three days en
route. Another fast train is “The
California Express” with drawing
room and tourist sleeping cars. The
best of every thing. For rates, tick
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A Splendid Tract
OF HAY LAND
About 4 miles southeast of Stuart, Neb.
About 700 acres in hay. Will rent for share of hay in stack, or will
sell the hay eery cheap for cash. Apply to—
LEONARD EVERETT, 18 Pearl St., Ccuncil Bluffs, la.
Education and Its Object.
A short time ago 1 attended a
eachers’meeting and was much im
pressed by the strangeness of the sub
ects that were treated under the
lead'of pedagogy. There were tire
iome lectures on the relation of the
eacher to his school board; on the
position of the teacher in public life
md on his attitude towards the pa
trons of his school, but no word was
spoken about the trainingof children,
riiere was not a remark in the whole
run of psittaceous discourses that bore
die slightest pedagogical significance.
Education was never mentioned and I
loubt that some of the younger in
truders present ever paused to con
fider the meaning of the term.
Under this stimulus I decided to
prepare this paper, and it is my pur
pose merely to give a definition of edu
cation and to refer briefly to its parts
md end. This brings up the two
luestions that I shall attempt to
mswer, namely: What is education?
md, What is its object? In answer
;o the first I can do no better than to
five Webster’s definition, which is
mbstantially as follows: “The word
iducation comes from the Latin verb
iducad. It properly means a drawing
’orth and implies not so much the
jommunlcation of knowledge as the
llscipline of the intellect, the estab
ishment of principles and the regula
tion of the heart.” A complete, or
;rue education has three distinct
phases. It supposes the harmonious
Jevelopment of the mental powers, of
.lie physical powers, and of the con
icience or heart, and a system that
acks any of these three does not de
serve the name of education. To il
ustrate: An atheletic youth might
py a course ot training, develop great
mots of muscle, an iron constitution
md a set of powerful vital organs but
we would not call him educated. A
simple boy might develop strong sen
sibilities and a conscience that would
pause him to shudder at the very
thought of wrong doing, yet no one
would call him educated either. A
weak, puny child, destitute of all the
moral instincts might develop an in
tellect keen enough to outstrip his
Allows in the struggle for existence,
put his education would not be a bit
more complete in its essential parts
than would that of the stalwart ath
lete or the honest simpleton.
In each of these examples that I
tiave given some of the important ele
ments are lacking—no one of them
answers the definition ofa true edu
cation. In the first the physical pow
ers only arc developed, in the second
the physical and mental powers are
neglected and the conscience is made
keen, while in the third we have a
massive intellect and a depraved heart
in a puny frame. Now, if we could
combine the physical powers of the
first with the moral qualities of the
second and the intelligence of the
third, we would have, in that com
posite whole, a truly educated person,
for that one alone, male or female, is
truly educated in whom the physical,
moral and mental faculties have been
harmoniously developed.
The Greeks were the first to arrange
the science of education. They divi
ded their subjects for study into music
and gymnastics, the one for the devel
opment of mental powers and sensi
bilities, the other for the structure of
physique. Great men lived in those
days and their names live yet. Their
course was systematic and their
achievements were magnificent con
sidering the fact that their opportun
ities were limited and that they had
no examples to follow. They were not
graduated from renowned institutions,
they did not gain prestige from being
the disciples of great masters. No.
It was to their own energy and tire
less application that success was due.
in modern times people are wont to
look with reverential awe upon men
bearing diplomas from large universi
ties. The man from Prague, from
Heidelberg, from Oxford, from Cam
bridge, from Yale or Harvard is con
sidered ipso facto, by this very fact,
an individual of stupendous educa
tional qualities. Hut this is not al
ways the case, in fact, it is very often
not ttie case. I trust that no one will
misunderstand me, nor take a deeper
meaning from tins statement than it
is meant to convey. 1 do not wish
my readers to think that 1 am opposed
to tiiose great universities orthatl
aim to depriciate the value of their
services to the intellectual world. I
merely wisli to say that the article
labeled with a diploma from one of
these institutions should never be ac
cepted as genuine or first class until
after it lias passed careful scrutiny.
We should bear in mind that though
mlllion-dollar endowments and great
heaps of classic architecure aid
very materially in the work of educa
tion, they are not the most essential
requisites to the development of great
intellectual, physical or moral powers.
There are some tilings necessary be
sides magnificent masonry and shining
apparatus, and these are what 1
wish to speak of now.
I shall discard the physical and
moral elements of education and deal
only with the intellectual side, for in
our public schools this is practically
the only side we are expected to look
to. The average boy or girl with
whom we come into contact in these
country districts needs no course in
gymnastics to build up the body and
their morals grow sound in the salu
drious environments and under the
assiduous care of their parents and
spiritual directors. This leads up to
the question: How may the intellect be
made strong? 1 answer by a course of
mental gymnastics, or, in other words,
by a series of exercises that bring into
play the different functions of the
intellect. Any organ of the human
body may be made stronger by proper
exercise, of this we have examples on
every hand, but the most striking ex
hibition of this truth that I ever wit
nessed was given by a so called
magician. Among other things he
placed a coin upon his palm and with
out closing his hand caused the skin
to double back over it and hide it
from view. This showed very forcibly
the wonderful changes from the nor
mal condition of our physical organs
that practice could bring about. But
the capacity of the mind for such
changes is greater yet—it is infinite.
It is infinite if we regulate our gym
nastics properly.
How then, should we proceed? First
of all we should exercise the powers
of perception, that is, the powers of
taking in truths; secondly, we should
train the memory in the retaining of
truths perceived; thirdly we should
exercise the reason in the tracing of
eifects to causes and of causes to
effects; fourthly should come the act
of judgment where the mind decides
upon the agreement or disagreement
of two objects. I would not lay down
any absolute rule or system for direct
ing the exercises of these different
functions, for minds resemble persons
in as far as no two are alike. They
dilfer in strength and quality, so that
the best we can do is to follow a gen
eral outline and make exceptions and
modifications to suit particular cases.
We all know that object lessons and
examples strengthen the perceptive
powers; that memory lessons of var
ious kinds strengthen the retentive
powers; that reason is developed by
mathematics and logic, and that judg
ment is made sound by acquaintance
with the opinions of great men.
Knowing these things it should be the
aim of every educator to follow out a
course laid down upon these princi
ples.
One great fault with our present
educational system lies in the fact
that we attempt to get through too
much matter and consequently do
nothing thoroughly. A smattering
of fifteen or twenty branches general
ly suffice for our work in the high
school and the graduate is considered
to be a linished product. An accumu
lation of facts be they ever so super
ficial and unimportant is often mis
taken for an education and persons
frequently look down upon one who is
truly educated for not being able to
answer every nonsensical or catchy
question that is asked. It is true
that most educated persons are well
informed but it is not so necessarily.
Education and information are not
synonymous. The former merely pre
pares tlie way for the latter as tilling
prepares soil for the reception of seed
and it should be just as carefully and
thoroughly done. The amount of
work done in either case does not
matter as much as does the manner
in which it is done. One can learn
more and benelit himself more by
car(*fully studying one lesson than lie
can by carelessly running over a doz
en; more corn can be grown on one
acre that has been well filled than
can be grown on a dozen acres that
have been carelessly tilled. This com
parison is not far fetched, it isstrict
in place.
We now come to the last topic—the
object or end of education. Some one
defined education as the preparing of
a child for his duties in life. This is
the end of all education; tiiis is the
• point that should be kept in view by
all educators. No matter what the
course of studies may embrace; no
matter what system of pedagogies
maybe pursued, they all should aim
at this point, this should be the goal
of all their efforts. The duties of the
child grown to matutity are threefold.
They embrace his domestic duties, his
civic duties and his duties towards
his Supreme Master, and that one is
best lifted for thos< duties whose
mind is well developed, whose physi
cal strength is sufficient to bear the
burdens that may overtake him;
whose moral qualities are such as to
make him a credit to himself, to his
friends and to his country.
J. Y. Dwyer, A. 1?.,
Supt. of Schools
Homeseekers Excursion
Via Great Northern Line on first
and third Tuesdays each month to
points north and west.
Rate, one first class fare plus $2
return limit 21 days, stopovers allowed
at intermediate points.
Pull particular may be had from
any Agent Great Northern Line or
Fred Rogers, G. P. A., Sioux City,
Iowa. 34-4m
“Make Hay While the Sun Shines.”
There is a lesson in the work of the
thrifty farmer. lie knows that the
bright sunshine may last but a day
and he prepares for the showers which
are so liable to follow. So it should
be with every household. Dysentery,
diarrhoea and cholera morbus may at
tack some member of the home with
out warning. Chamberlin’s Colic,
Choleraand Diarrhoea Remedy, which
is the best known medicine for these
diseases, should always be kept at
hand, as immediate treatment is nec
essary, and delay may prove fatal.
For sale by P. C. Corrigan, druggist.
A Touching Story
Is the saving from death of the baby
girl of George A. Eyler, Cumberland,
Md. He writes, “At the age of 11
months, our little girl was in declining
health, with serious Throat Trouble,
and two physicians gave her up. We
were almost in despair, when we re
solved to try Dr. King’s New Discov
ery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. The first bottle gave relief;
after taking four bottles she was cured
and is now in perfect health.” Never
fails to relieve and cure a cough or
cold. At P. C. Corrigan’s drug store;
price 50c and $1.00 a bottle, guaran
teed. Trial bottle free.
SEND YOUR LAUNDRY TO
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WM. HAMMOND, Agent.
The only iirst class Laundry in the
northwest.
H. E. Howland
Lumber & Coal Co.
Will Sell You LUMBER Cheap
Send in your bill for estimate to 438 North
34th Street, SOUTH OMAHA, Neb. 3 6m
La Viollette Bros.
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PALACE
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All Kinds ot Fresh and Salt Meats
Cash paid for poultry and hides. If
you find it inconvenient to call at the
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LflNO for SALE
I have the following land for sale in Holt
County on easy terms:
se 33-30- 9 wi se &
sw 12-30-10 ei sw 13-31-13
nl ne 4-30-10 n$ nw,
A si se 33-31-10 se nw.
se 20-31-10 I nwne. 6-27-16
se 10-27-11 I sw 11-29-16
sw 21-28-11 I sw 19-30-14
I ne 23 32-16
For prices, terms, etc., on above, and
other Nebraska binds, address,
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College year opens the SECOND TUESDAY IN SEPTEMBER.
For Catalog and further information, address --
Pres. W. S. Lewis, A. M., D. D., Sioux City, la.
Kodak &
Camera
Supplies...
ALWAYS IN STOCK
Some of the finest scenery is to
be found in Holt county. Buy a
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Kodaks from $J to $30
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Jewelry, Kodaks & Phonographs
Storz Brewing Co
Gold riedal Beer
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Fiendish Suffering
Is often caused by sores, ulcers and
cancers, that eat away your skin. Win.
Bedell, of Flat Rock, Mich., says, “I
lvve used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for
Ulcers, Sores and Cancers. It is the
jest healing dressing I ever found.”
Soothes and heals cuts, burns and
scalds. Only 25c at P. C. Corrigan’s
lrug store; guaranteed.
Livery and Feed Barn For Sale.
On account of poor health I have
decided to sell my livery barn and
stock. Will take some good land as
part payment. I have a good propo
sition for any one desiring to enter
this business. Will bear the closest
investigation. P. D. Mullen. 52-tf
For Rent—Six room cottage in
jood condition. 52-tf Relle Ryan.